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Dead heat in 21st District Remembering

Kristallnacht virtually

Absentee ballots may decide outcome of rae

By MATTHEW FERREMI AND sCOTT BRINTON mferremi@liherald.com or sbrinton@liherald.com

As of midnight on election night, tens of thousands of absentee ballots remained to be counted, making projecting winners in any number of races for Congress and the State Legislature tricky, if not impossible.

In the 21st District, State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, a Democrat from Rockville Centre, was losing to Republican challenger Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, who, at press time, had 50 percent of the vote to her opponent’s 49 percent, according to the Nassau County Board of Elections.

But thousands of absentee ballots, which could tip the scale of the race, were still to be counted, and tllying them could take days.

Meanwhile, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat representing the 9th District, was re-elected with 53 percent of the vote to 47 percent for his challenger, Victoria Johnson. “It’s really gratifying to have the voters of the South Shore send me back” to Albany, Kaminsky said, noting that only a few years ago, none of Long Island’s senators were

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u.s. REp. KATHlEEN Rice, above with Rabbi Anchelle Perl, was re-elected with 52 percent of the vote.

Democrats.

Incumbent Republican Melissa “Missy” Miller defeated Gregory Marks, a Democrat from Hewlett, in the 20th Assembly District. Miller earned her third two-year term in the Assembly with a come-from-behind victory.

“I’m so happy to be given the opportunity to continue to serve the amazing people of the 20th District,” Miller said. “It’s truly an honor, and I will continue to make all voices heard.”

U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat representing the 4th Congressional District, was also

re-elected. She grabbed 52 percent of the vote to 47 percent for her opponent, Republican Douglas Tuman.

Veteran U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks, a Democrat from southwest Queens who represents the 5th District, was re-elected to his 12th term. He ran unopposed.

Assemblywoman Michele Solages, a Democrat, decisively won re-election over Republican challenger Nicholas Zacchea in the 22nd Assembly District, taking 66 percent of the vote. This will be Solages’s fourth term in the Assembly.

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we’re separated, we’re trying to stay together as close as we can, and virtual events are the best While the coronavirus pan- we’re able to do at this time.” demic has curtailed in-person He added that virtual services services for houses of worship have attracted many congresince March, Five Towns syna- gants. “We’re lucky to be living gogues have still emphasized the in a time where we have the abilimportance of holdity to stage such ing virtual services events like this,” fo r c o m m e m o r a Graber said. “I have tions such as about 75 percent Kristallnacht. attendance of what I Kristallnacht, the would usually get “Night of Broken under normal cirGlass,” took place on cumstances. I would Nov. 9, 1938. Nearly have 80 people on a 200 synagogues were Shabbat morning, d e s t r o ye d , m o r e and we’re getting than 8,000 Jewish about 60 people comshops were sacked ing to virtual servicand looted, and tens es now.” of thousands of Along with a Jews in Germany RABBI JAy Kristallnacht serand Austria were ROsENBAuM vice, Temple Beth taken to concentraEl, in Cedarhurst, tion camps. More will hold a Shabbat than 90 Jews were killed in what service dedicated to military vetis considered the beginning of erans on Sunday, according to the Holocaust.

Rabbi Claudio Kupchik.

At Temple Hillel in North “Remembering Kristallnacht, Woodmere, Rabbi Steven Graber and the dangers of totalitariansaid that Kristallnacht would be ism, is very important, particuremembered at a 7:30 p.m. ser- larly at a time when our society vice on Monday. “Jewish religion is divided and racism, anti-Semiis based on community, and com- tism, intolerance and extremism munity events are one of the of every kind are on the rise,” things that keep us together and going,” Graber said. “Though Continued on page 9

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Winner

opponent

4th c.d.

Kathleen Rice (d) - 52%

douglas tuman (R) - 47%

5th c.d.

gregory Meeks (d) - 100%

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9th S.d.

todd Kaminsky (d) - 53%

Victoria Johnson (R) - 47%

20th A.d.

Melissa Miller (R) - 64%

gregory Marks (d) - 36%

21st A.d.

patricia C.-Fitzpatrick (R) - 50% Judy griffin (d) - 49%

22nd A.d.

Michaelle Solages (d) - 66%

nicholas Zacchea (R) - 34%

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ovid-19 and antiSemitism are two viruses that are gripping America right now.

Honoring those who served on Veterans Day and honors veterans who have served in the United States armed forces. Originally Armistice Day it marked the end of World Despite the coronavirus pandemic still War I. The day, date and exact time of looming large in the United States, Law- 11:11 a.m. marked the end of World War I rence-Cedarhurst American Legion Post in 1919. It was renamed Veterans Day in 339 commander Syd Mandelbaum said it 1954. remains essential to honor Pat Alesia is the comveterans this year. mander for Nassau County Mandelbaum confirmed American Legion. Alesia has that a Veterans Day ceremoworked with Mandelbaum ny will take place at Andrew and Post 339 particularly J. Parise Park in Cedarhurst with the veterans farmers on Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. He noted market that offers military that this year is important veterans the opportunity to because it marks the threeshop for goods in Mandelquarters of a century since baum’s backyard in Cedarthe end of World War II. hurst to avoid people at tradi“This is a very special year tional stores amid the panfor all veterans organizations demic. with the 75th anniversary of Alesia noted that there winning the war against were plans for an in-car cereNazism,” Mandelbaum said. mony with American Legion “With my parents being Holoposts from across the county caust survivors, I wouldn’t be syd and other veteran organizahere right now if it wasn’t for MAndELBAuM tions such as Veterans of D-Day.” The end of World War Foreign Wars. It was schedPost 339 II was marked by Japan offiuled for Nov. 7 and it has cially surrendering on Sept. commander since been cancelled.

2, 1945.

“Many World War II veterWearing masks and social distancing ans were going to show up and it was will be required. Mandelbaum said that going to start in Lynbrook and end in Valthe ceremony will take place inside ley Stream,” Alesia said. “Unfortunately Cedarhurst Village Hall if the weather is it has been cancelled due to the rise in bad.

Covid cases.” Alesia added that he is planVeterans Day is observed on Nov. 11 ning a smaller ceremony for the same day

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his is a very special year for all veterans organizations with the 75th anniversary of winning the war against Nazism.

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LAWREncE-cEdARHuRsT AMERIcAn LEgIon Post 339 will hold a Veterans Day ceremony in Cedarhurst on Nov. 11. Post Commander Syd Mandelbaum, above, spoke at the 2019 remembrance. at the World War I “Rainbow Division” monument in Garden City.

Mandelbaum added that he is disappointed that the American Legion county ceremony was canceled, but is still look-

ing forward to the Post 339 ceremony in Cedarhurst. “We know how easy it is to forget about veterans,” he said. “But we must never forget the sacrifices they made.”

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Syncing lights improves Route 878 traffic flow jbessen@liherald.com

New York state, New York City and Nassau County, joined forces to accomplish a goal that many officials have pushed for in the past several years. The trio of traffic signals along Rockaway Turnpike and Rockaway Boulevard have been synchronized.

The synchronization of the signals at the Nassau Expressway (state Route 878) and Bay Boulevard; Route 878 and Rockaway Turnpike; and East Avenue and Rockaway Turnpike at the Nassau County border with Queens has, according to official numbers, improved overall travel timed through the heavily congested corridor by 30 percent.

“Not having the lights synced and having backups and [traffic] congestion was making people miserable for a very long time,” said State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat who represents the Five Towns.

Syncing the three traffic signals comes nearly a year after a $130 million project to renovate a .57-mile section of 878 between Burnside Avenue, in Inwood, and Rockaway Turnpike, in Lawrence. The entire state road stretches from Ozone Park, Queens to the Atlantic Beach Bridge and is used by roughly 56,000 vehicles per day, according to state officials.

“The NYS Department of Transportation coordinated with the Nassau County Department of Public Works and the NYC

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VEhiclES moViNg wESt on Rockaway Turnpike by the Bay Boulevard traffic signal, one of three along the turnpike that were synchronized to create improved traffic flow.

Department of Transportation to optimize signal timing and reduce bottlenecking on Rockaway Turnpike/Rockaway Boulevard and Nassau Expressway, which has improved travel times, said DOT spokesman Stephen Canzoneri. “All three agencies have committed to monitoring patterns and conditions for future modifications as needed.”

