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O.B. resident founds PWR N NOISE existing issues on the Island. According to ERASE Racism NY, despite an increase of Long After George Floyd, 46, was Island student diversity, school killed by a Minneapolis police segregation is on the rise. More officer on camera, Arianna Chet- Black and Hispanic students ram, 20, knew what attend segregated she needed to do to schools than 12 fight for equality. years ago, the orgaShe founded nization said. PWR N NOISE in “A lot of kids e a rly Ju n e t o start off in school inspire change in and it’s just this small communihuge divide that no ties, including her one really talks hometown of Oysabout; it’s like this ter Bay. The nonelephant in the for-profit organizaroom,” Chetram, tion, which Cheta n O y s t e r B ay ram is the presiHigh School gradudent of, works to ate, said. “I just promote equal thought that it opportunity in eduwould be an opporcation. tunity to talk about “After George this now with Floyd was killed, I everyone listens aw t h i s s h i f t ; ARIANNA ing.” everyone was lis- CHETRAM With an organitening,” Chetram zation that is less Founder said. “I thought than two months now is the chance PWR N NOISE old, Chetram, on while everyone is behalf of PWR N resonating to start something in NOISE, has been attending Long Island.” almost weekly Black Lives MatChetram, a student at Pace ter rallies outside Oyster Bay University, has long volunteered Town Hall with her family. for causes she believes in. She The rallies have been an said she became focused on edu- opportunity for many, including cation when she was researching CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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PART OF HORSE Hollow Road in Locust Valley was blocked off by a vehicle, a downed tree and power lines.
Isaias leaves many downed trees on North Shore By SCOTT BRINTON and JENNIFER CORR Sbrinton@liherald.com, jcorr@liherald.com
Tropical Storm Isaias, a swift-moving tempest that slammed Nassau County on Tuesday, knocked down more than a thousand trees and some 338 electrical and phone wires, County Executive Laura Curran said at a news briefing Wednesday morning. No fatalities were reported, Curran said.
As Oyster Bay workers and residents clean up after the stor m, Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino said through social media that the town will pick up fallen branches and tree limbs left at the curb, and a full cleanup will take about a week. “There is no need to pay someone to cart [debris] away,” Saladino said. “With much damage town-wide, we ask that you bear with us as
we clear the debris.” And with many residetns still without power throughout the town at press time Thursday, charging stations and cooling centers were open at the Ice Skating Center in Bethpage and Marjorie Post Park in Massapequa. The storm hit businesses hard. Ryan Schlotter, president of the Oyster Bay–East Norwich Chamber of ComCONTINUED ON PAGE 3
nce everyone left and went to college and started actually learning about some things and their culture’s heritage, it helped so much.
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A TREE FELL onto this Bayville home during Isaias.
Many without power, trees and branches downed CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE merce and the founder of the Oyster Bay Brewing Company, said many area businesses lost power at 3 p.m. Tuesday. As of press time, the brewery had power. But because the storm diminished his phone service, he was unsure about the other chamber members. “We closed the brewery [on Tuesday] because the power didn’t go back on,” Schlotter said. “But it came back on this morning, which is great, so we’re operational today.” Without power, traffic lights were out across the North Shore, causing Nassau County Police Department officers to direct traffic. In Bayville, floodwaters did not affect the area as they usually do during big storms, but the storm downed many trees and caused power outages and eight fires. “The east end of Bayville has its power back,” Bayville Deputy Mayor David Wright said. “The west end is still out. The damage from the storm was extensive — a couple of transformers down. There were a lot of wire fires that the Fire Department had to respond to. I haven’t heard of any injuries, except for property damage, of course.” Wright is asking residents to remain patient and find a place to cool off if their power is off. Thirty county crews worked through the night and into the morning from Tuesday into Wednesday, removing fallen trees and storm debris from county roads, which, Curran said, were mostly passable. There was relatively little rain, but the storm brought sustained winds in the 30- to 50-mph range, with gusts in excess of 70 mph, which caused some trees to fall onto homes. The county reported 135,000 power outag-
CREWS WORKED TO clean up a fallen tree on Mountain Avenue in Bayville the day after Tropical Storm Isaias. es as of Wednesday morning, Curran said. At the peak of the storm, there were some 435,000 outages across Long Island, and Curran criticized PSEG for what she described as a lack of communication during the storm, saying customers were unable to get through to the utility to report downed wires. A message on the PSEG website stated that people could report outages four ways: “Text OUT to PSEGLI (773454), report it online, through our app, or call 800-4900075.” At 5 p.m. Tuesday, PSEG reported the following: “Tropical Storm Isaias was one of the strongest to reach the service area in years,
causing widespread, severe damage. Some outages could last for an extended period. Strong winds and hazardous gusts downed trees, branches and wires, currently affecting more than 368,000 of our 1.1 million customers across Long Island and the Rockaways. We have already restored power to more than 36,000 customers.” The storm shut down the Long Island Rail Road throughout the afternoon on the Tuesday of the storm. A message on the LIRR site stated, “LIRR service is suspended system-wide due to high winds and hazardous conditions caused by Tropical Storm Isaias, including fallen trees, downed utility poles and power outages. We will resume service as soon as condi-
tions safely allows.” At press time, a statement on the railroad’s website said that trees and utility poles were being removed from tracks and that repairs were being made. Service was restored. Forecasters had predicted two to four inches of rain for Tuesday afternoon, but Isaias tracked farther west, unleashing its heaviest rain in New Jersey and upstate New York. The storm’s outer rain and wind bands lashed Long Island, where there was significantly less precipitation. The storm also hit during low tide, reducing flooding in low-lying areas. For assistance with downed trees in the Town of Oyster Bay, call (516) 677-5350.
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Giving nature a helping hand by oyster ‘gardening’
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By LETISHA DASS newsroom@liherald.com
Oysters are an aquatic delicacy harvested for the palates of seafood lovers. Even so, other than being a delicious meal, oysters are an essential member of the ecosystem. According to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, oysters have the unique capability to filter about 50 gallons of water per day for food and pollutants such as nitrogen and sediment. Because of oyster harvesting and the decline in aquatic health, the oyster population has also declined, and organizations have come together to give these shellfishes a comeback. The Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Protection Committee, along with the help of the Town of Oyster Bay, the villages of Bayville and Laurel Hollow, the Friends of the Bay and others, has been able to bring in volunteers to aide in the development of oysters with the Community Shellfish Gardening program. “The program started in 2017, just in Laurel Hollow, with 30 families as an experiment to see if we could engage residents and do something to help the waters,” said Rob Crafa, coordinator of the Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Protection Committee. “It has expanded these two gardens in Bayville and Laurel Hollow and now we have 100 families engaged in this activity.” “My favorite part about this program is that it really gets the community involved,” said Kevin Oxer, the Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Protection Committee specialist. “We will have maybe 25 to 30 people on the beach just all working together to a common goal: working to clean up our bay.” The coronavirus did not slow down the program or prevent new volunteers from joining as seen with Pattianne Schnabel and Evelina Sarles who recently joined this summer. Starting from June or July, the program allowed community members from the surrounding area to receive about 1,000 baby oysters aged a couple of months and 10-12 mm each in size to help grow within the harbor in two floating cages until the end of the season in September or October. As a token of gratitude for their work, each volunteer would receive oys-
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THE VOLUNTEERS HAVE to clean the cages every other week in order to remove any predators and algae build-up on the cages ters from local harvesters. This trade of oysters allows the volunteers to still have a taste of these desirable shellfish as the oysters they were given to grow are not for human consumption. These oysters being cared for are from the Cor nell Cooperative Extension and sometimes other NYS DEC approved source. While the volunteers wait for their oysters to grow, they will have to clean the cages every other week in order to remove any predators and algae buildup on the cages. If the cages are not cleaned as often, then the oxygen, water circulation, and food for the oysters would be limited and reduced, thus hindering the growth and survival of the oysters. As they clean, 20 out of the 1,000 oysters are measured to track growth. Many community members from surrounding areas have started to make this a family experience. “We have two or three generations coming around to do this,” Crafa said. Schnabel, of Mill Neck, brought her grandchildren along to enjoy the experience of oyster cleaning on July 25 on
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Bayville’s West Harbor Beach. This was her third time cleaning her cages and her first month in oyster gardening. “It is actually so much fun,” she said. “I want to see how they grow. Over the last time, they doubled in size.” As a retired science teacher of Portledge School and resident of Bayville, Sarles said her experience has been educationally and environmentally enlightening. “Sustainability is something that we are all interested in. Here is a grass roots thing that you can do that makes a difference,” she said. At the end of the season, each volunteer will return their oysters to Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Protection Committee for placement in Cold Spring
Harbor’s designated sanctuary areas. The sanctuary was first established last year. During the fall of 2019, approximately 80,000 2-inch oysters were placed into the sanctuary. The growth and survival of the oysters in Cold Spring Harbor sanctuary, which was marked by orange buoys, were checked on July 21. It was found, according to Crafa, that the oysters had a survival rate of 90 percent and there were very few predators. “We are going to keep adding to them and hopefully on their own they are going to reproduce,” said Crafa. In the future, shellfish gardening will hopefully expand past Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor to the beaches of the Town of Huntington.
