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JCC women adapt to Covid with Zoom “It’s a sweet group, and what I love about it is that they’ve been consistently meeting, and they Zoom meetings transformed form these friendships that they the way millions of people com- didn’t have before,” Charschan municated during the coronavi- said. “They talk about women’s rus pandemic, and the Ocean- issues and current event topics, side JCC Zoom is still connecting and the beautiful thing about it members who wish is that since Covid to enjoy one anothstarted, they were er’s company virtumeeting on Zoom ally. right away . . .People Members of the who are still at home Barry & Florence can Zoom in and join Friedberg Jewish the discussion so Community Center nobody is really left have met in person home alone. for months, but the “They feel a part JCC’s Women’s Talk of things if the group still follows a weather is bad if hy b r i d m e e t i n g they’re not feeling model, allowing cerlike going out,” she tain group members continued. “The join in discussions who go lIsa ChaRsCaN snowbirds by Zoom. down to Florida can T h e w o m e n ’ s JCC director now Zoom in and group has met at the talk as well. So we’re JCC for nine years, giving older really not losing membership women in the community a time because they are still being to socialize and share engaging active without physically coming discussions in a morning talk. into the building.” Lisa Charschan, the JCC’s The discussion for the week director of adult services, said fit the holiday theme as the the Zoom meetings are invalu- group engaged in a conversation able for connecting members, on gratitude. Many group memparticularly those who are bers expressed gratitude for unable to leave their homes during the pandemic. Continued on page 16

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MEga BusINEss systEMs and The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing brought holiday cheer with free turkeys for Island Park families.

Mega Business Systems hosts Island Park turkey drive By KEphERD DaNIEl kdaniel@liherald.com

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches each year, many Island Park businesses share in the giving spirit, offering free meals and food to those in the community. On Nov. 17, Mega Business Systems and The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at South Point collaborated to give away 100 turkeys and Thanksgiving pies to families in Island Park. Vouchers were

supplied by Sacred Heart and Full Gospel churches for individuals to stop by Mega Business Systems, an office equipment supplier on Long Beach Road in Island Park, to collect one free turkey each. MBS owner Michael Barrett compared this year’s Thanksgiving season to 2020. “Last year we had about 80 turkeys, and that was on short notice,” he said. “This year we actually went to Jandil farm and picked the turkeys up directly. We didn’t

want to just hand them off to the churches. We wanted to interact with the community.” Leftover turkeys were given to the local sponsoring churches. Along with the Sacred Heart and Full Gospel churches, MBS had other sponsors that aided in putting together the turkey drive. “We had individual sponsors that donated money to help us get all the turkeys as well,” Barrett said. “Olivia Miller, a Continued on page 16

hey’ve been consistently meeting, and they form these friendships that they didn’t have before.

Island Park students help the homeless By Kepherd daniel kdaniel@liherald.com

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island parK students signed a “Drug Free looks like me” poster.

I.P. schools celebrate Red Ribbon Week By Kepherd daniel kdaniel@liherald.com

Island Park Public Schools recently celebrated Red Ribbon Week, a drugabuse prevention campaign, from Oct. 25 to 29. Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School and Lincoln Orens Middle School both held numerous activities, lessons and events centered around positive actions, healthy attitudes and responsible choices.

Both buildings presented morning announcements that emphasized the week’s messages and featured daily themes. Students wore red to kick off the week and concluded it with Character Day costumes. The week was filled with bright superhero costumes, positive slogan shirts and college apparel. Students also signed “Drug Free Looks Like Me” pledge posters and created other projects related to Red Ribbon Week’s values.

Students and staff members at Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School in Island Park got moving Oct. 22 during the annual Winner’s Walk to help others across Long I s l a n d . P ro c e e d s from their fundraising effort will help homeless children have birthday parties. The event was organized by the Student Council in collaboration with the phys.-ed. de par tPhotos courtesy Island Park Schools ment. The event proisland parK students too part in the Winners Walk to help moted physical activhomeless children on Long Island. ity and celebrated school spirit while dents demonstrated teamwork while raising about $2,100 to support Birthday encouraging one another throughout the Wishes of Long Island. Classes from each morning of exercise. grade came together on the field, and stu-

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The kids CeleBraTe their last session of street hockey lessons at Oceanside Park with New York Islanders staff and Sparky the Dragon.

Islanders finish O’side street hockey clinics By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com

On Monday night, the New York Islanders’ Street Hockey program in Oceanside Park held its last session. Local boys and girls from grades K to 5 met each Monday evening from late September until November for non-competitive, instructional clinics with Islanders staf f and even mascot Sparky the Dragon. The sixweek clinic was part of a partnership between the team and the Town of Hempstead. The program will return to Oceanside with clinics starting November 23 at the Friedberg Jewish Community Center.

a parTiCipanT of the clinics rips a shot at Sparky during a shootout challenge, above.

Two girls exeCuTe a two-on-one in front of Sparky and score, left.

Sinai shuts down L.B. Emergency Dept. Officials cited nursing staff shortages as the cause The Emergency Department in Long Beach operated by Mount Sinai South Nassau will be closed temporarily as of 3 p.m. on Monday due to nursing staff shortages occurring as a result of the state vaccine mandate. The decision to temporarily close the facility was made after all other options were exhausted. Patients from the barrier island in need of emergency care will be directed to the hospital’s main campus in Oceanside. An ambulance will be stationed around the clock at the closed Long Beach Emergency Department for the duration of the closure. The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) was notified of the need to close the free-standing Long Beach Emergency Department (LBED) on Friday and granted verbal approval. Mount Sinai South Nassau has submitted a formal closure plan to the NYSDOH. The closure will continue for up to four weeks and could be extended depending on staff availability. The staffing shortage and closure of the LBED is a result of the Hospital’s compliance with the NYSDOH’s mandate issued Thursday, requiring the suspension of all staff working under temporary religious exemptions who could not show proof today of receiving a first dose of COVID-19 vaccination or a valid medical exemption from receiving it. More than 99 percent of Mount Sinai South Nassau’s staff are fully vaccinated, not counting those who sought religious or medical exemptions. MSSN is actively recruiting experienced and qualified staff who can document either a first dose COVID-19 vaccination or a valid medical exemption so that it can resume full operations of the Long Beach Emergency Department on or about December 15, 2021.

