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Assisted-living center planned for vacant lot ry structure that would house 85 units. “Assisted living is a critical msmollins@liherald.com, service for a community, just oceaneditor@liherald.com like day care would be for a comA 4,500-square-foot vacant lot munity,” said Phillip Kroskin, in Oceanside that has been the Sunrise’s senior vice president center of controversy and law- of real estate. “It allows people suits may finally be developed the dignity to be able to age in after Sunrise their community, Development Inc. near their loved presented an appliones, while they cation to build a can have dignity new assisted-living and grace as they facility there to the go through the balHempstead Town ance of their life.” Board on Oct. 1. Calls and emails The lot, at the to Sunrise requestnorthwest corner ing information on o f Te r r e l l a n d the project’s cost, Atlantic avenues, and whether develwould have to be opers would seek a rezoned from a restax break from the idential district to county or town a business district, Industrial Developb u t t h e b o a r d PHilliP kROSkiN ment Agency — unanimously voted Senior vice president had not been to postpone a vote of real estate for returned at press on the application time. Sunrise Development until a later date to Developers said review it thorough- Inc. the building would ly. be similar to the Sunrise has ones in Lynbrook more than 325 communities, as and East Meadow in size and well as 10 buildings on Long scope. The first two floors would Island, including in Lynbrook be dedicated to assisted living, and East Meadow. Developers are seeking to build a three-stoContinued on page 24

By MikE SMOlliNS and DaN lOPES

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Praised for their prose SEVERal OCEaNSiDE SCHOOl No. 5 students were recently published in the High Merit section of the Creative Communications spring 2020 anthology. Above, the students with teachers Jeanne Menoutis (now retired), far left, and Ramona D’Aulisa, far right. Story, more photos, Page 3.

Commissioner is asked to resign Racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic remarks found By MikE SMOlliNS msmollins@liherald.com

An Oceanside Sanitation District No. 7 commissioner who was recently re-elected to the board was asked to resign after he was alleged to have published racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic social media posts in the past. Commissioner Ryan Hemsley came under fire after the Facebook posts were unearthed, and as a result, the board has asked him to resign from his position. Hemsley said on Oct.

15 that the posts were “doctored or completely made up” to discredit him after a contentious election last month. Then in a series of text messages Sunday night, he told the Herald that he had been aware of the posts for many months, but that other people had posted them on his page, and he was asked to remove them by Commissioner Austin Graff before joining the board. “T hese posts that were released are not who I am as a person,” Hemsley said on Oct. 15. “It is absolutely disgusting,

and I did not post them. I am a veteran, family man and a member of an Oceanside volunteer group” — the Oceanside Community Warriors. Hemsley, a sheet metal worker in Queens and a member of Local Union 28, joined the board in January after Commissioner Matthew Horowitz stepped down, citing conflicts from juggling his duties on the board with his career. Because he took over in the middle of Horowitz’s term, Hemsley had to run in last month’s election, in which Continued on page 23

ssisted living is a critical service for the community, just like day care would be for a community.

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SEL ‘selfies’ promote students’ strengths Social Emotional Learning, or SEL, has long been an area of focus in the Island Park Public Schools and is even more critical during these uncertain times. Recently, students from pre-k through eighth grade participated in an activity that emphasized self-awareness and resilience. Social worker Allison Janofsky, guidance counselor Andrea Porzelt and psychologist Gabriella Ferro led classroom discussions at Lincoln Orens Middle School, while social worker Felicita Carranza and psychologist Colleen Kunz took the helm at Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School.

They then encouraged students to create hand drawn “selfie” illustrations. The finished products highlighted an array of strengths that helped students through the challenges of the pandemic. The drawings will be displayed in the building’s hallways to remind everyone of their potential to overcome obstacles. This is but one example of the many SEL lessons students have engaged in these past few weeks, and SEL will remain a district-wide focus for the remainder of the school year. Courtesy Island Park Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins

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At LincoLn orens Middle School, guidance counselor Andrea Porzelt and psychologist Gabriella Ferro introduced the SEL project. students Across the district created “selfie” drawings illustrating strengths that helped them through the pandemic.

LincoLn orens MiddLe School social worker Allison Janofsky reviewed the self-portrait activity with fifth graders.

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Where to vote (early) in Nassau County By AlyssA seidmAn aseidman@liherald.com

Election Day is a little less than two weeks away, but thanks to a series of reforms passed by the State Legislature in 2019, Nassau County residents can vote before Nov. 3. Starting Saturday, Oct. 24, residents can head to one of 15 polling sites to cast their votes for the Nov. 3 election during a nine-day early-voting period. The process was introduced in New York state last year as part of a series of reforms intended to make voting easier for people who struggle to get to the polls on Election Day. The nine-day schedule offers 83 hours of early voting — 60 are required — including evenings and weekends through Sunday, Nov. 1 (see map). Registered voters may cast their ballots at any of the listed locations, but if they do not, they must vote at their regular polling place on Nov. 3. Residents will verify their voter registration on iPads, or electronic poll books, which have replaced physical poll books at each early-voting site and regular polling place. Using a stylus, poll inspectors will assist voters in signing their names and confirming their identities. Once their signatures are approved, the poll inspector will print ballots from a ballot-

on-demand printer. “No matter where you go, you’re getting your ballot,” said James Scheuerman, the Democratic commissioner for the Board of Elections. Scheuerman also said that if residents submit their ballots during the early-voting period, it precludes them from voting on Election Day. “The poll pads sync up,” he said, “so after you vote, other poll books around the county, within one minute, will know that you voted to guard against double voting.” Residents who have questions about the county’s early-voting procedures can visit www.nassauvotes.com. The Board of Elections has advised voters that some states that have already begun their early-voting period have reported significant lines at polling sites. To ensure ballots are cast at legitimate polling stations or deposited in legitimate drop-off boxes, voters are advised to be attentive. Report any suspicious activities or efforts to interfere with or disrupt voting immediately. If in doubt, or to report any issues, please call the Nassau County Board of Elections: (516) 571-8683 for English; or La Junta Electoral Condado Nassau en Español: (516) 571-1245. Information provided the Nassau County Board of Elections. Map by Christina Daly/Herald

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ToH OKs $453.5M budget — taxes are flat By TimoThy denTon tdenton@liherald.com

