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Savall Drugs in Merrick closes after 73 years By toNY BelliSSiMo tbellissimo@liherald.com
A fixture in the Merrick business community since 1947, Savall Drugs closed on May 21 after owner Robert Klieger came to terms on an agreement to sell his inventory to CVS Pharmacy. “Starting in January, it became increasingly more difficult to run the s t o re b a s e d o n insurance companies’ prescription plans,” said Klieger, whose uncle, aNDreW Harold Mindell, Merrick was the original owner. “I had to put money into the store to keep it going, and I could only do that for so long,” Klieger said. “I really didn’t want to sell, but CVS is a very well-run company and will take good care of the customers. I had a wonderful 43 years at the store and come away with a little money for retirement. Life is good.” Erica Sheid, of Merrick, said prescriptions were never on her list of things to worry about thanks to Savall. “I felt cared for,
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FrieNDS richarD, leFt, Christian, Jordan and Jack enjoyed the water at Newbridge Road pool on Monday.
Bellmore’s Newbridge Road pool opens to the public By aNDreW Garcia agarcia@liherald.com
Break out your swimming trunks and bathing suits: the Newbridge Road pool in Bellmore is now open for the season. Swimmers first made a splash at the facility last Saturday, a week earlier than other Town of Hempstead pools’ Fourth of July weekend openings. Pool Supervisor Brian Dazzo said more than 150 guests visited New-
bridge over the first two days, despite some rain, and an increase in attendance is expected for the holiday weekend. Echo Park pool, in West Hempstead, and Veterans Memorial Park pool, in East Meadow, also opened last Saturday. All other town pools will open on Friday. On Monday afternoon, dozens of residents cooled off at the Newbridge Road pool, clearly excited to be back in the water. Guests can expect
several sanitary and socialdistancing protocols, according to Town Supervisor Donald Clavin, with capacity limited to 50 percent for the daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. hours of operation. Masks are required to be worn when walking to and from the pool, to the restroom or when talking to on-duty lifeguards. Masks are not required in the water. Re s t r o o m s a r e o p e n , changing rooms are closed Continued on page 3
and cared about at Savall — they knew my name when I came in.” she said. “I had [a] drug sensitivity, which they had on record. The staff would say, ‘Don’t you have trouble with that antibiotic?’” A Merrick resident for 56 years, Klie ger, 75, had three full-time employees and a short list of parttimers. He still owns the storefront, and said he was looking to sell or rent it. “It has become tough for small, independent PaNaro drug stores to stay in business,” he said. Saval l w as a go-to store for Dr. Andrea Cunha, a Wantagh podiatrist. “I’ve had many occasions to do business with Savall for many of my patients’ needs,” she said. “It was a pleasure consulting with a mom-and-pop-type pharmacy. The staff was always very knowledgeable and professional, always putting my patients’ care first. Doctors like myself appreciate the prompt service. [I’m]
he fact they knew your name when you walked in the place was just wonderful.
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Courtesy Gary Hudes
GarY HudES IS the owner of Gennaro Jewelers on Bedford Avenue in Bellmore. The jeweler has been a staple in Bellmore Village for more than 95 years.
Local jeweler designs ‘Badge of Honor’ for frontline workers resents the purity of the “good guys, the heroes.” Hudes is asking frontline workers to Gennaro Jewelers of Bellmore, which stop by the store themselves, show identicelebrated its 97th year in business on fication to pick up their badge and take May 3, has been honoring frontline and advantage of the free cleaning offer. essential workers since its return from a “With all the soap and hand sanitizer 10-week closure due to everyone is using, the pandemic. that stuff can get In addition to offerunder diamonds and ing free jewelry cleano t h e r j ewe l s a n d ings for frontline needs to be properly heroes, owner Gary cleaned,” he said. Hudes designed a “Our staff also wants unique — and free — to thank frontline “Badge of Honor” for workers face to face them to display on for everything they their unifor ms or do.” work attire. Hudes said he “Soon after we had ordered the badges t o s h u t d ow n o n well before Gennaro’s March 21, I’m watchpartial reopening during the news and seeing Phase Two in late ing these incredible Courtesy Gary Hudes May so they would be stories on what the GENNarO JEwELErS OwNEr Gary available for when frontline workers Hudes designed this “Badge of customers were were doing to help Honor” for frontline workers to display allowed to reenter those in need,” said stores. “We’ve had a on their uniforms or work attire. Hudes, who joined the bunch of calls about staff at Gennaro’s in the badges already 1979 and soon became a partner. “I and a handful [have been] picked up,” thought about what I could do to recog- Hudes said. nize and honor these people going above Gennaro’s front window features signs and beyond the normal call of duty, so I honoring essential workers, replacing the designed this pin, or badge as I’m calling usual jewelry displays. Hudes said the it, and hired one of my vendors to pro- business would continue to display the duce 2,000 [of them].” signs thanking doctors, nurses, hospital The badge is approximately one and a workers, EMS, law enforcement, firefighthalf inches by one inch and features the ers, grocery store workers and pharmaAmerican flag as the base. On top of the cists through the end of summer. flag is a circular logo with gold, black and Gennaro’s is open six days a week from white coloring. Hudes said the black 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and is closed on Sunenamel represents those lost to the coro- days. All work is done on site in front of navirus virus while the white enamel rep- customers under CDC safety guidelines.
