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Local schools’ reopening plans still undefined Rosa wrote. “So long as allowed by public health officials, schools should be open for in-person With schools expected to teaching and learning, and stureopen in roughly five weeks, dents should be in school.” preparations for a new educaAfter receiving Rosa’s letter, tional year are in flux, as the two Lawrence Superintendent Dr. public school disAnn Pedersen sent tricts and yeshivas an email to district in the Five Towns staff last Friday, await State Educanoting that the Edution Department cation Department guidelines amid an had yet to finalize apparently reits guidelines and strengthening corohighlighting the navirus pandemic. Covid safety protoLast year, with cols it asked the no vaccine to blunt state Department the virus’s impact, of Health to impleschools were rement, such as the quired to create use of masks reopening plans indoors in lieu of that had be apscreening and testproved by the Eduing; adherence to cation Department. RAcHEl KREISS existing mass-tranIn a July 29 letter to President, Lawrence sit masking rules schools across the Teachers Association for school-supplied state, Education transportation, Commissioner with no physical Betty Rosa laid out the depart- distancing; and physical distancment’s current plans. ing of three feet indoors, where “The governor’s staff has possible. informed the department that “There appears to be languidance from [the state] Depart- guage that will allow remote ment of Health is in develop- instruction for students who ment and the latest guidelines excelled in that instructional from the Centers of Disease Control will serve as its basis,” Continued on page 12
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How do I play this? The Kiwanis Club of the Five Towns held its 48th annual golf outing fundraiser honoring member Bernie Schwartz, which raised more than $40,000, at the Rockaway Hunting Club in Lawrence on July 12. On the 17th hole, one of the 108 golfers, Bruce Garfinkel, right, asked his caddie, Melvin, advice before taking aim at the green.
New rabbi aims to foster unity Temple Israel welcomes new spiritual leader By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
Newspaper publisher Horace Greeley’s advice to young men in the 19th century was to go west. Rabbi Erik Uriarte, or Rabbi Erik, as he likes to be called, has come east from his origins in California, his military service in Okinawa, Japan, and Korea, and from his most recent religious posting in Billings, Mont.,
to be the interim rabbi for Temple Israel of Lawrence. Uriarte, 42, was ordained as a Reform rabbi in May after completing his studies at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. He came east with his wife, Jenna, more than 2,000 miles from Congregation Beth Aaron in Billings, where he was a student rabbi and the synagogue’s director of religious programming.
Coming to Temple Israel was serendipitous, because Uriarte initially didn’t have the temple on his short list, and it filed its application with the Central Council of American Rabbis later than usual. “It was this very good combination of here is a synagogue that I think I would mesh very well with, that I could get some Continued on page 4
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Abandoned, neglected, abused or homeless cats, kittens to be spayed or neutered have an advocate in the Woodmere-based nonprofit, volunteer driven, rescue organization Alleycattz. Founded in 2018 by Sonnia Cepeda, Alleycattz is an outgrowth of something she did at work. “I started rescuing cats at my job, I became involved with people that did rescue,” Cepeda said. “About every month I did independent rescue and find them homes. Caryn Cohen reached out to me for the FIV cat [FIV is AIDS in cats], and after that we became friends and Caryn happened to be my rescue partner.” Cohen and another volunteer Louann Paradiso-Giordonello help to ensure that the cats are in a safe environment conducting home checks and setting up veterinarian appointments. “People put in an application and Louann will look at it and contact the person,” Cepeda said. “Louann does the applications, home checks, vet references and does everything to get the cat home. Caryn will alert us on grants that are coming up, she will get calls about rescues, and reminds us of things we must do. Caryn is our information center. I do adoption contracts, vet appointments, transports, fundraisers and the grant writing for our grants.” Alleycattz has a partnership with David Bernacchi who leads the Pets4love and Gill Nunes who is part of Catfixerny and serves as the licensed vet tech for Alleycattz. Pets4luv takes in cats and dogs that are abused, neglected or homeless. The collaboration has “helped everyone,” Cepeda said. Cohen believes the staff ’s dedication has continued to blossom throughout the coronavirus pandemic and how difficult the job can be at times. “Honestly, I wish we had
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Ripley, left anD Moose are two of the cats Alleycatz has rescued. more vets, we have a few and they are awesome however it is difficult to get appointments because there is a waiting list,” Cohen said. “It is stressful for the people who are hands on. The number of cats being trapped compared to the number of clinics that take in ferals seems too never be enough.” Alan Goldstone who lives in western Connecticut fostered half a dozen cats from Alleycattz eight years ago and continues to help Cepeda and the company when he can. “Sonnia and I connected through Facebook, and I give her a lot of credit for the time she puts in,” Goldstone said. “I try to help out on occasion and I will do
some transfers up to Hartford Connecticut when I can.” Cepeda and her volunteers all work and squeeze in the Alleycattz tasks around their schedules. “I am so proud of them (Sonnia and Louann) because it is a 24/7, 365-day job, Sonnia works full time, Louann works full time and yet we have rescued and placed a couple of thousands of kittens and cats to amazing homes,” Cohen said. I am very proud to be a part of it. The fosters, the people who transport, those are the real heroes.” Fosters are people who care for the cats until they are permanently placed with pet owners.
