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Long Island moves into Phase Two capacity. Customers will call the salon when they arrive, and remain outside until they are Long Islanders began taking allowed in. the next steps to a full reopening “The phone is ringing off the of the economy and something hook,” Artz said, noting that approaching life as it was before while she tries to recoup lost revthe coronavirus pandemic with enue, there are added costs durstate-mandated Phase Two mea- ing the reopening: Businesses sures on Wednesday. must provide personal protective For many people, that meant gear such as gloves and masks to getting their hair employees as well as cut. Barbershops the ubiquitous hand and beauty salons sanitizer. had been closed Nassau County since March 22. Ali and the Town of Artz, the owner of Hempstead are Ambiance Salon in expanding a free Hewlett, said she PPE program for was eager to get ali aRtz small businesses. back to work. “I’m The town anexcited to reopen Owner, nounced on Monday and see my clients,” Ambiance Salon that it would give $2 Artz said, adding million of federal that she had lost a quarter of the funding to the county’s Boost year’s revenue because of the Nassau PPE giveaway program closure. for 4,000 kits. To limit the number of people Last week, the county kickin the salon, appointments will started the program with supbe required, some services will port from the Local Economic be limited to certain days, and Assistance Corporation and the the salon will work on a split Nassau County Industrial Develschedule from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. opment Agency, giving out nearArtz added four stations to the ly 1,000 kits. Each contains a nolower level of her store to accom- contact digital forehead thermodate social distancing guide- mometer, five face shields, 400 lines, which call for the use of only 50 percent of a business’s Continued on page 14
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MaRch oRgaNizERS ShUa Auerbach, left, and Lina Mavruk led the procession on Cedarhurst Avenue last Sunday.
Marching for social change Peaceful protest in Cedarhurst and Lawrence By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
What was expected to be a small protest involving perhaps 50 people swelled to a crowd of nearly 400 last Sunday as children, adults, Jews and non-Jews, blacks, whites and Latinos marched from Andrew J. Parise Park in Cedarhurst to Lawrence and back to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and their opposition to
racism, chanting “No justice, no peace!” and “Black lives matter!” Participants gathered in Cedarhurst Park, on Cedarhurst Avenue, and headed to Central Avenue. Marching west along Central, through Cedarhurst and Lawrence, they kept to a pledge made to village officials that they would refrain from chanting, but when the march turned north at the corner at Central
and Rockaway Turnpike, the chants began. Shua Auerbach, one of the organizers, said that the purpose of the march was to support the Black Lives Matter movement and protect the rights of free speech and free assembly. “I think . . . having this march definitely opens up a lot of awareness and support in the community, and I think it’s a very positive thing Continued on page 3
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MArchers heAded up Cedarhurst Avenue, toward Central Avenue.
Protesters make their voices heard in 5T continued from front page to have a community come together and show solidarity when the entire country is going through something difficult,” said Auerbach, 19, a Five Towns resident who just finished his freshman year at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is studying engineering. Protests have been occurring across the country since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day. Cedarhurst resident Lina Mavruk, the march’s other organizer, said that her priorities were to give a voice to people she thinks have not been heard by the majority of the country, and to stress the importance of voting. “It’s really important that we show our people of color in the community that we care about them and that their voices are heard,” said Mavruk, 19, a student at Nassau Community College who worked at the Broadway Mall before the coronavirus pandemic hit. “And I feel that over the past couple of years it’s kind of been, like, not really focused on that anymore. It’s kind of like, oh, you know we’re here, but I think the proper word is that our voices have been suppressed.” Mavruk said she wanted to show that protesters aren’t violent, and added, “Violent people are violent.” “We’re doing it to be heard, specifically to give a voice to the people who have been shunned and not listened to,” she said. It’s about proving people wrong, and paying respect to people who have lost their lives because of police brutality. . . . Those policemen and policewomen who have committed acts of crime while on the job have not faced consequences, and it’s not all right.”
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Floyd’s wasn’t the only name that appeared on signs held by the marchers.
With More thAn 300 people taking part in the march, participants spilled onto Cedarhurst Avenue on the return to Cedarhurst Park. Others included Breonna Taylor, an emergency room technician who was killed by police officers in her home in Louisville, Ky., on March 13. “We are here to amplify the black voices, and stand in solidarity as the Jewish LGBTQ-plus community,” said Ashley Markowitz, 15, of Lawrence, a rising junior at Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School, “and to make sure that people out here are pressuring their assemblywoman, Melissa Miller, and their senator, Todd Kaminsky, to [repeal] 50-a and [pass] the Eric Garner bill and the ‘Hands Up Act’ to make sure that systemic [racism] is abolished and that there are no exceptions.” Section 50-a of the New York State Civil Rights Law prevents public disclosure of police disciplinary records. The Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act is named for the man who died in a New
York City police officer’s chokehold in 2014. A repeal of 50-a and the Garner Act were passed by the State Legislature and were awaiting Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature as the Herald went to press on Tuesday. The “Hands Up Act,” proposed by a widespread petition, would punish law enforcement officers for shooting unarmed citizens. Peninsula Public Library board member Sarah Yastrab took part in the protest, alongside board President Jeff Leb. “We’re a very diverse community,” said Yastrab, a PPL trustee for eight years. “. . . We’re made up of very different minorities, and we all work together. Jeff and I are here to represent that idea of all the different segments of this wonderful community coming together to support each other in each other’s moment of pain.” With a phalanx of police vehicles from the Nassau County Police Department
and the volunteer auxiliary police, the marchers made their way through Cedarhurst and Lawrence and back to the park. There they chanted some more, highlighting the issues they believe need to be addressed. Asked what he would like to see change, Auerbach said, “Definitely certain reforms, bills that we could pass, to ensure that the criminal justice system doesn’t have the opportunity to disproportionally suppress minorities or other people or freedom of speech.” Mavruk emphasized the need to repeal Section 50-a, and for young people to vote. “That’s all it comes down to — we have to vote, have to vote, have to vote,” she said. “A lot of young people are unaware how to register to vote, what parties to vote for and just in general, unaware how to find information. Nothing is going to change if we don’t vote.”
