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the year’s top business Flowers by Mike, owned by Mike Graham, a lifelong Oceanside resident, is the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Year. Story, Page 4.
Janet Ellison Pearsall was raised in Merrick, only five miles from Oceanside, where she has made her home since 1985, becoming incredibly involved in the community. For this reason and more, she was recently awarded the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year Award. Pearsall holds a bachelor’s in human development and family studies from the Cornell University College of Human Ecology, a law degree from the Yeshiva University’s Benjamin Cardozo
School of Law and a master’s in social work from Adelphi University. Married to Keith for 37 years, together they have raised their children, Chris and Debbie, both Oceanside High School graduates. Janet worked for about 30 years in the Long Island and New York City foster care systems, including at the Nassau County Department of Social Services and SCO Family of Services. She worked in all aspects of child welfare, from line foster care and adoption casework staff to supervisor and director, working with children and famiContinued on page 14
O’side residents react to undoing of state mask mandate By CRistiNA ARRoYo RoDRiGUez, sCott BRiNtoN, KepheRD DANiel and tom CARRozzA kdaniel@liherald.com, tcarrozza@liherald.com
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who took office Jan. 3, signed executive orders on Jan. 6 directing local boards of education to vote this month on whether their districts should mandate mask use, while also lifting the mask mandate for all county agencies and the state’s temporary mask mandate in public places. The orders took effect immediately. Oceanside School District and Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital officials declined to
comment on Blakeman’s orders. Mary Messier, 43, of Oceanside, has two children at Oceanside High School, which has been difficult, she said, as she and her father, who lives with the family, have compromised immune systems. “My family would never forgive themselves if they were the cause of anyone passing away,” Messier told the Herald. “Please use common sense and wear the mask.” Brian Kammerer, 33, also voiced his worries for his infant daughter and his wife, Jennifer Mastrogiovanni, who teaches special education in New York City public schools. The young couple moved to Oceanside last
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but ultimately the principals must manage this volatile situation week to week,” Kammerer said. “Going forward, maybe give the children and parents a choice in low-risk months and highly recommend [masks] in cold and flu season.” Still, many Oceanside residents applauded the county executive for his order, even if it does
not come to be, citing mask fatigue and skepticism. Blakeman’s orders read in part, “[G]iven the historical data on Covid-19 and the ongoing debate over whether masks are more harmful than beneficial to children and to school environments in general, we should protect the freedoms and statutory Continued on page 14
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Chef Paula brings culinary magic to JCC By KePherd daniel kdaniel@liherald.com
Chef Paula Gottlieb Herman hosts cooking classes across Long Island, including the Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC Cooking with Stars class in Oceanside for adults with special needs, such as those Down Syndrome or autism. The class, with 18 people, has been in person since October. On the menu for the Dec. 22 class was a spinach basil pesto pasta. After the class watched Gottlieb Herman, 59, who has taught at the JCC since 2014, prepare the meal, they enjoyed an afternoon of Italian cuisine. Gottlieb Herman didn’t start out to become a chef. “My original background was television,” she said. “I used to work for NBC News. I used to produce food segments and other special segments for the Sunday version of ‘The Today Show.’ I worked on ‘The Today Show,’ I worked on ‘Nightly News,’ I did behind-the-scenes for Martha Stewart, all kinds of stuff really. But although my chosen career was television, the food segments were the thing I loved the most.” Gottlieb Herman worked increasingly longer hours as her career took off — at times as many as 80 hours a week. However, she had to shift her focus once health scares began to appear in her family. “My dad got ill, and at the same time that happened, NBC was bought by GE, and as a result of that purchase, eventually my job was eliminated,” Gottlieb Herman said. She left NBC in 1993. “I knew I’d be able to get a job those years,” she said. “The problem was my dad, and I couldn’t take 80 hours a week away from him when he needed me. I put my career and TV on the back burner because family always has to come first.” She went into market research, organizing focus groups for L’Oreal, Lancome and other high-end companies. Eventually, things settled enough with her father’s health, and in 2001, she married her husband, Michael Herman, whom she met in 1995. “He wanted to get married way sooner, but my parents were my priority,” Gottlieb Herman said. Soon after, the unexpected occurred. Nine months after their wedding in 2002, her father died. “It was something I just didn’t expect,” Gottlieb Herman said. “I needed a way to honor his memory.” Gottlieb Herman received advice that would shape the rest of her career. “When the timing is right, sometimes people will give you the most sage advice, but sometimes the timing is wrong. You’re in mourning and you can’t listen. Thankfully, on the day of my dad’s funeral, the
gentleman who did my dad’s service said to me, ‘I want to give you a piece of advice, and I really hope you take it. Think of ways to honor your father’s legacy that meant a lot to him.’” Gottlieb Herman knew immediately what her father loved and what she had to do. “My father loved food,” she said. “He did cooking classes, catering classes, we would go to restaurant views for fun in Brooklyn. If I become a chef to inspire others, then that’s my dad’s legacy.” In 2005, Chef Paula was born, and she has been at it ever since. “When I launched, my mom was at that point ill, and so I wasn’t able to go full throttle,” she said. “But when my mom passed the following September, it was all hands on deck. My mom did see me as a chef.” Despite the global pandemic, Gottlieb Herman continued her cooking classes with help from her husband. “2020 came, and it was a gut punch because my entire business was on the line,” she said. “Prior to the pandemic, I was in 14 schools and also JCCs. But the schools were not reopening, and we needed to go virtual. I had no clue how to do it. I’m a TV person, not a Zoom person, but my husband said we’ll make it work.” The couple retrofitted their dining room to become a cooking studio with lights and cameras. “My husband has been my lucky charm,” Gottlieb Herman said. “My mission to honor my father was not necessarily his mission, but he made it his mission, and Michael is my bril-
left, Chef Paula Gottlieb Herman, right, along with her husband, Michael Herman, and JCC Senior Program Director Marcy Hallerman, has been cooking up a storm as a chef since 2005, offering classes at JCC’s and in the schools. aBOVe, Chef Paula prepared her spinach basil pesto pasta for her JCC class. liant number two when it comes to my web design and my graphics and being able to create beautiful designs. You’re looking at a classically trained software developer from Wall Street — probably the smartest brain you’ll ever come in contact with. I can’t build websites. I can’t do graphics. I can’t do videos. Michael handles all that side of it. He has enabled me to be able to get my message out there.”