5T Center receives a minor makeover By JeffRey Bessen jbessen@liherald.com
For the past year and a half-plus, the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence has been a hub of critical community activity from feeding thousands through Gammy’s Pantry and being a Long Island Cares site to now hosting a revitalized Nassau County Police Athletic League program. Now the building will be receiving somewhat of a makeover as $4 million from the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery is paying for asbestos removal. The work was scheduled to begin on Aug. 9 and be completed by Aug. 27, and a new heating ventilation and air conditioning system will be installed after Aug. 27 through early October, said Community Center Executive Director K. Brent Hill. The Head Start portion of the building is now closed through early September. Those classes are expected to resume on Sept. 13, Hill said. The center’s after-school programs for the Lawrence Early Childhood Center at the Number Four School, the Lawrence Primary School at the Number Two School and Lawrence Elementary School will be held at St. John’s Baptist Church in Inwood through September. “The pantry will be operational Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays during renovations,” Hill said, adding that the general contractor, Urban Ecospaces, in conjunction with the county and state, “has been very mindful of limiting interruption of our mission.” A one-time grant of $49,000 from the Town of Hempstead through federal money will be used to help seniors navigate through the coronavirus pan-
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the five towns Community Center’s Head Start program held its moving up ceremony on July 30. From left were teacher, Amber Barrios, graduate Esteban Rivera and teacher Leidys Sunnati. demic, Hill noted. “Programs and services provided to the community are vital to the community,” said Sasha Young, who runs Gammy’s Pantry and over-
sees an array of activities at the center. Nearly half a century ago, the center entered into a lease agreement with Nassau County. That lease is schooled to expire in roughly three years. County Legislator Carrié Solages (D-Lawrence), said that he has been involved in the negotiations for the past three years with County Executive Laura Curran and center leaders. “The county executive herself expressed the vital role the Community Center plays in the community,” Solages said. “The mission, the vision, and the utility has grown exponentially,”. “I’m proud of everyone looking to making significant improvements.” He quelled rumors that the building is for sale saying, “That is not the case,” Solages said, adding that the issue surrounding naming the center for Pete Sobol, a longtime board member and former executive director, should be resolved in the very near future. “The lease will expire in 2024 and the County has been in communication with the tenant on the topic,” said county spokeswoman Justine DiGiglioCifarelli. “The county has always worked collaboratively with the center and appreciates the important role it played throughout the pandemic, serving as a vaccine and food distribution site. The county is beginning to examine options for building improvements that will enhance future operations.” Last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that designated the Nassau Expressway overpass the Peter V. Sobol Memorial Bridge. Sobol, a longtime Inwood businessman, died in February. He was 64.
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Uriarte is Jewish by birth. His father fled Nicaragua as a Rabbi Erik 10-year-old, and Erik’s grandmother and her family left Germany in the late 1930s. Growing up, he attended Steven Wise Temple, in Los Angeles, a large Reform temple and school, from nursery to third grade, but was not bar mitvahed. “The joke I always make is my mother and father were hippies in the ’60s, so they had no use for organized anything, alone religion,” he said. In the military, Uriarte realized he needed a community, and began thinking of community building, which has become the essence of his rabbinical philosophy. “It was really the military where I reconnected with my Jewish identity and what that meant to me,” he said, “and I think that was perfect, because I started attending services on Okinawa, Japan.” While other Marines were going to
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Now, albeit with a one-year contract, Uriarte is among one of the highest concentrations of Jews in the country. While the pastrami is “amazing” and “New York bagels are the best,” he says, there is a serious side to being a spiritual leader, with all the social issues swirling around institutions and organizations.
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RAbbI ERIk URIARtE will serve as spiritual leader of Temple Israel of Lawrence for at least the next year. “When talking about inclusion, and the inclusion that Temple Israel of Lawrence is wanting to make,” he said, referring to including people of different ethnic groups and sexual orientations, “what we are going to need to do is challenge our assumptions, so they fit the very sincere goals about them, and be willing to be wrong.” Uriarte aims to get involved in the community and the surrounding areas as well. “I am definitely going to be doing outreach to communities with other Jewish groups, and not just within the Five Towns area,” he said. “One of the few
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shining lights of this pandemic it’s that it has forced us to be adaptable to new ways of building and fostering a community in continuing with our Jewish practices, whatever they may be, and coming together.” Rabbi Rosenbaum offered his successor some advice. “Show in material ways that you are dedicated to the congregation and each member of the congregation, and that under all circumstances be present and accounted for,” Rosenbaum said. “Learn the unique customs of your community and its mode of worship. This shows respect for the sacred.”
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good experience with, that I could work with, that I could bring my own skills and attributes,” Uriarte said, “but also the one thing that really jumped out at me that was great was all of the history here and all of the experience here.” He noted that his predecessor, Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum, was given emeritus status, and though Rosenbaum is now at Temple Israel of New Rochelle, the senior spiritual leader is just an email, phone call or text away for advice. Temple Israel was founded 114 years ago in Far Rockaway and moved to Lawrence in 1931. Calling Uriarte “empathetic and patient and deliberate in his choice of words, Doug Segan, the temple’s president, explained why the board chose him. “Rabbi Erik is a bright and kind gentleman with a passion for teaching,” Segan said. “He has a compelling life story. Rabbi Erik listens with focus, caring and curiosity. His passion for and understanding of Judaism and Jewish history is uplifting and inspiring.”
church on Sunday and asking Uriarte to attend, he thought, “Yes, I really do need a community here,” he said. “I really need something from home, something of who I am to build a community that is not explicitly the military, but that has the idea. Every single Friday night for two years of my life that I was in Okinawa that I could, I walked to synagogue for Friday-night services.” The path to a Jewish community was led by a Conservative Navy chaplain, Mitchell Schranz, who Uriarte said was very welcoming and “showed me the very unique way that rabbis in the military operate.” Military rabbis have to inclusive and minister to all Jewish sects, and use a m i l i t a r y p r aye r b o o k approved for use by the Conservative and Reform movements and one of the major Orthodox Jewish bodies in the U.S. “That was really my introduction to my Jewish identity, and it was always about comm u n i t y, ” U r i a r t e s a i d . “Understanding that, no matter where I am in the world, if I meet another Marine, there is this instant connection.” He snapped his fingers. “But from that, there was this realization that no matter where I am in the world, if I meet Uriarte another Jewish person, there is that instant connection.” Those connections led him to become a rabbi. “That continues to be one of my main driving goals as being a rabbi,” he said.” How do I build community?” He began with a host of experiences in Los Angeles and Yakima, Wash. In Billings he was the leader of a 55-household congregation that he described as “the only game in town.” (Montana’s Jewish population ranks 46th in the nation.)