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Jerome Seymour ‘Jerry’ Berman, 97 By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
Jerome Seymour Ber man whom everyone called Jerry was a person who loved people, his community and his wife. Berman died on June 2. He was 97. Part of what is called “the greatest generation” Berman was born May 15, 1923 in West New York, New Jersey. His family lived on the Upper West Side in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. He played football at George Washington High School and that gridiron grit got him to the University of Michigan’s practice squad in 1941 when the Wolverines were a national power in the 1940s alongside Army and Notre Dame. While in Ann Arbor and studying engineering, Berman met Carol Berman. “We were on the same lines together to sign up for classes when the semester started,” Carol said, adding there were to many similarities to ignore from their last names to being New Yorkers, having siblings born on the same date, Nov. 2, and their fathers both being in insurance. “He was friendly pleasant and smart, and in my eyes he was mister tall dark and handsome. He had a way with people,” Carol said. The duo it off and became inseparable. They celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary this year. World War II began for the United States in 1941, and two years later Berman was drafted and served stateside in the 733rd Army Air Force from Oct. 14, 1943 to March 13, 1946. He was awarded the American Service Medal and a WWII Victory medal. The couple married on May 19, 1944. He retur ned to the University of Michigan and completed his degree in engineering on the GI Bill in 1948. The couple then settled in Lynbrook that year. For the first two years he was an employee of Revlon, then joined his father, Samuel Berman, in the insurance business. Jerry was a general
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LoNgtimE LawRENcE RESidENt Jerry Berman loved where he lived, was active in the community and was inseparable from his wife, Carol. agent for Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of NY in Manhattan and was what is called an enrolled actuary, a person who was approved to perform actuarial services. “He was very good in math,” son Charles said. Moving to Lawrence in 1956, Jerry was active with his synagogue Congregation Beth Shalom in Lawrence from being the Men’s Club president to chairman of the shul’s board. “He was chair man of the board when they raised money to build an addition to the synagogue and have an exclusive caterer,” Charles said, adding it was around 1970. “There is plaque inside the lobby with all the names. He was the last one alive.” Jerry also loved
playing golf at the Lawrence Club, Charles said. Involved in the Five Towns Democratic Club “at its height,” according to Charles, Jerry was president in 1966, and his son has a photo in his office — Charles is the Receiver of Taxes for the Town of North Hempstead — with his dad, State Assemblyman Eli Wager, Eugene Nickerson, then the Nassau County Executive, Rep. Herbert Tenzer and Howard Samuels who ran for Congress, with the club’s banner in the background. During the Vietnam War, Berman headed the Vietnam Selective Service Board No. 6 in Valley Stream. “I remember the phone would just ring
nonstop with people asking questions on what they should do,” said Charles, adding the advice mostly revolved around deferments. A huge advocate for St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, Jerry and Carol were two of the people that helped the hospital through difficult times in the 1970s. St. John’s (then a Division of Long Island Jewish Hospital) was bankrupt. Through the newly created Hospital Development Corporation $1 million was raised to save St. John’s. “My father was very, very proud of that,” Charles said. Margaret Carpenter, another longtime Lawrence resident, who worked with Jerry and others to save St. John’s said about Jerry: “He was simply wonderful.” Jerry did much behind the scenes to help Carol, especially when she ran and won a seat in the state senate. She served from 1979 to 1984. Daughter Elizabeth Berman Berry remembers her father being very supportive of Carol. “She would go up to Albany and he would call her I’m all by myself eating rotisserie chicken,” Elizabeth said. “He didn’t have an ego he was thrilled for her. He was way ahead of his time supporting women. He was an early feminist.” Along with Carol, Charles and Elizabeth, Berman is survived by Charles’ wife Lisa; Elizabeth’s husband David; grandchildren Sarah Berry Waxman and her husband Jacob, Jeremy Berman, Rebecca Berman engaged to Zachary Feller, and Benjamin Berman; and great grandchildren Ira Berry Waxman and Joni Berry Waxman. Rabbi Kenneth Hain at Congregation Beth Shalom knew Jerry for more than 30 years. “He was one of the most beloved people in our community,” Hain said. “He fought for the possibility of greater health care facilities in our area. He was a lover of humanity and of the Jewish people. He was a wonderful partner to his remarkable wife, Carol.” A service was held on June 7, and there was a virtual shiva two days later.
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More than a thousand people gathered across from Hempstead Town Hall to protest the death of George Floyd and others who died at the hands of police. They came to show solidarity and protest in the hope that the laws will change and people of color will be treated equally. Many signs listed the names of those who have been victims of violence.
Protest held at Hempstead Town Hall By chriStina daly Dozens of protests have taken place across Long Island since the death of George Floyd, 46, on May 25. Shawn Fullerton and his mother, Belinda Watkins, a member of the Hempstead Chamber Board, held a rally outside of Hempstead Town Hall last Friday in the hope of bringing everyone together and changing the laws. Belinda told the crowd, “I’m tired. I’m tired of telling my son it’s not safe to go outside. I’m tired of shedding tears. I’m tired.” More than a thousand people gathered across from Hempstead Town Hall to protest the death of Floyd and others who died at the hands of police. They gathered to show solidarity. Many signs listed the names of those who have been victims of violence. Other signs stated, “It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody,” “No Justice, No Peace,” “Black Lives Matter,” “Silence=Violence,” “All lives can’t
matter until black lives matter,” “My skin color is not a crime,” “I can’t breathe,” “This is not a riot, this is a revolution” and “It’s not white vs. black, it’s everyone vs racists.” Hempstead Deputy Mayor Charles Renfroe, the Rev. Sedgwick Easley of the Union Baptist Church and Barbara Powell of the NAACP Hempstead Branch attended the protest outside of town hall. As drivers went by, they honked and yelled in support, which was met with cheers by those gathered along the street. One of the few young protesters at the event, 8-year-old Maleah Malone, said, “I care about black people, and I’m marching for them. They shouldn’t be treated this way.” Her mother, Shaunte Malone, she said her children would be the ones living in the world protesters were working to create. Dorothy Goosby said it’s so important to get people involved. “I’ve been going through this, what they’re going through, my whole life,” she said.
Shawn Fullerton and his mother, Belinda Watkins, a member of the Hempstead Chamber Board, held the rally in the hope of bringing everyone together and changing the laws. “no juStice, no peace,” chanted Maleah Malone, 8, and her brother Kendrelle, 9, as they held their signs high. Their mother said they would be the ones to live in the world the protesters were fighting for.
During the rally outside of Hempstead Town Hall, Julia and Daniel Tellerman registered participants to vote.
ProteSter SteFanny cardona held her sign toward the police officers across the street who lined the sidewalks outside of Hempstead Town Hall.
A little girl teaches the world about racism sbrinton@liherald.com
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AdriAnA BrutuS, 21, of Elmont, a nursing student at NYU, said through tears that she does not feel safe leaving her own home.
ProteSterS At the June 3 demonstration marching on Sunrise Highway toward Babylon Turnpike.
As it happened, I later learned, Adriana had been communicating via Instagram with my own 20-year-old daughter, Alexandra. They’re both NYU students. Adriana is studying nursing, and Alexandra, business and technology management. Why must Adriana be afraid all the time? I thought. What sort of society do we live in that she must worry for her life because of her color? My daughter has never felt that level of fear, nor has my 17-year-old son, Andrew. As black people, Matt Brutus said, “We can’t buy property. They redline us. They say you have to go to school here.” BLM protesters aren’t saying they want to take anything from white people. They’re just saying they want an equal shot at life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness — but that’s hard, if not impossible, for them when racism seems woven into the institutional fabric of our nation. A number of Merrick and Bellmore residents stood on their stoops and on street corners applauding the protesters on Wednesday and Thursday. They cheered and banged on pots. Now and again, though, someone called out, “All lives matter!” Sometimes the protesters ignored those shouts. Sometimes they chanted, “Black lives matter! Black lives matter!” louder and louder. The all-lives-matter folks just don’t get it. The BLM protesters aren’t saying black people’s lives matter more than anyone else’s. What they’re saying is, in
the eyes of a society with a centuriesold history of systemic racism, black lives have never mattered as much as white lives — but they should. They must, if we are to live in harmony with one another. To chant “Black lives matter!” is to affirm that the lives of black people do, in fact, matter. White people don’t have to proclaim their lives matter because they already do, according to society. In the past, a black man could die by noose because he looked the wrong way at a white woman. The George Floyd case, a number of pundits have said, is a modern-day lynching, captured for all to witness on cellphone video. The question is, what will each of us do about it?
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WyntA-Amor rogerS, 7, marching during the Black Lives Matter protest in Merrick on Wednesday. The Herald’s video of her chanting, “No justice, no peace!” had more than 20 million views on Twitter as of Friday.
