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Dead heat in 21st District Absentee ballots may decide outcome of race

By SCOTT BRiNTON sbrinton@liherald.com

Election Day 2020 turned out to be a wild one.

As of midnight on Tuesday, tens of thousands of absentee ballots remained to be counted, making projecting winners in any number of races for Congress and the State Legislature tricky, if not impossible.

In the 21st District, State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, a Democrat from Rockville Centre, was losing to Republican challenger Patricia CanzoneriFitzpatrick, who, at press time on Wednesday, had 50 percent of the vote to her opponent’s 49 percent, according to the Nassau County Board of Elections.

But thousands of absentee ballots, which could tip the scale of the race, were still to be counted, and tallying them could take days.

Meanwhile, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach representing the 9th District, was re-elected with 53 percent of the vote, to 47 percent for his challenger, Victoria Johnson. Kaminsky said it was “really gratifying” to return to Albany, noting that a few years ago, none of Long Island’s senators were Democrats.

U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat representing the 4th Congressional District, was

Fields and playgrounds closed in I.P. the district showed a large number of teens gathered after dusk who were not following posted Island Park School District Covid-19 protocols, including officials have restricted public social distancing and mask access to the playground and wearing. They caused nearly athletic fields at its two schools $2,000 worth of damage, accord— Francis X. Hegarty Elementa- ing to Board of Education Presiry School and Lincoln Orens dent Jack Vobis. As Middle School — of last week, the on weekdays after Board of Educa5:30 p.m. due to tion was discussing Covid-19 and vanwhether to open dalism concerns. the areas on the District officials weekends going also closed the outforward. door play areas last “ T h e s ch o o l s weekend “to err on have to comply the side of cauwith the Covid tion,” Superintenrules,” Vobis said. dent Vincent Ran“It’s our responsidazzo wrote in a bility to make sure letter to the comanyone using the munity on Oct. 27. school playground The decision complies. We want came after teenagto make sure that ers gathered at the whatever happens p l ayg ro u n d s i n JaCk VOBiS after hours doesn’t large groups and impact the ability damaged the prop- President, Island Park o f eve r yo n e t o erty. Over the week- Board of Education physically come to end of Oct. 24-25, school.” the surface area Vobis noted that mat beneath the playground set the two district schools planned at Hegarty Elementary was “lit- to switch from a hybrid learning tered, vandalized and damaged,” model to an all-in-person model Randazzo’s letter stated.

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By BRiaNa BONfigliO bbonfiglio@liherald.com

Courtesy Kathleen Rice

U.S. REP. kaTHlEEN Rice, above voting early in Hempstead, won reelection with 52 percent of the vote. also re-elected. She grabbed 52 percent of the vote, to 47 percent for Republican Douglas Tuman.

“I believe we can move forward from this election stronger and more unified,” Rice said in a statement. “Long Islanders and Americans of all political backgrounds want an end to the dysfunction in Washington, and we can only achieve that if we work together.”

Assemblywoman Melissa Miller, a Republican in the 20th District, also claimed victory, garnering more than 60 percent of the vote over her opponent,

Democrat Gregory Marks.

“It is truly an honor,” Miller said in a statement, “and I will continue to make all voices heard.”

As the Herald went to press Wednesday morning, the presidential race pitting Donald T r ump a g ainst Joe Biden remained undecided, with key battleground states — Pennsylavania, Michigan and Wisconsin, along with Arizona, Nevada and Georgia — still furiously counting votes.

The presidency, according to the pundits, may not be decided until Friday.

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Kathleen Rice (d) — 52%

douglas tuman (R) — 47%

9th S.d.

todd Kaminsky (d) — 53%

Victoria Johnson (R) — 49%

20th A.d.

Melissa Miller (R) — 64%

gregory Marks (d) — 36%

21st A.d.

patricia C.-Fitzpatrick (R) - 50% Judy griffin (d) — 49%

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he schools have to comply with the Covid rules. It’s our responsibility to make sure anyone using the school playground complies.

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MSSN poll shows reluctancy for Covid-19 vaccine

Dr. Aaron Glatt have faith in the approval process being conducted by the FDA and that all the data will be analyzed by independent professionals. These professionals will be guided by the science and nothing else.”

The public’s desire to vaccinate for Covid-19, as well as the flu, comes at a time when their trust in government agencies is at a low point. Just 32 percent of the poll’s respondents said they trust the CDC “a lot,” while 44 percent said they have “some” trust.

Overall, the public has widespread acceptance of mask wearing and maintaining social distancing to prevent the spread of the virus. In all, 92 percent of poll respondents said that they either wear a mask all the time when outside the home or when they cannot social distance.

“If together we are going to continue our rigorous recovery from the overwhelming disruption caused by the pandemic and ensure that we don’t experi-

ence significant setbacks from a second wave as well as the flu season, we must remain vigilant and wear masks in public and practice social distancing,” MSSN Chief Medical Officer Dr. Adhi Sharma said.

About a month into the school year, parents and guardians with children back in school responding to the poll said the return has been successful. On a scale of 1 to 10, in which 1 means not successful and 10 means very successful, the mean score was 6.82, and 7 percent of respondents offered a score of 1 to 4.

Parents and guardians are a bit less likely to attest that their children’s return to school has been safe. Using a similar scale, for which 1 means extremely unsafe and 10 means extremely safe, the mean score was 6.35, and 12 percent offered a score of 1 to 4. About half of the parents and guardians reported that at least one of their children has returned to school at least part time, with New York City households more likely to have a student back in school than Long Island households.

The poll also found that work life is still in recovery from the tumult caused by the pandemic. While three-quarters of area adults who were employed before Covid-19 are currently employed at the

same job, 11 percent are at a different job and 14 percent remain unemployed. Of those who are at a different job or unemployed, 82 percent experienced a job change/loss because of the pandemic.

Additionally, New York residents are more likely to have experienced a job change or lost their job than Long Island residents.

Only 18 percent of white respondents have changed or lost jobs since the pandemic started, compared to 31 percent of Black respondents, 31 percent of Hispanic respondents and 32 percent of other race respondents. Almost one in four (23 percent) of black respondents who were employed before Covid-19 are now unemployed.

The survey marked MSSN’s third poll of 2020, sponsored by Bethpage, on the region’s response to coronavirus. It is a survey of Long Island and New York City adult residents that aims to gather data about attitudes on key public health topics. The poll was conducted from Oct. 4 to 8 via landlines and cell phones with 600 residents in New York City and on Long Island.

Courtesy Mount Sinai South Nassau; compiled by Mike Smollins

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Non-profit leaders to talk Covid-19 challenges The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have been widespread. Like businesses and schools, non-profit organizations too have faced major challenges and needed to adapt during these times.

RichnerLive, a division of Richner Communications, which publishes Herald Community Newspapers, will host its “Not-For-Profit Summit: Covid-19 and Beyond,” a special, one and a halfhour webinar featuring leaders in the non-profit industry, on Nov. 12 at 10 a.m.