“We regret having to take this step, but the safety of our patients is always our No. 1 priority,” said Adhi Sharma, President. “This will allow us to shift nursing staff to the Oceanside campus to ensure that we maintain adequate staffing at the Emergency Department at our main campus.” “We are committed to serving residents of the barrier island,” Dr. Sharma said. “This closure should not be interpreted as anything beyond what it is – a temporary measure designed to relieve current staffing challenges in our Emergency Department. Our nurses, physicians and support staff have been on the frontlines of the pandemic for more than 21 months. We will continue to be there for our patients.” The Emergency Department in Oceanside is one of the busiest in Nassau CounCourtesy Mount Sinai South Nassau ty and is a Trauma Center designated facility. Emer- Mount Sinai cloSed its Long Beach emergency department on Monday citing staffing shortages. The gency Department staff in hospital is encouraging Long Beach residents to go to the main Oceanside campus in case of an emerOceanside sees some 70,000 gency. patient visits per year. The Long Beach Emergency Department handles approximately 10,000 visits per year and most of those patients are treated and released without having to be transferred to the hospital in Oceanside. The Long Beach facility has been open since 2015. Mount Sinai South Nassau currently is building an ambulatory care center near the Long Beach Emergency Department in Long Beach 4th Candle 2nd Candle 3rd Candle 1st Candle that is slated to open in 2023. Wed night Dec 1 Mon night Nov 29 Tues night Nov 30 Sun night Nov 28

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Isles fans raise the roof on their new ‘Barn’ UBS Arena opening ends a 20-year battle for team’s home base By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com

Islanders fans from across Long Island made the pilgrimage on Saturday to the team’s new home at UBS Arena in Elmont. Despite a disappointing game result — the Islanders lost to the Calgary Flames 5-2 — fans were elated to finally have a home for their favorite hockey team after years of uncertainty, recreating the exuberant cheering that so defined games at Nassau Coliseum, known affectionately as “The Barn.” The $1.1 billion arena at Belmont Park already means a great deal to fans who have watched the team through years when the Nassau Coliseum fell into disrepair and the Barclays Center in Brooklyn offered obstructed seating. The fanbase survived rumors of the team’s move to Quebec City or Kansas City in the 1990s and 2000s and has STeven finally been Ferraro rewarded with an Islanders fan arena that pays homage to both them and the players of yesteryear. “I’m 26 years old, and I’ve been waiting my entire life to see this building open,” Steven Ferraro, of Rockville Centre, said. “It was the Lighthouse and then whatever after, but the [new] building [is] absolutely fantastic, just gorgeous.” Ferraro said his favorite aspect of the structure so far is the Heineken Terrace above the main entrance, saying it’s unusual to have clublike atmosphere at a hockey game. The late John Kempf was remembered at the game by his wife and son, Christine and Sean Kempf, who carried around a cardboard cutout of him. A detective in the Suffolk County Police Department, John died in April 2020 after a battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease — a rare degenerative brain disorder. During his tough fight, Kempf got to speak to his all-time favorite Islander, John Tonnelli, on the phone. “It means everything to be here,” Sean Kempf said. “[My father] was a lifelong fan, and he passed that down to us.” Sean also said that his father was a huge fan of both Zach Parise and Zdeno Chara and would have been blown away if he had seen them both acquired by the Islanders in the off-season. Mark Martinez, of Levittown, said he became an Islanders fan along with his school friends when the team visited Summit Lane Elementary School when they were children. “When we were little, tickets were cheap and we would go to every game, and now we still go to every game. It’s a part of our friendship now,” Martinez said. In the upper deck, signs with the logos of Islanders fan meetup groups from San

’m 26 years old, and I’ve been waiting my entire life to see this building open.

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more Than 17,000 Islanders fans brought the old Nassau Coliseum energy to their new home at UBS Arena in Elmont. The Blue and Orange Army in Section 329 brought soccer-style chanting throughout the game. ISleS FanS goT pumped up before entering UBS Arena for the first time. Donovan Berthoud/Herald

Diego to the United Kingdom were placed above the raucous Section 329 crowd. The section, carried over from the Coliseum, serenades the team with soccer-style chants and drum playing throughout the game. The much-touted low roof of the building traps the noise, giving amazing moments like when the crowd sang along with Nicole Raviv during the national anthem. There were glimpses of what the atmosphere can be like when the team gets going, like when Richard Panik laid the first big hit or when the referees announced Brock Nelson’s first goal. Superfans Jake Basile and Nicholas Constantinidis, from Plainview, came to the game carrying cardboard cutouts of Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech’s face. The two started the “Pelech Posse” a few Continued on neXt page

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UBS Arena opens Nov. 20 to much fanfare years ago, now even selling merchandise to the over 8,000 followers of their Instagram page, “Bathtubjake.” “A lot of guys from the Barn days were kind of concerned about this not being home, but it really felt like it tonight,” Basile said. “This is genuinely a dream come true. It’s so surreal. The atmosphere was great. Not the result we wanted from the game, but the arena was absolutely amazing,” Constantinidis said. “It

felt like this is ours, this is our amazing, 21st-century arena. We finally joined the club.” Co-owner Jon Ledecky, who purchased the team with business partner Scott Malkin in 2016, spoke to and took pictures with fans outside the arena before the game. “You can hear the fans are so excited and they’re saying, ‘Thank you,’ which is great, but we’re saying it back, because without them and their support, this building doesn’t happen,” Ledecky said.