The project included raising the road three to four feet to reduce flooding, and the installation of new multi-use pedestrian path, a state-of-art drainage system and turning lanes. An ancillary benefit was the destruction of a nearly 250,000-square-foot,

30-foot-high heap of construction debris known as the “Inwood Mound” that sat along the expressway near the Bay Boulevard intersection.

For Five Towns residents and surrounding South Shore communities, 878 serves as an emergency evacuation route and the roadway to John. F. Kennedy International Airport.

“I’m very proud of 878 project,” Kaminsky said, “and the cooperation between, the state, county and city was something that was necessary for all the parties as it makes for a smoother ride from Nassau to JFK and Far Rockaway, and is a marked

improvement.”

Nassau County Traffic Engineering worked with the state and city to review the congestion issue. County officials said that traffic signals along 878 were “wellcoordinated,” but there “was a lack of coordination between the signals on Nassau Expressway and Rockaway Turnpike from Seagirt Boulevard to the JFK Airport.”

After several visits to the area and a meeting, signal timing changes were made. County officials said that state DOT will conduct a study of the area to “develop an overall signal timing plan for additional improvement in the operations along the corridor.” The county will also meet with the city’s Metropolitan Transportation Council to discuss improvements to the Nassau Queens Interface Study for a deeper study of possible improvements.

Nassau County Deputy Presiding Officer Howard Kopel (R-Lawrence) who initiated a constituent letter-writing campaign in 2014 to get the state to move on plans for the expressway said it is good the traffic signals were synchronized, but the state is shortchanging taxpayers.

“The only thing in my opinion that will do any good to get the traffic from the South Shore off the commercial strip is a bypass,” he said. “There are people who are traveling to Queens or Manhattan and just want to get where they are going.”

Guarding against coronavirus in care facilities By mAtthEw FERREmi mferremi@liherald.com

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities have been one of the most atrisk places for the spread of coronavirus since the pandemic began in March.

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, represents more than 14,000 nursing homes and assisted living communities across the country that provide care to roughly five million people annually. In an Oct. 19 press release, the organization’s CEO Mark Parkinson said facilities should prepare for a potential winter spike in Covid cases.

“The number one factor in keeping Covid out of our nursing homes is reducing the level of the virus in the surrounding community,” Parkinson said. “While the support we have received from Congress and other public health agencies have helped our facilities we could still see another wave of Covid cases caused by the sheer volume of rising cases in communities across the U.S. given the asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic spread of this virus.”

Joe Benden the head administrator for the Five Towns Premier Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Woodmere, said the facility follows the most up-todate safety protocols. “We do weekly staff testing and also continue to do staff

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FiVE towNS PREmiER Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center administrator Joe Benden said that staff is screened for Covid-19 symptoms daily. Benden is pictured here with staff on Oct. 21. screening upon entering the building,” he said. “Visitors have to bring a negative Covid test that was taken in the last seven days in order to enter.

A negative Covid test is not required for all visitors. Benden said that there are compassionate care visits, for visitors whose loved ones are not doing well clinically or close to dying. “For regular visitation, family members have to make an

appointment and visits take place on the patio or downstairs in the lobby,” he said.

“There is usually not enough time for a visitor to get a Covid test, especially for the end of life scenario.”

At the Bristal Assisted Living facility in North Woodmere, Maryellen McKeon, the senior vice president of operations, credited the staff with providing the best for residents under tough circumstances.

“The Bristal communities – and the staff who make them truly special places to call home – work tirelessly to provide the very best for residents,” she said.

“The team members are always at the ready to go above and beyond, extending their responsibilities to include tasks outside of what their job descriptions dictate.

They showed this true dedication at the onset of the pandemic.” McKeon added that all residents are monitored daily for signs or symptoms of illness, including daily temperature checks.

Bristal facilities have Personal Protective Equipment in case of a Covid spike.

“We have well-established policies and procedures which are in place throughout each of our departments,” she said.

“One of the biggest differences between the beginning of the pandemic and today is that now we have access to testing. We will continue to follow Federal and State Department of Health regulations and requirements for New York and New Jersey.”

Benden said hat he appreciates how the residents’ families have been understanding of the protocols. “We appreciate the community’s support as the residents and their families have been patient, understanding and supportive throughout the whole process,” he said. “To get positive feedback from the family members when they come in is a great thing.”

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Meadowmere Park house fire injures three

By JEFFREY BESSEN and MATTHEW FERREMI jbessen@liherald.com, mferremi@liherald.com

The Meadowmere Park and Lawrence Cedarhurst fire departments, along with at least 13 other departments totaling 125 firefighters, battled to extinguish a threehouse fire in Meadowmere Park for two and half hours on Nov. 1, officials said.

It is believed to be a gas explosion from the home at 3 South Street between West and East avenue, according to LCFD, that impacted two other homes, 1 and 5 South Street, officials said. All three houses were destroyed, officials said. Neighbors say the explosion sounded like a bomb.

The fire call came in at 5:39 a.m.

Meadowmere Park Fire Chief Kevin Carrero said that all the residents got out of the homes. Carrero was the Herald's 2012 Person of the Year for his efforts to help the community after Hurricane Sandy. The New York City Fire Department and the Nassau County Police Department also responded.

Michael Uttaro, Nassau County assistant chief fire marshal, said that a wall that collapsed in the house where the fire originated injured two Valley Stream firefighters. One firefighter was taken to the Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow and the other was taken to Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside.

Both suffered bruises and cuts to their shoulder areas, police said. A 63-year-old

Photos by Jeffrey Bessen/Herald

LookINg NoRTH oN West Avenue in Meadowmere Park at the three houses damaged in a gas explosion fire on Nov. 1. man who lived in the home where the fire began suffered severe burns and taken to NUMC. Several vehicles were also charred by the blaze.

Rockaway Turnpike was closed in both directions between Brookville and Peninsula boulevards for a few hours, then reopened Area power was shutoff then resumed near 11:30 a.m.

Nassau County Marshals investigating the multiple-house fire said that they are not considering it suspicious at this time.

Community help

Meadowmere Park residents have joined together to help their neighbors.

The Ladies Auxiliary began a donation drop off at 1 Meyer Ave. that will be shared with all three families affected by the fire. Donors can also use Venmo to

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Bringing local sports home every week

Herald sports POPS softball perseveres amid pandemic

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

Just like every sports organization at every level, 2020 brought unprecedented challenges for POPS 40 & Over Softball, which recently completed its 22nd year on the South Shore of Nassau County.

“We’re thrilled to say we played a whole season without any member testing positive for the virus,” said POPS founder and commissioner Keith Pastuch, a retired chiropractor who resides in East Atlantic Beach. “It took a lot of work to pull it off, and this was the most rewarding year out of the 22.”

POPS traditionally conducts two seasons each year from early May through late August, but had to eliminate fall ball for 2020 after Covid-19 forced its spring/summer schedule to be delayed by more than two months.

“The thanks and appreciation I’ve received from players and their wives and family members has been incredible,” Pastuch said. “Probably the one thing everyone missed was the camaraderie after games. We had to ask guys not to hang out in the parking lot or stick around to watch other games after they played.”

POPS, which had 400 players this year, down from the usual 550, not only followed New York State Department of Health guidelines for Covid-19, but also took additional precautions to keep everyone safe, Pastuch noted.

“Because we’re dealing with older players, we were advised to have everyone wear a mask in the dugout areas,” he said. “Because of guidelines, catchers wore masks during games, as well as the first- and third-base coaches and the umpires.”

Similar to youth org anizations, POPS players were not permitted to share equipment or drink bottles, or celebrate with the usual high-five or fist bump. Postgame handshakes were replaced by the tip of a cap.

One unexpected hurdle to get the season off the ground, Pastuch said, was securing enough field per mits.

Because if Covid-19 restrictions, some familiar fields were not available or only available through the end of August. Because of this year’s delay, fields were needed until mid-October to get a 12-game regular season in, plus playoffs. “It came down to the wire in terms of getting enough permits,” Pastuch said.

When the action finally began July 13, players took the field with heavy hearts. A beloved member of the POPS family, longtime director Bob Lashinsky, lost his battle with Covid-19 in March. Pastuch organized a drive-by past Lashinsky’s Bellmore home to

Photos courtesy Keith Pastuch

TEaM PaSTuch, aBOVE, captured the 60 and older division championship in the POPS softball league, which overcame a myriad of obstacles to get a full season in.

TEaM GrEGOrETTI fINIShEd No. 1 in the 40-plus division.

