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Rising cases impact schools District temporarily closed three buildings in past week as well as several at Covert, Riverside, Hewitt and Watson elementary schools. There have The school year started off on been 244 cases in the district a good note last fall, but the since the start of the school year. beginning of 2021 brought a “It’s been a tremendously difsharp increase in Covid-19 cases ficult time since we’ve come back in the Rockville Centre School from the break,” Superintendent District, leading to June Chang said. disruptions of in“We have a lot of person learning. In stressors within our the past week, three operational organischool buildings zation.” have been forced to In his weekly close temporarily community address and switch to remote on Jan. 21, Chang learning while the urged parents, studistrict conducted dents and staff memcontact tracing, a bers to be “mindful” measure it was of decisions made DEBBIE CUEVAS outside school hours. proud of not having Parent to take last fall.

“This is a communiDue to positive ty effort,” he said. cases and extensive quarantining “What happens outside these because of contact tracing, Wil- walls, what decisions are made, son Elementary School and has a direct impact on the school South Side Middle School and our ability to function. switched to remote learning from “A lot of what’s going on — it’s Jan. 21 until Monday, and South not about the students,” he Side High School switched to a added. “It’s about whether or not remote schedule last Thursday we’re able to staff.” as well, with an expected return In the high school alone, to the building on Wednesday, before the building closure, after the Herald went to press.

Chang said, there were 200 stuThe district had a total of 63 dents on a fully remote schedule active cases as of Tuesday, with and 155 at home in quarantine — nine at Wilson, 12 at the middle school and 28 at the high school, CONTINUED ON PAGE 16

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Courtesy Assemblywoman Judy Griffin

Teens aid pandemic relief South Side High students, from left, Avery Testa, Morgan Harloff and James Bivona, far right, and Julianna Bivona, of Sacred Heart Academy, second from right, recently sold signs to raise money for educational resources for students impacted by the pandemic in the Hempstead District while encouraging community-wide vaccinations. The students have sold more than 200 signs and raised more than $1,800. They were joined last Sunday by State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin.

Curran lauds local eateries in RVC County promoting Long Island Restaurant Week

By THOMAS CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com

Bundled up outside George Martin the Original in Rockville Centre on a brisk Monday morning, County Executive Laura Curran encouraged local and New York City residents to support Nassau County’s restaurants that offer indoor dining.

Curran also offered an update on the county’s vaccine distribution efforts and the Covid-19 num-

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Winter weather has taken its toll on local restaurants. Even with space heaters and tents, it has been difficult to lure residents out of their homes for a meal. Curran encouraged people to support Long Island Restaurant Week, which began last Sunday and runs through this Sunday.

“It’s a great program, and it gives us the opportunity and exposure to cultivate new peo-

ple, and it brings a lot of people in, and it works,” said George Ko r t e n , re s t a u r at e u r a n d owner of George Martin the Original, which has operated in the village since 1989. Korten also cited takeout service as an important component of his business right now because of the 50 percent capacity and the 10 p.m. curfew.

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THE BARRY AND Florence Freidberg Jewish Community Center in Oceanside hosted a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Giving last week.

JCC’s MLK day of giving lifts spirits

By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

The Barry and Florence Friedberg Jewish Community Center, in Ocean-side, put actions to the words of the man they were celebrating last week when they conducted their MLK Day of Service to bring people in the community together at a time when it’s difficult to impossible to gather as one.

“People are feeling very isolated,” said Gloria Lebeax, the JCC’s director of social services. “They’re feeling that they have no personal connections or contact with anyone.”

The community center celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day through education and charity meant to unite people, despite the difficulties presented by the coronavirus.

GLENN FUCHS While volunteers were preJCC board member paring gift baskets for delivery to those in need, children and their families were taking part in a virtual project to learn about King and his mission.

Lebeaux discussed the importance of starting conversations with children early on about how people should treat one another, so they understand the impact they can have on their world. “Can they talk to a friend in their class and be nice to them and lend a hand if someone is sad?” she asked. “Can they help their neighbor who’s elderly to carry their groceries?”

Roni Kleinman, the JCC executive director, kicked off the virtual program by reading about King’s story and legacy to an audience of children, ages 2 to 10, accompanied by their families. The participants then received a picture of two hands together, which they filled with words to describe what they wanted to do to change the world.

In the early afternoon, volunteers delivered tote bags to families in Oceanside, Lynbrook, Baldwin,

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e’re a community center. It’s our responsibility to help people, and of course during this time, it’s even more important to help.

VOLUNTEERS DELIVERED TOTE bags to local families. The bags included snacks, a greeting card and a Stop & Shop gift card valued at $75.

Rockville Centre, Long Beach, and Island Park. They included snacks, a greeting card and a Stop & Shop gift card valued at $75. The tote bags were made from T-shirts donated by community volunteers and JCC staff members.

Glenn Fuchs, a board member and volunteer, helped with the deliveries around Oceanside, and noted how vital the day was to fostering a caring community.

“We’re a community center. It’s our responsibility to help people, and of course during this time, it’s even more important to help,” he said. “MLK Jr. Day is just a perfect day because of all the amazing work he did, not only for people who were suffering, but for people in general, and we hope to lead by example.”

ITEMS COLLECTED WERE placed on a table outside the community center during the socially distant event.

Town, MSSN plan for mobile Covid-19 testing The Town of Hempstead and Mount Sinai South Nassau have announced that the hospital will establish a Covid-19 testing and vaccination mobile unit for town residents using more than $695,000 in CARES Act funds.

This new program stems from the success of a previously approved grant to MSSN, which established a drive-thru testing center to help contain the spread of the virus by testing residents from their vehicles and reducing person-to-person contact. The program tested 1,733 residents from Dec. 5 through Jan. 23.

“We’re proud to be once again team up with Mount Sinai South Nassau to provide these essential Covid-19 related services to our residents,” Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said, according to a news release. “We thank Senator [Charles] Schumer for making the funding available to our town that has led to the creation of many programs to keep our residents safe.”

The mobile testing and vaccination unit is expected to be up and running within the next 60 days, serving all areas of Hempstead, focusing on those areas hardest hit by the pandemic. Further information will be posted on the Town of Hempstead website once the new program is fully operational. The drive-thru rapid testing program continues to be offered at no charge to town residents, but are available by appointment only by calling (516) 390-2888. The Covid-19 rapid tests are administered at MSSN’s Oceanside campus, at the Washington Avenue

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TOWN OFFICIALS APPROVED the use of $695,000 in CARES Act funds to provide a mobile Covid-19 testing and vaccination unit at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside. entrance.

“This mobile unit will allow us to bring Covid rapid testing and potentially vaccinations directly to communities within the Town of Hempstead, particularly areas that have been hard hit by the pandemic,” MSSN President and CEO Richard J. Murphy said, according to the release, adding that the facility was proud to partner with the Town of Hempstead.

Last year, the Town of Hempstead received $133 million federal CARES Act funding to use as economic relief grants

to aid businesses, organizations and residents facing unbudgeted expenses caused

by Covid-19. The funding line was set to expire at the end of 2020, however, the grant has been extended into 2021, providing opportunities for the continuation of existing programs as well as new programs as needed. Part of the funds will now be used to help support the mobile testing site at MSSN. “As a first responder, I know how critical of a role that Mount Sinai South Nassau has in our communities, fighting this

pandemic on the front lines from Day 1,” Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito said in the release, “and we are proud to partner with them to provide a new mobile testing and vaccination unit for our communities.”

For more information on these testing programs, and the Town of Hempstead’s other COVID-19 initiatives and resources, visit hempsteadtownny.gov Courtesy Town of Hempstead; compiled by Mike Smollins

Freeporter arrested for taking part in Capitol riot Thomas Fee, of Freeport, was arrested on Jan. 19 after federal authorities obtained evidence of his involvement in the deadly riot in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

“Thomas Fee is alleged to have illegally made his way into our Nation’s house,” the FBI said in a statement. “Today, we invited him into ours.”

Officials say Fee, a retired FDNY firefighter, drove down to Washington, D.C. on Jan. 5 to attend the riot. A vehicle registered in his name was seen crossing the Verrazano Bridge.

admitted to his participation Court documents claim Fee in the riot, as well as sharing a had sent photo evidence of photo he took of himself himself inside the Capitol to a inside the U.S. Capitol Rotuncontact who works within a da. branch of the State DepartThe agent took the photo to ment. the Joint Terrorism Task Fee’s girlfriend also allegForce, and the photo was edly posted about his involvecrosschecked with Fee’s drivment in the riot on Facebook, er’s license photo. and a special agent within the New York Fire Department U.S. Diplomatic Security SerThomas Fee officials also identified fee as a vice picked up on the posts. participant after they looked The agent contacted Fee directly over text, and Fee allegedly into allegations that some active and

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Fee had served the FDNY for 22 years.

As a firefighter, Fee had earned both respect and condemnation for his past actions. During Superstorm Sandy in 2012, he rescued 13 people, including several children. But in 2004, he had been suspended for yelling racial slurs at a Black cardiologist in Hempstead on several occasions.

