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Businesses face uncertainties Restaurants, bars, gyms close to customers in Rockville Centre Connecticut are all participating in the ban. Cuomo tweeted the news Monday mor ning and bbonfiglio@liherald.com quickly followed up with a news On Monday afternoon, after conference.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Takeout at restaurants and a ban on gatherings of 50 or even bars, distilleries and winermore people and the closing of ies will be allowed. The state’s restaurants, gyms, liquor law is being movie theaters and temporarily casinos statewide changed to allow for due to the coronavioff-premises sales of rus, Suzanne Rasalcohol. panti, manager at Some local resGeorge Martin the taurants, such as Original, made calls Arooga’s, the Pantry to cancel upcoming Diner and Kashi dinner reservations.

Sushi Lounge, are Tommy Miceli, adapting by advertismanager at Melis- TOMMY MICELI ing their delivery sa’s Taqueria, sat in Manager, and takeout servican empty restau- Melissa’s Taqueria es. Arooga’s was rant, already feeling even offering free the effects of the ban delivery on Monday and, he said, hoping customers night. would take advantage of the resMost restaurants, whether taurant’s takeout menu. they stay open for takeout serNiall Gunn, owner of vice or not, will inevitably have Monaghan’s Restaurant, pre- to reduce staff, which owners pared to close indefinitely. “Busi- were still reckoning with on ness is nonexistent,” Gunn Monday. “Many hourly workers explained. “We’ll see what hap- depend on their paycheck, so pens, but I’ll probably close until that’s disconcerting,” said this is over. It would cost more George Korten, owner of George money to stay open and try to do Martin restaurants in Rockville takeout.”

Centre, which will not offer takeTo reduce the spread of the virus, New York, New Jersey and CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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Courtesy Alanna Bender

Head-shaving goes remote St. Baldrick’s Foundation founder and Rockville Centre resident John Bender with his children, Shannon, Casey and Brady, at the 2019 event. St. Baldrick’s raises funds to fight childhood cancer. The gathering is canceled, but the fundraiser has become a virtual event. Story, Page 3.

St. Patrick’s Parade postponed Grand Marshal Ellen White reflects on decision

By BRIANA BONFIGLIO bbonfiglio@liherald.com

Due to concerns about the coronavirus, the annual Rockville Centre St. Patrick’s Parade, scheduled for Saturday, was postponed.

Although there were no reported coronavirus cases in Rockville Centre at press time, state, county and local officials have been warning against large gatherings to help prevent its spread. Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned gather-

ings of 50 or more people on Monday, after the decision to postpone the parade had been made.

At press time, Nassau County had 136 cases, and there were more than 1,300 statewide. Nassau’s first reported case was a part-time worker at Mercy Medical Center who lives in Uniondale.

The village and the St. Patr i c k ’s P a r a d e C o m m i t t e e announced the decision on March 12, citing the health and safety of the thousands expected to attend

what would have been the 24th annual parade.

“They absolutely, 100 percent did the right thing,” said Ellen White, director of the community arts program the Backyard Players and Friends, who was to be this year’s grand marshal. “We have to do what’s right for the safety of the community.

“I know it’s a disappointment for the community, and I do feel CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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Every year for the past 17 years, Rockville Centre community members have looked forward to the annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation head-shaving event to raise money for pediatric cancer research. While the public gathering has been canceled this year due to concerns over the coronavirus, volunteers can still participate by visiting salons of their choice over the next few months and donating to the organization.

Held each year on the same day as the St. Patrick’s Day parade, the fundraiser brings together people of all ages who choose to shave their heads or chop their ponytails as a symbol of solidarity with children who lose their hair to cancer treatments. Participants can now choose a time when they feel comfortable visiting a hair salon, and participate virtually.

Rockville Centre resident John Bender founded St. Baldrick’s in 1999 with two friends, Tim Kenny and Enda McDonnell, as part of their mission to give back to society. On St. Patrick’s Day 2000, they shaved a few heads to raise money and awareness for childhood cancer, and the event caught on. This would have been its 17th year held at St. Agnes Parish Center in Rockville Centre. Held each year on the same day as the St. Patrick’s Day parade, the fundraiser brings together people of all ages who choose to shave their heads or chop their ponytails as a symbol of solidarity with children who lose their hair to cancer treatments.

According to Bender, the goal of the foundation is to fill the gap in funding allocated by the United States government to pediatric cancer research; only 4 percent of the government’s cancer research funding goes specifically to pediatric cancer research. To date, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, an independent nonprofit, has allocated more than $282 million in research grants to 376 institutions in 29 countries.

Some local hospitals currently receiving St. Baldrick’s research grants include Winthrop, Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, Mt. Sinai, Weill Cornell, NYU Langone, Montefiore, Maimonides, and Stony Brook Children’s Hospital.

Over $24 million in St Baldrick’s grants were awarded in 2019 alone. Bender said that St Baldrick’s-funded-research has significantly improved survival rates of several pediatric cancers, accelerated discoveries in rare cancers, increased the number of patients in and closer access to clinical trials. In addition, its fellowship program ensures that there are future experts in the field of child oncology. St Baldrick’s advocacy efforts have helped avoid shortages of child cancer drugs and pass legislation to allocate more funding for palliative and survivorship care for pediatric cancer patients.

The RVC St. Baldrick’s fundraiser honors several local children each year who have battled or currently battling childhood cancer. This year, Kimiko Schroder, the niece of Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray, Mary Ruchalski, Gabriella Pellicani and Anthony Petrocelli, who all died within the last two years, are being remembered. Donations can be made at stbaldricks.org, through the St. Agnes Parish Center page.