ThErE waS NO stopping Team Cohen, below, in the 50-C division.

pay respects, and nearly 100 cars took part. A scholarship, presented to a graduating high school senior related to a POPS member, was established in Lashinky’s name in honor of Bob and his father, Leo. While there’s long been a waiting list to join POPS, Pastuch said that would not be the case for 2021. With the help of six directors and seven field supervisors, he has already secured additional weeknights at various fields to accommodate m o r e g a m e s . Fo r m o r e information, visit www.popsoftball.com.

New Woodmere Stop & Shop opens its doors jbessen@liherald.com

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ASSociAtE ExEcutivE DiREctoR of the Gural JCC Stacey Feldman, left, and Woodmere Stop & Shop store manager Artur Alchasov with a facsimile check. er Artur Alchasov noted that there are mix and match selections to create an individual six pack. There are also many others items from local vendors from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, he added.

For the convenience of customers, the new store also offers online shopping

with orders being placed at stopandshop. com and pick up from outside the building that was formerly a Kmart department store and in-store the price guns are available to scan items as you shop. Along with the traditional checkout areas there are several self-checkout machines.

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The aisles are wide, the lighting is bright and freshness abounds with the grand opening of the new 67,000-squarefoot Stop & Shop supermarket at 253-0 Rockaway Blvd., in the Five Towns Shopping Center on Oct. 30, and listed as the Woodmere store by Stop & Shop officials.

A kosher produce area leads into the two-sided kosher food aisle that includes dairy, frozen, grocery and meat items and wraps around to the fish area. Among the 2,000 kosher items, half are new, according to Stop & Shop spokeswoman Stefanie Shuman, including the hard-to-get Sprinkles line of frozen treats.

Stop & Shop shoppers will recognize the familiar produce, bakery and deli departments that include twists such as a flatbread pizza station, the first on Long Island and among only a handful of all the supermarket franchise’s more than 400 stores. There is also a sushi made fresh in-story daily and a hot foods bar, all made for grab and go meal. “You can take it on the go or have it baked here,” Shuman said about the pizza, “it’s all assembled here.” The pizza and sushi nonkosher.

Beer aficionados will find the expansive area full of their favorite beverage including local brews such as Greenport Harbor, Montauk and offerings from the Port Jeff Brewing Company. Store manag-

what Stop & Shop officials called “remodels” of several Nassau County stores that dovetails with the supermarket company’s remodeling of 21 Stop & Shops in Suffolk County. Later this year stores in Glen Cove, Huntington, Port Washington and West Babylon are receiving makeover and others are to be “refreshed” in 2021. Stop & Shop in Inwood in the Burnside Commons closed on Oct. 29. It is unknown at this time if any other supermarket will take its place.

It’s very exciting and it’s all about teamwork,” Alchasov said about opening a new store. “I was looking forward to this as all the hard work came to fruition.

As part of the grand opening, Stop & Shop donated $1,000 and $500 of Nature’s Promise natural organic products to the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC, which runs a kosher food pantry in Cedarhurst.

“Stop & Shop is providing an amazing selection of kosher products, that will be so important to Jewish consumers throughout the greater Five Towns,” said Stacey Feldman, associate executive director of the Gural JCC. “Stop & Shop has been a longtime supporter of the Rina Shkolnik Kosher Food Pantry. Their ongoing support for the work we do underscores their commitment to the Five Towns. They truly understand the role that a corporate citizen can play in improving and enhancing the lives of its neighbors.”

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Herald Inside LI focuses on development

By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

Panelists from several different sectors involved in commercial real estate offered a positive outlook on Nassau County’s economic development during the latest Herald Inside LI webinar on Oct. 29.

Financial, legal, government and development professionals engaged in discussion about current projects and how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their work. Those speakers were Michael Maturo, president of RXR Realty; John S. Madigan, senior vice president and director of Emerging Corporates-Long Island, Citi Commercial Bank; Kyle Strober, executive director at Association for a Better Long Island; Sophia A. Perna-Plank, associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP; Harry Coghlan, CEO and executive director of Nassau County Industrial Development Agency and Tom Pistore, president of commercial operations for UBS Arena at Belmont Park.

Skye Ostreicher, of Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLive, moderated the discussion. RichnerLive produced the webinar and started the Herald Inside LI series in August to spark conversations about how the Covid-19 crisis has impacted life on Long Island. In this webinar, the big questions were: How has commercial real estate been impacted, and what does this mean for Nassau’s economy?

One of the newest commercial projects in the works is the UBS Arena at Belmont Park, being built on Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont, which will open with the Islanders 2021-22 hockey season.

Pistore said he sees the project as a “beacon in the community” during this dark time — it will create 10,000 construction jobs, 3,000 permanent jobs and build a new railroad in Elmont, he said. He noted that the build is following the “three S’s” — sanitization, security and sustainability. He also said that developers are working closely with partners, such as Northwell Health, to create a diversity and inclusion plan to ensure the community benefits from the project.

“There’s a lot of darkness right now — a lot of uncertainty, a lot of anxiety,” Pistore said. “The construction continues; we are on track. We’re making great strides

with our Islanders fans. We’re making great strides with our premium fans, with our music lineup that’s about to be announced, with our partner UBS, which is our naming partner, and Northwell.”

Maturo, whose company is developing the Nassau HUB near Nassau Coliseum, noted that before the pandemic, there was a real interest in creating vibrant, walkable downtowns on Long Island. While this still stands, there are now many more factors involved, including people staying home more than they used to. People are also working from home — Maturo said his commercial office buildings are only 10 to 12 percent occupied at this time — and there is an influx of people moving from the city to the suburbs.

Taking all of this into account, Maturo said he believes that post-pandemic, once there is a vaccine, “there’s going to be an explosion in activity,” he said. “There will be greater connectivity, both literally in terms of how we move between the city and the suburbs, but more so how the suburbs collaborate and integrate with the city in terms of economic activity.”

Maturo advocated for more public transportation in Nassau County’s future, which he hopes to integrate into the Nassau HUB, a multi-use, village-style development.

The pandemic has also brought new companies leasing office buildings on Long Island — as residential real estate has climbed, so has commercial, in markets such as offices and rental buildings.

“We are seeing a lot of our clients, especially from Brooklyn or Queens, are looking to move their facilities out to Long Island,” Madigan said, “so a lot of commercial real estate requests we’re getting right now are companies looking to move out here. Long Island is definitely benefiting.”

Strober added that eventually people will return to their offices, and that will be a plus, as well. He did warn, however, that the economy may need another boost well before things start returning to normal.

“The federal government shot the economy in the arm,” he said, referring to the CARES Act, which offered loans to businesses across the country, as well as stimulus checks and unemployment benefits that allowed people to spend their dollars,

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“and slowly we’re going to be weaning off that high and we’re going to need another shot.”

Perna-Plank said she represents several big-box clients filing for bankruptcy, such as retailer Pier 1, which recently closed all its brick-and-mortar locations.

This puts landlords in a situation in which they need to fill large spaces with new leases.

“Our landlords have to get creative,” she said. “They have to start breaking up these large leasable areas. If they have a store that’s 5,000 square feet, they’re going to have to do some work and chop those up so that they can start filling those spaces.”

As businesses struggle during the pandemic, Perna-Plank also said landlords are working with their tenants to negotiate plans for rent payments.

Coghlan also spoke about his role in aiding businesses that want to open and thrive in Nassau County, such as offering several different types of tax incentives.

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CloCkwise from top right: Moderator Skye Ostreicher; John S. Madigan, senior vice president and director of Emerging Corporates-Long Island, Citi Commercial Bank; Michael Maturo, president of RXR Realty; Tom Pistore, president of commercial operations for UBS Arena at Belmont Park; Kyle Strober, executive director at Association for a Better Long Island; Harry Coghlan, CEO and executive director of Nassau County Industrial Development Agency; and Sophia A. Perna-Plank, associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP, discussed economic development on Long Island during a Herald Inside LI webinar on Oct. 29.

in New York and one of eight on Long Island. Its programs help Nassau County’s economy remain competitive with surrounding regions, the panelists said.

“We address the affordability,” Coghlan said. “There’s a lot of discussion about PILOT programs and things we do…

We’re not giving corporate welfare; we’re not destroying the tax base of Long Island.