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Some are skeptical of Biden’s ability to bring both sides together. “Biden spoke of unity, of healing our divided On Inauguration Day, an estimated country. But that seems almost impossi40 million people watched the swearing ble in this political environment, and I in ceremony for President Joseph R. don’t think it is very realistic for the Biden Jr. Rockville Centre, like the rest near future,” Rockville Centre resident of the country, had a variety of reac- Mary Beth Ferraro said. Ferraro went tions to the new president’s speech and on to say that she felt the inauguration agenda. was well done given the challenges “I thought it was a total reset button. posed by coronavirus and Capitol safeI felt like the air changed the moment ty concerns but felt that Biden’s speech Joe put his hand on the was a bit too negative for Bible,” Rockville Centre resalready incredibly depressident Randi Tessitore said. ing times.

She echoed Biden’s beliefs Ellen Baker also said she that democracy, while fragdoubts the possibility of ile when taken for granted, achieving unity. “I hope he survived a huge stress test governs in the center as he in the 2020 election. Tessipromised, that is where the tore, a retired communicamajority of the country tions industry SVP and crefalls,” Baker said. “The left ative director, remarked on wing of the Democrat party what Kamala Harris’ swearhas created a very adversaring in meant to her. “In ial atmosphere in our counevery industry, there is a try where people are not RANDI glass ceiling, and this is the respectful of differing viewu l t i m a t e g l a s s c e i l i n g TESSITORE points on policy.” except for one,” she said.

Despite political differresident “It may not have been the ences, Tessitore, Hughes, most brilliant speech, but it Ferraro all agreed on two was the most needed speech. He didn’t things: that the coronavirus should be talk about himself or the presidency. the number one priority and that the He talked about America and how we direction of the country is still very really need to look at one another and murky. With the transition of one say, ‘this is not good,’” Tessitore added, administration to another, very differnoting that her key takeaway was that ent one, many Americans will be monidemocracy cannot be taken for granted. toring the ongoing distribution chal“It (the inauguration) was absolutely lenges. necessary to celebrate the transfer of “I think the number one priority has power, which is a hallmark of our to be dealing with the Covid pandemic. d e m o c r a cy, ” RVC re s i d e n t A i d a n Ramping up access to the vaccine so Hughes said. Hughes felt the ceremony that we can reopen the economy is the had to take place, especially after the most important thing,” Ferraro said. riot, so that the country could move for“I think first and foremost, the ward. Of Biden’s speech, Hughes said, Biden administration needs to focus on “It was refreshing to hear messages of addressing the coronavirus pandemic, unity, progress, healing, and especially including vaccine distribution, testing, plans to handle the coronavirus pan- and other safety measures,” Hughes demic.” Hughes hopes to see stimulus said. Hughes is also volunteering at the checks to provide aid to workers and Jones Beach vaccine distribution censmall businesses. ter from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. daily.

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felt like the air changed the moment Joe put his hand on the Bible.

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response times residents are accustomed to during these difficult times.

Additionally, if you have a non-emergency matter with RCPD, call headquarters at (516) 766-1500 in lieu of walking into the station house as the department may be able to provide services remotely or have an officer come directly to you.

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■ On Jan. 23, at 10:31 a.m., a homeowner reported a tire on his vehicle was punctured while it was parked in his driveway on Riverside Drive overnight.

■ On Jan. 24, at 10:27 a.m., a homeowner reported sunglasses and coins were stolen from her car while it was parked in her driveway on Riverside Drive overnight.

People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.

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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

COMMUNITY UPDATE Thursday, Jan. 28

tator Richard Skolnik, through the Rockville Centre Public Library. The discussion will take place over Zoom and registration is required. The link will be emailed one hour prior to the 10:30 a.m. start time.

Chef Rob: Chicken Stew Chef Rob demonstrates the steps in making vegetable and herb chicken stew, through the Rockville Centre Library, 10 a.m. The recipe, shopping list and link will be provided upon registration.

Board of Ed meeting The Rockville Centre Board of Education will hold a public work session at 6:30 p.m. in the Commons Room at South Side High School, 128 Shepherd St.

Achieving Mindfulness Learn how to become more aware of your thoughts, feelings and body sensations to manage stress and anxiety, at 7 p.m. Register for the Zoom program through the Rockville Centre Public Library.

Craft Chat Crafters, especially knitters and crocheters, can come together to share or discuss projects over Zoom, at 1 p.m.

Visit the Rockville Centre Public Library’s website to register.

Board of Trustees meeting The Rockville Centre Library Board of Trustees will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the library.

Thursday, Feb. 4 Chef Rob: Dragon Noodles

Saturday, Jan. 30 Virtual Basketball Clinic The Town of Hempstead will hold a virtual basketball clinic for children ages 6 to 13.

Sunday, Jan. 31 What’s It Worth?

Join professional appraiser Mike Ivankovich for a look at what your treasure might (or might not) be worth.

Mike will talk about what makes an item collectable, factors in determining value and how to sell items, in a live discussion, via Zoom, at 2 p.m. Visit the Rockville Centre Public Library’s website to register.

Courtesy Beth Hammerman

Personal care items needed for MLK Pantry Sharon’s MLK Pantry, formerly the MLK Food Bank, provides assistance to those in our community in need. The pantry is currently collecting personal care items. Anyone interested in donating can contact Lisa Mack (516) 536-1670 or Carol Levy cobrentzley@gmail.com.

Meditation with MaryClare

Take & Make Crafts

MaryClare Chiofalo leads a meditation class through the Rockville Centre Public Library that is designed to help participants destress, relax and focus. Registration required. 7 p.m.

Children ages 3 to 6 can make a simple groundhog puppet craft through the Rockville Centre Library. Materials and online instructions will be provided by the library. Registration required to receive a kit. Call (516) 766-6257, ext.

6, to register or to schedule curbside pickup in the parking lot.

Board of Trustees meeting The Village of Rockville Centre Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. over Zoom.

Monday, Feb. 1

Tuesday, Feb. 2

Monday Mysteries Book Discussion

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Eileen McCarthy, a librarian at the Rockville Centre Library, will lead a book discussion of “One by One” by Ruth Ware, at noon. The discussion will take place over Zoom. Register through the library to get the link.

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Chef Rob demonstrates the steps in making dragon noodles through the Rockville Centre Library, 10 a.m. The recipe and link will be provided upon registration.

Certified yoga instructor Joe Cilmi leads the class designed to accommodate the needs of people who may have difficulty with more traditional approaches. Registration required. At the Rockville Centre Library, 12:15 p.m.

Book Discussion The Rockville Centre Library hosts a book discussion about “The Water Dancer” by Ta-Nehisi Coates over Zoom at 7 p.m. Register through the library to get the link.

Mars 2020/Perseveramce Rover Tom Lynch discusses the upcoming landing of the Perseverance on Mars, including features of Martian surface, the landing of the rover and various

tools and sensors employed by the rover. The program will take place over Zoom, through the Rockville Centre Library, 7 p.m. Registration required.

Geek TV Join moderator Michael Matuszewski and library staff member Rob Siegel in a discussion about what everyone is currently watching on television, through the Rockville Centre Public Library. The discussion will take place over Zoom and registration is required.

The link will be emailed one hour prior to the 7:30 p.m. start time.

Wednesday, Feb. 3 Current Events discussion Stay up-to-date with current affairs and discuss what’s on your mind with facili-

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All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to rvceditor@liherald.com

The Village Board of Trustees will meet on Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. on Zoom.

The village’s e-cycling program has been rescheduled until Saturday, Feb. 6.

Sandel TV airs daily at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Channel 18 (Optimum) and Channel 37 (Fios) The Town of Hempstead will hold a virtual basketball clinic on Jan. 30 for ages 6 to 13.

Assemblywoman Judy Griffin is hosting a series of Coffee Chats; call (516) 561-8216.

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Here’s how to sign up for your vaccine

By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com

At press time Monday, the distribution of vaccines to those over 65 years old continued in New York state.

Despite the slowly unraveling process, most appointments to receive a shot will eventually need to be made through various government-run websites.

It’s no secret: Appointments for the coming weeks are booked. New York receives roughly 250,000 doses of the vaccine every week from the federal government, a portion of which is allocated to Nassau County. More than 55,000 vaccinations have been administered in the county, which has more than 1.3 million residents.

Still, it can be helpful to know what to expect when navigating the unfamiliar — and sometimes dysfunctional — websites. To eventually receive the vaccine, an appointment is required. A vaccine will not be given without an appointment.

In addition to those over 65, eligible groups include doctors, nurses and health care workers, first responders, teachers and public transit, grocery store and public safety workers. Eligibility will open to more residents in the coming weeks and months.

The New York state website, www. covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov, features an “Am I Eligible” app, which can be used by residents to check their eligibility before making an appointment.

Also available is a list of all state-run vaccination sites in New York. Nassau County is home to one at Jones Beach, although like all other sites, no appointments are currently available. There are 11 other sites shown, all with limited availability.

Nassau County has also established its own website for vaccine information, www.nassaucountyny.gov/vaccine.