Ancestral research services available through town clerk’s office Residents who wish to engage in some form of family research may do so through ancestral services offered by the office of Oyster Bay Town Clerk Rich LaMarca. Residents can fill out a form to search birth, death and marriage records for genealogical purposes and these early vital records might just provide the piece of information about ancestors that residents may have been seeking. “In recent years, ancestral research has become one of the world’s most popular hobbies and countless people around the world are actively engaged in some form of developing a family tree,” LaMarca said. “Whether it’s to satisfy a curiosity about oneself, provide children with a sense of who their ancestors were or to compile a medical history, people are trying to get in touch with their roots. Vital records are the cornerstone of genealogical
research, and my office is proud to provide dates and locations of events in the life of an ancestor, as well as other useful data.” The town maintains records dating back to 1881. To protect the privacy of the living, birth records will not be released unless the record has been on file for at least 75 years and the person to whom the record relates is deceased. Death records will not be released unless the record has been on file for at least 50 years. Additionally, marriage records will not be released unless the record has been on file for at least 50 years and both parties to the marriage are known to be deceased. The fee for a genealogical search varies depending on the number of years requested to be searched and can range from $22 to $162. For additional ancestral information or other services offered by the town clerk’s office, call (516) 624-6333 or visit www.oysterbaytown.com.
Trail at new Humes Preserve dedicated to chairman the Humes property for the community,” Jones said. “With its location between Shu Swamp Preserve, Upper and Lower Francis ponds and adjoining 15-acre Nassau County property, the estate helps create an important open space corridor on the North Shore of Long Island totaling nearly 150 contiguous acres of nature preserve to be enjoyed by the community. My wife has known the property her entire life and grew up playing there as a little girl, which is another reason it is so special to us.” Land Alliance members hopes the Humes Preserve will become an integral part of the North Shore community — a place where people can sit on a meadow bench and watch birds, hike woodland trails, a place where people can connect with the wonders of nature while appreciating the richness of the past. The North Shore Land Alliance, Inc. is a nonprofit land trust founded in 2003 that works to protect and preserve, in perpetuity, the green spaces, farmlands, wetlands, groundwater and historical sites of Long Island’s North Shore for the enhancement of quality of life and benefit of future generations. To date the Land Alliance has preserved over 1,200 acres of open space. For more information about the North Shore Land Alliance and how to make a donation towards the opening of the Humes Preserve, please visit www.northshorelandalliance.org or contact Lisa Ott at lisa@northshorelandalliance.org. For those interested in attending the Humes Family Fun event at the Humes Preserve on Wednesday, Aug. 19, Thursday, Aug. 20 or Friday, Aug. 21, please visit https://bit.ly/3eYyGwo or contact Liz Swenson at liz@northshorelandalliance. org.
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LAND ALLIANCE BOARD members Jack Foley, left, Hollis Russell, Luis Rinaldini, Hoyle C. Jones, Larry Schmidlapp, Jonathan Moore, Bridget Macaskill, Zach Taylor and Land Alliance President and CEO Lisa Ott at the dedication.
THE OVERLOOK TRAIL at the Humes Preserve was dedicated to North Shore Land Alliance Board Chairman Hoyle C. Jones.
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The North Shore Land Alliance dedicated the Overlook Trail at the Humes Preserve on July 10 to Board Chairman Hoyle C. Jones. This accolade was bestowed for his leadership in creating the Humes Preserve, a 28- acre property in Mill Neck that the Land Alliance will open to the public later this summer. Jones is no stranger to the outdoors. He grew up on a 2,000-acre ranch on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. During his summer breaks at Washington and Lee University, he worked as a wrangler on a large ranch and earned himself the nickname “Bronco.” After a 38-year career at Citibank, Jones retired in Mill Neck in a home adjacent to the Humes Preserve that also happens to be the house where his wife, Botsy Jones, grew up. He joined the board of the North Shore Land Alliance in 2006 and was named Chairman in 2018. “Over the course of the Land Alliance's 17-year journey, Hoyle's generosity and commitment to the Land Alliance's conservation work has been extraordinary,” Lisa Ott, the Land Alliance President and CEO, said. “He is a true conservationist who has demonstrated his love for nature time and time again in so many meaningful ways. From saving land to ensuring the health and safety of the plants and animals that share these spaces with us, Hoyle is a real champion.” The Land Alliance purchased the Humes Estate in the summer of 2015 for conservation purposes. In addition to making a substantial contribution towards the purchase of the property, Jones leveraged his personal relationships to encourage other donors to contribute to the acquisition. “I thought it was important to protect
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RCI to premiere three publications in August Richner Communications Inc., publisher of Herald Community Newspapers, is launching three new monthly publications in August to help local businesses get the word out about all they do — Living Large and LI Prime/ Long Island’s Prime Focus. Living Large, which will launch Aug. 14, is a broadsheet — the width and length of The New York Times — offering an oversized tablet for display advertising. It will be mailed to 10,000 homes and businesses in each of the five areas where it is published, and will be printed with bright white covers. For advertisers, covers are nearly sold out. LI Prime and Long Island Prime Focus are RCI’s new monthly shopping and specialty guides. Each month, LI Prime will promote local stores, restaurants, real estate agencies and doctors’ offices. Long Island’s Prime Focus will feature a guide focused on the best deals and businesses in a specific area of interest, such as back to school, real estate, home improvement and dining, with the premiere issue highlighting health and fitness. LI Prime and Long Island’s Prime Focus will be found in one, magazinesize publication — flip over the book to move from LI Prime to Long Island’s Prime Focus, and vice versa. The publications are set to launch this week. When mailed, the new publications will go to virtually every home in the Five Towns, Lynbrook-East Rockaway, Oceanside-Island Park, Rockville Centre and Valley Stream. For more information on these publications, call Rhonda Glickman, RCI vice president of sales, at (516) 569-4000, ext. 250, or email her at rglickman@liherald. com, or call Lori Berger, sales manager for digital and specialty products, at (516) 569-4000, ext. 228, or email her at lberger@liherald.com. RCI Publisher Stuart Richner said the new publications are a showcase where local businesses can advertise their goods and services. “These new monthly publications will provide our business clients with the reach they expect and desire from Richner Communications publications,” he noted, “and will encourage the community to frequent and support our local businesses.” Michael Bologna, RCI’s vice president of operations, said, “We needed to find a way to help local businesses get their message out at this point in time. We asked our account executives what they thought advertisers needed and simply gave it to them. These products are just the right mix of fresh and unique to appeal to both the merchants and their customers.” “I’m so excited to be launching three new products,” Glickman said. “Living Large is a spectacular broadsheet publication priced so that even the smallest business can afford to advertise. It’s big and beautiful and mailed to your home. Seeing your ad on a large space only enhances its beauty.” “A very special feature of both new publications,” Berger said, “is that they are both being mailed to over 10,000
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HOT OFF THE presses at RCI’s Garden City headquarters, clockwise, from left, Living Large is one of the company’s three newest publications — a broadsheet the size of The New York Times that will provide plenty of room for advertising. Pictured is press operator Braulio Luna. RHONDA GLICKMAN, RCI’S vice president of sales, at home in Lynbrook with LI Prime and Long Island’s Prime Focus, a two-sided publication. ELLEN REYNOLDS, RCI’S classified sales manager, showed off the new publications at her home in Freeport. LORI BERGER, RCI’S sales manager for digital and specialty products, with the new Living Large publication in her backyard in Wantagh.
