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Medical pros are needed Village issues call to join county’s volunteer Medical Reserve Corps that medical and public-health professionals could volunteer during an emergency. After the With the Covid-19 vaccines attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the existbeing rolled out and with an ing system was overrun, and increasing need for places to inoc- many medical professional who ulate people, the Village of Law- wanted to volunteer were turned rence made its residents aware of away. the Nassau County “It is volunteers Medical Reserve in all medical fields Corps, a group of that want to give medical volunteers, back to their neighand offered the counbors and are mobity the use of the Lawlized when there is a rence Yacht & Counneed for it,” said ty Club as a point of Lawrence resident vaccine distribution.

Dr. Marc Sicklick, “We are request- Dr. MarC who has a practice ing that medical perthat focuses on allerSiCkliCk sonnel who reside in g y, a s t h m a a n d the Village of Law- Medical Reserve immunology in rence, join the Nas- Corps member Cedarhurst and has sau County Medical been a Medical Reserve Corps,” LawReserve Corps memrence Mayor Alex Edelman stat- ber for roughly 15 years. ed in an email that was sent to Sicklick, who made the Village village residents on Dec. 30. “It is of Lawrence aware of the corps, anticipated that our Medical said that people in the communiReserve Corps will be available to ty were “nervous” about the vacassist in the distribution of the cine rollout. Making the LawCovid vaccine.” rence country club a convenient The corps is a community- point of distribution was another based, civilian volunteer pro- goal of the corps, he said, pointgram committed to helping ing out that the Five Towns are strengthen local public-health ini- somewhat isolated from central tiatives and responding to disas- Nassau County. “I don’t want to ters in the region. Established in 2002, it was created to help ensure Continued on page 7

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THrEE TiMES a week, Woodmere resident Chava Willig Levy welcomes viewers to her 10-minute podcast, “Breathtaking,” on YouTube.

Podcasting her way through the coronavirus pandemic

Woodmere resident shares passion for music

By MaTTHEW FErrEMi mferremi@liherald.com

Despite being considered high-risk for contracting the coronavirus, Chava Willig Levy has made the most of her time inside her Woodmere home, starting a YouTube podcast last March focusing on one of her passions, music.

On the program, called “Breathtaking,” Levy shares songs and lyrics in a variety of music genres. There are three episodes per week that are roughly 10 minutes long, and each week there’s a theme.

“It’s called [Breathtaking] because it features songs and lyrics that take my breath away,” Levy said. “I’m not just

telling the listeners to listen to a certain song; I try to shed a light on something they never noticed or thought about in a song during the episodes.”

Born in 1952 in Brooklyn, Levy has been in a wheelchair since she was 3, after she contracted polio. The pandemic, she said, has made it risky for Continued on page 7

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By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

The nearly 5-acre site that once housed a sheet metal fabrication factory at 175 Roger Ave. in Inwood lies vacant after the 155,000-square foot, one story building was demolished in 2018. Current applicant Inwood 175 LLC and AJM Capital II LLC bought the property from Nassau County one year earlier.

Designated a brownfield site by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the land is being considered for cleanup. A brownfield site is defined by the DEC as any “real property where a contaminant is present at levels exceeding the soil cleanup objectives or other health-based or environmental standards, criteria or guidance,” that the DEC adheres to.

Sheet metal fabrication began at the site in 1961. From roughly 1971 to 1987, Rockaway Metal Products used the property. When the company left it was discovered that the company had disposed of and improperly stored hazardous waste material. In 1993, the federal Environmental Protection Agency conducted what is called an emergency removal action.

The DEC, along with the state’s Department of Health, has determined that the site “poses a significant threat to public health or the environment.” Chemicals tetrachloroethene known as PCE and trichloroethene commonly called TCE were found in the groundwater at levels surpassing water quality standards. There were also higher than usual levels of metals such as cadmium, chromium, lead and mercury.

A review of what the DEC calls the supplemental remedial investigation report was completed on Dec. 23.

Inwood 175 LLC and AJM Capital II LLC is now putting

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ThE STaTE DEC is considering a plan to clean up the hazardous materials that seeped into the ground at 175 Roger Ave. in Inwood. together what is called the remedial action work plan that will, “detail how the applicant plans to address the contamination to ensure protection of public health and the environment,” said DEC spokeswoman Aphrodite Montalvo, adding that the DEC expects to receive a draft copy this month.

After completing its review, the DEC will approve the investigation report that then will be made available to the public for comment for 45 days. “The DEC will keep the public informed when this step arises, and throughout the investigation and cleanup of the site,” Montalvo said.

The cleanup will be paid by the applicants and as part of the Brownfield Cleanup Program, the applicants will be eligible for brownfield tax credits after the cleanup is completed. “An estimated cost to remediate the site has

not been determined yet, but is planned as part of the alternatives analysis prepared during the development of the cleaning plan,” Montalvo said.

The Brownfields Tax Incentive encourages the cleanup and reuse of brownfields. Under the tax incentive, environmental cleanup costs are fully deductible in the year incurred, rather than capitalized and spread over time.

“Until such time as our Brownfield application is fully approved by the NYSDEC I am regrettably unable to comment,” said Adam Mann, a principal of AJM Capital II LLC, an investment group.

The current documents can be found online at, Index of /data/DecDocs/C130164 (ny.gov) and at Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave. in Lawrence.

Lawrence resident appointed to Holocaust council lead the nation in commemorating the Holocaust and to raise private donations for the Holocaust Memorial Museum.

A son of Holocaust survivors who After the museum opened in 1993, the spent time in a displaced persons camp council became the governing board of was appointed by President Donald trustees of the museum, an independent Trump to the board that supports the establishment of the federal government United States Holocaust operating as a public-private Museum in Washington, D.C. partnership which receives Martin Oliner, 73, who was federal money to support the mayor of Lawrence village museum. from 2010 to 2016 and is Consisting of 55 members, involved with several Jewish all appointed by the presiorganizations, begins the fivedent, along with five memyear term on the U.S. Holobers from the Senate and caust Memorial Council with House of Representatives and 10 other new members. three ex-officio members Oliner, a co-president of from the federal Departments the Religious Zionists of of Education, Interior and America and a vice president State, the council meets twice of the American Zionist a year. The Executive ComMovement, also shares his mittee meets four times a time with the Center for Righyear. Work is perfor med teousness and Integrity, the mainly through committees.

Hebrew Free Loan Society, MaRTiN OLiNER Appointed members terms Israel Bonds, New York Medi- New council are five years and 11 memcal College, Touro College bers terms expire each year. member and World Mizrachi.

Oliner said his goal is to He also has written articontinue battling anti-Semicles for the Jerusalem Post and other Jew- tism and the growing global extremism. ish publications, and taught at Touro and Waking up at 7:30 a.m. and working until New York law school. “I enjoy what I do,” 1:30 a.m., has been his routine since the he said about all his philanthropic activi- Covid-19 pandemic began, he said. “I am ties. “I learned from my parents how very passionate about the things I am important it is to give back.” involved in and a huge proponent of educaThe U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council tion,” said Oliner, who along with Dr. Berwas established by Congress in 1980 to nard Lander and other others was instru-

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LawRENCE RESiDENT MaRTiN Oliner, a former mayor of the village, was appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. mental in building Touro College “from nothing to a billion dollar institution.”

Growing up in Brooklyn, graduating from high school, college and law school, being successful and serving as a civic leader, he was also a village trustee before becoming mayor, Oliner is a proponent of the American dream. “There is nothing like nothing like America, and anyone who denigrates this country just does not appreciate it,” he said.