It’s frustrating when we work hard on a great project and you just see ‘tax breaks’ in the headline …

“I look at it as tax creation,” he continued. “We’re not going to do anything that’s going to destroy the tax base. We’re only seeking to grow it, which will offset the burden on our residents as we’re working with manufacturing companies and wholesale companies who move here.”

RXR Realty, Citibank and Jaspan Schlesinger LLP sponsored the webinar.

Herald Inside LI is a weekly webinar series. To view a recording of this webinar and to register for future ones, visit liherald.com/insideli.

Webinar to discuss youth mental health In recent years, local school districts have placed greater emphasis on mental health improvement initiatives and support systems for students. Now, amid the Covid-19 crisis and a rapidly changing world as we head into the holiday season, students may need those resources more than ever.

During the next Herald Inside LI webinar on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m., school officials and behavioral specialists, as well as a local elected official working closely on the issue, will discuss how schoolaged children have been impacted by the pandemic and what solutions Long

Island has available to it. Panelists will include: ■ Dr. Vera Feuer, child and adolescent psychiatrist, Northwell Health ■ Dr. William B. Johnson, state monitor of Hempstead School District and former superintendent of Rockville Centre School District ■ State Sen. Todd Kaminsky ■ Dr. Jeffrey L. Reynolds, president and CEO of Family & Children’s Association ■ Dr. Charles Schleien, chair of pediat-

ric services at Northwell Health Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, will moderate the conversation and deliver questions from viewers. The webinar will also touch upon Northwell’s partnership with several Nassau County school districts to provide mental health services at Cohen Children’s Behavioral Health Center on Merrick Road in Rockville Centre, as well as FCA’s partnership with the North Shore and Great Neck school districts.

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and the guest speaker would be past temple President Jim Rotenberg, whose parents lived through Kristallnacht in Berlin and fled Germany afterward.

“Covid-19 and anti-Semitism are two viruses that are gripping America right now,” Rosenbaum said. “It’s more important than ever in our here-todaygone-tomorrow atmosphere that the lessons of the past must not be forgotten.”

He added that commemorations like these help remind people of the importance of erasing hatred. “After the Holocaust, we said never again, and that wasn’t with a question mark, it was with an exclamation point,” Rosenbaum said. “People have to take personal responsibility that the message, tragedy and danger of the Holocaust is never to be forgotten.”

Graber acknowledged that Temple Hillel would do mostly virtual events and services for the foreseeable future.

“Maybe we’ll invite a small amount of people to come in during the next few months, but we don’t know exactly when we’ll be able to do that,” he said.

“We have to see which way this pandemic goes. Hopefully there won’t be any big Covid spikes going forward.”

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Rabbi Steven GRabeR, top, far left, of Temple Hillel in North Woodmere, has been conducting virtual services since March.

continued from front page Kupchik said. “We need to continue to adapt to this new reality and the changing conditions of the virus spread in our area. We need to strive for the most normal level of activity that we can safely achieve, be it in person or virtual.”

Milton Lipitz, president of the men’s club at Temple Beth El, noted the importance of the temple’s commemoration of both Veterans Day and Kristallnacht. “It’s important to acknowledge the veteran men and women for their sacrifices,” Lipitz said. “In both cases of Veterans Day and Kristallnacht, we should never forget.

That’s why we must honor both occasions every year.”

Temple Beth El congregants, Kupchik said, are adjusting to the continuing pandemic. “Every day we see a new record of infections being broken,” he said, “and despite advances in treatment, patient hospitalizations are increasing across the country. At this point, most of our activities and services are online, but we have a full schedule of offerings in order to continue to connect and engage with our members and our community.”

Since March, Temple Israel, in Lawrence, has been holding not just virtual services, but also virtual events with guest speakers. Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum said that the temple would hold a virtual Kristallnacht service on Friday night,

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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to linger on, some Five Towners have picked up or revisited hobbies with the extra time they have had since March, Melanie Glick Rosen, an administrative assistant in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District athletic office, said that she has been learning new languages such as Russian and Yiddish. “I’m concentrating more on the Russian since the Russian population of the Hewlett-Woodmere district is increasing,” she said.

“Plus, my grandparents emigrated from Russia in 1992 so it would be great to be able to speak the language.”

Rosen also said that she has been taking day trips throughout the pandemic.

“Since a lot of beautiful sites are not crowded by tourists, I have taken many day trips throughout Long Island, New York City and upstate New York,” she said. “The city streets were practically empty. This is a great time to explore since people are being so reclusive.”

Hewlett resident Stefanie Aiytas has turned to solving crossword puzzles to keep her mind sharp during the pandemic. “I think with being home all day with a six and a two year old, I was just starting to feel like my brain was turning to mush,” she said. “I wanted something that I could do quietly at night when the kids were asleep that was fun, got my brain thinking again but that I

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could pick up or put down as needed. I think I’ve gone through about three full crossword books” The pandemic has also been a time for some to stay in shape. Helene Igielski noted how she got back into exercising after taking a hiatus from it. “During the lockdown we were baking and eating and the weight was going up.

The owner of my former gym got rid of his location and did virtual sessions at a much more reasonable price,” she said. “They reached out to for mer members and I knew I needed to make a change. Our coach is such an inspiration both physically and mentally, this it was the push I needed.”

Some view their hobbies as a way to escape from negativity surrounding news on the virus. Inwood resident Deletrious Jackson said that she has rediscovered gardening and planting in the past few months.

“Planting is usually a seasonal hobby but due to Covid and the gloominess of the disease with people dying, I need a little brightness and positivity in my life,” Jackson posted n Facebook in response to the Herald’s question. “I expanded my regular garden to artificial as well to brighten things up. Gardening is peaceful and it keeps my mind off of all that’s going on even for a brief moment. We all need to tune the news and what’s going on out for a while.”

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There, I got to share my story as a businessman over the years. I never even thought that I’d get into something like a talk show. I just knew that the show was all about helping people in general, so I decided to give it a shot.

Tina invited me to return as a guest for several shows, and now I’m a member of the club’s advisory board. Earlier this year, I joined Tina as one of the show’s co-host, and I’ve been helping her to bring in new guests. We each have our own platform, but now we’re putting that all together. We really don’t know much about the guests before the show, but that style and approach seems to work.

I knew that the Breakfast Club didn’t have a home base, so once we started talking about the idea of having the club at my business, G’s Dance and Night Club, she jumped on it. It’s amazing to be part of an organization that’s dedicated to helping others. Sometimes in life, people get lost and we’re helping people find their way.

Communicating with people in-person is what I’ve looked forward to the most through our meetings with guests for the show. Like many other people, my business slowed down during the shutdown, and it slowed down a lot of the things we do at the Breakfast Club. But now we’re back at it. You don’t realize what you miss until you don’t have it anymore, and I think a lot people have come to that realization during this pandemic.

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We set up the farmer’s market at Syd’s house in Cedarhurst. It lets members of the American Legion come to the house and do their shopping. There’s social distancing and masks being worn, so the setup is safe. It gives the opportunity for some of these veterans to get out of the house and catch up with fellow veterans.

They’ll be chatting, and the next thing you know, war stories are being told. We have the farmer’s market set up on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

On Nov. 7, the American Legion and other veteran organizations were planning to hold a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, but that has been canceled. Lawrence-Cedarhurst Post 339 is planning to hold a ceremony on Nov. 11 in Cedarhurst Park.

My perspective has always been that veterans are a part of my extended family.

What we try to do is outreach wherever we can to help. I believe that if fellow veterans don’t take care of each other, then nobody else is going to do it. The focus always is to try and help where help is needed. That is what American Legion tries to do on a regular basis.

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Since then I was promoted to deputy director. I interview and I watch every instructor that comes through these doors to be with seniors and instruct them. It’s critical that each of them have knowledge of how the body works. It’s also how they instruct and the level that they can judge if one person has to go at one pace and another at another pace, the instructor can adjust so that everyone feels they get something out of the workout.

When the pandemic hit, I thought, ‘How am I going to keep these seniors at the level of fitness they’ve maintained all these years?’ I started taping myself on my phone and reached out to the village and Sandel to see if we could make a show of it. At first we thought it would be a couple weeks, but the development of the show became more and more important and impactful, as they wouldn't be able to come in for services.

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Teachers also have to clean and disinfect their classrooms and toys two to three times a day. Once a week, a cleaning person comes to the school and does a deep cleaning of everything in the school.

Our goal is to keep everyone safe in my school. I want to keep things safe for the kids.