The Hempstead Town Board unanimously approved a $453.5 million budget for 2021 on Oct. 13. The budget represents a $16 million increase from last year’s $437 million approved budget, but is $11 million less than the current projected 2020 budget of $464.5 million. The $27 million — a difference of 6.1 percent — is because of unforeseen expenses from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Town Comptroller John Mastromarino. “That’s the projected budget,” Mastromarino cautioned. “We still have more donald than two months until the end of the year; we don’t know what could happen between now and then.” Mastromarino’s caution underscored the difficulty in preparing a balanced budget in the face of the biggest disaster to befall the town’s economy in 100 years. “We really have to look to the [1918-19] flu pandemic to see anything like what we’re facing now,” Mastromarino said. With the support of the board’s lone Democrat, Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, the budget was billed as bipartisan. Goosby has sided with the Republican majority on all but a handful of

issues in the past two years. The property tax levy for 2021 is flat, year over year, at $253.1 million. Total levies, including funding for the Highway and Sanitation departments, come to $341 million. Cost savings included $6 million from a reduction of 37 positions from the town’s workforce of 1,781 employees, and $750,000 in debt service. In the face of the coronavirus, the town’s fund balance — its emergency fund — which had been projected to grow to $5 million in 2020, will finish the year $7.5 million in the red. Next year, that deficit is projected to grow by a further $12 million, to $19.5 million, Mastromarino said. X. Clavin Moody’s Investors Service cited the town’s minimal reserves as an area of concern in last year’s rating upgrade, saying that deterioration could lead to a potential downgrade. However, the rating agency has taken no action to date. The town received $134 million in federal CARES Act funding, Mastromarino said. Much of the one-time grant has yet to be allocated, he said, but the town has used revenue to support local hospitals and food banks, as well as purchasing personal protective equipment kits for villages and local businesses. The grant has also been used to make town facilities safer, Mastromarino said.

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The Town of Hempstead Board passed its tentative 2021 budget unanimously, but Comptroller John Mastromarino cautioned that the Covid crisis may add complcations. For example, “we’ve installed filtration systems in buildings with central air conditioning. From all we’ve learned, buildings with central climate control represent one of the greatest dangers for airborne Covid transmission,” he said. CARES funding has also been used to increase the town’s deep-cleaning efforts at its facilities.

In common with other state and local governments, the town’s efforts to prepare realistic balanced budgets in the face of the Covid-19 crisis has become complicated, Mastromarino conceded, adding that continued assistance from the federal government would be critical in addressing the demands of the pandemic.

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2020 Judicial candidatEs District Court Judge Candidates

Family Court Judge Candidate

Vote for four

Ignatius Muscarella

Darlene Harris

Lisa Cairo

Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines

Running on Democratic, Republican, Conservative and Independence Party lines

Running on Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines in the general election

Age: 63

Age: 54

Age: 43

Lives in: Town of Hempstead

Lives in: Uniondale

Lives in: Garden City

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Bowdoin College; law degree, New York University Law School

Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Pennsylvania, 1986; law degree, Hofstra University School of Law, 1989

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Loyola College in Maryland, 1999; law degree, Hofstra University School of Law, 2002

Legal career: Between 1982 and 2007, Ignatius Muscarella served as a law clerk for three justices of the New York Supreme Court. From 2008 to 2013, he was a guardianship referee, and from January 2014 to his start on the Nassau County 10th District Court in 2015, he was a court attorney referee. In 2008, Muscarella was honored for Professionalism & Community Services by the Court Officers’ Benevolent Association, and in 2004 he received the Merit Performance Award for Community Service and Humanitarian Pursuits by the New York State Court System.

Legal career: Darlene Harris is currently a Nassau County District Court judge, and was elected to the post in 2014. From 1991 to 1994, she served as senior court attorney for the District Court Law Department; from 1995 to 1996, as the Town of Hempstead’s deputy attorney; and from 1996 to 1999 as a Nassau County legislator. In 1997, she opened a private law practice, which she maintained through 2010. From 2010 to 2014, she was chair of the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission.

Legal career: Lisa Cairo began her career in 2003 as an associate at Chris J. Coschignano P.C., handling civil litigation with a focus on matrimonial cases, municipal applications and real estate transactions. In 2006, she became an associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP in the firm’s matrimonial practice group. In 2011, she became a partner in the firm’s municipal law, litigation and real estate practice groups. She is also a member of the firm’s management committee.

County Court Judge Vote for two

Robert Pipia

Tricia Ferrell

Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines

Caryn Fink Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines Age: 53

Age: 56

Age: 47

Lives in: Roslyn Heights

Lives in: Levittown

Lives in: Uniondale

Education: Bachelor’s degree, SUNY Albany, 1987; law degree, Hofstra University, 1992

Education: Bachelor’s degree, City College of New York, 1995; law degree Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1998

Legal career: From to 1993 to 1994, Robert Pipia served as a law assistant for the Town of Hempstead attorney’s office. In February 1994, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor Gregory Peterson appointed him as the Hempstead Town Board counsel. He became deputy town attorney in 2000. He was also executive assistant to Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray. In 2014, Pipia was elected Nassau County District Court judge, a position he still holds. He has also served as a member of the State Rehabilitation Council, which was the oversight agency for Vocational and Education Services for Individuals with Disabilities, a division of the New York State Department of Education. And he is a member of the Hofstra Law Alumni Association board of directors.

Legal career: Tricia Ferrel began her legal career in 1998 as an assistant Nassau County district attorney. She served in that role until 2005. She was the Village of Hempstead attorney from 2005 to 2006. She became the Nassau County director of compliance from 2006 to 2008. She was appointed by Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi as a Nassau County District Court judge in 2008, and was re-elected to the post in 2009 and 2014.

Legal career: Caryn Fink started her legal career from 1993 to 2000 as an assistant district attorney and senior trial attorney in the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. From 2006 to 2013, she was an assistant district attorney in the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, Rackets Bureau/Labor Unit. And from 2013 to now, she has been the principal law clerk for the Hon. Helene Gugerty, a New York State Supreme justice.

Chris Hoefenkrieg Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines Age: 53 Lives in: Roslyn Heights Education: Bachelor’s degree, SUNY Albany, 1990; law degree, St. John’s University, 1994.

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Legal career: Chris Hoefenkrieg has been an associate court attorney in the Law Department of Nassau County Court since 2004. In addition to his duties as associate court attorney, he was assigned to work as a law clerk for 14 different County Court judges when their own law clerks were unavailable because of sickness, vacation or military leave.

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Independence Griffin said she keeps in ThisJudy is not an actual ballot, but a composite of several sample ballots Griffin touch with organizations like so as to Incumbent reflect all the districts within the communities covered by Vision Long Island and the your edition of the Herald. local chambers of commerce G Party: Democratic to addressby local needs at Complete reporting on candidates running in districts covered Age:Herald 57 theinstate level. Griffin also the – as well as the full text of our endorsements each hosted a series race – may be found at LIHerald.com under the Elections ’20 tab. of small Professional experience: Write-In For election results after the polls close Tuesday night,businesses conferences via Previously a senior adviser Zoom in collaboration with andtodirector of community go LIHerald.com. these organizations, and outreach to State Sen. Todd emphasizes the need to conKaminsky tinue reopening businesses. real time in order to make Griffin co-sponsored a Education: Bachelor of Sciinformed decisions,” she ence in business economics, said. A mid-year fiscal report bill that was signed into law in June that establishes a with minors in political scifrom State Comptroller Tom ence and communication, DiNapoli in mid-October, fol- state disaster emergency SUNY Oneonta lowed by a fiscal report from loan program to be adminisGov. Andrew Cuomo, will pro- tered by industrial development agencies for small vide essential information, On the issues: businesses and small notJudy Griffin, who is finish- she said. for-profit corporations. Griffin said she would ing her first term in office, She is also reviewing the continue to work on unemsaid she would like to viability for the New York Forexplore new revenue streams ployment issues, advocate ward Loan Program to for tax and rent relief, and to fund schools, municipalidevelop health insurance ini- reduce red tape so that ties and health services. grants for small businesses “While we wait for the feder- tiatives to assist those who are expedited. lost their benefits because al government to act, it is they are out of work during imperative to assess our the pandemic. spending and revenues in