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Canasta, Mah Jongg At Temple Hillel in North Woodmere, 1000 Rosedale Road, canasta classesfrom 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mah jongg classes from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Bring your game and play all day. $8 per gamedonation. Free coffee and cake. Call Naomi Rivlin (516) 791-8329.
Peninsula Public Library The listed online programs are free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. Register by calling (516) 239-3262, or go to the Eventkeeper calendar on the PPL’s website: https:// www.peninsulapublic.org/ An email with login details will be sent before each program. For more information email Janet Schneider at jschneider@peninsulapublic.org. Peninsula Public Library has no adult programs scheduled from May 17 to 31.
Walking Club The Gural JCC wants to talk a walk with its Walking Club at 10:30, weather permitting. Meet at Grant Park in Hewlett at the entrance on Sheridan Avenue. For more information contact Susan Sachs at susan.sachs@guraljcc.org or (516) 569-6733 x230.
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Canasta, Mah Jongg At Temple Hillel, 1000 Rosedale Road, North Woodmere, mah jongg from 10 am to noon. Canasta classes from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Bring your game and play all day. $8 per game- donation. Free coffee and cake. Call Naomi Rivlin for information at (516) 791-8329.
Yoga And Meditation at 2 p.m., upper body yoga and meditation with Lisa Zimmerman. HewlettWoodmere Public Library. Join Zoom https://bit.ly/3C70b3O.
Community Basketball At 6:30 p.m., at the Five Towns Community Center, 270 Lawrence Ave., Lawrence, the center’s P.A.L. Youth vs. 4th Precinct police officers in basketball. Former NBA players Nate “Tiny” Archibald and Tom Hoover are scheduled guests. For more information, call (516) 239-6244.
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Cedarhurst resident Syd Mandelbaum received a Veterans Service Award from the Town of Hempstead for his civic work as CEO and founder of Rock and Wrap It Up! and his veterans farmer’s market that both provide food to those in need and as commander of the Lawrence-Cedarhurst American Legion Post 339. From left were Town Clerk Kate Murray, Supervisor Don Clavin, Mandelbaum, Councilman Anthony D’Esposito and Receiver of Taxes Jeanine Driscoll. Golf Outing HAFTR and the Gural JCC, are joining forces for a day of golf and tennis, followed by a night of casino games and poker at the Seawane Club Casino Night is co-sponsored by the HAFTR PTA, and will honor Candice Fieler and Chani Jeter in recognition of their contributions to HAFTR. Register at theevent.haftr.org.
‘The Music Man’ At 4 p.m., Yale professor Daniel Egan, of Department of Music and Theater Studies program, looks at the history of “The Music Man’ and its timeless appeal. Peninsula Public Library.
Atlantic Beach The Atlantic Beach village board of trustees meets at 7:45 p.m., Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach.
The Gural JCC will have Liz Ropers lead a Zoom discussion on Kristin Hannah’s book “ The Four Winds” on Tuesday, Aug. 10 at 2 p.m. Join Zoom at https://bit.ly/3x9l4aZ. Inwood resident Lesley Guevara was named to the University of Hartford’s dean’s list for the spring semester.
Tuesday, Aug. 10 Covid Support The Gural JCC’s a weekly Zoom support group offers coping strategies. 9 a.m. Pre-registration required. Contact Lisa Barnett, (516) 569-6733 x 210, lisa. barnett@guraljcc.org.
Tai Chi At 11 a.m., through Aug. 17, Linda Cafiero leads a Tai Chi series on Zoom to help improve posture, balance and focus. Peninsula Public Library.
Art And Motherhood At noon, Mary Dono talks about Suzanne Valadon &Maurice Utrillo. A mother and son story of the artistic world and the challenges of motherhood. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. Join Zoom https://bit.ly/3xjFRsq.
At 11 a.m., Joyce Raimondo, education coordinator of East Hampton’s PollockKrasner House and Study Center, leads a Zoom tour of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner’s home and studio. Peninsula Public Library.
Parkinson Support At noon with Cathy Byrne, coping strategies, education and support. Contact Byrne at cathy.byrne@guraljcc.org or (516) 569-6733 x220 for details.
FDR At 3 p.m., historian Martin H. Levinson will discuss Franklin Roosevelt’s life and legacy in this Zoom lecture. Peninsula Public Library.
Cedarhurst Concert The sixth of Cedarhurst village’s Tuesday night summer concert series features a 7 p.m. pre-show with the Magic of Alexeo. At 8 p.m., a might of Italian music with the Tenors.
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Dr. Esther Fogel, of Lawrence, who is the owner and director of Comprehensive Audiology in Lynbrook, was named a 2021 academy scholar by the American Academy of Audiology. Sunday, Aug. 15 from 2 to 6 p.m., Inwood Day will be celebrated with an array of activities at
At noon, Brian presents a discussion on the grandmasters of American comedy: Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner. HewlettWoodmere Public Library. Join Zoom https://bit.ly/2VojaGb.
Thursday, Aug. 12 Canasta, Mah Jongg At Temple Hillel, 1000 Rosedale Road, North Woodmere, mah jongg from 10 am to noon. Canasta classes from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Bring your game and play all day. $8 per game- donation. Free coffee and cake. Call Naomi Rivlin for information at (516) 791-8329.
