Nassau Herald 10-22-2020

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MOuNT SINAI SOuTH Nassau Nurse Practitioner Amber Vitale demonstrated how a Covid-19 test is processed at the Five Towns Community Center.

Community center becomes a coronavirus testing site

By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

In an effort to combat the recent uptick of Covid-19 cases in the Five Towns, the Five Towns Community Center, in Lawrence, began serving as a coronavirus testing site on Tuesday.

Several elected and community center officials campaigned to have the center used for testing, and Nassau

County and Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital, in Oceanside, joined forces to bring the idea to fruition.

Mount Sinai is supplying staff and facilities, setting up a trailer-like facility in the community center’s parking lot. The county will pay for their services. At a news conference outside the center on Tuesday, County Executive Laura Curran said that testing kits and other medical

supplies were given to the county and Mount Sinai South Nassau by the state.

“I’m very happy to be here for this announcement, as we’ve seen a Covid uptick in the Five Towns community,” Curran said. “We’re all awaiting a vaccine, but without a va c c i n e, t h e d i f f e re n c e between a successful and unsuccessful reopening isn’t whether you can eliminate Continued on page 26

t’s never going to be as good as inperson sessions for both the patient and the counselor, but you find a way to make it work.

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AppoiNtEd LAwRENcE tRuStEE Jeff Landy was sworn in at the Oct. 15 meeting. From left were Deputy Mayor Michael Fragin, Landy, Mayor Alex Edelman, and Trustees Paris Popack and Eli Kutner.

Lawrence village welcomes a new trustee

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

Except for his college years and three years in Woodmere, newly appointed village Trustee Jeff Landy has lived most of his 44 years in Lawrence.

A married lawyer who owns an attorney recruiting firm, the Addison Group Inc., was plucked to replace Daniel Goldstein who resigned from the board last month. Landy will complete Goldstein’s unexpired term and then could run for election next year.

“I have been a resident off and on for a vast majority of my life,” Landy said.

Now I’m raising five children in this neighborhood and I want to give back to the community and make the village a better place for my children to grownup in and give them some kind of the idyllic experience I was fortuitous to have.”

Growing up in Lawrence, Landy attended the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway. He then earned his bachelor’s degree at Cornell University in upstate Ithaca. The law degree was attained at Cardozo School of Law in Manhattan.

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Landy said that he is looking forward to helping restore the dignity and collegiality of the village board and continuing the improvements being made at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club and building the proposed swimming pool at the country club. He said that the club is “coming back in a great way,” and called Edelman an “incredible mayor.” “He is a good guy,” Edelman said, an all around great guy, very community oriented.”

Appointed to be the board’s sanitation commissioner, a liaison with Sanitary District 1 that picks up the trash and recyclables in Lawrence, Landy said he asked for that post. “I happen to have a very strong affinity for the hard work and dedication these guys put in,” he said. “I love the guys that come by my house. I’m friendly with them. They are the backbone of our community, the unsung heroes. They work hard out there early in the mor ning. We’re safe and clean because of them. I’m looking to working with George (Pappas) and do whatever I can.” Pappas, the mayor of Atlantic Beach, is the sanitary district’s superintendent.

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NASSAU HERALD — October 22, 2020

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

Seven memorials made of metal symbolizing trees stand in an area of the bais medrash (study room) in the Lawrence building that houses the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway lower school.

In the corner, affixed to the wall is another part of the memorial. This one lists seven names: Jonathan Elstein, 13, of Far Rockaway; Bonnie Eisenberg, 11, Belle Harbor; Lisa Gerstman, 11, Valley Stream; Nancy Jacobson 11, Woodmere; Spencer Jaffe, 12, Lawrence; Randee Lewis, 13, Woodmere; and Randi Press, 11, Cedarhurst.

On July 15, 1970 a bus carrying campers, counselors and other staff from Hillel Country Day School summer camp and a bus driver rolled over a 50-foot embankment in eastern Pennsylvania — those seven young people were killed and 52 were injured — in some cases severely.

While the aftermath was painful the immediate outpouring of sympathy brought two regions separated by roughly 120 miles together for a brief time.

It was supposed to be a two-day trip to the Amish region and three towns, including a visit to the Hershey chocolate factory. Hillel was a Jewish day school in Lawrence that eight years later would merge with the Hebrew Institute of Long Island in Far Rockaway to form HAFTR. The bus was a motor coach. It left Lawrence that Wednesday morning.

“There was a problem with the bus that morning,” said Joyce Liebeskind, 68, then junior camp counselor Joyce Canvasser. “The trip was a couple of hours; it was raining lightly. It was the perfect storm; the tires were bald.”

“The bus had bald tires, it was raining, the bus went around a curve it tumbled down the embankment,” said Joanne Ingerman, 61, then 11-year-old camper Joanne Sherman in the Apollo group.

“Some passengers were ejected through the windows.”

“After the bus plunged down the embankment, rolling over a number of times, ejecting and then landing on some of its passengers, passing motorists stopped on the highway, many just to look,” said Mindy Haar, 62, then camper Mindy Myers. “Truck drivers, however, were the immediate responders. Running down to the bus and trying to help as many of us as possible. Though there was a risk of the bus catching fire, they seemed not to hesitate with their impromptu rescue, getting there in a crucial 10 minutes before professional help arrived.”

The day night before the trip, Leesa Schafer nearly 12 then said her sister, Jill, had a premonition that the bus was going to crash. “My mother made her get on the bus,” Leesa, 62, said, adding that her three closest friends were Gerstman, Jacobson and Lewis. After a rest stop, Gerstman asked Schafer to switch seats, putting Gerstman by the window.

“I was sitting in the middle of the bus with two girls, one I believe was on my lap,” Liebeskind said. “I started to fall

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ThE hillEl BuS accident memorial in the bais medrash (study room) at HAFTR’s lower school in Lawrence. The symbolic trees represent the seven children who died. asleep. I was called by another child on the driver’s side in the front of the bus. I flew through the window.”

“We were actually tumbling down the mountainside,” Ingerman said, “I spent the entire summer in the hospital. Had a fractured left ankle, bone through the skin. Had an infection because of the dirt, [the doctors] could not set [my] fractured right arm.”

“I fell to the bottom of the embankment, saw the bus fall on my arms and my head was still out from under the bus, I was the last person to be rescued,” Liebeskind said. “After the bus crash, freon from the bus’s AC flew in my face and I passed out for a while. When I came to the pain I can’t describe for you. I felt movement and extra pressure. They jacked up the bus and pulled from my arms. I had compound fractures, wounds on my arms, my legs were mashed.”

“Somehow I became wedged between my seat and the wall of the bus, laying sideways in a pool of glass, having trouble breathing,” Haar said. “ I remember the truck driver’s face as he told me he’d get me out, I’d be OK and then with his fellow drivers got tools and unbolted the seat of the bus. I was in critical condition and in intensive care but fully conscious and aware. As those of us who were hospitalized heard about the deaths of our fellow campers, no matter how serious our injuries, we knew we were the lucky ones.”

The communities came together

The bus accident occurred in New Smithville 10 miles west of Allentown.

Most of the injured, including Ingerman, were taken to Allentown General Hospital, and others to Sacred Heart Hospital now St. Luke’s Sacred Heart Campus, also in Allentown) and Osteopathic Hospital (now UPMC Pinnacle Community Osteopathic in Harrisburg). “The Jewish com-

munity of Allentown housed my parents and provided kosher food,” she said.

Altruistic spirit went into overdrive a decade earlier than the debut of the famous state advertising slogan, “You’ve Got a Friend in Pennsylvania.” The plaque that celebrates the appreciation of those Hillel families remains affixed to a wall in Allentown’s Temple Beth El synagogue.

“Temple Beth El and the entire Jewish community came together,” said Diane Silverman, 87, an Allentown resident who did much of the food shopping for those meals. “The Orthodox needed kosher food. The people started to cook kosher meals. Little by little as those parents came we served more and more meals.

People from every walk of life came to the temple to help.”

Silverman was shopping one day with her son Steve who was then 4. “He was putting food in the cart and said, ‘this is for the children.’” She remembers “how beautifully the community came together,” and recalled a long ago trip to New Orleans when she said she was from Allentown and another woman gasped.

They spoke and the woman said her daughter was injured in the accident and remembered how “nice and kind” everyone was.

“We made meals and took them to the synagogue, I did mine at home,” said Manya Stein, 82, who lives in Bethlehem, six miles from Allentown. “The community was there for them. It was so many years ago. We took care of as much as we could do. The community here always comes together.”

“I remember a great many mortalities, casualties,” said Ethel Melamut, 87, an Allentown resident. “The people came into Temple Beth El, it had a kosher kitchen. The women cooked ad prepared food and members of the community housed

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A plAquE wiTh the names of the seven children killed in the accident is also part of the memorial at HAFTR. the people.”

Max Wagner, then president of the Hillel school, said he has vivid memories of what happened after learning of the accident. He, his wife, Audrey and now nephew by marriage, Ben Brafman, drove to Allentown as his niece, Lynda Bienenfeld, was injured.

Her pelvis and several vertebrae were shattered, Lynda, 68, also remembered that her glasses were broken in the crash.

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Haunting memories of a tragic bus accident continued from page 3 “The wonderful people in Allentown,” she said, learned who her optometrist was in Lawrence and had a replacement pair the next day. Her fiancé, Ben Brafman, came with only the clothes he was wearing.

“The kind people bought him a set of clothes,” she said. “They made sure we had kosher food and snacks, and arranged a place for Shabbos services.”

A heart wrenching mix-up occurred at Sacred Heart Hospital, Schafer said. Officials told her parents she had died thinking she was Lisa Gertsman. Then they saw Schafer’s nameplate neckless. “I had survivor’s guilt for [nearly] 20 years, Schafer said. “In 1981, I wrote a screenplay ‘Nerve Endings’ dealing with my survivor’s guilt. It helped put life into perspective and I could get on with my life the best I can for her (Gertsman).”

Remembering that the Allentown Jewish community “opened their hearts and their homes for the Hillel families,” Wagner recounted that Hillel families purchased three kidney dialysis machines (very new technology then) one for each hospital and few months later after the last patient was discharged he, Rabbi Gilbert Klaperman (founder of Hillel and Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence) and a few other community members presented the machines and honored the local law enforcement officers and elected officials that offered their help through

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The hillel CounTry Day School memorial plaque given to Temple Beth El in Allentown, Pa. in recognition for the community’s goodwill after the bus accident. the ordeal.

What was lost, what was gained

Shalom Maidenbaum lost his pal.

“Spencer was my best friend we played

together every day, he two blocks from me,” said Maidenbaum, 62, who grew up in and still lives in Lawrence. “It was horrible, I was all of 12 years old. We played ball and watched the Little League teams when we couldn’t play.”

Originally from Dayton, Maidenbaum said Jaffe, “was always smiling, very charming,” “he had this out of town friendly quality compared to New York,” and many people thought of Jaffe as their best friend.

Saying this is a “very hard topic” to speak on, Maidenbaum said he did not go on the trip as he was in Israel at the time.

“Any child dying is a huge loss,” he said.

“This was a neighborhood tragedy. It changed everything. There was never a trip again that parents didn’t check the bus tires.”

