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Pharmacist dies of Covid-19 complications tion seemed to improve. “It took us all by surprise,” she said of his death. “We didn’t think it As the coronavirus spread was going in that direction.” across New York City and Long The week that he got sick, Island, Bill Mantell continued to Carole said, her husband was in commute from his East Meadow the middle of selling his pharhome to his pharmamacy in Rochdale cy in Queens. Near Village, which he the end of March, had owned for 31 Mantell, formerly of years — as long as Rockville Centre, the couple had been developed a fever, married. He signed which spiked and the papers on April persisted for more 3, three days before than a week. He was being admitted to admitted to Nassau the hospital, and University Medical was under contract Center in East to work for a year, Meadow, where he with the possibility died two weeks later, of continuing. on April 17, of com“His plan was to plications of Covid- GAIL MANTELL stay on,” Carole 19 and pneumonia. Daughter said. “He wanted to He was 68. work.” Mantell’s family She described her could not visit him in the hospi- husband as hardworking, caring tal, but his wife, Carole, and and generous, someone who daughters Gail and Jenna called made sure she and their daughand texted him daily. “By the sec- ters had what they needed, and ond week, he was really weak never wanting for himself. and not answering texts,” Carole Bill was born in Poland on said. Sept. 14, 1951, the youngest of Over two weeks, she said, three children, and lived in Israthere were times when his condiCONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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Praise for village nursing homes Employees at two Rockville Centre nursing homes were recognized last week with a car parade. A group of residents drove past the Grand Pavilion for Rehabilitation and Nursing and the Rockville Nursing Center on April 22 to show their appreciation for their work during the pandemic. As the parade passed the Grand Pavilion, social worker Samantha Stein, second from right, captured it on her cellphone.
Molloy College nursing students give back to RVC community By BRIANA BONFIGLIO bbonfiglio@liherald.com
Members of the Molloy Nursing Student Association have been “working tirelessly, nonstop, to see what they can do” for others during the coronavirus pandemic, said Geraldine Moore, a Molloy College nursing professor and one of the club’s faculty advisers. From writing letters to seniors at a local nursing home to send-
ing food to health care workers in hospitals, the student-run organization has taken on a number of projects intended to lift the spirits of vulnerable people as well as those working on the front lines of the ongoing emergency. MNSA Co-presidents Gina Roy and Brianna Gerbasio, seniors at Molloy, spoke about the club’s mission to help others. In a normal school year, it provides support to the college’s 1,400 nursing students, offering
mentorships and organizing fundraisers and other volunteer efforts, which are not only service opportunities but also bonding experiences for the future nurses. The group has donated to Bethany House, a local shelter for women and children, and Camp ANCHOR, which offers programming for people with special needs. W h e n t h e c o r o n av i r u s CONTINUED ON PAGE 13
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e went above and beyond for his family, and always wanted to give us more than he had.
Molloy College housing medical workers By Jill Nossa jnossa@liherald
In support of Long Island’s efforts to combat the coronavirus, Molloy College will begin housing visiting health care workers currently employed by Mercy Medical Center. Roughly 40 health care workers, including some of Mercy’s staff, will be housed in the college’s Maria Regina Hall in Rockville Centre. Molloy will make this temporary housing available at least through May 31. “Molloy is proud to be able to help both Mercy Medical Center and the health care workers who are on the front lines in the fight against this deadly virus,” said Janine Biscari, Molloy’s vice president of student affairs. “As one of the leading providers of health care education in the country, we want to do whatever we can to help health care workers.” “We are glad that Mercy and Molloy could come together to assist the Mercy staff and the community in battling this horrific pandemic,” said Peter Scaminaci, president of Mercy Medical Center. “We believe this housing availability will be a valuable asset not just for the visiting nurses but also for Mercy staff members who may want to keep their families separated from their daily challenges.” ‘When I called Molloy Vice President Ed Thompson to ask for help,” said Jeff Mulhall, president of the Friends of Mercy, “the answer was an immediate yes. We believe this is a model interaction between two great neighbors who are an asset to the community.”
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VisitiNg health care workers assisting at Mercy Medical Center will be housed at Molloy College’s Maria Regina Hall beginning this weekend.
