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Left without transportation, seniors isolate taxation and fairness. They pay taxes but have no access to AbleRide.” Nassau County Legislator And when a senior needs to Josh Lafazan held a news confer- hire a home care aide, he or she ence on Monday at must also make sure the Life Enrichment the person can drive, Center of Oyster which Lafazan said Bay to decry the lack is difficult to do. of transportation Without another options available to means of transporsenior citizens living tation, seniors at in the 18th District. Life Enrichment And Lafazan had depend on the censome suggestions on ter’s bus. Beth Spickwhat can be done ler-Lerman, the cenabout it. ter’s social worker, Although the said that before the shared-ride program coronavirus panfunded by the coundemic began, a ty, Able-Ride, is handicapped-accesavailable to resisible 14-seat bus was dents in parts of available to memNassau County, it is bers seven days a not on the North week for rides to and Shore. As a result, ELEANORE from the center. Now seniors living in that the facility has CRONIN Oyster Bay, Bayville, lost some of its bus Locust Valley, Wood- East Norwich drivers, and with bury, Syosset, Woodsome members too bury and East Norwich are frail to travel, it operates only being forced to isolate, Lafazan two days a week, Tuesday and said. Friday, limiting members’ oppor“There are 1.3 million resi- tunities to socialize and enjoy a dents in Nassau County, with hot meal at the center. seniors making up one-fifth, or These limitations don’t exist 18 percent, of the county’s population,” he said. “This is about CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

BY LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com

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Will you be my valentine? Melina Vasquez, 4, made chocolate candy at the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Library’s Valentine’s Chocolate Workshop last Saturday. More photos, Page 3.

Coming soon: a new and improved Snouder’s Corner Drug Store BY WILL SHEELINE llane@liherald.com

The construction going on at Snouder’s Corner Drug Store has been a focus of interest and speculation for Oyster Bay residents for some time. The building, on the corner of South and West streets, has sat vacant for over a decade, but that will change soon, thanks to the work

of Tim Lee, president and owner of Lee Construction and Renovations, in Cold Spring Harbor, and Claudia Taglich, owner of the restaurants 2 Spring and Four in Oyster Bay, who bought the drug store in April 2019. Snouder’s, Lee said, will hopefully be reopening this summer. Snouder’s first opened its doors in 1884, and for the next 126 years it was at the center of

life in the hamlet. It boasted the first telephone line in town, installed in 1887. When Theodore Roosevelt vacationed in Oyster Bay as governor and as president, calls from across the country came for him at Snouder’s, and he would ride a horse into town from Sagamore Hill to make calls. In 1889, a soda fountain was CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

f you don’t drive in this area, you’re lost. And if it wasn’t for the people here at the center, I’d be home with no one to speak to.

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BROTHERS KIERAN, 3, left, and Declan Sansonia, 6, had never made valentine candy before.

Making valentine chocolate in Oyster Bay at the library

hat would Valentine’s Day be without chocolate? This year, instead of buying chocolate, children at the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Library made their own. Susan Ackerman, from Chocolicious made this possible when she stopped by the library to teach the children the art

WHEN CHILDREN SAW Susan Ackerman, from Chocolicious, scoop chocolate for the workshop, they began to get excited.

of chocolate making for a fun day. It is possible that some of the chocolate didn’t make it home. Many children had faces covered with it, a sure sign that it was delicious. But, probably some were able to bring home at lease one chocolate heart to give their mother.

THE CHOCOLATE THAT Lucy Nerney, 2, was given may never have made it into the mold.

MABLE CHAN ENCOURAGED her son, Max, 2, to put chocolate in the mold.

LAYLA RIVERA, 4, made sure the chocolate landed in the mold and not on the table.

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Oyster Bay’s Snouder’s to be a meeting place CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE installed at Snouder’s, a classic fixture of the corner drug stores of yesteryear, which made it a popular destination into the 1970s. But by the early 2000s, the store had fallen on hard times, unable to compete with chains like CVS. It finally closed in 2010. Residents worried in 2017 when Hamid Nazif, a Great Neck businessman, wanted to demolish the building. Two years after he bought it, he hired an architect to evaluate it, and was told that the structure was in poor condition and did not meet local codes. Because repairing it did not appear feasible or cost-effective, the architect recommended that the building be razed. The news was unpopular among preservationists, residents and Town of Oyster Bay officials, prompting the town’s Landmarks Preservation Commission to hire its own architectural firm, which concluded that the building was worth restoring. “Oyster Bay has some great, original 18th-19th century architecture,” said John Collins, an architectural historian and a former member of the Landmarks Preservation Commission. “It gives the town a sense of place, of history and community … What Tim and Claudia are doing by renovating Snouder’s is really great for the hamlet.” Lee said he had always been interest-

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SNOUDER’S IS REPAIRING and reusing many of the original beams, keeping the structure authentic. ed in the Snouder’s building because of its storied history, which he would like to preserve. “I want to bring back the history,” he said. “This was a place people would come and meet. In the ’20s and

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’30s, people would come to the soda fountain, to get their newspaper, pick up prescriptions and meet up with others. That’s really what we’re trying to reconstruct here, a meeting place.” With that in mind, there will be a snack bar at the new Snouder’s. Visitors will be able to sit at the bar, have a beer, a sandwich, a milkshake or a cup of coffee, Lee said. And there will be a stage, too, for live musical performances and magic shows for children. “Something fun for the town,” Lee said. “That’s my goal.” The renovated building will have two stores on the ground floor and five apartments on the second and third floors. There will be three one-bedroom

and two two-bedroom apartments. Provisions, owned by Taglich, will be located on the ground floor. Aptly named, it will be a provisions shop. “Basically, we’re going to be selling some of our food from 2 Spring,” she said. ”Everything we serve there is homemade, so you’ll be able to buy things you can pick up for dinner and lunch, or if you’re having a party and you need a tray of cheese or charcuterie, as well as donuts, ham, bread. We’re also selling some of our dishware and tableware … just some interesting, cool things.” As with virtually all renovation projects, there have been obstacles, some of them expected given the building’s history. “You never know what you’re going to find during a renovation,” Jean-Louis Thibon, the project manager, said. “For instance, here the foundation around the building wasn’t stable. The building was basically standing on air. So we had to completely rebuild the foundations.” At the same time, everything that can be saved is being saved, including original beams, planks and floorboards, Thibon said. The objective is to treat and repair what is salvageable so the building will retain its original character. The pandemic has delayed the progress of the renovation. “Inventory and shipments have been delayed,” Lee explained. “With Covid, all sorts of materials and supply lines have been held up, so windows, which should have taken eight to 12 weeks to arrive, have taken 20 to 24 weeks. So that’s been a thorn in our side.” Despite these challenges, work on the building has moved along steadily over the past few years. The hope is for what was the hamlet’s oldest business to reopen in July or August. Laura Lane contributed to this story.