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat who represents the Five Towns, noted

Oliner’s local government service and volunteerism. “Mayor Oliner led the Village of Lawrence and Religious Zionists of America with distinction, while working tirelessly to further strengthen ties between America and Israel,” State Sen. Todd Kaminsky said in a news release.

“We are fortunate to have someone of his caliber in our community, and wish him much success in his latest post, ensuring that Americans honor the memories of the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.”

Vlogging with Hewlett Harbor’s Emily Austin

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HERAld PERson oF the Year Sasha Young and Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder welcome everyone to the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence.

PAL receives $25,000

The reestablished Police Athletic League program at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence received an initial financial donation from Nassau County as County Executive Laura Curran and Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder donated $25,000 on Dec. 23 from the county’s asset forfeiture money.

That money, taken from criminals, will initiate programs that aim to engage young people with multiple activities ranging from sports to education, and anything that the community can create.

“We have so many awesome clinics and initiatives planned as we move forward,” Inwood resident Sasha Young said about the PAL program.

“We are extremely proud of our youth advocates for being proactive in making positive changes for our entire community.”

Young runs Gammy’s Pantry inside the Community Center that distributes food and clothes to people in need. She also helped to spearhead the reintroduction of the PAL program, along with Community Center Executive Director K. Brent Hill, the teenage volunteers and others.

In September, there was a meeting at the Community Center attended by

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several Nassau police officials including Ryder, to restart a program that existed a half a century ago and then went dormant because of a lack of interest.

PAL programs now include STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) programs. Typically, PAL programs are for children from kindergarten to ninth grade, some include young people through high school.

Another program now being introduced is the Youth Police Initiative, which includes sessions where police officers and young people discuss the issues that divide them. This was created in the wake of the George Floyd murder last May which ignited protests, some peaceful, some not, across the nation and locally.

“We as a community center as a whole are focused on providing and expanding services at every age level, and to provide experiences and events to enhance lives physically, culturally and philosophically,” Young said.

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Instead of catching up on her favorite television shows or movies on Netflix during the coronavirus pandemic, Hewlett Harbor resident Emily Austin began making strides toward a future in sports journalism.

Austin, 19, is a sophomore journalism student at Hofstra University. She also models on the side and has been featured in magazines and a Times Square billboard for Kla$$ Kulture, a clothing line created by fellow Five Towns resident Michelle Borokhovich.

With the extra time on her hands, she decided to jump-start her sports journalism career by reaching out to professional athletes to interview them for her vlog “Daily Vibes with Emily Austin.”

“I decided that I wanted to focus on sports journalism since I was a former athlete,” Austin said. “I reached out to people since I figured that everyone was home and had time on their hands.

Luckily I heard back from them and one thing led to another.”

Austin said that the transition to virtual learning in college throughout the pandemic has allowed more flexibility with conducting interviews. “School is different now as it’s less hands-on, but the pros are that I can focus on my career while I’m still in college,” she said. “I’ve tried to make the best of this extra time.”

Most of the athletes Austin has interviewed include current and former NBA players such as: Carlos Boozer, Enes Kanter, Ben McLemore and Mitchell Robinson. “I like talking about off the court things with the athletes,” she said. “Carlos Boozer was very nice and sharing. He told a story about how Prince rented his house in Los Angeles and he painted the whole house purple.”

Jade Mimoun is Austin’s manager, as the two have known each other for roughly seven years. Mimoun noted that Austin’s charisma gives her great potential for the future. “Being able to interview professional athletes at her age is not an easy thing but it comes easy to Emily because she’s an easy person to talk to and is a professional,” Mimoun said. “She’s getting into contact with the top people and they always respond to her. I think it’s her charisma and ambi-

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HEWlETT HARBoR REsIdEnT Emily Austin has already interviewed multiple current and former NBA players for her vlog ‘Daily Vibes with Emily Austin.’ tion that attracts people.”

Mimoun noted that Austin has always been ambitious for as long as they have known each other. “When I first met her, the first thing I thought was that she was older than me with how she acted,” Mimoun added. “She’s very funny and wise beyond her years.

She is just an incredible person.”

Mimoun is two years older than Austin.

NBA agent David Mariotti, whose clients are players Terry Rozier of the Charlotte Hornets and Derrick Jones Jr. of the Portland Trail Blazers, took a quick liking to Austin he said because of her outgoing personality in the year he has known her.

“The amount of ground she’s covered at such a young age is impressive,” Mariotti said. “I used to be in sports journalism and I know how hard it is to break into the field. She has a bright future and will make an impact in any route she decide to take.”

Looking towards the future, Austin is planning on interviewing more athletes and hopes to continue doing so in the coming years. “I want people to be able to turn on ESPN or any sports channel and watch me reporting for a sports team, preferably in the NBA,” she said.

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By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

When the first guitar notes of Mountain’s “Mississippi Queen” came soaring out of your stereo speakers that was the hard rock strumming of Lawrence native Leslie Weinstein, known to the musical world as Leslie West.

West died on Dec. 23 from cardiac arrest. He was 75.

Born in New York City and known to have lived in Forest Hills as well, was considered an iconic guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and storyteller to both his peers and fans. From 1964 through today, few artists have left a more significant mark on music as we know it,” Steve Karas, a principal of SKH Music, stated in his news release on West’s death. SKH Music is a publicity firm focusing on the music industry His musical career began with The Vagrants, a soulrock band that was one of the very few teenage garage rock acts to rise from the New York metropolitan area.

The Vagrants had two minor hits in the eastern United States.

West and Felix Pappalardi formed the hard rock act, Mountain, which Rolling Stone magazine identified as the “louder version of Cream.” Mountain, one of the bands that pioneered the heavy metal genre appeared on the second day of the Woodstock Festival on Aug. 16, 1969.

Drummer Corky Laing and West produced two studio albums and a live release with Cream bassist Jack Bruce under the name West, Bruce, and Laing. In, 1971 West contributed to The Who’s “Who’s Next” sessions in the city, performances which can be heard on the 1995 and

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LawRENcE NativE LESLiE Weinstein, who rose to fame as rock guitarist Leslie West, died on Dec. 23. He was 75.

2003 reissues of that album. West contributed to Clutch’s 2001 album “Pure Rock Fury” and Ozzy Osbourne’s “Under Cover” album.

Nicknamed “The King of Tone” by his fans because West is renowned for popularizing the use of the Gibson Les Paul Jr. guitar with P-60 pickups to create his trademark sound. More recently, he enjoyed a long relation-

ship with Dean Guitars, releasing several signature models.

Alongside his significant contribution to pop culture as the face of Mountain, West appeared in movies, including “Family Honor” in 1973 and the Tom Hanks film “The Money Pit in 1986. He was a regular guest on the Howard Stern Show, and over the course of decades remained a periodic visitor alongside enjoying a decades-long friendship with the talk show host.

West was inducted in to the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and appeared on dozens of other recordings that included a broad spectrum of artists. Samples of his performances lived a secondary life on the masters of a who’s who of hip-hop and rap stars.

Long Island Music Hall of Fame co-founder Norm Presslin noted West’s support and involvement with the local institution. “He’s been a great friend to the LIMHoF and participated in our May ‘20 TV broadcast with fellow inductees supporting the United Way of LI health care workers program, Presslin said in a statement. “He brought Long Island attitude to the world!”

West married his wife, Jenni Maurer, on stage after Mountain’s performance at the Woodstock 40th anniversary concert in upstate Bethel on Aug. 15, 2009.

