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Battling the drug surge Overdoses increase during the coronavirus pandemic such as methamphetamine also increased in the 12 months ending in April. Deaths from With the coronavirus pan- cocaine overdoses climbed as demic continuing to wreak well, as did those from natural havoc with the new and semi-synthetic Omicron variant, it opioids, such as preis easy to forget that scription pain medithe United States cation. was, and still is, bat“In the field, it’s tling a drug epidemoften heard that we ic whose scope is forgot the first epimade clear by a sindemic,” said Cindy gle sobering statisWo l f f, e x e c u t ive t i c : T h e r e we r e director of the 1 0 0 , 3 0 6 ove rd o s e Tempo Group, which deaths in the specializes in drug 12-month period and alcohol proending in April of grams for those of t h i s y e a r, a n all ages. “With the increase of nearly 29 pandemic, there was percent over the prean increase in the vious time period, use of all substancaccording to the es. We knew that Centers for Disease people who have a Control and Preven- CINDY WolFF substance abuse distion’s National Cen- Executive director, order would have a ter for Health Statisproblem.” Tempo Group tics. Wolf noted that The historic milewith more people stone of more than 100,000 fatali- staying at home, the increasing ties in a year is tied to the pan- isolation and diminished human demic, and to a more dangerous contact was bound to lead to a drug supply. Overdose deaths spike in drug use. “It’s everyfrom synthetic opioids (mostly thing we say not to do,” she said. fentanyl) and psychostimulants Continued on page 10

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lighting up the night The Hewlett-Woodmere Business Association hosted its annual Hanukkah celebration lighting on Sunday, the first night of the eight-day Jewish holiday. Steve Bouskila lit the menorah. Story, more photos, Page 16.

Drawing out kids’ Covid thoughts Cedarhurst pediatrician encourages expression By lISA MARGARIA lmargaria@liherald.com

Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on the Pfizer-BioNTech’s child-size coronavirus vaccine — a low dose intended for children ages 5 to 11 — in early November, Cedarhurst pediatrician Dr. Mitchell Weiler has been administering the inoculations, vaccines, and then asking his young

patients to express their feelings about the shots by making drawings and writing about them. The New York State Department of Health has long suggested that those who get the vaccination remain at the site for at least 15 minutes so they can be monitored for any adverse reactions. “I was thinking, what are we going to do with this room full of kids in the waiting area?” recalled Weiler, who has spent

the past 17 years of his 40-year career at a practice on Carman Avenue in Cedarhurst, after a decade in Woodmere. To occupy the children during the post-vaccination waiting period, Weiler began to give them a prompt, which can be found written on blue paper and taped to a wall in the reception area. It reads, “Please draw a picture and tell us why you want a Continued on page 12

n the field, it’s often heard that we forgot the first epidemic. With the pandemic, there was an increase in the use of all substances.

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Calling attention to vehicular traffic issues on Westminster Road in Cedarhurst, village resident Fred Siciliano created a petition that has nearly 30 signatures to hopefully turn the residential street into a one-way roadway. Siciliano brought his concerns to the Nov. 1 village board meeting. The trustees agreed to resolve the issues should he return with a petition at the next meeting on Dec. 8. Traffic issues on Westminster Road, located between Rockaway Turnpike and Arlington Road, have frustrated Siciliano for more than three years. “Our street, Westminster Road, is a disaster with traffic and general lawlessness of the public,” he said. “It’s a terrible situation.” Increased commercial construction on Rockaway Turnpike has increased traffic volume, he added. “As the traffic gets worse on Rockaway, everybody is looking for a way out,” Siciliano said. Lawrence High School students also park on the street during the school day, narrowing the road. “With parked cars, two-way traffic can’t make it down the street,” Siciliano said. “Cars park solid on both sides of the street and now — someone’s going east and westbound — there’s nowhere for anybody to get by.” Devorah and Michael Merwitz have

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WEStMINStER RoaD RESIDENtS in Cedarhurst want their heavily trafficked street to become a one-way roadway. lived on Westminster Road for 20 years and problems have gotten worse on the block in the last five to 10 years, they said. “When parking is not backed up and the block is being used as a shortcut, people tend to speed down Westminster, treating stop signs as suggestions, Michael said. “It’s a recipe for disaster. I’m continually amazed at the number of times there are very close calls.”

There have been attempts by Westminster residents to have the village install speed bumps to mitigate traffic. Cedarhurst officials said the speed bumps inhibit snow removal. Siciliano told village officials that the issue does not appear to be a high priority with the police. He said, when called, they respond occasionally, and if they do respond its between 45 minutes to an

hour, look, see nothing and keep driving. Siciliano said he has confronted police about the issue but has still had no luck. He suggested to the village board that eliminating two-way traffic on the block could be a solution, as parking is not his main concern. “This is one of the few types of government that honestly believes that we’re here to serve you — we really do feel that way,” Deputy Mayor Ari Brown said. “We want to do what you guys want. If you could get some type of petition from your neighbors saying that that’s what they want then, the board is happy to do it, really.” Going door to door Nov. 14 on Westminster Road, Siciliano took his hard copy petition, which proposes making the road one-way eastbound, from Rockaway Turnpike to Oxford Road. As of press time, he had collected 26 signatures. If the village approves Siciliano’s petition, it will be appreciated by Westminster residents, said Devorah Merwitz. However, Grove Street, in Cedarhurst, had very similar traffic dilemmas, was turned into a one-way, and has not seen much improvement. “My concern is: who is going to police it?” Devorah said. Even if the one-way is accommodated, “people go whichever way they want to go.”

Here comes the Zion Park equipment, maybe? By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

Though minus two trustees, Lawrence village discussed several issues and approved an 11-item agenda during the board’s monthly meeting on Nov. 18. Trustees Michael Fragin and Eli Kutner were absent due to vacation. Mayor Alex Edelman, Deputy Jeff Landy and Trustee Paris Popack were present. At the meeting, Popack said that the playground equipment for the renovation of Zion Park that was supposed to have been delivered on Nov. 15 was delayed due to the supply chain issues created by the Covid pandemic. Updating the Herald, she said delivery is possible within the next two weeks. “Very excited that the demo started and hopefully once we get the material we’ll get things moving to fruition,” Landy sad at the meeting. A few residents who live where the Village of Lawrence meets Far Rockaway addressed their aim to have a have a fourway stop sign installed at the intersection of Virginia Street and Cedar Lawn Avenue that is not to far off the Nassau Expressway by Yeshiva Shor Yoshuv. The issue is that intersection is in Far Rockaway. “On the corner Virginia and Cedar Lawn we’re affected by a lot of traffic coming off the highway, 878; Yeshiva Shor Yoshuv has many, many students faculty

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DEputY MaYoR JEFF Landy (far left) contemplates a Lawrence village issue as Mayor Alex Edelman read the agenda with Trustee Paris Popack to his left. members lots of cars travelling through, school buses travelling through, said Rabbi Shaul Chill of, Young Israel of Far Rockaway, who helped the resident plead their case. “Right now there is a stop sign if you are coming down Cedar Lawn there is a sign in both directions. We’re advocating to have a four-way stop sign, so people going up Virginia Street also should stop.” Lawrence Mayor Alex Edelman noted that Virginia Street is not in the village.

