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ing and feeling fatigued. When he went to urgent care, he tested negative for Covid-19, but LaVegKeeping a promise is impor- lia said she knew he had it. He tant to most 4-year-olds, and Mia began to decline quickly, experiJosephina Gambino is no differ- encing shortness of breath, and ent. It was difficult three days later for her when she could barely was separated from breath. LaVeglia her parents, Joseph admitted her husGambino and band to GCH on Denyce LaVeglia, April 15, and Mia for three weeks was taken to when her father LaVeglia’s parents’ was diagnosed house to protect with Covid-19. her from getting “Not seeing my sick. daughter was the G a m b i n o worst thing I could improved within go through,” said two days and was LaVeglia, 36, a regnot put on a ventiistered nurse and l a t o r, b u t h e the assistant manremained in the ager of Glen Cove hospital for a Hospital’s rehabiliweek. tation unit. “You “Denyce came need that love and DENYCE LAVEGLIA to work even the feeling you get Registered nurse though her husfrom your child, band was sick,” and I couldn’t have Glen Cove Hospital said Evelyn Mulit. I wanted to run vaney, the assisover and hug her, but I couldn’t. tant director of nursing at GCH. She began to shut down, and “Her little girl didn’t underdidn’t want to talk to me or my stand why she couldn’t play husband toward the end.” with her mommy. Denyce is Gambino, 38, began to show such a great mom.” signs of the virus in the couple’s Dix Hills home in April, coughCONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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Check both ends for the pot of gold Living in a beach community like Bayville affords residents with much to enjoy, including beautiful sunrises and sunsets. On Monday they were given a bonus — a double rainbow.
Oyster Bay Cove teen raises over $57,000 for protective equipment By JENNIFER CORR jcorr@liherald.com
Like other teenagers, Sabrina Guo’s life has changed dramatically during the coronavirus pandemic. The Oyster Bay Cove 14-year-old said she longs for what was once typical, especially going to school. “As a teenager, I miss a lot of things,” said Sabrina, a freshman at Syosset High School, “including my friends, my teachers, the gross odor of
my school gym that I got accustomed to, the cute study cubbies in my school library. But what I miss the most are those people that have made the ultimate sacrifice, saving other people’s lives.” In early March, Sabrina said, she became alarmed by the escalating toll of Covid-19, especially the devastation it was causing in New York. Americans have seen the country’s death toll climb to over 84,000, and a shortage of
personal protective equipment has forced health care workers to reuse masks and don garbage bags for protection. “It hit me hard, and I started to say to myself, ‘What can I do to help such an urgent situation?’” Sabrina said. “I also heard on the news that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a warning that in about a week, New York City was going to run CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
ot seeing my daughter was the worst thing I could go through. You need that love and the feeling you get from your child, and I couldn’t have it.
Graham appointed new LVCSD superintendent
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and AP placements before even setting foot in Locust Valley. “He really is a great combination of The Locust Valley Board of Education someone who is able to build relationships voted unanimously during its virtual May and someone who understands what we 5 meeting to appoint Dr. Kenneth E. Gra- need instructionally,” Maselli said. ham as the district’s new superintendent The board was also impressed by Grafor the next four school years. He will ham’s résumé. The district had spent replace Dr. Thomas Dolan, on July 1, who much of this school year speaking with has served as the district’s interim super- the community, she said, asking what intendent during the 2019-20 school year. they wanted from a “I truly am humnew superintendent. bled and I have One of the most congreat gratitude for sistent answers was all the work that that parents wanted you’ve done,” Grasomebody with expeham told the board, rience and given the “and certainly the hardships and chalcommitment that lenges Graham conyou’ve made to me . quered while at Long . . I’m honored that Beach and Sachem, the board has selectshe said he more ed me and placed than fits the bill. their trust in me to “There are a lot of be the leader of this things that can fall in outstanding educayour lap and you tional community.” need to innovate,” Graham said he Maselli said, “and had spent the earlihe’s the man that can er par ts of his do that. administrative In speaking with career as the superhis past colleagues, intendent of the Maselli said Graham Long Beach and was always present Sachem school disin his for mer districts. His experitricts, attending as ences in those dismany school events Courtesy Locust Valley Central School District tricts has prepared as possible, someDR. KENNETH GRAHAM will take the him for the chalthing which she said l e n g e s t h a t l i e reins as the Locust Valley Central w i l l t r a n s l at e t o ahead, he said, as he School District Superintendent of Locust Valley. “He’s helped lead the Schools next year. going to immerse Long Beach district himself in our school through Hurricane Sandy in 2012. community,” Maselli said, “and I think In Sachem, Graham said he guided the our community is going to love him.” district following a great financial crisis, Board Trustee Brian Nolan said Graduring which three schools were closed. ham’s experience and vision for the disHe said he plans to bring the expertise he trict are exactly what the board was lookgained through those experiences into ing for in a superintendent. His expertise Locust Valley. in school plant management, curriculum “Similar work will need to take place and instruction are going to greatly here as we plan for an uncertain future enhance the education and well-being of following the challenges of the coronavi- Locust Valley’s students, Nolan said. rus pandemic,” Graham said. “As a disNolan said he believes that Graham’s trict, we will be fully committed to guid- proven ability to guide school districts ing our students, families and staff through hardships will play a great role through the challenges ahead in a trans- in his success as a superintendent moving parent and collaborative manner.” forward. Every school district presents its Board President Jennifer Maselli said challenges, Nolan said, and he is looking the district received 42 applications for forward to seeing what sort of improvethe superintendent position and brought ments Graham will bring to Locust Valley four applicants in for interviews. Graham moving forward. was impressive, she said, from the first “We have unique challenges,” Nolan interview, because he came prepared, hav- said, “but we also have bright futures for ing done plenty of research on the Locust our young students. It’s definitely an Valley district before coming in. Graham amazing community and I think he’s knew the district’s test scores, programs going to propel us into the future.”
