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Stressing ‘Y ou are not alone’ Counseling groups offer remote services for their patients Executive Officer Herrick Lipton said his professionals are available 24 hours a day, seven days a In the weeks since all “non- week to those who need to talk. essential” businesses in New “We’ve transferred our operaYork state were closed until at tions from being outpatient clinleast April 30 because of the ics to being fully telephonic so coronavirus pandemic, mental we can provide services to anyhealth organizations one that needs our have had to adjust help,” Lipton said. the way they offer “Everybody is feeltreatment while also ing the anxiety and ensuring that their sense of being patients know that locked in their help is available. homes. We want Te m p o G ro u p, everyone to know which offers drug that we’re here for and alcohol abuse them.” and addiction proFor those who are grams for youths, struggling, Lipton teens and adults, has HERRICk added, “The best had its counselors advice I would say to s p e a k i n g w i t h lIPToN those is to take patients by phone CEO, New Horizon things day by day, and the videoconfer- Counseling Center eat healthy, get fresh encing platfor m air and get enough Zoom. “I think the rest. It’s also imporremote sessions have gone OK so tant to make sure you’re spendfar,” said Bob Meislin, the direc- ing time with your family.” tor of Tempo’s Merrick office. Family time may be a good “It’s never going to be as good as thing, but couples with a history in-person sessions, but I haven’t of domestic violence can be at missed any individual sessions risk for further incidents. The so far.” Tempo has been based in state’s Office of Addiction SerWoodmere for 51 years. vices and Supports tweeted on The New Horizon Counseling April 1 that its hotline, (877) 846Center, in Valley Stream, is also treating people remotely. Chief Continued on page 9
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Yeshiva as makeshift hospital? Lawrence school gives Northwell 25 ventilators By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
Sh’or Yoshuv Institute, an Orthodox Jewish school in Lawrence, donated 25 ventilators to the Northwell Health System, and its Cedar Lawn Avenue building has been proposed as a possible location for an ad hoc hospital where mild cases of Covid-19 could be treated.
Northwell Health spokesman Terry Lynam said that the yeshiva is one of many places that are on the health care system’s radar as it strives to increase bed capacity amid the coronavirus pandemic, along with assistedliving facilities, colleges, hotels and nursing homes across Long Island and in New York City. “We’re still in discussions with the yeshiva, but there is no
signed agreement,” Lynam said. “We would still need all the approvals — state, county and other local approvals.” He added that the patients most likely to be placed at Sh’or Yoshuv would be “lower acuity” patients who require much less care than those on ventilators and in intensive care. Lynam said that because of Continued on page 9
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Midreshet Shalhevet High to close permanently jbessen@liherald.com
Because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic Midreshet Shalhevet High School in North Woodmere announced in an email on April 1 that the school will not reopen next September. “Despite what has been virtually nonstop efforts on behalf of Rabbi [Zev] Friedman,[ Assistant Principal] Mrs. [Shaindy] Lisker and our board for the past month, we are saddened by the reality that we will not be able open our school in September 2020,” Principal Esther Eisenman stated in the email. “We are forced to make this decision due to the financial impact of the recent coronavirus situation which, in combination with several other factors, have made it impossible for us to continue.” Seniors will be able to graduate on successful completion of the exams, Eisenman said. “We will of course complete this year as scheduled. I know that you have many questions at this time and to alleviate some of the potential confusion,” she said. “Due to current limitations because of the coronavirus and guidelines from New York State, we don’t know as yet whether graduation will be held in a physical setting or will have to be done virtually.” Juniors have multiple options ranging from transferring to another school to waiting MSH as the school explores having them enroll in Zoom classes the school will provide in economics, health and English.
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MidREShEt ShalhEvEt high School in North Woodmere announced on April 1 that it will close because of the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. More about this will be announced after Passover. Students will be required to take and pass the state’s English Regents The school will also provide guidance on college and going to school in Israel. For current sophomores and freshmen, MSH has spoken to several local high schools and they are prepared to receive applications, including Shulamith of the
Five Towns in Cedarhurst, Shulamith of Brooklyn, Central, Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls in Hewlett Bay Park, Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway in Cedarhurst and the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County in West Hempstead. We are already working hard in order to facilitate this process on your behalf and
will continue to do so,” Eisenman said, adding that more information would be sent to the students and their parents. Midreshet Shalhevet High, an all-girls high school, has an enrollment of roughly 95 students and a student to teacher ratio of 6 to 1, and 85 percent of graduating students attend four-year college, according to Niche.com, an educational ranking and review website. Midreshet Shalhevet is the sister school of Rambam Mesivta in Lawrence that has been recognized as a National Blue Ribbon school. The Blue Ribbon program is a United Stated Department of Education award program. Established in 1982 it annually recognizes what it calls “exemplary” public and non-public schools. Friedman noted that MSH was by design a school with a small enrollment, which he said allowed the teachers to “work with each and every student in such a positive and amazing way.” “We are fortunate that every school we called in order to place our students responded with open arms and with the mindset of helping out to ensure that there was a place for a wonderful [student body],” he said. “Again, we deeply regret having to take this course of action, but the current situation leaves us no choice,” Eisenman said. “If anyone would like to reach out to any of our social workers Dr. Eli Shapiro can be contacted at Eshapiro@nasboces.org and Estee Hershkovics at eherskovics@mshsg.org.