Risë Kaufmann, née Davidoff, was 10 and her father, Gilbert, was on the Hillel

board. “I remember my dad coming home and whispering to my mother, we didn’t learn what happened right away,” she said. “I remember it was very sad. Big trips I never wanted to do. It took a long time.”

Maidenbaum said with many of the surviving children severely injured accommodations were made so they could learn from home, including setting up television monitors years before home computers became ubiquitous.

Schafer remembered the amount of cards she received and at Sacred Heart Hospital became friendly with three nuns she invited to and attended her bas mitzvah at Temple Hillel. “I got cards from people I didn’t even know,” she said. “I believe that prayer does help and working together to help each other. Some things in life you don’t forget.”

Haar said that she has celebrated every birthday since then “with so much appreciation of the privilege of continually being blessed with additional years.” “I think of the immense grief seven families have to this day in losing a child with so much potential life ahead of them,” she said, adding that safety improvements such as installing seat belts on buses and putting grooves on roadways came about in part because of this accident.

Attending school was a chore Ingerman said as the Hillel building was not handicapped accessible and she time spent time going up and down the stairs on her “tush.” After several surgeries and what passed for physical therapy then she recovered. “I always wanted to be an athlete and at 51 I first figure skated and been doing so for 10 years now,” Ingerman said.

For Liebeskind the memories remain at the surface. When watching the Netflix series “The Crown” an episode recalled the 1966 Welsh mining accident that caused the death of 144 people, including 116 children, she recoiled. “It was very upsetting to me, touching a cord,” she said. “I live with it. I was on the bus. It is still painful. Every July 15, I go into mourning.”

Risë Kaufmann contributed to this story.

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“Robby was always there when we have a problem,” Edelman said. Also hired were Joseph Gallo, as a full-time employee for DPW, and Jacob Plaut, a full-time worker in the Building Department. Both hires are also subject to approval of the Civil Service Commission.

Board members received their appointments to serve as village commissioners or liaisons to five entities. Edelman is the

police commissioner, Michael Fragin was reappointed deputy mayor and is the fire commissioner, Eli Kutner is public works commissioner, Landy is sanitation commissioner and Paris Popack will serve as finance chairwoman and commissioner to parks and recreation.

Country Club general manager Cory Menking said that membership is up to 260 and plans are in the works for a fall

festival.

The trustees acknowledged that the 2020 village court audit was conducted as required by the Uniform Justice Court Act and approved the installation of a of stop sign on Meadow Lane at the intersection of Dogwood Lane.

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LawRENcE viLLagE oFFiciaLS celebrated the retirement of Highway and DPW Superintendent Robert Daniels. From left were Deputy Village Treasurer Lina Fusco, Deputy Village Administrator Gerry Castro, Trustee Jeff Landy, Deputy Mayor Michael Fragin, Frank Franzese, Robert Daniels, Mayor Alex Edelman, Trustees Paris Popack and Trustee Eli Kutner and Village Administrator Ronald Goldman.

By JEFFREY BESSEN Even before the 47-minute Lawrence village meeting began on Oct. 15 there was rousing applause as the newest board member, Jeffrey Landy, was administered the oath of office. He was appointed trustee after Daniel Goldstein resigned last month. Landy will complete Goldstein’s term and then will have to run for the two-year term next year.

Turning the meeting agenda upside down, the final item had the board voting unanimously to spend no more than $20,000 for a preliminary study and design for the construction and installation of a swimming pool at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club.

Keeping up with current events, Mayor Alex Edelman noted the higher Covid-19 infection rate that is plaguing the village and other parts of the Five Towns. “The reality is we have to be very, very careful, we have to wear the mask, it is extremely important,” he said.

Longtime village employee Robert Daniels retired and Frank Franzese was appointed, subject to approval of the Civil Service Commission, as superintendent of the Department of Public Works and Highway. Daniels worked for the village since he was 18. “I want to thank everybody it was a great 37 years,” Daniels said. “It was fun. I had a good run.”

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ur greatest asset at Backyard Players and Friends is that our program is community-based. We had classes at St. Mark’s, at the Rockville Centre Public Library, at Molloy, at Sportset, the recreation center, and we just expanded to having classes at Knights of Columbus in Lynbrook.

Every night we're at a different location in the community, and we love that so many people can see what we’re doing.

Our partners had to quickly pivot and worry about how to run their own programs, and outside programs like mine took a tremendous hit. We were at risk for losing the entire program because we had no locations. We did move to online classes and Zoom classes. But for the population we serve, people with developmental disabilities, it's not ideal.

This population is an isolated population as it is, and we realized they were struggling. Covid is isolating for everyone. We were then lucky enough to work with Karen Polito at the recreation center, Mayor [Francis X.] Murray and Kathleen Murray, the village administrator, who all helped to save our program. It was really a miracle. They embraced us like we’re family. It’s really been a blessing that they’ve been able to give us a home when we didn’t have one.

If our program is going to continue to be successful, we will need a space we can call our own. We are doing in-person classes Monday through Friday at the recreation center.

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y job as a digital coordinator involves getting music up on streaming service sites, such as Spotify.

My job also involves doing social media marketing and exposure. The pandemic has not changed my job a lot.

Everything that I do at my job has always been digital, computer and internet driven, which allows me to able to work from home. I am very fortunate to be able to keep my job during this pandemic. Everything that I would normally do at the office, I do it at home now.

Working from home has kept me away from my co-workers, and I cannot socialize with them. I work with great people, and now I can’t see them or interact with them every day. I miss the social aspect of working in the office. We are a small office, but we are like one big family.

Now that I work at home, I no longer have a separation of my work environment from my home environment, and every day it’s the same thing. I work all day at home.

All my work meetings are held over UberConference and using Microsoft Teams.

I have quickly adapted to my work responsibilities during the pandemic. I work more hours now than I did before the pandemic started. My workday starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m. Before the pandemic, I would often get stuck in traffic on my way to work. When this happened, I would sometimes arrive at work at 9:20 a.m. Now that I’m working from home, sometimes I start work as early as 8:30 a.m. I no longer have to deal with getting stuck in traffic.

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ack when I opened the Sage & Angie Boutique on Nassau Boulevard in 2017, I did it because I saw the need for a boutique in the community. As a resident, I decided to fill that need through my business. I’ve always been aware of the diversity in the community, so I made sure that the items in my store cater to people of different backgrounds.

Just before the pandemic, I held an “Afrocentric Event” for the community to introduce more people to Afrocentric clothing and show them how to style these pieces into their outfits. Last year, I held a daylong fundraiser at my store to support Girls Inc. of Long Island. Due to the pandemic, my boutique is now providing masks and hand sanitizer to customers to ensure a safe shopping experience. Our Sage & Angie employees are also steaming all clothing that is tried on and not bought.

One way to build a community is obviously through wealth. It’s important at this time to support Black-owned businesses, because you’re literally putting money back in your community. As a small-business owner, I’d like for people to see that just because we’re not based in the city, that doesn’t mean you can’t always reach for the stars.

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ow has the pandemic affected me? I am exhausted, deeply exhausted, all of the time. Each day when I get home from the Early Learning Center, I try to step away from the world for a while by watching “Jeopardy” or Netflix documentaries.

In this way, I take a rest from all that is going on in the world. I limit my consumption of the news. I consciously and intentionally work to create spaces where I can rest, recharge and get ready for the next day whatever it may bring.

During the pandemic, I have remembered to practice gratitude. Each morning I make a list of some of the things for which I am grateful. I have a job that I love. My staff are “rock stars,” and we have been able to keep staff and children safe, stay open and serve our community.

I am blessed to spend time with children. They help me to remember to be present in each moment and to find joy in little things. Earlier this month, the children at the center found a butterfly with a broken wing. They made a home for it and spent the day feeding and caring for it.

How do we live in a time when things change every day, when there are conflicting opinions and each person is living a different story, a different reality? I have found the Alcoholics Anonymous slogans useful, and they help me to not get overwhelmed: “One day at a time,” “First things first.”

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Cluster hotspot zones closes Lawrence schools

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

The Lawrence School District remains closed under the 14-day mandatory order set down by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s cluster hotspot initiative and will not reopen until later this month. There could be an update after press time.

Lawrence schools are in two of the three zones Cuomo created except for the high school. The Lawrence Primary School at the Number Two School and the Broadway Campus that houses the elementary school and middle school are in the orange zone (no school allowed) and the Number Two School abuts the yellow (schools are open).

“It is common sense that all schools in the district would close,” said Lawrence Superintendent Dr. Ann Pedersen, noting that parents need consistency to make plans for their children and to go to work.

Parents with children in the school district hold varying opinions on how complete remote learning is going after the Oct. 9 shutdown.

“I think we are doing OK considering the situation,” Woodmere resident Matthew Russo, the father of two Lawrence students wrote in response to a question posted on Facebook by the Herald. “It’s difficult for students to keep up but at least there safety is being heard. Kids are resilient so they will bounce back after

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ThE CluSTER INITIaTIvE Program hotspot map as of Oct. 7. the pandemic is over. But another thing is Lawrence public schools teachers have been wonderful through this process. I really feel for the working moms out there who this affects because it’s a choice between putting food on the table or sending their kids to school, which is such a difficult choice.”

“From the start this model was plagued to fail,” Inwood resident Ilyassha

Shivers, who has two sons in the district said in answer to the question on remote learning. “There was little to no consideration when it pertains to the families or children that attend school in this district. What parent has a job that allows them to work one week and stay home one week? There was poor planning and a lack of understanding of the needs and resources necessary for our children to be

successful.”

Brian Walsh said his daughter Kaitlyn, a Lawrence High School sophomore, misses being in the school building. “She said she misses interactions with teachers and friends,” Walsh said.

Pedersen said that if you ask students what they like most about school it is being with their friends. “The social component for all of us in society is missing as we focus on health,” she said. “The largest problem is the lack of socialization. We miss that extended family, the large gatherings, it’s a large loss.”

Having a strong social emotional learning curriculum and using Google Meets as the students can see one another during classroom time and exchange ideas helps to alleviate that missing element, Pedersen said, noting it does not replace in-person discourse. “They are still listening to each other and the teacher but it’s not the preferred level of connection.”

“I’m thrilled with the Lawrence School District!,” Miriam Kesetenbaum, the mother of a Lawrence High sophomore posted. “They made the transition so smooth from in person learning to remote instruction. We are so grateful for them!

“My daughter has been fun remote since school started,” Deena Livshits wrote. It’s working out well. The teachers are very communicative.”

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Experts discuss your health and wealth

By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers presented “50 Plus Health and Wealth,” a virtual event featuring speakers from the healthcare, wellness and elder law sectors, on Oct. 14.

In 2018, RichnerLive launched Senior Health Expos, which invited the community to meet with health experts at venues in Nassau County every few months.

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the event was modified to fit an online platform, and attendees took part through Zoom.

Cassena Care, Ronald Fatoullah & Associates, Comprehensive Audiology and UnitedHealthcare sponsored the event.

Experts spoke about the changes in their fields, including George Zaharioudakis, vice president of SNF operations of Theradynamics at Cassena Care; attorney Ronald Fatoullah, founder of Ronald Fatoullah & Associates; Dr. Esther Fogel, owner and director of Comprehensive Audiology; attorney Robert Harper, partner at Farrell Fritz P.C.; Josiane PelusoTomczyk, medicare sales director for New York City and Long Island at UnitedHealthcare Government Programs; and Ashley Straw, founder of Flow and Restore, a holistic wellness practice.

Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, moderated the event. She announced prizes awarded to several attendees and took questions from viewers.

First, Straw led participants through a breathing exercise of lengthening exhales — by pushing more air out than normal — to deepen the breath.

Then Ostreicher kicked off the conversation and asked the speakers about how Covid-19 has impacted their services.

Cassena Care, a line of nursing homes in New York and Connecticut, had “very large challenges to overcome,” Zaharioudakis said, including admitting people, discharging them, acquiring personal protective equipment and controlling the spread of infection through isolation.

“It took a lot of coordination and communication,” he said. “A lot of people in the communities stepped up and came up with creative ideas to solve these problems.”

In all fields, workers and patients have

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CloCkwise from top left: George Zaharioudakis, vice president of SNF operations of Theradynamics at Cassena Care; Skye Ostreicher, the panel’s moderator; attorney Ronald Fatoullah, founder of Ronald Fatoullah & Associates; Dr. Esther Fogel, owner and director of Comprehensive Audiology; Josiane Peluso-Tomczyk, medicare sales director for New York City and Long Island at UnitedHealthcare Government Programs; and attorney Robert Harper, partner at Farrell Fritz P.C., discussed health and wealth during the coronavirus pandemic on Oct. 14. had to adapt and, in many cases, switch services to a virtual setting, which has often been a benefit. People can now have documents like wills and Medicaid trusts signed, notarized with witnesses and approved from home.

“Since March, we’ve been doing as many consultations as we can through Zoom or FaceTime, whatever someone feels comfortable with,” Fatoullah said.

“As an elder law attorney, our clients range anywhere from 40s and 50s to last week, we had a client that was 107 — but we’re doing Zoom. It’s wonderful.”

Harper agreed — his firm has held virtual conferences via Microsoft Teams and Skype, other video call apps that have become useful during the pandemic.

“Options that one never would have thought about months ago are now readily

available in our field,” he said. “Clients are saving travel time. These are efficiencies that we didn’t have before the pandemic.”

Peluso-Tomczyk noted the pandemic has also caused more people to apply and stay on Medicaid. More people are becoming unemployed and applying for Medicaid; additionally, the yearly recertification process has been delayed so people will not lose their coverage during the pandemic.

Though many of these logistical aspects of health and wealth have seen improvements, those 50 and older are at higher risk of more severe illness when contracting Covid-19. Fatoullah said his longtime secretary and brother have both died from the virus. “It’s affected my firm and me personally,” he said. “It’s been tough in that respect.”

Covid-19 has caused many to stay at

home more than they typically would to avoid catching the virus and becoming ill.

The panel discussed the implications of that and how to combat some common health issues.

Fogel spoke about how the pandemic has brought new struggles to those with hearing loss. In isolation, many rely on phone calls with friends and family to stay connected, but those with hearing loss cannot always use the telephone to communicate. Even when those with hearing loss leave the house, masks can muffle the sound of people’s voices and make it harder to hear, she said.

“If you’re stuck at home and you want to communicate with friends and family, we recommend using some sort of video communication,” Fogel said. “Being able to see their face makes it easier to have a conversation. We also offer free captioning phones for our patients.”

Fogel’s audiology office is offering inperson and telemedicine appointments for those who need a screening or repairs to their hearing aids.

The panel also discussed fall prevention for seniors. “Falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries in the elderly, which can lead to avoidable hospitalizations,” Peluso-Tomczyk said. “We want to see our seniors in the best health possible.”

Zaharioudakis noted that handrails, shower bars and proper lighting help prevent falls. He also said rugs should be stabilized, and layout and placement of everyday items should be checked to ensure a healthy flow of movement.

Fogel said hearing plays a part in balance, which is related to fall prevention.

Taking care of any hearing problems early on can help prevent future loss of cognitive function, she said.

There are also exercises that can support balance, and Straw led a movement to stretch the spine to close out the event.

“Enough cannot be said about the health benefits of movement,” she said.

“Exercise increases the flow of chemicals called endorphins to the brain that lift our mood. Movement through the body encourages important energy strengths like circulation and the lymphatic systems to do their job in clearing out toxins in the body.”

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UBS Arena’s leadership team growing Four executives have been named to the UBS Arena’s leadership team, New York Arena Partners announced Oct. 14.

Mark Shulman has joined the team as senior vice president of programming; Michael Sciortino is now senior vice president of operations; Ethan Brown is senior vice president of marketing and community relations; and Zane Parry is vice president of finance.

Shulman and Sciortino have backgrounds in the sports and entertainment industry, while Brown has had previous

marketing experience with the New York Islanders and has held leadership positions with Pacer Sports & Entertainment and Unilever.

Shulman has managed a variety of projects over his 25-year career, including musical festivals, major venue developments and high-profile stadium concerts. Before joining the UBS team, he established the Anschutz Entertainment Group office in New York, where he expanded the company’s footprint into multiple cities through acquisitions and

booking partnerships, and as senior vice president of the East Coast, he supervised thousands of mainstream concert bookings, while promoting several national tours and shows at MetLife Stadium, the Great Lawn in Central Park, Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall.

“I’m thrilled to be joining the entertainment team at UBS Arena,” Shulman said in a statement. “The music industry is poised to have an incredible resurgence, and we anticipate consumers and

fans to be yearning to experience live entertainment by the time UBS Arena is open next fall.”

Sciortino, meanwhile, has worked as vice president of operations at Golden State’s Chase Center, where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations. “I’m excited to be back here in New York working with this team at UBS Arena,” he said. “This is a long time coming for the New York Islanders and their fans.”

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between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, is a time of reflection, introspection, and rekindling one’s relationship with God. Students had the privilege of hearing from Rabbi Shalom Hammer, a senior lecturer for the Jewish Identity Branch of the IDF who has lived in Israel with his family for over 30 years.

Rabbi Hammer discussed how hope and positivity can enhance one’s prayers and strengthen one’s relationship with G-d. Rabbi Hammer shared his personal experience of how he found hope astour and positivity when grieving the loss of his daughter last y e a r. R a b b i H a m m e r ’ s thought-provoking words left students feeling inspired about how they could use these 10 days to better themselves and become closer to God. HAFTR’s Debate Team is in full swing and has transitioned to online. On Sept.

24, HAFTR hosted the first virtual debate tournament of the school year. Students from HAFTR, Ramaz, HANC, DRS, Kellenberg Memorial, and Chaminade all competed from their own homes in the Lincoln Douglas, Public Forum or Extemporaneous events.

While in-person debate offers many advantages, including the social element and award ceremonies, online tournaments hold a wide range of possibilities such as the ability to compete against schools that would have been too far to travel for an in-person event. The team is looking forward to a successful season with more speech, debate, and model congress tournaments taking place in the near future.

I’m happy to be back with you as your HAFTR Highlights columnist. Looking forward to a successful school year filled with inspiration, lots of learning and good health for all.

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Five Towns ‘Freedom Rally’ Sunday A group of people saying they are “pro God, pro Trump, pro health and pro cops" are expected to hold what they are calling a “Freedom Rally” on Sunday, Oct. 25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 8 Park Place at the intersection of Cedarhurst Avenue in Cedarhurst.

Former Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind, Rabbis Yitchak Smith and Michoel Green, Dr. Pastor Aaron Lewis are listed as the scheduled speakers with Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman is now listed as the event's emcee.

Dr. Gila Jedwab, who has a dental practice in Cedarhurst, and Woodmere resident Michal Weinstein are among the organizers.

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The halls of Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School are bustling once again albeit six feet apart with a return to in-person learning. Students and faculty alike are ecstatic to be back in the building. Though they experienced a successful four months of online learning last year, students were eager to be back in the classroom.

HAFTR has taken initiatives to support students in their transition back to in-person learning and help make this school year feel as “normal” as possible while still ordana being safe. HAFTR has adapted many of its clubs and programs that are traditionally an integral part of students’ high school experience to fit the circumstances.

A new social and emotional learning program is helping students readjust to in-person learning and giving them the tools to achieve their goals this year. The program is designed to strengthen students’ ability to manage their emotions and channel their energies towards achieving their goals. In these unprecedented times of Covid-19, many students are experiencing additional stress and anxiety that can impede their focus and learning.

Teachers and students discuss the concepts of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision making and how students can develop and harness these skills in order to achieve success. The knowledge and tools students attain through the social emotional learning program will undoubtedly help them in their academic and personal ventures during the pandemic and beyond.

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Where to vote (early) in Nassau County

By AlyssA seidmAn aseidman@liherald.com

Election Day is a little less than two weeks away, but thanks to a series of reforms passed by the State Legislature in 2019, Nassau County residents can vote before Nov. 3.

Starting Saturday, Oct. 24, residents can head to one of 15 polling sites to cast their votes for the Nov. 3 election during a nine-day early-voting period. The process was introduced in New York state last year as part of a series of reforms intended to make voting easier for people who struggle to get to the polls on Election Day. The nine-day schedule offers 83 hours of early voting — 60 are required — including evenings and weekends through Sunday, Nov. 1 (see map). Registered voters may cast their ballots at any of the listed locations, but if they do not, they must vote at their regular polling place on Nov. 3.

Residents will verify their voter registration on iPads, or electronic poll books, which have replaced physical poll books at each early-voting site and regular polling place. Using a stylus, poll inspectors will assist voters in signing their names and confirming their identities. Once their signatures are approved, the poll inspector will print ballots from a ballot-

on-demand printer.

“No matter where you go, you’re getting your ballot,” said James Scheuerman, the Democratic commissioner for the Board of Elections.

Scheuerman also said that if residents submit their ballots during the early-voting period, it precludes them from voting on Election Day. “The poll pads sync up,” he said, “so after you vote, other poll books around the county, within one minute, will know that you voted to guard against double voting.”

Residents who have questions about the county’s early-voting procedures can visit www.nassauvotes.com.

The Board of Elections has advised voters that some states that have already begun their early-voting period have reported significant lines at polling sites.

To ensure ballots are cast at legitimate polling stations or deposited in legitimate drop-off boxes, voters are advised to be attentive. Report any suspicious activities or efforts to interfere with or disrupt voting immediately.

If in doubt, or to report any issues, please call the Nassau County Board of Elections: (516) 571-8683 for English; or La Junta Electoral Condado Nassau en Español: (516) 571-1245.

Information provided the Nassau County Board of Elections. Map by Christina Daly/Herald

Timothy Denton contributed to this story.

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ToH OKs $453.5M budget — taxes are flat

By TimoThy denTon tdenton@liherald.com

The Hempstead Town Board unanimously approved a $453.5 million budget for 2021 on Oct. 13. The budget represents a $16 million increase from last year’s $437 million approved budget, but is $11 million less than the current projected 2020 budget of $464.5 million.

The $27 million — a difference of 6.1 percent — is because of unforeseen expenses from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Town Comptroller John Mastromarino.

“That’s the projected budget,” Mastromarino cautioned. “We still have more donald than two months until the end of the year; we don’t know what could happen between now and then.”

Mastromarino’s caution underscored the difficulty in preparing a balanced budget in the face of the biggest disaster to befall the town’s economy in 100 years.

