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Aiming for civil discourse New grass-roots group, JADE, seeks to heal the social divide Woodsburgh resident Amy Mosery, who established JADE, initially created a WhatsApp Billing itself as a forum for group, Five T and Beyond 4 people across the political and Biden/Harris 2020, late last year. religious spectrum to discuss She said she viewed that group issues of local importance, the as a run-up to JADE. Jewish Alliance for Dialogue “We count members from and Engagement, across the political currently a private and religious specchat group on trum, said Mosery, WhatsApp comprisan attorney. “Some ing roughly 130 peostarted as Bidenple, is seeking to reHarris supporters, engage community others not. We’re members without united by more rancor. than politics. We “It’s about bringwork on bringing a ing civility and disreturn to civility course to speak to among neighbors our neighbors,” coping with pansaid Cedarhurst demic losses, ecor e s i d e n t K a r e n AMY MoSERY nomic woes and B e n e z r a , w h o Founder, JADE promoting social works for the Manjustice concerns — hattan-based Coreve r yo n e ’s we l nerstone Capital Inc., in busi- come.” ness development, and serves as JADE was involved in a partJADE’s senior communications nership with the Marion & director. “Some decisions in poli- Aaron Gural JCC in December, tics [don’t] have to tear apart the hosting a virtual program about fabric of the community. We Covid-19 vaccines that included want to reach across the divide. introductions by U.S. Rep. KathThere are so many people leen Rice, who represents the alarmed out there. The harsh Five Towns, and Nassau County rhetoric makes people feel isolat- Executive Laura Curran. The ed. They are looking to find community with other people.”

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I’m holding my position Students in Alexandria Thomas’s dance class at the Five Towns Community Center practiced their pirouette balancing. From left were Nathalie Louis, Makiyha Johnson, a partially obscured Vivian Thomas, Sofia Louis, Camilla Squeira and Arielle Romero. Story, more photos, Page 14.

Creating businesses amid Covid Effort to overcome virus stimulates creativity

By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

Woodmere native Lyss Stern has battled Covid-19, and had to deal with the added challenge of a struggling business amid the coronavirus pandemic. She responded by coming up with three new ideas for businesses.

Stern, 46, now a resident of New York City, is an entrepreneur and marketing executive.

Her 17-year-old event planning

and marketing business, DivaMoms, which relied heavily on in-person events, came to a screeching stop last March.

“DivaMoms went to a halt with there being no more events, and while I was nursing myself back to health, my daughter got involved with arts and crafts,” Stern said. “I noticed she was playing with one of my masks, and she started decorating it.

That was a light bulb moment for me.”

That moment led to the creation of Kadoodle Kids, a company that sells do-it-yourself kits that encourage children to decorate their own masks. “I reached out to my two business partners and gave them this idea,” she said. “It gives parents a break as well, since the kids really focus on decorating. It’s really taken off — people from across the country have been contacting Continued on page 16

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ic began. In the last three months of 2020, center officials said they received more than 400 calls related to the coroFatigue from the nearly yearlong navirus. These sometimes included coronavirus pandemic and its associat- calls for medical infor mation, but ed isolation because of quarantining largely were from those seeking supfrom what are considered the normal port counseling to counter trauma daily routines for going to work, attend- brought on by the pandemic. ing school and sharing activities and Debra Katz, a volunteer at the Crisis events with others has led Center, noted that it is mental health experts to important for people who describe that feeling as hitthink they have hit a mental ting the “pandemic wall.” wall to discuss their feelAccording to the Kaiser ings with others, whether it Family Foundation, a nonis with a mental health proprofit organization headfessional or not. quartered in San Francisco, “T he first thing I do 53 percent of adults have when I get a call is listen,” said that the pandemic was Katz said. “People need to having a negative impact on be heard and some have no their mental health. one to talk to. Just to have DEBRA kATz Tanzina Vega, host of somebody on the other end National Public Radio’s Long Island Crisis of the phone to listen to “The Takeaway,” shared a Center volunteer them and tell them it’s OK series of Jan. 14 tweets to feel the way they feel, describing the pandemic sometimes that’s all they wall. “Lots of people – including me – need.” are hitting what I’m calling the panShe added that people being alone demic wall this week,” Vega tweeted. more than usual because of quarantin“The burnout from working non-stop, ing is also contributing to hitting the no break from news, childcare and iso- pandemic wall. “The calls have become lation is hard.” Vega added that she more isolation-related rather than hopes people can acknowledge that it is inter-personal relationship problems, alright to not feel OK during this time. because people aren’t interacting with The Long Island Crisis Center, based other people as much,” Katz said. “Peoin Bellmore, has continued to serve the ple are isolated, and that is a huge South Shore by offering uninterrupted problem now.” services since the coronavirus pandemTempo Group in Woodmere, which

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THE nEAR yEARlong coronavirus pandemic has also brought about a mental health pandemic. has offered drug and alcohol abuse and addiction programs for youths, teens and adults for more than 50 years has had its counselors speaking with p at i e n t s v i r t u a l ly a n d i n - p e r s o n throughout the pandemic.

Bob Meislin, an assistant director with Tempo, highlighted some important tips for those struggling with mental health challenges such as planning, exercise, routine, meditation and staying connected. “Just because you’re

feeling isolated, it doesn’t mean you have to be alone,” he said. “It’s important to stay active as well. I walk around my office just to get some exercise in.”

The Crisis Center can be reached through its hotline (516) 679-1111. Contact Tempo Group at (516) 374-3671.

Have an opinion on the “pandemic wall” or what to share your story? Send a letter or your story to jbessen@liherald.com.

Scholarship to be named for a dedicated 5T volunteer

By JEFFREy BESSEn jbessen@liherald.com

Born in Italy, Frank Sarro came to the United States at nearly 12-years-old, and while he never forgot his roots being a member of the Order of Sons of Italy in America, Leonardo DaVinci Lodge 2385 of Inwood, Sarro find his niche as a beloved civic-minded volunteer.

“In my eyes when there was a something that had to be done he was the first person there and the last person out,” said son Mark Sarro, a Cedarhurst native who lives in Bay Shore and retains his ties to the Five Towns. “He was there picking up things, selling raffle tickets for the church and just running around and doing a lot despite his diabetes.”

To honor his father who died in January 2019, Mark, who is currently president of the Sons of Italy, with the help of others, including longtime Inwood stalwart Pete Sobol, aims to establish what he is calling the Frank Sarro Award, a monetary scholarship of at least $500 that will be awarded to a local student who serves as community volunteer.

Frank, who lived in Cedarhurst, was born on Dec. 1944. His family came to the U.S. in 1956. He worked for Sanitary District 1 for 42 years. “Dad was always running around for the community helping

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MARk SARRo, lEFT, with his father Frank in 2000 when Mark was awarded a Sons of Italy scholarship. people and places that needed help,” said Mark, who has an older brother and a younger sister. “Whether it was the Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, the Inwood Buccaneers, the Order of Sons of Italy in America or the Inwood 5K Run.” Mark said that Frank went door-todoor selling the church’s raffle tickets.

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he had were sold and always went back to get more tickets to sell,” Mark said.

“Dad was the person where, if it was said it couldn’t be done, he was the one that got the job done. I was always with my father glued to his side helping him.”

Sobol said that he and Mark were kicking around the idea for the scholarship for some time. “He was such a com-

munity leader and as time goes on we’ll miss it,” Sobol said about Frank’s dedication Sobol and Michael DeRosa established the Inwood 5K run that began in 1993. Frank, Junior Perez and John Suppa were also heavily involved in organizing the annual event. “He wanted to make a difference in his own community,” Sobol added. “He had the energy and enthusiasm to make a difference and he wanted to see Inwood thrive. He was my friend, I miss him.”

Mark recalled that Frank took on the responsibility of getting donations to help the Lawrence High School marching band go to Disney World when Mark was in high school, and selling hot dogs during the Buccaneer football games.

“My father was also the caring person to help someone,” Mark said. If they couldn’t get to the store he would go and pick items up for them and drop it off to the house.”

Donations are being collected. Contact Sobol at petesobol@yahoo.com or Mark on Facebook at https://www.facebook. com/mark.sarro.399.

“My father always believed in giving back to the community,” Mark said. “My father went above and beyond the call, and did as much as he could. We want to honor his legacy.”

Prop up your sagging spirit!

It’s Covid time – time for sagging spirits and bemoaning all that you can no longer do. You can’t mingle with friends.

You can’t go out to your favorite restaurant. You can’t visit extended family.

So what do you do? If you’re working, you drag your sorry ass to work and do what you have to do. If you’re not working, you try to figure out what to do to pass the time of day without going berserk. If you live alone, you try to stave off the loneliness and silence of the day.

If you live with your family, you try to carve out a moment for yourself to breathe, to do what you want to do, not what you have to do. What happened to living the good life? Feels more like a limited life – cut off from all that’s good, left with all that’s crappy.