Prepare for the snow this winter in the Town which will allow for crews to preemptively salt the roads. When the snow does come down, plows will be deployed to clear roads, and they will continuously service town roads to avoid icing when the temperature is below freezing. To encourage individual and community safety, residents are urged to take steps to prepare their households:
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■ Stock up on essentials ■ Fill your vehicle’s gas tank and keep an emergency jumper cable kit handy ■ Keep medication and first-aid kits available
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With freezing temperatures and snowfall forecasted, the Town of Hempstead has mobilized the snow response team in preparation of the incoming winter weather. “No matter how big or small the storm, America’s largest township will always be ready to respond to the forecasted winter weather,” said Supervisor Donald Clavin. “We’re still at the beginning of the snowfall season and we will continue taking proactive steps for all winter weather predicted for our area.”
■ Bring all pets indoors ■ Check on the safety of elderly family and neighbors For emergencies, please call 911. To report snow-related issues on town roads, please call (516) 489-6000 or submit a report online at hempsteadtown.com/ storm.
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With over 400 pieces of equipment and more than 40,000 tons of salt on hand, the town’s snow response team is more than ready to cover over 1,200 miles of Hempstead Town roadways. CSEA Local 880 workers are actively preparing trucks, checking plows and loading salt in preparation for the snowfall. The Hempstead region should maintain dry conditions before the snow starts,
■ Keep shovels, scrapers and rock salts in accessible areas
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Multiple accidents have been reported in the New York and Connecticut areas due to slick road conditions – the Town of Hempstead is taking proactive steps to ensure safe roadways throughout local communities. “We’ve seen accidents in other communities and we’ve seen major traffic problems nationwide due to winter weather factors – we’re going to ensure that our township remains proactively safe,” Clavin said. “It’s better to be over prepared than underprepared, and that will always be our policy regarding winter weather.”
Flowers by Mike wins award For many, Flowers by Mike is Oceanside and East Rockaway’s go-to florist for fresh, high-quality floral arrangements. Dedicated to providing the best customer service and finest selection of plants and flowers, Flowers by Mike has a wide variety of local and imported flowers and a team of professional designers. Now, Flowers by Mike is the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Year. Flowers by Mike is owned by Mike Graham, a lifelong Oceanside resident who has years of experience in the flower business. Flowers by Mike is Graham’s first venture heading his own flower shop, which he opened in January 2019. “His hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence have led him to not only successfully run the Oceanside business but to take over a second florist shop in East Rockaway as well,” according to the chamber. Graham said he loves the mom-andpop charm of his business and plans to continue serving Oceanside and surrounding communities for a long time. Graham, who lives with his wife, Rachel, and their young daughter, Rylie, said he cares deeply about Oceanside. He has been a firefighter here for 18 years and is commissioner of the Oceanside Fire District. Every Valentine’s Day, Graham donates red carnations to the local hospital to lift patients’ spirits. He has also been president of the Oceanside Kiwanis Club for two years, and is a member of the Oceanside Warriors, which helps beautify Oceanside. Flowers by Mike recently won the “Best of Long Island 2020-Wedding Florist” and “Best of Long Island 2021–Florist.” The award will be presented to Pearsall in a Jan. 27 ceremony at Kombert Caterers in Oceanside. Reservations and information available at www.oceansidenychamber.org.
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Town of Hempstead officials began their new term Jan. 4 at Town Hall. During the nearly twohour inauguration, Supervisor Don Clavin, Town Clerk Kate Murray, Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, and Councilmen Anthony D’Esposito and Dennis Dunne were sworn in following their re-election this past November. After the invocation by Rabbi Mordechai Kamentzky of Yeshiva of South Shore in Hewlett, Clavin was sworn in first by Nassau County Republican Committee Chairman Joseph Cairo. Months into Clavin’s first term as supervisor, the coronavirus pandemic erupted and took a toll on Christina Daly/Herald Hempstead. Clavin secured tens of millions of dollars in federal hempstead town CounCilman Anthony CARES Act funds that went to the D’esposito was sworn into office on Jan. 4. community, including millions for hospitals, schools, food banks, vilernment and the plans that she has for lages, fire departments and community her district moving forward. “I’m going organizations. The Town Board also into my 22nd year, as I was elected seekrolled out the first mobile vaccination ing representation from my community unit in New York state, which has provid- via a historical lawsuit,” Goosby said. ed nearly 10,000 vaccine and booster shots “I’ve been sworn in on my plaza and to residents to help fight the coronavirus that’s progress,” she noted. The Town pandemic. Hall plaza was recently named for her. Clavin thanked many of the govern“My colleagues are of a different ment officials in attendance for the help party,” she continued, “but it didn’t matthat they have given him during his time ter to them that I’m a Democrat and they in local government. “Today is really aren’t. I’ve worked with wonderful people, about just saying thank you,” he said. and I respect them and they respect me. “We work together and for the betterment We made a lot of progress in this town.” of all the residents, from the town’s D’Esposito was then sworn in by State finances to bond upgrades to services Assemblyman Edward Ra. D’Esposito, a through the pandemic. And it’s not just retired New York Police Department that it’s the men and women that I work detective, has taught his Narcan training within the town. We do it together program to town employees, community because we’re one big team in the Town groups and residents throughout Hempof Hempstead.” stead. And he has helped expand the NarMurray, who was sworn in next, led can training program, with the town creation of online accessible parking per- recently announcing distribution of mits, posted one-stop passport shop 10,000 Narcan kits in Hempstead. events and established outdoor service D’Esposito reflected on the town’s trailers where residents can continue to accomplishments in recent years. “The access clerk’s office programs. Murray last four years we’ve delivered budgets to became the first elected official in New save taxpayers money, holding the line or York to conduct weddings using online lowering taxes,” he said. “We’ve been video conferencing. In October, she lauded by Wall Street, earning outlook reached a milestone when she performed upticks and credit upgrades. We expandher 500th wedding ceremony. ed programs and invested in our parks, After reflections were offered by the beaches and marinas. Just this year, we’ve Rev. Dr.Calvin Butts of Abyssinian Bap- invested $75 million in our roads. While tist Church, Attorney General Letitia other municipalities were unable to colJames swore in Goosby, who is the first- lect garbage and recycle at the height of ever African-American woman on the the pandemic, our sanitation crews Town Board, now entering her 22nd year stepped up and kept the town moving.” representing the 1st District. Dunne, who served with the U.S. During her last term, Goosby assisted Marines during the Vietnam War, in supplying free PPE kits for businesses remains a leader among local American and churches, secured personal air filters Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars for residents at risk, aided in launching organizations, and has been pivotal in the outdoor dining initiative to help resi- crafting legislation to create a permanent dents stay open during the pandemic and property-tax exemption for Cold War era sponsored food pantries that donated veterans, providing a tax reduction for elimore than a million meals to residents in gible recipients. He has also sponsored need. several pieces of legislation to restict vapGoosby discussed her tenure in gov- ing and vape products.
