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PRoPER SocIAl dISTANcINg and mask wearing outside the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence in May.
Covid-19 remains a threat
Vigilance still needed — second wave coming? By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
With schools and business reopening roughly six months after the coronavirus pandemic shut down the area economy, and residents now regularly venturing out — albeit with face masks and frequently sanitized hands — local physicians are warning
that Covid-19 remains a genuine threat. Dr. Marc Sicklick, a Lawrence resident with a Cedarhurst practice who specializes in allergies, asthma and immunology, recently wrote a three-page letter that was emailed by the Village of Lawrence to residents. Sicklick noted that there had been an uptick of cases in Nassau
County and in the Five Towns, and said he was joining the nearly unanimous chorus of doctors who are “warning and begging people” to take the pandemic seriously. “My take is that we have to get across that this is not over,” Sicklick told the Herald. “There is a prevalent feelContinued on page 12
After all the sniping, the political gamesmanship and a lawsuit, incumbent Lawrence Mayor Alex Edelman was overwhelmingly returned to office for another two-year term, 1,127 to 178, in Tuesday’s election, defeating challenger Trustee Daniel Goldstein, who will remain on the board. The two board seats were captured by Eli Kutner (920 votes) and Paris Popack (871), who ran with Edelman. The other trustee candidates were incumbent Uri Kaufman (268), Joel M. Preminger (200), J. Lawrence Kolodny (160) and Bruce Backman (104). The term is two years. Village Justice Gary Mandel won his first four-year term with 1,096 votes. His opponent, Shrage Rokosz, had 176. Along with the record field of 10 candidates, Tuesday’s Lawrence election turnout was the highest in many years, according to officials. The line to vote stretched out the doors of the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club clubhouse, with up to 200 people waiting to vote at 9 p.m., when the polls closed, and voting was not completed until nearly 10 p.m. Eleven candidates vied for six board seats in Atlantic Beach and Hewlett Harbor. The six incumbents won. All terms are two years, with the exception of Cedarhurst, which has four-year terms. Incumbent Atlantic Beach Mayor George Pappas defeated his predecessor, Stephen R.
Mahler by a vote count of 314 to 213. Incumbent Trustees Linda Baessler and Edward Sullivan won re-election with 301 and 280 votes, respectively. Challenger Danielle Struss received 240 votes. The vote count was not completed by press time in Hewlett Harbor. Incumbent Mayor Mark Weiss and Trustees Tom Cohen and Kenneth Kornblau were being challenged by Ron Austin, David Mosayov and Kim Volman. Cedarhurst Trustees Dan Plaut and Myrna Zisman both ran unopposed and were re-elected to four-year terms. Plaut received 218 votes, and Zisman received 215. In Hewlett Bay Park, incumbent Mayor Steven Kaufman and Trustee Gail Rubel won re-election with 87 and 82 votes, respectively. Trustee candidate Dr. Antonio Oliviero was also elected, with 75 votes. Oliviero succeeds Trustee Joel Schinder, who stepped down. There were two write-in votes for Stella Gershfeld. Ross Epstein, mayor of Hewlett Neck, and incumbent Trustees Aron Schnell and Steven Hochberg were each re-elected with 39, 38 and 37 votes, respectively. Woodsburgh Trustee Carl Cayne (9) won his ninth term. David Perl (11) was elected to his first term, replacing incumbent trustee Barry Platnick, who stepped down. Lawrence resident Frank Argento and Avi Fertig, of Woodmere, were re-elected and elected, respectively, as commissioners of Sanitary District 1.
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Town to increase security patrols of Jewish institutions
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In wake of recent anti-Semitic incidents that have taken place across the United States in the past two years, the Town of Hempstead announced a town-wide safety initiative as the Jewish High Holidays approach. Town Supervisor Don Clavin said at Rock Hall Museum in Lawrence that the town, in conjunction with its De par tment of Public Safety will increase security patrols in areas with synagogues. “There’s a real necessity to do this after what’s transpired in the last few months and few years with incidents of anti-Semitism across America,” Clavin said. “We want to make sure our town residents are safe in their homes, places of worship and just feel an all around community spirit of being safe. He added that the Anti-Defamation League reported that there were more than 2,100 hate crimes against Jewish people in the United States in 2019, the highest number the organization has reported in roughly 40 years. There were 13 anti-Semitic incidents reported in New York in December 2019. “Times may be different while living in a pandemic, but no matter what the situation is, we can never let our guard down,” he said. “Worshippers
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ToWn oF HEMpsTEAd Supervisor Don Clavin, center, at Rock Hall Museum in Lawrence on the town imitative to increase patrols in areas with religious institutions. On the far left were Rabbi Zev Friedman, Yehuda Fromowitz and Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe. On the far right was Town Councilman Bruce Blakeman. are still attending services and visiting family and friends. As America’s largest township, we want to utilize our resources to help provide a semblance of safety and security for residents as they observe the High Holy Days.” Clavin noted that the town does not
want to disclose their full detailed plan of where increased patrolling will be for security reasons. “This is about allowing people to worship in our township without fear,” he said. “We have an obligation as public leaders to do this.” Town Councilman Bruce Blakeman,
who is Jewish, spoke about the importance of preserving freedom of religion. “Unfortunately, anti-Semitism has reared it’s ugly head again in our country and we will not stand for that in our town,” he said. “We are guaranteed under the constitution freedom of religion as this country was formed on freedom of religion. We are going to give our resources to protect the Jewish community during the High Holidays.” Several Five Towns rabbis attended the news conference. Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky of the Yeshiva of South Shore in Hewlett applauded the efforts of the town leaders. “In watching all types of local gover nments and their attitude toward Jewish communities, I have to laud the Town of Hempstead and their leadership on this matter,” Kamenetzky said. “Supervisor Clavin and Councilman Blakeman are there to listen and respond on this issue. There’s always been a level of dialogue with them that transcends just talking, it’s talking that leads to actions.” The Public Safety Department will be in contact with the Nassau County Police Department and will report to them any suspicious activity. “It’s important to note to our residents that if you see something suspicious, say something,” Blakeman added. “It’s better to be safe than sorry.”
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With the coronavirus pandemic impacting the manner in which schools are operating, Hewlett-Woodmere School District parents expressed their thoughts on how school reopening has gone for them and their children. The district began the school year on Sept. 8 operating under a hybrid-learning format. The in-person instruction schedule is divided into A and B days. “A” day students come in on Monday and Tuesday. “B” day students come in Wednesday to Friday. The current plan calls for a full-time return to in-person instruction on Oct. 5. “After six long months, it was wonderful to welcome our students and staff for the 2020-2021 school year. Despite this unprecedented start to the school year, our first week went amazingly well,” Superintendent Dr. Ralph Marino Jr. stated in an email. “Staff and students adjusted quickly to our new safety procedures and our hybrid and online modes of instruction. It is important to remember that we are all participating in something that has never been done before, so challenges are inevitable.” Irina Abramovich has three children in the district who are just happy to be physically back in school. “Two of my children go to Hewlett Elementary and one is in Woodmere Middle School. They are all thrilled to be back,” she said. “The teachers and staff are all doing an amazing job. All of us are wishing for better times but we are grateful for what we have right now.” Parent Erica Kass Dahan acknowledged that the current learning situation might not be the best, but having a teacher teach is better than what she was doing at home a few months ago.
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HEWlETT ElEMEnTARy scHool music teacher Thomas Sugar conducted his socially distanced music class on Sept. 8, the first day school. “My daughter is in first grade and she is so happy to be back,” Dahan said. “She’s in hybrid learning and the teacher is able to switch back between the live and virtual students and truly makes it feel like they are all in class together. It’s not ideal, but I’m honestly more happy that the teaching no longer falls on me, the parent.” Maria Beckles-Gordon has a child in special education at Ogden Elementary School. She noted that her son’s return to a school building offer him an improved learning environment. “This return to school has been so essential to our mental health,” she said. “Our son did
not do well with virtual learning and needs the support of his teachers and team in school. He struggles with the mask situation but overall he is happy to have his structure and routine back.” Interim Deputy Superintendent David Flatley previously said that all students and staff are required to wear masks when entering and exiting the school buildings, while riding the school bus, at bus stops, while in hallways, bathrooms, common areas, while in cafeterias (except when eating), in the classroom, and whenever on school grounds.