By Scott Brinton Around 7:30 p.m. Thursday, I stood atop the Long Island Rail Road trestle in Merrick, looking out on the sea of people who filled Sunrise Highway as far as I could see, east and west. Officials later estimated the number of demonstrators who attended the Black Lives Matter protest at 3,000 to 4,000. The next morning, I tried to imagine Sunrise Highway with 20 million people. Would they even fit along its 120.6 miles? Twenty million was the number of Twitter users who had, as of Friday morning, watched a 15-second video I shot of 7-year-old Wynta-Amor Rogers, of Uniondale, marching beside her mother, Lakyia Jackson, at a different Black Lives Matter protest through Merrick and Bellmore, on Wednesday. (The views climbed to nearly 23 million by Monday.) In the video, taken around 6:30 p.m., Wynta-Amor chants with the protesters, “No justice, no peace!” Many among the thousands who commented on the post described WyntaAmor as “fierce.” Yes, she was. Her hands moved to the beat of the chant. Her fingers pointed furiously. At the end, she raised her fist, seemingly in anger. Her fiery spirit was evident in her eyes. Wynta-Amor, it appeared, had fully inter nalized the emotion of the moment. She was breathing it in, living it. I was live-tweeting the protest to chronicle it for the Heralds. When I posted the video, I never imagined it would go viral. By the time the protest ended two hours later, 25,000 people had viewed it. By midnight, a million had. Thirty-six hours later, 20.2 million, and counting. People from all parts of the globe viewed it. In effect, this little girl broadcast a central message of Black Lives Matter for all in the Twittersphere to see: We must have justice to find the lasting peace our society seeks. Later on Wednesday, Wynta-Amor’s mom tweeted to thank me for the support that day. “We have to show our kids the right way,” Jackson said. “Yes, Wynta-Amor,” she added, “mommy will help make your future better and all the rest of the kids in the world.” Thursday morning, my wife said she went to bed the night before with Wynta-Amor’s words ringing in her ears. She couldn’t escape them. There was a certain melody to them, a righteous power. Wynta-Amor wasn’t the only one whose passion you could feel that afternoon. There were also 21-year-old Adriana Brutus, of Elmont, and her 24-yearold brother, Matt, who are black. They gave impassioned speeches at the Merrick Long Island Rail Road station, about a half-hour before I took the video of Wynta-Amor. “I’m scared every time I come outside,” Adriana said through tears. Her words left me thunderstruck.
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Not grateful for the trucking through Lawrence Lane By JEFFREy BEssEn jbessen@liherald.com
A collision of residential homes, commercial businesses and government inaction has combined to anger residents and annoy a business owner. Delivery trucks travel through Lawrence Lane coming mostly from Burnside Avenue in Lawrence outside of the incorporated village to an area that is 80 percent commercial, according to Complete Transport System owner John DeBetta. As those vehicles rumble through the residential portion made up of singlefamily homes, several Lawrence Lane residents have complained often but to no avail, said Shari Salimi, adding that the situation has worsened since Complete Transport System moved in four years ago. The container freight station is at 22 Lawrence Lane. “We’ve been living here 11 years, he came here four years and there has been an uptick in the commercial zone,” Salimi said. “I either want this guy to or Garden Lane has to be open.” Only local deliveries are permitted and its Salimi’s contention that Complete Transport is not local delivery. The town defines local delivery as oil delivery, postal and other carrier deliveries, sanitation and landscapers. Trucks also park and wait where it is not per Garden Lane is another street that can be accessed from Burnside Avenue and if opened from the property that leads into
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on lAWREncE lAnE a truck idles by the ‘No Parking’ sign as it waits to enter the Complete Transport System freight station. the Bar Harbour Mall, both Salimi and DeBetta think that things could be better. “It could resolve 50 percent to 60 percent of the problem, maybe 70,” DeBetta said. The hold up? Government. Both DeBetta and Salimi said they have contacted and over the years spoken to Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman multiple times about opening Garden Lane for the trucks to then access Rockaway Turnpike and the Nassau Expressway, both of which are more conducive for tuck traffic than the narrow, residen-
tial section of Lawrence Lane. “He’s the guy to make it happen, no one has used the back in four years,” DeBetta said. Salimi said that the town closed Garden Lane several years because of a car accident. She said that residents met with Blakeman and other officials when the recently completed Nassau Expressway project was getting under way. A ramp was proposed but that turned out to be a no go. All of this neighborly talk belies the “war” a few residents and DeBetta have
been waging. Many of the trucks end up on residential sidewalks and one time a resident placed a metal spike in the roadway to deflate truck tires. One couple keeps a running video on Twitter showing the trucks and DeBetta said he’s about to drop a defamation lawsuit on some of the residents. He added that he is now fining his drivers $25 every time they do not stop at the stop signs in the area, and will donate the collected money to a charity of the residents’ choice. On the possibility of opening up Garden Lane Blakeman said: “It’s complicated, but we are looking at the feasibility of diverting truck traffic to Garden Lane which would require the acquisition of private property. “So I’m not sure we can do it, but we are looking at it carefully.” The acquisition of private property for public use is called imminent domain. The owner must be offered fair market value for a municipality to but the land. DeBetta said he is willing to meet with the residents and Blakeman to get this done. Salimi said they have continued to contact Blakeman’s office. Jordan Hiller, the lawyer residents hired to represent them, said that Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. that manages the mall showed no interest in selling the 100-square-foot area. The company did not return a call for comment. “Why do we have to put up with this stuff,” said Lawrence Lane resident Thomas Hutchinson about the high volume of truck traffic. “It’s crazy.”
In-person summer special education allowed By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com
With schools physically closed because of the coronavirus pandemic since mid-March, State Assemblywoman and Atlantic Beach resident Melissa “Missy” Miller has been hearing from parents with special needs children that their children’s education was declining due to not being in-class. Miller contacted the governor’s office to raise awareness on the issue. Gov. Cuomo signed an executive order on June 5 that will allow school districts to offer in-person special education classes this summer. “I just issued an Executive Order allowing necessary in-person special education instruction this summer,” Cuomo tweeted on June 5. “Any school district providing these services must follow all state and federal guidance.” No guidelines have been put out by the state for reopening as Miller noted that the governor’s office is currently working with the State Education Department on creating a plan. “I think with this executive order, the governor is acknowledging the population of students who have individual education programs,” Miller said. “This is a huge first step and I’m very grateful that he put out this executive order.”
Cuomo initially stated in May that summer learning programs would not be taking place, which prompted Miller to write a letter to the governor on June 2 in which she explained how her special needs son, Oliver, 20, who has suffered from daily seizures, compounded by blindness and developmental delays that stem from a seizure he had before he was born, was regressing when it came to learning outside the classroom during the pandemic. Miller noted that she had spoken with other parents about how not having individualized education program classes every day was impacting their children. “I have heard from so many parents whose child’s education has been regressing from remote learning,” she said. “Remote learning and therapies have been too difficult to accomplish and have not been beneficial for so many of these students. This has been the case for my son Oliver.” The time in the classroom for special needs students is crucial, according to Miller. “The quality time they have in a classroom with experienced professionals is so critical and just what they so desperately need,” she said. “These students are in need of 12 months of lear ning as that had already been determined prior to this pandemic.”
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AssEMBlyWoMAn MElIssA “MIssy” Miller said that her son Oliver was regressing in education due to not being able to attend class in-person.