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NiCholas CoNstaNtiNidis aNd Jake Basile of the “Pelech Posse” with cutouts of their favorite Islanders defenseman, Adam Pelech.

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Calgary forward Brad Richardson scored the first goal at the new arena.

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By RaBBi URi GoRen of Temple avodah, oceanside Hanukkah this year coincides with Thanksgiving weekend. Of course, it can happen, and it happens often enough. However, when it does happen it makes both holidays even more special. Thanksgiving and Hanukkah remind us how important it is to be thankful for who we are and what we have. My message is supposed to be about Hanukkah. Hanukkah without gratitude, thankfulness, is meaningless, just like Thanksgiving Day would be without feeling gratitude. In the story of Hanukkah, Jews rededicate the Temple after the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid empire in the second century BCE. At that time the Jews wanted to reclaim their identity, wanted to be who they were. Today Hanukkah should have

the same purpose and meaning. It is certainly not only about lighting candles and exchanging presents. Hanukkah is about rededicating ourselves to be who we need to be. Hanukkah for the Jewish community is a strong and clear message that we need to help make our world better together with everyone else. We do this when we, like the Temple in Jerusalem, rededicate our existence to, like the candles on Hanukkah Menorah, we gave to bring light into this dark world. We can do that by rededicating ourselves to being nice, kind, respectful, caring, and considerate of others and our environment. I know for sure that we

all have the light of the Hanukkah candles inside of us. We just need to make it shine outside of us. The light is our actions, our public behavior. We are all responsible for another. It is time that we act like the candles on the menorah. When all of them are light is when we get the most amount of light. Yes, one candle does give light, but not enough. Just like people, one of us doing the right thing is not enough. We all need to be a “Hanukkah candle” and make this world a brighter place. Just imagine if the message is Hanukkah would actually lead human behavior. Let people be themselves but with

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Hanukkah and what it means for today love, tolerance and dignity. Then our world will be safe from hatred and anger. Hanukkah lasts for eight days to remind us that even a miracle does not have to happen in one second; it can be over time. There is no need to lose hope. Each day we add light to the path of life, then our presence has a purpose. In the Hanukkah Menorah, the eight candles representing are supposed to be the same height, same level, to make each night equally important. Just like we are all equally important in making our world spiritually brighter. I pray that this Hanukkah and Thanksgiving will bring gratitude to our lives and the opportunity for each one of us to be a light into the world.

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Wednesday, Dec. 1

NAMI Support Group

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The NAMI Queens/ Nassau National Alliance on Mental Illness)is offering a support group for family members of persons with mental health concerns, free of charge, beginning July 6. The group will meet, virtually, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., the first and third Tuesday of each month. To register or get information, e-mail, dsills@namiqn.org.

Come to the Oceanside Library to learn pre-school readiness skills in this educational class. Register by calling the Youth Services Department at 516-766-2360 or email jprogram@oceansidelibrary.com. Registration begins Nov. 1. Starts at 11 a.m.

Wednesday Afternoon Movie The Oceanside Library hosts a screening of Black Widow in Meeting Room 1 at 2 p.m.

November Take & Make Make Beary Happy Fall Magnets. Craft kits can be picked up at the Oceanside Library. Register by calling 516-7662360 or email jprogram@oceansidelibrary.com.

Upcoming Sunday, Dec. 5

10 Can Challenge Join the Do Something Movement to help reduce waste in our landfills by recycling. For every 10 cans or plastic bottles recycled, submit a copy of your receipt to bmickowski@oceansidelibrary.com or to the @olnyteens Instagram. Earn one hour of community service for each ten cans!

Santa Letters

Christmas Fair The Sacred Heart Parish Center in Island Park hosts this Christmas fair with a 50/50 raffle, basket raffles, a bake sale, and even a visit from Santa at 2 p.m. Event runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Courtesy Village of Island Park

Drop off your letters to Santa at the Island Park Library’s dropbox from Nov. 26 to Dec. 11.

Friday, Nov. 26 Tech Time with Dan Bring your laptop, phone, or other electronic device to the Oceanside Library if you have any technical questions about them. Sign up in the library for a halfhour appointment or call in. Mask and proof of vaccination required.

Movie Screening: Paw Patrol: The Movie The Island park Library hosts this screening of the film Paw Patrol: The Movie (Rated G) in the community room. Masks required. No registration required.

Saturday, Nov. 27 Vinyasa Yoga with Dot Scott

Island Park remembers its veterans The Island Park Fire Department presents the colors during the village’s Veterans Day ceremony. through the Oceanside Library. Register online at the library website. Starts at 9:30 a.m.

Monday, Nov. 29 Easy Tai-Chi and Chi Cong with Judy This hybrid program sees participants stretch their muscles and practice breathing routines. In-person class limited to 16. Register online at the library website. Starts at 10:10 a.m.

Mah-Jongg College The Island Park Library hosts this Chinese tile game. All participants must be vaccinated and show proof of vaccination. Masks not required. Sign up at the library front desk. Starts 11:30 a.m.

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Join Jan and Tony Esposito of the College Channel as they help you navigate the financial aid process. Zoom link available at the Oceanside Library website. Starts at 7 p.m.

Literacy Nassau returns to the Oceanside Library for this class for English language learners. Register online at www.LiteracyNassau.org or call (516) 867-3580. Starts in Meeting Room 3 at 10 a.m.