School budget votes delayed to at least June 1 By MatthEW FERREMi mferremi@liherald.com
School budget votes in the Lawrence and Hewlett-Woodmere school districts have been delayed until at least June 1 because of the coronavirus outbreak, by order of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The votes were to have taken place May 19. The governor issued the executive order March 30. It states: “Any school board, library board, or village election scheduled to take place in April or May of 2020 is hereby postponed until at least June 1, 2020, and subject to further directive as to the timing, location or manner of voting for such elections.” Whether the school budget votes take place on June 1 remains to be seen. The coronavirus pandemic is fluid, and if new cases were to continue to arise, the vote could be delayed further, state officials said. Assistant Superintendent for Business and Operations in Lawrence Jeremy Feder said that the district will wait and see the next steps the state will take before making any decisions. “We’re waiting for further guidance from the state as things are changing regularly with the pandemic,” Feder said. “That’s as honest as I can be right now.” The proposed budget for Lawrence is $102,490,053, a .04 percent tax-cap increase
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hEWlEtt-WoodMERE BoaRd oF Education President Mitchell Greebel said that he is anticipating in decrease in state aid because of the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. over the current $102,449,281 budget. Pushing back the vote will also give state and local officials a clearer picture of New York’s finances after the Covid-19 virus forced tens of thousands of businesses to close and sales tax collections to plummet. The governor had earlier predicted a $10 billion to $15 billion gap in the state budget, which is unprecedented. The State Legislature passed a $177 billion budget April 1, but it is riddled with uncertainty because no one knows precisely how long the coronavirus crisis
will last, or what form it will take in the near future. The governor has said modeling predicts that the peak of cases in New York is expected within the next seven to 21 days, but the state could continue to see cases into August. Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education President Mitchell Greebel said that the current budget proposal for the district could change if the state budget changes. “It’s fairly certain with what’s happening that we’re going to see a decrease in
state aid,” Greebel said. “That’s what we’re going to have to look at and see how it impacts our budget.” The preliminary fiscal plan is $126,882,632. It also has a $12,645,293 in state aid, a $314,366 increase from the current budget. Greebel added that Hewlett-Woodmere will have another public budget forum with a date still to be determined. “As of now, there is no date,” he said. “We need to get it done before the fiscal year is over on June 30 so we need to have a budget in place by July 1.”
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crime watch Larceny from auto
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■ INWOOD-On March 27 at 12:30 p.m., a woman reported that her cell phone was stolen from her vehicle parked on Davis Avenue, police said.
■ CEDARHURST-On March 31 at 9 a.m., it was reported that an unidentified person damaged a house window on Oceanpoint Avenue, according to police.
■ CEDARHURST-On March 31 at 2:30 a.m., man reported that items were stolen from his vehicle on Bayview Avenue, according to police.
Petit larceny ■ WOODMERE-On March 28 at 2:42 p.m., a man reported that an unidentified man stole a delivered package from his doorstep on Peninsula Boulevard, officials said.
People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.
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BeIs hamedrash IsheI Yisroel in Woodmere was cited for illegal public assembly in violation of the mandated gathering bans because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Woodmere shul gathering violated public ban A notice of violation for an illegal place of worship was issued to the organizer of a gathering of more than 10 people at a building in Woodmere near noon on April 4. Rabbi Naftali Weitz’s synagogue, Beis Hamedrash Ishei Yisroel at 846 West Broadway was shut down as it was allegedly holding a prayer group on Shabbat. The front windows of the shul are covered and it was said that congregants entered though a back entrance. Nassau County Assistant Chief Fire Marshal Michael Uttaro said that before the fire marshal got to the scene, police had emptied the building, which had blocked exit doors and
a “cooking appliance in the back parking lot,” Uttaro said. “The big issues were with occupancy and no permit for public assembly,” Uttaro said. “It was reported that it was quite crowded. Six appearance tickets were issued for fire code violations and one for obstructing governmental administration. The rabbi was spoken to.” The gathering broke current social distancing orders put in place because of the coronavirus outbreak. Woodmere is one of the county’s hardest hit communities with 258 Covid-19 cases as of April 3. -- Jeffrey Bessen Inwood FD/Facebook
Inwood and Lawrence-cedarhurst firefighters extinguished a fire in a garage on Sheridan Boulevard near Davis Avenue in Inwood on April 4.
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Firefighters extinguish Inwood garage fire Inwood and Lawrence-Cedarhurst firefighters extinguished what was described by Inwood officials as “heavy fire” from a one and half story garage at 205 Sheridan Blvd. near Davis Avenue that was “threatening nearby buildings” in Inwood at 10:52 p.m. on April 4. The firefighters found “a heavy smoke condition on arrival,” officials said as they found the fire in the back of Jimmy’s Place, a bar at that Sheridan Boulevard
address. LCFD members worked to ensure the blaze did not spread to the roof. No injuries were reported, officials said. Long Beach and Valley Stream fire departments and Atlantic Beach Rescue provide coverage area in case of additional emergencies. --Jeffrey Bessen
Zoom classrooms, distance learning, also implemented ways in which students boy, I never realized just how much I can socialize with each other and talk to would miss school! Although our new faculty. HAFTR has online psalm Zooms learning is not without its challenges for every morning, during which students and faculty pray for those everyone, I have found that as affected during this difficult long as we are open-minded time. After reciting psalms, and willing to make the best teachers or rabbis give a brief of it, we will be more successTorah lesson. ful. Going to school has pretty If I had ever given online much been our way of life. It’s learning a thought before our not easy to be away from current situation, I would friends and classrooms. Hopehave likely thought I could fully, we will be back soon. In stay in bed all day and just sail the meantime, we will make through daily classes without the best of it and stay positive. having to really “get up.” I now know this is not the case. Our online classes are engagA different Passover ing, and the learning has not ordana astour Passover will be strange. It halted despite our new situawill be different. This year at tion. Hebrew Academy of the the Seders, the question is not Five Towns and Rockaway “How is this night different High School students are getfrom all other nights,” but ting used to keeping up with rather “How is this Passover online deadlines on Google different from all other PassC l a s s ro o m a n d t u r n i n g overs?” assignments in on multiple Although many of our sites. Passover plans have changed, Our teachers have been this Passover will be an opporgreat in helping students faciltunity to have a special time itate an easy transition from with our immediate family. In in-person to online learning. some ways, we will be more They care that our families connected than ever before, are all healthy and that we are and it could be our most OK at home and adjusting meaningful Passover ever. Of well to our new learning. Our course, it will be sad not to be classes usually begin with with our grandparents, and it teachers expressing concern will likely even be harder for over our mental, physical and our grandparents to not be emotional well-being. They JoRdAnA with us. When we conclude frequently remind us to get our Seders with “Next year in MAsTouR exercise and fresh air. Jerusalem,” let us also say High school students also “Next year may we all be have the opportunity to speak to our together.” school psychologist and social workers Wishing everyone a meaningful Passduring these challenging times. Students over. Remember: wash your hands, don’t can discuss any challenges they are hav- touch your face and keep your distance. ing, school-related or not. HAFTR has Good health to everyone.