Hewlett Harbor village election ballots deemed legal do not.” Kenneth Gray represented the incumbents and countered by saying that the Despite claims that the ballots used in original village election was scheduled the Sept. 15 Hewlett Harbor election were before July. “This ballot does comply with illegal, Judge Robert G. Bogle ruled in a election rules,” he said. “This is technicalSept. 10 hearing at Nassau ly a June election.” County Supreme Courthouse Bogle noted in his decision in Mineola that the ballots why the ballots were valid. were valid to be used. “This isn’t a November elecHewlett Harbor challengtion with 27 positions and refers Ron Austin for mayor, and erendums on the ballot,” he David Mosayov and Kim Volsaid. “This is an election with man for trustee brought a two sets of people running for lawsuit against the Village of three positions, so I don’t Hewlett Harbor and Michael think there will be a lot of Ryder, village clerk and chief confusion. I do think that village election official and when the state legislature Mayor Mark Weiss, and enacted a July 2020 start date, Trustees Ken Kornblau and they were thinking of the Thomas Cohen claiming that November 2020 elections and the composition of the ballots not village elections.” being used were illegal. Austin, Mosayov and VolJohn Ciampoli representman also sought to have ed the challeng ers and Ryder disqualified from servexplained the reasoning JudgE RoBERT ing as the chief election offibehind the ballot challenge. g. BoglE cial and replaced with a “suit“Last year, the State Legislaable unbiased and competent ture changed the law to make of ficer (or alter natively the ballot clearer by moving the voting appointing a Court’s referee to supervise bubble from right hand side to left hand the elections)”; ordering the immediate side of the box so that the bubble lines up disclosure of all documents, material and with the candidate’s name, he said. “The data pursuant to the Freedom of Informapolicy of the state is that any election tion Law and awarding petitioner. Bogle held after July 1, 2020, the ballot had to ruled that Ryder can continue to serve as conform to the new rules. These ballots the chief election official for the village.
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THE lEgAl cHAllEngEs brought against Hewlett Harbor village and officials by challengers from left David Mosayo, Ron Austin and Kim Volman were denied by Judge Robert G. Bogle on Sept. 10. The challengers claimed in the suit that Ryder purposefully withheld information on a FOIL they made in regards to the amount of people who have submitted absentee ballot applications and the amount who returned the absentee ballots. “Not giving that list is deprivation of vital election information and we believe that the incumbents have the list,” Ciampoli said. “The village clerk gave dates outside the election period for the FOIL and
that is fundamentally wrong.” Gray described the allegations against Ryder as ridiculous. “Mike Ryder is a consummate professional who I’ve known for a number of years,” he said. “The allegations against him are insulting. The challengers could have appealed the FOIL to the FOIL appeals officer which is the village’s attorney.” Ciampoli said after the hearing that it is still being determined if the challengers will appeal Bogle’s ruling.
Five Towners who died in 9/11 are remembered By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com
Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Village of Cedarhurst held its annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park exactly 19 years after the attacks. The speakers in the ceremony included village mayor Benjamin Weinstock, Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) and County Legislator Howard Kopel (R-Lawrence). They reflected on the attacks at the World Trade Center that killed 2,997 people. Seven were Five Towns residents: Neil Levin, Thomas E. Jurgens, Joseph Rivelli Jr., Bettina Browne Radburn, Kevin O’Rourke, Howard Selwyn and Ira Zaslow. Weinstock noted the unselfishness shown by the first responders in both the attacks and the pandemic should always be remembered. “There are not enough words to express how we truly feel and the gratitude we share for our first responders,” he said. “We need to bless our first responders and the United States of America each and every day for all the good they do for us.” Kopel recalled the camaraderie he saw in the aftermath of the attacks. “After 9/11, I was driving up from Miami and I saw American flags everywhere,” he recalled. “There was white-hot anger, but there was unity. People helped each other, talked to
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LAWREncE-cEdARHuRsT FIRE dEpARTMEnT Chief Michael T. Beilinson, left, and 2nd Dpt. Chief Meyer Adler presented the colors of the flag at the 9/11 remembrance on Sept. 11. each other and felt a sense of brotherhood that we were in this together.” From the 9/11 granite markers that line the walkway to the park’s memorial fountain at Cedarhurst Park, village Trustees Ari Brown, Myrna Zisman and Israel Wasser read the day’s happenings from when the Twin Towers were struck
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by the two airplanes to their collapse. Each description was punctuated with a single toll of a bell. The colors of the flag were presented by American Legion Lawrence Cedarhurst Post 339, the Meadowmere and Lawrence-Cedarhurst fire departments. Kaminsky said the word that comes to mind on the anniversary is vigilance. “We didn’t realize on that morning as a country how vigilant we needed to be to protect our freedom,” he said. “We need to remain vigilant to help the men and women today who made sacrifices for us 19 years ago today.” Blakeman’s loss that Tuesday 19 years ago was personal. Jurgens, a nephew, was a senior court officer for the New York State Office of Court Administration and a volunteer firefighter for the Meadowmere Park Fire Department. Levin was a friend. He expressed his gratitude to Cedarhurst for holding the ceremony every year. “From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank the Cedarhurst board for holding this ceremony every single year,” Blakeman said. “There were a lot of communities that could not pull this off this year
cEdARHuRsT TRusTEE MyRnA Zisman read a portion of what occurred in Manhattan on 9/11, 19 years ago. due to the circumstances of the pandemic. I know that Cedarhurst would have the fortitude and leadership to make sure we did this in a safe way.” Earlier on Sept. 11, the LawrenceCedarhurst Fire Department conducted a smaller remembrance at its firehouse.
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Lawrence village election lawsuit rendered moot A lawsuit challenging the legality of Lawrence village election ballots and alleging illegal activities by candidates and officials has been rendered moot as a ruling by Nassau County Supreme Court Judge Arthur Diamond is not expected until Sept. 18, three days after the election took place. The Lawrence suit also claimed that candidates and officials took part in such acts as bullying voters, failing to file a campaign financial disclosure, political espionage and voter suppression, and seeks an order to release public information. The people who brought suit in Lawrence are: mayoral candidate and incumbent Trustee Danny Goldstein, trustee candidates Bruce A. Backman and J. Lawrence Kolodny, and campaign managers John Novello and Benny Goldstein, and Elana Goldstein. Incumbent mayor and mayoral candidate Alex Edelman, Ron Goldman, the chief village election of ficial; Gerry Castro, the acting chief village election official; trustee candidates
E l i Ku t n e r, U r i K a u f m a n , P a r i s Po p a c k , Jo e l M . P r e m i n g e r a n d Shrage Rokosz, Village Justice and candidate Gary Mandel, the Unity Party, the Committee for Fair Voting in Lawrence and the New York State Board of Elections are named in the suit. John Ciampoli who represented the petitioners in the Lawrence suit said there are witnesses that Edelman and Goldman allegedly tried to influence voters. Goldman said the village does not comment on pending legislation. Kaufman also has an issue with the way the Lawrence ballot was setup with four of the trustee candidates in one column and two other candidates Kaufman and Kutner in another. Kaufman made a video on the ballot that can be seen on YouTube. The suit also aimed to disqualify Goldman and Castro from serving as village election officials, bar Edelman from Village Hall until after the election and stop him from using Village Hall for political campaign purposes. “I think that the sword of Damocles is hanging over the village clerk and mayor’s head,” Ciampoli said. “This is not, will not be over, especially if the improper activities continue.”
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How to make yourself miserable! This is a difficult time — no doubt about it. But many of us are more miserable than we need to be. Sometimes it’s our circumstances (can’t always change that) but sometimes it’s how we deal with our circumstances. I’ve created a quiz to help you appreciate how skilled you are at making yourself feel miserable. Ready to take it? Good, let’s go! Here are a dozen questions. A score of 1 means — not typically me; 2 — sometimes me; 3 — yup, that’s definitely me! Do you: • Think a lot about what you want but can’t have? • Feel stuck with where you are in life? • Keep ruminating about what happen if …?