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painting again, which was an activity that I enjoyed in my childhood. Not only does this give me an opportunity to express myself in a new way, it also allows me to prepare artwork for my future college dorm. I will look at these paintings on my wall with pride, knowing I turned an upsetting situation into a positive one. And to be recognized as a Senior Superlative means a lot.” Her father, Michael Stein, said “Adina has loved to paint and draw from an early age and has shown improvement the past few years. She has spent her free time during the quarantine period painting various art projects on canvas with plans to decorate her college dorm in the fall. Her cre-
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Opportunity to be recognized as “Nassau’s best” and to win $500 Richner Communications, publishers of Herald Community Newspapers, is now accepting nominations for the Herald 2020 Senior Superlatives. Nominations are currently open through Instagram (see @ longislandherald for instructions) and online at www.liherald.com/seniorsuperlatives until June 15. Winners will be published in the Herald’s commemorative Graduation 2020 section, presented by Molloy College, on June 25. Parents, family, classmates and friends are encouraged to nominate graduating high school seniors for the chance to be crowned Nassau County’s Most Likely to Succeed, Most Likely To Cure Cancer, Best Artist, Best Athlete, and more. Students can even nominate themselves. Additionally, each Herald 2020 Senior Superlative winner will be entered into a drawing for a $500 VISA gift card, presented by Herald Community Newspapers. Adina Stein, a senior at George W. Hewlett High School, said, “This is a great way to be honored this year. Finding out that my senior year would be cut short was very upsetting to me. I realized I wouldn’t be able to have my last school spirit week, prom, a traditional graduation, and other fun events we have spent many years looking forward to. After realizing that I can use this time to work on my productivity and look forward to my college freshman year, I decided to try
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Sending the kids to camp might not happen guidelines.” Hillel was scheduled to open on June 29 and end on Aug. 21 before to Cuomo’s announcement. A new open date Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered some clar- is yet to be determined. ity on when summer camps can open in Leibowitz noted the desire for Hillel to the state. open this summer, but realizes that the In a June 2 news conferhealth and safety of campence, he announced that ers and staff is the most summer day camps across important factor. “We recthe state can open June 29. ognize the importance of There have been no guidecamp, but it needs to be lines released from the implemented in a safe manstate for camps to follow ner in accordance with the upon reopening. A decision health department recomto reopen sleepaway camps mendations and guidehas not been made. lines,” he said. “The safety For Five Towns camps and health of our Hillel such as Hillel Day Camp, families are our top prioriwhich uses the grounds of ty and we are planning for the Hebrew Academy of all possibilities and modifithe Five Towns and Rockacations that we may need to way Lawrence campus, a implement.” Leibowitz later start date is anticipatadded that Hillel typically EvAn LEIBoWITz ed, should the camp open, averages roughly 900 campsaid Executive Director Hillel Day Camp ers and 300 staff members Evan Leibowitz. each summer. executive director “We are waiting for speHebrew Academy of cific guidelines from the Long Beach Executive health department, while working with Director Richard Hagler said that a sumour medical team, and speaking to par- mer camp opening date remains unclear. ents and staff in order to make an “We’re proceeding as if we’re going to informed decision about opening,” he have summer camp,” he said. “Like said. “We have a number of possible plans everybody else, we’re going to follow what in place that we can roll out or adapt government agencies such as the CDC depending on the recommendations and (Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
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THAT suMMER dAy camps can open on June 29. Five Towns camps are still working out details of how they will reopen. New York Mets players Dominic Smith, left, and Jeff McNeil, right, visited Hillel Day Camp last year. tion) and the county’s department of health say.” Hagler noted that HALB has roughly 1,000 campers and 200 staff members each year. While Hillel and HALB are considering opening, the Lawrence Woodmere Academy summer day camp has decided to be closed this summer. “It was with sad
hearts that we announce that we are postponing camp until summer 2021,” Summer Day Camp Director Candice Morgenlander said. “This has been the hardest decision we have ever made “As we navigate this unprecedented journey, we find comfort in knowing that LWA Summer Day will return in the summer of 2021.”
Hewlett High School students help donate PPE MId donATIons HAs worked with State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, left, who was with Dylan Mirvis, Matthew Field and Ian Volman outside the state senator’s Rockville Centre office on May 11.
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With the help of some local officials, a Hewlett resident has lent a helping hand to his community during the coronavirus pandemic. Hewlett High School sophomore Dylan Mirvis established a charity venture with fellow 10th-graders classmates Matthew Field and Ian Volman called MID Donations. The initials represent the student’s first names. Mirvis said he was inspired by a desire to assist others in his community. “When this lockdown started, I was motivated to find a way to give back to people,” he said. “About three weeks ago I thought of the plan and two of my classmates helped put it together.” They have been donating personal protection equipment such as masks, gloves and hand sanitizers to places in need. Mirvis has collaborated with State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat who represents the Five Towns, to donate the items to local fire departments, including Hewlett, Lawrence-Cedarhurst, Inwood, Woodmere and Long Beach. MID has also worked with Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, who passed on the equipment to Brooklyn courthouses. “As everyone is aware, there is a massive shortage of personal protective equipment affecting our first responders around the country, especially in New York,” Gonzalez said. “Thanks to our
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friends at MID Donations, we were able to acquire KN95 masks as well as other PPE items such as surgical masks, gloves, gowns and hand sanitizer for our local fire departments.” Mirvis appreciated the efforts of his local politicians during this pandemic. “We spoke a few times about how this time was unprecedented as no one knew at first how to handle this situation,” he said. “To know that I’ve been able to help my local officials and give back to a community that has already given me so much is just a great feeling.”
The items are gathered by Mirvis from the Brooklyn-based Assure Distribution, a company that manufactures PPE items. Assure Distribution Chief Operating Officer Marc Kassman is amazed by the efforts of Mirvis. “I don’t know how I would have handled it back when I was their age,” Kassman said. “But the fact at their age that they realize that they have the opportunity to make a difference is tremendous.” Kassman admires the teamwork that Mirvis and his classmates have shown. “This is a great example of the youth
leading us into the future and the fact that they’re putting their efforts together as a team is better than one individual person doing it,” Kassman said. “If we would all do this as a group, we would be in a better place in society.” The support for the charity has been great for Mirvis to witness. “I thank everyone who has been donating,” he said. “I hope everyone stays safe and we will get through this together.” Donations can be made to the charities GoFundMe page: https://bit.ly/2U1vn08.
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he idea behind the food bank at Our Lady of Lourdes Church is to have a store of food available in the event that this Covid-19 virus hits the community hard, and people aren’t able to get out from their homes due to sickness. It’s also for those who can’t afford food to due to the fact that they’ve been laid off. I had talked about this idea with Father Michael Duffy, and we pitched it to Mayor Keith Corbett. Once he spoke with the other church leaders in the community, they were all in agreement to run the food drive through our parish. The support we’ve gotten has been overwhelming. The reason we did the collection is because we anticipated that there would be severe restrictions placed on everybody. We also put together a community outreach for senior citizens in the community. We assigned 25 of our volunteers with call lists of local seniors, and we’ve been calling them about every other day to see if they have any needs. It works out better for the community this way. The idea is, as a community, we can act much faster than the government, and we can assess people’s needs on an immediate basis rather than having to go through the bureaucracy of government.
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The Nassau County Planning Commission gave a thumbs up the villages of Lawrence, Woodsburgh and the Town of Hempstead for their proposal to create a coastal conservation district zoning plan for the Woodmere Club. Sean Sallie, the deputy commissioner of the Nassau County Department of Public Works, said that the planning commission gave the municipalities a local determination recommendation for the potential new zoning at the June 4 virtual meeting. “A local determination basically says to the municipalities to do as they deem fit in their jurisdiction,” Sallie said. “It’s not a go ahead, but it’s a step in the process. This recommendation leaves it up to the municipalities to act on the proposal.” Sallie added that by law, towns and the villages are required to send a zoning proposal to the planning commission for a recommendation. The commission had 30 days to respond back with a recommendation.
An inter-municipal agreement was signed by the three municipalities in May as a way to collaborate to create a coastal conservation district for the 118-acre club. A coastal conservation district is a zoning that is dedicated to enhancing and maintaining the natural resources of a coastal area. The proposed plan for what is called Willow View Estates currently calls for 248 homes in Woodmere, 14 in Woodsburgh and 13 in Lawrence. Since Woodmere is a hamlet, the town is representing Woodmere. The IMA was first introduced in December 2019, but the Lawrence village board initially did not approve the resolution. At its Dec. 12 meeting, Trustee Daniel Goldstein did not want the village to sign until it spoke with the developers. They eventually signed the resolution in their May 21 board meeting. A public hearing on the zoning plan between the three municipalities is scheduled to take place on June 23 at Town of Hempstead Hall, with a time still to be determined.