So what can you do? Pretend that Covid isn’t around anymore? Definitely not! If we’re ever going to beat this pandemic, we must follow the recommendations of the best scientific minds. Does that mean you’re stuck with a sagging spirit until Covid is history? I hope not.

Here are 3 ways to prop up your spirit

who will lift your spirit!

Adults are often too busy with work and immediate family to keep their friendships and extended family relationships active. Or they may feel too lonely to reach out, solemnly waiting for another to initiate contact.

Whether you’re feeling too busy or too isolated, take an action today to preserve a precious relationship! Make that call now. Schedule a Zoom get-together. When you connect with optimistic, upbeat people who bring joy to your life, your problems apadin become less burdensome and your pleasures light up!

right now!

• Play and have fun!

I know, you have no idea what that means. And even if you knew, you’d have nobody to do it with, so why torture yourself even thinking about it? Scratch that negativity! Stretch your idea of fun. Might you have fun playing on-line games with friends or strangers? Might you enjoy redecorating your living space? Trying out new culinary recipes? Listening to your favorite music? inda Dancing up a storm? Singing a song as though you’re on stage? Painting a picture? Posting funny photos online? Taking a hike?

Joining a book club? Enjoying a movie marathon? Breaking out a jigsaw puzzle?

Laughing at human foibles – your own included?

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• Relax, loosen up and let go!

Nobody really cares if you take the time to relax, loosen up, and let go. So, you must put it on your agenda. And make it sacred. Otherwise one more “have-to” task will march to the front of the line, and there will go the time you

• Get in touch with friends and family

scheduled for relaxation. But what does relaxation mean anyway? It means relaxing your mind by taking slow, deep breaths and giving yourself calm, reassuring messages that all will be okay. It means relaxing your body by finding a comfy place to lie down and unwind, listen to soothing music and do absolutely nothing.

Watch your spirit soar, as you put these suggestions into practice. However, if you find yourself still struggling to be optimistic, don’t hesitate to seek help from an expert. Find yourself an enthusiastic, exuberant kid or an affectionate, playful pet. Then, settle back and let them teach you everything they know about propping up a sagging spirit! ©2021 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D. is a psychologist, coach and author in private practice who specializes in helping people become the best they can be. You can reach her at LSapadin@DrSapadin.com. Visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.

An American (‘s) history In its 243-year history, the United States has experienced (and, in some cases, endured) 46 presidents. In my own 71-year history, I have personally witnessed 14 of those administrations with differing impacts on my life.

Thus, in 1949, as I emerged onto the world scene and learned to walk and talk, Harry Truman, having recently defeated Dewey (despite the headlines) created NATO and fought the Korean War. The next eight years I wore “I Like Ike” buttons until my post-bar mitzvah day when I replied to JFK’s question as to what I could do for my country.

A year later, walking home from high school, I was on the corner of 81st and Madison when I learned of the Kennedy assassination. Thereafter, L.B.J., Vietnam, riots, protests and the Six Day War dominated right through high school graduation, only to be replaced (after voting in

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my first presidential election) by Nixon, Vietnam, riots, protests and the Yom Kippur War right through college and law school g raduation (and marriage.)

When we returned from our overseas honeymoon in August 1974, it was President Gerald Ford who trippingly welcomed us, as eventually we sat on long gas lines (dis) comforted

by Jimmy (who never called me Ronnie) Carter. on We aged in the Age of the Aged Ronald (whom I never called Ronnie) Reagan, as we expanded our family, wrestled with home ownership (and professional wrestling) participated in community

affairs and filled up space with G.I. Joes, Cabbage Patch Kids and Blockbuster Videos.

George H.W. Bush cancelled our son Daniel’s overseas bar mitzvah with the First Gulf War and Bill Clinton confused us even more with his White House shenanigans (though we mistakenly believed we would, at least, never witness another impeachment trial...or two.) oLdman Aside from their other duties, George W. Bush and Barack Obama presided (“presided,” as in president, get it?) over the weddings of all four of our children and the births of all the grandkids but

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Finding a path to honor Sylvia Kaminetsky

By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

An online petition that seeks to get local officials to dedicate an avenue in North Woodmere after a longtime resident has so far generated more than 300 signatures.

The petition calls for Cliffside Avenue to be renamed in honor of Sylvia Kaminetsky, who died on Nov. 12 at the age of 87. Sylvia lived on Cliffside for roughly 54 years with her husband of 67 years, Irving Kaminetsky, a Sanitary District 1 commissioner.

“She was just a special person,” Kaminetsky said. “She was so smart and did tremendous things for the community.

She certainly made me look good.”

Kaminetsky said that Sylvia was philanthropic and civic oriented. She volunteered for many years at Franklin General Hospital in Valley Stream where she served as the president of the coordinating council of the auxiliaries. She became active in local politics, serving as the president of the Republican Club of North Woodmere and an election coordinator for the Town of Hempstead.

An involved member of Temple Hillel in North Woodmere, the Kaminetskys belonged for more than a half century, and Sylvia served on the synagogue’s board for the past 20 years.

Lawrence resident Josh Justic created the online petition with the intention of keeping her memory alive. “A lot of people in the neighborhood know of the impact that Sylvia had on her community,” Justic said. “We came to the idea of trying to rename the street she lived on for over 50 years after her.”

Justic said that the petition was created on Jan. 22 and less than a week later; it already had more than 300 signatures. “I was quite surprised when I saw the amount of signatures was over 300,” Justic told the Herald on Jan. 27. Justic wanted to reach 500 signatures and as of press time that goal was surpassed.

Aileen Margolis has known the Kaminetsky family for roughly six years, as they would frequent the New York Beach Club in Atlantic Beach. Margolis said that Sylvia was an inspirational person.

“Although I only knew Sylvia for six years, I felt I had known her for my entire life,” she said. “When someone sees her name on the street sign, I hope it will inspire them to give back to their community.”Kaminetsky added that if he is unsuccessful in getting Cliffside Avenue dedicated, he will turn his attention to renaming North Woodmere Park after his late wife. “With the help of everybody, we can make this happen,” he said. “This has become my mission.”

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat who represents the Five Towns, wrote a letter on Jan. 28 to County Executive Laura Curran expressing his agreement in renaming the park after Sylvia. “As a North Woodmere/Valley Stream staple, Sylvia’s powerful impact on the community warrants recognition,” Kaminsky wrote. “Her resume of over 50 years at Temple Hillel, volunteering at Franklin General Hospital and serving as an election coordinator for the Town of Hempstead, makes a strong case for memorializing her at North Woodmere Park.”

The petition can be signed online at, https://bit.ly/3org90J.

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Wednesday, Feb. 10

All-day online cooking classes. Meltdown cookies and chocolate pancake breakfast. Find the video and recipe online at https://www.hwpl.org/kids/ Access at https://www.youtube.com/ playlist?list=PLqGQ5EQ2iUdjKfZKaHkcWl0qEuzvZONM

Genealogy Classes Genealogy classes I, II, III with Diane Warmsley from 11 a.m. to noon through February and March. Genealogy for beginners, intermdediate genealogy and Jewish genealogy. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83892 235162?pwd=SXhwUW96dmlxcHYxZGZ Bd2M1QXA2dz09

Peninsula Public Library 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. For more information email Program Coordinator Janet Schneider at jschneider@peninsulapublic.org.

Gentle Yoga Paulette Silber will focus on therapeutic stretches which do not involve holding postures or sitting on mats in this Zoom program. Use of a chair is optional.

Four sessions. Feb. 10, 17 & 24 at 11 a.m., through Peninsula Public Library.

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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, Feb. 4 Mah Jong Ann Seligson will explain the basics of the game and National Mah Jongg League rules. After taking the class you will be able to play online. Please have a mah jong set and a 2020 mah jong card. Feb. 4, 11 & 18, at 1 p.m. through Peninsula Public Library.

Art History Art history professor Val Franco presents an illustrated lecture on Spanish history from 1492-1659 and produced outstanding works of art, including paintings by Diego Velazquez, a court painter for King Philip IV. Feb. 4 at 3 p.m., through Peninsula Public Library.

Meditation At 4 p.m., through Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, Lisa Wisel leads a meditation session on Zoom. Join at https://

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Going up against Mother Nature As Monday into Tuesday’s snowstorm raged on through the morning of Feb. 1, a lone snowblower tried to make headway against the elements in Cedarhurst, which included winds gusting up to 50 mph.

The storm was so severe that a state of emergency was declared for Long Island and New York City.

See story and an additional photo on Page 8. us02webzoous/j/87693118418?pwd= dmJvVGFiYy9HMnVHTjJZR2.

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At 11 a.m., through Peninsula Public Library, Marc Courtade presents an illustrated lecture on the life and career of film icon Kirk Douglas best known for movies such as “Spartacus,” “Lust for Life,” “The Bad and the Beautiful,” and “Champion.”

Monday, Feb. 8 Atlantic Beach Atlantic Beach village holds a board meeting at 7:45 p.m. Go to https://

Former Herald intern Elissa Candiotti was promoted to associate producer for the NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

Volunteers are needed for the new Inwood/ Lawrence PAL at the Five Tons Community Center. To volunteer contact Sasha Young at (516) 2396244 ext. 227 or syoung@fivetownsmail.org.