Although a lot is different, we still have maintained some of our old traditions. We recently were able to go on a field trip to a pumpkin farm. Everyone wore masks, and we disinfected the bus in between uses. It’s great that we have been able to return to having field trips.

When the pandemic started, our school only provided classes to the children of essential workers. Now, we are in full enrollment from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. However, many children have not returned back to school. The pandemic is scary, and many parents are concerned for their children. Before the pandemic, we had a total of 60 students enrolled in our school, and now we only have 35 students enrolled in our school.

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For Atlantic Beach resident Emily DiCeglio, she has used her time inside during the coronavirus pandemic to help bring comfort to children who are in the hospital.

DiCeglio, a 17-year-old senior student at Kellenberg Memorial High School in Uniondale started the Bundles of Love initiative in mid-March.

She has made and delivered more than 400 blankets. She has delivered them to hospitals in New York City and on Long Island.

“Since I was a child, my baby blanket brought me comfort, and to this day, it still holds true,” DiCeglio said. “During these challenging times of a pandemic, my heart went out to all the hospitalized children feeling scared, lonely and isolated.”

Children in Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan and the Ronald McDonald House in New Hyde Park have received her homemade blankets. “The supportive and kind feedback I’ve received, from both the pediatric patients and medical professional staff has been so heartwarming,” she added.

AnnMarie DiFrancesca is the director of the Child Life Program at Mount Sinai South Nassau. She noted her appreciation for DiCeglio’s efforts in delivering blankets to the hospital.

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DiCeglio’s mother, Michele DiCeglio, said that her daughter thought of the idea right after the pandemic began.

“She's 17 but still has this baby blanket that gives her comfort,” Michele, who works in the Lawrence School District said. “A week into being home, we just had a conversation about how family members couldn’t see their loved ones in the hospital. From that, she wanted to do something to help comfort those patients.”

Michele noted how happy she was to hear that her daughter wanted to do this. “My initial reaction to hearing her tell me this was that I was so proud of her,” she said. “She researched fabrics and from there, she got to work.”

Michele added that more than $7,000 has been donated to Bundles of Love since the initiative began.

Even as DiCeglio is preparing to study to become a nurse practitioner next fall, Bundles of Love is something she wants to work on throughout her life.

“The words of encouragement fill my heart with so much joy knowing that I am making a difference in a child's life,” she said. “My hope is that Bundles of Love will continue to bring sick children emotional support by providing them with comfort and love.”

For the remainder of the year, DiCeglio has a goal of receiving $2,020 in donations so that she can deliver 200 more blankets. Donations can be made on PayPal at: https://bit.ly/31Y8Y7X.

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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.

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[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 NOTICE OF ELECTION: ATLANTIC BEACH FIRE DISTRICT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Fire District election of the Atlantic Beach Fire District will be held on the 8TH day of December 2020 between the hours of 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at the Atlantic Beach Fire Rescue Headquarters, located at Bridge Access Road a/k/a One Rescue Road, Atlantic Beach, New York for the purpose of electing one (1) Fire Commissioner for a term of five (5) years from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025.

The polls shall be open for voting from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. and for such additional time as shall be necessary to permit the electors present at the time of closing to cast their votes.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that in order to vote at this Fire District election, a person must be a registered voter with the Nassau County Board of Elections on or before

November 16, 2020 and must have resided in the Fire District for 30 days preceding the date of said election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that candidates for District office shall file their names with the Secretary of the District, Commissioner Arnold M. Geller and in addition a petition subscribed to by twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District nominating such candidates for District office at least twenty (20) days prior to December 8, 2020.

Dated:Atlantic Beach, New York Date:November 2, 2020

By Order of the Board of Fire Commissioners ARNOLD M. GELLER, Commissioner-District Secretary 123690

LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE FOR FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION Annual Election of Lawrence North Fire District December 8, 2020 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Annual Election of the Lawrence North Fire District will take place on December 8, 2020, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Inwood Community Center located at 270 Lawrence Avenue, Lawrence, New York, for the purpose of electing one commissioner for a fiveyear term, commencing January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2025. All residents of the Lawrence North Fire District duly registered to vote on or before November 16, 2020 shall be eligible to vote.

Candidates for District Office shall file their names with Michelle Bocci, the Secretary of the Lawrence North Fire District at 10 Dory Lane, Massapequa, New York 11758 no later than November 18, 2020. By Order of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Lawrence North Fire District.

Michelle Bocci Fire District Secretary Lawrence North Fire District 123710 LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor will hold a board meeting on November 12, 2020 at 5:00 pm at which time the Board of Trustees will vote on a local law adding to Chapter 17 “Building Construction” entitled “Gated Communities within the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor” at which time all interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard.

A copy of the proposed amendments are located on the Village website:

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR MICHAEL RYDER Village Clerk Dated: October 23, 2020 Hewlett Harbor, New York 123616

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 in session at Village Hall, 449 Pepperidge Road, Hewlett Harbor, New York 11557, on Thursday, November 12, 2020 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 that day.

Due to social distancing guidelines, occupancy of Village Hall is limited. All persons wishing to speak during Good and Welfare will be permitted to do so one at a time and MUST WEAR FACE MASKS AND SOCIALLY DISTANCE 6 FEET. Those persons planning to attend the meeting and who require special accommodations because of a disability are requested to notify the Village Clerk no less than 48 hours prior to the meeting.

Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York October 23, 2020

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR MICHAEL RYDER VILLAGE CLERK 123614 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE INWOOD FIRE DISTRICT, INWOOD, NEW YORK. There will be a General Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Inwood Fire District as f o l l o w s : Time: 7:00 P.M. Date:Thursday, November 12, 2020 Place:DISTRICT OFFICE Rose Lynch, District Clerk 123694 LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Board of Trustees, Village of Hewlett Neck Date:November 16, 2020 Time:8:00 p.m.

Place:Village Hall, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York and via Zoom videoconference Subject:Bill HN 2001 A local law to amend the Code of the Village of Hewlett Neck, in relation to prohibiting certain construction and landscaping work on Saturdays

At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters.

The proposed law is an Unlisted Action under SEQRA, as to which no environmental determination has been made by the Board of Trustees 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.

The Zoom login information is: Meeting ID: 836 8716 7440 Passcode: 001835 Dated: November 5, 2020

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Michelle Blandino, Village Clerk 123706 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 November 18, 2020 at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club, 101 Causeway, 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: “ Abittan, 247 Juniper Circle East & 9 Keewaydin Road -Section 212-12.1 of the Village Code states the maximum surface coverage for a lot size of 36,013 SF in area is 10,493 SF. Section 212-12.1 of the Village Code states the maximum front yard surface coverage for a lot size of 36,013SF in area is 526.44 SF. Section 212-12.1 of the Village Code states the states the minimum side yard setback for a lot size of 36,013 SF in area is 20 ft.

Section 212-12.1 of the Village Code states the minimum aggregate setback for a lot size of 36,013 SF in area is 40 ft.

Section 212-12.1 of the Village code states the maximum side yard height/setback ratio for a lot size of 36,013 SF in area 1.1.

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. Section 212-15.B of the Village Code states the maximum height for a

single-family dwelling in a Residential District BB is 36 ft. Section 212-24.D of the Village Code states accessory structures must be located in a side or rear yard.

Section 212-55.A of the Village Code states no recreational structure shall be constructed in a front yard.

Section 212-55.A of the Village Code states the minimum side and rear yard setbacks for a recreational structure are 20 ft. “ Jedwab, 25 Bayberry Road - Section 212-12.1 of the Village Code states, the maximum impervious surface coverage for a lot size of 12,288 SF in area is 3,558 SF. Section 212-48.B of the Village Code states, in Zoning District BB, the minimum rear yard setback for a pool is 20 ft. “ Russo, 3 Meadow Drive - Section 212-12.1 of the Village Code states the maximum front yard surface coverage for a lot size of 38,239 SF in area is 2,237.7 SF Section 70-11.B of the Village Code states that it shall be unlawful to alter, change, add to or remove from any site soil or other material which will result in any deviation from the original grade of the property.

Section 212-24.D of the Village Code states accessory structures must be located in a side or rear yard. Section 212-27.C (2) of the Village Code states that an accessory structure may not exceed a vertical distance of 12 ft. measured from the grade plane to the average height of the roof surface. “ 348-350 Central Ave LLC, 248 & 350 Central Avenue Section 212-23.A (1) of the Village Code states that no building in Business District K may be used for business establishments operated primarily for recreational purposes.