Deputy Mayor Jeff Landy said: “We could reach out to the DOT (NYC’s Department of Transportation ) and offer our suggestions to assist in that, I think at the end of the day it’s a New York City street.” Hoping that Lawrence would contact the city’s DOT Chill said: “It’s like a ticking time bomb. There have been numerous accidents at that corner. It’s just impossible with any cars parked if you are coming up you can’t see past them. By the time you get passed them another car

is on top of you. We appreciate any help we could get.” Deputy Village Administrator Gerry Castro and Village Administrator Ron Goldman possibly something could be done at the intersection of New McNeill and Cedar Lawn avenue to mitigate the traffic problem. “New McNeil Avenue is in the village of Lawrence,” Goldman said. “We could make accommodations there, but we have to do so in conjunction with the city and we’ll do our best as Deputy Mayor Landy points out to reach out.” After much debate the snack bar between holes nine and 10 on the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club golf course will undergo renovation but not the overhaul that was initially discussed. Simulators and a kosher snack bar are being added to the practice range area and should be ready for the upcoming season. A new tennis pro was hired, Strate Krstevski, he will be an employee of Kemper Sports which runs the club for the village. Lawrence officials said that installing speed humps in several designated spots is being considered to decelerate speeding throughout the village. The next village board meeting is Dec. 9 at 8 p.m., at Village Hall, 196 Central Ave., in Lawrence. Have an opinion on Lawrence village issues? Send letter to jbessen@liherald.com.

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It was a day game on the Sunday, Nov. 28, that was the first night of Hanukkah. The Yeshiva University Maccabees, named for the ancient Hebrew family that led to the miracle of what became the eight-day Jewish holiday, won their eighth game of the season, their 44th consecutive victory (44 candles are lit during Hanukkah), a 78-56 win over Manhattanville behind the 51-point performance by senior guard Ryan Turell. A new school record. A day later another piece of good fortune fell Yeshiva’s way. Ranked No. 2 nationwide in Division III basketball in the D3hoops.com Top 25 preseason poll, the new number is one as in the top team in the country. “It’s November and we are just trying to get better every day,” Maccabee head coach Elliot Steinmetz, a Woodmere resident, stated in a news release. “There are a lot of great teams out there and we hope we are good enough to compete with them when it matters in a couple of months.”

A Dec. 30 nonconference home game that was circled on the calendar since this season’s schedule was announced has gained in significance with Illinois Wesleyan now ranked No. 2 in the new poll. Between now and then Yeshiva plays six games, including a road contest against Farmingdale State on Wednesday after the Herald went to press. The Maccabees are 5-0 in Skyline Conference and are led by Turell’s 28.6 points per game average, junior guard Ofek Reef ’s nearly 16 ppg and Lawrence native Gabriel Leifer. Now a graduate student, Leifer, a forward who played his high school ball at Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva for Boys in Woodmere, is averaging 9.4 ppg, 11 rebounds per game and 6.6 assists. The 44-game winning streak is the second longest in D3 history and began with the second game of the 2019-2020 season that saw Yeshiva win 27 straight regular season games, a conference championship and two NCAA tournament games as the team reached the Sweet 16 before the remainder of the post-season was canceled because of the Covid pandemic.

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To continue the connective tissue between diverse religions, Temple Israel of Lawrence and First Presbyterian Church of Far Rockaway once again joined forced at the 103rd annual Thanksgiving Interfaith Service that the Lawrence synagogue has held. This year was more personal as there were people in the shul and others joined in over Zoom because of the continuing coronavirus pandemic. The event started more than a century ago, on the first Thanksgiving following the end of World War 1, as an act of unity, healing, hope, and solidarity between Americans of all faiths, Temple Israel Rabbi Erik Uriarte said. “The need for different communities coming together and helping each other through this period of divisiveness and pandemic is as necessary now as it was 103 years ago,” Dr. Douglas Segan, president of Temple Israel, said. “To befriend and understand folks who have different cultures and religions as our own,” has a strong impact on the community, which helps the world be more understanding, Segan added. The Nov. 23 service was led by Uriarte and First Presbyterian Rev. Aqueelah Ligonde. Both religious leaders opened the joint service with an interfaith

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Rev. AqueeLAh LIGonde of First Presbyterian Church of Far Rockaway preached about gratitude at the 103rd annual Thanksgiving Interfaith Service at Temple Israel, Lawrence. thanksgiving prayer for the guidance and protection of those in need and those helping the needy, for service men and women, the protection of the nation and guidance towards peace, and for an overall life of cheerfulness. During the service, Uriarte recognized the struggles of Jewish, Black and Indigenous people. He acknowledged that the groups’ individual experiences of bigotry,

intolerance, bias and in the case of Indigenous people, loss and violence, are different, yet there is an understanding between the communities that is a strong foundation for connection and worship. When Ligonde spoke, it was bittersweet, she said, as it was her last time officially preaching as a transitional pastor. She shared a story about her grandmother teaching herself and her own brother

thankfulness in everyday life and in faith. “She made it clear that being thankful was a choice,” Ligonde said. “We can choose every day to be thankful, or to grumble about what we don’t have,” adding that people can make thankfulness an easy choice while reminding themselves of God’s faithfulness in themselves and others. “We can begin by making gratitude an everyday habit,” she said. “Each day can be filled with an attitude of gratitude-checkup.” This checkup involves three, every day, perspective-altering challenges from Ligonde: start your day with a specific song that makes you happy, thank someone unexpecting, and make gratitude the way you end your day. Although Thanksgiving is not a tradition intimately rooted in the Torah, a holy book on which both Jewish and Christian teachings are based upon, “the similarities are pretty profound,” Uriarte said. “Whether we are Jews or whether we are fellow travelers who read and are inspired out of the same books, we have this tradition of gathering, of sharing what we are thankful for, of remembering who we are,” he said, “that we are people that should give thanks, not to only ask for the things we need and want, but to also recognize when we are in a good place, to share that happiness because happiness is infectious.”