The Gural JCC offers a weekly Zoom support group offering empathy, compassion and coping strategies to those diagnosed with and who survived Covid-19. 9 to 10 a.m. Pre-registration required. Contact Lisa Barnett, (516) 569-6733 x 210, lisa.barnett@guraljcc. org.

Tai Chi Linda Cafiero leads a four-session tai chi series through Feb. 23 at 11 a.m., through Peninsula Public Library.

Improve posture, balance and focus with gentle and intentional movements.

World Religions At 1 p.m., through Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, professor Ron Brown discuses the world’s religions. Join Zoom meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8 6551099559?pwd=WVZiWUEwV205Yk wyK1BTU1E3WmowQT09.

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

Black Funerals and Cemeteries At 7 p.m., through Peninsula Public Library, genealogist Dr. Janice Lovelace will discuss the development of separate funeral homes and burial grounds as well as burial practices for AfricanAmericans from the 16th to the 20th

As of Feb. 2, Putnam Boulevard between Park Street and Bay Boulevard in Atlantic Beach is now a one-way street heading north instead of a two-way street.

Siblings and Hewlett High School seniors A.J. Perkell and Mia Perkell signed letters of intent to play lacrosse at the University of Scranton and

At 1 p.m., through Peninsula Public Library, Patricia DelGiorno will focus on the integral role that women secret agents of the British Special Operations Executive played during World War II.

Thursday, Feb. 11 Michelangelo At 11 a.m., through Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, professor Dennis Raverty discuss the work of Michelangelo. Join Zoom meeting https://us02web.zoom. us/j/86801029256?pwd=QnkyUWp6Y 29vWkpyQ3QwZnB2b2RkQT09.

Mah Jong Ann Seligson will explain the basics of the game and National Mah Jongg League rules. After taking the class you will be able to play online. Please have a mah jong set and a 2020 mah jong card. Feb. 11 & 18, at 1 p.m. through Peninsula Public Library.

Meditation At 4 p.m., through Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, Lisa Wisel leads a meditation session on Zoom. Join at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8769311 8418?pwd=dmJvVGFiYy9HMnVHTjJZR2.

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The Lawrence Board of Education will hold holds a regular Meeting on Monday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m., in the Lawrence High School cafeteria.

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Snowstorm socks 5 Towns with more than 10 inches

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With thE PRohiBitioN of high-risk sports lifted, Lawrence High student-athletes will have a winter sports season

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

More than 10 inches of snow was reported in and around the Five Towns as a nor’easter swept across Long Island on Monday with lingering snowfall, rain and gusty winds on Tuesday.

Schools were closed both days and Gov. Andrew Cuomo a declared state of emergency for Long Island and New York City.

The Long Island Rail Road temporarily suspended service because of the snowstorm (service resumed at 4 a.m. on Tuesday).

Blizzard-like conditions resulted in hazardous road conditions and flights at John F. Kennedy International Airport were grounded. Nassau Inter-County ExpressBus suspended all service on Monday.

The Hewlett-Woodmere and Lawrence public schools were closed on Monday and Tuesday. Lawrence had teachers post assigned work and work reviews on Feb. 1 and had remote instruction on Feb. 2.

On Monday, snowplowing in Cedarhurst and Lawrence was helped by residents moving their vehicles off the streets and not shoveling snow back into those streets and hampered by the high winds that created drifts and resulted in having to plow the same area multiple times.

Lawrence officials had up to 16 trucks plowing, while Cedarhurst sent out three trucks at 1 a.m. on Feb. 1 and three more three hours later, along with four people on shovels and snowblowers to combat the

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PENNY took covER in the igloo built by Inna Mishiev’s son Julian outside their Woodmere home on Monday. snow. Cedarhurst Mayor Benjamin Weinstock reported slippery roads on Monday.

After the snow stopped on Monday night, the village salted the roads.

Atlantic Beach Mayor George Pappas drove around the village and declared the roads in good shape on Monday. Also superintendent of Sanitary District 1, he added that service was grounded on Monday and resumed on Tuesday.

After guidance came from the Nassau County Department of Health on how high-risk sports should be conducted, it appears that the Lawrence School District will have a winter sports season.

Lawrence Superintendent Dr. Ann Pedersen said that basketball, bowling and track will be played, no wrestling.

“Temperatures will be taken, there will be health checks, no spectators and games will be livestreamed,” she said, adding that “students as always must remain in good academic standing.”

There was sports information meeting for parents on Jan. 28.

The boys’ basketball tryouts postponed on Monday because of the snowstorm took place on Wednesday.

The mandated county guidelines include weekly Covid-19 testing for athletes, coaches and others in daily contact with the teams, temperature monitoring before practices and games, and no more than two spectators per stu-

dent-athlete. Districts are permitted to tweak the guidelines.

Masks must be worn at all times, unless players are unable to tolerate such a covering for the physical activity, and a minimum of six feet in distance between individuals must be followed at all times, with the exception of participating athletes.

No sharing of equipment or drinks will be permitted, and facilities must provide sanitizer for all in attendance and be limited to 50 percent of the maximum occupancy of a particular area, inclusive of employees, patrons, players and spectators.

Pedersen is encouraging new bowlers to sign up and said that cross country could take place in the next mini season, considered the fall sports season.

Tony Bellissimo contributed to this story.

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Rockin’ into a lively February As the dream of a maskless world continues to haunt my head, let’s appreciate all of the good that has come from the start of this year. Yes, of course, bad things are still occurring and as good Samaritans of this Earth we will fight any injustice anywhere it may take place, but unfortunately, we cannot always eliminate all evil. If I do dare to reminisce upon the past year, I remember to take the one thing I learned from it. To grasp the positivity, hold on and savor it because once you let it slip away, you forget what you are fighting for.

On Jan. 28, semester reports were released in the lower, middle, and upper schools. Usually, students from schools across the world dread the moment of receiving their report cards regardless of how they have performed because of the amount of pressure they put on themselves to earn great marks.

Whether that is looking at the future for having the right resume for college or putting a smile on your par-

ents’ faces, students are often fearful of all people.

Headmaster Brian O’Connell has when report cards come out and create an abundance of anxiety for them- called upon the students for their voices to be heard by making short videos selves.

Lawrence Woodmere Academy has recognizing both cultures. Mr. O’ Contried to minimize the stress students nell has expressed that the goal of the project is “to enhance our endure by explaining to students’ understanding of students that it is more Black and Chinese family than just a letter grade. cultures.” Mr. O and the LWA teachers explain that faculty believe in “improvit is important to lear n ing student appreciation of h ow t o i m p r ove yo u r one another, and to genergrades and apply those ate discussions about each skills to your daily life culture’s uniqueness as while becoming young well as the commonalities adults. Students also that we all share as human reflect on their grades by beings across cultures.” writing mandated goals to The moment we all have focus on for the following been waiting for finally grading period. an eraGhty happened. Our dreams, In February, LWA will prayers and voices have celebrate both Black Histobeen heard and answered. ry Month and Chinese New Year. In a school with students from Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on many different parts of the world, Jan. 22 high-risk high school sports Lawrence Woodmere Academy makes could start if county health departit imperative to embrace the cultures ments and school superintendents

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approve. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran reviewed the guidelines we will take as a county to help ensure we tackle high school sports safely.

This news has ignited the LWA Community, as sports brings us together in a competitive and determined manner. The teamwork and l e a d e r s h i p s p o r t s p rov i d e s a re unmatched by other activities we may be involved in.

The LWA Tigers are ecstatic to face local adversaries in a time where we all face so much adversity. It is important to remember that we all do our part, especially student-athletes, in continuing to create a safe atmosphere in order to play. Let’s be smart and enjoy what we have worked so hard to a c h i e v e . # B E C O O L D O N T PA R TYJUSTPLAY Finally, I want to wish Mary Barton, an extremely important member of the LWA family, a very happy birthday.

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Herald Inside LI hosts cutting expenses webinar

By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com

The Covid-19 pandemic caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs in 2020, and as a result, many found that their worst financial fears became their reality.

Even though many Americans never lost their jobs and some have found new ones, a growing number of people have been preoccupied by fear because they worry about being able to keep their jobs during the worst economic c a l a m i t y s i n c e t h e G re at Depression.

For many, pulling money from their savings accounts is the only way to survive, while others wished they had saved more emergency money, or they don’t know where to begin to start cutting expenses.

With many Long Islanders grappling with these financial concerns, Herald Inside LI held a free infor mational Zoom webinar on Jan. 28 to discuss reducing expenditures.

The webinar, which was sponsored by Edward Jones, Emigrant Mortgage, EmPower VeroNicA Solar, Maidenbaum Property Ferrero Tax Reduction Group and Geico, featured a panel of Assistant Vice expert speakers, who discussed President, simple ways to save money. DisEmigrant Mortgage cussion topics ranged from paying off credit card debt and getting finances in order to information about how to refinance loans with lower rates, ways to save on electric bills and how to grieve property taxes.