“We’ve come a long way but there’s still much further to go in saving every child and making sure survivors live long, healthy lives without long term side effects from the treatments used to save them,” Bender said. “We’ll keep having St. Baldrick’s events, fundraising and raising awareness as long as cures still need to be found. One in five kids won’t survive a cancer diagnosis in the U.S. and most survivors will have chronic health problems by age 50. St Baldrick’s is working hard to improve existing treatments so every child can be saved and live long, healthy lives.”

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■■ On■ March■ 9■ at■ 4:50■ p.m.,■ a■ motorist■ reported■that■a■vehicle■struck■her■car■and■ left■the■scene■while■it■was■parked■in■a■lot■ on■Merrick■Road■during■the■day.

■■ On■ March■ 11■ at■ 8:41■ a.m.,■ Chander■ Goel,■ 40,■ of ■ Rose■ Lane,■ East■ Rockaway,■ was■ arrested■ and■ charged■ with■ seconddegree■ aggravated■ unlicensed■ operation■ and■ other■ traffic■ offenses■ after■ he■ was■ observed■driving■on■Sunrise■Highway.

■■ On■ March■ 12■ at■ 1:01■ p.m.,■ a■ vehicle■ struck■ two■ cars■ and■ left■ the■ scene■ while■ they■were■parked■on■Sunrise■Highway.

Larceny ■■ On■March■10■at■10:27■a.m.,■a■patron■at■a■ restaurant■ on■ N.■ Park■ Avenue■ reported■ her■pocketbook■was■stolen.

■■ On■ March■ 12■ at■ 4:40■ p.m.,■ Jorge■ Serrano,■ 29,■ of ■ 68th■ Avenue,■ Queens,■ was■ arrested■and■charged■with■second-degree■ aggravated■ unlicensed■ operation■ and■ other■ traffic■ offenses■ after■ he■ was■ observed■driving■on■Sunrise■Highway.

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.

1-800-244-TIPS Nassau County Crime Stoppers The public is asked to call Crime Stoppers if they have any information about any crimes.

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represented■ at■ most■ of ■ the■ conferences.■ Science■ Research■ Director■ Stephen■ Sullivan■ encouraged■ the■ girls■ to■ submit■ their■ respective■projects■to■the■convention,■and■ suggested■social,■cognitive■and■educational■ psychology,■ along■ with■ psychology■ of ■ religion■ and■ spirituality■ as■ relevant■ subfields.

APS■ President■ Sarah■ Brookhart■ expressed■ delight■ that■ Sacred■ Heart■ students■would■be■returning■to■present■their■ work■ once■ again.■ “Congratulations,■ Dr.■ Sullivan,■ on■ such■ a■ strong■ showing■ by■ your■students,”■Brookhart■said■in■a■news■ release.■ “They■ are■ to■ be■ commended■ for■ their■outstanding■contribution■to■the■field■ at■ such■ a■ young■ age.■ I’d■ be■ interested■ to■ learn■ about■ your■ students■ who■ go■ on■ to■ pursue■ psychological■ science■ in■ college.■ They■are■truly■the■future■of ■psychological■ science.”

Courtesy Sacred Heart Academy; compiled

by Nakeem Grant

SHA’s presentations

■■ Can■Mindful■Eating■Protect■Against■ Body■Self-Objectification■and■More■ Generalized■Wellness■Variables■Among■ Adolescent■Females:■Phase■II?,■Sofia■ Maurina■Di■Scipio■and■Sullivan

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Nine■ Sacred■ Heart■ Academy■ individual■behavioral■science■researchers■and■one■ team,■ which■ comprises■ of ■ nine■ seniors■ and■ two■ juniors,■ received■ invitations■ to■ present■their■work■alongside■professional■ researchers■at■the■Association■of ■Psychological■ Science’s■ annual■ conference■ in■ May.■ Only■ about■ 50■ pre-colle giate■ researchers■have■ever■been■asked■to■present■original■work■in■the■32■years■that■the■ APS■has■held■its■annual■conference.■ At■ this■ convention,■ scholars■ from■ all■ over■ the■ nation■ and■ the■ world■ gather■ to■ network■ and■ to■ share■ cutting■ edge■ insights.■ The■ girls■ will■ present■ posters■ and■discuss■their■original■research■at■the■ APS■ annual■ meeting,■ which■ runs■ from■ May■ 21-23■ in■ Chicago.■ Other■ poster■ presenters■ typically■ include■ university■ undergraduates,■ graduate■ students■ and■ junior■ faculty.■ Institutions■ such■ as■ Stanford■ University,■ Princeton■ University,■ Columbia■University,■Georgetown■University■and■the■University■of ■Notre■Dame■are■

■■ Draw■a■Scientist:■The■Impact■of■High■ School■Environment■on■Gender-Specific■ Science■Stereotypes,■Meghan■Casey■ and■Sullivan

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Sacred Heart teens invited to science convention

■■ Post-Hurricane■Maria■Impact■on■the■ Well-Being■of■Teenage■Girls■in■Puerto■ Rico:■Phase■II,■Kaitlyn■Agostini,■Claire■ Carney,■Caroline■Doran,■Grace■Doran■ and■Dr.■Stephen■Sullivan

■■ Oneness■Beliefs,■Religion,■Religiosity■ and■their■Respective■Effects■on■Adolescents’■Life■Satisfaction,■Samantha■ Joseph,■Bhawan■Sandhu■and■Sullivan ■■ Optimism’s■Role■As■a■Mediator■ between■Stress,■Coping■Methods,■and■ Wellness■Outcomes■Among■Nursing■ Students■and■Preservice■Teachers,■ Fiona■Marren■and■Sullivan ■■ Poor■Letter-Shape■Knowledge■Among■ Skilled■Adolescent■Readers■Despite■ Significant■Visual■Exposure,■Lindsay■ Moran■and■Sullivan

