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MSSN retirees return to vaccinate staff director of risk management and a patient safety officer at the hospital from January 2006 Several nurses who worked until last July. Her role shifted at Mount Sinai South Nassau at in the spring, when the hospital the height of the coronavirus saw its peak surge of coronavipandemic and retired in recent rus patients, McGovern said. months have volOne of her new unteered to inocuduties was distriblate hospital staff uting personal promembers and first tective equipment responders there. to staf f at all “It truly is a hours, including community hospion weekends. tal,” retired nurse “It was a house Maureen McGovfull of Covid ern said. “The peopatients,” McGovple there came out er n recalled. “It in force to support wasn’t re gular the patients who business. The risk were there, the management deMAurEEn staff worked tirepartment ceased lessly throughout MCGOVErn being the risk the whole pandem- Retired MSSN nurse management ic, the community de par tment came out to supbecause we were port the members of the staff at needed for other functions.” the hospital. I just felt I needed The vaccine, she said, offers to support the hospital staff. hope that things might return to This is my community, so I need nor mal soon. That is why, to do something to help my own McGovern said, many recently community.” retired staffers like her have McGovern is one of many returned to the hospital. In retired nurses who are volun- addition to the loss of life, she teering their time to help said, the pandemic has taken a administer the vaccine three drastic mental and financial toll times a week in eight-hour shifts. She previously worked as Continued on page 7

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Opening in style Salon Sans Egal hosted its grand opening and ribbon-cutting event on Jan. 6 at 223 Merrick Road. Owner Jigar Jamindar got his hair cut by Anthony Cole, the general manager and creative director for the shop.

Tennis duo to be honored by USTA Founders of O’side seniors league are recognized By TOM CArrOzzA tcarrozza@liherald.com

In 2018, the Oceanside 65-andover mixed doubles tennis league had 38 members and played eight matches. In 2019, it grew to 42 members and 11 matches. And in 2020, a year of lockdowns and self-isolation, the league swelled to 55 members and conducted 25 matches. Given the mental effects of the pandemic, the league’s growth has

been helpful to many older people looking to get out. “Tennis players aged 65 and over for the most part have more free time and play a lot more tennis than before they were retired,” league co-founder Allan Silverstein explained. Silverstein teamed with Susan D’Alessandro to organize the league when they found themselves often playing against athletes close to half their age. The two have competed in male

and female exclusive divisions, but saw an opportunity for growth with a mixed league. “Al called a number of men and I had the contacts for the women, and our mixed doubles league just took off,” D’Alessandro said. The league provides an outlet for older adults who otherwise might be lonely or inactive given the ongoing societal lockdown Continued on page 3

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mental and physical health,” D’Alessandro said. amid the coronavirus pandemic. Silverstein and “Two hours of tennis absolutely clears your mind D’Alessandro said they both realized the impor- and gets you recharged.” Her assessment is backed by William Killgore, tance of their league in such conditions. For their efforts, Silverstein and D’Alessandro the author of a recent research letter that appeared will be honored with the United States Tennis Asso- in the December issue of Psychiatry Research. In the letter, Killgore revealed that an ciation’s League Award at its Eastern online survey found that 65 percent Tennis Conference, which will be of respondents reported high levels held virtually Jan. 25-30. Despite the of loneliness. Additionally, the Cenlack of an in-person event, the two ters for Disease Control and Prevensaid they were thrilled that they will tion’s website lists higher rates of be honored for their efforts. depression, anxiety and suicide as “It’s wonderful to know that Al effects of loneliness. and I are recognized for keeping the Even with an award coming their senior players playing competitively way, Silverstein and D’Alessandro and enjoying the sport we all love,” have plans to grow and improve the D’Alessandro said. league going into 2021 and beyond. Silverstein is also excited to see “We’ve had two USTA teams comthat their efforts will be acknowlpeting these past few years, and as edged across the country. “It’s our hope that the USTA will support the Courtesy Susan D’Alessandro our group grows each year and more players are turning 65, it looks like development of leagues such as ours SuSAn d’AleSSAndro we can create a third team on Long for seniors in other locations,” he SAid she was excited to be Island,” D’Alessandro said.” It’s said. honored, and hoped to already a good sign that USTA league Jonathan Klee, regional director expand the tennis league. play, which didn’t start last year until for USTA Easter n Long Island, July, has already started on Long praised Silverstein and D’Alessandro Island.” for their efforts. “Without their iniThose interested in joining or learning more tiative, that league wouldn’t have gotten off the ground.” he said. “Their dedication to the game is about the league can do so by visiting tennislink. usta.com. To join, players must have a current unparalleled.” Klee added that the sport lends itself well to USTA membership and enter their player rating. social distancing, and thus is a perfect outlet for the Player ratings are self-reported, based on players’ assessment of their level of skill and competitivetimes. “Tennis is so important right now for both our ness.

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AllAn SilverStein co-founded the 65-and-over mixed doubles tennis league in Oceanside with D’Alessandro in 2018. For their efforts, the pair will be recognized by the United States Tennis Association at its virtual meeting Jan. 25-30.

Library closes after positive Covid-19 case By mike SmollinS msmollins@liherald.com

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the oceAnSide liBrAry closed on Monday after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. It was scheduled to reopen on Tuesday, after the Herald went to press.

The Oceanside Library closed on Monday due to a staff member testing positive for the coronavirus, but was expected to open on Tuesday, after the Herald went to press. “The building has been professionally cleaned and sanitized and any staff who were in close contact with the affected staff member will be in quarantine as a safety precaution and in accordance with [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] and Department of Health guidelines,” administrators wrote in an email blast. “The staff member involved does not interact with the public or materials (books, etc.).” All programs went on as scheduled on Monday because they are now conducted virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic. Library members had to contact residents to reschedule curbside pickup and browsing and borrowing appointments that were scheduled for Monday. Those activities were expected to return to their regular schedule on Tuesday. In a separate email on Monday, library administrators noted that the building was closing “out of an abundance of caution,” and that the staff member did not have contact with the public before the positive test.

County brings free Covid-19 testing By Ronny Reyes rreyes@liherald.com

Covid-19 positive cases continue to rise in Nassau County, and while much hope is being placed on the vaccines to stop the spread, county officials continue to push for the importance of testing and contact tracing. Last month, County Executive Laura Curran said the county would partner with Nassau’s Federally Qualified Health Centers to offer free Covid-19 testing for residents at the FQHCs locations in the Town of Hempstead. “The county remains committed to offering easy and reliable Covid-19 testing for residents so we can contain disease spread while we wait for the vaccine to be widely available,” Curran said. “Our FQHCs have been real partners during this pandemic, and I thank them for once again for working with us to make sure all residents have access to Covid-19 testing and other critical health care services.” Testing was made available at the South Ocean Care Health Center, at 101 S. Bergen Place in Freeport, behind the Freeport Memorial Library. Testing there is available on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Testing at the neighboring Roosevelt

