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Town, villages delay move on coastal district civic association has opposed development of the club. “During this Covid period I After a nearly two-hour in- would see people walking person-and-virtual public hear- around the golf course, as they ing on June 23, the Town of needed a break when they got Hempstead and the villages of out of their homes,” Joseph, a Lawrence and Woodsburgh Woodsburgh resident, said. (Pubvoted to table the lic comments were decision on creating made online.) “They what is called a couldn’t go to the Coastal Conservaoffice or socialize, tion District at the but what they could Wo o d m e r e C l u b do is go for walks in until Wednesday, this beautiful open after the Herald area. This open area went to press. is a rarity in the The district F ive Tow n s — would be created by there’s nothing like an intermunicipal it, and it should be agreement between preserved.” the town and the vilIf approved, the lages of Lawrence new zoning district and Woodsburgh, MARIo JoSEpH would divide the 118with the aim of acre Woodmere Club Woodsburgh enhancing and property into three m a i n t a i n i n g t h e resident “subdistricts.” An nearby coastal 83.3-acre parcel, or area’s natural resources. Wood- 70 percent of the site, would be mere, where a majority of the designated an open space/recredevelopment could occur, is a ation subdistrict. There would hamlet within the town’s juris- also be a single-family residendiction. tial sub district of 29.4 acres, or Mario Joseph, former presi- 24 percent of the property, and a dent of the Five Towns Civic 5.7-acre clubhouse/hospitality Association, said that it was subdistrict accounting for 5 peressential for open space on the property to be preserved. The Continued on page 5
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THE oRTHodox UNIoN created Torah New York nearly four years ago for a day of Jewish learning. At last year’s event at Citi Fleid were, from left, OU Chief Financial Officer Shlomo Schwartz, Director of Synagogue Services Rabbi Adir Posy, Executive Vice President Allen Fagin, President Moishe Bane, Rabbis Moshe Hauer and Efrem Goldberg and OU Chief Institutional Advancement Officer Arnold Gerson.
Woodmere resident retires as Orthodox Union’s EVP
Allen Fagin to be succeeded by Baltimore rabbi By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
After two decades as a volunteer for the Orthodox Union and the past six years as the organization’s executive vice president, Woodmere resident Allen Fagin is retiring from a job for the second time. Fagin, 70, is a lawyer who ended his first career as chairman of Proskauer Rose
LLP in 2013, after 38 years in the legal field. Since being named EVP of the Orthodox Union in 2014, Fagin, working hand in hand with Lawrence resident Moishe Bane, the union’s president, has created and enhanced several programs for the Manhattanbased organization, which was founded in 1898 and serves as an umbrella group for more than 400 synagogues in its nationwide network.
Rabbi Moshe Hauer, senior rabbi of Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion Congregation in Baltimore — who, according to OU officials, has built his synagogue into one of the most vibrant places for learning and prayer during a 25-year career — will succeed Fagin on July 1. “I spent my entire professional life practicing law except my first year with the Continued on page 4
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Hewlett High holds socially distanced graduations By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com
Instead of a full football field being occupied with students and bleachers filled with family members for one big ceremony, the Hewlett High School class of 2020 received their diplomas in six smaller ceremonies held over a span of two days with social distancing protocols in place. The ceremonies took place on Monday and Tuesday as 45 students were honored at each ceremony. Students sat in chairs
that were six feet apart while wearing a face mask or covering. They were able to remove their masks upon receiving their diplomas and when the photographer snapped their picture. Hewlett High Principal William Galati spoke at graduation and noted that the class of 2020 will always hold a very special place in his heart. “Through the most difficult times, including the closure of school and shortening of the school year, you came together to support one another and our staff,” he said. “As difficult as it has been to forgo many of the activities
and events that define senior year, you remained understanding and sensitive to many issues at play.” Salutatorian Britney Paul said in her speech that the character of the graduating class has been on full display in the past three months. “When I was told that I was going to be this year's salutatorian, I felt extremely honored to be representing this class,” she said. “Most importantly, this is a class filled with kind and goodhearted people. I’ve always thought this to be true but I’ve especially felt this in the past few months.”
School district Superintendent Dr. Ralph Marino Jr. said that despite the physical school year being cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic, the adversity faced by the graduating seniors will help them going forward in life. “Sometimes in life, the unexpected will happen, as it did for all of us this spring,” Marino said. “How you manage the challenges that life presents will ultimately define you. If I’ve learned anything about the class of 2020, it’s that you rise highest in the face of adversity.”
Resilient students graduate from Lawrence High By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
It was not your traditional high school graduation as this is not the customary graduation season. However, on Monday, the regularly scheduled day for Lawrence High School’s commencement, there were four mini-graduation ceremonies during the day at the high school and a virtual video ceremony at night because of the coronavirus pandemic. Asher Mansdorf, vice president of the school district’s Board of Education attended the daytime commencements. “On behalf of the board, I very much want to thank Dr. [Ann] Pedersen for bringing us to where we are today and the administrators, it was truly lovely,” he said, about the daytime ceremonies at the same night’s board meeting. “I want to that [Town of Hempstead Councilman] Bruce Blakeman for coming and wish the graduates the best in their future endeavors.” In the virtual video the camera took the viewer into Lawrence High as “Pomp and Circumstance” played and into the auditorium where the nearly 75-minute virtual ceremony was recorded. There was the Pledge of Allegiance and the national anthem. Board President Murray Forman highlighted that the class of 2020 has true grit because of the circumstances they overcame to graduate and that will help them through life in the video. At the Monday board meeting Forman said: “Congratulations to our graduates.” State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, who represents the Five Towns, told the students in the video that enduring the coronavirus pandemic will make them, “more resilient, give them more depth of perspective, make them work
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HoNoR SpEAkER kIMBERlY Palacios spoke during Lawrence High School’s virtual graduation. hard and help them go further.” Lawrence High School graduate State Assemblywoman Melissa Miller, an Atlantic Beach resident, noted her circuitous route to where she is in life and told they graduates in the virtual ceremony that they are “not in control of everything that happens but you are in control of how you respond and behave.” Principal Dr. Jennifer Lagnado-Papp noted that this is the generation that is more engaged because of their use
of electronic devices that some might call a distraction, but in their hands they tools for positive change. Pedersen, the district’s superintendent, who said she knows many of the students from the Number Four School, echoed the resiliency theme and said at the board meeting that the daytime ceremonies were “quite touching.” The senior choir sang in unison separately. Lagnado-Papp certified and declared the students graduates of Lawrence High School which ended the virtual commencement accompanied by a video montage
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HEWlETT HIgH clASS of 2020 salutatorian Britney Paul described the graduating class as being filled with kind and good-hearted people.