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• Distress yourself with useless worrying? • Seek to make someone else over in your own image?
Now revisit a question on which you scored a 2 or 3. See if you can create • Keep doubting youra goal for yourself to self no matter what you inda apadin reverse the tendency to do do? what you usually do. Let’s take question No. 1 as an • Keep looking for water in a dry example. If you responded, “Yes, I well? think a lot about what I can’t have,” change that to “I’ll make it a point to be grateful for what I do have.” Can it • Hold a grudge for any length of be as simple as all that? Of course time?
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State legislators seek change in school election The Jewish holiday of Shavout, which celebrates when the Jews were given the Torah on Mount Sinai, begins on Sunday, May and ends Tuesday, May 18 next year. That Tuesday is also the scheduled day of statewide school district budget votes and elections. Three state legislators, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat who represents the Five Towns; and Assemblywomen Judy Griffin (D-Rockville Centre) and Melissa Miller (R-Atlantic Beach), sent a letter to the Boards of Education and superintendents of the Hewlett-Woodmere, Lawrence and West Hempstead school districts, districts with substantial Jewish populations, asking the officials to change the date to May 11 to accommodate the Jewish voters in their districts and ensure that all voters have equal access to the polls. Lawrence Board of Education President Murray Forman noted that as with many decision during the coronavirus pandemic changing the date of a statewide election is up to the governor. “Hopefully given the composition of the district an accommodation can be made,” said Forman, adding that decisions such as this one need to be made several months in advance. —Jeffrey Bessen
Add up your score. How did you do? Anything more than a 12 means you could make a few improvements to be happier. Do you now feel miserable thinking about how miserable you are? If so, revisit the question (s) that you scored a 1 on. Then give yourself a pat on the back. At least, you’re doing something right!
• Refuse to accept your limitations? • Keep telling yourself w h a t yo u s h o u l d o r should not have done?
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Trapunsky receives school district award Yehuda (Aaron) Trapunsky was given the H e w l e t t - Wo o d m e r e School District Citizenship Scholarship Award, which recognizes students who have made positive contributions to their school and their community. His teacher, who felt that he exemplifies those ideals, nominated Trapunsky, who won the award as a sophomore at Yeshiva Nishmas HaTorah in Woodmere. He is the firstever yeshiva student to receive this award that came with a $100 check.
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The hewleTT-woodmere School District Citizenship Scholarship Award was given to Yehuda (Aaron) Trapunsky.
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Town 9/11 ceremony honors Luis Alvarez By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com
They gathered in the early-morning light Friday at the Hempstead Town Park at Lido Beach to honor those killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and to salute the thousands of first responders who worked to save lives and to identify remains from the twin towers in the days, weeks and months after they were shattered by hijacked passenger jets. Spectators brought chairs, masks and coffee mugs and huddled against their vehicles in the parking lot as gray skies finally gave way to sunshine. They socially distanced, as requested by Town Supervisor Donald Clavin Jr. But the star of the 19th annual memorial service was a man who wasn’t even there — Luis G. Alvarez, a New York City bomb squad detective who worked on the pile, as ground zero was initially called. Alvarez, 53, died on June 29, 2019, a few weeks after delivering dramatic testimony to Congress that successfully extended the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. He died of complications of cancer linked to his work at ground zero. Luis’s brother, Phil, the keynote speaker at the ceremony in Lido Beach, said his brother “died in peace, knowing that the bill would probably pass.” “Thank you for never forgetting,” Phil Alvarez told the hushed crowd. “That’s what my brother would have wanted, that you would never forget.” His brother, he said, wasn’t a big talker, but when he talked, he made people either laugh or listen closely because he had something important to say. “There are a lot of Lou Alvarezes out there,” Phil said. “It was 19 years ago that my brother’s body began to die. But it was also when his soul began to live. He had a purpose in life, to warn others of the health dangers associated with working on the pile.” “Lou called me up one day and he said, ‘Bro, I got Stage Four.’” “I said, ‘What are we going to do?’” “He said, ‘We’re going to beat this bitch.’” And, Phil said, in many ways, his brother did. “He said, ‘I need to get in touch with my friends. I need to warn them about the health hazards.’” Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul came from her hometown of Buffalo to join the crowd in Lido. “These are truly extraordinary times,” Hochul said, referring to the coronavirus pandemic and the need to wear masks and separate. “But we will still gather,” she added. “This is where we need to be.” Hochul and Clavin later laid a new wreath at the Memorial Wall in the park. Luis Alvarez’s name was added to the wall. Clavin, who served as master of ceremonies, noted at the outset that 2020 “started as a normal year. Then, in March, everything changed for everybody. The sounds we heard all the time were sirens
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Phil alvarez, Brother of Sept. 11 first responder Luis Alvarez, who died of 9/11-related cancer in 2019, was the keynote speaker at the Town of Hempstead’s annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony in Point Lookout. To his right was Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, and to his left, Councilman Bruce Blakeman. of ambulances, taking people to hospitals. But that’s what first responders do.” The event was also marked by prayers by the Rev. Michael Duffy, of St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Center; Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky, of Yeshiva of the South Shore in Hewlett; and the Rev. Eric C. Mallette, of the Greater Second Baptist Church in Freeport. There were musical selections by the Gregorian Consortium of Kellenberg Memorial High School in Uniondale. led by Director Alexander Basile. Mallette, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, said people were expecting a prayer. But, he said, he also wanted to make a statement, calling on the spectators to love their country and “support the USA. If anyone wants to leave this country, they can go. I guarantee, no one will stop them,” Mallette said to applause. Valerie Laupheimer, of Nor th Bellmore, was among the first to arrive at the park, at 6 a.m. On Sept. 11, 2001, she recalled, she was working for the credit-rating agency Moody’s, across the street from the twin towers. Laupheimer said she had heard a loud bang, but thought it was just part of the city’s usual background noise. Her sister, she said, worked a few floors above her, and called to tell her to look out the window. “I did see an explosion,” Laupheimer said. “But I didn’t know it was an airplane.” She learned that it was soon afterward. She left the building shortly after 9 a.m. and walked to the 59th Street Bridge, but couldn’t get through the crowds, so she walked to the Brooklyn Bridge. She got a lift home from Brooklyn, arriving at home after 7 p.m. “I was in disbelief,” Laupheimer said of the day, as she stood at the edge of the crowd in the park Friday morning. “I’m still so devastated. So many people went to work that day, as I did, and they didn’t come home.”
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Back to school supplies at St. John’s Hospital Drawstring bags containing back to school supplies including hand sanitizers, face masks, thermometers, pencils, notebooks, crayons, and other essential items were given to 500 children at the fourth annual St. John’s Episcopal Hospital Community Wellness and Back to School event on Sept. 3. The event at the Far Rockaway hospital usually includes more than 50 vendors, games and music, but because of the coronavirus pandemic the re-imagined event gave 500 pre-registered children drawstring bags with back to school supplies including hand sanitizers, face masks, thermometers, pencils, notebooks, crayons, and other essential items. Parents and guardians were also able to schedule their child’s well visits on-site. With New York state guidelines surrounding events and social distancing, the hospital staggered attendance by asking the public to select specific time slots to pick-up the Grab-And-Go bags to maintain social distancing. “While we’re still faced with these challenging times, we wanted to push forward and host this event for the benefit of the community, especially the children,” Renee Hastick-Motes, the hospital’s vice president of external affairs, said in a news release. “Back to school is always an exciting time for kids and we wanted to
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County hosts socially distant 9/11 ceremony By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com
In a nearly 40-minute, socially distant ceremony last Friday morning, elected and appointed Nassau officials and families of local 9/11 victims paused to remember the 348 county residents who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. At the solemn ceremony, held under a steel-gray sky, seven family members of victims read all 348 names before a handful of attendees at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, near the county’s 9/11 memorial. County Executive Laura Curran of fered opening and closing remarks, and Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder was among the attendees. The Nassau County Police Department Pipe and Drum band performed “Amazing Grace”; the Rev. Kevin Smith, the county’s fire chaplain, offered the opening
prayer; and NCPD Chaplain Dov Schwartz gave the closing prayer. “This has been a hard year, to say the least,” Curran noted in an email to county residents a day before the ceremony. “But as we approach the 19th anniversary of Sept. 11, I am taking time to pause and remember the tragic events that left our community and our nation forever changed. The World Trade Center attack stole the lives of thousands. We lost family members, friends, neighbors and colleagues — and we lost a sense of safety that we once took for granted. “The heroic first responders who set their own safety aside to rescue others,” she continued, “showed immense courage, and we are forever grateful. We face a second tragedy as we remember those heroes who survived 9/11 but lost their battle with Covid-19 this year — a disease made worse for those who spent days or weeks breathing in the air at ground zero.” To watch a video of the ceremony, go to liherald.com.