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legislators 5cannot fend off 6 ElectorsPatricia For prospective education aid Brock Pierce Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick cuts. “Severe cost-cutting For President Patricia M. Kathy G. Valerie M. Bryan L. Derrick would J. erode Challenger our quality of Karla Ballard Blake Bergmann Cartright Browns Robinson For Vice President education,” Canzoneri-FitzParties: Republican, patrick said. “New York Conservative state’s budgets should not be balanced on the backs of Age: 55 students.” The candidate said she Professional experience: believes restructuring of Attorney, certified public state debt, allocation of fedexploring all alternatives accountant and partner in eral CARES funding to when it comes to potential the law firm of Canzoneri & school districts and re-ordereducation aid cuts; and Canzoneri, LLP ing the state’s spending priadvocating for Economic Education: Bachelor of Sciorities must be analyzed and Development Zones, which ence in accounting from St. pursued. would set zoning as well as John’s University; law degree governmental assistance To address the uncertainfrom St. John’s School of ty that developers face with parameters for entire neighLaw; Master of Laws in Taxarespect to zoning and downborhoods or blocks, as tion from New York University opposed to the outdated town revitalization, CanzoneSchool of Law ri-Fitzpatrick is advocating practice of piecemeal redefor the creation of Economic velopment of individual parDevelopment Zones. On the issues: cels, she said. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzCanzoneri-Fitzpatrick said patrick’s platform includes she believes Long Island pressing Governor Cuomo to homeowners cannot afford responsibly reopen society, the property tax increases especially businesses; that will likely result if state 1

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Kathleen Rice Incumbent

Party: Democrat Age: 55 Professional experience: Congresswoman for six years, former district attorney of Nassau County, Education: Undergraduate degree, The Catholic University of America, 1987; law degree, Touro Law Center, 1991 On the issues: Kathleen Rice said that coronavirus recovery for businesses, schools, hospitals, nursing homes and residents is among her top priorities. She is seeking to focus on creating new jobs to replace those that were lost, to help small and midsized businesses recover and provide continued finan-

cial relief to the families who have been most affected by the pandemic. Rice said she is committed to passing a bipartisan relief bill in Congress and having it signed by President Trump to support residents, front-line workers and small businesses that have been impacted. Another goal she has is to work to ensure more funding for schools, which have also been hit hard during the coronavirus pandemic, so that they can remain open and operate safely. Rice also said she is also

passionate about a need to reform police practices in her district and across the country to end racial injustice. She is a vocal supporter of the George Floyd Justice in Police Act, which would enact several immediate and potentially life-saving measures to reform police practices countrywide. Additionally, she said, she wants to address systemic inequities that exist in education, housing, health care and employment, and have been exacerbated during the pandemic. Other issues that Rice said she is passionate about include a call for immigration reform and stronger gun control legislation, action to combat the climate crisis and repealing the cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, which she called “harmful.”

Douglas Tuman Challenger

Party: Republican Age: 39 Professional experience: Commissioner of engineering for the Town of Hempstead (professional engineer and patent attorney) Education: Stevens Institute of Technology and Hofstra University Maurice Deane School of Law On the issues: Douglas Tuman said one of his main objectives would be to immediately deliver financial relief to small businesses, families and citizens in the form of standalone stimulus payments to help with Covid-19 recovery. He said his approach would improve the economy, which

would in turn increase patronage at local small businesses. He would also push the government to provide personal protective equipment to businesses to promote safety and expedite economic recovery, and has developed a six-part tax reform plan to help. He said he would also push for the government’s role in education to be one of support, not control. To address issues with race within the district, Tuman said, he would listen to and act on behalf of com-

munities of color. He said to provide safety and protection for all, officials must work to support and improve relationships between police officers and communities of color through joint community-law enforcement events and training. To improve schools and local infrastructure, he added, they must redirect federal funding to local schools, roads and public transportation. His other major goals include delivering Covid-19 relief to small businesses and residents on Long Island; supporting law enforcement; making Long Island more affordable through his six-part tax reform plan and promoting small business growth; reforming higher education; and investing in and improving local infrastructure.

District takes in a swath of south-central Nassau County, from Hempstead and Westbury to the North to Long Beach to the south, and Valley Stream to the west and Wantagh to the east.

STATE SENATE 9 Todd Kaminsky Incumbent

Party: Democrat Age: 42 Professional experience: New York state senator Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Michigan; law degree, New York Law School On the issues: Todd Kaminsky is chairman of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee. He said his biggest accomplishment this term was passing the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, a law that he authored, and that he said is the nation’s strongest stateled effort to address the climate crisis, protect against extreme weather and create new green jobs. He also

helped secure benefits for 9/11 responders and wrote legislation providing funds for Long Island Rail Road infrastructure and capping property taxes. Kaminsky said he supports stronger measures to protect the barrier beach and is looking for ways to strengthen the current legislation. He was a co-sponsor of the bail reform bill, but believes changes in the legislation may be necessary to provide judges with more leverage over cases. He supported the Super Block proj-

ect in Long Beach and favors further economic development in the city. He has fought against state tax increases. Additionally, Kaminsky said he wants to ensure that next year’s state budget contains funds to support adult homes in Nassau County. Kaminsky has been an advocate for pension reform, working to strengthen antibribery laws and working to increase oversight of local government contracts. He has been an advocate for LIRR commuters and a supporter of Industrial Development Agencies, which foster economic development on Long Island. The IDA recently backed the Super Block in Long Beach.

Victoria Johnson Challenger

Party: Republican Age: 60 Professional experience: Took leave as chief of staff and office assistant to Assembly representatives on Long Island Education: Bachelor’s degree, State University of New York at Potsdam On the issues: Victoria Johnson is a strong supporter of police and is highly critical of the bail reform law. She said she believes judges should have more jurisdiction over sentencing, and over who should and should not be eligible for bail. Johnson acknowledged

that support for police and opposition to the bail reform law are the main thrusts of her campaign. She also said she believes more environmental support is needed for Long Beach’s North Park section and raised questions about the impact that the Super Block project might have on the local infrastructure, including sewer and water. Johnson was the daughter of a retired NYPD patrol officer and developed a deep sense of the importance of law enforcement,

she said. She decided early in life that the best place to raise her two children was Long Island. Over the years, she has maintained a steady career as chief of staff to Republican legislators on Long Island. She focused on constituent outreach and support in her state legislative district. Johnson said her opponent is focused on the needs of New York City progressive politicians, who do not have the interests of Long Islanders at heart. Johnson particularly opposed Kaminsky’s sponsorship of the bail reform bill, which she said allows “dangerous criminals to roam our streets without consequence.” If elected, Johnson said she would work to overturn the legislation.