SCORE Business Workshop: Build Your Business with Social Media

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Join the Oceanside Library for course five in this job readiness business series with SCORE focusing on the role social media can play in your business’s growth. Register online at the library website to receive the Zoom link to this virtual event.. Starts at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 30

The Oceanside Library Board of Trustees meets in Meeting Room 2 at 5 p.m.

Parent Program: Managing Anxiety in a Return to Normal This workshop at the Oceanside Library will discuss ways we can manage our anxiety and how we can add balance to our lives as we adjust to changing schedules for both ourselves and our children. Starts in Meeting Room 1 at 6 p.m.

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The NAMI mental health support group meets twice a month. The Island Park Library has a Take & Make DIY all week. OHS Class of 1984 hosts its 40th Turkey Bowl on Nov. 27 at noon. South Shore Brewery hosts DJ Tats & Nicky Ardito on Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. AARP’s Cars and Coffee meets Nov. 28 at 9 a.m. at 3118 Lawson Blvd.

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Last Friday night’s muchanticipated Nassau Conference I football championship game rematch between Massapequa and Oceanside lived up to all the hype. Unfortunately for Oceanside, it couldn’t flip the result from last spring despite four total touchdowns from senior quarterback Charlie McKee as the top-seeded Chiefs repeated as county champs with a 35-26 victory before a crowd of more than 4,000 at Hofstra. Massapequa (10-1) amassed 229 yards rushing and three touchdowns on 39 attempts and will face Whitman for the Long Island Class I title on Friday at noon at Hofstra. Luke Ciolino had 64 yards rushing and 48 receiving on 6 catches, and his twin brother Jake Ciolino retur ned the kickoff to open the second half 73 yards for a touchdown to give the Chiefs a 21-13 lead. “Our guys fought hard the entire game,” Oceanside head coach Rob Blount said. “We had some opportunities to swing the game in our favor that we missed. I’m proud of

the way the kids competed and had another great season.” The second-seeded Sailors, who finished 9-2, defeated No. 7 East Meadow and No. 3 Syosset in the playoffs on the way to reaching the county championship stage for the fourth time in five seasons. McKee had two rushing touchdowns in the first half against Massapequa after scoring five times on the ground in the semifinal win over Syosset. In the second half, McKee (21 of 32, 215 yards) hooked up twice with Ronnie Kreamer on passing scores. Massapequa quarterback Ryan Heidrich had one of its rushing scores and also hit Ryan Fountain for a 16-yard score through the air in the second quarter. Fountain’s 27-yard touchdown run with 1:51 remaining in the fourth quarter iced the victory. McKee finished his illustrious high school career as Nassau’s all-time passing yards leader with 8,930. He had 94 career touchdown passes with only 20 interceptions and rushed for 31 touchdowns, including 17 this fall.

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rONNIE KraEMEr had a pair of touchdown receptions for the Sailors in last Friday night’s 35-26 loss to Massapequa.

CharLIE MCKEE fINIShEd his high school career with 94 touchdown passes.

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The real estate market has been especially volatile over the last year, making it difficult to navigate for first-time buyers and sellers on Long Island. Cory Knopf of the Hal Knopf Team held a seminar at the Oceanside Library on Saturday to help local residents navigate the market along with Safe Harbor Inspections Inc. and several legal and insurance experts. Knopf and Marsha Welikson opened the seminar with an overview of buying and selling in the current environment, advising attendees to start by assembling a team – including an agent, lender, attorney and inspectors – to assist them on the way to the contract table. “New York state does real estate differently,” Knopf said. “When you accept an offer as a seller, you are not bound to that offer until you sign a contract. Knopf explained that having a team is essential because buyers can pull out last minute in New York. According to Knopf, buyers should have the home inspected by a qualified company within a day or two of the sale. Jim Rupert, an inspector at Safe Harbor, explained how inspections could help sellers get out ahead of potential issues with their homes. “I would say probably half of the houses that we look at have some sign of termites,” Rupert said. He suggested that sellers call extermination companies as part of their inspection efforts to make sure they have no issues

with the home that could ruin a sale. Oceanside-based Allstate agent Andrew Mallor lent his expertise in the area of flood insurance. Mallor taught the audience about new policies in flood insurance that began on Oct. 1, including cost to rebuild a home, height of the first level of the living area, distance to a flooding source and number of floors, among other factors. In a seller’s market like today, Knopf advises that sellers use an agent to get the best return for their homes and to help in the rollout of introducing their homes to market. “You don’t put your house on the market with no pictures,” Knopf said. “Digital is the number one place where buyers go.” Marie Limpert and Annmarie Brogan, the authors of “Beyond Tidy” and owners of Organize Me! LLC offered their advice on decluttering a home for potential buyers. Both Limpert and Brogan explained how staging a home neatly could subliminally hint that buyers can quickly make a home their own. “You want to limit the number of personal items you have on the shelves and walls,” Brogan explained. “The benefit is that the buyer comes into your home and they can imagine themselves in your home.” The Knopf team also distributed statistics packages for areas all over Nassau from fellow real estate firm Compass. Oceanside was one of the very few areas where the number of single-family homes sold increased from this October to last.

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Children enJoyed rounds of mini-golf at the Island Park Library’s celebration of International Games Day on Nov. 13.

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A high-risk Oceanside man was, at press time, missing, according to Nassau County police. John Menso, 67, was reported missing to authorities on Nov. 17. He needs his medication. According to detectives, Menso was last seen by family in late October at h i s O c e a n s i d e h o m e. Menso has white-g ray hair, a gray mustache and

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Dean PhiliP Bruno and Dean Chris Brown, of Long Beach High School, joined in the volunteer effort.