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Coaches, athletes lament over lost season place. “It felt like we finally had the depth, the talent and the leadership to take it to It’s game over for public high school the next step,” DiPietro said. “We felt spring sports on Long Island for 2020. like this was our best chance in a long Any hopes for even a modified season time to finally potentially win the counwere dashed April 21 when health and ty championship.” safety concerns led athletic administraLiCalzi will be heading to the U.S. tors and school superintendents in Nas- Naval Academy in June, and plans to sau and Suffolk counties to announce play lacrosse next year. He said he’s the cancellation of the spring sports been playing lacrosse since first grade season. and most of his friendships have been “For the safety for our student ath- made through sports. Missing out on letes Section VIII has made the difficult this final year together is difficult, and decision to cancel spring sports for our he said this team had been training four high schools and middle schools.” Nas- to five days a week since December. sau County executive director Pat Pizza“They were willing to sacrifice a lot relli said. “Long Island is and work as hard as possione of the areas most affectble,” LiCalzi said. “There ed by this terrible pandemic are definitely bigger things so both Section VIII (Nasgoing on in the world and sau) and Section XI (Suffolk) it’s necessary to take the have made this very difficult extra precautions, but still, decision.” it’s sad to see it end like Administrators in both this.” counties met over a 24-hour South Side High School span beginning April 20 and Varsity Baseball Coach Tom felt it was important to react Smith said that with 15 sooner as opposed to later. returning players – 12 of E ve n i f p u bl i c s ch o o l s whom are seniors – he, too, reopen, no sporting events had been looking forward to will be held. A week earlier, a strong season. Governor Andrew Cuomo “We had high goals for extended New York State’s ourselves this year,” Smith stay-at-home policies said. “We were hoping to through May 15, meaning make a run for a conference STEVE DIPIETRO that school buildings will be or county championship. It’s closed until at least that Coach, really upsetting for my date. Boys Varisty seniors.” “It’s very sad for the Lacrosse Five of the team’s seniors seniors, but we are dealing plan to play at the college with life and death,” Pizzalevel next year, and Smith relli said. “We have to safeguard our stusaid every spring there’s a chance dents and communities. We waited as senior players can get recruited to join long as we possibly could to make this the roster of a college. The juniors, howheartbreaking decision.” Nassau County’s Athletic Council, ever, are missing their prime recruitwhich includes superintendents, princi- ment opportunity. “It’s tough for them,” Smith said. pals and officials, met the night of April 20 and was unanimous in its decision. “How are they going to get looked at?” Smith, who has been coaching at Athletic Directors met the following South Side since 2007, and has been morning and were in total agreement. head coach since 2013, said the team had “My heart goes out to all spring athletes,” Rockville Centre School District’s completed a week of tryouts and a week Athletic Director Carol Roseto said, of practices prior to the school closure. “but most especially to the senior ath- Since then, he has been regularly comletes who put so much time, effort and municating with his team, holding commitment over the years towards “team chats” and providing drills and their high school teams who won’t get to exercises to keep them in shape. Though he said the final decision did not come play.” Learning the news of the season’s as a surprise, it was still a disappointcancellation particularly stung for the ment. Because of this, he made a point South Side High School Boys Lacrosse to be the one to inform the team directly. “They invested so much time and team. “This was our deepest and most expe- work, I didn’t want them to see it on the rienced team in 10 years,” Coach Steve news or social media first,” Smith said, DiPietro said, “so all of us are crushed.” “I wanted them to hear it from me.” He’s hopeful this team might have DiPietro said most of the 18 senior players on the team had been playing one more chance to get together. “I’d like to get the team together for together since third grade, and the team included a number of standout players, one last practice before they leave,” including All-American Nick LiCalzi Smith said, “but it all depends on what happens with this pandemic.” and All-County William Pickett. Nicole Tufano, varsity softball coach, “It was the biggest senior class we ever had,” DiPietro said, “and we’ve said she had been trying to remain optimistic, but was prepared for the decibeen talking about this class for years.” The Cyclones were seeded second sion to cancel the season. “I’m just trybehind Manhasset in Nassau County ing to be proactive with my players and Class B and had aspirations for first how they’re feeling,” she said. “It hurts,