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Tough times require strength, which LaVeglia has The family reunited on May 2. “All three of us cried like big babies,” LaVeglia said. “But Mia still asks every day when I drop her off at my mother’s if she’s going to sleep there. When I first got her back and had to drop her off [there], she got so upset she wouldn’t let me leave. She kept making me promise that I’d come back.” To make matters worse, LaVeglia said, her daughter’s need for hugs and kisses from her mother can’t be fulfilled. “I still have to social distance from her,” LaVeglia explained. “Mia wants to be affectionate, but I can’t be.” LaVeglia was moved out of the rehabilitation department and became a hospital supervisor for six weeks when the coronavirus was at its peak. “It was a stressful time, because none of us knew what to expect and everyone was afraid of the unknown,” she said. “I had many interactions with patients and their families, which is a part of your everyday job as a nurse, but there were so many. People were dying. It was a sad reality.” Covid-19 patients lose strength, Mulvaney said, and need encouragement to move around. “Denyce inspires people to work at getting better,” Mulvaney said. “I think she was the strength behind her husband getting better.” LaVeglia is a compassionate caregiver, said Kim Rusnack, the rehabilitation department’s director of patient care services. It’s not uncommon to see her holding a patient’s hand while speaking to the family, and Rusnack said, she cares for her staff in much the same way. “During the beginning of Covid, Denyce was a big advocate of the staff making sure they had the proper [personal protective equipment] and that the units were stocked,” Rusnack recalled. “She is motherly of the staff, protective of them.”
A mentor of new hires, LaVeglia takes pride in knowing her staff. When a nurse’s mother died, LaVeglia took up a collection for flowers. She arranged for a baby shower for another nurse. “Denyce epitomizes what a nurse should be,” Rusnack said. “She is a true Florence Nightingale. Patients and families love her.” LaVeglia also sees the bigger picture, Rusnack said, by understanding the needs of the hospital as a whole. Being a leader has its responsibilities, LaVeglia said. You have to have the utmost confidence, and be positive. A leader, she said, needs to carry on and keep spirits up when everyone else is down. “I remember one day we ran out of isolation gowns, and I could see everyone starting to panic,” she recounted. “I called them by name and asked them what was making them happy right now. It worked. They just needed to be brought up.” With the number of Covid-19 cases dropping at GCH, LaVeglia is back in the rehabilitation unit. She is focused on helping patients who are still recovering grow strong enough to go home. The patients need a variety of help, including physical, occupational and speech therapy. “Either they were in the hospital so long on ventilators that their muscles start to decompensate, or they had a stroke and then got Covid,” she said. “They have to build up their strength. All of the patients I see are either post-Covid or still have it.” Their ages vary from 23 to 90, she said, though most are between 60 and 70. “Making someone smile makes you feel good during these times,” she said. “And it melts my heart when someone says something nice to me, giving me recognition like I got at Target recently. But this is what I do. I became a nurse to help people.”
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WHEN JOSEPH GAMBINO was diagnosed with Covid-19, his wife, Denyce LaVeglia, insisted that he be admitted to Glen Cove Hospital, where she is the assistant manager of rehabilitation. The couple were separated from their daughter, Mia Josephina Gambino, for three weeks.
Oyster Bay beach parking sticker sale begins Saturday Seasonal beach parking sticker sales will begin on Saturday, one week later than was originally scheduled by the Town of Oyster Bay. In recent days, the town has restricted beach access to residents and enhanced safety measures with new signage and pedestrian barriers. Beach parking stickers will be on sale daily beginning Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Tobay Beach; Philip B. Healey Beach, on Florence Avenue in Massapequa; Tappen Beach, in Glenwood Landing; Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park and Beach, in Oyster Bay, and John J. Burns Town Park, in Massapequa (beginning May 18). To purchase a beach-parking sticker, residents must present their vehicle registration and bring the vehicle that they plan to drive to the beach, since parking stickers are placed on the vehicle at the time of purchase. Only residents may purchase beach parking stickers for Town of Oyster Bay beaches. Seasonal parking stickers are $60, and the cost is covered after three visits. The Department of Parks will no longer issue seasonal beach parking stickers to those who hold Beach Identification Cards, regardless of whether they are
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SEASONAL BEACH PARKING stickers will be sold at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park, as well as at other parks throughout the town, starting May 16.
senior citizens, disabled or on Social Security disability. Instead, cardholders who enter a town beach and present their beach identification will be issued free daily passes. The cardholder must be in the vehicle when entering the premises. Residents age 60 and older can purchase Senior Beach IDs at the town clerk’s office for a one-time fee of $32. Additionally, volunteer firefighters, U.S. Coast Guard members, armed forces service members and veterans qualify for seasonal beach passes at reduced rates. “By purchasing a beach sticker in advance, residents can avoid the inevitable lines that often accompany the start of the beach season and spend more time with their feet in the sand instead,” Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino said. “We ask residents to follow the advice of health professionals and keep their family safe by socially distancing from others while at the beach, and by utilizing face coverings if you’re unable to keep a safe distance from others.” For more information, contact the Beach Division of the Town of Oyster Bay Parks Department at (516) 797-4111 or visit www.oysterbaytown.com.
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HERALD SCHOOLS OBEN adopts proposed 2020-2021 school budget The Board of Education of the Oyster Bay East Norwich Central School District adopted a proposed budget of $60,128,038 for the 2020-2021 school year. The estimated tax levy increase, which is the amount of money needed from taxpayers to close the budget, is 1.53 percent. An orchestra program would begin at Vernon School through the Fine and Performing Arts Dept. if the budget is passed. Additionally, a Mandarin language elective would be taught by a part-time teacher under the World Languages Department for students in ninth through twelfth grade. The budget also includes the hiring of one full-time fourth-grade teacher, necessary to adhere to required class sizes, while accommodating a growing number of students and a part-time high school science teacher to support the district’s growing science research program. “I applaud our Board of Education for being sensitive to the needs of the community and for preserving all instructional programs and for supporting several enhancements to benefit student learning,” said Dr. Laura Seinfeld, the superintendent of OBEN. “I also commend their
efforts in reducing the number of capital improvement projects and enhancements originally planned in order to minimize the burden on our taxpayers during this unprecedented time.” Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, school districts are waiting for guidance from the state on when the budget vote and Board of Education trustee election can take place; it is anticipated that the vote will take place sometime in June. When voters do go to the polls, they will vote on four propositions: the 2020-2021 school budget and election of one Board of Education trustee; the release of existing funds from the Technology Fund for technology-related projects; the release of existing funds from the Capital Reserve Fund for capital improvement projects; and a transportation proposition to reduce mileage eligibility limits for all students.