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clothing company in New York City, donated $1,000 towards buying a lot of turkeys.” Joe Manning, vice president of sales and marketing at Mega Business, said it meant a great deal to be able to help dur-

ing the holidays. “It’s a blessing to be a blessing,” Manning said. “Mega Business Systems is a family-run business, and it’s a blessing for us to help other people out and pay it forward, and we’ll be there for the next year too.”

Zoom transforms weekly discussions at JCC ContinueD from front Page their mothers and fathers. They also discussed acts of kindness that were performed by strangers and fashion trends for adults ages 50 to 70. And the group delved into the details of the Kyle Rittenhouse case. Gerri Schaffer has served as the group’s moderator for the last nine years. “We have been meeting since 2014, and I develop questions based on all different types of topics, except politics,” Schaffer said. “We have a separate political group that meets on Kepherd Daniel/Herald another day. We go for an the oCeansiDe JCC Women’s Talk Group met virtually hour, and we agree to disagree, but Zoom is one posi- on Zoom throughout the coronavirus pandemic, and continues its discussions in a hybrid model, with memtive thing that came out of bers meeting both in person and virtually. Covid.” Different members have come and gone throughout back to the classes now, and we even had the group’s weekly meetings. Mitzie Berg- one member Zoom in while she was in er spoke about how the group has influen- Israel.” ded her life positively. “We have fun here,” Berger continued on the positives of Berger said. “My husband died 20 years the discussion group and the JCC, noting, ago, and I was looking for a place to go, “I always say that the best place to meet and my friend recommended I come here, someone is to come here. The JCC is a and I love it and I can’t live without it. place to make new friends. I’m 88 years “During the pandemic,” Berger said, old, and they gave me a place to live and “they were gracious enough to supply the be a part of.” Zoom for us, and then it turned into going

LEGAL NOTICE CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, NASSAU COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO:Grassi & Co. Jasper Surety NYS Attorney General Sanford N. Nobles Lula Frances Jacks Larcom Walter A. Shurden Linda Forester James Hammock, Jr. Nita C. Bailey Herman Woodruff Shurden Zenobia Ezell Edna Shurden Langley Walter B. Shurden Robert M. Shurden Jean S. Davis and any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and next-ofkin of the said JOSEPHINE GIACKETTI, deceased, and if any of the said distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose names and/or places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained A petition having been duly filed by Public Administrator of Nassau County, who is domiciled at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501, United States. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on January 19, 2022, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why the account of Public Administrator of Nassau County, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the estate of JOSEPHINE GIACKETTI, should not be judicially settled. [X] Further relief sought (if any): 1.Releasing and discharging the Petitioner from all liability, responsibility and accountability as to all matters set forth in the account of proceedings; 2.Allowing the commissions of the Petitioner in the amount of $ 18,942.00 pursuant to SCPA 2307(1) and the reasonable and necessary expenses of the office in the amount of $ 4,980.67 pursuant to SCPA 1207(4); 3.Fixing and determining the attorney’s fees and disbursements of Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC attorney for petitioner in the amount of $ 30,673.00 of which $ 673.00 has been paid and $ 30,000.00 is unpaid; 4.Fixing and determining the accounting fees of

Grassi & Co, CPA’s, PC in the amount of $ 3,250.00, of which $250.00 has been paid and $ 3,000.00 is unpaid; 5.Releasing and discharging the surety; 6.Directing each of you claiming to be a distributee of the Decedent to establish proof of your kinship, and show cause why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship or deposited with the New York State Comptroller on account for the unknown next of kin of Josephine Giacketti, decedent, should said alleged distributees default herein or fail to establish proof of kinship; 7.Granting such other and further relief as to the Court is just and proper, and that process be issued to all necessary parties who have not appeared to show cause why the relief requested should not be granted; and that an order be granted directing the service of process pursuant to the provisions of SCPA Article 3 upon such persons named in Paragraph (6) whose names or whereabouts are unknown and cannot be ascertained or who may be persons on whom service by personal delivery cannot be made. Dated, Attested, and Sealed, HON. Margaret C. Reilly Margaret C. Reilly, Surrogate November 10, 2021 Seal Debra Keller Leimbach, Chief Clerk Richard T. Kerins, Esq. Attorney Name Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC Firm (516) 538-1111 Telephone 254 Nassau Blvd. , Garden City South, New York 11530 Address NOTICE: THIS CITATION IS SERVED UPON YOU IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COURT’S ORDER DIRECTING ALTERNATIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS. NO IN-PERSON APPEARANCES SHALL BE HELD ON THE RETURN DATE OF THE CITATION. IF YOU WISH TO APPEAR TO ANSWER OR OBJECT TO THIS PROCEEDING, YOU MAY DO SO IN WRITING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ANNEXED NOTICE TO CITED PARTIES. NOTE: 22 NYCRR 207.7(C): PROOF OF SERVICE SHALL BE FILED ON OR BEFORE THE SECOND DAY PRECEEDING THE RETURN DATE. 128467

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. KENNETH ISAACSON, if he be living, if he be dead, his respective heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, or through KENNETH ISAACSON, if he be dead, whether by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, including any right, title or interest in and to the real property described in the complaint herein, all of who and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff, et al, Defts. Index #603816/2019. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Feb. 25, 2020, I will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on December 15, 2021 at 2:30 p.m., prem. k/a District 11, Section 54, Block 569, Lot 10. 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 as provided by law. Foreclosure 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. MICHAEL MONTESANO, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #99002 128341 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff AGAINST DAVID C. CONN AKA DAVID CONN, HEATHER S. CONN AKA HEATHER CONN, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated September 20, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on December 15, 2021 at 2:30PM, premises known as 542 DERBY DRIVE SOUTH,