■■ It’s■Complicated:■Two■Studies■of■How■ Moral■Information■Shades■Teens’■Perceptions■of■Adult■Competence,■Madison■Ekstrom■and■Sullivan

■■ The■Effect■of■Spirituality■and■Technology■Usage■on■the■Resilience■of■Secondary■and■Undergraduate■Students■ Attending■Faith-Based■Institutions,■Carmela■Musso■and■Sullivan

■■ An■Inter-Generational■Approach■to■ Own-Age■and■Own-Race■Biases,■Kathryn■Eschmann,■Emily■Maher■and■Sullivan

■■ Can■the■Diffusion■of■Lavender■Oil■in■ Therapy■Offices■Affect■the■Healing■Process■of■Patients?,■Karenarose■Rizzo■ and■Sullivan

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CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE out service for the time being. “We need some relief from the federal or state government [because] you have a lot of people worried financially, as well as healthwise.”

At the same time, Korten noted that “the safety of our guests is our primary concern, so the shutdown is a very smart move. That’s the only way to flatline the curve” of the number of cases.

Tommy Mavroudis, owner of the Pantry Diner, said that while the eatery would offer takeout service, he would need to cut staff considerably, and he had already laid off most of his employees so they could file for unemployment.

“It’s a disaster for BRIAN all of us,” he said. “We’re all in CROUTIER the same boat.”

President, “It’s killing Rockville Centre us,” Miceli a d d e d .

“Right Chamber of now we’re just Commerce taking it day by day.”

Gyms and workout studios could also be hit hard by the ban. Ali Murphy, who owns The Little Gym with her husband, Miguel Madera, acknowledged that business would suffer.

“It’s definitely nerve-racking,” Murphy said. “We rely on people to come in for classes. I’m hoping the government will assist us, because if people can’t come in, it will affect our business. For now we’re just doing everything we can to keep our business going.”

She said they have offered extensions on makeup classes, and are also offering online classes for current students.

“We’re trying to keep the fun going as much as possible,” Murphy said. “The community has been very supportive, and this is good way to keep connected with the kids.”

Sportset Health and Fitness Club also planned to offer virtual classes. Owner Dennison Silvio said his staff had been trying to retain members over the past few weeks, and were hoping it wouldn’t come to this. “We had quadrupled our housekeeping protocol, sterilized surfaces more frequently, were practicing social distancing in classes, and I feel that the club, despite what people think about gyms, is very clean, because we’re cleaning all of the time,” Silvio said. “I was really hoping, even if we would lose money, that we’d be able to stay open and be an outlet to the community. I was planning to operate [with] a skeleton crew.

Now we’re forced to close, and it’s tricky, because I’m not sure how long it will be.”

At press time, Silvio said the staff was still working out how to offer virtual

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uring the course of the year, our businesses get hit up for donations to various charities, and now is the time to give back.

Courtesy Ben Strack

THE PANTRY DINER is one of many restaurants offering takeout and delivery services while there is a statewide ban on opening to dine-in customers to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

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SPORTSET CLOSED, BUT pledged to provide virtual classes to help keep people active. yoga, group exercise and spin classes.

“We’ll experiment, get feedback and go from there,” he said.

Brian Croutier, president of the Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce, said the chamber has reached out to all of the businesses in town and is helping to promote takeout and delivery options. He said they have been working closely with Village Hall, and the village has provided some relief by offering free parking during this time. Still, he said residents should be aware of how hard hit these businesses will be.

“During the course of the year, our businesses get hit up for donations to various charities,” Croutier said, “and now is the time to give back.”

He encouraged residents to purchase gift cards from businesses as a way to support them. Activities might be on hold, he said, but people are still having birthdays and anniversaries, and babies are still being born. Buying something locally can go a long way.

“Every little thing helps,” Croutier said. “It’s a tough time for businesses, and we need to support them.”

Cuomo said the state was acting aggressively to stem the tide of new coronavirus cases to ensure that hospitals and medical centers across the state aren’t overwhelmed.

As of Tuesday afternoon, New York had more than 1,370 cases of COVID-19, the most of any state in the nation. In looking to China, South Korea and parts of Western Europe, it was only a matter of time, the governor predicted, before cases here rise exponentially.

The state was ramping up testing, with a capacity of 7,000 tests a day expected by the end of the week. As of Tuesday, Jones Beach was set to become a drive-up testing site.

Cuomo called on the federal government to issue a single set of closure guidelines that would apply to states across the nation, instead of what he termed the “national patchwork of density-reduction

closings.” “It should be one set of rules for the entire nation,” he said. New York, New Jersey and Connecticut coordinated their closure policies to ensure that people would not go “state shopping” to go out to a restaurant, bar or casino.

The state waived all fees at state, county and local parks to enable, and encourage, people to get outside and exercise.

Cuomo also said that local governments must reduce their in-house workforces by half, allowing “non-essential” personnel to work from home. “It’s the same thing I’m asking private businesses to do,” he said.

Police officers and emergency medical personnel were required to be supplied with surgical masks to cover their faces, according to the governor.

And all school districts and local governments had to devise plans to care for children and feed them, with downstate schools closed for two weeks. Cuomo suggested that parts of the schools could be used for child care, and noted that many “essential personnel,” including police officers and EMS workers, already depended on the schools to care for their children.