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Forging family bonds through uncertain times are collecting face masks, others are asking for emailed drawings to be shared with healthcare workers, and many are “When they’ ve finished reading, fundraising to send meals to those on the Olivia’s mother gives her a kiss and front lines. Though confined to our says, ‘You know, you really wear me homes, we’re finding ways to help those out. But I love you anyin need, and that is way.’” inspiring. In these trying times, The last item seems to it’s challenging to find be common for many. My balance, especially for family’s first week in those caring for children. quarantine was scheduled Laundry must be done, from the time we woke up mouths must be fed, chiluntil the minute we said dren must be entertained, good night. Then a friend work must be completed, sent a message which and so on. reminded me about the As I enter Week 3 of importance of perspecsocial distancing, I’ ve tive. While we as adults noticed that: see this as a time of 1) I’m glad I don’t have uncertainty and anxiety, to wear makeup our children are soaking Courtesy Leslie Gang 2) I enjoy working in in the extra family time. pajamas from my living HIndI’s LIBRARIEs coThey’ll remember playFoundER Leslie Gang room ing board games around 3) I’m watching people offers advice on how to bal- t h e t a b l e, m a k i n g a come together like never ance life at home under human Hungry Hungry before Hippo game, going on coronavirus quarantine. 4) I’m finding it diffirainbow scavenger hunts cult to juggle my responsiin their neighborhoods bilities and experimenting with flour to make The first two observations, of course, puffy sidewalk chalk. So, while I find are givens (for most). The third has myself exhausted by the end of each day, blown me away. As co-founder of Hindi’s I try to remember that, for my chilLibraries (a book collection and donation dren, these are the days they will look group), I encourage people to see that back on fondly. we’re all able to make a difference. Over And Olivia gives her a kiss back the last few weeks, I’ve watched the and says, ‘I love you anyway too.’’’ — world come together to do good. Some Olivia by Ian Falconer
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On Saturday, COunty Executive Laura Curran said, “We’re in the heat of the battle,” as she spoke about the increasing number of coronavirus cases in Nassau. As of Monday morning, the state was reporting 15,600 cases here. At back was Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggiWhitton, who represents the 11th District on the North Shore.
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The week that was: coronavirus in Nassau By SCOtt BrintOn sbrinton@liherald.com
The coronavirus outbreak took a sharp turn this past weekend, as cases soared on Long Island. Governor Cuomo said the epidemic appeared to be shifting east from New York City. That shift was straining Nassau’s hospitals, according to Cuomo and County Executive Laura Curran Meanwhile, the governor pushed back the May 19 school vote to June 1. Below is a day-by-day timeline of how it all played out.
Friday, april 3
School budget votes were delayed until at least June 1 because of the coronavirus outbreak, by order of Governor Cuomo. The votes were to have taken place May 19. The governor issued the executive order March 30. It states: “Any school board, library board, or village election scheduled to take place in April or May of 2020 is hereby postponed until at least June 1, 2020, and subject to further directive as to the timing, location or manner of voting for such elections.” Whether the school budget votes take place on June 1 remains to be seen. The coronavirus pandemic is fluid, and if new cases were to continue to arise, the vote could be delayed further, state officials said. “The state budget was difficult,” Cuomo said in his Friday news conference. Pushing back the vote will give state and local officials a clearer picture of New York’s finances after the Covid-19 virus forced tens of thousands of businesses to close and sales tax collections to plummet. The governor had earlier predicted a $10 billion to $15 billion gap in the state budget, which is unprecedented.
GOvernOr CuOmO Said over the weekend that the center of the Covid-19 epidemic appeared to be shifting away from New York City toward Long Island. Friday, april 3
Cuomo had warned in recent weeks that New York’s apex of Covid-19 cases was coming within seven to 21 days. Already, though, the state had surpassed 100,000 cases as of last Friday, he said, and Thursday into Friday was the deadliest 24-hour period during the coronavirus crisis to date, with 562 new deaths statewide. “We had more deaths,” Cuomo said, “we had more people going into the hospitals than any other night.” In all, 2,935 New Yorkers had died of the disease. In Nassau County, more than 12,000 people had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Friday.
The governor identified Nassau and Suffolk counties as emerging areas of concern. He also noted that a number of Nassau County hospitals were identified as hot spots because of the high volume of Covid-19 patients they were seeing, including St. Francis Hospital, North Shore University Hospital, NYU Winthrop Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Good Samaritan Hospital.
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Nassau County had the third-highest number of coronavirus cases of any county in New York as of Saturday, surpassing Westchester, Bronx and New York counties. New York County includes all of Man-
hattan. That was according to the state Department of Health’s newly implemented Covid-19 tracker, found at covid19tracker. health.ny.gov. In his daily briefing Saturday, Cuomo described the virus as a “fire spreading” across Long Island. As of Saturday, Nassau had 13,346 coronavirus cases, compared to 13,081 in Westchester, where the Covid-19 outbreak began in New York a month ago. Meanwhile, the Bronx had 12,315 cases and Manhattan, 9,300. Queens and Brooklyn — both geographically on Long Island — had 20,114 and 17,504 cases, respectively. Suffolk County had 11,370 cases. Combined, Nassau and Suffolk represented 21.7 percent of the state’s 113,704 cases — up from 16 percent earlier. Cuomo described his concern for Long Island as the growing center of the coronavirus outbreak. “You see the Long Island number growing,” he said, “and it’s growing steadily. It’s growing more east than north.” He also noted, “We’ve been saying for the last few days watch Long Island.” Cuomo spoke of the increasing need for ventilators, breathing machines to keep the hardest-hit patients alive — Covid-19 is primarily a respiratory disease afflicting the lungs. The state had ordered 17,000 ventilators, but had received only a fraction of them by Saturday, the governor said.
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continued from previous page state report that indicated 396 people had died in Nassau. The county Department of Health was working with local hospital officials to quantify the exact number, she said. County officials were also checking whether all of the people reported dead by the state actually lived in Nassau or a surrounding area. As of Saturday morning, the state Department of Health was reporting 13,346 people had tested positive for Covid-19 in Nassau. Many of those cases, the county executive said, had resolved, though she did not give an exact number. “We are in the heat of battle now,” Curran said. Some 355 patients were reportedly on ventilators to enable their breathing, Curran said. That figure was up 31 people from the day before, she said.