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n the same way that you would plan a Super Bowl dinner for friends and family, I recommend that people plan if they want to budget.

The importance of an emergency fund

“Last year, it was eye-opening to see how many people lost their jobs, and many people learned the hard way that having emergency funds set aside is so important,” said Marie Taylor, a 20-year financial adviser at Edward Jones. “People need to know that you’re never too young to start saving because people can go into foreclosure if they can’t make payments.”

As someone who helps people manage people’s finances on a daily basis, Taylor said her usual approach when helping new clients to start a budget worksheet is to help them understand their savings, investments and income. The worksheet, she said, includes four key questions: ■ Where am I today?

■ Where do I need to go?

■ Can I get there?

■ What do I need to reach that goal?

“I tell my clients that it’s important to look at where your money is coming from and to make sure they know the risks, recognize strategies and that they should understand what their goals and aspirations are,” Taylor said. “It’s also important that people make sure that they have a financial adviser that is focused on the people they serve. If a financial adviser is not explaining costs or checking on your investments, and they are telling you what they think you need while failing to find out your background information, you might want to get a different financial adviser.”

Making a plan

Another guest panelist, Veronica Ferrero, who is the assistant vice president and community lending

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HerAld iNside li held a free Zoom webinar on how to reduce expenses amid the coronavirus pandemic last Thursday. coordinator at Emigrant Mortgage Company Inc., said her job involves helping people to create a plan that reviews their credit report to see if it is up to date and without errors. She also looks at credit cards to make sure the interest rate is the lowest possible.

“Whenever someone closes or opens a savings account, it will affect their credit score,” she said. “A lot of people have credit cards that they don’t use, and they don’t realize that this will affect their credit score and that they should be diligent about paying their credit card payments when they are due.”

Ferrero also said she spends time evaluating her clients’ mortgages to aid them in discovering new ways to save in various areas, such as in their utility, phone and car insurance bills. She also aids people in looking at their long-term goals and deciding if taking out a home equity mortgage or line of credit would be the most sensible decision, based on a case-by-case analysis. With the ongoing pandemic, she also said, interest rates are low, and now is an opportune time to refinance and renovate homes.

“In the same way that you would plan a Super Bowl dinner for friends and family, I recommend that people plan if they want to budget, and through my job, I want to help people to realize through an analysis process, specifically where their money goes on a monthly basis,” she said. “This is a challenging process, but most people are glad when they do this, and they are better able to see where they can better save money.”

Taylor and Ferrero both added that people should look for interest rates on their student loans to help budget better.

“It’s important to do research on programs and to look for companies to help you to do this,” Ferrero stressed.

“Speak to someone who will sit down and listen to you and be disciplined about this, and don’t get distracted,” Taylor said.

Tara McDermott, director of customer experience and stakeholder relations at EmPower Solar, said her company serves about 3,000 clients. EmPower Solar aims to help consumers save on electric bills by help-

ing them install solar panels.

“Now, more than ever, people are more conscious of an increase in electric bills because people are spending more time in their homes, and therefore they are using up more energy due to the pandemic,” she said.

“The average home on Long Island pays $250 a month on their electric bill, and our goal is to get homeowners to save money through the installation of solar panels on their roof. About one in every 22 houses on Long Island have solar panels now.”

Having solar panel consultation with EmPower Solar, McDermott said, is free. It will take place over Zoom to discuss how much solar panels will cost on a case-by-case basis and answer any other questions for those considering going solar.

“We stress to our clients that having solar panels does not increase taxes, but third-party studies have shown that it does add about $20,000 to the value of the home,” she said. “Around 15 percent of clients have a battery backup system for their solar panels—which will allow them to power their house during a power outage for an unlimited amount of time. This is great because clients can be prepared for an emergency, similar to another Superstorm Sandy.”

Filing a grievance

As the Zoom meeting was ending, guest speaker Mark Miller, in-house counsel at Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group, made a few remarks. “All residential homeowners should file a grievance, and anybody who has a renovation on their house should file and see if they qualify, but they should keep in mind that solar panels don’t count as a renovation in these instances,” he said. “Also, if you double your house size through renovation, you won’t get the home improvement exemption. You might be considered a whole new property at that point.”

The recording for this cutting expenses webinar can be found at liherald.com/recordings. The next Herald Inside LI webinar will be Thursday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m., and will look at estate and Medicaid planning.

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Hewlett High gymnasts are thrilled to compete

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

With a combination of virtual and inperson meets, Hewlett’s gymnastics team is thrilled to be competing during these unprecedented times and features a mix of veterans and some newcomers.

And though no spectators are permitted, the Bulldogs can be seen in action through the school’s livestream feed.

Sixth-year coach Rina Bronstein, a 2008 Hewlett grad and gymnast in the program, said she’s heard nothing but positive feedback from parents and was told some gymnasts’ out-of-state family members are also tuning in to watch.

“We’ve been doing pretty well and doing a lot of sanitizing,” Bronstein said.

“Our first virtual meet was a little strange with just our team and a judge. It wasn’t as intense and almost felt like a practice. The girls were asking how many in-person meets we’re supposed to have because they want that pressure of having an opponent watching.”

Leading the way for the Bulldogs this winter is a pair of returning award winners, sophomore Charlotte Moscovici (Honorable Mention All-County) and senior Layla Ahmad (All-Conference.)

Both are in their fourth varsity seasons, Bronstein noted.

Moscovici has competed at the club level for quite some time and performs at the highest degree of difficulty of anyone on the roster. “She’s a very hard worker and is practically like having an extra coach around because she helps her teammates so much,” Bronstein said. “She’s a

talented and powerful performer.”

Within the first three meets, Moscovici scored an 8.7 on floor exercise as well as an 8.0 on vault.

Ahmad, who also has club competitions on her resume, is “graceful and passionate in her routines,” Bronstein said.

“Layla has always been determined to improve her skills and boost her scores.”

On Jan. 25, Ahmad led a victory over Valley Stream by winning the all-around while scoring a high of 7.8 on the balance beam.

Another fourth-year member of the squad, senior Tori Auerbach, has taken her skills up a notch, particularly on the uneven bars, to become a key scorer in all four events. “She’s always been fast, which helps her especially on vault, and she’s become physically stronger over the years,” Bronstein said of Auerbach.

Senior Megan Avdoo didn’t let a growth spurt to 6-feet derail her gymnastics career. She’s the heart and soul of the team’s spirit, Bronstein noted, and a contributing scorer. “It’s not easy being a tall gymnast,” the coach explained. “Megan loves the sport and is so happy to be part of the team. She’s determined to be the best she can be.”

Junior Yannit Rosenthal, in her third varsity campaign, is a tireless worker who excels on bars and beam. Junior Angelina Santos, in her second season, brings tremendous dance skills to a fun floor exercise and is eager to take on new challenges.

Hewlett’s final dual meet is Monday (virtual) at home at 6 p.m.

vaccination event available at Belmont Park last week.

We called everyone we could to let them know how they can sign up. We had an elderly couple that qualified for the vaccine, but they were having trouble making an appointment.

So we helped guide them through the process, and they’ll be coming to get their first dose of the vaccine today.

I’m a Covid-19 survivor. I got sick and was hospitalized in March. My own father-in-law passed away from this disease. We’ve had members of our congregation get sick, recover or who passed away from Covid.

It means a lot to see people who look like me be able to receive the vaccine.

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This pandemic has disproportionately impacted our communities, communities of color. It’s ravaged and devastated us. The vaccine has been out for more than six weeks now, but Blacks and Latinos have had to go through hurdles to have access to it.

Northwell Health reached out to us last year to open up a free testing facility, so I’m grateful that they came back to us now to ask if we could host a vaccination site for our residents.

We reached out to our communities to let them know what was going on. There’s always been a communication breakdown with Black and Latino communities since the pandemic began. Our communities get overlooked. I live in Elmont, but didn’t even know they had a

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art of my role here as an employee health nurse is really making sure our employees are in an optimal state of health, especially when it comes to being able to work and deliver care to our patients. Part of that is making sure that they’re vaccinated and protected, and certainly one of the biggest challenges we have this year is managing Covid. So it’s been a godsend that we have the vaccines now.

We’re making sure we have the logistics together — we support that effort. We’re not the only players, but we certainly play a role. It’s an all-hands-on-deck effort from pharmacists, administration to our nursing staff and environmental staff; everybody is involved in getting this out. We have to set up the vaccination pods, we need support from other departments, and everyone is engaged

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in making sure our employees are getting vaccinated.

For me, with employee health, we’re engaged with every employee in the building.

We’re also instrumental in getting the message out, encouraging folks to get the vaccine and dispelling any myths or rumors, and being available to support them.

For example, some employees might have an allergic reaction. It doesn’t mean they can’t get the second dose of vaccine, but we’ll get them an appointment with an allergist, so that when they do get the second dose, they’ll have expert insight. The allergist will let us know whether the employee should be getting the second dose, give us important information and resources, and help us leverage those resources so our employees are safe.