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fAmilies from bellmore and beyond gathered at the Newbridge Road pool on Monday for a swim and some sun.
Pandemic protocols in place for pool-goers continued from front PAge and visitors must bring their own chairs, because those at the facility are not available for use. Concession stands are also closed, but may reopen at a later date. Although lifeguards will ensure the pandemic safety guidelines are followed, they must primarily watch over swimmers. Additional staffing has been added to “monitor the area” and advise residents, Clavin said. “We’re not going to have the ‘pool police,’” he said. “They’ll be working with residents just to make sure the safeguards are in place.” Hempstead Town Aquatic Coordinator Justine Anderson will oversee the staff, a majority of whom are returning employees from previous years. “I think they’re excited to get a sense of normalcy back,” she said. “They’ve been stuck at home all these months.” As a member of the town’s Water Safety Advisory Committee and the Covid-19 Task Force, Anderson has been working to facilitate a smooth opening at the pool. Hand-sanitizing stations are available, and spaces for families to sit — marked by large squares on the pool deck — are separated by 10 feet, she said. By next year, many of the town’s parks will have “touchless bathrooms,” Clavin added, featuring automated doors, toilets and sinks, which are already present at some town beach facilities. “The residents of Nassau County are well aware that we were a hot spot, and we need to be cautious,” Clavin said. “Though it can be frustrating, residents have been great. By doing this together, it’s going to help avoid a second round of this pandemic.”
Aruch And YAli Klinkowitz, above left, were elated to be back in the pool. nicholAs PAPAzis, Above, with his sister, Calliope. sAl, fAr left, Noah and Joseph couldn’t help bending the rules a little, taking a running jump into the water.
Auctions raise $5K for Community Cupboard By Victoria caruso aseidman@liherald.com
Dolls; puzzles; yoga lessons; a dinner of home-smoked ribs with a side of coleslaw. These were just some of the items up for bid in a series of virtual auctions organized by North Merrick School District faculty. Over the past three months, the auctions raised more than $5,000 for Bellmore-Merrick’s Community Cupboard, which has taken a hit as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. When Nor th Mer rick’s schools switched to remote learning in March, Deputy Superintendent Beth Friedman had to reimagine how the district would encourage team building. The virtual auctions allowed teachers and administrators to come together while also giving back to the community. “It was truly delightful to see so many faculty members smiling, laughing and having an overall good time,” Friedman wrote in an email to the Herald Life. Before each event, participating faculty were asked to send pictures of new or gently used auction items to the district’s technology team. The photos were then compiled into a slideshow that was presented to bidders via Zoom. Teachers decluttered their homes to find items to put up for bid, while others made use of their cooking, yoga or musical talents to contribute goods and services. Decked out in a black suit and tie, Harold D. Fayette Principal Howard Merims
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DeckeD out in a black suit and tie, Harold D. Fayette Principal Howard Merims acted as the auctioneer and encouraged friendly competition among participants. acted as the auctioneer and encouraged friendly competition among participants. The prevailing winners submitted payments to Friedman via Venmo or mail-in
check, and donors mailed, delivered or forwarded prizes to the highest bidders. “It was really a lot of fun,” Merims said. “People were trying to outdo each other, and it made them relax, have a good
time and forget what we’re dealing with for that hour and a half.” “I was surprised because I thought this was going to be a fun nickel and dime [event], but people were very, very generous,” Friedman added. She has continued to receive donations from faculty who didn’t participate but still want to contribute to the cupboard, whose shelves are under stocked and services needed. “To date, we have helped over 90 Bellmore-Merrick families and an average of 40 on a biweekly basis,” the Cupboard Crew wrote in a letter to Friedman. “[This] contribution to the Community Cupboard will allow us to maintain those numbers, even as we all continue to fight through the crisis.” The district inspired other organizations to follow its lead, too. After some congregants from Temple Avodah, a synagogue in Oceanside, attended one of the virtual auctions, they asked Merims to help them recreate the event to raise money for their own community. “People are interested in the idea and I’m excited,” Merims said. “It’s just about doing good.” Residents who would like to donate to the Community Cupboard can drop off items in a container outside the Brookside building (1260 Meadowbrook Road, Mer rick) Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and noon. Families in need can visit the district website at www. bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/ or call (516) 992-1073 for more information.