Sunday, April 5
Coronavirus cases in Nassau County continued to climb steadily overnight from Saturday into Sunday, nearly reaching 14,400, up from 13,346 the day before — an almost 8 percent increase, according to Cuomo. Statewide, 4,159 people had died of Covid-19 as of Sunday, he said. Speaking that day, Cuomo said, “There is a shift to Long Island … As Long Island grows, the percentage of cases in New York City has reduced.” The sharp rise in Nassau cases in recent days contrasted with data that showed an emerging “plateau” of cases statewide over the past three days, the governor said. It is too early to tell, he said, if New York was reaching the apex of cases, when the number of deaths will drop, but it appeared the high point could be reached sometime in the next week. Previously, he had said it could be seven to 21 days before the apex is reached. Data appeared to suggest the state was nearing a plateau or the apex, Cuomo said. Overnight from Saturday to Sunday, the state saw its highest number of hospital
Source: New York State Department of Health Illustration by Christina Daly/Herald
discharges — 1,709. The total number of people who had been treated for Covid-19 and released from the hospital stood at 12,187 as of Sunday. “Discharge is way up, and that is great news,” Cuomo said. The state also saw its smallest number of new hospitalizations overnight, at 574. That was a 52 percent
decrease from the day before, when there were 1,100 new hospitalizations. The day before that, there had been 1,400. The state had not seen such a low number of new hospitalizations for 16 days, according to state data. In all, 16,400 people were hospitalized as of April 5.
Urgent care centers debut rapid Covid-19 test By BRIAN STIEGLITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
Three urgent care centers on Long Island are among the first in the nation to debut a rapid test to detect coronavirus, which gives patients results within minutes. The American Family Care health care providers in East Meadow, Farmingdale and West Islip began testing patients as part of a full examination on March 31, before launching regular tests the next day. The molecular, point-of-care tests reduce wait time from days to roughly five minutes for positive results and 13 minutes for negative results. Testing will only be available to those who are symptomatic, according to officials at the AFC Urgent Care centers. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of such testing, developed by Abbott Laboratories, on March 27. The urgent care centers began regular testing the same day Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that Regeneron Pharmaceuticals would
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donate 500,000 test kits to the state, in shipments of 25,000 per day. Corning Life Sciences also donated 100,000 tubes for testing and provided an additional 500,000 at a reduced cost. As of April 1, the state had given 220,880 tests and continued to provide roughly 15,000 tests each day. Of those tested, 83,712 were positive. “Rapid testing is the fastest way to return to normalcy and get the economy back up and running, and will also help end the anxiety that has become the most oppressive part of this situation,” Cuomo said. “In the meantime, New Yorkers must continue to comply with all social distancing protocols and stay home as much as possible to prevent spreading this virus to others.”
ThE AFC URGENT Care center on Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow is one of three on Long Island to debut the nation’s first rapid coronavirus test.
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Lawrence native Harvey Sheff dies at 59 Set Maccabee basketball scoring record at Yeshiva University Five Towns and Rockaway in 1978. He was the starting center for the HILI varsity squad for two seasons. Voted the Most Valuable Player of the Lawrence native Harvey Jay Sheff was known as a Metropolitan Jewish High School Basketball League, he mensch, a Yiddish word that encapsulates a person’s played in the inaugural Jewish High School All Star capacity for being all the things we admire, Game alongside Danny Schayes, who went being smart, athletic, considerate and polite. on to play in the NBA and is the son of the Sheff, 59, died on March 32 of the corolate Dolph Schayes, another legendary Jewnavirus. A marketing professional for the ish basketball player. past 22 years, he lived in Flushing. Woodmere resident Elliot Steinmetz, the The news of his death spread quickly head coach of the Maccabee basketball across the Jewish community, where he team, also posted a statement on Twitter. was known as a great basketball player “So sad to learn this news,” Steinmetz said. who starred at Yeshiva University. “The “Harvey was a wonderful human being entire Maccabee family mourns the loss of who always offered encouraging and supHarvey Sheff, a true gentleman taken too portive words. He will be missed tremensoon by a horrible and indiscriminate viral dously.” pandemic,” the school stated on Twitter. Born on June 14, 1960, Sheff was an “We will always remember him fondly. May ELLiot StEiNmEtz independent marketing and advertising his loved ones be comforted by his memory professional independent marketing and Y.U. basketball coach and what is sure to be an outpouring of advertising professional. As a marketing love and respect.” consultant he helped companies promote A captain of the Yeshiva men’s basketball team, Sheff their business and increase sales using embossed promofinished his hoops career as the college’s all-time leading tional products and business and holiday gifts. scorer, with 1,500 points. He is now fourth on that list. His He earned a degree in economics from Y.U. in 1982. post-college basketball career took him to Israel, where And under activities and societies listed captain of the he played for Elitzur Ramla. Maccabee basketball team. Sheff graduated from the Hebrew Institute of Long “We are profoundly devastated by the news of Island in Far Rockaway in 1977, a member of the school’s Harvey’s passing,” Shaye Fuchs posted on dignisecond to last class before it merged with the Hillel tymeorial.com. “A true gem of a person. One of the School in Lawrence to form the Hebrew Academy of the truly great souls.”
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Inwood FD gets ‘care package’ from East Fishkill By mattHEw FERREmi mferremi@liherald.com
With the coronavirus pandemic spreading across the county, a fire department roughly 75 miles north of the Inwood Fire Department pitched in to lend a helping hand to their downstate colleagues. The Inwood volunteer firefighters received a care package through the East Fishkill Fire Department on March 27. Inwood forged a relationship with the Duchess County department since the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The care package included hand sanitizer and medical supplies for emergency medical service personnel such as masks, gloves and sanitizing products. Inwood department chief Anthony Rivelli Jr. noted that the more than sevenyear-old relationship is reciprocal. “During Hurricane Sandy, the East Fishkill Fire Department was stationed in Inwood,” Rivelli Jr. said. “From then, we’ve kept a relationship with them as we’ve gone upstate to help them when they had some serious storms. Other departments on Long Island have had relationships with upstate departments that faded. It’s nice to have kept this relationship with East Fishkill. We’ve gone upstate to … also attend departmental functions.” East Fishkill put the care package together with the help of Cooper’s Daugh-
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witH tHE HELp of Cooper’s Daughter Spirits distillery in upstate Claverack, the East Fishkill Fire Department sent ‘care packages’ to the Inwood Fire Department on March 27. ter Spirits distillery in upstate Claverack. The distillery has transformed from making bourbon to producing hand sanitizer. East Fishkill Fire District Chief Steve Conti was appreciative of the bond between the fire departments.