“We really have to look to the [1918-19] flu pandemic to see anything like what we’re facing now,” Mastromarino said.

With the support of the board’s lone Democrat, Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, the budget was billed as bipartisan. Goosby has sided with the Republican majority on all but a handful of

issues in the past two years.

The property tax levy for 2021 is flat, year over year, at $253.1 million. Total levies, including funding for the Highway and Sanitation departments, come to $341 million.

Cost savings included $6 million from a reduction of 37 positions from the town’s workforce of 1,781 employees, and $750,000 in debt service.

In the face of the coronavirus, the town’s fund balance — its emergency fund — which had been projected to grow to $5 million in 2020, will finish the year $7.5 million in the red. Next year, that deficit is projected to grow by a further $12 million, to $19.5 million, Mastromarino said.

X. Clavin Moody’s Investors Service cited the town’s minimal reserves as an area of concern in last year’s rating upgrade, saying that deterioration could lead to a potential downgrade. However, the rating agency has taken no action to date.

The town received $134 million in federal CARES Act funding, Mastromarino said. Much of the one-time grant has yet to be allocated, he said, but the town has used revenue to support local hospitals and food banks, as well as purchasing personal protective equipment kits for villages and local businesses.

The grant has also been used to make town facilities safer, Mastromarino said.

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The Town of Hempstead Board passed its tentative 2021 budget unanimously, but Comptroller John Mastromarino cautioned that the Covid crisis may add complcations.

For example, “we’ve installed filtration systems in buildings with central air conditioning. From all we’ve learned, buildings with central climate control represent one of the greatest dangers for airborne Covid transmission,” he said.

CARES funding has also been used to increase the town’s deep-cleaning efforts at its facilities.

In common with other state and local governments, the town’s efforts to prepare realistic balanced budgets in the face of the Covid-19 crisis has become complicated, Mastromarino conceded, adding that continued assistance from the federal government would be critical in addressing the demands of the pandemic.

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Age: 63

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Lives in: Town of Hempstead

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Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Pennsylvania, 1986; law degree, Hofstra University School of Law, 1989

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Loyola College in Maryland, 1999; law degree, Hofstra University School of Law, 2002

Legal career: Between 1982 and 2007, Ignatius Muscarella served as a law clerk for three justices of the New York Supreme Court. From 2008 to 2013, he was a guardianship referee, and from January 2014 to his start on the Nassau County 10th District Court in 2015, he was a court attorney referee. In 2008, Muscarella was honored for Professionalism & Community Services by the Court Officers’ Benevolent Association, and in 2004 he received the Merit Performance Award for Community Service and Humanitarian Pursuits by the New York State Court System.

Legal career: Darlene Harris is currently a Nassau County District Court judge, and was elected to the post in 2014. From 1991 to 1994, she served as senior court attorney for the District Court Law Department; from 1995 to 1996, as the Town of Hempstead’s deputy attorney; and from 1996 to 1999 as a Nassau County legislator.

In 1997, she opened a private law practice, which she maintained through 2010. From 2010 to 2014, she was chair of the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission.

Legal career: Lisa Cairo began her career in 2003 as an associate at Chris J. Coschignano P.C., handling civil litigation with a focus on matrimonial cases, municipal applications and real estate transactions. In 2006, she became an associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP in the firm’s matrimonial practice group. In 2011, she became a partner in the firm’s municipal law, litigation and real estate practice groups. She is also a member of the firm’s management committee.

County Court Judge Vote for two

Robert Pipia

Tricia Ferrell

Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines

Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines

Caryn Fink Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines Age: 53

Age: 56

Age: 47

Lives in: Roslyn Heights

Lives in: Levittown

Lives in: Uniondale

Education: Bachelor’s degree, SUNY Albany, 1987; law degree, Hofstra University, 1992

Education: Bachelor’s degree, City College of New York, 1995; law degree Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1998

Legal career: From to 1993 to 1994, Robert Pipia served as a law assistant for the Town of Hempstead attorney’s office. In February 1994, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor Gregory Peterson appointed him as the Hempstead Town Board counsel. He became deputy town attorney in 2000. He was also executive assistant to Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray. In 2014, Pipia was elected Nassau County District Court judge, a position he still holds. He has also served as a member of the State Rehabilitation Council, which was the oversight agency for Vocational and Education Services for Individuals with Disabilities, a division of the New York State Department of Education. And he is a member of the Hofstra Law Alumni Association board of directors.

Legal career: Tricia Ferrel began her legal career in 1998 as an assistant Nassau County district attorney. She served in that role until 2005.

She was the Village of Hempstead attorney from 2005 to 2006.

She became the Nassau County director of compliance from 2006 to 2008. She was appointed by Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi as a Nassau County District Court judge in 2008, and was re-elected to the post in 2009 and 2014.

Legal career: Caryn Fink started her legal career from 1993 to 2000 as an assistant district attorney and senior trial attorney in the Kings County District Attorney’s Office.

From 2006 to 2013, she was an assistant district attorney in the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, Rackets Bureau/Labor Unit. And from 2013 to now, she has been the principal law clerk for the Hon. Helene Gugerty, a New York State Supreme justice.

Chris Hoefenkrieg Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines Age: 53 Lives in: Roslyn Heights Education: Bachelor’s degree, SUNY Albany, 1990; law degree, St. John’s University, 1994.

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Todd Kaminsky Incumbent

Party: Democrat Age: 42 Professional experience: New York state senator Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Michigan; law degree, New York Law School On the issues: Todd Kaminsky is chairman of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee. He said his biggest accomplishment this term was passing the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, a law that he authored, and that he said is the nation’s strongest stateled effort to address the climate crisis, protect against extreme weather and create new green jobs. He also

helped secure benefits for 9/11 responders and wrote legislation providing funds for Long Island Rail Road infrastructure and capping property taxes.

Kaminsky said he supports stronger measures to protect the barrier beach and is looking for ways to strengthen the current legislation. He was a co-sponsor of the bail reform bill, but believes changes in the legislation may be necessary to provide judges with more leverage over cases. He supported the Super Block proj-

ect in Long Beach and favors further economic development in the city.

He has fought against state tax increases. Additionally, Kaminsky said he wants to ensure that next year’s state budget contains funds to support adult homes in Nassau County.

Kaminsky has been an advocate for pension reform, working to strengthen antibribery laws and working to increase oversight of local government contracts. He has been an advocate for LIRR commuters and a supporter of Industrial Development Agencies, which foster economic development on Long Island. The IDA recently backed the Super Block in Long Beach.

Victoria Johnson Challenger

Party: Republican Age: 60 Professional experience: Took leave as chief of staff and office assistant to Assembly representatives on Long Island Education: Bachelor’s degree, State University of New York at Potsdam On the issues: Victoria Johnson is a strong supporter of police and is highly critical of the bail reform law. She said she believes judges should have more jurisdiction over sentencing, and over who should and should not be eligible for bail.

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that support for police and opposition to the bail reform law are the main thrusts of her campaign.

She also said she believes more environmental support is needed for Long Beach’s North Park section and raised questions about the impact that the Super Block project might have on the local infrastructure, including sewer and water.

Johnson was the daughter of a retired NYPD patrol officer and developed a deep sense of the importance of law enforcement,

she said. She decided early in life that the best place to raise her two children was Long Island.

Over the years, she has maintained a steady career as chief of staff to Republican legislators on Long Island. She focused on constituent outreach and support in her state legislative district.

Johnson said her opponent is focused on the needs of New York City progressive politicians, who do not have the interests of Long Islanders at heart.

Johnson particularly opposed Kaminsky’s sponsorship of the bail reform bill, which she said allows “dangerous criminals to roam our streets without consequence.” If elected, Johnson said she would work to overturn the legislation.

Includes E. Atlantic Beach, Long Beach, Point Lookout, Island Park, Oceanside, Five Towns, Valley Stream, N. Valley Stream, Rockville Centre, and parts of Elmont, Franklin Square and Baldwin.

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ASSEMBlY DiSTRicT 20 Melissa “Missy” Miller Incumbent

Party: Republican Age: 56 Professional experience: State assemblywoman since 2017 Education: Adelphi University On the issues: Melissa Miller said there must be greater consistency in policy to ensure businesses survive and recover from the coronavirus pandmeic.

She added that enhanced Covid-19 recovery assistance is needed for restaurants in New York state, as restaurants must limit the number of patrons allowed to dine in individual establishments to a percentage of

their normal capacity. Catering facilities have been capped at 50 patrons, regardless of the capacity of their facilities. She noted that 66 percent of restaurants do not expect to survive through the end of the year without a comprehensive relief package.

During the coronavirus pandemic, Miller said that it is vital the state gives as much financial assistance to people, whether by providing unemployment insurance benefits or personal protective equipment and sanitizer,

to ensure public health for all. She said she believes that over the last several years, the state administration has wasted taxpayer dollars on failed economic development projects. The most infamous to her was the “Buffalo Billion,” in which money was funneled to promote solar panel manufacturing, but resulted in three people going to people prison in 2018.

One of the ways Miller said the state could get PSEG-Long Island to perform better would be to hold the utility and its shareholders financially liable for the cost of covering customers’ losses that resulted from power outages during tropical storms and hurricanes. She added the State Assembly, Senate and the governor must hold LIPA Board members accountable.

Gregory Marks Challenger

Party: Democrat Age: 29 Professional experience: Public health lecturer Education: Oxford University, McGill University On the issues: Gregory Marks said that when dealing with the state budget, fiscal responsibility is and must always be a priority when managing it. With the state facing a deficit and the coronavirus still ravaging the country, Marks said he believes the federal government should send funding to the state, since New York is one of 10 net-donor states.

A net donor state gives more to the federal government than it receives back in aid.

Marks said that elected

officials should better educate business owners so they know of all available stimulus options. He is a firm believer that necessity breeds innovation, particularly when it comes to businesses that have suffered during the pandemic. He said he would look into a sales-tax holiday to stimulate spending on local businesses. Marks also said he wants a special restaurant week, takeout-style, to highlight local food establishments that have been hit hard by the pandemic. Final-

Includes the Five Towns, Oceanside, East Atlantic Beach, Long Beach, Point Lookout and Island Park.

ly, he would set up a series of business seminars for the district, at which leaders of Long Island’s most successful and resilient businesses could share how they have navigated the pandemic.

When it comes to massive power outages in the district after a major storm, Marks said a solution to the problem would investing in technology. With expansion of renewable energy sources and advances in battery technology, Marks said he believes local energy independence could be achieved, and that would help keep power on during major storms.

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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 21 Judy Griffin Incumbent

Party: Democratic Age: 57 Professional experience: Previously a senior adviser and director of community outreach to State Sen. Todd Kaminsky Education: Bachelor of Science in business economics, with minors in political science and communication, SUNY Oneonta On the issues: Judy Griffin, who is finishing her first term in office, said she would like to explore new revenue streams to fund schools, municipalities and health services.

“While we wait for the federal government to act, it is imperative to assess our spending and revenues in

real time in order to make informed decisions,” she said. A mid-year fiscal report from State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli in mid-October, followed by a fiscal report from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will provide essential information, she said.

Griffin said she would continue to work on unemployment issues, advocate for tax and rent relief, and develop health insurance initiatives to assist those who lost their benefits because they are out of work during the pandemic.