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site will take place at the Roosevelt Health Center, at 380 Nassau Road, on the first and third Saturday of the month, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All residents are eligible for free testing, regardless of symptoms, exposures or immigration status. Appointments are required and can be made by calling (516) 396-7500. FQHC has provided Covid-19 testing for all at the Freeport site since April thanks to additional funding from the county and Town of Hempstead. Curran said the partnership would continue through 2021 and include outreach, medical care and vaccine promotion to the communities in need. David Nemiroff, president and chief executive of Family Health Centers of Long Island, said health care workers would also be sent out to connect with those who might be unable to access the health centers, including homebound seniors and those living in homeless shelters. Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine has already come to Nassau County. Although the vaccine and testing could help combat the spread of Covid-19, many state and local officials said they worry it might be too late to stop the current spike in cases. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has warned of a possible second shutdown as residents

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On Jan. 4, Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin and Receiver of Taxes Jeanine Driscoll called for a one-month extension of the 2021 first-half General Tax payment deadline. They are pushing for an extension from Feb. 10, 2021, to March 10, 2021, without penalty. Their reasoning, per a release from the town, is that Hempstead residents are still facing economic hardship deriving from various effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Clavin and Driscoll referenced the quick turnaround of the state’s most recent extension to the first-half school property tax bill deadline, from Nov. 10, 2020, to Dec. 10, 2020, as a precedent for a possible extension to the General Tax deadline. _________

“As the calendar turned to 2021 after a year marred by the economic and health impacts of Covid-19, the unfortunate reality is that the pandemic did not end at 12 a.m. on January 1st,” Clavin said. “Extensions were granted for the payment of property taxes in 2020 to provide additional time for struggling homeowners, and we are asking for the same for the 2021 firsthalf General tax bill as the pandemic continues to take a toll on families.” Driscoll and Clavin also pointed to the Nassau County Reassessment, where a large majority of residents received tax increases rather than decreases, as a reason for their desired extension. “Many taxpayers find themselves facing serious economic and job losses, while

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also contending with health concerns, and they need all the help they can get during this pandemic,” Driscoll said before lambasting the County Assessor’s tax roll and reassessment as a whole. According to Driscoll, the County Assessor submitted a delayed tax roll on Dec. 30 and, after her office analyzed it, they stood firm on their desire for an extended period of time for taxpayers to make their payments without penalty. The Receiver’s frustration was aimed at the Assessor’s tax roll being submitted with “only 36 hours” before the commencement of General Tax payment cycle at the top of the new year. “While our office is working hard to issue bills in a timely matter despite the County Assessor’s delays, I sincerely believe that a payment deadline extension is appropriate for homeowners during this pandemic,” Driscoll said in the release. “We will continue to provide taxpayers with convenient and safe payment options, including drive-thru and walk-up booths, and [we] are here to answer any questions or concerns.” Starting on Jan. 11, Driscoll will be hosting a series of taxpayer forums with limited seating and RSVP requirements due to Covid-19. For more information, visit https://hempsteadny.gov/taxpayerforums. “This would be the perfect opportunity to start 2021 on the right foot,” said Councilman Christopher Carini, who represents Wantagh and Seaford. “A brief 30 days of respite will go a long way…”

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Freidberg JCC’s SPEAC tackles pressing issues during virtual meeting support from the Friedberg JCC and UJA Federation of New York, the SPEAC meets monthly to tackle important community issues. They include housing, trasportation, employment, social opportunities and inclusion. SPEAC is open to anyone in the community and a Friedberg JCC membership is not required. At its January meeting, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky hopped on to speak with attendees about the various issues. Courtesy State Sen. Todd Kaminsky; compiled by Mike Smollins

The Friedberg JCC in Oceanside’s Childhood Learning Center recently received a $30,100 grant to help defray the cost of Covid-19-related modifications to the facility to keep children and staff safe. The grant was administered by the New York State Office of Children and Family Service through the Federal CARES Act. “Providing affordable, high-quality child care during this difficult time is more important than ever for Long Island parents and their children alike,” Friedberg JCC Executive Director Roni Kleinman said, according to a news release. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky helped secure the funds for the JCC. “Safe, quality child care for our kids is more important now than ever,” Kaminsky said, according to a news release. “I am confident that this vital funding will go a long way for children, teachers and parents alike, while ensuring they stay safe during this most difficult time.” The JCC will use the fuding to purchase enhanced cleaning supplies and personal protective equipment to ensure safety, and to expand its capacity to provide care to additional children in the community. “The Friedberg JCC is grateful to Senator Kaminsky for helping to secure this vital funding,” Kleinman said in the

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Neighbors iN the News Friedberg JCC nets $30K grant to fund Covid-related expenses

The SPeAC hoSTed its monthly virtual meeting on Jan. 4, and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky joined to speak with attendees.

The Friedberg JCC in Oceanside’s Special Advocacy Coalition hosted a virtual event on Jan. 4 to discuss how differently-abled community members can advocate for themselves in government. They also talked about plans to support the community. Through the Ezra Center for People with Disabilities, the SPEAC provides monthly opportunities for adults with disabilities who want to make changes in their community and connect with one another. Working with the Self Advocacy Association of New York State, and with

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The Friedberg JCC in Oceanside received a $30,100 grant to go toward personal protective equipment and other services for its staff and children. release, “which will undoubtedly go a long way in fostering the development of tomorrow’s leaders.” Courtesy State Sen. Todd Kaminsky; compiled by Mike Smollins

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Monday Meditation Join Pat Anderson for a relaxing session of meditation vitually to begin your week on the right foot at 2 p.m. For more information and the virtual link, visit oceansidelibrary.com.

Polar Bear Face Craft Make a snowy polar bear face for winter. Here’s what you’ll need to do the craft: white paper plate, cotton, black crayon or marker and glue. For more information and the virtual link, visit oceansidelibrary.com.

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Monday, Jan. 18

Sanitation Meeting Oceanside Sanitation District No. 7 will host its next board meeting at 7 p.m. at sanitation headquarters, 90 Mott Street, in Oceanside. It will also stream on the district’s YouTube channel.

Grab & Go Craft This week’s craft is a snowflake bookmark. Stop by the Island Park Library to pick up a craft. You can also call the library or email iplchildrens@islandparklibrary.org to arrange a pick up time.

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Tuesday, Jan. 19

Oceanside Garden Club Presents: Bird Habitats for Your Home

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A discussion on how to enhance your bird feeding in the winter. Presented by Wild Birds Unlimited from Syosset. The Oceanside Garden Club and Oceanside Library host this program at 7 p.m. For more information and the virtual link, visit oceansidelibrary.com.

This class provides instruction and practice for people who feel they may not be flexible enough for standard yoga, and will be held virtually from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Register at islandparklibrary.org or call (516) 432-0122.

Play Hooray Videos Watch Molly Mouse from home! Since we can’t meet in person right now, enjoy these 20-minute videos from PlayHooray in your home, at your convenience. Videos will be made available on the Island Park Public Library’s website. Register at islandparklibrary.org or call (516) 432-0122.

Wednesday, Jan. 20 Oceanside Board of Education The Oceanside Board of Education will host its next public meeting at the School No. 6 auditorium at 7:30 p.m. It will also be held virtually on YouTube. To submit questions, email mbarbella@ oceansideschools.org under the Subject Line “Public Meeting” before 5 p.m. the day of the board meeting.

