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Medicine has changed amid pandemic Because of his age, Bennett said, Northwell did not want to assign him to one of its hospiLike other community doc- tals. He was sent instead to tors, Dr. William Northwell J. Bennett, 74, Health Physiwas directed to cian Partners in close his pracLocust Valley. tice, Northwell There, twice a Health Physiweek, he and cian Partners other doctors Family Meditook part in cine at Oyster video conferencB ay, i n m i d es, and learned March, when about the latest the coronavirus care options for pandemic was the virus and at its peak. The what scientists Northwell syshad lear ned tem added 3,500 about it. beds to its 23 He tended to hospitals to care p at i e n t s wh o for patients with had symptoms Covid-19, and consistent with needed to Covid-19, he deploy additionsaid, in person Courtesy Megan Eiche al doctors and as well as online NURSE PRACTITIONER staff. and on the “They creat- MEGAN Eiche is completing a phone. ed the equiva- fellowship with Dr. Bennett. “Back then lent of seven we wanted to large hospitals,” keep them out of the emergency Bennett marveled. “You can’t room,” he said. “That’s where have hospitals without doctors the people were that were sick. and staff. So they took them out The coronavirus changed the of the community, leaving a skel- whole environment of practice eton crew to take care of the communities.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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GINA CATAPANO WEINBERG said she tried for days to get PSEG to tend to the smoldering fire caused by Isaias in the preserve across from her Oyster Bay Cove home.
East Norwich residents say they felt forgotten by PSEG By LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
On Monday, there was still the distinct, sooty smell of a fire smoldering in Red Cote Preserve in Oyster Bay Cove. The blaze, right off the private road in front of the home of Gina and Neil Weinberg, began at 6 a.m. on Aug. 7, when PSEG Long Island restored power to Northern Boulevard, three days after
Tropical Storm Isaias blacked out the area. T he Oyster Bay Fire Department responded to the fire in the woods, as did the village police. The culprits were downed wires, firefighters said, but despite multiple calls to PSEG from Gina Catapano Weinberg and her husband, they said, utility workers hadn’t even stopped by to assess the situation. Gina said she was worried that there
might be another fire once the area dried out. “They cleared 25A but the line was still down in the woods,” she explained. “Two years ago after a storm, PSEG turned the power on 25A, and the vines on top of the wiring in the woods caught fire.” Catapano Weinberg said that she had called the utility company when the storm first hit, to warn them that there CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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Family medicine is expanding in O.B. CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE in medicine. It was remote. It made me question why I wanted to do this.” Bennett, formerly of Bayville, has practiced family medicine in Oyster Bay for 42 years. Now a Huntington resident, he did his residency at Glen Cove Hospital and became the program director there in 1999. He stepped down in 2016 to concentrate on his practice, which had become a multi-physician office that also trained medical students, residents, physician assistants and nurse practitioners. “The pandemic caused the curriculum at Hofstra to be put on pause, so the medical students were sent home,” Bennett said. “Some were sent to hospitals, as were nurse practitioners and physician assistants.” Bennett reopened his Oyster Bay office on June 1. Megan Eiche, a nurse practitioner, began working with him that day, as part of her yearlong fellowship with Northwell Health’s new Advanced Clini-
cal Provider Fellowship Program. Bennett said he hoped that when Eiche finished her fellowship, she would join his practice. Margaret O’Donnell, a nurse practitioner and the medical director at Northwell Health Stony Brook University, is Eiche’s mentor. She started working with her in late April. Eiche will spend most of her fellowship with Bennett. Once they are certified, O’Donnell said, nurse practitioners usually have no trouble finding jobs. “During the transition period, very often the graduate needs mentorship, and they seek it out,” O’Donnell said. “I formalize that with this fellowship.” The program requires that participants know how medicine works, O’Donnell said, and understand research. Eiche is an independent thinker, O’Donnell said, which is important. “Megan will be confident, ready to go after the fellowship,” she said. “She’s doing beautifully.”
Specializing in adult gerontology primary care, Eiche, 24, received her Master of Science and Nursing degree from the University of Pennsylvania last year. She lives in Brooklyn, and said she had never been to Oyster Bay before she started working with Bennett. “Everyone has been very friendly here,” she said. “It’s a good place to learn.” And, she said, she has enjoyed getting to know the patients. Bennett said he had planned to expand his practice before the pandemic, but now that is essential. “We don’t want people in the waiting room, so we won’t have multiple doctors working at the same time anymore,” he said. “And we don’t want the patients to pass each other in the hallways.” In an effort to ensure safety, the practice’s hours are being expanded to include evenings and weekends. Eiche will practice independently, Bennett said, probably beginning in the fall. His goal, he added, is to focus on well-
ness visits, especially for older patients. “It gives a doctor the time to speak to a patient when they don’t have a problem, to discuss their goals,” he said. “Hopefully Covid will improve our practice.” His office has been redesigned, with four socially distanced chairs in the waiting room. Patients must call from outside when they arrive. and stay in their vehicles until their doctor is ready to see them. “We have all kinds of disinfectant, and everyone has to wear a mask,” he said. “There’s no talking on a cellphone because when people do so, they’re more likely to spread a virus. Everyone is screened to see if they have Covid first. Things will be set up now more for the convenience of the patient, and doctors will go around it.” Calling Covid-19 an “equal-opportunity killer,” Bennett added, “Hopefully this will make us a stronger country.”
Dispose of hazardous materials at collection drive The Stop Throwing Out Pollutants, or S.T.O.P. program, provides Town of Oyster Bay residents with the chance to dispose of hazardous and electronic waste in a safe manor. Those who take advantage of the program at the Solid Waste Complex must remain in their vehicles and wear masks at all times when interacting with town staff. All household waste to be disposed of must be placed in the rear or trunk of the vehicles. A program worker will assist with removing all the materials from the back of the vehicle.
“To protect the environment and ensure the proper disposals of household and electronic wastes, the Town of Oyster Bay offers important collection drives throughout the year,” Oyster Bay Town Councilman Tom Hand said. “With many residents uncluttering junk from their homes in recent months, our S.T.O.P. Collection program has proven to be very popular, and we want to ensure everyone’s safety as they drop off their household waste.” Hand said that paint, old batteries, various oils
and fluids and other items that should not be thrown in the regular waste stream are just some of the items that the S.T.O.P. Program can take care of. Residents can view a full list of items accepted at the program on the town’s website, www.oysterbaytown.com. The S.T.O.P. Collection Program is offered at the Town Solid Waste Disposal Complex, at 101 Bethpage-Sweet Hollow Road, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Upcoming S.T.O.P. Collection dates include Sept. 26 and Oct. 25.
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NURSE PRACTITIONER MEGAN Eiche, who is doing a fellowship with Northwell Health’s Advanced Clinical Provider Fellowship Program, is working with Dr. William Bennett at his family practice in Oyster Bay.