Proposition Two- Technology Reserve Fund
The proposition is for the approval of the release of existing funds from the Technology Reserve Fund — at no addi-
tional cost to taxpayers — to finance the third phase of the District’s 1:1 technology initiative. During this phase, mobile devices would be issued to four more grade levels for students to use as a primary instructional tool. This includes incoming students in grades six, seven, 11 and 12.
Proposition Three- Capital Reserve Fund
The Board of Education, in its effort to preserve instructional programs and enhancements, decided to reduce the number of capital improvement projects from three to two, according to district officials. They include the replacement of two playground surfaces at Vernon and air conditioning in the high school gymnasium. Voters will be asked to vote on releasing existing funds from the Capital Reserve Fund, which would be no additional cost to taxpayer, to finance these improvements.
Proposition Four- Reduction in Transportation Limits
Proposition Four is a separate referendum that must be put up for public vote
before it can be added to the budget because it involves an additional expense. Residents will decide whether to reduce the mileage eligibility limits from 1.25 miles to zero, also known as universal busing, for K-6 students and from 1.25 miles to .5 miles for students in grades seven through 12 at a cost of $160,063 for the 2020-2021 school year. This proposition markedly increases transportation eligibility for students and puts the district in line with mileage limits in neighboring districts at an average cost of $40 per household for the 2020-2021 school year. With the expenditure from proposition four, the total budget would be $60,288,101, the budget-to-budget increase would be 2.62 percent and the tax levy increase would be 1.83 percent. The district would still be within its allowable tax levy limit of 2.05 percent because the additional expense was already taken into account when planning the proposed spending plan. Residents are encouraged to visit the budget page on the district’s website at www.obenschools.org for further information and updates.
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Nassau honors its ‘health care heroes’ County executive comes to NUMC for National Nurses Week By Bridget downes bdownes@liherald.com
In honor of National Nurses Day, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and other county officials paid tribute Wednesday to the health care professionals working on the frontlines of the pandemic. “These are our heroes,” Curran said at a news conference outside of the Nassau University Medical Center, joined by nurses and other medical staff. “They are the crucial part of our health care infrastructure . . . and oftentimes they take the place of the family. In people’s last days, they’re the ones there, providing care and holding the hands. It’s difficult work, it’s emotionally taxing, and it’s incredibly important.” Some health care professionals are sleeping in RVs, staying in their basements or even camping out in tents in their backyards, the county executive noted, to maintain self-isolation orders. Others go through meticulous self-decontamination measures, including changing
in the garage and showering before hugging family members. “You are our warriors and we want to thank you for what you’re doing each and every day,” Curran said. “As I say, this crisis has not created heroes, it has revealed the heroes already among us.” To date, the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management has distributed 2 million pieces of personal protective equipment to health care workers and first responders. Dr. Anthony Boutin, CEO of NUMC, thanked Curran for coming to the hospital to celebrate National Nurses Day. “I commend our hard-working nurses, all our valuable employees working hard here,” Boutin said. As of Wednesday, the hospital was housing 52 patients who tested positive for Covid-19, and 20 whose results were pending. “This is a significant achievement. We have a 74 percent decline at our peak here at NUMC,” Boutin said, “and I’m happy to report some good news. We are discharging our 565th patient today.”
nassau County exeCutive Laura Curran, left, came to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow last Wednesday to pay tribute to nurses in honor of National Nurses Week.
State, Northwell test in minority communities By sCott Brinton sbrinton@liherald
New York state and Northwell Health are partnering to increase Covid-19 testing in the minority communities hardest hit by the virus in downstate New York, Governor Cuomo said Saturday. Testing will take place at 24 churches. Two Nassau County houses of worship — the Union Baptist Church in Hempstead and the First Baptist Church in Westbury — will be among the 24. Results of the state’s diagnostic testing and antibody testing surveys found the highest rates of Covid-19 infection in low-income and minority communities, according to the governor. Additionally, a state survey of all newly hospitalized Covid-19 patients found communities of color are most impacted. Of the 21 zip codes with the most new Covid-19 hospitalizations, 20
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New York state governor have greater than average black and/or Latino populations. “It is a cruel fact that when you look at disasters and emergencies, the poorest and most disadvantaged people often pay the highest price, and the Covid-19 pan-
demic is no different,” Cuomo said. “The fact is that low-income and minority communities are suffering the most. It is not right, and we have to address it.” Michael Dowling, Northwell Health’s president and CEO, said, “Given the prevalence of the coronavirus within communities of color, it’s imperative that we act quickly to prevent further spread of the virus. Among the ways we can protect our communities — beyond social distancing, wearing facemasks, avoiding group gatherings and basic hand hygiene — is through testing.” The governor also announced preliminary results of the state’s antibody testing survey of more than 1,300 transit workers in the New York City region. Roughly 14 percent, he said, had Covid-19 antibodies. By comparison, 16 percent, or 1 in 6 people on Long Island, tested positive for the antibodies, and 19 percent, or 1 in 5 people, were positive in New York City.