Preschool Storytime: Featuring Snow (ages 3-5 years) Join the Oceanside Library virtually at

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A cut above Salon Egal celebrated its grand opening on Jan. 6. Participating were, from left, colorist Jennifer Lehnert, front desk manager Nick Calvagno, owner Jigar Jamindar with his dog, Gizmo, and General Manager and Creative Director Anthony Cole. 10 a.m. for stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft, all featuring snow! Supplies needed for the craft: black construction paper, white construction paper, orange construction paper, brown construction paper, white crayon, black crayon, scissors, and glue. For more information and the virtual link, visit oceansidelibrary.com.

Virtual Simply Stronger The Island Park Library will provide virtual certified personal trainer Marilyn Bunger, who will teach a low impact exercise class from 11 a.m. to noon. Please use hand weights. Limit of 20 people per session. Register at islandparklibrary.org or call (516) 432-0122.

Thursday, Jan. 21

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The Village of Island Park hosts its monthly board meeting at 7 p.m. at Village Hall, 127 Long Beach Road. For more information or the agenda, visit villageofislandpark.com.

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Saturday, Jan. 23 Saturday Vinyasa Yoga with Dot Scott Start your weekend off on the right foot and grab a mat and some blocks (use whatever you can around the house for support) and join the Oceanside Library for an online session with Dorothy Scott from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. For more information and the virtual link, visit

Nassau County opened a vaccination center in Westbury. MSSN has begun vaccinating first responders. The Oceanside Board of Ed. meets on Jan. 20. Play Hooray videos are online via the Island Park Library. The Island Park village board meets on Jan. 21.

The Island Park Public Schools Board of Education will host its next board meeting at 7 p.m. at Lincoln Orens MIddle School, 150 Trafalgar Blvd. It will also be streamed online. For information on how to live stream or phone in, visit www.ips.k12.ny.us/

Virtual Tai-Chi and Chi Cong Tai-Chi will stretch your muscles without putting stress on your knees, feet, thighs or back. Chi Cong refers to a type of Chinese exercise that focuses on breathing. Join the Island Park Library virtually for this program at 10:15 a.m. Register at islandparkli-

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Retired nurses lend a hand at MSSN on many people. She described the mood of MSSN staffers as the initial wave of first responders has come to be vaccinated as “joyous,” adding that anyone who is wary of being inoculated should take comfort in seeing doctors hurrying to be vaccinated. She called it an “historic moment” to deliver the first round of vaccines, and said that she was hopeful it was a step toward normalcy. “It’s wonderful to think in maybe six months this is going to go away,” she said. “I’m hopeful that it is, because you can’t stretch the health care system any further than it’s already stretched trying to operate in a pandemic situation for months and months on end. “ Nurse Louise Malone said she also saw much grief at the height of the pandemic, but the vaccine gives her hope. She was director of service excellence in administration from January 2015 until

last July. When the call came for nurse volunteers, she didn’t hesitate. During the height of the pandemic, Malone helped acquire iPads for patients so they could FaceTime with their loved ones, fielded phone calls from patients’ family members so she could update them on their condition and helped retrieve materials that patients lost when they were transferred to different wings of the hospital amid the surge. Now that a vaccine has been developed, Malone said, it’s vital to inoculate as many people as possible, and she is happy that she can help. “To me, we have to get the vaccine in people’s arms because that is what’s going to help us get back to some semblance of normalcy,” she said, “so I know that’s what we have to do to go on. The staff is exhausted, and knowing what they stepped up to do, I had to go in to help them.” Much like McGovern, Malone said that if people are skeptical about the vac-

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Dr. AAron E. Glatt, chairman of the Department of Medicine and chief of infectious diseases at Mount Sinai South Nassau, received the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine from retired Nurse Maureen McGovern.

nursE trACy thorn got inoculated by a colleague, Nurse Ileana De Jesus.

cines, they should look to the physicians who have researched them well and are jumping to be inoculated. Malone started vaccinating staff members in December, and last week the hospital inoculated the first wave of first responders. On Jan. 6, the volunteers began giving the second round of vac-

cines to staff members who received the first shot last month. Malone said she has had the chance to help a staff that was stretched thin, but rose to the occasion throughout the pandemic. “I think it’s so important that everybody gets this vaccine . . .,” she said. “I just had to help.”

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“For those asking, my staff and I are safe,” tweeted Congresswoman Kathleen Rice at 4:03 p.m. Wednesday, as she and others barricaded themselves within the chambers of the U.S. Capitol against a mob of insurrectionists. Lawmakers were scheduled to spend the day debating the certification of Electoral College results in the presidential election — a usually uneventful day in Congress. It was interrupted, however, by thousands of supporters of Presi d e n t D o n a l d T r u m p who stormed the Capitol, overrunning police barricades, scaling walls and invading the structure. Sometime between 3 and 4 p.m., Congress members were instructed to retrieve gas masks from under their chairs. “Tear gas had been used in the Rotunda,” said U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, of Glen Cove, during a Kathleen rice call to the press from an undisclosed area. His voice was measured and calm when sharing his experience. “The chaplain of the Congress said a prayer. The doors in the chamber were locked, but then people began banging on them.” The rioters had forced security to barricade the doors to the House chamber with furniture, their weapons drawn, prepared to fire. Republican and DemoGregory meeks cratic lawmakers huddled together, said Suozzi, a former Nassau County executive. One insurrectionist broke through the glass on the main door, which the president enters through for the State of the Union. “The glass is broken, but I don’t know if it was shots or banging,” Suozzi said. “I did hear a ‘pop, pop, pop.’” “My staff and I are safe and andrew Garbarino currently in lockdown,” U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said in a statement during the melee. “The storming of the U.S. Capitol is a stain on American democracy. Make no mistake—this disgraceful violence will not stop the inauguration of Joe Biden on Jan. 20.” Lawmakers in both houses of Congress later reconvened after a 6 p.m. curfew, during which time police escorted the insurrectionists out of the Capitol. The Congress members voted to certify the Electoral College results that declared former Vice President Joseph Biden as the president-elect. Several representatives and senators have placed the blame of the attempted insurrection squarely on Trump, who for weeks had sown discord and spread lies about false instances of fraud in the November election. Protesters in and outside of the Capitol were clad with Trump merchandise. “The president incited a domestic terror attack on the Capitol,” Rice, who represents the 4th Congressional District, wrote on Twitter. “He is an imminent threat to our democracy, and he needs to be removed from office immediately. The cabinet must invoke the 25th Amendment.” Rice later re-tweeted a video from U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican from Illinois, who joined the call for Trump’s removal. Invoking the 25th Amendment would require the support of Vice President Mike Pence and a majority of the president’s cabinet. Pence would then assume the role as president if Trump were found

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u.S. rep. tom Suozzi, a former Nassau County executive, was in the House of Representatives chamber when violence broke out at the Capitol last Wednesday. He is shown here in the early morning hours on Thursday, after lawmakers voted to certify the election of Joe Biden as president of the United States. unfit for office. Last Thursday, Rice again tweeted, questioning where Chad Wolf, the head of Homeland Security, was during the protests. “Absolutely unacceptable for him and the entirety of [the Department of Homeland Security] to be completely absent during this domestic terror attack,” she wrote. Local reaction to last Wednesday’s events was swift. “For hundreds of years, the peaceful transition of power has been a foundation of our country,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said. “It doesn’t matter who you voted for — violence like what we are seeing in Washington today should never be accepted in a free society. This is not about politics. This is about safety, freedom and decency. I am lending my voice in support of law enforcement who are keeping everyone safe.” U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks, who represents the 5th Congressional District on the southwest Queen-Nassau bor-

der, spoke to the history of the moment on Twitter. “The world is watching as the greatest democracy braces against an attempted coup.” Referring to President Trump, he continued, the day’s events were “stirred by its leader who’d rather watch the country burn than transition power. “Our ability to advocate for democracy around the world,” Meeks said, “will be significantly hurt after this tragic day in America.” Andrew Garbarino, the newly elected representative from the South Shore’s 2nd District, had only been in Congress four days when the Trump protesters stormed the Capitol. At a little before 4 p.m., he tweeted, “It doesn’t matter which side you support — violence is never the answer. This must stop now.” He added, “Thank you to the law enforcement at the Capitol for working diligently to keep everyone safe.”