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The second factor was that I had a son walk out of the World Trade Center, and this led to me accepting the position of liaison of the Village of Lawrence to the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management.

And because of that, I also joined the Nassau County Medical Reserve Corps.

With that background, last March, Lawrence Mayor Alex Edelman asked me to write an email to residents about this new disease, defining it as I saw it, and with my best

guesses for the future and my best advice for staying safe. My involvement grew from there.

My goal is to have people fully understand what they need to do to protect themselves while trying to live as normal a life as possible, and to have them understand and be a partner in their health care should they be infected.

And of course, to make sure that people know what their options are.

This epidemic has changed me tremendously. It has made me appreciate stability in life. If Covid never came, I would not have appreciated its absence. I now fully understand that things can always be worse, and I’ve learned to be thankful that they're not, even if I don't know from what I have been spared.

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Throughout this time, I’ve realized that the hospital is really a microcosm of society. The hospital isn't just in the community — we are the community. So, these very long days don’t feel like a chore or a drag, because getting the vaccine is so important. We feel, at the end of the day, we’ve achieved something that is well-meaning and good for everyone.

I have a dichotomy of feelings about the pandemic. On one side, it’s very upsetting. At one point during the height of the pandemic, I would come home and cry every day. I lost

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've been helping Howard Jacobson get our stores ready to get the vaccines delivered and to get set up with all the new requirements to be able to distribute this vaccine, because it’s definitely very different than any of the others we’ve done before.

We plan to do it in all of our stores if we can, but we just started it out in Rockville Centre, just to kind of gauge how we’re going to be doing this going forward.

We’re really happy that it’s actually going to be all the seniors that are going to be getting it from us, because they're the ones who are going to have the hardest time getting to the clinic and waiting in line at the medical center for hours.

It’s been difficult for me, mostly because my parents aren’t able to help out with my

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Dance takes form at the 5T Community Center

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By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

A half dozen young girls stood on mats in a downstairs room of the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence and awaited instruction from Alexandria Thomas, who at 24, is not that far removed from standing with her students.

Dancing since she was 2, Thomas, also a former Inwood Buccaneer and Lawrence High School cheerleader, has been connected with the Community Center since the fifth grade. She has been a program participant, employee or a program leader.

The current dance program that meets on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays is an outgrowth of previous ones Thomas has led in the past six years. Blending her experience and taking into consideration the coronavirus pandemic, she aims to provide an outlet for her students.

“The program got started after me wanting to bring together a community of people who needed an out for energy, for expression, for creativity and for love,” Thomas said, as she awaited her students for the Wednesday session on Jan. 27. “A lot of people don’t have a niche, a lot of people don’t have a specialty, a lot of people don’t have an out that allows them to let go of stress, and I thought that within this time of Covid and everybody having to stay at home, it would be a good time.”

She understands what it means to overcome challenges as Thomas said that it is difficult to maintain a clientele, “Because sometimes people don’t take you seriously, but you have to keep going and keep inspiring people and keep going, climbing past obstacles because if you don’t you kind of get stuck in the same places you’ve been,” she said.

Seeing that young people have been affected psychologically by the isolation that quarantining amid the pandemic has caused, Thomas said the program is an affordable opportunity for children, the students range in age from 2 to 14, to learn dance, be creative and have a safe place to express themselves. “I started this program specifically for this area, this year so the other programs I had before was not for now but this one is for now – Covid,” she said.

With five of the six students in attendance at 5 p.m., Thomas brings her intimate class to attention with several beginning exercises tied to teaching technique and body discipline. After working with the girls in front of the class, Thomas then walks around the room to provide individual instruction.

West Hempstead Middle School eighthgrader Vivian Thomas, 13, has also been dancing since she was a much younger girl, even being trained by her cousin Alexandria. “There was nothing to do, so I thought it would be fun to come and dance,” Vivian said, adding that she has learned more about other genres of dance and hip hop and contemporary are her favorites.

Thomas thinks that this iteration of her dance program, one she hopes to can be replicated at other community centers, is different from her previous ones

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DaNcE iNStRuctoR alExaNDRia Thomas helped Camilla Squeira as the students practiced their pirouette positioning. To Squeira’s left was Sofia Louis and to her right was Arielle Romero. In the front were Nathalie Louis, Makiyha Johnson and Vivian Thomas.

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MakiYha JohNSoN waRMED up on the balance beam. because of her improved understanding of connecting to people.

“I feel like there was a lot of dysconnectivity over the last couple of years between a lot of groups,” Thomas said.

“The racial divide, social injustices, gender inequality, any of those things because it all wraps it into the arts, it all

wraps into to people being creative within themselves and having to let go of emotions. But some people don’t realize that actually comes from being structured and what you have learned in life.”

A connection appears to being made with Makiyha Johnson, 12, a sixth-grader at Junior High School 190 Russel Sage in

Queens. Taking part in the dance program, “So, I have something to do while corona is going on at my school,” said Johnson, who never danced before and learned there are many genres with hip hop being her favorite. “I like that you can just bring all your energy out during dance and give it all the best.”

Having to present dance concepts to varied ages is a challenge, Thomas admitted, saying that she has learned that younger kids need attention and how to learn. “Younger kids need stability they need to know structure, they need to figure out what time, they need to figure to how to follow rules and they have to learn how to learn,” she said. “I can’t try to teach a kid how to learn versus a kid that’s already been through elementary school and high school, and they already sat through classrooms and met teachers, so basically they need a different dance structure and basically I put these lessons in place for these specific children.”

Saying “dance is good for your physical and spiritual health,” Five Towns Community Center Executive Director K. Brent Hill noted the impact of Thomas’s program. “Our dance program provides our youth a positive outlet to express their creativity, interact with others and have fun,” he said. “The program, open to boys and girls, exhibits the center’s continued investment in our young people.”

Thomas is planning to have a recital on the third or fourth weekend in June, and have it livestreamed.

“It actually feels really amazing,” she said about leading a program in a building that she grew up in. “There are times that you doubt yourself. I just thank God every day that I’m blessed.”

To register for Thomas’s dance program email Youth Services Coordinator Sasha Young at syoung@fivetownamail. org.

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If your kitchen is past due for a makeover or you are in the planning stages of redesigning it, break down the project step by step to ensure that you get the most out of your new kitchen. A well though out plan is essential to adding function, style and flair to this project.

Organize Smartly Before you begin remodeling your kitchen, determine how and where you will use your kitchen items. For instance, store breakfast bowls and food near the breakfast table. Keep plastic containers and wraps in a handy place near your work surface for wrapping leftovers.

Locate flatware and dishes near the dishwasher to ease the process of unloading.

By having a good understanding of how you want your kitchen items to be organized around your larger appliances, you can better plan for the type of storage you will need. For example, your silverware will likely go in a drawer, while your bowls and plates will go in a cabinet. Your plans should include what types of storage will flank your appliances.

Design Wide Walkways Create paths throughout your kitchen that are at least 36 inches wide. Also, walkways in the cooking zone should be 42 inches wide for kitchens with one cook, and 48 inches wide for configuring the

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Get the results you want by carefully planning area for two cooks. When you are in the design/planning process, adjust peninsulas and kitchen islands accordingly.

Be sure you account for your appliances. When your refrigerator doors or dishwasher is ajar, it can create a roadblock in your kitchen pathway. You can remedy this by either creating a path that is wide enough to travel through even when your appliance doors are open, or by designing a kitchen that has two easily maneuverable pathways.

Configure The Correct Height For The Microwave The best location and height for a microwave depends on the primary chef and the degree of kid-friendliness that you desire in your kitchen. For adults, the microwave should be roughly 15 inches above countertop level. For kids, you might consider a below-countertop setup for safety and suitability.

Many kitchens today are set up with the microwave sitting above the stove top, but some designers allege that this is a trend that is on its way out.

If you plan to install your microwave over the range, you might want to consider how this decision will affect your house resale value. Locating your microwave away from your stove can also make it easier for the two appliances to be used by two different cooks at the same time.

Stay Clear Of Corners For appliance and cabinet doors to be fully functional, make sure you plan enough space for clearance and swing direction in your redesign. Keep appliances away from corners and ensure that doors do not bang into each other when opened at the same time.

This is another time when having larger walkways might be a major problem solver in your kitchen. With the added room, you’ll be able to have multiple appliances open at once without them interfering with one another.

tion. If you want to eat and cook on kitchen islands, make sure you plan enough space to separate the cooktop safely from the dining area.

You might also consider combining your kitchen island with your cutting board. This is a popular feature in many contemporary kitchens, but does come with certain drawbacks. Another unique design element people are incorporating in their new kitchens is having their island be a statement focal piece. They achieve this by using different materials on the island than they do for the other counters.

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JADE looks to limit the social rancor continued from front page panel included Lawrence Eisenstein, the county’s commissioner of health, and Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt of Woodmere, who is chief of infectious diseases and chairman of the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside.

