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Jim Steinman dies at 73 By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
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IN JuNE 1978, at a news conference in Australia promoting “Bat Out of Hell,” were, from left, Karla DeVito, Meat Loaf, Jim Steinman and Joe Stefko.
He rode his bike from his Hewlett Harbor home to Green Acres Mall, in Valley Stream, and bought records at Sam Goody’s produced by rock ’n’ roll legend Phil Spector, and others that featured the classical music of Richard Wagner. Jim Steinman blended those two diverse styles in his work, culminating in the songs he wrote for Meat Loaf ’s classic “Bat Out of Hell” album, produced by Todd Rundgren.
His dislike of math was documented in the Hewlett High School class of 1965 yearbook. “Likes anything but math” was the line by his picture, but Steinman took the 12 known musical notes and made them add up to hit songs for Air Supply, Celine Dion and Bonnie Tyler as well. James Richard Steinman died of kidney failure on April 19, a brother, Bill Steinman, told the Associated Press. He was 73. Steinman was born on Nov. 1, 1947, in New York Continued on page 19
Former LWA teacher creates ‘Covid Covered’ wristbands By MAttHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com
After receiving his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, former Lawrence Woodmere Academy English teacher Brian Carufe was inspired to create a product that would make it easier to identify who has been inoculated. Carufe and his business partner, Peter Burns, founded Covid Covered in late January. They produce bright green wristbands sporting those two words, to signify that wearers have been fully vaccinated, currently sold in packs of three. “The point of it is
for them to be seen and noticed,” Carufe said. “We figured green, since it’s the color of life and renewal.” A downtown Manhattan resident, Carufe became eligible for the vaccine as a teacher in January. “When I got my first dose of the vaccine in January, they were handing out these congratulatory buttons, and I couldn’t help but think how temporary a button is,” he recalled. “In reality, I thought what we needed was something that someone can wear every day. They can also use it to show pride in their vaccination decision.” Carufe wants the wristbands
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Co-founder, Covid Covered to give people a sense of comfort as Covid-19 restrictions become less onerous. “We have basically
become conditioned to be terrified of seeing someone’s nostrils,” he said. “With things such as indoor dining increasing, there’s this healthy fear that we need to be slowly phased out of. Seeing this wristband on someone’s arm next to you in a restaurant or on a plane is going to make you feel much safer.”
According to Carufe, a large portion of the proceeds from the sales of the wristbands will be donated to the No Kid Hungry Foundation, a Washington, D.C.based nonprofit that donates food, books, games and educational materials to students who have been adversely affected by Continued on page 15
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By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
If a picture is worth a thousand words as the old adage goes, what is nearly a 10-minute video posted to a social media network that is used by more than 2.6 billion people monthly across the world worth? When Darnella Frazer, then 17, used her phone to video record what was happening between now fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and George Floyd and uploaded it to Facebook on May 25, 2020, the recorded incident turned evidence in the subsequent trial was most likely instrumental to the Chauvin’s conviction on all three charges, including one charge each of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, 11 months later on April 20. Dr. Gregory Stanislaus, pastor of St. John Church in Inwood, said that as a person of color he should be “excited” with the verdict, but thinks that he and other people of color “should not have to be surprised about this verdict,” knowing full well that if it was a person of color accused of killing a white police officer “this verdict would have never been in question.” “When I first saw the video of the murder of Mr. Floyd, I really could not believe I was seeing what I was seeing,” Stanislaus said in an email, calling the incident “murder in broad daylight.” “But when the reality settled in, I was overwhelmed with a deep pain I rarely ever feel. I realized that this was not the first murder of a Black man, only the first time it was caught in real time on social media. Emmet Till and so many others have been murdered without any justice. “Let’s see if this is a true turning point in the racial tensions in this country, this is the beginning of the beginning realizing that Black Lives Matter TO. Floyd was alleged to have used a counterfeit $20 bill at a store. Chauvin was one of four officers who responded to the scene. In the subsequent actions, Chauvin pinned Floyd to the ground and remained on top of him for nearly nine and half minutes, which led to Floyd’s death. Chauvin will be sentenced in June. With his bail revoked he is in jail. The three other officers, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, will be tried together in August. “I was traumatized watching that video,” said County Legislator Carrié Solages (D-Lawrence), who called the Floyd murder a “public execution.” “I think any person of any age group I spoke to whether they be in their 70s or white or black were disgusted when they saw in that video.”
Killings do not stop
Despite Chauvin’s the conviction the killing of people of color, especially Black people, by police does not stop. On the same day Chauvin was convicted Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, a Black young woman was shot by police in Columbus, Ohio, the fourth police killing in the same city in four months. Andrew Brown Jr. a Black man was shot and killed in Elizabeth City, North Carolina on April 22. Nine days before the Chauvin verdict, Daunte Wright, a Black man, was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. As an African-American male watching the video of George Floyd being murdered was chilling to say the least,” Inwood resident Ilyssha Shivers said in an email. “To see another unarmed Black male tortured and executed goes to speak a lot about the culture of policing in this country.” He also referred to the Bryant murder. Images of violence surround us, whether in real life or in the entertainment we watch, Valley Stream resident Phyllis Weinberger said. “We have conditioned ourselves to witness violence as an everyday occurrence,” she said in an email. “We watch in shock and horror each day at another senseless murder. To escape it we switch to network TV or Netflix and watch guns blazing while actors scramble for their lives and their careers. “Yes, we were all horrified as we watch George Floyd
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Accountability and transparency
Noting that previous experiences and statistics support that many Black men have had injurious interactions with the police, Solages said he has received many phone calls from people who are not Black recounting their experiences with law enforcement, good and bad. “Even professionals in law enforcement I spoke with said that was not professional conduct,” he said about Chauvin’s actions. Accountability and transparency is what Solages is aiming for. He said the current Nassau County police reform plan lacks accountability because of the lack of having an inspector general. “There is a purpose to having an inspector general, when something wrong happens, the IG can inspect this is where things went wrong,” he said, adding that he commends the county police for quickly apprehending the man who allegedly shot three people, killing one, at the Stop & Shop in Wet Hempstead on the same Tuesday as the verdict. “As in the case with Jan. 6 a lot of things went wrong,” Solages said, but every day in Nassau County we don’t know if things are going wrong.” The date refers to the day rioters breached the Capitol Building. The first step is confronting the problem, Shivers said. “What was interesting was how the defense tried to paint a picture,” he said, “and tell the jury and the entire world pay no attention to what you see. I am reminded of Rodney King. There is an elephant in the room. We must acknowledge that there is a problem before we can talk about any solutions.” King was severely beaten by several Los Angeles police officers during his arrest in 1991. Modernizing the police force and having what Solages called the “right mechanisms” in place for accountability and transparency begins with body cameras, he said. “Had it not been for that video that young lady recorded what happened with George Floyd, I don’t think we would have the same result,” he said, “that is the basic reality here.” Solages said they need to be required not voluntary based on a monetary bonus as
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Activities shift mood from anxiety to buoyant Lawrence Lately
lectively created a schoolleyball team under Coach wide spirit week. They even George Klein played hard came to school and decoratthis season and were able to ed it in a socially distanced make it all the way to the manner so in-person stusemifinals of the Nassau dents could feel that blue County playoffs. Although and gold spirit. they were not able to conThis spirit week includtinue, their valiant efforts ed days such as fancy dress are recognized and they up day, pj/crazy hair day, truly made their school meme day, character day, proud! This statement also and blue and gold day. This rings true to the boys socwas repeated for two weeks cer team that were able to to include the blue and gold make it to the first round of atalie hybrid students. their playoffs. Students could particiS t u d e n t G ove r n m e n t raN pate online and in class. Association and senior offiStudents with the best outcer elections also took place. The elected officers wasted no fits received prizes such as gift cards. time and have gone straight to work. Many spirits were raised. The senior class was also able to The SGA and senior class officers col-
Since the last column I have wrote, I have seen the light and positivity that many of us Lawrence High School students have been longing for. First and foremost, sports were able to resume this year. The condensed winter sports season was played in February. This included boys and girls basketball, track, and bowling. More recently, the rescheduled fall season which began in March, has now come to an end. Football, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls volleyball, tennis, and cross country were played. Some of these games were able to be livestreamed on YouTube via Lawrence Athletics, thanks to the school’s media club. Many Lawrence teams have strived despite this difficult year. The boys vol-
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plan and execute a senior ice skating event this past March! The newest event that was planned by both the senior class and SGA was the first ever drive-in movie event. Juniors and seniors were able to park their cars and enjoy “Spider-Man: Homecoming” with their friends. All the officers want to continue to plan many more schoolwide events that get everyone engaged and active. Many new and exciting changes have taken place at Lawrence High. What once began as a confusing, anxious time has now blossomed into an optimistic present and future. I personally can’t wait to see what the rest of the year brings. Let’s continue to stay safe, healthy and have that Lawrence pride. Go Tornadoes go!
Volleying back to some normalcy Due to Covid-19 many schools have had to shut down sports for the rest of the year, but things might be changing for the better. Lawrence Woodmere Academy’s girls finished their volleyball season. LWA has made a strong effort to put together a Covid safe sports season for all LWA students. The girls’ volleyball team started the season on March 24 and ended April 20. Girls’ volleyball team captain Diana D. said: “It was a ragtag team of anyone willing to play this year, but for the seniors at least we had another year to play the sport we love.” For the first time in LWA history, girls from middle and ophia high school were able to play on the team. LWA had their youngest player ever, seventh-grader Addison Cooper. Junior volleyball player Adaora M. said: “It was so much fun being able to be out on the court with everyone again. It
felt so nice to be a part of a team again playing as one unit. I am so grateful that we were able to have a season this year, and this makes me very optimistic for the future.” The girls' volleyball team made the playoffs this season, and though the girls did not win, everyone was just so proud of themselves for making the playoffs. Diana and Adaora were named All-Conference players and honored with trophies. Though the girls were able to have a season there were many changes to make sure games and practices were Covid safe. Masks were maneSare datory at practice, only six players per team were allowed on the court at all times, and players had to be six-feet apart. Before and after every practice all the balls are sanitized. The new Covid rules for games are very similar to the rules for practices. During games, masks had to be
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The LWA girLs’ volleyball team. In front from left were Kadence G., Reina S., Tyla E., Addison C., Asha G. Diana D., Ciara L. and Cayla C. in the back from left were team manager CJ A., Isabel M., Kyra M., Adaora M. and Sophia C. worn at all times, players were socially distanced when on the bench, and no players were allowed in the locker rooms. Though the team had to adapt to the new rules, everyone had a great time playing and were so grateful to have a season.