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Kilpatrick accepted into Town Clerk Office offers competitive math institute “No Soliciting” sticker Locust Valley Middle School incoming seventh grader, Kathryn Kilpatrick, said that her favorite part about math, which is one of her favorite subjects, is the fact that one can either be right or wrong when solving a problem. But it appears that she usually right, as the Institute of Creative Problem Solving has selected her as a Long Island Young Scholar of Mathematics for Gifted and Talented Students. Each year, approximately 700 students are nominated to be included into this competitive program, which is housed at the State University of New York at Old Westbury, and Kathryn is one of fewer than 100 students accepted for the 2020-21 school year. Kathryn said that she was excited that she was accepted into the program. According to the institute, students selected are among the top 0.1 percent of all students in mathematics on Long Island within their grade. Kathryn was chosen after completing a rigorous entrance exam, a review of her report card and the recommendation of her math teacher, Joseph Lee. “It was a weird year because we were in quarantine,” said Kathryn’s mother, Kaira Kilpatrick said. “We are so proud. She works really hard and she does a lot of extra math contests. So she’s been practicing quite a bit. And it’s nice when something you’ve been practicing pays off.” Lee recommended Kathryn for the program and said she is a perfect fit. “Kate is an inquisitive student and a versatile learner,” Lee said. “She loves a challenge and is eager to impress. She gained great experience this past year, as she challenged herself in our double accelerated honors math course and earned the top score for our school in the American Mathematics Challenge 8.” Kaira said that the district has been supportive in recognizing her daughter, putting her accomplishment on its website. “She’s been getting lots of attention from her friends,” Kaira said, “and the
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INCOMING SEVENTH GRADE student Kathryn Kilpatrick was selected as a Long Island Young Scholar Mathematics by the Institute of Creative Problem Solving. different teachers she’s had over the years.” Kathryn will have the opportunity to challenge herself even further through the institute’s curriculum, which covers topics such as algebra, geometry and number theory, as well as problem-solving applied to probability, theory of finite differences and mass point geometry. The mission of the institute is to develop a participant’s “ability to use a variety of problem-solving skills and strategies; increase their interest and enthusiasm for problem-solving in mathematics; sharpen their mathematical intuition; acquaint themselves with interesting and important mathematical ideas; and experience the fun, satisfaction and thrill of discovery associated with creative problem-solving.”
Residents who wish to deter any potential door-to-door solicitors and peddlers can obtain a free, waterproof, vinyl “No Soliciting” sticker through the Town Clerk Richard LaMarca’s Office. “Now more than ever, our town residents wish to remain unbothered at home by the potential nuisance of door-to-door peddlers,” LaMarca said. “My office offers free No Soliciting stickers to homeowners as a way to set clear boundaries with anyone approaching your home looking to do unwanted business.” LaMarca further cautioned residents to remember a few simple guidelines to help avoid any potential pitfalls of being taken in by a fast-talking peddler or solicitor. Residents are advised to check for a current town-issued photo identification badge prior to doing any business with a door-to-door peddler. Photo ID issued by the town clerk’s office is a good form of protection because it is issued only after an in-depth background check of the individual has been made and full disclosure of the nature of their business is provided. While nonprofit organizations are not required by law to have permits, LaMarca has urged these organizations to inform his office about when and where their members will be soliciting, along with the solicitor’s names, which will be forwarded to the local police precinct. This provides residents with another way of checking any official status a solicitor
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TOWN OF OYSTER Bay residents who don’t want soliciting at their front door can now request a “Do not knock” sticker. may have. To obtain a free “No Soliciting” sticker, call (516) 624-6333, and visit the www.oysterbaytown.com for further information on services offered by the Oyster Bay Town Clerk.
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TUESDAY’S TROPICAL STORM Isaias caused damage at the Covid-19 testing site at Jones Beach, leaving it closed for two days. The site reopened on 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6 and immediately began testing on an average of 100 people per day.
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The Covid-19 testing site at Jones Beach State Park reopened on Thursday, Aug. 6 after sustaining significant damage during Tropical Storm Isaias. Isaias, which hit the area with a short, sharp blast of high winds and driving rain left hundreds of thousands of Long Islanders without power, in addition to the damage at the area’s first drive-through test site. The severe winds caused the site’s tents to collapse. The facility was closed Wednesday because of the damage. The site, under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Health, reopened on Thursday at 10 a.m., for
those with appointments. Seaford State Sen. John Brooks visited the testing site Friday. “Everything is restored here,” Brooks said. “The equipment was not damaged, just the tents.” The site closed on Tuesday in preparation for the storm, ensuring its medical equipment remained intact. Officials quickly reconstructed the tents for use on Thursday. Since it’s reopening, the Jones Beach test site has seen roughly 100 patients per day. This is slightly less than half of the mobile lab’s typical daily capacity. Although the site was closed for only a full day after the storm, no information was available at press time as to when Wednesday appointments would be rescheduled
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Brooks has also said he received statistics pointing to a positive testing rate of two percent at the site, an increase from recent months. The rate of infection has ticked up since July Fourth weekend. Nassau County statistics, showed an infection rate of less 1 percent at the site. As of Aug. 7, Nassau County has a confirmed 43,655 positive cases. Suffolk accounts for 43,786 confirmed cases. Combined, the two counties make up 20.8 percent of the state’s total. Seaford, Wantagh and North Wantagh had a total of roughly750 positive cases, with a very slight increase in the past seven days. The two hamlets combine for an average of 16.62 cases in every 1,000 residents.
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Elected leaders call for PSEG reimbursements U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat reimbursements for spoiled food, medfrom Garden City who is up for re-elec- ication or other perishable items to tion this year, and Nassau County customers who have experienced proExecutive Laura Curran, a Democrat longed outages in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaias. from Baldwin, are calling “More than 400,000 cuson PSEG-Long Island to tomers lost power in the refund the previous month’s after math of this stor m. utility bill and reimburse W h i l e m a n y h a d p owe r for spoiled food, medicarestored within the first 24 tion, or other perishable hours, more than 140,000 items for customers who customers were still left endured power outages lastwithout electricity over 24 ing over 24 hours. More hours later. PSEG’s website than 400,000 Long Islanders has repeatedly crashed and lost power in Tropical calls and texts from customS t o r m I s a i a s, a n d s o m e Kathleen Rice ers have gone unanswered. 35,000 were still without “A prolonged power outpower on Sunday. age is difficult under normal circumIn a letter to Daniel Eichhor n, stances, but in the midst of the coronaPSEG-LI’s president and chief operatvirus pandemic, it can be disastrous. ing officer, Rice and Curran wrote: Families have stored food in their “Dear Mr. Eichhorn: refrigerators to limit trips to the gro“We write to you today to urge cery store, and these items have now PSEG-Long Island to offer refunds on had to be discarded. Access to electricthe previous month’s utility bill and ity, especially the internet, is critically
important to Long Island residents at this time. New Yorkers working from home depend on consistent and reliable utility services. Not only is it vital to have air conditioning available during the hottest month of the year, but also inter net access is a necessity to clock in for work and to visit with doctors from the safety of one’s home. “Because of these hardships, we urge you to offer our constituents who have endured outa g es lasting Laura more than 24 hours financial relief in the form of a refund on past bills. At least one of your local competitors, Con Edison, is offering reimbursements for spoiled food, medication or other perishable commercial merchandise. Taking these steps immediately would show compassion to a region that is still recovering from past storms and an
unprecedented health crisis and could be facing more storms this hurricane season. “When PSEG-Long Island took over from the Long Island Power Authority in 2014, our constituents were promised better service, better communication and more accountability. After the failures we have witnessed from your handling of Isaias, we sincerely urge you to provide Long Island residents with financial relief. We thank you in advance Curran for your consideration and prompt response. Sincerely, Kathleen Rice Member of Congress Laura Curran Nassau County Executive
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PSEG-LI’s lackluster performance was frustrating Editor’s note: Clavin is the Town of Hempstead supervisor. Few things are more frustrating that PSEG-Long Island’s bungled efforts to restore power to its customers in a timely manner. Perhaps the only thing more maddening than the utility’s lackluster energy restoration efforts has been the electric provider’s unmitigated failure to furnish accurate information to customers and the company’s inability to simply answer phone calls from power-deprived customers. Adding insult to injury, nothing has better demonstrated PSEG-LI’s misunderstanding of how it dropped the ball last week than an Aug. 6 “To our customers” email sent by PSEG President and CEO Ralph Izzo. All evidence to the contrary, the utility’s chief executive claims to understand the importance of power in supporting family lifestyles and the urgency associated with an energy provider’s accuracy when communicating with customers. In that message, Izzo neglects to recognize that PSEG-LI’s greatest shortcoming last week was in frustrating customers’ ability to communicate with the utility. In fact, more than long restoration times and inaccurate estimated times of restoration, Long Island customers were most angered by their inability to contact the company in any way dur-
ing the storm to report that power was out. T his, despite re peated emails and text messages from PSEG ahead of the storm assuring customers of the company’s preparedness to deal with upcoming weather and reminding them that they could report outages by calling a particular telephone number, sending a text message to the company, filing a report through the PSEG app or the company website. None of those methods worked. As a result, customers tur ned to other authorities, none of which could reasonably be thought to have any way of getting the power back on or tellDon i n g c a l l e r s wh e n t h a t might happen. Switchboards exploded at local police departments and at county, town and village offices across Long Island. When those efforts proved unproductive, residents tur ned to social media, where they learned – many for the first time – that they were not the only ones who could not get through. Nobody without power could be sure that PSEG-LI even knew that they were in the dark. If they had entered the Federal Witness Protection Program, PSEG-LI customer service representatives would not have been harder to reach.
