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Carefree Racquet still can’t open We’re still paying real estate taxes, even though we’re not using the property.” Less than a month after Gov. Carefree Manager Kathy MillAndrew Cuomo allowed golf er said that the Eastern Section courses in New York state to of the United States Tennis reopen under social-distance Association sent a letter to Cuoguidelines, outdoor tennis facili- mo’s office over a week ago, urgties returned to action starting ing him to get the sport back up last Friday. and running. But In his daily under the current press briefing on guidelines, “CareMay 11, Cuomo free falls under announced the Phase 4 [of the statewide reopenreopening plan], ing of certain lowwhich could bring risk business and us well into July,” recreational activiMiller said. “We’re ties, including outhoping to get door tennis, as the placed into Phase 2. coronavirus panWe can provide a demic wanes. Howlot more social disever, the Phase 1 tancing than a p l a n d o e s n o t BEN MArKS supermarket.” i n c l u d e i n d o o r Director of tennis, The association sports facilities, released guidelines Carefree Racquet Club such as Carefree about how tennis Racquet Club in can be a safe activiMerrick. ty on its website, USTA.com. “We’re being viewed differ- “Tennis, by its very nature, is a ently, and it’s really disappoint- social-distance sport,” Fischl ing that we can’t open at the said. same time as the outdoor faciliCarefree’s director of tennis, ties,” Carefree co-owner Mark Ben Marks, said that 1,500 playFischl said. “We cut as many ers use the facility, which feaexpenses as possible, laying off tures seven tennis courts, four almost all of our 20 employees, and we’re just trying to survive. Continued on page 4

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Shave and a haircut, social-distance style Merrick Avenue Middle School eight-graders Lana Guber, right, and James Gecsedi, left, shaved social studies teacher Matt Chico’s head last week — with some help from his wife — after raising the most money for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Story, Page 14.

Students to end year June 12 By ANDrEW GArCIA agarcia@liherald.com

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and its four component elementary school districts will end the year — and months of remote learning — on June 17. High school students will continue distance learning until June 12, after which fourth-quarter grades will be compiled. The five districts — which

include the Bellmore, North Bellmore, Merrick and North Merrick school districts — coordinated the plan for a smooth finish to the school year throughout the community, Central Superintendent John DeTommaso said. Central District teachers and administrators will finalize grades from June 15 to 17, after which report cards will be distributed. “We wanted to make sure school ended at the same time

for parents, so they won’t have to deal with a middle school kid or a high school kid ending at different times,” DeTommaso said. “Families can put the 2019-20 school year to rest on June 17.” Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum Michael Harrington said he was “heartbroken” that the school year would conclude online, keeping teachers and students from saying their goodContinued on page 3

e’ve got new safety measures in place, and we’re ready to open whenever we get the OK.

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The school yeaR is ending remotely for the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District. Teachers will continue virtual lessons until June 12.

Students offered voluntary ‘refresher’ classes conTinued fRom fRonT page byes. “We go into this line of work to be with kids,” Harrington said. “Not having schools full of kids is heartbreaking. As happy as we are with the distance-learning program, nothing takes the place of in-person learning.” The cancellation of statewide Regents Exams and the district’s decision not to require final exams and continue distance learning through spring recess were all deciding factors in determining the school year’s end date. The district’s final day of instruction was originally scheduled for June 11. The district is still examining how to calculate final grades — a complicated procedure that will factor in equity and internet access among students — but a pass/fail system will most likely be used, DeTommaso said. Administrators do not yet know if distance learning will be mandated by the state next school year, but if it is, the district is ready to “hit the ground running,” Harrington said. The goal is to have “as much live teaching as possible,” but the possibility of a “hybrid” semester — in which students would switch between distance and in-person learning — is being

discussed, he added.

Refresher classes

The Central High School District plans to offer students academic refresher classes at the start of the 2020-21 school year. The program will give students an extra “boost,” DeTommaso said, by preparing them for the school year through a series of classes in each subject. They will be separate from summer school, however — those plans have yet to be finalized. The refresher classes will be offered to all students, and will consist of prerecorded videos and live sessions with teachers. The voluntary classes are aimed at students who want to get a leg-up before the next school year. Since a break from in-person instruction can cause learning gaps, Harrington said, the classes would allow students to review and reinforce their knowledge. “There are areas in each subject where we can give additional instruction and invite kids to Zoom meetings where they can go over specific topics,” DeTommaso said. “It’s not re-teaching, it’s looking at what we can strengthen.” The courses will focus on the core subjects taught in school and observe the question, “What skills need to be rein-

Budget vote: what you need to know Gov. Andrew Cuomo set Tuesday, June 9, as the rescheduled date for New York state school districts’ budget vote and school trustee elections. Voting will be held entirely via absentee ballot; there will be no in-person voting. An absentee ballot will be mailed to all qualified voters in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District. Ballots must be received by your respective district clerk no later than 5 p.m. on June 9 at:

■ North Bellmore School District (2616 Martin Ave., Bellmore)

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Keep reading the Herald Life to stay updated on this year’s budget vote and trustee election.

forced prior to the next semester?” Harrington said. “If we identify a student

■ Merrick School District (21 Babylon Road, Merrick) ■ North Merrick School District (1057 Merrick Ave., Merrick) A hearing for the 2020-21 budget will be held remotely on June 2 at 8 p.m. There will be a link posted to the district’s website prior to the meeting’s start.

[who’s] struggling, we’ll encourage them to take advantage of the courses.”

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AlinA VolmAn, left, Luis Vivas, Ben Marks and Samantha Perri at practice at Carefree Racquet Club in Merrick before the facility was forced to shut down in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Local indoor facility lobbies to reopen Continued from front pAge pickleball courts and two half-court basketball setups. They were last used on March 16. “We’ve got new safety measures in place, and we’re ready to open whenever we get the OK,” Marks said. “We expect the basketball courts to remain closed for a while.” Miller said that multiple hand sanitizer dispensers have been installed, a Plexiglas shield is planned for installation in the front desk area, and masks will be mandatory in non-playing areas. Additionally, separate entrance and exits will be used to limit foot traffic. “I’ve spoken to a lot of people who can’t wait to get back on the court,” Miller said. “In the meantime, we’re doing everything we can to make for a safe environment.”

the reopening of the club, which was last used in midMarch, remains on hold due. Courtesy Ben Marks

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A nonprofit organization in Merrick is seeking sealed bids for sales and installation of security related enhancements.

The project includes material and installation of main entryway doors and storefront.