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sad to see them go.” Brittany Janowitz, who grew up in North Merrick and now lives in Bellmore, recalled being quite sick as a child with a snowstorm coming. “Savall made a home delivery because they knew how much I needed my prescriptions, and they didn’t want my parents leaving the house,” she recalled. “It’s a shame they’re closing. I’m so thankful for them to this day.” Klieger said he spent 10 days at the Merrick Mall CVS greeting some of his former customers and helping them make the transition a smooth one. “I’m going to miss the customers for sure,” he said. “We had over 100 per day. I feel very blessed to have had great customers and employees for all these years.” Andrew Panaro, a Merrick resident for more than four decades, noted the “beautiful big neon sign” that hung at Savall’s. “The fact they knew your name when you walked in the place was just wonderful,” he said. Savall was a two-time Merrick Chamber of Commerce Merchant of the Year. “We wish Mr. Klieger the best in his retirement and acknowledge his many years of service to the Merrick community,” said CVS Manager of Retail Communications Matt Blanchette. “CVS Pharmacy has enjoyed meeting our new patients and providing them with industry leading products and services that will help them on their path to better health.”
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Savall DrugS, a Merrick Avenue staple for more than 70 years, closed on May 21 after owner Robert Klieger came to terms on an agreement to sell his inventory to CVS Pharmacy.
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Education, said that the continuation of services is important for students in the program, as is face-to-face interaction with teachers and aides. She added that the Lions wanted to do their part to ensure that those students could come to school and learn in a safe manner. “It’s for our children and our staff,” Lanci said. “The Lions Club supports our school community, and we felt that this was an item that we should support. It may seem like a small gesture, but it’s something that we can do to help.” The Lions also supplied pizza dinners for families in the North Bellmore School District amid the pandemic. Gift certificates to a local pizzeria were included with grab-and-go lunches provided to families by the district’s food services department. Provided by the North Bellmore School District; compiled by Alyssa Seidman.
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BMCHSD to offer Summer Enrichment Academy The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will offer students a Summer Enrichment Academy remotely. The Refresh, Revive and Thrive program will be available for a four-week period beginning on July 20 to help students prepare for the upcoming school year by subject area and grade level. “As we worked diligently to improve our distance learning practices, we have also utilized opportunities to identify key skills, concepts and content across the various disciplines and multiple levels that need to be reinforced once school reopens next September,” said District Superintendent John DeTommaso. Classes are available to all students
and offer the opportunity to help retain key skills, relearn important concepts and dive deeper into curriculum. “Refresher courses will be offered both synchronously (live) and asynchronously (recorded/posted) to all students and will be meaningful, engaging and serve as great preparation for the 2020-21 academic school year,” DeTommaso added. Students who actively participate in and complete one or more of the enrichment courses will receive a certificate of completion. Courtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District; compiled by Andrew Garcia.
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The North Bellmore School District will continue its special education summer school program this year, which will be the first in-person instruction in the schools since the Covid-19 closure in midMarch. To ensure a safe learning environment for students and staff, the Bellmore Lions Club donated money for personal protective equipment (PPE) and other important items. Superintendent Marie Testa announced that the Lions contributed $2,500 to support the purchase of face shields, nurses’ gowns and thermometers. In early June, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order allowing necessary special education instruction to take place in-person this summer. The Lions donation will help ensure that North Bellmore can hold the program while meeting all state and federal safety guidelines. Lions Club Treasurer Nina Lanci, a trustee on the North Bellmore Board of
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n June, the Bellmore Lions realized that Covid-19 was affecting many local families, so we started thinking about something we could do to give back to our community. Our first donation was about 85 pizzas for families so they could have a hot meal from Mama Gina’s. Then we realized for more families, it was going to continue. We went for a matching grant with the Brandel Murphy Youth Foundation, and we were able to give out an additional 250 pizzas. In total, we probably gave out 350 gift certificates to families so they could have a hot meal during the pandemic. In addition, some other families received gift certificates for food from Dominos. We also recently realized there was a need for personal protective equipment. We donated a $2,500 grant to the North Bellmore School District so they can purchase the PPE they need for summer school for the staff and the students. That will probably go towards face shields, nurses’ gowns and thermometers. We’re a community-based volunteer organization. Many of our members live here, work here, have families here, grew their business here or went to high school here, and they want to give back. Covid hits home here — it’s around the world, but right here in our own community, it has affected so many people. The Lions have always been in the community, and we’ve always been helping. This time, we rose to the occasion and we’re here to be invested in the community and see families thrive and get through this.
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As this year’s Pride Month came to a close this week, LGBTQ+ rights activists across Long Island reflected on the community’s progress and shortcomings in creating a safer, more welcoming Long Island for people of all identities. “Pride Month has always been about taking a moment to hit pause,” said Aiden Kaplan, a services manager at PFY, a Bellmore-based LGBTQ+ organization. Formally known as Pride For Youth, the nonprofit has been helping to transform the region into a more inclusive and accessible environment for those with non-heterosexual and/or non-cisgender identities. It provides free HIV and STI testing, counseling, support groups and programs for members of the LGBTQ+ community, as well as educational workshops at local middle and high schools. “It’s a safe place,” said Christian Milan, a 23-year-old client and peer navigator at PFY. Milan gained the confidence to start his drag career at the center’s bimonthly drag competition, Drag Factor. “There are so many youths who view PFY as the only space where they can go to feel affirmed and accepted,” Kaplan said. “Our goal is to create an all-encompassing space where you can access lifesaving services, [a] community and culture and feel celebrated for those things.”