OCEANSIDE, NY 11572. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Oceanside, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 54, Block 498, Lot 55. Approximate amount of judgment $392,263.67 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 015311/2013. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System’s COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Oscar P. Preito, Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 70107 128310 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

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he Event,” a 2015 found-footage documentary by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, opens with black-and-white images of mostly men marching in August 1991 through the streets of Leningrad, in the then Soviet Union, overturning a trailer and grabbing all manner of furniture to erect hastily constructed barricades. Worry was etched on the protesters’ faces. People had assembled in Leningrad’s central Palace Square and surrounding streets to stop an attempted coup d’état that, SCoTT they believed, was radiating from MosBRINToN cow, USSR’s capital, across the land. “The Event” is a hopeful but strangely haunting film that I watched last week on Zoom. Hofstra University’s Department of Comparative Literature, Languages and Linguistics and the History Department presented it, with a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Ben Rifkin, a Hofstra professor of Russian. I wanted to see the film because in August 1991 I was a Peace Corps volunteer stationed in Bulgaria, a Soviet satellite nation for 45 years, from the end of World War II through 1990, when it finally gained its freedom and turned to democracy. I cannot express the

chilling effect the coup attempt had on many Bulgarians, who worried about a sudden return to hardline communism. I wondered what, precisely, had happened in Moscow and other Soviet cities from Aug. 18 to 21, 1991, as the coup unfolded. I had never seen images of it before. The good people of Leningrad were concerned that Soviet Armed Forces tanks might roll against their city, and a sea of tens of thousands of people rallied, placing themselves in mortal danger to preserve the democratic reforms enacted under Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. The fear of a possible attack on Leningrad was not irrational. Eight communist hardliners calling themselves the Committee on the State of Emergency, and various factions within the Soviet military, were behind the putsch, seeking to halt the impending breakup of the Soviet Union that would give sovereignty to its 15 outlying republics. Soviet tanks, in fact, rolled into Moscow, where tens of thousands of demonstrators stood in their way. Among them was Boris Yeltsin, the man who succeeded Gorbachev as president of Russia when the Soviet Union dissolved in December 1991. I was on a train somewhere outside Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, with my then fiancée, Katerina, who was born and raised in Sofia, when we first heard the news of the coup attempt. Katerina’s face turned sullen. What

would we do if it succeeded? Most Americans cannot understand the fear of the then Soviet Union that many, if not most, Eastern Europeans carried with them in the backs of their brains. They risked limb and life to secure their freedoms from the USSR in the late 1980s and early ’90s. They stood in solidarity, marching en masse in their capitals’ squares, demanding sovereignty. Then, seemingly in an instant, all their hard-won reforms appeared to be in jeopardy. If Bulgaria lost its newly won democratic freedoms to the communists, would the old-school apparatchiks “cleanse” Bulgaria of any American “sympathizers”? In that case, anyone who had had contact with an American like me would have been in grave danger of just disappearing. These were not wild conspiracy theories. They were valid questions based on nearly five decades of iron-fisted Soviet rule. Katerina and I planned an escape route to the U.S. through Greece if the coup held, which, thankfully, it did not. We were in our mid-20s at the time. We recently celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary, living, peacefully, on Long Island for the past 28 years, returning every few years to Sofia. Bulgaria remains a democracy to this day. The Soviet coup plotters were not especially well organized, according to various

he USSR in 1991 and the U.S. in 2021: similarities I never would’ve imagined.

reports, and most of the SAF military was not a party to the conspiracy. It’s said that the plotters spent most of the three days of the coup drunk. Seven of the eight organizers were imprisoned, and one committed suicide. Ilya Vinitsky, chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University, was among the panelists last week. He was 22 and living in the Soviet Union at the time of the coup. It was a seminal moment in his life, a point of demarcation — there was life before the coup, and after. Now he asks his students, “Have you ever felt you lived through a historical moment?” Yes, I would respond, more than once. Most recently was the disorganized insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, when thousands of pro-Trump rioters besieged our very seat of democracy to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election — that is, to attempt to overthrow our nation’s duly elected president, Joe Biden. Having lived through such a coup attempt while in a foreign land, I never imagined one here, particularly not one as violent as that of last January. Democracy is clearly a fragile thing. It requires an active, engaged citizenry that respects the rule of law. If it is not respected, then it must be enforced. 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.

Year of wonder, one Thanksgiving to the next

ast Thanksgiving we dined alone. I’m remembering an over-roasted turkey leg with a side of anxiety for me, a wedge of spinach pie for the vegetarian, hold the Thanksgiving cheer. We tried not to make too much of the day. We were veterans of isolation by then, still months away from our first vaccine. To see our kids and grandkids, someone would have had to risk flying, and the infection rates were daunting. Nevertheless, we watched millions RANDI of people choosing KREISS to travel, weaving through airport lines and hoping for the best. Spikes and surges followed. Sorry for the ruminating, but sometimes you must go back to appreciate how far you’ve come. A few months after Thanksgiving, our son and grandson caught Covid. We missed birthdays, anniversaries, proms and graduations. We were lucky; the nightly news featured Covid crises cascading across the country. Who will ever forget the pictures of refrigerator trucks parked outside New York City hospitals?