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The listed online programs are free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. Register by calling (516) 239-3262, or go to the Eventkeeper calendar on the PPL’s website: https:// www.peninsulapublic.org/ An email with login details will be sent before each program. For more information email Janet Schneider at jschneider@ peninsulapublic.org. PPL, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence.

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Wednesday, Dec. 8 Canasta, Mah Jongg At Temple Hillel, 1000 Rosedale Road, North Woodmere, mah jongg from 10 am to noon. Canasta classes from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Bring your game and play all day. $8 per game- donation. Free coffee and cake. Call Naomi Rivlin for information at (516) 791-8329.

Thursday, Dec. 2 Seated Yoga & Meditation From 2 to 3 p.m., Lisa Wisel leads a virtul session on seated yoga & meditation. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. To jon Zoom, go to https://bit. ly/3FXzwYo.

Friday, Dec. 3 Stein Collections At 11 a.m., art history professor Mary Vahey presents an illustrated Zoom lecture to discuss the phenomenal art collecting genius of literary giant Gertrude Stein and her brother Leo Stein. Peninsula Public Library. To join Zoom, go to https://bit.ly/3oSWWHB.

‘The Spanish Prisoner’ At 1 p.m., the movie “The Spanish Prisoner” will be shown as part of the Flashback Friday film series in Gold Hall at Hewlett-Woodmere Public Libray, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. The 1997 movie is rated PG and runs 1 hour, 50 minutes. Directed by David Mamet it stars Campbell Scott, Steve Martin and Ben Gazzara.

Saturday, Dec. 4 Pancake Breakfast From 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 20 Irving Place, Woodmere (the Woodmere Fire Department firehouse), the Five Towns Kiwanis Club hosts its sixth annual Pan-

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Yacht club celebrates 75 years In the summer of 1947, eight young military veterans of World War II met on a sailboat, in Woodmere Bay, just south of Phil Simon’s dock, at the end of Woodmere Boulevard and formed the Woodmere Bay Yacht Club. Nine years the club found a permanent home and clubhouse at 2 Cooke Street in East Rockaway with amenities, including swimming pool. From left were Secretary Ely Marrero of Bayside, Rear Commodore Eric Weinstein of Freeport, Commodore Randy Gitli of East Rockaway, Vice Commodore Richard Rausch of Hewlett and Treasurer Adam Gross of Rockville Centre. cake Breakfast. $6 for adults, $3 for children under 12. Pancakes, sausage/ bacon, orange juice, tea, coffee and milk will be served.

Sunday, Dec. 5 ‘The Distant Barking of Dogs’ At 1 p.m. the National Council of Jewish women viryually presents the film “The Distrint Barking of Dogs” as part of its advocacy series through the HewlettWoodmere Public Library. To join Zoom, go to https://bit.ly/31drbB6.

Christmas Tree Lighting At 6 p.m. the Hewlett-Woodmere Business Association holds its annual Christmas tree lighting at the Veterans Memorial Triangle at the intersection of Broadway and West Broadway, Hewlett.

Free weekend holiday parking in Lawrence from Nov. 27 through Jan. 2. Atlantic Beach resident Danielle Goner, a SUNY Canton liberal arts-general studies major, received the Bobbi Butler Burnham Endowed Scholarship from the school’s foundation.

Tuesday, Dec. 7 FDR From 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Martin Levinson leads a virtual lecture on Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States (1933–45), and the only president elected to the office four times. Peninsula Public Library. To join Zoom, go to https://bit. ly/3lo99Dc.

Cafe Europa From 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.,the Gural JCC holds its Cafe Europa program for older adults in-person at Congregation Beth Sholom, 390 Broadway, Lawrence. Email Judy Goldberg at judy.goldberg@ guraljcc.org for more information.

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At 11 a.m., Brian Rose presents a virtual discussion on rock-n-roll and the movies from Bill Haley to the Beatles. Through Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. To join Zoom, go to https://bit. ly/31eQfrs.

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pinochle at Temple Hillel, 1000 Rosedale Road, North Woodmere. $8 donation. Free coffee and cake call. For more information call Brian Berger at 1 (347) 996-2532.

The Gural JCC will host martial arts and fitness classes for kids taught by Warren Levi Martial Arts on Dec. 9, 16, & 23 from 7 to 8 p.m., $5 a class at 207 Grove Ave., Cedarhurst. Preregistration required by Dec. 3. Call Marissa Ruggiero at (516) 569-6733 or email marisa.ruggiero@guraljcc.org.

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From 1 to 3:30 p.m., in Peninsula Public Library’s Bentley Room canasta, mah Jongg and Scrabble games are available. Seating is limited and is first come, first seated. Masks recommended. PPL, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence.

‘The Beekeeper of Aleepo’ At 3 p.m., Liz Roper leads a virtual book discussion on the Christy Lefteri novel “The Beekeeper of Aleeppo” through the Gural JCC. The book puts human faces on the Syrian war with the immigrant story of a beekeeper, his wife, and the triumph of spirit when the

Cedarhurst-based Rock and Wrap It Up! coordinated its first food recovery from the newly opened UBA Arena: 150 pounds of food created 125 meals and diverted 81 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions. The Gural JCC’s Rina Shkolnik Kosher Food Pantry received a donation of sausages last

At Temple Hillel, 1000 Rosedale Road, North Woodmere, mah jongg from 10 am to noon. Canasta classes from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Bring your game and play all day. $8 per game- donation. Free coffee and cake. Call Naomi Rivlin for information at (516) 791-8329.

Health Van From 1 to 5 p.m., the St. John’s Episcopal Hospital health van will be at the Five Towns Community Center, 270 Lawrence Ave. Lawrence. Free Covid vaccines, blood pressure screenings, and a few other healthcare screenings.