Includes E. Atlantic Beach, Long Beach, Point Lookout, Island Park, Oceanside, Five Towns, Valley Stream, N. Valley Stream, Rockville Centre, and parts of Elmont, Franklin Square and Baldwin.

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October 22, 2020 — OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD

Experts discuss your health and wealth By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers presented “50 Plus Health and Wealth,” a virtual event featuring speakers from the healthcare, wellness and elder law sectors, on Oct. 14. In 2018, RichnerLive launched Senior Health Expos, which invited the community to meet with health experts at venues in Nassau County every few months. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the event was modified to fit an online platform, and attendees took part through Zoom. Cassena Care, Ronald Fatoullah & Associates, Comprehensive Audiology and UnitedHealthcare sponsored the event. Experts spoke about the changes in their fields, including George Zaharioudakis, vice president of SNF operations of Theradynamics at Cassena Care; attorney Ronald Fatoullah, founder of Ronald Fatoullah & Associates; Dr. Esther Fogel, owner and director of Comprehensive Audiology; attorney Robert Harper, partner at Farrell Fritz P.C.; Josiane PelusoTomczyk, medicare sales director for New York City and Long Island at UnitedHealthcare Government Programs; and Ashley Straw, founder of Flow and Restore, a holistic wellness practice. Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, moderated the event. She announced prizes awarded to several attendees and took questions from viewers. First, Straw led participants through a breathing exercise of lengthening exhales — by pushing more air out than normal — to deepen the breath. Then Ostreicher kicked off the conversation and asked the speakers about how Covid-19 has impacted their services. Cassena Care, a line of nursing homes in New York and Connecticut, had “very large challenges to overcome,” Zaharioudakis said, including admitting people, discharging them, acquiring personal protective equipment and controlling the spread of infection through isolation. “It took a lot of coordination and communication,” he said. “A lot of people in the communities stepped up and came up with creative ideas to solve these problems.” In all fields, workers and patients have

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CloCkwise from top left: George Zaharioudakis, vice president of SNF operations of Theradynamics at Cassena Care; Skye Ostreicher, the panel’s moderator; attorney Ronald Fatoullah, founder of Ronald Fatoullah & Associates; Dr. Esther Fogel, owner and director of Comprehensive Audiology; Josiane Peluso-Tomczyk, medicare sales director for New York City and Long Island at UnitedHealthcare Government Programs; and attorney Robert Harper, partner at Farrell Fritz P.C., discussed health and wealth during the coronavirus pandemic on Oct. 14. had to adapt and, in many cases, switch services to a virtual setting, which has often been a benefit. People can now have documents like wills and Medicaid trusts signed, notarized with witnesses and approved from home. “Since March, we’ve been doing as many consultations as we can through Zoom or FaceTime, whatever someone feels comfortable with,” Fatoullah said. “As an elder law attorney, our clients range anywhere from 40s and 50s to last week, we had a client that was 107 — but we’re doing Zoom. It’s wonderful.” Harper agreed — his firm has held virtual conferences via Microsoft Teams and Skype, other video call apps that have become useful during the pandemic. “Options that one never would have thought about months ago are now readily

available in our field,” he said. “Clients are saving travel time. These are efficiencies that we didn’t have before the pandemic.” Peluso-Tomczyk noted the pandemic has also caused more people to apply and stay on Medicaid. More people are becoming unemployed and applying for Medicaid; additionally, the yearly recertification process has been delayed so people will not lose their coverage during the pandemic. Though many of these logistical aspects of health and wealth have seen improvements, those 50 and older are at higher risk of more severe illness when contracting Covid-19. Fatoullah said his longtime secretary and brother have both died from the virus. “It’s affected my firm and me personally,” he said. “It’s been tough in that respect.” Covid-19 has caused many to stay at

home more than they typically would to avoid catching the virus and becoming ill. The panel discussed the implications of that and how to combat some common health issues. Fogel spoke about how the pandemic has brought new struggles to those with hearing loss. In isolation, many rely on phone calls with friends and family to stay connected, but those with hearing loss cannot always use the telephone to communicate. Even when those with hearing loss leave the house, masks can muffle the sound of people’s voices and make it harder to hear, she said. “If you’re stuck at home and you want to communicate with friends and family, we recommend using some sort of video communication,” Fogel said. “Being able to see their face makes it easier to have a conversation. We also offer free captioning phones for our patients.” Fogel’s audiology office is offering inperson and telemedicine appointments for those who need a screening or repairs to their hearing aids. The panel also discussed fall prevention for seniors. “Falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries in the elderly, which can lead to avoidable hospitalizations,” Peluso-Tomczyk said. “We want to see our seniors in the best health possible.” Zaharioudakis noted that handrails, shower bars and proper lighting help prevent falls. He also said rugs should be stabilized, and layout and placement of everyday items should be checked to ensure a healthy flow of movement. Fogel said hearing plays a part in balance, which is related to fall prevention. Taking care of any hearing problems early on can help prevent future loss of cognitive function, she said. There are also exercises that can support balance, and Straw led a movement to stretch the spine to close out the event. “Enough cannot be said about the health benefits of movement,” she said. “Exercise increases the flow of chemicals called endorphins to the brain that lift our mood. Movement through the body encourages important energy strengths like circulation and the lymphatic systems to do their job in clearing out toxins in the body.” For more information about RichnerLive’s virtual events, visit richnerlive. com/virtualevents.

UBS Arena’s leadership team growing Four executives have been named to the UBS Arena’s leadership team, New York Arena Partners announced Oct. 14. Mark Shulman has joined the team as senior vice president of programming; Michael Sciortino is now senior vice president of operations; Ethan Brown is senior vice president of marketing and community relations; and Zane Parry is vice president of finance. Shulman and Sciortino have backgrounds in the sports and entertainment industry, while Brown has had previous

marketing experience with the New York Islanders and has held leadership positions with Pacer Sports & Entertainment and Unilever. Shulman has managed a variety of projects over his 25-year career, including musical festivals, major venue developments and high-profile stadium concerts. Before joining the UBS team, he established the Anschutz Entertainment Group office in New York, where he expanded the company’s footprint into multiple cities through acquisitions and

booking partnerships, and as senior vice president of the East Coast, he supervised thousands of mainstream concert bookings, while promoting several national tours and shows at MetLife Stadium, the Great Lawn in Central Park, Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall. “I’m thrilled to be joining the entertainment team at UBS Arena,” Shulman said in a statement. “The music industry is poised to have an incredible resurgence, and we anticipate consumers and

fans to be yearning to experience live entertainment by the time UBS Arena is open next fall.” Sciortino, meanwhile, has worked as vice president of operations at Golden State’s Chase Center, where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations. “I’m excited to be back here in New York working with this team at UBS Arena,” he said. “This is a long time coming for the New York Islanders and their fans.” –Melissa Koenig