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Stop & Shop, at 465 Atlantic Ave. in Oceanside, is offering online and pick-up ordering via its website and mobile app.

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them.” Stop & Shop has altered its pickup policies with associate and customer safety in mind. Customers are asked to have their trunk or door open for associates to place groceries directly into their vehicle. Customers are also encouraged to wear masks and limit the number of people in their vehicle, when possible. In addition, all Stop & Shop pickup associates will be wearing masks and follow all the same sanitizing precautions as its in-store associates, including surface sanitization and regular handwashing.

Due to customer demand, supply may be limited for certain items like disinfecting wipes and other cleaning products and may not be available for purchase. Purchase limits are also still in place for certain high-demand items, and customers are encouraged to allow for comparable substitutions. A $30 minimum is required on all pickup orders and a $2.95 service fee will be applied at checkout. New customers can receive the service free for 90 days by entering the code SSFREEPICKUP at checkout. Mini-

mum purchase required. Online pickup fee is waived on first order and then on all subsequent orders of $30 or more if placed within 90 days of first order. Valid for first-time residential customers only in select zip codes. Offer excludes alcoholic beverages, gift cards, postage stamps and any other purchases prohibited by law. Offer not transferable. Limit one per household. Courtesy Stop & Shop; compiled by Mike Smollins

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Stop & Shop continues to provide Long Island residents with faster and m o r e c o nve n i e n t w ay s t o s h o p, announcing a new pickup location in Oceanside at 465 Atlantic Ave. Shoppers will be able to place an order at stopandshop.com or on the Stop & Shop mobile app, head to the store, and have a Stop & Shop associate load their groceries into their car. To schedule a pickup, customers can visit the company’s website or m o b i l e a p p a n d c l i c k o n “ o r d e r online” and select “pickup” at the preferred store. Shoppers can then head to the store at their chosen pickup time, park in a designated spot, and call to let the store team know they have arrived. Stop & Shop team members will then deliver the order to their car. “We’re excited to offer our custome r s t h e c o nve n i e n c e o f s h o p p i n g online for all their favorite items, and then picking up that order from the comfort of their vehicle,” said Carl Caixiero, the store manager at Stop & Shop Oceanside. “We hope this service helps make things easier for

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Coliseum may see concert surge later this year NASSAu coLISEum IS expected to see a spike in concert activity in late 2021 and early 2022, according to a report from the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency.

By BRIAN STIEGLITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

Nassau Coliseum may see a surge in the number of concerts that it hosts late this year and early next year, according to a report from the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency. The IDA hired consulting firms Camoin Associates and RMG SportsVentures, which conducted the 13-page report last month to forecast the Coliseum’s economic impact once coronavirus pandemic restrictions lift. The consultants predicted that demand for live music would surge in the fall of 2021, during which Madison Square Garden, the Barclay’s Center and other large music venues are booked with acts that had to reschedule during the pandemic. Such high demand could “create a short-term positive” for the Coliseum by drawing in more acts that could not secure a spot at the larger venues, according to the report. The Coliseum may not see the same success with hockey games, however. The Islanders are expected to start playing games at the Coliseum this month, if the 2020-21 NHL seasons commences. Then, in late 2021, the team will relocate to its new home at the UBS Arena at Belmont Park. The report states, however, that “it is not clear whether there will be in-person attendance, and at what capacity, for games at either location.” The consultants developed the report from a series of interviews conducted in November with executives and officials from the music and sports industries. The report does not take into account other events that the Coliseum offers, such as LI Nets basketball games and family entertainment shows. All of the consultants’ findings depend on the venue’s ability to meet certain Covid-19 guidelines, such as proper ventilation, vaccination availability, and rapid testing of employees and talent. The report also states that the Coliseum is “a secondtier venue” and may have a slower economic recovery

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than the larger venues like MSG and the Barclay’s Center. Once the pandemic ends, the consultants predict, it may take another four to six months before the Coliseum is back to normal. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the Coliseum generated about $4 million in annual revenue to the county. In August, the Coliseum’s former tenant, Onexim Sports and Entertainment, defaulted on payments and handed control of the arena and the Nassau Hub development to its lender, the U.S. Immigration Fund, which is running the Coliseum under the name Nassau Live. The deal reached between the two parties recovers $2.2 million in overdue rent owed to Nassau County by Onexim, which temporarily shuttered the Coliseum two

months before because of the toll the venue took from coronavirus restrictions. USIF is based out of Jupiter, Fla., and run by Nick Mastroianni II. Although not directly tied to the U.S. government, USIF created a $100 million loan for the Coliseum renovation, soliciting 200 Chinese investors through a federal program that grants visas for job-creating projects. Bruce Ratner, owner of Forest City Ratner, sold the Coliseum lease to Onexim in 2015 and developed the financing program. Mastroianni then secured the loan under another company called Nassau Coliseum Funding 100.

Staying home for college amid the pandemic By NIcoLE ALcINdoR nalcindor@liherald.com

When college doors reopened in the fall and fears of spreading the virus were widespread, many Long Island colleges adopted a hybrid model of in-person and online classes and extracurricular activities— which changed the academic and physical dynamic of the college experience for many. With new social-distancing guidelines also being applied colleges, Long Islanders attending university from home or those living in college dorms experienced many social, emotional and psychological changes and challenges. With only a few weeks before the spring semester begins, and with the second wave of the pandemic in full effect, many college-aged Long Islanders are faced with the decision to return to their dorms for school or transfer to local schools. Herald Inside LI hosted a free live Zoom webinar, sponsored by Molloy College, last Thursday to discuss many of the questions that college-aged students and their parents have about staying local for college. During the webinar, representatives from Molloy College, Adelphi University, Nassau Community College and the New