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Holiday meals dispensed by St. John’s Episcopal Hosital More than 80 patients and their families received an array of food items for Thanksgiving meals donated by employees of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway. Turkey, chicken, ham, potatoes, rice, vegetables, stuffing mix, gravy, macaroni and cheese, dinner rolls, cranberry sauce, desserts and utensils were in the decorated baskets. There was also a large, heated tent that served as a food grab-and-go distribution center on Nov. 23. “It brings us great joy to know that we were able to help make this year’s Thanksgiving both enjoyable and nourishing for more than 80 families,” Sharika Gordon, St. John’s vice president and chief human resources officer, said in a news release. “We care deeply about our patients and community members, and the hospital’s staff wanted to do all that they could to make sure that no person is left hungry this Thanksgiving.” The nonprofit group Feeding America reports that more than 50 million people experienced hunger in 2020 including 17 million children. Even before Covid-19, more than 35 million Americans were considered food insecure. Organization officials said that the coronavirus pan-

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Hewlett House, a community learning resource center on cancer, especially breast cancer, and Bethany House of Nassau County, which supports homeless woman with children from transition to stability, joined together for Fall Fest, an outreach event in Hewlett on Nov. 6. Students and volunteers learned more abut the two organizations and signed up for community service. There were items

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Pandemic amplifies drug problem continued from front page “Don’t isolate, don’t stay in your house, have human connection.” Even people who, according to Wolff, managed their lives well and had habits that did not warrant treatment appeared to increase their use of alcohol. According to Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, liquor store sales from March to September 2020 totaled $41.9 billion, an increase of 20 percent over the same period in the previous year. “If we don’t educate our young people, we’re looking at a real problem,” Wolff said, highlighting the potential issue with the commercialization of marijuana. The Tempo Group, which has offices in Woodmere, Merrick and Syosset, remained open, like many similar agencies, during the pandemic, first offering telehealth counseling services, then providing in-person and hybrid services as well, to ensure that all who needed it had access to treatment. At the Five Towns Community Center, the six-figure single-year death toll and the estimate that one of every five people who die daily are overdosing has captured the attention of Portia Robinson, the director of the Center’s Committee on Drug Awareness. Along with the existing programs and services that CODA provides, Robinson said that the center recently hired a peer program director, and that thanks to find-

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Hempstead town CounCilman Anthony D’Esposito will present four Narcan training session this month. ing from New York state’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports, a new publicawareness campaign will be getting under way this month. “There is a higher risk of dying of an overdose than a car crash or a plane crash because of the fentanyl-laced marijuana,” Robinson said, adding that “education is very key in prevention.”

The hope with the peer program is to reach people who might not otherwise seek help, do not receive health care on a regular basis and/or are undocumented and uninsured, Robinson said. “It’s about how best to offer hope,” she said, adding that if the Center can get the right assistance to people and their families, “people will feel better

and use less drugs,” and they can get their lives back on track. Robinson noted that there are other systemic factors at work as well, such as ensuring access to jobs, housing and continued support. Both Robinson and Wolff are proponents of Narcan use, the brand name for naloxone, an emergency treatment for opioid overdoses. By blocking the body’s attachment sites that opioids bind to, Narcan reverses an overdose. Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, a former New York City Police detective and a volunteer firefighter in Island Park, has led Narcan training since 2017. Saying that the drug epidemic touches everyone, D’Esposito noted that attendance at his training sessions has increased significantly, and even the summer sessions he conducted at town beaches attracted as many as 40 people. “The way I do it is I use things that I’ve seen, things that I’ve done,” D’Esposito said. “That really is the most informative. It’s not just facts and reading the directions. I provide real-life examples that I’ve witnessed. The class is open to everyone. People want to be there to help save someone’s life. We make sure the locations are centrally located, so people can get there. It all helps.” The Five Towns Community Center’s Committee on Drug Awareness can be reached at (516) 239-6244 ext. 255. The Tempo Group’s Woodmere number is (516) 374-3671.

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LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cedarhurst will hold a public hearing on Monday, December 6, 2021, at 8:00 pm in Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, New York for the purpose of amending the Code of the Village of Cedarhurst to Consider a supplement to the Village’s previously adopted Opting Out of Retail Sales of Cannabis and On-Site Cannabis Consumption Establishments A copy of the text will be on file in the office of the Village Clerk. At such public hearing all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard Dated: Cedarhurst, New York Salvatore Evola November 24, 2021 Village Administrator By Order of the Mayor, Benjamin Weinstock and Board of Trustees 128677 LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR NOTICE OF MONTHLY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hewlett Harbor will meet via Zoom on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 5:00PM, Eastern Standard Time, for the purpose of holding the Village’s regular monthly meeting. An agenda for the meeting will be made available to the public on the Village Website. Due to social distancing guidelines, occupancy of Village Hall is limited. Therefore, all public Board of Trustees meetings until further notice will be conducted via Zoom. All residents wishing to attend or speak should visit the Village website at www.hewlettharbor.org for further Zoom instructions. Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York November 23, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR MICHAEL RYDER VILLAGE CLERK 128675 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

Subject:Case#21-10-5773 - Meir and Amanda Katz, 126 Cayuga Avenue, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509. Applicant proposes to construct a 15’ X 40’ inground swimming pool within the side yard where Village Code section: 250-84. Conditions for installation and maintenance. A (1) No outdoor swimming pool shall be installed or maintained unless: Such pool is installed wholly in the rear yard of the premises. Application is a modification of an existing approved grant to construct a 15’ X 30’ in-ground swimming pool in the side yard. Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 73, Lots 143 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters. All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours Dated: November 20, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Siniscalchi, Village Clerk 128672

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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 Bay Park Date:December 7, 2021 Time:7:00 p.m. Place:Village Hall, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York Subject: Application of Nalini Sinha, 49 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett Bay Park, New York, to construct a fence, one story addition and barbeque island, where such construction requires variances of the following Village Code sections: (a) 146-9(c)(6)(b), in that the fence is proposed to be 5 feet in height, where the maximum height for a fence is 4 feet, (b) 146-19, in that the rear yard setback to the barbeque island will be 9 feet, and the rear yard setback to the addition will be 27 feet, where a minimum of 35 feet is required, and (c) 146-13.1, in that the lot coverage will be 15,381 square feet, where a maximum of 14,410 square feet is permitted. Premises are also known as Section 41, Block 1, Lot 105 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters.