Commissioner under fire for alleged Facebook posts he defeated challenger Dawn Veit, 1,036 votes to 141. Hemsley said he had not originally intended to become a commissioner; however, he was approached by Graff to take over for Horowitz. The controversial posts, which included the n-word and jokes about the Ku Klux Klan, the Holocaust and others, were sent to the Herald by a group called Oceanside Against Racism. They were posted between 2014 and 2017, and featured racist jokes against African-Americans and jabs at Jewish people that made light of the Holocaust. They also took aim at homosexuals and people with disabilities. The posts are no longer visible on the Facebook page. Hemsley said the posts were doctored based on political turmoil following his election win and were part of a “vicious cycle” surrounding the sanitation district. “I was appointed to this position and just won an election by a landslide because people in this town trust me,” he said last Thursday. “Now, since I opposed some of the concerns at sanitation, these posts appear. This situation is exactly why I came to this position: to clean up this nonsense surrounding sanitation.” Hemsley said the concerns he was referring to were about lawsuits against the board, including a pair of wrongful ter mination suits filed by for mer employees and a sexual harassment suit

vided screenshots of texts by the lone female employthat Graff sent him askee in the district. He said ing him to clean up the he believed the posts were page. Graff, however, said released as retaliation. he was previously “This is just another unaware of the posts, and attempt to get rid of a that Hemsley was “deflectgood person that’s trying ing his guilt.” to do right by the disGraff told the Herald trict,” Hemsley wrote to last Thursday that Hemsthe Herald, “and is made ley did not deny that the into a villain when my totality of the posts were agenda didn’t suit what his during their conversathey wanted.” tion, but noted that he did Graff said he spoke deny that some of the with Hemsley and asked posts were his. Graff said him to resign after he saw oCeanside sanitation the commissioners and the posts in a letter sent to distriCt No. 7 t h e H e m p s t e a d Tow n him last Tuesday night, Commissioner Ryan Board cannot force Hemswhich he said was the Hemsley came under fire ley to resign. first time he had seen after social media posts If Hemsley were to them. resign, the sanitation “What I saw was abso- featuring racist and hateful board could appoint a new lutely disgusting, racist, speech were uncovered. commissioner, pending homophobic, anti-Semitic Hemsley said the posts approval by the Town and everything that’s were “doctored and made Board. That person would wrong,” he said. “I had a up,” then said they were then have to run next conversation with Ryan posted on his page by othJune to finish the final and asked him to resign.” ers and that he would not year of Hemsley’s term, Hemsley said Thursday resign. and then again in June that he had no plans to 2022 for a full five-year resign over “something term, if he or she wished that isn’t true.” On Sunto stay on. day, however, he said Graff was aware of While many members of the Oceansthe posts before the board appointed Hemsley, and had him scrub his page ide community were outraged, the posts before he joined the board. He also pro- also drew the ire of local elected offi-

cials. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, decried them. “These posts are outrageous, despicable, and no one should serve in elected office and propagate such racist, antiSemitic, homophobic and anti-disability rhetoric,” he said. “The sanitation commission should seek to determine, as soon as possible, the authenticity of these posts and take action accordingly.” Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, a Democrat from Rockville Centre, also condemned the posts. “Racist and divisive remarks have no place in our community,” she said. “Being in elected office, we are held to a higher standard, and it goes without saying that remarks like these are unacceptable. If it is verified that he did, in fact, make these remarks, he should resign as Oceanside sanitation commissioner immediately.” Officials planned to gather at sanitation headquarters on Monday night, after the Herald went to press. Graff said the commissioners were probing the posts and have already requested a resignation. “I asked him to resign because that kind of content has no place representing Oceanside,” he said. “That’s not what Oceanside is; that’s not what Oceanside is about. If I knew it before the election, I would have never supported him . . . We asked him to resign. We’re taking it one step at a time.”

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Opinions are mixed on assisted-living proposal SunriSe development inC. has proposed a threestory, 85-unit assisted-living facility on this 4,500-squarefoot lot in Oceanside, which has been vacant for many years.

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while the third floor would be for memory care. Robert Aiello, an engineer on the project, said every aspect of the plan has been developed with the intention of being as residential as possible. “There are a variety of different spaces that are created, particularly in the back of the building, which includes an outdoor garden and an area where there are outdoor activities for the residents,” he said. This area “includes shade structures, the ability for them to do gardening with mobile planting areas, and a number of benches and sidewalks throughout the site.” The building will also include surrounding fences to provide privacy and a residential feel. Additionally, Sunrise plans to create roughly 120 full-time jobs spread over three shifts. A condominium was once planned for the site, but it never came to fruition. In December 2017, the lot was sold for $2.6 million to a holding company for the Breslin Realty Development Corp., a prominent Long Island developer, but nothing was completed there. The sale came amid an ongoing legal dispute between owner Gary Grossman and the Jacobson Development Group, which had a $350,000 stake in the mortgage for both the lot and Grossman’s Nursery, across the street. Grossman, of Long Beach, said in 2017 that the sale was part of a legal strategy in the ongoing case. The lot, which had formerly housed Oceanside American Legion Post 1246, has long been a source of controversy in the neighborhood, according to previous Herald reporting. Complaints to the Town of Hempstead on issues such as outside storage of vehicles and building permit violations had piled up since at least 1989, until August 2016, when bulldozers were dispatched to the lot to remove the debris. The town had reportedly removed more than 400 tons of debris,