Although the pandemic has forced Gay Straight Alliance clubs to temporarily disband and PFY in Bellmore to close its physical doors, support for LGBTQ+-identifying individuals remains. Popular PFY programs, like Coffee House, continue to provide a comfortable environment for LGBTQ+ youth to connect virtually. The organization also launched Long Island’s LGBTQ+ Covid-19 relief program in April, which provides assistance with employment, housing, technology, at-home HIV testing, free condom delivery and case management services. In a 2015 report by the New York State LGBT Health and Human Services Needs Assessment, LGBTQ+-identifying Long Islanders most frequently reported a lack of psychological support groups and health professionals who specialize in LGBTQ+ issues. With these barriers in mind, PFY’s program was “designed to make sure that LGBTQ+ individuals are not at a higher risk during the Covid-19 Crisis,” Kaplan said.
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Administrators at the Long Island Crisis Center founded PFY in 1993, at a time when LGBTQ+ services were virtually nonexistent on Long Island. In the late 80s, the center’s hotline experienced an uptick in calls from people who identified as LGBTQ+, but there were no resources to be shared. During this time, incidents of homophobia went unchecked in Bellmore-Merrick schools. Records from Uncovering the Past, a program at John F. Kennedy High School, showed an incident from the ’70s at Shore Road Elementary in which a third-grader, Richie Jackson, was harassed for choosing choir as an elective. The phys.-ed. teacher told the children in his class to “jump on the faggot,” and stood by while a group of boys piled on Jackson and made him cry. The incident was never addressed. In 2007, Kaplan began his female-tomale gender transition while attending Grand Avenue Middle School; the process continued into his time at Mepham High School. As the schools’ first openly transgender student, Kaplan said the faculty made an effort to ensure he was respected, though, given the time period, he was still unable to use his bathroom of choice. Now, as a PFY facilitator for the Central High School District, Kaplan has seen firsthand the progress the schools have made over the last decade. “They have actively been trying to recognize
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christian MiLan’s draG persona, Aphrodite, has become a symbol of PFY, where he works as a peer navigator to educate LGBTQ+ youth on sexual health and identity. that this isn’t just one student anymore,” he said. “This is possibly hundreds of students who are coming out, who need support, and schools need to make sure that they’re affirmed.” Graduating Calhoun High School senior Noah Marchuck, who is gay, is the former president of the school’s Gay Straight Alliance. “Bellmore-Merrick has come a long way with LGBTQ+ acceptance, but I think a stigma does still exist,” he said. “At Calhoun, the atmosphere is very accepting, and every faculty member embodies that; however, I’ve [had] a good deal of people call me hurtful things regarding my sexuality, both to my face and behind my back.” Christina Dimitriou, the faculty adviser for Mepham’s GSA, said her students occasionally hear offensive language targeted at the LGBTQ+ community, such as when the club handed out rainbow-colored ribbons for national Coming Out Day. “GSA is not just about getting together and having a safe space, but about us going out into the Mepham community and normalizing these things so that these derogatory terms trickle away,” she said.
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In the wake of George Floyd’s death — which sparked thousands to turn out for Black Lives Matter protests in Merrick and Bellmore — LGBTQ+ rights activists are also thinking about racerelated problems on Long Island. Among 291 communities, the majority of Long Island’s Black residents live in just 11 neighborhoods, making the region one of the most segregated places in the nation. “I think Pride this year is unique. It’s a time for us to remember our roots and look at other communities that are having their fight right now, and relate their experiences to where we were 50 years ago,” Kaplan said. “It’s an opportunity for [our] community to stand in line with another movement and say we know what it’s like to face injustice.” Recognizing that Mepham is in a community made up of 85.7 percent white residents and only 1.45 percent black residents — with similar demographics in Merrick — Dimitriou agreed that change is needed, and that starts with education. “We don’t have members in the club that are people of color, but we absolutely address these things, whether I send
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PFY is a division of the Long Island Crisis Center. out an article or share a book,” Dimitriou said. Marchuck urged residents to use their platforms to educate one another about the susceptibility of Black LGBTQ+ individuals, and “donate to organizations that focus on Black LGBTQ+ people,” such as “The Trevor Project” or “The Center for Black Equality.” “We have a long way to go.” Milan said. “Long Island has been so systematically separated for so long now, but I think that now, especially with the Black Lives Matter movement, people are starting to understand.”