In many cases, these past few months have created a greater need among the populations that non-profit organizations serve — for child care, for food, for financial assistance — while the non-profits themselves are

also dealing with limited resources.

From creating new fundraising methods to keeping the people they serve engaged in different ways, this conversation will focus on how not-forprofits have overcome tough times in recent months. Every non-profit is struggling in some way, and this discussion will guide viewers on: ■ Financial sustainability ■ Fundraising ■ Program operations ■ Board engagement and growth The morning’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Jeffrey L. Reynolds, president and CEO of Family & Children’s Asso-

ciation. Reynolds also served five years as executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, where he launched programs helping vulnerable youth populations. He also currently serves on several drug task forces, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Heroin Prevention Task Force.

Other panelists will include: ■ Paule Pachter, CEO of Long Island Cares ■ Andrea Rieger, CFO of Variety Child Learning Center ■ David Rottkamp, CPA partner and not-for-profit practice leader of Grassi

Advisors & Accountants ■ Jennifer L. Smith, community development officer, Investors Bank Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, will facilitate the discussion among the non-profit experts and deliver questions from event participants.

To register, visit liherald.com/notforprofit. To submit your questions in advance, email insideli@liherald.com.

To sponsor a webinar or for more information about Herald Inside LI, contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive. com or (516) 569-4000, ext. 224.

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Nine months into a worldwide pandemic, less than half of metro area residents said they plan to get a Covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau public health poll.

The poll’s findings underscore concerns about the vaccine’s development and lack of trust in the Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory process to ensure its safety and effectiveness.

However, most area residents responded that they believe the reopening of local schools has gone well, the poll showed.

Forty-one percent of those polled have school age children, and about half of them said their children returned to school at least part-time. More than 90 percent of them gave schools high marks for successfully reopening. And mask wearing in public has gained widespread acceptance, according to the poll.

Another key finding of the poll: Respondents reported high Covid-19 job losses among minorities in the area compared to whites. And only half of those over 65 who were employed before the pandemic are still working at the same job.

Only 46 percent of respondents to the poll said they would get a Covid-19 vaccine. Among those who said they would not get it, two-thirds said they believed the vaccine is being rushed, and they questioned its safety. In all, 54 percent of 600 metro area residents polled indicated they trust the FDA to impartially determine that a Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective to release.

“We clearly have our work cut out for us in terms of educating the public on the safety of a Covid vaccine, assuming one is fully developed, tested, demonstrated to be safe and efficacious, and approved by the FDA,” said Dr. Aaron Glatt, the chairman of the Department of Medicine.

“The poll results show that there is significant concern about the approval process.

It will be up to us in public health and in the government to make the case for a Covid vaccine once it becomes available. I

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OBITUARY

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Dorothy Jean D’Angelo, 87

Bernard “Bernie” Shurgan

Bernard ‘Bernie’ Shurgan, 88 Longtime Oceanside resident Bernard “Bernie” Shurgan died unexpectedly on Oct. 30 from complications of a chronic medical condition. He was 88.

Shurgan was a Korean War veteran who went on to become a businessman and toy distributor. He was a kind and loving partner to his spouse, Harriet, as well as an amazing father to their children, Susan, Hope and Myron. He was a soft spoken, sweet, and selfless man. One of his biggest accomplishments was being a husband and father. He always put his family first, giving up careers that required travel so he would be available for them through their ups and downs, and taught them to have the same connection and priorities.

In addition to his wife of 65 years, Shurgan is survived by his daughter, Susan Kurtz, her husband, Jeff Kurtz, and their children, Zakari Kurtz and Samantha Dun-

sten (Drew); his son, Myron Shurgan and his daughter, Melissa Rogen; his daughterin-law Bianca Rogen; his son-in-law Dennis Freed and his children, Evan (Lindsay) and Ryan (Stephanie); his great-grandchildren Sage, Clobi, Lincoln, Emmet and Haisley; and his nephew, Kenny Gurgan (Ellen). He was predeceased by his daughter, Hope Freed, and daughter-in-law Elyce Shurgan.

A small private funeral was held in Flushing, Queens, and a virtual celebration of Surgan’s life was scheduled for Nov. 4.

Donations can be made in memory of Bernard Shurgan to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson Research or the Oceanside Jewish Community Center. For more information, contact Samantha Dunsten at kurtz.sam@gmail.com or (540) 2304299.

Island Park resident Dorothy Jean (Carman-Wessinger) D’Angelo died peacefully on Oct. 30. She was 87.

D’Angelo was born on March 14, 1933, to the late Harry Wessinger and the late Florence Carman.

She held many jobs early on, but her most memorable was at the Texas Ranger.

D’Angelo had a long career at Stur-Dee Health Foods in Island Park, and in recent years, she retired from Only Natural.

While there, she developed many longtime friends and relationships.

Her pride was her family, and she had many good friends. She was an avid New York Rangers fan and a champion bowler.

She enjoyed going to plays and shows, and especially liked going out for meals. She was easily recognized and well liked in any establishment she went to. She made many friends while getting her hair and nails done at her weekly visits to Salon on Park in Long Beach.

D’Angelo was a member of Island Park United Methodist Church and was devoted to her faith. She especially liked cats, whether it was a stray cat or her own sweet cat, Angel, she cared for them all.

Dorothy was loving, loyal, respectful, kind, honest and a giving person with a fun and quick-witted personality. She had a smile for all she met.

D’Angelo was predeceased by her husband, Frederick D’Angelo, her longtime companion, Mike Price, her children, John and Yvonne D’Angelo and her niece, Laurie Sanzone. She is survived by her daughter-in-law Denine D’Angelo (Bill); her grandchildren, Fredrick D’Angelo (Kristina), Marie D’Angelo, Gina Navarro (Alex), Serena D’Angelo and John M. D’Angelo; three great-grandchildren, Violet and Rosalie D’Angelo, and Roman Navarro; her sisters, Pricilla Sanzone

dorothy Jean (Carman-WeSSinger) d’angelo (Anthony) and Alice Brenner; her nieces, Yvonne Graci (Matthew), Donna Brenner, Jennifer Rowell (John), Lucia Sanzone (Michael) and Katherine Cover; her great nieces Leanna, Nicole, Angela, and Maria Graci and Kaitlyn, Meghan and Lindsay Rowell; her great nephews Jayden and Vincenzo; and Deborah (Timothy), Taylor Randolph, Michael Sosnowy, Charles Price (Anna) and Lisa Rappa (Sal).

A memorial service was planned for 9:15 a.m. on Nov. 6 at Sacred Heart Church, 282 Long Beach Road in Island Park. Interment will follow at Calverton National Cemetery in Wading River.

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Attending the event w e r e I s l a n d P a rk Mayor Michael McGinty, Island Park Library Trustee Dr. Dean Bacigalupo, Village Trustee Barbara Volpe-Ried, Library Board Vice President Joseph Pontecorvo, Island Park Library Director Jessica Koenig, Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito and Town Clerk Kate Murray.