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victoria DEvito, from left, Greg Hoffman, Diane Fairben and Geri Ainbinder were also among the readers at Nassau County’s socially distant 9/11 remebrance ceremony last Friday. Each lost family.
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SuSan HutcHinS waS among seven readers to recite the names of Nassau’s 348 9/11 victims at the county cderemony. Hutchins’s son Kevin Colbert, 25, of West Hempstead, died in the World Trade Center attacks. county ExEcutivE Laura Curran offered opening and closing remarks.
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continued from front page get across that this is not over,” Sicklick told the Herald. “There is a prevalent feeling in this community that the pandemic is done.” We are in fact in the middle of the pandemic, he said, and facing a possible second wave. Pointing to a University of Washington projection for New York state, Sicklick noted that if mask wearing, social distancing and avoiding large gatherings do not remain standard practice, there could be up to 300 deaths per day statewide by November and December. At the peak of the pandemic earlier this year, there were nearly 1,000 deaths per day across the state, and now there are fewer than 10 per day. Sicklick, who is also Lawrence’s liaison to Nassau County’s Office of Emergency Management, said that Covid-19 Dr. Aaron Glatt numbers for the Five Towns are fairly high, with Woodmere, the original Five Towns hot spot, having nearly 700 cases at over,” Glatt said. “There needs to be an press time. “People are not taking this urgency that social distancing most be seriously if it’s not impacting them practiced at all times. Lives will be saved. directly,” he said, acknowledging that peo- If people don’t socially distance, there ple are “burned out and tired,” but will be serious consequences.” He agreed that reopening schools is a emphasizing that that doesn’t excuse them from following guidelines issued by higher risk, because children may bring the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- the virus home, and said that residents must remain aware of its dangers. Glatt, vention and the state Department of who is also an assistant rabbi Health. at Young Israel of Woodmere, “There is nothing in relithe largest Orthodox congregion that says to listen to gation on the South Shore, religious leader over docsaid he was proud of the synators,” Sicklick said, adding gogue’s 100 percent complithat Covid-19 took the lives ance with wearing masks of two longtime friends of properly — covering both the his, has kept him from hugnose and mouth — and social ging his grandchildren and distancing. has sickened members of his Earlier this month, 100 docfamily, though, fortunately, tors with practices in the Five they have recovered. “No one Towns signed and distributed has the right to violate CDC Dr. MArc — via email, media and social or health department guideSicklick media — an open letter to the lines. We should err on side community emphasizing their Lawrence of caution.” support for “some positions Not wearing masks and that we feel are medically failing to social distance would most likeindisputable.” “Masking to prevent Covidly accelerate the rate of infection, he said, 19 infection has a strong evidence base describing reopening schools as a “necessary risk” and adding that the upcoming that is agreed upon by the overwhelming High Holidays, with people attending syn- majority of doctors and public health agogue, would also be a risk. But because experts,” the letter read. “There is no of what the medical community has credible evidence that masks have any learned in the past six months about the risks for those who wear them. They are use of anti-inflammatory and anti-clot- most effective when worn both by those ting drugs and anti-virals, Sicklick said, who have the virus and those at risk of he believes the second wave will be not be catching it. “Wearing a mask is not just about as deadly — if people follow the guideone’s personal choice,” it continued, “but lines. Dr. Aaron Glatt, chairman of the also about not spreading the virus to othDepartment of Medicine at Mount Sinai ers in the event of asymptomatic or early South Nassau and a Woodmere resident, infection.” Both Glatt and Sicklick signed the lethas also continued to stress vigilance and ter. the fact that the virus has not disapFor information from the CDC, go peared. “It is critically important for people to understand this is absolutely not https://bit.ly/2Rn88fd.
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A word to the wise Shanah Tovah! Have a good year! But the word shanah means more than year in Hebrew. It means both to change and repeat. Without a doubt, this Rosh Hashana, this New Year and the six months leading up to it has and continues to put us, and indeed the world, through profound changes. We are, for the first time since the bombing of Pearl Harbor, fighting a war for our lives on our home front. It is World War III of the Covid virus. Yes, so much has changed these past months from hugging each other, kissing each other and wishing each other a Shabbat Shalom to now expressing our love, appreciation and affection for one another on our computers, and Apple TVs courtesy of Zoom. But just as shanah — year, means change, in fact a change that has not only come to the world of religion, but to the arena of finance. And so today, one’s wealth and prosperity are oftentimes defined, not by the money in the bank or the size of one’s stock portfolio, but by the amount of toilet paper they have stockpiled in their basement. And most assuredly for many of us, our interest in the world of science and medicine has gone
through a profound transformation as we submit ourselves to a series of we hang on every word coming from “religious tests.” They reflect the secthe CDC, Dr. Jen and Dr. Fauci. In ond meaning of the word shanah addition to the way we have changed which means to repeat year after year the words we sign off, be it in our con- no matter the changes of the past or versations or in our letters now it is this profound time of change in with the words: be safe, be healthy which we live. This is reflected in our prayers from Rosh Hashaand the new mantra that nah through Yom Kippur. many of us have adopted is To be gin, the central “Follow the Science.” theme of these holy days The medical profession from their beginnings and and scientific community has remained constant is to advise us to have a yearly choose life, embrace every check-up and visit our fammoment of life as precious ily physician who will as a gift not to be taken for administer the appropriate granted. During these past tests and provide us with a days as we would turn on report on the state of our the TV in the morning and health. It is also suggested Rabbi Jay listen to the news broadthat we go for our yearly Rosenbaum c a s t s eve r y n i g h t t h at physical at a set time each reported the casualties of and every year, be it on our birthday, or any other day that is sig- the day on the battlefield against the nificant to us, so we may consistently Covid virus, this message became take stock of our physical health and more and more urgent and touched plan a course of action to help ensure our very souls. Since the first High Holy Days celeour well-being for the coming year. Now, our rabbis describe Rosh brated by the rabbis, this imperative Hashana as the time for our yearly t o a p p r e c i a t e eve r y d ay, eve r y spiritual check-up. On Rosh Hashana moment was captured in the prayer, we evaluate the state of our spiritual Hayom, sung so beautifully by our health, and in a manner of speaking, cantor: “Hayom Hayom Hayom” —
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A sweet New Year, a joyous Yom Kippur dation for understanding of meaningfulness, meditate on these texts, let them marwhat is going on in our text. Let’s focus on the words inate. Open up these texts so that are spoken — maybe we hear the words speaking sung — addressed to the directly to us. We give ouryoung men by the maidens selves this gift: time to slow d o w n o u r of Jerusalem. thoughts, find “ S A’ ‘ E N E K H A moments to be UR’EH” — ‘Elesilent inside ourvate Your Vision.’ selves. To dream, This phrase is to contemplate presented as a ideas and memofor mula, or text, r i e s t h a t h av e of a song that l o n g b e e n d o raccompanied the mant, and let the beautiful dancing fresh air of imagin the vineyard. ination wipe Why did our Rabbi Steven them clean so we ancestors 2000 Golden c a n i nve s t i g at e years ago use this them more deeply phrase? Three times this phrase and with clarity. Returning to the Talmud is found in Scripture, and it is the preface to a revelation text, where is the message from God, where God asks of this unparalleled joy on the individual to look more Kippur? How is this descripdeeply at the situation at tion of a quaint and dignihand and see a special mes- fied setting for boys to meet girls supposed to be a model sage. Isn’t this what the High for us to seek spiritual joy Holy Days is all about? Our in our lives? T h i s p h r a s e “ S A’ liturgy contains numerous prayers, and readings from ‘ENEKHA UR’EH,” used by the Bible. We must, if we our ancient ancestors to set are to pray with any sense the tone for a solemn, hal-