Chamber president reacts to New York Pause extension By AlyssA seidmAn and scott Brinton aseidman@liherald.com, sbrinton@liherald.com

Long Island’s economy will remain on hold until at least the end of the month, after Gov. Andrew Cuomo last Thursday extended the New York Pause stay-athome order for the region and New York City through May 28. The order further states that all “enforcement mechanisms” of the NY Pause order will remain in effect through June 13, “unless later extended.” The announcement came as a blow to small business owners in the BellmoreMerrick community, many of whom have had their lives upended since the start of the shutdown in mid-March. While most merchants have adjusted to providing their services remotely, whether through online or curbside pickup and delivery methods, some have had to close their businesses for good. At Serengeti Design Studios in Merrick, owner Femy Aziz, who is also president of the Chamber of Commerce, has clients come in by appointment only to comply with social distancing rules. She said she and other chamber members have been communicating with their customers via email about how they’re complying with state mandates to set residents’ minds at ease. “They need to provide that confidence to their customers and keep them in tune on what’s going on,” she said. Aziz also advised chamber members to develop “reopening strategies,” which outline how businesses will ensure customers’ safety once restrictions are lifted. Although the extension prohibits businesses from fully reopening for a while, Aziz said she was concerned for what might happen once the region reaches that point. “The main problem to consider is, even if we were to open, are people going to come?” she said. “Once you’re inside for so long you get a little nervous.” The governor tweeted that five of New York’s 10 regions had met the state’s seven criteria for reopening as of May 15, but Long Island, one of the 10, had not. The Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, Mohawk Valley, North Country and Central New York regions have already started the reopening process. “The others,” Cuomo wrote, “can be

UN-PAUSED the moment they hit their benchmarks.” “New Yorkers,” he added, “be proud. Your actions bent the curve,” meaning staying at home led to the current downward trend in new infections and hosptializations after spiking in early April. Certain “low-risk” business activities such as landscaping and gardening, as well as drive-in movie theaters, were allowed to resume statewide last week. Certain outdoor recreation activities like tennis were permitted also. How reopening will play out will depend on local conditions on the ground, according to the governor. To reopen, a region must meet a set of stringent guidelines, which include: A 14-day decline in hospitalizations. A 14-day decline in hospital deaths. New hospitalizations kept to under 2 per 100,000 people. Thirty percent of hospital beds available. Thirty percent of intensive care unit beds available. Thirty per 1,000 residents tested for the virus. Thirty contact tracers in place for every 100,000 residents. Long Island currently meets five of the seven criteria. It falls short on two — 14-day decline in hospital deaths and new hospitalizations under 2 per 100,000. Like all other regions in the state, it is expected to have a sufficient number of contact tracers in place by the time it opens. For regions that meet the state’s criteria, reopening is to begin cautiously, the governor said, and will play out over the coming weeks in four stages: Phase One: Construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, select retail for curbside pickup only, and agriculture, forestry and fishing. Phase Two: Professional services, finance and insurance, retail, administrative support, and real estate, rental and leasing. Phase Three: Restaurants and food services, beyond takeout and delivery. Phase Four: Arts, entertainment and recreation, and education. The state, Cuomo said, has created a New York Forward Reopening Advisory Board to help guide the reopening process.

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merrick’s mAin street, a once bustling hub of the community, has been relatively quiet since the state’s stay-at-home order went into effect.

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The Nassau CouNTy Police Department paraded in front of Mount Sinai South Nassau on May 13.

NCPD, county exec thank MSSN workers By Nakeem GraNT ngrant@liherald.com

The Nassau County Police Department blared their car sirens as they paraded in front of Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside to thank their health care workers on May 13. County Executive Laura Curran and Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder both thanked front-line workers for their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Over the last several weeks, we’ve all been through this battle together,” Ryder said. “We will come back, and we will come back stronger than ever.” Curran said the tenacity and professionalism shown by MSSN’s frontline workers gives her hope for the future. “This crisis did not create heroes. It revealed the heroes who are already among us,” Curran said. “You are those heroes.” The celebration, Ryder explained, was also held for the NCPD to thank the hospital staff for aiding a police officer who needed emergency treatment after he had suddenly collapsed on duty in March. “The work that was done in the emergency room and the ICU room was what saved our officer’s life,” Ryder said. “We want to thank all of our first responders working in the hospitals for doing what’s right to keep our communities safe, and more importantly, doing what is right to keep my members safe.”

healThCare workers applauded and thanked the NCPD for their support. Nassau CouNTy poliCe Commissioner Patrick Ryder, at lectern, thanked front-line workers for their efforts during the pandemic. The Nassau CouNTy Police Emerald Society Pipe Band performed at MSSN.

New York beaches to open May 22: governor long iSland’S BeacheS will be open for Memorial Day weekend, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

By Scott Brinton, Jim BernStein, Karen Bloom and alySSa Seidman sbrinton@liherald.com, aseidman@liherald.com

New York state will allow beaches to open this Friday, May 22, in time for the Memorial Day weekend, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at his daily briefing last week. The governor said, however, local towns and cities can decide to extend the order barring access to beaches beyond that date, if they deem it necessary. The reopening of beaches will take place in tandem with New Jersey, Delaware and Connecticut, which has already reopened certain of its beaches. The new order came one day after a bipartisan group of state senators called on the governor to create a plan for safe reopening of the beaches. Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Long Beach Democrat, joined the nine senators in asking Cuomo to establish “an inter-jurisdictional task force to coordinate and execute” beach reopenings. Nassau County beaches have been closed since Cuomo issued the first New York Pause order in late March, shutting down most businesses and public places in an effort to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. Last Thursday night, the governor continued the New York Pause order

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through May 28, with the option and ability to extend enforcement of the order through June 13. The order applies to five of the state’s 10 regions, including Long Island and New York City. On May 1, 13 town supervisors from across Long Island gathered to begin developing plans to open their recreational facilities, including beaches. “The theme of our discussion was that the Covid-19 pandemic does not follow town borders, and it’s necessary to collaborate on our best practices and strategies for summer programs and services,” Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald

Clavin said. “Working together as a team and maintaining communication will be key to providing the safest environment.”

residents react

The Herald Life took to social media following the governor’s announcement to ask Bellmore-Merrick residents whether they’d be hitting the beaches this weekend or if they’d continue to stay home. Our Facebook posts received dozens of comments, and the responses were split down the middle. Some said it could be difficult to abide by social distancing

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rules if the beaches become crowded; others said the fresh air and sunshine would do people good, so long as they take the proper precautions. “I want this to end as much as anyone but you couldn’t pay me to go,” wrote Patricia Alfano-Polirer, of Bellmore. “No one will be wearing a mask, and no one will keep six feet apart.” “There is plenty of sand at Jones Beach, [so] there should be plenty of room to social distance,” wrote Bobbie Arnel, of Merrick. Jackie Spiegel, of Bellmore, wrote that she would brave the beaches when they are less likely to be crowded. “I would [take] the appropriate precautions and . . . would be prepared to leave if I felt it was unsafe for my family,” she said. “I’d probably try [to go on] a weekday morning or an early evening for a beach picnic, but not during a holiday weekend.” Merokean Brandi Mandato wrote that she was looking forward to returning to the beaches this summer until she “saw video from [a] Long Island protest where people were aggressively ignoring social distancing precautions and calling Covid a hoax,” she said. “We bought a splash pad instead.” Other residents also wrote that they would enjoy the warmer weather from their homes and backyards this year.