Two years later West had his lower right leg amputated due to complications from diabetes. In 2014, he performed as a guest performer with Primitive Son and in 2015, he released his album Soundcheck which hit No. 2 on the Billboards Top Blue’s album chart.

He is survived by his wife Jenni, brother Larry and nephew Max.

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All-day online Miss Dara Sings, children’s program. Access online at https://www.youtube.com/ playlist?list=PLqGQ5EQ2iUdiVl_ yGsM6Mr0vuX2EKcyw2

At 5 p.m., the Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District meets via a telephone conference because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Peninsula Public Library

Tuesday, Jan. 12

The listed online programs are free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. Register by calling (516) 239-3262, or go to the Eventkeeper calendar on the PPL’s website: https:// www.peninsulapublic.org/ An email with login details will be sent before each program. Email Program Coordinator Janet Schneider, Program at jschneider@peninsulapublic.org for more information.

Hollywood System Brian Rose discusses the Hollywood star-making system from Mary Pickford to Meryl Streep at 11 a.m. though Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. Join Zoom meeting https://us02web.zoom. us/j/86498277407?pwd=UkQ1MXh4e HIyT2lSUWhqTkpLNHZaUT09.

Tai Chi

Stress Express Get off the stress express with mindfulness. Join our meditation teacher, Patricia Orshan for practices/techniques to calm and enhance manage emotions and relationships in these challenging times. Contact Gural JCC Cultural Arts and Education Director Rachayle Deutsch for next session at rachayle. deutsch@guraljcc.org or (516) 5696733 x 222.

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Hail to the new chiefs and commissioners Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department chiefs and commissioners took the oath of office on Dec. 31 for the new year. From left were Commissioner Joseph Montilli, Chief of Department Thomas Foy, First Deputy Chief Michael Beilinson, Second Deputy Chief Meyer Adler and Commissioner Steven Magliaro.

Help Needed Volunteers are needed for the Rina Shkolnik Kosher Food Pantry at The S.H.O.P. Monday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Fridays, 111:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sign up at https://bit.ly/3m1g0j7

Thursday, Jan. 7 Using Zoom At 11 a.m., through Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, Sharper Training Solutions on the use of Zoom. Join Zoom meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8 5054058111?pwd=ZndPRGJYMUlFSUF mRUJLb3BVYURLZz09.

Medicare & You At 11 a.m., through Peninsula Public Library, licensed Medicare agent Leslie Larson explains the Medicare maze and

lawyer Crysti Farra will explain Social Security disability Income.

Friday, Jan. 8

Beginning Canasta Through Jan. 21 at 1 p.m., through PPL, learn the basics of canasta with instructor Ann Seligson. Need two decks of playing cards.

Zumba At 4 p.m., through PPL, instructor Andrea Wool leads the zumba series. A workout where participants dance to Latin and international music.

Upper Body Yoga At 2 p.m., through Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, upper body yoga an meditation with Lisa Zimmerman. Join Zoom meeting https://us02web.zoom. us/j/85843208102?pwd=WEc1ZkY3V E4zUU1uU1dGV1pJWDNFdz09.

Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library is one of 262 Star Libraries as chosen by the Library Journal out of 5,608 public libraries nationwide. The Library Journal is an American trade publication.

New York Army National Guard member Okieve Mclean from Inwood, and assigned to the

Chagall & Friends At 7 p.m., through Peninsula Public Library, art history professor Thomas Germano discusses Mac Chagall and his circle, with a visual lecture which features many artists who worked together in Paris in the years 1910 to 1914.

Sunday, Jan. 10 Carolyn Enger At 2 p.m., through PPL, pianist Carolyn Enger Zoom concert & lecture. Enger presents The Mischlinge Exposé, a multimedia program combining music, liter-

ature and images of the Mischlinge – half-Jews and German-Jewish converts in wartime Germany – as reflected in her experience as the child of a Holocaust survivor.

Monday, Jan. 11 Book Club Starting at 9 a.m., online book club discusses “I Was Told There’d Be Cake”

by Sloane Crosley. To join, go to Find out how to join at https://www.hwpl. org/onlinebookclub/

Comedy Legends At noon, film historian Max Alvarez presents a program on legendary comedy teams through Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. Join Zoom meeting Join Zoom Meeting, https://us02web.zoom.

Company A, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, received a promotion to the rank of private 1st class.

The Inwood Fire Department responded to 946 calls in 2020, including five working fires in Inwood, 10 working fires on mutual aid, along with water rescues and vehicle extrications, and two new trucks were added to its fleet.

Improve posture, balance and focus with the gentle and intentional movements of tai chi. Join experienced instructor Linda Cafiero in this ongoing series. At 11 a.m., through Peninsula Public Library.

Parent Workshop The Gural JCC presents a parent workshop on strategies to improve speech and language skills for children with special needs at 8 p.m. Speaker: Jasmine M. William. This is a free webinar.

Zoom information will be given when registered. To register go to, https:// forms.gle/q3umYJA6jGukwMX58.

Wednesday, Jan. 12 Gentle Yoga Instructor Paulette Silber focuses on therapeutic stretches which do not involve holding postures or sitting on mats in this Zoom program. At 11 a.m., through Peninsula Public Library.

Thursday, Jan. 13 Zumba At 4 p.m., through PPL, instructor Andrea Wool leads the zumba series. A workout where participants dance to Latin and international music.

A Dec. 31 fire damaged a house on Flanders Drive in North Woodmere, but no one was injured.

Some Five Towns residents had their Facebook account disabled recently. To request a second review go to https://www.facebook.com/ help/186570224871049.

continued from front page see people dying,” said Sicklick, who has in the past treated pediatric AIDS patients.

Comprising doctors, dentists, emergency medical technicians, nurses, paramedics, pharmacists, physician assistants and veterinarians, the corps currently numbers around 1,000, according to spokeswoman Mary Ellen Laurain, but is always looking for people, because many of the volunteers have full-time jobs, she said.

Retired medical professionals are encouraged to volunteer, and are vetted before being accepted and given corps badges, Laurain said. “We do background checks to be indemnified, and there is training,” she explained. “They have been used during disasters, including Hurricane Sandy. We can always use people with a variety of medical skills and experience.”

The Lawrence country club is under contract with the county Department of Health to be a point of distribution, but Laurain said the county is not yet ready to make use of it.

Less than a week after Lawrence sent out the email about the reserve corps, County Executive Laura Curran and Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling unveiled a partnership, which includes the state, to open a Covid-19 vaccine distribution center at Nassau Community College on Tuesday. The shots are to be administered by the Department of Health and

Who is eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at NCC? ■ Urgent care center employees ■ Covid-19 vaccine administrators ■ Residents of offices of addictiion services and support facilities ■ High-risk hospital workers ■ Federally qualified heath center employees

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Nassau CouNty exeCutive Laura Curran and Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling announced a partnership with the state to administer the Covid-19 vaccination at Nassau Community College.

Reserve Corps members, with help from Northwell Health, which has been designated by the state as Long Island’s vaccination hub.

The center will operate in the school’s College Center Building. Vaccinations are for residents who meet the state criteria, though appointments are required. The vaccines are free regardless of insurance or immigration status.

“We are ready, set, go with the county’s

first vaccination center,” Curran said at a news conference on Monday. “This is the beginning of our local effort to join New York state and Nassau’s hospital networks to roll out the vaccine.”

Vaccination appointments can be made at www.nassaucuntyny.gov/vaccine. To learn more, or to volunteer for the Nassau County Medical Reserve Corps, call (516) 277-9627 or go to https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/3570/Medical-Reserve-Corps.