Woodmere resident retires from the OU Bane said. “His vision has not only significantly expanded OU’s reach and effectiveness, but also under his guidance and leadership, the OU has evolved into an impressively professional and disciplined institution.” Fagin, who will stay on until September to help with Hauer’s transition, said of Bane, “It is a delight to be working with him, as he has incredible vision and is a prodigious worker on behalf of the organization.” Hauer said he was humbled by the opportunity to become the OU’s executive vice president. “I look forward to working with Allen through this transition and develop a vision and specific plans later in the year,” Hauer said.
continued from front page same law firm, and I ended my career as the CEO,” Fagin said. “When I was going to retire, I had a whole list of retirement plans. The OU executive vice president is equivalent to being CEO. I had the opportunity to accomplish a lot of things. When I took the job, I committed to staying only 18 months. Six and a half years later, I’m retiring again.” Applying his law-firm management philosophy to his job with the OU, Fagin aimed to optimize its resources. “Things like creating a budgeting process to maximize an efficient use of our resources, and doing it in the most cost-effect way possible,” he said, adding that strategic planning included short-term goals as well as plans for up to five years, depending on the department. Communications, data management, fundraising, information technology infrastructure, marketing, public relations and publicity were all enhanced and expanded, Fagin said. “Many of our management decisions were made by anecdote,” he said. “We were told that was a wonderful program. Now there is vigorous program review using real data and metrics, which took us in a professional direction and allowed us to grow.”
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FivE TownS rESidEnTS Moishe Bane, who lives in Lawrence, and Allen Fagin, of Woodmere, shared decades of service with the Orthodox Union. annual event attracted more than 2,500 people from around the world to the indoor space of Citi Field for a day of Jewish learning. “That is another good example of expansion offering Torah education — it’s a great program,” Fagin said. “It’s yet another opportunity to provide direct services to our constituency under the OU umbrella. Our organization’s synagogue
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members offer a very wide range of services, and to collect in one place the luminaries to lecture on the Torah is an extraordinary experience for the thousands that attend.” In the six years that the OU’s Teach Coalition has existed, it has advocated for nonpublic school education and helped increase funding for those schools across New York state. As Fagin pointed out, they include religious schools. “Only 1 percent of tax dollars is going to nonpublic schools, and parents are paying property taxes and getting very, very little — it is fundamentally unfair,” he said, adding that 15 percent of children in New York attend nonpublic schools. In 2019, 338 nonpublic schools shared $5 million that the state allocated for science, technology, engineering and math programs, known as STEM education. Teach NYS, a division of the Orthodox Union’s Teach Coalition, was the primary advocate of equitable STEM money for nonpublic schools. Bane and Fagin have known each other for decades, Fagin said, and came up through the Orthodox Union’s ranks together. They share a mutual admiration. “Allen has served as a transformative professional leader, growing the organization in creative and impactful ways,”
Creating, enhancing programs
The National Conference for Synagogue Youth, which dates back to the 1950s, was expanded under Fagin’s leadership. He noted that half of the teenagers involved are from public schools, so it’s not just yeshiva or Jewish Day School students. NCSY’s mission is to connect Jewish teens through recreational programs that aim to develop a positive Jewish identity. “Every youth program has one eye on the present and one eye on the future,” Fagin said. “Teens today are the adults, parents, grandparents of the future. It becomes critical for their upbringing and Jewish identity. It is a transformative event for them to grow and mature.” Last year the OU launched the Center for Communal Research, to help it make data-based decisions on programs and policy initiatives. To kick-start Jewishrun nonprofits, the Union also created Impact Accelerator, which serves as an incubator for fledging organizations. There is also the Women’s Initiative, a program offering women learning and leadership opportunities. “Many, many people know about NCSY programs far and wide,” Fagin said. “We have many others.” The Union’s Yacahd addresses the needs of Jewish people with disabilities, and Israel Free Spirit Birthright arranges trips to the Jewish state for those ages 18 to 32. For more on the OU, go to https://www. ou.org/.
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town, $40 million from Woodsburgh and $25 million from Lawrence.” Roughly 15 Five Towns residents spoke during the hearing, and all of them opposed the developers’ proposal. Jonathan Mizrachi, of Woodsburgh, said he lived a block away from the Woodmere Club golf course, and highlighted two potential issues if the development were to be built as planned. “I’ve lost a car from flooding, and I think additional development would be detrimental to the neighborhood, especially in regards to flooding, since the open space helps mitigate the flooding,” Mizrachi said. “Also, the traffic would be much worse. My children take the bus to school, and sometimes they’re on that bus for 30 minutes just to travel two miles.” Kevin McAndrew, a landscape architect for the Woodbury-based Cameron Engineering who was hired by the town, Lawrence and Woodsburgh, presented evidence that 284 new single-family homes would cause a significant increase in traffic volume. “There are over 2,700 daily trips taken in this area,” McAndrew said. “The volume of the added traffic with this [development] proposal would represent a 20 percent increase to the daily volume on Broadway. Under the municipalities’ proposed zoning, daily traffic would be reduced by 70 to 78 percent.”
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Celebrating Pride amid a pandemic PFY officials talk acceptance, progress and the need for change By Victoria caruso aseidman@liherald.com
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As this year’s Pride Month came to a close this week, LGBTQ+ rights activists across Long Island reflected on the community’s progress and shortcomings in creating a safer, more welcoming Long Island for people of all identities. “Pride Month has always been about taking a moment to hit pause,” said Aiden Kaplan, a services manager at PFY, a Bellmore-based LGBTQ+ organization. Formally known as Pride For Youth, the nonprofit has been helping to transform the region into a more inclusive and accessible environment for those with non-heterosexual and/or non-cisgender identities. It provides free HIV and STI testing, counseling, support groups and programs for members of the LGBTQ+ community, as well as educational workshops at local middle and high schools. “It’s a safe place,” said Christian Milan, a 23-year-old client and peer navigator at PFY. Milan gained the confidence to start his drag career at the center’s bimonthly drag competition, Drag Factor. “There are so many youths who view PFY as the only space where they can go to feel affirmed and accepted,” Kaplan said. “Our goal is to create an all-encompassing space where you can access lifesaving services, [a] community and culture and feel celebrated for those things.”