Griffin said she keeps in touch with organizations like Vision Long Island and the local chambers of commerce to address local needs at the state level. Griffin also hosted a series of small businesses conferences via Zoom in collaboration with these organizations, and emphasizes the need to continue reopening businesses.

Griffin co-sponsored a bill that was signed into law in June that establishes a state disaster emergency loan program to be administered by industrial development agencies for small businesses and small notfor-profit corporations.

She is also reviewing the viability for the New York Forward Loan Program to reduce red tape so that grants for small businesses are expedited.

Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick Challenger

Parties: Republican, Conservative Age: 55 Professional experience: Attorney, certified public accountant and partner in the law firm of Canzoneri & Canzoneri, LLP Education: Bachelor of Science in accounting from St. John’s University; law degree from St. John’s School of Law; Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law On the issues: Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick’s platform includes pressing Governor Cuomo to responsibly reopen society, especially businesses;

exploring all alternatives when it comes to potential education aid cuts; and advocating for Economic Development Zones, which would set zoning as well as governmental assistance parameters for entire neighborhoods or blocks, as opposed to the outdated practice of piecemeal redevelopment of individual parcels, she said.

Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick said she believes Long Island homeowners cannot afford the property tax increases that will likely result if state

legislators cannot fend off prospective education aid cuts. “Severe cost-cutting would erode our quality of education,” Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick said. “New York state’s budgets should not be balanced on the backs of students.”

The candidate said she believes restructuring of state debt, allocation of federal CARES funding to school districts and re-ordering the state’s spending priorities must be analyzed and pursued.

To address the uncertainty that developers face with respect to zoning and downtown revitalization, Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick is advocating for the creation of Economic Development Zones.

Includes Malverne, North Lynbrook, Lynbrook, Rockville Centre, Baldwin Harbor and parts of Oceanside, South Hempstead, Baldwin and Freeport.

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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 22 Michaelle Solages Incumbent

Party: Democrat Age: 35 Professional experience: State Assembly member Education: Bachelor of Science, Hofstra University On the issues: Michaelle Solages is seeking her fifth term representing the 22nd Assembly District. During her eight years in office, Solages has focused on issues such as childcare, funding for programs like universal preschool on Long Island and legislation to achieve greater parity in health care within disadvantaged communities, where infant mortality rates are higher.

Past achievements include expanding Medicaid coverage to pay for access to donated breast milk for premature babies, or those whose mothers cannot produce their own, as well as legislation to provide lactation accommodations in public buildings.

Her current efforts include establishing a universal pre-kindergarten program on Long Island through partnerships between local public school districts and non-profits. Additionally, Solages is seeking to pro-

vide greater access to healthy foods within disadvantaged communities as part of a systemic effort to address health disparities.

Most recently, Solages submitted legislation to expand state paid family leave to include parents who are adapting to their children’s distance-learning curriculum during the coronavirus pandemic.

Generally, Solages has centered her efforts around providing public services for working families and mothers.

Nicholas Zacchea Challenger

Party: Republican Age: Undisclosed Professional experience: Auditor for the U.S. Government Accountability Office and U.S. Department of Energy; auditing consultant for 24 government, non-governmental and corporate organizations, as well as a variety of other short-term consulting and advisory projects Education: Doctorate in economic science On the issues: Nicholas Zacchea is seeking to leverage his decades-long career as a government auditor and economic consultant. As an auditor in the U.S. Govern-

ment Accountability Office, his responsibilities included providing data-backed analyses to U.S. Congress members to inform their policy decisions. After, he worked as a consultant for a number of government and non-governmental organizations, providing input on economic issues ranging from corruption to public finance.

With a doctorate in economic science, Zacchea said he promotes a data-driven approach to government. He looks to bring greater efficiency to state operations

Includes parts of Valley Stream, Elmont, Franklin Square, Floral Park, Lynbrook and Garden City.

through a close look at its finances to end fraud, waste and abuse through robust systems of accountability, transparency and oversight.

While he is not opposed to public aid programs, he does believe assistance should not come in the form of direct financial support, which he says could dampen productivity. Instead, he favors mechanisms such as tax credits and low-interest, long-term loans to help provide or pay for services.

On proposals for higherdensity housing, he believes they are the consequence of poor fiscal management, as local governments seek to expand their tax bases. He does, however, believe they can be appropriate to address housing disparities in high-tax areas such as Long Island.

News brief RichnerLive’s next Herald Inside LI webinar will focus on the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on the commercial real estate market and major development projects, such as UBS Arena at Belmont Park and the Nassau HUB. In past virtual conversations hosted

by RichnerLive, the events division of Richner Communications, publisher of Herald Community Newspapers, panelists have discussed changes in the residential real estate market. On Oct. 29 at 10 a.m., Herald Inside LI will shift focus to major, commercial projects and community developments on Long Island.

How are Covid-19 restrictions impacting commercial real estate projects and developments? How have construction projects adapted to accommodate the new normal? During this episode of Herald Inside LI, viewers will hear from the commercial perspective, as well as a broader outlook on Long Island and what’s to come for the region.

Several experts will engage in discussion, including: ■ Harry Coghlan, CEO, Nassau County Industrial Development Agency ■ John Madigan, senior vice president and director of Emerging Corporates Long Island Citibank ■ Michael Maturo, president of RXR

Realty ■ Sophia A. Perna-Plank, associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP ■ Tom Pistore, president of commercial operations, UBS Arena at Belmont Park.

■ Kyle Strober, executive director of Association for a Better Long Island “There has never been a better time to invest in Long Island’s future,” Coghlan said. “As businesses pursue relocating to suburban areas, the Nassau IDA stands ready to assist businesses considering to move to or expand in Nassau County.”

Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, will moderate and deliver questions from viewers. To submit questions in advance, send an email to insideli@ liherald.com.

Herald Inside LI webinars began in August to inform the community about different, changing aspects of life in the Covid-19 pandemic. To register, visit liherald.com/insideli.

RXR Realty, Jaspan Schlesinger LLP and Citi Commerical Bank are sponsoring this virtual event. To sponsor a webinar or for more information about Herald Inside LI, contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive.com or (516) 5694000, ext. 224.

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway is the recipient of the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus and Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement awards, and was recognized for high performance in heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by US News & World Report.

Hospital officials said that the hospital, which also serves the Five Towns, received the awards because of its commitment to “ensuring that patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines founded in the latest scientific evidence.”

It is the first time that St. John’s attained the Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award, and has ranked as high performing in COPD by US News & World Report. It is the fourth consecutive year in which the hospital was given the Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

“We’ve managed to successfully integrate the Get With the Guidelines criteria and metrics for heart failure and stroke care into our clinical practice to achieve the best possible outcomes for our patients,” Karen Gleason, the hospital’s chief quality officer said in a statement.

“Attaining these prestigious awards is

reflective of the tireless efforts and commitment of St. John’s team members.”

St. Jon’s focus on heart failure and stroke is vital as heart disease is the leading cause of premature death in the Rockaways, and stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, and the leading cause of adult disability in the country.

On average, a person suffers a stroke every 40 seconds, with almost 795,000 people suffering a new or recurrent stroke every year, nationwide. More than 6.5 million adults in the U.S. are living with heart failure. Many heart failure patients can lead a full, enjoyable life when their condition is managed with proper medications or devices, and with healthy lifestyle change, hospital officials said.

“St. John’s Episcopal Hospital is dedicated to providing the utmost quality care to our patients,” Jerry Walsh, the chief e x e c u t ive o f f i c e r s a i d i n s t a t e ment. “Implementing the American Stroke Association and American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines initiatives provides the tools and resources we need. This allows us to track and measure our success in meeting the evidencebased clinical guidelines developed to optimize patient outcomes.”

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Counseling patients through Covid-19 continued from front page important thing to recognize is that this is not going to go away tomorrow,” she said. “If things become too stressful and you have thoughts of self-harm, there’s help out there. You are not alone.”

Many counselors, like Meislin, have adjusted to the pandemic by offering patients options on how they can meet.

“Tempo is doing everything remotely, but for my private practice, I’ve given my patients three options,” he said. “The first is talking over the phone or Zoom, the second is we have a session sitting in our cars in my driveway, and the third way I was doing it was, I would have the patient bring a beach chair and we would keep distance but have a session in the backyard under my deck.”

The Long Island Crisis Center, another nonprofit, based in Bellmore, offers suicide and crisis counseling 24 hours a day.

Executive Director Theresa Buhse said that roughly 80 percent of the center’s calls specifically mention Covid-19 and reasons why patients are unable to attend their usual support groups. About 30 percent of the center’s calls deal with drugs and alcohol.

Some callers say they are sequestered with their families and are not comfortable going out because they are at a higher risk of contracting the virus, Buhse said. Some don’t like wearing masks, and others say they don’t think the virtual meetings aren’t as helpful as in-person counseling.

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BoB Meislin, the director of Tempo Group’s Merrick office, said he has given his patients a number of options for meeting during the coronavirus pandemic.

“Although it feels like this has been going on forever, it hasn’t,” Buhse said.

“There’s progress being made every day.

It’s not easy, but we try to help them see what they could do and what they do have.”

Support groups are still available vir-

tually, and there are ways for people to recover at home, Buhse said. “Just connecting with another human is helpful, especially for people who live on their own,” she said. “And if someone does need therapy or medication, there are places that are open.”

Meislin said that anyone who has a question about seeking treatment should not hesitate to reach out. “Tempo is open and we’re here to help, as are other places,” he said. “If you have an issue, just pick up the phone. You don’t have to commit to meetings. We’re here to help.”

Testing site opens at 5T Community Center continued from front page the virus completely, but it’s whether you can keep the virus under control.”

Beginning this week, free drive-up and walk-in testing will be available to Long Island residents in the center’s back parking lot every other week, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 7 to 11 a.m. Appointments are required. Test results are available within 13 minutes.

Curran noted that testing would be expanded to the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC in Cedarhurst in the “coming weeks.” “Once the JCC site is set up, testing will rotate between the two sites on a weekly basis,” she said. “We want to make sure we’re reaching everybody in the community.”

Dr. Aaron Glatt, of Woodmere, the chair of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Mount Sinai South Nassau, said that in more than 30 years in medicine, he has never seen a virus as “vicious” as Covid-19.

“This virus is like Whac-A-Mole,” Glatt said. “This community has a Covid problem and it gets addressed, then this will pop up in another community in the county. The things people have to remember are to continue wearing masks and social distancing. Rapid testing like this can help

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nassau County exeCutive Laura Curran was joined by local and Five Towns Community Center officials on Tuesday, when they detailed how the center has become a Covid-19 testing site. identify people who are most likely to be contagious.”

County Health Commissioner Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein said that new numbers reported by the county on Tuesday showed a slight decrease in Covid-19 cases in Lawrence and Cedarhurst, while the number

of cases in Woodmere had increased.

“The last four weeks, positive cases in Lawrence and Cedarhurst were six to seven times higher than the county average,” Eisenstein explained. “We’re optimistic that we’re heading in the right direction, and hopefully this initiative will

help push the numbers down in the Five Towns, and eliminate this area from the yellow and orange zone.”

As of press time on Tuesday, Lawrence has had 444 positive cases since the pandemic began; Cedarhurst, 301; Inwood, 446; Hewlett, 254; and Woodmere, 829, according to the county.