Several more county-run sites are shown, including Nassau Community College in Garden City, the Yes We Can Community Center in Westbury and Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, as well as five others.

Appointments are limited here, too.

Appointments for all sites will continue to open as eligibility requirements expand and more vaccines are delivered to the state. All vaccines received by officials are required to be used, according to federal guidelines.

Residents will need to be diligent in making appointments once it’s their tur n. Problems have been reported about the New York state website, including it being inundated with heavy traffic, according to Nassau County officials. Appointments across the state were also canceled because of low vaccine supply, according to The New York Times.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, county officials operated a pop-up vaccine site at Union Baptist Church in Hempstead. Roughly 150 vaccination shots were given to pre-selected community members over age 65. Similar pop-up

Courtesy Nassau County

A NAssAu COuNty resident was vaccinated at Union Baptist Church in Hempstead on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Officials opened the pop-up site to administer more than 100 vaccine doses to those over 65.

NAssAu COuNty’s WEBsItE also lists sites run by the county, including the Yes We Can Community Center in Westbury.

Courtesy Nassau County

sites are likely to appear.

“Once we get adequate vaccine supply from the federal government, Nassau County is committed to an equitable distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine,” Executive Laura Curran said in a statement. “As part of our efforts, the county is working closely with trusted messengers to build confidence in an equitable process, and with established partners to directly increase access in the communities hardest hit by the pandemic. The county will continue to vaccinate as many residents as we can across all communities so we can definitively win this war, get our lives back and get our economy roaring.”

The Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, which are being used in the county, require two doses. The state site should automatically schedule your second appointment, while county officials will reach out to residents who received their first doses at a county-run site.

Courtesy New York state website

ON thE NEW York state-run vaccination website, www.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov, a list of available state-run sites is shown. There is limited availability, but appointments will open to those eligible as more vaccines are delivered to the state.

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rent career. He also said he’s “passionate” about buyer representation, as it often seems like agents are more concerned about the seller. When it comes down to it, he said, at the closing, “everybody at the table is getting a piece of the check,” which is coming from out of the buyer’s pocket. And that’s why, he said, he makes a point to go that extra step to ensure the buyer is getting the best deal, with no hidden surprises that might pop later, such as undisclosed flood damage or tax liens.

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For Kevin Leatherman, broker-owner of Leatherman Homes in Rockville Centre, educating consumers about the ins and outs of buying and selling properties is a top priority. As a real estate broker for the past 27 years, he not only helps potential customers and clients make informed d e c i s i o n s throughout the process, but he also makes a point of sharing information with his peers.

Leatherman was recently recognized for his dedication to the industry as the winner of the Kevin leatherman 2020 Broker of the Year Award from the Long Island Board of Realtors.

“I’m honored for the recognition,” Leatherman said. “I love what I do.”

Leatherman, an Accredited Buyer Representative, has served as a director of LIBOR and has hosted workshops for the LIBOR and other real estate companies to impart his knowledge and expertise to other agents’ understanding of buyer brokerage. He also served as president of Multiple Listings Service of Long Island in 2013 and as director of the New York State Association of Realtors. He has owned his independent firm for the past five years, with an office at 25 S. Village Ave. in Rockville Centre.

“I’m very different from other brokers because my client base is very eclectic,” Leatherman said. “I work with everybody, all financial ranges, and try to give everyone exceptional service. The goal is to experience exceptional service throughout the process.”

Serving Nassau County, western Suffolk County and eastern Queens, Leatherman works with people purchasing starter homes as well as those buying luxury estates. He not only aims to treat customers equally at all price points, but provides as much information as possible so people know what they are getting into.

As a result, he said, he has had a lot of repeat customers over the years.

“I make it simple and easy in terms of my communication with customers and clients,” Leatherman said. “I relish the challenge of connecting buyers and sellers to the ideal home in the best location within the desired budget, and seeing the satisfaction it brings my clients.”

When it comes to home prices, he gives an in-depth analysis of the home, tries to give the most information so they can make an informed decision. “My responsibility is to provide the information and help the consumer interpret it.”

Leatherman holds a bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University, where he majored in finance and banking. He worked as a trader on Wall Street before deciding to focus on real estate. “I wanted to leave on my terms and wanted to make a change.”

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Inside LI to host cutting expenses webinar As the pandemic continues, the economic state of the country remains in disarray as many businesses close and many people lose their jobs. Numerous Long Islanders are struggling financially and have been left wondering how they will ever save money again.

Herald Inside LI will host a free Zoom webinar at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28, titled, “Cutting Expenses,” to provide Long Islanders with information and advice about how they can reduce expenses and save money this year.

Herald Inside LI is a weekly webinar series. To register for Cutting Expenses webinar or to view a recording of a past webinar, visit liherald.com/insideli.

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Tax grievance period extended Nassau County property owners will have an extra 60 days to file their property-tax grievances because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, County Executive Laura Curran announced last week.

The grievance period will extend from March 1 through April 30.

“With many residents still struggling from the devastating repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic … this will provide additional breathing room for those who want to fight their property assessment,” Curran said. “I will continue to protect the rights of homeowners and do everything I can to ease tax burdens whenever and wherever possible. I encourage homeowners to consider the possible benefits of the grievance procedure.”

Tentative assessed property values for the 2022-23 roll for every property in the county have been finalized and are being mailed out currently. Notices of tentative assessment are also posted online at mynassauproperty.com.

Homeowners who believe their assessed values for the 2022-23 assessment roll are inaccurate can file an Application for Correction of Assessment with county’s Assessment Review Commission before the close of the grievance-filing period.

Because of the instability of Nassau’s real

estate market caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the continued economic hardships that homeowners and businesses face, Curran said she has paused property valuation updates for the 2022-23 assessment roll. Thus, unless a homeowner has since received a correction of error, an assessment reduction or physically altered an improvement, the notice of tentative assessment should reflect the same property assessment as the previous year’s roll, which, the county executive said, is intended to protect against updates based on the current chaotic real estate market.

Homeowners can find the calendar of virtual legislative meetings online at www.nassaucountyny.gov/arc and file their grievances on this site on their own. There is no fee to file an Application for Correction of Assessment with the county.

For people without internet access, the application can be obtained in person at the Assessment Review Commission, 240 Old Country Road in Mineola, or by calling the ARC at (516) 571-3214. Property owners are encouraged to check ARC’s website for up-to-date information.

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Diocese of Rockville Centre Office of the Bishop

January 31, 2021 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Beginning Sunday, January 31, 2021 and continuing through February 6, 2021, the 35 Catholic elementary schools in the Diocese of Rockville Centre will participate in the annual national celebration of Catholic education: Catholic Schools Week.

The theme for National Catholic Schools Week 2021 is “Catholic Schools: Faith. Excellence.

Service.” Schools typically observe the week with Masses, open houses and other activities for students, families, parishioners, and community members. Through these events, schools focus on the value Catholic education provides young people and its contributions to our church, our communities, and our nation.

This year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Catholic Schools Week will look a bit different. In lieu of the traditional open houses our schools have held in the past to meet with prospective families, the schools will be offering virtual open houses and one-to-one meetings with principals that will allow prospective families to ‘visit’ the Catholic school(s) of their choice from the safety and comfort of their homes.

This year, in spite of the pandemic, we have made significant progress transforming our schools through the Morning Star Initiative (MSI). Many elements of the Morning Star Initiative are already in place, like key academic improvements in mathematics, reading, and religious studies, which are helping students reach new potential. I am so grateful for the tireless dedication of the MSI team.

Working with the MSI team, Long Island’s Catholic elementary school faculty and staff continue to put the needs of the 11,626 students (nursery-8th grade) and their families first. From maintaining the continuity of instruction during remote learning when the Covid-19 pandemic hit back in March, to taking all of the necessary precautions to welcome students back into a safe school environment this fall, I am extremely grateful for the grit and determination demonstrated by our school community to address the academic, spiritual and social needs of our students.

Earlier this month, on January 4, 2021, we celebrated the 200th anniversary of the death of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821), one of the great native-born American Evangelizers and champions of Catholic Education. Please join me in praying that Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and Mary, Star of Evangelization continue to intercede for each of us, for our Morning Star and Department of Education teams, and for our principals, teachers, and staff. With prayers and gratitude for your efforts, I am Sincerely yours in Christ,

Most Reverend John O. Barres Bishop of Rockville Centre

Catholic Schools Week Focusing on the value of a Catholic education Catholic Schools Week is set aside to celebrate the unique nature of the Catholic schools in each community. As communities of faith, Catholic schools instill in students their destiny to become saints. Academic excellence is the hallmark of Catholic education intentionally directed to the growth of the whole person – mind, body and spirit.

Service is fundamental to Catholic education and the core of Catholic discipleship. Service is intended to help form people who are not only witnesses to Catholic social teaching, but also active participants through social learning.

What Families Need To Know How will the Covid virus affect Catholic Schools Week? Like the changes we’ve seen in most everything else, the pandemic will reshape Catholic Schools Week somewhat as it pertains to Open Houses and large gatherings.