“Finding appropriate hand sanitizer for our first responders has been a challenge recently, to say the least,” he said. “We just wanted to lend a helping hand to the Inwood department since we’ve built a great relationship with them over the
years. There’s a brotherhood with them that will be there forever.” Conti added that Cooper’s is roughly a 35-minute drive from the East Fishkill firehouse, and he was amazed that the distillery is contributing to first responders. “It’s overwhelming that companies who may be hurting financially such as Cooper’s are trying to do their best for first responders everywhere,” he said. “It’s an amazing act for anybody to do and it’s really nice to see that everybody is coming together to get a job done.” Distillery owner, Sophie Cooper, said the bourbon maker’s efforts to help have had a profound impact on her company. “During such a dark and unusual time, being able to help people has given us hope and a sense of purpose,” she said. “It has been especially meaningful knowing that we are helping people who do so much for others on a daily basis. With the help of generous donations, we have been able to donate 1,500 bottles of hand sanitizer to 56 different essential services/ businesses.” Rivelli Jr. said with all the work the Inwood department continues to perform throughout the health crisis the efforts of East Fishkill and Cooper’s Distillery are greatly appreciated. “It was a nice show of solitary to our guys down here that are running around nonstop on EMS calls,” he said. “It gives them an added level of protection. Supplies are coming in but it’s just been a little slower.”
Mental health services being offered remotely 7369, is open for those dealing with domestic violence. “Drug/alcohol use does not cause domestic violence, but it can escalate an already dangerous situation,” the tweet read. “If you or a loved one are in an abusive situation and need help, New York State is here for you.” Though schools, too, are closed, colleges such as Adelphi University have made mental health services available to students. “The coronavirus is on everyone’s minds and has exacerbated some of the underlying reasons students sought counseling in the first place,” said Dr. Josh Altman, associate director of Adelphi’s Student Counseling Center. “Some students are stressed about working remotely for school, or they feel disconnected with peers or are having relationship issues. Some are happy to be home, but others may not want to be home.” Meislin 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.” He added that he was concerned about people with current or previous substance abuse issues. “Those who struggle with addiction tend to isolate, and now they’re being coached to isolate, which complicates things,” he said. “I encourage friends and family of those who have an addiction to reach out to them more than they usually do.” Another concern for Meislin is that
Counseling contact information Governor’s emotional support hotline: (844) 863-9314 National suicide hotline: (800) 2738255 NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services: (877) 8467369 Tempo Group: (516) 374-3671 New Horizon: (516) 569-6600 Crisis Text Line: Text “CONNECT” to 741741 Virtual Alcoholics Anonymous groups: www.aa-intergroup.org. Courtesy Bob Meislin
BoB MeISlIn, the director of Tempo Group’s Merrick office, said he has spoken with his patients on the phone or on Zoom during the coronavirus pandemic. people who lose friends or loved ones to the virus may experience post-traumatic stress disorder. “Religious rituals around loss are for the survivors, and we don’t have them right now,” he said. “There are no funerals with friends and family, since you can’t gather. You can’t mourn regularly.” Dr. Cathy Carballeira, Tempo’s coordinator of educational services, said that
feeling anxiety is normal. “The most important thing to realize is what behavior is normal — everybody is feeling worried,” she said. “When it becomes excessive worry and it starts interfering with sleep and health, that’s when it becomes an issue.” Carballeira added that finding a way to help others can improve your outlook. “Some ways to help others include food
shopping for others or checking in on family members,” she said. “Reaching out to elderly people also can make us feel better. Do a ‘gratitude journal’ where, as a family, you can write down what you’re grateful for.” For Carballeira, taking things day by day is imperative. “An important thing to recognize is that this is not going to go away tomorrow,” she said. “If things become too stressful and you have thoughts of self-harm, there’s help out there. You are not alone.”
Yeshiva could house mild Covid-19 cases continued from front page the rapid rate of infection, Northwell is at 90 percent of its hospital bed capacity, and 75 percent of those patients have Covid19. “If the outbreak continues to spike, we’ll need to find intensive care space in our hospital — what we call ‘surge capacity’ — and need other options to add bed space,” Lynam said, adding that the timeline for creating additional bed space is the next couple of weeks. As case numbers continue to rise, Lawrence and Woodmere have been hit hard, because of the increase in testing and because a portion of the Jewish community was slow to stop gathering in large groups as the state-mandated social distancing guidelines went into effect. As of press time, Woodmere had 263 cases and there were 107 in Lawrence, by far the highest totals in the Five Towns. “The Village of Lawrence appreciates the unselfish ef for ts of all those involved in this project and their commitment to the health and safety of the entire community,” Mayor Alex Edelman said of the proposed use of the
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Sh’or YoShuv InStItute in Lawrence, which donated 25 ventilators to the Northwell Health System, is a possible location for an ad hoc hospital. yeshiva as a makeshift hospital. Sh’or Yoshuv is a Haredi yeshiva founded in 1967 by Rabbi Shlomo Freife-
ld in Far Rockaway. The school moved to Lawrence in 2003. Haredi Judaism is known for its adherence to a strict inter-
pretation of Jewish law and values, in contrast to contemporary practices. The possibility of converting Sh’or Yoshuv into a medical facility produced an uproar of negative comments on Facebook after a couple of stories about the plan appeared and then disappeared online. While most were of the comments were critical, and written before more information became available, one, from Kalmen Barkin noted the potential upside. “I think if they play their cards right they can actually look very good in the news,” Barkin wrote. “Local community builds emergency hospital to care for its people.” On the Lawrence District 15 Residents Facebook page, Sarah Cohen posted, “These type of hospitals [are] being opened up almost everywhere right now. We are lucky to have something like this in our area.” Fayge Pollan Feder added, “This is a beautiful thing.” Calls to the school, and to school officials, seeking comment had not been returned as the Herald went to press on Tuesday.