homes and businesses monthly in all of the communities we are launching these publications. This gives so many residents and community leaders the opportunity to peruse these informative new publications.” Ellen Reynolds, RCI’s classified advertising manager, said she gave out samples of the new publications in Oceanside last weekend, and local shop owners were interested. “But the customers,” Reynolds said, “were also fasinated. They seemed truly excited they would get three new publications each month with local ads delivered to their homes through the mail. “One customer couldn’t get over how
beautiful Living Large was and didn’t believe me that they would be getting a publication the size of The New York Times for free,” Reynolds continued. “They loved the idea that the ads in the papers would be local and wanted to know how they could be guaranteed that they will get them.” Amy Amato, RCI’s executive director of corporate relations and events, said, “I’m thrilled about the design of the new publications. It offers a cleaner, more modern, fresher look in a bigger format. Our Living Large broadsheet publication is so huge and well designed that it’s impossible not to notice every ad.”
LVCSD releases its plans for the 2020-21 school year LVCSD July survey results ■ Seventy-nine percent of parents and family are likely or highly likely to send their children back to school observing Center for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. ■ Forty-six percent of parents and guardians indicate that their children could wear facemasks at school for the day. ■ Seventy-one percent of parents and guardians are concerned or highly concerned about their children’s social emotional well being. ■ Fifty-one percent of parents and guardian indicate that they will not send kids on district transportation. ■ Sixty-nine percent of parents and guardians indicate that they are likely or highly likely to allow their children to participate in athletics or extra-curricular activities.
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eight grade students and life skill students will receive in-person instruction while ninth through twelfth grade students will continue the hybrid model. In Phase Three, which is predicted to begin by Oct. 13, all students will return for full, in-person instruction. Other significant changes part of the proposed plan includes the rethinking of the school calendar. Instead of the standard four quarters of the school year, there may be eight marking periods. The presentation stated that this would allow for easier transformation between remote and in-per-
al spaces that would make social distancing possible, a pause on use of lockers for middle and high school students and the maintaining of social distance during mask breaks and eating periods. As for transportation, face coverings will be required on the bus for students, bus drivers, aides and any other support staff on the bus. Each student will be required to sit in their own individual seat unless the student sits with their sibling. Students will also be reminded that they may not eat or drink during the bus ride. Extra curricular activities will look different as well. The fall sports season may be delayed until Sept. 21, there will be no field trips, extra curricular activities will be delayed until conclusion of the first marking period, all events will be shifted to a virtual platform and chorus, instrumental music groups and physical education are being explored in consultation with departmental staff. Following the governor’s announcement, the district will share their updated plan with the community and the district will prepare the facilities, transportation and staff for reopening. The next LVCSD Board of Education meeting will take place on Aug. 18. For more information, visit www.lvcsd.k12. ny.us/reopening/reopening.
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A s S e p t e m b e r ap p ro a ch e s, t h e Locust Valley Central School District officials are prepping for in-person and remote instruction as the pandemic still impacts daily life. In preparation for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s early August announcement on school reopening mandates, the LVCSD has submitted draft plans on reopening to the state. What is known as far as school reopening so far, according to a presentation at LVCSD Board of Education meeting on July 30, is that schools in New York can reopen if the region is in Phase Five reopening and if the daily infection rate remains below 5 percent. Regional new infection rates, according to the presentation, is at 1 percent. Schools will re-close if infection rate rises above 9 percent using a 7-day average. Should infection rates remain low, according to the presentation, Phase One of the LVCSD reopening plan will likely begin on Sept. 8. Students in kindergarten through sixth grade and life skills will return for full, in-person instr uction and seventh through twelfth students will begin the school year in a hybrid model. The hybrid model consists of students alternating between in-person and remote instruction. In Phase Two, kindergarten through
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L.I. Democratic lawmakers seek stimulus talks By ScoTT BrinTon
the HEROES Act. Without more such aid, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has warned, New York would likely have to cut 20 percent of U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and Rep. Tom Suozzi on July state aid for police, schools and hospitals, at a time when 29 called on Republican senators to work with the Democosts are increasing because of the Covid-19 crisis. A 20 heroeS Act: Health and Economic Recovery cratically led House of Representatives to pass another percent cut, local officials have said, would be devastatOmnibus Emergency Solutions Act round of economic stimulus, only two days before a $600 ing, potentially resulting in mass layoffs. additional weekly payment that the unemployed had Suozzi said aid to state and local governments must be heALS Act: Health, Economic Assistance, received in recent months was set to expire. included as part of any additional stimulus package. As The two, along with Matt Cartwright, a Democrat far as Democrats are concerned, he said, it’s a “non-negoLiability Protection and Schools from Erie, Pa., excoriated Senate Majority Leader Mitch tiable” point. McConnell, saying he was stonewalling a deal to infuse Suozzi pushed back against an argument that McConfurther aid into the American economy, at a time when nell has made numerous times: that stimulus money Many people are not returning to work because of Covid-19 cases were surging across the South, West and local shutdowns of the economy, she said, noting a sister unequally benefits so-called “blue states,” or Democraticperhaps now the Midwest. who is out of work in California. “She wants to [work], majority states. He noted that New York annually pays Rice, a Democrat from Garden City, and Suozzi, a but she can’t,” Rice said. tens of billions more in federal taxes than it receives Democrat from Glen Cove, held a virtual back in aid and projects. Meanwhile, McConWithout further stimulus, news conference with Cartwright to help nell’s home state of Kentucky each year Rice warned, “there are going to apply pressure to Republican senators to receives tens of billions more than it sends to be millions of families across negotiate an aid package with Democrats. Washington. this country who cannot pay Coronavirus deaths surpassed 150,000 the Cartwright said the senate majority leadtheir rent.” day before the conference. er appears more “interested in protecting She noted gyms and bowling On May 15, the House passed its $3 trillion corporations” than he does in providing aid alleys remained shut down in HEROES Act, which would extend unemto average Americans. And, in fact, the New York. ployment benefits, including the weekly $600 HEALS Act would give companies, universiWithout additional aid, Cartpayment. Meanwhile, the Senate on July 27 ties and hospitals a five-year liability shield wright said, “we could slide into unveiled its $1 trillion HEALS Act, which against coronavirus-related damages. a great depression.” would reduce the $600 weekly payment to The White House, the three Congress McConnell, Suozzi said, will Kathleen rice Tom Suozzi $200. Now the two chambers must agree on a members said, is bypassing the Senate to only “respond to political presunified bill before it can go to President negotiate directly with House Speaker Nancy sure,” and he added that presTrump for his signature. Pelosi, noting Treasury Secretary Steve sure must come from Republican At press time on Aug. 3, the two sides had entered ten- governors, mayors and town supervisors. Mnunchin’s recent talks with the speaker. tative talks, but did not appear close to reaching an McConnell has said the HEALS Act is a starting point As of press time, the Republican bill contained no agreement. The only measure that the two chambers had new aid to state and local governments — it would only in what will likely be prolonged negotiations. “The agreed on was a $1,200 stimulus check for Americans allow them to use an existing $150 billion funding pool in American people need more help,” McConnell has said. who meet certain income requirements. a more flexible way, giving them the ability to use the “They need it to be comprehensive and carefully taiRice refuted a Republican position that people would money to close their budget gaps, according to The Wash- lored, and that is what the Senate majority has assemrather stay home than work because of the additional ington Post. Meanwhile, Democrats were seeking more bled … Every bill has to start somewhere, and this is the $600 payment, calling the argument “garbage.” than $1 trillion in aid to state and local governments in starting place.”