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SOUTH SIDE HIGH School senior Nick LiCalzi had been looking forward to a strong lacrosse season. emotionally, especially for the seniors.” She acknowledged that the younger players are impacted as well. Tufano said three juniors are on the team are “strong players” who likely would have had a good season, and she had also been looking forward to the freshmen and sophomores getting playing time. “That time on the field is so valuable,” Tufano said, “and for them to miss out on a whole season is huge.” Senior Lara Solano has been a member of the varsity girls lacrosse team for four years and had been excited about her final season at South Side. “We anticipated big things for this season,” Solano said, “which makes it even harder to cope with the loss.” She said it’s important for the players to remember that they have the team to lean on. All of the seniors, not just the athletes, have missed out on so much this spring, which has been challenging. And while she acknowledged it’s important to rationalize the loss as compared to the picture bigger of the global pandemic right now, “people should understand that we are losing something important to us.” Solano plans to attend Ohio State
University this fall and is the only captain not planning to play at the college level. “That’s partly what makes it so hard now, and it’s made me think about joining a club team next year,” she said. “I’ve come to understand the importance of being on a team. The next four years will be a new experience, with new girls, but I also want to have that team bond with another group of girls.” Girls Lacrosse coach Rob Devlin has been head coach since the current seniors were freshmen. “I’ve watched them grow, and the opportunity finally came for them,” he said, “and then this happened.” He echoed Solano’s sentiments about sometimes not realizing how much you will miss something until it’s gone. “It’s important to keep things in perspective, but you can’t lose sight of the fact that these girls have worked hard and were looking forward to a fun season,” Devlin said. “The camaraderie these girls have is more important than wins or losses. As soon as I get word that I can get the girls together, I’ll do it. The team didn’t end just because the season did. They are still a team.”
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Pharmacist remembered as hardworking CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE el before his family moved to New Jersey when he was a child. He earned a degree in pharmacology from Rutgers University in 1975, worked at Brookdale Hospital after he graduated, and bought the store in Queens in 1988. Carole met Bill through a friend and classmate when she was in graduate school at St. John’s University. They were engaged within five months and married several months later, in November 1988. The family moved to Rockville Centre in 1998, where they lived until 2016, when Bill and Carole moved to East Meadow. Both of their daughters attended Covert Elementary School in Rockville Centre and graduated from South Side High School. Both now live in Manhattan. “He went above and beyond for his family and always wanted to give us more than he had,” Gail, 29, said of her father. “He wanted to make our lives better and easier than what his was like growing up in Poland. He was the sweetest and funniest person we’ve ever known.” Jenna, 26, recalled attending a University of Maryland-vs.Rutgers basketball game in New Jersey with her father in December 2018 — her alma mater against his. “It was just the two of us, doing something we love,” she said, “and it was a RABBI really good day.” MARC GRUBER She described her father as Central Synagogue- “selfless, humble and caring,” and Gail added that he taught Beth Emeth his daughters to “fight for what you deserve.” Among those who reached out to the family when they heard about Bill’s death, the Mantells said, were many longtime customers and former employees whom his wife and daughters had never met. He knew all of his employees, customers and their families, Carole said, and she was comforted — though not surprised — to hear how he had touched their lives. The funeral service, at Beth Moses Cemetery on April 20, and the shivas that evening and the next day, were shared on Zoom by more than 160 people. “I think it was better than a regular shiva,” Carole said, “because we got to hear all of the stories about Bill.” Rabbi Marc Gruber of Central Synagogue-Beth Emeth, in Rockville Centre, described Mantell in his eulogy as an optimist. “Bill Mantell had a good eye,”
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ill Mantell had a good eye, for he looked at life and at people and circumstances and saw opportunities for doing good.
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JENNA, GAIL, CAROLE and Bill Mantell on a family trip to California’s Big Sur in 2018. Gruber said, “for he looked at life and at people and circumstances and saw opportunities for doing good.” He also described him as “a good neighbor, good friend and a generous soul.” “Above all, Bill had a good heart,” Gruber said. “He was a warm, sincere and generous human being. He worked hard, loved his family, adored his daughters and cherished his wife.” In addition to Carole, Gail and Jenna, Mantell is survived by two brothers, Boris (Rita) and Joseph (Pearl); a sister-in-law, Meryl Barrow (Rick), as well as his nieces, nephews and their children. His nephew Jordan Barrow described him as a “selfless man.” “He went to work at the pharmacy every day because he knew his customers needed him and their medicine,” Barrow said, “because that’s how he was: selfless and always putting others first. “It is unfair that a man as giving, kind and generous as he was has been taken from all of us too soon, and because he was doing what he always did — helping others,” Barrow added. “But if he were here, he would no doubt tell us he . . . would only care about making sure that Aunt Carole, Gail and Jenna were OK.”