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According to the Sages, Yom Kippur was one of two great days of joy in ancient I s r a e l . T h e Ta l m u d ( B . Ta’anit 26b) states: Rabban Simon the son of Gamaliel said: “Never were there for the Jews, days of greater festivity than the Fifteenth of [the month of] Av and the Day of Atonement. For on these days the maidens of Jerusalem would go out in borrowed white gar ments and dance in the vineyards.” And they would say: “Young man, lift up thine e ye s a n d s e e w h a t yo u choose for yourself. Do not set your eyes on beauty, rather on [her] family...”. The idea that Yom Kippur is a day of joy is challenging for many. What was so joyful? The Talmud itself comments: “We can understand why the Day of Atonement is the ultimate day of joy, because it is a day when we obtain forgiveness and pardon.” So Yom Kippur is not a sad day, nor a day of mourning, rather a day of joy. But this is only a foun-
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As Jews gather this Friday evening, we will be welcoming the Sabbath, as well as Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year of 5781. During the upcoming High Holy Days — the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur — we will engage in prayer and reflect on the year that has passed. Without a doubt, the intention we bring to our prayers will be influenced by the unprecedented global health crisis of these past seven months. Covid-19 affected all of us, no matter our faith tradition. Issues of health, loss of loved ones, a sense of isolation, financial difficulties, job loss, childcare and the impact on our children are just some of the issues we struggled with during the pandemic. We all grieved the loss of our normal lives. Now, having begun to re-emerge and return to places of work and school, we are yearning for a sense of routine. At the same time, we realize adjusting to a new sense of “normal” comes with its
many, many Jewish religious communities have turned to online platforms for worship services and gatherings to mark important life events. At Temple Am Echad in Lynbrook, we too have been praying together, yet physically apart, since March. Although our High Holy Day worship will also be conducted on virtual platforms, we find comfort in the idea of all of us coming together at the same moment in time to offer our words of praise and gratitude. Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur are known in Hebrew as the Yamim Noraim, “the Days of Awe.” As we gather in prayer, we will acknowledge both the “awesomeness” of our communal existence and of God’s gifts of strength, resiliency and hope. May 5781 be a year of health and well being for all of us. Bellush is the spiritual leader of Temple Am Echad in Lynbrook
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When I was asked to write a piece about what the High Holidays mean to me, I immediately thought about what I do during this time. It’s around the first month of school, I spend a lot of time with my family, and one thing that juts out the most to me, is that I learn all about it in school. Every year, from the tender age of three, I have been learning what we, as Jews, are supposed to do on Rosh Hashana, what we are supposed to think about, different traditions, and prayers meant for this special time of year. I have always been curious as to why the Jewish day schools I have attended have always taught about the same interpretations each year, going slightly more in depth as we age. I always just assumed that it was because Rosh Hashana was nearing, and there really were not that many days of school to start real material. So when I started to really think about the High Holidays for this piece, I realized why. When three or four of your 10 classes are teaching about these holidays and their importance, you’re practically surrounded by it. There is no possible way you can say that you do not know what you are supposed to do, because you cannot escape it, and after a while, you are eager to be involved. Learning the same topics each
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a majoRity of the women in the Gural JCC’s OKAY group have children and grandchildren living in Jerusalem. In the foreground is the ancient city. wipe a tear or lend a shoulder for support. Proud as we are of our children who have made Aliyah — some single, others newly married, still others who picked themselves and their children up to realize their dream of living in Eretz Yisroel and transplanted entire families there — it is not always easy. During the pandemic, our typical three or four month gap in between visits has extended to eight, 10 months, even a year with no set travel date in site. Many from our group have missed family weddings and bar mitzvahs and have not yet met grandchildren born over the last half a year. Those whose children have Skype, do Facetime or Zoom, are slightly more connected. But we are not all in that category. And it is not the same. We are used to the distance, and the wait for a trip to reunite with our families is familiar. Collectively we have cancelled
dozens of flights to Israel over the last few months. But while most of our family, friends and neighbors with relatively local children have already began easing back into normalcy, expanding their pods and opening their homes to their families, we are still waiting. We wait for Israel’s doors to open to us once again. We wait to be able to visit without quarantining for 14 days. We wait for our families there to be safe and “clear” and to feel confident about making that always uncomfortable many hour trip, now under even more difficult circumstances. But there is something else that we do. We get together on Zoom once or twice a month, we email, we chat and we share our frustrations and our hopes, our fears and our dreams. We laugh a lot and are sometimes silly. We give each other strength and encouragement. We remi-
nisce and strengthen bonds. We reminisce and strengthen bonds. We were there for a member through the nerve-wracking trials of making a backyard wedding early Covid, anxious as she tried to get her children overseas back to New York for the simcha; we were there as one of our group flew to Israel right before the pandemic began and got stuck - not so unhappily - there for four months after the birth of a grandchild, but needed to get back to New York for the birth of another grandchild on this side of the Atlantic. We’ve offered many heartfelt mazal tovs when members shared news of sabra grandchildren being born — as yet unmet by their babies, savtas and grandmas. And we offered our sympathies and condolences as OKAY participants lost family members and needed to navigate the complications of funerals and Shiva during Covid. We shared recipes and yummy snack sources (even in Scranton, PA!), resources for the best or funkiest masks, flight updates and, more recently, the exciting news of a reliable source for getting packages to our kids in Israel — although we haven’t yet figured out how to get ourselves there. We are often overwhelmed by circumstances and disappointed by delays and can’t believe how long it’s been since we’ve seen and hugged our children and grandchildren. However, the support and encouragement we share has made this (non) journey so much easier to bear and has truly enabled us to say that we are still doing OKAY. If you or someone you know would like to join our OKAY group please contact Rachayle at rachayle.deutsch@guraljcc. org. To find out about our many other Gural JCC programs call (516) 569-6733. Deutsch is the Gural JCC’s cultural arts and education director.
Five Towns Chabad rabbi at historic W. H. signing Rabbi Zalman Wolowik, director of the Chabad of the Five Towns, was one of many who attended the historic Abraham Accords signing ceremony at the White House in the Rose Garden on Tuesday normalizing relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Senior delegations from both countries were also in attendance, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Emirati Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the brother of the United Arab Emirates crown prince. The agreement was reached on Aug. 13, after what officials said were 18 months of negotiations. Israel agreed to continue with plans to suspend its annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank and the United Arab Emirates agreed to have normal relations with the Jewish state. Along with this the United States and United Arab Emirates signed an agreement earlier this month that provides enhanced protections to Emirati and American consular staff in both countries. State Department officials said that the deal strengthens “the ability of consular staff to protect the interests of citizens and advance national interests.” The UAE is considered a vital strategic partner to help maintain stability in the Gulf, safeguarding American interests in the Middle East and ensuring the flow of commerce across the Gulf region. —Jeffrey Bessen
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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: October 1, 2020 Time:8:00 p.m. Place:Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York Subject: Case # 20380 - New York American Water, 1540 Beech Street, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509. Applicant proposes to place (3) three 18,000 gallon open top settling tanks as part of the iron filtration backwash system. Applicant is seeking relief from the following sections of the Zoning Code of the Village of Atlantic Beach.
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Woodmere native eric Wilzig performed his magic at The Brandeis School welcome back celebration on Sept. 13.