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Calhoun H.S. junior prints mask extenders Tyler Cuttitta, a junior at Sanford H. Calhoun High School, has been utilizing his extra time during quarantine to serve others. Since the beginning of April, Cuttitta has been volume 3D-printing medical mask adjusters for essential workers. The extenders offer comfort to the ears and heads of all mask-wearers, from frontline health care workers to those filling prescriptions and delivering mail. Cuttitta has already donated more than 220 extenders to health care workers at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center, Winthrop University Hospital, Mather Hospital, LIJ Medical Center, Mount Sinai South Nassau, Montefiore in the Bronx and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centers of Long Island. He’s also received thank-you letters and photos of the nurses and doctors wearing his works of art. “My mom [Christine] sent me a link to an article about a kid in Canada who created a file to print these to help the medical workers,” said Cuttitta, a member Calhoun’s Robotics Team and Computer Club. “I downloaded the file, prepared it for my printer and started printing. “Each one takes 16 minutes, and I can do as many as five at a time, he continued. “They’ve been distributed to nurses, pharmacists and postal workers.” While he currently has a waiting list, Cuttitta is also willing to make extenders for any other nurses or frontline workers who need them. He said many requests have come through his mother’s Facebook page. “I’m printing them as fast as possible,” he said. — Compiled by Tony Bellissimo

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Calhoun high SChool junior Tyler Cuttitta has been utilizing his extra time during quarantine to serve others by volume printing mask extenders for frontline workers.

The exTenderS offer comfort to the ears and heads of all maskwearers, near left, from frontline health care workers to those filling prescriptions and delivering mail. SinCe The beginning of April, Cuttitta has been volume 3D-printing medical mask adjusters, far left, for essential workers.

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WoRkfoRCE CAREER READINEss deemed Matthew Singh, a senior at Mepham High School, one of the “100 High School Students America Needs to Know About.”

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Mepham’s Matt Singh is someone you need to know agarcia@liherald.com

As a drama club performer at Wellington C. Mepham High School, a former EMT volunteer and Merrick’s local CVS store associate, the Covid-19 outbreak has not slowed senior Matthew Singh down. Now, he’s been deemed one of the country’s 100 high schoolers that you need to know about for the 2019-20 school year. The “100 High School Students America Needs to Know About” list is compiled annually by Workforce Career Readiness, and recognizes students across the United States who are “forward-thinking entrepreneurs, student leaders and activists” making a difference in their schools and communities. “As an EMT, CVS store associate and high achieving student,” said Mepham Principal Eric Gomez, “Matthew works hard to ensure that everyone around him is well before taking a moment to himself.” Singh is an “essential worker” at CVS, he said, and has been working nearly 40 hours per week since the start of the outbreak. Although he’s been largely disconnected from the Pirate community since classes moved online, “It’s great to see all of the regulars and people from the community come in” to the store, he said. “They rely on our staff, and it’s an uncertain time for them. I think showing them a smiling face gives them some reassurance.” Singh also spent the beginning of the school year volunteering with BellmoreMerrick’s Emergency Medical Services through Mepham’s senior experience program. In the fall he spent roughly

three days a week with members of the department, including trainings on Sundays. Singh only stopped volunteering because of an autoimmune disease that prevented him from continuing his service, he said. The internship was a kickstart to his future career, however, as Singh plans to major in nursing at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania this fall. Like many of his fellow seniors, Singh was upset when the usual end-of-the-year celebrations were cancelled or postponed, including graduation and prom. As a stage performer in Mepham’s drama club, Skull and Bones, the cancellation of scheduled plays only adds to that list. He had been rehearsing as the lead for Skull and Bones’ rendition of “Footloose,” which was set to premiere this month. The change of plans is “disappointing,” Singh said, but the performances have now moved to a virtual venue. Skull and Bones’ Instagram (@mephamskullandbones) and YouTube page is host to videos of various rehearsals and shows, including clips from “Footloose,” directed by English teacher and drama club adviser Edward Grosskreuz. “They’ve turned into ‘virtual performances,’” Singh said. “I think the musical aspect is a great way to comfort people during this time.” Singh said it was “an honor” to be included on the “100 High School Students America Needs to Know About” list, but also a surprise — whoever nominated him is a mystery, he said. In any case, “I’m grateful,” he added, “and it’s great seeing what all of the other high schoolers across the country are doing.”

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Food for THoUGHT Restaurateurs speak on what it’ll take to reopen fully Lisa Livermore, owner Bayou Jones Merrick “We did takeout, including pick-up and curbside delivery, for about two weeks,” said Lisa Livermore, owner of Bayou Jones in Merrick, “but when the announcement came that the virus was going to peak in April, we thought that it would be the best for the safety of our staff and our customers to temporarily close Bayou Jones. “People come to us not only for our great food but for the atmosphere and the music and the staff — it’s a complete package, not just the food,” Livermore said. “And I miss that atmosphere horribly. For anyone who works in a restaurant, part of your social life is meeting and greeting new people. Our staff is like a family, and the customers are an extension of that family. “There are so many variables to reopening that we’re unsure about, including if we have to close again after we open. We haven’t been resting while we’ve been closed — we’re trying to think of five

to 10 different plans to take action depending on how things play out. “We just filled out an application for outdoor dining at the restaurant, and if that gets approved, that could be huge — we could return to a full menu. We also are working on a smaller, more concise takeout menu. “We’ve taken this time to reassess on how we can do business in this new environment, and we’re looking at this as a long-term change. It’s a much more precarious situation than it was three months ago. “I think it goes without saying that restaurant people are goodhearted people in our community, and a lot of them have fallen on their swords to take this huge financial hit — and possibly the demise of their business — for public safety. I think it goes to show the character of the industry as a whole.”

Frank Borrelli, owner Borrelli’s Italian Restaurant East Meadow Borrelli’s Italian Restaurant, in East Meadow, was celebrating its 65th anniversary when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Sitting across Hempstead Turnpike from Nassau Coliseum, Borrelli’s draws a crowd of guests coming from sporting events and concerts — including members of the New York Islanders after games at the Coliseum, their former home. Even when the Coliseum closed for repairs roughly four years ago, Borrelli’s yielded a steady crowd by hosting community events in its party room. But when businesses first shut down in mid-March, Borrelli had to cut his staff by 50 percent for the first time in the restaurant’s history. He explained that he had to lay off his entire wait staff, and he would rehire them once restaurants are permitted to open again. Because of Borrelli’s reputation, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Donald Clavin invited him to speak at a news conference on May 12 at which Clavin unveiled legislation authorizing restaurants to

Sal Mignano, owner The Leaky Lifeboat Seaford Sal Mignano, of Seaford, is the owner of The Leaky Lifeboat Inn, on Merrick Road in Seaford. Just a few months ago, the cozy neighborhood bar was a welcoming saloon for locals. Mignano is hoping that once Phase 3 of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s four-phase plan is complete, his business can return to attracting South Shore patrons inside. “I think there will be a big pop in the beginning once bars reopen,” Mignano said. “I do think that the majority of people will still be wary of it, though, so we will have to see how it plays out after the initial open.” He was clear that reopening a bar might be a bit more of a guess than reopening a restaurant. The Seaford business owner also owns three restaurants – VauxHall and New Wave Burrito Bar in Huntington and Elsie Lane in New Hyde Park. He said that he has been and will most likely be able to continue to supplement income with takeout and delivery.