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Courtesy Island Park Library; compiled by Mike Smollins

On Oct. 31, the Island Park Library received a donation of a personal protective equipment kit, which contained masks and hand sanitizer from the Town

of Hempstead.

The PPE kit donation program was created to assist small businesses and organizations with their reopening costs,

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Town honors I.P. Fire Department members

OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD — November 5, 2020 Courtesy Town of Hempstead

Hempstead town supervisor Don Clavin, sixth from the right, and members of the Town Board presented Town of Hempstead Firematic Awards to Island Park Fire Department Chief Frank Eye, First Assistant Chief John Briguglio, Second Assistant Chief Donny Cardineau, Third Assistant Chief Michael Whalen and EMT Ryan Michelman, as well as Town of Hempstead EMS Paramedic Christopher Bossart, AEMT Kayla Keenan and AEMT Joshua Prisamt during the town’s First-in-the-Nation Drive-Thru Firematic Awards Ceremony at Town Park Point Lookout. Medal recipients who could not attend were EMT Andrew Treglia and Firefighter Russell Waters. team worked to establish an airway and an IV in his arm and hand to administer the lifesaving overdose drug, Narcan. The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he became alert and was able to breathe on his own.

“The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the postponement and cancellation of

certain town programs and events, but we knew we needed to find a way to recognize the firefighters, EMTs and emergency personnel who have gone above and beyond for our community during these difficult times,” Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said. “The Town of Hempstead is proud

to host this first-in-the-nation Drive Thru Firematic Awards Ceremony to salute our township’s first responders in a safe, responsible yet exciting manner.”

Courtesy Town of Hempstead; compiled

by Briana Bonfiglio.

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Town of Hempstead officials recognized Island Park firefighters last week at its Drive-Thru Firematic Awards Ceremony, honoring the bravery and heroism of the community’s firefighters, EMTs and other first responders.

Honorees from Island Park and several other fire departments in the Town of Hempstead were driven to the stage in their department’s fire trucks and presented with Town of Hempstead Firematic Awards to a chorus of cheers, horns and sirens coming from fire trucks and vehicles filled with family and friends who looked on during the safe and socially distanced drive-in ceremony.

From responding to Covid-19 calls, to a daring marine rescue after a horrific boat crash and even reviving overdose victims as far away as Pennsylvania, there was no shortage of heroic stories told during the event.

The Island Park honorees were Chief Frank Eye, Second Assistant Chief Donny Cardineau, EMT Ryan Michelman, First Assistant Chief John Briguglio, EMT Andrew Treglia, Third Assistant Chief Michael Whalen and Firefighter Russell Waters, along with Town of Hempstead EMS workers Parademic Christopher Bossart, AEMT Kayla Keenan and AEMT Joshua Prisamt. These heroic men and women were called to a scene where a 44-yearold man had overdosed on heroin. The

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Bringing local sports home every week

Herald sports POPS softball perseveres amid pandemic

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

Just like every sports organization at every level, 2020 brought unprecedented challenges for POPS 40 & Over Softball, which recently completed its 22nd year on the South Shore of Nassau County.

“We’re thrilled to say we played a whole season without any member testing positive for the virus,” said POPS founder and commissioner Keith Pastuch, a retired chiropractor who resides in East Atlantic Beach. “It took a lot of work to pull it off, and this was the most rewarding year out of the 22.”

POPS traditionally conducts two seasons each year from early May through late August, but had to eliminate fall ball for 2020 after Covid-19 forced its spring/summer schedule to be delayed by more than two months.

“The thanks and appreciation I’ve received from players and their wives and family members has been incredible,” Pastuch said. “Probably the one thing everyone missed was the camaraderie after games. We had to ask guys not to hang out in the parking lot or stick around to watch other games after they played.”

POPS, which had 400 players this year, down from the usual 550, not only followed New York State Department of Health guidelines for Covid-19, but also took additional precautions to keep everyone safe, Pastuch noted.

“Because we’re dealing with older players, we were advised to have everyone wear a mask in the dugout areas,” he said. “Because of guidelines, catchers wore masks during games, as well as the first- and third-base coaches and the umpires.”

Similar to youth org anizations, POPS players were not permitted to share equipment or drink bottles, or celebrate with the usual high-five or fist bump. Postgame handshakes were replaced by the tip of a cap.

One unexpected hurdle to get the season off the ground, Pastuch said, was securing enough field per mits.

Because if Covid-19 restrictions, some familiar fields were not available or only available through the end of August. Because of this year’s delay, fields were needed until mid-October to get a 12-game regular season in, plus playoffs. “It came down to the wire in terms of getting enough permits,” Pastuch said.

When the action finally began July 13, players took the field with heavy hearts. A beloved member of the POPS family, longtime director Bob Lashinsky, lost his battle with Covid-19 in March. Pastuch organized a drive-by past Lashinsky’s Bellmore home to

Photos courtesy Keith Pastuch

TEaM PaSTuch, aBOVE, captured the 60 and older division championship in the POPS softball league, which overcame a myriad of obstacles to get a full season in.

TEaM GrEGOrETTI fINIShEd No. 1 in the 40-plus division.

ThErE waS NO stopping Team Cohen, below, in the 50-C division.

pay respects, and nearly 100 cars took part. A scholarship, presented to a graduating high school senior related to a POPS member, was established in Lashinky’s name in honor of Bob and his father, Leo. While there’s long been a waiting list to join POPS, Pastuch said that would not be the case for 2021. With the help of six directors and seven field supervisors, he has already secured additional weeknights at various fields to accommodate m o r e g a m e s . Fo r m o r e information, visit www.popsoftball.com.

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Herald Inside LI focuses on development

By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

Panelists from several different sectors involved in commercial real estate offered a positive outlook on Nassau County’s economic development during the latest Herald Inside LI webinar on Oct. 29.

Financial, legal, government and development professionals engaged in discussion about current projects and how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their work. Those speakers were Michael Maturo, president of RXR Realty; John S. Madigan, senior vice president and director of Emerging Corporates-Long Island, Citi Commercial Bank; Kyle Strober, executive director at Association for a Better Long Island; Sophia A. Perna-Plank, associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP; Harry Coghlan, CEO and executive director of Nassau County Industrial Development Agency and Tom Pistore, president of commercial operations for UBS Arena at Belmont Park.

Skye Ostreicher, of Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLive, moderated the discussion. RichnerLive produced the webinar and started the Herald Inside LI series in August to spark conversations about how the Covid-19 crisis has impacted life on Long Island. In this webinar, the big questions were: How has commercial real estate been impacted, and what does this mean for Nassau’s economy?

One of the newest commercial projects in the works is the UBS Arena at Belmont Park, being built on Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont, which will open with the Islanders 2021-22 hockey season.