Although the pandemic has forced Gay Straight Alliance clubs to temporarily disband and PFY in Bellmore to close its physical doors, support for LGBTQ+-identifying individuals remains. Popular PFY programs, like Coffee House, continue to provide a comfortable environment for LGBTQ+ youth to connect virtually. The organization also launched Long Island’s LGBTQ+ Covid-19 relief program in April, which provides assistance with employment, housing, technology, at-home HIV testing, free condom delivery and case management services. In a 2015 report by the New York State LGBT Health and Human Services Needs Assessment, LGBTQ+-identifying Long Islanders most frequently reported a lack of psychological support groups and health professionals who specialize in LGBTQ+ issues. With these barriers in mind, PFY’s program was “designed to make sure that LGBTQ+ individuals are not at a higher risk during the Covid-19 Crisis,” Kaplan said.
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Administrators at the Long Island Crisis Center founded PFY in 1993, at a time when LGBTQ+ services were virtually nonexistent on Long Island. In the late 80s, the center’s hotline experienced an uptick in calls from people who identified as LGBTQ+, but there were no resources to be shared. During this time, incidents of homophobia went unchecked in Bellmore-Merrick schools. Records from Uncovering the Past, a program at John F. Kennedy High School, showed an incident from the ’70s at Shore Road Elementary in which a third-grader, Richie Jackson, was harassed for choosing choir as an elective. The phys.-ed. teacher told the children in his class to “jump on the faggot,” and stood by while a group of boys piled on Jackson and made him cry. The incident was never addressed. In 2007, Kaplan began his female-tomale gender transition while attending Grand Avenue Middle School; the process continued into his time at Mepham High School. As the schools’ first openly transgender student, Kaplan said the faculty made an effort to ensure he was respected, though, given the time period, he was still unable to use his bathroom of choice. Now, as a PFY facilitator for the Central High School District, Kaplan has seen firsthand the progress the schools have made over the last decade. “They have actively been trying to recognize
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christian MiLan’s draG persona, Aphrodite, has become a symbol of PFY, where he works as a peer navigator to educate LGBTQ+ youth on sexual health and identity. that this isn’t just one student anymore,” he said. “This is possibly hundreds of students who are coming out, who need support, and schools need to make sure that they’re affirmed.” Graduating Calhoun High School senior Noah Marchuck, who is gay, is the former president of the school’s Gay Straight Alliance. “Bellmore-Merrick has come a long way with LGBTQ+ acceptance, but I think a stigma does still exist,” he said. “At Calhoun, the atmosphere is very accepting, and every faculty member embodies that; however, I’ve [had] a good deal of people call me hurtful things regarding my sexuality, both to my face and behind my back.” Christina Dimitriou, the faculty adviser for Mepham’s GSA, said her students occasionally hear offensive language targeted at the LGBTQ+ community, such as when the club handed out rainbow-colored ribbons for national Coming Out Day. “GSA is not just about getting together and having a safe space, but about us going out into the Mepham community and normalizing these things so that these derogatory terms trickle away,” she said.
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In the wake of George Floyd’s death — which sparked thousands to turn out for Black Lives Matter protests in Merrick and Bellmore — LGBTQ+ rights activists are also thinking about racerelated problems on Long Island. Among 291 communities, the majority of Long Island’s Black residents live in just 11 neighborhoods, making the region one of the most segregated places in the nation. “I think Pride this year is unique. It’s a time for us to remember our roots and look at other communities that are having their fight right now, and relate their experiences to where we were 50 years ago,” Kaplan said. “It’s an opportunity for [our] community to stand in line with another movement and say we know what it’s like to face injustice.” Recognizing that Mepham is in a community made up of 85.7 percent white residents and only 1.45 percent black residents — with similar demographics in Merrick — Dimitriou agreed that change is needed, and that starts with education. “We don’t have members in the club that are people of color, but we absolutely address these things, whether I send
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PFY is a division of the Long Island Crisis Center. out an article or share a book,” Dimitriou said. Marchuck urged residents to use their platforms to educate one another about the susceptibility of Black LGBTQ+ individuals, and “donate to organizations that focus on Black LGBTQ+ people,” such as “The Trevor Project” or “The Center for Black Equality.” “We have a long way to go.” Milan said. “Long Island has been so systematically separated for so long now, but I think that now, especially with the Black Lives Matter movement, people are starting to understand.”
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school program, we also have had youth counseling for adolescents, the bilingual program, English language classes and the lessons for the citizenship test taking place virtually.” The center has been a community focal point for many to receive free food to battle the food insecurity many have endured in the wake of the pandemic. Donations of food have come from a variety of stores and organizations, including Cedarhurstbased nonprofit Rock and Wrap It Up! With the free food pantry, Gammy’s Pantry, being run out of the Community Center by Inwood resident Sasha Young, children will receive what Young described as a “yummy and nutritious” lunch. “All children will receive a free lunch that includes a snack and drink,” Young said. “Families can also receive a weekly Long Island Cares food box unless they indicate otherwise.” The community center, through Gammy’s Pantry, also currently serves as a donation site for the Long Island Care nonprofit food bank headquartered in Freeport. It was funded by a portion of $2 million that the Town of Hempstead had allotted from a $133 million federal aid package. The registration fee for the middle school summer learning is $25 and it will be due upon enrollment. Parents and/or guardians must enroll their child in person as enrollment is on a first come, first serve basis. To schedule an intake appointment, call (516) 239-6244 ext. 270.
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Belmont Stakes go on — despite pandemic By VisVajit sriramrajan The Belmont Stakes looked a little different to fans and the larger horseracing community this year, as industry officials had to alter their operations due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. “Our biggest challenge over the past 90 days has been keeping people safe,” said Terry Finley, the president and CEO of West Point Thoroughbreds, a Saratoga Springs-based racing consultant. “Tragically, we had one death on the backstretch and some others tested positive for the virus, but we have over a thousand people who work on the backstretch every day, and everyone was well taken care of.” Other companies, however, did not fare as well, he said, noting that he was grateful the Stakes went well despite pandemic-related risks. Fans were not allowed to attend the Stakes on June 20 — when bay horse Tiz The Law, jockeyed by Manuel Franco, crossed the finish line to become the first New York-bred horse to win the race since 1882 — and the race was shortened from 1.5 to 1.125 miles. “Fortunately for us, the pandemic didn’t affect Tiz The Law’s performance,” said Jack Knowlton, operating manager of Sackatoga Stable, which owns the horse. “It has made life much more difficult for the team at the stable, though. We haven’t had the opportunity to be at the race to see our horse run in person.” He added that the team is hopeful they can see Tiz The Law in action again at Churchill Downs, where the 146th Kentucky Derby was rescheduled for Sept. 5. Subsequently, the Preakness, the third leg of the Triple Crown, was rescheduled to Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The pandemic even affected the coverage of the event. Adam Coglianese, the lead track photographer for the New York Racing Association said, noting, “The experience leading up to the race was a little quieter
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tiz the Law crossed the finish line first at the Belmont Stakes on June 20, becoming the first New York-bred horse to win since 1882. than normal, but we still photographed the horses in the morning and set up our cameras around the track like we usually would to produce images for the trainers.” He added that the lack of a physical audience meant that he and his staff had to focus more of their photography on the horses and the track. “We all maintained social distancing,” he noted, “but otherwise there were no significant challenges.” The race was broadcasted on NBC. With 3.4 million
people watching, it marked the lowest recorded viewership for any broadcasted Belmont Stakes and for any opening leg of the Triple Crown. “The Belmont Stakes provided sports fans across the country with world-class entertainment during these challenging times,” said Patrick McKenna, the communications director for NYRA, calling the race unique but successful this year, and congratulating Tiz The Law for his win.