Tim Murray Mulcahy’s Wantagh Mulcahy’s Pub & Concert Hall, one of Wantagh’s most popular

apply, free of charge, for temporary outdoor dining permits. Once Gov. Andrew Cuomo permits restaurants to start reopening, Borrelli said that he would use such permits to create seating arrangements in the restaurant’s parking lot to allow more guests to dine while following social-distancing requirements. Throughout the pandemic, Borrelli’s has also collected donations to send meals to frontline workers, yielding $74,000 over the past two months. “We have been given tons of donations and support from the community,” Borrelli said. “It really shows that we’re all in this together.”

He admits there will be some difficulties in reopening completely, even when current restrictions are loosened. He believes the stability of restaurants fully relies on the willingness of people to eat out. “To fully reopen, it will be pretty hard and will probably take longer,” Mignano said. “There will be a lot of restrictions, especially at first. I think it depends on the reaction people have when everything opens.” Mignano thinks the full reopening of restaurants may take about a year. He cautions that the road back to normalcy will not be easy to traverse. “Many businesses’ payrolls are going to be dictated by their businesses when reopening,” he said. He noted that this would be a large factor for the service workers labor force. Mignano added that the Paycheck Protection Program loans were helpful at the onset of social distancing. “They helped; they were great loans,” he said. “It was a bit hard to do them at first, figuring out how to get forgiven on the loan and such. I’m not sure they had it all figured out at first, but it worked out. They’ve been a great help.”

eateries, is ready and eager to open. Tim Murray, director of promotions and son of founder-owner John Murray, said the restaurant and bar has maintained the most stringent health standards throughout the lockdown. “We could open tonight, if we got the go-ahead,” he said. “My understanding is that bars can open once we reach Phase

3” of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s four-phase plan. “And we can start doing concerts again once we reach Phase 4.” Murray was not prepared to estimate when that might be, however. “It could be June; it could be July. There’s just too much that’s unknown at this point.” The South Shore institution is better prepared than many to weather a long-term shutdown. Even so, “We’ve had to let our part-time staff go — bartenders and waitresses.” The restaurant received loans under the federal government’s Payroll Protection Program for full-time staff, as well as some funding under the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. As far as other business, “We haven’t been doing curbside catering,” Murray said, “but we plan to start tomorrow. But that doesn’t make up for that much of a restaurant’s business.” Murray didn’t want to speculate about the amount of a restaurant’s regular business could be recouped through curbside orders, but he thought 10 percent would be a conservative figure. “It’s not enough for most restaurants to survive on,” he said.

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Wellington C. Mepham High School’s annual Chop Your Locks for Charity event is moving to an online venue. The St. Baldrick’s fundraiser, which has guests cut their hair in support of children with cancer, is being coordinated with members of the Bellmore-Merrick Broadcasting program for a YouTube livestream on June 5 at 7 p.m. Students, teachers and members of the community can tune in and contribute their own videos of their locks being chopped, either pre-recorded or live. “It’s incredible what students are doing after this outbreak,” said Kerry Dennis, a Mepham social studies teacher and organizer of the event. “[Chop Your Locks] is not going to be the same as our usual live event, but we can still come together on a virtual platform.”

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LEGAL NOTICE BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BELLMORE U.F.S.D. MERRICK U.F.S.D. NORTH BELLMORE U.F.S.D. NORTH MERRICK U.F.S.D. TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU NOTICE TO BIDDERS: In accordance with provision of Section 103 of the General Municipal Law, the Board of Education of the Bellmore-Merrick Transportation Consortium hereby invites the submission of sealed bids for: Bellmore-Merrick Cooperative Summer Bid 2020 Bids will be publicly opened and read at the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Business Office, 1260 Meadowbrook Road, North Merrick, New York, on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at 10:00 am. Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained from the office of Tom Volpe, Director of Transportation, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm. The Board of Education reserves the right to waive any informalities in or to reject in whole or in part all bids or to accept any bid which in its judgment is in the best interest of the school district. By order: Board of Education BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BELLMORE U.F.S.D. MERRICK U.F.S.D. NORTH BELLMORE U.F.S.D. NORTH MERRICK U.F.S.D. 121942

LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PRESUPUESTARIA, REUNIÓN ANUAL, ELECCIÓN Y REGISTRO DE VOTANTES, DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNION FREE DE MERRICK, CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK SE DA AVISO POR LA PRESENTE, que una audiencia del presupuesto público del Distrito Escolar Union Free de Merrick, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York, se llevará a cabo de forma remota el 26 de mayo de 2020 a las 7:00 PM con el fin de discutir el gasto de fondos para el año escolar 2020-2021 y el presupuesto del mismo y para cualquier otro negocio que esté autorizado por la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York. SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que el voto sobre la asignación de los fondos necesarios para cubrir los gastos estimados de dicho distrito escolar para el año escolar

2020-2021 (presupuesto escolar) se llevará a cabo mediante votación ausente el martes 9 de junio de 2020. SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que una elección para llenar tres (3) vacantes, dos (2) son por un término de tres (3) años, y uno (1) es por el saldo de un término no vencido (9 de junio de 2020 hasta el 30 de junio de 2021), para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación, se llevará a cabo mediante votación en ausencia el martes 9 de junio de 2020. SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL que una elección para llenar una vacante por un término de cinco (5) años para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca Merrick se llevará a cabo mediante votación en boleta en ausencia el martes 9 de junio de 2020. SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que cualquier residente del distrito puede ver una copia de la declaración de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año escolar 2020-2021 para fines escolares durante los catorce (14) días anteriores a la votación. SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, De conformidad con el Capítulo 258 de las Leyes de 2008, la Sección 495 se agregó a la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles y requiere que el Distrito Escolar adjunte a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención. Dicho informe de exención mostrará cuánto del valor tasado total en la lista de evaluación final utilizada en el proceso presupuestario está exento de impuestos. El informe enumerará cada tipo de exención otorgada, identificada por la autoridad legal, y mostrará el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención expresado como un monto en dólares del valor evaluado o como un porcentaje del valor evaluado total en la lista, el acumulado monto que se espera recibir de los destinatarios de cada tipo de exención como pagos en lugar de impuestos (PILOTO) u otros pagos por servicios municipales, y el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas. Este informe de exención se publicará en el sitio web mantenido por el Distrito. SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que las peticiones de nominación de candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación deben presentarse ante la Secretaria del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 pm, lunes 11 de mayo de 2020. Los dos (2)