The state did not mandate that grocery stores, gas stations, pharmacies and medical facilities stay open after 8 p.m., but strongly advised them to do so. The governor urged the federal government — specifically the Army Corps of Engineers — to set up mobile hospitals. If the federal government did not do so, he said, New York could mobilize the National Guard, local building unions and private developers to set up facilities and retrofit existing spaces in places like old nursing homes to increase hospital bed capacity.

Despite all of the measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus, the number of cases was expected to rise, and, Cuomo said, “You must expect a significant inflow” of patients to New York’s hospitals.

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A home fit for a collegial president Molloy College finalizes sale of house for its president

By JILL NOSSA jnossa@liherald.com

When Dr. James Lentini relocates to Rockville Centre from Michigan for his new job as president of Molloy College in July, he and his family will have a major logistical piece of their transition taken care of: a home. Lentini will be the first Molloy College president to move in to a house owned by the institution. The colle ge purchased the house at 61 Andover Road for the college’s president late last year, timing the sale with the hiring of a new president.

“We knew we’d be in a position to have to hire a new president at some point,” Board of Trustees Chair John P. McEntee said, “and didn’t want to be in a competitive disadvantage.”

At least a year ago, prior to the announcement of president Dr. Drew Bogner’s retirement, the board of trustees hired an advisor to determine how common it is for a college to offer presidential housing. A survey conducted across 22 peer institutions found that 21 of those institutions offer presidential housing.

“It is standard practice for a college to buy a home for the president,” Molloy’s Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Public Relations Ken Young said. “It makes it easier to hit the ground running in a search for a new president.”

M c E n t e e s a i d t h e b o a r d we n t through a very “methodical process” and explained that when a college seeks a new president, the search is nationwide. Since the cost of housing in New York is significantly higher— and the housing stock generally more limited—than in other parts of the country, McEntee said that the board felt the lack of affordable housing could be “one additional barrier” to attracting a qualified candidate. Additionally, he said, board members believe it is important to have the college president maintain a connection to the Rockville Centre community.

“The college president should be an integral member of the community,” McEntee said, “and therefore, it is important to live in the community.”

He also noted that the sale was under contract before the board selected Lentini as president. “It was important to us to have it done before a new president was hired,” McEntee said, “as we did not want anyone influencing our decision.”

During Bogner’s 20 years as president, he received an annual housing stipend; providing a house eliminates that need, McEntee said.

In a memo sent to the Molloy community, Bogner said that he had been contacted more than two years earlier by a friend of the college, Don Regan, inquiring whether the college would be interested in purchasing his home for a president’s use. “In response, the college conducted a survey of the practic-

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MOLLOY COLLEGE PURCHASED the house at 61 Andover Road to serve as the president’s house. es of other colleges and universities in the area and analyzed the functional requirements of a president’s house.”

The Board of Trustees identified and inspected properties close to the college “possessing the necessary functional criteria,” Bogner said. During the process, Regan offered to sell his home at a “substantial discount to the appraised fair market value.” Bogner said the Regan family also offered to donate a significant amount of furnishings from the house to the college.

Though McEntee would not disclose the final sale price, he said the offer was “particularly attractive,” and the board accepted it. The property will be owned and maintained by Molloy.

A c c o r d i n g t o r e a l t o r. c o m , t h e 4,825-square-foot house sold on Jan. 16 for $1.85 million and last sold in 1991 for $685,000. It was listed for $2.2 million in July 2018. The home’s features include eight bedrooms, five full bathrooms and one half-bathroom, a two-car garage and a gym in the basement. The house, built in 1931, is set on a half-acre lot, with a large lawn and a back patio.

Property taxes were $42,626 in 2018.

Lentini will assume his duties as president on July 1 and become the seventh president of Molloy College. He is currently senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. Though Lentini will be the first president to live there, the home’s previous owners will bear the name.

“In recognition of the Regan family’s generosity, the Board of Trustees has named the house for the Regan family and the house will now be known formally as the Regan House,” Bogner said.

THE HOME, LEFT, boasts a large kitchen with lots of windows. The home will likely serve as a place for entertaining.

AN AERIAL VIEW of the home, below.

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LAST YEAR’S ST. Patrick’s Parade drew crowds of people to the streets of Rockville Centre. This year’s parade, scheduled for Saturday, was postponed due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus.

‘Parade that shares and cares’ postponed rick’s Parade fundraising recipient in the past. To give back, the Backyard Players and Friends held its own fundraisers for the parade this year.

“Ellen is an extraordinary lady who works her heart and soul for a part of our community that are sometimes marginalized or forgotten,” Village Trustee Nancy Howard said, “and she just has the best time, brings them forward, brings out their families, to have support with each other.”

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The Census Bureau also just reported the highest homeownership rate since 2014 for people under 35.

This is evidence that owning their own home is becoming more important to Millennials as they reach the age where marriage and children are part of their lives.

According to the latest Realtors Confidence Index Survey from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), buyer demand across the country is strong.

That’s not the case, however, with seller demand, which remains weak throughout most of the nation.

Here’s a breakdown by state:

Demand for housing is high, but supply is extremely low. NAR also just reported that the actual number of homes currently for sale stands at 1.42 million, which is one of the lowest totals in almost three decades.

Additionally, the ratio of homes for sale to the number purchased currently stands at 3.1 months of inventory.

In a normal market, that number would be nearly double that at 6.0 months of inventory.

What does this mean for buyers and sellers?

Buyers need to remain patient in the search process.

At the same time, buyers must be ready to act immediately once they find the right home.

Sellers may not want to wait until spring to put their houses on the market. With demand so high and supply so low, now is the perfect time to sell your house for the greatest dollar value and the least hassle.

Bottom Line Hiring an agent who has his or her finger on the pulse of the market will make your buying or selling experience an educated one. You need someone who is going to tell you the truth, not just what they think you want to hear.