Northwell opens L.I.’s first LGBTQ transgender center Northwell Health has opened Long Island’s first center in New Hyde Park dedicated to transgender care, providing an array of services to serve the LGBTQIA+ community. The $850,000, 3,000-square-foot office opened in June in observance of Pride Month, giving the program first established in 2016 a physical home. The Northwell Health Physician Partners LGBTQ Transgender Health Program, at 410 Lakeville Road, features four exam rooms, eight offices/ consultation rooms and two genderneutral restrooms. The center is staffed by a medical director, a primary care physician, psychiatrist, senior psychologist, nurse practitioner and two transhealth navigators. The program offers services for endocrinology (adult and pediatric), plastic surgery, adolescent medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and otolaryngology. “We understand that there are thousands of individuals living on Long Island who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming and non-binary. This is an underserved community that has specific health care needs,” said Dr. David Rosenthal, medical director of the Center for Transgender Care at
Northwell Health. “The goals of this center are to bring together multiple clinical services at Northwell to serve the needs of the transgender community, educate health care professionals about transgender health, perform cutting-edge research and work with the health system to address infrastructure to meet the needs of the transgender community.” The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has ranked Northwell Health as the No. 3 health system in the nation and first in New York state based on the number of facilities designated a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality, according to its 2019 Healthcare Equality Index. “Northwell Health’s mission to break down barriers and achieve health equity is evidenced in numerous programs and initiatives, including the health system’s ongoing investment into transgender health,” said Dr. Thomas McGinn, senior vice president and deputy physician-in-chief at Northwell Health. “Discrimination in all its forms must be eradicated.” Northwell’s commitment to continuing medical education also includes the launch of a cultural competency mod-
Dr. DaViD rosenthaL, seated, medical director of the Center for Transgender Care at Northwell Health, and Sundeep Boparai, administrative manager of Northwell Health Physician Partners LGBTQ Transgender Program at New Hyde Park.
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ule that educates physicians to the special needs an LGBTQIA+ patient might have, Rosenthal said. The program is funded by the New York State Department of Health and is organized in collaboration with Northwell’s Center for
Equity of Care. For more information about Northwell Health’s LGBTQIA+ services or to make an appointment, go to: https:// www.northwell.edu/doctors-and-care/ lgbtqia-services.
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Rate cut should not impact people with disabilities vulnerable residents is critical to ensuring all New Yorkers have the opportunity to live a full life,” O’Sullivan stated. As all New York state departments “OPWDD does not anticipate changes to were mandated to cut their budgets by at the services provided as a result of this least 2 percent because of the revenue targeted approach which implements savloss endured during the coronavirus pan- ings goals included in the enacted budget. demic, the Office of People With Develop- By targeting the ‘non-delivery of services’ mental Disabilities is slicing $178 million rather than implementing an across the from the rates that group homes charge board reduction, OPWDD is able to prefor resident occupancy. serve essential community-based services Billed originally as a $238 million reduc- while also continuing to provide needed tion that could endanger the services pro- residential supports.” vided the 140,000 New Yorkers State Assemblywoman with intellectual and developMelissa Miller, an Atlantic mental disabilities, the cut Beach Republican who reprethat goes into effect July 1 is sents the Five Towns and surnot expected to reduce servicrounding communities in the es. The rate-setting provisions 20th A.D., is very familiar take effect on Oct. 1. with OPWDD services as her Parents of children living son, Olivier, is developmentalin groups were in panic such ly and physically disabled. as Cedarhurst resident Noting that budget deciMindy Rosengarten, who said sion do not often make sense, in an email the initial cut Miller said that this budget would “result in a loss of resicut has the least impact on dential beds, longer wait lists, the consumers. “Each home and fewer options for those vacancy rates differs up to 5 living at home with their fampercent of their budget,” she ilies.” The thinking is that said. “Each home has its own some providers could go out budget. It’s complicated. of business, many would There are many different have to reduce staff and MiNdY homes and different needs.” downgrade service quality. Saying that fixing the RoSENgARtEN “These cuts are particularfinancial difficulties of the Cedarhurst ly cruel in the wake of Covidstate by burdening people 19, when providers have spent with disabilities is unfair, enormous sums of money to protect our State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat individuals, with zero reimbursement who represents the Five Towns, wants the from OPWDD,” she wrote in an email. “As fiscal support of the federal government a parent of a young man with autism liv- and says state needs to think out of the ing in a NYS group home, I implore you to box for ways to generate more revenue. shed light onto this impending vote.” “Washington has not done enough Jennifer O’Sullivan, an Office of Peo- and there have big time cuts made in ple With Developmental Disabilities many areas of the state at every level,” spokeswoman stated in an email that the Kaminsky said. “I’m certainly against cut is $60 million less than first thought. raising taxes. We have lots of options to The cut targets the amount of money raise revenue, including sports gamgroups homes can receive for reimburse- bling. We have to be creative to get back ments during the year. as the coronavirus pandemic left us with “Providing support to New York’s most a $13 billion deficit.”
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n Malverne, we had plans in place with assistance from the Office of Emergency Management since St. Patrick’s Day. We put a set of protocols in place for our police department, our Department of Public Works and everywhere else. We’re one of only three police departments on Long Island that did not have a confirmed case of Covid-19. The other two are in remote areas. Our DPW had no coronavirus cases. We really tightened up what we did, but we never had a disruption in the services that are provided for the village. We’re a small village. If one person goes down, that puts a burden on other people. The residents, especially, heeded the warnings that we put out and were very good in working with us. What I envision going forward is, even though we’re all trying to get outside more as the weather gets warmer, we still have to do it respectfully, because there is a good chance that this will come back. We want to continue to have good results through this if it does come back. If you look around us, a lot of the surrounding communities really got hit hard. For Malverne to come out of this with our Covid-19 numbers relatively low, it shows that jumping on this early and putting the necessary plans in place really paid off. I really appreciate the residents for trusting us, for listening to what we were saying and for having faith in our vision.