This application is a Type II Action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act. Any person having a disability which would inhibit attendance at or participation in the hearing should notify the Village Clerk at least three business days prior to the hearing, so that reasonable efforts may be made to facilitate such attendance and participation. All relevant documents may be inspected at the office of the Village Clerk, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York, during regular business hours. Dated:November 12, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Michelle Blandino, Village Clerk 128678

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LEGAL NOTICE Village of Lawrence Legal Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Lawrence will hold a work session beginning at 6:45 P.M. followed by a public meeting on December 15, 2021 at the Lawrence Village Hall, 196 Central Avenue, Lawrence, New York 11559 beginning at 7:30 P.M. to conduct the following Public Hearings and to attend to such other matters as may properly come before the Board: “ Platt, Corner of Atlantic Ave & Rutherford Ln - Section 212-39.C of the Village Code states the maximum exterior wall height from the base plane to the underside of the eave is 23 ft. “ Mandel, 32 Rosalind Pl - Section 212-48.A of the Village Code states, no swimming pool or part thereof may be constructed in a front yard. Section 212-48.B of the Village Code states, the minimum rear yard setback for a pool is 20 ft. “ Weiss, 130 Central Ave - Section 212-48.A of the Village Code states, no swimming pool equipment may be constructed in a front yard. Section 212-48.B of the Village Code states, the minimum rear yard setback for a pool is 20 ft. “ Salem, 7 Copperbeech Ln - Section 212-12.1 of the Village Code states, the maximum surface coverage for a lot size of 10,333 SF in area is 4,220 SF. Section 212-12.1 of the Village Code states, the maximum front yard surface coverage for a lot size of 10,333 SF in area is 826 SF. Section 212-48.A of the Village Code states, no swimming pool equipment may be

constructed in a front yard. Section 212-48.B of the Village Code states, the minimum rear yard setback for a pool is 20 ft. The order in which the listed applications are heard shall be determined the night of the meeting. The applications and accompanying exhibits are on file and may be inspected at the Village Office during normal business hours between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. If anyone needs special accommodations for a disability, such person should contact the Village Clerk at least 5 days before the hearing. All interested parties will have the opportunity to be heard By Order of the Board of Appeals Lloyd Keilson Chairman Dated: November 24, 2021 128676

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency: Board of Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach Date: December 16, 2021 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York Subject:Case#21-06-5691 - Ann Frenkel, 77 Broome Avenue, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509. Applicant proposes to construct a rooftop deck and stairs from grade to rooftop deck and is seeking relief from Village Code Sections: 250-20 Height(B) Roof slopes less than four feet vertically for every 12 feet horizontally shall have a maximum height of 22 feet to peak, including parapet walls for properties west of the street center line southbound of the west side of The Plaza and the west side of Acapulco Street north of Atlantic Boulevard and 24 feet to peak, including parapet walls for properties east of the street center line southbound of the west side of The Plaza and the east side of Acapulco Street, north of Atlantic Boulevard. Proposed height to parapet wall 29’-8”. Code Section 250-24 Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall be at least 25 feet, provided that, if at the time this chapter becomes effective any lot is held in single and separate ownership with a depth of less than 100 feet, the required depth of the rear yard may be diminished by three inches for each foot of difference between 100 feet and the depth of the plot, but in no case shall the depth of the rear yard be less than 15 feet. Permitted rear yard setback 21.9 feet, proposed spiral staircase 19.5 feet rear yard setback. Code section 250-108 Prohibited and restricted uses (A) No single-family dwelling may maintain a second-floor deck in the rear yard with access from an outdoor staircase, except an outdoor staircase shall be permitted from the floor at the required freeboard height. Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 59, Lots 11-17 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters. All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours Dated:November 20, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE

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LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor will hold a public hearing via ZOOM on December 14, 2021 at 7:00pm. All residents and professionals wishing to attend are directed to contact Village Hall at 516-374-3806 for further Z O O M information/instruction or visit our website at www.hewlettharbor.org. All interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard on the following application for variance relief: C o n t i n u a t i o n … M r. Joseph Reizis 976 Wateredge Place Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557, is requesting a rear yard Inground swimming pool, pool paving, circular driveway, and cabana. Applicant requires relief from Village Zoning Code ordinance 145-19. Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 25% in a residential “BX” district. Applicant is requesting a 41.6%% lot coverage. Village Code 145-19 states: the maximum permitted front yard surface coverage shall not exceed 23% in a residential “BX” district. Applicant is requesting a 48.9% front yard surface coverage. Village Zoning code 145-25. A states: The minimum side yard setback for an accessory structure in a residential “BX” district shall be a minimum 15’. Applicant is requesting a 10.63’ rear yard setback for cabana. C o n t i n u a t i o n … M r. Gregory Vaynshteyn 224 Everit Avenue Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557, is requesting to build a new inground pool, pool pavers, patio pavers and pool equipment. Applicant requests relief from Village Zoning code Ordinances 145-19, 145-25.A and 145-49. Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 25% in a residential “A” district. Applicant is requesting 41.64% lot coverage. Village Zoning Code 145-25. A States: Accessory structures shall not be nearer to any property line than 20’ in a residential “A” district. Applicant is requesting a 7’ side yard setback for pool equipment and generator. Village Zoning Code 145-49 states: No swimming pool or part thereof shall be constructed in the front yard. Applicant is

proposing to install swimming pool on the Boxwood Drive West front yard. This property has three front yards. Mr. Russell Shvartsshteyn 1290 Seawane Drive Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557, is requesting a front and side yard driveway. Applicant requires relief from Village Zoning Code ordinance 145-19. Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 25% in a residential “A” district. Applicant is requesting a 30.28% lot coverage. Village Code 145-19 states: the maximum permitted front yard surface coverage shall not exceed 18% in a residential “A” district. Applicant is requesting a 39.2% front yard surface coverage. Mr. Jermaine LaRose 1003 Wateredge Place Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557, is requesting additions and alterations to main dwelling, an inground pool and pool pavers. Applicant requests relief from Village Zoning code Ordinances 145-10.3, 145-19 and 145-49. Village Zoning Code 145-10.3 states: The street wall shall be limited to a maximum height of 21 feet at the required front yard setback. Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 25% in a residential “BX” district. Applicant is requesting 44.5% lot coverage. Village Zoning Code 145-19. States: structures shall not be nearer to the front property line than 30’ in a residential “BX” district. Applicant is requesting a 15’ front yard setback for swimming pool. Village Zoning Code 145-49 states: No swimming pool or part thereof shall be constructed in the front yard. Applicant is proposing to install swimming pool on the Seawane Drive front yard. This property has two front yards. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS STEVEN GOLD, CHAIRMA ZONING BOARD MICHAEL RYDER Village Clerk Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York November 29, 2021 128673 LEGAL NOTICE SURROGATE’S COURT NASSAU COUNTY PROBATE CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent To: Patricia Maniscalos, Thomas Buehl, Mary Schaufler 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, dlstributees, heirs-at-law and next-ofkin of the said Louise E. Schaufler, deceased, and if any of the said above distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives1 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. GREETINGS A Petition having been duly filed by Patrica Mandel 415 E. 52nd Street, Apt. 12FC, NY, NY 10022 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED To SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on January 12, 2022, at 9:30 o’clock In the fore noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Louise E. Schaufler, lately domiciled at 477 Hungry Harbor Rd, N. Woodmere, NY 11581 admitting to probate a Will dated December 12, 2018 a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Louise E. Schaufler, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary to Patricia Mandel Hon. Margaret C. Reilly, Surrogate Debra Keller Leimbach, Chief Clerk This Citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear, it will be assumed that you consent to the proceedings, unless you file written verified objections thereto. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. Dated, Attested and Sealed, November 16, 2021 Name of Attorney: Mandel & Mandel, LLP Address: 415 E. 52nd Street, 12FC New York, NY 10022 Phone: 212-594-5200 128543 LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: EC A1 Commercial LLC (“LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on October 5, 2021. NY office location: Nassau County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to The Limited Liability Company, 1044 Northern Blvd, 2nd Floor, Roslyn, NY 11576. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. 128177