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Teen donates her college savings to fund PPE drive U.S., they were forced to look overseas, settling on manufacturers in China. Spenout of PPE.” Deciding that she had to do something, cer negotiated prices on behalf of his Sabrina started a fundraising effort on daughter. “No one wants to negotiate pricMarch 23, calling it Long Island Laboring es with a 14-year-old,” Sabrina laughed. Then when the order was nearly finalAgainst Covid-19, or LILAC, to purchase masks and gloves to be donated to hospi- ized they had to overcome another hurdle. The cost of shipping had gone up dramattals, senior care facilities and teams of ically, so much so that the roughly $10,000 first responders. that they had already She has been sucraised would not cover cessful in collecting the cost. over 20,000 pieces of “It’s still amazing PPE. But her efforts that we accumulated were not without chal$10,000 in the first two lenges. weeks,” Spencer said. Spencer Guo, Sabri“We’re thankful to Hometown: Oyster Bay Cove na’s father, said that those donors, but at the when his daughter same time the PPE Age: 14 spoke to him initially prices were rising so about her idea he much faster than the thought she was kidSchool: Syosset High donations.” ding. That’s when Sabri“I told her that if Likes: “I like hanging out with na decided that she the government is havmy friends, going to the mall, would donate $40,000 of ing issues [getting cuddling with my cat and her college savings to PPEs] then it will be annoying her 24/7. I like to the cause. She told her 100 times harder for us, parents that she wantwrite poetry.” so think about that,” ed to pay tribute to Spencer said. He said health care workers, Accomplishments: Played the he asked Sabrina, “‘Are along with the security violin at the Barclays Center you ready for this? guards, cooks and janiBecause when you’re in Brooklyn and Madison tors in health care in, there’s probably no Square Garden with the Joyfacilities, by donating way out.” ous String Ensemble. She’s a her own money. And Sabrina was, so the staff writer for the Syosset Jershe also wanted to pay Guo family decided to icho Tribune, won two Gold tribute to the children work together on the Keys awards in the 2020 who would not be able effort. They launched a Scholastic Arts & Writing to attend colle ge GoFundMe collecting because of the finanAwards regional competition roughly $10,000 in the cial ramifications of and is working on a novel. first two weeks. the pandemic. But once they “It was something looked into actually that had to be done,” purchasing the PPE, Sabrina explained. “A there were obstacles, starting with the parent’s dream is to see and send their inflated price. The Society for Healthcare Organization Procurement Professionals kids off to college, but if they pass away, released findings on April 6 that showed they can’t do that. Money is something that the cost of N95 masks had soared you can earn back, but lives . . . you can’t.” “When she told my wife and me, the over 1,000 percent, and the cost of gloves only thing we could muster was to hug by at least 200 percent. The Guos’ search for PPE was a diffi- her,” her father said. “We kind of cried cult one. Unable to find it anywhere in the together.” Originally, he was in charge of speakCONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE
Who is Sabrina Guo?
SPENCER AND SABRINA Guo and Eva Wang coordinated the distribution of PPE to health care facilities and first responders on Long Island. The equipment was purchased through a fundraiser on GoFundMe and with Sabrina’s college savings.
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SABRINA GUO, 14, founded the organization Long Island Laboring Against Covid-19 to supplement the supply of personal protective equipment. ing to health care facilities and first responders to find out what they needed. Now LILAC has committees of volunteers that take care of that. Another initiative created by Sabrina is Thank You and We Care, in which artwork and cards are created by volunteers and given to health care workers. Sabrina said her purpose in sending the messages of encouragement is to make sure health care workers don’t feel isolated behind their masks. Her mother, Eva Wang, has been picking up and delivering the artwork. Sabrina’s efforts have not gone unnoticed. When County Legislator Josh Lafazan, an alumnus of Syosset High School, went with her to donate PPE at Excel Rehabilitation and Nursing in Woodbury, he presented her with a citation. Lafazan called Sabrina a “superstar.” A health care facility in Far Rockaway, Queens, recently also asked for assistance. “One of the administrators was choking up, saying, ‘You probably won’t believe this, but some of us are still wearing garbage bags,’” Spencer said. “I thought I wouldn’t hear that because . . . we thought those situations were taken care of.” Sabrina said she didn’t think the pandemic would end anytime soon. “I’m humbled and somewhat gratified that we’re able to play an essential role in the PPE relief effort,” she said. “This isn’t just a battle; it’s a war that can last for years. For that reason, LILAC is an organization that
COUNTY LEGISLATOR JOSH Lafazan presented Sabrina with a citation of recognition for her work in the PPE relief effort, as well as her coordination of cards and artwork for health care workers. will continue to grow and prepare to help with the PPE shortage and to provide emotional support.” Since launching LILAC, Sabrina has raised over $57,000, including her own donation. To donate, go to https://www. gofundme.com/f/LILACovid19.
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Alessia Schutz An owner of Gemelli Gourmet Market
we shortened the hours because we need them to rest. We need to stock the store and we need to make sure the store is cleaned to the CDC standards. That’s something we’re doing everyday. We have free coffee for our employees during this time because without them we wouldn’t be able to run the business.
Kim Velentzas Middle School PTA president
We’re doing the curbside pickup for a lot of customers and that’s been really off the charts, kind of crazy. But it’s nice to know that we have customers calling up who are immune deficient or they have a vulnerable person in their house. So we’re always happy to get groceries ready for them and all they have to do is pull up outside the store. It’s been very rewarding. You have that sensation of knowing that we’re trying to help the community, We’re also giving free lunch or dinner for nurses. That was something we wanted to do to give back to the nurses because they’re on the front lines.
Thank you for supporting us through this hard time. We appreciate it more than you know.
It feels like we are bringing the community together. The fact that we’re all going through this together… It’s nice to know that we are not going through this alone. As a business we wanted employees to know that their safety comes first. We supply them with masks and gloves and
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Donna Galgano Pantry co-founder, Nurse practitioner
coronavirus. On my days off I do the pantry. Between the increase in people that need us and finding enough food to give to them this has become a full time job.
We call it the porch pantry. It’s really a whole group of us. Kirsten Kenny is the wizard behind the curtain. She is one of our eighth-grade math teachers at Finley Middle School and she runs the Builders Club, which is an offshoot of the Kiwanis Club, and she runs the pantry that serves families in need all year long. Kirsten and I were put in contact by our principal and because we don’t have access to the middle school, I started reaching out to friends and they started reaching out to friends and so on and then more
I’m a nurse practitioner at the New York Cancer & Blood Specialists in Great Neck. We see some patients remotely and some come into the office. For people with breast cancer it doesn’t stop with for the
Even though this is hard work I find it’s the best day of my week. The whole day is heartwarming. I’m there with my family and we work together like we did in the past when we did mission trips in Nicaragua and Puerto Rico. But helping others in my own backyard is the greatest blessing.
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Whether it’s six boxes of macaroni and cheese or whether it’s cases of peanut butter, every little bit goes directly to these families and as quick as my porch is packed with stuff, it becomes empty. At first we had six families and now we serve 60 a week. And it keeps growing. There really is such a need. There are families who wouldn’t necessarily need help and now they’re not working or their businesses are shut down and now they do [need assistance]. I hear stories from volunteers who are delivering groceries of children picking up the bag of cookies or the bag of bread and being so excited just to have fresh bread or to see a gallon of milk or a fresh turkey. We are feeding the children who are sitting next to my kid in math class or are playing next to your kid at the playground. This is our community.