Dutch Masters At 11 a.m., professor Dennis Raverty presents an illustrated art lecture on the Dutch masters of naturalism and light. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. Join Zoom https://bit.ly/37ojVSd.
Meditation At 2 p.m., Lisa Wisel leads a class on relaxing meditation. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. Join Zoom https://bit. ly/3A7o3mc.
the Five Towns Community Center, 270 Lawrence Ave., Lawrence. The Gural JCC reopened its Grove Avenue site in Cedarhurst and welcomed back its Chaverim program for Holocaust survivors in-person for the first time in more than a year.
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What’s a non-stop talker to do when his only natural gift is non-stop talking? He can talk (non-stop) to immediate family, but they rapidly develop an immunity to his unending verbiage, while not shutting him out (or up) eventually gently (and painlessly shut him off. Of course, he can pursue the vocation created for non-stop talker, and become a trial lawyer, but judges and other lawyers will frequently interrupt with questions (or endless polemics of their own) and even courts eventually close for the night or holidays. The clergy is also an area open to NSTs, but congregants tend to resent interminable sermons, often asking if even God know when they will end and sometimes calling upon the Almighty himself to, in His infinite mercy, end it for on them. Becoming a sports announcer, a politicians or a college professor (frequently called, for good reason, a lecturer) are also career options for the NST, but they includes retirement that, no matter when it occurs, forces the nonstop talker to stop talking way before he’s ready. Of course, the non-stop talker could find solace and satisfaction among non-stop listeners, but such groups hardly exist anymore as nowadays everyone has an opinion or fact they insist on sharing and “golden silence” is part of a long-lost golden age. Nope, there’s only one place where the aging non-stop talker can find a willing audience receptive to his never-ending narrative and that is among … grandchildren. Indeed, grandchildren are the original “tell me a story” population; an untapped reservoir of enthusiastic listeners who, especially at bed-
time, want to hear about the “old days.” They cherish tales of their parents’ childhood years, their deeds and (particularly) their misdeeds. Grandkids love to hear about how Pop-pop met Nana and what life was like in their pre-historic life of rotary phones and record players and nonATM cash payments. They never tire of hearing about the first house, the origins of the family, summer camp in the ’50s (1950s, not the 1850s), typewriters, transistor radio and hippies. Depending on the grandchildren, you can talk non-stop about sports, religion, dating, school, food, clothes, cars, politics, music, art and all the subjects a curious child is curious about and about which an older grandparent is deemed an expert. With grandchildren you can regale your past and speculate about their future oldman with a shared sense of excitement and discovery as everything (and nothing) can be talked about nonstop. Most of all you can, especially at bedtime, the time parents announce but grandparents expand, you can tell stories: True stories, made-up stories, stories that never happened and stories that haven’t happened yet. You can utilize subject matter they request, incorporate their interruptions, answer sudden questions and start anew when the story (finally) ends and they ask/beg for “just one more” (the most wonderful request a NST can hear!). And when they eventually fall asleep, the lucky non-stop talker realizes that his wonderful, loving grandchildren are not only a pleasure to talk non-stop to, but thankfully a joy and a blessing to talk non-stop … about.
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face questions about emotional symptoms. Deeper questions such as, • What do you believe is contributing to your high level of stress? • What do you say to yourself when you’ re feeling anxious? • H ow d o e s yo u r depression manifest itself ? • What triggers your stress at home, at work a r e g l o s s e d o v e r, i f addressed at all? Yet, such questions inda shed light on a person’s overall emotional makeup and life situation. Not only do psychologists have the time to ask such in-depth questions, they also have the training, expertise, desire to listen to and teach their patients how to move beyond their negativity or feelings of hopelessness. I’m not against psychotropic medication, but I’m strongly against the use of these drugs as the first or only treatment. And yet, over 40 million adults in this country take psychotro-
pic meds, and over six million kids are prescribed these drugs to control their behavior or emotions. 6 million: something eerie about that number! Still, the skyrocketing use of drugs continues. If they’ re inef fective, as they often are, the dosage is increased or yet another medication is prescribed until patients ( s o m e a s yo u n g a s 4-years-old) are on a cocktail of drugs that doctors hope will improve their apadin mood, curb their outbursts, or focus their attention. Should drugs be prescribed as the first or only treatment offered to adults and kids? NO! Patients need to learn the necessary skills to work through their stress, depression, anxiety! Before you gamble with the long-term effects of drugs, the skills of a psychologist, family therapist, learning specialist, nutritionist, and sleep consultant should be utilized. After all, we’re dealing with the brain, a precious,
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The power to help is in your hands. PSEG Long Island has teamed up with Island Harvest on a new initiative to help those in our communities facing food insecurity. And you have the power to help! Summer is when food bank stocks dwindle, donations slow down, and thousands of Long Island children don’t have a daily school meal to depend on. Please join us. Stop by any of the following Power to Feed Long Island events with a donation of non-perishable food from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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“It’s OK to not be OK and it’s OK to talk about it,” claimed Naomi Osaka who’s putting her mental health first! “There are people who can help, and there’s usually light at the end of the tunnel.” Yes, indeed Naomi. If a four-time grand slam singles tennis champion can speak about how she needed to withdraw from the French Open because of mental health concerns, we all can. Yet, in busy, bustling medical offices, when patients seek to speak to their physicians about their mental health symptoms, they typically get 10 minutes max to do so. Thus, it’s no surprise that the doctor whips out the prescription pad as a solution to patients complaining about feeling depressed, anxious, or stressed. Though psychotropic drugs may indeed help, I wish that physicians would prescribe a minimum of 6 visits with a psychologist before prescribing meds. Yes, I am a psychologist, but my wish is not self-serving. It’s designed to benefit the patient. Here’s why: It’s the rare doctor who has the time or inclination to delve into anything other than sur-
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Schools waiting on state guidance continued from front page delivery method, or who have medical needs,” Pedersen told the Herald, adding that she expected the State Education Department guidelines to be issued shortly. Lawrence schools reopen Sept. 2. Hewlett-Woodmere began the school year last September with a combination of in-person and remote learning, and then moved to full in-person instruction a month later. In-person school is favored by the nearly 300 members of the HewlettWoodmere Faculty Association. “Most important for the fall is that teachers want students back in school, more important than masks and cleaning protocols,” said Ric Stark, the association’s president. “Remote learning was an emergency measure necessitated by a pandemic. It should not be part of the educational toolbox; it was an abject failure.” A majority of education experts nationwide believe that in-person instruction is the best way for students to learn. A RAND Corporation survey of schools across the country this spring concluded that remote students completed less material and received less in instruction in the core courses of English, math and science compared with students learning in person. Rachel Kreiss, the newly installed president of the 234-member Lawrence Teachers Association, said her colleagues were “hoping for more normalcy,” meaning in-
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SchoolS acroSS New York await the State Education Department’s s guidance on reopening. Above, Lawrence High School Principal Jennifer Lagnado-Papp checked a student’s health form on the first day of school last year. person instruction. She added that the teachers were prepared for all modes of education. “The Lawrence district has always risen to the occasion,” Kreiss said, noting that the district went fully remote immediately after being shut down in March 2020. “The district has given us the training and some tools to enhance the remote classroom in terms of technology. My hope is that we are fully in-person. Neither remote nor hybrid replaces being in a classroom.