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American Red Cross needs hurricane volunteers The American Red Cross in Greater New York is seeking up to a thousand volunteers to be part of its inaugural Hurricane Season Reserve Corps, a new, trained group of team members ready to support affected communities in the event of a major disaster in the region. This large number of reserve volunteers is needed because of the added constraints caused by Covid-19 and the projected intensity of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which will run through Nov. 30, peaking in August and September. “The coronavirus pandemic will make it challenging to deploy trained disaster volunteers from other parts of the country should an emergency occur. In light of this, the Red Cross is asking you to be ready to help your community,” said Susan Rounds, interim CEO of the American Red Cross in Greater New York. “Train now to be a Red Cross volunteer and answer the call to help if the need arises here in our region.” For more information, go to redcross. org/volunteertoday. Scroll down to find the Shelter and Disaster Health Services roles, which comprise the Hurricane Season Reserve Corps. The greater New York region includes New York City, Long Island, Rockland and Westchester counties, and Greenwich, Conn. Positions are available across New Jersey and New York state as well.
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The AmericAn red Cross in Greater New York needs up to a thousand volunteers to help staff its shelters in the event of a hurricane. There is a special need for volunteers to support sheltering efforts. To help keep people safe during the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the Red Cross has put in place additional precautions and developed special training for its workforce. The Red Cross needs volunteers to help staff shelter reception, registration, feeding, dor-
mitory, information collection and other vital tasks. Associate and supervisory positions are available. All necessary training (minimum three hours) is provided virtually. In the event of a disaster mobilization individual shifts for this role are 12 hours. If you are a nurse, doctor, paramedic,
emergency medical technician or physician’s assistant with a current and unencumbered license, the Red Cross needs your support. Volunteers are needed in shelters to help assess people’s health. Daily observation and health screening for Covid-19-like illness among shelter residents may also be required. Nurses supervise all clinical tasks. Roles are also available for certified nursing assistants, certified home health aides, student nurses and medical students. The Red Cross needs volunteers who can provide care as delegated by a licensed nurse in shelters. This could include assisting with activities of daily living, personal assistance services, providing health education and helping to replace medications, durable medical equipment or consumable medical supplies. All necessary training (minimum five hours) is provided virtually. In the event of a disaster mobilization, individual shifts for these roles are 12 hours. Be sure to review the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance for people who are at higher risk for severe illness, consult your health care provider and follow local guidance. The Red Cross’s top priority is the health and safety of its employees, volunteers and the people whom it serves, agency officials said.
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Equal opportunities for all children CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE local activist Hope Taglich, 21, to speak about their observations and experiences of inequality. Arianna’s father, Ravin Chetram, is vice president of the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Chamber of Commerce and a Black Lives Matter activist. Arianna’s family and other local activists and friends have helped her spray-paint the PWR N NOISE logo, which depicts a fist holding a microphone, onto T-shirts. Chetram said it’s a comfort to have family and fellow residents with the same moral code and passion for change. “I’m proud of her. I’ve been helping her with little things, but she’s been doing a lot on her own,” Ravin said. “My son helps her, my wife prints stuff, but that’s all her.” Arianna has discussed the state of education on Long Island with parents, teachers and school officials across different communities to provide more opportunities for young people. “Arianna is a strong, determined young woman whose efforts to raise consciousness and awareness of social injustice during these challenging times is a source of pride and admiration,” Dr. Laura Seinfeld, the Oyster Bay–East Norwich School District superintendent, said. “We have seen her blossom into a strong leader with passion and conviction, and her work to provide equal opportunities for all children is a shining example of making a difference that all her peers should emulate.” She said she hopes to meet with OBEN district officials to pitch a student organization that would raise money for scholarships for students of color and the LGBTQIA+ community. She also hopes to raise money to bring in authors and business people of color and the LGBTQIA+ community to speak to the students. “We’re obviously not trying to leave anyone out, as some people may see it as, but rather give more opportunities to these kids to continue their dreams like everyone else,” Chetram said. She also wants to work with the school district’s English Language Arts and History Department, she said, to bring more inclusive education to the district. PWR N NOISE would bring in lists and ideas for course requirements to the OBEN Board of Education to include books from authors of color and the LGTBQIA+ community and to prevent history that is taught from being watered down or misrepresented. The Chetrams, along with other local families, believe the culture and the curriculum of the district, at times, portrays people of color in a negative light. And Arianna, with PWR N NOISE, is hoping to change that. “It was terrible how I was raised to kind of hate myself in a way, hate my family in a way,” Chetram said. “My friends were taught the same thing. Once everyone left and went to college and started actually learning about some things and their culture’s heritage, it helped so much. I felt like I found people that wanted me to be me.”
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ARIANNA CHETRAM, AN Oyster Bay High School alumna now attending Pace University, is founder of the non-for-profit organization PWR N NOISE.
Who is Arianna Chetram? Arianna Chetram, an Oyster Bay High School graduate, is a 20-year-old Pace University student. Her father, Ravin Chetram, is the vice president of the Oyster Bay–East Norwich Chamber of Commerce. Arianna Chetram is the founder and president of PWR N NOISE, a nonprofit that works to promote equal opportunities for youth.
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JAIYA CHETRAM, LEFT, his father Ravin Chetram and sister Arianna Chetram at a 2018 Black Lives Matter demonstration in Vermont.
Outside of being a student and activist, Chetram is a singer and entertainer who has performed internationally and at Carnegie Hall.
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HOPE TAGLICH, 21, speaking to rally attendees on July 24 in front of Oyster Bay Town Hall.
OBEN schools plan for in-person classes in September
■ School cleaning and disinfecting protocols in accordance with Center for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines are in action, with additional hand sanitizing stations installed. ■ Personal protective equipment and face coverings ordered for students and staff. Face coverings are required when social distancing cannot be maintained. ■ Developed protocols with health staff
Nutrition and social emotional learning provisions
■ Food services will provide meals. While the location where lunches are eaten will change, expectations for food safety and nutrition, hand washing and food allergy safety all remain intact during meals. ■ A subcommittee has made recommendations for how to identify and support students as they transition back to in-person learning.
Attendance provisions, technology and connectivity provisions
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IT IS THE district’s goal that Oyster Bay High School students will return for in-person classes this September. for signs of illness, daily temperature screenings, screenings for visitors and instructions for parents or guardians to observe their children for sign of illness. ■ Developed action plan with health staff for suspected Covid-19 cases detected in school and the protocol that complies with Department of Health and CDC guidelines for returning to school. ■ Signage on correct hand washing and respiratory hygiene.
Facility provisions
■ Attendance will be taken daily.
■ Devices are provided to students and teachers. Connectivity support is provided as needed.
Teaching and learning provisions
■ Ordered protective materials for facilities, including three-sided desk guards for student and staff desktops, standing partitions, portable sinks for James H Vernon School for hygiene and additional hand sanitizer stations.
■ All New York State Learning Standards will be followed.
■ Examined and re-configured areas, such as computer labs and cafeterias, to avoid students touching common areas and spaced out each classroom for social distancing. Tents were ordered for extra space.
For more infor mation about the OBEN’s current reopening plans, visit www.obenschools.org/domain/31.
■ Regulations for provided services for English Language Learners will be followed.
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■ Ordered rolling partitions to divide larger spaces.
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Ahead of Gov. Andrew Cuomo announcement for a statewide school reopening policy, the Oyster Bay–East Norwich Central School District has submitted their plans to the New York State Education Department and the state Department of Health. The district’s goal is to open schools safely for students and staff for in-person instruction every day. According to an OBEN Board of Education presentation on Aug. 4, the reopening plan includes provisions for communication, health and safety, facilities, child nutrition, transportation, social and emotional well-being, school schedules, attendance and absenteeism, technology and connectivity. There are also plans for teaching and learning, special education, bilingual education and world languages, the Teacher Principal Evaluation System, certification and incidental teaching and substitute teaching.