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community update Scrabble At the Island Park Library. All participants must be fully vaccinated and must show proof of full vaccination. Masks are required. Registration is required. Sign up at the Library. Starts at 1 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 13 Virtual Zumba Gold A virtual event by Oceanside Library, Zumba Gold class introduces easy-to-follow Zumba choreography that focuses on balance, range of motion, and coordination. Join Linda Salamone in this virtual class. Starts at 10 a.m. .
The Golden Age of Television: What Made the 1950s So Special for American TV
This is a virtual lecture presented by Brian Rose, a professor emeritus at Fordham University, where he taught for 38 years in the Department of Communication and Media Studies. Starts at 2 p.m.
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Virtual Tween Book Club Oceanside Library hosts virtual chat about Winterhouse by Ben Guterson. The Book details Orphan Elizabeth Somers’s malevolent aunt and uncle shipping her off to the ominous Winterhouse Hotel, owned by the peculiar Norbridge Falls. Starts at 4 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 14 Virtual Intro to Dance & Movement Virtual for the month of January. Nurture your child’s music ability in this fun-filled class, children will be introduced to movement and dance which is great for early development. Children will also learn rhythm games, play with instruments, have circle time, and learn sharing skills. No registration is required for January. Starts at 10:00 AM.
Movie: The Many Saints of Newark At the Island Park Library, film Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom, Jr., Jon Bernthal. Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story reveals the humanity behind Tony’s struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti - had over him becoming the most iconic mob boss of all time. Starts at 1:30 P.M.
Island Park Students Celebrate the Holidays Teachers at Francis X. Hegarty instructing students for the holiday tradition.
which works your muscles and joints to increase flexibility/mobility, circulation, strength, and balance. Starts at 11 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 15 Saturday Vinyasa Yoga with Dot Scott Join Dorothy Scott for a relaxing class that encompasses basic yoga poses which focus on lengthening the body’s muscles. Zoom link available on the Oceanside Library website. Starts at 9:30 a.m. Class is for adults only and a $10 materials cash fee, which must be paid at the time of registration.
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Virtual Chair Yoga Hosted by Oceanside Library, Join instructor Marianne Bochilo on Zoom for yoga
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Poetry Near & Afar: First & Third Mondays Join the Oceanside Library every first & third Monday of the month (starting Monday, Oct. 18th), as they feature poets from near and afar and an open mic! Starts at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 18 Virtual Fit and Fabulous Oceanside Library is inviting you to get your feet moving with Helene Just in this exercise program designed to increase strength, tone, balance, and stamina that can be done either sitting or standing. Prepare with comfortable clothes and footwear and bring a set of light weights and exercise bands. Starts at 11 a.m.
Genealogy Club Monthly meeting Oceanside Library Genealogy Club! All levels are welcome. Club meetings are virtual and take place on the third Tuesday of each month. Starts at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 19 Virtual Tai Chi Oceanside Library presents virtual Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall prevention in collaboration with the New York State Dept. of Health. A certified Tai Chi instructor, trained by the NYS Dept. of Health and the Tai Chi for Health Institute teaches Tai Chi for Arthritis for people over age 60 (or over age 18 with disabilities). Starts at 10 a.m.
The NAMI mental health support group meets twice a month. The Island Park Library has a Take & Make DIY all week. Jessie’s on the Water hosts live music Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. AARP’s Cars and Coffee meets Nov. 14 at 9 a.m. at 3118 Lawson Blvd. Oceanside Jewish Center hosts its care support group Nov. 18 at 7 p.m.
Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to msmollins@liherald.com
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■ I’ll try to respond to criticism with grace and goodwill as I learn another way that people can perceive and do things.
■ I’ll resolve to switch my negative narrative (I can’t do …) to a positive one (but one thing I can do is …). ■ I’ll remind myself that no matter how challenging my struggles are, I have much to be grateful for. ■ I’ll seek understanding and connection when I feel vulnerable and lost rather than numbing myself with drugs, drink, or food. ■ I’ll appreciate the best in myself rather than comparing myself to others to notice how I fall short. ■ I’ll feed my thirst for knowledge by being curious, learning more about whatever piques my interest. ■ I’ll remind myself that there’s no quick way through life’s worst moments, but those
■ I’ll scale back on all the things I believe I have to do to make time for things I want to do. ■ I’ll forgive myself for all the things I didn’t do or didn’t do well. ■ I’ll forgive others for all the things they didn’t do or didn’t do well. What do you think of these types of resolutions? I like them. I believe that greater acceptance of yourself (and others) has the potential to create more meaningful change than focusing on what you do wrong. ©2021 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author, helps people appreciate their strengths and minimize their procrastination, anxiety and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her websites www.BeatProcrastinationCoach.com and www.PsychWisdom.com.