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Mail carrier behavior riles Woodmere residents By JEFFREY BESSEN
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At least three residents of Forest Avenue in Woodmere have registered complaints with the community’s postmaster, Pauline Argicola, and another submitted a complaint to the United States Postal Service concerning the behavior of one mail carrier. In April, resident Michael Litton said he heard a “big bang” on his front door and found a mail receipt to retrieve a package. “I’m calling him to turn around and show me the envelope but he kept ignoring me,” Litton said, adding that he raised his voice in an effort to get the mail carrier’s attention but that did not work. “He didn’t stop, he continued to another house. I made a mistake touching his shoulder during Covid and he screamed at me, ‘don’t touch me,’ acting very off, very strange.” Litton did not file a complaint. Susan Klein said that multiple incidents with the mail carrier, identified only as Andrew, have caused her to be concerned for herself and her neighbors. She noted at the end of March and early April, Andrew yelled at her cleaning lady for a supposed obstruction on the front door, grabbed mail out of Klein’s hand saying that it is not her mail then another time parking his truck in front of her house, he ate his lunch then preceded to smoke a pipe, spitting “all over my lawn” and banging the pipe against a tree on Klein’s property. “He’s not a bad man, but needs help,” she said, adding that at times Andrew’s behavior has scared her. On June 16, Inna Mishiev filed a police report because of Andrew’s behavior. He is seen on her security camera video kicking her dog. “We don’t want a man like this
When a letter carrier delivers mail or packages to a home’s front door, place the dog in a separate room and close that door before opening the front door. Dogs have been known to burst through screen doors or plate glass windows to attack visitors.
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SEcuRITY cAMERA FooTAgE apparently shows the mail carrier identified as Andrew kicking Inna Mishiev’s dog. because of his behavior, I want hm off my route,” Mishiev said, adding that every time a resident has registered a complaint with the post office, Agricola or someone else said it is the first time they are learning of Andrew’s alleged behavior. “I don’t want him around my children,” Mishiev said, noting that Andrew did not deliver mail to her house for a few days after the incident. A week later, Mishiev said: “I spoke to the postmaster at Woodmere [Andrew] is back to delivering my mail. [The postmaster] basically ignored all other complaints and said his behavior in the video was selfdefense.” Two days later, Andrew supposedly threw mail at Judy Joszef ’s daughter’s dog that was a leash after telling the daughter Jordana Weichselbaum to “get the dog out of here.” Mishiev received a response from Fran-
cine Segarra, a USPS manager. “I want to apologize for the actions of our letter carrier,” Segarra wrote in a June 23 email. “During our interview with the carrier, he had advised that he meant no harm to your animal, but believed the dog was going to bite him. In order to protect himself, his instinct was to use his foot to push the dog away. Our carriers are trained to protect themselves when barking dogs approach. A USPS spokesman Xavier Hernandez told the Herald that, “Long Island mail carriers have been bitten by dogs nearly 40 times this year (see box for safety tips),” he said. “In general, carriers are trained to use the tools at their disposal to diminish the threat of potentially dangerous dogs. This includes the use of spray, their mailbags, and even pushing the dog away physically if necessary. The postal service sup-
Parents should remind children and other family members not to take mail directly from letter carriers in the presence of the family pet. The dog may view the letter carrier handing mail to a family member as a threatening gesture. If a letter carrier feels threatened by a dog, or if a dog is loose or unleashed, the owner may be asked to pick up mail at a post office or another facility until the letter carrier is assured the pet has been restrained. If the dog is roaming the neighborhood, the pet owner’s neighbors also may be asked to pick up their mail at the area’s post office. Source USPS
ports the safety of its carriers in the performance of their duties.” Should customers have a problem they can call 1-800 ASK-USPS (275-8777).
Governor signs bill aiding volunteer firefighters By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation introduced by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky that will protect the benefits of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical personnel into law. The bill was passed by state assembly and senate on May 27 and was signed by Cuomo on June 18. The bill was co-sponsored by Kaminsky, who represents many South Shore volunteer fire departments and Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor), will protect the Length of Service Award Program. The program provides pension benefits to volunteer firefighters who reach certain milestones. “Throughout this pandemic, our brave volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders have been on the front lines day in and day out, protecting our communities while risking their lives to save ours,” Kaminsky said. “Now our volunteer firefighters and EMTs across the state who have been forced to stay home will have their benefits protected.” The ongoing coronavirus pandemic
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VoluNTEER FIRE dEpARTMENTS across New York state, including the Woodmere Fire Department will benefit from the newly signed legislation that will protect the Length Of Service Award Program. restrictions has affected volunteer firefighters and their efforts to attain the required 50 points per year through
responding to calls, taking part in training and being on call to be eligible for New York state’s length of service award
program that serves as a pension fund for the firefighters. Fire officials said that because of the restrictions many fire department members are not meeting the requirements, adding that the quarantining and near shutdown of the New York metropolitan area has rendered the options to gain LOSAP points impractical. Woodmere Fire Commissioner Ronna Rubenstein noted that volunteer firefighters should be able to maintain their benefits despite the pandemic. “Our brave and courageous firefighters and EMTs should not lose their hardearned LOSAP benefits due to the COVID pandemic,” Rubenstein said. “We applaud Senator Kaminsky for working with us to get this bill passed and for his support of the volunteer fire service.” Kaminsky added that he would continue to advocate for first responders during the pandemic. “I applaud the Governor for signing this bill into law,” he said. “I will continue to do all I can to support our local volunteer first responders throughout this pandemic and beyond.”
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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency: Board of Appeals Village of Woodsburgh Date: July 8, 2020 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: Village Hall, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York Subject: Application of Ari and Shira Hoschander, 45 Willow Road, Woodsburgh, New York, to construct an in-ground swimming pool, pool fence and related improvements, which construction requires variances of the following Village Code sections: (a) 150-47(H), in that (i) the pool is located 12 feet from the rear property line, and (ii) the fence is located 15 feet from the side property line and 6 feet from the rear property line, where a minimum of 25 feet is required, and (b) 150-39, in that the impervious coverage will be 5,898 square feet, where a maximum of 5,710 square feet is permitted. The proposed swimming pool and spa also requires a special permit pursuant to the Village Code §150-47(B). Premises are also known as Section 41, Block 40, Lot 465 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. The meeting and public hearing shall take place at Village Hall, unless permitted to take place by teleconference or videoconference, in accordance with Governor Cuomo’s orders issued on account of public health and safety concerns related to COVID-19. If the meeting and the public hearing take place via teleconferencing and videoconferencing through Zoom, the meeting will be recorded and a transcription will be provided at a later date. The Zoom login information is: Meeting ID: 810 4481 8973 Password: 087945 Or dial by your location: +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
Whether the meeting will take place in-person or through Zoom will be posted on the Village website, under the calendar link for the Board of Appeals meeting. Presently, the authority to hold public hearings via Zoom expires on July 7, 2020. Please continue to visit the Village website until July 8, 2020, for information on whether the hearing will be held in person or through Zoom. Plans and other materials associated with the application may be reviewed and downloaded at www.woodsburghny.com . Through Zoom, the public will have the opportunity to see and hear the meeting and hearings live. Any interested member of the public may provide public comments by following the procedure herein.