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t’s been very hectic. When [the coronavirus pandemic] hit us full-fledged, I went from having relatively straightforward calls of people being sick, getting injured or having trouble breathing to people not breathing, having major illnesses and not being able to respond. It really took a toll on me for a little bit, because I was seeing a lot of people that I just couldn’t help. It was very surreal. The whole context of the job really changed because we went from having regular personal protective equipment to having to wear gowns, goggles, face shields and masks. It felt like we were walking into a war zone. Seeing these people and just doing everything we can, but having absolutely no effect on them, it really hurt. On a regular day before the pandemic, we would come across one, maybe two people in a span of five days that were in cardiac arrest and needed advanced life support to get them breathing and up and moving again. We went from that to having five or six of them per day. When the whole thing started, we were seeing things that didn’t make a whole lot of sense. People were talking to us with no medical history whatsoever with difficulty breathing, yet their oxygen saturation in their blood was dangerously low or they were having fevers that would be indicative of some sort of major infection. It was very tough, but at the same time, it’s very life-affirming to help these people. We were doing everything to give them the best chance for survival.
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’m a retired social worker, so I’ve been retired for almost five years, and I decided in retirement that I was going to do volunteer work. So I already was doing volunteer work in the community, working with seniors in assisted living, doing some programs with them and chatting and playing games with them. That was my main activity during the week. When the pandemic hit, they told me I couldn’t come back because nobody was allowed in the building. That was really sad because I really enjoyed being with them. So I started doing FaceTime chats with some of the seniors whom I played games with. I’ve been a member of Congregation Tifereth Israel for three years, and one day the rabbi asked me to help him with a program, so that’s how I got involved. They asked me to get on the board, and then they asked me to chair this committee called the Mitzvah Squad, where we basically do good deeds for people. We have called many, many people. It’s been invaluable, I think. They really appreciate the phone call, even if it’s two minutes. It helps their mood tremendously, just to know that someone is thinking about them. Some of the people that are homebound are able to use technology, but for the most part, phone calls are what we’ve been doing.
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Football camps delayed until Sept. 21 By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com
Eliminating scrimmages and one round of playoffs are the only changes so far in place for Nassau County football, which moved 2020 season kickoff plans to Saturday, Oct. 3 after the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) announced a monthlong delay for fall sports on July 16. If no alternative guidance is received from the NYSPHSAA COVID-19 Task Force, fall athletes will begin practicing Monday, Sept. 21, four weeks later than the original date of Aug. 24. For football, 10 practices are mandatory before games can be played. “I’m actually happy for the delay,” said Section VIII football coordinator Matt McLees, who noted keeping the regular season schedule intact was a priority. “I thought the news would have been worse,” he added. “I don’t think we are out of the woods yet though for the fall. But for now, we have hope.” The original opening date for games was Thursday, Sept. 17. Freeport (Conference I), Garden City (II), Plainedge (III) and Seaford (IV) are the defending county champions. All four are seeded No. 1 in their respective conferences for the upcoming season. Freeport, which has captured back-to-back Long Island Class I titles, opens at home against Uniondale. “The fact we’re even talking about having a season is pretty positive, but nobody knows anything for sure,” said Baldwin head coach Steve Carroll, whose 10thseeded Bruins are scheduled to open the Conference I campaign at home against Hicksville. “As a coach, I’d love to see a season happen as long as everyone can be safe doing it,” he added. Oceanside, seeded No. 2 behind Freeport, will host Hempstead in Week 1. East Meadow, back in the top conference after one season in II, travels to Massapequa. “As a state we’ve done a great job getting the Covid numbers down,” Oceanside head coach Rob Blount said. “I’m optimistic we can play in the fall, but I can also see them pushing things to 2021.” Garden City, which has won four straight county crowns, opens at New Hyde Park. MacArthur, the 2019 runners-
10 Games To Watch Oct. 3: Oct. 3: Oct. 10: Oct. 17: Oct. 24: Oct. 24: Oct. 31: Nov. 7: Nov. 14: Nov. 14:
Roosevelt at Lynbrook V.S. Central at South Side Lawrence at Seaford Baldwin at Oceanside MacArthur at Garden City East Rockaway at Malverne North Shore at Wantagh Garden City at Carey Oceanside at Freeport Wantagh at Seaford
up in Conference II, is seeded second and will visit Elmont in the opener. Other local Week 1 matchups in the conference has No. 3 Carey hosting No. 7 Sewanhaka, fourth-seeded South Side hosting No. 6 Valley Stream Central, No. 5 Mepham at home against No. 12 Kennedy, and No. 11 Calhoun visiting No. 10 Long Beach. “I’m glad the fall season is still a possibility,” said VSC head coach Mike Rubino, who conducts Zoom meetings with his players four days a week. “I’m happy New York State is letting the process play out and didn’t jump to any conclusions.” Plainedge, which nipped Freeport in the 2019 Rutgers Cup voting, kicks off at Division. Seaford opens at home against Cold Spring Harbor in a battle of the past two Conference IV champs. McLees said the regular season would conclude Saturday, Nov. 21, and the number of playoff teams in each of Nassau’s four conferences has been cut in half, from eight to four. The semifinals are scheduled for Nov. 26-28, followed by the county championship games Dec. 5-6. The L.I. title games will not be held.
Eight teams switch conferences
Of the eight programs taking on new conference rivals in 2020, half were part of Conference III a year ago. Runner-up South Side jumps to Conference II, while perennial powers Wantagh and Lawrence, along with North Shore, bounced to Conference IV. New to Conference III are Manhasset and Valley Stream South.
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OCEANSIDE QUARTERBACK CHARLIE McKee, a rising junior, has thrown for more than 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns over his first two varsity seasons. East Meadow and Herricks are back in familiar stomping grounds in Conference I after competing in Conference II in 2019.
JV remains on Saturday mornings
The majority of Nassau’s junior varsity football games in 2018 kicked off Monday afternoons, but last year the action returned to traditional Saturday morn-
ings at the opposite location of that day’s varsity game. It’ll remain that way for 2020. Should any freshmen, sophomores or juniors not step on the JV field on a particular Saturday morning, they would be eligible to play in the varsity game. “There’s also a mechanism in place where if both schools agree to move the JV game to Monday afternoon, they can do so,” McLees said.
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Summer happenings at Raynham Hall Museum Raynham Hall Museum is providing the chance to spend time with historian Claire Bellerjeau in the garden in front of the museum to learn about the history that happened there. Visits, by appointment only and weather dependent, will take place in the Raynham Hall garden with social distancing and masks required at all times. Visitors must be from the same household and the maximum group size is eight people. The garden has several benches, but guests can also bring chairs. Donations are greatly appreciated. To make an appointment, email cbellerjeau@raynhamhallmuseum.org.
Raynham Hall Museum’s Spy Camp
Raynham Hall Museum’s Spy Camp, available for those ages 8 and up, will provide a chance to explore the history of real spies who lived in Oyster Bay and Long Island during the Revolutionary War, and campers will learn secret spy techniques. Each Monday through Friday during a 45-minute class hosted on Zoom, lessons on different historic spy codes and ciphers will be shared. Each live program, hosted by Raynham Hall Museum historian Claire Bellerjeau, will begin at 10 a.m. Class size is limited to 10 participants a week and the deadline to register for the camp is Aug. 7. Week one will take place from Aug. 10 to 14 and week two from Aug. 17 to 21. The camp schedule is as follows: ■ Monday: Ciphers, Nathan Hale and a newly discovered spy.
Oyster Bay Spy Walk Christina Daly / Herald Gazette
RAYNHAM HALL WILL remain closed over the summer but is still offering many programs online and in person in a safe manner. ■ Tuesday: André, Arnold and their secret book code. ■ Wednesday: Hidden Messages: quills, mask and grills. ■ Thursday: The Culper Spy Ring and the Culper Code.
the lines. Program materials will be downloadable PDFs for participants to print at home. Raynham Hall Museum will send a reminder email at 4 p.m. the day before with the Zoom link and the day's materials.
Become a Spymaster while walking in Historic Oyster Bay. Visit 12 locations and observe the site and answer the clues from a puzzle available on the museum’s website. Apply the spy cypher to turn the numbers into letters. Then solve the puzzle and read the secret message. Tag the museum on social media while on the adventure @raynhamhall. Learn more about Raynham Hall Museum, its programs and how to support it at www.raynhamhallmuseum.org.
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While Raynham Hall Museum will remain closed throughout the summer due to the pandemic, the garden is still open and there are many opportunities to learn and connect through virtual events and other means.