York Institute of Technology provided insight about how their schools have become more flexible because of the pandemic, including their recent decision to accept students on rolling admissions to accommodate those making last-minute decisions to stay local for the spring semester. “We went test-optional by eliminating the requirement of applicants having SAT and ACT scores for admissions, and now we are only looking at academic scores,” said Marguerite Lane, assistant vice president of enrollment management at Molloy College. “They can send ACT or SAT scores if they want, but Molloy College won’t use students’ scores for their disadvantage, but only to their advantage, because many students might not have been able to test more than once or take a review course because of the pandemic.” Molloy College will start the spring semester Jan. 20, and students still interested in applying have up to two weeks into the beginning of the semester to apply. “Most of our students had a good experience in the fall semester at home doing school, and I know they are continuing with that in this upcoming spring semester because our admission numbers for the spring are where we expected,” Lane

said. “People have been resilient, and college students, particularly new ones, have adapted well to the hybrid model for events and classes, but we hope to return to a normal college experience in the new year.” Nassau Community College went 90 percent online for the fall semester, and it will continue that way in the spring. For the community college, SAT and ACT scores have always been optional. For the spring semester, NCC has adopted a late start semester to allow students to apply later than usual and start later than usual. “Even though we have seen an uptick of 22 percent more students taking winter classes, we are under the normal enrollment for spring semester,” said Dave Follick, dean of admissions at Nassau Community College. “We are doing more initiatives to get more people to enroll, but we think a lot of people are not returning because they did not like online school.” In the new year, Nassau Community College will offer in-person sports options and mostly virtual clubs and extracurricular activities. For Adelphi University, the vice president of enrollment management and university communications, Kristen Capezza, said enrollment has been the same for spring semester; however, she said she

has noticed a shift in students who are participating in clubs, with more students than ever joining virtual clubs. “People can still remain connected if they want to, and we offer dorms, as well as virtual tours where students interested in applying can provide commentary and receive feedback while getting an online tour,” she said. “This past semester, we also saw students who had stellar grades, and then because of the pandemic, we saw a fall in their grade point average. We know that the pandemic affected them, so we just asked those students to share what happened, and we are doing our best to be understanding.” In the same way, Karen Vahey, the dean of admissions and financial aid enrollment management at New York Institute of Technology, said students at her college have been more involved in virtual events. “Even though I worry about students getting bored with virtual events, [many] more students are getting involved in virtual activities than they ever did before with in-person campus activities,” Vahey said. “We pushed back our deadlines for enrollment and waved the standardized testing to get in. We just want to get these students over the finish line, despite the pandemic.”

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Nassau County detectives are searching for an unidentified man who robbed a Chase Bank in Oceanside on Jan. 6. According to the Nassau County Police Department, the man entered the bank, at 3285 Long Beach Road, at 10:40 a.m. and when he approached a teller, he demanded money. The teller complied, and the robber ran east on E. Cortland Avenue with an undisclosed amount of cash.

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With many residents stuck indoors and having to social distance during the coronavirus pandemic, an Island Park businessman has launched character brunches for children and families. The Milleridge Inn in Jericho hosts weekend brunches throughout January, which includes various character themes for patrons to enjoy. “We felt it’s a good way that we can offer something good and safe for families who are stuck at home,” said Butch Yamali, owner and president of the Milleridge Inn. “Every day we hear about schools closing or having to quarantine and people out there have no where to go. We want to make it safe and fun for children to have a bit of children time. There’s nothing to do and it’s cold outside, so extracurricular activities are canceled.” Yamali, who owns Peter’s Clam Bar in Island Park, started organizing the brunches in December and they feature characters from Paw Patrol, Barbie and others. To keep patrons safe, group times are spaced out, tables are placed six feet apart and have Plexiglas dividers and the number of attendees is limited to no more than 35 people at a time. Seven seatings will be offered each Saturday and Sunday throughout January to ensure that guests are safe and in compli-

OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD — January 14, 2021

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Upcoming events Jan. 16 and 17: Brunch with Beauty Princess Jan. 23 and 24: Pups on Patrol Jan. 30 and 31: Brunch with the Snow Sisters and the Reindeer Prince ance with Covid-19 guidelines. Characters and staff also wear face masks and observe social distancing guidelines. Brunch items include fresh fruit, danishes, muffins, pancakes, waffles, toast, yogurt, omelettes, French toast, cereal, fresh juices, coffee, tea and soft drinks. All brunches are priced at $37.95 for adults and $27.95 for children between the ages of 2 and 12. Children under the age of 2 are free. Yamali said his businesses have been heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and that he went from having 500 people at a time for catered events to 50, and from having six available party rooms to only being able to use one at a time. He said with many families struggling and unable to leave home, he thought the brunches were a good way for them to have fun amid the pandemic. “It’s for everybody,” he said. “We’re happy that we can provide a safe place because a lot of people are struggling out

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iSland Park BUSineSS owner Butch Yamali also runs the Milleridge Inn, in Jericho, which has offered character brunches to patrons during the pandemic. there. It’s a place they can go and it’s safe, it’s fun and that’s the pleasure we get out of this, and it keeps people working and makes people happy. That’s really what our goal is.”

To make reservations or place an order,, call the Milleridge Inn at (516) 9312201. For more details and to view pictures of the characters, visit themilleridgeinn.com.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY. L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. JSU PROPERTIES, LLC, et al, Defts. Index #607332/2019. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Feb. 10, 2020, I will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on Feb. 16, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. prem. k/a School District 11, Section 43, Block 220, Lot 1 4 7 .

12/31-4X:#98670Foreclos ure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the auction. GLENN R. JERSEY, III, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #98674 124178

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M. NATOLI, et al, Defts. Index #615000/2018. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Feb. 10, 2020, I will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. prem. k/a School District 11, Section 43, Block 212, Lots 28-30. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale and the right of the United States of America to redeem within 120 days from the date of sale

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New Year’s resolutions are typically repetitive. You’re going to lose those extra pounds, exercise more, save money, organize your stuff and get to the tasks you’ve been putting off. Hmm, what else is new? Weren’t you going to do that last year and the year before? Well, maybe the problem is you. You’re just weak-willed. You lack the fortitude and character to stick with your resolutions. May as well give up b e l i ev i n g yo u c a n change, right? Wrong. Since our world has tur ned upside down, i t ’s m o re i m p o r t a n t than ever that we do our own personal restorative work. But inda how? Last year, I shared with you some of my ideas. This year, I’ve asked an esteemed colleague what he thinks. Dr. Frank Farley, (who is a professor of psychological studies in education at Temple University and former president of the American Psychological Association) has given me permission to share with you his ideas on how to keep your New Year’s resolutions. Savor his words of wisdom. “The ending of one year and the beginning of another is a reasonable point at which to take stock of one’s life, evaluate the good, the bad, and the ugly, and make some decisions about one’s life and one’s future. Business, government, politics and sports do it, reviewing/ assessing the year just ended, and projecting forward. Why not try it concerning one’s own life – which is certainly more important than those entities. As Charles Darwin argued, the species that survive are those most responsive to change. In the spirit of the hopeful dawning of the PostPandemic Era, I list here my Resolve Model for anyone who might try personal resolve and commitments in helping alter aspects of their life in a new era (... as I plan to do!).”

RESOLVE MODEL REALISTIC goals for 2021. Put a SPECIFIC plan in place (e.g. saving money and exactly how) EVALUATE your progress. Stay on top of it as the year proceeds. SHARE your plans and efforts w i t h o t h e r s. S o c i a l motivation.