If the meeting is in person, comments must be submitted by email prior to the meeting, at bstolar@msek.com, by mail for receipt in Village Hall not later than July 8, 2020, or made in person at the hearing. If the meeting is held by Zoom, the Board will accept and consider public comments submitted by email or mail for receipt no later than 4:00pm on July 8, 2020, or made during the public hearing. Public comments submitted by email are to be sent to bstolar@msek.com. Dated: June 26, 2020 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Michelle Blandino, Village Clerk 122239 LEGAL NOTICE INC. VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE INC. VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Village of Cedarhurst will hold a public hearing on 07/08/2020 at 8:00 PM in the Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, NY for the following: Petition of Etty Noah Premises: 459 ARBUCKLE AVE Sec/Blk/Lot 39/272/45 Case # 2020-001 PROPOSED NEW 2 STORY, 1 FAMILY HOUSE W/ BASEMENT Variance from: 265-38 C. Building area. The total building area, including all accessory buildings, shall not exceed 30% of the lot area. 265-40 A & B Front yards. A. A front yard of 25 feet shall be required. B. In the case of a corner lot, the front yard on each street shall be as noted above. 265-42 Rear yards.
A rear yard of not less than 25 feet shall be required on every plot. 265-43 D Permitted encroachments. Entrance and exit steps may encroach into the required front or rear yard. The platform for such steps may not exceed three feet in projection and six feet in width. A three-foot projection and six-foot width one-story open (not enclosed) roof overhang may encroach three feet into the required setback 265-44 Open decks and patios A permit and certificate of completion shall be required for the construction of an open (uncovered) deck and/or patio built eight inches or more above grade. A deck exceeding 36 inches in height above the level of the curb shall be deemed a structure and shall comply with all requirements of this Code pertaining to structures, including setbacks. An open (uncovered) deck and/or patio, built eight inches or more above grade, but which is not more than 36 inches in height above the level of the curb, shall, in any event, conform to the following setbacks: A. In the front yard, the front yard setback for all structures in such district PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at said hearing. Dated:July 2, 2020 Cedarhurst, NY Benjamin Weinstock Mayor Salvatore Evola Village Clerk-Treasurer By Order of the Board Of Zoning Appeals 122226
LEGAL NOTICE INC. VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Village of Cedarhurst will hold a public hearing on 07/08/2020 at 8:00 PM in the Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, NY for the following: Petition of ROSELLE HOLDINGS LLC Premises: 82 SPRUCE STREET Sec/Blk/Lot 39/422/443 Case # 2020-003 PROPOSED 2 STORY ADDITION & ALTERATION OF MIXED USE BUILDING IN COMMERCIAL ZONE Variance from: 265-93 | Rear yards A rear yard of not less than 10 feet in depth is required on every lot or plot in the general business district, whether such lot or plot be interior or exterior, except, where such property immediately adjoins or abuts a public or municipal parking field or access driveway thereto, there shall be a rear yard adjacent to such parking field or driveway of not
less than five feet. The entire said yard from curb to the building line shall be paved with concrete as prescribed in Chapter 224, Article III, inclusive, of this Code. Where the property adjoins or abuts a public or municipal parking field or access driveway thereto on the side only, the provisions hereof with respect to paving shall not apply. When any such property located within the General Business District shall, at its rear yard, abut a property within a residential zone or a property used as residential, then a rear yard setback shall be required of at least 25 feet. 265-94 A| On-site parking On-site parking, as hereinafter described, shall be provided for all new buildings, all existing buildings enlarged and/or increased in area and volume or use and all buildings used for residential purposes converted to business use in the general business area, however; the parking requirements of §§ 265-9 and 265-11A shall apply throughout the entire area; one parking space shall be provided for each 200 square feet of floor area. Floor area shall not include cellar area unless used for retail sales or office purposes. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at said hearing. Dated:July 2, 2020 Cedarhurst, NY Benjamin Weinstock Mayor Salvatore Evola Village Clerk-Treasurer By Order of the Board Of Zoning Appeals 122225
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE REGUALR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hewlett Harbor will convene at 7:00pm on Thursday, July 9, 2020. On the front lawn at Village Hall, 499 Pepperidge Road, Hewlett Harbor, New York 11557, to conduct its annual organizational meeting and immediately thereafter, NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of the Open Meetings Law of the State of New York, that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hewlett Harbor will, immediately following its organizational meeting and the Public Hearing, convene at the place and time aforesaid for the purpose of conducting its regular monthly meeting for its general business.
Hewlett-Woodmere Little League plans to play By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com
Plans are moving forward for HewlettWoodmere Little League to begin its 2020 season sometime within the first two weeks of July with 10 teams across several age levels. “We’ve had several board meetings and are still in the process of discussing how to get the season going,” league Vice President Richard Kahn said. “It’s tricky how we’re going to work everything out, but right now we’re expecting to have 10 teams with about a dozen kids per team.” Kahn said he wasn’t surprised when Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced some youth sports can begin in early July as part of the Phase 4 reopening in Nassau County, as long as the coronavirus statistics continued to meet the criteria. “Young people can engage in sports [with] two spectators per child, so that’s another step toward return to normalcy,” Cuomo said at his June 14 press conference. Baseball, softball, gymnastics, field hockey, cross country and crew will be allowed once Phase 3 begins, which in Nassau is expected to be the week of July 6. Typically, Little League baseball and softball open during the first week of April. In mid-March, the Little League International Board of Directors advised programs across the country to delay their seasons until at least May 11 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Despite that timeframe increasing week by week, Kahn said he kept a watchful eye on the news and was optimistic a season could happen at some point. “Anyone who registered could get a
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HEwLETT-wOOdMErE LITTLE LEaguE plans to start play in early July. refund, minus the cost of the uniform and pick up the uniform, or transfer their sign-up fee to a summer or fall program.,” Kahn said. The league has permits for North Woodmere and Grant Park, Monday through Thursday nights, he said. Ideally, teams would play 12 games over a span of 8 weeks. “Safety is our most important concern,” Kahn said. In addition to limiting spectators, Kahn said additional safety measures will be taken such as where to position umpires and catchers, no sharing of equipment and providing hand sanitizers. “We’re moving forward with plans, just not full speed forward,” he said. Little League International, which operates more than 6,500 programs in 84 countries, has a season resumption guide posted on its website: www.littleleague. org.