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Peggie Como President, S.C. Mutual Concerns
When the virus hit originally, it was overwhelming. We had to find a way to deal with the increase in people that needed help. We have had an increase in donations and volunteers, who we rotate. We had 12 regular volunteers and now use a team of 25 every Friday. A second team of 10 volunteers packs the bags of food on Wednesday. That’s also when we get deliveries from Long Island Cares and Island Harvest. It’s hard physical work.
When we opened our doors on Nov. 8 we were a pantry that helped mostly seniors, and we had around 50 people. Now the People’s Pantry is a distribution center for 250 people every Friday and they are not only coming from East Norwich, Bayville and Oyster Bay anymore. Now they come from Glen Cove, Locust Valley, Sea Cliff and Syosset too.
and more food donations just kept getting dropped off on my porch.
I’ve always done it, but now the need is greater and so many people in Sea Cliff have been incredibly helpful. You just try to help anybody out as best you can, and although I do every little bit I can, I wish I could do more. We have to watch out for one another and I think this community has really been doing that. Somebody asked me if I was surprised at all with all the phone calls and donations I’ve been receiving. I wasn’t, because I know that all I have to do is put the word out on my Facebook page and within a day I have tons of responses. It’s a great neighborhood — it’s a great community.
During the pandemic, people are thinking about all different ways they can help. Many don’t have to worry about food, but they are thinking about the people that aren’t as lucky as them, which is a really nice thing. We always think that people are so selfish, but they’re not. People have been donating food and dropping it off at my house because Village Hall is closed, although I can get food from the emergency pantry. What I do is I pack it all up, I put it in my trunk and then I go to the houses of people in need and I drop it off on their doorsteps.
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LEGAL NOTICE The annual report of MAUREEN AND MICHAEL MCINERNEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, INC. for the calendar year ended December 31, 2019 is available at its principal office located at 303 N. Riverside Drive, Unit 605, Pompano Beach, FL 33062 (917) 592-3519, for inspection by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. The Principal Manager of the Foundation is Maureen McInerney. 121900 LEGAL NOTICE Invitation to Bidders PUBLIC NOTICE: is hereby given for separate and single prime contract sealed bids for: RE-BID Masonry Restoration at Oyster Bay High School. Bids will be received by the School District Purchasing Agent, by Tuesday, June 9, 2019 at 12:00 P.M. prevailing time at the District Office, 1 McCouns Lane, Oyster Bay, NY 11771. The District Office hours are 8AM to 4PM, Monday thru Friday. All bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the standard fashion at said time and place publicly opened and read aloud. The Contract Documents may be examined at the Office of the Architect, BBS Architects, Landscape Architects and Engineers, P.C., 244 East Main Street, Patchogue New York, (631-475-0349); however the Contract Documents may only be obtained thru the Office of REV, 330 Route 17A Suite #2, Goshen New York 10924 (877-272-0216) beginning on Tuesday, May 19, 2019. Complete digital sets of Contract Documents shall be obtained online (with a free user account) as a download for a nonrefundable fee of FortyNine ($49.00) Dollars at the following websites: www.bbsprojects.com or www.usinglesspaper.com under ‘public projects’. Optionally, in lieu of digital copies, hard copies may be obtained directly from REV upon a deposit of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars for each complete set. Checks for deposits shall be made payable to the DISTRICT, OYSTER BAY – EAST NORWICH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT and may be uncertified. All bid addenda will be transmitted to registered plan holders via email and will be available at the above referenced websites. Any bidder requiring documents to be shipped shall make arrangements with the printer and pay for all packaging and shipping costs. Plan holders who have obtained hard copies of the bid documents will need to make the determination if hard copies of the addenda are required for
their use, and coordinate directly with the printer for hard copies of addenda to be issued. There will be no charge for registered plan holders to obtain hard copies of the bid addenda. The bid deposit for hard copies will be returned upon receipt of plans and specifications, in good condition, within thirty days after bid date, except for the lowest responsible bidder, whose check will be forfeited upon the award of the contract. The Contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder or the proposals will be rejected within 45 days of the date of opening proposals. Bids shall be subject, however, to the discretionary right reserved by the School District to waive any informalities, accept or reject any alternatives, reject any proposals and to advertise for new proposals, if in its opinion the best interest of the School District will thereby be promoted. Each bidder may not withdraw his bid within 45 days after the formal opening thereof. A bidder may withdraw his bid only in writing and prior to the bid opening date. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Oyster Bay – East Norwich C.S.D. Dated: __May 6, 2020__ 121870
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF LIBRARY BUDGET HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Hearing on the Oyster Bay – East Norwich Public Library Budget for 2020-2021 will be held virtually on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Michele Vaccarelli Library Director POR FAVOR TENGA EN CUENTA, que la reunión de consideración para el presupuesto bibliotecario 2019-2020, se realizará virtualmente en Oyster Bay-East Norwich el martes, 7 de mayo de 2019 a las 7:00 de la n o c h e . Michele Vaccarelli Directora de la Biblioteca 121792 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADJOURNED BUDGET HEARING AND ANNUAL ELECTION, COLD SPRING HARBOR LIBRARY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that voting on the Library budget and election of members of the Library Board of Trustees of the Cold Spring Harbor Library will be in conjunction with that of the Cold Spring Harbor Central School District and will take place at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Voting will be strictly by absentee ballot. Forms of ballot propositions will be as follows: PROPOSITION NO. 1