In his Aug. 6 email, Izzo pointed out that Isaias was one of the most powerful storms to strike the Northeast in years, which is true. However, it was precisely this type of storm that PSEG was hired to handle. One need only think back to National Grid’s post-Sandy failures to recall that it was the Long Island Power Authority’s dissatisfact i o n w i t h t h at p e r fo rmance that led to the management contract’s transfer to PSEG. Izzo pointed out, “At its peak, more than 1.7 million homes and businesses lost power across Long Island and New Jersey – including 420,000 PSEG Long Island customers.” Clavin W hy a re we b e i n g linked to New Jersey? Is it because an af filiate of PSEG-LI services the Garden State? That’s the company’s problem – not ours. In fact, at the time the company was being considered for the LIPA contract, it argued that the availability of crews in nearby New Jersey would enhance PSEG’s emergency response capabilities on Long Island. It apparently never occurred to management that geography made it likely that both areas would someday be affected by the same storm. In his email, Izzo wanted us to know, “PSEG-Long Island under-
stands how critical it is to share accurate and timely infor mation with our customers.” If that’s true, it’s hard to understand why a host on talk station WLIR (107.1 FM – Hampton Bays) was left on Wednesday wondering why the promised call from a PSEG-LI spokesman didn’t come during his show. It’s also hard to accept Izzo’s claim of understanding the importance of sharing information that is accurate and timely when, as of this writing, the energy provider’s communication systems were still replying to many customers with error messages, and the PSEG outage map appeared under a banner that read, “Map Data May Contain Inaccuracies.” Finally, Izzo wrote about reports of tor nadoes “and wind gusts topping 100 mph in some places” as a cause of PSEG’s post-storm troubles. No tornadoes or 100 mph winds were experienced in PSEG-LI’s service territory, so that claim is dishonest. PSEG-LI has been fortunate that, until this week, its stewardship of the Long Island electric system has occurred under mostly blue skies. The first real test of its professionalism under pressure came with Isaias. The test came, and PSEG failed. The utility failed to restore power in a timely fashion, it failed to provide accurate and useful communications to its customers, and it even failed to answer the phones.
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A dozen of Lou Corradino’s friends and colleagues held a car parade in honor of his retirement from Richner Communications Inc. on Aug. 6. Mask wearing and social distancing were musts.
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Printing Manager Lou Corradino retires after two decades with company ciation to Lou for his time and dedication to Richner Communications,” RCI President Stuart Richner said. Richner Communications Inc., par- “‘Upstairs Lou,’ as he’s known, has ent company of the Herald Community made a positive impact on our company Newspapers, bade farewell to Lou Cor- while becoming a loyal friend and colleague to all of us radino, its director at Richner, as well of commercial as our commercial printing, who print clients. retired last week “We’ll certainly after two decades. miss Lou’s printing And, as is the cusexpertise and t o m t h e s e d ay s, knowledge,” Richmany of his ner continued, friends and col“and his uncanny leagues at the comability to juggle pany held a car many balls at the parade for him in same time without front of his Commissing a beat or a mack home on deadline. What I’ll Aug. 6. miss most, howevThe soft-spoken er, is having Lou as father, grandfather a colleague and and great-grandfafriend.” ther, whose passion I n p a r t i c u l a r, for his work was Richner noted, Corexceeded only by corrAdino wAS rci’S commercial radino was instruhis love for his fam- printing manager for two decades. mental in growing ily, the Yankees and RCI’s commercial the Giants, will be printing and mailing divisions. “Lou missed by all at RCI. Corradino was one of RCI’s unsung oversaw the expansion of the printing heroes, a behind-the-scenes manager division from a newspaper- and publicawho ensured that the company’s presses tion-focused printer to one of Long hummed along according to tight, near- Island’s premier, full-service commerly 24-hour-a-day schedules. He oversaw a cial printers and mailers,” Richner said. Corradino plans to spend more time staff of press operators, mail distributors, binders and drivers, and worked with his wife, Marie, and their family — with RCI’s commercial printing and and they have a lot of family, including mailing clients, including other publish- three daughters, two sons, and many ers, hospitals, schools, municipalities, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. “Lou is the consummate printing prononprofit organizations and corporafessional,” said Michael Bologna, RCI’s tions throughout the tristate region. “I’d like to express my sincere appre- vice president of operations. “I remem-
By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com
corrAdino with rci President Stuart Richner, left, and, Michael Bologna, vice president of operations, right. ber at his interview thinking how lucky we were to have found him. The last 20 years have gone by in a flash. Along with our customers, we’ll miss having Lou and his incredible talents in our stead. His are some pretty big shoes to fill. I wish him well.” Rhonda Glickman, RCI’s vice president of advertising sales, said she had been through a great deal with Corradino, including the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, which upended business operations across Long Island, and a catastrophic fire at RCI’s Lawrence office in 2004, which forced the company to move to an abandoned manufacturing plant in West Hempstead for two years while a new office and printing plant was built in Garden City. “No matter what, Lou always got it done,” Glickman said. “The papers always got out, and he always got it done
with his kind and quiet nature. He was a terrific colleague, and I’ll miss him. Best of luck to him.” Heralds Sports Editor Tony Bellissimo worked with Corradino for 12 years. “He’s a wealth of information and a tremendous problem solver,” Bellissimo said. “I’ll miss popping into his office to talk sports, but our conversations will no doubt continue by phone.” This reporter would like to thank Corradino for all his encouragement over the past 20 years. He often remarked how great the Herald papers looked and how interesting the stories were, and he would always remind me of our mission — that people buy newspapers for the stories inside — even at the car parade last week. So, from all of us at RCI, thank you, Lou, for your outstanding service to the company. You will be missed by all of us at 2 Endo Blvd.
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MORRIS VALLE JR., left, and Paula Valle will be helping their father, Moris Valle, run the family restaurant. a high level of flavor and presentation that will delight customers. “We are giving the customers something new, something different,” Moris said. Councilman Gaitley StevensonMathews visited the restaurant shortly after its opening. And while he was sad to see the restaurant belonging to Marlene
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changing hands and not closing down,” Stevenson-Mathews said. “Also, as I understand, they are keeping the current menu and adding additional items. If you have not tasted Chef Moris’ cooking, you are in for a treat.” Chef Moris Café is located at 8 School St. and can be reached at (516) 200-5010.