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Free food distribution at Community Center Free food was distributed at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence on June 7, through an amalgam of civic groups and synagogues. One hour beginning at 1 p.m. was set up for seniors only. Then an hour later it was open to everyone. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Community Chest South Shore, World of Giving Olam Chesed, Kosher Response, the Leon Meyer Fund and United for Services teamed with Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid of Lawrence, IPM, Young Israel of Hewlett, Congregation Beth Shalom, Young Israel of North Woodmere,
Young Israel of Woodmere, Congregation Anshei Chesed, Khal Machzikei Torah, Young Israel of Lawrence Cedarhurst, Bais Medrash of Lawrence, Kehillas Bais Yehuda Tzvi, Bais Tefila of Inwood and the Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach to give out chicken and cheese on Sunday. Roughly 30 volunteers helped to take the food off the delivery trucks then distribute the food curbside to motorists or people that walked up to the Community Center. —Jeffrey Bessen
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In Far Rockaway, a peaceful protest march By JEFFREY BESSEN and MATTHEW FERREMI jbessen@liherald.com, mferremi@liherald.com
Score one for the organizers, government officials and the Nassau and New York City police departments as the Far Rockaway George Floyd protest on June 2 was as peaceful and supportive as any nonviolent rallies have been in the past week. “Yes, very peaceful,” said Moshe Brandsdorfer, a Woodmere resident who is the executive director of the Jewish Community Council of Rockaway Peninsula, a group that endorsed and attended the protest. “Councilman Donovan Richards warned all visitors from outside the Rockaways that this [march] will be peaceful and they won’t stand for looting or destroying property. He set the tone for the protest. He thanked the JCCRP and Jewish community for coming out in support.” Richards spoke through a megaphone and exhorted the crowd that numbered more than 2,000, according to officials to show how Far Rockaway can have a peaceful protest With the backdrop being violence and looting at some protests, including across New York City, the villages of Atlantic Beach, Cedarhurst and Lawrence took precautionary steps to enhance security with the safety of their residents in mind. Atlantic Beach increased patrols and Cedarhurst and Lawrence declared states of emergency and put in place a curfew from 7 p.m. on June 2 to 6 a.m. June 3. New York City’s curfew on June 2 began at 8 p.m. and ended at 5 a.m. “I want to thank NCPD, Atlantic Beach Rescue, and the Atlantic Beach Bridge Authority for all working together in protecting our Atlantic Beach community,” Atlantic Beach Mayor George Pappas posted on Facebook. “I spent the evening
THE FAR RockAWAY protest march on June 2 was peaceful compared to others that have occurred in the New York area. with some really great people that really care about our village. The best thing about the night was we saw a peaceful protest in honor of the wrongful death of George Floyd. The leaders in Far Rockaway planned and demonstrated in a way we should all be proud.” Cedarhurst Mayor Benjamin Weinstock said that county and law enforcement officials recommended to the villages that declaring a state of emergency and having a curfew could curtail trouble. “It was a defensive mechanism that we did in consultation with the police, we acted with an abundance of caution,” Weinstock said, adding that the protest was “totally peaceful, there was no inci-
dents I heard of, it was very well managed by the organizers. The agitation we were concerned about never materialized.” Lawrence Mayor Alex Edelman noted that before the protest march got under way there was much communication with other elected officials ranging from Rep. Gregory Meeks, a Democrat who represents southeastern Queens and Inwood, State Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato, a Democrat who represents the Rockaways, Richards, the village mayors, along with NYPD and NCPD. “I’m just glad it worked out well and it was peaceful,” Edelman said. “People have the right to demonstrate, the right to express themselves, but that cop had no
right to put his leg on that man. This a good lesson for all us and for the officers.” Edelman was referring to the Memorial Day death of Floyd, 46, an AfricanAmerican man who died after a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, 44, pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes before he stopped speaking or moving. Floyd’s death has sparked nationwide protests. Police, according to authorities, were responding to a report of a man attempting to pass a counterfeit $20 bill at a local shop. Chauvin was charged with murder second-degree and the three other officers on the scene were charged with aiding and abetting murder second-degree.
While in remission, pandemic concerns remain Over the last three months we all faced unprecedented challenges. The personal, familial and communal impacts of the coronavirus pandemic were, in many cases, overwhelming. And it’s not over yet. The best we can say is that the situation is in remission. Just as we began to see the light at the end of the quarantine tunnel, the fear of lawlessness, rioting and looting came on the scene. The images of wanton destruction and unchecked looting across the country were terrifying. Even the NYPD, the largest police department in the country, was unable to stop it. In our community, business owners who are under enormous financial stress feared that their stores and inventories would be wiped out, effectively putting them out of business permanently. Residents were justifiably afraid that they, their homes and their property would be pillaged. To be clear, we were not concerned that our Far Rockaway neighbors would seek
to cause mayhem and harm. However, cerns and provide a solution. His assurnearly every other protest that started out ances were not lip-service. They were peacefully was hijacked by anarchists, backed up by every asset the NCPD had in criminals and looters who mixed in with its arsenal. The commissioner’s the local protesters. The intel unyielding determination to gathered for other protests keep us safe was buttressed nationwide could not reliably with an incredible show of predict what would happen in force that thankfully was not Far Rockaway, although most needed because the protest sources believed it would be march remained peaceful. He, peaceful. together with our dedicated Realizing the existential precinct Commander, Inspecthreat we faced, the villages of tor Joseph Barbieri, personalCedarhurst and Lawrence ly directed the police force in worked in tandem to enlist the place and they were on site help we needed to protect our Benjamin long after the marchers discommunity. We reached out to Weinstock every branch of government banded and left the area. that we thought could help, It was very gratifying that all and they came through for us. branches of government had our backs. NasWhenever I called our amazing Police sau County Executive Laura Curran, was Commissioner, Patrick Ryder, he always in touch, directly and through the answered his cell phone on the first ring. police commissioner. State Sen. Todd He was never too busy to listen to our con- Kaminsky and Town of Hempstead Council-
man Bruce Blakeman were personally instrumental in getting the New York State Police, the Metropolitan Transit Authority police and the governor’s Office of Homeland Security involved. Although we them thanked them personally, I want to thank them publicly through this letter. I also want to thank Deputy Mayor Ari Brown, Trustees Myrna Zisman, Izzy Wasser and Dan Plaut, and the men and women of our village family who worked tirelessly dealing with the pandemic and this immediate crisis. Finally, we humbly acknowledge the hundreds of emails we received from residents of every part of the Five Towns thanking me, the trustees and staff of the village for our efforts. The messages of support and appreciation are overwhelmingly kind, heartfelt and gracious. We wish everyone a safe and healthy summer. Weinstock is the mayor of Cedarhurst village.