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OPEN MIC NIGHTS were some of the most popular events at the Creative Arts Studio.
Sea Cliff’s Creative Arts Studio closing finds most joyful, she said. “It couldn’t be more satisfying,” Warzer said. “It just lit me up light a light bulb When Sea Cliff resident Tracy Warzer when I saw that process taking place, opened the Creative Arts Studio on Sea because it was something that happened Cliff Avenue in 2005, she wanted to bring in people where they felt uplifted — they the community together to celebrate the felt this was something they now underopportunities that art presented to people stood, that they had another tool in their of all ages. Over its 15-year run in the vil- toolkit and they had something else they lage, she and many others said, the stu- could do to express themselves.” dio, which closed late last Her father, Herb Arnold, a month, did just that. sculptor who specialized in Warzer, 62, said the coronaturning discarded items into virus pandemic made it art, nurtured her passion for impossible for her to host art art, she said. His concept was classes, shows and gallery to transform something that openings, which were the stuwas cast off as a piece of dio’s main source of income. junk into art. She said she A licensed art therapist always wanted to be an artist and art therapy intern superlike her father and to make visor at LIU Post, Warzer an impact on people’s lives, opened her first Creative Arts which she said she did first Studio on Robert Place in through art therapy, and Glen Head in 2002. It was in then through her work at the an industrial complex, and studio. she wanted to expand to an For most of its life, Warzarea where it would have its er said, she was the only perown home. The space in Sea son who worked there consisCliff, she said, was ideal. tently, although she had sub“Sea Cliff was perfect tenants and lots of volunbecause [it’s] a community TRACY WARZER teers helping her through the that appreciates the arts,” Owner, Creative Arts years. Andrea DiFebbo, who Warzer said. “It’s like every- Studio grew up in Sea Cliff, volunone who lives here is drawn teered at the studio as a teento Sea Cliff because it’s a ager between 2004 and 2010. community that places value on the arts It was short walk from her house, she in everyday life. It creates a vitality that is said, and she was drawn to it because she essential.” had always loved art, and it provided an The studio has hosted a variety of outlet for her artistic expression. events over the years, including open mic DiFebbo is now an elementary school shows and theater classes. But Warzer art teacher in Lynn, Mass., a career said that art education classes are among choice that was heavily influenced by her favorites. She has worked with people watching Warzer interacting with her of all ages, from children to seniors, help- students and bringing out the best in ing them learn about the arts and discov- them. “She has just a way with people er what they were capable of, whether it and this natural light that she exudes, was a piece of art or a journey of self-dis- and she was always very direct, encourcovery. Watching people become interest- aging and supportive,” DiFebbo said. “I ed in art because of her work is what she really admired how she was doing some-
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thing that was not only something that reception from community members she wanted to do, but something that who came to see her work, Baadarani benefited other people — I thought that said, made it an unforgettable experiwas really amazing. I didn’t know any- ence. one else at the time who was doing some“The physical and the emotional and thing like that.” the reaction from people — I was, on Laura Waldman worked as Warzer’s every level, overjoyed,” Baadarani said. assistant as a North Shore High School “To be recognized and acknowledged in junior in 2002, she that way, and they said, helping set up reacted to it, it was classes and assista wonderful expeing students with rience to have that their projects. She opportunity, which recalled the joy of I will remember watching children and cherish forevrun up to their parer.” ents at the end of No matter the class to show off circumstances in the work they had which they expericreated. enced the studio, “It was always many who found very sweet,” Waldthemselves there man said. “It was a agree that Warzer very welcoming accomplished her environment. mission of bringTracy was always ing the community very mindful of together through including everyone art. and celebrating the “I think they differences in peowill remember ple’s work. She this unbelievable, really understood Courtesy Rebecca Badaraani m a g i c a l p l a c e what it meant for REBECCA BADARAANI, LEFT, said she that’s filled with the kids to create would always remember the opportunity light and love,” these pieces of given to her by Tracy Warzer to present her Baadarani said. “I art.” first photography show at the Creative Arts t h i n k t h e y ’ l l T h e C r e a t ive always kind of feel Studio. Arts Studio was that there … They also a place for prowill miss gatherfessional artists to display their work. ing in a space where anything can hapSea Cliff resident Rebecca Baadarani pen.” said she spent most of her photography “People found strength in sharing of career working in the entertainment themselves at the studio, experiencing industry, although she still took her own the arts and taking that risk to be themphotos, which could be found in small selves and be changed by it in all good businesses in the area. ways, so that’s what my takeaway is,” Baadarani said that Warzer offered Warzer said. “My greatest satisfaction is her the chance to present her first pho- that we all made this happen together, tography show in March 2019. The warm and it was a work of heart.”
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the help of his assistant Sam and a detective friend, the husband is brought to justice. In the film, Jeff is immediately identified as an adventurous photographer who has broken a leg on a dangerous photo shoot. Sam has been replaced by a beautiful socialite and a feisty visiting nurse who add to the complexity of emotions our hero experiences. He Dear Story to Film Lover, too becomes obsessed with a neighboring couple, but the film My book group just had a focuses on a cadre of nearby rousing discussion of Alfred ANN apartment dwellers whose lives Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” and we view through the eyes/lenses the short story it is based on: “It DIPIETRO of our protagonist. Had to Be Murder” by Cornell Hitchcock captures the Woolrich. loneliness and separation of these people. In the story, we meet Jeff, a mysterious character confined to his apartment for The mystery at the heart of the story is secunknown reasons. It is only at the very end ondary in the film. Instead, Hitchcock gives that we learn he has a broken leg. He us a critique of modern urban existence. becomes obsessed with a couple living across Highly recommended! I have enjoyed discussing films with my friends over these last few months of lockdown. It is especially rewarding when there is a story to go along with the film. Do you have any pairing we might consider for our next meetup? –Story to Film Lover
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Herald Community Newspapers congratulates Dylan McDonnell E a ch ye a r, H e r a l d C o m m u n i t y ferent categories, but chosen in the Newspapers congratulates high school category Most Likely to Cure Cancer. graduates in Nassau County by pub- He is described as strong, focused and lishing their names. This year, in an driven. “If you are afraid to try and afraid to succeed you caneffort to engage the community and create a sense of not make a difference in the togetherness and normalcy world, but I believe if I conduring an unconventional tinue to set my goals higher t i m e, we e n h a n c e d t h e than my reach and perseannual graduation issue, so vere, the sky is the limit,” that it would include more Dylan said. than listings. “I have always told and One new feature is demonstrated to my son Senior Superlative, which that you get what you work recognizes the many outfor not what you wish for,” standing graduates in our said Christine McDonnell, communities. Friends, famDylan’s mother. “He knows Dylan McDonnell ily, teachers and parents that life’s successes aren’t were encouraged to vote a magic; it takes hard work deserving senior to win in one of and dedication to turn the impossible many Senior Superlative categories, into possible and I couldn’t be prouder including Best Eyes, Best Athlete, of his accomplishments.” Most Likely to Succeed, Most Likely to The Herald thanks Presenting SponBecome a Politician, and more. Out of sor Molloy College for its generous this group of honored graduates, one support of our graduation supplement was selected to win a $500 VISA gift and welcomes the opportunity to surcard. That lucky person is Dylan prise a local family with this prize. McDonnell, who graduated from East Publisher Stuar t Richner and the Meadow High School. entire Herald team congratulate Dylan Dylan was nominated for a few dif- and his family.