■ Emergency medical service personnel ■ Coroners ■ Medical examiners ■ Funeral workers ■ Residents and staff of the state ■ Office for People with Developmental Disabilities and the Office of Mental Health Facilities Source: New York state

Woodmere’s Levy podcasts her love of music continued from front page her to even step outside her house.

“When the pandemic invaded our lives, I was told I really cannot leave the house too much because of my disability — my breathing is weak,” she said. “I felt isolated at first, and somehow this podcast idea came up for me.”

Levy described herself as having an “encyclopedic” knowledge of music, which was another inspiration for starting the podcast. “My family has a quip about me saying I have a melody malady,” she said.

“This means that anytime something comes up in a conversation, I can’t help but have something relating to music pop up in my head.”

Holiday music was ubiquitous recently, and Levy’s unique gift was in evidence.

“Somebody recently said to me that it’s cold outside, and I immediately thought of the Christmas song ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside,’” she said. “Something pops in my head musically as an idea and I begin to pull things out of my memory bank as a result of that.”

Levy has a communications consulting firm, Lucidity Unlimited, with services ranging from writing brochures, résumés, speeches and marketing materials to editing books. She wrote a memoir about her life, titled “A Life Not With Standing,” that was published in 2013.

There has been positive feedback from listeners who have been touched by the

songs discussed on the podcast. Barbara Schumer started listening to “Breathtaking” about three months ago, after discovering it by way of a Facebook page. A week of shows with the song theme of motherhood spoke to her, Schumer said.

“Chava played a fabulous song called ‘Mother,’ by Tom Paxton, that I was listening to while driving,” Schumer said. “The lyrics were about adoption, and I started sobbing in the car, since I have two children I adopted at birth. I wrote to her after that, and I think she’s a remarkable person.”

Schumer said that she has recommended the podcast to a number of friends.

Levy’s cousin Suri Krieger, a fellow music lover who listens to the podcast, described it as brilliant. “I think it’s great that the podcast is so inclusive of all kinds of music, and she sees them so creatively,” Krieger said. “Her goal was to find a way to keep sane during this pandemic, and she has found a way that is so creative and enlightening for all music lovers. I’ve been really enjoying it.”

Despite her disability, Levy said, “It’s always been an important part of my life to be a three-dimensional person. Having a disability is an important piece of who you are, and I’m not at all in favor of living my life as if the disability is not important. But it shouldn’t be the exclusive thing that defines who you are.”

The podcast can be heard at https:// spoti.fi/2KR6yTh.

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Chava Willig levy used her self-described “encyclopedic” knowledge of music to start “Breathtaking” last March.

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Federal gov’t stalling offshore wind farms the federal governMent is holding up construction of offshore wind farms between Long Island and New Jersey because the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has yet to assign the final leasing grounds for them, as it was supposed to have done two years ago. Above, a view of the nation’s only offshore wind farm, off the coast of Rhode Island.

By Madeline arMstrong The final leasing grounds for offshore wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island were supposed to have been designated in early 2019 so lease auctions could be held, but nearly two years later, they have not yet been assigned, slowing New York’s bid to acquire 70 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.

Assignment of New York Bight Offshore Wind Energy Areas, located between Long Island and New Jersey, has been indefinitely postponed without explanation, angering local elected leaders like U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat from Garden City and a wind energy proponent.

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, a division of the Department of the Interior, oversees assignment of offshore wind leasing grounds. Rice, who represents the 4th Congressional District, covering a wide swath of Nassau County’s South Shore, recently wrote to DOI Secretary David Ber nhardt to express her outrage that designation of the WEAs continued to be delayed.

She was joined by other elected leaders, including Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from Glen Cove who represents the 3rdCongressional District, and who was formerly Nassau’s county executive, as well as Rep. Jerrold Nadler of the 10th District and Rep. Tom Reed of the 23rd District. The representatives asked that the BOEM assign the WEAs so lease auctions could be held. To date, they have not received a response from either the BOEM or the DOI. That has local environmental advocates concerned and dismayed, as offshore wind does not emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere the way fossil fuel power plants that burn oil, natural gas and coal do, and so wind energy is not a cause of climate change, the slow heating of the Earth over time. Global warming is considered a particular threat to Long Island because it causes sea levels to rise and hurricanes to grow bigger.

“If we’re really going to fight climate change and transition to renewable energy, offshore wind has to play a key role,” said Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Farmingdale-based Citizens Campaign for the Environment. “It is not a luxury item. It is a necessity.”

Esposito said she supports Rice’s letter.

“We really need a congressional representative to get involved, take action and support wind farms,” Esposito said.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, a state agency that promotes energy efficiency and renewable power, is also calling on BOEM to designate the final WEAs. “Our progress in catalyzing this gamechanging industry is limited without additional lease areas in the New York Bight — a needed solution only BOEM has the authority to execute,” read a NYSERDA statement. “We urge BOEM to issue final Wind Energy Areas for the New York Bight.”

When contacted, BOEM gave the following statement: “BOEM continues to

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this Map, froM the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, shows the potential wind energy that would be captured off the coast of Long Island. work with our government agencies and our stakeholders to assess how future offshore wind development could affect other ocean uses with the goal of reducing potential conflicts.” The BOEM said it was assessing possible conflicts, but it did not specify what they might be.

Esposito said she believes the federal government has been stalling the assignment process to assist the oil and gas industries. President Trump “has been clear he does not support wind,” she said, “and wants to continue advancing the exploration and development of oil and guess industries.”

Rice said Trump has never supported wind farms and has worked to stall other

renewable energy projects in New York.

In July 2019, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, legally requiring New York to obtain 70 percent of its energy supply from renewable sources such as wind, solar and geothermal.

According to Joe Martens, director of the New York Offshore Wind Alliance, a coalition of advocacy groups that support wind power, 27 percent of New York’s energy currently comes from renewable sources. “We have a long way to go in 10 years,” said Martens, “and offshore wind is one of the ways that we can make the transition.”

There are currently three projects proposed in the New York Bight, two of which — Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind — have begun the regulatory review and permitting processes, and have the potential to power hundreds of thousands of homes and bring in hundreds of millions of dollars, even billions, for the local economy. “As New York continues to build back its economy from the [Covid-19] pandemic,” read a NYSERDA statement, “offshore wind provides a massive opportunity to stimulate billions of dollars in investments and create thousands of family-sustaining jobs.”

The New York Bight wind farms would create about 32,000 jobs annually, Martens said. “I think this is a great opportunity for a whole new generation of workers,” said Roger Clayman, executive director of the Long Island Federation of Labor. “Our labor movement was not always environmentally sensitive, but the fact is we’re all on the front lines of climate change.”

When the Wind Energy Areas might be designated is unclear. “I don’t know if anybody could [know] unless they had a crystal ball,” Esposito said. Martens said that 6,000 megawatts of offshore wind energy would need to be generated by 2030 to help New York reach its goal of 70 percent renewable energy by that year.

Development of a single wind farm takes years. That is why it is crucial, the experts said, to designate the WEAs so leases can be assigned, and the years-long regulatory review process and construction can begin.

“I will openly concede that it will be a challenge,” Martens said, “but in New York anyways, we’re required to do it.”

Esposito urged Long Islanders to “speak up and speak out in favor of wind energy.” “Having a voice matters,” she said, “and we can’t stay silent and hope that things change.”