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badly,” White added. “But we’ve been able to come together many times before in times like these, and we will again.”

The event is known as “the parade that shares and cares,” and the parade board said it planned to choose a new date to honor this year’s three charities: the Rockville Centre Breast Cancer Coalition, the Army Ranger Lead the Way Fund and the Holy Family School for the Deaf.

“Recently, the Parade Board met to discuss the everchanging situation that is currently Ellen White taking place,” the board wrote in a statement, “and have prioritized the well-being of the valued members of the Rockville Centre Community and all those who travel from far and near to join us on this special day. We hope to be marching up Maple Avenue to celebrate our 2020 Grand Marshal, Ellen White, in the near future.”

The board is also rescheduling the annual Grand Marshal Dinner, planned for Friday, and a commemorative Mass originally scheduled for the morning of the parade.

White, a Rockville Centre resident for 27 years, had been “adding a lot of green” to her wardrobe, she said, and “marching up and down Maple Avenue” in preparation for the big event. Before the postponement was announced, she described it as the highlight of the year for the Backyard Players and Friends, which always marches as a group.

“This doesn’t take away from the amazing work [the parade committee] did all year long for the charities,” she told the Herald after hearing the news. “The parade is the icing on the cake, but the cake is still there.”

Backyard Players and Friends, which White helped found about five years ago, offers acting, singing and other classes for young adults with disabilities. She is also

the director of Centre Stage, a theater program at South Side High School for students of all abilities.

White launched Backyard Players and Friends to keep adults of varying abilities engaged in the community after they leave high school. “We found that after participants age out of traditional school systems, there was a lack of social and community events and programs to attend,” she explained.

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The housing market has started off much stronger this year than it did last year. Lower mortgage interest rates have been a driving factor in that change. The average 30-year rate in 2019, according to Freddie Mac, was 3.94%. Today that rate is closer to 3.5%.

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A hearty stew with, with roasted vegetables, is a comforting meal during that’s satisfying and healthy. Roasting the vegetables before adding them to the stew brings out delicious caramelized flavors.

Skip the beans for a change of pace and make a quick tasty chili everyone will love.

A robust lentil soup packs a punch with plenty of veggies.

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Savory flavors to soothe the soul

e’re staying put right now more than we’re stepping out. While the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic rages all around us, the comforts of home are more appealing than ever these days.

Besides doing some major binge-watching, now’s the time to enjoy your kitchen and sharpen those culinary skills. Try adding these recipes to your repertoire.

Hearty Beef Stew with Roasted Vegetables 4 cups cubed winter vegetables (cut into 1/2-inch pieces), such as carrots, butternut squash, parsnips or sweet potatoes 1 medium onion, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided 1 1/2 pounds boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into 1-inch cubes 3/4 cup chicken stock (or chicken broth can be used) 1/4 cup dry red wine or apple juice 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon coarse black pepper, ground 1/2 teaspoon thyme leaves 3 bay leaves Preheat oven to 425 F. Toss cubed vegetables and onion with 1 tablespoon of the oil. Arrange in single layer on large baking sheet. Roast 20 minutes or until vegetables are golden brown.

Meanwhile, heat remaining 1tablespoon oil in large skillet on medium-high heat. Brown beef in batches.

Return all beef to skillet. Add roasted vegetables, stock, wine, salt, pepper, thyme and bay leaves. Bring to boil.

Reduce heat to low; simmer 10 minutes or until sauce is slightly thickened. Remove bay leaves before serving.

Serving suggestion: Serve stew over cooked brown rice or whole grain pasta. Makes 6 servings.

Chicken Chili with Apple and Sweet Potato 1 tablespoon oil 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2inch cubes 1 package chili seasoning mix 1 large sweet potato, cut into 1/2-inch chunks (about 2 cups) 1 can (14 1/2 ounces) petite diced tomatoes, undrained 1 1/2 cups chicken stock 1 medium apple, cored and cut into 1-inch chunks Heat oil in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat.

Add chicken; cook and stir 5 minutes or until lightly browned.

Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to boil. Reduce

heat; cover and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally or until sweet potatoes are tender. Serve with desired toppings, such as tortilla strips, shredded cheese, sour cream and chopped cilantro.

Lentil Sausage Soup 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 2 carrots, chopped 1 celery stalk, chopped 1/2 medium yellow onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1/2 pound sweet or hot Italian sausage, casings removed 1/2 pound mixed mushrooms (such as white, cremini, shiitake, portobello and oyster), chopped 1 cup (about 7 ounces) dried French or brown lentils, picked through and rinsed 2 1/2 cups low-sodium beef broth 2 1/2 cups low-sodium mushroom or chicken broth 1 medium tomato, chopped, juice reserved 1 cup dry red wine Crushed red chile flake, to taste 1/4 pound baby spinach, roughly chopped 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme 6 teaspoons grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, for garnish Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat.

Add carrots, celery, onion and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are translucent, about 6 minutes.

Add sausage and cook, breaking into small chunks, until it begins to brown.

Add mushrooms and continue to cook until mushrooms have released most of their liquid, about 3 minutes.

Add lentils, beef broth, mushroom broth, tomatoes and their juice, wine and chile flakes; cover the pot and bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and simmer until lentils are tender, about 30 minutes.

Add spinach and salt and pepper, stir well and simmer until the spinach wilts, 1 to 2 minutes more; stir in thyme.