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Lawrence tweaks Covid classroom protocols By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
The one constant with the coronavirus pandemic is the continuous changes and earlier in April the New York State Department of Health made more changes as it issued new guidance for school reopening plans. Focused on transmission rates of Covid19 and what communities can tolerate regarding risk, the changes include reducing the distance for singing and wind instruments in schools from 12 feet to six feet; going from the six-foot distance in most classrooms to three feet; and reducing the need for desk shields in kindergarten through third grade. Lawrence School District used a survey to uncover the comfort levels of parents and teachers. The survey, which had to be completed by April 19, steered changes that went into effect a week later. “We are going forward with the proposed changes, first singing, then with wind instruments,” said Lawrence Superintendent Dr. Ann Pedersen, adding that most teachers are comfortable with the changes. “Maintaining the six foot distance in the classroom was overwhelming, but removal of the desk shield in kindergarten to third grade for instruction is being done as the teachers felt even with their masks you are missing nuances of social interaction and they wanted a level of normalcy.” By the numbers, teachers were 54 percent strongly in favor of reduction in distance for winging and wind instruments; 81 percent for maintaining the six feet distance in a majority of classrooms and 52 percent in favor of keeping the desk shield. “When you drill down to the classroom level it will be how you feel about it,” Pedersen said, “if the teacher says yes the shields will be taken down. Teachers can opt out. For eating (when masks are off) the shields will be up as there is still eating in the classroom.”
With the parent survey respondents had 58 percent strongly supported the singing and wind instrument revision; 75 percent backed the maintaining the six-foot distance in most classrooms and 60 percent for removing the desk shields. Outgoing Lawrence Teachers Association President Lori Skonberg noted members of the Reopening Committee also support the changes. “The committee felt there was a need for a little bit of status quo with the six feet distance, especially in upper grades,” she said. “In the lower grades we left it up to the teacher or parent what the teacher or parent feels comfortable with.” Pedersen said that the district expects to maintain all the other elements of its reopening plan through the end of the school year. Looking ahead, she anticipates state guidance to change for the next school year. In Hewlett-Woodmere, officials said that the district has been successful in keeping its schools open since September, and has endured only three short-term closures to date. The district also boasts state-of-the-art ventilation and filtration systems in all five schools. The current reopening plan took roughly three months for development and consensus, officials said, noting that the new state guidance still requires collaboration with stakeholders regarding any changes to the plan. Musical performing groups at Woodmere Middle School and Hewlett High School have transitioned to the six-foot rule, but practice outdoors whenever possible, officials said, adding that with less than two months of school, the school district does not plan to remove the barriers or institute any other significant changes prior to the end of the school year. When new state guidance is received the district will move forward, officials said. Have an opinion on Lawrence protocol changes? Send letter to jbessen@liherald. com.
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A NAssAu CouNty Police Academy recruit made her way through a field of orange cones at the Emergency Vehicle Operations Course at Jones Beach last Thursday.
Driven to become N.C. police officers By sCott BriNtoN sbrinton@liherald.com
Part two in a photo series on the Nassau County Police Academy. Sirens blared and tires squealed as a white Chevy Caprice banked hard into a curve at Jones Beach State Park after peeling down a straightaway at 50 miles per hour last Thursday. Meanwhile, a black Crown Victoria cruiser raced across to cut the vehicle off at a four-way intersection. The Caprice braked hard as it neared the stop sign. Sirens continued to sound when a Nassau County police van appeared out of nowhere at the intersection, the driver also intending to cut off the Caprice. It was a semi-chaotic, seemingly confusing scene, but it was meant to be. The action took place at the Field Five parking lot at Jones Beach, an expansive stretch of asphalt just west of the Northwell Health Theater, where Nassau County Police Academy recruits come to practice driving maneuvers that they might need while chasing crime suspects or hurrying to an accident. It’s called the Emergency Vehicle Operations Course, and Continued on page 8
A reCruit reCeived instructions before heading onto the course. A poliCe vAN and a Crown Victoria moved to cut off a driver at an intersection. offiCer riChArd furNeAux, far left, is the academy’s senior driving instructor.
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program was created this year to honor their incredible contributions,” said Bob outstanding K–12 education leaders in Isaksen, Bank of America Long Island public, private and charter schools president. “That’s why Bank of America is pleased to support the throughout Nassau County, Long Island Herald in recogbased on nominations nizing Long Island’s top edureceived from the public— cators with the inaugural students, teachers, families, Herald Head of the Class administrators and commuAwards. Bank of America nity members—at Headhas long supported proO f T h e C l a s s Aw a r d s . c o m grams that advance students through May 15. Once the to and through school, as polls close, the 2021 Herald well as up-skilling for their Head of the Class Advisory careers post-education.” Committee, made up of mulThroughout the Covid-19 tiple stakeholders from pandemic, we’ve witnessed across the Long Island edufirsthand how teachers have c a t i o n l a n d s c a p e, w i l l met countless new challengreview all nominations, and es—while helping students a winner and 10 finalists and parents do the same— will be honored in each of and the nominations already three categories—Top Ele- BoB isAken submitted for the Herald mentary School Teacher, President, Top Middle School Teacher, Bank of America L.I. Head of the Class Awards are a testament to their Top High School Teacher— impact. As part of each at a live virtual event on nomination, people are asked to share June 16. “Teachers play a critical role in the reasons why they believe a particular development and advancement of our teacher is deserving. It could be an students and deserve recognition for honor bestowed upon them or their stu-
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WWII Nurses Patricia DelGiorno presents an illustrated look at the more than 59,000 American nurses who served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. At 3 p.m. Peninsula Public Library.
Reclamation District At 5 p.m., the Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District meets via a telephone conference because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library Throughout May, Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library has an all-day program dedicated to the learning and loving or animals. Jason will teach the audience about Princess the toad, Tickles the hedgehog and lots of other fun creatures including mice, lizards, bunnies, crabs, and baby animals.
Thursday, April 29 Beethoven’s Eroica Professor Jeff Norwood discusses Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony No. 3 at 11 a.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. Join Zoom meeting https:// us02web.zoom. us/j/81334117838?pwd=ZE1XSGpPL 3hPYUdXMFJFeTZIWU0yQT09.
Upper Body Yoga Lisa Zimmerman hosts a session on upper body yoga and meditation at 2 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. Join Zoom meeting https://us02web. zoom. us/j/88432930541?pwd=SnVJcGJMM k9JazVtMnozVHAxMXVVUT09.
Gilded Age Marilyn Carminio will examine three decades of high society beginning in 1870s New York and ending with the Edwardian Era in London. At 3 p.m. Peninsula Public Library.
Zumba Gold At 4 p.m. Andrea Wool leads this lowintensity Zumba workout with easy to follow steps. Peninsula Public Library.
Wednesday, May 5 Gentle Yoga
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Longtime friends Flo Bruckner, left, Gaye Hoffman and Elaine Eskowitz, all Woodmere residents, along with Roz Samuel, from Lawrence, got together at Hewlett Station Yogurt on April 20, for the first time in more than a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Catskill Resorts Dr. Linda Burghardt will present a virtual lecture on the golden age of the Catskill resorts at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by Temple Hillel, Congregation Sons of Israel and Temple Beth Call (516) 7916344 for Zoom link.
Children In Art Art historian Vivian Gordon discusses how artists from the Renaissance to the 19th century have represented children. At 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library.
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Sunday, May 2 Indian Culture The Five Towns Indian Associations presents a cultural program at 2 p.m. through Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. Join Zoom meeting https:// us02web.zoom. us/j/81168670154?pwd=OWxJYXRKU 1NDNm9TN3BVWVVrMTUyUT09.
Inwood resident Elijah Denicolo, majoring in meteorology at SUNY Oneonta, received the school’s 2020-2021 Susan Sutton Smith Award for academic excellence. Lawrence village holds it May 6 board meeting at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club, 101 Causeway, Lawrence, at 8 p.m.
Monday, May 3
Paulette Silber presents a personalized, seated version of 18 Form Qigong focusing on breathing and combining Tai Chi with the healing effect of Qigong and Meditation. May 3 & 10. At 6 p.m. Peninsula Public Library.
group offers coping strategies. 9 a.m. Pre-registration required. Contact Lisa Barnett, (516) 569-6733 x 210, lisa. barnett@guraljcc.org.
At 3 p.m., a live, on-location program will discuss the park’s history and construction as well as the restoration and maintenance of the park today. In case of inclement weather, the tour will be virtual. Peninsula Public Library.
Guided Meditation Linda Cafiero leads a guided meditation workshop. At 7 p.m. Peninsula Public Library..
Cedarmere Mary McGuire will discuss Cedarmere as part of her Paris lectures at 11 a.m. through Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom. us/j/84318562897?pwd=aVQ5eXcrUX ZaaDJsdTQ0eEdWdGtaUT09.
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Tuesday, May 4
Linda Cafiero leads sessions on May 4 & 11 at 11 a.m. on Tai Chi to improve posture, balance and focus. Peninsula Public Library.