Most schools will offer 45-minute virtual open houses and one-on-one opportunities to schedule an individual meeting with the principal. You are advised to check your school’s website for details of their events. Find a school by visiting https://licatholicelementaryschools. org/find-a-school.

As a current school family, how do I participate? Catholic Schools Week is a celebration of all that is great about Catholic school. A combination of internal and external activities, Catholic Schools Week celebrates the parish, the community, the students, the nation, vocations and teachers and staff.

Externally, the schools also offer opportunities for new families to visit and learn about the advantages each Catholic community offers.

Out of an abundance of caution, most live events in 2021 will be celebrated exclusively by students and staff to minimize the students’ and the building’s exposure to outsiders. Most external events will be offered virtually.

As a family considering a Catholic education, how do I learn more? Your local Catholic school will host predominately online events where parents and students can virtually visit the school(s) they think they might be interested in to view the facility, be introduced to the teachers, and learn about the academic, spiritual, social and physical development programs.

How have the Catholic Elementary Schools addressed the pandemic? Catholic elementary schools have been remarkably successful in their implementation of mitigation techniques to limit each student’s exposure and risk.The schools have maintained a Covid infection rate of less than two percent, quarantining students and staff when necessary, but main-

taining the continuity of student instruction and the daily structure and normalcy in student’s lives: √ Each school has safely returned all students for full, five-day-a-week learning. √ Remote learning was a success in the spring, and is offered to students who choose to continue their classes online. √ Each school has embraced extensive mitigation policies and procedures that digitally scan each student each day for fever, create spaces where social distancing is observed, require mandatory mask wearing, keep students in cohorts to limit exposure and pay special attention to ventilation and frequent sterilization of high-touch surfaces.

As a prospective family, do I have an ‘assigned school’? One of the first differences you will notice about Catholic school is that you get to select the school that you believe your children will be most successful in.There is no direct ‘assignment’ based on where you live and most school districts provide busing to the school of your choice within a 15 mile radius.

What are the tuition rates and Is there a difference in tuition to attend a different school? Long Island’s Catholic elementary schools set their own tuitions, so they vary slightly, but average is around $5,500 per year with multiple child discounts that lower that cost for most. If your parish has a school we encourage you to become a member of that community, but there is no penalty for choosing a school outside of your parish or town.

The system of schools is an asset here on Long Island for all of the families of the Diocese and for all of the families of Long Island.

Are non-Catholics welcome in the school s?

The schools are welcoming places to everyone without regard to race, religion or national origin.

A religion class is a requirement, students participate in Liturgies, and faith is an integrated part of daily activities, but many schools have a significant population of non-Catholic students who attend because of the quality of the education.

When parents select Catholic elementary school, what are the most frequently cited reasons? The reasons that are most frequently mentioned are; academic excellence, the reinforcement of the values lived at home, learning of the Catholic faith, attending school in a safe, nurturing environment and the individualized attention that each student’s learning needs receive.

Above photo: In this unique community environment, children are surrounded by other children, families and a parish which serve to reinforce moral values and beliefs.

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With colder weather, restaurants need support CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE of positive cases, currently 5.2 percent, and said that contact tracing had revealed that only 1.4 percent of cases had been traced to restaurants. The positivity rate was as high as 10 percent on Jan. 5. In light of this data, indoor dining will be allowed at 50 percent capacity, and Curran will renew the “Taste Nassau Today” marketing campaign to promote the county’s locally owned restau rants to new audiences.

“In Nassau, you don’t need to be wearing a pair of Senator Sanders’ mittens to enjoy a lovely meal,” Cur ran said, referring to the image of Sen. Bernie Sanders bundled up on GEORGE KORTEN Inauguration Day that went viral.

Owner, Mayor FranGeorge Martin cis X. Mur ray the Original also advised those who would rather not dine indoors right now to make the most of takeout options to support local restaurants.

Turning to the county’s efforts to distribute the Covid-19 vaccines, Curran touted officials’ and volunteers’ efforts.

“Every vaccine that we have received in our Department of Health has gone into someone’s arm,” she said. “One hundred percent in, 100 percent out. Not one

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GEORGE KORTEN, OWNER of George Martin the Original, speaking outside his restaurant on Monday morning, at a news conference to encourage residents to support LI Restaurant Week this week.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has directed that the county’s distribution sites be used only for the inoculation of essential workers, including law enforcement, fire service, corrections, teachers, transit workers and grocery store workers.

“More than 70,000 vaccines have been administered here in Nassau County,” Curran said, “but clearly the need is much greater than that.” New York state received only 240,000 doses of vaccine in the latest batch last week, according to

wasted dose.” She went on to say that county facilities and the Department of Health had not had to cancel any appointments, since they wait until they have doses in hand to confirm those appointments. Curran also asked more residents to volunteer in the distribution centers, including the county-run facilities at Nassau Community College and the Yes We Can Community Center in Westbury.

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Curran, local officials, and restaurant owners are hopeful that the downward trend in the positivity rate of Covid-19 and the upward tend of vaccine distribution will allow local business to begin to get going again. LI Restaurant Week is offering deals and focusing on takeout service as an important tool in making the week successful.

It’s time to celebrate Life is just one damned thing after another unless we take time out to recognize and celebrate the good events that happen between the hardships and hassles. This is true for our personal lives as well as our country’s life.

A celebration is an acknowledgment, an honoring of an event. Last week, the swearing-in of our new president and vice president was our most acclaimed celebration. Many rejoiced. Some lamented. No matter, the celebration of the peaceful transition of power took place.

Can you imagine what would have been lost if we ignored this day? If the swearing-in took place in secret - without witnesses, without any assurance that it ever happened, without joys and smiles, without previous Presidents of both parties present to lend validity to the occasion?

Ye s, we n e e d c e l e b r at i o n s. To acknowledge, appreciate and cherish the event. We need them as a nation, and we need them as people. That’s why we celebrate birthdays and anniversaries.

That’s why we celebrate national and

religious holidays. If they’re important to us, we don’t let them pass without marking their significance.

Many of us, however, allow important moments to go unnoticed and uncelebrated. Such events, whether big or small, deserve to be recognized if they have meaning to us. A big, fancy occasion to mark the celebration is unnecessary. Indeed, you may not need to make the event public, but you do need to acknowledge and appreciate the event for yo u r ow n s e l f - wo r t h .

Neglecting to do so means that your accomplishment, inda achievement, success remain unnamed, unnoticed, unimportant. We might even say that it ceases to exist.

Here are two examples of personal events that call for celebrations: John has a high pressured job and a demanding boss. On a typical day, he tolerates being spoken to disrespectfully,

yelled at for a non-essential error and blamed for his boss’s blunders.

Yesterday, however, was different.

John stood up for himself, determined to stop the verbal abuse.

When his boss finished his tirade, he said, “I don’t deserve to be spoken to like that. When you can speak to me respectfully, you’ll find me at my desk.” Shaking in his boots, he quickly departed from his boss’s office before anything more could be said.

An hour later, his boss came to his desk and offered an apology — a half-assed one — but still an apology. apadin He accepted it. That evening, he toasted himself, “I did it!” He then shared his story with his wife, who promised that once Covid is no longer a threat, they’d go out to a fine restaurant to celebrate.

The day Doreen lost 10 pounds was a day worth celebrating. Not publicly, but privately. Though Doreen still wanted to

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lose another 10 pounds, she recognized with joy that she was halfway there!

What would she treat herself to? Not food but new clothes in a new size!

If you neglect to take time to celebrate your big and small achievements, everyday hassles and hardships become more prominent. So tonight, before your head hits the pillow, reflect on something personal worth celebrating. Create a blow-out Zoom party for your achievement, if you wish, or launch simple words of praise for yourself. “You did it!

— Good job — I’m proud of you!” Then smile, pat yourself on the back and get a good night’s sleep. You’ve made your achievement a recognizable moment in your life. ©2021 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D. is a psychologist, coach and author in private practice who specializes in helping people become the best they can be. You can reach her at LSapadin@DrSapadin.com. Visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.

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WITH 28 CASES of Covid-19 at South Side High School, the school switched to remote learning for several days over the past week.

about 30 percent of the student body. Eighteen staff members were also quarantined.

Dr. Janine Sampino, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, spoke at the Jan. 14 Board of Education meeting about the impact a single case can have on the classrooms and the district’s ability to function. The district’s “Covid-19 Dashboard,” displayed on its homepage, is updated daily, providing numbers of active cases and total cases for the school year,

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broken down by building. “The Covid chart only tells part of the picture,” Sampino said. “It only tells the number of students that have Covid. It does not talk about how the quarantining and the contact tracing are affecting the entire school community and the district. It is a strain on the buildings.

Even if a teacher is well, and they can teach remotely, we need someone in the classroom, and it becomes very difficult to staff. It is a strain and stress on our teachers.”

Chang noted on Jan. 21 that the decision to close JUNE CHANG the buildings tem- Superintendent, p o r a r i l y w a s RVC Schools largely due to the dif ficulties of contact tracing effectively, and with the number of people in quarantine fluctuating from week to week, staffing the buildings “requires a lot of juggling.”