“JADE has attracted people from varied backgrounds and beliefs, and because of that has the ability to create meaningful and respectful dialogue on issues facing our community,” said Stacey Feldman, Gural JCC’s associate executive director. “They address and grapple with the topics that are of interest to all of us, and seek to find common ground and solutions. We are looking forward to partnering with JADE on more projects that will benefit our community.”

JADE became more widely known when Rebbetzin Nancy Hain used the chat group to report that a threatening note had been left outside her home on Jan. 15 with an edition of the Five Towns Jewish Times, the weekly newspaper that her husband’s synagogue, Congregation Beth Sholom, decided to boycott, along with Young Israel of Woodmere.

The shuls agreed that the FTJT should not have published a photo of Cedarhurst dentist Dr. Gila Jedwab in what appeared to be a celebratory pose outside the U.S.

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The Jewish AlliAnce for Dialogue and Engagement partnered with the Marion and Aaron Gural JCC to hold a virtual program on Covid-19 vaccines in December.

Capitol building as the deadly insurrection took place on Jan. 6.

“We need to have conversations that are civil,” said Benezra, who did not address that incident, but noted that such occurrences “are tough conversations, and we should be having them.”

As JADE finds its public voice, Benezra said it is beginning to create a more formal organization beyond social media platforms, and plans to hold more discus-

sions similar to the vaccine forum, which attracted nearly 1,000 people and a total of 3,000 views.

“We are slowly forming our organization,” she said, adding that bridging the social divide and partnering with organizations such as the JCC is at the forefront of the group’s thinking. “Anything we can do to help in this crisis, and do it in a way that is respectful and thoughtful. We are going to bring leaders and thinkers togeth-

er, and we do expect to start those discussions, because our members want them.”

More on JADE can be found at https:// www.facebook.com/JADEJewishAlliance/ and https://www.instagram.com/ jadealliance/.

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Battling virus inspired Lyss Stern’s imagination continued from front page us.”

Last March 23, Stern learned that she had Covid-19, and she regularly sought guidance on treatments from her friend Liza Maltz. “Even with my mild case of Covid, I wouldn’t wish it upon my worst enemy,” Stern said. “We didn’t know a lot about Covid in the spring, and I truly believe that Liza helped nurse me back to health. I would take vitamins and use holistic approaches because of her.”

Stern is still not fully recovered, and is considered a “long hauler,” continuing to experience a range of symptoms and side effects. “I’m very vocal about having Covid, because I think people need to know that this is real,” she said. “I’m still trying to get my full energy back.”

Maltz is a doula, trained to advise, inform and offer emotional and physical comfort to an expectant mother before, during and after the birth of a child. She said she did not have any magic ingredient to help Stern through her illness.

“I became Lyss’s Covid doula, and I helped her navigate the healing process, since it was very overwhelming for her at first,” Maltz recounted. “I just used my intuition and guided her through the process. We thought that we needed to do this for everybody, so we started sending out care packages.”

The packages turned into another business for Stern, called Chamam-

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KAdoodle Kids Allows children to decorate their own masks. Above, Lyss Stern and her daughter, Blake, in two of those masks. maNYC. They are Covid-19 care gift boxes for people affected by the virus.

“People started reaching out to me on social media, asking for recommendations on how to treat Covid,” Stern said. “Eliza and I put our heads together and decided to start a curated Covid care-package company. We’re both not doctors, but we know how to make people feel better.”

Stern had what she described as anoth-

er eureka moment when she visited her childhood summer camp, Tyler Hill Camp, in Pennsylvania last summer. “I was sitting by the lake, and thought that I [could] use a weekend alone here,” she said. “That’s when I thought of the DivaMoms Getaway Weekend idea.”

The concept was a Covid-safe weekend getaway retreat for mothers at the camp.

The getaways began in September, and,

Stern said, more have been scheduled for this spring.

Wendy Siegel is a co-owner and director of the camp, with her husband, Andy.

Wendy, who said she had known Stern for “as long as I can remember,” acknowledged that she was unsure about the weekend-getaway idea when Stern first pitched it to her.

“I thought, ‘How would moms during Covid be able to get away from their families? How could we keep them guaranteed safe and healthy?’” Siegel said. “But after Lyss and I talked it out and played out every scenario, I thought it was the best idea I’d ever heard.”

Siegel described Stern as caring and honest. “Lyss is a total go-getter, and someone I’ll always want on my team,” she added. “She is creative, and does not take no for an answer when she knows something can be done. She is also a connector, and seems to be adored by everyone that knows her.”

For entrepreneurs, Stern said, now is a good time to pursue passions and dreams.

“Seeing women reinvent themselves during this time has been so nice,” she said.

“My advice to other entrepreneurs would be, now is the time to reinvent yourself and pursue your passion. If you have a passion, put your pen to the paper and act on it.”

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After a car chase that began in Hewlett and ended in Lynbrook and involved the Nassau County and Lynbrook village police departments, two people were arrested, including a Hewlett resident at 1:20 a.m. on Jan. 30.

Fourth Precinct officers saw a 2014 Hyundai turn into the parking lot of 1346 Broadway without signaling. As officers tried to conduct a car stop the vehicle drove off heading east on Noel Avenue, police said. The officers then saw the car in the driveway of a house on Vian Avenue.

The officers walked to the vehicle, the car then went backed up and the officers had to jump out of the way, according to police. The car headed east on Broadway.

A description of the car was sent out and a short time later the Lynbrook Police Department said the vehicle had struck a telephone pole at the intersection of Centre Street and Denton Avenue in Lynbrook and the occupants fled on foot.

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Amanda Sanchez, 26, of Clintonville Street, Whitestone is charged with second-degree assault, third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, thirddegree unauthorized use of a vehicle, second-degree reckless endanger ment, fourth-degree criminal mischief, thirddegree unlawful fleeing of a police officer and multiple vehicular law violations.

She did not post bail. Her next court date was Feb. 3. Sanchez is being represented by the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County.

Paul Stillwagon, 24, of Broadway, Hewlett is charged with third-degree unauthorized use of a vehicle. He was issued an appearance ticket and must appear in First District Court on April 28 in Mineola.

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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, February 11, 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.

Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York January 29, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR MICHAEL RYDER VILLAGE CLERK 124569 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Board of Appeals Village of Hewlett Bay Park Date:February 9, 2021 Time: 7:30 p.m.

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Subject:Application of Joshua and Candice Feiler, 229 Woodside Drive, Hewlett Bay Park, New York, to construct a second story addition and one story addition, which construction requires variances of: (a) Village Code §146-17, in that the front yard setback from Elinor Road will be 48.5 feet, where a minimum of 50 feet is required, and (b) Village Code §146-12, in that the height setback ratio will be 0.58, where a maximum of 0.55 is permitted. Premises are designated as Section 41, Block 13, Lot 23 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map.

Application of Jon Altus, 150 Woodside Drive, Hewlett Bay Park, New York, to construct a swimming pool, pool equipment, patio, fencing and outdoor shower, which construction requires variances of the following Village Code sections: (a) 146-9(C)(8)(c), in that the (i) fence height will be 4.33 feet, where a maximum height of 4 feet is permitted, and (ii) fencing does not include evergreen shrubbery planted along the exterior side of the fence, where such shrubbery is required; and (b) 146-9(C)(8)(h), in that the (i) pool will be in a side yard, where a pool is required to be in a rear yard; and (ii) pool equipment will be 24 feet from the rear property line, where a minimum of 35 feet is required.

Premises are designated as Section 41, Block 4, Lot 6 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map.

Application of Lubna Ramzan, 123 Everit Avenue, Hewlett Bay Park, New York, to maintain four (4) piers, each six (6) feet in height, with gates, in a front yard, where Village Code §§146-2 and 146-17 require that a front yard (the yard from the front wall of the building to the front lot line) remain open, unobstructed and unoccupied.

Premises also are known as Section 42, Block 190, Lot 7 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. Due to public health and safety concerns related to COVID-19, and pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Orders, the public hearings will take place via teleconferencing and videoconferencing through Zoom.

The meeting will be recorded and a transcription will be provided at a later date.

The Zoom login information is: Meeting ID: 864 4631 1984 Passcode: 483904 Or dial by your location: Plans and other materials associated with the application may be reviewed at Village Hall prior to the meeting, during regular business hours, upon making an appointment.

Through Zoom, the public will have the opportunity to see and hear the meeting and hearing live, and upon recognition by the Board, may present comments.

Comments also may be submitted prior to the meeting, but not later than 3:00pm on February 9, 2021, by regular mail to Village Hall or email to the Board at bstolar@msek.com.

Public comments submitted by email must identify the application to which the comments apply.

Dated: January 27, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Michelle Blandino, Village Clerk 124564

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Fanboy Fighter , LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 10/29/2020.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 726 BRONX LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 10/22/2020.

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Q. Why do my replacement steps need to be lower than my house foundation? I live near the water, and we dug a hole to put in a new foundation for the front steps that will be bigger than the old ones. We found the groundwater came up at 30 inches, so we stopped digging, but the inspector said our plans showed 36 inches minimum. The house foundation is at 30 inches also, so why are we digging lower?