Educationally, socially, school is a community and students need to be back in that environment to succeed.” Hybrid instruction is a combination of online and in-person learning. Richard Hagler, executive director of the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, said he planned to have its schools, which include HALB and the Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys, both in Woodmere; Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls, in Hewlett Bay Park; and
the Lev Chana Early Childhood Center, also in Hewlett Bay Park, to be open in person when school begins on Sept. 1. HALB’s schools were open in 2020-21 as well. “We will follow state guidelines like any other school,” Hagler said, adding that HALB has a medical committee that helps ensure that the schools are following the most up-to-date Covid protocols. Ari Solomon, executive director of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Far Rockaway, which has an early childhood center and an elementary, middle and high school, said he also expects the buildings to be open on Sept. 1, though he is waiting for state guidance. “We recognize in-person is the best form of education,” Solomon said. “Zoom is very useful in these times [and] at times effective, but last year we didn’t close a building or have classes canceled.” Hewlett-Woodmere School District Superintendent Dr. Ralph Marino Jr. said he anticipated seeing his schools fully reopen on Sept. 1, but he remained in a holding pattern. “Decisions regarding available modes of instruction cannot be made until the district receives guidance from the state,” he said. Have an opinion on school reopening plans? Send a letter to jbessen@liherald. com.
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Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, the Dorot Professor of modern Jewish history at Emory University in Atlanta was named to be President Joe Biden’s anti-Semitism envoy, a State Department position that was elevated to ambassador level earlier this year by Congress. Lipstadt, 74, a Far Rockaway native, is most known for her 1993 book “Denying the Holocaust.” Two years later the English author David Irving sued her for libel on the grounds that her book had ruined his once well-regarded career as an historian by accusing him of deliberately distorting historical facts. The resulting court case placed the onus on her legal team to prove that the Holocaust did indeed take place, which she won. The real life events were dramatized in the 2016 film “Denial.” Lipstadt attended the Hebrew Institute of Long Island, which merged with Lawrence’s Hillel School in 1978 to form the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, is one of the world’s most respected Holocaust historians and antiSemitism experts. Currently, she serves on the boards of the Jewish Forward Advisory Committee and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committees, and is a judge for the Rohr Prize in Jewish literature. Lipstadt has served in several roles at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and twice was the Presidential appointee to the museum’s council. She was asked by President George W. Bush to represent the White House at the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Aus-
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LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor will hold a public hearing via ZOOM on August 12, 2021 at 5:00pm. All residents and professionals wishing to attend are directed to contact Village Hall at 516-374-3806 for further ZOOM information/instruction or visit our website at www.hewlettharbor.org. All interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard on the following application for variance relief: Continuation….Mr. Frank Almonte 1177 Harbor Road Hewlett Lane Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557, is requesting a rear yard In-ground
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swimming pool, pool paving and maintain raised rear yard grade. Applicant requires relief from Village Zoning Code ordinance 145-19 and Village Code 17-22. Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 25% in a residential “AB” district. Applicant is requesting a 31.8% lot coverage. Village Code 17-22 states: it shall be unlawful to alter, add to or remove within 100’ of any property line any soil which will result in any deviation from the original grade. Continuation…Mr. Kim Volman 1300 Seawane Drive Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557, is requesting to construct additions and alterations to an existing dwelling. Applicant requires relief from Village Zoning Code ordinance 145-19, 145-10.C and 145-13. A. Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 25% in a residential “A” district. Applicant is requesting a 30.8% lot coverage. Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: the maximum permitted front yard surface coverage is 18%. Applicant is requesting 58% front yard surface coverage. Village Zoning Code 145-10.C. states: The maximum height of a residential dwelling in a residential “A” district shall not exceed 35’. Applicant is proposing 36’8”. Village Zoning Code 145-13.A states: The average front yard setback shall not be less than 55’ in a residential “A” zone. Applicant is requesting a front yard setback of 54’2”. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS STEVEN GOLD, CHAIRMAN ZONING BOARD MICHAEL RYDER Village Clerk Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York July23, 2021 126887
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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 Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach Date: August 19, 2021 Time:7:00 p.m. Place:Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York
Subject:Case#21-05-5665 - Erica and Michael Distenfeld, 66 Vernon Avenue, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509. Applicant proposes to install a generator in the side yard setback with less than the required setback and is seeking relief for a variance of the Village Codes Section 250-25(8) Generators (permanent or portable) shall be permitted in one of the required side yards or rear yard, provided that said side yard shall not be diminished thereby to a width of less than five feet and the rear yard shall not be diminished thereby to a distance less than five feet from the rear property line in Residence A Districts. Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 38, Lots 110 & 143 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters. All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours Dated:July 30, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Siniscalchi, Village Clerk 126989
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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 Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach Date:August 19, 2021 Time:7:00 p.m. Place:Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York Subject:Case#21-06-5710 - YML Bay Boulevard LLC, 1736 Bay Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509. Applicant is requesting relief for insufficient parking and is seeking relief for a variance of the Village Codes Section 250-125 Accessory parking (A) (12) Dwellings in an A District: two parking spaces per dwelling. Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 82, Lots 21 & 22 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters.