Ladle soup into bowls and top with cheese.\

Homemade Everything Pizza Crust: 1 16-ounce package pizza dough, brought to room temperature

2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons grated Parmigiano-Reggiano Toppings: 1/3 pound broccoli, trimmed 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan 3 cloves cracked garlic 1/2 pound chicken breast cut for stir fry, or chicken tenders Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 cup part skim ricotta cheese 10 sun dried tomatoes in oil, drained and sliced 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese 12 to 15 leaves fresh basil, torn or stacked and thinly sliced Preheat oven to 500 F. On 12-inch nonstick pizza pan, stretch out dough and form pizza crust. Drizzle olive oil on crust and spread it with a pastry brush over the dough to the edges.

Sprinkle crust with grated Parmigiano-Reggiano.

In a small covered saucepan, bring 2 inches water to a boil. Separate broccoli tops into florets, discarding lower stalks or reserving for soup. Salt water and add broccoli florets. Cook, covered, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain broccoli and set on cutting board. Chop broccoli florets into small pieces.

Heat a small nonstick pan over medium high to high heat. Add oil, cracked garlic and chicken. Season with salt and pepper.

Brown chicken until lightly golden all over, 3 to 5 minutes.

Chop sauted chicken and garlic on a cutting board into small pieces.

To assemble pizza, dot crust with broccoli and chicken.

Dot crust with spoonfuls of ricotta, spreading gently with the back of spoon. Add sliced sun-dried tomatoes, scattering around pizza to edges. Complete assembly with a thin layer of shredded mozzarella.

Place pizza in oven on middle rack and lower heat to 450 F. Bake 12 minutes, until cheese is deep golden in color and crust is brown and crisp at the edges.

Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes. Top with lots of torn or shredded basil.

Cut pizza into 8 slices using pizza wheel and serve.

Yield 4 servings.

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RVC SCHOOLS MOVE to remote learning during school closures.

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LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY PUBLIC NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed Bids will be received by the Purchasing Department of the Village of Rockville Centre, One College Place, Room 204, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 until 11:00 AM prevailing time on April 14, 2020 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

The contract will be awarded as soon thereafter as practicable for:Bid# 2003G1(977) Cleaning & Porter Services for Building & Parks Within the Village of Rockville Centre The Specifications can be obtained/examined at the office of the Purchasing Department at the above noted address on or after March 19, 2020 between the hours of 8:00AM and 1:00PM or 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Monday through Friday.

All questions should be submitted via email only.

C o n t a c t kmcmahon@rvcny.us no later than April 07, 2020 with your questions.

DO NOT email your bid response.

Follow the instructions in the Bid Package.

Please note that Village Hall does not open until 8:00 AM. Plan accordingly when submitting your response.

Award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder in accordance with applicable provisions of the law.

The Village reserves the right to reject all bids.

Kathy McMahon Purchasing Agent 516-678-9213 121092

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Deutsche Alt-B Securities Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-AB4, Plaintiff AGAINST

Noman Shahzad, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, hers-at-law, next of kin, distributes, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, and generally all person having or claiming under, by or through said Noman Shahzad, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow, or widowers o the, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated June 8, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on March 31, 2020 at 11:30AM, premises known as 431 Cornell Avenue, Rockville Center, NY 11570-3530. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of NY, Section 38 Block 130 Lot 23 & 68.

Approximate amount of judgment $779,921.92 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 7025/16.

Lisa Goodwin, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: February 7, 2020 120393

PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.mypublicnotices.com TO PLACE AND AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NA, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OF AMERICA, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LASALLE BANK NA, ON BEHALF OF THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-AQ1, Plaintiff, Against EILEEN SWEENEY; FRANCIS M. SWEENEY, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 9/25/2018, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction in the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY 11501, on 3/31/2020 at 11:30 am, premises known as 15 Norcross Street, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 and described as follows: ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Rockville Centre, in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York and designated on the tax maps of the Nassau County Treasurer as Section 38 Block 165, Lot 28, 29 and 30.

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $945,161.38 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 6975/16.

For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 Suzanne Levy, Esq., Referee.

SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Dated: 2/12/2020 File Number: 32758 MNB 120395

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU FEDERAL NATIONAL M O R T G A G E ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, V. ZULA MAE WATKINS; ET. AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated August 08, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein FEDERAL NATIONAL M O R T G A G E ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is the Plaintiff and ZULA MAE WATKINS; ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CALENDAR CONTROL PART (CCP) COURTROOM OF THE NASSAU SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on April 7, 2020 at 11:30 am, premises known as 546 HENRY STREET, ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY 11570: Section 38, Block 112, Lot 931: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT LAKEVIEW, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 001438/2016. MARK S. RICCIARDI, Esq. - Referee.

RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

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Schools are closed, but education has not ceased. Rockville Centre public schools had been preparing for remote learning in the days leading up to the order by Nassau County Executive Laura Curran to close all Nassau County schools for two weeks, followed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order to close schools across the state through April 1.

“We’re very well-prepared for our remote learning plans,” Rockville Centre Board of Education President Tara Hackett said.

The district expects to launch remote learning capabilities on Wednesday, which includes the use of Google Classroom for the upper grades and curriculum packets for the lower elementary students. Late last week, South Side High School Principal John Murphy said that teachers at the high school had been planning for the possibility of a school closure, and created more remote learning opportunities. Many class lessons will be posted on Google Classroom, including special education classes. All art, music and physical education activities will be posted on Google Classroom as well.

South Side Middle School teachers have also created Google Classroom lessons, and at the elementary schools, teachers have created curriculum packets for the lower grade levels; the fourthand fifth-graders will have Google Classroom assignments that can be done via iPads.

The district also expected to have plans in place by Wednesday for distributing meals to students who qualify for free and reduced meals.