R E S O LV E D, that the Board of Education shall contract with the Cold Spring Harbor Library pursuant to Education Law § 256 for the providing of library services to the residents of the School District and appropriate funds in the amount of $3,017,694 supporting principal and interest payments on the construction bond and the 2020-21 Operating Budget of the Cold Spring Harbor Library, with the requisite portion thereof to be raised by tax on the taxable property of the Cold Spring Harbor Central School District. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the 2020-21 fiscal year for the Cold Spring Harbor Library purposes may be viewed by any resident of the District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding said Vote/Election and on the day of the election on the Library website at www.cshlibrary.org. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Education Law §2018-d, any person serving in the military, including spouses and dependents, may register to vote in the upcoming school district election. A military voter who is a qualified voter of the District may obtain a registration form by contacting the District Clerk, James Stucchio, Attn: Lisa Spahn by t e l e p h o n e (631-367-5907), facsimile (631-367-5998), email (lspahn@csh.k12.ny.us), mail (75 Goose Hill Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724). A military voter who is duly registered may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application from the District Clerk. Completed applications must be mailed to the District Clerk and received no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 14, 2020. Military ballots must be received by 5:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020 if signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto with a date which is not later than the day before the election, or not later than 5:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020 if postmarked or endorsed by an agency of the United States government. A military voter may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration form, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail in the request for such registration, ballot application, or ballot. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for office of Trustee of the Library Board may be filed with the District
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Wesley Edmund Berry Wesley Edmund Berry, 94, formerly of the New York State Retired Teachers of East Norwich, of Willistown, PA, Association, where he, along with his died on April 11. Beloved husband of the wife Audrey, organized many functions, late Audrey (nee Spengeman) Berry; lov- not only to lobby for teacher’s needs and ing father of David W. concerns, but to proBerry (Sandra) and vide a social outlet for Doug Berry (Margaretired teachers in ret); adoring grandfatheir later lives. After ther of Audrey Berry; the death of his dear brother of Raybeloved wife in 2009, mond Berry (Anita) Berry moved to Willisand the late Herbert town, PA, to live with and Norman; son of his son, David, and the late Herbert Mead his daughter-in-law, and Mary T heresa Sandra. (nee Brennfleck). For the rest of his Born in Manhattan, life, Mr. Berry enjoyed he was raised in Peekan active life, attendslill, N.Y. by a widing various social owed mother during functions where he the depression. After made many friends in obtaining a bachelor a new par t of the Courtesy Donohue Funeral Home country. Inter ment and master’s degrees in history, political will be private at Calscience, and educaverton National Cemtion, he taught at Oyster Bay High etery on Long Island. A public MemoriSchool in Oyster Bay for 30 years until al Service will be held at a later date. In he retired as chairman of the Social lieu of flowers, contributions may be Studies Department in 1990. After made in Wesley’s memory to the Semper retirement, he then went onto a second Fi Fund to help veterans in need at career serving as an executive member www.semperfifund.org.
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’m trying to find the right word. Is it “hate” or “jealousy”? I’m not sure what the right label is for us East Coast residents, but it seems that a substantial number of Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House have a built-in hostility toward us. This dislike goes back many years, and may even be tied to the Civil War. Every time an eastern state asks for help from certain Congress members, it is met with a mean rebuff and a tirade. One great example is the Sept. 11 first responders, many of whom have died JERRY from their expoKREMER sure to toxins at the World Trade Center site. Considering that 3,000 innocent people died in the terrorist attacks and thousands of first responders risked their lives trying to save them, Lower Manhattan should be considered hallowed ground. Nevertheless, it took years before the Long Island congressional delegation and other state officials persuaded Congress to approve a long-term extension of disability payments for those heroes. The fight against that effort was led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ken-
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tucky. A number of Republicans from around the country who fought against the aid request backed him up. Republicans are now looking for ways to stick it to New York and other coastal states that are drowning in debt created by the coronavirus pandemic. The relief bills passed by Congress showed great favoritism to some Midwestern states at our expense. Businesses in Nebraska and North Dakota were treated better than suffering New Yorkers. More pandemic hospital gear went to Florida than to our health facilities, and most of it wasn’t needed. New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts, which have large populations, are essentially being told that they’re not entitled to more financial assistance because they are “blue” states. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has told McConnell that we’re dealing with life and death, not party registration. McConnell has gone out of his way to single out New York, claiming that our deficit was due to high pension costs and that we had no legitimate need. Once he staked out his position, he was joined by senators from Iowa, Wisconsin and Arizona, who pledged that the Northeast would get nothing as long as they were in the Senate. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, whose state is home to millions of trans-
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planted Easterners, chimed in with his own diatribe against the northern states. What is fascinating about this meanspirited attack against New York is that these same senators aren’t reluctant to visit Wall Street to beg for campaign cash. A few years ago, when Florida Sen. Marco Rubio spoke out against directing money to the dying first responders, U.S. Rep. Peter King, who represents many of us, told Wall Street money people to withhold contributions to Rubio or any other member who opposed the 9/11 aid. New York state had more than 335,000 cases of Covid19 as of Monday morning, the most in the country. Our hospitals and their personnel have been under enormous strain keeping up with this terrible virus. We are paying a high premium for masks, gowns and other desperately needed items, and the federal government has been accused of intercepting and diverting medical supplies from several states. Police and firefighters are working long shifts in order to keep up with the emergency demands of sick people. There are sad stories about the death of first responders and thousands of other local people every day. Another obligation of the government, in the event of a future epidemic, should be to coordinate the food supply. It is a trag-
elief bills passed by Congress favored some Midwestern states at our expense.
edy to see farmers destroying millions of pounds of crops and dumping fresh milk while hungry people are lining up at food banks all over the country. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue knows a lot about the farm business, but he has been clueless about how to move products to those in need. And, of course, Republicans in the Senate oppose expansion of the food stamp program for people in need. As a former state legislator who crafted budgets for 12 years, I understand that state deficits are connected to the number of Medicaid patients and the high demand for human services. School districts have always been given a high priority in state spending plans, but this year they face dramatic cuts. That means higher school taxes, and guess who will pay the bill? New York state’s fiscal crisis is tied directly to the high cost of health care, education and other ways in which it meets people’s needs. The Republican claim that deficits are tied to pension costs is an outright lie. But, if I have to choose between jealousy or hate to describe what they feel toward us coastal states, I think both words apply. 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.