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Town considers departmental reorganization adurkin@liherald.com

The Town of Oyster Bay is considering changes to the town code in a number of areas, in an attempt to reorganize town government and maximize efficiency. At the town board meeting on Feb. 8, the board held a number of hearings addressing the proposed changes that would consolidate certain departments within the town and reorganize the duties and functions of dissolved departments into those that remain. “Many of these changes include the same duties and functions that already exist in the code,” said Karen Underwood, Oyster Bay Deputy Town Attorney. “They are being reorganized under the heading of housekeeping to improve the efficiency of the numerous functions of certain town departments.” Most notably, the town board is weighing the decision to dissolve its highway department. If passed, the town would eliminate the highway department as a standalone department and roll it in under the supervision of the Department of Public Works. “What's being proposed is a reorganization to bring about greater efficien-

town code is the first in cies so as to reorganize a series aimed at our departments with improving the efficienan eye towards saving cy and the provision of money, bringing the services to town resifocus on where we dents and within town believe it needs to be in de par tments. Also a more workable way,” being considered is Tow n S u p e r v i s o r adding a new sanitaJoseph Saladino said. tion department and “That brings those effireplacing the division ciencies to the services of sanitation and recy[we provide].” cling collection that is By rolling the currently part of pubDepartment of Highlic works. This division way into public works, is being excised from the town will not have public works and reorto hire a new commisganized as a departsioner for a department, which will conment that no longer tinue to manage sanitaexists, thus providing tion collection operafor a savings down the tions and recycling colline, Saladino said. lection programs. This “We have looked at JOSEPH SALADINO department will also the processes about Town of Oyster Bay supervisor inspect, manage and how to create the best control all municipal product and the best services, and what the plan is, is to solid waste generated by the town’s bring [the highway department] into solid waste disposal district, a function public works where we already have a that is currently perfor med by the commissioner and [take a] look at solid Department of Environmental Resources. waste and recycling,” he said. “Overall, this administration, workThis proposed law and amendment to

ne of the major motivations for this is to put more focus on how we handle our solid waste, what our operations are, and to show the residents that we’re 100 percent committed to full safety as it relates to sanitation [and] recycling.

ing together with the town board has had an eye toward finding ways to bring more efficiencies, [and] bring our town to a more updated operation that better suits the needs of our residents, and better suits an efficient performance of those services,” Saladino said. The sanitation department will have three divisions: administration sanitation, collection and recycling and the division of solid waste. Also included in the proposed law is language for managing the town landfill. The landfill has been closed for years, and there is no plan to reopen it, according to Saladino. Despite being inactive, the town must still continue to adhere to state mandates for the reporting of and testing of the landfill. “One of the major motivations for this is to put more focus on how we handle our solid waste, what our operations are, and to show the residents that we're 100 percent committed to full safety as it relates to sanitation [and] recycling,” Saladino said. “That provides a tremendous assurance to our residents, that things there are safe and are meeting all of the state's guidelines as to safety to the environment to the residents.”

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COMMUNITY UPDATE Conversations in Coe Hall: Our Truth

Friday, Feb. 11

Our Truth – The Power and Resilience of African Americans on the Gold Coast, will begin at 6 p.m. Led by Denise Evans-Sheppard, Director of the Oyster Bay Historical Society, in honor of Black History Month, attendees will learn the deep-rooted history of local African Americans and highlight their contributions to our North Shore community. Register online at plantingfields.org; tickets are $25.

Movie at the library: “Citizen Kane” In telling the story of the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane, Orson Welles not only created the defi nitive portrait of American megalomania, he also unleashed a torrent of stylistic innovations that have ensured that Citizen Kane has remained fresh for each new generation. The movie will begin at 2 p.m. at the Oyster Bay East Norwich Library,.

Thursday, Feb. 17

Community Tax Grievance Workshop The Nassau County Assessment Review Commission is hosting a free virtual community tax grievance workshop, to inform residents about how to challenge their property taxes online. The virtual workshop begins at 10 a.m. at nassaucountyny.gov/ LD11.

Miss Alex’s Valentine’s Day Storytime Beginning at 10 a.m. join Miss Alex for a fun seasonal toddler storytime at the Gold Coast Library in Glen Head. Attendees will read interactive books, learn fingerplays, dance, sing and make a craft. Ages two to five.

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Art exhibition at Bayville Historical Museum The Bayville Village Arts Council is hosting an exhibition of artwork by Bayville artists, presented at the Bayville Historical Museum, 34 School St., Bayville. The exhibit’s final weekend viewing will be on Feb. 12 and 13, from noon to 3 p.m. More than 30 works will be on view along with many of the items from the museum’s permanent collection. the Deep Roots Winter Market will take place on Saturdays through April, at 100 Village Square, on Bridge Street, in Downtown Glen Cove from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Sundays with Shakespeare presented by the Sea Cliff Library continues to meet virtually weekly to discuss one of the Bard’s plays for five weeks, Sundays at 5 p.m. Register online at seaclifflibrary.org for the Zoom link.

Monday, Feb. 14

Ludwig van Beethoven’s music and influence

Sunday, Feb. 13

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Saturday, Feb. 12 Join Love Your Neighbor Project for their 2nd annual “All You Need is Love” event. Starting at 8 p.m., “stand up for standup” for a night of laughs and fundraising with LYNP. The event will be live streamed from Still Partners in Sea Cliff; those interested can register online at lynp.org/lol by Feb. 11 to receive the link. Appearances by Scott Schendlinger, Mike Keegan and Rich Walker.

Tuesday, Feb. 15

Fall Prevention Workshop Taking some simple steps to prevent falls can help you or those you love stay active, confident and independent. This program begins at 1 p.m. and will covers vision, hearing loss, community Safety and more. Register online for this virtual event at bayvillefreelibrary.org.