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Earlier in July, Glen Cove resident Moris Valle, along with his wife Elsa Valle, traded hands with the owner of Marle’s Cafe, Marlene Flores. At the spot on School Street, many of the dishes served up at Marle’s Cafe will remain the same, however new additions will be added to the menu, along with a new name — Chef Moris Café. “Our thanks to Marlene Flores for building a wonderful business where our guests can relax and enjoy artisan coffees, organic juices and, now, gourmet hors d’oeuvres, entrees and desserts that we take pride in preparing for you,” the family wrote on the Chef Moris Café Facebook page. The Valle family lives only minutes away from their new restaurant. Moris Valle will work in the kitchen preparing the meals while Elsa Valle will be greeting and taking orders from the front. Their two children, Paula Valle, 9, and Morris Valle Jr., 7, will be helping out around the restaurant as well. “We are local,” Moris said. “We are living here in Glen Cove and I was looking outside the area [to open a restaurant] and I said why go outside when I can open up a restaurant in my own town.” Moris Café menu items can be taken home or enjoyed outside from the outdoor dining area, which is designed to provide a safe, socially distant experience. Moris Valle said he is hoping to serve food with
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Residents: PSEG made many unfulfilled promises CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE had been small fires in the woods before when power was turned back on 25A after a storm. There are all kinds of downed wires in the woods, she told a representative. “He didn’t seem interested,” she said. “After the fire on Friday a policeman from the Oyster Bay Cove Fire Department said he called PSEG and they didn’t respond to him either.” Catapano Weinberg has continued to call PSEG. On Sunday she was told that because there are only three homes in her development, they would have to wait for power and for the wires in the woods to be removed. A fire was not a priority, she said she was told. A representative at PSEG’s emergency center told the Herald Guardian that a fire was a priority and that he had a record of several calls by the Weinberg’s. He didn’t know when the issue would be resolved. On Monday, Catapano Weinberg said she was driving around the area to find a PSEG truck so she could beg them to come to her house next. Linda and Peter Pizzo, who have lived in East Norwich’s Forest Estate for 22 years, were on their way to the pool on Sunday. It was too hot to stay home with no power. “I’m at a loss to say why on day six we are still in this situation,” Linda said. “I haven’t been able to speak to anyone live at PSEG. I know the number by heart. With all the technology they have now this should not have happened.” The development has 150 families, many of whom have young children and senior citizens, like the Pizzos. Pizzo said she and her husband work remotely from home and have not been able to do so since the power outage. On Monday they were still without power. Pizzo said she got lucky on Monday morning. She saw six utility trucks on Roosevelt Road in Oyster Bay. She stopped and asked one worker who was from Idaho, if he could help her by going back to her house. “I wanted to show him my backyard where there is a downed tree on a powerline,” she said. “He agreed to, adding that I wasn’t even on the grid for a repair. How lucky was I that I approached the right person. It took them three hours to do the repairs and I’ve been promised power today.” She added that the way PSEG responded to the storm recovery was “disgraceful.” Antoinette Hoch, of East Norwich, has two young children, ages 4 and 1. She said that when calling PSEG, she was “getting the runaround.” She went to her fatherin-law’s because he had power. “I’ve been living here eight years and every time the wind blows the power goes out or a transformer blows,” she said. “My father still doesn’t have power. He lives in Brookville. He has polio and needs his electric pump machine for his legs. PSEG is giving him a hard time.” Hoch got her power back on Sunday night. Francesca Maimone, who lives in East Norwich’s Norwich Green, said she and her neighbors always lose power when
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LARGE TREES FELL in the Red Cote Preserve during the storm, taking down power lines with them. there is a storm. She, her husband and children, who are 3 and 1, slept in a room downstairs that had air conditioning powered by a generator. “My neighbor has a 2 month old and has been napping and working in the car for the air conditioning,” Maimone said. “My father keeps buying more ice to cool off his insulin. There is nowhere to buy dry ice anymore.” State Senator Jim Gaughran said he has been traveling throughout his district. He is trying to make “some noise,” he said, for those who still don’t have power. “PSEG has been telling people on the serious list — the critical care list — that they should move in with a relative or go to the hospital,” he said. “These people should have priority. Communication at PSEG has broken down. At the nursing home I went to people were trapped on the second floor with no air conditioning because the electric lifts weren’t working to move them downstairs.” After the storm he sent a letter to PSEG Long Island asking when the last time was that the utility tested its communication and storm systems. He has not heard back. Griffin Rosen, 1st deputy of East Norwich Fire Company No. 1, said that there were no house fires during the storm. “There was just wires down and burning all over the place,” he said. “We did probably about 30 alarms and a majority of them were obviously related to downed wires and carbon monoxide emergencies from people’s generators.” Daniel Eichhorn, the president and COO of PSEG Long Island, addressed the issues surrounding communication at a virtual press conference on Friday, stating that their communication system had to
VINES ARE GROWING all over transformers. Gina Catapano Weinberg said that after one storm a few years ago, the vines caught fire. be rebooted on Aug. 6 and that communication improved afterwards. “We’re seeing a much better performance today when customers are interacting with us online and connecting with us and calling us as well,” Eichhorn said. “So, we understand the frustration there and I had mentioned several times that is not the experience we want to deliver, but that has not impacted our ability to restore.” He said that PSEG would conduct an
investigation as to why the system didn’t work in the first place to make improvements going forward. Late Monday afternoon Catapano Weinberg said she spoke to a utility crew and they were in the woods accessing the smoldering fire. Then PSEG called her, she said, promising she would have power by 3:30 on Tuesday. Jennifer Corr contributed to this story.
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Nassau County Comptroller released his mid-year report on the state of the county’s finances, along with his department’s projections for the year’s remaining two quarters, and the results were every bit as bleak as expected. According to mid-year financial projections, the county will end the current fiscal year with a $340.4 million operating deficit and an ending unassigned fund Jack Schnirman balance deficit of $227.1 million in the primary operating funds, under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). This compares to a $145.3 million operating surplus and an ending unassigned fund balance of $112.2 million at the end of the 2019 fiscal year. The county finished FY 2019 strongly and 2020 promised to be another year of rebuilding. The mid-year financial projections underscore the county’s current unprecedented and daunting fiscal outlook. When the comptroller’s office released its preliminary estimates of the financial impact of the Covid-19 virus in May, projected sales tax losses were between $160 million and $320 million. However, “The numbers illustrate what we have all been witnessing: The pandemic has been an unprece-
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in 2019 may potentially be erased in 2020,” Schnirman cautioned. And the county should expect further losses, particularly if a second shutdown or slowdown occurs. Schnirman emphasized that the county is on track to save an estimated $143.6 million through payroll and fringe savings; a $30 million grant from the federal government; and savings in social services. He cautioned that these cost savings must be seen against potential revenue shortfalls totaling as much as $526.8 million.