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It’s a New Year -- the time we attend to the tick of the clock, reflecting on the previous year, resolving to do better this coming year. If you’re like most folks, the resolutions you made are repetitive -- year after year. You’ll lose those extra pounds, exercise more, save money, become better organized, more patient and spend more inda apadin quality time with family and friends. Wonderful ideas! So how come it’s likely that in a week or two, you’ll give up on those resolutions. Are you just weak willed? Or could it be that you haven’t made the best resolutions? Let’s see what happens if you create positive goals, maintain an optimistic attitude and are kind to yourself. Here are my top 10 resolutions for the New Year.
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Herald sports Oceanside in playoff picture By JAMIE deJONG sports@liherald.com
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Baldwin Senior Basketball MOrENO IS lOOkING to lead Baldwin to its eighth straight Nassau Class AA championship and has drawn interest from a handful of D1 college programs. She is a two-time All-County selection and was an impact player as a sophomore during the team’s last county title run. She scored 10 points in its 60-52 victory over Syosset in the Class AA final held March 8, 2020 at Nassau Coliseum, marking her seventh game that season scoring in double figures. She averaged 14 points as a junior.
GAMES tO wAtch thursday, Jan. 13
Girls Basketball: East Rockaway at West Hemp.....4:45 p.m. Girls Basketball: Lynbrook at Lawrence...................... 5 p.m. Boys Swimming: Wantagh vs South Side (at Jeircho) 7 p.m. Gymnastics: Valley Stream at Hewlett ........................ 7 p.m. Gymnastics: Sewanhaka at South Side ..................... 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: North Shore at Seaford ................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Westbury at Baldwin ....................... 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 14 Girls Basketball: Glen Cove at Sewanhaka ..................... 5 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Roslyn at Elmont ............................ 5 p.m. Wrestling: Freeport at Oceanside ..............................5:30 p.m. Girls Basketball: New Hyde Park at MacArthur................ 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Island Trees at Clarke ........................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Seaford at Lawrence ............................ 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball: V.S. North at South Side................. 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 15 Wrestling: Baldwin Tournament ........................................9 a.m. Boys Bakisetball: V.S. Central at East Meadow.............. 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: East Rockaway at West Hemp. ........... 12 p.m. Girls Basketball: Kennedy at South Side ..................... 12 p.m.
As has been the narrative with nearly every single roster in every sport, the primary hindrance for the Oceanside girls’ basketball team has been health. The team has dealt with navigating COVID and injuries, and considering the confluence of unfortunate events, head coach Jared Stoler still has high expectations. “Generally, if we can stay healthy we could be excellent,” he said. “We’ve been dealing with COVID and injuries like everyone else, but with everyone out it’s been hard to be consistent. It’s a battle of attrition at this point, but when we are locked in on all facets of the game we can compete with anyone.” At this point, the Sailors have a 4-5 record overall, with a 2-3 record in Conference AA-1. Sophomore Brianna Amenta has been their primary scorer averaging 15 points per game. She came into the season with All-League honors and potential, and even with her lofty expectations entering the season, Stoler thinks “she’s even beating those expectations.” Sophomore Samantha Farsky has stepped into a starting role nicely considering her lack of varsity experience, as she is averaging 6 points per game. She scored 11 to help Oceanside defeat Port Washington, 47-40. With how everything has played out so far, Stoler said he’s “excited to see where the season goes from here. “I’m really pleased with how we have performed up to this point in the season,” Stoler said. “We’re almost at the halfway point of the season, and once we’re healthy and see these teams for a second time I think we can win some of the games we’ve lost.” Last Saturday, the Sailors came up short against Farmingdale by the score of 47-39. It was a hard-fought game on both ends, which is represented in the low-scoring outputs for both teams, but in the end Farmingdale was able to hold on for the narrow victory. Amenta was the high scorer in the game with 19 points despite the copious
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SOphOMOrE SAMANthA FArSky, left, scored 11 points for Oceanside in its 47-40 victory over Port Washington. amount of defensive attention she received, as she was face guarded the entire game, Stoler explained. Seniors Leah Minsky and Julia Lane each contributed six points, and the duo connected on all but one of Oceanside’s four three-pointers on the day. Considering the current landscape across the conference, the Sailors still are very much capable of securing a playoff spot. The team currently sits fourth in AA-1, which would give them a spot as well as a .500 record or better. The league is notorious for being competitive
from top to bottom, so nothing is guaranteed, but if the team performs up to its capabilities the playoffs are a reasonable goal. “There’s no doubt that we could still be a playoff team,” Stoler said. “For the second half off the season it will be about taking that next step. There’s games this year that we lost by 7 or 8 that at full strength and with better execution could turn into 3-point wins.” Oceanside will look to continue its playoff quest this week on the road against Uniondale.