During the global pandemic, many schools have had to put a stop to their projects, but at Lawrence Woodmere Academy we are forging ahead to better the school. In honor of former headmaster Barbra Feldman, who had died in 2019, the trustees, the director of perfor ming arts Tasha Partee, Feldman’s son Andrew Barth Feldman, and her sister Rachele Tinkelman are working together to improve the performing arts program at LWA and created the Barbra Bar th Feldman ophia eSare Perfor ming Art Center in 2021.

Trustees Ella Schwartz, Vince Gerbino and Thomas Cesare have been overseeing this project, including the money supporting the Performing Art Center. “Barbra Feldman was my dear friend, and I miss her every day,” Schwartz said. “She loved LWA fiercely and devoted so much of her energy to make sure LWA was not just an ordinary school but rather an extraordinary experience for our families. Her love for the performing arts had no bounds, and the Barbra Barth Feldman Performing Arts Center is a fitting tribute for the legacy she began. We look forward to honoring Barbra and her memory for generations to come through our remarkable performing arts program and memorial fund.”

“We set up the Barbara Barth Feldman Performing Arts Fund in honor of a long time member of the Lawrence Woodmere Academy community,” Thomas Cesare said. “Barbra graduated from LWA in 1982, was a long time director of LWA’s Summer Day program, and in 2019 she

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She was very much involved in LWA’s Performing Arts program, so much so that her son, Andrew, played the role of Evan Hanson on the Broadway stage in the show of the same name. After her unfortunate passing and to honor Barbra, we set up the BBFPAC as a separate and distinct nonprofit fund from Lawrence Woodmere Academy. The long range goal is to make the performing arts curriculum at Lawrence Woodmere Academy

into a top notch performing arts center in the New York area to rival the likes of LaGuardia High School in Manhattan and others.”

Using the BFPAC Fund, Partee, Andrew, Tinkelman, and the trustees will enhance the performing arts program and upgrade the auditorium, Hessel Hall, that will house the BBFPAC. The money will purchase new lights, soundboards, renovation of the auditorium, and anything else related to the performing arts

The fund will also support new courses, new teachers and expand the students’ performing arts abilities; by doing this they will be able to honor the Barbra Feldman’s memory, along with an annual scholarship awarded to a graduating LWA arts student.

To learn more and help this worthy cause with a tax-free donation, go to https://www.lawrencewoodmere.org/barbra/

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Herald Inside LI talks vaccines at webinar

By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com

Last year, nearly 350,000 Americans died of Covid-19 — and more than 3.2 million total — making 2020 the deadliest year in U.S. history, according to the Associated Press. Help, though, is on the way.

In the weeks leading up to the New Year, the federal Food and Drug Administration approved two vaccines — the first by Pfizer-BioNTech and the second by Moderna —which have gone to health-care workers and will also go to residents of long-term care facilities during the early stages of distribution.

On Dec. 23, Herald Inside LI held a Zoom webinar featuring three doctors, all of whom recently received a first shot of vaccination, to discuss their experiences and what people can expect in the coming months.

“I urge people to take the vaccine because Covid-19 is a horrific disaster to human life,” said Dr. Aaron Glatt, chairman of the Department of Medicine, chief of infectious diseases and the hospital epidemiologist at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside. “We want to go back to hugging and seeing people, and the way we will do this is through the Covid-19 vaccines. The goal is to vaccinate everyone.”

Webinar attendees were encouraged to submit their questions for the panelists. One viewer asked if the vaccine could hurt fertility.

“There were some cases of women who got pregnant after getting the vaccine; however, there is zero evidence that the vaccine can cause infertility,” Glatt said. “I would tell a pregnant woman that it’s a personal decision if she wants to take the vaccine, but if she chooses to get the vaccine, she might be protecting herself more, as well as protecting others and [her] baby. [She] might even give [her] baby antibodies against the virus.”

Another viewer wondered whether people of color were more likely to experience side effects from the vaccine or lower efficacy.

“There were about 40,000 people of color that were represented in the experimental trials for these two vaccines,” said Dr. Zenobia Brown, vice president and medical director of population health at Northwell Health Solutions. “We have proven that the vaccines are safe for people in minority groups.”

Brown and Glatt agreed that although the PfizerBioNTech and Moderna vaccines were proven 95 percent effective in experimental trials, after people receive them, there is still a chance that they can contract the

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HerAld iNside li recently held a Zoom webinar featuring three doctors to answer viewers’ questions about the new Covid-19 vaccines. virus and spread it to others.

“When I get my second dose of the vaccine, I won’t become Superman. I don’t know how to play the piano now, and I won’t magically know how to play the piano after the second dose,” Glatt said. “We still need to be careful, and we still have to wear masks and social distance.”

“I cannot stress this enough: Social distance and wear masks, even if you get the vaccine,” Brown said. “My biggest fear is that people will not want the vaccine. I look forward to the day when more and more people will want to take the vaccines.”

For Dr. Nicolas Hernandez, the academic hospitalist at Northwell Plainview Hospital and another panelist, taking the vaccine was a decision that he made to protect his family, his patients and himself.

“I was scared when they gave me the Pfizer vaccine, but I’ve been a patient with Covid-19, I’ve had family

Herald Inside LI to host local college webinar With the Covid-19 infection rate rising during a second wave, many Long Island parents were concerned about the health and safety of their college-aged children who lived in university dorms during the fall semester.

In the coming weeks, before the spring semester begins, parents will have to choose whether to send their children back to school to live in campus dorms or off-campus apartments, or whether they should live at home and attend local schools.

Local colleges are accepting students on rolling admission to accommodate those who decide at the last minute to stay home for the spring semester. Many parents, though, are wrestling with

choosing the best options for their children.

Herald Inside LI will host a free live Zoom webinar, sponsored by Molloy College, on Thursday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m., to discuss staying local for college. The webinar will feature college advisers, counselors and college students, who will share their thoughts on staying home this spring.

To register, go to LIHerald.com/StayingLocal. To sponsor a webinar or for more information, contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive.com or (516) 5694000 ext. 224. For questions, email insideli@liherald.com.

–Nicole Alcindor

members that have had Covid-19, and I take care of patients with Covid-19, so I wanted to do my part,” Hernandez said, while adding that his only reaction to the first shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was temporary fatigue and soreness. “As a family physician, I recommend that all immunocompromised people should get the vaccine, and even if you are not up for the vaccine, still do your part.”

This webinar was the final episode of the first season of Herald Inside LI. To watch the recording of this episode and all others, go to LIHerald.com/Recordings and subscribe to the Herald Inside LI YouTube channel.

The next Herald Inside LI episode will take place on Thursday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m. and will feature college advisers and counselors discussing students staying local for upcoming spring semester, rather than going away to school. To register, go to LIHerald.com/StayingLocal.

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The appointment was made official at the Dec. 18 Board of Education meeting.

Donnelly will be involved in capital planning, budgeting, financial management and business operations, district officials said.

“I am thrilled for the opportunity to continue my journey at Hewlett-Woodmere. The past six months have proven to be such a positive experience under the most difficult of circumstances,” Donnelly stated in a news release. “I look forward to continuing to work with the extraordinary staff and completing the budget development process for the 20212022 school year.”

Donnelly previously served as the assistant superintendent of business and operations for Seaford Public Schools, a position she held from 2018 to 2020. In this role, she oversaw the business, human resources, transportation, food service, facilities, security, technology and nursing staff.

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As we welcome 2021, take time to think about how this last year has transformed you. How has your life changed? How have your beliefs about our country changed? How h a s yo u r c o n c e p t o f f re e d o m changed?

We are a country built on freedom. Freedom from a king that tried to control us from afar. Freedom from being told what to do by other people. Freedom from being unable to control our destiny.