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Having a Happy Hanukkah in Hewlett Gathered around the Veterans Memorial Triangle at the intersection of Broadway and West Broadway in Hewlett for the annual Hewlett-Woodmere Business Association menorah lighting on Sunday, the first night of the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Also known as the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah commemorates the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE. There was hot chocolate and a gift sponsored by Sara Feldman and Rozana Zemlyansky of the V.I. Properties/Compass real estate office, also in Hewlett. Steve Bouskila lit the shamash candle and Jonathan Nus lit the first candle, and there was a huge crowd blessed by Rabbi Nochem Tenenboim of the Chabad of Hewlett. —Jeffrey Bessen Photos by Eric Dunetz/Herald

Alex ThAyer, 9, got to imagine himself as Judah Maccabee, one of the heroes of what became known as Hanukkah. The hewleTT-woodmere Business Association hosted its annual Hanukkah celebration lighting on Sunday, the first night of the eight-day Jewish holiday. Steve Bouskila lit the shamash candle.

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A. It starts with misunderstanding what is enforceable and who enforces. Plans are prepared well ahead of getting permit review, and long before contractors estimate or make a contract with the owner. Plans get more scrutiny than ever before, partially due to the expectation that, because most are prepared by computer, tons more information can onte eeper magically be cut and pasted or that, somehow, 3-D views automatically appear, which is false. Planning also gets more scrutiny because many people have no intention of applying for permits, avoiding expense and time. So building officials seem ready to look for more information to cover issues that might apply to the proposed work. For example, a survey showed a winding border “brick retaining wall” at a property edge, prompting hours of calls, pictures, letters and proof to show the flower bed edging was loosely laid bricks so weeds wouldn’t grow from the lawn to the flower bed. After planning finally gets beyond the “prove it” phase, a permit may be issued and the contractor takes over. At the construction stage, plans have a slight chance of being followed to the letter, but quite often, builders do whatever they choose. Once in a while there’s the pleasant surprise of a conscientious individual who communicates before just altering the job to something not intended. Where this leads is that most consumers believe, falsely, that builders probably know the laws and the necessary engineering, and the outcome will be seamless. Unfortunately, because nobody on a residential project holds the builders responsible for taking liberties with the plans, the permits, the law or critical engineering problems, they’re free to create significant problems for the owner. The dilemma is further reinforced by officials who don’t hold the builder responsible, so instead, they deflect the responsibility to the “design professional,” mainly because they can, not because the architect or engineer is involved in poor decisions that led to the problems. I’ve seen the wrong beams installed, missing reinforcing, the building placed in the wrong spot, wrong roof angles creating building height violations that rerouted the project back through a nine-month zoning board revisit, windows substituted that no longer meet the emergency-escape requirements, using particle board instead of structural plywood — the list goes on and on. How anyone can ask for a letter to cover the mess and just make it go away by expecting the architect or engineer to just write a letter is ridiculous, but asked for all the time. You think you’re being protected by officials, but are you really? Good luck!

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he towns, cities and villages of Long Island have their own recorded and unrecorded histories. Their stories are told by local historians, librarians and historical societies. In many cases, lacking those resources, the history of those communities disappears year by year with the passing of the people who were blessed with those long-term memories. Long Beach, one of South Shore residents’ most popular coastal escapes, is one of those placJERRY es whose colorful history has filled KREMER numerous books, and is lucky enough to have residents who make it their mission to keep its history enshrined in books and fading photographs. One of the keepers of Long Beach history, Paul Jackson, died recently, leaving behind a number of hard-to-find books and other cherished notes that will fade in time. Jackson was a prolific writer, and published a number of books that gained the attention of history critics across the country. His first, “Our Town, Our Time: Long Beach, L.I. in the 1930s and WWII,”

was a nostalgic look at the seaside city, with recollections of the schools, stores, movie theaters, the boardwalk and hotels. Orphan’s Day, the big bank robbery of 1939 and the murder of the mayor by a cop were its highlights. Jackson chronicled the experiences of 250 returning GI’s and wrote about the 30 Long Beach men who were killed in the war. His second book “Scoundrels by the Sea: The Sullied Past of Long Beach Politicians, Swindlers, Bootleggers — and Worse,” wasn’t published until 2013, long after Jackson left his chosen profession. In that book he took on dozens of deceased politicians, such as District Attorney William Cahn, State Assembly Speaker Joe Carlino, Democratic Leader Phil Kohut and Tammany Hall Leader Jimmy Hines, and described at length the lesser-known events and personalities that made Long Beach unique, compared with its many neighboring communities. While not a colorful celebrity, Jackson’ primary job was as editor and publisher of the weekly Long Beach Independent, which dated back to the late 1930s but ceased publishing in 1976. I got to know him when I was 12 years old, and had the temerity to walk into the paper’s office on

Park Place and offer my services as a writer. I didn’t ask for money, but just the opportunity to write for free, which had become a childhood passion. Jackson was impressed with my nerve, and I was assigned to read the dozens of press releases that came in each week and try to boil each one down to a simple paragraph. In my early days at the Independent, I didn’t understand much about Long Beach politics, but I learned in a short time that it was brutal. There was no real Republican Party, but the city boasted the presence of the Assembly speaker, Carlino. The two factions were the group headed by the Democratic Party leader, Kohut, and his adversary, former Mayor Theodore Ornstein. Working for a weekly newspaper while at the same time trying to launch my own political career was a great challenge. Jackson didn’t believe in political correctness, and one by one, he challenged the people in power with blistering commentary. During those tumultuous years, I tried to walk a straight line between the factions, but sooner or later I would be forced to choose a side to survive. In those years, the most valuable asset that any weekly could have was the des-

met him when I was 12, and offered my services as a writer for the Independent.