Covid Support
Parkinson Support
The Gural JCC’s a weekly Zoom support
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. May 5 & 12 at 11 a.m. Peninsula Public Library.
Thursday, May 6 Gidon Lev At noon, Julie Gray and Gidon Lev, authors of “The True Adventures of Gidon Lev,” will discuss the memoir and Lev’s life, a rare child survivor of the Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt. Peninsula Public Library.
Zumba Gold Andrea Wool leads a low intensity Zumba session at 4 p.m. Peninsula Public Library.
At noon with Cathy Byrne, coping strat-
Hewlett High School student Alice Fried received the U.S. Agency for International Development Science Champion Award for her project “Evaluating the Effects of Tropical Isaias on Water Quality in Selected Areas of Vermont and New Hampshire, USA.” Richard and Jodi Brodsky, of Atlantic Beach,
ran the April 24 5K Tobay beach run and finished third and first, respectively in their age groups running an 8:24 and 7:42 minute mile, respectively. If interested in Five Towns issues get involved with the Lawrence Association. For more information, go to lawrencecivic.com.
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herald schools It’s fact, HALB students wrote their own stories
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Hebrew Academy of Long Beach second-graders explored and studied the similarities and differences between the three types of fiction stories – genre, literary and mainstream – the students then wrote their own fables, fairy tales and folk tales. After progressing through the entire writing process, the students
published their stories. The entire grade celebrated by having a party where the students came in costume and brought a snack that connected to that costume. –Jeffrey Bessen
HALB second-grAders ceLeBrAted their literary success with a costume party.
Lawrence Early Childhood spotlights the young child Students and staff at the Early Childhood Center in the Lawrence School District celebrated the “Week of the Young Child,” an annual event hosted by the National Association for the Education of Young Children to highlight early learning, young children, their teachers, families, and communities. The association’s mission is to promote high-quality early learning for kids from birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy and research. Throughout the week of April 12 to 16, the students took part in a themed-filled week of activities using music, literacy, science, social emotional learning and more. On Monday, the students enhanced their language, literacy and math skills through song and dance. Food and learning to fill on fitness and nutritious meals was Tuesday’s theme. Nutritionist Izabella Levi led a virtual workshop. Collaboration was the focus on Work
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Together Wednesday as students used building blocks, helping siblings at home, cooked, exercised, or drew pictures together to enhance their social skills. Assigned an open-ended art project where they could make choices, use their imagination, and create with their hands, the students aimed to improve their thinking, creativity and problem solving using materials ranging from crayons to paint or clay on Artsy Thursday. Family Friday involved engaging and celebrating families as an important part of a child’s growth and maturation. Families created photo collages with their children and took part in a family-oriented game called “Crazy 8’s” to work on number recognition.
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his whole thing started because I said back in May that this pandemic would further exacerbate racial and socioeconomic inequities in our schools when I was running for school board. The responses on social media were telling that this wasn’t even a conversation that’s been had in any capacity in our town because they were so toxic, hostile and mired in misconceptions and defensiveness. The whole goal of the Valley Stream Justice Project is to address policy and leadership and reform systems that have been designed by and work perfectly for only for a few people. This isn’t about individuals who are perpetuating these systems; it's is about the people being disproportionaletly and negatively affected by them. I'm decentering the agents of oppression
and centering the victims of this oppression. These systems work to oppress through secrecy and through inaccessibility to power, and that includes information. The game plan is to expose everything, and to make information accessible to everybody. It's transparency and accessibility always rooted in evidence-based research and data. We’re talking about things such as code enforcement being weaponized against people of color. We’re talking about having no Black teachers in Valley Stream District 24. We’re talking about things like not having open and accessible elections. If we achieve some of these goals, there will be more representation. Our leadership will look more like us. They’ll think more like us. They’ll better understand our lives.
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he global pandemic impacted our Lynbrook Kiwanis Club initially, as we had to stop meetings and events. Our last event was March 8, 2020. Just before the state lockdown, we had a pasta dinner at the Lynbrook Library to raise money to send our Lynbrook Key Club members to the annual New York district meeting, which ended up being held via Zoom. Despite the lockdown, our club continued to meet monthly over Zoom. Our Kiwanians continued to run food drives, collect items for Toys for Tots and deliver personal protective equipment to local assisted-living facilities and nursing homes. Additionally, in September we donated back-to-school backpacks filled with new supplies for students in the Lynbrook School District, as well as scholarship money for Key Club seniors, and we also hosted clothing drives
and our annual baby shower for a local women's shelter. Our Kiwanians supported one another and stayed in touch via text and Zoom. The pandemic changed the way children could participate in community activities. Dr. Ben Tieniber and the Key Club members worked with Sunrise of North Lynbrook via Zoom to participate in social visits with seniors who were feeling isolated and alone, joined the seniors on a Zoom call for the Mets Alumni Series, assisted via the video conferencing platform with a St. Patrick's Day Bingo and Mets Opening Day social event. The connection between the high schoolers and seniors is a wonderful one. The pandemic has made us pause, but enhanced our mission, which is to improve the world one child and one community at a time.
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or nearly the past decade, my organization, Long Island Orchestrating for Nature, has led the fight for animals on Long Island, stopping massacres of thousands of deer and hundreds of geese, eliminating wild animal acts and rodeos, and rescuing hundreds of wild and farmed animals every year from abandonment, neglect or injury. However, no year has been quite like the last. When the restaurant industry suddenly shut down and farmers began roasting animals alive as a means of "depopulating," we rescued two pigs from an Iowa factory farm and got dozens of birds surrendered from New York City live markets. We spent months rescuing abandoned domestic ducklings by the hundreds and educating the public about how animals are individuals, not science
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Veterans get their funny bone tickled By JEFFREY BESSEn jbessen@liherald.com
In the driveway of Syd Mandelbam’s Cedarhurst, Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling made it seem like The Comedy Store as the comedian performed for nearly 20 people, mostly military veterans, who take part in the free veterans farmers market that Mandelbaum runs through his Rock and Wrap It Up! organization. The April 22 “performance” by Martling, a Rock and Wrap It Up! board member for roughly 20 years, was a toned down version of his typical risqué routines. A comedian’s comedian who rose to fame as a writer and in-studio comedian for The Howard Stern Show for 18 years, he knows his audience and using references to musical bands and television shows that are recognizable to a specific demographic Martling generated much laughter. Speaking about getting cleared by the U.S. government to entertain American troops in the Mideast, the native Long Islander who was born in Mineola noted that the soldiers put up with the threat of death and severe injury and “my act is too naughty.” Martling’s humor underscored the seriousness of why Mandelbaum established the farmers market. To help ensure that veterans had a safe place to “shop” for food during the coronavirus
JAckIE “THE JokE Man” Martling performed at the Veterans Farmers Market outside the Cedarhurst home of Syd Mandelbaum. Photos by Jeffrey Bessen/Herald
THE VETERAnS FARMERS Market has canned good, fruits, household items, meats and vegetables. pandemic. Began last summer, Mandelbaum opened his driveway to be a one-stop shop where the veterans can pick up bread, canned goods, fruits, household items, meats, including fish and vegeta-
bles. It is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. It feeds upwards of 60 veterans on a weekly basis and has distributed between 2,500 to 3,500 pounds of food since its inception, Mandelbaum said.
Rock and Wrap It Up! is an anti-poverty think tank famous for picking up the remaining food from musical concerts and sporting events distributing it to food pantries and other organizations nationwide. After he performed Martling traded jokes and stories with the veterans. It was hard to tell who enjoyed the exchanges more.
School district graduate running for board seat By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com
With five seats open in this year’s Hewlett-Woodmere School District board of education election, a seventh candidate in Ramsha Ansari has thrown her hat into the ring. Ansari, 28, joined current Board President Debra Sheinin, Trustee Judy Menashe, former Trustee Dr. Jon Altus, Shari Amitrano, Francois Tenenbaum and Dr. Tatyana Kopp on the ballot for the May 11 election. The top three vote getters will gain full three-year terms that begin on July 1. The next two vote getters will serve a two and one-year term, to complete the terms of former Trustees Paul Critti and Daniella Simon respectively. Incumbent Trustee Melissa Gates’ term is expiring and she has decided to not run for re-election. A 2011 graduate of Hewlett High School and lifelong Hewlett resident, Ansari currently works as an attorney practicing immigration, employment discrimination and criminal law. She said she decided to run in order to be a voice for students and families of all backgrounds. “In the last couple of years, I have seen how divisive and polarizing Hewlett-Woodmere has become,” Ansari said. “The things I’ve heard from some of the community members have really broken my heart.” Ansari pointed to the heated Board of Education meetings in January 2018 when
the Hewlett-Woodmere board voted to approve the 2018-2019 school year calendar that and not include a day off for Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. “I went through the school right after 9/11 and I remember clear as day what that was like for me as a young Muslim student,” she said. “It seems like all of these years later, these issues have not been addressed and are still as prevalent as they were.” Other topics Ansari said she would emphasize as trustee is mental health and school safety. “If I were to be elected, I will take a look at how we allocate our resources towards mental health,” she said. “I think being vocal and having an open conversation about it will help take the stigma away from it. I would be more than happy to talk about my own experiences with mental health.” One thing Ansari clarified was that despite her emphasis on advocating for the minority community, she will advocate for all families if elected to the board. “There’s this misconception that because I am promoting diversity and inclusion, that automatically means that I’m not listening to everybody else and that couldn't be more false, “Just because I’m advocating for one group or uplifting the voices that have been historically marginalized does not automatically mean I’m working against everybody else in the community.”
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From Easy to Extravagant,
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There’s really only one way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo - and that’s with ice-cold margaritas. Whether you’re a fan of the simple, traditional recipe or like to mix things up with fun, fruity flavors, there’s a margarita to satisfy any palate. We’ve put together a list of delicious margaritas that will make Cinco de Mayo the party of the year. From classic recipes with simple ingredients to decadent creations with exciting flavors, these refreshing drinks are a fiesta in a glass!