Will this plague lead to a new dark age?
ometimes a black hole opens in a culture and civility falls in. History teaches us that sometimes, good will and decency are trumped by avarice and authoritarianism. Read the stories of the Salem witch trials, the genocide of the Holocaust, the purges in Rwanda and the “ethnic cleansing” in the Balkans, and you begin to connect the dots. I think we are on the cusp of such a moment, and I fear for our future. The cracks in the foundation of our culture began with the election of Donald Trump to the presidency and his very first lies about the crowd size at his inauguRANDI ration, a seemingly KREISS small false note that presaged disaster. Over the ensuing years he systematically dismantled many well-functioning stanchions of government, fired legions of experienced government officials and replaced them with sycophants and hacks. The ground rumbled as he attacked the trusted agencies to which America has turned in times of trouble: the CIA and the
FBI. When the information coming from these bureaus reflected badly on him or his administration, Trump undermined their credibility, and by doing that, their efficacy. The crack widened with sick appeals to the racists and the know-nothings and the haters among us. Then, because sometimes we are caught in the confluence of a perfect storm, the coronavirus pandemic struck. It is the worst time to suffer through the worst epidemic in a generation, with the worst leader who has ever risen to power in the United States of America. Bad luck all around. We are living through a nightmare of unnecessary deaths caused not by disease alone, but by mismanagement and incompetence. From the beginning, Trump lied about the pandemic and what government was doing to stop its spread. He missed every single opportunity to make it better. Most disturbing, the lying and corruption at the top are trickling down. The crazies, the anti-vaxers and the hoax-mongers are having their moment. And they are being encouraged by the president, who ignores guidance from the best and brightest scientists and doctors we have in the
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fight. Now, this week, I am seeing the black hole in our society opening wide. Who will fall in? The most vulnerable, of course. People will go back to work, not because anything at all has changed as far as the spread of Covid-19 is concerned, but because they need to support themselves. Because the president missed the opportunity to control the spread of disease, he tells the meat packers they have to show up. He knows they will go home to parents and grandparents and spread the disease. The cost of doing business. This is now the acceptable sacrifice: that tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of working people and older people, especially those in nursing homes, will die so the economy can stumble forward. It did not have to be this way. There will be a virtual culling of old people in this country. To accept this calculated loss of life isn’t just un-American; it is depraved. Yet here we are. The way forward from this mismanaged crisis is difficult and complicated. We need reliable testing so we can know who is sick, we need contact tracing when someone
he crazies, the antivaxers and the hoax-mongers are having their moment.
falls ill, and we need the truth, most of all, on a daily basis, from a reliable source. Most people who need to work and have work will work. But it is the federal government’s responsibility to see that the tests and protections that can make that process safer are in place. Enough dissembling from the president. The fact that he has frequently deployed the “witch hunt” defense, from the Mueller investigation to the impeachment hearings to his handling of the pandemic, is exquisite irony. He is the witch hunter in chief, going after news outlets, reporters, political opponents and now even iconic scientists like Anthony Fauci, who are the only source of reliable information on the pandemic. As one of the characters said in “The Crucible,” the story of the Salem witch trials, “I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem — vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!” Their prey may be riding different imaginary broomsticks these days, but Trump’s witch hunters are still sowing havoc and reaping revenge. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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he weekend was cold and windy, which likely prevented many people from venturing outside to potentially crowded spaces like the Jones Beach Boardwalk. For now, that’s a good thing. The more people stay home, the better. The coronavirus breeds among those in close contact. We know, however, that people will grow increasingly eager to get outside and see one another as the weeks wear on. Nonessential workers have been at home for eight weeks, and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran warned last Friday that it could be another six weeks before the economy fully reopens downstate. Hospitalizations, Cuomo explained, are declining but remain persistently high, and the fear is that opening the economy will lead to a spike in the Covid-19 infection rate — and thus the hospitalization rate, which could, in turn, increase the death rate. Deaths have declined to a quarter of what they were at the virus’s peak on April 9, when a staggering 799 people died overnight. From May 10 to 11, by contrast, 161 died. We mustn’t focus solely on statistics, though. Each reported death is a grandmother or grandfather, mother or father, wife or husband, sister or brother. Someone like Mike Field, a Valley Stream emergency medical technician and 9/11 first responder. He died on April 8 at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, of complications of Covid-19. He caught it after transporting a patient. He was 59. Or Jim Adelis. He died April 4, at age 67. He organized Trees for Troops each year at Dees’ Nursery in Oceanside, sending Christmas trees to our troops overseas. And there are so many more. We must not forget them. Their memories should haunt us over the coming
Where to find help ■ The Long Island Crisis Center in Bellmore is a 24-hour suicide-prevention hotline. Its motto is, “Any problem. Any time. Anyone.” It can be reached at (516) 679-1111 24 hours a day, seven days a week. ■ The North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center is a nonprofit chilweeks. If they don’t, we may be tempted to let up on social distancing. We may forget to wash our hands and wear masks. But we simply can’t, or others will die. Make no mistake: We will be tempted to let up. Warmer weather is almost here, and we’ll all feel spring fever. We will desperately want to get out of the house and spend time with family members, friends and coworkers with whom we have interacted only via Zoom for weeks. We’ll want to return to our favorite restaurants and bars, shops and museums, ballparks and bowling alleys. We must be smart, however, and heed Cuomo’s warnings. We must understand that the coronavirus is an indiscriminate, remorseless killer. We may no longer want to hide, but until the government tells us it’s safe to return to life as normal, we must stay strong and abide by the rules. In the end, we will eradicate this disease, but doing so will require patience and diligence — and, yes, a vaccine. We understand the need to reopen the economy. People fear losing their livelihoods, and worry about paying their mortgages and putting food on the table. A second surge of the virus, however, could be deadlier than the first, and keeping hospitalization and death rates at the lowest
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Voting made easy – use it To the Editor: This week some voters should start receiving applications for absentee ballots from the Board of Elections with pre-paid envelopes to help avoid in-person voting for upcoming primaries. Statistics show the vast majority of voters — probably 80 percent or more — will not even bother to mail back this free application to get an absentee ballot to vote. In a presidential election year, all voters should take advantage of this new voting paradigm and participate in our primary votes, school votes and presidential election this fall. Arguments about voting safety via mail are specious and are only meant to limit access to voting by mail as some are afraid more people will vote. Our democracy
dren’s mental health agency. It can be reached at (516) 997-2926. ■ The Nassau County Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Developmental Disabilities Services can be reached at (516) 227-7057.
possible levels is a bit like balancing a scale. If too many people fail to socially distance, then we will tip the scale in the virus’s favor. That could lead to a second, longer shutdown of the economy, and possibly a second Great Recession, or even a depression. The federal government has put in place a number of programs, amounting to billions of dollars, to aid desperate New Yorkers. It likely isn’t enough, and as we have written in recent weeks, more needs to be done — the government must help fund states’ annual budgets to guard against cutbacks to schools, hospitals, and fire and police departments. There is funding, though, providing at least temporary relief, helping Long Islanders survive the next month and a half. Accessing that money may require persistence and a load of paperwork, but at least Congress allocated the funds, which are only now starting to stream through our local economy. If you are feeling desperate, understand that you’re not alone. There are tried and true institutions here in Nassau County to aid people in need at times like these (see box).