Pete Sobol, former executive director and a current board member at the community center, noted the importance of having a testing site in Lawrence and Inwood. “Inwood is the poorest community on Long Island, and we’re sandwiched between two Covid hot spots in Far Rockaway and Woodmere,” Sobol said. “When it comes to the virus, we need help. This initiative is the first step in helping stop this virus in our community.”

Curran reminded residents to continue following coronavirus guidelines. “I know that we all have pandemic fatigue at this point, but we just have to keep it going with taking proper precautions,” she said.

“We’re not done dealing with this virus yet, and we’re going to keep encouraging everyone to use common sense every day, such as getting a test if you feel sick.”

The Five Towns Community Center is at 270 Lawrence Ave. in Lawrence. Call (516) 390-2888 for a testing appointment.

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LEGAL NOTICE New York State Surrogate’s Court New York State Bar Association Official OCA Form JA-6 Accounting Citation File No. 2018-3691 CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, NASSAU COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO:Jasper Surety Grassi & Co. Elizabeth Murphy, Esq., Miller & Milone, P.C. Attorney General of the State of New York and any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and next-ofkin of the said ELLA B. AIKEN, deceased, and if any of the said distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose names and/or places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained A petition having been duly filed by Public Administrator of Nassau County, who is domiciled at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501, United States.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on December 8, 2020 at 11:00 o’clock in the Forenoon of that day, why the account of Public Administrator of Nassau County, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the estate of ELLA B. AIKEN, should not be judicially settled.

[X] Further relief sought (if any): 1.Releasing and discharging the Petitioner from all liability, responsibility and accountability as to all matters set forth in the account of proceedings; 2.Allowing the commissions of the Petitioner in the amount of $ 6,053.48 pursuant to SCPA 2307(1) and the reasonable and necessary expenses of the office in the amount of $ 1,263.37 pursuant to SCPA 1207(4); 3.Fixing and determining the attorney’s fees and disbursements of Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC attorney for petitioner in the amount of $ 16,860.00, of which $ 1,860.00 has been paid and $ 15,000.00 is unpaid; 4.Fixing and determining the accounting fees of Grassi & Co, CPA’s, PC in

the amount of $7,480.00, of which $ 4,480.00 has been paid and $ 3,000.00 is unpaid; 5.Allowing and approving the claim of Miller & Milone, P.C. in the amount of $ 3,770.00; 6.Releasing and discharging the surety; 7.And why the balance of said funds should not be deposited with the New York State Comptroller on account for the unknown next of kin of Ella B. Aiken; 8.Granting such other and further relief as to the Court is just and proper.

Dated, Attested, and Sealed, HON. Margaret C. Reilly, Surrogate October 9, 2020 s/ Seal Debra Keller Leimbach, Chief Clerk Richard T. Kerins, Esq. Attorney Name Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC Firm (516) 538-1111 Telephone 254 Nassau Blvd. , Garden City South, New York 11530 Address NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you, and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Board of Appeals Village of Hewlett Neck Date:October 29, 2020 Time: 7:30 p.m.

Place:Village Hall, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York Subject:Application of Asael and Faye Israeli, 950 Smith Lane, Hewlett Neck, New York, to construct an unconditioned aviary over an existing garage with new exterior steps and a proposed patio, which construction requires variances of (a) Village Code §195-11(C), in that the side yard setback will be 10.25 feet, where a minimum of 20 feet is required, and (b) Village Code §195-20.1, in that the side yard height setback ratio will be 2.10, where a maximum of 1.0 is permitted. Premises also are known as Section 41, Block 19 Lot 31 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map.

Due to public health and safety concerns related to COVID-19, and pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Orders, the Board will not be meeting in person on October 29, 2020. The meeting and the public hearings will take place via teleconferencing and videoconferencing through Zoom.

The meeting will be recorded and a transcription will be provided at a later date.

The Zoom login information is: Meeting ID: 889 1900 1105 Passcode: 731140 Or dial by your location:1646-558-8656 Plans and other materials associated with the application may be reviewed and downloaded at www.hewlettneck.org.

Through Zoom, the public will have the opportunity to see and hear the meeting and hearing live, and upon recognition by the Board, may present comments.

Comments also may be submitted prior to the meeting, but not later than 3:00pm on October 29, 2020, by regular mail to Village Hall or email to the Board at bstolar@msek.com.

Public comments submitted by email must identify the application to which the comments apply.

Dated:September 23, 2020

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Michelle Blandino, Village Clerk 123554

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Board of Appeals Village of Hewlett Bay Park Date:October 29, 2020 Time: 6:00 p.m.

P l a c e : Z o o m videoconference Subject:Application of Lubna Ramzan, 123 Everit Avenue, Hewlett Bay Park, New York, to construct a tennis court in a front yard, which requires variances of the following Village Code sections: (a) Village Code §146-9(b), in that the tennis court is in a front yard, setback 10 feet from Everit Avenue and 25.9 feet from Meadowview Avenue, where a tennis court is prohibited in a front yard; (b) Village Code §146-9(c)(3), in that the building area will be 16,269 square feet, where a maximum of 13,279 square feet is permitted; (c) Village Code §146-9(c)(3)(a), in that the (i) the tennis court covers 10% of the total lot area, where not more than 3% is permitted for an individual accessory structure, and (ii) the tennis court, together with the existing pool and

cabana will result in a lot area of 13.1%, where all accessory structures may cover 5% of the total lot area. Premises also are known as Section 42, Block 190, Lot 7 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. Due to public health and safety concerns related to COVID-19, and pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Orders, the Board will not be meeting in person on October 29, 2020. The meeting and the public hearings will take place via teleconferencing and videoconferencing through Zoom.

The meeting will be recorded and a transcription will be provided at a later date.

The Zoom login information is: Meeting ID: 865 1038 0552 Passcode: 795473 Or dial by your location: Plans and other materials associated with the application may be reviewed at Village Hall prior to the meeting, during regular business hours, upon making an appointment.

Through Zoom, the public will have the opportunity to see and hear the meeting and hearing live, and upon recognition by the Board, may present comments.

Comments also may be submitted prior to the meeting, but not later than 3:00pm on October 29, 2020, by regular mail to Village Hall or email to the Board at bstolar@msek.com.

Public comments submitted by email must identify the application to which the comments apply.

Dated: October 2, 2020

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Michelle Blandino, Village Clerk 123555

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 at the Village Hall, 449 Pepperidge Road, Hewlett Harbor, New York on October 29, 2020 at 5:00pm which time all interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard on the following application for Variance relief: Mr. Craig Spatz 286 Channon Road Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557, is requesting to install an inground swimming pool and patio. Applicant requests relief from Village Zoning Code Ordinances 145-19 and145-25.A. Section 145-19 states: The maximum building lot coverage shall not exceed 30% of the lot area.

Homeowner is requesting a 43.7% building lot coverage.

Section 145-25.A states: An accessory structures in a

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Information to identify the case: Debtor: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York

EIN: 11-1837437 United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York Date case filed for chapter 11: 10/01/2020

Case Number: 20 - 12345 Official Form 309F1 (For Corporations or Partnerships) Notice of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case 10/20 For the debtor listed above, a case has been filed under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. An order for relief has been entered.

This notice has important information about the case for creditors and debtors, including information about the meeting of creditors and deadlines. Read both pages carefully.

The filing of the case imposed an automatic stay against most collection activities. This means that creditors generally may not take action to collect debts from the debtor or the debtor’s property. For example, while the stay is in effect, creditors cannot sue, assert a deficiency, repossess property, or otherwise try to collect from the debtor. Creditors cannot demand repayment from the debtor by mail, phone, or otherwise. Creditors who violate the stay can be required to pay actual and punitive damages and attorney’s fees.

Confirmation of a chapter 11 plan may result in a discharge of debt. A creditor who wants to have a particular debt excepted from discharge may be required to file a complaint in the bankruptcy clerk’s office within the deadline specified in this notice. (See line 11 below for more information.)

To protect your rights, consult an attorney. All documents filed in the case may be inspected at the bankruptcy clerk’s office at the address listed below or through PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records at https://pacer.uscourts.gov).

The staff of the bankruptcy clerk’s office cannot give legal advice.

Do not file this notice with any proof of claim or other filing in the case.

1. Debtor’s Full name: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York 2. All other names used in the last 8 years: Diocese of Rockville Centre 3. Address: 50 North Park Avenue, Rockville, NY 11570 4. Debtor’s attorney: Jones Day, Attn: Corinne Ball, 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY 11570, Phone: (212) 326 – 3939, Email: cball@jonesday.com 5. Bankruptcy clerk’s office: US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004-1408, Hours open: Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM (ET) – 5:00 PM (ET), Contact phone: (212) 668 - 2870. Documents in this case may be filed at this address. You may inspect all records filed in this case at this office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov.

6. Meeting of creditors: November 5, 2020 at 12 PM (ET), Location: The meeting of creditors will be conducted by telephone conference. The Office of the United States Trustee will provide dial-in instructions prior to the meeting. The debtor’s representative must attend the meeting to be questioned under oath. Creditors may attend, but are not required to do so. The meeting may be continued or adjourned to a later date. If so, the date will be on the court docket.

7. Proof of claim deadline. Deadline for filing of proof of claim: Not yet set. If a deadline is set, notice will be sent at a later time.

A proof of claim is a signed statement describing a creditor’s claim. A proof of claim form may be obtained at www.uscourts.gov or any bankruptcy clerk’s office.

Your claim will be allowed in the amount scheduled unless: your claim is designated as disputed, contingent, or unliquidated; you file a proof of claim in a different amount; or you receive another notice.

If your claim is not scheduled or if your claim is designated as disputed, contingent, or unliquidated, you must file a proof of claim or you might not be paid on your claim and you might be unable to vote on a plan. You may file a proof of claim even if your claim is scheduled.

You may review the schedules at the bankruptcy clerk’s office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov.

Secured creditors retain rights in their collateral regardless of whether they file a proof of claim. Filing a proof of claim submits a creditor to the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court, with consequences a lawyer can explain. For example, a secured creditor who files a proof of claim may surrender important nonmonetary rights, including the right to a jury trial.

8. Exception to discharge deadline: If § 523(c) applies to your claim and you seek to have it excepted from discharge, you must start a judicial proceeding by filing a complaint by the deadline stated below. The bankruptcy clerk’s office must receive a complaint and any required filing fee by the following deadline.

Deadline for filing the complaint: To be determined 9. Creditors with foreign address: If you are a creditor receiving notice mailed to a foreign address, you may file a motion asking the court to extend the deadlines in this notice. Consult an attorney familiar with United States bankruptcy law if you have any questions about your rights in this case.

10. Filing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case: Chapter 11 allows debtors to reorganize or liquidate according to a plan. A plan is not effective unless the court confirms it. You may receive a copy of the plan and a disclosure statement telling you about the plan, and you may have the opportunity to vote on the plan.

You will receive notice of the date of the confirmation hearing, and you may object to confirmation of the plan and attend the confirmation hearing. Unless a trustee is serving, the debtor will remain in possession of the property and may continue to operate its business.