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dented gut punch to our local economy and county finances,” Schnirman said in a statement accompanying the full report. “As we look ahead to the second half of 2020, the looming questions we must ask are: how can we improve the trajectory; how bad can it get; and what if there's another shutdown?” The answers to those questions will determine the size of any eventual deficit, Schnirman said. Additionally, elected officials at all levels are asking what help, if any, they might expect to receive from the federal government. The county finished FY 2019 with an unassigned fund balance of $112.2 million. This represented a substantial recovery from the negative $68.8 million newly elected County Executive Laura Curran inherited on assuming office in January 2018. “With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and related shutdown, the positive gain that the County experienced
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Nassau County hosts Black Equity Roundtable the gaps discussed in the report firsthand. She also said she hoped the report would lead to lasting change. Nassau County Comptroller Jack “I think that what meant the most to Schnirman hosted a Black Equity Round- me is the fact that it’s now coming from a table discussion via Zoom on July 21 for government official who is presenting the which he invited panelists, information in a formal way, including Baldwin Civic in a way that is difficult to Association Economic Develrefute,” she said. “In a way opment Chair Kim Malone, that’s difficult for someone to local elected officials and say that these inequities are experts, to discuss racial based upon any kind of equity gaps on Long Island. inherent deficiencies in any The discussion touched on one particular group, but gaps that exist in wealth and rather that they date back to a are furthered by disparities cumulative effect of a numin income, unemployment, ber of factors that we have educational attainment and been able to see in that homeownership. The talk was report.” livestreamed via Facebook According to the Federal Live and garnered more than Reserve Bank, Schnirman’s 3,000 views. report reads, the median “We all know that while household net worth of a Long Island has a very spewhite family is nearly 10 cial place in history as Amertimes the net worth of a ica’s first suburb, Long Island JACK Black family. In Nassau Counalso has a very troubled histo- SCHNIRMAN ty, Black residents are more ry of systemic inequality,” likely to experience unemCounty comptroller Schnirman said, noting the ployment and be underpaid. findings of his office’s 2020 They are less likely to own a report titled “Black Economic Equity home, attain a bachelor’s degree and take Update.” part in Nassau’s procurement process, “In one year alone, Long Island’s econ- through which the county purchases omy could have been $24 billion stronger goods and services from outside vendors. if racial gaps in income did not exist. The racial economic gap, it reads, is a That is a staggering, staggering number threat to the county’s long-term financial that shows that it is not just the right success because demographic trends sugthing to do to close these gaps, but it is in gest Long Island will become a majorityeverybody’s financial interest to do that.” minority area within the next 15 years. The report highlighted that, if the gaps From the perspective of the Baldwin were closed, Black income on Long Island Civic Association, Malone said, members would grow by $4.5 billion. would have to look at the key points of the “Not only would this close the income report and think about ways to bring peogap, but the increased economic benefit ple together within the Baldwin commuwould mitigate the tax burden for county nity and then get together with legislators residents overall,” Schirnman said. “A and other individuals to address each rising tide lifts all boats, right?” point. Malone and other panelists said they “We have a very active PTA in Baldwin have experienced or witnessed some of and a very active school board that we can
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LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS and experts spoke as panelists during Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman’s Black Equity Roundtable on July 21. engage on the educational issues,” she continued. “ . . . When it comes to education, it’s not just the things that you see here. It’s the fact that, for example, if our school district is changing, representation matters, and we need to see people in our school districts that look like the students, and that will help with some of the things that we’re talking about here.” Malone also recommended having conversations about the police force and the recent protests, although the suggestion was not explicitly discussed in the report. “It’s something that we need to talk about as well because it’s all intersecting.” She also touched on the economic development aspect, adding that individuals should address entrepreneurship issues to figure out how to reduce that gap. “I want to see us specifically engage some of the organizations that already exist,” she said. “We don’t have to start from ground zero. We need to listen to what people have already said, and we need to put some things in action. I can commit from my perspective, my role in
particular in the Baldwin Civic Association, to start doing that in my hometown.” “These conversations are so important,” said County Legislator Debra Mulé, a Democrat from Freeport who represents Baldwin. “We’re living in such an exciting time right now, where we’re seeing that we’re on the cusp of hopefully seeing real change. . . . As a legislator, we certainly have a big role in helping to reduce the gaps that we see.” “If we’re going to say, as a region, that Black Lives Matter,” Schirnman said, “then we need to put those values into action.” “The numbers show that it’s not just the right thing to do, but it’s the way to make all of us more prosperous,” he explained. “If we close that gap, that’s $24 billion more for our local economy, and that means that everybody else pays less taxes. So the way we look at it is that if we can’t convince people to do the right thing for the right reasons, let’s at least convince them to do the right thing for their own selfish reasons.”
Drive-in movie held to support Tiegerman Your friendly neighborhood Spiderman is coming to Glen Cove on Aug. 20 with the showing of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” The drive-in movie, which is being held in support of Tiegerman, will cost $60 a car and will take place from 7 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. Watch Spider-Man save the day at Tiegerman Middle School, located at 27 Cedar Swamp Road, in Glen Cove. Tiegerman aims to transform the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities from preschool throughout adulthood, providing them the opportunity to a quality education and support. Visit www.tiegerman.org for more information.
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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE JERICHO WATER DISTRICT PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED REVENUES AND EXPENSES FOR 2021 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Town Law §215, a public hearing will be held via phone-conferencing platform pursuant to Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order 202.1, on Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 09:00 am for the purpose of conducting a hearing on the proposed revenues and expenditures of the District for the 2021 fiscal year. Tentative proposed revenues and expenditures will be made available to the public on the District’s website prior to the hearing date. A Board of Commissioners meeting will also be held wherein the District will conduct such regular and other business which is properly brought before the Board of Commissioners. Members of the public may listen to the meeting live by calling into the conference call. To obtain call in instructions, please call the District office at (516) 921-8280 after 12:00PM on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020. The meeting will be recorded and later transcribed. By Order of the Board of Water Commissioners of the Jericho Water District. JAMES ASMUS Secretary Dated:Syosset, New York August 14, 2020 122615 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com
LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE: INC. VILLAGE OF LAUREL HOLLOW - PLANNING BOARD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing and meeting will be held by and before the Planning Board of the Inc. Village of Laurel Hollow, Nassau County, New York, on Wed. August 19, 2020 at 7:00 P.M to consider the following: “ P2-2020/T5-2020 ~ Public hearing on the application of Tomy & Jill Biton, 16 Springwood Path, Laurel Hollow, for approval to remove 7 (seven) trees in connection with an Excavation permit to regrade an area of the property to create a more usable, flat space. This parcel of land is known as Section 14, Block 25, Lot 28 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. Said public hearing shall either be held at the Village Hall, 1492 Laurel Hollow Road, Laurel Hollow, New York or via Zoom Videoconference where a link will be posted on the Village website for public access. Please check our website prior to the meeting for details.
All relevant documents submitted in connection with this application are on file at the Village Clerk’s Office in the Village Hall. If you wish to inspect the documents, please email the Clerk at clerktreasurer@laurelholl ow.org in advance of the meeting to make arrangements. All persons interested will be given an opportunity to be heard at said time. CHRIS HADJANDREAS, CHAIRMAN LAUREL HOLLOW PLANNING BOARD Dated:August 7, 2020 Issue: August 13, 2020 122691 LEGAL NOTICE HEARING NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF BAYVILLE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Bayville will hold a Public Hearing at the Village Hall, 34 School Street, Bayville, Nassau County, New York, on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. to consider the following application: #Z-06-20, 34 Jackson Ave LLC, (Bruscella Arch) Application for an addition onto an existing garage requiring the following variances: Sec 80-24 Detached Garages, Accessory Buildings, and Structures. B. No detached garage, accessory building or structure shall exceed 12 feet in height measured from the average ground level at the perimeter thereof. Your proposed height for the detached garage is 19 feet. C. No detached garage, accessory building or structure shall occupy more than 500 square feet of lot area. Your proposed garage will occupy 2024 square feet of lot area. Sec 80-80 Continuance A. A use of a building, structure, lot or land, or part thereof, that does not conform to the use regulations in the zoning district in which it is situated, which use was lawful at the time of the inception thereof and which use has continued without interruption of greater than 10 months at any time since the inception thereof, may be continued but may not be expanded, increased, enlarged or exacerbated. Your pre-existing garage is non-conforming, and your application is to expand to 2024 square feet in lot area and 19 feet in height. Sec 80-82 Alterations Any alteration to a nonconforming use, building or structure that would change the building’s or structure’s front setback, side yard or rear yard, shall not be permitted hereunder unless an application for variance is made to the
Board of Appeals and such application is granted by the Board of Appeals. In any such application, the applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Board of Appeals that the cost of all alterations proposed to be made to such building or structure, in the aggregate, will not exceed 50% of the adjusted market value of the affected parcel, as reflected in the thencurrent assessment roll for the Village. Nothing herein is intended or shall be deemed to preclude the maintenance and good repair of any nonconforming use or building. This property is known on the Land and Tax Maps of Nassau County as Section 29, Block G, Lot 323 in the Residential C District. It is also known as 34 Jackson Avenue, Bayville, NY. ********** PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Bayville will hold a Public Hearing at the Village Hall, 34 School Street, Bayville, Nassau County, New York, on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 7:50 p.m. to consider the following application: #Z-07-20, 20 Ravine Road, (Oyster Bay Drafting, Arch) Application to construct proposed front porch and second floor addition and cupola, requiring the following variance: Sec 80-21 Yard Requirements B. On corner plots, a front yard of at least 25 feet shall be required on each street. The proposed front yard setback on Ravine Road is 18.95 feet. This property is known on the Land and Tax Maps of Nassau County as Section 29, Block 92, Lot 1 in the Residential C District. It is also known as 20 Ravine Road, Bayville, NY. ********** PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Bayville will hold a Public Hearing at the Village Hall, 34 School Street, Bayville, Nassau County, New York, on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 8:10 p.m. to consider the following application: #Z-08-20, 12 Cat Hollow Road, (Oyster Bay Drafting, Arch) Application to construct proposed portico over existing stoop requiring the following variance: Sec 80-33 Yard Requirements A. There shall be front, rear, and side yards on each plot of not less than the following depth or width: (1) Front Yard: 40 feet. The proposed front yard setback is 36.57 feet.