ignation as the city’s official newspaper. That meant that all of the city’s legal notices were published in that paper. Survival depended on whether the political bosses favored your paper over its local rival. Eventually Jackson’s political commentary got under Kohut’s skin, and the Independent lost that coveted designation. Jackson’s career as an editor and publisher lasted only a few years, and without that valuable patronage, the Independent ceased publication. I continued to work part-time for weekly papers until I graduated from law school, worked as a city prosecutor and was elected to the Assembly. I had a brief encounter with Jackson when my book “Winning Albany” was published. Jackson was upset with my friendly relationship with “Boss Kohut.” The people who work hard to preserve Long Beach history owe a special debt of gratitude to Jackson for his dedicated work in chronicling so many key moments of local history. A side note: “Scoundrels by the Sea” lists for $122 on Amazon. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

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ell me your story. If you’re reading this, you are living through a deadly pandemic that has killed more than five million people worldwide. So far. If you’re reading this, you are just coming off Thanksgiving and zooming toward peak holiday season. Expectations for joy abound, lights dazzle and music bombards us with its slightly out-ofsync cheer. Some of us gather strength and purpose from the festive spirit. Some of us feel that the RANDI gifting and shopKREISS ping, and the stuffing of turkeys and ourselves, are just too much. Post-vaccine, we are resuming, life but not exactly. We are moving toward normal but watching the new variant coming from South Africa. Flights are canceled again. Holiday parties are on again, off again, depending on where you live and what the rules are. The one absolute commonality we share: We are alive in this moment, during the worst epidemic of our genera-

tion. Each of us has a story to tell, and I would like to offer this space for you to share yours. Some years ago, my son-in-law, Josh, said he wanted to interview my parents for StoryCorps.org, an online website where anyone can post a story about themselves. Once posted, it lives on in perpetuity. More recently, Storyworth has taken off. Another venue, it sends the person of your choice weekly questions and, at the end of a year, compiles the answers into a book, which becomes a keepsake of their thoughts or history or memories. Moth Radio features first-person human-interest stories. We have been telling one another stories ever since men and women were able to scrawl drawings on caves. We share common memories, but we see those bygone events through varying prisms. The truth of any one person’s stories is always on a sliding scale. When Josh called me and asked if it was OK for him to record my parents and post their stories to StoryCorps. org, it was the worst possible time. My folks were 97 and 92 years old. They

lived in south Florida. Josh lived in California, way north of San Francisco and far away from any reasonable international airport. He said he had only two days he could travel to my folks’, including flying time. I told Josh it wasn’t a good time. I knew it wasn’t a good time. I suggested we leave it to my mother. She said yes. Josh flew on a Thursday, arriving at their house at 1 a.m. on Friday. That day he interviewed each of my parents for four to five hours, on and off, between their meals and physical therapy sessions and looking for my dad’s cane, hat, shoes, eating glasses, reading glasses and walking glasses. Josh was on the ground in Florida for about 24 hours. The stories are now part of StoryCorps history, and they’re even more precious now. Dad died in 2017. Mom died two years later. We all want to be known, to say in words that we have walked the earth and lived and loved. In this pandemic, we want to get out of our own heads, where we’ve been living alone for so long, and tell the world how we’re getting through. How has our work

he need to tell stories is etched into our souls. Why not try it in this space?

changed? What happened in school and out of school? What was it like to care for young children day after day and month after month with little relief aside from outdoor gatherings? As a longtime married woman, I feel like the subject of an experiment on human behavior. The question: How do isolation and stress affect marriage? In March 2020, most of us thought the virus might knock us off our routines for a few weeks. Now I have a 50-page folder of Covid Cuisine, quick meals for when we want to eat but I don’t want to cook. The need to tell stories is etched into our souls, part of our DNA. Why not try it in this space? Please, tell me your pandemic story in 50 words or fewer, and I’ll use my column to post the most compelling ones. You can be anonymous if you wish. We did this before, in less dramatic times, and it was enlightening. So, take a few minutes and put together a few words. Send them to the email below. I’ve been telling you my story every week since the pandemic fractured our sense of well-being. I want to know yours. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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n recent months, we have seen a growing number of parents crowding school board meetings across Long Island, protesting the state mandate requiring students to mask up in schools. In public spaces, from the mall to your local coffee shop and grocery store, many people no longer wear masks, believing they aren’t necessary anymore. Last week, we were hit by a harsh dose of reality: Seemingly out of nowhere, a new strain of the coronavirus, which scientists called the Omicron variant, reared its ugly head, first in South Africa and then Israel, several Western European countries, Hong Kong and Australia. Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, said over the weekend that the strain had not yet been detected in the U.S., but it could very well be here.

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South Africa discovered the strain first because health officials there were investigating why the country went from 200 coronavirus cases a day only recently to some 2,465 cases on Nov. 25, according to the Associate Press. What does this tell us? One, we must not think we have vanquished the coronavirus. It is still lurking worldwide, and anywhere and any time an infectious strain of the virus arises, there is the potential for it to spread to us here, on Long Island. So we must continue masking and social-distancing protocols to limit its transmission. This new strain is potentially more insidious than the Delta variant, which has ravaged the world, because the vaccines may be less effective in providing immunity against it. Scientists are study-

This holiday season for sure, shop locally

ach year, we encourage our readers to shop locally, in your community’s downtown, during the holidays. With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, we’re doubling down on that advice. We know Covid-19 spreads among dense populations. That only makes sense. It’s an airborne disease, so when people are tightly packed into small or confined spaces, there’s a greater chance that the virus will be transmitted from one person to the next. Shopping in your downtown, with its smaller stores, where customer density can be better controlled than at the malls and superstores, would thus seem like a

smart move, particularly now, with the rise around the world of the Omicron variant, against which the vaccines may be less effective. Beyond that, shopping locally is just good for your community. Keeping local shops and eateries in business supports the tax base, and bolsters homeowners’ property values. By contrast, downtowns full of boarded-up shops lead to rising property taxes for homeowners and plummeting house values. That is, shopping locally is in your self-interest. Moreover, it is a way to give back to the people who give so much to their communities. Local shop and restaurant

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ing whether that is the case, and it could be weeks before we know the answer for sure. You should be vaccinated just in case — and to fight the many other Covid-19 variants. And we should vaccinate ourselves ASAP. That includes teenagers and children. New strains of the virus emerge in the unvaccinated population. It’s there where the virus can continue to spread, and any time it is transmitted from one person to the next, it has the potential to mutate. Mutation — the ability of the virus to re-engineer itself — is its survival mechanism. If it does not spread, it cannot continue to mutate. We are in the battle of our lives here. Like it or not, we must remember that this holiday season.