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including trees, old trucks, tractors and a dilapidated shed. For the latest project, Sunrise has been active with the community, working closely with locals and the fire district to develop site plans. The company hosted several meetings to develop safety protocols and drew up plans to move a generator initially on the ground floor to the roof at the request of area residents. Despite Sunrise’s community outreach, the project has been met with mixed Information to identify the case: reviews. Debtor: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York EIN: 11-1837437 In an email to the HerUnited States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York ald, Aaron Meyer said Date case filed for chapter 11: 10/01/2020 Case Number: 20 - 12345 Official Form 309F1 (For Corporations or Partnerships) that while he was worried Notice of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case 10/20 the developer may request For the debtor listed above, a case has been filed under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. An order for relief has been entered. This notice has important information about the case for creditors and debtors, including information about the meeting of creditors and a variance to build as high deadlines. Read both pages carefully. as four stories, he favored The filing of the case imposed an automatic stay against most collection activities. This means that creditors generally may not take action to collect debts the project because he did from the debtor or the debtor’s property. For example, while the stay is in effect, creditors cannot sue, assert a deficiency, repossess property, or otherwise try to collect from the debtor. Creditors cannot demand repayment from the debtor by mail, phone, or otherwise. Creditors who violate the stay can be required to not foresee a major impact pay actual and punitive damages and attorney’s fees. on traffic, and because he Confirmation of a chapter 11 plan may result in a discharge of debt. A creditor who wants to have a particular debt excepted from discharge may be required to thought it would be a good file a complaint in the bankruptcy clerk’s office within the deadline specified in this notice. (See line 11 below for more information.) To protect your rights, consult an attorney. All documents filed in the case may be inspected at the bankruptcy clerk’s office at the address listed below or use of the property. through PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records at https://pacer.uscourts.gov). “On the whole, the projThe staff of the bankruptcy clerk’s office cannot give legal advice. Do not file this notice with any proof of claim or other filing in the case. ect itself has a lot of 1. Debtor’s Full name: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York merit,” he said. “While 2. All other names used in the last 8 years: Diocese of Rockville Centre most housing discussions 3. Address: 50 North Park Avenue, Rockville, NY 11570 4. Debtor’s attorney: Jones Day, Attn: Corinne Ball, 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY 11570, Phone: (212) 326 – 3939, Email: cball@jonesday.com lately have focused on 5. Bankruptcy clerk’s office: US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004-1408, Hours open: young professionals, the Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM (ET) – 5:00 PM (ET), Contact phone: (212) 668 - 2870. Documents in this case may be filed at this address. You may inspect all records fact remains that Oceansfiled in this case at this office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov. 6. Meeting of creditors: November 5, 2020 at 12 PM (ET), Location: The meeting of creditors will be conducted by telephone conference. The ide is like much of Long Office of the United States Trustee will provide dial-in instructions prior to the meeting. The debtor’s representative must attend the meeting to Island in that it could use be questioned under oath. Creditors may attend, but are not required to do so. The meeting may be continued or adjourned to a later date. If so, the date will more assisted living for be on the court docket. 7. Proof of claim deadline. Deadline for filing of proof of claim: Not yet set. If a deadline is set, notice will be sent at a later time. senior citizens, like this A proof of claim is a signed statement describing a creditor’s claim. A proof of claim form may be obtained at www.uscourts.gov or any bankruptcy clerk’s office. one.” Your claim will be allowed in the amount scheduled unless: your claim is designated as disputed, contingent, or unliquidated; you file a proof of claim in a different amount; or you receive another notice. Responding to a Herald If your claim is not scheduled or if your claim is designated as disputed, contingent, or unliquidated, you must file a proof of claim or you might not be paid on Facebook inquiry, Harriyour claim and you might be unable to vote on a plan. You may file a proof of claim even if your claim is scheduled. ett Bernstein Meisel also You may review the schedules at the bankruptcy clerk’s office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov. Secured creditors retain rights in their collateral regardless of whether they file a proof of claim. Filing a proof of claim submits a creditor to the jurisdiction of offered a favorable review, the bankruptcy court, with consequences a lawyer can explain. For example, a secured creditor who files a proof of claim may surrender important nonmonetary noting that she lives near rights, including the right to a jury trial. the potential facility. 8. Exception to discharge deadline: If § 523(c) applies to your claim and you seek to have it excepted from discharge, you must start a judicial proceeding by filing a complaint by the deadline stated below. The bankruptcy clerk’s office must receive a complaint and any required filing fee by the following deadline. “This is happening Deadline for filing the complaint: To be determined around the corner from 9. Creditors with foreign address: If you are a creditor receiving notice mailed to a foreign address, you may file a motion asking the court to extend the deadlines in this notice. Consult an attorney familiar with United States bankruptcy law if you have any questions about your rights in this case. me,” she wrote. “It’s better 10. Filing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case: Chapter 11 allows debtors to reorganize or liquidate according to a plan. A plan is not effective unless the court than the unkempt, empty confirms it. You may receive a copy of the plan and a disclosure statement telling you about the plan, and you may have the opportunity to vote on the plan. lot that’s there now. We You will receive notice of the date of the confirmation hearing, and you may object to confirmation of the plan and attend the confirmation hearing. Unless a trustee is serving, the debtor will remain in possession of the property and may continue to operate its business. need more senior housing, 11. 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ome who are opposed to Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination are blurring the line between confirming a justice to fill a vacancy and the so-called “packing” of the court. Using this nomination to justify court packing would be a huge mistake. The real underlying issues relate to checks and balances and separation of powers. These are ideas that are embedded in our constitutional system of government. They’re essential to the successful American experience in alfonSe representative govd’amaTo ernment. The continued success of this experience depends on all of us abiding by these basic principles. Without checks, balance is threatened. Without separation, power is unfettered. Our founders understood that. They deliberately divided our national government into three branches designed to balance one another against the accumulation of too much power in one place or person. That’s why we have a president, not a king; a Congress, not a politburo; and an independent judiciary, not star chambers or kangaroo courts. If we knock one leg

off this executive/legislative/judicial stool, the whole thing tips over. That’s what could happen if our leaders in Washington go down the path of tinkering too much with our carefully checked and balanced system — if they fail to maintain the deliberate separation of powers. The most recent example is talk of increasing the size of the Supreme Court. The argument goes like this: Since Republicans are pushing through a conservative Supreme Court nominee to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Democrats would be justified in expanding the size of the court with liberal justices to offset its conservative tilt. This tit-for-tat approach may sound appealing to Democrats, but it could easily lead to an unraveling of the balance of power in Washington, remaking the Supreme Court into not an equal branch of government, but an appendage of executive and congressional will. Suppose Democrats sweep to power in Washington next month, winning control of both the White House and Congress, and the court is increased from nine to 11 members by this one-party government. It may more easily bend to the will of Congress and the president, but it will have lost its essential independence as a co-

equal branch. It will in essence have become an arm of the other two branches. Fast-forward a few years and imagine the presidency and Congress swinging back to Republican control. The new oneparty government decides to increase the court from 11 members to 13 to get its pet initiatives through. It passes a different health care bill and changes the abortion laws, and then guarantees their passing Constitutional muster by loading the court with sympathetic justices. Over time the Supreme Court becomes a bloated mess, with 17 or 19 justices, or whatever number is needed to uphold the policies of the contemporaneous administration and Congress. America came perilously close to this situation once before. In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt was frustrated that the Supreme Court struck down some of his New Deal initiatives as unconstitutional. When FDR tried to pack the court with sympathetic judges, the national backlash was swift and certain. FDR wisely backed down, and judicial independence was maintained. Maybe we Americans take our form of government too much for granted. We expect it to survive another 200 years just because it’s already lasted well over 200. Yet what Congress and the president do

f Democrats win big and ‘pack’ the Supreme Court, where might that lead?

can imperil our constitutional government. Congress, in particular, should resist the temptation to change its own self-limiting rules. The current Supreme Court controversy began when then Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took advantage of his Democratic majority to remove the requirement of 60 votes to confirm District Court nominees. When the Senate swung back to Republican control, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided to remove this 60-vote threshold for Supreme Court justices as well. That’s why Coney Barrett will likely be confirmed before the election. The next step in eroding the 60-vote requirement for Senate action would be to eliminate its application not just to judicial appointments but to all other legislative actions as well. That might sound appealing to the leaders of the next Senate majority, but it could come back to haunt them, too. Majorities shift with elections, and minority rights and privileges look a lot better when you’re in the minority. As someone who lived with both the pluses and minuses of the Senate’s higher threshold for action, I know that tinkering with power is tempting. It’s also dangerous. Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.