Storm causes drive-in concert postponment The New York Bee Gees will perform at a free drive-in concert on Wednesday, Aug. 12. A previous performance date of Aug. 4t was cancelled due to Tropical Storm Isaias. All drive-in summer concerts are free, open to residents only and begin at 8 p.m. in the parking lot at Tobay Beach. “The New York Bee Gees Tribute Show is comprised of some of New York’s most versatile and exceptionally talented players,” Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino said. “They are terrific, hit the high notes and never disappoint. The town’s Drive-In Summer Concert Series proves once again that some of the
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resident Trump claimed last week that he is protecting suburbanites from low-income housing projects, tweeting on July 29: I am happy to inform all of the people living their Suburban Lifestyle Dream that you will no longer be bothered or financially hurt by having low income housing built in your neighborhood . . .” Clearly, Trump is out of touch with suburban America. In Nassau County, no new low-income housing has been built for decades. The Freeport Housing Authority recently rebuilt its Moxie Rigby apartment complex, previously a drab, red-brick structure surrounded by black chain-link fencing and set next to a heavily trafficked intersection. Now it’s a state-of-the-art building that is bright, clean and inviting. Contrary to depressing local home values, this new structure, constructed through a public-private partnership, will only improve them. Moxie Rigby aside, we haven’t seen any new public housing built here in recent years, largely because of the prohibitive costs, particularly the high land values. Instead, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development issues Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, which, in theory, allow low-income residents, seniors and the disabled to rent the homes they want. Two problems: One, there are relatively few rental units in Nassau compared with New York City and Westchester. Two, the rents are often exorbitantly expensive, far in excess of what the federal voucher program provides for. Section 8 voucher recipients thus tend to concentrate in Nassau’s
LETTERS Assisted-suicide bill in our future? To the Editor: Of all her weekly hand-wringing columns, Randi Kreiss’s July 16 column, “Unspoken conspiracy to sacrifice elders,” and its carveout quote, “I never imagined senicide as part of the American experience . . . until now,” takes the cake. One must ask, on what planet has she been living since 1970? The steps leading to “sacrifice of the elders” were carved in stone on the slippery slope created when the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion became the law of our land. The Right to Life groups were adamant in their position that if you did not respect life at its creation in the womb (we now have sonogram proof of that), respect for all life would be threatened, and it would only be a matter of time before we would be on the road to euthanasia — “senicide.” By all indications, RTL was right. Just as abortion
poorest neighborhoods — often communities of color — straining local schools that struggle to keep up with services for many of the students in greatest need, perpetuating the cycle of poverty. Instead of seeking a solution, Trump is actively working to keep low-income residents — often people of color — out of the suburbs. What we need, however, is national leadership. Because of systemic racism, Black people were denied equal opportunities for safe and affordable public housing from the 1930s through the ’70s, especially in the suburbs, where the schools were better and the neighborhoods were safer. At the same time, Black people were often barred from buying homes in suburban neighborhoods, as was the case at first in Levittown after World War II. They were largely confined to inner cities or rural regions, without the most basic services, leaving them to fend for themselves. Instead of working to lift up all Americans, in particular those of color who have traditionally been marginalized, Trump is perpetuating a racist system whose roots date back to the Jim Crow Era, which lasted from the 1870s through the mid-1960s, when in many parts of the U.S. whites and Blacks remained separate, in unequal facilities. Trump also forgets — or denies — that the suburbs are no longer lily-white. They are rapidly becoming multi-racial, multiethnic and multi-cultural. Immigrants, often people of color, are increasingly moving to the suburbs. In fact, without those immigrants, the suburbs could be in deep trouble. In 2016, the Heralds undertook a year-
long investigative series titled “The Changing Face of Long Island.” Here’s what we wrote in our concluding editorial: “According to a 2015 report by the Fiscal Policy Institute, ‘New Americans on Long Island,’ immigrants now comprise 18 percent of the population and 23 percent of the workforce, accounting for 20 percent of the Island’s total economic output. “In total, there are some 526,000 foreignborn Long Islanders out of roughly 2.8 million people living in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Latin Americans make up the largest portion of the Island’s immigrant population, at 41 percent, but people come from throughout the world, including Africa, the Middle East and Asia. “There is much talk about how Long Islanders are leaving for elsewhere because of the high cost of living. The Island, however, actually saw a net gain in population because of immigration. Suffolk’s population remained largely unchanged between 2000 and 2012, while Nassau’s increased by roughly 78,500 people, according to census data.” Without the recent arrival of immigrants on Long Island, we could see steep drop-offs in locally owned businesses and the housing market. Trump should celebrate the new suburbia, not attempt to reignite tired old wars of words intended to divide people along racial and socioeconomic lines. Like it or not, Mr. President, the suburbs are not — thank goodness — what they used to be. He must recognize the new realities of the suburbs and offer sound solutions to ensure that all people, regardless of their backgrounds, are able to live out their “Suburban Lifestyle Dream.”
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o single moment in medicine produces more anxiety for patients than surgery. As doctors, we work tirelessly to establish the invaluable trust needed so that patients feel comfortable undergoing what often sound like scary procedures. The anxiety levels increase exponentially when patients are confronted with the dual concerns of cancer and Covid-19. It’s true that when the pandemic arrived in New York a few months ago, public health officials made the careful decision to cancel elective surgeries JEFFREY across the region, DREBIN including some cancer procedures. At a time when our region was preparing for a surge in Covid-19 cases and didn’t have enough testing to determine the spread of the virus, it was important to take steps to preserve our ability to care for those critical cases and limit the number of people walking into hospitals. A recent analysis of data from hospitals across the country showed that preventive cancer screenings have dropped between 86 and 94 percent due to the pan-
demic. But now it’s critical that patients feel confident to resume the care they need. We still have a lot to learn about Covid19 and how it will impact our country. But one thing we already know is how to safely provide surgery to patients who need it. And nowhere is that need greater than among patients battling cancer — which waits for no crisis or pandemic — because, for the vast majority of people who have the disease, it is a greater threat to their lives than the virus. At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where I work, we did not make the decision to postpone cancer surgeries lightly. Our surgeons assessed which patients needed surgery right away, who could postpone it without negatively impacting their wellbeing, and whether other treatments like chemotherapy or radiation might give equivalent results. Some cancer surgeries can be postponed safely for up to a few months, but studies suggest that it’s not safe to wait longer than that, because a cancer that’s curable might progress and become incurable. At MSK we never stopped performing essential surgeries, though we did postpone some cases for which it was safe to do so.
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As Covid-19 hospitalizations continue to fall across the region, all types of lifesaving cancer surgeries have been occurring for several months, and patients who had to abruptly postpone their surgeries are getting the care they need. At many hospitals around the metropolitan area, all patients are tested for Covid-19 before a hospitalization or a surgery. At my hospital, any patient who needs to be hospitalized overnight is tested every 72 hours, regardless of their initial Covid-19 status, for any changes in their results. And in the event that patients are infected, surgeons — bolstered by infectious-disease experts — are well equipped to minimize patients’ risks and are prepared to manage problems that may be virus-related. Evidence from our own institution suggests that the majority of patients who develop the virus within 30 days of a major surgical procedure do well and can usually recover as outpatients. The test detects the virus in people who are ill as well as those who are infected but do not have symptoms. Hospitals like mine are doing this extensive testing to help us avoid the risk of operating on someone who feels well but may
t’s critical that patients who have waited feel confident to resume the care they need.