Classic Margarita
While the margarita’s origin is heavily disputed, there’s a consensus on what makes a drink a margarita. You’ll only need three ingredients, and you can serve it multiple ways. Combine two ounces of tequila, one ounce of lime juice, and one ounce of Cointreau into a cocktail shaker. Cointreau is an orange-flavored liqueur, and it’s the main reason margaritas are served with a salted rim. The salt helps cut down on the sweetness of the Cointreau. Triple sec is a widespread substitution for Cointreau if you don’t have any on hand. After mixing, pour over ice (“on the rocks”) into your glass, garnish with a lime wedge and enjoy! This recipe can also be served without ice or blended up, making it a go-to margarita recipe.
Watermelon Margarita
Cinco de Mayo usually means warmer weather, and this is the perfect recipe to beat the heat. With four simple ingredients, you don’t need to be a mixologist to create this cocktail. First, you’ll muddle mint leaves in a cocktail shaker. Second, add two ounces of tequila, two ounces of watermelon juice, and half an ounce of lime juice into the shaker and mix. Finally, strain into a glass with ice and garnish with mint leaves. This is a delicious and refreshing twist on the classic recipe and will be a hit all summer long!
Strawberry Mango Frozen Margarita
While you can serve the classic margarita recipe as a frozen drink, you can’t go wrong adding fruit into the mix. You’ll need one mango and ten strawberries for this recipe, but a surprising number of fruits sub in just as well. Do your own experimenting to discover which fruits you like best! Combine your mango, two ounces of tequila, half an ounce of lime juice, one ounce of triple sec, and one cup of ice into a blender. Blend the ingredients thoroughly and split into two glasses. Then, you’ll blend the strawberries with tequila, lime juice, triple sec, and ice. Pour this blend on top of the mango, garnish with strawberries, and enjoy!
Jalapeño Margarita
If you want to go all-in on authentic Mexican flavors for your Cinco de Mayo party, mix up a jalapeño margarita for the perfect mix of heat and sweet. Start by combining a half part of orange liqueur, a half part of agave nectar, one part lime juice, one slice of jalapeño, and one and a half parts of tequila in a shaker. Cazadores Blanco is a perfect tequila for this margarita, adding subtle floral and citrus notes to the drink. After the ingredients are combined, give them a shake, strain into a glass, and garnish with a lime. Adding freshly squeezed juice will boost flavors without added sugars.
Vanilla Pear Margarita
If summer hasn’t entirely made an appearance by the time Cinco de Mayo rolls around, these classic winter flavors will keep you cozy on a cool spring day. And while it may seem like a curious mix, this margarita just works. Put ice, two ounces of tequila, four ounces of pear juice, half an ounce of simple syrup and lemon juice, and a quarter teaspoon of vanilla into a shaker. Shake until chilled, strain, and serve in a glass rimmed with cinnamon and sugar instead of salt. Garnished with a pear slice, and you’ve got a flavorful and warm margarita to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Whether you’re a traditionalist who likes to keep margaritas simple or a fruit fanatic who wants frozen, flavorful drinks, there’s a mix out there to make you and your guests happy. This Cinco de Mayo, try a new margarita recipe and let Minibar Delivery (MinibarDelivery.com) bring the ingredients directly to your door. With liquor, mixers, and other party favors delivered directly from local businesses, it’s the easiest way to keep the party going.
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Selection of providers in each category will be based on demonstrated knowledge of each of the above noted components and their integration in a security system framework. Additionally, relevant prior experience, problem resolution expertise, adherence to projected work schedules and agreed upon budgets/cost and references will play a critical role in the evaluation process. Next steps/specifications and requisite documentation can be obtained by contacting us by phone at (516)766-6809 ext. 101 or via email at security@avodah.org with your company name and point of contact. Responses will be accepted and next steps provided until May 15, 2021. Work is to commence by July 1, 2021 and completed by September 1, 2021. All information will remain confidential. 125677 LEGAL NOTICE described above and, as INCORPORATED VILLAGE deemed advisable by said OF LAWRENCE Board, taking action on NOTICE OF PUBLIC the enactment of said HEARINGS ON PROPOSED Local Law. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE Dated: April 16, 2021 that Two (2) Public By Order of the Board of Hearings will be held by Trustees the Board of Trustees at Village of Lawrence, NY the Lawrence Village Hall, Ronald Goldman 196 Central Avenue, Village Clerk/Treasurer Lawrence, New York 125701 11559, on the 6th day of LEGAL NOTICE May, 2021, at 8:00 PM, VILLAGE OF ATLANTIC Eastern Standard Time, BEACH with respect to the Public Hearing on the following matters: Annual Storm Water “ A proposed Management Report Local Law amending MS4 Chapter 212 of the Notice is hereby given Village Code entitled that on Monday, May 10, “Rental Dwelling Units”; 2021 at 7:45 PM in the and Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, “ A proposed Atlantic Beach, NY the Local Law adopted Board of Trustees will pursuant to Cannabis Law hold a public hearing via § 131 opting out of ZOOM. licensing and establishing A copy of the text will be retail cannabis on file in the office of the dispensaries and/or onVillage Clerk. At such site cannabis public hearing interested consumption persons will be given an establishments within the opportunity to be heard. Village of Lawrence BY ORDER OF THE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT copies of the Emily Siniscalchi, Village proposed Local Laws of Clerk 2021 are on file in the Dated: April 19, 2021 office of the Village Clerk 125714 of the Village of Lawrence, NY, where the Search for notices online at: same is available for www.newyorkpublicnotices.com public inspection during LEGAL NOTICE regular office hours. INC. VILLAGE OF PLEASE TAKE FURTHER ATLANTIC BEACH NOTICE that all interested PLEASE TAKE NOTICE parties will be given an THAT the Board of opportunity to be heard Trustees of the Village of on said proposed Local Atlantic Beach will hold a Law at the place and time public hearing via ZOOM aforesaid. If anyone on Monday, May 10, needs special 2021 at 7:45 PM in the accommodations for a Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, disability, such person Atlantic Beach, NY to: should contact the Village amend the Code of the Clerk at least 5 days Village of Atlantic Beach before the public hearing. to Consider Cannabis NOTICE IS HEREBY Opting Out of Retail Sales GIVEN, pursuant to the and On-Site Consumption requirements of the Open Establishments Meetings Law of the A copy of the text will be State of New York, that on file in the office of the the Board of Trustees of Village Clerk. At such the Village of Lawrence public hearing all will convene in public interested persons will meeting at the place and have an opportunity to be time aforesaid for the heard. purpose of conducting a Dated: April 19, 2021 regular meeting where By Order of Mayor general business will be Pappas and Board of conducted, and for the Trustees purpose of conducting a Emily Siniscalchi, Village Public Hearing on the Clerk proposed Local Law 125710
LEGAL NOTICE INC. VILLAGE OF ATLANTIC BEACH PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Board of Trustees of the Village of Atlantic Beach will hold a public hearing via ZOOM on Monday, May 10, 2021 at 7:45 PM in the Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, NY to amend the Code of the Village of Atlantic Beach Add Chapter 117 - Food Trucks A copy of the text will be on file in the office of the Village Clerk. At such public hearing all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard. Dated: April 19, 2021 By Order of Mayor Pappas and Board of Trustees Emily Siniscalchi, Village Clerk 125712
LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cedarhurst will hold a public hearing on Monday, May 3, 2021, at 8:00 pm in Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, New York for the purpose of amending the Code of the Village of Cedarhurst to Consider Cannabis - Opting Out of Retail Sales and On-Site Consumption Establishments A copy of the text will be on file in the office of the Village Clerk. At such public hearing all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard Dated: Cedarhurst, New York Salvatore Evola April 26, 2021 Village Administrator By Order of the Mayor, Benjamin Weinstock and Board of Trustees 125747 LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cedarhurst will hold a public hearing on Monday, May 3, 2021, at 8:00 pm in Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, New York for the purpose of Amending Section 265-12 Fences. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at said hearing. Dated:Cedarhurst, New York Salvatore Evola April 26, 2021 Village Administrator By Order of the Mayor, Benjamin Weinstock and Board of Trustees 125746 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, May 6, 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 April 16, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR MICHAEL RYDER VILLAGE CLERK 125599
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, ANNUAL BUDGET VOTE AND DISTRICT ELECTION OF LAWRENCE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (NO. 15), TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Lawrence Union Free School District shall hold a public hearing for the purpose of discussion of the expenditure of funds and the budgeting thereof for the 2021-2022 school year on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 commencing at 8:00 p.m., in the auditorium of the Lawrence High School, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, New York, followed by the Board of Education Special Meeting at which the Board of Education shall conduct such other and additional business as may come before it. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, there will be a vote and election by the qualified voters of the Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, on May 11, 2021, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. at the four (4) school election districts indicated below, for the purpose of voting upon the appropriation of necessary expenditures of the 2021-2022 school year, to elect two (2) members of the Board of Education and one (1) member of the Board of Trustees of the Peninsula Public Library at which business will be transacted as required by law, including a vote on
the following propositions as well as any other propositions, which may properly come before the electorate: PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL BUDGET RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, be authorized to expend the sum of One Hundred Two Million Four Hundred Forty Nine Thousand Two Hundred Eighty One Dollars ($102,449,281.00) for the fiscal year 2021-2022, and is further authorized to levy the necessary tax for the above purpose upon the taxable property of the School District, after first deducting the monies available from State aid and other sources. PROPOSITION NO. 2 LIBRARY BUDGET RESOLVED, that the sum of Three Million One Hundred Eleven Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($3,111,750.00) be appropriated for the Peninsula Public Library for the fiscal year 2021-2022 and that said amount be raised by tax upon the taxable property of the Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, pursuant to § 259 of the Education Law, and be levied and collected in the same manner as are other general taxes, after first deducting the monies available from State aid and other sources. PROPOSITION NO. 3 2021 BUILDING CAPITAL RESERVE FUND CREATION AND EXPENDITURE AUTHORIZATION RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Lawrence Union Free School District 15 is hereby authorized to establish a Building Capital Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 3651 of the Education Law (to be known as the “2021 Building Capital Reserve Fund”) and expend funds from such Reserve for the purpose of financing reconstruction, renovation and equipping of: 1) Lawrence High School, including Classroom Renovations, Athletic Wing Renovations, Library Renovations, Air Conditioning Installation and HVAC Improvements, Site improvements; 2) Lawrence Middle School, including Classroom Renovations, Cafeteria Renovations, Locker Replacements, Gymnasium Renovations, Air Conditioning Installation and HVAC Improvements, Site improvements; 3) Lawrence Primary School, including site Improvements; and 4) District wide technology, telephone and security upgrades. The ultimate amount of such Reserve is