Section 212-23.H (1) of the Village Code states that every building altered or erected shall provide one parking spot for each 200 square feet of gross floor area in the building.

Section 212-23.I (11) (a) states that at least 1.25 parking spots must be provided for each dwelling unit.

The application(s) and accompanying exhibit(s) 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: October 31, 2020 123695 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 November 19, 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, pool equipment, patio and relocate existing generator.

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 structure in a 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 for the inground pool. Applicant is requesting a 5’ side yard setback and a 5’ rear yard setback for the generator and pool equipment.

Continuation…Mr. Frank Gotilbovsky 1111 Harbor Road Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557, is requesting to maintain a two (2) car garage conversion to habitable space and erect a one story one car garage.

Applicant requests relief from Village Zoning Code 145-18.2 and 145-25.A. Section 145-18.2 states: Existing dwellings with enclosed garage space on-premises hereafter altered shall maintain not less than one enclosed garage space with interior dimensions of not less than 10 feet by 20 feet.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.

Mr. & Mrs. Guy Friedman 1312 Club Drive Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557, are requesting a front lot line adjustment between two (2) single separate abutting lots. Applicant requests relief from village zoning code 145-19 which states: No building in a residential “A” district shall be erected on any lot having a street frontage of less than 125’. Lot 6 has a

street frontage of 106’.

Applicants are requesting a transfer of 19’ from Lot 7 to Lot 6. The proposed transfer of lot lines is to address the street frontage shortage.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS STEVEN GOLD, CHAIRMAN ZONING BOARD MICHAEL RYDER Village Clerk Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York October 30, 2020 123707 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: November 19, 2020 Time: 8:00 p.m.

Place: Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York Subject: Case # 20384 - Carolyn Okin, 75 Vernon Avenue, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509.

Applicant proposes to construct a 16’ X 36’ inground swimming pool within the side yard setback. Applicant is seeking relief from the Zoning Code of the Village of Atlantic Beach, Section: 250-84(A) (1) No outdoor swimming pool shall be installed or maintained unless: Such pool is installed wholly in the rear yard of the premises.

Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 39, Lots 11-16 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 2, 2020

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LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE FOR FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION AND PREPARATION OF REGISTRATION ROLLS Annual Election of Meadowmere Fire District December 8, 2020 PLEASE BE ADVISED that the Board of Elections of the Meadowmere Fire District shall meet on the 24th day of November, 2020 between the hours of 6:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. at the Meadowmere Fire House, 14 Meyer Avenue, Lawrence, New York for the purpose of preparing the rolls of registered voters of the Meadowmere Fire District.

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Adapting to new learning methods amid Covid Who would have thought that in 2020 students would have online classes? Despite having clubs and school events cancelled because of Covid-19, despite students having to go through these dark times, Lawrence Woodmere Academy is able to find some light within this darkness.

The teachers, students and parents at LWA are finding new ways to keep spirits up during these desolate times. At LWA, teachers are able to keep morale high by putting a new spin on old traditions.

Director of Performing Arts Tasha Partee plans to incorporate the online and in-school students in the school’s annual spring musical. She will either project the on-line students onto the stage during the play or have everyone film their scenes independently and create a movie for the families. Despite the challenges she faces, Partee has a positive attitude.

“The show must go on is as true now as it has ever been,” she said. “While we face

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many challenges, we are embracing the opportunity to explore innovations in staging and technology. Rather than viewing the challenges we face as a deficit, we are asking ourselves how our theatre productions can be enhanced by Zoom, film, and our combination of remote and in-person performers and crew members. It’s an opportunity to think outside the box, make ophia discoveries, and create solutions we otherwise might not have considered.”

Sports and physical education continue at LWA. Athletic Director David O’Keeffe has been finding new ways to get everyone involved and take part in physical education, even the students who are working remotely.

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teachers is how we blend our lessons to incorporate all students — both in-person and remote . . . I have been using technology,” O’Keeffe said. “I teach all my classes through Zoom. This platform allows me to share my screen with every student . . . For PE we have been focusing on fitness.

I stream a workout via YouTube or Sworkit and the students follow along with both eSare myself and the online instructor. We have a 100-inch screen in our gym for every student to see. Remote students have been urged to download free fitness apps that allow them to track their workouts and post on Google Classroom for us all to see. These are unique times but every student is a huge part of the solution and not the problem.”

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O’Keeffe said he planning to have a soccer season even though we cannot have games against other schools. He plans to still hold practices to keep the kids ready for next season.

From Oct. 26 to 30, Head of School Brian O’Connell planned a Covid-safe spirit week to keep spirits high within the LWA community. Each day students and teachers dressed up in fun and wacky outfits for Crazy Hat Day, Pajama Day, School Spirit Day and other fun activities, helping everyone enjoy this spooky season.

Teachers led Halloween-themed activities every day. O’Connell has also organized the Cultural Celebration and Understanding Club, composed of students, which helps the LWA community celebrate our multiculturalism. During these Spooky times, everyone in the Lawrence Woodmere Academy community has something to look forward to this school year.

I am frightened!

This article was written two days before Election Day. When you read this, we may or may not know who won the presidency. No matter who wins, I will remain vigilant, as there is no doubt in my mind that the president in power plans to stay in power – creating chaos if need be. Crying foul play!

Appealing to the worst in our natures!

We should not be complacent. We should be worried. We’ve had many incidents occur under his administration that we believe would never happen in our democracy – and yet they’ve happened!

When I was in grad school, one of my professors was Dr. Stanley Milgram. His research on obedience was profound, teaching us a lesson we must never forget. His experiments, repeated many times with many different segments of the population, concluded that almost 2/3rds of people from all walks of life will do what they’re told to do by an authority.

Though many were agitated and disturbed by their actions, nevertheless

they complied. They shocked subjects who were screaming in pain, begging to be let out of the experiment, banging on the wall, wailing about their heart condition. Why did good-hearted people keep shocking their subjects even though they were c l e a rl y a g i t a t e d a b o u t doing so? Because the authority told them they “must” do it! By the way, Milgram was no sadistic m o n s t e r. T h e l e a r n e r ’s screams and cries were pre-recorded, so nobody inda was really hurt!

One of the profound lessons of Milgram’s experiments is that people have a powerful propensity to obey authority. Sometimes this is for the good – think wearing masks. Sometimes, it is dangerous, especially when there’s blind obedience to an authority who is unhindered by reason or morality.

So what will happen if Trump has

lost the election? He will have more than 2 months to claim it was rigged, saying it repeatedly as he did in 2016 – until he realized he won the election. Will he refuse to leave the White House?

Will he create an independent investigative force that takes months to decide who is President? Will he claim that the election was so rigged that the conservative Supreme Court must decide who the winner will be? Will he start a military skir mish or a full-blown apadin war, saying that he’s commander-in-chief and must stay in that position until we win the war?

Milgram’s research teaches us that we must be wary. It’s possible that a large percentage of the population might ag ree that the election was rigged and until any controversy is resolved, he should remain in office. If troops are required to escort him out of the White House on Jan. 20, it’d be the first time in our 244 year history that there‘d be no peaceful transition of

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power, which is the essence of democracy Though the election is over, we must continue to be vigilant about dangers to our democracy that lurk in the shadows and flaunt themselves in wide open spaces.

Yes, how many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn’t see.

Yes and how many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died.

The answer my friend is blowing in the wind; the answer is blowing in the wind.

Bob Dylan ©2020 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D. is a psychologist, coach and author. Her latest book, Overcoming Your Procrastination: College Student Edition! provides pointers on how to get a move on for perfectionists, dreamers, worriers, crisis-makers, defiers and pleasers. Available on www.

Amazon.com or at www.PsychWisdom. com.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Annual Election of the Meadowmere Fire District will take place on December 8, 2020 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Meadowmere Firehouse located at 14 Meyer Avenue, Lawrence, New York, for the purpose of electing one commissioner for a fiveyear term, commencing January 1, 2021, and ending December 31,

2025. All residents of the Meadowmere Fire District duly registered to vote on or before November 16, 2020 shall be eligible to vote.

Candidates for District Office shall file their names with Susan Lund, the Secretary of the Meadowmere Fire District at 14 Meyer Avenue, Lawrence, New York 11559 no later than November 18, 2020. By order of the Board of Fire

Commissioners of the Meadowmere Fire District.