The goal, he said, is to continue in-person instruction at all school buildings, but that is only possible if everyone does his or her part. “We all need to commit to following all of the safety guidelines,” Chang said, adding that people should stay home if they don’t feel well, stay away from large gatherings and stay home while awaiting Covid test results. “It’s going to take a tremendous amount of effort to get through this winter, but we need the help of the decisions being made outside of our schools.”

District parents have said they agree that the numbers could be kept in check if both students and parents were used were more cautious. Debbie Cuevas, who has a son who’s a senior at the Henry Viscardi School, a daughter in ninth grade at South Side High School and a son in third grade at Riverside, said she believes there should be a partnership between the schools and the community.

“If we want to be back full time at the high school, we all have to do our part in the community,” Cuevas said. “We’re all burned out, but we have to do the right thing so we’re not spreading [the virus] around. I feel like we’re in the home stretch, and we just have to get through it so we can get back to normal.”

Cuevas said her ninth-grader requested a switch to a fully remote schedule a few weeks ago because she was concerned about the increase in positive cases, as well as the disruptions caused by quarantining.

The remote schedule is working for her, though her mother said she would like to see the district put a plan in place for bringing high school and middle school students back full time — whenever that would be possible, even if it’s not until September, and whether or not vaccinations would be required. “These are questions parents are asking,” Cuevas said, “and it’s difficult, but I think the district should start answering them.”

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LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NEW YORK PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on January 14, 2021, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rockville Centre, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted a bond resolution entitled: “Bond Resolution of the Village of Rockville Centre, New York, adopted January 14, 2021, authorizing the construction of drainage improvements, including curbing, gutters and pavement, stating the estimated maximum cost thereof is $400,000, appropriating said amount for such purpose, and authorizing the issuance of bonds of the Village in the principal amount of not to exceed $400,000 to finance said appropriation,” an abstract of such bond resolution, concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows: FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to construct drainage improvements, including curbing, gutters and pavement; STATING the estimated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs, and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $400,000; APPROPRIATING said amount for such purpose; and STATING the plan of financing includes the issuance of bonds of the Village in the principal amount of not to exceed $400,000 to finance said appropriation and the levy and collection of taxes on all the taxable real property in the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and the interest thereon as the same shall become due and payable; SECOND: AUTHORIZING the issuance of not to exceed $400,000 bonds of the Village pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the “Law”) to finance said appropriation; THIRD: DETERMINING and STATING the period of probable usefulness applicable to the purpose for which said bonds are authorized to be issued is forty (40) years; the proceeds of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation thereof may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of this bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years; FOURTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and

credit of the Village; FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof; and SIXTH: DETERMINING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.

DATED: January 14, 2021 Kathleen Murray Village Clerk 124489

LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NEW YORK PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on January 14, 2021, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rockville Centre, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted a bond resolution entitled: “Bond Resolution of the Village of Rockville Centre, New York, adopted January 14, 2021, authorizing the acquisition of heavy-duty vehicles and equipment, stating the estimated maximum cost thereof is $500,000, appropriating said amount for such purpose, and authorizing the issuance of bonds of the Village in the principal amount of not to exceed $500,000 to finance said appropriation,” an abstract of such bond resolution, concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows: FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to construct heavy-duty vehicles and equipment; STATING the estimated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs, and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $500,000; APPROPRIATING said amount for such purpose; and STATING the plan of financing includes the issuance of bonds of the Village in the principal amount of not to exceed $500,000 to finance said appropriation and the levy and collection of taxes on all the taxable real property in the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and the interest thereon as the same shall become due and payable; SECOND: AUTHORIZING the issuance of not to exceed $500,000 bonds of the Village pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the “Law”) to finance said appropriation; THIRD: DETERMINING and STATING the period of probable usefulness applicable to the purpose for which said bonds are authorized to be issued is fifteen (15) years; the proceeds of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation thereof may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of this

bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years; FOURTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village; FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof; and SIXTH: DETERMINING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.

DATED: January 14, 2021 Kathleen Murray Village Clerk 124493

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LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NEW YORK PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on January 14, 2021, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rockville Centre, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted a bond resolution entitled: “Bond Resolution of the Village of Rockville Centre, New York, adopted January 14, 2021, authorizing the construction of Recreation Center and park improvements, stating the estimated maximum cost thereof is $ 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , appropriating said amount for such purpose, and authorizing the issuance of bonds of the Village in the principal amount of not to exceed $1,000,000 to finance said appropriation,” an abstract of such bond resolution, concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows: FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to construct Recreation Center and park improvements; STATING the estimated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs, and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $1,000,000; APPROPRIATING said amount for such purpose; and STATING the plan of financing includes the issuance of bonds of the Village in the principal amount of not to exceed $1,000,000 to finance said appropriation and the levy and collection of taxes on all the taxable real property in the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and the interest thereon as the same shall become due and payable;

SECOND: AUTHORIZING the issuance of not to exceed $1,000,000 bonds of the Village pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the “Law”) to finance said appropriation; THIRD: DETERMINING and STATING the period of probable usefulness applicable to the purpose for which said bonds are authorized to be issued is fifteen (15) years; the proceeds of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation thereof may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of this bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years; FOURTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village; FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof; and SIXTH: DETERMINING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.

DATED: January 14, 2021 Kathleen Murray Village Clerk 124492

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE The resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted on January 14. 2021, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the Village of Rockville Centre, in the County of Nassau, New York, is not authorized to expend money or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this Notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the publication of this Notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the constitution.

Kathleen Murray Village Clerk BOND RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NEW YORK, ADOPTED JANUARY 14.

2021, AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION AND INSTALLATION OF

COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, STATING THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST THEREOF IS $200,000, APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT FOR SUCH PURPOSE, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF THE VILLAGE IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $200,000 TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION The object or purpose for which the bonds are authorized is to acquire and install computer hardware and software at the estimated maximum cost of $200,000.

The periods of probable usefulness applicable to the object or purpose for which said bonds are authorized is five (5) years.

The maximum amount of obligations authorized to be issued is $200,000.

A complete copy of the Bond Resolution summarized above shall be available for public inspection during normal business hours at the office of the Village Clerk, Village of Rockville Centre, Village Hall, 1 College Place, Rockville Centre, New York.

124491 LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NEW YORK PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on January 14, 2021, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rockville Centre, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted a bond resolution entitled: “Bond Resolution of the Village of Rockville Centre, New York, adopted January 14, 2021, authorizing the construction of electric system improvements, stating the estimated maximum cost thereof is $ 3 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , appropriating said amount for such purpose, and authorizing the issuance of bonds of the Village in the principal amount of not to exceed $3,000,000 to finance said appropriation,” an abstract of such bond resolution, concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows: FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to construct electric system improvements; STATING the estimated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs, and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $3,000,000; APPROPRIATING said amount for such purpose; and STATING the plan of financing includes the issuance of bonds of the Village in the principal amount of not to exceed $3,000,000 to finance said appropriation and the levy and collection of taxes on all the taxable real property in the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and the interest thereon

as the same shall become due and payable; SECOND: AUTHORIZING the issuance of not to exceed $3,000,000 bonds of the Village pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the “Law”) to finance said appropriation; THIRD: DETERMINING and STATING the period of probable usefulness applicable to the purpose for which said bonds are authorized to be issued is thirty (30) years; the proceeds of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation thereof may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of this bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years; FOURTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village; FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof; and SIXTH: DETERMINING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.

DATED: January 14, 2021 Kathleen Murray Village Clerk 124490 LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NEW YORK PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on January 14, 2021 the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rockville Centre, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted a resolution amending the bond resolution adopted by said Board of Trustees on July 6, 2020, which bond resolution, as amended, is entitled: “Bond Resolution of the Village of Rockville Centre, New York, adopted July 6, 2020 and amended January 14, 2021, authorizing the construction of a new parking lot north of the Firehouse located at 103 Maple Avenue in the Village, stating the estimated maximum cost thereof is $300,000, appropriating said amount for such purpose, and authorizing the issuance of bonds of the Village in the principal amount of not to exceed $300,000 to finance said appropriation,” an abstract of such bond resolution, concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows:

FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to construct a new parking lot north of the Firehouse located at 103 Maple Avenue in the Village; STATING the estimated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs, and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $300,000; APPROPRIATING said amount for such purpose; and STATING the plan of financing includes the issuance of bonds of the Village in the principal amount of not to exceed $300,000 to finance said appropriation and the levy and collection of taxes on all the taxable real property in the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and the interest thereon as the same shall become due and payable; SECOND: AUTHORIZING the issuance of not to exceed $300,000 bonds of the Village pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the “Law”) to finance said appropriation; THIRD: DETERMINING and STATING the period of probable usefulness applicable to the purpose for which said bonds are authorized to be issued is ten (10) years; the proceeds of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation thereof may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of this bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years; FOURTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village; FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof; and SIXTH: DETERMINING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.