Yes, we are a freedom loving people!

So what happens when we’re told that we must refrain from socializing because a pandemic is spreading?

That we must social distance and wear a mask?

Such restrictions get on our nerves. We champion individualism over inda collectivism. We rally for ignoring rules and regulations. We insist on being unshackled, unburdened, unfettered from restrictions. We want to be free -- to be! But to be what? Who cares, we’re free!

Fast forward. Looks like this new found freedom has consequences.

The freedom to make your own choice is spreading disease; it’s eroding the health of the nation; it’s ignoring risk factors! Yes, you’re free from all those pestering restrictions, those badgering burdens. Yet, you have not mastered the more difficult freedom. Freedom to!

Freedom to responsibly govern your life, shape your day, mold your mission. But many people don’t know how to handle this type of freedom; it’s just so much easier to demand freedom from than to know how to deal with freedom to.

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liberty to choose how to be, what to do. Still, you must discipline your desires. Though you may believe you are your own master, there’s much you don’t control. You don’t control the Corona Virus. It does what it’s programmed to do, whether you like it or not. You don’t control the election results. It is what it is, whether you like it or not. You don’t control the economy. It’s doing its own thing, like it or not. Our world has changed radically. Though you may relish your freedom to do whatever you wish, you can’t change the consequences of your choices and actions.

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Miscellaneous lines for miscellaneous times • Just because someone calls you an elephant, doesn’t mean you must eat peanuts.

• What do you say when G-d sneezes?

• At the House Convention, why was nothing accomplished? Because every vote was a neigh.

• Should a security guard wear a risk watch?

• I don’t “complain”… I “report.”

• Others can set your schedule, but don’t let them set your agenda.

• The matter was (buried) under advisement.

• Before you say you’re through; think it through.

Unreserved Judgment

• Just when I have time to read, the libraries are closed. Just when I’m inspired to pray, the houses of worship are closed. Just when I want to shot, the stores are closed. Just when I need to feel safe and relaxed, the government is still open.

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During the time this column lay dormant, various folks shared various thoughts that we now share with our readers:

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• It makes little who does the job as long as the job gets done…except to the one doing it.

And, from new pal, Eli:

• “Yeah, you’re important; you’re just not essential.”

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Never let perfect be the enemy of good.

• Beware of the politician who wants to be in the big picture, but doesn’t get it.

• Some folks should not wear masks, but rather gags.

• Whoever said, “life is a walk in the park,” didn’t live in my old neighborhood.

• Don’t avoid temptation; overcome it.

• Pets and people: better dumb than mean.

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• It’s those not wearing masks whose vision is clouded.

• Thought best to be both, better clean than neat.

They went to different law schools together, and Jeremy Epstein and his sister Kayla Epstein graduated their respective law schools for days apart in 2020, but on Dec. 16 the North Woodmere residents they received their acceptance notices after having passed the New York state bar exam on their first tries.

Jeremy graduated from the Maurice A Deane School of Law at Hofstra University on May 17 and Kayla from the Cardozo School of Law on May 21.

Their proud parents, Arnold and Randi Epstein, also of North Woodmere, finally found joy in 2020.

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LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR NOTICE OF MONTHLY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hewlett Harbor will meet via Zoom on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 5:00PM, Eastern Standard Time, for the purpose of holding the Village’s regular monthly meeting.

An agenda for the meeting will be made available to the public on the Village Website.

Due to social distancing guidelines, occupancy of Village Hall is limited.

Therefore, all public Board of Trustees meetings until further notice will be conducted via Zoom. All residents wishing to attend or speak should visit the Village website at www.hewlettharbor.org for further Zoom instructions.

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Section 212-48.C of the Village Code states, in Zoning District B, the minimum side yard setback for pool equipment is 15 ft. “ Peyser, 82 Park Row - Section 212-12.1 Schedule Dimensional Regulations states, the maximum surface coverage for a lot size of 27,522 SF in area is 8,522 SF. “ Rieder, 171 Harborview S. - Section 70-11.B of the Village Code states that it shall be unlawful to alter, change, add to or remove from any site soil or other material which will result in any deviation from the original grade of the property.

Section 212-12.1 Schedule of Dimensional Regulations states the maximum building coverage for a lot size of 14,450 SF. in area is 3,245.5 SF. Section 212-12.1 Schedule of Dimensional Regulations states the maximum surface coverage for a lot size of 14,450 SF. in area is 5,368 SF. Section 212-12.1 Schedule of Dimensional Regulations states the maximum front yard surface coverage for a lot size of 14,450 SF. in area is 946 SF. Section 212-48.B of the Village Code states, the minimum rear yard setback for a pool is 20 ft.

Section 212-48.C of the Village Code states, the minimum side yard setback for a pool in Residence District B is 15 ft. “ Greenfield, 231 Barrett Rd. - Section 212-12.1 Schedule Dimensional Regulations states, the maximum surface coverage for a lot size of 20,039 SF in area is 6,719 SF. Section 212-48.C of the Village Code states, in Zoning District BB, the minimum side yard setback for a pool is 20 ft. “ Katz, 14 Beechwood Dr. - Section 212-12.1 of the Village Code states, the maximum surface coverage for a lot size of 9,240 SF in area is 3,925

SF. Section 212-48.B of the Village Code states, the minimum rear yard setback for a pool is 20 ft.

Section 212-48.C of the Village Code states, in Zoning District B, the minimum side yard setback for pool equipment is 15 ft. “ Nerenberg, 85 Washington Ave. Section 212-48.B of the Village Code states, the minimum rear yard setback for a pool is 20 ft. “ Liechtung, 15 Briarwood Ln. - Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulations states that the maximum surface coverage for a lot size of 16,319.4 SF in area is 5,790 SF. “ Rosenberg, 8 Beechwood Dr. - Section 212-12.1 Schedule Dimensional Regulations states, the maximum surface coverage for a lot size of 21,538 SF in area is 7,079 SF. Section 212-48.A of the Village Code states, no swimming pool or part thereof may be constructed in a front yard. “ S k i Development 2 LLC, 7 Hawthorne Ln. - Section 212-48.B of the Village Code states, the minimum rear yard setback for a pool is 20 ft.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lawrence at Lawrence Yacht & Country Club, 101 Causeway, Lawrence, New York 11559, on the 14th day of January 2021, at 8:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time.

The Public Hearing is to consider the enactment of the proposed local law described as follows: Proposed Local Law No. 1 of 2021 A Local Law authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the limit established in General Municipal Law §3-c Copies of the proposed Local Laws described above are on file in the office of the Village Clerk of the Village of Lawrence, NY, where the same is available for public inspection during regular office hours.

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Krystal Incigeri, 28, of Bismark Avenue, Valley Stream, Jasmine Morales, 26, of Grove Street, Lynbrook, Avante Lester, 27, of Dolin Drive, Virginia Beach, N.Y. and Angela Aragona, 27, of Birch Lane, Valley Stream were all arrested without incident, police said.

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■ WOODMERE-On Dec. 30 at 4:26 p.m., a woman reported that an unidentified man stole a delivered package from her front doorstep on Westwood Road, officials said.

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Q. We have a problem we’re trying to resolve with the height and shape of our roof. We hired an architect after we hired a designer. The architect insists he will not draw our plans so we can have a tall attic. We want to be able to use the attic for extra bedrooms and a playroom. With our growing family, the extra space is essential. Every time we asked to have the plans changed, the architect intimidated us with his version of regulations, which our designer says we should be able to do. Now we’re in construction and this is our last chance. What should we do, build what we want, which we’ve seen others do, or give in?