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ew York state’s Division of Licensing Services has adopted new regulations to address widespread housing discrimination. They take effect on June 20, and represent an important step forward. Yet much more state action is needed. The regulations come in response to irrefutable evidence of housing discrimination on Long Island. That was the focus of a joint hearing held on Long Island in December by three State Senate committees, at which I testified on behalf of ERASE Racism. But the problem ELAINE isn’t limited to GROSS Long Island. It is statewide and systemic. That’s why more state action is needed. The Senate committees’ hearing was sparked by Newsday’s three-year investigation of real estate sales practices on Long Island. It exposed widespread evidence of civil rights violations, employing a research technique — involving paired testers (one white, the other “of color”) and the expertise of the Fair Housing Justice Center — that mirrored an earlier investigation by ERASE Racism that demonstrated racial discrimination in real estate rental practices.
The problem, however, is not limited to sales or rental markets, or even to real estate. Stark patterns of residential racial segregation are evident across New York and the United States. They are the result of intentional, coordinated actions of federal, state and local governments, the housing and banking industries, and other institutions over many decades. Those patterns have been sustained by those institutions, which all need to work aggressively to end them. The new Division of Licensing Services regulations require real estate brokers and their employees and agents to notify — and obtain signed disclosure forms from — prospective buyers, sellers, renters and landlords about antidiscrimination laws. They also require the prominent display of information about how customers can file complaints about the services provided with the licensing agency. The new regulations thereby send two clear messages to real estate agents. First, the state has underscored that they must abide by fair housing statutes, and that their license to practice is contingent on compliance. Second, the state has clarified that the Division of Licensing Services plays a vital role in fair housing enforcement.
This step should, however, be just the first of many by the state. At the joint hearing in December, ERASE Racism and the Fair Housing Justice Center proposed a five-point plan for New York, with the following core points:
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e should support programs that expand access to housing in all neighborhoods.
■ Create a well-resourced, proactive, and better-coordinated fair housing enforcement strategy. Complaints of discrimination must be investigated in a timely and thorough manner, but significant resources must also be devoted to conducting proactive testing investigations, since victims of discrimination usually don’t know what properties they were not shown. ■ The real estate industry should take affirmative steps to ensure compliance with fair housing laws. The Long Island Board of Realtors has a special responsibility here, but industry-wide action is needed. That action should include the
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We can learn from our health care workers To the Editor: Last week was National Nurses Week. As some know, my mother was in the Cadet Nurse Corps during WWII, later was Director of Nursing at two different county health departments and spoke with pride about having administered the first polio vaccines in the 1950’s. I’m not certain she could have imagined our current health crisis, but as with other challenges, I know she would have risen to the occasion, because she was my mom and because she was a nurse. When I first met with Glen Cove Hospital’s Executive Director Kerri Scanlon, a nurse herself, our conversation began by talking about nursing and compassion and it ended by talking about nursing and compassion. I have always respected and appreciated our nurses, doctors and other health care workers, but my respect has grown even more over the past many weeks as Covid-19 has taken its
■ Fully utilize the licensing power of the state to better regulate real estate licensees. The new regulations respond to that recommendation. The Division of Licensing Services should also determine whether licensees have engaged in conduct that warrants disciplinary action, including possible suspension or revocation of licenses.
hiring of more diverse sales forces.
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’m “h ■ Affirmatively further fair housing in wh all housing and community development Co activities at the local, state and federal substan levels. New York’s Human Rights Law U.S. Se should be amended in two ways: 1) to tility to explicitly prohibit discriminatory action many y by local public agencies involved in hous- Civil W ing, land use and zoning, or community development to ensure that their efforts are not perpetuating segregation by making housing unavailable based on race or national origin, and 2) to require state agencies and departments, local jurisdictions, public housing authorities and other public entities receiving state or federal funds for housing and community development to “affirmatively further fair housing” and take no action materially inconsistent with that.
■ New York State should implement fair housing legislative initiatives, policy changes, and support for programs that expand access to housing opportunities in ering th all neighborhoods. Among other actions, terrori respon the state should enact an “equitable share” housing plan and establish a mini- them, L ered ha mum affordable housing goal for every Nev community. Long Is All five of these steps need to be imple- other s mented for New York to achieve fair hous- approv ing statewide. ty paym agains Elaine Gross is president of Long Island- Majori based ERASE Racism.
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toll on our community. This crisis has required a Herculean effort by all the staff at Glen Cove Hospital and by healthcare workers around the world. Thank you to all and may we learn from your strength, your commitment and your compassion.
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Cuomo has a friend in Jerry Kremer To the Editor: I just had to respond to last week’s column by Jerry Kremer, “Cuomo puts the other guy from Queens to shame.” Kremer speaks in glowing terms about Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but leaves out so many details — for example, that Cuomo has put the state in a $6 billion hole because of inept and careless spending, investing state money in ridiculous solar panel schemes and not allowing fracking that would not only increase state revenue, but lower all taxpayer energy bills. He is also eliminating the Indian Point power plant, which provides New York City with 25 percent of its power. Where does Cuomo expect to make up that energy deficit? Windmills? Solar power? When the lights go out this summer and in
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summers to follow, there will be only one person to blame, and that will be Cuomo. Kremer obviously despises President Trump, but I must say that if it were not for Trump and his staff bailing out all these mismanaged states, this country would be fin-
ished. The least Trump deserves isensuin a thank-you from these blue statetled ma governors for coming to their res-govern govern cue. with sy RICHARD HEEMAN The Valley Streamtrusted turned
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