11. Discharge of debts: Confirmation of a chapter 11 plan may result in a discharge of debts, which may include all or part of your debt. See 11 U.S.C. § 1141(d). A discharge means that creditors may never try to collect the debt from the debtor except as provided in the plan. If you want to have a particular debt owed to you excepted from the discharge and § 523(c) applies to your claim, you must start a judicial proceeding by filing a complaint and paying the filing fee in the bankruptcy clerk’s office by the deadline.

If you have any questions about this notice, please contact the Debtor’s Claims and Noticing Agent, Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC, at (888) 490-0633 (toll free from the U.S. or Canada), (503) 520-4459 (international), by email at RCDRockvilleInfo@epiqglobal.com, or visit https://dm.epiq11.com/drvc.

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residential “B” district shall maintain a minimum 15’ side and rear yard setback. Applicant is requesting a 12’ side yard setback and a 9.9’ rear yard setback.

Mr. Frank Gotilbovsky 1111 Harbor Road Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557, is requesting to install an attached one story one car garage.

Applicant requests relief from Village Zoning Code Ordinances 145-25.A. Section 145-25.A. states: Accessory structures in a “AB” zoning district must maintain a 20’ side yard setback. Applicant is requesting a 9’ side yard setback.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS STEVEN GOLD, CHAIRMAN ZONING BOARD

MICHAEL RYDER Village Clerk Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York October 9, 2020 123447

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF REGISTRATION ROLLS FOR ANNUAL ELECTION OF THE GREATER ATLANTIC BEACH WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT TO THE REGISTERED VOTERS AND ELECTORS OF THE GREATER ATLANTIC BEACH WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Elections of The Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District shall meet on the 27th day of November, 2020 between the hours of 6:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. at the

office of the Board of Commissioners, 2150 Bay Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, New York for the purpose of preparing the rolls of registered voters of The Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District.

The Annual Election of The Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District will be held on the 8th day of December, 2020 between the hours of 6:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. at the Atlantic Beach Fire Rescue Headquarters, Bridge Access Road, A/K/A One Rescue Road, Atlantic Beach, New York.

Please note that in 2020, and thereafter, only those persons who have registered with the County Board of Elections on or before the 21st day before the District Election Day shall be

eligible to vote. In 2020, such registration must take place on or before Monday, November 16, 2020.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ___________________ Secretary, The Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District ___________________ Chairman, The Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District DATED: Atlantic Beach, NY October 13, 2020 123541 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

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The sins of bad construction I’ve seen uncovered over the years make most of us professionals stand back and just gasp, usually followed by, “Wow, they were lucky it didn’t collapse/electrocute/make someone sick or die.” I’ve seen cracked pipes leaking raw sewage into wall cavities and crawl spaces, gas pipes in bouncy floors, waiting to separate and cause a fire, cut or split beams sagging, waiting for that next huge snowstorm to pop apart. So, in the words of Clint Eastwood, “Do you feel lucky?” If you do, you can ignore science, ignore the rules, even ignore common sense. It seems to be a trend these days, to take health or safety risks and deny the observations of professionals.

I’m impressed that you called plumbers. After all, there are plenty of how-to books and store aisles loaded with pipe fittings and hardware just made for do-it-yourselfers. I’m sure that an architect will know how to reroute the structure and piping, which is a three-dimensional puzzle based on building codes, plumbing codes, material tolerances, science and math. I’m also sure you really knew all this, though, or you wouldn’t have asked me the question. So, really, do you feel lucky?

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He thinks the floor won’t onte eeper hold the tub we got. It is large and free-standing.

We’ve never noticed ceiling cracks in the kitchen below the bathroom, so we’re wondering if this is really necessary. More than one plumber told us we may need a permit, too. The floor wasn’t “broke,” so why “fix it”? We’re sure you’ll say to get a permit and have it done right, but seriously, the floor was fine. It all just gets more complicated, and we need to keep it simple and save money. Can it be done more simply? Can they add some kind of brackets around the holes and notches?

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ome who are opposed to Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination are blurring the line between confirming a justice to fill a vacancy and the so-called “packing” of the court. Using this nomination to justify court packing would be a huge mistake.

The real underlying issues relate to checks and balances and separation of powers. These are ideas that are embedded in our constitutional system of government. They’re essential to the successful American experience in alfonSe representative govd’amaTo ernment.

The continued success of this experience depends on all of us abiding by these basic principles. Without checks, balance is threatened. Without separation, power is unfettered. Our founders understood that. They deliberately divided our national government into three branches designed to balance one another against the accumulation of too much power in one place or person.

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off this executive/legislative/judicial stool, the whole thing tips over.

That’s what could happen if our leaders in Washington go down the path of tinkering too much with our carefully checked and balanced system — if they fail to maintain the deliberate separation of powers. The most recent example is talk of increasing the size of the Supreme Court.

The argument goes like this: Since Republicans are pushing through a conservative Supreme Court nominee to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Democrats would be justified in expanding the size of the court with liberal justices to offset its conservative tilt.

This tit-for-tat approach may sound appealing to Democrats, but it could easily lead to an unraveling of the balance of power in Washington, remaking the Supreme Court into not an equal branch of government, but an appendage of executive and congressional will.

Suppose Democrats sweep to power in Washington next month, winning control of both the White House and Congress, and the court is increased from nine to 11 members by this one-party government. It may more easily bend to the will of Congress and the president, but it will have lost its essential independence as a co-

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equal branch. It will in essence have become an arm of the other two branches.

Fast-forward a few years and imagine the presidency and Congress swinging back to Republican control. The new oneparty government decides to increase the court from 11 members to 13 to get its pet initiatives through. It passes a different health care bill and changes the abortion laws, and then guarantees their passing Constitutional muster by loading the court with sympathetic justices.

Over time the Supreme Court becomes a bloated mess, with 17 or 19 justices, or whatever number is needed to uphold the policies of the contemporaneous administration and Congress.

America came perilously close to this situation once before. In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt was frustrated that the Supreme Court struck down some of his New Deal initiatives as unconstitutional. When FDR tried to pack the court with sympathetic judges, the national backlash was swift and certain. FDR wisely backed down, and judicial independence was maintained.

Maybe we Americans take our form of government too much for granted. We expect it to survive another 200 years just because it’s already lasted well over 200.

Yet what Congress and the president do

f Democrats win big and ‘pack’ the Supreme Court, where might that lead?

can imperil our constitutional government.

Congress, in particular, should resist the temptation to change its own self-limiting rules. The current Supreme Court controversy began when then Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took advantage of his Democratic majority to remove the requirement of 60 votes to confirm District Court nominees. When the Senate swung back to Republican control, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided to remove this 60-vote threshold for Supreme Court justices as well. That’s why Coney Barrett will likely be confirmed before the election.

The next step in eroding the 60-vote requirement for Senate action would be to eliminate its application not just to judicial appointments but to all other legislative actions as well. That might sound appealing to the leaders of the next Senate majority, but it could come back to haunt them, too. Majorities shift with elections, and minority rights and privileges look a lot better when you’re in the minority.

As someone who lived with both the pluses and minuses of the Senate’s higher threshold for action, I know that tinkering with power is tempting. It’s also dangerous.

Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column?

ADAmato@liherald.com.

When real-life horrors outdo Halloween

eally, could you make up Donald Trump if he didn’t already exist?

What book publisher in their right mind or movie producer hoping for a hit would create a character as unlikely as the Republicans’ very own Great Pumpkin on steroids?

Imagine this: Hungry screenwriter pitches a story to movie mogul: “See, you have this superrich guy who Randi decides to run for kReiSS president against 17 other candidates seeking the GOP nomination. He has some problems, sure, some ADD maybe, some narcissistic personality disorder, some grandiosity. Yeah, I’m pretty sure there’s tape out there of him bragging about grabbing women’s genitals and getting away with it because he’s a star. History? Not his strong suit. Also, yeah, he has no experience at all in government or foreign affairs.

“He did host a reality TV show. And

he has experience hosting the Miss Universe pageant, which will help when negotiating with Russia, Syria and Iraq.

“He’s planning to build a wall along the border with Mexico, lower taxes on the rich, create a religious test for immigrants trying to get to America. Also, there are TV clips of him gyrating while mocking a disabled reporter, and, yes, he did insult the Gold Star parents of a Muslim-American soldier killed in Iraq.

“OK, OK, he isn’t perfect, but he is flamboyant, and a fast talker, and he knows how to gin up a crowd, even inciting anger and violence, which will make for a great plot line, maybe even ending in another American Revolution.”

Would any publisher or producer want to invest in this preposterous story?

And wait, there’s more. He not only wins the nomination of his party, he wins the 2016 election and becomes the 45th president, a profoundly unprepared, uncouth, blatantly racist xenophobe. Then, get this, he runs for a second term.

Sorry, Halloween 2020, you’ve been hijacked by the facts on the ground.

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the midst of a global pandemic in a country abused by an inept leader.

Between the last election and this year, certain bedrock beliefs, such as the peaceful transition of power, have been challenged. Double double toil and trouble. From which caldron did he pull the idea to destabilize the country by sowing hatred and fear? Halloween, can you really do better than that? Fake Freddy Krueger fingernails and monster teeth just don’t cut it anymore.

This year, thanks to the worrisome spiking of the Covid-19 virus, most children won’t have the fun of going door to door. The trick is on the innocent kids who might have been living in an entirely different environment if a competent and forthright president had taken charge early on to fight the pandemic in a smart and scientific way.

Halloween tricks seem old school.

Egging a car? Toilet paper in the trees?

You call those tricks? They’re lame when compared with Russia hacking the election, the GOP placing fake ballot boxes around California and the leader of the free world coyly encouraging a wacko fringe group like QAnon. Now those

his year, the scariest holiday has been hijacked by facts on the ground.

tricks get everyone’s attention.

Facebook, like other social media platforms, is under attack by foreign goblins and gremlins; cyberwarfare is terrifying.

The old-time fright masks just don’t have the same ability to reach inside our lives and twist until we scream. Masks have taken on a whole other meaning in the time of Covid and the reign of Donald.

As for ghosts, Halloween, I’m seeing the spirit of dictators, past and present, dancing across America. What have you got? White sheets and green makeup?

Meh. Trump is actively summoning the spirit of his brother, Vladimir Putin, to name just one. He invokes his spirit every time he saws away at the pillars of our democracy: the Department of Justice, the FBI, the CIA, the Supreme Court and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Clearly, the Donald trumps Halloween.

He has ruined my taste for manufactured terror. I just can’t get interested in candy corn.

We need to invent a special holiday for him. Let’s call it Inauguration Day, celebrate a new president and say goodbye to the sick joke that has been Donald Trump’s presidency.

Maybe next year, fright wigs and skeleton costumes will be amusing again.

Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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onsider the number 675,000 for a moment. That’s the number of people in the United States who died during the flu pandemic of 1918-19. Could the U.S. be headed for such widespread death again?

At press time, nearly 220,000 Americans had died of Covid-19, only eight months into this pandemic. The coronavirus could very well be with us for months to come, perhaps through the end of 2021. What will the death toll be in six months, 12 months, 18 months? It isn’t a stretch of the imagination to believe we could reach 400,000, 600,000 deaths or more if a safe and reliable vaccine isn’t found soon.

Each death represents someone’s mother or father, brother or sister, friend or colleague. Each death is a tragedy, an extinguishment of life that was, in all too many cases, avoidable — if not for the policies of the Trump administration.