When real-life horrors outdo Halloween

eally, could you make up Donald Trump if he didn’t already exist? What book publisher in their right mind or movie producer hoping for a hit would create a character as unlikely as the Republicans’ very own Great Pumpkin on steroids? Imagine this: Hungry screenwriter pitches a story to movie mogul: “See, you have this superrich guy who decides to run for Randi president against kReiSS 17 other candidates seeking the GOP nomination. He has some problems, sure, some ADD maybe, some narcissistic personality disorder, some grandiosity. Yeah, I’m pretty sure there’s tape out there of him bragging about grabbing women’s genitals and getting away with it because he’s a star. History? Not his strong suit. Also, yeah, he has no experience at all in government or foreign affairs. “He did host a reality TV show. And he has experience hosting the Miss Universe pageant, which will help when

negotiating with Russia, Syria and Iraq. “He’s planning to build a wall along the border with Mexico, lower taxes on the rich, create a religious test for immigrants trying to get to America. Also, there are TV clips of him gyrating while mocking a disabled reporter, and, yes, he did insult the Gold Star parents of a Muslim-American soldier killed in Iraq. “OK, OK, he isn’t perfect, but he is flamboyant, and a fast talker, and he knows how to gin up a crowd, even inciting anger and violence, which will make for a great plot line, maybe even ending in another American Revolution.” Would any publisher or producer want to invest in this preposterous story? And wait, there’s more. He not only wins the nomination of his party, he wins the 2016 election and becomes the 45th president, a profoundly unprepared, uncouth, blatantly racist xenophobe. Then, get this, he runs for a second term. Sorry, Halloween 2020, you’ve been hijacked by the facts on the ground. Nothing can be as horrific as real life in the midst of a global pandemic in a coun-

try abused by an inept leader. Between the last election and this year, certain bedrock beliefs, such as the peaceful transition of power, have been challenged. Double double toil and trouble. From which caldron did he pull the idea to destabilize the country by sowing hatred and fear? Halloween, can you really do better than that? Fake Freddy Krueger fingernails and monster teeth just don’t cut it anymore. This year, thanks to the worrisome spiking of the Covid-19 virus, most children won’t have the fun of going door to door. The trick is on the innocent kids who might have been living in an entirely different environment if a competent and forthright president had taken charge early on to fight the pandemic in a smart and scientific way. Halloween tricks seem old school. Egging a car? Toilet paper in the trees? You call those tricks? They’re lame when compared with Russia hacking the election, the GOP placing fake ballot boxes around California and the leader of the free world coyly encouraging a wacko fringe group like QAnon. Now those tricks get everyone’s attention.

his year, the scariest holiday has been hijacked by facts on the ground.

Facebook, like other social media platforms, is under attack by foreign goblins and gremlins; cyberwarfare is terrifying. The old-time fright masks just don’t have the same ability to reach inside our lives and twist until we scream. Masks have taken on a whole other meaning in the time of Covid and the reign of Donald. As for ghosts, Halloween, I’m seeing the spirit of dictators, past and present, dancing across America. What have you got? White sheets and green makeup? Meh. Trump is actively summoning the spirit of his brother, Vladimir Putin, to name just one. He invokes his spirit every time he saws away at the pillars of our democracy: the Department of Justice, the FBI, the CIA, the Supreme Court and the Environmental Protection Agency. Clearly, the Donald trumps Halloween. He has ruined my taste for manufactured terror. I just can’t get interested in candy corn. We need to invent a special holiday for him. Let’s call it Inauguration Day, celebrate a new president and say goodbye to the sick joke that has been Donald Trump’s presidency. Maybe next year, fright wigs and skeleton costumes will be amusing again. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD — October 22, 2020

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onsider the number 675,000 for a moment. That’s the number of people in the United States who died during the flu pandemic of 1918-19. Could the U.S. be headed for such widespread death again? At press time, nearly 220,000 Americans had died of Covid-19, only eight months into this pandemic. The coronavirus could very well be with us for months to come, perhaps through the end of 2021. What will the death toll be in six months, 12 months, 18 months? It isn’t a stretch of the imagination to believe we could reach 400,000, 600,000 deaths or more if a safe and reliable vaccine isn’t found soon. Each death represents someone’s mother or father, brother or sister, friend or colleague. Each death is a tragedy, an extinguishment of life that was, in all too many cases, avoidable — if not for the policies of the Trump administration. From the start, President Trump downplayed the dangers of the coronavirus, even though he understood its severity as

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early as February. When we should have been locking down nationally, as New Zealand did in March, we remained open for business in most parts of the country, and the virus spread from transportation hubs like New York and California across the country. There was never a complete travel ban from China early this year, as Trump has claimed — American citizens and permanent residents flew back and forth at will between China and the U.S. And Trump has eschewed masks all along, even though mask wearing would improve safety as the U.S. continues to open up. Now the Trump administration is weighing, and in many ways pursuing, its potentially most dangerous policy of all — herd immunity, the ill-advised, frankly inane notion that we can beat the coronavirus by allowing healthy young people to become infected. If enough people do so and develop immunity to the virus, the thinking goes, it will disappear. Reputable scientists tell us, however, that herd immunity requires at minimum

50 to 60 percent of the population to be infected, and that it cannot be achieved without a vaccine. But let’s suppose for a moment that we, as a nation, were to pursue a herd-immunity course through natural infection, and 60 percent of Americans — or 196 million people — were to get the coronavirus. Think about the astronomical death total that would likely result. To date, 8.17 million Americans have reportedly been infected with Covid-19. That’s 2.5 percent of the population. In widespread testing in late September, 1 in 10 Americans had Covid-19 antibodies, according to the Stanford University Medicine News Center. That is, we’re a long way from herd immunity. Pursuing herd immunity in the absence of a vaccine is a recipe for a death toll not seen in a pandemic since 1918-19. Listen to the reputable scientists: Wear a mask in public. Keep your distance. Wash your hands frequently. Work from home if you can.