Pistore said he sees the project as a “beacon in the community” during this dark time — it will create 10,000 construction jobs, 3,000 permanent jobs and build a new railroad in Elmont, he said. He noted that the build is following the “three S’s” — sanitization, security and sustainability. He also said that developers are working closely with partners, such as Northwell Health, to create a diversity and inclusion plan to ensure the community benefits from the project.

“There’s a lot of darkness right now — a lot of uncertainty, a lot of anxiety,” Pistore said. “The construction continues; we are on track. We’re making great strides

with our Islanders fans. We’re making great strides with our premium fans, with our music lineup that’s about to be announced, with our partner UBS, which is our naming partner, and Northwell.”

Maturo, whose company is developing the Nassau HUB near Nassau Coliseum, noted that before the pandemic, there was a real interest in creating vibrant, walkable downtowns on Long Island. While this still stands, there are now many more factors involved, including people staying home more than they used to. People are also working from home — Maturo said his commercial office buildings are only 10 to 12 percent occupied at this time — and there is an influx of people moving from the city to the suburbs.

Taking all of this into account, Maturo said he believes that post-pandemic, once there is a vaccine, “there’s going to be an explosion in activity,” he said. “There will be greater connectivity, both literally in terms of how we move between the city and the suburbs, but more so how the suburbs collaborate and integrate with the city in terms of economic activity.”

Maturo advocated for more public transportation in Nassau County’s future, which he hopes to integrate into the Nassau HUB, a multi-use, village-style development.

The pandemic has also brought new companies leasing office buildings on Long Island — as residential real estate has climbed, so has commercial, in markets such as offices and rental buildings.

“We are seeing a lot of our clients, especially from Brooklyn or Queens, are looking to move their facilities out to Long Island,” Madigan said, “so a lot of commercial real estate requests we’re getting right now are companies looking to move out here. Long Island is definitely benefiting.”

Strober added that eventually people will return to their offices, and that will be a plus, as well. He did warn, however, that the economy may need another boost well before things start returning to normal.

“The federal government shot the economy in the arm,” he said, referring to the CARES Act, which offered loans to businesses across the country, as well as stimulus checks and unemployment benefits that allowed people to spend their dollars,

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“and slowly we’re going to be weaning off that high and we’re going to need another shot.”

Perna-Plank said she represents several big-box clients filing for bankruptcy, such as retailer Pier 1, which recently closed all its brick-and-mortar locations.

This puts landlords in a situation in which they need to fill large spaces with new leases.

“Our landlords have to get creative,” she said. “They have to start breaking up these large leasable areas. If they have a store that’s 5,000 square feet, they’re going to have to do some work and chop those up so that they can start filling those spaces.”

As businesses struggle during the pandemic, Perna-Plank also said landlords are working with their tenants to negotiate plans for rent payments.

Coghlan also spoke about his role in aiding businesses that want to open and thrive in Nassau County, such as offering several different types of tax incentives.

The Nassau County IDA is one of 109 IDAs

CloCkwise from top right: Moderator Skye Ostreicher; John S. Madigan, senior vice president and director of Emerging Corporates-Long Island, Citi Commercial Bank; Michael Maturo, president of RXR Realty; Tom Pistore, president of commercial operations for UBS Arena at Belmont Park; Kyle Strober, executive director at Association for a Better Long Island; Harry Coghlan, CEO and executive director of Nassau County Industrial Development Agency; and Sophia A. Perna-Plank, associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP, discussed economic development on Long Island during a Herald Inside LI webinar on Oct. 29.

in New York and one of eight on Long Island. Its programs help Nassau County’s economy remain competitive with surrounding regions, the panelists said.

“We address the affordability,” Coghlan said. “There’s a lot of discussion about PILOT programs and things we do…

We’re not giving corporate welfare; we’re not destroying the tax base of Long Island.

It’s frustrating when we work hard on a great project and you just see ‘tax breaks’ in the headline …

“I look at it as tax creation,” he continued. “We’re not going to do anything that’s going to destroy the tax base. We’re only seeking to grow it, which will offset the burden on our residents as we’re working with manufacturing companies and wholesale companies who move here.”

RXR Realty, Citibank and Jaspan Schlesinger LLP sponsored the webinar.

Herald Inside LI is a weekly webinar series. To view a recording of this webinar and to register for future ones, visit liherald.com/insideli.

Webinar to discuss youth mental health In recent years, local school districts have placed greater emphasis on mental health improvement initiatives and support systems for students. Now, amid the Covid-19 crisis and a rapidly changing world as we head into the holiday season, students may need those resources more than ever.

During the next Herald Inside LI webinar on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m., school officials and behavioral specialists, as well as a local elected official working closely on the issue, will discuss how schoolaged children have been impacted by the pandemic and what solutions Long

Island has available to it. Panelists will include: ■ Dr. Vera Feuer, child and adolescent psychiatrist, Northwell Health ■ Dr. William B. Johnson, state monitor of Hempstead School District and former superintendent of Rockville Centre School District ■ State Sen. Todd Kaminsky ■ Dr. Jeffrey L. Reynolds, president and CEO of Family & Children’s Association ■ Dr. Charles Schleien, chair of pediat-

ric services at Northwell Health Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, will moderate the conversation and deliver questions from viewers. The webinar will also touch upon Northwell’s partnership with several Nassau County school districts to provide mental health services at Cohen Children’s Behavioral Health Center on Merrick Road in Rockville Centre, as well as FCA’s partnership with the North Shore and Great Neck school districts.

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Neighbors iN the News Students of the Month for each grade level were honored by the Island Park Board of Education on Oct. 19.

This year, Student of the Month awards have been restructured to focus on international baccalaureate learner profile traits.

Students are considered for the distinction by demonstrating that they are knowledgeable, caring, reflective, inquirers, openPhotos Courtesy Island Park Public minded, thinkers, balSchools anced, communicators, Island Park’s student principled and risk-takers.

Those honored included of the Month for kindergarFranco Stamile (kinder- ten was Franco Stamile. garten), Frankie Paccione (first grade), Rebecca Meyer (second grade), Quinn Boyle (third grade), Brandon Battaglia (fourth grade), William Lordi (fifth grade), Cillian Cantwell (sixth grade), Abigail Ramsaran (seventh grade) and Anya Burchianti (eighth grade).

Francis X. Hegarty School Principal Cynthia Cameron and Lincoln Orens Middle School Principal Dr. Bruce Hoffman read teachers’ words of praise about each student honoree as a slideshow with the students’ pictures was displayed on screen.

Courtesy Island Park Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins

FIrst-grader FrancIs PaccIone III.

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second-grader rebecca Meyer.

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Oceanside business expanding on Long Island RLB Safety and Hardware opens new location to join Oceanside, Lynbrook stores

By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

RLB Safety and Hardware has locations in Oceanside, Lynbrook and now in Copiague after a grand opening last month. Owner Moe Hossain said he is also working on opening a storefront in Farmingdale.

“I’m doing great,” Hossain said. “We are busy.”