As all of the closures and bans on large gatherings come during budget season, the Board of Education meetings will shift to a virtual format. Starting Wednesday, the meetings will be Livestreamed as well as recorded, and residents will be able to email their questions to boe@rvcschools.org so they can participate remotely.

“This will be a really good way for us to share information,” Hackett said, “and I think people need to hear from us right now.”

Curran made the announcement Sunday morning as health and school officials look to contain the spread of the coronavirus, which has claimed the lives

of seven New Yorkers, two of whom had underlying health conditions, and infected more than 1,374 people statewide.

Preventing the spread of coronavirus in Rockville Centre

Though no cases of coronavirus have been reported in Rockville Centre, the village officials decided “out of an abundance of caution” to close Village Hall, the Sandel Senior Center, John A. Anderson Recreation Center and Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center for two weeks, starting Monday, March 16 and reopening on March 30. The Rockville Centre Library is also closed through March 29.

On Monday, the Village of Rockville Centre issued a statement stating that, due to public health recommendations that encourage social distancing regarding COVID-19, it will be shutting down all non-essential services for two weeks. All essential services, including the sanitation, electric, water, sewage, and police department. All other employees will be working remotely during this time.

“We want to make sure we make the safest decisions possible to protect our residents and employees,” Mayor Francis X. Murray said, “while maintaining service to our community.”

Residents who need to make electric and water payments, as well as pay for parking tickets, can pay online at www. rvcny.gov. Payments can also be left in the drop box outside Village Hall or mailed to Village Court.

“We will reevaluate the rapidly evolving situation at the end of the two weeks,” Murray said. “I am confident that as a community, we will weather these challenging times together.

Sandel Center Executive Director Christina O’Leary, who met with the mayor and village administrator prior to closing the center, said she and her staff would be looking for ways to keep seniors connected during this time.

“As much as I hate to close the center, I believe it is the most responsible thing to do,” Sandel Center Executive Director Christina O’Leary said. “As the situation escalates, seeing more and more closures, we feel it’s the best thing to protect our members, many of whom are in the high-risk brackets.”

As of press time, the center was working with the village to provide fitness classes to members via the village’s web channel.

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oronavirus has swept across New York with astounding speed, leaving sickness, fear and uncertainty in its wake. Small businesses, particularly restaurants and bars, have taken a beating over the past two weeks — yes, it’s been only two weeks since the first coronavirus case in Nassau County was reported, though it feels like ages.

Business at restaurants and bars was cut in half by the coronavirus — and that was before Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned gatherings of more than 50 people on Monday, forcing restaurants and bars to close, though take-out is now allowed, including alcohol from bars, distilleries and wineries.

Many small businesses, which are the lifeblood of our downtowns, run on small

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ed them. Small businesses sponsor our local charities and sports teams, and organize fundraisers for our neighbors suffering from a wide range of ailments. They also employ local people.

Now these small businesses need us to do our part to ensure their survival. Take a walk in your local downtown. See what’s offered, and then order from your favorite businesses online or by phone.

It’s hard to remember a time such as this. The days after Sept. 11, 2001, come quickly to mind, when fear was pervasive.

People remained determined to live their lives, however. They should now as well.

With a virus like COVID-19, we need to get creative in how we go about our daily routines, however, most especially our shopping routines.

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budgets, with narrow profit margins. A steady downturn in sales, even for a few weeks, could kill a mom-and-pop shop.

That is why we urge people to patronize their local small businesses, even during these frightening times. Order out from your favorite restaurant or bar, or if you’re really worried but want to see that business still there after this crisis ends (and it will end someday soon), then buy a gift card for future use. As County Executive Laura Curran rightly noted on Twitter, purchasing a gift card is a “promise” to return someday soon. It also provides immediate cash to what may well be an otherwise cash-starved business.

These are desperate times for many. In good times and bad, our small businesses have been there for us when we have need-

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ear can bring out the worst in us.

When the coronavirus pandemic erupted in China in January, Asian-Americans shared stories on social media about how people would avoid them out of fear of contracting the virus. Now it is common to find stories of violence. A number of Asian-Americans have been assaulted because people believed they carried COVID-19.

Such stories remind us of what happened to Asian-Americans in 2003 at the height of the SARS pandemic, or the H1N1 outbreak in 2009, when news of the dis-

LETTERS Questions about Brinton’s column To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “‘Medicare for all’ could cost you a bundle” (March 5-11): Brinton writes, “In the U.S., 49 percent of health costs are covered by public funding (tax dollars, that is).” But he doesn’t fully break out the individual tax burden for Americans.

The cost of Medicare and Medicaid to taxpayers isn’t just the “thousand dollars a year in Medicare/Medicaid payroll taxes” that Brinton mentions. Many high-income taxpayers also pay substantial amounts through the Additional Medicare Tax surtax and the Net Investment Income Tax, also known as the Unearned Income Medicare Contribution Surtax. According to the Tax Policy Center, the Additional Medicare Tax raised $10 billion and the NIIT raised $27 billion in 2018. I suspect these amounts would make the average cost of $8,200-per-year-per-household cost of medical care that he cites much higher.

ease’s Mexican origin caused a wave of discrimination and violence against Latino-Americans.

At the same time, internet scams, price gouging and hoarding have become all too common all too quickly as the coronavirus scare has deepened. Customers have emptied shelves of sanitary and medicinal products, and the internet is full of stories and photos of people walking out of stores with carts full of toilet paper and water bottles.

Be mindful of what you are purchasing, and how much of it you are buying. Leave

something for the next customer. And if you’re a business, for goodness’ sake, don’t raise your prices to unreasonable levels.

First, the state will likely catch you. More than that, it’s just plain wrong.