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Tom Mauro went to work for the last time on Wednesday. The Oceanside resident and manager of Trader Joe’s on Long Beach Road entered the building last Wednesday morning and was greeted by signs, balloons, letters and the smiling faces of his employees. That night, “Captain Tom” was set to embark on his new adventure: retirement in Florida. “It’s been a blessing beyond words,” Mauro told the Herald, choking back tears. “It’s the greatest community in the world, the greatest company in the world and the greatest family in the world.” Mauro spent the past six years working as manager of the Oceanside Trader Joe’s and was named the 2016 Businessperson of the Year by the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce. Mauro, 65, was born in the Bronx and has worked in the supermarket industry most of his life, including time at Grand Union Supermarkets. From 1997 to 2007, Mauro moved to Israel, where he worked in humanitarian aid before returning to the states to help his extended family Still, Mauro said that his time at Trader Joe’s tops all of his other experiences, other than marrying his wife, Kathy, 40 years ago. “We’re not focused on experience. We’re focused on character,” Mauro said. “Everybody has success in them. Just do the best you can.” Mauro said he
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mauro assemBles wiTh his staff one more time before he retired to Florida after work. could feel a difference between Trader Joe’s and other supermarkets with how hands-on employees are. That motivated him to seek the manager position six years ago. Dozens of posters and letters from local students, including many from
School No. 4 in Oceanside, line the area behind the registers. During Mauro’s time at the supermarket, he has worked with School No. 4 on in-person and recently virtual field trips to explain proper nutrition with students. During the pandemic, Mauro has been
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff against LORETTA O’GRADY A/K/A LORETTA M. O’GRADY A/K/A LORETTA MILITO, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 103N, Westbury, NY 11590. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered November 13, 2019, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on February 15, 2022 at 2:30 PM. Premises known as 72 West Cortland Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572. Sec 43 Block 333 Lot 62, 63 and 64. All that certain plot, piece and parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Oceanside in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $568,831.32 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 002788/2015. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.” Donald Henderson, Esq., Referee AYSJN042 129148 LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of EQUITY PROPERTIES 1 LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/12/21. Office location Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail a copy of process against LLC to 80 Waterfront Blvd. Island Park, NY 11558. Purpose: Any lawful act. 128809 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 25th day of January, 2022, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of
that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 202-1 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at the following locations: ELMONT LEHRER AVENUE (TH 575/21) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of Steele Street north for a distance of 25 feet. LEHRER AVENUE (TH 575/21) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the south curbline of Steele Street south for a distance of 25 feet. STEELE STREET (TH 575/21) North Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Lehrer Avenue west for a distance of 30 feet. STEELE STREET (TH 575/21) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Lehrer Avenue west for a distance of 30 feet. OCEANSIDE FOXHURST ROAD (TH 570/21) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the east curbline of Loftus Avenue east for a distance of 33 feet. LOFTUS AVENUE (TH 570/21) East Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the south curbline of Foxhurst Road south for a distance of 40 feet. ROOSEVELT BROOKSIDE AVENUE (TH 558/21) East Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the south curbline of Cedar Street south for a distance of 25 feet. BROOKSIDE AVENUE (TH 558/21) East Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of Cedar Street north for a distance of 30 feet. CEDAR STREET (TH 558/21) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Brookside Avenue east for a distance of 30 feet. CEDAR STREET (TH 558/21) North Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Brookside Avenue east for a distance of 30 feet. ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid. Dated: January 11, 2022 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 129138
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LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU Filed: 11/02/2020 Index No.: 612285/2020 US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST, Plaintiff, -against- THE UNKNOWN HEIRS-ATLAW, NEXT-OF-KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, AND GENERALLY ALL PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING, UNDER, BY OR THROUGH THE DECEDENT PATRICIA MALLAZZO, BY PURCHASE,INHERITANCE , LIEN OR OTHERWISE, ANY RIGHT TITLE OR INTEREST IN AND TO THE
PREMISES DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN; ANTHONY MALLAZZO; CHRISTOPHER MALLAZZO; MATTHEW MALLAZZO; THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE ALHAMBRA CONDOMINIUM; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (EASTERN DISTRICT); “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #10” inclusive, the names of the ten last named Defendants being fictitious, real names unknown to the Plaintiff, the parties intended being persons or corporations having an interest in, or tenants or persons in possession of, portions of the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint, Defendants. Plaintiff designates NASSAU County as place of trial Venue is based upon County in which premises are being situate SUMMONS WITH NOTICE ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance upon the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the date of service or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. If you fail to so appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. DATED: November 2,2020 Elmsford, New York NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL
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StudentS at FranciS X. Hegarty Elementary School in Island Park sang and danced to holiday classics in their “Ho Ho Hegarty” event last week.
Hegarty students spread the holiday spirit Students at Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School in Island Park Public Schools were in the holiday spirit before the winter break, as they sang a selection of carols throughout the day for the annual “Ho Ho Hegarty” event. “Ho Ho Hegarty” was created by Marie Bluebello-Sambolin and Denise Benedetto and has been a holiday tradition at the school for more than 20 years. What start-
ed as kindergarten caroling in the hallways transformed into the entire school participating by singing together. “We didn’t want to cancel it this year due to Covid-19, so we made it work by having three separate caroling events to be in compliance and keep this festive tradition alive,” music coordinator Bluebello-Sambolin said.
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CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2016-CTT AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Richard Komosinski Richard F. Komosinski Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590 Elmsford, NY 10523 Phone: (914) 345-3020 NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS: US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST IS FORECLOSING AGAINST THE OWNER OF THIS PREMISES. IF YOU LIVE HERE, THIS LAWSUIT MAY RESULT IN YOUR EVICTION. YOU MAY WISH TO CONTACT A LAWYER TO DISCUSS ANY RIGHTS AND POSSIBLE DEFENSES YOU MAY HAVE. NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the aboveentitled action is to foreclose a mortgage to secure $196,000.00 and recorded in Liber 41030 of Mortgages at Page 800 in the office of the County Clerk/City Register of Nassau County on February 22, 2016 and which mortgage was ultimately assigned to the Plaintiff herein as evidenced by written instrument dated May 5, 2020 and recorded with the Nassau County Clerk/City Register on August 17, 2020 in Liber 44459 of Mortgages at
Page 830 covering the premises described as follows: 25 Alhambra Drive, Oceanside, New York 11572 The relief sought in the within action is final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the mortgage described above. The Plaintiff makes no personal claim against any Defendants in this action. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Amended order of the Honorable David P. Sullivan, J.S.C. dated September 15, 2021 and October 18, 2021 Help for Homeowners in Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Summons and Complaint You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. Sources of Information and Assistance The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are
government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the tollfree helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at (800) 342-3736 or visit the Department’s website at http://www.dfs.ny.gov. Rights and Obligations YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay property taxes in accordance with state and local law. Foreclosure Rescue Scams Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract
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Q. A few contractors have looked at my attic so I can finish it for more bedrooms and a family room. The 1920s house has a very large attic with stairs to the second-floor landing. The attic stairs are much steeper and narrower, and the contractor says the walls will need to be taken down and wider and longer stairs put in. Is this necessary? The stairs are already there, and even though they’re steep, they work. Also, one of the contractors said that the horizontal 2x4s going across the attic, which are too low to walk around, could be removed or raised. Is that true? He said we could put them higher and add more so we can add finished wallboards to them. Do you agree, and is there anything I should know about doing this before we start?