The influence that composer Ludwig van Beethoven had on the progression of music history cannot be overstated. His defiant approach towards music and composing paved the way for artists today to express themselves as they truly desire. Gain an understanding of this complicated genius and learn how, over 150 years later, he is still influencing the world today. Presented

by Dan Lupo and the Glen Cove Library via zoom. Register online at glencovelibrary.org.

Wednesday, Feb. 16 What is Your Digital Footprint? Starting at 6:30 p.m., learn how to keep track of your internet activity. What trail are you leaving on the World Wide Web and how easy is it for someone to access your digital footprint. Learn how to control the flow of information, and if necessary, have it removed from the net. Register online at locustvalleylibrary.org.

Preparedness 101 Join the Sea Cliff Library in this virtual program presented by Janice Imbrogno, home economist and essential oils educator, where attendees will learn to create a home which is their safe haven. Learn the how-to’s for careful food planning, storage and preparation. Imbrogno will show you how to build up a stocked pantry, a stash of emergency supplies and natural remedies. This virtual event will start at 6 p.m. via Zoom. Register online at seaclifflibrary.com.

The next Oyster Bay East Norwich Board of Education meeting is scheduled for March. 1 at 7:30 p.m. The City of Glen Cove will hold a pre-City Council meeting on Feb. 15, at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall. The Locust Valley Board of Education is meeting on March. 8 at 7:30 p.m. for their budget presentation. The Oyster Bay Town Board’s next meeting will be March 1 at 10 a.m. The Sea Cliff Board of Trustees will hold their next meeting on Feb. 14 at 7 p.m.

Auctions, private sales and backroom deals have led to extraordinary prices for works of art. This virtual lecture presented by the Gold Coast Library discusses the 36 most expensive priced works recorded. This program is being offered via Zoom only, beginning at 7 p.m. Visit goldcoastlibrary.org

New York State Police Recruitment Event New York State Police will be at The Glen Cove Public Library from 3 to 5 p.m. Stop in to learn more about the New York State Police and how to apply to become a New York State Trooper.

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Town: Sponsor-a-hero banners to recognize vets profit is made from this program. Once the banners are displayed, the town will maintain the banners which will remain on display until Veterans Day. The banners will then be taken down to avoid any inclement winter weather and returned to the service family or their loved ones. Those who sponsored a banner last year need to submit a new application in order to be included in the 2022 season. Applications must be received by March 11, 2022. “This is an especially meaningful way to honor those who bravely and selflessly served our nation,” Supervisor Joseph Saladino said. “Together as a community we will honor the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces who sacrificed a great deal for our nation, as well as many local veterans who continue to serve our community and their fellow veterans through advocacy efforts.” For more information on how to sponsor a banner, visit www.oysterbaytown. com/herobanners to download or submit an application, or call (516) 797-4121.

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Rescind bail reform law, disclose criminal case data By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

The Nassau County Police Department will begin issuing a daily report with pending criminal case data and bail status of those rearrested, according to an executive order signed Jan. 19 by County Executive Bruce Blakeman. New York state’s bail reform law, which sets most non-violent criminal defendants free while they await trial or a plea deal, has been a hot topic since it took effect in early 2020, and less than a month into his term, Blakeman is pushing to rescind it. The county executive said the order would allow “residents to learn more about the potential threat reform laws pose to their safety.” Bail reform was passed, in part, to relieve overcrowding in jails. Brian Sullivan, the Nassau Correction Officers Benevolent Association president, said that overcrowding has not been a problem at the Nassau County Correctional Center, for decades, and he supports Blakeman’s order. For most of his 33 years at the jail, Sullivan said, he has not seen overcrowding. There was overcrowding in the 1980s and early ’90s owing to the crack cocaine epidemic, he said, but that was alleviated

way crimes. as use of the drug diminished. Susan Gottehrer, chapter director of Sullivan said he has a problem with letting those who are charged with the Nassau County New York Civil Liberties Union, said there is no crimes go before trial withstate data to suggest that bail out placing them in rehabilireform has led to an increase tation, or diversion, proin crime. “Pretrial detention grams for drugs and other is traumatic and sometimes offenses. “I’ve traveled to deadly,” Gottehrer said. “It Albany to warn people about disrupts people’s lives and what’s going on here, and jeopardizes people’s jobs and people weren’t believing us.” housing and does nothing to Legislators, he said, suspectaddress the root cause of ed that corrections officers har m or prevent future did not want to see headharm.” counts drop because that Bail criminalizes poverty, would mean less overtime Gottehrer continued. “There pay for them. is a racial disparity compoThe list of crimes that no nent to it as well because the longer require bail includes numbers show that most peostalkinag, assault without ple who can’t afford bail are serious injury, burglary, SUSAN minorities.” many drug offenses, and GOTTEHRER “We need to fix policing, some types of arson and robbery. Among the bail-eligible Nassau County New and we need to fix the criminal justice system,” she said. crimes are felony sex offens- York Civil Liberties “And bail reform is a part of es, witness tampering or Union, chapter that.” intimidation, and conspiracy director Shanequa Levin, conveto commit a felony, as well as nor of Long Island United to any violent crime. People have become fed up with rising Transform Policing and Community crime in the New York metropolitan Safety, said bail was supposed to ensure area, Sullivan said, specifically citing that people return for their court dates. gun crimes, anti-Asian crimes and sub- It was never meant to serve as a punish-

e need to fix policing, and we need to fix the criminal justice system. And bail reform is a part of that.

ment for an alleged crime. “In this country, we are innocent until proven guilty,” Levin said. “. . . It’s not innocent until I can make cash bail.” Levin cited court data showing that since New York enacted bail reform in 2020, 503 people on Long Island were rearrested for violent crimes while awaiting trial on another criminal charge, while 34,741 people were not. “We need to focus on the fact that an overwhelming majority of those that were released and not assigned bail were not rearrested,” she said. “We should focus on how to change policing and not focus on people who would be out anyway if they could afford the funds.” “The bottom line is investing in communities is what fixes communities,” Gottehrer said. “We need to let people know that their lives matter and that their communities are important.” Sullivan agreed that there is room for reform. “If there’s a reason somebody is committing a crime, whether it’s drug abuse or mental issues, that’s what needs to be addressed,” Sullivan said. “. . . We should go back and look at maybe starting programs for people, and maybe we should fund pro g rams, and this should’ve been done first.”

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SECOND GRADERS ACROSS the Locust Valley Central School District enjoyed a virtual visit from teachers in a Taiwanese school who shared their Lunar New Year traditions.