LEGAL NOTICE HEWLETT-WOODMERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS One Johnson Place Woodmere, New York 11598-1312 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that the HewlettWoodmere UFSD is requesting an exemption from the state mandated School Breakfast Program which was enacted in the Laws of 1993, Chapters 614 and 615, which requires public school districts to establish, no later than September 1, 1995, a breakfast program in all elementary schools, grades K-6, that participate in the national School Lunch Program. The District has complied with all of the requirements for requesting an exemption, which includes a lack of participation in previous years. Parents are encouraged to share any concerns they may have with school officials concerning the District’s request to be exempt from this mandated program by contacting the Assistant Superintendent for Business at (516) 792-4803. TO BE PUBLISHED: June 11, 2020 122067
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 16 of the Town Law of the State of New York, as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, Hempstead, New York, on the 23rd day of June 2020 at 7p.m.o’clock in the evening of that day, to consider the amendment of the Building Zone Ordinance of the Town of Hempstead, to add a new Chapter VIIB, for the creation of a new zoning district to be entitled the “Coastal Conservation District - Woodmere Club”. The proposed amendment is on file in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Hempstead, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, Hempstead, New York, where same may be inspected during office hours. ALL PERSONS INTERESTED in the subject matter will be given an opportunity to be heard with reference thereto at the time and place abovedesignated. Dated:Hempstead, New York May 19, 2020. BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: FD Equity Capital LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 5/15/2020. NY Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to:1367 Broadway B18, Hewlett, NY 11557 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. 121971 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion located at Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, Hempstead, New York, on the 23rd day of June, 2020, at 7 o’clock in the evening of that day, to consider the amendment of the Building Zone Ordinance of the Village of Lawrence, to add a new Section 212-13.1, for the creation of a new zoning district to be entitled the “Coastal Conservation District - Woodmere Club”. The proposed amendment is on file in the office of the Village Administrator of the Village of Lawrence at Village Hall, 196 Central Ave., Lawrence New York 11559, where same may be inspected during office hours. ALL PERSONS INTERESTED in the subject matter will be given an opportunity to be heard with reference thereto at the time and place above-designated. If an in-person Public Hearing is not legally possible due to Executive Order of the Governor, then it will be conducted by teleconference or videoconference. If a teleconference or videoconference becomes necessary, the information will be made available on the Village website, at: http://www.villageoflawr ence.org/calendar.php and can also be obtained by e-mailing apreston@beereadylaw.c om. The public may also observe or view the hearing, but will not be able to participate or make comments, by livestream on the Town of Hempstead website, at https://hempstead.ny.gov/ meetings-andhearings/live-streamingvideo. The public may submit comments (a) via email to
apreston@beereadylaw.c om, before or during the hearing, (b) by delivery to the Village, at Village Hall, 196 Central Ave., Lawrence NY 11559, for receipt on or before 3:00pm on June 23, 2020, (c) at the in-person hearing, or (d) if the hearing is conducted by videoconference or teleconference, by making such comments during the videoconference or teleconference. Any person having a disability which would inhibit attendance at or participation in any of the hearings should notify the Village Clerk at least three business days prior to the hearing, so that reasonable efforts may be made to facilitate such attendance and participation. Dated: Lawrence, New York June 5, 2020. BY ORDER OF THE VILLAGE OF LAWRENCE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RONALD GOLDMAN Village AdministratorClerk/Treasurer Alex H. Edelman - Mayor 122072
LEGAL NOTICE Village of Lawrence Legal Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Lawrence will hold a work session beginning at 6:45 P.M. followed by a public meeting on June 24, 2020 at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club, 101 Causeway, Lawrence, New York 11559 beginning at 7:30 P.M. to conduct the following Public Hearings and to attend to such other matters as may properly come before the Board: “ Berkowitz, 2 Regent Dr - Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulation states the maximum impervious surface coverage for a lot size of 13,060 SF in area is 3,713.6 SF. Section 212-48.A of the Village Code states that no swimming pool or part thereof shall be constructed in the front yard. “ Bodner, 26 Bayberry Ln - Section 212-48.A of the Village Code states that no swimming pool or part thereof shall be constructed in the front yard. “ Tomaszewski, 50 Central Ave - Section 212-12.1, Schedule of Dimensional Regulations permits a maximum impervious surface area coverage of 3071.4 SF for a lot 9,882 SF in area. Section 212-48. B states a swimming pool may be constructed in the rear yard provided that it is located at least 20 feet from the rear property line.
“ Mendelsohn, 290 Narragansett Ave Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulations states the maximum building coverage for a lot size of 46,446.75 SF in area is 5,567 SF. Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulations states the maximum impervious surface coverage for a lot size of 46,446.75 SF in area is 9,209 SF. Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulations states that the maximum front yard pervious surface coverage for a lot size of 46,446.75 SF in area is 1,691 SF. Requested front yard impervious surface coverage is 2,822SF, an excess of 1,131 SF or 66.8%. “ Weinstock, 5 Herrick Dr - Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulations states the maximum building coverage for a lot size of 11,925 SF in area is 3,015 SF. Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulations states the maximum impervious surface coverage for a lot size of 11,925 SF in area is 3,480 SF. Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulations states the minimum rear yard setback for a lot size of 11,925 SF in area is 30 FT. Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulations states the maximum front yard height-setback ratio for a lot size of 11,925 SF in area is 0.88. Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulations states the maximum rear yard height-setback ratio for a lot size of 11,925 SF in area is 0.74. Section 212-48.B states a swimming pool may be constructed in the rear yard provided that it is located at least 20 feet from the rear property line. The application(s) and accompanying exhibit(s) are on file and may be inspected at the Village Office during normal business hours between 8:00a.m and 4:00p.m. If anyone needs special accommodations for a disability, such person should contact the Village Clerk at least 5 days before the hearing. All interested parties will have the opportunity to be heard By Order of the Board of Appeals Lloyd Keilson Chairman Dated: June 5, 2020 122071
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School vote deadline is extended Saying “No New Yorker should have to choose between their health and their right to vote,” N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended the deadline for mail-in ballots in local school budget and school board elections, originally scheduled for Tuesday. Hand-delivered ballots still must be received by 5 p.m. on June 9, according to a news release, but mail-in ballots may be received until June 16. In the same executive order, the gov-
ernor allowed absentee ballots in the state’s presidential primary to be counted if postmarked no later than June 23. This means voters may mail their ballots as late as the day of the election. In the Hewlett-Woodmere School District Paul Critti and Cheryl May were running unopposed until write-in candidate Kenneth Sicklick emerged. In Lawrence, Murray Forman and Asher Mansdorf and being challenged by Amil Virani and Asher Matahias, respectively.
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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE SALE OF SURPLUS VEHICLE The Nassau County Bridge Authority will accept sealed bids for the following vehicle: Model: 1987 Ford 350 Utility Bucket Truck VIN#:2FDKF37L1HCA066 08 Vehicle will be sold in “AS IS CONDITION.” Vehicle does not start and must be removed from the Authority by the winning Bidder, no later than one (1) week of bid award. Minimum Bid: $500.00 Bids will be publicly opened on July 9, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at the Nassau County Bridge Authority Administration Building Board Room. For appointments to view the vehicle please call (516)239-6900 ext. 133 between the hours of 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Monday thru Friday. The Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Vincent M. Grasso Manager Dated: June 9, 2020 surplussalebuckettrickleg a 122069 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232
LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following subject: Agency:Board of Trustees, Village of Woodsburgh Date:June 23, 2020 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place:Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall, Town of Hempstead, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York Subject:WDS 2003. A local law to amend Chapter 150 of the Code of the Village of Woodsburgh, to add a new Article for the creation of a new zoning district to be entitled “Article XI(A) - Coastal Conservation District Woodmere Club (CCWC)”, and to amend the Zoning Map of the Village of Woodsburgh, to reclassify the Woodmere Club property from Residence 1A and 2A to Coastal Conservation District-Woodmere Club (CC-WC). At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters.
If an in-person meeting is not legally possible due to Executive Order of the Governor, then the hearing will be conducted by teleconference or videoconference. If a teleconference or videoconference becomes necessary, the teleconference or videoconference information will be made available on the Village website, at http://www.woodsburghn y. c o m / b o a r d - o f trustees.html, by following the link to the agenda for the Board’s June 23, 2020 meeting, and also can be obtained by emailing bstolar@msek.com. The public may observe or view the hearing, but will not be able to participate or make comments, by livestream on the Town of Hempstead website, at https://hempstead.ny.gov/ meetings-andhearings/live-streamingvideo. The public may submit comments (a) via email to bstolar@msek.com, before or during the hearing, (b) by delivery to the Village, at Village Hall, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York 11579, for receipt on or before 3:00pm on June
23, 2020, (c) at the inperson hearing, or (d) if the hearing is conducted by videoconference or teleconference, by making such comments during the videoconference or teleconference. Any person having a disability which would inhibit attendance at or participation in any of the hearings should notify the Village Clerk at least three business days prior to the hearing, so that reasonable efforts may be made to facilitate such attendance and participation. All relevant documents may be inspected at the office of the Village Clerk, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York, during regular business hours, and also will be available on the Village website, at http://www.woodsburghn y. c o m / b o a r d - o f trustees.html, by following the link to the agenda for the Board’s June 23, 2020 meeting. Dated: June 5, 2020 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Michelle Blandino, Village Clerk 122070
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table neighborhoods are the backbone of every community. But in places like New York state, where housing costs continue to rise dramatically, housing stability is threatened for far too many, particularly families and individuals who rely on public assistance. On any given day, more than 92,000 New Yorkers are homeless. The gross inadequacy of housing subsidies is a critical factor in the rise of homelessness and housing instability. Long don Island is home to FRiedMan about 1,800 homeless households staying in shelters, while another 3,200 or so families and individuals struggle to get by on public assistance allowances that cover only 40 percent to twothirds of their monthly rents. These households are on the brink of becoming homeless, and most will find themselves facing eviction, having to double up with family or friends, or living in shelters or places not fit for human habitation. This crisis is manifest throughout our
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state, where, for example, more than 150,000 children experience homelessness over the course of the school year. Many of the more than 80,000 public-assistance households that struggle to pay their rents every month will constitute the next wave of families and individuals to lose their housing. These families will need to find shelters, hotels, tents, abandoned buildings, cars or sofas where they can spend a night, a week, a month, a lifetime after literally losing the roofs over their heads. We have learned a great deal about the impact of housing instability and homelessness on individuals and families. Children who experience the intense stress of these hardships don’t do as well in school, and are more likely to have behavioral issues; adults are less likely to secure jobs and keep them, and more prone to mental and physical health problems; and families are often less able to succeed as cohesive units. But it doesn’t need to be this way. There is a solution in the form of legislation that has been pending in Albany for the past few years called Home Stability Support. HSS is a common-sense remedy
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to the homelessness crisis that is supported by 129 members of the State Assembly, 37 state senators, more than 100 faith leaders, including the New York State Council of Churches and the New York State Catholic Conference, as well as dozens of local officials and scores of human services agencies and other advocates. The design is simple: HSS would bridge the divide between public-assistance housing allowances and reasonable rents in order to enable homeless and at-risk New Yorkers to leave or avoid the impermanent shelter system and secure stable housing of their own. Critics of the bill point out that the state had no resources for a program like HSS even before the coronavirus pandemic. But with homelessness in the state at record levels, shelters are overcrowded, and it costs taxpayers billions of dollars each year to leave this problem unsolved. HSS would not only help our homeless neighbors and those at risk of becoming homeless to become stably housed, it would also contribute to neighborhood stability and benefit taxpayers by preventing evictions, helping those
ousing instability turns the lives of children and adults upside down.