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because of a disability are requested to notify the Village Clerk no less than 48 hours prior to the meeting. Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York June 19, 2020
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR MAUREEN MCCARTHY DEPUTY VILLAGE CLERK 122186
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Q. We have swing-out windows that need replacing. The weather has been just right for fresh air, but our windows don’t work. A company that will change them sent a salesman, and he suggested we get the kind that move up and down because they work better, are easier to clean and last longer. I wonder why we ever had the swing-out kind, why they have problems — they literally stopped working, and we couldn’t even move the crank to open Ask The them — and do you recomArchitect mend changing them, or is there a less costly way to go? Before we spend a lot of money, we’re checking everything. A. Windows make a building. Before windows, humans huddled in darkness like cave dwellers. With so many shapes, onte eeper types and sizes today, it’s a tease to try to choose between being creatively artistic and being practical and legal. Windows are required to do a lot more, because there are laws and requirements that go far beyond the many styles, features and appearance. There are requirements for light, ventilation and fire escape that can mean the difference between life and death, plus the amount of unimaginable stress and aggravation when an insurance company delays or won’t settle the loss of life or property to the full extent of the policy because the windows were illegal. As building designers, we are trained to follow all limitations before completing the composition, just like a car designer knows to follow strict limits on crash survival, seat, wind-shield size and passenger orientation. Before you switch window styles, consider that a window must, by law, allow for 5.7 square feet of clear opening when it’s in the open position. Although an existing window can have a smaller opening in a building built before 2003, at least one window in each habitable room, like a bedroom or recreation room, must have an opening of not less than 4 square feet in the clear, open position. Switching from casement (swing-out) windows to a double hung (up and down) sash style cuts the opening in half and probably much less than the 4 square feet. It’s a shame that the salesman didn’t know or comply with the law, because people say things with such confidence and it sounds believable. Before replacing the hard-to-open windows, try doing something that most people forget to do: maintain them. Casement windows are notorious for sticking and being difficult, mostly because the tracks at the top and bottom of the window need to be cleared of debris and dust and then lubricated, along with all swing-arm and gear hardware, with a silicone lubricant. Without that cleaning and lubricating, the cranking becomes a wrestling match, and can cause the cranks to strip the gear that rolls out the arms that move the window. For about $30 you can invest in a can of silicone spray, a can of compressed air and some paper towels. Good luck!
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here’s an old saying (with many variations): “Beware what you wish for, because you might just get it.” That fits the current rush to judgment against police forces across America. Calls to reform the police have been replaced by demands to “defund” or even “abolish” the police by the most radical political elements. In Seattle, that’s led to the outrageous abdication of responsibility by elected state and local officials, who cowered before a mob that took over a whole city neighborhood. alfonse The occupiers d’amaTo of the city’s Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone stormed a local police headquarters and forcibly expelled the officers stationed there. They set up barricades and have established their own tumultuous version of an open society. no cops, no discernible rules of behavior. The result: a spiraling decline into lawlessness and disorder. Armed thugs roam the zone, dispensing their own version of justice. Fueled by drugs and alcohol, this has inevitably led to late-night shooting, and at least one death. But Seattle’s mayor and Washington’s governor have sat on
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their hands, making apologies for the mob. No one should make excuses for bad cops or accept criminal behavior from those sworn to protect us. Police forces do need to reform, to be much better trained, to opt for de-escalation rather than confrontation. Bad cops should be weeded out and expelled from their forces. Police must win the trust of communities they serve, not see themselves as occupying forces, especially in communities of color. But just imagine what will happen if police withdraw from patrolling highcrime neighborhoods. Think crime will magically go down? Think the killing will stop? Think again, because the summer killing season has already entered full swing in a number of America’s cities. In Minneapolis, where the tragic death of George Floyd sparked a national awakening to the need to stop inexcusable police violence, recent murders of young black men have brought the tragedy full circle. But most of these murders weren’t committed by police. They were committed by criminals. In Chicago, the death toll has been staggering. More than 250 people have been murdered so far this year. At the current death rate, Chicago could exceed last year’s 510 murders.
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Recently the New York City Police Department unilaterally declared a withdrawal from undercover policing aimed at the most violent drug gangs. The law-abiding citizens of areas where those thugs roam can only hide — they can’t run from their neighborhoods. Unlike New York’s wealthy, who can and will abandon the city for safer environs if the level of crime returns to that of the bad old days, those who live in its poorest neighborhoods will be trapped amid the violence and death. They’ll absorb the brunt of the drive-by shootings, the stray bullets, the revenge killings. We may forget that at the height of the last crime wave, New York was terrorized by a high of over 2,600 murders in a single year. Last year there were just over 300 murders. That’s 2,300 fewer dead, fewer funerals, fewer grieving parents, widows and orphans. Good policing had a lot to do with that dramatic drop in deaths. Constructive police engagement in communities plagued by high crime helped reduce the death toll. That’s why it’s all the more damnable that a few terrible cops have defamed the reputation of their police brothers and sisters, and damaged relationships between police and minority communities. This damage must be repaired. Our
e need to offer more, not less, support for better law enforcement.
police forces must not retreat from our most vulnerable communities. They must not lose heart or commitment to the tough work they signed up for. We need to offer more, not less, support for better law enforcement, especially to encourage positive community engagement. If that means creating specialized teams of social workers, medics, mental health professionals and others to help police respond to the calls they get, so be it. So many 911 calls today are domesticabuse calls, child-abuse calls, drug- and alcohol-abuse calls. They require more than law enforcement intervention. They require all the skills the public sector and the community can muster. I certainly get it that policing needs to change and grow to serve our modern and all too often dysfunctional society. We should look at policing with eyes wide open. Let’s figure out what works and follow it. Let’s make public safety a No. 1 priority. Let’s not throw in the towel on better policing, safer communities and fewer deaths, especially in our minority communities, which suffer the worst from criminal violence. Because black lives matter. Every single one. Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.