All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours Dated: July 30, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Siniscalchi, Village Clerk 126990
LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Board of Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach Date:August 19, 2021 Time:7:00 p.m. Place:Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York Subject:Case# 20-09-5467 - Kenneth and Sarah Cohen, 39 Genesee Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509. Applicant proposes to construct a two story single family dwelling and is seeking relief from Village Code Section: 250-21 Lot coverage. The lot coverage shall not exceed 30% of the lot area, proposed lot coverage 39.03%. Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 54, Lots 31-34 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters. All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours Dated:July 30, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Siniscalchi, Village Clerk 126988 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Hollywood Gyms Hewlett, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 04/30/2021. 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:7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. 125679
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Brooklyn resident dwayne Gordon allegedly resisted arrest twice and was driving with fraudulent license plates in Lawrence on July 30. www.liherald.com
A Brooklyn man allegedly resisted arrest twice after a traffic stop near the Nassau Expressway and Rockaway Turnpike in Lawrence on July 3. Police said they saw a gray 2010 Mercedes Benz with a Texas registration commit multiple traffic infractions while driving near 878 at 12:50 a.m. Police stopped the car and determined that Dwayne Gordon, 20, had used fake Texas license plates. As officers tried to put Gordon in the police vehicle, he pulled away and tried to run, police said. They regained control of Gordon, who then allegedly violently resisted again. He headbutted an officer before being put in the police car, police said. An officer sustained a facial cut. He was charged with second-degree assault, second-degree escape, second criminal possession of a forged instrument and multiple traffic infractions. His next courts date is Aug. 3. He is being represented by the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County. Gordon was released with no bail. —Jeffrey Bessen
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ack in the old days when people used to tell jokes, one of my favorite one-liners was, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you.” It always elicited a few laughs, but I made it clear that the role of government, dating back to 1776, is exactly that. In times of crisis, no private organization is going to step forward to help us weather a health scare or any other challenge. It’s the job of government to be there for us in times of need. The more I think about it, the JERRY current attacks on the nation’s effort KREMER to battle the coronavirus pandemic and the persistent undermining of public health measures are a national disgrace, and history will record them as such. And the people who are the fomenters of “health hate” should be treated in the same way as the hundreds of people who were arrested for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection. The arrival of Covid-19 in January 2020 wasn’t the first time in the coun-
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try’s history that we asked our health professionals to provide relief and assurance. In 1918, the nation was decimated by the flu pandemic. In 2002, we had the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, scare. In 2004, America learned of the H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, which necessitated the destruction of millions of chickens to keep us safe. In all of those cases, America turned to agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. We followed the media reports, looking for assurances that no serious illness would invade our homes and upset our daily life. During those times, people like Dr. Anthony Fauci and others stood behind lecterns with charts and graphs. They assured the country in measured words that the government was trying its best to protect us. When the Covid-19 plague hit our shores last year, the two federal agencies were the first to alert us of a possible new virus that had developed in China. Did they get it right from the beginning? Not knowing how serious it was, they
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made a few miscalculations on the issue of masks and how quickly the virus might spread, but their job was made even harder by a president who didn’t want to talk about the coronavirus because it would interfere with his reelection plans. It was at that point until that a lifeor-death challenge became a political football, and it remains one today. Instead of one nation united, we have red and blue states fighting over mask requirements. We have so-called elected officials discouraging their constituents from getting vaccinated. We have media personalities such as Fox’s Tucker Carlson, who rails against vaccines even though, according to media reports, he has been vaccinated, as has most of the staff at Fox News. And then we have a variety of public officials mocking the doctors and the vaccine. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who sees himself as a possible president, is selling T-shirts making fun of Doctor Fauci. In the meantime, Florida is now one of the states with the largest number of new reported Covid cases. To add to his arrogance, DeSantis is fighting with the
t’s too late in the game to expect there to be a united effort to stop Covid’s ravages.
cruise ship industry over its insistence on checking boarding passengers for symptoms of the virus. Political stupidity when it comes to protecting the public isn’t confined to any party. It is hard to imagine that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of a great political legend, is traveling around the nation, discouraging people from getting vaccinated. For many in the anti-vaccination movement, Kennedy is considered their No. 1 hero. His poor dad must be turning over in his grave. It’s too late in the game to expect there to be a united effort to stop Covid from ravaging our country. Innocent people will continue to die as a result of raw politics. Families will continue to lose cherished members of all ages. There’s a lesson to be learned about politicizing disease, but it seems that no one who needs to hear it is willing to listen. The coronavirus scourge isn’t over, and there will be many more losers thanks to a handful of political losers. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.