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A. You picked a bad time in the process to propose a change. I have experienced this ongoing type of problem, and usually ended up taking the clients and their designer to meet with the building officials who uphold their community’s laws, zoning and building regulations.

The first problem here is that you seem to be getonte eeper ting bad advice from your designer, because the state code specifically prohibits the use of an attic as living space above the second floor, unless your community and state authorities review and both authorities agree that the use is safe. You would also need to sprinkler the interiors of the house and have a safe means to escape to an area no more than 12 feet below the top floor.

Studies have shown that only five out of 100 people survived a fire in the top level above the second story in a wood-framed one- or two-family residence; 95 out of 100 died.

If your architect is experienced in your particular community, one of more than 70 jurisdictions in your county, each with their own zoning board and rules, you should take his advice. Your community has previously not approved attics as living space, and no licensed professional who is doing their job will support the idea of putting you or your children’s lives in jeopardy. Either take the architect’s advice and proceed, speak directly to your building official, stop the job while you apply for a local zoning variance and state variance decisions (which could take up to a year) and then proceed.

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t’s now nearly a year since the Trump administration learned that a deadly virus was making its way into our country. During that period, the White House and many governors have engaged in a political wrestling match over who was responsible for leading the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.

While you may not like the conclusion, it is clear that President Trump never took this crisis seriously, and is even less concerned now that his tenure is about to end.

It may be an uphill battle, but JERRY President-elect Joe Biden has made it kREMER clear that he is willing to aggressively step into that battle on Jan. 20, because the next six to nine months will determine whether the pandemic is beaten. There are two good reasons why there has to be a field general leading the fight. America can’t afford for this dark cloud to linger indefinitely because of the economic damage we have experienced. Moreover, what if there is another pandemic, caused by one

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of our political enemies?

Prior to the election, the president predicted that there would be many millions of vaccinations before the end of the year.

To date, fewer than three million people have been inoculated, and only 11 million doses have been distributed around the country. The slow rate of inoculations is due to the fact that many states are staggering under the weight of testing costs and the needs of responders. Local governments and health care institutions have been on their own for 10 months after being told by Washington that the virus was a state-by-state problem.

Biden has pledged to get inoculation numbers up to one million a day. That is comforting, but health care professionals estimate that even at that rate, it would take over a year to vaccinate every American. And to reach that pace, the federal government will have to take some draconian measures.

The Defense Production Act dates back to the Korean War. It gives the president the power to force companies to drop their private customers and produce what the country needs. Trump claimed he used

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the act to get General Motors to build more respirators, but GM claimed it came forward on its own to build them. The president didn’t aggressively use the act, for fear of offending his conservative base, which opposes government intervention.

Why is there a need for use of the act now? When you have a mass anti-virus campaign, you need more than a vaccine. The big pharma companies are spending billions of dollars to keep up with their competition and protect their stockholders. In addition to the vaccines, you need cotton swabs, syringes, packing materials, dry ice and other supplies, and those products aren’t manufactured by big pharma. That’s where the federal government comes in. Using the act, manufacturers can be forced to produce the goods that are needed to get a complete program in place.

While Biden is preparing to take on the vaccine program, the pandemic is exploding in numerous states that have a shortage of hospital gowns, masks and gloves and can’t cover the costs of doctors, nurses and other first responders. Bipartisan

ven ramping up to a million inoculations a day may not be enough.

Covid relief legislation finally signed last week by the president will inject some new money into the efforts of local organizations, but it won’t make up for the costs they have been incurring since last March.

The world is keeping a close eye on our national effort, and many friendly countries are trying to figure out why we’ve done such a terrible job of combating the virus. But our enemies are also keeping a close eye on our tragedy. In his latest book, “Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World,” author and CNN host Fareed Zakaria claims that our enemies could create another health crisis in our country in as little as 24 hours. Are we capable of handling another one? You know the answer to that question.

The weeks and months ahead will determine how long America will suffer and how well we will heal. Happily, the incoming administration is prepared to pick up the ball dropped by the outgoing one.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column?

JKremer@liherald.com.

Saving our sanity and our souls through books

reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The person who never reads lives only one.”

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It nearly killed me. One of my grandkids said they “hate” books. They don’t read books except when one is assigned in school.

Given the options of smartphones, TV and computers, they don’t ever crack the cover of a novel or nonficRandI tion adventure, even during quarkREIss antine, when there’s so little to do.

Oddly, this kid gets good grades and likes school, which seems counterintuitive, because I can’t imagine anyone becoming an educated person in the world without reading books. It’s not like I haven’t tried. I have gifted and suggested books pitched toward this particular teen’s interests. I’ve read the same books they are assigned in class so we can talk about them. I keep tossing out lines and getting no bites.

My hope is that this child just hasn’t found the right books yet to get their

attention. I know a few people who became enthusiastic readers in adulthood. I wish that for this young person I love.

Granted, I was a book nerd from the time I could put eyes on paper. I remember, in first grade, begging my father for some money so I could buy books. It was like falling in love. My first loves were “Half Magic,” by Edgar Eager, and “The Boxcar Children,” by Gertrude Chandler Warner.

If feels lame even to be defending reading when it seems so self-evident that through books we fire up our imaginations, we live other lives and we timetravel to places beyond our reach. We find comfort in finding common ground with writers. It is a bias, but I do believe that life is only half-lived without books.

As part of my own life, I have led book groups for the past 20 years, and this year will do so again. For the first time, our group will be Zoomed, and so it’s open to anyone who contacts the Longboat Key Education Center (941383-8811, (charity@longboatkeyeducationcenter.com) wishing to sign up. We meet at 11 a.m. on Wednesdays, and began this week with the first of eight short books in eight weeks.

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I want to share my reading list because I call my class “Literary Gems,” and these are. We begin with “Hamnet,”

by Maggie O’Farrell. William Shakespeare had a son, Hamnet, who died when he was 11. Four years later, the bard wrote “Hamlet.” From these thin facts, O’Farrell weaves a rich story of grief and life in the throes of a plague.

Our second book is “We Have Always Lived in this Castle,” by Shirley Jackson. Murder, mayhem and the especially delicious brand of British madness abound in this story by the author of the most famous short story in the world, “The Lottery.” Next, we’ll read “The Boy in the Field,” by Margot Livesay, a luminous psychological thriller. Our last book for January is “Writers and Lovers,” by Lily King, a gorgeously written, rather ordinary story of a young woman finding her way, told with extraordinary beauty.

In February, we’ll read “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous,” by Ocean Vuong. This debut novel by a Vietnamese-American writer was described as “permanently stunning” by Ron Charles of The Washington Post. It is an original and exquisite amalgam of memoir, letters and poetry. Next, we read “The

or many of us, talking about them is as much fun as reading them.

Disappearing Earth,” by Julia Phillips, comprising an astonishing cast of characters, an unspeakable crime, all set in Kamchatka, on the Siberian peninsula.

Our third book next month is “Trust Exercise,” by Susan Choi, a brilliant send-up of students enthralled with themselves in an artsy university setting. The language is pitch-perfect. Our last selection is “Last Train to Key West,” by Chanel Cleeton. It is 1935, and a ferocious hurricane is barreling towards the Florida Keys. A helluva story of three women caught up in a story of murder, betrayal and salvation.

For many of us “bookies,” talking about the novels and nonfiction works is as much fun as reading them, like a delicious dessert after a remarkable meal.