They did it, but I can’t understand.

A. This is a very uplifting topic. The deep question and answer are actually simple and not too deep after all.

Science, if followed, can aid in survival against the forces of nature that perpetually exist.

The reason your foundation needs to be lower is that water, when it freezes, expands as ice.

So what does that have to onte eeper do with a big ol’ heavy chunk of concrete, you may ask? Well, the ground absorbs rain droplets, humidity and underground streams, all various forms of water just waiting to expand when the temperature drops below 32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees Celsius. Frost begins to form, first at the surface and then further and further down below ground level the longer the air temperature remains at or below freezing.

In this part of the world, the average depth of freezing consistently reaches 3 feet, and only slowly thaws when the air temperature rises. The foundation should always have a wide base, or footing, that spreads out at the bottom, and needs to be below the 3-foot depth to resist the phenomenon of heaving. This is because, as the frost builds and expands, the moisture, in all its various forms (I just mentioned), begins to expand and crowd out the foundation of your home, or front steps, or anything else in its way.

Think of it like a big zit being forced to the surface from all directions.

When this happens, all the man-made structures in the ground begin to lift, sway, crack and separate in different directions. You have about as much chance of preventing it as you would of standing against a strong tidal wave on the beach, but since the heaving happens in slow motion, it seems to not be well recognized, because this problem comes up all the time on construction sites. Believe it or not, even large buildings, like skyscrapers and shopping malls, are vulnerable to uplift from soil expansion, so it’s not just your front steps or your comparatively smaller building. Workers who don’t understand the science can create some easily avoidable problems.

The reason your house foundation is closer to the surface is probably because it’s tied to deep piers, called piles, that may go down 25 feet below the surface. The adjacent concrete foundation, anchored to the piles, should still have gone down to 36 inches, but at least the existing footings are held to something that may resist the uneven lifting.

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f you spend any portion of your day watching the news on television, you’re no doubt confused about what is taking place in Washington. In a moment of reflection, it dawned on me that we are living in two worlds. One world is the happenings in Congress, and the other is the real world.

While President Biden is busy trying to launch his new government, the Senate will be tied up for weeks deciding whether to convict former President Trump JERRY for his conduct on Jan. 6, the day KREMER of the riot at the Capitol. The final result is totally predictable. Most of the Republican senators, who worry only about their careers, will not vote to convict him.

By and large, Congress is detached from people on the street. Politicians like Senators Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell are focused on protecting Trump, who has threated to promote

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But at the impeachment trial, all those cowards who won’t vote to convict Trump will, along with the public, be forced to watch hours of video of the horrors of the Jan. 6 mob attack. And they will have to hear witnesses who will state, “President Trump told me to do it.”

To paraphrase the late, great boxer Joe Louis, they can run but they can’t hide.

So let’s turn to the real world. Thanks to the courage of Twitter and Facebook, Trump is without a platform to continue his lies about a stolen election. There has been no public uprising against the social media platforms. It’s really comforting to have a day without tweets from an out-of-control narcissist. And it feels good to have a president who is showing up for work each day.

Unlike Trump, Biden isn’t hiding from the Covid pandemic. The federal government is taking over the responsibility of getting vaccines out to people. We are hearing what the govern-

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It is clear that the 74 million people who voted for Trump aren’t just sitting around, mourning their loss. In the weeks after the Capitol uprising, 30,000 Republicans reportedly changed their party registration in disgust over Trump’s conduct. That may not seem like a big number, but many of them were residents of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Arizona, key political states.

Many of the same people who refused to wear masks, and made fun of Biden during the campaign when he appeared in one, are lining up to get their vaccinations, while anxiously awaiting new legislation that will provide stimulus money for struggling businesses and increased unemployment benefits. And in the near future, Biden will be offering a new health insurance proposal.

Trump will likely escape any penalties for the Jan. 6 attack, but many of

hanks to the courage of social media, Trump is without a platform to continue his lies.

his people who broke into the Capitol will face the possibility of prison terms. Many Trump voters may have second thoughts about sticking with a man who encouraged an event that resulted in the deaths of five people.

The talking heads on TV speak as if Trump voters are some sort of solid block, but most of them want the same things that Democratic voters want.

The rural red states have plenty of areas badly in need of a little love.

They are suffering with limited resources. They lack internet access and are saddled with poor schools, just like inner cities. Their local hospitals are overwhelmed and in danger of failing. Their need for a little TLC can be met by a caring president, and the dynamic will change.

So I’m not going to let the immoral conduct of 45 senators distract me. I’m focused on the real world.

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.

Creating your pandemic time capsule

f time is really relative and there are time travelers out there from the future thinking about where to visit, do not, I repeat, do not go back to 2020.

We just closed the door on that baby, and it was hard to get on with our lives.

If you don’t believe me, just open the time capsules we leave behind.

We’re preserving the artifacts of our lives so that people in the future can better understand who they are and what brought them to their moment.

RANDI I’ve been thinkKREISS ing about what I will put into my pandemic time capsule, which is a big cardboard box in my bedroom closet.

Into it goes anything that I think is evocative of living through the pandemic.

Some of the things I put in the box are what you’d imagine: a roll of toilet paper, pictures of us and our friends in masks, a bottle of hand sanitizer, an envelope with several strands of hair, eight inches long and gray. I started keeping a pandemic diary over the summer, and I threw that into the cardboard

capsule in August, when I was depressed by the numbers and didn’t feel like writing daily entries anymore.

I tossed into the box some of the newspaper front pages I saved: “CDC details first U.S. case of novel virus spreading in China.” “FDA grants historic authorization to a Covid-19 vaccine.”

“Winter is coming: Why America’s window of opportunity to beat back Covid-19 is closing.”

We cannot be reliable memory keepers if we don’t include politics. The ferocity of the pandemic was fueled by President Trump and his people.

They hid the truth from the American people, fudged the alarming numbers, silenced the scientists and failed to do what was necessary to get ahead of the surges. So, I would put into my box another front page, from The New York Times: “Biden Beats Trump.” The world changed in a moment.

I would also save my “screen use” statement from Verizon, indicating an average of 60 minutes a day pre-pandemic, and six hours a day as of last week.

I asked some friends and family what they would put in a pandemic time cap-

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sule. Photos of people in ICUs on ventilators, my sister said. My grandson suggested something with the Netflix logo, a friend suggested photos of her grandkids, with and without masks as the year progressed, and another friend suggested a can of tuna and a packet of yeast. Someone said she’d put an old paintbrush in the capsule, since it helped save her life. I’ll include the hard-copy calendar I keep with notations for Zoom meetings and virtual doctor’s appointments and copies of our living wills, executed as the pandemic surged.

I will include photographs — real, printed photographs — of the loving friends who died this year, some of Covid-19, some of other diseases. I have the receipt from some enterprising death company welcoming me to a “virtual shiva.”

I will toss in my appointment card for my second Pfizer vaccine shot, as soon as I get inoculated.

When I surveyed some friends about what should go into the time capsule, one suggested Trump himself. Another said she would like to bury the anxiety and constant fear many felt as the former president bungled the response to

’ll put in pictures of us and our friends in masks, a bottle of hand sanitizer . . .

the pandemic, and we realized the unthinkable: that upward of a half-million Americans could die. One friend said he would put in Hershey’s Chocolate Nuggets, which he swears are better than Xanax.

Food has loomed large for everyone — getting it, hoarding it, cooking it, donating it. What time capsule would be complete without takeout menus and a list ranging from GrubHub to UberEats?

These were companies I never heard of before 2020.

I would save the books I picked last year at random for my Zoom book group this winter. Somehow, they’re all relevant to living through a pandemic. I suppose that’s because all good literature distracts us and helps heal our fractures.

For a few weeks, I kept a notepad at my bedside and wrote down the dreams I was having in the worst days. They were all the same: I walk into a room and no one is wearing masks, and I know, I absolutely know, that I will get sick. I couldn’t have had that dream in 2019. I’ll put the notepad in my time capsule.

My best hope is that we can seal our capsules very soon and leave their memories and lessons to history.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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uring February, Black History Month, we celebrate the great African-American political and civil rights leaders, scientists, artists, poets, movie stars and athletes.

But we must also pause to recall America’s dark past, stained by horrific acts against Black and brown people, at times perpetrated by our own government.

As the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, it’s critical that we look back at the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” to understand the distrust that many African-Americans feel toward our government and medical institutions.

That distrust may be a contributing factor in the significantly higher Covid-19 infection rate and death toll seen among Black and brown people.

The Tuskegee study was supposed to last six months. It carried on for 40 years, from 1932 to 1972, a collaboration between the U.S. Public Health Service and Tuskegee Institute, a historically Black college in Alabama. The study of 600 poor Black sharecroppers examined 399 with syphilis and 201 without the disease. Study participants were told they were being treated for “bad blood,” a colloquialism for syphilis, anemia and fatigue, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In truth, they weren’t being treated at all — even after 1945, when penicillin was accepted as “the treatment of choice for syphilis.”