LETTERS in the State of New York is now available up to birth, thanks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the bill signed Jan. 22, 2019, we could soon be seeing bills promoting “assisted suicide.” Soon, if anyone is perceived to be too costly to care for as well as a drain on society resources, it could be considered in the public’s interest to implement senicide, and many will qualify. It is horrifying to contemplate that life is no longer perceived to be the sacred gift from God that it is and is therefore expendable. Week after week, we are subjected to Kreiss’s musings about anything and everything, and a sure thing you will find if you scan your way through is the name Donald Trump, the convenient scapegoat to absolutely everything wrong in her view. Here too Kreiss is quick to mention her favorite scapegoat not once, but twice, so I find it quite remarkable that there is no mention of Cuomo’s hand in the deaths of Covid-19 patients whom he ordered sent to New York nursing homes, ill equipped for this type of emergency, while the Javits Center and the medical ship in New York Harbor, the USNS Comfort, had staff and beds availabile, but were largely unused. Finally, all of us are destined to die. We will be called to an eternal home when it is our time, but that is not, and must never be, the government’s choice. MARIE COYLE Glen Cove
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then develop Covid-19-related symptoms after surgery. Surgeries for patients with the virus are done in a separate operating room, and we have isolation procedures in place so that they are never in contact of prog beat pa with non-Covid patients. To protect against the virus, hospitals ries ca shift to know we have to test more than just patients. We’re also tracking the health are jus of our staff before they come to work, and test them as needed. For those who interact directly with patients, we perform weekly testing, and only those who test negative are allowed to report to work. Following state regulations, many hospitals are limiting visitors, but they’re using technology to keep patients connected with their loved ones. At MSK, we’re providing tablets and smartphones to people who don’t have devices to help facilitate those virtual connections while they’re receiving care. In many ways, a hospital is one of the to all r cleanest, safest places a vulnerable patient can be right now. I urge any New every c In a Yorker who may be afraid to get the care tend to you need to call your doctor. Your life proces could depend on it. time to Dr. Jeffrey Drebin is chair of the Depart- though ment of Surgery at Memorial Sloan Ket- intern every r tering Cancer Center, and specializes in treating cancers of the pancreas and liver. to vote lions o
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To the Editor: Al D’Amato and I rarely see eye to eye on political issues, but I thought his July 16-22 column, “Let’s learn from America’s past, not destroy it,” was spot on. I am stunned that people are just discovering that most of our founding fathers were slave owners, and that later leaders held racist views that were prevalent in their time. First, you can only honestly evaluate people in the context of the times in which they lived. Further, you should only evaluate our presidents and leaders on the balance of their service to the nation. As D’Amato pointed out, Franklin Roosevelt interned the Japanese and failed to oppose segregation — but he also led the nation through the Depression and World War II. On balance, he thus was one of the handful of our nation’s most consequential presidents. Thanks to Al for a well-argued column. DORIS MEADOWS Glen Cove
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How a virus upended the Democratic primary
he June New York state primary produced many shocking results. A number of entrenched incumbents were ousted, and a handful of progressive candidates managed to beat party-endorsed candidates. But stories calling the election results a major shift to the left by the Democratic Party are just plain false. The coronavirus pandemic has caused great turmoil in our daily lives. It also had a dramatic impact on the primary. On April 20, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order requirJERRY ing the state KREMER Board of Elections to send absentee ballot applications to all registered voters. That was a gift to every challenger. In a normal election year, citizens tend to be indifferent about the voting process. Most people won’t take the extra time to get an absentee ballot, even though they’re readily available on the internet. But thanks to the governor, every registered voter got an application to vote absentee, which resulted in millions of ballots, some of which are still
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being counted. For many years, incumbent elected leaders would ask their loyal supporters to fill out absentee ballots, while their opponents generally ignored this process. This time, with voters confined to their homes, the challengers mounted strong telephone campaigns, urging potential voters to send in their ballot requests. Many incumbents, distracted by their official duties or maybe just a little cocky, didn’t match the aggressiveness of their challengers. Another factor in the defeat of some current Democratic office holders was their opponents’ use of social media. Potential voters were housebound, spending a lot of time on their computers, and they were easier to reach by smart challengers. Many of the incumbents haven’t mastered this strategy, and were caught off guard by their challengers’ aggressive campaigning. Geography had a lot to do with some of the upsets. Districts that had been safe for incumbents have been changing rapidly. There has been a lot of movement into communities with available hous-
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ing, and overconfident politicians ignored those population shifts. One losing incumbent recently lamented, “I didn’t realize how much my district has changed.” Party leaders won’t admit that they are losing their influence, but neither political party has the clout that it had in the past. Once upon a time when the party endorsed a candidate, he or she was a sure winner. But in some of the districts where there were serious contests, the party leaders couldn’t deliver the votes. One result that has received a lot of media attention was the defeat of U.S. Rep. Elliot Engel, the current chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Engel held the 16th Congressional District seat for over 30 years, and obviously became overconfident, thanks to a history of weak opponents. During the height of the coronavirus crises, as he had over the years, Engel spent much of his time in Washington, and with a tough challenger, voters punished him for his absence. One race in which a progressive newcomer triumphed is a good example of what happens when there are too many
istracted by their official duties or perhaps just a little cocky, many incumbents didn’t match the aggressiveness of their challengers.
candidates running. In the 17th C.D., which covers a portion of Westchester and Rockland counties, the winner, Mondaire Jones, got 47 percent of the vote. Some seven other candidates got a total of 51 percent. Did the progressives dominate the primary day roster of winners? The answer is no. Twenty incumbents won their contests by wide margins. On Long Island, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi won 56 percent of the vote, compared with challenger Melanie D’Arrigo’s 32 percent. Incumbents who took their challengers seriously managed to hold on and win. This year’s primary holds many lessons for candidates. If you’re an incumbent, the moral of the story is that you’d better spend more time in your district and learn to master the challenges of the internet to survive. Like it or not, you’re an endangered species. As for challengers, hopefully there won’t soon be another coronavirus that will interfere with the electoral process, and you won’t get the same breaks. 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.
Double mitzvahs in a one-horse mountain town
f there is any topic guaranteed to irritate readers more than politics, it’s religion, but here goes a true story. In the innocent days before the plague of Covid-19, my daughter and son-in-law moved to a rural mountain town in the high Sierra of the American West. Let’s call it One Horse. There they settled into a life at one with nature, hiking the high trails, kayaking the rivers and camping in the RANDI hills. KREISS Both of them are Jewish by birth, and embrace the practices and traditions that are meaningful for them. I have been at their home during Rosh Hashana, for example, and, after hunting down a brisket and other holiday goodies, we enjoyed a meal with the couple of other Jewish people who live within 20 or 30 miles. When the grandkids approached age 13, they said they wanted to pursue the education necessary to become bar and bat mitzvah, and officially be welcomed as adults in the Jewish community.
They did it their way, even if it wasn’t entirely kosher. A family friend, Rabbi Eddie, who went to Lawrence High School with me, suggested a b’nai mitzvah, conducting one service for both kids, even though my granddaughter would be a little younger than the traditional 13, and my grandson would be a little older. It seemed practical. In the beginning, my daughter drove the kids to a synagogue an hour and a half away for their lessons, but that quickly became a nightmare of snowstorms and exhaustion. Rabbi Eddie suggested going virtual. So my daughter contacted Rabbi Anna, who married her and her husband 18 years ago in another mountain town in Vermont. Honestly, it was meant to be. Rabbi Anna, a sunbeam of a woman, took on the education of the grandkids and met with them online over the past year, teaching, singing, listening and imparting to them the ethics and values associated with living an honorable life. She taught them the connection between being a good Jew and being a good human being in the world. The kids learned the Hebrew prayers, studied
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their Torah portions, and wrote their own speeches about what this rite of passage means to them. My mitzvah project with my grandson was to read and discuss “All American Boys,” by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. My granddaughter and I read “The Diary of Anne Frank.” In Plan A, the family was going to travel to One Horse in July to participate in the mitzvahs; even Rabbi Anna was ready to fly out for the celebration. The ceremony would take place down by the river, followed by a party on the banks, catered by local food trucks. Then the pandemic upset the plans, grounded all travelers and forced us into a Zoom version of the One Horse b’nai mitzvah. The grandkids were outstanding. They wore prayer shawls once worn by their grandfather and great-grandfather. Their accomplishment was impressive, considering just a year of study. I recited a prayer for peace. My husband said a blessing. The kids chanted in Hebrew, and for me, their young voices echoed other voices from ages ago. My granddaughter said in her speech that she had grown in many ways over
he kids chanted in Hebrew, and their young voices echoed others from ages ago.
this year, including physically, one and a half inches. My grandson said he hoped the Jewish presence in his town would lead to increased diversity and the welcoming of others. He said he was happy to share the occasion with his sister, noting that it is only since 1922 that women have been welcomed to become bat mitzvah in some Jewish communities. Sixty people Zoomed in, many curious friends who had no idea what to expect. The atmosphere was serious and respectful. The rest of us were family from around the country. Some raised their own silver prayer cups; some showed off gorgeous challahs they had baked. We watched the service, trying to read everyone’s expression, yearning for real contact, yet gratified that this technology allowed us to participate at all. The day seemed iconic of our moment in this time. We are all stressed by distance from those we love and too much isolation. But the losses are mitigated by the willingness of people to find creative compromise. Our grandkids were the first children to become bar and bat mitzvah in One Horse. An interesting, odd and, to us, magnificent distinction. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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