During times of panic, it’s all too easy to think of ourselves and fail to see the moral consequences of our actions. What we do now will set the precedent for future outbreaks, so rather than repeat the mistakes of the SARS and H1N1 pandemics, we must remember to think of others, and resist the urge to embrace selfishness and hate.

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ast week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation appropriating $40 million to help fight COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. That was excellent news.

Buried in the legislation, however, were troubling provisions appropriating something else: enormous, unprecedented and unnecessary additional powers to the governor.

While Cuomo already has the ability to respond quickly and effectively to a “disaster emergency,” the new legislation dramatically increased his emergency powAMEER ers.

BENNO To begin, the bill expanded the circumstances that qualify as “disasters.” While existing law allowed the governor to exercise his emergency powers to address epidemics (among many other things), the new law now enables him to invoke his emergency power in cases of “disease outbreak.”

What does that mean? No one really knows. While it seems intended to cover an outbreak of illness that falls short of an epidemic, it’s unclear how far short, or how serious an illness.

Next, under the old law, Cuomo could invoke his emergency powers only if a disaster had already occurred or was “imminent.” The new law, however, allows him to invoke these powers if a

disaster is merely “impending.” That’s far less immediate than “imminent.” Could it apply to events several months or years away? This, too, is ambiguous.

What is clear, however, is that the vagueness of these words and phrases in the new law allows Cuomo to invoke his emergency powers in a vastly expanded array of circumstances.

Perhaps more concerning, though, is that the nature of his emergency powers has been greatly expanded.

Under the new law, the governor may “issue any directive” (my italics) he believes will “aid in coping” with the disaster. Talk about openended!

The new legislation also eliminates important language that was designed to protect against gubernatorial abuse. Previously, the governor could exercise his emergency powers only if doing so would “safeguard the health and welfare of the public.” The new measure, astonishingly, eliminates this restriction.

By increasing opportunities for Cuomo to invoke his emergency powers and expanding what he can do with them, the Legislature has bestowed on him sweeping new authority that he can use practically any time for practically any reason.

As one critic has correctly noted, the new law could “theoretically justify all kinds of maneuvers, like the declaration of martial law, unilateral travel restrictions, and mass quarantines.”

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50 or more people to gather. How easy it could be for him, one day in the future, to ban political rallies, public protests or demonstrations he disfavors under the pretext of protecting public health. After all, as the German political theorist Carl Schmitt wrote, “Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.”

While the new law is scheduled to sunset on April 30, 2021, no one realistically expects Cuomo, who has demonstrated with each executive budget a predilection for pushing the envelope of constitutionally permissible power, to put this toothpaste back in the tube.

Thomas Jefferson warned that we must guard against “elective despotism” — where we place too much power in the hands of one elected official — and cautioned that “it is better to keep the wolf out of the fold, than to trust to drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered.” Sadly, the wisdom of the ages went unheeded.

This legislation was sponsored in the Senate by Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins at Cuomo’s request, no doubt as part of a backroom deal, and was pushed through in typical Albany style.

When both chambers’ health committee chairs raised concerns about the expanded authority being granted to the governor, Senate and Assembly Democratic leadership rammed through its passage.

The bill was introduced on a Monday afternoon and voted on that night. Law-

new law gives the governor extraordinary power in emergencies.

LETTERS Brinton also doesn’t address the costs that all Americans shoulder for having a large percentage of our population that is uninsured — costs like unpaid emergency room visits that the government (and thus taxpayers) must bear. I look forward to his next column on why the U.S. spends so much on health care compared with other countries. I hope he will address the exorbitant extra costs in our system that come from having private health insurers and many other participants in the health care system focused on increasing profits to generate higher returns for shareholders, rather than focusing on providing efficient, quality health care to everyone.

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MTA shouldn’t charge refund fee To the Editor: Along with the Long Island Senate majority delegation, I recently sent a letter to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s chairman and CEO, Patrick Foye, urging the MTA to waive the $10 administrative fee on refunds for LIRR tickets.

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Former presidential adviser and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel famously stated, “Never let a serious crisis go to waste.” By tying the allocation of money to combat the coronavirus to legislative enlargement of his executive powers, Cuomo exploited the current pandemic rapid a for personal political gain.

It’s a move ripped from the same play- before book used by third-world dictators. That lives. T the Democratic leadership worked hand recent in glove with him to do this is shameful, shows and that so many of our lawmakers sim- within ply rolled over and acquiesced is a pitiful a disea illustration of what one-party rule does to senten that’s n government. tion on Ameer Benno is a constitutional law attorney and a former Republican congressional candidate in the 4th District. Follow him on Twitter at @ameerbenno. Comments about this column? Abenno@ameerbenno.com.

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our state and country, thousands of commuters are working from home and not using their costly monthly railroad tickets, according to the guidance of health and government officials. These hardworking fare-payers are rightfully seeking refunds, and indeed, protecting public health through their actions.

Charging them the normal fee would not only be punitive, but also unfair and contrary to the spirit of New Yorkers supporting one another during an unprecedented crisis.

It is recommended that people avoid crowds and limit social interactions as much as possible. An administrative fee may deter telecommuting, which would be detrimental to people’s health and safety.

By eliminating this surcharge, the MTA would not only alleviate monetary concerns for thousands of LIRR riders, but also act fairly and help protect New Yorkers by encouraging people to telecommute.

If you purchased your ticket via the MTA eTix app, you can apply for a refund through the app. If it’s a paper ticket, you can refund it at LIRR ticket windows. Since refunds are pro-rated, you must act as promptly as possible to receive the maximum amount possible.

TODD KAMINSKY State senator, 9th District

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