From the start, President Trump downplayed the dangers of the coronavirus, even though he understood its severity as

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early as February. When we should have been locking down nationally, as New Zealand did in March, we remained open for business in most parts of the country, and the virus spread from transportation hubs like New York and California across the country. There was never a complete travel ban from China early this year, as Trump has claimed — American citizens and permanent residents flew back and forth at will between China and the U.S. And Trump has eschewed masks all along, even though mask wearing would improve safety as the U.S. continues to open up.

Now the Trump administration is weighing, and in many ways pursuing, its potentially most dangerous policy of all — herd immunity, the ill-advised, frankly inane notion that we can beat the coronavirus by allowing healthy young people to become infected. If enough people do so and develop immunity to the virus, the thinking goes, it will disappear.

Reputable scientists tell us, however, that herd immunity requires at minimum

50 to 60 percent of the population to be infected, and that it cannot be achieved without a vaccine.

But let’s suppose for a moment that we, as a nation, were to pursue a herd-immunity course through natural infection, and 60 percent of Americans — or 196 million people — were to get the coronavirus.

Think about the astronomical death total that would likely result.

To date, 8.17 million Americans have reportedly been infected with Covid-19.

That’s 2.5 percent of the population. In widespread testing in late September, 1 in 10 Americans had Covid-19 antibodies, according to the Stanford University Medicine News Center. That is, we’re a long way from herd immunity.

Pursuing herd immunity in the absence of a vaccine is a recipe for a death toll not seen in a pandemic since 1918-19.

Listen to the reputable scientists: Wear a mask in public. Keep your distance. Wash your hands frequently. Work from home if you can.

Say goodbye to ‘Lady’ on our sports pages

n late September, we at the Herald were jolted when a senior at Kennedy High School, in Bellmore, called on school officials — and the local media — to stop referring to girls’ sports teams at Kennedy as the “Lady Cougars.”

The student, 17-year-old Rachel Nossen, of Merrick, wrote an op-ed essay for her school newspaper, The Cougar Crier, and it certainly caught our attention. Throughout our newspaper group, which encompasses 18 editions on the north and south shores of Nassau County, we decided to

drop the use of “Lady.”

Nossen was right to argue that the term diminishes the accomplishments of female athletes. Lady is a term of a bygone era when women were expected to be prim and proper and quiet, not the accomplished and fierce competitors they have become since Title IX was enacted in 1972, prohibiting sex discrimination in the schools.

According to Title IX, if there is a boys’ team at a school, there must be a girls’ team. Up until then, many, if not most, schools did not have competitive girls’ ath-

letters Let’s eradicate Covid To the Editor: Benjamin Weinstock asserted in last week’s Herald (“Lawrence schools closed at least until Oct. 23”) that placing restriction on houses of worship and mass gatherings and closing schools isn’t the right response to the rising numbers of Covid cases in Cedarhurst because “. . . it puts people at risk.”

I have been following the daily counts in Newsday, which has been reporting the number of cases in towns across Nassau County. In many communities, the daily rates have dropped significantly, but the numbers in Cedarhurst rise daily. It is disturbing and frightening.

I recently walked into one of our shops, needing to make a purchase, and I was surprised to see the owner without his mask, and not a mask in sight — and no apology. As I walk through town, I see many individuals walking about without masks perhaps thinking that

letic programs.

Our editorial board gathered to figure out how “Lady” came into our sportsreporting lexicon, and concluded it was simply a matter of tradition. As we have learned in recent months and years, however, we need to look critically at our traditions to ensure they are in sync with modern thinking.

Use of “Lady” when referring to girls’ sports teams is clearly out of step with 2020 culture, and so we will stop using it, except when it is part of an official team name.

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here is a storm brewing, and your child’s school is in its cross hairs.

It’s not a hurricane or a tornado. It’s a fiscal tsunami, and it’s going to devastate the education system on Long Island unless Albany steps up and acts.

Too many of our school districts were already in dire fiscal straits due to decades of austerity before the economic experts released their forecasts of even more funding cuts. This is especially true for schools in Black and brown neighborhoods. For LisA years, students in TYson these classrooms have lacked up-todate materials, technology and other basic resources, so it’s no wonder these districts have been the first to feel the effects of this oncoming storm. The Copiague Board of Education pink-slipped dozens of staff members just a week before students were set to return to class.

And this is just the beginning. The wind is picking up. Dark clouds are forming. Things are looking grim.

But don’t worry. This particular storm isn’t a force of nature that we are powerless to stop. This is a human-caused

financial calamity to which there are sensible solutions. First, however, we have to examine how our “leaders” got us into this mess.

It’s not news to anyone that New York, like the rest of the nation, is in economic turmoil because officials at both the state and federal levels failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 25,000 people in our state and left millions jobless.

In response to New York’s fiscal distress, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature approved a budget earlier this year that cut $1.1 billion in state aid from schools. Long Island schools lost a total $49.4 million.

But it gets worse. Here’s how Copiague Public Schools Superintendent Kathleen Bannon explained the dire situation that every district is facing: “On Aug. 20, the district received a state aid payment for the 2019-20 school year that was 20 percent less than expected. Along with that payment was a notice that all future state aid payments would also be reduced by 20 percent.”

These aren’t just numbers in a spreadsheet. Your children’s education, and therefore their future, is on the chopping block. Far too many of Long Island’s bright young minds have been forced to

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attend schools that are criminally underfunded, and these cuts will further pulverize their chances at receiving a quality education.

So, will Long Island’s state legislators stand by and let this happen, or will they fight for the children of Long Island? It’s time to act to stop this fiscal tsunami in its tracks, because we shouldn’t play politics with our kids’ education.

We are proposing a fourpronged approach, and the first prong can and should be done immediately: The state must dip into its rainy-day fund, because it’s pouring out there. We can’t weather a storm with an umbrella full of holes.

Secondly, class is now in session, so the State Legislature should be in session, too. Cuomo has been circumventing democracy and playing games with the budget, which has caused unimaginable uncertainty and instability in school districts and municipalities.

This has to stop. He needs to produce a real plan that lawmakers can work with to avoid more cuts at all costs. If he fails to do so, state legislators must immediately reconvene to stop the bleeding themselves, and they can do that by passing measures to make ultra-millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share.

Albany needs to stop giving New

he state must dip into its rainy-day fund, because it’s pouring out there.

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York’s wealthiest residents a free ride.

The rich have profited handsomely during the epidemic, earning enough during the public health crisis alone to close the state’s budget gap. New York’s cashstrapped families can’t be the only ones forced to make sacrifices.

This isn’t a partisan issue. An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers support raising taxes on the rich, which lawmakers should remember when it’s their turn to cast a vote on legislation, because voters will surely remember who acted and who didn’t when Election Day comes around.

Third: All options should be on the table to raise necessary revenue and avoid exacerbating this crisis with more cuts. So Cuomo also has a duty to consider short-term borrowing from the New York Federal Reserve Bank’s Municipal Liquidity Facility.

And, last, we can’t let the federal government off the hook. It needs to get its act together, stop all the partisan bickering and send relief to the state and local communities. Sadly, recent events have made clear that the State Legislature can’t just sit on its hands and wait for Washington.

For the sake of suffering New Yorkers, Cuomo and state lawmakers must act now.

Lisa Tyson is the director of the Long Island Progressive Coalition.

LeTTers they’re outside and don’t need to be covered.

This attitude is not only rude and out of alignment with health guidelines, but dangerous to all. What are the recommendations for citizens to stay safe?

Wear a mask, stay socially distant and wash your hands. Let’s work together to eradicate Covid from our town. It’s possible with simple, common-sense behavior.

LESLIE MARKuS Cedarhurst

Voting is now convenient To the Editor: It’s been a trying year for our nation and a tragic one for New Yorkers, many of whom have lost loved ones and are worried about our tattered economy and the well-being of isolated friends and family. The scary prospect of a second wave of Covid-19 washing over New York during flu season has been anticipated all year, but one silver lining is that we need not fret over voting safely in next month’s election.

For the majority of Long Islanders who haven’t voted since 2018 or before, casting a ballot in New York has changed drastically for the better, thanks to a raft of reforms and resiliency measures that improved convenience, due process, fairness and public safety.

There are now three ways to vote in Election 2020, each with pros and cons.

Given our protracted public health emergency, however, this flexibility is key to our safety and the election’s legitimacy. Regardless of ideology, nobody argues in print that American citizens should need to risk their lives to vote. Options can protect our rights and our communities if we avail ourselves of them.

Last year, lawmakers created an election period to spread voting out over nine additional days — including two weekends and workday evenings.

At the time, “social distancing” wasn’t common parlance to anyone without a degree in disease transmission, but that reform seems prescient today.

The early-voting options in Nassau and Suffolk counties include a shift to countywide voting centers, permitting residents to visit any site from Satur-

day, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Nov. 1. Nassau, a statewide access leader, offers 83 operating hours of early voting. (The same can’t be said for Suffolk, which has a greater population and sprawling geography, but fewer sites and nearly three fewer days’ worth of hours.)

For those who have adapted to our new normal — who wear masks and venture out for groceries — finding a quiet five minutes to vote early may be the best option. Voters cast their ballots after privately marking them, and they will be included with election night results. Those who believe the process is a partisan ploy should know that Texans have been voting early since the 1980s. until Covid-19, absentee voting was not a mainstream option for New Yorkers. The state was one of only 16 to restrict it to those with the right excuse. Busy with work or child care?

Not eligible. It shouldn’t have taken a deadly pandemic to develop voting resiliency — disruptions on Sept. 11, 2001, which was a Primary day, and Hurricane Sandy’s late-October 2012 landfall were enough. For immunocompromised people and those living

or working with them, voting remotely may be safer, and pitfalls that jeopardize rights have been significantly mitigated.

Voters can now request a ballot online in seconds or by phone, and may return completed ballots via contactless drop boxes at early voting or Election Day sites, or at their county Board of Elections office, which avoids return mail, stamps and postmarking entirely. Common clerical errors can now be fixed, providing a layer of due process where none existed before.

Those who still prefer voting on the first Tuesday in November at one assigned site are welcome to, but they will have waited until the last possible day, when no other options remain — even if there are lines, inclement weather or a local uptick in Covid-19 cases. I wouldn’t wish that uncertainty on anyone, even those disparaging these convenient, rights- and healthpreserving alternatives.

Options protect rights. Make an informed plan that is right for you and your family.

JARRET BERG Co-founder, VoteEarlyNY

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We must protect Long Island’s schools

Hempstead Town, Northwell Health Expand COVID-19 Testing October 19 - 23

October 26 - 30

1700 Prospect Avenue East Meadow 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

399 Nassau Boulevard West Hempstead 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Veterans Memorial Park

Echo Park

To register please call (516) 821-2500 Open to Town of Hempstead residents ages 8 and over.* *(Ages 8-17 must have parental consent.)

A public health program presented by the Town of Hempstead in collaboration with Northwell Health.

Donald X. Clavin, Jr. Supervisor

Council Members

Kate Murray

Dorothy L. Goosby • Bruce A. Blakeman Anthony P. D’Esposito • Thomas E. Muscarella Christopher Carini

Jeanine C. Driscoll

Town Clerk

Receiver of Taxes

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