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T he Bellmore Memorial Library’s newest 3D printers — only acquired shortly before the Covid-19 pandemic began — are being put to charitable use. More than 100 plastic face shields have been printed and sent out to front-line workers in the community. Before the library closed in March, the staff ordered two new Prusa 3D printers, and only one instructional class was held for adults before all programs were postponed. “Obviously, the purpose of the 3D printer was to be for the community,” said Director Elaine Cummings-Young. “To have these brand-new 3D printers in a box was driving me crazy.” L i b r a r i a n Pa m Pa g o n e s learned of other libraries in Suffolk and Nassau County that were printing face shields for medical workers. As soon as she received the file to create the protective equipment, she got to printing. The face shield donations were advertised on social media, and 110 have been donated to the Nassau University and Montefiore
Medical Centers and to various workers around the community. “As much as people want to come back [to the library], we miss having people in the building too,” said Director Elaine Cummings-Young. “So, this was one way for us to stay in touch with people in the community.” “Seeing a lot of the pictures of people we donated these face shields to, it’s such a good feeling to see how grateful they were,” Pagones said, “and that these face shields made an impact for local hospitals and health centers.” When the library reopens, 3D printing programs for children and adults will continue, Cummings-Young said. Meanwhile, the children’s program lives on virtually every month. Classes can be found at www.bellmorelibrary.org. Additional face shields are available for the community as well. Anyone interested in receiving them can contact ask@bellmorelibrary.org. “Not only healthcare workers can benefit,” Pagones said — face shields can be utilized by businesses currently reopening, such as salons, barber shops and restaurants.
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Belmont Stakes go on — despite pandemic By VisVajit sriramrajan The Belmont Stakes looked a little different to fans and the larger horseracing community this year, as industry officials had to alter their operations due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. “Our biggest challenge over the past 90 days has been keeping people safe,” said Terry Finley, the president and CEO of West Point Thoroughbreds, a Saratoga Springs-based racing consultant. “Tragically, we had one death on the backstretch and some others tested positive for the virus, but we have over a thousand people who work on the backstretch every day, and everyone was well taken care of.” Other companies, however, did not fare as well, he said, noting that he was grateful the Stakes went well despite pandemic-related risks. Fans were not allowed to attend the Stakes on June 20 — when bay horse Tiz The Law, jockeyed by Manuel Franco, crossed the finish line to become the first New York-bred horse to win the race since 1882 — and the race was shortened from 1.5 to 1.125 miles. “Fortunately for us, the pandemic didn’t affect Tiz The Law’s performance,” said Jack Knowlton, operating manager of Sackatoga Stable, which owns the horse. “It has made life much more difficult for the team at the stable, though. We haven’t had the opportunity to be at the race to see our horse run in person.” He added that the team is hopeful they can see Tiz The Law in action again at Churchill Downs, where the 146th Kentucky Derby was rescheduled for Sept. 5. Subsequently, the Preakness, the third leg of the Triple Crown, was rescheduled to Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The pandemic even affected the coverage of the event. Adam Coglianese, the lead track photographer for the New York Racing Association said, noting, “The experience leading up to the race was a little quieter
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tiz the Law crossed the finish line first at the Belmont Stakes on June 20, becoming the first New York-bred horse to win since 1882. than normal, but we still photographed the horses in the morning and set up our cameras around the track like we usually would to produce images for the trainers.” He added that the lack of a physical audience meant that he and his staff had to focus more of their photography on the horses and the track. “We all maintained social distancing,” he noted, “but otherwise there were no significant challenges.” The race was broadcasted on NBC. With 3.4 million
people watching, it marked the lowest recorded viewership for any broadcasted Belmont Stakes and for any opening leg of the Triple Crown. “The Belmont Stakes provided sports fans across the country with world-class entertainment during these challenging times,” said Patrick McKenna, the communications director for NYRA, calling the race unique but successful this year, and congratulating Tiz The Law for his win.