candidatos que reciban el mayor número de votos serán elegidos para el cargo por los términos de tres (3) años; el candidato que recibió el tercer mayor número de votos completará el saldo de un término no vencido desde el 19 de mayo de 2020 hasta el 30 de junio de 2021. Se aceptarán peticiones de nominación presentadas por correo electrónico, fax o correo. La dirección de correo electrónico de la secretaria del distrito e s crebentisch@merrick.k12. ny.us. No se requiere un número mínimo de firmas en la petición de nominación. SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que cualquier residente del distrito escolar que aún no esté registrado y desee ser un votante registrado para esta elección puede registrarse en la junta electoral mediante la presentación de una solicitud en línea para el registro de votantes en el Departamento de Vehículos Motorizados en https://dmv.ny.gov/morei nfo/ e l e c t r o n i c voterregistrationapplication. SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que ninguna boleta de votante ausente será sometida a votación a menos que se haya recibido en la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. en la fecha de la elección. SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que la Junta de Educación convocará una reunión especial del mismo en el Centro de Administración Katherine E. Reif dentro de las veinticuatro horas posteriores a la presentación ante la Secretaria del Distrito de un informe escrito de los resultados de la boleta electoral, a los efectos de examinar y tabular dichos informes para los resultados de la boleta, para el propósito de la boleta y declarar los resultados de la boleta; que la Junta se designa a sí misma como un conjunto de secretarios electorales para emitir y escrutar las boletas de conformidad con la Sección de Ley de Educación 2019-a.2-b, en dicha reunión especial de la Junta. SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que en la elección del Distrito Escolar Union Free de Merrick, los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de Bellmore-Merrick deberán votar para los siguientes propósitos: a) Votar sobre el presupuesto escolar anual para el año escolar 2020-2021, y autorizar la

imposición de un impuesto sobre la propiedad imponible del distrito para los fines anteriores. b) Votar sobre otras proposiciones que puedan venir adecuadamente antes de la reunión. FECHA: Mayo de 2020 Merrick, NY POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNION FREE DE MERRICK CLARICE REBENTISCH, SECRETARIA DEL DISTRITO 121879

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING, ANNUAL MEETING, ELECTION AND REGISTRATION OF VOTERS, MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public budget hearing of the Merrick Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, will be held remotely on May 26, 2020 at 7:00 PM for the purpose of discussion of the expenditure of funds for the 2020-2021 school year and the budgeting thereof and for such other business as is authorized by the Education Law of the State of New York. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures of said school district for the 2020- 2021 school year (school budget) will be conducted by absentee ballot voting on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that an election to fill three (3) vacancies, two (2) are for a term of three (3) years, and one (1) is for the balance of an unexpired term (June 9, 2020 through June 30, 2021), for the office of member of the Board of Education, will be conducted by absentee ballot voting on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. NOTICE IF FUTHER GIVEN that an election to fill one vacancy for a term of five (5) years for the office of member of the Board of Trustees of the Merrick Library will be conducted by absentee ballot voting on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the school year 2020-2021 for school purposes may be viewed by any resident of the district during the fourteen (14) days preceding the vote. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, Pursuant to Chapter 258 of the Laws of 2008, Section 495 was added to the Real Property Tax Law and requires the School

District to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report will show how much of the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation. The report will list every type of exemption granted, identified by statutory authority, and will show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption expressed either as a dollar amount of assessed value or as a percentage of the total assessed value on the roll, the cumulative amount expected to be received from recipients of each type of exemption as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) or other payments for municipal services, and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. This exemption report shall be posted on the website maintained by the District. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education must be filed with the Clerk of the District by no later than 5:00 p.m., Monday, May 11, 2020. The two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be elected to office for the three (3) year terms; the candidate who received the third highest number of votes will fill the balance of an unexpired term from May 19, 2020 through June 30, 2021. Nominating petitions filed by email, fax or mail will be accepted. The District Clerk’s email address is crebentisch@merrick.k12. ny.us There is no minimum number of signatures required on the nominating petition. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that any resident of the school district who is not already registered and wishes to be a registered voter for this election may register with the board of elections by submitting an on-line application for voter registration with the Department of Motor Vehicles at https://dmv.ny.gov/moreinfo/electronicvoterregistrationapplication. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that no absentee voter ballot shall be canvassed unless it shall have been received at the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on the date of the election. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the Board of Education shall convene a special meeting thereof at the Katherine E. Reif Administration Center within twenty- four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot,

for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports for the results of the ballot, for the purpose of the ballot and declaring the results of the ballot; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law Section 2019-a.2-b, at said special meeting of the Board. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that at the election of the Merrick Union Free School District, qualified voters of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District shall vote for the following purposes: a) To vote upon the annual school budget for the 2020-2021 school year, and to authorize the levying of a tax upon the taxable property of the district for the foregoing purposes. b) To vote upon such other propositions as may properly come before the meeting. DATED: May, 2020 Merrick, NY BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT CLARICE REBENTISCH, DISTRICT CLERK 121881 LEGAL NOTICE NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Budget Hearing of the North Merrick Union Free School District will be held remotely on June 2, 2020 at 6:00 PM for the transaction of such business as is authorized by Education Law. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN the annual budget vote and election of the North Merrick Union Free School District will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 and shall be conducted exclusively by absentee ballot voting for the purpose of voting on estimated expenses for the school year 2020-2021 and upon such propositions as may properly come before the meeting, as well as the election of two (2) members of the Board of Education each for a three-year term, commencing July 1, 2020 and expiring on June 30, 2023 The canvassing of the votes will occur on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 1057 Merrick Avenue, North Merrick, New York. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that at the aforesaid election, qualified voters of the BellmoreMerrick Central High School District shall vote for the following purposes: (A) vote upon the annual school budget for the year 2020-2021 and to authorize the levying of a tax upon the taxable property of the district for the foregoing purposes. (B) To vote upon such other

propositions as may properly come before the meeting. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law the School District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how much of the total assessed value of the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes, and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. The exemption report shall be posted on any website maintained by the District. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN any resident of the school district who wishes to be a registered voter for this election may register with the board of elections by submitting an on-line application for voter registration with the Department of Motor Vehicles at https://dmv.ny.gov/morei n f o / e l e c t r o n i c - v o t e rregistration-application. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the District Clerk will mail an absentee ballot to all identified qualified voters by no later than six (6) days before the vote. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district. Military voters who are qualified voters of the school district may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail in their request for such registration, ballot application or ballot. Military voter registration forms and military ballot application forms must be received in the Office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 14, 2020. No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is received in the Office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a copy of the statements of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing year for school purpose, exclusive of public monies, may be viewed by any qualified voter of the District during the

fourteen (14) days immediately preceding the Annual Meeting on the District’s website. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the District Clerk at the Office of the Clerk between the hours by 5:00 PM on May 11, 2020. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Clerk of the District and must state the name and residence of the candidate. Nominating petitions filed by email, fax or mail will be accepted. The District Clerk’s email address is jlong@nmerrick.org. There is no minimum number of signatures required on the nominating petition. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that this Board shall convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the result of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law §2019-a, subdivision 2b at said special meeting of the Board. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT Town of Hempstead, Merrick, New York JOANNE LONG, DISTRICT CLERK 1057 Merrick Avenue, Merrick, New York 121749 LEGAL NOTICE DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNION FREE DE NORTH MERRICK CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK SE DA AVISO POR LA PRESENTE que una audiencia de presupuesto del Distrito Escolar Union Free de North Merrick se llevará a cabo de forma remota el 2 de junio de 2020 a las 6:00 PM para la transacción de tales negocios según lo autoriza la Ley de Educación. SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL que la votación del presupuesto anual y la elección del Distrito Escolar Union Free de North Merrick se llevará a cabo el martes 9 de junio de 2020 y se llevará a cabo exclusivamente por boleta en ausencia con el propósito de votar los gastos estimados para el año escolar 2020 -2021 y con las proposiciónes que