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life,” because I probably have been. I also can’t say I’ve never missed an opportunity or never wished I hadn’t said or done something. I’ve never been disloyal and never smoked anything (except I did burn a frozen pizza while left along when I was 12.) Though I have been a pest and annoying, I’ve never been deliberately tortured anyone (except an opponent in a college legal argumentation class.) I’ve never knocked a man when he was down or looked a gift horse in the mouth. Perhaps because my income has never necessitated the effort, I’ve never cheated on my taxes, and on any test except an unsuccessful attempt in seventh grade to write answers to a Hebrew grammar quiz water soluble ink on my sweaty (guilty) palm. (Which proved cheaters never win.) oldman Regrettably, I never forgot an offense, and never forgot a face, though I never remember the name that goes with the face. I never look good in photos though I never fool myself into believing the photos aren’t accurate. I never complain except when I do, and never admit I’m wrong except when I must and then I never hear the end of it. I try to never mind, never look back, never give up and never have a dull moment. Having grown up in the city that never sleeps, I’ve watched a pot that never boils, and can only hope I’m never too old to learn or to write a never-ending column.

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O PTIMISM Don’t start off pessimistically. It needs a can-do attitude. Failures will happen, but keep at it. As Zig Ziglar said, negative thinking = “stinkin’ thinkin’.” LISTS. Lists help you stay organized and on top of it. Cull from your list repeatedly failed resolutions. Learn from them.

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VALUE what you’re doing. Give this significant priority in your life. EMBRACE CHANGE! It’s a survival skill in this fast-moving century. Dump the bad stuff in your life, expand the good stuff. Remember, Darwin said the key survival factor is responsiveness to change! When you create realistic goals, when you evaluate your progress, when you share your plans with others, when you maintain an optimistic attitude, when you use lists as a guide, when you value what you’re doing, and most importantly when you embrace change as a survival skill - not only will you achieve your goals, you’ll dance with joy at becoming the person you wished you could be! ©2021 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D. is a psychologist, coach and author in private practice who specializes in helping people become the best they can be. You can reach her at LSapadin@ DrSapadin.com. Visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.

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In so many contexts, there is a neverending repletion of the expression “never say never.” All too often, however, we still hear folks announce, “I’ll never speak to you again,” or “I’ll never do that,” or “I’ll never go there,” though as it turns out, such is never the case. Nevertheless, in my own situation, I can utilize the word “never” and never regret doing do. Thus, I’ve never been drunk (thought I did get somewhat dizzy when the pseudo-sophisticated parents of a girl I dated in college insisted I taste some “enchanting” wine.) I’ve never been arrested nor given a traffic ticket (albeit in 53 years of driving, I’ve been stopped twice – poo-poo.) I’ve never broken my word (except when its been in connection to abstinence from chocolate, though, that, as on everyone who has ever encountered a Nestle Crunch Bar, seven-layer chocolate cake or chocolate chip cookies will agree, is forgivable), and I never broke a bone until I slipped on ice that I never slipped on before. I’ve never missed a plane, never lost a library book and never been ungrateful. I’ve never eaten an item prohibited by religious dietary laws, and have never lied for my own benefit or gain or to avoid punishment. (Note: I don’t include fibbing to protect others or to preserve the public peace, or to white lies to preserve my own private peace.) I cannot say I’ve never been disrespectful or hurtful or just plain dopey, and no matter the circumstance, I can’t say “I’ve never been so embarrassed in my entire

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Q. I’m so confused. I keep seeing programs on TV where it looks much simpler and the cost is so much lower than I’m getting estimates for. I also notice that there are no building inspectors, architects or permits. Why is this? Are we living in a police state? What is the real situation? I need to save time and money.

A. I’ve noticed, over the years, the difference between the generation that trusted architects and engineers to advise them and the Information Age clients, who get their answers from TV shows and cellphones, even if the media information is staged, exaggerated and inaccurate. It really all comes down to money, and it always has. Unless cononte eeper sumers understands that they know only a tiny amount of the full equation, they feel emboldened by the misinformation being fed by inexperienced or uneducated people offering opinions without substance. You need to realize that the shows you see on TV are paid for and starred in by people who aren’t licensed professionals, and even when they’re pouring their heart into how nice-looking they can make the home or how much they can get for their investment, they’re often creating issues that would not pass in your state or climate region. What I experience, weekly, are people who are given wrong advice by non-professionals who have generally never experienced having to put their name on the project, legally, and haven’t had to accept responsibility, either personally or professionally, for the unknowing problems they create. In just a single week, I encountered multiple problems with people making bad decisions. Many media shows are made in places where there is minimal regulation. States where some shows are filmed require no professional input. Many shows never include anything official in the form of licensed professionals, building officials, regulations, permits or even the mention of permits. While permits don’t make buildings stand up, shows mislead people into thinking of how easy or fast a project can get built. Thus, the reality upsets people who, in some cases, refuse to accept the truth. People feel empowered to defy the law. During only one day, a contractor decided to ignore the hours when construction work could be done, another told the client he could change the structure, and another tried to defy the zoning requirements by changing the height. The next day, a potential client showed me their foundation-less deck, intending for it to be documented for a permit so they could sell. They weren’t expecting to be told they would need to invest in foundation piers under each post, which the law requires. Then there are the contractor and plumber who were willing to do the work and take the money, during the pandemic, just not to cooperate with filing for the permit when the building department reopened. Hollywood is based on myth and illusion. Reality actually saves time and money, if you get caught or things have to be done over again.

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spent last Wednesday afternoon scurrying up and down the stairs at home, rushing between my desk upstairs and the TV downstairs. I flipped between CNN, MSNBC and Fox, my pulse, as measured by my watch, racing faster as the afternoon went on. I was reporting on the insurrection at the Capitol for liherald.com, shooting emails to editors and reporters, talking with them on the phone and typing as fast as my fingers could move. By 4:30, we had published a story in which U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi sCoTT recounted the horrifying details of BRInTon the Capitol takeover by a violent mob. He had escaped unscathed, but he was clearly shaken. The afternoon was the ignominious end to the Trump presidency, a final, inglorious melee that concluded with five people, including one Capitol Police officer, dead. President Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and Rep. Mo Brooks spoke at a rally that preceded the Capitol takeover, stoking anger. And so, only days before Trump will leave office, he is, it appears, once again under investigation. Karl Racine, the attorney general for Washington, D.C., told ABC News Friday that his office would examine the president’s

alleged role in inciting the violence. “Clearly, the Capitol was ground central in the mob’s behavior,” Racine told “Good Morning America.” “Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, even the president were calling on supporters and hate groups to go to the Capitol, and in Rudy’s words, ‘exercise combat justice.’ We’re going to investigate not only the mob, but those who incited the violence.” It was all unfathomably shocking, but unsurprising, given the angry messaging that Trump had telegraphed ever since he ran for president in 2015. Since Wednesday, officials and pundits, both Democrats and Republicans, have spoken out, calling the president a clear and present danger to the American people. Trump is, and has been, a destabilizing force, continually acting to divide rather than unify, they correctly noted. What we often lose amid Trump’s rapidfire tweets and fire-and-brimstone rally speeches, though, is the direct effect of his policies on the American people, in particular his dismantling of many environmental regulations enacted over decades to protect our health and our world. Before the insurrection, I had intended to write this week on all that President-elect Joe Biden must do to clean up Trump’s disastrous environmental policies, beginning with rejoining the Paris Agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions, which the