Today (and I won’t say fast forward, because it wasn’t), all of us have had vaccines and boosters. We’re all back to our jobs. Kids are back in school. As I swayed from despair to hope and back to trepidation, I coped, and that feels like enough. This Thanksgiving we will sit down with our family to start reweaving the ties that have stretched thin over the months of this pandemic. I have often written about gratitude for the small things that charge our days with interest and pleasure. This year my gratitude is singular, profound and unending. I am so thankful to the researchers and scientists and companies and governments and leaders who took on the virus and dug in for the fight. There were missteps and political machinations and failures along the way, but the development of vaccines, 90-plus percent effective, in only 11 months has been the stunning achievement of our lifetime. When we encountered a novel coronavirus transmitted easily through the air by breathing, talking and coughing, the World Health Organization said it did not expect a vaccine to become available in fewer than 18 months. Many virologists have said that the development of a safe and effective vac-

cine within 11 months was an extraordinary achievement. Please read “A Shot to Save the World,” by Gregory Zuckerman. Zuckerman tells the story of the unlikely heroes who worked together and separately, driven by the mission to find a vaccine. He describes the false starts and missteps, but also all that went right as researchers took on the challenge of their lives. It required unprecedented devotion, selflessness, fierce dedication to the job and a vision of success that transcended any one person’s ambition. It is a thrilling story. One of the salient points Zuckerman addresses is the idea that the new vaccines are too “experimental.” He says these discoveries are not one-day wonders, but blocks of research that came together over many years. They found daylight in the time of the pandemic because of the money and dedication and leadership that supported the effort. The work on AIDS informed this medical moon shot, and the Covid vaccines will inform research going forward. Zuckerman tells the story of Jason Schrum, the Moderna scientist who had worked at the company for only a short time. He came up with the actual modifica-

his year my family will gather again, and my gratitute is profound and unending.

tion to the mRNA molecule that is currently used in Moderna’s vaccine, Zuckerman writes. “That modification is the one that BioNTech uses also. It’s not the one from Katalin Karaka and Drew Weissman at the University of Pennsylvania. They’re really pioneers, and I’m not sure we would have these vaccines without them.” Zuckerman writes that not enough attention has been paid to the Chinese scientist who struggled in the early days of the pandemic to share the genetic sequence of the virus. “The guy’s a hero,” he writes. “He risked so much …” I thank them all, from the doctors and nurses to the supermarket workers to the teachers and parents of young children, to the bench researchers who put in the hours, day after day and month after month. This year at our Thanksgiving, there will be a too-big turkey and stuffing and cranberry sauce. Leaves and grains for the vegetarian. We will hug and kiss our kids and grandkids, feeling safe enough with our jabs and boosters. Then we will feast on my apple cranberry crumble with a topping of gratitude for this country and countries everywhere where scientists are educated, supported and honored for their work. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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he social media posts generated by Long Islanders at the very first Islanders game at the new UBS Arena, the linchpin in a $1.3 billion transformation of Belmont Park, came fast and furious on Saturday, showing an excitement not seen since the Islanders’ four straight Stanley Cup wins in the early ’80s. The state-of-the-art arena is indeed a crown jewel of the New York metropolitan area sports scene. “Today is a monumental day for New York and the Islanders as we cut the ribbon on the world-class new UBS Arena,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said last week. “This is the first step in the newly redeveloped Belmont Park, which will serve as an internationally recognized destination for sports, entertainment, retail and hospitality.” It was only a few years ago that the

home of the Islanders was a real question mark. The team had moved out of the Nassau Coliseum in the Hub for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and Long Island fans largely hated the venue, not only because of the distance they had to travel for games — it could be a four-hour round trip from points out East to Brooklyn and back — but also because the venue was made not for hockey, but for basketball. The new UBS Arena, finished on time and on budget, was constructed specifically for the Islanders, in Elmont, on Nassau County’s border with Queens, making it convenient for hockey fans from both Long Island and New York City. At the same time, the revitalization of Belmont Park is, no doubt, a boon for Long Island. The project, which will also include a 350,000-square-foot entertain-

ment and retail complex, a 250-room hotel and a community center in the future, is expected to create 10,000 jobs and generate $2.7 billion in economic activity when all is said and done. By 2024, the project is projected to sustain 3,200 full-time jobs, produce $858 million in annual economic activity and generate tens of millions of dollars in new yearly tax revenue for the region. We recognize that not everyone in Elmont is happy. Local residents have said they worry about increased traffic caused by the arena. Planners, however, have worked to mitigate traffic, building a new Long Island Rail Road station in Elmont, the first new full-time station in 50 years. Overall, the UBS Arena is a win-win for Long Islanders, whether or not you’re an Islanders fan.

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he Long Island Rail Road and Nassau Inter-County Express Bus are making significant strides to reduce their carbon footprints, with the LIRR testing battery-powered trains on its Oyster Bay branch to replace the diesel locomotives that have rumbled across the North Shore in the past, and NICE planning to bring six electric buses online to replace compressed-natural-gas models. While on the electrified portion of the Oyster Bay branch, the LIRR trains run on the third rail. When they reach the non-electrified portion, they switch to battery power. At the same time that NICE adds the

electric buses, it will switch all 150 vehicles in its paratransit fleet to electric. Excellent! All of this was discussed last Friday during an hour-long talk on public transportation at Vision Long Island’s annual Smart Growth Summit, at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. We can only say bravo to Phil Eng, the LIRR president, and Jack Khouz, CEO of NICE Bus, for demonstrating a commitment to the environment by moving away from dirty fossil-fuel transportation to electric rail and bus lines. Diesel trains are especially awful for the environment, using one of the dirtiest of fuels. Diesel is also among the most car-

letters Many thanks on Thanksgiving To the Editor: During this season of gratitude, I want to offer my heartfelt thanks to all our neighbors who make helping others a priority in their lives. Whether responding to the devastation caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, offering relief after the destructive home fires that occur nearly every day in Nassau and Suffolk counties or supporting others who need extra aid during Covid-19, our neighbors raise their hands to help in countless ways. Every day I am humbled by our Red Cross volunteers who share their time to help the most vulnerable prepare for and recover from life-changing disasters in their communities. And when needed, these selfless people put their lives on hold for weeks to lend a hand far from home after relentless hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and historic wild-

cinogenic substances on the planet, according to numerous federal agencies. Diesel trains simply shouldn’t exist in the 21st century. The LIRR began testing battery-powered trains on the Oyster Bay branch in April. Let’s hope the eight-month test period is successful, so the other three diesel branches — Montauk, Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma — can become fully electrified as well. Of course, we must ask ourselves how the electricity to power our trains and buses is being generated — from fossilfuel power plants or renewable resources such as solar, wind and geothermal? Renewable is the way forward.