not to exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), plus interest and earnings thereon. The probable term of such Reserve is to be ten (10) years, but such Reserve shall continue in existence until liquidated in accordance with the Education Law or until the funds are exhausted. The sources from which the funds shall be obtained for such Reserve are unappropriated fund balances made available by the Board of Education from the 2021-2022 budget. PROPOSITION NO. 4 2022 BUILDING CAPITAL RESERVE FUND CREATION AND EXPENDITURE AUTHORIZATION RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Lawrence Union Free School District 15 is hereby authorized to establish a Building Capital Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 3651 of the Education Law (to be known as the “2022 Building Capital Reserve Fund”) and expend funds from such Reserve for the purpose of financing reconstruction, renovation and equipping of: 1) Lawrence High School, including Classroom Renovations, Athletic Wing Renovations, Library Renovations, Air Conditioning Installation and HVAC Improvements, Site improvements; 2) Lawrence Middle School, including Classroom Renovations, Cafeteria Renovations, Locker Replacements, Gymnasium Renovations, Air Conditioning Installation and HVAC Improvements, Site improvements; 3) Lawrence Primary School, including site Improvements; and 4) District wide technology, telephone and security upgrades. The ultimate amount of such Reserve is not to exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), plus interest and earnings thereon. The probable term of such Reserve is to be ten (10) years, but such Reserve shall continue in existence until liquidated in accordance with the Education Law or until the funds are exhausted. The sources from which the funds shall be obtained for such Reserve are unappropriated fund balances made available by the Board of Education from the 2022-2023 budget. PROPOSITION NO. 5 PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY Shall the Board of Education of the Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York (the “Board”), be authorized to purchase, via eminent domain, approximately 5,562 square feet of land located at 287 Mott
Avenue, Inwood, New York, also known as Nassau County Tax Map Section 40, Block 164, Lot 215, together with the buildings and improvements thereon and any appurtenances thereto, and to expend for the acquisition of clear title thereto, an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00), as may be amended by a court of competent jurisdiction, from unappropriated, unassigned fund balance in the general fund as of May 11, 2021, for the purpose of enlarging the Lawrence Primary School playground area, adding playground equipment, and constructing a multisport asphalt court with fencing and gates, as set forth in the Determination and Findings of Fact adopted by the Board on August 10, 2020, pursuant to Eminent Domain Procedure Law § 204. SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES- To elect two (2) trustees of the Board of Education for a three (3) year term commencing July 1, 2021, and ending on June 30, 2024. LIBRARY BOARD TRUSTEE- To elect one (1) trustee of the Peninsula Public Library for a five (5) year term commencing July 1, 2021, and ending on June 30, 2026. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election shall be held in accordance with the Annual Meeting and Election Policy and Candidate and Campaigning Policy adopted by the Board of Education. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that nominations for the office of trustee of the Board of Education and office of trustee of the Library Board, shall be made by petition subscribed by at least 25 qualified voters of the district, and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District located in Lawrence High School, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM not later than the 30th day preceding the election at which the trustees shall be voted upon. Such petition shall state the residence of each signer and shall state the name and residence of the candidate and the specific vacancy on the Board for which the candidate is nominated, which description shall include at least the length of the term of office and the name of the last incumbent, if any. Each vacancy shall be considered a separate office, and a separate petition shall be required to nominate a candidate to each separate office. No person shall be nominated for more than one separate office on the
Board of Education. However, a nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his/her unwillingness to serve. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition or question to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 250 qualified voters of the district and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. not later than the 30th day preceding the election at which such question or proposition shall be voted upon, except that this rule shall not apply to those questions or propositions which are required to be stated in the published or posted notice of the meeting or to those propositions or questions which the Board of Education has authority by law to present at any annual or special meeting of the District. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the condensed form of the budget proposition and the text of all other propositions to appear on the voting machine and a detailed statement of the proposed budget, in writing, of the amount of money which will be required for the school year 2021-2022 for school purposes, specifying the purposes and the amount for each, will be prepared and copies thereof will be made available upon request, to any resident in the district at each schoolhouse in the district, during the period of fourteen days immediately preceding the Annual Budget Vote and District Election of May 11, 2021 (excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays) between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., on the district website Lawrence.org and at polling locations on the day of the election. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the accurate description of the boundaries of the election districts is available for inspection by any qualified voter together with a map of the district in the Office of the District Clerk at Lawrence High School, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, New York, during regular school days. The four (4) sites designated for voting in each election district are as follows: Primary School @ Number Two School, 1 Donahue Avenue, Inwood; Lawrence Middle School, 195 Broadway, Lawrence; Lawrence High School, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst and Atlantic Beach Village Hall.
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PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that registration of voters shall take place at the office of the District Clerk located at, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, New York, on school days between September 3, 2020 and May 4, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., during which times any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register provided that he/she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the District Clerk to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the Annual Budget Vote and District Election for which such register is prepared. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the registration of voters not previously registered and eligible to vote will take place between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on May 4, 2021 at the Office of the District Clerk. Such persons must present himself or herself personally for registration during the time and place set forth, in order to be entitled to vote. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the final date to register for the 2021-2022 Annual Budget Vote and District Election is May 5, 2021, from 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. in the office of the District Clerk, at which time any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register, provided that he/she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the District Clerk, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the Annual Budget Vote and District Election for which such register is prepared. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the register shall include (1) all qualified voters of the district who shall personally present themselves for registration; and (2) all previously qualified voters of the District who shall have been previously registered for any annual or special District meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special district meeting or election held or conducted at any time within the four calendar years (2018-2021) prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, the register shall be filed in the office of the District Clerk where it shall be open for inspection by appointment only, by any qualified voter between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on each of the five days prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots may be obtained at the Office of the District Clerk and
are also available on the district websiteLawrence.org. Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk in the District Clerk’s office by May 4, 2021 if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter. If the ballot is to be hand delivered, it must be received by the District Clerk in the District Clerk’s office by 5:00 p.m. on the day of the election. If the ballot is to be hand delivered, the application must be received by the District Clerk in the District Clerk’s office the day before the election. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the Office of the District Clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election except Sunday. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that this Board shall convene a special meeting in the Lawrence High School within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the result of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law, §2019-a, subdivision 2b at said special meeting of the Board. Dated: April 26, 2021 By Order of the Board of Education, Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, New York MS. MOHINDER BHARAJ, DISTRICT CLERK 125742
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LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA, VOTO ANUAL DE PRESUPUESTO Y ELECCIÓN DE DISTRITO DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR GRATUITO DE LAWRENCE UNION (NO. 15), CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Educación deberá realizar una audiencia pública con el propósito de la discusión de los gastos de fondos y el presupuesto del mismo para la 2021 -2022 año escolar el Martes, de mayo de 4, 2021 que comienza a las 8:00 p.m., en la cafetería de Lawrence High School, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, Nueva York, seguida de la reunión especial de la Junta de Educación en la que la Junta de Educación llevará a cabo otros asuntos adicionales que puedan surgir antes.