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candidato es nominado; debe dirigirse a la secretaria del distrito y debe indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato. Se aceptarán peticiones de nominación presentadas por correo electrónico, fax o correo. La dirección de correo electrónico de la secretaria del distrito es jlong@nmerrick.org. No hay un número mínimo de firmas requeridas en la petición de nominación. POR FAVOR, TOME AVISO ADICIONAL que esta Junta convocará una reunión especial de la misma dentro de las veinticuatro horas posteriores a la presentación ante la Secretaria del Distrito de un informe escrito de los resultados de la boleta con el propósito de examinar y tabular dichos informes del resultado de la boleta y declarando el resultado de la votación; que la Junta se designa a sí misma como un conjunto de secretarios electorales para emitir y escrutar las boletas de conformidad con la Ley de Educación §2019-a, subdivisión 2b en dicha reunión especial de la Junta. POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNION FREE DE NORTH MERRICK Ciudad de Hempstead, Merrick, Nueva York JOANNE LONG, SECRETARIA DE DISTRITO 1057 Merrick Avenue, Merrick, Nueva York Merrick Herald Life: Newsday: 121894

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It’s been quite a ride for Gary Contessa. After 35 years as a thoroughbred racehorse trainer, Contessa, who grew up in Merrick, decided it was time — not to retire, but to close one chapter of his career. “I’ve had a heck of a run as a trainer and I want to get into the management side or racing,” he said. “I feel I can do a lot of good, either at a smaller track or one of the larger circuits.” The 62-year-old saddled his last of 18,148 career starts on March 21 at Tampa Bay Downs when Shandian placed fifth. He finished with 2,364 victories, 2,489 seconds, 2,466 thirds and accumulated more than $84 million of totaled earnings with an overall win success rate of 13 percent. “Nobody in my family had a background with horses, but I took to them at a young age,” Contessa said. “When I was about 10-years-old, I rode my bike from Merrick to Hempstead Lake State Park and cleaned stalls in exchange for a onehour horse ride.” Soon after graduating Calhoun High School in 1975, Contessa literally knocked on barn doors at Belmont Park asking trainers for work. He began hotwalking for David Sazer, and after a few years became a groom for Jimmy Picou. Then, in 1980, Hall of Fame trainer Frank Martin offered Contessa double his previous salary to become his top assistant. “I found out early that it’s a great business to advance yourself,” Contessa said. “I’ve always worked hard. Being with Frank Martin gave me the opportunity to learn from one of the greatest horsemen in the world.” After five years with Martin, Contessa’s time to open his own barn arrived. His journey as a trainer began in 1985 at

Monmouth Park in New Jersey. The first of his 23 wins that year came on June 8 when his debut starter, Legendary Wealth, cruised to victory. “It was a big deal to win that first race under my name,” he said. From 1986 to 1993, Contessa trained for Bright View Farm and dominated the New Jersey circuit. He began training full-time in New York in the winter of 1993, and at his peak had a 150-horse barn and five assistants. From 2006 through 2008, Contessa led all New York Racing Association trainers in wins. In 2007 he set a single-year record with 159 victories, breaking a mark previously held by Martin. The following year, Contessa broke his own record by saddling 178 winners. “I had mixed emotions about breaking Frank’s record,” he said. A two-time NYRA Trainer of the Year, Contessa’s top horses of all-time include Grade 1 winners Sippican Harbor and Do It With Style, 2014 Kentucky Derby runner Uncle Sigh, and multiple-graded stakes winners Rite Moment, Mission Approved and True Affair. His trip to the Derby with Uncle Sigh was a dream realized, he said. Making the experience even more memorable was the “Duck Dynasty” following for Uncle Sigh, who was named after one of the television reality series’ personalities, as well as mingling with the many guests of owner Chip McEwen’s Wounded Warrior Stables. “I was in Kentucky for a week-and-ahalf,” Contessa said. “Something I’ll always remember is walking alongside Uncle Sigh on the way to the track. There attendance was about 165,000, and I spotted a whole section of people dressed up like the guys from Duck Dynasty. It was incredible.” Contessa now lives in upstate Hoosick Falls.

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f there’s one overarching economic lesson the coronavirus pandemic is teaching us, it’s that the United States has become over-reliant on other nations for critical manufacturing capacity. It’s time we brought this production home. As the pandemic struck here, U.S. authorities found themselves scrambling for all sorts of medical supplies that are mostly produced overseas. From surgical masks to ventilators to pharmaceuticals, America’s hospitals and alfonse health care workers were left at the d’amaTo mercy of foreign companies. But those companies often had other priorities. When the pandemic began in Wuhan, China, Chinese authorities mandated that production of critical health care supplies be channeled to domestic use. This “China first” policy left the American health care system short of the items we need to fight the virus here. The U.S. has scrambled valiantly to make up these deficiencies, with our companies converting their production to make these critical medical supplies. In the best example of this, General Motors, in a

matter of weeks, converted an auto parts manufacturing facility in Indiana to the manufacture of ventilators. Now, as the demand for ventilators is subsiding in the U.S., these machines can be exported to other nations that need them. American enterprise and inventiveness will come to the rescue of sick patients around the globe. That model of self-sufficiency should guide American manufacturing policy from now on. The entire supply chain should be examined for all of our critical industries, to incentivize bringing production back home. Health care workers shouldn’t be left short of masks and gowns. Patients shouldn’t be deprived of life-saving equipment and medicine. One thing Congress should immediately reinstate is a tax incentive that for years helped keep production of pharmaceuticals much closer to home. It made Puerto Rico a major manufacturing center for critical drug supplies. But when it was allowed to expire, the production of these drugs moved mostly to Asia. Bringing this production nearer to home again is in America’s national security interest, and could help revive Puerto Rico’s moribund economy. That’s not the only manufacturing that

should be brought home. The world economy runs on computer chips. They’re in everything we use. And America has a great chip industry. But other nations heavily support their production of computer chips, and then dump them in the U.S. at below true cost. The Trump administration is wisely reviewing U.S. trade policy in this area, and there is great promise that much of the world’s future computer chip production could take place right here. New York is particularly well positioned to take advantage of this new manufacturing surge, because we have some of the world’s premier computer chip research, development and manufacturing capability. There are other areas where this clearer-eyed trade and manufacturing policy should prevail. In the most recent financial rescue package, U.S. airlines were given substantial relief, totaling some $25 billion. That’s understandable, because they are suffering dramatic declines in passengers through no fault of their own. But when these airlines start flying again, it would be reasonable to require that as they buy new planes in the future, they buy American. They’ll be surviving on taxpayer dollars, and we should be flying on American-built planes.

ur health care workers shouldn’t be left short of masks and gowns.