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ROOSEVELT STUDENTS DRESSED in red to symbolize good luck for the upcoming year.

Celebrating Lunar New Year Lunar New Year lessons ditional Lunar New Year activities. Taiwanese people, like the Chinese, celebrated the Lunar New Year with fireworks, food, friends and family. There are traditional foods eaten to help guarantee a good new year. Oranges are said to bring good luck, pineapple to bring prosperity and apples to provide safety.

Students in the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District celebrated Lunar New Year on Feb. 1, dressing in red to symbolize prosperity and happiness in the new year, and learning all about the cultural traditions that go along with the holiday. At Theodore Roosevelt Elementary,

students made their own lanterns and tiger crafts to celebrate the Year of the Tiger. Meanwhile, James H. Vernon sixth graders explored Chinese calligraphy in their Mandarin classes by using brushes to write “fu” characters, or characters that represent good fortune.

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Second graders throughout the Locust Valley district practiced traditional Chinese activities such as calligraphy and lantern making in celebration of the Lunar New Year on Feb 1. During a Google Meet with teachers from a school in Taiwan, the students at Ann MacArthur Primary and Bayville Primary learned about schools in Taiwan and tra-

Lafazan seeks expansion of Able-Ride CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE in other areas of the North Shore. Two days a week from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., residents of the Town of North Hempstead have access to taxis that offer senior rates. That’s helpful, Spickler-Lerman said, because seniors can plan their doctors’ visits then, and can be independent. Those who live in and around Oyster Bay don’t have that luxury, but should, she added. Lafazan said he would ask County Executive Bruce Blakeman to contract with NICE Bus to expand Able-Ride services, and would also ask his fellow legislators for their support. “I trust that my colleagues on both sides will see that this is vital,” he said. Blakeman’s office had not responded to a request for comment by press time. Lafazan said he had also written to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, requesting that he expand federal credits for seniors for ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. Last spring, rideshare providers partnered with the federal government to offer free rides nationwide to vaccination sites. “Many seniors can’t drive,” Lafazan said. “They struggle even to pick up their medication. The [ride shares] would help seniors to live happy, healthy independent lives, and they wouldn’t need a smartphone to book a ride. They could call.” “Social isolation is detrimental to older

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ELEANORE CRONIN, A lifelong Oyster Bay resident, had to sell her house and move into an apartment because she is no longer able to drive, and without public transportation, she must walk to stores or depend on friends and family members to give her rides. adults,” Judy Palumbo, Life Enrichment’s executive director, said at the news conference. “Access to transportation is a necessity, not a luxury.” Spickler-Lerman said that taking a cab from Oyster Bay even to someplace relatively close, like Glen Cove, is too costly

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and friends. She has had to cancel doctors’ appointments, she said, because no one was available to give her rides. Cronin sold her house and moved to an apartment in Norwich Gate so she could walk to stores. “If you don’t drive in this area, you’re lost,” she said. “And if it wasn’t for the people here at the center, I’d be home with no one to speak to. I haven’t been to a mall in years because I can’t get there.” Jonathan Rudes, a community activist who lives in Woodbury Gardens, said seniors need to get around to help stimulate the economy. “A senior who finally gives up their car on Long Island is stuck in and often isolated,” Rudes said. “They can’t go shopping, they can’t go to friends and family or participate in social activities … Long Island takes a large group of consumers out of the economy by limiting their access to Long Island’s shopping districts. The last thing we want to do is leave New York, but if you’re homebound and isolated …” Lafazan said the issue is personal to him, because the death of his grandfather last year has left his grandmother dependent on others. “She doesn’t drive or have public transportation accessible,” Lafazan said. “I double as her driver. She is bound to the schedule of someone who will take her anywhere. I’m 28 years old. I feel I have an obligation to take care of the generation before us.”

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 them what to do,” Levy said, “but the ments.” Open space is land that is left in potential law reflects the frustration [of] advocates for more and better affordable its original state. Open space “is the reason that people housing. This could be one of the soluleave the city to come here for a great tions to the lack of affordable places to place for their kids to grow up,” McKev- live, and an opportunity for homeowners to get a little more reveitt said. “This destroys it nue to defray the high cost entirely.” of property taxes.” The legislation, if Others disagreed with the approved, would take away elected leaders’ push against the home rule authority of the provision. Lisa Tyson, local governments, so they director of the Long Island could not determine local Progressive Coalition, said zoning according to a comin a statement that Blakemunity’s wishes. man and the rest of the offi“We need to ensure that cials who opposed the prodecisions on zoning and posal are “dragging Long changes in zoning stay withIsland back to the 1950s.” in our communities,” Glen “They want to keep Long Cove Mayor Pam PanzenLISA TYSON Island wealthy and white, at beck said. “It shouldn’t be the expense of everyone decided by Governor Hochul Long Island else,” Tyson said. “Everyone or by anybody else in the Progressive knows there is an affordable state of New York.” Coalition, director rental housing crisis on Lawrence Levy, dean of Long Island, and Blakeman Hofstra’s National Center and his right-wing colleagues are trying for Suburban Studies, said the provision to make it worse.” could help solve the region’s affordableIf the State Legislature were to housing crisis. “It’s easy to understand why the folks running the county, towns approve the budget, the provision would and villages don’t want Albany telling take effect April 1.

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Anti-Semitism task force bill signed by Blakeman On Jan. 27, Holocaust Remembrance Day, County Executive Bruce A. Blakeman was joined by other elected officials and Jewish community leaders at the Nassau County Executive Ceremonial Chamber. County Executive Blakeman signed a bill creating a Nassau County AntiSemitism Task Force. “Joining with hundreds of Jewish community leaders, elected officials, and residents, we sent a message loud and clear that anti-Semitism and hate of any kind is not welcome here in Nassau County.” County Executive Blakeman said. “I look forward to working with this task force to help root out anti-Semitism, educate our children about the history of anti-Semitism, and make sure those who engage in anti-Semitic language and behavior are held accountable.” He continued. Following the signing of the AntiSemitism task force bill, County Executive Blakeman hosted a dome

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lighting ceremony on the front steps of the Theodore Roosevelt Legislative & Executive Building in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day. “Today we pause to remember and honor the more than 6 million innocent Jews and other innocent people murdered by Nazi Germany and others.” County Executive Blakeman said. “As we light the dome of the county building yellow, we pledge to do everything we can to end hate and anti-Semitism, and to never let what happened in the Holocaust happen again.” Le gislator Mazi Pilip added “Tonight we remember. We light this dome and know the words of Elie Wiesel - for the dead and the living we must bear witness.” Courtesy Nassau County Legislature; compiled by Jordan Vallone.