This property is known on the Land and Tax Maps of Nassau County as Section 29, Block 77, Lot 42 in the Residential E District. It is also known as 12 Cat Hollow Road, Bayville, NY. ********* PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Bayville will hold a Public Hearing at the Village Hall, 34 School Street, Bayville, Nassau County, New York, on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 8:15 p.m. to consider the following application: #Z-05-20, Suzanne Sgueglia, Village Church Application to replace an existing storage shed that requires the following variances: Sec 80-24 Detached Garages, Accessory Buildings and Structures. Sec 80-60 Supplementary Area and Height Provisions. (G) A greenhouse or utility shed may be erected in a rear yard, provided that such shed or greenhouse does not exceed 120 sq. ft. of floor area, does not exceed nine feet in height, including any exposed portions of the foundation above grade, and shall be located at least three feet from any lot line, and at least 10 feet from the primary residence. A shed shall not be used for the storage of any items other than normal household goods and gardening equipment. A greenhouse shall not be used for any use other than the cultivating of plants. No lot shall contain more than one shed. No lot shall contain more than one greenhouse. Your proposed shed is 525 sq. ft. and this will create more than one shed (preexisting 19.6’ x 24.3” in SE corner.) This property is known on the Land and Tax Maps of Nassau County as Section 29, Block 102, Lot 37 in the Residential C District. It is also known as 9 Mountain Avenue, Bayville, NY ********* Persons who may suffer from a disability, which would prevent them from participating in said hearing, should notify Maria Alfano-Hardy, Village Clerk-Treasurer, at (516) 628-1439 in sufficient time to permit such arrangements to be made to enable such persons to participate in said hearing. BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Georgia Giaccone, Clerk August 12, 2020 122692 LEGAL NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS JERICHO WATER DISTRICT CONTRACT NO. C10-19
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REHABILITATION OF THE SPLIT ROCK ROAD 3.4 MG STANDPIPE Sealed Bids for Contract No. C10-19, Rehabilitation of the 3.4 MG Split Rock Road Standpipe will be received by the Jericho Water District office, located in the conference room at 125 Convent Road, no later than 9:00 A.M. (Local Time) on Friday, September 4th, 2020. By Executive Order of Governor Cuomo, the District is not open for public meetings until further notice because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, bidders may hand deliver bids to the District’s Headquarters, if desired, or via mail or other courier service. Directions for on-site hand delivery of bids will be posted on the front door on the day of the bid opening. Bidders cannot attend the bid opening. The Bid Totals for each submitted Bid will be posted on the District’s website. The Contract Documents, consisting of Advertisement for Bids, Instructions to Bidders, Bid, Bid Bond, Agreement, General C o n d i t i o n s , Supplementary Conditions, Payment Bond, Performance Bond, Drawings, Specifications and Addenda may be examined at the following locations: Jericho Water District 125 Convent Road Syosset, NY 11791 D&B Engineers and Architects, P.C. 330 Crossways Park Drive Woodbury, NY 11797-2015 All bidders must obtain a set of the Contract Documents. Complete digital sets of Bidding Documents, Drawings and Specifications will be available on Friday, August 14, 2020, and may be obtained online as a download at the following website: www.revplans.com under “public projects.” Neither Owner nor
Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of the Contract Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the issuing office. Complete sets of Bidding Documents, Drawings and Specifications may be obtained from REVplans, 330 Route 17A, Suite #2, Goshen, New York 10924, Tel: 1-877-272-0216, upon payment of a $49.00 nonrefundable bid fee. Any bidder requiring hard copies of the documents shall make arrangements directly with REV and pay for all reproduction, packaging and shipping costs. Each Bid must be accompanied by a certified or bank cashier’s check made payable to OWNER, or a Bid Bond issued by a surety licensed to conduct business in the state where the Project is located and having a Best Rating of A- or better from A.M. Best Company and named in the current list of “Companies Holding Certificates of Authority as Sureties on Federal Bonds and as Acceptable Reinsuring Companies” as published in Circular 570 (amended) by the Financial Management Service, Surety Bond Branch, U.S. Department of the Treasury, in an amount not less than 5% of the amount of the Bid submitted. The list may be ordered from the Government Printing Office Bookstore, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 110, New York, NY 10278, (212) 264-3825. Each Bidder must complete and submit with his/her bid the “Iranian Investment Activities Certification” provided in the Bid Form in compliance with General Municipal Law 103-g, Iranian Energy Sector Divestment. Each Bidder must complete and submit with his/her Bid the “Certification of
Compliance with New York State Labor Law Section Two Hundred One-G” provided in the Bid Form regarding the implementation of a written policy addressing sexual harassment prevention in the workplace. The Bidder to whom the OWNER proposes to award the Contract will be required to furnish performance and payment bonds and the necessary insurance certificates as prescribed in the General Conditions and the Supplementary Conditions upon the execution of the Agreement. Bidders are required to execute a non-collusive bidding certification required by Section 103-d of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York. The attention of Bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to the conditions of employment to be observed and the minimum wage rates to be paid under the contracts. Bidders are also required to comply with the antidiscrimination provisions of Sections 290-301 of the Executive Law of the State of New York. The OWNER reserves the right to reject any or all of the Bids received, to readvertise for Bids, to abandon the project, to waive any or all informalities in any Bid received and to accept any proposal which the OWNER decides to be for the best interest of the OWNER. A public meeting may be held at the time and place noted above wherein the District will conduct such regular business which is properly brought before the Board of Commissioners. Note: All questions must be submitted, in writing, to Peter Connell, no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 28,2020. Questions must be faxed
to (516) 364-9045 or sent via email to pconnell@db-eng.com. Board of Commissioners Jericho Water District D a t e : ___________________ By: James Asmus, Secretary 122700 LEGAL NOTICE SUMMONS Case No. 20CX61 BAYFIELD COUNTY, a political Subdivision of the State of Wisconsin 117 East Fifth Street Washburn, WI 54891, vs. Plaintiff, WILLIAM ESPOSITO PO Box 425 Locust Valley, NY 11560, Defendant. THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, To each person named above as a Defendant: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. Within 40 days after August 14, 2020 you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is 117 East Fifth Street, Washburn, WI 54891, and to April K. Splittgerber, Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 122 W. Bayfield St., Washburn, WI 54891. You may have an attorney help or represent you. If you do not demand a copy of the complaint within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property. 122711
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ropical Storm Isaias marched up the Eastern Seaboard Aug. 4 with 70-mph winds that snapped trees in half or ripped them out of the ground, often sending them crashing onto power lines, leaving 420,000 Long Island ratepayers without electricity. PSEG-Long Island had promised to respond faster to restore power than its predecessor, the Long Island Power Authority. Last Saturday, four days after the storm, 60,000 Long Islanders were still without electricity, however, and thousands remained that way through Tuesday — a week after the storm. As Isaias blew through, communications between customers and PSEG-LI rapidly broke down, with people unable to send messages about lost power, despite the $1 billion in taxpayer and ratepayer funds that the utility had invested in upgrading its communications and smartmeter networks in recent years. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, plans to hold hearings on the response to Isaias by utilities across the state, including the communications response by PSEG-LI, Altice and Verizon. The question is, what will come of those hearings? Will we vent our anger, and let that be the end of it? Will we seek another utility company to manage Long Island’s electrical system, as we did after Hurricane Sandy in 2012-13? Or will we work toward a more durable solution, one that considers the long-term effects of repeated tropical storms and hurricanes on an