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News briefs Dean Skelos, citing coronavirus fears, wants out of prison now, not later By Jill Nossa jnossa@liherald.com
Former State Sen. Dean Skelos, of Rockville Centre, sought early release from federal prison because he was worried about the c o r o n av i r u s p a n d e m i c , according to court papers. Skelos, 72, filed a motion in federal court in Manhattan last week, asking to spend the remainder of his 51-month sentence in home confinement to lessen the risk of contracting the virus. Skelos still has more than two years left on his sentence for political Dean corruption, which he began serving in January 2019 at Otisville Correctional Facility, in Orange County. The motion, filed under seal, was opposed by federal prosecutors in papers filed publicly, saying that an application
for release should first be filed with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, which could better assess his health situation. The prosecutors noted that steps were being taken to stop the spread of the disease in federal prison, and said that, since Skelos lives in New York state, “the global epicenter of the coronavirus,” he has not provided any information to show that he would be better protected outside of prison. The judge, Kimba Wood, had decided as of press time. Skelos was convicted in July 2018 of using his political power to secure roughly skelos $300,000 in jobs and fees for his son Adam, also of Rockville Centre. They were each convicted on eight counts of conspiracy, extortion and bribery. Adam Skelos was sentenced to four years in prison.
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Nassau couNty is hiring a consulting firm to develop an “economic portrait” of the county after the coronavirus crisis has abated.
PeoPle have uNtil Aug. 14 to respond to the U.S. Census.
Be counted — the 2020 Census is under way By scott BriNtoN sbrinton@liherald.com
April 1 was Census Day, when the federal government counts every person across the United States and five of its territories. Population counts are used to allocate seats in the U.S. House of Representatives to states. The 435 seats in the House are divided up by the population of each state. The larger the population of a state, the more seats it receives. A state’s population is also used to allocate federal funding for a variety of programs. Federal officials are urging everyone to fill out the census online, by phone or mail. Census invitations were mailed earlier in March. You may respond after April 1. The census is mandated every 10 years by the U.S. Constitution. Who is counted? Here are directions from the 2020 Census website, 2020census. gov: “You should be counted where you are living and sleeping most of the time as of April 1, 2020. If you are responding for your home, count everyone who lives and sleeps there most of the time as of April 1, 2020. This includes young children, foster children, roommates, and any family members or friends who are living with
you, even temporarily. “Please note that if someone is staying with you temporarily on April 1 due to the COVID-19 situation, they should be counted where they usually live. This includes college students, who should still be counted at school, even if they are home early because of the COVID-19 situation. If they live in student housing, the college will count them. If they live off campus, they should respond for the offcampus address and include any roommates or other people living there.” Below is a timeline of upcoming dates: ■ April 29 – May 1: The Census Bureau will count homeless people over these three days. Census takers count people in shelters, at soup kitchens and mobile food vans, on the streets and at outdoor locations like tent encampments. ■ April 16 – June 19: Census takers will work with administrators at colleges, senior centers, prisons and other facilities that house large groups of people to ensure everyone is counted. ■ May 27 – Aug. 14: Census takers will interview homes that have not responded to the 2020 Census to help make sure everyone is counted. ■ December: The Census Bureau will deliver apportionment counts to the president and Congress as required by law.
County hires consultant to study the economy Hempstead Town waiving water fees By scott BriNtoN sbrinton@liherald.com
County Executive Laura Curran stood last Thursday at the Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola with the two heads of Nassau’s Coronavirus Economic Advisory Council — Industrial Development Agency Chairman Richard Kessel and Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz —to announce results of a weeklong survey to assess the state of local business amid the coronavirus outbreak. The news were grim. The county received 1,431 responses to the survey, Curran said. Many businesses said they have or would need to lay off workers. Half predicted no profit for the year. And 80 percent said they would need loans to sustain their businesses.
“It’s pain now, and we know it’s going to be pain down the road,” the county executive said. Nassau, she said, has hired HR&A Advisors, a real estate and economic advisory firm based in New York City, to develop an “economic portrait” of the county before and after the crisis. From there, the firm can create models of the county’s potential economic state in order to prove future need for federal and state aid. Curran said she was “incredibly grateful for the help received by the state and federal government.” But, she noted, “we will need more.” She also said she would work closely with Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone on a regional plan for future economic development after the medical crisis has abated.
The Town of Hempstead is waiving all late fees and penalties for three months for its water customers who do not pay their bills on time, according to a news release issued by the town Wednesday. The measure required legislation, which was supported unanimously by Town Supervisor Donald Clavin and the other six members of the town board. The town’s Department of Water serves 37,000 customers in the Bowling Green, Donald East Meadow, Levittown, Roosevelt Field, Lido Beach, Point Lookout and Uniondale water districts. “People are worried and concerned about COVID-19, and are contending
with major life changes, including business and job losses, reduced income and medical concerns,” Clavin said. “Our hope is that this bill will help give people one less thing to worry about during this uncertain period.” Customers are billed quarterly according to their metered consumption, and late payments are subject to penalties and interest. Under the new legislation, all penalties and interest charges for an individual that would norclavin mally accrue during the Water Department’s billing period – March 15 to June 15 this year – are waived. –Scott Brinton
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lease allow me to reminisce about the past. I’m no longer a young politician, but I’m very much an alert senior citizen who can clearly recall the experiences in my life that have left an indelible imprint on my heart and soul. I refer specifically to my recollections about the presidents of my past. I vividly recall my early childhood, when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president. My parents came of age during the Depression, and they worshipped Roosevelt for his soothing messages to AmerJeRRY ica during World kReMeR War II. I was a child, but I could see how his fireside chats helped my parents survive the stresses of the war. I still can feel the tremors that reverberated across the country the day Roosevelt died. The neighborhood churches in Brooklyn rang their bells incessantly to tell the world that one of its greatest leaders was gone. My mother and father kept asking, how would their America survive?