Welcome back to Brandeis The Brandeis School welcome back celebration might not have had the all together crowd it usually attracts, but there was no shortage of magic as Woodmere native Eric Wilzig, a magician, wowed the audience who arrived and departed in shifts to comply with social distancing guidelines during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Children were able to use a tie dye station and created tiles for a new mural
installation at the school. There was also treats at the Sept. 13 event. Organized by the Parents Association, co-Presidents Esther DeMarco and Elana Lederman, said that they “could not think of a better way to kick off the school year — new and old friends getting together and having a fun afternoon!” —Jeffrey Bessen
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VALLEY STREAM UFSD #13 Substitute Cleaners 2020-2021 School Year The Valley Stream School District is Currently Seeking Hourly Substitute Cleaners.
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OPEN HOUSES BY APPT SUNdAY, 9/20/2020 WOOdMERE 78 Burton Ave, BA, NEW TO MARKET! 5 B R, 4.5 Bth Col in Great Old Woodmere, Large EIK, FDR, LR/Fpl, Den, Office, Full Bsmt, 2 Car Gar. Near All, SD#14 .... $939,000 960 Greenfield Rd, BA, 4 BR, 3 Bth CH Col in Academy Area. Spac LR / Fpl, FDR, EIK, Fam Rm. Main Flr Br w/ Bth. Mstr Ste/Bth/ Off. Walk up Full Attic for Poss Expansion. Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Gar. SD#14. Near All .............................. HUGE REDUCTION! $889,000 HEWLETT HARBOR 268 Channon Rd, BA, NEW! Move Right Into This Updated 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Col on Parklike Property in SD#20. Full Bsmt w/ Hi ceiling. 2 Car Gar. SD#20. Won’t Last! ...... $879,000 357 Pepperidge Rd, BA, NEW! Beautifully Renovated 5 BR, 4.5 Bth Split on Resortlike Prop with IG Pool in SD#20. Low Taxes! ........................................................$1,275,000 3 Payne Circle, BA, 5 BR, 3.5 Bth Spacious Split on Beautiful Street in Cul de Sac. State of the Art EIK, 2 Dens, Bsmt, & 2 Car Gar. SD#20 ................................ $1,190,000 236 Richards Lane, BA, 5 BR, 5.5 Bth Contemporary, Acre Of Resortlike, IGP. Open Floor Plan. Full Fin Bsmt. Main Flr Master. SD14 .........................REDUCED! 1,599,000 1290 Seawane Dr, BA, WATERFRONT! MACY CHANNEL! Build Your Dream Home on this 1.25 Acre Property in Prime Location...................................................... $1,799,000 HEWLETT BAY PARK NEW TO MARKET! 7 BR, 4.55 Bth Stately & Grand Colonial Tucked away in Cul De Sac on Over an Acre of Parklike Property. SD#14 .................................................$2,250,000 159 Meadowview Ave, BA, Stately 5200 Sq Ft Colonial Featuring 6 BR, 6.55 Bths on Acre Of Resortlike, IGP, Tennis Ct, Outdoor Kit. FBsmt, 2 Car Gar, Fabulous Location in SD#14..................................................................................... REDUCED!! $2,699,000 30 Heron Dr, BA, Magnificent 8500 Sq Ft Waterfront Home on 2 Acre Resortlike Prop w/ Pool, Tennis/Sport Ct, New Landscaping w/ Waterfall & 3 BR Guest House w/ Kit, LR, Den. 300 Ft New Bulkhead. 4 Car Htd Gar. SD#14 .............. REDUCED! $4,690,000 90 Anchorage Rd, BA, Over an Acre of PRIME WATERFRONT Macy Channel, 135' Bulkhead, Open Layout, Main Flr Mstr Ste, Potential for Expansion .............$1,999,000 WOOdSBURgH 891 Keene Lane, BA, Magnificently Renovated While Retaining Charm, Stone Cottage. 3 BR, 2.5 Bth with Tremendous Potential for Expansion. Brand New Mstr Bth. Over 1/2 Acre, Near All ........................................ REDUCED & MOTIVATED!! $999,000 EAST ROCKAWAY 1 Thompson Dr, BA, NEW! 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Exp Ranch w/Open Layout in Waverly Park Area. Updtd EIK. O/S Prop w/Deck. Att Gar. SD#20 ......................................... $599,000 62 Bulaire Rd, BA, NEW! Renovated 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Exp Ranch with Open Floor Plan on Oversized Prop. Gran/Wood EIK, LR/Fpl, FDR, Vaulted Ceiling in Den. SD#20 ... $725,000 101 Emmet Ave, BA, WATERFRONT! Rebuilt in 2010, 4 BR 3.5 Bth Split w/ Pool, Outdoor Kit & Deck. Open Layout. Private Mstr Ste, 2 Car Gar, SD#20 ........$1,250,000
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his beautiful home is landscaped to perfection! Just move right into this easy living lifestyle and start your day. This newly renovated three bedroom, two full bathroom home is located in SD#14 and is near all. The Bright and airy den looks into the backyard. The kitchen is great for entertaining and gracefully flows into the dining room. You will find gleaming hardwood floors throughout along with central air, attached garage that has ample parking. Call Nanci-sue Rosenthal for your private screening! 516-316-1030 or nrosenthal@coachrealtors.com
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roger Hart
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WOODMERE BA, 960 GREENFIELD Rd, BA,4 BR,3 Bth CH Col in Academy Area. Spac LR w/ Fpl, FDR , EIK & Fam Rm. Main Flr Br w/ Bth.Mstr Ste/Bth/ Off. Walk up Full Attic for Poss Expansion. Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Gar. SD#14. Near All. .REDUCED $889,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman RE 516-238-4299
BELLMORE: SIMPLY AMAZING! Multi-Generational, Customized, 3200 Sq-Ft, High-End, 1/4+ Acre, Park-Like Grounds. Chef's Kitchen, Master Ensuite, So Much More! $950,000 Martin Sorrentino, Signature Premier Properties 516-551-0082
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A building with ‘a lot of potential’ Q. We bought a building that has three stores on the bottom and an attic above each store tall enough to stand in. The real estate rep said it was intended to be apartments that were just never built, and that it had “a lot of potential.” The building also has an easement driveway that goes to the back, for our property as well as the property next door and two houses behind. We were told that we could maximize the property by building over the Ask The driveway, since it’s part of Architect our property. How do we find out about these things? Our attorney suggested that you might know. A. Hopefully you bought the property for the rental income of just the three stores, because you can’t imagine that nobody else ever saw the onte eeper potential for the buildings in the past but just didn’t try to develop the property further. After rule No. 1 in real estate, which is “location, location, location,” comes rule No. 2, to develop the highest and best use of a property. Always maximize these two for the greatest return on investment, according to my real estate professor. If not, we were taught, then know when to walk away. One of the first things to evaluate, after the building and property condition, is the municipal zoning requirements, such as required parking based on use. Parking is the largest amount of space limitation, and can be the most challenging to investment return. Retail often requires space for one car per 200 square feet for onsite parking, plus driving aisles 23½ to 24 feet wide and a twoway driveway for entry and exit from the site. This takes a lot of space away from the building area. You can’t take street parking or municipal lots into account, because they’re shared by the public, but there may be a written decision in property records that grants a waiver of the off-street parking requirement if the same use is continuous. If you add or change a use, the waiver may not continue, and a new zoning case may need to be evaluated before a zoning board. Easements are the attorney’s job to juggle, since title and deed restrictions are part of land limitations set by local law and government legal decisions. I have rarely seen anyone be successful at building above an easement without expense that may be more than the value of the purpose. The attic space, if adapted to more retail or housing, opens up many more issues, such as space-consuming access stairs for entry and separate fire escape. Sprinklers, flame-retardant finishes, elevator, emergency lighting, alarms, strobes, control panels — the list is long. Always ask before you buy. The tough part before purchase is allowing the time it takes to get real answers. Every requirement is based on so many varying factors due to differing materials, building areas and uses. There will be a lot of number crunching and research to possibly reach your goal. Good luck!