island that juts 118 miles into the Atlantic Ocean, and one that hardens our infrastructure so we never again have to suffer the crippling damage that Isaias, and so many storms before, have left in their wakes? We can upgrade the communications network all we want, but as last week’s storm made clear, that effort would likely prove futile. If $1 billion wasn’t enough to fix the communications system well enough to respond to a tropical storm, then what amount would be needed to prepare for a Category 4 hurricane — with wind speeds double that of Isaias and a million people trying to message PSEG-LI all at once? One possible solution would be to bury the electric and cable wires, ensuring that they would remain stable and protected in hurricanes, tropical storms, ice storms and run-of-the-mill thunderstorms. The trouble is, burying lines is a massive undertaking that would require an investment of billions of dollars. Still, we should at least study it. Consider this case study of one typical little South Shore community. During Isaias, a tree came down on Merrick Road in Merrick, near the Meadowbrook Parkway, cutting power to a .36-mile-long commerce zone just to the east. Within that small business district are two supermarkets, 11 restaurants, a frozen yogurt shop and an ice cream parlor, which had to throw out hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of food that had
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LETTERS Put power lines underground To the Editor: Consumers want cheap electricity. As a result, utility companies have been unable to charge the appropriate rates to allow for capital improvements to upgrade the existing power grid and substations, and burying more power lines. Residents living in low-density neighborhoods want to keep the price of homes low by accepting aboveground power lines rather than burying them. After Tropical Storm Isaias, with limited crews, it was impossible to reach everyone within 24 hours with such a catastrophic loss of power impacting so many customers at once. I would gladly pay to cover costs for burying my power lines to ensure more reliable delivery. Unfortunately, this wouldn’t work unless my neighbors also agreed to do the same. Decades ago, elected officials attacked the Long Island Lighting Company for being overpriced and inefficient. They promised that creation of the Long Island Power Authority would solve all our problems. Having lived in Great Neck from the 1960s to now, I don’t recall LILCO being anywhere as bad as today’s generation of elected leader claim LIPA was. Voters deserve a rebate from the elected officials who committed consumer fraud by
gone bad or melted because refrigeration was lost — in the case of one pizzeria alone, $50,000 worth, on top of the business it lost during the two days it had no power. There are 22 other businesses on this strip, ranging from a clothing shop to a gas station, a dry cleaner, a ballet studio and an insurance agency, as well as offices for a cosmetic surgeon, an attorney, a veterinarian and a pediatric dentist. Now, project all the lost goods and services in this commerce zone across Long Island, and you begin to understand the enormity of the economic hit that comes with even a relatively small-scale storm like Isaias. When we speak of storm damage, we generally talk about the price of repairs. Rarely do we consider the cost of business interruptions. This clearly needs greater deliberation. Burying lines, at an estimated cost of $1 million per mile, would undoubtedly raise electricity rates, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Spreading the project over decades, however, could mitigate the increase, while ensuring that future generations needn’t suffer as we have. Anaheim, Calif., is burying all its lines over 50 years, necessitating a 4 percent customer surcharge — or $4 per month for every $100 of electric use — while the cable TV companies must pay to bury their lines. The program began in 1990. With the climate crisis threatening to bring bigger hurricanes in the future, now, not later, is the time to act.
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Not high in cases of the highly contagious illhas, for many parents, meant falling areas are regularly cleaned and disinfect- reality only are there fewer patients, but the ness — which still kills hundreds of thoubehind on having their children routinely keep ou ed. Some organizations, like Northwell physical spaces are now safer, with measands of people per year globally. That vaccinated. Health, are using ultraviolet light technol- Our sures in place to protect any patient who outbreak occurred because in some comIndividually, missing one vaccine shot ogy to create an additional level of disin- line of enters a doctor’s munities we have may not seem like a big deal, fection. office. seen the number but immunization schedules So, health care offices are That starts with of people vaccinatwere developed after decades safe, and you shouldn’t be limiting the numed dip below safe of study, and the sheer numafraid to see your pediatriber of patients. levels, threatening ber of missed trips to pediatrician. Vaccinations have Once in the office, our hard-fought cians during the coronavirus changed the game on so many people remain six herd immunity, crisis has meant a drastic fallillnesses, saving millions of feet apart — six which protects the off in childhood immunizalives. But that progress can beach balls of entire community. tions across the country. unwind, and it can do so space. To avoid When that immuIn fact, the Centers for Disquickly — as it is right now in overcrowding, nity declines, ease Control and Prevention other parts of the world. JOSHUA DAVID CHARLES families are somethere’s a greater reports 250,000 fewer doses of Health care’s mission is to ROCKER FAGAN SCHLEIEN times asked to call risk for the infecmeasles-containing immunipromote and protect the genfrom their cars tion to spread. zations ordered from March 23 eral well-being of the commuwhen they arrive Last year it was to May 16 than during the nity. We need parents’ help. We and wait to be called in. just the measles we had to worry about. same time period in 2019. And it’s not just runnin can solve this problem together and Frequently, pediatric offices have desmeasles. There were also about 2.5 million Today it’s every vaccine-preventable illAdd ensure that we protect the entire herd. ignated mornings for visits from those ness, because if kids aren’t coming in for fewer doses of all routine non-influenza The time is now. Please don’t wait until the tea one vaccine, they’re not coming in for any. who are well and afternoons for “sick visvaccines. Across Cohen Children’s Mediwe have another outbreak on our hands. bus dri its,” which is another way of assuring the And yes, wash those hands. Measles is our main concern, because of cal Center’s 18 pediatric offices, we saw a soon be how rapidly it spreads and how it can lead health and protection of those visiting the 45 percent drop in all vaccinations for into sc office. Everyone over age 2 must be to dehydration, pneumonia and encephachildren of all ages in that same period. Dr. Joshua Rocker is the chief of pediatric York th masked, and is screened upon entry with litis, or swelling of the brain. But we also The good news is that you and your emergency medicine at Cohen Children’s pandem a symptom checklist. You will be asked if worry about Haemophilus influenzae child can catch up. Pediatricians across Medical Center. Dr. David Fagan is the cen- the poi you have a fever, any symptoms and any Type b, a major contributor to meningitis the country have worked overtime to creour sch ter’s vice chair of pediatric ambulatory known exposure to Covid-19, and based on administration. Dr. Charles Schleien is and bacteremia, when the bacteria ate safe environments, cleaning protocols ing ext those answers, you’ll be managed and spreads throughout the blood. Before the and strategies to minimize the risk of senior vice president and chair of pediatric moved within the office appropriately. Hib vaccination, about 20,000 children Covid infection. Fear of contracting the services at Northwell Health. 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A guest column was short on insight To the Editor: Re Robert A. Scott’s op-ed column, “Of course Black lives matter!” (July 2-8): Scott addressed the removal of President Woodrow Wilson’s name at Princeton University because of his racist views and policies. I say well and good, but wouldn’t the same reasoning apply to Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and be worthy of similar response? Scott went on to characterize the Native American and Black man at the sides of Teddy’s Roosevelt’s statue at the American Museum of Natural History as representing “colonial expansion and racial discrimination.” Really? Does Scott truly believe that these figures were included in such negative context, rather than representing progress from backwardness and deprivation into a more hopeful future? Scott wrote that Black lives matter because “they were being eliminated by police violence.” Not only was this claim false, is that the only reason, for him, that
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Black lives should matter? That the kind of officer who killed George Floyd could get into law enforcement at all shows a failure in the vetting and training process, with such officers representing only a small part of law enforcement. For Scott to even imply that “police violence” is primarily responsible for Black deaths is absurd. Incredibly, he contends that “Black people are killed in their homes and suburban neighborhoods by white police.” Is he blind to the realities of drive-by shootings, of revenge killings, of assaults, robberies, murders and rapes of innocent Black people — infants, the young, the old — by those who live in these very communities? How many more such crimes, of the most horrific nature, have been reported since his article was published only weeks ago? Why does Scott attribute “failing schools” as the cause of Black social woes? Many of those who have participated in looting and arson are school-aged minors from minority communities. Would Scott dispute that lack of proper guidance and disciplining at home contributes to educational and social deficiencies? He should consider the dedicated students and teachers in these schools, and how their pursuits are impacted by the criminal and antisocial miscreants among them. ROBERT RUBALSKY East Rockaway