Susan M. Lund Fire District Secretary Meadowmere Fire District 123705

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office located at 240 Broadway, Lawrence, NY 11559 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal manager of the Foundation is Frank Berkowitz.

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A. Not exactly, but you have to look at the big picture. You may feel like you’re getting burned, but the building code is actuonte eeper ally named The Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. Fire prevention is a primary reason that the building laws exist.

In many cases, building departments allow existing garages to have minor repairs without a permit, but only for things like replacing a garage door, a rotted section of wall base plate, shingles or siding, although you should always verify before starting. You described a near-complete rebuild, only saving the roof part of the garage, and your building official has determined that, beyond 50 percent change, the code for new buildings applies.

Even though your zoning code allows a free-standing accessory structure to be 2 feet to 4 feet from a property line, depending on your community, garages that are closer than 5 feet to a property line must have materials that are rated to prevent flame spread for an hour.

This is especially important in places where there’s a volunteer fire department that must take the time to assemble from all over the community before even heading off to put out the flames. In that precious time, without flame-retardant materials, the structure may not just become completely engulfed, but also spread fire to adjacent houses and other structures. Unless you never catch the news, you can clearly see how vulnerable whole towns and cities are, and just because we don’t live next to a forest, the unthinkable can still happen.

As for cost, aluminum siding, which actually still exists, may cost less, can be painted to match the house and lasts an average of 35 years. Fiber cement siding also does the job, but costs more.

Other choices include stucco over cement board and steel panels, all more costly. Aluminum or cement board eaves, gutters and roofing are also required, and even though most of the home construction industry doesn’t read or know the regulations, the requirements still exist, and cost the most when they aren’t adhered to and the work has to be done twice.

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Donald Trump was not an accidental president.

He didn’t win the White House in 2016 in a fluke, or because Hillary Clinton was a more flawed candialfonse date who ran a d’aMato weak campaign.

He won because he tapped into the valid concerns of Americans — both diehard Republicans and disaffected Democrats — about the future of the country.

These Americans decried the flood of good jobs out of the country in the name of “free trade” and “globalization.” They understood that the unchecked flood of illegal immigrants into the country further threatened good-paying jobs here with cheap labor. They were weary of exorbitantly expensive foreign wars, with

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lost American lives and floods of dollars that went to fight them instead of helping rebuild America. They wanted to see America put first, not last.

Trump merely distilled these legitimate concerns into that “America First” campaign. Americans responded to his straightforward pledge to Make America Great Again.

This may have surprised and dismayed some of the media and academic elites who live lives far removed from the American mainstream, but it didn’t surprise me, because I’ve lived my whole life in that mainstream.

As president, Trump largely kept his promise to restore American peace and prosperity. He ended foreign wars and avoided new wars. He grew the economy and jobs with lower taxes and less regulation. He nominated conservative judges he said he’d nominate. He kept his word.

Then Covid-19 struck, and Trump was swept up in his own flaws. He couldn’t concentrate long enough to see the huge threat the virus posed. He couldn’t overcome his know-it-all attitude to let Mike Pence and an able Coronavirus Task Force do its job. He just had to run the task force’s press briefings himself, dig-

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ging ever deeper holes for himself. It was as if FDR had tried to one-up Eisenhower by announcing D-Day the day before the troops hit the beach.

So if Trump has lost, or loses, his reelection bid, it won’t be because the old elites hate him, though they do. It will be because he just couldn’t help himself, and talked his way out of the presidency. It won’t be because of fake news, but because of his flawed penchant to make news. He’ll have only himself and no one else to blame.

And what about Joe Biden? Full disclosure here: Biden is an old and dear friend of mine. I’ve known him for 40 years, and I believe he’s a decent and honorable man. I also know he’s not a leftwing ideologue who is hankering to impose a socialist revolution on America.

Biden, like me, has lived his life in the American mainstream, and by nature he’s not inclined to swim out of it.

Joe’s problem, if he has, or does, become president, will be with the same left-wing elites who have battled Trump.

If he’s real lucky, the GOP will retain control of the Senate, so he’ll have a handy foil for not pursuing the left’s most radical agenda. But if he sweeps into office with

hen Covid-19 struck, President Trump was swept up in his own flaws.

both Houses of Congress in Democratic control, he’ll be hard-pressed to hold back the legislative floodgates.

If a President Biden and a compliant Congress impose steep new taxes and regulations in the midst of a fragile economic recovery, that recovery could collapse.

If he jumps back into the globalized freetrade mishmash, more U.S. jobs will hemorrhage out of the country. If he rejoins the deeply flawed Paris Agreement on climate change that imposed heavy burdens on the U.S. — while giving competitors like China and India a pass — more jobs still will flow out. If Biden accedes to the wild-eyed demands of enviro-extremists to dismantle America’s oil and gas industries, he could destroy America’s hardwon energy independence and further stifle any economic recovery.

What Biden would have to do to have a successful presidency is follow his own conscience and his own path. He would have to bang heads with the radicals in his own party. He would have to disappoint the same elites that cheered on his candidacy. He would have to lead, not follow.

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.

I’m smitten with Smitten and coveting Envy

y go-to source of comfort at this time of year is apples, particularly apples born and bred in New York state.

One of the sweetest compensations for the end of summer and the turn toward winter is the homey apple. It’s sad to say goodbye to cherries and peaches and plums, but apples take center stage in October and they hang on well into winter. Under the right conditions, apples can Randi be stored for five kReiss to six months. Try that with a peach.

Plums, peaches and cherries don’t have the same cultural and mythological powers as apples.

Eve didn’t pick a plum in the Garden of Eden. The Evil Stepmother didn’t offer Snow White a peach.

Apples have cachet. It is said that Alexander the Great enjoyed dwarf apples in Macedonia in 300 B.C. Today there are some 7,500 different cultivars, with qualities ranging from tooth-aching sweetness to mouth-puckering tartness.

The most expensive apple you can buy is the Sekai Ichi, grown in Japan. They go

for around $21 each. Do not use for baking.

Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has developed dozens of apple varieties, including the popular Cortland, Macoun, Empire and Jonagold.

It leads the search for fruit that is delicious, offers crunch, has eye appeal, is disease-resistant and is blessed with a long shelf life. In recent years, horticulture professor Susan Brown led the breeding program for SnapDragon and RubyFrost at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in upstate Geneva. Her past varieties include Fortune and Autumn Crisp.

SnapDragon is an offspring of Honeycrisp and an unnamed apple in Cornell’s breeding program that is described as similar to Jonagold. I haven’t found one yet in stores, but they are said to be sublime in their appleness.

Forgive me if I indulge the memory of apple picking every autumn through the 1980s, when my kids were growing up. If I breathe deeply enough, I can still smell the baskets of apples in the back seat on the way home, and the scent of sugary fried doughnuts, always part of the outing. It was one of those activities actual-

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ly as good as you expected it to be. The picnic lunch, the freedom of running through the orchards, the climbing and collecting, and then the eating and baking and cooking apple sauce comprised a perfect day. Even the bee stings and poison ivy were worth it.

Many self-picking orchards are still open for business and observing Covid-19 precautions.

My personal apple favorites are Pink Lady, Macoun and Honeycrisp. If I’m looking for an import, then Envy is it, from New Zealand. New York McIntosh are perfect if you’re in a slightly tart mood, and Rome and Cortlands head my list for baking.

Apparently there was a juicy apple scandal that rocked the horticulture world some years back. When the succulent Honeycrisp made its debut following a romantic propagation at the University of Minnesota, it was said to be a blend of the Macoun and the Honeygold. But someone who apparently had way too much time on his hands questioned the new apple’s paternity, conducted genetic fingerprinting and discovered that the Keepsake, not the Honeygold, was the father. Great embarrassment ensued in the world of apple cross-cultivation. I

t’s apple season, and here’s my advice: Don’t use the Sekai Ichi for baking.

don’t know if anyone ever conclusively proved who grafted to whom and how.

Apples are the main event in crisps, cakes, pancakes, cobblers and stove-top compotes. They are the crowning glory of muffins and cupcakes and cookies. We associate apples with holidays, the Jewish New Year (apples and honey) and Halloween. If you have young teeth, think apple jelly. In my home, from October to May, there is always a bowl of apple compote in the refrigerator that we enjoy with cereals, yogurt and especially ice cream.

Recently I tried a Smitten apple, whose rich parentage includes Gala, Braeburn, Falstaff and Fiesta breeding lines. It’s a keeper.