Marriage in the time of Covid-19
esterday morning, my partner, my husband of 52 years, my onetime Lawrence High School sweetheart, turned his head on the pillow and whispered: “What are you making for dinner tonight?” My eyes weren’t open yet, but I whispered back, “Grilled scallops over buckwheat noodles and yakitori vegetables.” We sighed. I opened my eyes and got rolling. There were scallops to defrost. This is life for us during the coronavirus pandemic. Do you enjoy irony? All I ever wanted was for Randi him to retire so we kReiss could spend more time together. This winter he retired. Three days later, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, the world took a timeout, and here we are, with more togetherness than human beings were ever designed for. True, when we married on July 3,1968, we promised to stick together through the usual storms that blow through lives, but this? It definitely requires a codicil.
We are rigorously avoiding outside social contact, and not dining out or bringing in food. What that means for me is that I have cooked three meals a day for these many weeks since the pandemic hit. As I heard my husband confide to a friend on the phone, “I’m so lucky she’s a good cook.” How priorities change. Believe me, when we were 21 his mind wasn’t on my chicken fricassee. He’s thrilled with my meals, and I’m happy to slice and dice and sauté and bake, because what else is there to do in this crazy time? It’s a simple equation. Our marital quid pro quo: I prepare a complex seafood and rice dish with saffron and exotic mushrooms. We sit down together and enjoy. It works particularly well because he is happy to share the work by cleaning up. But . . . but . . . how did this get to be our lives? At least once a day I have a moment of being totally flabbergasted at the surreal turn of events. When we got married, who could have imagined that in our 52nd year together, we’d be isolated in semi-quarantine? Who could have envisioned all these hours and days and weeks spent alone after lifetimes
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of individual careers and outside friendships that nourished our lives and created healthy separation? Everyone is writing their own survival manual during the pandemic, especially because the federal government’s leadership has been so inadequate, so late and so confused. My kids are raising teenagers who no longer go to school or get to hang out with friends. My nieces and nephews are entertaining their toddlers all day and welcoming newborns. Some friends are living through all of this on their own. Others are going to work and keeping as safe as possible, whatever that means. For me, the first month was the worst, when I realized this wasn’t going to be a two-week deal, when I realized how vulnerable we are as over-65 seniors, when I saw the medical experts doing quiet battle with the federal government. I did what I could for myself, meditating and yoga and talking to friends on the phone. My husband and I carved out space for ourselves within our home, separating for some part of each day. Still, there are moments that feel close to panic. How will we get through this time
ho could have imagined that in our 52nd year together, we’d be in quarantine?
of not seeing our children and grandchildren? How will young people make sense of this in the arc of their lives? Here at home base, the journey is fraught. From another room, I can hear my husband preparing his hourly glass of water, violently shaking ice for what seems like 20 minutes, creating an avalanche of sound that shakes the dishes in the cupboard. I hear it from upstairs. Hell, you could hear it from another state. You wouldn’t think that would make you want to kill someone, but you’d be wrong. It’s the little things that drive you mad. But then, somehow, things settle. We find the light. We never had breakfast together because he went to work before 7. Now we do. Yes, it’s true he does get testy when I leave crumbs from my toast on the table, but we’re coping. We have faith in us. When we got married that July 3 in Woodmere, we promised to stick together. As fragile as life has become, as much as we’ve changed, grown apart and together again, I’m still in. We got married on that date so we’d always have the Fourth of July to celebrate. Alas, no fireworks this year, but I do have a nice whole snapper marinating in the fridge. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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hile commenting on the chants and signs proclaiming “Black Lives Matter,” a white colleague said, “All lives matter.” Yes, I replied, all lives matter, but we need to be reminded that black lives matter because it is black lives that are being eliminated by police violence. And we know only about those killed by bullets and bullies. What about the others who are “killed” behind closed doors and by Covid-19, toxic water, lead paint, failing schools, a privatized prison roBert a. system and job sCott discrimination, among other ills visited upon black people. I asked my colleague if he ever worried when his son goes to a mall with friends. Imagine you’re black, I said. Would you be concerned then, since we know that black people are harassed more often than whites and are killed in their homes and suburban neighbor-
hoods by white police. How many times have we heard of black professionals being mistaken for maintenance staff ? How often have we read about black students being asked why they’re in a university lounge, as if they don’t belong there? We hear the protests of the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many others, but do we hear the cries of anguish of those who suffer the malignancy of daily slights and sights? The slights of having one’s name questioned because it seems foreign. The sights of statues honoring generals who wanted to maintain the slave system. To solve a problem or cure an addiction, we must first name it and frame it. We must own up to it, even if it takes time. We must acknowledge it and understand its causes and effects. This is true of racism in all its guises, whether individual or institutional. I was fortunate to grow up in Mount Vernon, N.Y., where I had black friends in every grade of school. Even in college, although it was majority white, I had black friends — even one who today is a raving libertarian. But even with these experiences, I have to remind myself of white supremacy, of the many ways in
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which I have been advantaged in life, despite the fact that my mother died when I was 9 and my father went bankrupt due to the medical bills. We were poor but white, and even that gave us advantages. Racism is endemic. We must speak out against it, not in a patronizing way but as a patriotic act. For if we do not correct our nation’s original sin, this country whose ideals I admire will soon perish from its rotten core. The sin of slavery and the dehumanization of black people was codified in our Constitution, written into law, condoned by churches and confirmed by courts. Through theology, political protocols, economic priorities and educational practices, black individuals, families and communities have been disadvantaged in American society. These are the sources of white supremacy and relative wealth. It’s time for white people to acknowledge these injustices. It’s time for white Americans to acknowledge the justification for affirmative action. It’s time for white Americans to care about equal access to health care, education, job opportunities and justice for all Americans without regard for race, gender or background. To care about others is to care about the ideals on which this coun-
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A cross-continental reader checks in To the Editor: I moved to Merrick in 1950 and graduated from Mepham High in 1961. My wife and I lived in Merrick for 38 years before moving to Seattle in 2007. When we moved, we placed a full-page letter in what was then Merrick Life to say goodbye and explain that we were leaving not because of any fault of the town, but rather to seek a new life in new circumstances. Our three children had gone to school and grown to adulthood in Merrick, and all graduated from Calhoun High School. We have stayed close to our former friends and neighbors there, have returned to visit many times and continue to subscribe to the Herald in order to stay current with what’s happening there. (If you have read the papers, though, you’ll note that we have plenty of news in Seattle also!) I wanted to let you know that Randi Kreiss’s column “Thank you very much, but I prefer to remain alive” (June 18-24) was a remarkable piece of writing, and encapsulated and so aptly described what is taking place. My wife and I send Kreiss our best wishes and hope she continues to stir the pot with such wonderful prose.
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