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Along came a former haberdasher named Harry S. Truman, who assured America that all would be well. In the ensuing years, he helped end the war, and assured our country that he was in charge, and that “The buck stops here.” He assured us that our national agony was over. He did his job but never lost sight of his local roots. Truman was a great cheerleader for America. He was followed by former Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had helped defeat the enemy armies in the war. He became a grandfatherly symbol to Americans, and made us feel that we no longer had to worry about foreign wars. Fast-forward to the days of President John F. Kennedy. Young and vibrant, he made the nation feel that our future would be bright and promising. He energized the White House, and made millions of young people eager to embark on careers in public service. When he died, almost everyone in our nation felt the pain. After the failures of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan emerged as the strong father figure that was needed to soothe our new global fears. His experience in
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Hollywood helped him eloquently express his concerns for America, and he won over many of his skeptics. The next trauma came during the tenure of Bill Clinton. On April 19, 1995, two American-born terrorists blew up a federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring nearly 700 others, many of them children. Our nation went into shock after the tragedy, and President Clinton became the healerin-chief with his soothing words, assuring us that we were better than those two criminals. I recall President George W. Bush standing amid the rubble of the still-smoldering World Trade Center on Sept. 14, 2001, assuring America that we would catch the perpetrators of the attacks three days earlier. It was a shining moment not just for him, but for all of America. Fast-forward to 2015, when a gunman opened fire at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., killing nine people. Afterward, President Barack Obama offered words of compassion that captured the feelings of all Americans — and even led the singing of “Amazing Grace” at the funeral of one of the victims.
adly, there’s no FDR, no Reagan, no Bush, no Obama in this White House.
Now it is 2020. We are a nation living in fear of the unknown. Caught in the clutches of a pandemic, we must seek solace from our governors and our local leaders. We cling to the words of medical experts and our clergy, because we lack a powerful voice in the White House that could tell us that we are stronger than any virus. We survived World War II and Oklahoma City and Sept. 11 because, when challenged, we united and rose to the occasion. Facing a disease that keeps us awake at night and could wreck our economy, we’re in need of a voice from on high that would give us the strength to carry on, but sadly, there is no such voice in the Oval Office. All we hear is the echo chamber telling our president how great he is, not how great he could be. I pray that in your lifetimes we will again have a national leader who will remind us what Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama sounded like in times of national need. 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.
Dear President Trump: This is killing us
f only Donald Trump had taken the same Hippocratic Oath our doctors take when they graduate from medical school: “First, do no harm.” Instead, as we live through this global pandemic, we are caught between trained doctors, offering us fact-based science, and the White House, offering political expediency and short-sighted policy that could actually lead to more loss of life. This is the worst, I thought as the virus spread over the past two weeks. But it wasn’t the worst. The medical fight against the disease has been handiRandi capped by a presikReiss dent who is ignoring scientific evidence and the best advice of medical professions. He has denied, lied and deceived the public about the very existence of the coronavirus. He misled his fellow Americans about the severity of the disease. Early on, when he could have blunted the effects of a fullblown epidemic, he refused to take action, which would have mitigated the loss of life we are seeing every day. What a week. As we move through this all-consuming emergency, ordinary peo-
ple, who want to keep themselves and their loved ones safe, are looking for advice based on sound medical practice. The Hippocratic Oath, which evolved from the work of Hippocrates of Kos, who lived in the 5th century B.C., codifies the ethics and standards doctors still embrace. Not every doctor actually takes the oath in modern times, but some still do, and doctors around the world adhere to the tenets of selflessness, service and care. In a bizarre turn of events, Trump has set himself up as qualified to tout experimental medicines that have been rushed through the approval process and administered to sick patients on a trial basis. He has pushed right past the obvious equivocation of the physicians standing with him during the nightly press conferences/ political rallies. Was it ever writ larger than this? Elections have consequences, and one of the unforeseen consequences of 2016 is our living through a once-in-acentury pandemic without qualified, stable or sensitive leadership. This is a human rights issue, a political issue and a medical issue. We are stumbling through this valley hobbled by leaders who have no regard for the health and
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safety of millions of vulnerable Americans. As I wrote two weeks ago (during this siege my column may not appear every week), the heartening news is that this ship can sail without a captain. All hands are onboard. All of us in our everyday lives are listening to the experts and trying to limit the spread of Covid-19 by observing physical distance rules and absorbing the pain of isolation and loneliness. Hundreds of thousands of us are quarantining ourselves and staying indoors to help stop this modern plague. We’re doing our part. As always, there is inspiration and precedent to be found in literature. I’ve been reading “Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour,” by Lynne Olson. What we’re living through has similarities to the Blitz, when Germany dropped some 30,000 incendiary bombs on London beginning in September 1940 and continuing for 57 consecutive nights. The bombing did not end for eight months. Britain had Winnie, of course. Winston Churchill helped the people of London survive the Blitz by telling them how hard it was going to be. He said it would cost
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them blood, sweat and tears. He spoke the truth in terrible times, asked much of his fellow Brits, and they, in turn, summoned the courage they needed. Hand in hand with the English people were the American journalists who lived through the bombing and reported the stories of stoicism and survival back to the American public. Those reports helped pull the United States into the war, and led ultimately to the defeat of Nazi Germany. The heroes of that era were the leaders who never faltered, the everyday citizens who crawled out of bombed apartments to go to work and the journalists who told the story. The heroes of this troubled time will be the doctors and other medical workers who turn up every day on the front lines of this epic battle, and the reporters and photographers who are telling the story, writing the first rough draft of history. We don’t have a Winston Churchill in the White House. Trump delayed enacting the Defense Production Act until last Friday, and thereby delayed the manufacture of desperately needed ventilators. He continues to mislead the nation about the availability of testing, and the hard news about how long we will live in crisis mode. In that, he is failing to protect and defend us. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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Keep up the social distancing wo weeks ago, one South Shore school board member issued an urgent appeal to students in her district: Stop congregating. Stay
apart. That same day, an editor of this paper was riding his bicycle through his neighborhood and couldn’t help notice groups of people gathering on sidewalks. One older man was smoking a cigar in a circle of neighbors. A family was barbecuing in their driveway, welcoming folks from surrounding homes. These were the initial days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a stay-at-home order, which too many people seemed to treat as a mini-vacation. They had no idea what was coming. In the days that followed, as the number of positive tests for Covid-19 climbed and
letters We still have to care for the environment To the Editor: I have mailed, faxed and emailed Governor Cuomo’s office about the specifics of “essential” landscapers and what they are allowed to do and not do. Specifically, I’m asking about the use of leaf blowers. With several landscaping companies using them at once, they are potentially blowing toxic air into our homes, cars and faces during this Covid-19 pandemic. I hope their use will be temporarily banned. I’m also disappointed that the state has postponed enforcement of the single-use plastic bag ban. Plastic bangs are polluting our waterways
the sobering death totals began streaming in, people got the message. No longer do they stand side by side or in tight lines in supermarkets. Gone are the barbecues and close clutches of socializing teenagers. The message was loud of clear: This pandemic is not a hoax. It is very real. Over this past weekend, however, we learned that Nassau County had the thirdhighest number of coronavirus cases of any county in the state, surpassing Westchester, where the outbreak began in New York, Manhattan and the Bronx. Only Queens and Brooklyn (a.k.a. Queens and Kings counties) had higher totals. Nassau’s and Suffolk’s fast-climbing numbers prompted the governor to warn that the outbreak was shifting from New York City to Long Island. As of Monday,
more than 15,600 people had tested positive in Nassau. That figure may very well reflect lax social distancing practices in the days after people were first told to stay home. We will be tempted to loosen our social distancing practices. It’s hard to remain regimented for weeks on end. We can’t give up, though. There’s simply too much at stake. Forgoing social distancing and sound hygiene practices now would only prolong the crisis. The pandemic will end. Statewide, we saw hopeful signs on Sunday. On the other hand, those hopeful signs could be illusory. Hospitalizations and deaths could very well climb again. Which is why we must — must — remain disciplined and continue to practice social distancing.