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BILL MANTELL, OF East Meadow, formerly of Rockville CENTRE, died on April 17 of complications of Covid-19 and pneumonia. He was 68.
Letter from Covid-19 victim’s wife to the governor
Dear Governor Cuomo, I am writing to share the story of my husband, William Mantell, who died from Covid-related pneumonia on April 17. Bill was a health care worker on the front lines. He wasn’t a nurse or physician working in a hospital, but a pharmacist at a small community pharmacy that he owned for 31 years, in Rochdale Village, N.Y. As you know, retail pharmacies are deemed essential businesses by New York state and are expected to remain open. Bill did as he was instructed. His exposure to the public was not optional, and he kept his pharmacy running to serve his patients and community. Within the first week of this crisis, he sold out of hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, disinfectant sprays, masks, gloves, alcohol, thermometers and Tylenol.
There were no cleaning supplies left on the shelves, and it was becoming nearly impossible to replenish those items. Not only did Bill have limited product to sell to his patients and customers, but also there were very few supplies to clean the pharmacy with, and he had zero personal protective equipment to keep himself and his employees safe. Bill was running a small business, and he wasn’t in a position to quickly install plastic barriers at cash registers and other protective measures throughout the store that large corporate pharmacies had the resources to do.
In the beginning of this crisis, I was glued to the news. I heard news stories about the nurses and physicians in hospitals who were begging for PPE to protect themselves. I listened to your news conferences in which you asked President Trump for help obtaining equipment and PPE for those on the front lines in hospitals. I don’t recall the push for PPE for the workers on the front lines who were not in hospitals: the retail pharmacists, delivery people, grocery store employees and workers in essential factories. If New York state was having difficulty procuring these items, how were small businesses supposed to? I feel like my husband was left to fend for himself. If Bill had the PPE earlier, would it have changed his outcome? I want to bring to your attention the difficulty Bill went through to try to have a Covid-19 test scheduled. He called the testing hotline on March 28 and was told someone would get back to him within two days. Two days later he called again and was reassured he was “still on the list.” Three and a half weeks later, on April 22, the New York State Department of Health called to schedule a test. This was five days after he died. Is it acceptable to have a person who is sick wait almost a month for a test? Why wasn’t his personal physician allowed to order a test? How did those waiting on lines at the drive-through sites have their tests scheduled? If Bill had been tested and treated earlier, would it have changed
his outcome? It was extremely difficult for my family and me (and I am sure for every other family who has a sick loved one) to know that Bill was in the hospital suffering alone, with no family or friends by his side to support him. I understand the reasons why, and I understand that the nurses have such a high patient load that they are often unable to extend the extra human elements they normally give those in their care. I know Bill was anxious, scared and exhausted trying to take care of his needs on his own. If even one family member was allowed at their own risk, gowned from head to toe, to be there with him, to ensure that he laid on his stomach, did his breathing exercises, helped with the side effects caused by his medications and let him know that he wasn’t alone, would it have changed his outcome? My story is one of nearly 17,000 in New York state. I am helpless in a time when there is so much uncertainty in the world. I have lost my best friend, and my daughters have lost their father. I am calling on you, Governor Cuomo, to continue leading our state through this challenging time. Small businesses on the front lines need PPE to safely serve people during this pandemic, and our loved ones need someone by their side to fight and survive. In loving memory of my husband Bill, Carole Mantell
Island Harvest offering food across Nassau
Food bank partners with county to feed 1,000 families in need amid the pandemic By BRIAN STIEGLITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
“No one should have to question where their next meal is coming from,” wrote Nassau County Executive Laura Curran in a Facebook post on April 23. Her sentiment echoes the goal of Island Harvest Food Bank, with which the county recently partnered to distribute food at nine local sites. In Curran’s social media post, she announced the county had joined with the Bethpage-based food bank to provide enough meals to feed roughly 1,000 families in one day. This continues Island Harvest’s efforts to help the growing number of Long Island residents who were furloughed or lost their jobs because of business closures or stagnations. The food bank first launched an emergency response program on March 9 to help residents who were financially impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. This included its Emergency Contingency Business Plan to put in place specific measures to ensure the health and safety of its staff members, volunteers, clients and food. Through its emergency response plan, the organization has purchased 50 percent more food than it usually does. Staff members surveyed 124 school districts and identified 32 that needed support providing meals to students. For such districts, staff members and volunteers created pop-up, drive-through food distribution centers. It ran a mobile food pantry to distribute food to about 300 nonprofits, and delivered food to roughly 1,700 people who could not leave their homes, including seniors, veterans and the immunocompromised.