Northwell opens L.I.’s first LGBTQ transgender center Northwell Health has opened Long Island’s first center in New Hyde Park dedicated to transgender care, providing an array of services to serve the LGBTQIA+ community. The $850,000, 3,000-square-foot office opened in June in observance of Pride Month, giving the program first established in 2016 a physical home. The Northwell Health Physician Partners LGBTQ Transgender Health Program, at 410 Lakeville Road, features four exam rooms, eight offices/ consultation rooms and two genderneutral restrooms. The center is staffed by a medical director, a primary care physician, psychiatrist, senior psychologist, nurse practitioner and two transhealth navigators. The program offers services for endocrinology (adult and pediatric), plastic surgery, adolescent medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and otolaryngology. “We understand that there are thousands of individuals living on Long Island who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming and non-binary. This is an underserved community that has specific health care needs,” said Dr. David Rosenthal, medical director of the Center for Transgender Care at
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Community org anizations have stepped up in recent weeks to support residents hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. People dependent on meal assistance programs, such as school lunches, have especially struggled. In response, Congregation Beth Ohr, in Bellmore, has launched a voucher program to help feed local families. “Working with the North Bellmore School District, we have distributed 85 food vouchers redeemable at Bagel Boss of Merrick,” according to a press release from CBO President Bruce Nelson. “A second round of the food voucher programs will be offered again this week.” “The impetus for this program was the increase in demand for school lunches as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic,” the release continued. “We also saw a need to provide meals to those families on the weekends when school was not in session.” The district started to serve lunches to families in need back in March. “We were serving 63 meals a day, which quickly escalated to over 220 lunches a day,” said North Bellmore Schools Superintendent Marie Testa. The district partnered with CBO after a school board member and temple congregant heard about the Bellmore Lions donating pizza from Gino’s Pizza in Merrick to the schools. According to Jacqueline Rehak, the assistant superintendent for business, CBO and Bagel Boss donated gift cards to 85 families in the past few weeks. Each gift card was redeemable for six bagels, and a half-pound each of cream cheese, butter and tuna and egg salads. Testa called CBO’s actions “a bright light in a dark time.” Bagel Boss has also established a similar program with the Merrick Jewish Center, providing hundreds of hot meals and coupon packages to community mem-
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Some oF brianna Thier’s track teammates were there to congratulate her when she was presented with the Dick Ferziger Memorial Award.
Mepham’s Brianna Thier wins Dick Ferziger Memorial Award Wellington C. Mepham High School senior Brianna Thier was presented with the Dick Ferziger Memorial Award by the Nassau Boys Track & Field Officials Association, the Nassau Girls Track & Field Officials Association and the Nassau Coaches Association. The Ferziger award is the only award given in track and field by all three associations. It is designed to honor the memory of longtime official and leader in the sport, Dick Ferziger, by presenting it to a graduating senior who best exemplifies the qualities that made Ferziger special: a deep commitment to the sport, high academic achievement, sportsmanship, leadership and a concern for the community. Thier met and surpassed all the qualifications for this award. She has excelled in both the 55-meter and 100-meter hurdles, and has been a Conference and AllCounty Champion. She maintains a high GPA, is captain on the team and serves as a mentor to younger members. She has been active in her school community as a
Samantha Mack, an 11th-grader from Sanford H. Calhoun High School, tied for second place in the fifth annual essay competition sponsored by Life’s WORC/ The Family Center For Autism, Schneps Media and The Claire Friedlander Family Foundation. The essay topic was, “How Can I Lead My School and Community to Become A Bully-Free Place For Individuals With Autism and Developmental Disabilities?” “We would like to congratulate [Samantha] for stepping up and speaking out on a crisis affecting a number of today’s students: ‘Incidents of bullying and how this can be prevented’,” said Peter J. Klein, president of The Claire Friedlander Family Foundation. “The thoughts you and your fellow students expressed through the written word have given our nonprofit organization an abundance of new ideas and fresh perspectives on how to respond to the bullying issue, especially as it relates to people with
autism and developmental disabilities.” Since there was a tie for second place, the judges decided to combine the second and third place prize monies to award each second place winner $2,500. Seventyone students submitted essays in the contest, which was open to nine-12th grade students from public and private schools in Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties. Since the contest was launched, the organization has provided about $40,000 in awards to 16 students. Life’s WORC/The Family Center For Autism is a Garden City-based agency established by print media publisher, Victoria Schneps, with help from broadcast journalist icon, Geraldo Rivera. It offers a variety of services and programs to some 2,000 people with developmental disabilities and autism. Provided by Danny Frank; compiled by Alyssa Seidman
Samantha mack, an 11th-grader from Sanford H. Calhoun High School, tied for second place in the fifth annual essay competition sponsored by Life’s WORC/The Family Center For Autism, Schneps Media and The Claire Friedlander Family Foundation.
member SADD and Key Club, and has helped raise funds for Lupus research, homeless food drives and other charities. Coach Brad Rangell noted that the Covid-19 pandemic put a damper on Thier’s hopes for the spring season. Coming off an injury that prevented her from participating in any of this year’s winter championships, she looked forward to the spring to once again prove her ability and aim for a college scholarship. The loss of the season hurt; however, Thier said, “It taught me that not everything is going to work out the way you want it to. I taught myself to look at the positives in each situation and not overly dwell on things I cannot control.” A large caravan of cars filled with officials, coaches, friends and family paid a noisy visit to Thier’s home, where she was given the award. Provided by Susan Polansky; compiled by Alyssa Seidman
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here’s an old saying (with many variations): “Beware what you wish for, because you might just get it.” That fits the current rush to judgment against police forces across America. Calls to reform the police have been replaced by demands to “defund” or even “abolish” the police by the most radical political elements. In Seattle, that’s led to the outrageous abdication of responsibility by elected state and local officials, who cowered before a mob that took over a whole city neighborhood. alfonse The occupiers d’amaTo of the city’s Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone stormed a local police headquarters and forcibly expelled the officers stationed there. They set up barricades and have established their own tumultuous version of an open society. no cops, no discernible rules of behavior. The result: a spiraling decline into lawlessness and disorder. Armed thugs roam the zone, dispensing their own version of justice. Fueled by drugs and alcohol, this has inevitably led to late-night shooting, and at least one death. But Seattle’s mayor and Washington’s governor have sat on
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their hands, making apologies for the mob. No one should make excuses for bad cops or accept criminal behavior from those sworn to protect us. Police forces do need to reform, to be much better trained, to opt for de-escalation rather than confrontation. Bad cops should be weeded out and expelled from their forces. Police must win the trust of communities they serve, not see themselves as occupying forces, especially in communities of color. But just imagine what will happen if police withdraw from patrolling highcrime neighborhoods. Think crime will magically go down? Think the killing will stop? Think again, because the summer killing season has already entered full swing in a number of America’s cities. In Minneapolis, where the tragic death of George Floyd sparked a national awakening to the need to stop inexcusable police violence, recent murders of young black men have brought the tragedy full circle. But most of these murders weren’t committed by police. They were committed by criminals. In Chicago, the death toll has been staggering. More than 250 people have been murdered so far this year. At the current death rate, Chicago could exceed last year’s 510 murders.