Apples have always been associated with knowledge, immortality, temptation, sex and yes, sin. Of course, today we have to think about the other Apple.

Why did Steve Jobs decide to call his company Apple? According to the Walter Isaacson bio, Jobs said he thought of the name while he was on an all-fruit diet.

He thought it sounded “fun, spirited and not intimidating.” I guess he was on to something.

And now I understand why my Mac is called a Mac. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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o doubt, understanding the coronavirus takes work. We hear a seemingly endless stream of arcane reports emanating from an alphabet soup of acronym-laden government agencies, and our heads start spinning. Then along comes a hopefulsounding research paper, and suddenly many among us breathe a sigh of relief, believing, as President Trump would have us think, that things aren’t really as bad as CNN makes them out to be and we’re “rounding the corner.”

Case in point: A single research paper, published online over the summer by Dr. John Ioannidis, of Stanford University, indicated the Covid-19 death rate for those under age 70 was 0.04 percent, according to the Associated Press. That figure spread rapidly on social media, and many people took it as license to carry on with business as usual.

We see this irrational fearlessness reflected in the “herd immunity” approach to the virus touted by one of Trump’s top advisers, Dr. Scott Atlas, a neuroradiologist and a senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank. Atlas, who cited the 0.04 figure in July, has suggested we should let the virus run its course among young people to build “natural immunity.”

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letters Saluting their service To the Editor: In anticipation of this Veterans Day 2020, I salute veterans, currently active men and women of the armed forces, and their families. Their sacrifices are extraordinary in ordinary times, but Covid-19 has brought more anxiety and uncertainty to their unique situations.

For nearly 140 years, the American Red Cross has been there for these brave families, to provide compassionate support to address critical needs at every stage of service. As part of our Service to the Armed Forces Program, Red Cross volunteers provide home comforts and critical services on bases and in military hospitals across the country and around the world; they support military families during deployments and during emergencies; and they continue serving our nation’s veterans after their service ends, both in person and virtually.

Since the coronavirus pandemic started, the Red Cross team has been working around the clock to address an array of

was greater than 99 percent. Thus, he appeared to suggest, we should think twice about shutting down again.

Many conservatives across the country latched on to the 0.04 percent figure, and have used it — or, rather, misused it — as evidence to support a push to fully reopen the economy and end what they say are intrusive policies, such as New York’s mask mandate in public spaces. The trouble is, that could lead to tens of thousands of more needless deaths, even among young people.

The 0.04 percent figure is likely accurate, but without context, it can leave the false impression that virtually no one under age 70 is dying of the coronavirus, when, in fact, tens of thousands are. At the Herald, we have written too many obituaries this year for people in the prime years of their lives cut down by this merciless virus — a firefighter EMT, a pharmacist and a philanthropist among them. You need not take our word for it, however.

National Institutes of Health statistics tell us that, among those killed by Covid-19 in the United States, 8.3 to 22.7 percent are under age 65. That is to say, of the more than 231,000 Americans who have died in the past eight months, 19,000 to 52,500 have been people under age 65. By comparison, 58,200 Americans died in the Vietnam War, which carried on for years.

When we look at Covid-19’s impact in this way, we suddenly see that America’s

alarmingly — and unacceptably — high death toll includes many, many younger people, and we have no idea whom the virus will take next. It is an indiscriminate killer. It infects many, but leaves some unharmed; others come down with what is essentially a bad case of the flu; and others contract pneumonia and die.

Each life lost is precious. Each life lost is irreplaceable. Amid the flurry of statistical information generated by government agencies, it is all too easy to forget the human devastation that the coronavirus has caused.

Moreover, many Covid-19 survivors under age 65 now suffer long-term symptoms, including memory loss, known as “brain fog,” joint pain, high blood pressure and heart palpitations, and we cannot say for certain what their prospects are for future recovery.

Finally, we must remember that we cannot hermetically seal our elderly in virusfree bubbles. The greater the infection rate is in our larger population, the greater the chance that older adults will contract Covid-19 and die.

We must accept that the virus is with us, and we must do all we can to preserve life. We’ll say it again: Wear a mask. Wash your hands often. Keep your distance.

Avoid mass gatherings. Work from home if you can. Get a flu shot. And pray for a vaccine.

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hinking about allegations of “fake news,” assertions that Covid-19 is a hoax and the denial of climate change in the face of expert testimony and extreme weather events, I began to wonder: How do we know what we think we know? I thought of the biblical quote, “The truth shall make you free,” and its variants, used as a motto at a number of universities as a secular declaration devoid of its biblical origins.

This is a fitting slogan for universities, because they are chartered to pursue the ideal of truth in accord roBerT a. with facts. In fulsCoTT filling this mission, universities serve three distinct roles. They are creators of new knowledge grounded in objective study and independent research; they are curators of what is thought, whether true or false, in books or databases; and they are critics supporting pursuit of questions that ask, “What if ?” and about fairness, justice and truth.

But how do we know the truth? I think there are three ways that people claim something as true. Some seek truth

through empirical evidence that is supported by findings that can be replicated by others. This way of knowing a truth is based on trial and error and controlled experiments.

In this way, we can learn the biological origins, manifestations and consequences of disease. Medical scientists and public health experts explain what they know from objective studies. Their findings can be tested by others and reported in peer-reviewed journals in order to minimize the potential for bias to influence results.

Some others express as truth what they “know” through epiphany, or revelation. They know this truth because they believe it, often because of religious inspiration and teachings. To say that someone believes something is true without empirical evidence is not to cast doubt on their conclusion, but to clarify the process by which they determined what they consider to be true. At times, such “received wisdom” becomes an orthodoxy that brooks no challenges.

Still another expression of a truth is based on emotion, including fear and prejudice. These irrational “truths” can be the foundation of hate and discrimina-

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e must stand against fearmongering and lies about public health measures.

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Each day across Nassau and Suffolk counties and across the country, we help support military families. Nationally, since 9/11 we have served more than one million military families. During this time of crisis, we stand ready to continue to support the next million.

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tion. When President Trump claimed that Mexican immigrants were “murderers and rapists” he was expressing a prejudice, making an emotional claim, a fear of the “other,” not a fact supported by evidence. His claim was true only as an opinion grounded in bias.

I think that each way of knowing — fact, faith and fear — must be acknowledged. We also must understand that we cannot argue against an expression of truth held by belief or bias by relying on empirical evidence alone. Beliefs and biases are not susceptible to reason — but they can be the subject of ethical analysis.

We must take a stand against fear-mongering, racist rants and lies about public health measures. We must expose the nature and character of the assertions made or the actions taken. As the late Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis said, “Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” so we must expose falsehoods and discrimination for what they are.

Someone might assert that climate change isn’t occurring or isn’t caused by human behavior, but that shouldn’t stand in the way of taking steps to mitigate climate disasters. Someone else might assert

that wearing masks and social distancing are denials of individual liberty. But such an opinion doesn’t give that person license to deny the rights of others who seek protection from a deadly virus.

One can argue with the scientists about how to behave during the pandemic, and the extent to which human behavior is threatening our planet, but we must do so with facts, not opinions based on emotion or epiphany.

By emphasizing the importance of facts, we may offend others who “know” a truth through another means. But they must honor our path to truth just as we must respect their right to an opinion.

Indeed, the very foundation of democracy requires civility, the willingness to listen to alternative views. But we shouldn’t allow opinions to negate facts and prejudice to deny freedoms.

So let’s acknowledge that there are different paths to what we consider truth, some based on empirical evidence, some based on emotion or bias, and some based on belief. Further, let’s agree that each of us can hold our position without denigrating a way of knowing expressed by another, unless that belief or bias endangers others and curtails their legal rights. We can disagree without being disagreeable.

Dr. Robert S. Scott is president emeritus of Adelphi University.

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At last, the election is over To the Editor: Election Day has come and gone.

This reminds me of “The Outer Limits,” the 1960s television show.

With the end of around-the-clock commercials by politicians, political parties, political action groups and pay-for-play special-interest groups, we now return control of your television back to you — until the next election cycle.

No more candidates’ campaign mailings clogging our mailboxes and weighing down our hard-working postal employees. Finally, some peace and quiet! Now, if only all the winning and losing candidates would pick up all the thousands of campaign signs that litter our roads and highways to help clean up our environment. They could use leftover campaign funds to hire either the Boy Scouts or the Girl Scouts to collect the litter. They could pay our young people a nominal fee, which I’m sure would be appreciated.

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