fleeing unsafe homes and reducing the use of costly shelters. Moreover, the pandemic has exposed longstanding systemic inequities: wealthy families have been weathering the crisis away from dense metropolitan areas, while low-income workers have lost their livelihoods or continue to be exposed to the virus. While some have been able to work from home, others have neither a computer nor access to the internet. For the rich, the pandemic presents investment opportunities never seen before, but for the poor, it means the total depletion of their savings. Now that New York state is slowly coming back to life after the lockdown, it is critical that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders recognize the need to end the vicious cycle of homelessness for families. Almost everyone in the Legislature agrees that Home Stability Support would be the immediate solution to our statewide, cyclical homelessness crisis. Now it’s now time for Cuomo to ensure that the post-pandemic comeback isn’t built on the backs of low-income communities. Don Friedman is a former managing attorney of the Long Island office of the Empire Justice Center, a statewide legal services and advocacy organization for low-income New Yorkers.
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on’t go changing to try and please me . . . Don’t change the color of your hair.” —Billy Joel
Why would women stretch out on their backs with their hair floating behind them in vats of lye? Apparently, in the 1600s that was the price of beauty for fashionable women in Venice. It was what one did on the Rialto to bleach one’s hair into “golden” locks. I mention this because my husband and I recently had “the talk.” There are lots of pandemic-fueled talks going on now Randi in America, and while this one kReiSS started in a jokey kind of way, with a slow burn, it quickly ignited. The accelerant was oldschool ageism. I realized we were talking about identity. I asked him if he liked my hair, which has been growing in gray since I decided not to risk Covid-19 by going to a hair salon. (As businesses open, I realize this
is now my personal choice.) Yes, it is a loaded question from spouse A to spouse B. Of course, just by asking, I’m making his opinion of my appearance important. And it is. As an older, pretty traditional couple, that has been the way we roll. We tell each other if a sweater looks too worn or pants are too tight. We accept opinions on new shoes or eyeglasses. We have an actual agreement that we don’t say anything negative about each other’s appearance before we go out for the evening, but upon returning, we are allowed to say, “Burn that shirt.” When I asked about my going gray, he said, “I like your hair dark.” Well, I liked it better when my hair was dark, too, but it can’t get dark unless I go to a salon, or color it at home, which is a project I am not taking on. Besides, why should I? Why was I hitched to a wagon that dragged me to a salon every eight weeks for a “touch-up”? When I said I didn’t plan to change my hair, he said, “Well, OK, but I like it better the other way.” “Well, OK,” I said, “I liked it better when you had wavy black curls and rip-
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pling muscles in your arms.” The double standard suddenly popped out in high relief. Why is it OK for him to have gray hair and not think that it diminishes him in any way, and I have to dye my hair in order to “improve” my appearance when I start to show signs of aging? If the pandemic had not struck, confining us to home base and prohibiting socializing, I probably would have continued to color my hair indefinitely. But now? I’m done. Every eight weeks I’ll go to the theater instead, for the same money, should the theaters ever open again. Meanwhile, stuck in the house, I’m getting comfortable with the me in me. I’ve outgrown that woman with highlighted hair and ritualized applications of makeup. While we’re at it, let’s burn the bra. I see my husband’s eyes scan my upper torso and I know what he’s thinking. I go for it: “I’ve decided not to wear a bra anymore.” “I noticed,” he says. “Don’t you think your clothes look better when you wear a bra?” “My clothes would look better on a mannequin with Barbie Doll measure-
probably would have continued to color my hair indefinitely. But now? I’m done.
ments,” I say, “but I am an imperfect human woman, and bras are uncomfortable, and I don’t want to be pinched and wired into place anymore.” I mean, why don’t fat guys wear Spanx? I know some men color their hair, but most don’t, whereas some 70 percent of American women color theirs. The selfimprovement industry comprising hair coloring, makeup and dieting has been largely aimed at women. We have been all too willing to believe that we aren’t thin enough or pretty enough or sexy enough in our own skins. Especially as we get older, it’s big business to convince women to cover the evidence of aging by dyeing hair, applying more makeup and submitting to surgeries. This is a very old story, but it has been made new again by the coronavirus, which reminds us what is important in our lives. In the age of masks, it is unmasking us. When your partner asks what you think of her going without makeup, a bra or hair color, or he asks if he can forgo the haircut, there are only eight acceptable words to utter: “I love you just the way you are.” Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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assau County wound ing on the sidewalk. That led down a whirlwind police to escort the BLM proweek of Black Lives testers around the counterproMatter protests testers. through local neighborhoods The next day, roughly 2,000 last week that were, with one BLM protesters turned out in exception, peaceful and upliftMerrick and marched through ing. local streets, from Sunrise Tens of thousands marched, Highway to Merrick Road, on to from Valley Stream to Bellmore Bellmore and back to Merrick. and from Hempstead to Long They chanted and cheered, Beach. They came seeking jusrapped and sang. This time, tice for George Floyd, killed by many local residents came out a Minneapolis police officer to welcome them. who pressed his knee into The day after that, 4,000 proFloyd’s neck for 8 minutes, 46 testers turned out, and they seconds. kept coming every day through At the same time, the protestlast Sunday. Outstanding! ers said they wanted social jusOn Saturday, a group of tice for all people, regardless of about two dozen protesters skin color. rushed at Nassau County police It’s about time that protests officers while to protest on the of this magnitude happened Meadowbrook Parkway in Merhere in Nassau. Often in the rick in the rain, according to past, when protests of this kind authorities. One officer’s ankle took place in response to an was broken. Another suffered a injustice, they happened in big bruised nose and a scratched cities like New York, Washingcornea. ton and Los Angeles. That left This should never have hapGov. Andrew Nassau residents with the dispened. No one should have Cuomo tinct impression that the social attempted to protest on the injustices that black people parkway, particularly when it have faced were not their concern. This was wet and slick. As one Facebook user time, protesters brought the demonstracommented, to do so would have been a tions to our otherwise quiet suburban “death wish.” neighborhoods, making them impossible More important, police never should to ignore. have been injured. The NCPD did an excelBravo! lent job of maintaining the peace and And these protesters weren’t taking no keeping everyone safe throughout the for an answer. In Merrick, a group of week. They didn’t deserve this. about 30 people, a number of whom were There were only 11 arrests of protesters from local neighborhoods, tried to stop 150 last week, all in Merrick, and all were Black Lives Matter protesters from march- among those who tried to jump onto the
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don’t understand how you can see that murder on videotape and not be outraged. I said from Day One, I share that outrage.