Say goodbye to ‘Lady’ on our sports pages

n late September, we at the Herald were jolted when a senior at Kennedy High School, in Bellmore, called on school officials — and the local media — to stop referring to girls’ sports teams at Kennedy as the “Lady Cougars.” The student, 17-year-old Rachel Nossen, of Merrick, wrote an op-ed essay for her school newspaper, The Cougar Crier, and it certainly caught our attention. Throughout our newspaper group, which encompasses 18 editions on the north and south shores of Nassau County, we decided to

drop the use of “Lady.” Nossen was right to argue that the term diminishes the accomplishments of female athletes. Lady is a term of a bygone era when women were expected to be prim and proper and quiet, not the accomplished and fierce competitors they have become since Title IX was enacted in 1972, prohibiting sex discrimination in the schools. According to Title IX, if there is a boys’ team at a school, there must be a girls’ team. Up until then, many, if not most, schools did not have competitive girls’ ath-

letters Voting is now convenient To the Editor: It’s been a trying year for our nation and a tragic one for New Yorkers, many of whom have lost loved ones and are worried about our tattered economy and the wellbeing of isolated friends and family. The scary prospect of a second wave of Covid-19 washing over New York during flu season has been anticipated all year, but one silver lining is that we need not fret over voting safely in next month’s election. For the majority of Long Islanders who haven’t voted since 2018 or before, casting a ballot in New York has changed drastically for the better, thanks to a raft of reforms and resiliency measures that improved convenience, due process, fairness and public safety. There are now three ways to vote in Election 2020, each with pros and cons. Given our protracted public health emergency, however, this flexibility is key to our safety

letic programs. Our editorial board gathered to figure out how “Lady” came into our sportsreporting lexicon, and concluded it was simply a matter of tradition. As we have learned in recent months and years, however, we need to look critically at our traditions to ensure they are in sync with modern thinking. Use of “Lady” when referring to girls’ sports teams is clearly out of step with 2020 culture, and so we will stop using it, except when it is part of an official team name.

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here is a storm brewing, and your child’s school is in its cross hairs. It’s not a hurricane or a tornado. It’s a fiscal tsunami, and it’s going to devastate the education system on Long Island unless Albany steps up and acts. Too many of our school districts were already in dire fiscal straits due to decades of austerity before the economic experts released their forecasts of even more funding cuts. This is especially true for schools in Black and brown neighborhoods. For Lisa years, students in TYson these classrooms have lacked up-todate materials, technology and other basic resources, so it’s no wonder these districts have been the first to feel the effects of this oncoming storm. The Copiague Board of Education pink-slipped dozens of staff members just a week before students were set to return to class. And this is just the beginning. The wind is picking up. Dark clouds are forming. Things are looking grim. But don’t worry. This particular storm isn’t a force of nature that we are powerless to stop. This is a human-caused

financial calamity to which there are sensible solutions. First, however, we have to examine how our “leaders” got us into this mess. It’s not news to anyone that New York, like the rest of the nation, is in economic turmoil because officials at both the state and federal levels failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 25,000 people in our state and left millions jobless. In response to New York’s fiscal distress, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature approved a budget earlier this year that cut $1.1 billion in state aid from schools. Long Island schools lost a total $49.4 million. But it gets worse. Here’s how Copiague Public Schools Superintendent Kathleen Bannon explained the dire situation that every district is facing: “On Aug. 20, the district received a state aid payment for the 2019-20 school year that was 20 percent less than expected. Along with that payment was a notice that all future state aid payments would also be reduced by 20 percent.” These aren’t just numbers in a spreadsheet. Your children’s education, and therefore their future, is on the chopping block. Far too many of Long Island’s bright young minds have been forced to

he state must dip into its rainy-day fund, because it’s pouring out there.

LeTTers and the election’s legitimacy. Regardless of ideology, nobody argues in print that American citizens should need to risk their lives to vote. Options can protect our rights and our communities if we avail ourselves of them. Last year, lawmakers created an election period to spread voting out over nine additional days — including two weekends and workday evenings. At the time, “social distancing” wasn’t common parlance to anyone without a degree in disease transmission, but that reform seems prescient today. The early-voting options in Nassau and Suffolk counties include a shift to countywide voting centers, permitting residents to visit any site from Saturday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Nov. 1. Nassau, a statewide access leader, offers 83 operating hours of early voting. (The same can’t be said for Suffolk, which has a greater population and sprawling geography, but fewer sites and nearly three fewer days’ worth of hours.) For those who have adapted to our new normal — who wear masks and venture out for groceries — finding a quiet five minutes to vote early may be the best option. Voters cast their ballots after privately marking them, and they will be included with election night results. Those who believe the process is a partisan ploy should know that Texans have

attend schools that are criminally underfunded, and these cuts will further pulverize their chances at receiving a quality education. So, will Long Island’s state legislators stand by and let this happen, or will they fight for the children of Long Island? It’s time to act to stop this fiscal tsunami in its tracks, because we shouldn’t play politics with our kids’ education. We are proposing a fourpronged approach, and the first prong can and should be done immediately: The state must dip into its rainy-day fund, because it’s pouring out there. We can’t weather a storm with an umbrella full of holes. Secondly, class is now in session, so the State Legislature should be in session, too. Cuomo has been circumventing democracy and playing games with the budget, which has caused unimaginable uncertainty and instability in school districts and municipalities. This has to stop. He needs to produce a real plan that lawmakers can work with to avoid more cuts at all costs. If he fails to do so, state legislators must immediately reconvene to stop the bleeding themselves, and they can do that by passing measures to make ultra-millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share. Albany needs to stop giving New

been voting early since the 1980s. Until Covid-19, absentee voting was not a mainstream option for New Yorkers. The state was one of only 16 to restrict it to those with the right excuse. Busy with work or child care? Not eligible. It shouldn’t have taken a deadly pandemic to develop voting resiliency — disruptions on Sept. 11, 2001, which was a Primary day, and Hurricane Sandy’s late-October 2012 landfall were enough. For immunocompromised people and those living or working with them, voting remotely may be safer, and pitfalls that jeopardize rights have been significantly mitigated. Voters can now request a ballot online in seconds or by phone, and may return completed ballots via contactless drop boxes at early voting or Election Day sites, or at their county Board of Elections office, which avoids return mail, stamps and postmarking entirely. Common clerical errors can now be fixed, providing a layer of due process where none existed before. Those who still prefer voting on the first Tuesday in November at one assigned site are welcome to, but they will have waited until the last possible day, when no other options remain — even if there are lines, inclement weather or a local uptick in Covid-19 cases. I wouldn’t wish that uncertainty on anyone, even those dispar-

York’s wealthiest residents a free ride. The rich have profited handsomely during the epidemic, earning enough during the public health crisis alone to close the state’s budget gap. New York’s cashstrapped families can’t be the only ones forced to make sacrifices. This isn’t a partisan issue. An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers support raising taxes on the rich, which lawmakers should remember when it’s their turn to cast a vote on legislation, because voters will surely remember who acted and who didn’t when Election Day comes around. Third: All options should be on the table to raise necessary revenue and avoid exacerbating this crisis with more cuts. So Cuomo also has a duty to consider short-term borrowing from the New York Federal Reserve Bank’s Municipal Liquidity Facility. And, last, we can’t let the federal government off the hook. It needs to get its act together, stop all the partisan bickering and send relief to the state and local communities. Sadly, recent events have made clear that the State Legislature can’t just sit on its hands and wait for Washington. For the sake of suffering New Yorkers, Cuomo and state lawmakers must act now. Lisa Tyson is the director of the Long Island Progressive Coalition.

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