So I hope some readers can join the book group. But no matter what, wherever you are at this moment, sheltering in place, working from home or venturing out, I want to share these special books with the hope that you connect with the authors and find solace and peace and joy in that connection.

Reading? The past year, when so much was lost, books brought joy into to my life. As the new year begins, they are the untapped treasure of 2021.

Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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et’s say it like it was: 2020 was miserable. It was a horrid year for us all. Everyone — everyone — was affected to one degree or another by the coronavirus pandemic, which washed over us like a merciless tidal wave, leaving fear, anxiety and death in its wake.

The speed at which the virus swept across the land was stunning, leaving us feeling helpless against a viral invader.

Nearly 4,700 people have died of Covid19 in Nassau and Suffolk counties — and an estimated 25,000 in New York City — since the coronavirus broke out in the greater metropolitan area in March, bringing grief to hundreds of thousands of lives here.

On top of those terrible — and terrifying — statistics, Long Island lost more than 100,000 private-sector jobs from November 2019 to November 2020, an 8.8 percent decline, according to the New York State Department of Labor. The biggest losses came in hospitality, 35,800 jobs; education and health services, 23,600; trade, transportation and utilities, 15,000; professional and business services, 10,000; and manufacturing, 8,000.

There is help available, however. If you are feeling anxious, depressed or suicidal, regardless of the reason, you can — you should — check out the state Office of Mental Health website, where you will find numerous resources to turn to for help.

There you will find the NY Thankful project, for which you are asked to write messages about all that you are thankful for. The very act of writing down all that is good in your life, it seems, helps relieve stress and anxiety. We suggest that you try it — if not on a state website, then on your own.

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letters The pandemic’s empty chairs To the Editor: In a November speech, President-elect Joe Biden expressed his sorrow at the number of empty chairs that would appear at the dinner tables of many families this year because of the coronavirus.

Covid-19 has often been compared to the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed 675,000 Americans, a majority of them young adults, and infected one-third of the world’s population during its four waves. Masks were strongly recommended, but many protested against wearing them. People were quarantined, hospitals were full, and the death toll was overwhelming. Like Donald Trump, President Woodrow Wilson underplayed the severity of the virus. There was no vaccine, no Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and very few opportunities to work from home in that precomputer era.

that your mental health is connected to everyone else’s. What the coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated, in certain terms, is that we are all interconnected in a larger societal web. So — please — seek help if you need it.

If you make any New Year’s resolution, let it be that you will take care of yourself in 2021 — both your physical and mental well-being.

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s 2020 came to a close, the coronavirus surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death in the U.S. — a sobering reminder of the toll the virus continues to take.

We have learned a lot about Covid-19 over the past 10 months. Importantly, we know now that it isn’t just a lung and respiratory issue, as was thought early on. It is a systemic inflammatory disease that may affect many organs in the body, and when it comes to the heart, it can JeFFrey t. be especially serious. kuvin Covid-19 infection certainly does not affect everyone’s heart, but it turns out that you don’t even need to have significant symptoms to have heart-related issues.

The most direct, and at times the most complicated, impact of the virus on the heart is muscle inflammation, a condition called myocarditis. This can result in a variety of cardiac issues, including

muscle weakness and rhythm disturbances.

It is well known that other viruses — as well as some medications, chemotherapies and other medical conditions — can also affect the heart in similar ways.

In addition to direct toxic effects on the heart muscle, Covid-19 may cause blood clots, which can impact the heart, lungs and the brain, resulting in heart attacks, pulmonary emboli and stroke. We learn more every day, but it remains unclear whether traditional approaches to heart disease are applicable to patients with long-term complications of the coronavirus, like heart damage.

While many patients are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, others may become very ill, and some even succumb to the disease. We don’t know the exact number of Covid-19 patients with myocarditis, because some patients may have cardiac involvement without even knowing it.

Some of the symptoms of myocarditis include chest pain; shortness of breath; heart palpitations or irregular heartbeat;

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hronic heart conditions are showing up after even mild cases.

Letters One of the empty chairs of 1918 belonged to my family. My father, then 16, was playing in the streets of Manhattan with his brother, Irwin, 13. Irwin wasn’t feeling well, and my father carried him home piggyback, and his mother put him to bed. The next day he was dead. Ironically, his parents and older brother remained healthy, but they never recovered emotionally from Irwin’s death. It was especially devastating to my paternal grandmother, whose father fought in the Civil War, contracted tuberculosis and gave it to my grandmother and her sister, both of whom died young: a history of empty chairs. My father would occasionally see my sister and me drawing pictures or playing a game, and remark, “My brother and I used to do that.”

When the 2020 pandemic arrived, I immediately thought of Irwin. Did he suffer? Was his mother with him at the end?

Had he survived, I would have had an uncle and perhaps some cousins on my father’s side. Empty chairs span generations. Only one photo of my father and his brother remains, as my grandmother destroyed all the others in her grief.

Fortunately, I lost no family members in 202, but as I watched the statistics rise, I knew that each death was more than just a number. It reflected a deep loss and an empty chair at the table of many families. I hope they find solace in 2021 and beyond.

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lightheadedness, dizzy spells or loss of consciousness, and extremity swelling.

The lingering effects of Covid-19 on the heart, particularly myocarditis, have been a hot topic in the sports community.

Several college and pro athletes with the virus have done the right thing by staying off the field this season — not only because of the risk of virus transmission, but because their doctors saw evidence of myocarditis on an MRI. The heart needs time to heal. We know that active inflammation of the heart can cause serious problems, even in highly trained athletes. And, during recovery, athletes should refrain from heavy exertion until they are assessed by a cardiologist.

And if an athlete can get asymptomatic, or subclinical, effects of the heart, so can we all.

Given new and emerging data, the exact risks and treatment protocols for Covid-related cardiac issues remain unclear. Who should undergo MRI testing of the heart — the best way to detect myocarditis — is a question that has not

been definitively answered.

As things stand now, a coronavirus infection alone does not warrant an extensive cardiac evaluation. If, however, patients are highly symptomatic and have abnormalities in specific laboratory tests, like electrocardiograms or echocardiograms, then highly specialized tests, like MRIs, might be warranted.

As the pandemic continues, as at all other times, it is important to recognize cardiac warning signs, which can be very similar to Covid symptoms.

Addressing cardiac risk factors, including cholesterol, blood sugar levels, blood pressure, sleep hygiene and obesity — is always prudent. In addition to improving quality and quantity of life, it is widely recognized that controlling cardiac risk factors can affect the course of Covid-19.

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Cardiac Covid: How the virus impacts the heart

Jeffrey T. Kuvin, M.D., is the de Roulet professor and chair of the Department of Cardiology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell. He is the senior vice president of cardiology for Northwell Health’s Central and Eastern regions, chair of the Department of Cardiology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital, and co-director of the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital.

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To the Editor: Re Carolann Perez’s letter to the editor, “How did we almost re-elect Donald Trump?” (Dec. 17-23): The writer said that Randi Kreiss was “brave enough” to have written about President Trump. On the contrary, Kreiss took every low pot shot at Trump that she could come up with, yet virtually denied him any credit whatsoever for his achievements, which were significant and many. And this is coming from someone who recognizes Trump’s failures and personality flaws.

Remember when Trump, early on, restricted travel between the U.S. and China, and President-elect Biden called him a racist and xenophobe? Yet soon after, Biden criticized Trump for not having taken this action sooner. What hypocrisy!

Would people have voted for Biden if the media had reported more thoroughly on the Hunter Biden scandal and its potential implications for the presidentelect? This was an election the true outcome of which we will likely never know with certainty.

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