letters Jan. 6 was ‘just a protest’ To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Recalling two failed coups that will live in infamy” (Nov. 25-Dec. 1): I agree that what happened in 1991 in the Soviet Union was important, and should be memorialized, as it was in the 2015 documentary “The Event.” I wish I had seen it. But I recall a hapless Boris Yeltsin, soon to be succeeded by Vladimir Putin. And Bulgaria found its rightful destiny. Above all, I would appreciate no extrapolations of that or other similar coup attempts to what happened at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. As a first-generation immigrant, I could not be prouder of our America. I am thrilled to be here, and that includes all our presidents. On Jan. 6, all our institutions held firm and did not budge — no insurrection, no riot, just a protest. To become a proud citizen, I learned that our

owners are the folks who sponsor Little League teams and donate to the Girl and Boy Scouts. They are the ones who organize fundraisers for children stricken by deadly diseases, and who advocate for better roads and schools in their communities. The owners of the small businesses that line the streets of our communities are us. That’s why you are more likely to receive competent service and a friendly smile when you shop locally. The coming month has the potential to challenge us in unforeseen ways. Now is the time to be safe — and that means being smart. Start by shopping locally.

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axes, property assessments, crime and schools were top concerns for Long Island politicians in the Nov. 2 elections. Both Democrats and Republicans tried to persuade voters that they would do a better job of keeping us safe and financially secure. In 2021, however, these standard suburban issues motivated more Republicans than Democrats to show up and vote, resulting in a change in party leadership in Nassau County’s executive branch and the Suffolk County MArTine Legislature. For suburban resiHAckeTT dents, the added expectation and understanding is that our high tax dollars show up to maintain our quality of life in the services that the government provides. We are paying for safety from crime, but also the safety of the air we breathe and the water we drink, and protection during a pandemic. But in campaign materials, and apparently on most voters’ minds, one major

issue seemed to be missing: the ongoing public health crisis that is the Covid-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 750,000 Americans. If Covid was mentioned by candidates during campaigning, it was with promises of what the government would not do — no mask mandates in schools, no employee-mandated vaccines. While political parties focus on the topics that they believe will get people to the polls, some issues, like public health, need to be supported no matter who is in power. Public health is by its nature political. It must be. In the earliest days of the United States, protecting citizens from infectious diseases like yellow fever fell to local municipalities, which enacted quarantine regulations for ships that arrived at coastal cities. The first public health agency was created in 1866 in New York City, and reduced deaths from a cholera epidemic that year through inspections, investigations and disinfection. Cities that did not have a public system to monitor and combat the epidemic experienced many more deaths. Government action is necessary to

n their 2020 campaigns, candidates promised what the government would not do.

LeTTers nation is based on three separate branches — the executive, legislative and judicial. As a lawyer for 45 years, I can assure you that all was well outside, as well as inside, the D.C. “Beltway” on Jan. 6. If there really was a coup attempt, what disruptive aftermath did it cause? The fact is, there was no disruption, and, mercifully, life goes on. I only wish Brinton had more faith. God Bless America. WILLIAM J. A. SPARkS, ESq. Merrick

Who’s doing the censoring, Randi? To the Editor: I was reading Randi kreiss’s column “Sticks and stones — words can never harm me” (Nov. 18-24), about censorship and book burning, anticipating with relish the words she would use to describe the censorship exercised by the major social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) against voices on the right that they oppose. Instead kreiss turned it around, and accused Trump supporters and associated people on the right of seeking to impose censorship! I was astounded. Where are the examples? Her examples, “flames rising from places like Virginia” and Texas ordering school officials to look in schoolbooks for pornography, were weak and

carry out the work of public health. How else do you get sewers across jurisdictions? Who else would pay for the clean water and the pipes to bring it into your home? Would restaurants regulate themselves to keep food preparation safe? The work to ensure public health must be carried out no matter what ideology is popular or which party has been elected to lead. The needs of public health continue no matter who is in power. Meanwhile, there are other pressing public health issues in Nassau and Suffolk counties that require political support: the increase in substance use and overdose deaths; the significant mental health strain of anxiety and depression among young people; and high rates of maternal and infant mortality. Collective and coordinated political action worked on Long Island to manage the spread of Covid-19 by deploying wideranging techniques similar to those used more than 150 years ago to combat cholera. Modern approaches to public health now also recognize that social factors play

a key role in people’s health. We saw this when the coronavirus pandemic devastated communities of color in Nassau and Suffolk counties, and recognize that the people in these communities were not solely to blame. Rather, it was the underlying conditions that existed before the pandemic — food insecurity, crowded housing, lack of internet access — that made outcomes so much worse for some than for others. Political forces need to address these public health priorities as well. At a time when party lines are dividing those who are vaccinated and those who are not, when mandating mask wearing to protect the health of everyone is framed as a matter of individual choice, we have lost the nonpartisan thread of public health. Whoever is in power in Nassau and Suffolk needs to address the longstanding issues of public health by doing what works and acknowledging the vital role that government action has on health outcomes. Red and blue waves come and go on Long Island every few years, but political public health action must remain constant. Dr. Martine Hackett is an associate professor in the Master of Public Health and Community Health Programs at Hofstra University.

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non-specific. She certainly did not cite the fact that many books that were traditionally read in high school, like “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” are now banned — yes, censored — by schools. LEoN SUTToN, PH.D. Long Beach

Paying for those D.C. spending bills To the Editor: President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and their respective Democratic House and Senate caucus members claim that both the $1.2 trillion infrastructure and $1.75 trillion Build Back America bills are fully paid for. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget office found that the first bill would add $228 billion, and the second bill $367 billion, to our $29 trillion-and-growing national debt over the next 10 years. If they are so confident of this financing scheme, let them all put up their respective future pensions, 401(k) retirement plans, stocks, bonds, cars, homes, Social Security earnings and other assets as collateral. Place all of them in a blind trust on behalf of taxpayers. This could serve as a small down payment to cover the inevitable multi-billion-dollar shortfall in anticipated revenues to pay for both bills over the coming years. Ask

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their spouses or significant others to do the same. Biden, Schumer, Pelosi and company remind me of J. Wellington Wimpy, who famously said, “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” Tuesday

may never come for taxpayers who must pay for all the goodies promised by them within their lifetimes. LARRY PENNER Great Neck

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