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LEGAL NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS JERICHO WATER DISTRICT CONTRACT NO. C2-22R PURCHASE OF THE PREFABRICATED BOOSTER PUMP STATION AT SPLIT ROCK ROAD (RE-BID) Sealed Bids for Contract No. C2-22R for the Purchase of PreFabricated Steel Booster Pump Station at Split Rock Road will be received by the Jericho Water District office, located in the conference room at 125 Convent Road, Syosset, New York, no later than 9:00 a.m. (Local Time), on Friday, February 25, 2022, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. In response to the concerns relative to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), until further notice, all Board Meetings will be held via a phoneconferencing platform pursuant to Chapter 417 of the NYS Laws of 2021. For up-to-date information, please visit the District’s website, www.jerichowater.org. Bidders may hand deliver bids to the District’s Headquarters, if desired, or via mail or other courier service. Directions for on-site hand delivery of bids will be posted on the front door on the day of the bid opening. Bidders cannot attend the bid opening. The Bid Totals for each submitted Bid will be posted on the District’s website. This Equipment PrePurchase Contract generally consists of furnishing Pre-Fabricated Booster Pump Station Equipment (goods and services) in conformance with the Contract Documents. The Contract Documents, consisting of Advertisement for Bids, Instructions to Bidders, Bid, Bid Bond, Agreement, General Conditions, Supplementary Conditions, Payment Bond, Performance Bond, Drawings, Specifications and Addenda may be examined at the following locations: Jericho Water District 125 Convent Road Syosset, NY 11791 D&B Engineers and Architects, D.P.C. 330 Crossways Park Drive Woodbury, NY 11797-2015 All bidders must obtain a set of the Contract Documents. Complete digital sets of Bidding Documents, drawings and specifications, will be available on Friday, February 11, 2022, and may be obtained online as a download at the following website: www.revplans.com under ‘public projects’. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or

partial sets of the Contract Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the issuing office. Complete sets of Bidding Documents, Drawings and Specifications, may be obtained from REVplans, 330 Route 17A, Suite #2, Goshen, New York 10924 Tel: 1 877-272-0216, upon payment of a $49.00 nonrefundable bid fee. Any bidder requiring hard copies of the documents shall make arrangements directly with REV and pay for all reproduction, packaging and shipping costs. Each Bid must be accompanied by a certified or bank cashier’s check made payable to OWNER, or a Bid Bond issued by a surety licensed to conduct business in the state where the Project is located and having a Best Rating of A- or better from A.M. Best Company and named in the current list of “Companies Holding Certificates of Authority as Sureties on Federal Bonds and as Acceptable Reinsuring Companies” as published in Circular 570 (amended) by the Financial Management Service, Surety Bond Branch, U.S. Department of the Treasury, in an amount not less than 5% of the amount of the Bid submitted. The list may be ordered from the Government Printing Office Bookstore, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 110, New York, NY 10278, (212) 264-3825. Each Bidder must complete and submit with their bid the “Iranian Investment Activities Certification” provided in the Bid Form in compliance with General Municipal Law 103-g, Iranian Energy Sector Divestment. Each Bidder must complete and submit with their Bid the “Certification of Compliance with New York State Labor Law Section Two Hundred One-G” provided in the Bid Form regarding the implementation of a written policy addressing sexual harassment prevention in the workplace. The Bidder to whom the OWNER proposes to award the Contract will be required to furnish performance and payment bonds and the necessary insurance certificates as prescribed in the General Conditions and the Supplementary Conditions upon the execution of the Agreement. Bidders are required to execute a non-collusive bidding certification required by Section 103-d of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York. The attention of Bidders is particularly called to

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LEGAL NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS JERICHO WATER DISTRICT CONTRACT NO. G7-22 LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE OF DISTRICT SITES Sealed Bids for Contract No. G7-22 for the Landscaping Maintenance of District Sites will be received by the Jericho Water District office, located in the conference room at 125 Convent Road, Syosset, New York, no later than 9:00 a.m. (Local Time), on Friday, March 4th, 2022, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. In response to the concerns relative to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), until further notice, all Board Meetings will be held via a phoneconferencing platform pursuant to Chapter 417 of the NYS Laws of 2021. For up-to-date information, please visit the District’s website, www.jerichowater.org. Bidders may hand deliver bids to the District’s Headquarters, if desired, or via mail or other courier service. Directions for on-site hand delivery of bids will be posted on the front door on the day of the bid opening. Bidders cannot attend the bid opening. The Bid Totals for each submitted Bid will be posted on the District’s website.

This Landscaping Maintenance Contract generally consists of furnishing all labor and equipment to maintain the landscaping properly and efficiently at all District-owned sites, in conformance with the Contract Documents. All bidders must obtain a set of the Contract Documents. Complete digital sets of Bidding Documents, drawings, and specifications (if any) will be available on Friday, February 11th, 2022, and may be obtained via email at jwdinfo@jerichowater.org , requesting a copy of the bid documents. The District will not be responsible for full or partial sets of the Contract Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the issuing office. Each Bidder must complete and submit with their bid the “Iranian Investment Activities Certification” provided in the Bid Form in compliance with General Municipal Law 103-g, Iranian Energy Sector Divestment. Each Bidder must complete and submit with their Bid the “Certification of Compliance with New York State Labor Law Section Two Hundred One-G” provided in the Bid Form regarding the implementation of a written policy addressing sexual harassment prevention in the workplace. Bidders are required to execute a non-collusive bidding certification required by Section 103-d of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York. The attention of Bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to the conditions of employment to be observed and the minimum wage rates to be paid under the contracts. Bidders are also required to comply with the antidiscrimination provisions of Sections 290-301 of the Executive Law of the State of New York. The OWNER reserves the right to reject any or all of the Bids received, to readvertise for Bids, to abandon the project, to waive any or all informalities in any Bid received and to accept any proposal which the OWNER decides to be for the best interest of the OWNER. A public meeting may be held at the time and place noted above wherein the District will conduct such regular and other business which is properly brought before the Board of Commissioners. Note: All questions must be submitted, in writing, to Asst. Supt. Peter Ranaldo, no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday,

Nicholas R. Horman Nicholas R. “Nick Pickle” Horman, 76, of Oyster Bay, formerly of Glen Cove, died on Feb. 8. Husband of Nancy; father of Deborah Kroner (Shep) and Nicholas T.; grandfather of Owen and Natalie. Also survived by many loving relatives and friends.