TENGA EN CUENTA ADEMÁS que habrá una votación y elección por parte de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Libre de Lawrence Union No. 15, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, el 11 de mayo del 2021, entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 10:00 p.m. en los distritos electorales de la escuela se indican a continuación, con el fin de someterlas a votación la apropiación de los gastos necesarios de la 2021-2022 de año escolar, para elegir dos (2) miembros de la Junta de Educación y un (1) miembro de la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca Pública de la Península en la que se tramitarán los negocios según lo exige la ley, incluida una votación sobre las siguientes propuestas, así como cualquier otra propuesta, que pueda presentarse debidamente ante el electorado: PROPUESTA NO. 1 PRESUPUESTO ESCOLAR RESUELTO, que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre Lawrence Union No. 15, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York, esté autorizada a gastar la suma de Ciento Dos Millones Cuatrocientos Noventa Mil Cincuenta y Tres Dólares ($102,490,053.00) para el año fiscal 2021-2022, y además está autorizado a recaudar el impuesto necesario para el propósito anterior sobre la propiedad imponible del Distrito Escolar, después de deducir primero el dinero disponible de la ayuda estatal y otras fuentes. PROPUESTA NO. 2 PRESUPUESTO DE LA BIBLIOTECA - RESUELTO, que la suma de Tres Millones Ciento Once Mil Setecientos Cincuenta Dólares ($3,111,750.00) se apropia de la biblioteca pública de la península para el año fiscal 2021-2022 y que dicha cantidad ser recaudados por impuestos sobre la propiedad sujeta a impuestos de Lawrence Uni en el Distrito Escolar Libre No. 15, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York, de conformidad con § 259 de la Ley de Educación, y ser gravados y cobrados de la misma manera que otros impuestos generales, después de deducir primero el dinero disponible de las ayudas estatales y otras fuentes. PROPUESTA NO. 3 CREACIÓN DE FONDOS DE RESERVA DE CAPITAL PARA EDIFICIOS Y AUTORIZACIÓN DE GASTOS 2021 - SE RESUELVE, que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Unión de Lawrence Distrito No. 15 queda autorizada a establecer un Fondo de Reserva de Capital para Edificios de conformidad con la § 3651 de la Ley de
Educación (que se conocerá como el “Fondo de Reserva de Capital para Edificios 2021”) y fondos de dicha reserva con el propósito de financiar la reconstrucción, renovación y equipamiento de : 1) Escuela Secundaria de Lawrence incluidas las renovaciones de los salones de clases, la renovaciones de ala atlética, las renovaciones de la biblioteca, la instalación de aire acondicionado y las mejoras de HVAC, las mejoras del sitio; 2)Escuela Intermedia de Lawrence, incluye renovaciones de salones de clases, renovaciones de cafeterías, reemplazo de casilleros, renovaciones de gimnasios, instalación de aire acondicionado y mejoras de HVAC, mejoras del sitio; 3)Escuela Primaria de Lawrence, Incluidas las mejoras del sitio; y 4) Actualizaciones de tecnología, teléfono y seguridad en todo el distrito. El monto final de dicha Reserva no debe exceder los Cinco Millones Dólares ($5,000,000.00), más los intereses y las ganancias correspondientes. El plazo probable de dicha reserva será de diez (10) anos, pero dicha reserva continuara existiendo hasta que se liquide de acuerdo con la Ley de Educación o hasta que se agoten los fondos. Las fuentes de las cuales se obtendrán los fondos para dicha reserva son los saldos de fondos no asignados puestos a disposición por la Junta de Educación del presupuesto 2021-2022. PROPUESTA NO. 4 CREACIÓN DE FONDOS DE RESERVA DE CAPITAL PARA EDIFICIOS Y AUTORIZACIÓN DE GASTOS 2022 - SE RESUELVE, que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Unión de Lawrence Distrito 15 queda autorizada a establecer un Fondo de Reserva de Capital para Edificios de conformidad con la § 3651 de la Ley de Educación (que se conocerá como el “Fondo de Reserva de Capital para Edificios 2022”) y gastar fondos Reserva con el propósito de financiar la reconstrucción, renovación y equipamiento de: 1) Escuela Secundaria de Lawrence, incluidas renovaciones de aulas, renovaciones de ala atlética, las renovaciones de la biblioteca, la instalación de aire acondicionado y las mejoras de HVAC, las mejoras del sitio; 2) Escuela Intermedia de Lawrence, que incluye renovaciones de salones de clases, renovaciones de cafeterías, reemplazo de casilleros, renovaciones de
gimnasios, instalación de aire acondicionado y mejoras de HVAC, mejoras de sitio; 3) Escuela primaria de Lawrence, incluidas las mejorad del sitio y 4) actualizaciones de tecnología, teléfono y seguridad en todo el distrito. El monto final de dicha reserva no debe exceder los Cinco Millones Dólares ($5,000,000.00), más los intereses y las ganancias correspondientes. El plazo probable de dicha reserva será de diez (10) anos, pero dicha reserva continuara existiendo hasta que se liquide de acuerdo con la Ley de Educación o hasta que se agoten los fondos. Las fuentes de las cuales se obtendrán los fondos para dicha reserva son los saldos de fondos no asignados puestos a disposición por la Junta de Educación del Presupuesto 2022-2023. PROPUESTA NO. 5COMPRA DE BIENES INMUEBLES - Deberá la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Lawrence Unión Distrito No. 15, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York (la “Junta”), estar autorizada para comprar, a través de dominio eminente, aproximadamente 5,562 pies cuadrados de terreno ubicado en 287 Mott Avenue, Inwood, New York, también conocida como Nassau County Mapa de Impuestos Sección 40, Block 164, Lot 215, junto con los edificios y mejoras en los mismos y cualquier accesorio a los mismos, y para gastar en la adquisición de un título claro del mismo, una cantidad que no exceder los Cuatrocientos Mil Dólares ($400,000.00), según puede ser enmendado por un tribunal de jurisdicción, del saldo de fondos no asignados y no asignados en el fondo general al 11 de mayo de 2021, con el propósito de ampliar la área de juegos de la Escuela Primaria de Lawrence agregar equipos de juegos y construir una cancha de asfalto multideportiva con cercas y portones como se establece en las determinación y Hallazgos de Hecho adoptada por la Junta el 10 de agosto de 2020, de conformidad con la § 204 de la Ley de Procedimiento Domino Eminente. JUNTA ESCOLAR FIDEICOMISARIOS - Elegir dos (2) fiduciarios de la Junta de Educación para un término de tres (3) años del 1 de julio, 2021, y que termina el 30 de junio, 2024. BIBLIOTECA TARJETA DE FIDUCIARIO - Elegir a uno (1) administrador de la biblioteca pública de la Península por un término de cinco (5) años del 1 de julio, 2021, y terminando
el 30 de junio, 2026. TENGA MÁS AVISO de que la elección se llevará a cabo de acuerdo con la Reunión Anual y la Política de Elección y la Política de Candidatos y Campañas adoptada por la Junta de Educación. POR FAVOR TOMAR NUEVO AVISO que las candidaturas para el cargo de administrador de la Junta de Educación y la oficina del administrador de la Junta de la Biblioteca, se tomarán por suscrita petición de al menos 25 votantes calificados de la distrito, y archivadas en la Oficina de la Secretario del Distrito ubicado en Lawrence High School, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 5:00 p.m., a más tardar el día 30 anterior a la elección en la que se votarán los fideicomisarios. Dicha petición deberá indicar la residencia de cada firmante y deberá indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato y la vacante específica en la Junta para la cual el candidato está nominado, cuya descripción incluirá al menos la duración del mandato y el nombre de el último titular, si lo hubiera. Cada vacante se considerará una oficina separada, y se requerirá una petición separada para nominar un candidato para cada oficina separada. Ninguna persona podrá ser nominada para más de un cargo separado en la Junta de Educación. Sin embargo, una nominación puede ser rechazada por la Mesa Directiva de Educación si el candidato no es elegible para el cargo o declara su falta de voluntad para servir. POR FAVOR TOMAR nuevo aviso de que cualquier proposición o cuestión que se instalen en las máquinas de votación deberán ser presentadas por escrito por la petición suscrita por al menos 250 votantes calificados de la distrito y archivada en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito de la clase nuestro de 9:00 a.m. y 4:00 p.m. No más tarde del trigésimo día anterior a la elección en la que se votará sobre dicha pregunta o proposición, excepto que esta regla no se aplicará a aquellas preguntas o proposiciones que se requieran que se establezcan en el o aviso publicado de la reunión o de aquellas propuestas o preguntas que la Junta de Educación tiene autoridad por ley para presentar en cualquier reunión anual o especial del Distrito. TENGA EN CUENTA ADEMÁS que la forma condensada de la propuesta de presupuesto y el texto de todas las demás propuestas aparecerán en la máquina de votación y una declaración detallada del
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continued from front page City. “I went to school with Jimmy from second [grade] through high school and if you saw a photo of Jimmy as a student he had a crew cut,” Woodsburgh resident Michael Kerr wrote in an email. “He was in advanced classes, he was very smart, he didn’t participate in any sports activities and he was known as a book worm. I remember whenever we were asked to spend time doing research at the library, all of us would figure out a way to avoid going, Jimmy made it a priority to go early and finish his work on time.” As a freshman at Hewlett High, Robert “Skip” Spiro formed a 12-piece jazz band, and needed a piano player. “Jimmy was an excellent piano player, just a brilliant musician,” said Spiro, who also grew up
in Hewlett Harbor and attended school with Steinman. Graduating in the same high school class, the musicians went their separate ways. Steinman, Spiro said, was more into classical music, and left the jazz band, and they went to different colleges, though in the same town: Spiro at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Steinman at Amherst College. Spiro continued playing with a jazz group in college, and recalled that Steinman assembled what Spiro called a “very exciting powerhouse rock group” that performed original songs in the Amherst area. “I was not surprised that he was successful,” Spiro said. “He always worked very hard.” Steinman’s creativity led him to write the book, music and lyrics for a musical
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boleta debe entregarse en mano, el secretario de distrito debe recibir la solicitud en la oficina del secretario de distrito el día antes de la elección. Una lista de todas las personas a las que se les habrá emitido boletas de voto ausente estará disponible en la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito en cada uno de los cinco días anteriores al día de la elección, excepto el domingo. TENGA ADEMÁS AVISO de que esta Junta convocará una reunión especial en la Escuela Secundaria Lawrence dentro de las veinticuatro horas posteriores a la presentación ante el Secretario del Distrito de un informe escrito de los resultados de la boleta con el propósito de examinar y tabular dichos informes de la resultado de la votación y declarar el resultado de la votación ; que la Junta se designa a sí misma como un grupo de secretarios electorales para emitir y escrutar los votos de conformidad con la Ley de Educación, §2019-a, subdivisión 2b en dicha reunión especial de la Junta. Fecha: el 26 de abril de 2021 Por Orden de la Junta de Educación, Distrito Escolar Libre de Lawrence Union No. 15, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York SRA. MOHINDER BHARAJ, SECRETARIO DE DISTRITO 125744
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Songwriter and Hewlett Harbor native Jim Steinman, left, and drummer Joe Stefko on tour in June 1978. called “The Dream Engine” as a college senior, to fulfill an independent study requirement. In the early 1970s, he was involved with the show “More Than You Deserve,” performed at the Joseph Papp Public Theater in Manhattan. The musical had an anti-Vietnam play and its cast included one Michael Lee Aday, who came to be known as Meat Loaf. “This was a show destined not to win awards,” said Ron Blanco, who played bass in the show’s band, noting that it featured rubber heads rolling across the stage to illustrate the war’s atrocities. “Jim was a kind, regular, nice guy, mild, very patient. Him and Meat Loaf hit it off. And as we saw, the rest is history.” Ron Alexenburg was senior vice president and general manager of Epic Records, then a division of CBS Records Group, when Steinman brought him “Bat Out of Hell.” “It was a work of brilliance,” Alexenburg said. “When he called. I told him this powerful album blew out the lights.” He was referring to a blackout in New York City in July 1977 that shut down the city for nearly two days. “He saw each song on ‘Bat’ as a motorcycle ride that would ratchet up the frenzy from beginning to end,” Joe Stefko, the drummer on the album, said of Steinman. Released in 1977, “Bat Out of Hell” was a meteoric success, with nearly every song — including “Paradise by the Dash-
board Light,” “All Revved Up with No Place to Go” and “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” — becoming rock radio staples. The record sold more than 50 million copies worldwide. Air Supply’s “Making Love Out of Nothing at All,” Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” and Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” were all written by Steinman. “Jim was a tremendous songwriter,” Alexenburg said, describing him as “brilliant.” Steinman also wrote music for movies and television. In 2003, he was executive producer of the MTV television film “Wuthering Heights.” He reunited with Meat Loaf for 2016’s “Braver Than We Are,” produced by Paul Crook. A year later, “Bat Out of Hell The Musical” opened in the Manchester Opera House. “I first heard the name Jim Steinman from my Hewlett High School buddy Doug Dilg just before we started ‘Saturday Night Live,’” Woodmere native and comedy writer Alan Zweibel posted on Facebook. “Doug’s older brother, Larry, and [Jim] were friends. “Then, all the Meat Loaf stuff happened. And I got to meet him years later. We had HHS in common and reminisced, and our intermittent conversations went forward from there over the years. A gentleman and an artist of boundless talent. One of our high school’s greatest contributors to the culture.”