U.S. adopted in December 2015, President Obama signed in August 2016 — and Trump withdrew from in June 2017. The accord was signed by 196 nations before the U.S. pulled out. To date, the U.S. has been the only country to withdraw. It might seem incongruous to write about Trump’s environmental policy on a week when insurrectionists, egged on by the president, stormed the Capitol. It might, but it’s not. Both are directly related to the well-being of the American people. The invasion of the Capitol desecrated one of our most sacred government institutions and posed a direct threat to our democracy. Loosening environmental regulations while defiling our sacred lands — our national forests and parks — poses a direct threat to the planet. Humans — and all life forms, for that matter — require clean air and water. That was of little consequence to the Trump administration, however. According to the World Resources Institute, a Washingtonbased environmental think tank, Trump, nearly from the start of his presidency, targeted the Obama-era Clean Power Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Under Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency repealed the plan — which, according to an EPA internal analysis, could result in 1,400 premature deaths because of air pollution and $30 billion in

an. 6 was an ignominious end to the Trump presidency.

health damages, with the worst effects in the industrial Midwest. Imagine that: The federal agency vested with protecting our environment and our health actually rolled back a policy that would help protect our planet and save lives. Let that sink in. That was Trump’s macro approach to our environment — a wholesale reduction in sound standards — but he also took a micro approach. He blocked a U.S. Department of Energy policy, established under the Bush administration in 2007, to phase out energy-inefficient light bulbs. The rollback, according to WRI, is expected to cost the average American household an extra $100 a year, and in the aggregate, families and businesses will spend an additional $12 billion a year. Imagine that: The federal agency charged with improving energy efficiency actually rolled back a policy aimed at doing just that. Why? The only answer is greed. Such rollbacks, of which there were dozens more under Trump, benefited not the American people, but the president’s corporate cronies. Yes, we must pay very close attention to the dangers before us in the here and now, but we also must address the slow-burning fires that Trump quietly set while distracting us with his Twitter tirades. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

When it comes to Trump, newspapers go BIG

have seen my share of heart-stopping headlines. In The New York Times, I read “MEN WALK ON MOON,” “NIXON RESIGNS,” “U.S. ATTACKED” and the one-word, stand-alone headline from Nov. 5, 2008: “OBAMA.” These bold, 96-point headlines are saved for momentous, ground-shifting news. One editor famously said that if a headline writer wanted to go bigger than 96 point, it better read, “THE SECOND COMING.” Last week, the day after armed RAndI Trump supporters kReIss stormed and invaded the Capitol building, the Times blasted, “TRUMP INCITES MOB.” The San Francisco Chronicle went with one word, “INSURRECTION,” and The Guardian, in England, wrote, “ANARCHY IN THE USA.” Even though I saw the mob storming the Capitol in real time on television, I still could not fully absorb the impact of what was happening. Trump followers were incited by the president of the United States to loot and damage the Capitol building because inside, a fully legitimate election

was about to be formally signed and sealed. The raging violence of the mob was shocking, even though, in hindsight, it was inevitable. The president has been stoking this fire for years. But “anarchy” in the USA? Photos flashing around the world of crazed vandals desecrating our cherished monuments, breaking through windows to ransack the speaker’s desk? It looked like a Halloween melee gone berserk, complete with weird hats and freaky masks. One man wore a T-shirt that read “Camp Auschwitz.” They were clownish and rabid, rather than organized in any way. They got lucky, because law enforcement agencies weren’t organized, either, and so the mob raged for way too long, before the cavalry arrived. These people are Trump’s posse. He owns them; he owns the events of Jan. 6. And I sure hope we do more as a society than take away his freaking Twitter account. No one knows what will happen in the coming days, but in order to set the country right, every one of the thugs in the Capitol building that day, and every single one of the enablers and inciters, up to and including Trump himself, have to be held accountable for their parts in the riot. Otherwise, what has been undone,

what the mob did to destabilize our government, can never be reconciled. It won’t do to wipe off the fingerprints and pick up the broken pieces. How can we feel good about ourselves as a country until the violators are brought to justice? We Americans have always known our story. It is part of our national narrative. It goes like this: We are winners. We are optimists. We have a can-do attitude that allows us to face down our enemies and conquer any challenge that life presents. We invent things, fix things and help others. We are smart as hell, and we don’t come in second. Slowly, that narrative has unraveled. It didn’t happen last week when the Trumpers stormed the Capitol; it has been happening since Trump took office. Our pride and position have been diminished, and our reputation has been sullied. Serendipity played a part as well, with a worldwide pandemic landing on our doorstep, crushing us into small, isolated spaces. So, the new narrative is: In a creepy confluence of circumstances, a charismatic but fatally flawed leader rose to power in America at the same time that millions of people

nd I sure hope we do more than take away his Twitter account.

were drifting, feeling disenfranchised as the rich got richer and more powerful. A match was struck in the weeds of this discontent, and the conflagration began. It is still consuming our nation. Witness the events of Jan. 6. We have become reactive rather than proactive. Our leaders have had a failure of imagination. Rather than foreseeing and avoiding problems, we’re in the business of doing patches and fixes and cleanups. Wasn’t anyone reading Trump’s tweets when he was urging followers to come to Washington? Couldn’t anyone in the National Guard or the Capitol Police possibly have foreseen the danger ahead? We begin to reclaim our dignity by finding and arresting the people who ran amok last week. We begin by giving our new president and his people a chance to do the right things. People can disagree. They can raise their voices loud and long and vote their hearts and minds, but they cannot break windows in the people’s house or plant pipe bombs around the capital of the United States. Something has permanently shifted in our collective consciousness. Something unthinkable is possible that was not possible before: TRUMP INCITES MOB. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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n Monday, New York entered Phase 1b of the state’s Covid-19 vaccination program, meaning first responders, public safety and transit workers and anyone 75 or older can now get the vaccine. Phase 1a started in mid-December, with vaccinations first offered to health care workers and longterm care facility residents. By all measures, the vaccines are safe and effective. If you can sign up, you should seriously consider doing so. Getting the vaccine is a personal decision. No one can be forced to receive it. If we want to beat this virus, however, the vaccine is the way to do it. In Nassau County, we clearly need more vaccination sites, working around the clock, to get this job done. Social distancing and mask wearing are critical, but these measures were never intended to defeat the virus, only to slow

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its progression until a vaccine could be developed and administered. Even after we have reached “herd immunity,” when 60 to 70 percent of the population has been vaccinated, we will likely have to continue preventive measures for some time to ensure that we are doing all we can to eradicate this viral invader. Last week, Nassau’s Covid-19 test positivity rate hovered around 5 percent — among the lowest in the country. Only three states — Alaska, Hawaii and Vermont — and the District of Columbia reported positivity rates below that. We must continue working to drive the rate down, remembering that it was less than 1 percent just over three months ago. New York state’s positivity rate last week was 7.9 percent, which was good compared with many other states — only 12 had lower rates. Still, it wasn’t good to see New York’s rate rising. Only a month ago,

the state had the fourth-lowest positivity rate in the country. In New York, and particularly downstate, we have suffered more than many other parts of the country, in large part because of our population density — the coronavirus breeds among people who are in close proximity to one another. When you’re wearing a mask in public, don’t let it drop down below your nose. The mask does little to no good if your nose is exposed. When you’re in line anywhere, respect social-distancing protocols. Stand six feet apart. We know, people are tired of hearing this again and again. It’s been 10 months since the coronavirus broke out in New York. We have to say it, though. If we can’t keep the positivity rate down, then the alternative is another shutdown, which no one wants.