Frank Mormando Jr. Frank “Dusty” Mormando Jr., 85, of Boca Raton, FL, formerly of Oyster Bay Cove, died on Feb. 5. Husband of 63 years to Rosanne Cohen; father of Frank III, John (Noreen); and grandfather of Michelle, Isabella, Mark Jr., Dana, Mia, Christopher and Victoria.

George R. Bennett George R. Bennett, 75, of Oyster Bay, died on Feb. 7. He was a longtime member of the Oyster Bay Fire Department where he followed in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps, becoming a member in January 1965. After graduating from Oyster Bay High School in 1966, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force where he served for four years, working on the base as an airplane mechanic in Laredo, Texas. After finishing his term, he moved back to his hometown of Oyster Bay, where he immediately resumed his active membership with the Fire Department. Bennett served his community as a volunteer firefighter for over 50 years, serving proudly as chief from 1984 to 1985. It was at the firehouse where he forged everlasting friendships, and though he touched

many lives during that time, the lives most important to him were his children and grandchildren. Brother of Pat and Arlene; uncle of Suzanne and Joe Boy; father of Terri Bennett, Wendy Bennet-Day (Philip) and Lindsay Bennett-Gorney (Christopher); grandfather of Bridget, Tommy and Hannah. Bennett was predeceased by his parents, Joseph and Louise, and sister, Barbara. Funeral mass on Feb. 11 at 11:30 a.m., Chapel of St. Dominic’s R.C.C. Interment, St. John’s Memorial Cemetery.

John A. Celauro John A. Celauro, 71, of Centre Island, died on Feb. 3. Husband of Roseann; father of Francis and Daniel Sr. (Gracie); grandfather of John Alan and Daniel John Jr. Also survived by many loving relatives and friends. Interment St. Charles Cemetery.

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his will be my last Herald column, at least for a while. After 28 wondrous and wonderful years, I am leaving the Herald Community Newspapers on Friday. It is a bittersweet moment. I am moving on to focus on my teaching at Hofstra University, where I will be fulltime this spring and undertake a long-term research project. I am honored, excited and humbled — my two research partners are both Fulbright Scholars. I have taught at Hofstra for 13 years, and it is where I belong at this moment in my life. SCOTT Serving as the Heralds’ executive BRINTON editor for the past five-plus years has been the honor of a lifetime, particularly over the past two, as I have had the privilege to lead an incredibly talented team of journalists, some veterans and many early-career reporters, through the coronavirus pandemic, which, thankfully, mercifully, appears to be abating. I began with the Herald as an entry-level reporter three months after completing Peace Corps service in Bulgaria, and have remained with the company ever since. I must thank my publishers, Cliff and Stuart Richner, for all their support and kindness through the years. I must also thank so

many of my colleagues, in particular Tony Bellissimo, Lori Berger, Jeff Bessen, Karen Bloom, Rhonda Glickman, Jim Harmon, Laura Lane, Jeff Lipton, John O’Connell, Tony Rifilato and Mike Smollins. Most of all, I must thank my lovely wife, Katerina, and my two amazing (adult) kids, Alexandra and Andrew. When I first took the job, I didn’t intend to stay so long. Mentored by two of Long Island’s best community journalists, Leatrice Spanierman and Randi Kreiss, I quickly learned the critical role that hyperlocal reporting plays in our society, and I fell in love with the work. I will forever be grateful for all they taught me. One of my first Herald investigative series, in the mid-1990s, was on a park that was supposed to have been built at the Five Towns Community Center in North Lawrence, but had not been. I was in the office of Jonathan Davis, then the center’s executive director, for another story when I spotted a set of blueprints on a table. Curious, I asked about them, and Davis explained that they were for a park that should have been built in the center’s back field. Nassau County had promised to construct it 20 years earlier, but never did. Davis explained that North Lawrence, a community of color, had no real park where kids might play. I hit the local streets, talk-

ing to teenagers about the need for such a play area. The story ran on the front page and quickly caught the attention of Tom Gulotta, then the county executive. I’ll never forget the call from Dave Vieser, his press secretary, who said that Gulotta had read my stories on the lack of a park and wanted to build one at the 5TCC, which he did. As a recently returned Peace Corps volunteer looking to do good for the world, I was hooked on this journalism thing. Many more stories — 4,000 — and investigative series — 25 — followed over the years. One series, on plans to demolish the 300-year-old Hewlett House, also in the mid-1990s, grabbed the attention of Bruce Blakeman, who was then the County Legislature’s presiding officer and is now the county executive. He had an idea to preserve the white-shingled farmhouse, on a bend in the road across the street from Hewlett High School, as a breast cancer resource center. It has been the home of 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition for more than two decades. My greatest reporting challenge was a 44-part series I undertook from 2001 to 2003, examining the health and environmental threats posed by Freeport Electric’s 30-yearold Power Plant No. 2, which sits on the edge of Emory Creek in Freeport, just west of the Meadowbrook Parkway. I met some of

rom entrylevel reporter to leading the team over 28 eventful years.

the best people I know while reporting that story — civic activists Joe Kralovich and Bob Young, then State Sen. Charles Fuschillo and then Long Island Power Authority Chairman Richard Kessel. The lengths they went to to shut down the plant, with no pollution controls, and replace it with a modern, clean-burning natural-gas model cannot be understated. I run at the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick at least a couple of days a week. The plant is visible from most points on the preserve’s west side, and looking out on it, I marvel at the good that was done by a group of about 300 concerned citizens, who worked tirelessly to ensure that the diesel plant never spewed its acrid exhaust into local neighborhoods again. At the height of the George Floyd protests in June 2020, I was covering a protest in Merrick when I shot a Twitter video of 7-year-old Wynta-Amor Rogers. Nearly instantly, it went viral, garnering more than 23 million views in seven days. I was shocked, but it showed the power of streetlevel reporting to connect with people worldwide. One thing I know: Local journalism does indeed matter. Scott Brinton is the Heralds’ departing executive editor, set to become a full-time professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