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s another week has passed, and as we fight through this pandemic together, I continue to think about our Long Island Rail Road workforce, which continually rises to the challenge. They are on the front lines, playing a key role in the response to this emergency as the LIRR provides a vital service to Long Island and the region, currently the nation’s epicenter of a global health crisis. Our employees are heroes moving heroes. The workforce shows up each day to ensure phiLLip that we can safely enG transport fellow front-line workers — the nurses, doctors, police and other first responders, as well as the grocery store, pharmacy and transportation workers, and so many others who are helping us live. Together with our labor partners, we’re ensuring that employees and customers alike remain safe. Since this pandemic began hitting our state, the LIRR has seen a decline in ridership of about 90 percent. Adjusting to this
drop, while ensuring that we’re able to care for our employees and still provide critical service, we enacted the MTA Essential Service Plan, which began March 27. We are still running over 500 weekday trains, maintaining a 65 percent service level compared with a typical weekday. We also have crews and equipment on standby to supplement service if necessary. We’re constantly monitoring this new service, and staying engaged with our customers and local elected officials and community leaders, listening to their feedback and adjusting where we need to. We’ve added trains strategically where the need was greater to enable customers to maintain safe social distancing. We have eliminated cash transactions, closed all station waiting rooms and ticket windows, shut down our Lost & Found Office and the West End concourse of Penn Station. We continue to distribute masks and gloves to employees, and provide washing stations, hand sanitizers, disinfected work areas and other protections they need, and deserve, to stay healthy. Our courageous workforce is doing what public ser-
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Letters and harming wildlife. I don’t understand why markets can’t use paper bags for the time being. Finally, I received a notice from the Town of Hempstead indicating that, as of Monday, there would no longer be recycling during the pandemic. The town wants us to hold on to all of our recyclables until further notice. I plan to call the town to inquire if there could at least be drop-off bins where conscientious people could deposit them. We’re not moving in the right direction on the environment. Three wrongs will not make anything right. MARCIA DITIERI North Merrick
Pets and the coronavirus To the Editor: Pet owners can rest easy that there is no reason to believe dogs or cats in the U.S. might be a source of infection for Covid-19 or cause its spread, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And so far, according to the CDC, there have been no reports of pets becoming sick with the coronavirus. It appears to be transmitted primarily from human to human. Pet owners may have heard of canine coronavirus, an intestinal infection in dogs, especially puppies, and feline coronavirus, which can cause feline infectious peritonitis, or
vants do. They aren’t just doing a job; they are doing a true service to their fellow New Yorkers. I simply can’t thank them enough. I ask my fellow Long Islanders to continue to practice good hygiene. Social distancing is key. We cannot stress enough the importance of flattening the curve and what it will mean to the recovery of New York, New Yorkers and the rest of the country. We know how trying these times are. But it is the efforts of our customers and LIRR employees that are an uplifting boost to us as management and labor leaders. They are the backbone of this pandemic response. LIRR management and local labor leaders are in contact daily. They’re sharing important feedback, too, and this open dialogue has enabled us to better support the LIRR workforce, as our employees and as union members. Thank you to those who have been providing us the feedback that helps us better protect you. Please know that this line of communication remains open, always, and we’re all better for your thoughts and suggestions. Even with all the precautions we’re
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taking, it’s crucial that we continue to focus on reducing the spread of the coronavirus. This means that unless you’re an essential worker, stay home. Do not ride public transportation unless it’s absolute- can cle life tha ly necessary. Whether you’re at home or reporting my hea I ref to work, wash your hands often for at least 20 seconds, and use hand sanitizer if about t soap and water aren’t available. Cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve if you don’t have a tissue, and, most important, if you’re feeling sick, stay home. My heart goes out to all who are affected by this illness, especially those in our MTA family. To those who are currently being treated for Covid-19, please know that you are in our thoughts, and we wish you a speedy recovery. Take good care of yourselves. If there is a bright side to all of this, it’s that a large percentage of people, including many railroad employees, who have contracted the virus are recovering from it and returning to their daily lives. side ch Of the 378 LIRR employees who were on stresse I sti home quarantine as of last Thursday, 103 berated have returned to work. I look forward to the day our LIRR fam- evelt d ily is all back together, standing side by Brookl tell the side and marching forward, together. ers wa Phillip Eng is president of the Long Island asking vive? Rail Road.
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■ Frequently wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water. Use hand sanitizer with more than 60 percent alcohol if you can’t wash. ■ Maintain social distancing outside of your immediate family. ■ Cover your mouth or nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, and then throw the tissue away and wash your hands. ■ Sanitize often-used surfaces in your home and office. The CDC recommends that you restrict contact with pets and other animals if you become sick, just as you would with people. Ask another member of your household to care for your pets while you’re ill. If you must do it yourself, wash your hands before and after you interact with your pets, and wear a facemask. The toughest part for pet lovers is that you must remember that you should not pet, snuggle or share kisses or food with your pet. THE STAFF OF THE NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAgUE AMERICA
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