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A. Yes, I agree. Pressure-treated lumber, intended for outdoor use, can be dangerous, but the beam with the steel plate is also a problem. There’s a reason that when you go to a big-box store or lumberyard, the lumber is separated into two areas, treated and untreated. There’s also a reason the big-box stores stopped letting customers cut treated onte eeper lumber in the store. Pressure-treated lumber, developed over 100 years ago, was created by forcing chemicals into lumber using giant pressure chambers. Treatment was intended to keep lumber from being eaten by microbes, insects and termites, and it has worked well, but with unintended consequences. The poisons used in the lumber were studied and shown to cause respiratory ailments, and in some cases, repeated or prolonged contact led to skin cancer. Although poison formulas have been changed to be safer, imagine getting a splinter from the local playground jungle gym. It’s easy to understand why school systems across the country replaced the outdoor play equipment with plastic, steel and painted products. The best place for treated lumber in a building is the closest to where most insects can enter, near the ground. The base plates that connect the floors to the foundation are usually treated lumber, along with an expandable foam and a copper or plastic rigid sheet called a termite shield. If the materials are installed correctly, the invaders can’t get into the house. Because the base plate is generally covered with other materials or in a place that isn’t as occupied, it’s safer than in the general living spaces above. The steel-to-wood connection is dangerous for the separate reason that the chemicals used to treat lumber are very corrosive to metal, to the point that a steel plate inserted between two pieces of lumber to form what’s called a “flitch plate beam” could actually corrode and weaken to collapse in only a few years after it was made. Since lumber used for decks is generally treated lumber for outdoor use, it is mostly recommended for the structural parts underneath, and not the exposed parts. Outdoors, the off-gassing of poisons used to treat the lumber is most often not considered harmful, although highly sensitive people may still be affected. I haven’t read specific studies on this, but understand that the use of poisons and pesticides outdoors can still have a profound effect on those people. So use gloves when handling treated lumber, don’t use it indoors and coat or cover the exposed lumber, especially in areas where food will be served. Good luck!
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nce upon a time, partisan politics was a simple business. There were two major parties, and they both had simple strategies for staying in power. The voters were attracted to either the Democrats or the Republicans based on their philosophy and the vision of their party leaders. Elections were won or lost based on the strength of the party machines and their loyal soldiers. But the politics of yesterday have disappeared, and the parties will never look the JERRY same again. Both are currently split KREMER into two factions. If you’re a Republican at the national level, you’re either pro-Donald Trump or anti-Trump. And if you’re a Democrat, you’re either a traditional middle-of-theroad true believer or a so-called progressive. And regrettably, neither of the factions in either party is prepared to work with the other side. The next important election will take place in 2022. The final tallies will determine which party will control the House
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and the Senate. President Biden needs a Democratic Party victory to help him get his programs through Congress. The Republicans want to regain power so they can be better positioned to retake the White House in 2024. But the GOP proTrump wing and the Democratic progressives are not on the same playing field as the parties’ two traditional wings. The pro-Trump Republicans are prepared to take on the favored party candidates because the former president is looking to punish any candidates who voted to impeach him. The progressive Democrats are anxious to gain power and influence and have no loyalty to the party. A case in point illustrating the Republicans’ challenge is Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, a loyal party member who occasionally casts a vote with the Democrats on an issue of conscience. She gets a 98 percent rating on voting with her fellow Republicans, but her vote to impeach President Trump put her in the Trump doghouse, and she is now threatened with a primary challenge. Led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans have pledged to support Murkowski and provide funds for
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her contest if she decides to run for reelection. She will not be easy to beat under any circumstances. She is the second-most-senior woman in the Senate. She won one of her elections as a write-in candidate after losing the party nomination. Her father was governor of Alaska. But despite her strong credentials, the former president has vowed to challenge her. Incumbent Democrats aren’t having any easier time with their progressive wing. Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York has been a well-respected member of Congress since 1993. She has been the sponsor of numerous bills that have advanced women’s causes, and chairs the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Members on both sides of the aisle describe her as fair and progressive. But that isn’t enough for the group known as the Justice Democrats. They have selected a candidate to oppose her, claiming that she must be defeated because she is part of the “establishment.” For the past 50-plus years, it has been very rare for any Democrat from New York to have enough seniority to hold a key House chairmanship, but
epublicans are vexed by pro-Trumpers, and Democrats by their young progressives.
Maloney’s status doesn’t dissuade the progressive Democrats. In recent years, they have won a number of contests, starting with the election of Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. She has become nationally known because of her constant media presence, and was able to defeat incumbent Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in the primary for the 2018 midterm election, primarily because Crowley treated the contest lightly. Even though he spent over $3 million in his effort to get reelected, his failure to campaign actively cost him his seat in the House. Last year, the progressive group managed to unseat Rep. Eliot Engel, mostly because Engel failed to pay attention to his district, especially during the coronavirus crisis. In the months ahead, the Republican pro-Trump faction and the Democratic progressives will give the two party establishments plenty of heartaches. It will be a test of whether there is any life left in the traditional party structure, but the odds aren’t very good. 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.
College of hard knocks: the pandemic of 2020-21
id we graduate yet? This was the college we neither applied to nor wanted to attend. This was the education we could have lived without. This was the schooling that killed a half-million of us. This was the time, 14 months and counting, that we learned more than we could have imagined about our own strengths and weaknesses. You never wish for tragedy as a character-building exercise, but when human beings confront extraordinary challenge, RANDI they often grow in KREISS unexpected ways. Have you thought about what you’ve learned since last spring, when we realized we would all be long haulers in some way? After a time of intense anxiety, I learned that I needed to devote myself to activities that were all-consuming and demanding of my attention. That was both good and difficult, since concentrating was hard when I kept drifting into “what-if ” scenarios. I spent some of my time in Florida and I drove inland, past the coastal towns to orchid farms and
nurseries in the boondocks. I discovered that wandering through the orchid houses was safe. The orchids bobbed in the breeze, and the kaleidoscope of colors and shapes became my fascination for the day. I learned, too, that what I read or watched on TV mattered during difficult times. I needed to read historical fiction that brought me out of my own place and time. On television, I tuned out the news after the presidential election, and tuned in to documentaries, mostly nature (See “Chasing Coral”). I was having Covid nightmares at the time that I could not have had before the pandemic. In the dreams I would walk into a crowded room and suddenly realize that everyone was sick, and I would get sick, too. Shutting out the news helped. For a long time, I measured my days in a completely different way from the “before times.” While two years ago I might have been running around all day, the pandemic day was pared down to the basics. I might take a walk in the morning, then conduct all work and pastimes online, cook a meal, and go to bed. I learned how brave and plucky and smart my grown kids and niece and
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nephew are while raising teens and toddlers and infants in the worst of times. They all worked and kept house and nursed babies and didn’t go mad. The grandkids toughed out constant disappointments and cancellations. Learning how unprepared the country was for Covid-19 was a shocking lesson. I always assumed we were better than that, that if any country in the world could deal effectively with a global pandemic, it would be us. Yet the messaging from the federal government and from our scientists was distressingly inadequate. We were distinctly unexceptional. Post-pandemic, we need to educate, fund and support science and scientists and never again let politics trump scientific evidence. But I learned that, even coming from behind, America can do the right stuff, develop vaccines and get them into people, millions of whom are still skeptical about the shots. And haven’t we all been schooled in the anti-science thinking that abounds? We need to push the education pedal to the floor and raise a new generation of critical thinkers. I asked my kids and grandkids to tell me what they learned over the pandemic
earning how unprepared the country was for Covid-19 was a shocking lesson.