Grab a slice of life at your nearest pizzeria

o wonder I’m feeling full. In the past year I consumed 23 pounds of pizza. That’s an average figure, of course, according to PMQ, the largest pizza industry media company, but it feels about right to me. Between the freezing cold, the isolation and the dreaded question, “What’s for dinner?” we’re all busting out of our pants. Forget Covid; we’re going to eat ourselves to death. Especially during the pandemic, pizza has been the go-to food for ordering in, since it RANDI moves from the KREISS superheated baking oven into the box and then onto our plates untouched by human hands. I do believe I ate more pizza between 2020 and 2022 than in the five years before. It not only felt safe but, in a happy coincidence, it tasted delicious and comforting and indulgent. When you’re contemplating a possible early demise from a fearsome plague, I say bring on the pizza pie. On Wednesday we celebrated National Pizza Day, a tribute to this perfect food com-

prising bread, cheese and dozens of toppings that may include pepperoni, peppers, mushrooms, onions, sausage and eggplant. I refuse to mention outlier toppings like pineapple or clams, which honestly are a sacrilege, a violation of the single food that is on everyone’s last-meal list. Someone I know has asked his family to slip a pizza into his own box when the time comes, so he will have nourishment for his journey to the great beyond. Hey, the ancient Egyptians did it. There is no exaggerating the popularity of pizza in our culture. At this pivotal time in America, when people cannot and will not agree to take proven, lifesaving vaccines, when they cannot decide whether to read a book or burn it, when they refuse to wear masks that will keep them safe from a deadly virus, when, ladies and gentlemen, America is basically coming apart at the seams, behold the pizza. In all its round deliciousness, it pulls us together, completing the circle of life. National Pizza Day helps us appreciate that this humble food may be the last thing holding us together. I have never encountered a human being who disliked pizza.

And we all claim rights to its origins. The common wisdom is that it came to us from Italy, possibly as early as the time of the Romans, when people ate panis foccacious, the beta version of modern-day focaccia and the precursor to pizza. According to Wikipedia, Persians were baking flatbreads with cheese and dates on top as early as the sixth century B.C. In Ancient Greece, citizens made a flatbread called plakous that was flavored with toppings like herbs, onion, cheese and garlic. Some have suggested that the origins of modern pizza can be traced to pizzarelle, Passover cookies eaten by Roman Jews after they returned from the synagogue on that holiday. Israeli leader Abba Eban famously wrote, “Some scholars think pizza was first made more than 2,000 years ago when Roman soldiers added cheese and olive oil to matzah.” Nice try, Mr. Eban, but no way. Pizza comes our way from Naples. It was always the basic food of the poor in southern Italy, and it was there that people first discovered the delights of adding tomatoes to the flatbread they baked. It was only a matter of time until someone thought to slice some

t is, after all, something whose greatness we can all agree on. But please, no pineapple.

nice mozzarella on top. Today it’s the big chains that do the booming pizza business, bouncing back nicely from Covid lockdowns and accommodating the situation with advanced delivery options. Privately owned pizza places are also climbing out of the pandemic slump with more business and much higher prices. A pizza that sold for $1.50 in 1950 can go for $25 today, depending on the toppings. In Naples, people eat pizza for breakfast, lunch and dinner, which seems like a fine idea to me. It first came to America in the early 1900s. In 1943, Chicago deep-dish pie was created, a misguided attempt to improve on the original. Today, some folks prefer “healthy” pizza, with kale and cauliflower crusts. Totally unacceptable. It is a fine thing to open that cardboard box and slide out a greasy slice. We can agree on this, right? And no frozen pizza, no bagel pizza, no flatbread pizza or any other adulteration will suffice. In addition, and for all time, let’s agree that the best pizza topping is pepperoni, made from mysterious cured pork and a random mix of spices. Tell me that bright red color doesn’t scream “health food.” Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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We should be discussing accessory apartments

s part of a five-year, $25 billion plan to increase New York state’s stock of affordable housing, Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed legislation on Jan. 5 to permit accessory “dwelling units,” more commonly known as accessory apartments, across the state. Nassau’s new county executive, Republican Bruce Blakeman, held a news conference last week outside an East Meadow home, surrounded by a cadre of likeminded GOP leaders, to denounce Hochul’s proposal, saying it threatens to “destroy” suburbia and turn the county “into the sixth borough of New York City.” U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat who plans to challenge Hochul in the gubernatorial primary, also came out against the proposal, calling it “radical.” Both acted as if accessory apartments exist nowhere on Long Island. Funny thing is, there are many towns across the Island that allow them. In fact, most of Suffolk County permits them — and we haven’t heard folks out there complain that these housing units are wreaking havoc on their suburban way of life, whatever that might mean. According to a 2017 map developed by the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center, using data supplied by the Long Island Index, accessory apartments are allowed in these Suffolk towns: Babylon, Brookhaven, East Hampton, Huntington, Islip, Riverhead, Shelter Island and Southold. They are allowed on a limited basis in Southampton, and Smithtown permits them for family members and domestic staff. Only about a dozen tiny villages across Suffolk prohibit them.

LETTERS Rail lines need barriers To the Editor: The tragedy of Michelle Go, the young woman who was fatally pushed in front of a moving train in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority system last month, was preventable. The most basic protections for commuters — platform doors and barriers — are both much needed and long overdue at the busiest Long Island Rail Road and Metro North stations throughout the system. I recently traveled from Metro North in Westchester to the LIRR station in Syosset to call on the MTA to step up and protect LIRR and Metro North passengers and install barriers before anyone else is injured or killed. Preventing tragedies like the death of Michelle Go ought to be the top priority of New York public servants. As the MTA receives an infusion of new funds from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and