It’s high time truth prevails once again

oseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s short, mercurial, ruthless propaganda minister, was known to many as the “poison dwarf.” By all accounts, he was insanely obsessive and manipulative, practicing the dark art of disinformation distribution like no one else. “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it,” Goebbels was quoted as saying, according to the Holocaust Research Project. We have been told any number of big lies — again and again — in recent years. The biggest, undoubtedly, was the one perpetuated by President Trump that he won November’s election. He did not. Joe Biden won — by a lot — as affirmed by our

courts, our state legislatures and now Congress. Last week, however, that lie cost five people their lives, after Trump riled up an angry mob of insurrectionists with fiery rhetoric and they stormed the Capitol, smashing through doors, stealing government property and pushing, shoving and striking members of the understaffed and overwhelmed Capitol Police force. During and after the melee, conservative news pundits and Republican lawmakers baselessly — and falsely — claimed that members of the left-wing, anti-fascist group Antifa were responsible for the riotous behavior of the loosely affiliated mass of Trump supporters, white supremacists and conspiracy theorists. That lie was

letters Hasn’t Trump done enough damage? To the Editor: In my six decades of being a U.S. citizen, never have I been more ashamed than after the events that occurred on Jan. 6. Just as we are anticipating good things for 2021 — Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the White House; vaccines to eradicate, or lessen, the effects of Covid-19; the end of social distancing, working remotely and mask wearing; being able to hug family members who don’t live in the same household; sharing birthdays and holidays and any days with our friends and family — Trump trumps it all! It’s obvious he wanted to go out with a bang. But to incite a riot? He couldn’t have left bad enough alone? Hundreds of children separated from their parents at the border, still possibly never to be reunited? Downplaying the danger of Covid-19, even when he and his family members

amplified by hundreds of thousands of retweets. Last Wednesday, many have said, was a day of reckoning for Trump, and he now must own up to what he has done: peddled lies for political gain. It should also, though, serve as a day of reckoning for all of us — an inflection point when we decide, once and for all, to disown the disinformation campaigners and restore normalcy to our media stream. Truth, based on knowable facts, must be our hallmark. It is a tough ideal to live up to, for sure, but we must do better than we have in recent years. The alternative, as we saw last week, is to descend into chaos and demagoguery, and we know how that turned out for Germany.

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nauguration Day, Jan. 20, will bring much-needed change in our country. President-elect Joe Biden has made controlling the coronavirus pandemic a priority, and for the first time, the incoming administration will have a presidential adviser who will focus solely on health equity and pandemic-related racial health disparities. Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, a Yale physician and researcher, will lead a new White House task force that will focus on equitable access to testing, treatments and vaccines, parmartIne ticularly in communities hardest Hackett hit by Covid-19. This national strategy promises to give the appropriate attention to the longstanding issue of health inequity that existed long before the pandemic began. An effective approach will need to be adjusted based on place, because where you live plays a role in your health. More than half of Americans live in suburbs, and health equity will look different here.

Even with the political influence that suburban voters had in recent elections, there has been little attention paid to understanding the significant role that suburban spaces have on the health of their residents. On Long Island and across the country, Black and Latino residents have disproportionately been infected by and died from the coronavirus. The reasons for their increased risk include working in “essential” in-person jobs, taking public transportation, living in more crowded housing, and lacking access to quality health care and respectful treatment. Though the task force’s immediate focus will be targeting medical resources and vaccines to vulnerable communities, members will also tackle the underlying social and economic inequalities that put them at risk in the first place. Nunez-Smith said that “what’s needed to ensure equity in the recovery is not limited to health and health care. We have to have conversations about housing stability and food security and educational equity, and pathways to economic oppor-

new task force will fous on equitable access to treatment.

Letters finally got the disease? Perhaps if “the people” he represents got the same VIP treatment and the same medicinal cocktail he received, then we could all say it’s nothing. But the staggering number of deaths in the U.S. indicates otherwise. Last Wednesday, as the chaos unfolded, Trump’s hoards of followers were rampaging through the Capitol, trying to stop his chosen vice president, Mike Pence, from doing his job, and the members of Congress from doing theirs. Seeing photos of them cowering under chairs sadly reminded me of the awful images we have seen or heard about too many times in our country, of schoolchildren, religious worshippers and others being in that same unfortunate situation. Some were lucky enough to be led out of harm’s way, but too many were not. We have seen so much ugliness in our country thanks to this “leadership.” I would be fired from my job if I ever referred to a colleague as “Pocahontas.” Yes, racial tensions have been around for a while, but they have escalated under Trump’s watch: BLM, anti-Semitism (yes, one of the rioters was wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” T-shirt). I could go on and on, but why? Until the powers that be open their eyes, I fear that things like this may just be allowed to happen, as they have been for the past four years. Now we are hearing about the rioters being arrested and eventually prosecuted to the “full extent of the law.” The followers are already being pursued, but

tunities and promise.” This comprehensive health equity approach needs to be understood in suburban regions like Long Island. Though we saw an outpouring of response to food insecurity in our communities as hundreds of distribution sites were set up, many of our fellow suburbanites used these services for the first time. The need for healthy and affordable food will persist when the pandemic has passed. Housing stability in the suburbs requires shifting from traditional singlefamily homes to multifamily housing and overcoming community resistance to supportive housing. Zoning changes will be required. At the same time, educational equity on Long Island is a fundamental suburban challenge as residential segregation and local control has restricted the quality of schools. Even something as basic as having local data publicly available to quantify health disparities so actions can be targeted is often missing in the suburbs. Nowhere on Nassau County’s daily “Covid-19 by the Numbers” tracker, for

example, is there a count of coronavirus cases, hospitalizations or deaths segmented by race and ethnicity. We cannot address what we do not see. Creating health equity in the suburbs will require a shift in how we approach what it means to be healthy. We cannot use the same approach and expect different results. The pandemic may have provided the push we need. Consider that the approved Covid-19 vaccines are based on a new approach to protecting against infectious diseases. Instead of putting an inactive germ in our bodies to trigger an immune response, mRNA vaccines teach our cells how to make a protein that produces antibodies to protect us from infection. This approach has been around for decades, but it took a crisis to push it into reality. The incoming Biden administration’s stated commitment to combating health care injustice during and after the pandemic is an opportunity for the suburbs to shift our approach to finally attain health equity. Dr. Martine Hackett is an associate professor in the Master of Public Health and Community Health Programs at Hofstra University.

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what about the instigator? Why is the president still the president? SUSAN WALD North Bellmore

Taxpayers and commuters deserve accountability To the Editor: There is more to State Sen. Todd Kaminsky’s call to speed up repairs to the East River railroad tunnels. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said in June 2016 that the Federal Transit Administration provided $432 million in Superstorm Sandy funding to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for repairs to the East River Tunnel. Almost five years later, there is no evidence that any of the funds have been used for their original intended purpose. The MTA and LIRR have yet to complete negotiations with Amtrak to start this work. Are there any other FTA grantfunded capital projects still not under contract, behind schedule, over budget or with excessive change orders to base contracts? Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Senators Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, MTA board members and other elected officials, including Kaminsky, and transit advocates need to look at how the billions of dollars in previously approved federal funds are being spent before complaining about future

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levels of Washington financial assistance being insufficient. Taxpayers and commuters deserve accountability. LARRY PENNER Great Neck

Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.

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