The same goes for other major U.S. manufacturing. American auto manufacturers have received substantial federal government support during hard times. They should bring supply-chain production back to the U.S. The parts that go into American cars should be made here, not overseas. And for years, Asian nations have been dumping solar panels to the U.S. at below cost. That should stop. We can and should make solar panels. That means jobs for workers who produce and install them. Other American energy sectors deserve support, too. The dumping of oil by Saudi Arabian and Russian despots during the pandemic has severely wounded U.S. oil producers. While cheap gas right now may be a welcome boost to our economy, losing our domestic oil and gas production to this unfair foreign oil dumping isn’t in our longterm national interest. A national energy policy that helps stabilize the world oil market and keeps U.S. production alive is. The next decade will be a challenging time for American companies and workers. We will be emerging from near Depression-era levels of economic carnage and job loss. Bringing jobs home and helping our economy to recover is America’s No. 1 job. Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.

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e’re all caught in the password paradox: We need passwords that we can remember but that are odd and complex enough not to be memorable. As we get older, this is challenging. This week, for example, I stepped into the credit card quicksand and began sinking fast. It actually started last month, with an email from a major credit card company (name withheld, because I’m not that stupid) with which I’ve been doing business for many years. The note said that I would be getting a brand new card, just because. I was perfectly happy with my old card; RandI there were no kReIss issues; my bills got paid; but they wanted to share the “great news” that a new card was on its way. I proceeded to file that great news in the area of my brain reserved for stuff like remembering to book a colonoscopy. Then, a few days ago, the card arrived. Immediately, Inspector Clouseau (a.k.a. my husband) said, “How do you know who sent the card? Why should you get a new card

you didn’t ask for? Maybe it’s just a scam.” Man, life is hard enough these days. A deadly pandemic is sweeping the globe. We haven’t been out of the house in days. Do I really think people are out there trying to trick me into accepting a new credit card? Very possibly. Still I proceeded. I looked over the card and did what it said, which was to go to the company’s website and verify the card, thereby authenticating my existence. Suddenly, the shoe was on the other foot. The company was fine, but I had to prove who I am. Shouldn’t be a problem. I called the number indicated and got a young man with a foreign accent who might have been wearing a mask, because I could barely hear him. Also, I may be hard of hearing. He was definitely working from home, unless he brings his screaming toddlers to his office somewhere on the subcontinent. He asked me my name. “I want to ask you some questions, Randi,” he said, quickly getting very familiar. It was past my bedtime, and I just wanted to be done with this nonsense. “Please verify your address,” he said. Check. “Please verify your earlier address.”

Check. “What is your mother’s maiden name?” I told him. I was starting to sweat. “What was your first car?” Thank heavens I remembered that my parents gave me a 1965 Mustang, which they later took away from me and gave to my sister, who sold it at quite a profit 15 years later. But where was I? “What is the name of your favorite pet?” I looked at Lillybee and wondered, did I give them dog No. 1 or dog No. 2 or Lillybee? I took a shot, and guessed right. We were good. Now the inquisitor asked, “What is your verbal password?” “I don’t have one,” I said. “Apparently you do,” he responded. “I don’t remember it,” I said, now desperate to be done with the interrogation. “You need to tell me your verbal password,” he said, “or I can’t authenticate your card.” “Pomegranate,” I snapped, figuring I’d take a shot. “No, madam,” he said. “But I can give you a hint.” “What is this, ‘Jeopardy’?” I asked him. “I need to be done with this call. You have my name and my address and the last digits of

hank heavens I remembered that my parents gave me a 1965 Mustang.

my Social Security. You know more about me than my husband. Can’t you OK the card?” “No, madam,” he said. “But the verbal password starts with ‘e.’” Look, I said, we could be here all night before I come up with the right word. Then I whispered, “OK,” totally defeated. “Elephant?” “No,” he said, but then countered, “We can accept the last four digits of your checking account.” I yelled for Inspector Clouseau, who was in the next room, wearing headphones, bingeing “Homeland” and also fast asleep. “I need our checking account number!” I screamed. The inspector was not pleased. “Who would need our checking account number and why?” he asked. “Clearly it’s a scam. Someone is phishing.” But we had no choice. We’ve become those gullible old folks who sign over their home to any friendly felon on the phone. Reluctantly, Clouseau got the number, and the credit card guy was finally mollified. He said he would authorize my account. He said I had to create a new verbal password. I did, and I recorded it someplace very safe … but I already forgot where that is. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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ov. Andrew Cuomo is set to open beaches statewide, including Jones Beach, on Friday. It is a moment we have all eagerly awaited, a symbolic gesture signaling we are starting to win the protracted battle against the coronavirus. We must not allow ourselves to become overconfident and complacent, however. As Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency room physician and medical researcher at Brown University, noted on CNN last weekend, “This virus is so wily.” Just when you think you have beaten it, you haven’t. Case in point: South Korea. The country reported its first Covid-19 case on nearly the same day as the United States, in January. Unlike the U.S., however, the South Korean government conducted massive testing early, and began contact tracing to isolate the ill, while asking people to voluntarily practice social distancing and keeping large segments of the economy open. On May 5, South Korea reported only three new coronavirus cases, while the U.S. was reporting thousands per day, and South Korea had recorded just 250 Covid-19 deaths, compared to tens of thousands here, according to numerous published reports. With negligible levels of new infections and a relatively low death count, South Korea started to relax its social-distancing measures early this month. On May 2, South Korean officials reported, a 29-yearold man who had partied at five nightclubs on a single night in Seoul had tested positive for coronavirus, and infected roughly 80 others — and those were the 80 the government managed to track down. He partied among as many as 7,200 people that night, and the government was racing to find them all to ensure that the infected

Editorial update In our March 26-April 1 editorial, we called on Congress and President Trump to eliminate the $10,000 cap on the federal income tax deduction for state and local taxes, which is costing many Long Islanders thousands of dollars a year. Doing away with the cap would provide much-needed economic stimulus. self-isolate. At press time, authorities had identified 2,500. The man was what public health officials call a “super spreader.” A similar nightmare scenario could happen here if we are careless, and let’s state it plainly: Many Americans simply have not been as careful as the South Koreans. If New Yorkers are not vigilant as state officials ease stay-at-home orders, allowing us to again return to the beaches — and eventually stores, restaurants and schools — we could very well take a big step back, as was the case in South Korea. This past weekend, large groups of teenagers were seen cycling on the Wantagh Parkway bike trail on the way to Jones Beach, in violation of state social-distancing requirements. Many were in close contact but weren’t wearing masks, also a violation. Adults must model social distancing for young people. At the same time, parents and guardians must hold frank discussions with their kids, particularly teenagers who might venture out on their own, to explain the rules. Teenagers are social creatures. Indefi-

letters We can all do our parts To the Editor: It has been heartbreaking not being able to be with my Ricky during this time at his residence for people with developmental disabilities. He has severe cognitive impairments, has never been able to speak and is now blind. He relies entirely on others for everything. That’s why, in all his 61 years, we have never gone this long without visiting his residence. During these frightening times, Ricky and most other vulnerable and defenseless New Yorkers are locked down and need direct caregivers, whose compensation does not reflect the essential nature of their work. Right now, so many frightening aspects of the coronavirus are out of our control. We don’t know who will be stricken, how our economy will fare and when this crisis will end. It’s a lonely time for so many of us. Through my many years of life and public service, I have found that when things spin out of control and we feel