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A. Good thing you asked before you started. Instead of starting, you need to stop and take a few steps back. What you’re describing has multiple issues that you have to address. First, your state building code doesn’t allow the occupancy of a third floor in a single-family, woodframed dwelling. This is because of the many danonte eeper gers involved in surviving a fire at that level. In the process of getting the permit to occupy a third story, which you left out of the description of your investigation, you would need to have a licensed architect or engineer prepare plans that include specific methods of escape, including the correct size and number of windows, distances to exterior and interior levels below to escape to, sprinkler locations along the entire path of travel to get out of the dwelling, heights of ceilings and fire-rated materials to be installed. This is because, as I have often written, the chances of surviving a fire in the third floor of a wood-framed dwelling are statistically remote, only 5 percent. That means you or your loved ones could be among the 95 out of 100 who will die from smoke inhalation or burns. The plans for a finished third story are submitted to both your local building department, which will rightfully reject them, and to the State Codes Division for a public hearing, where your case will need to be represented by a code-knowledgeable professional. I have seen people represent themselves, which generally doesn’t go very well, since safety is the reason for the codes, and there are many laws and standards that the average owner is unaware of. The stair access must be 3 feet wide, and the tread must be at least 10¼ inches, while the risers cannot exceed 8¼ inches. The horizontal 2x4s you described are collar ties, and they serve the important function of holding the roof together, especially in high winds and under snow loads. Moving or removing them can be dangerous. The higher up, the less effective, and without first calculating several factors, it should not be done.
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n Christmas Day, NASA sent into space the James Webb telescope, which, if all works out as planned, will provide us with our first look into the beginning of time. The telescope will bring into focus the oldest stars in the universe, and examine the atmospheres of nearby exoplanets for signs of life. But who the heck was James Webb? He has largely been lost to history. He was a Marine Corps pilot, an aide to several members of Congress, JAMES undersecretary of to President BERNSTEIN state Harry S. Truman, president of a New York company, Sperry Gyroscope, and NASA’s second administrator. A pretty impressive biography. But just as Webb’s name has largely been forgotten, so has a tragic incident that occurred during his administration that almost ended America’s space program. On Jan. 27, 1967, three astronauts
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ernment or politics these days, was that Webb publicly took the blame for the disaster, pulling no punches. “We’ve always known that something like this was going to happen soon or later,” he told the press at the time. “Who would have thought that the first tragedy would be on the ground?” Not only did he shoulder the blame, but Webb was determined to get all the facts and keep the space program moving forward. America, he thought, had to be first on the moon. He went to President Lyndon Johnson and asked that NASA be allowed to handle the investigation into the fire, promising to be truthful with the agency’s findings. Webb was grilled by various congressional committees, and kept the backlash away from NASA and the Johnson administration. As a result, Webb was assigned much of the blame, and NASA ultimately regained its “right stuff ” image. An investigation indicated that a faulty electrical wire inside the Apollo 1 command module likely caused the fire.
fter a tragedy, he was determined to keep the space program moving forward.
Webb retired from the space agency in October 1968, just as the Apollo program was nearing completion. Astronauts landed on the moon a year later. There were bumps along the way in Webb’s career. In 2015, a Seattle Times columnist revived talk that when Webb was undersecretary of state, thousands of gay men and women lost their government jobs in what was known as the “Lavender Scare.” There was never any evidence that Webb had anything to do with the firings, although people speculated he must have known about them. Perhaps the thing to remember about James Webb is that he kept the complex machinery of NASA humming so America could stay true to the goal that President John F. Kennedy set in 1962: to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade and bring him back safely to Earth. Much of the technology had not even been invented yet when Kennedy made that bold pledge, and many thought the goal was impossible. Webb was one of the believers. Jim Bernstein is editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments about this column? JBernstein@liherald.com.