The Bangladesh native and Queens resident has also run a construction company, RLB Construction, since 2000. He branched into retail when he opened the Lynbrook shop on Sunrise Highway in 2015. The Oceanside store, on Long Beach Road, opened in January.

RLB Safety and Hardware stores sell clothing and equipment for hands-on, outdoorsytype workers. The Lynbrook and Oceanside stores remained open throughout the pandemic providing masks, uniforms, signs, and more to essential workers, including construction workers, crossing guards, electricians, emergency medical technicians and other first responders.

“Safety is the number one priority,” Hossain said. “People are demanding safety tools, shoes, reflector jackets, hoodies, gloves,

that meet American standards.”

Hossain said he aims to provide a welcoming, friendly environment for workers to shop for their everyday necessities, from traffic cones to vests to Timberland boots. All products sold in the store meet national safety standards, such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration standard.

“People see that every time they go to the job site, they pass their inspection when they shop here,” Hossain said.

Hossain thanked the communities and customers in Lynbrook, Oceanside and the Town of Babylon, where his Copiague store is, for supporting him as he expands to serve more people with his products. He said his next goal is to offer more products for women and children and to start a charity operation to give back and help with food insecurity, education and housing for those who need assistance.

“I want to give thanks to people,” Hossain said. “I want to support those people who are hungry, who need help, can’t pay the bills.

I went through that pain, I know that pain, and I am so grateful for the people who gave so much to me. I want to work with the community.”

Photos by Michelle Auclair/Herald

Moe Hossain, owner of RLB Safety and Hardware, center, cut the ribbon to the store’s new location on Montauk Highway in Copiague on Oct. 23. rlB safety and Hardware, with locations in Oceanside, Lynbrook and Copiague, sells equipment and clothing for construction and other types of workers, including name brand work boots. tHe stores sell signs, cones and other equipment that workers may need.

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Playground and athletics fields at Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School and Lincoln Orens Middle School are now locked and closed to the public on weekdays after 5:30 p.m. in light of coronavirus and vandalism concerns.

I.P. schools, playgrounds closed to public after school this month, and would not want to jeopardize school safety because of the misuse of school property. The vandalism was just another reason to close at night for now, Vobis said.

“We feel like this will be a way to reset it,” he said. “The board is already looking at options to go forward and open on future weekends and increase hours as long as these events don’t continue to occur.”

In early October, a Hegarty student tested positive for Covid-19. The student’s parents notified the district on Oct. 5, and Randazzo sent a letter informing the community that day. The student had not been in the school building since Oct. 2, after which the entire building was disinfected.

The district reported the case to the Nassau County Department of Health, and followed its recommendation that the school remain open. “The Department of Health has not advised the district to take any additional precautionary measures at this time,” Randazzo wrote in the Oct. 5 letter.

The student and the student’s family quarantined at home, and the student was not permitted to return to school until clearance was given based on Covid-19 guidelines. In addition, the health department began contact tracing in order to notify anyone who may have had contact

with the student.

On Oct. 29, Randazzo announced that a staff member at Lincoln Orens had tested positive. The staff member was most recently in the school building on Oct. 27, and the county health department was notified.

All areas of the building are disinfected routinely over the course of the school day, and thoroughly disinfected again at night, including restrooms and all frequently touched areas. Based on a recommendation from the health department, Lincoln Orens remained open for instruction. The staff member and any close contacts identified by the health department will quarantine at home, and contact tracing had begun. The staff member will not be allowed to return to school until he or she is cleared to do so, according to applicable federal, state and local guidelines.

Randazzo reminded parents to monitor themselves and their children closely for any Covid-19 symptoms. If a child is exhibiting any symptoms, parents are to note them on the online daily health screening, keep the child home from school, contact the child’s medical provider and seek medical care.

“The health and safety of our students and staff is our foremost priority,” Randazzo said. “This is a good time to remind everyone to stay vigilant to keep our community safe.”

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y name is Christine Van Ness, and I am a health aide at Baldwin Senior High School. I work with two registered nurses — Mrs. Waldron and Mrs. Alexander, and I am part of this great team. Back in March, when it was evident that we would be going into a lockdown, the health office needed to contact parents via phone and email. We let them know that year-ending procedures would be starting to take place at this time and would continue until June. This kept everyone informed during this difficult time.

Coming back into school this September has been a bit surreal, to say the least — quiet halls, no sports — but everyone is getting through this. Protocols are in place for our office to run as smoothly as possible and to be ready for any emergency.

The students are very respectful in regards to wearing masks and social distancing.

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My greatest fear was not for myself, but if I spread the illness to a loved one or someone more vulnerable. So far those actions have worked, and I hope they continue to work. As we enter a possible surge in cases, I urge everyone to maintain their precautions and practices, regardless of your beliefs or personal situation.

Like many of us, this time has been tough. I have made significant adjustments, as the pandemic has taken its toll. I've become more capable with virtual communication, both personally and professionally. I have become more comfortable wearing a mask, regardless of the environment, and even went to the gym instead of running on the boardwalk (because it was raining). I still expect significant disruptions to our daily activities, and hope the impacts are not as great as earlier in the year.

I have confidence that the experts will guide us to a more stable trajectory, but until then, I will count on distancing, mask usage and hand-washing to help keep myself and others safe. Many have been less fortunate than I during this tough time. I have been humbled and honored to help those in their time of need.

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ast year New York passed the new criminal discovery law, which I spearheaded the opposition against as the president of the New York Conference of Mayors.

The Village of Freeport would send about 50 discovery packages to the county district attorney’s office a year. That includes body cams, video packages, phone records, witness accounts and any other sort of evidence.

The new criminal discovery law would have us send discovery packages for not only every arrest made, which was 1,150 last year, but we would also have to send it for building violations, moving violations and parking violations. And we would have less than 15 days to do so.

Because of the costs in overtime alone to get this done, we had to raise property taxes last year for the first time in seven years.

Property taxes were raised by about 5 percent, totaling $2.7 million.

But all this time I had been working with our local state officials to amend the law, and the new amendments were passed with the state budget in April. And because we were able to budget for the increase the law would have cost the village, we’re able to take that money and give it back to our residents.

During the Covid pandemic, we’ve all suffered terrible losses, so there’s no better time to reimburse our property owners with the money they need. Residents can expect their checks in the mail in the coming weeks.

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xercise has always been my passion. I’ve been teaching for 40 years. I was at the Rockville Centre Recreation Center for 26 years, where I hosted a program three times a week and 15 years at the Sandel Center — seven years as a full-time, village employee.

Since then I was promoted to deputy director. I interview and I watch every instructor that comes through these doors to be with seniors and instruct them. It’s critical that each of them have knowledge of how the body works. It’s also how they instruct and the level that they can judge if one person has to go at one pace and another at another pace, the instructor can adjust so that everyone feels they get something out of the workout.