year. One said he learned that so many joyful family times together have nothing to do with paid events. Another said, “There is no better place to be than out in nature.” Another said, “I learned not to worry about things I can’t control … I’m very happy being surrounded with a fraction of the people I previously interacted with.” One of the grandkids, 15, said, “I learned that physical interaction with others is essential for your mind.” The preteen said, “Humans are very resourceful although most people struggle with change.” A 14-year-old said, “I thought it was cool that people just adapted super quickly to living in a whole new way,” and the 18-year-old said, “Online does not always mean more efficient.” I learned that the little things that irritate an individual in isolation with a longtime partner, as in a 53-year marriage, are like grains of sand in an oyster. Sometimes you get a pearl, an appreciation for the love and support that endures. The most important lesson of Pandemic 2020-21: We’re still in school. It’s not over. We may have to dig deeper and find more strength and forbearance, and I believe we will. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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49-year-old father of seven and grandfather of one, Ray Wishropp, was killed April 20 by a lone gunman in the manager’s office of the West Hempstead Stop & Shop over what Nassau County police say was an employee dispute. We at the Herald offer our deepest sympathies to the Wishropp family. We also want to express our appreciation to the officers of the Nassau County and Hempstead village police departments, who quickly tracked down the alleged shooter and apprehended him without further violence. Their professionalism was on full display that terrible day. The gunman, who was reportedly overly flirtatious with another employee, had met with a manager and requested a transfer to another supermarket. When he didn’t get what he wanted, he left the store, but returned 40 minutes later and started firing, police said. In addition to Wishropp, two other employees were injured in the attack. It was an all-too-familiar scenario in America, particularly these days — another life extinguished all too easily, all too quickly, all too early, leaving another family in a state of our mourning and shock. We are, seemingly, in a perpetual state of mourning and shock in the United States. Since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in 2012, when we pledged to never allow another mass shooting like this to happen again after 26 were killed, there have been hundreds of these shootings across the country.
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letters Assemblywoman favors NYAW takeover To the Editor: The April 8-14 article “Bill to provide relief to New York American Water ratepayers stalls in Assembly” incorrectly states that the State Assembly stalled the New York American Water relief bill in the budget. Since I took office in 2019, I have worked hard to resolve the issue of brown water, rate hikes and poor service. I have also introduced various pieces of legislation to offer solutions. Not only do I support a path to a public takeover of New York American Water to provide rate relief to its customers, but also I was the first lawmaker to introduce legislation calling for such a study. So, I was pleased when Governor Cuomo enlisted the Department of Public Service to perform this study. Now that the study is complete and there is a legislative proposal, it is key to be discerning in our approach
Few rise to the level of Sandy Hook or the Route 91 Harvest music festival mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017, in which 61 were killed and 411 injured. Most are smaller shootings, with a half-dozen or fewer victims. In fact, the Stop & Shop shooting would not be registered as a mass shooting on FBI statistics lists. For that, four people or more must be killed, according to the Congressional Research Service. When looking at mass shootings more expansively, factoring in the number killed and injured, there have been 2,654 mass shootings since Sandy Hook — nearly 300 a year, or close to one a day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Astoundingly, though, mass shootings account for only 2 percent of all murders in the U.S. In 2017, more than 11,000 people were murdered by gun; in 2018, 10,440; and in 2019, 10,258 — an average of 30 people a day. Think about that for a moment. Let the numbers sink in. At some point, we must wake up and own up to our reality: America is a murderous nation. That fact does not comport with our image as a shining city on a hill, a beacon of freedom and democracy for all the world to emulate. Gun violence is our national psychosis, and we must act to reverse course. Instead we seem to thrust ever forward to new and unspeakable levels of violence. Over the past year, when so much of the nation was on lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, we saw a merciful respite from mass shootings. All
seemed relatively quiet. Then, as the country started to open up again this spring, they began anew, as if, during the past year, a temporary truce had been drawn up and the fighting had stopped, only to be reignited by a single violent act that triggered a cascade of more and more shootings. As a nation, we must commit to ending the killings through a science-based approach to violence reduction. Long Islanders can be thankful that Northwell Health committed $1 million to establish a Center for Gun Violence Prevention in 2019. That December, the health system, one of the largest in the country, held its first Gun Violence Prevention Forum in December, followed by its second last December. Our elected leaders and community activists need to become more vocal on this issue — seeking studies, as Northwell has done, to understand more fully the stranglehold that gun violence has on the nation, while at the same time calling for common-sense legislation to reduce the number of killings. In New York, it’s easy to ignore the issue. The state has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws — and one of the country’s lowest death-by-gun rates. We will never, however, feel truly safe across this land until all states realize the importance of more stringent gun regulations in promoting public safety. The Stop & Shop shooting reminded us, in no uncertain terms, that gun violence can erupt anywhere, at any moment, in America.
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or 19 years I have called the United States my home, my safe place and a country that I dearly love. Yet it continues to deny me recognition as one of its own as a result of my immigration status. I have lived here longer than in the country of my birth, and I have learned to love every little thing that makes America America, from its language to its seasons, its food and its noise, even its fast-paced lifestyle. I was born in Ecuador and came to the U.S. when I was 14. As a eLiana Deferred Action Childhood FernanDeZ for Arrivals, or DACA, recipient, I have been able to finish college and buy a home — but my life has been measured in two-year increments. Soon after I arrived in this country, I realized that many of my dreams would not come true because I was missing one piece of the puzzle — “legal status.” I have never let my immigration status define who I am or what I can achieve, but the reality is that it has presented a
series of obstacles that have been hard to overcome. In June 2012, President Barack Obama announced that he would sign an executive order called DACA to protect young people who came to the U.S. as children from deportation. That took my life and dreams on a completely different, and revolutionary, path. The DACA program has been my safeguard, even if I must renew my status every two years. The program has also allowed me to become vocal and get involved in the immigrant rights movement, through which I witnessed some of the worst of this country’s tendencies during the Trump administration. Many undocumented immigrants like me became easy prey for President Donald Trump, who constantly forced us to fight back against all of the anti-immigrant sentiment and policies that were unleashed during his presidency. Defending DACA on the streets, and in the courts, where I served as one of the plaintiffs against Trump for unlawfully ending the program, has been one of the greatest privileges of my life. Our resistance and collective power as
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’ve been able to finish college and buy a home, but life is measured two years at a time.
Letters since we do not want to shift a tax or cost burden to Nassau County residents. On March 29, my Assembly colleagues and I were informed that the study was complete and that there was a legislative proposal from the governor’s office. In an effort to avoid any unintended consequences, we must ensure that the cost for fixing this problem is not paid for by the people who did not create it. Relieving the burden of New York American Water ratepayers is a priority for me; therefore, once the legislation is fully vetted, I am confident that we will pass it expeditiously to resolve this issue that was decades in the making. It is paramount that both houses work together to decrease customer rates in a timely manner to avoid the looming exorbitant rate hike on May 1. JUDY GRIffIN Assemblywoman, 21st District Rockville Centre
Many thanks to our first responders To the Editor: On April 20, our community was confronted with the horrific news of another mass shooting, this time close to home. One person was killed and two others injured when a gunman opened fire inside
a movement delivered a DACA victory at the U.S. Supreme Court last June, and then in January, when President Biden was sworn in. Many promises were made on the campaign trail last year that led me to believe that a legislative solution would finally be introduced to protect people like me and the rest of the 11 million undocumented people in this country. Then, on March 18, HR6, also known as the Dream and Promise Act, was passed by the House of Representatives, promising a pathway to legalization for an estimated 3.1 million people, including DACA and Temporary Protective Status, or TPS, recipients. Passage of the bill can be credited to the immigrant youth and community that for years has led the fight to build a movement to provide our people with respect, dignity and the pathway to citizenship that we deserve. The bill’s success in the House brings the promise of long-overdue relief to millions of undocumented youth and TPS holders who have organized, rallied in the streets, shared their stories and flooded the halls of Congress. The vote brought me one step closer to
the West Hempstead Stop & Shop. My heart goes out to the victims and their families. I want to thank the first responders, police officers and detectives who apprehended the suspect without incident following a brief search. Their quick response provided critical aid to those injured in the shooting and brought a measure of calm to an otherwise chaotic scene. This doesn’t happen by accident; it is the result of diligent training and coordination with other law enforcement agencies. Within minutes, our schools were secured thanks to the protocols enacted in response to the many shootings we have seen across the country over the past several years. Students across Nassau County spent the day in lockdown as parents worried about their safety, in scenes that have become all too common in our society. All of this, though, could have been much worse if it were not for the brave men and women of the Nassau County Police Department, led by Commissioner Patrick Ryder, and those from the cooperating agencies. They did their jobs with professionalism, stepped up when we needed them most and, most important, worked with the community to apprehend a dangerous suspect. Last year, Nassau County was ranked the safest community in America by U.S. News & World Report, and yet even we are not immune to this epidemic plaguing our nation. This is beyond politics, and it’s up
ensuring that I will be able to have permanent protections in this country and remain together with my children and family. Nonetheless, as our immigrant community celebrates the bill’s passage, it is crucial to recognize that the legislation has problems that must be fixed. It includes harmful measures that rely on our unjust, discriminatory criminal legal system. It leaves out community members who should be eligible for a pathway to citizenship, but would not be simply because they might have been caught up in the legal system. I know we face an uphill battle to pass this legislation in the Senate, but we urge senators to take up the bill quickly, and call on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to immediately remove the harmful provisions, reject any additions that would further criminalize members of our community and move swiftly to pass this measure. Eliana Fernández, of Patchogue, is lead organizer at the Brooklyn-based nonprofit Make the Road New York, an immigrant rights organization, and a plaintiff in Wolf v. Batalla Vidal, one of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals cases decided by the Supreme Court, which ruled that President Trump’s efforts to end DACA were unlawful.
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to all of us — Democrats and Republicans — to fight for a future free of senseless gun violence. I stand ready to do my part. LAURA CURRAN Nassau County executive
correction In last week’s “‘Vaxmobile’ visits the 5TCC” ownership of the vehicle was incorrectly described. Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital purchased and owns the mobile unit through the Town of Hempstea’s allocation of federal CARES Act money.
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