letters D.A.: Reforms are greatly needed To the Editor: The horrific murder of George Floyd has moved millions of Americans to action, seeking to end systemic racism and mistreatment by law enforcement and a fairer criminal justice system. These issues are not new to our country, our community or to me as district attorney. We have seen large, peaceful protests across Nassau County that showcase the diversity of our communities dedicated to justice, alongside the professionalism of our law enforcement agencies, working under challenging circumstances. As the county’s chief law enforcement official, I believe this is an important moment to listen to those voices in our community calling for change, to reflect on how we can improve and to affirm our commitment to do better. I wanted to share with you what action we’re taking in my office, how we’re working with our law enforcement partners to better serve the public, to announce my sup-
Meadowbrook. We seem in this nation to be in a perpetual cycle of violence against people of color, followed by protests that at times turn violent, as they did in major cities around the country last week. It’s time that we end that cycle. Over the weekend, Gov. Andrew Cuomo renewed his call for enactment of the “Say Their Name” reform agenda, saying that police have to do their jobs, but do not have the right to abuse those they police, and that society will no longer tolerate delayed justice. The Say Their Name agenda would: ■ Make public prior disciplinary records of law enforcement officers by reforming Section 50-a of the state’s Civil Rights Law. ■ Ban chokeholds by law enforcement officers. ■ Prohibit false, race-based 911 reports and make them a crime. ■ Designate the attorney general as an independent prosecutor for matters relating to the deaths of unarmed civilians caused by law enforcement. We fully support passage of this legislation, and we call on the State Legislature to act on it immediately. “Police have to do their jobs, protect public safety,” Cuomo said. “There’s also police abuse. There’s abuse of power. Protesters — most of the protesters are peaceful — they are indignant. It is righteous indignation. I don’t see anybody who can see the Mr. Floyd video and not be indignant. I don’t understand how you can see that murder on videotape and not be outraged. I said from Day One, I share that outrage.”
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he largest pandemic in 100 years gave us a crash course in public health. We quickly learned the epidemiological concepts of “flattening the curve, the risk of exposure, asymptomatic carriers, incubation periods, and why we must quarantine. Even though everyone may not have understood these concepts, we all learned what to do: isolate and minimize contact with others to stop the spread of the coronavirus. This was enforced here through Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “New York State on Pause” — even marTine if you wanted to HackeTT go to school or a bar or a movie, you couldn’t because of the policies that closed them all for the sake of the public. Individuals had to sacrifice for the greater good. Eventually these policies, and changes in behavior, worked. On Long Island, the percentage of people testing positive for Covid-19 has dropped from 20 percent to 2 percent over the past six weeks. The number of daily deaths in New York City
dropped to zero last week for the first time since March. Nassau and Suffolk were among the hardest-hit counties in the United States, and we have been meeting the metrics of declining hospitalizations and deaths, and are moving toward reopening. We also learned that even though a virus cannot be seen by the naked eye, we can see its effects on the body. We understand that this invisible agent can be spread without the knowledge of those who have it, and that it can be deadly. The same is true for police brutality and its root cause, structural racism. Invisible to some and supported by many who are unaware of its impact, the overwhelming police presence in communities of color takes a continuing toll on people of color. Just as electron microscopes made it possible for viruses to be visible 90 years ago, police brutality is now visible is cellphone documentation that is viewed and shared on our myriad screens. The shocking and deeply disturbing video of George Floyd’s death as a direct result of a Minneapolis police officer’s knee on his neck made it painfully clear how racism
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LeTTers port for pending legislation to promote trust and accountability, and to remind every Nassau resident that our doors and our hearts are open to all those we serve. Please continue to share your ideas with me. I am listening. ■ My office will partner with the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University to analyze comprehensive charging and case disposition data to identify racial disparity and bias, and publicly report the findings of that review as well as any corrective action warranted. ■ We will also address the appearance of a conflict by seeking the appointment of a special prosecutor for all new cases in which police officers are credibly accused of criminal conduct in the course of their duties. ■ We will expand and enhance annual mandatory implicit bias training for all staff, and review our training curriculum to ensure that anti-bias education is an ongoing component. ■ We will continue our work to recruit and promote prosecutors, investigators and staff that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. ■ We will expand our Community Councils, which already include our African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, South Asian American, Faith Leaders, Student and Community Partnership Program advisory councils to
and law enforcement violence intersect. The fact that Floyd’s autopsy revealed that he also had Covid-19 the month before he was murdered further connects the vulnerability of black people to public-health threats. The protests that followed across the United States and the world demanded an end to systemic racism. The American Public Health Association states that racism structures opportunity and assigns value based on how a person looks. The result is conditions that give an unfair advantage to some and unfairly disadvantage others. Racism hurts the health of our nation by denying some people the opportunity to attain their highest level of health. We know that in Nassau and Suffolk counties, Covid-19 deaths have disproportionately affected black residents. In 2018, the APHA also recognized that law enforcement violence was a publichealth issue. Racism and injustice have resulted in the deaths of more people than the 110,000 that Covid-19 has caused thus far in the U.S. We have seen that public-health solu-
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tions can work to reduce the virus’s toll. However, just talking about what to do — wearing masks, social distancing, disinfecting — does not work unless those recommendations are followed rigorously. tinue t Without conscious and vigilant action, ty is th Covid-19 would continue to spread and larly fa cause sickness and death. But as we wait on pub for a vaccine and the building of herd immunity, we may one day gain control of the virus, and live our lives without thinking too much about it. There is no similar one- or two-shot solution to an unjust societal system. Eliminating the public-health problems of police brutality and systemic racism will require public-health-sized solutions: consistent monitoring; education about how structural racism, especially on Long Island, came to be a force in our schools, communities and health care system; policy changes; and changes in citizens’ behavior and attitudes. Police brutality, and the underlying causes of systemic racism, require the 3,200 or same unprecedented level of action and gle to g ances t resources we used to address the pandemic. We are all connected, whether we thirds househ see it or not. homele Martine Hackett is an associate professor facing family of public health at Hofstra University. places Thi
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ensure broader geographic representation of Nassau’s communities. Many jurisdictions, including New York City, have established civilian oversight boards to provide independent review of complaints against police officers. These boards investigate and recommend discipline for officers accused of misconduct, refer potential criminal conduct for possible prosecution, and use tools like mediation to help improve relationships and trust between law enforcement and the public. To promote transparency and independence, we encourage Nassau County to establish a civilian police review agency. We encourage the Legislature to increase juror pay from the antiquated rate of $40 per day to $150 per day to promote more diverse and representative juries. For those who are self- employed, rely on tips or hold multiple part-time jobs, the cost to serve is simply too high. Legislation is pending to repeal Section 50-a of the New York State Civil Rights Law, which shields the personnel records of police from disclosure. Greater transparency regarding police misconduct and discipline is important to improve policies and oversight and promote public confidence. I support significant reform to Section 50-a. However, police officers do dangerous work. The overwhelming majority do their jobs with courage and integrity. And repeal that does not afford protection of officers’ personal information could endanger officers
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and their families. As we work to address police misconduct, it is important to be mindful of the essential role law enforcement plays in protecting our communities, and the difficult and often dangerous situations officers face. Post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, substance abuse and other conditions, exacerbated by work stresses, necessitate the ready availability of mental health services to ensure that officers can continue to safely perform their jobs. Officer suicides have occurred at an alarming rate in recent years, and wide-
spread protests and broad-based criticism will undoubtedly compromise morale. It is important that policymakers engage with law enforcement leaders and rank-and-file officers to ensure that as we move forward to address wrongdoing, we create an environment that sup-quickly ports the good work of the thousands of school police officers who serve the people of I rea Nassau County with professionalism andty. integrity every day. I ask has bee MADELINE SINGASnot to r Nassau County district attorneysalon. (
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