When the pandemic hit, I thought, ‘How am I going to keep these seniors at the level of fitness they’ve maintained all these years?’ I started taping myself on my phone and reached out to the village and Sandel to see if we could make a show of it. At first we thought it would be a couple weeks, but the development of the show became more and more important and impactful, as they wouldn't be able to come in for services.

Normally I hold 13 different classes — meditation, total body, cardio and others. In the end it’s about getting people to move, to smile, to enjoy each other's company. The American Heart Association says group exercise is the best way to get people in shape and stay in shape because it is motivating. It’s been a challenge because we haven't been able to be together. But we bring in their favorite instructors in pilates, in yoga, in line dance, on the show. It’s been exciting.

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Two years can seem like a short amount of time. In the grand scheme of things, maybe it is. But so much can happen in that time, and for these past couple years, I’ve reported on that “so much” in Oceanside, Island Park and Rockville Centre. I’m writing now because after two years, I am moving on from my position as your local reporter to pursue the next chapter of my career as digital editor at the Long Island Press.

My first assignment here was a vigil at the Oceanside Veterans Triangle to honor the 11 lives lost at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, where on Oct. 27, 2018, a man walked into the synagogue and opened fire. This rising anti-Semitism and violence reverberated from Pittsburgh and shook the community of Oceanside, but that night, more than 400 residents stood strong together to denounce it.

I admit, before this, I had never been to Oceanside. I had been to Island Park to eat at Pancho’s and to Rockville Centre for an event at Kasey’s, but I really did not know the towns well. I grew up and live about 20 minutes east in Seaford. Now, as my mom pointed out after a recent shopping trip in Oceanside, I know how to get around the area just as well as my hometown.

In two years, I’ve reported on the highest of highs and lowest of lows in these communities. And they have really been through a lot — from tragic deaths of those who were too young to a pandemic that changed absolutely everything.

I spoke with advocates in Rockville Centre, who work hard to raise awareness for mental health and substance abuse problems in the community and find solutions. I spoke with concerned parents in Oceanside, who this summer just hoped they would make the right decision between remote and in-person learning for their children.

I spoke with countless business owners, like ones in Island Park, who wondered if their store or restaurant would even be around another month in this pandemic. I listened, and I tried to bring their stories to light in my writing.

I also spoke to incoming entrepreneurs, residents creating and accomplishing wonderful things, teens graduating

Briana Bonfiglio high school and community leaders helping others in times of need. I hope my articles helped to amplify their voices.

Thank you to all my sources in these three towns for trusting me to tell your stories, for letting me pick your brains.

All in all, I just feel humbled to have played a role in keeping residents informed while everyone tries to live their lives among everything that’s happened — good and bad. I hope that my work helped readers to feel a little more connected to their towns.

I also feel grateful that I had the opportunity to deliver local journalism early in my career. Its lessons will live with me for years to come. From that first evening in Oceanside, to covering happier events like Rockville Centre’s food truck nights and annual tree lightings, to visiting the Island Park Public Library recently as its staff prepared for patrons to return, and “so much” more, I learned what makes a community whole and how to write about it with fairness and compassion.

Thank you to all my editors and colleagues who helped along the way. I’ll miss the Herald, and as for Oceanside, Island Park, and Rockville Centre, though I won’t be around as much, I know I’ll be returning to support your charming businesses for years to come.

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DOCA, Kiwanis host Halloween car parade The Oceanside School District’s Department of Community Activities and Oceanside Kiwanis Club teamed up to sponsor a Halloween car parade with prizes for the best decorated car. About 40 families participated. Two winners for most creative were the Badalamente family’s Jurassic Park jeep and the Olaya-Barrios family’s creepy clowns. While the judges walked around and checked out all of the decorated cars, children showed off their costumes.

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A. Not exactly, but you have to look at the big picture. You may feel like you’re getting burned, but the building code is actuonte eeper ally named The Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. Fire prevention is a primary reason that the building laws exist.

In many cases, building departments allow existing garages to have minor repairs without a permit, but only for things like replacing a garage door, a rotted section of wall base plate, shingles or siding, although you should always verify before starting. You described a near-complete rebuild, only saving the roof part of the garage, and your building official has determined that, beyond 50 percent change, the code for new buildings applies.

Even though your zoning code allows a free-standing accessory structure to be 2 feet to 4 feet from a property line, depending on your community, garages that are closer than 5 feet to a property line must have materials that are rated to prevent flame spread for an hour.

This is especially important in places where there’s a volunteer fire department that must take the time to assemble from all over the community before even heading off to put out the flames. In that precious time, without flame-retardant materials, the structure may not just become completely engulfed, but also spread fire to adjacent houses and other structures. Unless you never catch the news, you can clearly see how vulnerable whole towns and cities are, and just because we don’t live next to a forest, the unthinkable can still happen.

As for cost, aluminum siding, which actually still exists, may cost less, can be painted to match the house and lasts an average of 35 years. Fiber cement siding also does the job, but costs more.

Other choices include stucco over cement board and steel panels, all more costly. Aluminum or cement board eaves, gutters and roofing are also required, and even though most of the home construction industry doesn’t read or know the regulations, the requirements still exist, and cost the most when they aren’t adhered to and the work has to be done twice.

So don’t feel like you’re being singled out or being held to the fire. The rules exist for all of us.

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y the time you read this, the 2020 presidential election will either be over or not. There will be a clear winner, or there won’t. The Herald properly advised its columnists that we couldn’t endorse presidential candidates, because we don’t speak for the newspaper. But I can tell you how I think the candidates’ policies and personal character stacked up.

Donald Trump was not an accidental president.

He didn’t win the White House in 2016 in a fluke, or because Hillary Clinton was a more flawed candialfonse date who ran a d’aMato weak campaign.

He won because he tapped into the valid concerns of Americans — both diehard Republicans and disaffected Democrats — about the future of the country.

These Americans decried the flood of good jobs out of the country in the name of “free trade” and “globalization.” They understood that the unchecked flood of illegal immigrants into the country further threatened good-paying jobs here with cheap labor. They were weary of exorbitantly expensive foreign wars, with

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lost American lives and floods of dollars that went to fight them instead of helping rebuild America. They wanted to see America put first, not last.

Trump merely distilled these legitimate concerns into that “America First” campaign. Americans responded to his straightforward pledge to Make America Great Again.

This may have surprised and dismayed some of the media and academic elites who live lives far removed from the American mainstream, but it didn’t surprise me, because I’ve lived my whole life in that mainstream.

As president, Trump largely kept his promise to restore American peace and prosperity. He ended foreign wars and avoided new wars. He grew the economy and jobs with lower taxes and less regulation. He nominated conservative judges he said he’d nominate. He kept his word.

Then Covid-19 struck, and Trump was swept up in his own flaws. He couldn’t concentrate long enough to see the huge threat the virus posed. He couldn’t overcome his know-it-all attitude to let Mike Pence and an able Coronavirus Task Force do its job. He just had to run the task force’s press briefings himself, dig-

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ging ever deeper holes for himself. It was as if FDR had tried to one-up Eisenhower by announcing D-Day the day before the troops hit the beach.