Choosing to read hope in the crystal ball
hat if we got knocked out of our socks by a brilliant turnabout in our national life? At the moment, “Happy New Year” rings hollow. We all know how heavy the baggage is that we dragged from December to January this year. But my hope is in the mystery of the future. We could never have predicted the dreadful twin plagues of Covid and civil unrest, and that is exactly why we can’t predict a change, a windfall of good RANDI karma and good KREISS timing. Twenty-two years ago, I wrote a New Year’s column for the Heralds offering my predictions for the year ahead, 2000. First, I suggested, sell all your stock. In my capacity as a person with little understanding of financial markets, I firmly believed that stores would become obsolete as online shopping became more popular. The markets would go south from there. As it turned out, if you just kept your stocks for these 22 years, you would have made a tidy bundle. So my first predic-
tion was dead on arrival. Even with the dot-com bust in the early 2000s and the Great Recession, the average annual return in the stock market was about 10 percent. I also predicted that that we would not go to war with Saddam Hussein. On the national front, I lamented the scandals in Congress, and said our officials would out one another until no one would be left in government. That one was particularly interesting: Apparently, the worst thing I could imagine about Congress 22 years ago was that folks were having sexual flings. Man, wouldn’t you take that scenario in a heartbeat? What if someone told you back then that on New Year’s 2022, our country would be stumbling ahead, staggered by more than 800,000 deaths from a virulent pandemic that shut down schools and services and sent millions into isolation and quarantine? Could you possibly have believed that political fighting, a violent attack on the Capitol and hordes of know-nothing anarchists would threaten the integrity of Congress, the presidency and the Supreme Court? Would you have believed that a Marjorie Taylor Greene could exist
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if I described her to you back then? How about this one: Donald Trump would get elected president in 2016. Hell, 22 years ago, the twin towers were still standing in all their massive glory at the tip of Manhattan. Perhaps it’s best that crystal balls are cloudy. The unexpected is what I am counting on — that unpredictably good things may save us. As I think about the year ahead, my head and my heart do battle. Our hearts don’t heal according to a turn of the calendar page. My heart is aching for our losses. Some friends have died. My city is set back on its heels. Our kids are out of school yet again, as we enter the third year of the pandemic. Part of my head is worried about tomorrow. But I’m going with the part of my brain that knows unexpectedly beneficent events in the year ahead could heal the country and get us healthy again. We can go back to work, and bring back birthday parties and theater and family dinners. The virus could burn out. Our political leaders may find their best selves. Airplane travel will take off and people, too long sequestered in their homes, will embrace one another again.
nexpected events in the year ahead could heal the country and get us healthy again.
This could happen, and is no more unlikely than a raging global pandemic that stopped the clock for two years. I wish this for all of us in 2022: that we are off-the-charts lucky and blessed in our lives and work. In the meantime, the poet John Roedel offers this advice: “My heart is always sad about/something that happened yesterday/while my head is always worried/about something that may happen tomorrow, I lamented . . . “My gut squeezed my hand./‘I just can’t live with my mistakes of the past/or my anxiety about the future,’ I sighed . . . “My gut smiled and said: ‘In that case/ you should stay with your lungs for a while . . . “If you are exhausted about/your heart’s obsession with/the fixed past and your mind’s focus/on the uncertain future/ your lungs are the perfect place for you/ there is no yesterday in your lungs/there is no tomorrow there either/there is only now/there is only inhale/there is only exhale/there is only this moment/there is only breath/and in that breath/you can rest while your/heart and head work/their relationship out.” Let us say goodbye to 2021 hoping to be astonished, in a good way, by 2022. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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n his first week on the job, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman addressed the coronavirus pandemic in a way that can best be described as premature, if not downright foolhardy. Last week, Blakeman, a Republican from the Five Towns, signed a set of three executive orders, all of which were intended to loosen state regulations whose purpose was to protect public safety during this most recent surge of infections caused by the Omicron variant. Blakeman was clearly thumbing his nose at Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, who on Dec. 10 ordered mask wearing in public to reduce the spread of Covid-19 as it fans out like wildfire across New York state, and the nation. Before taking office, Blakeman had said he would not enforce the public mask mandate, as required by Hochul. Then, on Jan. 6, he took this political showdown one step further when he signed a surprise executive order directing local boards of education across Nassau to vote on whether to require masks in the schools. Refusing to enforce the mask mandate was bad enough. To require school districts to weigh in on a measure that is, incontrovertibly, intended to protect the health and safety of students — many of them unvaccinated — along with teachers and school workers, represents an abdication of his duty as county executive to protect Nassau’s most vulnerable. It’s been a while since Blakeman, 66, has been in school, but surely he must
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letters Blakeman’s decision is ‘misguided’ To the Editor: The news generated by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s recent publicity stunt of signing an executive order allowing school districts to decide on mask-wearing is nothing more than a glaring example of misguided judgment and poor leadership. Surely Mr. Blakeman knows he cannot supersede Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mask mandate or the state education commissioner’s similar order. It is nothing more than playing to the cheap seats, on top of being quantifiably false (the idea that there is no science to support mask wearing as a Covid mitigation practice). It’s both an embarrassment and an invitation to those who believe such nonsense to cause disruption and only furthers divisiveness. It’s a sad day in Nassau County to be represented by a person willing to sow discord to be
remember the conditions in which students and teachers work. Twenty to 30 people are confined to a room for six to eight hours a day, with ventilation systems that are often decades old, unless a district has recently upgraded them. In short, students and teachers must spend hours a day within feet of one another, in rooms of stagnant air. One infected student or teacher could spread the coronavirus to dozens of people in a single day. Why not mask up? What, precisely, is Blakeman’s point here? Anyone who enters a school must wear a mask, period. Some parents say they worry about the potential psychological effects of their children wearing masks throughout the day. In studies since the start of the pandemic, however, children were found to be highly resilient, reporting few, if any, effects from mask wearing, and health experts across the country have weighed in, saying children are, generally speaking, doing just fine wearing masks. At the same time, as we reported in last week’s editorial, numerous studies indicate that mask wearing does, in fact, reduce the spread of the coronavirus. That is, there is no real downside to children wearing masks in school — and only an upside, the likely reduction of community spread of the coronavirus. Thus, it would be just plain wrong of any school district, for what could only be described as political reasons, to overturn the state’s mask mandate in a vote. Hochul quickly weighed in on the mat-
ter last week, saying that any school district that voted to overturn the mandate, ordered by both the State Education Department and the State Department of Health, could — and likely would — face the loss of state aid for education. She was right to weigh in aggressively. There will be those who say that the Omicron variant, according to studies, is less virulent and less deadly than previous strains of the coronavirus. They are correct. This variant is still, however, a virus with the capability to send the unvaccinated to hospitals. And people who believe that even a three-dose vaccination will entirely protect them from it should think again. The vaccinated are becoming infected as well. They might not experience the heavy symptoms that unvaccinated people do, but they can still get sick. Further, the risk of a vaccinated person being hospitalized by the Omicron variant is extremely low, but it is not zero. The bottom line: Blakeman appears to be playing a game of political brinkmanship, which has garnered him a good amount of publicity across the state and made him something of a hero to farright conservatives. That is why we find his first two weeks in office to be so disappointing. We honestly expected better of him. We hope and trust he will see the error of his ways and restore one of the best measures that we have to guard against the coronavirus — the mask mandate.