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fter watching a boring sci-fi movie, I stared at the blinking orange hand signal outside the Lynbrook movie theater, waiting to cross heavily trafficked, four-lane Peninsula Boulevard. The white stick figure flashed, the seconds counted down to zero, and I found myself halfway across the road, wondering if this would be how I would die. I had just undergone my fourth knee surgery a few weeks before, and a fullleg brace and crutches were docCristinA ArroYo tor’s orders. The first time I had my roDriGUeZ ACL swapped for a cadaver ligament, I was a first-year doctoral student in industrial and organizational psychology, more than happy to return to class in person two weeks post-surgery, against doctor’s orders. “At least it’s your leg that’s the problem, and not your brain,” my program chair said by way of welcoming me back. Not only was this statement ableist in that it dismissed the worth of neurodivergent people, but also it showed a lack

of understanding in our leadership and institutions of what it means to live with or be a person with a disability. “I no longer want the disabled population to be an afterthought,” Nadia Holubnyczyj, the first person in a wheelchair to run for the Nassau County Legislature, said during this fall’s campaign. With the founding of the county’s new disability-awareness advisory group, she called for government “to shift their entire mindset, their language, planning and execution.” Indeed, my temporary mobility disability didn’t only affect my leg, but also changed my relationship with the world, and vice versa. First, I was following a pain management schedule that included prescription opioids, which affect memory, focus and cognitive speed. When you’re hugging a toilet bowl between fits of vomiting or falling asleep from chemically induced fatigue three times a day, it’s difficult to decide whether Edward Lawler or John Stacey Adams best explains reactions to pay inequity. Second, the cognitive labor of navigating a world not built for you, and even

temporary mobility issue changed my relationship with the world, and vice versa.

Letters fires out West. I am also grateful for our partners who share a common purpose and community spirit to connect more people with critical humanitarian support. And our financial supporters allow the Red Cross to deliver emergency relief 24/7, 365 days a year. A final word of thanks to our first responders — police, fire and EMS — whom we are proud to support as they protect and assist our communities every day. Wishing you all a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Let’s continue to look out for one another. JOSE DOMINguEZ CEO, American Red Cross on Long Island

Keep up the cancer reporting To the Editor: Regarding Scott Brinton’s column “A famed journalist enlightens us on cancer reporting” (Nov. 11-17): I want to thank Brinton and commend him for his cancer reporting. Although no cancer clusters have been officially designated on Long Island, I have found that there is a high incidence of cancer in communities here. I was diagnosed with acute myeloge-

built against you, is taxing. Where are the elevators in this Long Island Rail Road station? Are they currently in service? Will my crutches slip on the sidewalk? Where can I elevate my leg when at work? How much earlier do I need to leave? What detours should I take to avoid tripping and falling? Even though Holubnyczyj said she believes “there is no specific area of need that the county should be focusing on that would benefit the disabled,” she makes an exception for inequities in public transportation, which is one of the “hot spots” that need to be addressed. Besides planning the logistics of navigation, there is also the emotional strain of being treated as an inconvenience, a burden. “If it’s important to you, you’d attend,” an elected official said of whether to allow public meetings to be held on Zoom. “If you loved your children, you would make time,” said the president of a school club who holds monthly meetings exclusively in the evening. According to the 2018 American Community Survey, about 2 million New Yorkers, roughly 11 percent of the state’s

population, have a visible or invisible disability. And even after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, over 30 percent of reports filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission were claims of disability discrimination. In the past five years, Nassau County has spent almost $1 million in ADA settlements, even though only about one in five report this kind of discrimination. My Ph.D. program chair accurately recognized that there was a problem, but it wasn’t my leg. My leg wouldn’t have been a problem if public transportation had reliable access, if workplaces provided proper accommodations, if public meetings offered remote participation and if that pedestrian crossing signal lasted a few seconds longer. The disability doesn’t lie within me, Nadia, or within the community of people with disabilities, but within our institutions.

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Cristina Arroyo Rodriguez is editor of the Baldwin Herald and has been a nonprofit organizational consultant in the areas of pay equity and diversity, equity and inclusion. She has lectured in psychology at Baruch College, Bronx Community College and the City University of New York, and has taught Master Executive classes for NYPD leadership at John Jay College.

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nous leukemia two and a half years ago. In my square-block area in North Merrick, there were four other people diagnosed with cancer. One of them lost her life. In Merrick, I know of five other people with blood cancers besides me. In the office where I worked in Roosevelt Field, there were two others besides me diagnosed with blood cancers. One of them lost her life. We were an office of only about 75 people. This is all anecdotal, but unless responsible reporters like Brinton and Dan Fagin bring this to the public’s attention, dangerous cancer-causing situations will not be addressed. Thank you for the work you do. PATRICIA FIFE North Merrick

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One season morphs into another — Lynbrook

CorreCtion In the Nov. 18 edition of the Oceanside/Island Park Herald, we incorrectly reported that the Mount Sinai South Nassau Vaxmobile would be coming to the

OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD — November 25, 2021

I didn’t have a disability. Our institutions do.

Island Park School District. The van will actually be heading to Old Village Hall and not the school district. We apologize for the error.

November 25, 2021 — OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD

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