So if Trump has lost, or loses, his reelection bid, it won’t be because the old elites hate him, though they do. It will be because he just couldn’t help himself, and talked his way out of the presidency. It won’t be because of fake news, but because of his flawed penchant to make news. He’ll have only himself and no one else to blame.

And what about Joe Biden? Full disclosure here: Biden is an old and dear friend of mine. I’ve known him for 40 years, and I believe he’s a decent and honorable man. I also know he’s not a leftwing ideologue who is hankering to impose a socialist revolution on America.

Biden, like me, has lived his life in the American mainstream, and by nature he’s not inclined to swim out of it.

Joe’s problem, if he has, or does, become president, will be with the same left-wing elites who have battled Trump.

If he’s real lucky, the GOP will retain control of the Senate, so he’ll have a handy foil for not pursuing the left’s most radical agenda. But if he sweeps into office with

hen Covid-19 struck, President Trump was swept up in his own flaws.

both Houses of Congress in Democratic control, he’ll be hard-pressed to hold back the legislative floodgates.

If a President Biden and a compliant Congress impose steep new taxes and regulations in the midst of a fragile economic recovery, that recovery could collapse.

If he jumps back into the globalized freetrade mishmash, more U.S. jobs will hemorrhage out of the country. If he rejoins the deeply flawed Paris Agreement on climate change that imposed heavy burdens on the U.S. — while giving competitors like China and India a pass — more jobs still will flow out. If Biden accedes to the wild-eyed demands of enviro-extremists to dismantle America’s oil and gas industries, he could destroy America’s hardwon energy independence and further stifle any economic recovery.

What Biden would have to do to have a successful presidency is follow his own conscience and his own path. He would have to bang heads with the radicals in his own party. He would have to disappoint the same elites that cheered on his candidacy. He would have to lead, not follow.

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.

I’m smitten with Smitten and coveting Envy

y go-to source of comfort at this time of year is apples, particularly apples born and bred in New York state.

One of the sweetest compensations for the end of summer and the turn toward winter is the homey apple. It’s sad to say goodbye to cherries and peaches and plums, but apples take center stage in October and they hang on well into winter. Under the right conditions, apples can Randi be stored for five kReiss to six months. Try that with a peach.

Plums, peaches and cherries don’t have the same cultural and mythological powers as apples.

Eve didn’t pick a plum in the Garden of Eden. The Evil Stepmother didn’t offer Snow White a peach.

Apples have cachet. It is said that Alexander the Great enjoyed dwarf apples in Macedonia in 300 B.C. Today there are some 7,500 different cultivars, with qualities ranging from tooth-aching sweetness to mouth-puckering tartness.

The most expensive apple you can buy is the Sekai Ichi, grown in Japan. They go

for around $21 each. Do not use for baking.

Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has developed dozens of apple varieties, including the popular Cortland, Macoun, Empire and Jonagold.

It leads the search for fruit that is delicious, offers crunch, has eye appeal, is disease-resistant and is blessed with a long shelf life. In recent years, horticulture professor Susan Brown led the breeding program for SnapDragon and RubyFrost at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in upstate Geneva. Her past varieties include Fortune and Autumn Crisp.

SnapDragon is an offspring of Honeycrisp and an unnamed apple in Cornell’s breeding program that is described as similar to Jonagold. I haven’t found one yet in stores, but they are said to be sublime in their appleness.

Forgive me if I indulge the memory of apple picking every autumn through the 1980s, when my kids were growing up. If I breathe deeply enough, I can still smell the baskets of apples in the back seat on the way home, and the scent of sugary fried doughnuts, always part of the outing. It was one of those activities actual-

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ly as good as you expected it to be. The picnic lunch, the freedom of running through the orchards, the climbing and collecting, and then the eating and baking and cooking apple sauce comprised a perfect day. Even the bee stings and poison ivy were worth it.

Many self-picking orchards are still open for business and observing Covid-19 precautions.

My personal apple favorites are Pink Lady, Macoun and Honeycrisp. If I’m looking for an import, then Envy is it, from New Zealand. New York McIntosh are perfect if you’re in a slightly tart mood, and Rome and Cortlands head my list for baking.

Apparently there was a juicy apple scandal that rocked the horticulture world some years back. When the succulent Honeycrisp made its debut following a romantic propagation at the University of Minnesota, it was said to be a blend of the Macoun and the Honeygold. But someone who apparently had way too much time on his hands questioned the new apple’s paternity, conducted genetic fingerprinting and discovered that the Keepsake, not the Honeygold, was the father. Great embarrassment ensued in the world of apple cross-cultivation. I

t’s apple season, and here’s my advice: Don’t use the Sekai Ichi for baking.

don’t know if anyone ever conclusively proved who grafted to whom and how.

Apples are the main event in crisps, cakes, pancakes, cobblers and stove-top compotes. They are the crowning glory of muffins and cupcakes and cookies. We associate apples with holidays, the Jewish New Year (apples and honey) and Halloween. If you have young teeth, think apple jelly. In my home, from October to May, there is always a bowl of apple compote in the refrigerator that we enjoy with cereals, yogurt and especially ice cream.

Recently I tried a Smitten apple, whose rich parentage includes Gala, Braeburn, Falstaff and Fiesta breeding lines. It’s a keeper.

Apples have always been associated with knowledge, immortality, temptation, sex and yes, sin. Of course, today we have to think about the other Apple.

Why did Steve Jobs decide to call his company Apple? According to the Walter Isaacson bio, Jobs said he thought of the name while he was on an all-fruit diet.

He thought it sounded “fun, spirited and not intimidating.” I guess he was on to something.

And now I understand why my Mac is called a Mac. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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o doubt, understanding the coronavirus takes work. We hear a seemingly endless stream of arcane reports emanating from an alphabet soup of acronym-laden government agencies, and our heads start spinning. Then along comes a hopefulsounding research paper, and suddenly many among us breathe a sigh of relief, believing, as President Trump would have us think, that things aren’t really as bad as CNN makes them out to be and we’re “rounding the corner.”

Case in point: A single research paper, published online over the summer by Dr. John Ioannidis, of Stanford University, indicated the Covid-19 death rate for those under age 70 was 0.04 percent, according to the Associated Press. That figure spread rapidly on social media, and many people took it as license to carry on with business as usual.

We see this irrational fearlessness reflected in the “herd immunity” approach to the virus touted by one of Trump’s top advisers, Dr. Scott Atlas, a neuroradiologist and a senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank. Atlas, who cited the 0.04 figure in July, has suggested we should let the virus run its course among young people to build “natural immunity.”

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letters Saluting their service To the Editor: In anticipation of this Veterans Day 2020, I salute veterans, currently active men and women of the armed forces, and their families. Their sacrifices are extraordinary in ordinary times, but Covid-19 has brought more anxiety and uncertainty to their unique situations.