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ational Public Radio and ABC News warn, “Teachers are on the front lines in the Jan. 6 culture war.” Depending on where they work, teachers experience different political pressure when it comes to how to discuss with students the events that rocked the U.S. Capitol a year and a week ago. For younger children, important themes are community decision-making and fairness, the building blocks of a democratic society. In grades five to eight, students aLan learn about the foundations of the sinGer democratic process — rights and responsibilities, civic action and voting — along with injustices. In grades 11 and 12, students should follow congressional hearings, evaluate media coverage and discuss the implications of current events. For these grades, the anniversary of Jan. 6, with expanded media coverage, offered a teachable moment for more in-depth analysis. While students and teachers are entitled to their opinions about the implications of the events, discussion in class about them must be respectful, and speakers must support statements with evi-
dence. The teacher must prepare documents for evaluation, ask questions of student speakers and moderate discussion. The teacher must guide students through multiple sources with different perspectives so they can form their own questions, evaluate the sources and information, and arrive at conclusions supported by evidence. This process must not include deciding whether the Jan. 6 insurrection happened. It happened, and it was indeed an insurrection, intended to block certification of the presidential election. One difficulty in addressing the events of that day is the country’s partisan divide. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey found that despite widely viewed video footage, 60 percent of Republicans claimed the attack on the Capitol was not violent or somewhat violent. Here, teachers should ask students to suggest additional documents to allow them to discuss and decide whether the events were violent or not. To be clear, more than 700 people have been charged with various crimes at the Capitol. The FBI estimates that about 2,000 people were part of the mob that breached the building after a pro-Trump rally at which then President Donald Trump and other speakers repeated
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unsubstantiated charges that the election was stolen. Some 140 law enforcement officers were injured during the attack, one died, and the Capitol sustained more than $1.5 million in damage. More than 160 of the rioters entered guilty pleas in exchange for lighter sentences. Seventy have been sentenced. Thirty-one were jailed and 18 received home detention. The longest prison term so far is five years. About 100 defendants have ties to extremist groups. Trump tweeted many times on the afternoon on Jan. 6, attacking then Vice President Mike Pence more than once. At 2:38 p.m. — more than an hour and a half after Trump supporters first breached the Capitol — Trump tweeted, “Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!” At 4:17 p.m. Trump tweeted a video in which he told his followers, “I know your pain, I know your hurt. We love you, you’re very special. You’ve seen what happens, you’ve seen the way others are treated . . . I know how you feel, but go home, and go home in peace.” Sen. Mitt Romney, a Republican from Utah, called what happened on Jan. 6 “an insurrection, incited by the president.” On Fox News, Rep. Liz Cheney, a Republican from Wyoming, said, “There’s no
t offers a teachable moment for indepth analysis, if discussed respectfully.
Letters more popular with a loud and uninformed minority. MICHAEL LUDWIg, PH.D. Rockville Centre Ludwig is director of Hofstra University’s health education master’s program.
No wonder Democrats are in trouble To the Editor: Alan Singer’s analyses of why the Democratic Party is in peril of losing control of government (“Democrats election perils have little to do with ‘wokeness,’” Dec. 9-15) is yet another anti-Republican screed with selective omissions of facts. Nowhere in his op-ed piece does he mention the Southern border, which is a lawless catastrophe for our country as well as for Biden, Harris or whoever is supposed to be in charge. Singer fails to mention that with no clear mandate, a 50-50 Senate and a razor-thin majority in the House, Biden and company are trying to pass a multi-trillion-dollar package that can only be paid for with higher taxes. Nowhere does he mention the murder, mayhem and chaos that are a direct result of flawed policies in Democratic-run cities across the country.
Weakening support for Israel; kneeling to an Iran deal, which is a pathway to a nuclear weapon for a country with a malevolent, untrustworthy government; abandoning friends and weapons in Afghanistan; sitting idly by as China steals land in the South China Sea to build military outposts; closing down the Keystone Pipeline (while green-lighting Russia’s), which has led to soaring gas prices as we struggle to electrify, are just a few other omissions. Throw in the teaching of a flawed critical race theory, the 1609 Project, FBI surveillance of school board meetings, support of the corrupt and often violent Black Lives Matter movement and consideration of reparations for descendants of people who were slaves more than 150 years ago, and it’s quite understandable why the Democratic Party is in trouble. Its record of failure in one year is breathtaking. Most people who are, or will turn from, blue to red are neither racist nor violent. They abhor the Jan. 6 insurrection. They are pragmatic! And yes, like it or not, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted by a jury of his peers who heard all of the evidence. To become purple, we need moderate leaders on both sides of the aisle who listen to and respect one another. Ignoring reality when it conflicts with one’s point of view is a prescription for failure. DR. MEL YOUNg Lawrence
question the president formed the mob. The president incited the mob. The president addressed the mob. He lit the flame.” The New York Times published useful lesson ideas to aid teachers. It also recommends consulting the websites of Learning for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance), Facing History and Ourselves and the Anti-Defamation League. The Times package includes documents with questions sorted by these themes: ■ Understanding what happened and reacting to it. ■ Investigating President Trump’s responsibility. ■ Exploring why democracy requires a peaceful transfer of power. ■ Understanding the roots of the riot. ■ Considering the role of the news media and the power of language. ■ Scrutinizing how social media can facilitate insurrection. ■ Putting Jan. 6 into historical context. Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies. Follow him on Twitter, @AlanJSinger1.
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