DATED: January 14, 2021 Kathleen Murray Village Clerk 124486 To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NEW YORK PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on January 14, 2021, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rockville Centre, adopted an amending bond resolution entitled:

“Bond Resolution of the Village of Rockville Centre, New York, adopted September 4, 2018, amended July 6, 2020 and further amended on January 14, 2021, authorizing the reconstruction of the existing building located at 142 Maple Avenue in the Village for use as a new Public Safety Building, including planning, design and consulting services in connection therewith, improvement of the site and purchase of the original furnishings or equipment required for the purposes for which said new Public Safety Building is to be used; stating the estimated maximum cost thereof is $ 7 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ; appropriating said amount for such purpose, and authorizing the issuance of bonds of the Village in the principal amount of not to exceed $7,000,000 to finance said appropriation,” an abstract of such bond resolution, concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows: FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to reconstruct the existing building located at 142 Maple Avenue in the Village for use as a new Public Safety Building, including planning, design and consulting services in connection therewith, improvement of the site and purchase of the original furnishings or equipment required for the purposes for which said new Public Safety Building is to be used; STATING the estimated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs, and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $7,000,000; APPROPRIATING said amount for such purpose; and STATING the plan of financing includes the issuance of bonds of the Village in the principal amount of not to exceed $7,000,000 to finance said appropriation and the levy and collection of taxes on all the taxable real property in the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and the interest thereon as the same shall become due and payable; SECOND: AUTHORIZING the issuance of not to exceed $7,000,000 bonds of the Village pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the “Law”) to finance said appropriation; THIRD: DETERMINING and STATING the period of probable usefulness applicable to the purpose for which said bonds are authorized to be issued is fifteen (15) years; the proceeds of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation thereof may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of this

During his tenure, Schnitzer was the recipient of numerous awards and citations for his outstanding service in variMichael J. Schnitzer was a man who ous initiatives, including at the World could always be counted on in times of Trade Center, Department of Homeland need. The Rockville Centre resident was a Security and private security detail for member of the New York City Depart- high profile departments and clients. ment of Corrections’ Emergency Services “There wasn’t anything he wouldn’t do Unit who had a perfect attenfor anybody,” Barbara said. dance record during his “He was a helpful person who 26-year career responding to was always reaching out to the worst disasters in the city. others.”

He died last year, on Jan. 6, Schnitzer grew up in Mer2020, at age 69, after a battle rick and moved to Rockville with throat cancer attributed Centre with Barbara in 1992, to his efforts at Ground Zero. where they raised their chilSchnitzer, a former marine dren. and Vietnam veteran, aided in “He was an extremely dedithe recovery efforts nearly cated father,” Barbara said. every day for eight months “He was very involved in his after the 9/11 ter rorist Michael J. schnitzer children’s lives.” attacks, according to his wife, She noted that he also Barbara Schnitzer. She said loved Rockville Centre and that two months later, he was one of the “knew everyone” in the village. first to arrive at the scene of the AmeriIn addition to his wife, Schnitzer is surcan Airlines crash in the Rockaways that vived by is survived by his daughter killed 260 passengers and crewmembers, Christina Clarke and her husband, Phil as well as five people on the ground. His and son Adrian Schnitzer and his wife, heroic acts led to health problems: he was Gemma, of England; and son Michael hospitalized in May 2002 with a collapsed Schnitzer and his fiancée, Keri DeResto. lung and retired from the Emergency Ser- He is also survived by three grandchilvices Unit in 2004 due to ongoing health dren and six siblings. He was predeceased issues. In the summer of 2019, he was by daughter Jacqueline in 2016. diagnosed with cancer.

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Neighbors iN the News Palmer named as ‘Cop of the Month’ The Rockville Centre Police De par tment announced the selection of Officer Leanna Palmer as the “Cop of the Month.” Palmer was recognized for her dedicated performance of duty that resulted in the saving of a resident’s life.

Prior to joining the Rockville Centre Police De par tment, Palmer began her professional career as an Emergency Medical Technician at North Shore University Hospital’s Center for Emergency Medical Services in 2011. She also Courtesy Village of Rockville Centre took a position at Northofficer leaNNa PalMer was recognized by the Rockville well Health Center for Learning and Innovation Centre Police Department as the “Cop of the Month.” as an EMT Skills Instructor. While working in safest communities in New York State due health care, Palmer always wanted to be a to the vigilance of our highly-trained police officer. In 2018, she turned that police department,” Mayor Francis X. dream into a reality when she joined the Murray said. “Officer Palmer has proven New York Police Department. She gradu- to be a knowledgeable and skilled officer. I ated the NYPD academy in the top 10 per- would like to thank her for her commitcent of her class for academics, and fol- ment to our community. Her dedication, lowing graduation, she was assigned to along with the entire Rockville Centre the 113th Precinct located in South Jamai- Police Department, is one of the reasons ca, Queens. Her dream was further real- Rockville Centre is the one of the most ized when she was able to join the Rock- desirable places to live, work, and raise a ville Centre Police Department. family.”

“Rockville Centre remains one of the

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bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years; FOURTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village; FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof; and SIXTH: DETERMINING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.

DATED: January 14, 2021 Kathleen Murray Village Clerk 124487

LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NEW YORK PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on January 14, 2021, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rockville Centre, in the County of Nassau, New York,

adopted a bond resolution entitled: “Bond Resolution of the Village of Rockville Centre, New York, adopted January 14, 2021, authorizing the construction of improvements to various Village buildings, stating the estimated maximum cost thereof is $ 2 , 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 , appropriating said amount for such purpose, and authorizing the issuance of bonds of the Village in the principal amount of not to exceed $2,250,000 to finance said appropriation,” an abstract of such bond resolution, concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows: FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to construct improvements to various Village buildings; STATING the estimated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs, and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $2,250,000; APPROPRIATING said amount for such purpose; and STATING the plan of financing includes the issuance of bonds of the Village in the principal amount of not to exceed $2,250,000 to finance

said appropriation and the levy and collection of taxes on all the taxable real property in the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and the interest thereon as the same shall become due and payable; SECOND: AUTHORIZING the issuance of not to exceed $2,250,000 bonds of the Village pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the “Law”) to finance said appropriation; THIRD: DETERMINING and STATING the period of probable usefulness applicable to the purpose for which said bonds are authorized to be issued is fifteen (15) years; the proceeds of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation thereof may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of this bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years; FOURTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond

anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village; FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof; and SIXTH: DETERMINING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.

DATED: January 14, 2021 Kathleen Murray Village Clerk 124488

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LEGAL NOTICE Enimrac LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/14/2020.

Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 188 Pine St Rockville Ctr 11570. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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and teacher, dies at 73 Lenore Brien, a long-time resident of Rockville Centre and East Hampton, died quietly at home, due to complications from cancer, in the loving company of her family on Jan. 11, 2021. She was 73 years old.

Known to family and close friends as Le, she was born in 1947 in Brooklyn to Angelo J. Melillo and Helen (Terzuola) Melillo. Growing up in a multifamily home brimming with cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents, she first attended St. Anselm Parochilenore al School in Bay Ridge. Le’s immediate family moved to Queens in 1957, where she graduated from American Martyrs Elementary School and The Mary Louis Academy. Le received a bachelor of arts degree from St. John’s University in speech therapy in 1969 and, several years later, a master’s degree in education from Adelphi University.

Le taught at Sewanhaka High School from 1969 to 1971, where she also moder-

ated the Drama Club. Following her marriage to James M. Brien and subsequent move to Massachusetts in 1971, Le continued teaching at Belmont High School in Belmont, MA. She, her husband and sons, James and Colin, returned to New York in 1978, where they settled in Rockville Centre. In addition to raising her sons, Le continued to substitute teach in several districts on Long Island.

Le is survived by her husband, and her two sons, her grandchildren, Callan and Brien Harrison, a sister, Diane (Melillo) Skay, also of Rockville Centre, a brother, Mark Melillo, of Apex, NC, as well as several generations of nieces and nephews, all of whom will miss her greatly.

Le was a parishioner of St. Agnes Parish in Rockville Centre, where a memorial and Celebration of Christian Life is planned but no date has been set in deference to the social restrictions engendered by the current pandemic.

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It took much longer to start the job, and just as we were about to begin, we noticed things we wanted changed.

We’re now told that the changes can’t be done easily, that the review will cost more and the plans cost more. The design wasn’t what we wanted or expected after having more time to think about it, so why can’t we just make the changes? We need our additions to be bigger now that we realize we may be living and working from home more, even after the pandemAsk The ic is over (someday). It doesn’t seem like the big Architect deal the architect is telling us it is. Can you explain?

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pandemic is over sooner than expected, and with minimal suffering and loss of more lives. If I understand the time you spent with the design process, the downtime when onte eeper your plans had already been reviewed and the time it would take to get into construction, there are more questions than answers.