For nearly 140 years, the American Red Cross has been there for these brave families, to provide compassionate support to address critical needs at every stage of service. As part of our Service to the Armed Forces Program, Red Cross volunteers provide home comforts and critical services on bases and in military hospitals across the country and around the world; they support military families during deployments and during emergencies; and they continue serving our nation’s veterans after their service ends, both in person and virtually.

Since the coronavirus pandemic started, the Red Cross team has been working around the clock to address an array of

was greater than 99 percent. Thus, he appeared to suggest, we should think twice about shutting down again.

Many conservatives across the country latched on to the 0.04 percent figure, and have used it — or, rather, misused it — as evidence to support a push to fully reopen the economy and end what they say are intrusive policies, such as New York’s mask mandate in public spaces. The trouble is, that could lead to tens of thousands of more needless deaths, even among young people.

The 0.04 percent figure is likely accurate, but without context, it can leave the false impression that virtually no one under age 70 is dying of the coronavirus, when, in fact, tens of thousands are. At the Herald, we have written too many obituaries this year for people in the prime years of their lives cut down by this merciless virus — a firefighter EMT, a pharmacist and a philanthropist among them. You need not take our word for it, however.

National Institutes of Health statistics tell us that, among those killed by Covid-19 in the United States, 8.3 to 22.7 percent are under age 65. That is to say, of the more than 231,000 Americans who have died in the past eight months, 19,000 to 52,500 have been people under age 65. By comparison, 58,200 Americans died in the Vietnam War, which carried on for years.

When we look at Covid-19’s impact in this way, we suddenly see that America’s

alarmingly — and unacceptably — high death toll includes many, many younger people, and we have no idea whom the virus will take next. It is an indiscriminate killer. It infects many, but leaves some unharmed; others come down with what is essentially a bad case of the flu; and others contract pneumonia and die.

Each life lost is precious. Each life lost is irreplaceable. Amid the flurry of statistical information generated by government agencies, it is all too easy to forget the human devastation that the coronavirus has caused.

Moreover, many Covid-19 survivors under age 65 now suffer long-term symptoms, including memory loss, known as “brain fog,” joint pain, high blood pressure and heart palpitations, and we cannot say for certain what their prospects are for future recovery.

Finally, we must remember that we cannot hermetically seal our elderly in virusfree bubbles. The greater the infection rate is in our larger population, the greater the chance that older adults will contract Covid-19 and die.

We must accept that the virus is with us, and we must do all we can to preserve life. We’ll say it again: Wear a mask. Wash your hands often. Keep your distance.

Avoid mass gatherings. Work from home if you can. Get a flu shot. And pray for a vaccine.

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hinking about allegations of “fake news,” assertions that Covid-19 is a hoax and the denial of climate change in the face of expert testimony and extreme weather events, I began to wonder: How do we know what we think we know? I thought of the biblical quote, “The truth shall make you free,” and its variants, used as a motto at a number of universities as a secular declaration devoid of its biblical origins.

This is a fitting slogan for universities, because they are chartered to pursue the ideal roBerT a. of truth in accord with facts. In fulsCoTT filling this mission, universities serve three distinct roles. They are creators of new knowledge grounded in objective study and independent research; they are curators of what is thought, whether true or false, in books or databases; and they are critics supporting pursuit of questions that ask, “What if ?” and about fairness, justice and truth.

But how do we know the truth? I think there are three ways that people claim something as true. Some seek truth

through empirical evidence that is supported by findings that can be replicated by others. This way of knowing a truth is based on trial and error and controlled experiments.

In this way, we can learn the biological origins, manifestations and consequences of disease. Medical scientists and public health experts explain what they know from objective studies. Their findings can be tested by others and reported in peer-reviewed journals in order to minimize the potential for bias to influence results.

Some others express as truth what they “know” through epiphany, or revelation. They know this truth because they believe it, often because of religious inspiration and teachings. To say that someone believes something is true without empirical evidence is not to cast doubt on their conclusion, but to clarify the process by which they determined what they consider to be true. At times, such “received wisdom” becomes an orthodoxy that brooks no challenges.

Still another expression of a truth is based on emotion, including fear and prejudice. These irrational “truths” can be the foundation of hate and discrimina-

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e must stand against fearmongering and lies about public health measures.

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Each day across Nassau and Suffolk counties and across the country, we help support military families. Nationally, since 9/11 we have served more than one million military families. During this time of crisis, we stand ready to continue to support the next million.

To all active and retired service members and their families, please know that on Veterans Day and every day, our gratitude for your sacrifices remains as strong as ever.

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tion. When President Trump claimed that Mexican immigrants were “murderers and rapists” he was expressing a prejudice, making an emotional claim, a fear of the “other,” not a fact supported by evidence. His claim was true only as an opinion grounded in bias.

I think that each way of knowing — fact, faith and fear — must be acknowledged. We also must understand that we cannot argue against an expression of truth held by belief or bias by relying on empirical evidence alone. Beliefs and biases are not susceptible to reason — but they can be the subject of ethical analysis.

We must take a stand against fear-mongering, racist rants and lies about public health measures. We must expose the nature and character of the assertions made or the actions taken. As the late Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis said, “Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” so we must expose falsehoods and discrimination for what they are.

Someone might assert that climate change isn’t occurring or isn’t caused by human behavior, but that shouldn’t stand in the way of taking steps to mitigate climate disasters. Someone else might assert

that wearing masks and social distancing are denials of individual liberty. But such an opinion doesn’t give that person license to deny the rights of others who seek protection from a deadly virus.

One can argue with the scientists about how to behave during the pandemic, and the extent to which human behavior is threatening our planet, but we must do so with facts, not opinions based on emotion or epiphany.

By emphasizing the importance of facts, we may offend others who “know” a truth through another means. But they must honor our path to truth just as we must respect their right to an opinion.

Indeed, the very foundation of democracy requires civility, the willingness to listen to alternative views. But we shouldn’t allow opinions to negate facts and prejudice to deny freedoms.

So let’s acknowledge that there are different paths to what we consider truth, some based on empirical evidence, some based on emotion or bias, and some based on belief. Further, let’s agree that each of us can hold our position without denigrating a way of knowing expressed by another, unless that belief or bias endangers others and curtails their legal rights. We can disagree without being disagreeable.

Dr. Robert S. Scott is president emeritus of Adelphi University.

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At last, the election is over To the Editor: Election Day has come and gone.

This reminds me of “The Outer Limits,” the 1960s television show.

With the end of around-the-clock commercials by politicians, political parties, political action groups and pay-for-play special-interest groups, we now return control of your television back to you — until the next election cycle.

No more candidates’ campaign mailings clogging our mailboxes and weighing down our hard-working postal employees. Finally, some peace and quiet! Now, if only all the winning and losing candidates would pick up all the thousands of campaign signs that litter our roads and highways to help clean up our environment. They could use leftover campaign funds to hire either the Boy Scouts or the Girl Scouts to collect the litter. They could pay our young people a nominal fee, which I’m sure would be appreciated.

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