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t’s been a long time since I took a pregnancy test, but it was the perfect application of what passed for high tech in its day: private, accurate and consequential. Today, as technology advances, we are pushed beyond our skill sets without the benefit of human helpers. Self-sufficiency is fine, but I miss having real human beings to answer questions or tell me that the bathing suit I’m checking out is going on sale next week. I miss having people who RANDI know more than I KREISS do about a problem. When I go online to return an item, I must engage with a chat bot who has programmed answers. Round and round we go, with me having no way to tell Chat that my new shoe had a dead roach in the heel. I had a foreshadowing of our new doit-yourself world some 25 years ago, when my snazzy Dell desktop ran amok. One call led to another, until I reached a supervisor who said he would talk me
through the fix. “First,” he said, “get a screwdriver.” This did not sound cool. “Now, take off the back of the tower,” he said. I really didn’t want to open the back of the tower, but I did, and moved the wires he told me to move, and it fixed the problem. The house-call service industry was in its death throes. Last week I saw an ad for a cardio phone app that can alert you if your heart rate is too fast or too slow. How is that helpful? Will it tell you you’re having a heart attack? If you have chest pain and an erratic heartbeat and your phone tells you you’re OK, what do you do? This is the perfect scenario for a little bit of knowledge being a dangerous thing. I wonder if cardiologists are getting false alarms from patients who get false alarms from their wristwatches. One cardiac patient offered this testimonial to his heart monitor: “This is an amazing little monitor! I recently began having heart palpitations in the middle of the night, and it’s very easy to just check my heart rhythm with my device to make sure I’m not having any serious arrhythmias. It has given me so much
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peace of mind!” How is this OK? What if the dude is reading his gizmo wrong? What if the gizmo isn’t accurate? Why not just call your doctor? Actually, I know the answer to that. Answering services are understaffed. It’s hard to reach your doctor in the middle of the night. A trip to the ER is a drag. One cardio app offers a “premium” subscription, which raises the question of what makes it premium? Does it monitor you less rigorously if you don’t upgrade? Do you get a refurbished monitor if you look for a bargain? Now we can also buy portable ECG monitors for under $100 that you can carry in your pocket and glance at from time to time to see if your heart is behaving. The proliferation of these medical devices, available to the public, makes my own heart race. During Covid we all learned to do some things we had relied on experts to do before the pandemic. I’d never heard about an oximeter before 2020, but when my husband got the sniffles, I regularly checked his O2 levels to be sure it wasn’t
n airports, subways and stores, kiosks and registers go unmanned and unwomaned.
the virus. I cut our hair and figured out how to fix our TV because we couldn’t let a service person in. The problem is that now, even though we’re drifting back to normal, some do-it-yourself chores are here to stay. I check out my own groceries because no one is at the registers. I check out my own purchases at the big stores, and I read my own lab reports on the patient portals because I want my results sooner rather than later. I book my own flights and make all changes online because I can’t get a human being to pick up. All the work I’ve done in my life, aside from writing, which is a solitary endeavor, bonded me with other people in real time. I taught, I tutored, I lectured, and it was a way to nurture human connections. In airports, subways and stores, kiosks go unmanned and unwomaned. We are increasingly on our own, without micro-connections to humanize our days. I see a time when virtual schooling could be universal. We will educate ourselves, order our food online, repair our own equipment and, heaven forbid, maybe operate on ourselves if the lesion is small and the instructions are good. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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letters Endangered species at Woodmere Club? To the Editor: I was dismayed when I learned about the death of local wildlife at the Woodmere Club (“Woodmere Club ruckus,” July 22-28). Having some insight into animal physiology and how the developers seem to view their responsibility to the local fauna, flora and residents, it doesn’t surprise me that a possible toxic chemical might have been sprayed under the direction of the developers, without regard for the environmental consequences. Developer Efrem Gerszberg said in the story that the chemical was le gally allowed, but didn’t name it. Typically, substances that inhibit the growth of grasses are plant growth regulators. These chemicals are generally non-toxic to animals. If birds and other wildlife were affected by this unknown chemical, then something other than PGRs might have been applied. It should be noted that the Woodmere Club property is very likely now home to
number this year, officials said. To enhance the work being done by the police, the county has embraced the state gun violence initiative announced in July by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who called gun violence a public health crisis. In making the announcement, Cuomo noted that there had been 26 shootings across the state over the Fourth of July weekend, including three on Long Island. As part of the state’s new initiative, Nassau will receive $900,000 of a total of $16 million to help 180 18- to 24-year-olds who are unemployed, out of school and considered at risk of potentially becoming involved in crime. Another $500,000 will go to the Village of Hempstead to help 100 people in the same age group. Uniondale was also identified as a gun violence hot spot. County Executive Laura Curran has said she supports Cuomo’s executive order. We endorse it as well. We believe the problem of gun violence should be seen more as a public health issue than as a recurring problem in only one portion of the community. As Dr. Chethan Sathya, the director of Northwell Health’s Gun Violence Prevention Center, noted, viewing the issue of gun violence through the lens of public health helps to depolarize and depoliticize it, and encourages the use of a public health model similar to the efforts to reduce traffic accidents, cigarette smoking, the transmission of HIV/
AIDS and substance abuse. The more money and research that can be dedicated to gun violence prevention, the more likely officials will be to determine what works and what doesn’t, Sathya said. “We can’t afford not to commit ourselves 100 percent to this effort,” the advocacy group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence group tweeted of the state initiative. We agree. But it also needs the support of other organizations — groups that support guns, respect their responsible use and understand their power as a destructive force — every day, more than a hundred Americans are killed by guns, and 230 are shot and wounded, according to the nonprofit Every Town for Gun Safety. To help make the state initiative work, the Department of Labor will join forces with local workforce development boards and their networks of community partners to provide job training, certification and career placement services. In addition, gun violence intervention and prevention strategies will be coordinated by the state’s Division of Criminal Justice Services and the Office of Victim Services. We also call on the National Rifle Association and all other legitimate regional and local gun organizations to join the battle against gun violence by using their influence to help ensure that that violence can be reduced to the point where the state’s program is no longer needed.