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lected leaders from across Nassau County are urging — even pleading with — residents to fill out the U.S. census if they have not already done so, and time is running out. The census count will end Sept. 30. The census was originally scheduled to wind down Oct. 31, but in August the U.S. Census Bureau suddenly reduced the time frame by a month. In August, however, four out of every 10 Americans had yet to file their census forms, according to National Public Radio. That has led to fears of severe undercounting, particularly in minority communities. That is why elected leaders across the county have held news conferences of late, encouraging residents to file their forms to ensure that the states have the correct number of U.S. representatives and that local governments receive all the federal aid they are rightly entitled to — both are based on population — and to assure residents of color, particularly recent immigrants, that they have nothing to fear from the census. Many immigrants reportedly fear that filing might jeopardize their status, particularly after President Trump pushed for inclusion of a citizenship question on the census form, a requirement that the Supreme Court shot down in July 2019. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, a Democrat from Baldwin, recently held a news conference in Roosevelt with U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat from Garden City. In August, Curran appeared at Glen Cove City Hall with U.S Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from Glen Cove. The census was the focus of both gatherings. Local leaders are right to be concerned.
letters Thanks for the memories To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “The little bench in my backyard” (Sept. 3-9): It was very moving. This last year has been extremely difficult for so many. I can’t imagine how journalists like Brinton must feel, writing about the virus. The toll it has taken must be extraordinary. I don’t have a bench, but I have a small footstone that my son made when he was in kindergarten. It’s round and has small, colorful stones embedded in it. He glued those stones in carefully — his wonderful masterpiece. My son is now 21, living in North Carolina, attending college. Thank you to Brinton for sharing his memories. SARI BERKOWITz Glen Cove
What the Constitution says The U.S. Constitution mandates that the country count its population once every 10 years. The results are used to adjust or redraw electoral districts, based on where populations have increased or decreased. State legislatures or independent bipartisan commissions are responsible The Village of Freeport’s census response rate was 54 percent as of early this month; Elmont and Roosevelt, 53 percent; and the Village of Hempstead, 49 percent. This is indeed an urgent matter. Rice noted that a 1 percent undercount in the census could cost a local school district or government tens of thousands of dollars, if not hundreds of thousands, in federal aid per year. A severe undercount could cost millions. Overall, Nassau County’s response rate was solid at 73 percent, according to the most recent data, but even that number is concerning, given the amount of aid that could be sacrificed by an undercount of more than 25 percent. “When it comes to the census, the stakes have never been higher for Nassau,” Curran said at the Roosevelt news conference, addressing the coronavirus pandemic. “This census is about more than just ensuring we finally get our fair share of federal government dollars when we need it most. This year’s census is a once-in-a-decade opportunity for us to directly combat the inequities this crisis
for redrawing congressional districts. The U.S. Census Bureau provides states with population counts for this purpose. Everyone living the United States and its five territories is required by law to be counted in the census. Source: U.S. Census Bureau
has laid bare.” According to the Census Bureau, you should be counted where you were living and sleeping most of the time as of April 1. If you’re responding for your home, count everyone who lives and sleeps there most of the time. That includes children, foster children, roommates, and any family members or friends who are living with you, even temporarily. If someone is staying with you because of the pandemic, however, they should be counted where they usually live. This includes college students, who should still be counted at school. If they live in student housing, the college will count them. If they live off campus, they should respond for their off-campus addresses. Filling out the census takes no more than 10 minutes, and you can do so securely online at 2020census.gov. To reach the U.S. Census Bureau for help, call (844) 330-2020 for English speakers and (844) 468-2020 for Spanish speakers. Representatives are available daily from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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here has been much publicity about the failure of the U.S. Senate to agree on a new aid package for the states. The costs of dealing with the impact of the coronavirus have hit every government hard, but especially the northeastern states. Largely left out of the discussion, however, is the serious headache that Nassau County and New York’s 61 other counties face. Whether you are distant Cayuga County or Nassau, the story is the same. Sales tax revenues are down 20 percent in most areas, and state aid has been cut jerry by 15 percent. kremer Property tax collections have been delayed to help people with fixed or no income. In short, sometimes government closest to you suffers the most. As a former chair of the State Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee, I was curious, and took a deep look at Nassau’s finances and the impact of Covid-19, which mirror many other counties. County Executive Laura Curran has done a great job of managing the coun-
ty’s finances. When she was elected in 2017, she was saddled with a massive budget deficit and faced the possibility of a state takeover of the county’s finances. Her predecessor, Ed Mangano, had proposed a series of budgets with so-called one-shot revenues and lots of Band-Aids that were destined to fall apart. Most Nassau residents don’t know that it is one of only a few jurisdictions in the state that has a control board watching its every financial move. The Nassau Interim Finance Authority was established in 2000, and has a full-time staff. It was dormant until 2011, when the county was in desperate need of an outside monitor. The bond rating agencies advised county officials that they needed a series of modest tax increases to fill their budget hole. But political fear prevented it. Writing about something that’s not very sexy can be a challenge, but readers should understand how their government functions. Nassau County taxpayers wake up every morning expecting the police to control the streets, the highway workers to fill the potholes and the parks to be open for their enjoyment. All of these activities rely on there being
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LeTTers Appreciation for a refreshing op-ed To the Editor: I’d like to thank Scott Brinton for opening his nostalgic garden to his readers. It was a refreshing respite from all the political and pandemic-related news out there in the real world. Not only do his trees offer some protection against global warming, but in addition to his plethora of flowers, they add much beauty to our world. His ability to link such beauty to familial events in his life is a testament to the love he has for his family as well as to our earth. PAM SINgER Malverne
We need better street signs To the Editor: There was a long-overdue letter to the editor in the Aug. 20-26 issue, “Buildings need street addresses,” from Robert Rubalsky. Drivers become impediments to normal traffic flow while they search for locations that are not clearly marked with visible postal addresses. We have all been in this situation, either as the searcher or as the frustrated driver
enough money in the county treasury to pay for its workers and its facilities. The county currently faces a drop in revenue of $438 million, the result of all of the factors mentioned above. In simple terms, no business can survive for too long with losses of 25 percent or more. On Aug. 10, Curran announced a prudent plan to close this yawning budget gap. She proposed a series of budget cuts that would save $54 million. To offset the total of $438 million, she used all of her surplus funds, which included $103 million that local governments got in the CARES Act. Her proposal would produce $385 million in savings, which would erase the deficit. But there is one catch to this plan: The county owes NIFA a $75 million payment that is due in November. The County Legislature must approve the deferral of this payment, which would help avoid any serious tax increases. While the Legislature is controlled by the Republican Party, and Curran is a Democrat, I am convinced the Legislature will do the right thing and allow the payment to NIFA to be deferred for a year. If the county can’t balance its budget for
stuck in traffic behind one of these pilgrims in search of a destination. There are definite solutions, and at least one, the prominent display of a numerical address, is easy and inexpensive. These numbers are available in indoor or outdoor adhesive styles of many variations, and you don’t need to be a wizard or an acrobat to fasten them in place. go to your local hardware store or home center. If you want to be fancy, there are numbers in brass, chrome or black that fasten with screws, and require slightly more expertise to install. Another problem: Our street sign systems in the U.S. vary widely in the information provided and how it is displayed. Most signs are now reflective, and lettering size has been increased for visibility. One problem has been solved, but another one has been ignored, especially in New York. When you get to the correct intersection, which way do you turn to reach your destination? Short of using your gPS on every trip, you have a 50 percent chance of turning in the right or wrong direction. The answer is simple, and although I hate giving credit to California, that state has gotten it right. Just look at the street signs at the second-most-famous intersection of the country after 42nd Street and Broadway, Hollywood and Vine in Los Angeles. Above or below the street name is a slightly smaller sign
the coming year, all taxpayers may suffer, and the NIFA board could impose drastic cuts in county services. The tale of Nassau’s finances is being repeated in community after community. Since March, our television screens have been filled with story after story about all the human hardship the virus has caused. The scenes of emergency workers treating suffering people have left us with images that we will never forget. The services that save lives have to be paid for, and in the end, the buck stops with local government officials. Sadly, the people who can help pay for the coronavirus fallout — members of the Senate — went home for and returned from a summer recess, and still they have taken no action. There will apparently be no additional unemployment benefits and no small-business relief. Assistance for local governments won’t happen. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reminds me of Nero, who fiddled while Rome burned. 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.