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We must be realistic in shoring up the economy
t’s becoming more apparent each day that the Unites States will not return to any semblance of normalcy until there is a working vaccine for Covid19. In the meantime, we must face the reality that providing essential services to keep our economy going is job No. 1. Our health care workers are our first line of defense against the pandemic. People who grow and transport our food, as well as the grocery store workers who stock the shelves, are critical. Our police, firefighters, sanitation workers, transit operators and other local ALFONSE government workD’AMATO ers who provide basic services are keeping America running. Add to this list of essential employees the teachers and school administrators, bus drivers and school workers who will soon be asked to take our children back into school. We are more fortunate in New York than many other states, because the pandemic here seems to have abated to the point at which carefully reopening our schools is possible. It will mean taking extra precautions to maintain the
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can’t say I have a perfect track record with the recipes I publish. In fact, here’s an excerpt from a letter to the editor published many years ago. The note, from a Rockville Centre reader, said: “Randi Kreiss’ recipe sent me to the hospital with chest pains. After spending four hours at the emergency room and $70 the next day at my family doctor, I was told I had gas from all those veggies in the soup (which did not taste so great, RANDI anyway).” KREISS I don’t know if the old gasbag is still with us, and I’m sorry she suffered chest pains, but I don’t think her issues had to do with my soup. My soup-making skills are considerable, and I’m in the process of compiling the recipes into a book for my kids and grandkids. My granddaughter Sabrina is particularly keen on cooking, and has already added her own culinary flourishes to my vegetarian tortilla soup. I say why mess with perfection, but she felt it needed some queso blanco. Anyway, she’s been pressing me for
health of students, teachers and other school workers, including measures that will add considerably to school budgets. The recent debate in Washington about the next round of federal pandemic relief has centered almost exclusively on helping the unemployed with a continued $600-per-week federal unemployment insurance subsidy. No one can argue that the 30 million unemployed Americans receiving this aid aren’t in need of assistance. They are out of work through no fault of their own. But it’s important to understand that this generous benefit adds up to $18 billion per week. That money is being borrowed by the U.S. Treasury, and will eventually have to be paid back to those who are loaning it to the federal government. And for many workers, their unemployment payments — including state and federal benefits — now exceed the weekly wages they were earning before losing their jobs. It is not unreasonable to ask that this benefit be adjusted to a more realistic and fiscally sustainable level. That doesn’t mean that the federal government should retreat on providing relief to Americans. Billions of dollars are needed to support
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the safe reopening of our schools. And billions more should go to helping states and local governments provide the essential services that would be drastically reduced without federal assistance. A fair way to assist states and local governments would be for Washington to help them make up for the sales tax revenue they’ve lost due to the pandemic. These sales tax losses are fairly straightforward to calculate. And since every state collects sales taxes, federal aid making up these losses could be fairly distributed across the country. Red states and blue states would benefit equitably. Another area where more federal aid is needed is for small businesses. Many received aid under the Payroll Protection Act, which extended them loans and grants to help keep their workers employed. Giving these businesses an additional lifeline so they can continue to stay open and provide jobs is a good investment. Economists of all stripes tell us that if these businesses were allowed to sink, many would never come back. The loss to the economy would be enormous. Finally, our hospitals and other medical facilities have been badly wounded by
he postCovid-19 business landscape will be altered for years to come.
the Covid-19 crisis, as almost all other hospital admissions and doctor’s visits dried up these past few months. They should get the extra help they need to continue to provide quality health care. And it’s not too early to begin to think about what the economic future will look like once the virus is defeated. The business landscape will be altered for years to come. The real estate industry may see wrenching change if offices remain empty after the pandemic fades. Malls may never recover the business they’ve lost to online sales. We can expect what amounts to a national reorganization of our economy, with many old and respected businesses failing and many new ones struggling to emerge. Let’s not lose our sense of hope and optimism. The American spirit is boundless. We’ve learned some hard lessons, including that we must bring critical manufacturing home rather than depending on the rest of the world to provide essential medicines and products. The promising race to develop a Covid19 vaccine by our scientists shows that with a concerted effort, even the seemingly impossible can be made possible. Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.
Top-secret recipe revealed my family chicken soup recipe. It is special. I know every cook in every family makes the best chicken soup, but mine is outstanding. If there were a New York State Fair entry for chicken soup, I would win. I’m not claiming that in the age of Covid-19 it has unusual medicinal properties, but you can judge for yourself. It may not be hydroxychloroquine or bleach shots, but it’s a real comfort, spiritually and physically. Because Sabrina was so persistent, and because she also has a wicked sense of humor, I recently sent her the plans for my Manhattan Project of chicken soups. This was never meant to be published in a newspaper; it was meant to pass from kitchenwarm grandma hands to upturned fingers. It’s a kind of promise-to-keep, whispered mother to child. But in the interest of public health, here goes:
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thinking Kosher was tastier. My mother said it was because of all the salt. Invite your chicken into the pot. (Give him a good scrubbing first, using no soap. It’s soup!)
ot to brag, but if there were a New York State fair entry for chicken soup, I’d win.
Dear Sabrina, OK, OK this is the recipe: Find a chicken and a huge pot. Now maybe this chicken has it all together, or maybe he comes in eighths. Could be a pullet or a broiler; equal opportunity here. Could be Kosher or not. I was brought up
Gather: 3 32-oz. cartons of any good organic chicken broth Bunch fresh parsley (well washed) 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon 1/2 cup pearl barley (rinsed and strained) 5 stalks of celery 2 turnips, peeled, sliced and diced 2 parsnips, peeled, sliced and diced 6 carrots or a bag of cut-
up carrots 2 medium sweet onions, chopped 10-oz. bag frozen mixed vegetables (no sauce or butter!) Salt, pepper, a nearly infinitesimal amount of rosemary . . . no, that’s too much . . . such a heavy hand. Now here’s the hard part: Put everything into a huge pot. Cover. Turn up the heat and simmer for an hour and 10. That should soften the toughest old bird. I call it the RBG method. The after part:
Lift the chicken out of the pot. He will not come willingly. And he may fool you by pretending to fall apart. And he may actually fall apart. Round up all his body parts and put them in a separate bowl. Choices here: You can shred the chicken into the soup and dispose of the bones, or you can eat the chicken as an entirely separate experience. Boiled chicken with something — anything — is quite yummy if you give it a chance. You can also cut the boiled chicken into salad or stuff in a taco or toss into a smoothie. (I’m kidding.) Find your soup blender stick and puree just the right amount of time. Depends on whether you like soupy soup, or thick puree, or recognizable pieces, or just vegetables and soup, in which case you won’t need the soup blender at all. You decide. Personally, I like a few seconds of blending, while letting the vegetables keep their identities intact. If you call and visit me, I’ll give you my matzo ball recipe. If you call and visit me often, I’ll give you my matzo ball recipe with all the ingredients. May you enjoy this recipe, and may it nourish all the people you love. Grandma Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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