In fact, the study looked at what would happen if syphilis were to go untreated — but the participants never knew that. It wasn’t until 1972, when an Associated Press story disclosed the study, that it

ended.

Is it any wonder that many AfricanAmericans might distrust the continual exhortations of our federal, state and local governments to be inoculated against the coronavirus as soon as they can?

According to the CDC, nationally, there have been 1.4 times more Covid-19 cases among African-Americans than white people over the past 11 months. The hospitalization rate is 3.7 times greater among Black and brown people. And the death rate is 2.8 times greater.

There are reasons for these dispiriting statistics beyond distrust of government and the medical system — systemic racism is chief among them, the CDC says.

Lack of access to health care is another, and occupation is another: Many people of color work in the service industry, requiring them to show up in person rather than work from home via Zoom and email. Finally, there’s the question of housing. Many Black and brown people live in tighter quarters, in more densely populated areas, than white people. The coronavirus requires density to spread widely.

In 2019, the Herald undertook a yearlong investigative series examining the many forms that systemic racism takes in Nassau County. We called it “The Racism Around Us.” Infant mortality is a leading indicator of a community’s well-being, according to the county Department of Health. When children are dying in high numbers at birth, there are probably myriad other health concerns in a community.

In the majority of white communities

letters Allying with Trump wasn’t worth it To the Editor: In response to the many quotes attributed to Cindy Grosz, the failed Congressional candidate and local resident who ran on a platform unconditionally supporting our ersatz former president, when referring to white supremacists and other extremists and racists infecting the GOP, none of the comments are more disingenuous than, “I don’t know exactly when it started,” in last week’s article “Post-Trump, where does the country go from here?”

Respectfully, it started — and continues — with the support of Grosz and others like her for Trump despite his reliance on, if not blatant encouragement of, the racist, extremist and antiSemitic mobs.

Perhaps as a result of the irreparable damage done to the GOP and the country, it may never end.

Nevertheless, if one were to try to put an end to it, a good start would be by acknowledging one’s own

across Nassau, the infant mortality rate ranged from 0 to 3 in 1,000 births in 201416, according to the New York State Department of Health. In most communities of color, the infant mortality rate was three to nine times that.

County officials identified nine communities of color as well as those with large minority populations — Elmont, Freeport, Glen Cove, Hempstead, Inwood, Long Beach, Roosevelt, Uniondale and Westbury — each with measurably greater health concerns than nearby white communities. They have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, mirroring national statistics for infection and death rates.

“Blacks are bearing a disproportionate burden of Covid-19 in Nassau County,” said Elaine Gross, president of the Syosset-based ERASE Racism, “and the county must address two related challenges.

First, it must increase health care access and Covid-19 testing in Black communities. Second, it must combat the structural racism that fuels the disparities.”

Sarika Kuman, Long Island regional organizer for the National Institute of Reproductive Health, put it this way: “One’s quality of life should not be determined by your zip code, but in Nassau County it is. From infant mortality to pandemic fatality rates, the common thread is Long Island’s structural inequities.”

During Black History Month, we must never forget the racial injustices of our collective past so they are never repeated again, and so we might commit to rooting out the daily injustices — large and small — in our present society.

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our hundred years ago, the Catholic Church — then the arbiter of what ideas could be expressed and promulgated — banned books by scientists who claimed the Earth revolved around the sun because that theory conflicted with the orthodoxy of the time, i.e., the Bible and the Magisterium, the teaching authority of the pope and bishops.

Even if astronomers’ heliocentric theories were true, the powerful elite could not allow such disturbing words to be read — at least not in the JoHn vernacular — for such heresies o’ConneLL fear would confuse the masses and undermine the authority of those in charge.

These days it isn’t the princes of Rome that rule on what ideas are true and what news is allowed to be heard, but rather a decidedly secular hierarchy: the doyens of Silicon Valley, the media masters in New York and California, and their agents in Congress and government offices in Washington.

The current ideological conflict is often described as a battle between liberals and conservatives, but that’s last century’s war. Today’s cancel-culture college of cardinals shouldn’t be confused with liberals.

Real liberals aren’t hate-filled, intolerant, angry anarchists, no more than real conservatives are rich, white supremacist nativists. Genuine liberals are First Amendment absolutists ardently supportive of our liberties: a free press, freedom to practice our religions, freedom to peaceably assemble, the freedom to petition the government to better serve us, its sovereign, and to speak freely without fear of violent attack or suppression.

Authentically liberal Americans wouldn’t tolerate censorship of disagreeing — even disagreeable — voices. They’d defend those voices.

The indisputably liberal Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote in 1927 that “If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.” A monopoly-busting, free-speech advocate, Brandeis would, I’m sure, see today’s corporate social media lords’ cancel-culture censorship as antithetical not only to the Constitution but to American civil liberties.

Traditional liberalism fights for an individual’s right to freely express ideas, popular or unacceptable, commonly believed or held only by that individual, true or not, whose supporting “facts” are from presumably credible sources or

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ruly liberal Americans wouldn’t tolerate censorship of disagreeing voices.

Letters responsibility, and that the narrow, selfinterested Faustian bargain with the man wasn’t worth it.

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LIRR questions remain unanswered To the Editor: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s success is New York’s success, and a strong LIRR makes for a strong Long Island. Critical planning is needed for the year ahead to stamp out fraud and abuse, smartly rehabilitate the East River tunnels and get Elmont’s new train station up and running. Long Islanders depend on the MTA to provide an affordable, dependable and hassle-free commute, and the LIRR must live up to that obligation, especially as riders return to work in New York City. The MTA has its work cut out in 2021, and I will continue to hold agency officials to account. Our region’s future depends on it.

I recently pressed MTA officials on the steps they’re taking to clamp down

aren’t reliably sourced at all.

Some of President Biden’s inaugural speech was right out of a traditional liberal’s handbook. In his president-as-conciliator role, he said, “We can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbors.

We can treat each other with dignity and respect.

We can join forces, stop the shouting and lower the temperature.”

Eschewing the inciteful far-left rhetoric of many of his party-mates in Congress, the press and Hollywood, the president warned: “[W]ithout unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury. No progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos. … Let us listen to one another. Hear one another. See one another. Show respect to one another. Politics need not be a raging fire destroying everything in its path.

Every disagreement doesn’t have to be a cause for total war.”

Left-wing extremists hope Biden’s words are just political speechifying.

Unlike reasonable liberals — and conservatives, for that matter — who are committed to social justice, equal opportunity and free speech, the goal of the radical left is to redefine what’s just, to tilt the playing field based on group identity, to amplify the speech of loud leftists and to silence contrary voices.

How fairly the national press reports on the Biden presidency will be important

on fraud and waste, and urged MTA leadership to finish installing biometric clocks for employees to log hours in the coming year. Indeed, fraud has been a perennial problem for the MTA, and yet the agency has yet to adequately abide by its inspector general’s recommendations to stamp out overtime abuse.

In December, five MTA employees were arrested on fraud charges for having logged “almost physically impossible amounts of overtime,” according to federal prosecutors. According to state payroll records, overtime hours logged by MTA employees soared 46 percent between 2014 and 2019. I urged agency officials to focus on reining in overtime and restoring riders’ trust in 2021.

I also inquired about plans to repair the East River tunnels this year. Hundreds of millions of gallons of water inundated the tubes during Superstorm Sandy and left them in disrepair. A report by the state comptroller found that the number of trains delayed or canceled because of problems with the tubes and their switches had increased 72 percent since Sandy, and accounted for a significant number of the LIRR’s on-time problems.

Finally, I’ve been a strong proponent of the new Elmont train station’s devel-

to the future of the nation and to the survival of journalism itself. According to a Gallup survey five months ago, only 9 percent of Americans trust the media “a great deal.” Sixty percent trust them “not very much” or “none at all.” According to Gallup, the percentage of those who don’t trust the media at all went up five points in one year.

News consumers have turned to social media for information. Some wanted to connect on the new social app Parler before Big Tech suppressed it. Yes, the same Big Tech, the new Magisterium, that decides what can be posted and who can post.

I would have preferred that Biden had lost, but the election is over. That virus has left the lab. Disappointed, I must now only hope that he will serve America as a true liberal and reject many Democrats’ condescending intolerance. A sovereign people will oppose authoritarian politics that orders citizens to agree or shut up.

Half the country is vexed by the prospect of a Biden-Harris administration unchecked by the House or the Senate.

That situation can be changed in two or four years. But many Americans are even more troubled by the anarchy brought by Antifa and the radial left, which revels in “woke” group-think and seeks to crush the individualism that has made America great.

John O’Connell is a former executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers. Comments about this column? OConnell11001@yahoo.com.

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opment as an integral component of the Belmont Park Redevelopment Plan. In addition to providing a regular, full-time public-transit option to and from the new arena, hotel and retail village, the LIRR hub will also serve as an additional com-

muting option for area residents — which the community has needed for years.

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