Last Friday, the House of Representatives included the measure in its $3 trillion fiscal stimulus plan. That, in part, owed to strong lobbying by Governor Cuomo and the Long Island congressional delegation. We implore the Senate to negotiate in good faith on the House stimulus bill — and nix the SALT cap. nite self-isolation at home is among their worst nightmares. Now, at least, they will have the chance to head to the beach. Spending late spring and summer days on Long Island’s white-sand beaches is a rite of passage for many teens, particularly high school seniors who want to kick back for a few weeks or months after finishing school. They deserve to be able to do so, but they must do so responsibly. We all must. That means staying six feet apart from others, wearing a mask in public, washing your hands frequently for at least 30 seconds and not touching your face. If we follow these simple rules, we stand a much better chance of reopening New York safely, with minimal risk of a second infection wave. Otherwise, we could be South Korea. After the super spreader infected dozens in Seoul, Mayor Park Won-soon ordered all bars and clubs closed indefinitely. “Carelessness can lead to an explosion of infections,” he said. Remember those words this Memorial Day weekend if you are heading to the beach — or anywhere else.

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y most recent column, “Medicare for all could cost you a bundle,” was published in the March 6-12 issue. So much has transpired since then. For one, the world turned upside down. Two, the subject of that column, Bernie Sanders, ended his presidential bid and endorsed Joe Biden. So, you could argue, that column is no longer relevant. We no longer need to discuss Sanders’s Medicare for All proposal, a single-payer health insurance system controlled by the federal government. sCott Maybe. But I Brinton fear not. In that column, I wrote that Medicare for All would likely dramatically raise federal taxes for most Americans to fund health insurance for everyone, whereas our current insurance system costs us less because our employers pick up the lion’s share of our premiums. I compared the United States with Canada. The U.S., I noted, spends $13,722 per person on health care annually, compared with $6,448 in Canada. The average American family, though, pays $8,200 a year for health insurance, compared with $9,200 per individual in Canada. From a purely economic standpoint, there is thus no incentive to move to a Canadian-style single-payer system — if you have health insurance through your

employer, which 91 percent of Americans do, or at least did (I’ll get to that in a minute). Biden has said he would expand the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, if elected president, to make sure that a greater number of uninsured Americans are covered, with an eventual goal of insuring everyone. Democratic presidential primary voters have overwhelmingly voted for Biden, effectively endorsing his centrist approach to solving the nation’s health insurance crisis — and, yes, there is a crisis, and it’s only getting worse by the day. From 2010, the first year of the ACA, to 2016, the last year of Barack Obama’s presidency, the number of uninsured nonelderly Americans dropped from 46.5 million to just under 27 million, a decrease of nearly 42 percent, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, which studies health issues. In 2017 and 2018, however, the number of uninsured people increased by about 500,000 per year, as the Trump administration sought to limit enrollment in Obamacare as it worked to dismantle the ACA. Then the coronavirus pandemic struck. Now an additional 27 million Americans could lose their employer-based insurance because they are out of work, according to KFF. No job, no insurance. It is, as Sanders points out, a fundamental flaw of our employer-based system. In Canada, if you’re out of work, you keep your government-sponsored insur-

ance. And during a pandemic, you really don’t want people running around without insurance. Sick people need to see a doctor. Period. The question is, how do we balance the clear economic benefit of employer-based insurance with making sure everyone is covered? The public option. Essentially, it would work like this: The federal government would create an insurance program that all Americans could buy into, which would compete with private insurers. Government subsidies would ensure that anyone, regardless of income or job status, could buy into the program. It would be much like Obamacare, but rather than allowing states to control their own insurance exchanges, which has caused something of a hodgepodge system, there would be one program, run by the federal government, similar to Medicare. Pete Buttigieg proposed the plan during his presidential primary bid. It is not, however, a new idea. Obama touted it during his 2008 presidential campaign. Obamacare was a compromise between what the president wanted and what Republican congressional leaders were willing to accept. Both liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans hated it, but it appealed to centrists in both parties — at least at first. As the so-called bases of both parties came to hold greater sway in the years after the ACA’s enactment, it became the

ure, I love Norway, but the U.S. isn’t Norway, and won’t be anytime soon.

Letters helpless, those of us who pray certainly should. After that, I always realize that while I cannot change everything, I can change something, even if it’s a small matter. So I buy dinner for the direct caregivers at Ricky’s house at least once a week. I also reached out to Dr. Julie Bates and her staff at Advantage Care Diagnostics & Treatment Center in Freeport. Dr. Bates and her amazing staff specialize in health care for people like Ricky, who can be so difficult to diagnose and treat due to their inability to communicate and their different way of perceiving changes in their health. Like so many health care professionals right now, Dr. Bates needed funding to protect both patients and staff. I donated $10,000 to help them with that. I also helped Plainview Hospital with a $5,000 donation in appreciation of the wonderful care they give people with special needs. I try to do something every day, like delivering food and helping organizations that seek to make a difference during these very dark days. We have to remember, appreciate and recognize the abundance of good work being done right now by so many unsung heroes who are, together, making a massive

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target of increased derision among far-left f th les liberals and far-right conservatives. tea Which brings me to this year’s presiha dential race. nations Biden is an Obama-era centrist. Berty. It’s t niecrats despise centrism. I get it. They have embraced an ideal version of what a home. As t socialized state might look like — they bring up Norway again and again. Don’t get me wrong, I love everything about Norway, but the U.S. isn’t Norway, and won’t be anytime soon. The U.S. is a vast, diverse, populous, socially fractured nation, with no political consensus save for a dogmatic belief in capitalism, even among many liberals. Try passing Sanders’s plan for socialized insurance through Congress right now. It would never happen. So, what are Berniecrats to do? Do they, as so many did in 2016, sit out the election, or even vote for President Trump, as a protest? They’ll have to vote their consciences. They should try this thought experiment, panies however: Imagine if our entire insurance pandem system were currently under the purview author of Trump — who labeled the coronavirus critical to dom pandemic a “hoax” and suggested (perhaps sarcastically) that we inject people left the of the i with disinfectant and shine ultraviolet The light inside them to cure the disease. Let that thought sink in. Then, come make u panies November, vote. make t best ex Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@ liherald.com.

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difference in quality of life, illness outcomes and the emotional well-being of everyone they touch. You can make a difference. I’m doing it daily, and it goes a long way toward keeping my faith and perspective. It can be done. When you help others, you also benefit by not feeling so helpless in the face of monumental challenges.

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tohtownclerkquestions@tohmail.org

Tax Office:

tohtaxquestions@tohmail.org

Parks Department:

tohparksquestions@tohmail.org

or call (516) 812-3600 For a list of other department email addresses, please visit hempsteadtownny.gov/directory

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Bruce A. Blakeman Dennis Dunne, Sr. Christopher Carini

Kate Murray

Jeanine C. Driscoll

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