Different government agencies manage permitting for accessory apartments. In Babylon, it’s the Accessory Apartment Review Board; in Huntington, the Accessory Apartment Bureau; in Islip and Southold, the boards of zoning appeals; in Brookhaven, East Hampton, Riverhead and Shelter Island, the building departments. “Affordable accessory apartments” have been allowed in East Hampton in one form or another since 1984, but in 2016, the town loosened its zoning laws, allowing an even greater number of them. Strangely, it seems, local governments in Suffolk have embraced the notion of accessory apartments, while in Nassau, most of our local governments have either allowed them in limited circumstances only or banned them outright. Why? Let’s begin with why they’re so popular in Suffolk. According to a 2017 study by the Long Island Index — “Home Remedies, Accessory Apartments on Long Island: Lessons Learned,” by former Newsday reporter Elizabeth Moore — if just 10 percent of the Island’s single-family homes had legal accessory apartments, that could help solve our housing crisis by increasing the stock of safe, affordable apartments available to young people and older adults. “Accessory apartments have proven their worth as the most affordable type of rental housing in the region,” the Index stated. “They can be easily accommodated because they don’t require large infusions of capital, new roads, new sewers or expansion of the electrical grid. Instead, existing neighborhoods absorb the rentalseeking population like a sponge, while

stabilizing finances for tax-strapped homeowners. They also provide affordable housing that is blended throughout the community rather than clustered, and having a resident homeowner usually means that they are better maintained than rentals with absentee owners.” Long Islanders pay among the highest taxes in the country, which are most likely to destroy the Island’s suburban way of life, not accessory apartments. High taxes, coupled with high mortgage and rental costs, have been driving young people out of the region to less costly parts of the country since the 1990s, and even earlier than that. They are also forcing older adults — retirees on fixed incomes — out of their homes. Accessory apartments are a low-cost alternative for young people looking to strike out on their own. Many young people from around the country, even the globe, come to Long Island to study at our prestigious universities, but too many never stay past graduation because they simply can’t afford to live here. That’s a shame, because our region could use their talents as we strive to become one of the nation’s high-tech corridors. Accessory apartments also give older adults, particularly those on fixed incomes, a way to offset their high property-tax burden, allowing them to stay put. Talk about a win-win. Yet politicians like Blakeman and Suozzi eschew them because, some worry, accessory apartments might add a few extra cars to our blocks and a few extra kids to our schools. We encourage them to rethink their positions, considering all of the facts at hand.

OPINIONS

uring my time as an elected official, I was frequently asked whether being a state legislator was one of the toughest public jobs. My position was very demanding, but being a village mayor or a school board president is right up there in the ranks of jobs closest to the people. A state legislator will meet constituents at supermarkets, community events and many other places on weekends, but your mayor or school board official is confronted by the public on a 24/7 JERRY basis. The follow-up KREMER question was, what job has the potential to get the most done in the shortest amount of time? I always went with county executive. I have interacted with eight people who have held that job, dating back to the late A. Holly Patterson. Some of the executives were go-getters, and were effective at getting the job done. Others were caretakers, focused on serving out their terms and collecting a pension.

The new county executive, Bruce Blakeman, will have an opportunity to make his own history, because the county faces so many challenges. The coronavirus pandemic has taken a great toll on small businesses in Nassau County, and too many innocent people have died. Our health challenges are not over, and the statistics prove it. Blakeman, whom I have known and respected for many years, will face a number of new headaches in addition to the Covid fallout, and here are just a few. There is no doubt that at the top of the list is the archaic way that homes and businesses are assessed. Blakeman’s predecessor, Laura Curran, did the best she could with a temporary plan, but the system needs a permanent solution, and to date the challenge has proven unsolvable. Next in line are the Mitchel Field property and the Nassau Coliseum. The land surrounding the arena is extremely valuable. There have been numerous discussions about the development of that property, but nothing has been finalized. The opening of the UBS arena at Belmont Park may have made the Coliseum obso-

lete, but some fresh thinking could make it a viable public asset. Young people are desperate to remain on Long Island, but most developers focus on luxury housing with high-end prices. The Mitchel Field land could be the solution, a way to keep hundreds of our youth on the Island. The county’s mass transportation needs a fresh look. Any bus system has to be reexamined periodically to determine whether it is accommodating the workers who need to travel from distant points to get to their jobs. Bus operators want only profitable routes, but sometimes buses have to go where the jobs are, and that takes some imagination, and comes at a cost. To assume that the current bus system is perfect would be a mistake. An objective look at the operation is in order even if it steps on some toes. A look at the county’s day care program goes hand in hand with getting people to work. A potential job windfall for the region is waiting to be unleashed. At this moment, Amazon and other tech companies are buying numerous properties, planning to turn them into training sites

he Coliseum complex, assessments and mass transportation, to name three.

LETTERS Jobs Act, I am calling on our local transportation leaders to find the political will to do the right thing. Last week, the State Legislature approved new congressional districts that added portions of the Metro North to the district I hope to represent. In Congress, I would work to make sure even more resources are available to the MTA, LIRR and Metro North to protect the hard-working men and women who rely on the system to get them to and from work without incidents like what happened to Michelle Go. What happened to her should never happen to another New Yorker — and installing barriers would see to that. JOSH LAFAZAN Woodbury Lafazan is a Nassau County legislator running for the 3rd Congressional District seat.

Train station needs more seating To the Editor: Manhattan State Senators Brad Hoylman and Robert Jackson, Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, New York City Council Member Erik Bottcher and U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler sent Amtrak a letter requesting that additional seating be installed in the $1.6 billion Penn Sta-

for delivery jobs. At the same time, they are gobbling up large office buildings in the five boroughs, creating high-paying positions for engineers and technicians. Why not have a sit-down with these companies to get them to expand their footprint in Nassau County, beyond package services? We have great rail service and a quality of life that you don’t get in the city. Thanks to President Biden’s infrastructure law, communities all over the country will be eligible for funding to improve roads and bridges. Our county has hundreds of miles of roadway that could use upgrade, whether in technology or maintenance. An updated infrastructure plan could merit fresh federal dollars and make our communities safer. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The list of things we need to get done is endless, and beyond the reach of just one person. But there are plenty of opportunities for Blakeman to write a positive chapter in our county’s history book. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

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tion Moynihan Train Hall. There is currently only very limited seating in a small waiting area for ticketed passengers. Just as bad, there is no seating for Long Island Rail Road riders waiting on the $300 million West Concourse level for arriving trains. There are also no restroom facilities adjacent to the West Concourse. When there are periodic delays in service due to signal or other problems in either the Hudson or East River tunnels, thousands of LIRR and New Jersey Transit commuters must stand for long periods. Adding adequate seating would be inexpensive and easy to accomplish. It would go a long way toward attracting more riders to return to the rails following the coronavirus pandemic. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.

CORRECTION In “Locust Valley Board of Ed continues to fight for mask choice,” [Feb. 4-10] the pro bono law firm who is filing an amicus brief for the district is Rigano LLC. Additionally, at the Jan. 27 meeting the board voted to suspend the indoor masking requirement upon the expiration of the state mandate, which is Feb. 27, or sooner, if it is determined that this mandate is illegal.

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