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Recently the New York City Police Department unilaterally declared a withdrawal from undercover policing aimed at the most violent drug gangs. The law-abiding citizens of areas where those thugs roam can only hide — they can’t run from their neighborhoods. Unlike New York’s wealthy, who can and will abandon the city for safer environs if the level of crime returns to that of the bad old days, those who live in its poorest neighborhoods will be trapped amid the violence and death. They’ll absorb the brunt of the drive-by shootings, the stray bullets, the revenge killings. We may forget that at the height of the last crime wave, New York was terrorized by a high of over 2,600 murders in a single year. Last year there were just over 300 murders. That’s 2,300 fewer dead, fewer funerals, fewer grieving parents, widows and orphans. Good policing had a lot to do with that dramatic drop in deaths. Constructive police engagement in communities plagued by high crime helped reduce the death toll. That’s why it’s all the more damnable that a few terrible cops have defamed the reputation of their police brothers and sisters, and damaged relationships between police and minority communities. This damage must be repaired. Our
e need to offer more, not less, support for better law enforcement.
police forces must not retreat from our most vulnerable communities. They must not lose heart or commitment to the tough work they signed up for. We need to offer more, not less, support for better law enforcement, especially to encourage positive community engagement. If that means creating specialized teams of social workers, medics, mental health professionals and others to help police respond to the calls they get, so be it. So many 911 calls today are domesticabuse calls, child-abuse calls, drug- and alcohol-abuse calls. They require more than law enforcement intervention. They require all the skills the public sector and the community can muster. I certainly get it that policing needs to change and grow to serve our modern and all too often dysfunctional society. We should look at policing with eyes wide open. Let’s figure out what works and follow it. Let’s make public safety a No. 1 priority. Let’s not throw in the towel on better policing, safer communities and fewer deaths, especially in our minority communities, which suffer the worst from criminal violence. Because black lives matter. Every single one. 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.
Marriage in the time of Covid-19
esterday morning, my partner, my husband of 52 years, my onetime Lawrence High School sweetheart, turned his head on the pillow and whispered: “What are you making for dinner tonight?” My eyes weren’t open yet, but I whispered back, “Grilled scallops over buckwheat noodles and yakitori vegetables.” We sighed. I opened my eyes and got rolling. There were scallops to defrost. This is life for us during the coronavirus pandemic. Do you enjoy irony? All I ever wanted was for Randi him to retire so we kReiss could spend more time together. This winter he retired. Three days later, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, the world took a timeout, and here we are, with more togetherness than human beings were ever designed for. True, when we married on July 3,1968, we promised to stick together through the usual storms that blow through lives, but this? It definitely requires a codicil.
We are rigorously avoiding outside social contact, and not dining out or bringing in food. What that means for me is that I have cooked three meals a day for these many weeks since the pandemic hit. As I heard my husband confide to a friend on the phone, “I’m so lucky she’s a good cook.” How priorities change. Believe me, when we were 21 his mind wasn’t on my chicken fricassee. He’s thrilled with my meals, and I’m happy to slice and dice and sauté and bake, because what else is there to do in this crazy time? It’s a simple equation. Our marital quid pro quo: I prepare a complex seafood and rice dish with saffron and exotic mushrooms. We sit down together and enjoy. It works particularly well because he is happy to share the work by cleaning up. But . . . but . . . how did this get to be our lives? At least once a day I have a moment of being totally flabbergasted at the surreal turn of events. When we got married, who could have imagined that in our 52nd year together, we’d be isolated in semi-quarantine? Who could have envisioned all these hours and days and weeks spent alone after lifetimes
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of individual careers and outside friendships that nourished our lives and created healthy separation? Everyone is writing their own survival manual during the pandemic, especially because the federal government’s leadership has been so inadequate, so late and so confused. My kids are raising teenagers who no longer go to school or get to hang out with friends. My nieces and nephews are entertaining their toddlers all day and welcoming newborns. Some friends are living through all of this on their own. Others are going to work and keeping as safe as possible, whatever that means. For me, the first month was the worst, when I realized this wasn’t going to be a two-week deal, when I realized how vulnerable we are as over-65 seniors, when I saw the medical experts doing quiet battle with the federal government. I did what I could for myself, meditating and yoga and talking to friends on the phone. My husband and I carved out space for ourselves within our home, separating for some part of each day. Still, there are moments that feel close to panic. How will we get through this time
ho could have imagined that in our 52nd year together, we’d be in quarantine?