In my experience, not everyone visualizes what they’re hoping for, and many people not only spend time asking non-experts for opinions, but the overthinking and under-communicating lead to frustration, indecisiveness and, ultimately, an undoing of good ideas and good intentions. Even though your cousin is “in the business,” or your best friends, interior designer or the contractors you’re meeting with all have interesting ideas, they may not have been given the whole scope of work you asked for, and probably have never looked at zoning or building regulation code books (now online).

I often advise clients to repeat after me: “Change is bad” when the process has reached the point of submitting for permits, the contract for construction has been signed and work is ready to begin.

Having to replan a building, which at the very minimum is like pulling apart a three-dimensional puzzle, is also the reconsideration of multiple levels of laws, including building codes, electrical codes, plumbing codes, structural re-analysis, zoning codes and potential shortfalls when quick changes take the place of well-thought-out consideration.

Nobody else on your “team” has the full scope of knowing how to formulate the project like your architect does. Your building department, like most, has to re-review the plans, and at the very least, this will cause delay and possibly additional fees. The contractor has to spend time with new costs and the time it takes to re-estimate. Many material prices have recently risen due to Covid-19 downtime, delays and startup of factories.

It costs time and money to make changes, so making firm decisions and committing to not changing things is extremely important to getting a job done well. Nobody goes to work with the intention of not being paid, so plan to pay more for everyone involved in making your changes for you.

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ome 100,000 New Yorkers may face debilitating long-term health effects after falling ill to Covid-19, according to “What If You Never Get Better?” in the most recent issue of The New York Times Magazine.

Yes, 100,000.

That is a staggering number of people who may suffer from “long-haul Covid,” a seemingly inexplicable malaise with a wide range of symptoms, from general fatigue and achiness to severe joint stiffness and pain, heart palpitations and “brain fog,” described as a rush of emotion and thought, as if all the brain’s synapses were misfiring at once, leading to confusion and memory loss. Some have called it a “brain hurricane.”

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pandemic of 1918-19, long after the outbreak had waned. That is telling us that the effects of the coronavirus pandemic may be with us for years to come.

Most long-haul Covid patients are women, according to The Times. Longhaulers, it’s believed, may suffer from an extreme overreaction of the body’s immune system to the coronavirus. Testosterone acts as a mild immunosuppressant; thus, men, while they may be more likely to die of Covid-19, appear less susceptible to long-term effects.

What’s clear is this: As a society, we must prepare ourselves now to cope with Covid-19 and its after-effects long beyond the point that we have reached herd immunity against it, defined as 60 to 70 percent of the population with immunity.

There will be an ongoing psycho-social

toll, as well as an economic one. Many people may struggle for years to regain a sense of normalcy and return to work.

There will be untold medical costs.

We must prepare ourselves now to support not only our family members and friends, but also strangers. We must accept that we are all in this together.

Precisely a year has passed since Wuhan, China, locked down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Some 2.1 million people around the globe have died of it, including more than 400,000 in the U.S. We must remain vigilant and committed to fighting this terrible illness by maintaining social distance, wearing masks, working from home when possible, limiting gatherings and getting vaccinated as soon as we are allowed and able.

Here’s to offshore wind for L.I.

overnor Cuomo recently announced his 2021 agenda — aptly titled “Reimagine, Rebuild, Renew” — and included in it is an ambitious $26 billion green-energy plan to continue the restructuring of the state’s power grid by building in evergreater amounts of renewable energy, particularly wind.

The E.F. Barrett Generation Station in Island Park, an aging, rusting hulk of a power plant, will serve as a connection point for an undersea electric cable that will extend from a large-scale wind farm 20 miles south of Jones Beach. The wind farm will not be visible from shore. It is one of two such projects proposed off

Long Island’s coast — the other will be 60 miles east of Montauk.

We’re excited to see plans for offshore wind moving forward. Wind farms will not only provide massive amounts of carbon-free electricity, but will also help create thousands of high-paying construction jobs that will infuse Long Island’s economy with hundreds of millions of dollars.

Like state economies across the nation, New York’s has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic, with tens of thousands of people losing their jobs. It is smart of Cuomo to focus on infrastructure improvement — particularly green infrastructure. Multi-billion-dollar projects like

LETTERS Expand telehealth in New York To the Editor: While New York state has been on the cutting edge of promoting telehealth for its residents, the adoption of telehealth by both patients and providers has been slow. Covid-19 has changed not only the way we live, but also the way health care providers support their patients, especially with regard to mental health. New Yorkers adapted throughout 2020, but it’s time to push telehealth to the next level in New York and fully integrate it into our health care system.

I propose comprehensive reforms to permanently adopt Covid-19-era innovations to expand access to physical health, mental health and substance-usedisorder services, including unlocking the benefits of telehealth through policy modernization. My proposal includes the following regulatory and statutory changes to allow for greater flexibility in where and when patients can use telehealth, while maintaining

wind farms will boost the economy, at the same time that they will help reduce carbon emissions to stave off the worst effects of the climate crisis, including sealevel rise and stronger hurricanes. In fact, offshore and land-based wind projects will reduce carbon emissions by 16 million metric tons per year, while creating some 17,000 jobs. Talk about a win-win.

Offshore wind has been a long time coming in the U.S. — there is only one small, five-turbine offshore wind farm in the country, off the coast of Rhode Island.

Let us hope Long Island’s offshore wind farms are finally brought to fruition in the near future. That will require all of our support.

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he events at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 and the exhortations by some elected officials leading up to them got me to thinking about civic responsibility and our nation’s future. It also reminded me of a conversation I had with someone I had met while in the Navy years ago. In an exchange about the Constitution, he asked, “Which Constitution do you believe in?

At first, I didn’t understand what he meant. Then I remembered the confirmation hearing of Supreme ROBERT A. Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and SCOTT her testimony on the meaning of “originalism.” So, I concluded, this is what he asked: Did I believe in the Constitution of 1787, that followed the American Revolution, or was I one of those who believe in the Constitution that followed Reconstruction and gave previously denied rights to all people?

Those who cling to the original wording of 1787 maintain that the text is authoritative and unchangeable. They seem to ignore that the Constitution was written and adopted with provision for

evolution in thinking and amendment.

Without the amendments, Barrett wouldn’t have the right to vote or serve as a judge.

I began thinking about this question, which Constitution, while pondering the events of the past few months and the rampage that took place in the halls of Congress. Why don’t we know more about our history and our form of government? Why do some people react angrily when historians offer research demonstrating that some long-held truth turns out to be incorrect? Ours is called an exceptional country, but it isn’t exceptional in the ways some espouse. They claim a moral superiority when the claim is really different.

What has become the United States is not a nation based on tribal affinity, a common land or region, or blood relations, as are some others. Instead, it is a nation unlike most because it was founded on ideas and ideals that became the founding principles of freedom, civic engagement and responsibility, and schooling for citizenship. These principles, and others, still obtain, even if they aren’t fully realized. That’s why we refer to the nation as an “experiment,” and why we strive to “create a more perfect

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union.” We recognize it is not yet perfect, but continue to strive for it to be — for all people.

Those old enough will remember junior high and high school courses in civics, including formal instruction in U.S. government, history and democracy. For the fortunate students, civics instruction wasn’t just textbooks in the classroom, but also involved activities such as writing letters to the editor of the local newspaper, attending and writing about school board meetings, and formulating proposed legislative bills and debating the merits of the ideas behind them. While all 50 states require some form of instruction in civics and government, theory-based classroom instruction isn’t sufficiently supported by experience-based learning. One consequence is that only 25 percent of American students achieve the “proficient” standard on the National Assessment of Educational Progress Civics Assessment.

According to the National Education Association, until the 1960s it was common for high school students in the U.S. to take three different classes in civics and government. Unfortunately, these courses were slashed in the early 2000s, when the federal initiative called “No Child Left

here used to be wideranging junior high and high school courses in civics.

LETTERS oversight to ensure that high-quality care is delivered: ■ Eliminating obsolete location requirements by requiring Medicaid to offer telehealth reimbursement for services rendered to patients regardless of where the patient or provider is located in a non-facility setting.

■ Developing interstate licensing reciprocity with states in the Northeast for specialties with historical access shortages to ensure there is sufficient access to medical and behavioral health professionals.

■ Continuing Covid-19-era flexibilities for mental health and substance-use disorder services by allowing certain unlicensed staff, such as credentialed alcoholism and substance-abuse counselor trainees or peer specialists, to deliver substance-use-disorder and mental health services. This also includes eliminating the remaining in-person evaluation requirements before telehealth services can be delivered, expanding the types of staff who can deliver remote services, developing a regulatory structure for a predominantly virtual outpatient substance-use-disorder treatment program and exploring the expansion of existing initiatives that extend behavioral health services into nursing facilities.

This will include reimbursement of all mental health and substance-abuse provider types, including certified recovery

Behind” gave priority to “core subjects” like math and English, and to job preparation and standardized testing. In addition, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, only small proportions of teachers surveyed thought that school districts and parents would support teaching about politics in a course on government or civics.

The toxic nature of politics reflects the decline in education in civic responsibility, and promotes partisanship over patriotism. How can we fulfill our obligations to pursue the common good if we give priority to conflict over compromise? How can we discover the virtues of resolution over revolution if we don’t know the building blocks of our democracy?