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here has been a fixation on comparison throughout the coronavirus pandemic. First came the comparison of cases, the seismic shock of northern Italian coronavirus news that woke up the world to the severity of the virus. Inevitably came the comparison of death rates, from China to the United Kingdom to the U.S. and, slowly, everywhere in between. As we have watched countless graphs of data ebb and flow over the past 16 months, only one measure has shed light on a JeMiMA potential end: vaccination rates. DenHAM Having experienced the entirety of the pandemic as a college student at Georgetown University, I have been surrounded by variations on the question, “When will this end?” I have not had an in-person class since early March 2020, when my peers and I all assumed that Covid could not possibly last longer than a few weeks. How naive we all were. Naivety aside, however, I soon began to acclimatize to the world of virtual education in a different time zone, in my hometown of London. Amid the “Zoom
fatigue,” shaky Wi-Fi and the irony of feeling detached from friends but claustrophobic with family, reminding myself that all these would hopefully bring this bizarre way of life to an end seemed like a good enough incentive. Cue the coronavirus vaccine. I first heard of the inoculations early this spring. Finally, thoughts of socializing with my friends on campus, meeting my professors to continue conversations outside lecture halls and being late to class because I had to run down a hallway, not because my Wi-Fi was intermittent, began to piece together as a realistic future. Six months after the vaccine rollout worldwide, however, this phase of the pandemic has caused, as much as quelled, a general feeling of anxiety. Hesitancy about the vaccine has perhaps provided a more interesting point of comparison than numbers and charts. It is certainly a topic that has produced an unprecedented emotional response on both ends of the spectrum. While I can only speak from the experience of being predominantly surrounded by American and British college-age students, the viewpoints I have heard on the vaccine very quickly offer insightful indicators of people’s political and cultural standpoints. Nonetheless, they present
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LeTTers protected species of wildlife. This may include salamanders, box turtles and other land and water turtles and bird species, because the grounds have lain fallow for several years, allowing these endangered species to thrive or take up residence on the property. Eliminating these species would benefit the developers’ quest to destroy the environment, because development can be barred if endangered species are present. Another instance of the developers’ lack of concern for Five Town residents was when they leased the tennis courts to a tennis pro last year, at a time when nonessential business were not permitted to be open. The developers had to be fully aware of this mandate. The tennis pro was allowed to operate a facility that included close-contact tennis lessons with no social distancing. The developers, in my opinion, just wanted to extract money from the inactive club without regard for the local residents. This likely put the lives of Five Towners at risk. The entire property should be surveyed by an environmentalist with an eye toward its changed flora and the fauna that have always resided there. If evidence of endangered species is present, then this should be noted to the appropriate authorities. I hope that this latest affront to nature redoubles the efforts to deny the
something deeper, and more interesting, than a political affiliation: whether individuals believe their singular actions can help reduce the global devastation of the virus. Moreover, they have highlighted for me where my generation perceives it stands among all this mess. Like many of my contemporaries at Georgetown, I was eager to get the shots. While I was double-vaccinated by late May, life remained fairly similar for the vaccinated and unvaccinated in the Washington area during the early vaccine rollout. But it became clear that there were tangible benefits for vaccinated people early this summer. From less social distancing to optional mask wearing, it allowed experiences that resembled a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy. On the other side of the pond, the U.K. saw a hasty vaccine rollout in late winter that eclipsed any American efforts. Unfortunately, this initial success has crumbled amid our confusing “traffic light” travel rules, spiraling virus cases and declining trust in the government’s handling of the situation as we edge into a possible fourth wave. While the root of these issues can be pinned on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s reluctance to ban travel from places where the Delta variant originated until it
was deemed too late, there is something to be said about the link between vaccine rates and incentives. Unlike the U.S., the U.K. did not employ an incentive scheme for vaccines. This promoted the realistic message that a vaccine wasn’t a quick fix to the complexity of the pandemic, but provided an important step in a return to normalcy. However, I have seen an unprecedented and surprising hesitancy toward the vaccine among younger people over the summer in the U.K. “I won’t get that sick, I don’t need it,” “It’s too much of an effort” and “It’s too new to trust” are some of the sentiments I’ve heard repeatedly. While I sympathize with these concerns, the general lack of motivation is disturbing. Vaccine hesitancy is a direct comparison that can be made across generations, political affiliations and nationalities. However, almost everyone offered the vaccine has also had to question whether they want to take accountability for the trajectory of the virus. Undoubtedly, the short-term consequences and potential side effects must not be underestimated. But this stage of the pandemic also presents a perhaps once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: become a key stakeholder in the global fight against the coronavirus by being vaccinated. Jemima Denham is an intern at the Heralds this summer, working remotely from her home in London.
FrAMework by Joe Abate
developers the ability to destroy our local environment. Dr. ALLAN SIMON Lawrence
Opioid settlement is a big win To the Editor: State Attorney General Letitia James recently announced settlements with three of the nation’s largest opioid distributors related to their culpability in accelerating the ongoing opioid drug crisis on Long Island. At a news conference announcing the settlements with McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said that the county’s total share of the settlements paid by the “big three” could reach as much as $86.8 million. This announcement represents another giant step forward in our quest to end the devastating opioid drug crisis that continues to plague our society. The County Legislature’s Democratic minority is committed to working closely with Curran’s administration, public health experts and other key stakeholders to devise a strategic plan for applying these funds to amplifying and delivering the
Just a little something from the garden — Island Park treatment, education and prevention services that will save lives and help residents free themselves from the grips of addiction.
KEVAN ABrAHAMS Minority leader, Nassau County Legislature
NASSAU HERALD — August 5, 2021
Take an active role against Covid by getting inoculated
August 5, 2021 — NASSAU HERALD
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