of not seeing our children and grandchildren? How will young people make sense of this in the arc of their lives? Here at home base, the journey is fraught. From another room, I can hear my husband preparing his hourly glass of water, violently shaking ice for what seems like 20 minutes, creating an avalanche of sound that shakes the dishes in the cupboard. I hear it from upstairs. Hell, you could hear it from another state. You wouldn’t think that would make you want to kill someone, but you’d be wrong. It’s the little things that drive you mad. But then, somehow, things settle. We find the light. We never had breakfast together because he went to work before 7. Now we do. Yes, it’s true he does get testy when I leave crumbs from my toast on the table, but we’re coping. We have faith in us. When we got married that July 3 in Woodmere, we promised to stick together. As fragile as life has become, as much as we’ve changed, grown apart and together again, I’m still in. We got married on that date so we’d always have the Fourth of July to celebrate. Alas, no fireworks this year, but I do have a nice whole snapper marinating in the fridge. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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hile commenting on the chants and signs proclaiming “Black Lives Matter,” a white colleague said, “All lives matter.” Yes, I replied, all lives matter, but we need to be reminded that black lives matter because it is black lives that are being eliminated by police violence. And we know only about those killed by bullets and bullies. What about the others who are “killed” behind closed doors and by Covid-19, toxic water, lead paint, failing schools, a privatized prison roBert a. system and job sCott discrimination, among other ills visited upon black people. I asked my colleague if he ever worried when his son goes to a mall with friends. Imagine you’re black, I said. Would you be concerned then, since we know that black people are harassed more often than whites and are killed in their homes and suburban neighbor-
hoods by white police. How many times have we heard of black professionals being mistaken for maintenance staff ? How often have we read about black students being asked why they’re in a university lounge, as if they don’t belong there? We hear the protests of the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many others, but do we hear the cries of anguish of those who suffer the malignancy of daily slights and sights? The slights of having one’s name questioned because it seems foreign. The sights of statues honoring generals who wanted to maintain the slave system. To solve a problem or cure an addiction, we must first name it and frame it. We must own up to it, even if it takes time. We must acknowledge it and understand its causes and effects. This is true of racism in all its guises, whether individual or institutional. I was fortunate to grow up in Mount Vernon, N.Y., where I had black friends in every grade of school. Even in college, although it was majority white, I had black friends — even one who today is a raving libertarian. But even with these experiences, I have to remind myself of white supremacy, of the many ways in
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which I have been advantaged in life, despite the fact that my mother died when I was 9 and my father went bankrupt due to the medical bills. We were poor but white, and even that gave us advantages. Racism is endemic. We must speak out against it, not in a patronizing way but as a patriotic act. For if we do not correct our nation’s original sin, this country whose ideals I admire will soon perish from its rotten core. The sin of slavery and the dehumanization of black people was codified in our Constitution, written into law, condoned by churches and confirmed by courts. Through theology, political protocols, economic priorities and educational practices, black individuals, families and communities have been disadvantaged in American society. These are the sources of white supremacy and relative wealth. It’s time for white people to acknowledge these injustices. It’s time for white Americans to acknowledge the justification for affirmative action. It’s time for white Americans to care about equal access to health care, education, job opportunities and justice for all Americans without regard for race, gender or background. To care about others is to care about the ideals on which this coun-
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A cross-continental reader checks in To the Editor: I moved to Merrick in 1950 and graduated from Mepham High in 1961. My wife and I lived in Merrick for 38 years before moving to Seattle in 2007. When we moved, we placed a full-page letter in what was then Merrick Life to say goodbye and explain that we were leaving not because of any fault of the town, but rather to seek a new life in new circumstances. Our three children had gone to school and grown to adulthood in Merrick, and all graduated from Calhoun High School. We have stayed close to our former friends and neighbors there, have returned to visit many times and continue to subscribe to the Herald in order to stay current with what’s happening there. (If you have read the papers, though, you’ll note that we have plenty of news in Seattle also!) I wanted to let you know that Randi Kreiss’s column “Thank you very much, but I prefer to remain alive” (June 18-24) was a remarkable piece of writing, and encapsulated and so aptly described what is taking place. My wife and I send Kreiss our best wishes and hope she continues to stir the pot with such wonderful prose.
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