In pursuit of a more perfect union, we should celebrate the four freedoms drawn from the Bill of Rights and articulated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. We should use them as templates when discussing national purpose, priorities and progress. These principles, together with schooling in civics and critical thinking, can help guide fulfillment of the promises contained in the Constitution to which our elected and appointed officials swear loyalty.

Robert Scott is president emeritus of Adelphi University.

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So, just write off student loan debt?

To the Editor: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer wanting the federal government to forgive the first $50,000 of outstanding college loans sounds great. Who doesn’t want free stuff from Washington? But what about the millions of American parents who saved and sacrificed to put their children through college?

What about the students who worked at part-time jobs to attend college?

Millions benefited from being able to attend college on student loans. This has given them access to the middle class.

Sadly, too many students then stuck the federal government with the bill. Despite being successfully employed for years at good-paying jobs, there are a number of former students with ample income who refuse to pay off their student loans. Taxpayers are left with the uncollected debts.

Now Schumer wants Washington to write off hundreds of billions in outstanding student loan debt. Many larger private colleges have endowment funds ranging from millions to billions. Why don’t they

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contribute to reducing their own graduating students’ debts instead of taxpayers?

Collecting some of these outstanding debts from those who can easily afford to pay would only be fair. Given that we are now burdened with a national debt of more than $27.7 trillion, attention must be paid to this scandal.

Why not start by denying federal and state tax refunds to those deadbeats who look for a free ride at our expense?

When will the White House and Congress speak up on this issue and introduce legislation to assist in collecting the outstanding debts?

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Obama, a kindred spirit in ‘A Promised Land’

very life has its inflection points, moments that can steer you in one direction or another, and that direction, as poet Robert Frost would say, makes all the difference. That is especially true for former President Barack Obama, as he makes clear in “A Promised Land,” his introspective account of his personal and political life, released by Crown in November.

Impression one of this 701-page tome: Obama is an excellent writer.

Impression two: His political idealism is heady and SCOTT infectious — inspiring — and BRINTON because he is so solidly grounded in his family and his ever-evolving faith, he is utterly relatable as a person. He’s one of us, born into the middle class, with all its attendant daily struggles and perpetual yearning for a better life — for the American dream.

Early in the book, Obama ponders a fascinating question: What if he had never left Chicago, where he was a community organizer from 1985 to 1988, and struck out for Harvard Law School? What if he had stayed, fighting, and winning, seemingly small battles to improve people’s lives, helping to repair a park or housing project or starting an after-school program?

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What if he had never run for president?

“Like many local heroes I’ve met over the years, I might have managed to build up an institution that could reshape a neighborhood or portion of the city,” he writes. “Anchored deep in a community, I might have steered money and imagination to change not the world, but just that one place or that one set of kids, doing work that touched the lives of neighbors and friends in some measurable and useful way.”

He left, however. After earning his law degree, he ran for the Illinois State Senate, and won. He ran for Congress, and lost. And he ran for U.S. Senate, and won, before seeking the presidency in 2007-08, sealing his destiny, and his place among the pantheon of truly historic American presidents, the first AfricanAmerican to lead the country.

His first run for president was an audacious undertaking, begun just about 14 years ago, on Feb. 10, 2007, on the steps of Illinois’s Old State Capitol, where Abraham Lincoln had delivered his “House Divided” speech 149 years earlier, noting, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

Thrust onto the national stage, Obama was seemingly a natural candidate, intelligent, clear-headed, collected, indefatigable — at once esoteric yet utterly down-toearth. What we see in “A Promised Land”

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is his very human side, beyond the glare of the media spotlight. We see his occasional annoyance and anger, his wrenching self-doubt and guilt — he desperately wanted to be the excellent father that he never had as a child, but his constant campaigning pulled him away from his wife and two young daughters.

We see former first lady Michelle Obama, ever the reluctant but supportive political wife — and a magnetic draw on the campaign trail, humanizing the Obama brand while delivering arcane policy proposals in emotional terms easily understood by the electorate. No doubt, Barack and Michelle Obama make one hell of a power couple.

I could see myself in the details of “A Promised Land,” which I suspect would be the case for many people. Like Obama, I studied at Columbia University, only six years after he graduated from the school.

As was the case for Obama, my time there was spent in quiet contemplation. He lived a life of seclusion and self-improvement, without any close friends, making to-do lists, running along the Central Park Reservoir or the East River, eating cheap meals on the fly. That was pretty much my life at Columbia, only I ran along the Hudson.

While reading, Obama habitually circles words he has never seen before. It was

n which the author ponders the question, what if he’d never left Chicago?

a habit I picked up as a teen that I have never shed. I could especially relate to his description of his disorganized nature.

Referring to his 2008 campaign manager, David Plouffe, Obama writes, “Whereas I could be absentminded, indifferent to small details, incapable of maintaining an orderly filing system, constantly misplacing memos, pens and cell phones that had just been handed to me, Plouffe turned out to be a managerial genius.”

Like Obama — and like so many people — staying organized, on task, on point, is a constant struggle for me. I have to work at it, day after day. No manner of computerized calendar helps. I have to write it all down, and remind myself, again and again, do this, do that. Self-deprecating to a fault, Obama gives us permission to admit our foibles.

The wonderful part of “A Promised Land” isn’t the after-action report on the life and times of Barack Obama, but rather the humanizing of his political persona, which was shaped by hard times that gave him the empathy he needed to craft policy — think the Affordable Care Act of 2010 — that helped determine the individual destinies of millions of Americans.

It’s a good thing he opted for Harvard Law. 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.

Post-inauguration: So, how are we doing?

allelujah.

That says it for me. Great relief, writ small. How do we feel safe again after the anxiety of the last four years? The inauguration of Joe Biden and the restoration of a functioning government feel right, but it will take a little time to feel good. Especially while we negotiate our way through the 12th month of a savage pandemic.

I witnessed the turn from darkness to light, from crazy to sane, from chaos to civility.

Like you, I RANDI watched on TV as KREISS the president took the oath, as Lady Gaga sang and as poet Amanda Gorman sealed the deal. Still, this doesn’t feel like jubilation to me. If feels like I just stopped banging my head against the wall. The agony is ebbing, but there’s a dull pain that will take some time to resolve.

Right now, the feeling that eclipses all others is relief. Since Jan. 20, I haven’t gone to sleep watching the news or wor-

ried my way through a fitful night. Briefly, I tuned in to the news around 9 p.m. on Inauguration Day. Biden was still president. Nine hours had passed since the swearing-in, and no one had stormed the Capitol. The day went according to plans.

One wonders what the news outlets will rant about now. How will they be relevant without the sugar high of the former president?

The press lives by “if it bleeds, it leads,” and we had plenty of bleeding, from the stolen migrant children at our borders to the hundreds of thousands of friends and neighbors dying of Covid19. How do we cover a regular presidency, which makes the usual kinds of mistakes and actually functions as an administrative body? Will there be an audience for proposed infrastructure legislation and state dinners for visiting dignitaries?

The media is challenged to get past the low-hanging fruit like Kellyanne Conway weaving her awful webs, Michael Cohen spilling his secrets, Ivanka, Jared, Giuliani and Melania the Silent. Trump’s goon squad gathered all the available light. The mean-spirited tweets and corrupt actions of so many people around

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the former president provided grist for the media every minute of every day of the past four years. How do we and the news industry get accustomed to calm and quiet at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.?

Admittedly, something is lost, like sensationalism and melodrama; the grinding of the wheels of respectable government may not make for bold headlines.

I hope the journalists who helped save this country with their relentless pursuit of the truth will rise to the moment and continue to expose the bad guys who always rise to the moment, and point to success where they find it.

This column, over the past four years, has strayed from usual weekly territory, which is hyper-local. To me, Trump and Covid are as local as stories can get, changing the DNA of our lives. To finesse the constraint of writing once a week, I sometimes post something especially timely on Facebook.

On the night of the inauguration, I wrote this: “So, what’s the trick here? A sane, accomplished rock-solid man elected President. A Black woman with Indian

ight now, the feeling that eclipses all others isn’t so much jubilation, but relief.

parentage elected Vice President. A heartfelt inauguration speech promising to keep us safe and true to democratic values. A blast of first-day executive orders undoing some of the malicious initiatives of the former administration. A press conference at the end of the day, a real press conference in the White House briefing room by someone who says she will tell us the truth. When can we believe this is all true? It’s so much goodness, all at once. It will take some time to accommodate to the change.”

Think of the ground shifting under our feet as Trump & Co. were swept into office, primed for action, taking axes and shovels to our country, fracturing our democracy and burying the ideals that had grounded us for 240 years. For four years, many of us have lived with serious anxiety and stress. Our president did not help us or protect us or work at his job to keep this country and its people safe.

It changed last Wednesday, but we need a moment to gather ourselves together for the serious recovery work ahead. It’s still midwinter. But, every day, there is more light. Looking forward to hallelujah, writ large.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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