Framework by Miguel Martinez
Near the Pacific coast, with the haze of wildfires in the distance — Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif.
with the numbers on that block. What a concept. Imagine getting to a corner and knowing immediately whether the numbers ascend or descend from that intersection in either direction. It’s an idea whose time has come. ERIC SPINNER New Hyde Park
CorreCTion In last week’s “Where are we going to pray” Sept. 10, the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst only used Zoom for Sunday through Friday morning services and began Shabbat services again in July.
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A maddening tale of two presidencies
onald Trump revealed his true self to The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward over the course of 18 interviews beginning last December, appearing coherent and well-informed — in matter-of-fact terms, for example, he noted as early as February that he knew the coronavirus was five times more deadly than the more “strenuous” strains of the flu. Trump could have acted decisively to stem the tide of disease that overwhelmed the U.S. But he didn’t. Many were unsure whether he could understand the gravity of the sCoTT illness or the sciBRinTon ence required to contain it. In April he suggested — seemingly seriously — that we might inject patients with disinfectant and irradiate them with ultraviolent light to kill the virus, prompting public health officials to issue urgent news releases cautioning people not to try this at home. Trump, to many, appeared to have lost his mind. As it turns out, we now know from Woodward’s interviews with the president that it was all performance art, a display of showmanship intended to obfuscate and deceive in the vain hope that Americans wouldn’t notice the rapidly rising Covid-19 death toll or unemployment rate.
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Woodward recorded nearly all the interviews with Trump for his latest book, “Rage,” which was set to be published after press time. Snippets of the interviews were released for public consumption last week, and were aired on “60 Minutes” last Sunday. In them, Trump appears lucid, articulate, in command of the facts, without a hint of mental illness. That is the maddening part of this tale. At least if he were suffering from lunacy, like a latter-day King George III, then he might be excused for bungling the national strategy to contain the coronavirus. The interviews make clear, however, that Trump is perfectly sane. He claimed he lied to the American people about the deadliness of the coronavirus so as not to incite panic. Many pundits, however, pointed out that Trump has had little trouble stoking fear, even panic, on any number of issues — from immigration to public housing — when it suits his political aims. His 2016 election strategy was to engage in an all-out culture war to divide the country along entrenched political lines, and then win at the margins by picking up disaffected Democrats and right-leaning independents who, on occasion in the past, had voted for centrist Dems. It worked. To date, Trump has followed his 2016 playbook, sowing division wherever he can, including in the U.S.’s approach to the coro-
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navirus. He knew as early as February that Covid-19 was an airborne disease, and yet he eschewed masks from the get-go, mocking former Vice President Joe Biden relentlessly for wearing one in public and never requiring their use at his mass rallies — which he continues to hold, despite local mandates forbidding such gatherings. That is, the nation’s chief law enforcement officer is flouting the laws he is sworn to uphold. The result: The U.S. was projected to surpass 200,000 coronavirus deaths this weekend. It is, by far, the world’s highest death toll — Brazil, the second highest, had 129,575 deaths as of Sept. 12. It should be noted that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has followed Trump’s coronavirus playbook, at times pretending the disease is relatively harmless, at others ignoring it and taking minimal action to contain it while claiming his administration is doing all it can to fight it. It needn’t have been this way. China, where Covid-19 originated, had 4,634 deaths as of last weekend; Germany, 9,421; Canada, 9,170; South Korea, 355; New Zealand, 24. Each of these nations acted quickly, according to a national plan, not our state-by-state, county-by-county, city-by-city hodgepodge of approaches, which have ranged from exceptional to downright dangerous. Trump had a national playbook that he could have — and should have — studied,
he nation’s chief law enforcement officer is flouting the laws he is sworn to uphold.
but he chose to ignore it. President Barack Obama left him a 68-page report titled, “Playbook for Early Response to High-Consequence Emerging Infectious Disease Threats and Biological Incidents,” developed by the National Security Council in 2016, according to “PBS NewsHour.” Obama was tested early in his presidency, in 2009, when the H1N1 flu raged across the globe, including in the U.S. On May 2 that year, he addressed the nation, and here, in part, according to White House transcripts, is what he said: “Over the last week, my administration has taken several precautions to address the challenge posed by the 2009 H1N1 flu virus. … “This is a new strain of the flu virus, and because we haven’t developed an immunity to it, it has more potential to cause us harm. Unlike the various strains of animal flu that have emerged in the past, it’s a flu that is spreading from human to human. This creates the potential for a pandemic, which is why we are acting quickly and aggressively.” Obama continued, remaining calm and truthful. H1N1 stayed with us for nearly two years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Roughly 12,500 Americans died of the disease during that time. If only Trump had followed his predecessor’s approach. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.
You’d better believe it: We are in this together
ive years ago, I returned from a visit to my kids and grandkids, who live in a mountain town in northern California, and in this space I wrote, “I have come back from the future, and if you plan on going, better wear your fire-retardant underwear.” The tone of my comment is discordant now with news of the apocalyptic fires engulfing so much of California and Oregon. My California kids go to bed at night with their smartRanDi phones on; they kReiss and their children have “go bags” packed so they can evacuate if the alarm comes from their fire district. Their car is packed with nonperishable food and water and flame-retardant blankets. They don’t live far from towns that have burnt up in half an hour when winds pushed flames into their homes. The ashes from those fires are drifting our way. As a writer for a local newspaper, I have come to realize over the years that our connectedness as Americans and as human
beings supersedes our particular neighborhood interests. Everything is local. And everything local is global. In these chaotic times, we find ourselves on the same ship, heading for the rocks. Smoke from fires travels, viruses go airborne and political indiscretion is infectious; none of us is safe or immune. I live on the South Shore of Long Island, where we’ve been getting plenty of rain, with little chance of wildfires, but the California story is mine because I go to sleep at night worrying about my kids’ safety. The fire story is all of ours because we can imagine the fear of an alarm at night that sends children out into the unknown. If you’re reading this, chances are you live in New York state, where our infection rate from the coronavirus is below 1 percent. We’re in good shape at the moment, but Covid-19 is surging in other parts of the country. My Florida kids are in the thick of it, and their unfolding story is mine, too. Here we are sending, or are about to send, our children back to elementary and high school and universities across the
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country. The college kids getting sick across the country are coming home to our towns and villages. What we also share as Americans is the discovery that our president could have kept us safer. A president who put people before politics, who elevated science and medicine, who could evince a modicum of empathy, could have saved tens of thousands of lives during this pandemic. Last week we heard tapes of journalist Bob Woodward’s interviews with President Trump. We heard the president say he knew how devastating the pandemic would be, but in his own words, he “played it down.” Five years ago, when I first wrote about the fires near my family out West, it was a big deal, because the schools had to close for two days due to smoke and unhealthy air quality. Fast-forward, and the kids have been out of school for five months because of Covid-19. There is an awful confluence of circumstances: People are battling a vicious pandemic in the midst of raging wildfires. None of it had to be this way. For three years before he decided to cover up the
y kids in California go to bed with their phones on and their ‘go bags’ packed.
threat of Covid-19 in America, Trump was scorching the earth in other ways, expanding mining and drilling, halting regulations on industries that pollute and refusing to accept the findings of scientists who have warned us that drought, fire and even pandemics are related to global warming and climate change. Professor Noah Diffenbaugh, the Kara J Foundation professor of Earth System Science and the Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, states that global warming, caused by air pollution created by human activity, is a major contributor to the baking heat searing so much of California. According to The Washington Post, “An international panel of leading climate scientists said in 2013 that the planet is warming at an accelerated pace, and found with 95 percent certainty that human activity is the cause. The past three decades have been the hottest on the planet since 1850.” In 2018, speaking with the BBC, President Trump said of climate change, “I don’t believe it.” Left or right, red or blue, we are in the same sinking boat. Can’t we at least agree to plug the holes? Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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