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ISLANd HARvEST Food Bank partnered with Nassau County to distribute food at nine different county sites on April 23.
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Editor’s note: Carole Mantell recently lost her husband, Bill, to Covid-19. He was a pharmacist, working on the front lines. Carol wrote to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, urging him to provide protective equipment to essential employees like him to protect them from the virus. “I needed to write a letter to Governor Cuomo regarding our family’s experience with Covid-19,” she said. “I want this to be a call to action to make changes in how this terrible disease is being handled.” The Mantells lived for many years in Rockville Centre before moving four years ago to East Meadow. Here is Carole’s letter to the governor:
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norTh Shore animal League America’s campus in Port Washington is currently still doing, but pet-owner candidates must make an appointment to adopt.
North Shore Animal League still fostering adoptions By Jennifer Corr jcorr@liherald.com
Tanner Callicutt of Manhattan had thought about getting a puppy for some time, but house-training one seemed daunting given his busy schedule as an actor and a restaurant host. So when New York state shut down to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in mid-March, Callicutt thought, “‘When am I going to have six weeks of undivided attention to devote to training him and making sure that he’s house-broken?” In December, Callicutt’s friend, Will Ganss, went through North Shore Animal League America, a no-kill animal rescue center in Port Washington, to get a puppy. He noticed the amount of love a shelter pet can give, so he decided to go with North Shore Animal League for his new puppy. Callicutt is not the only one to take advantage of the stay-at-home order to train and get to know a new pet. “There are a lot, a lot of people who are inquiring about adopting animals,” Diane Johnson, North Shore Animal League’s vice president of shelter Operations, said. “Basically, all of the animals that we have on our website, someone has asked about, which is great because a lot of them are long-term animals that have been here a little bit longer.” Because the animal rescue can no longer allow walkins, potential adoptees can look for adoptable cats and dogs on the organization’s website, www.animalleague. org. On the website, Callicut found a lab-mix puppy named Otis. “I saw his picture online and immediately fell in love,” Callicut said. Callicutt then contacted North Shore Animal League and was able to filled out his adoption application over the phone and made an appointment. On April 3, he sat down with Otis at the rescue. “By the end of it, I was like ‘Yeah, he’s mine,’” he said. “I want to take him home.” Johnson said now is a good time to adopt a pet. “People are home and they have the time to devote to an animal,” she said. “This is a great time for training and spending time with them. We had an outpouring, before this happened, of people who wanted to foster. So we have 40 animals in foster homes that are getting attention 24/7 rather than being here.” Fostering has been the alternative option, Johnson said, for pets whose owners died from Covid-19. She said there were two cases that the shelter handled. In one, the animal was supposed to be housed at the shelter, but at the
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Tanner CalliCuTT adopTed his lab-mix puppy, Otis, from North Shore Animal League America in Port Washington. last minute a relative stepped up to take the animal in. In another, a neighbor of an individual took in the animal as a foster pet. The neighbor is now working independently to have the animal adopted. “Rather than the animal coming to the shelter, where it’s new for them, and it’s scary, they’re with a foster in a safe and loving environment,” Johnson said. North Shore Animal League could not name the foster owners for privacy reasons. For animals that do currently live at the shelter, staff members and volunteers have provided care for them too. Adoptable dogs are walked three to four times a day and are able to go outside and play. Volunteers have also been taking them to the beach. “Our front line has been unwavering,” Johnson said. “We’ve been here from the start. Our staff and volunteers are still here providing care and enrichment for the ani-
mals, and you can’t ask for more than that. Our staff is so dependable when it comes to the animals.” Also dependable, Johnson said, has been the emergency veterinary service provided by North Shore Animal League’s Pet Health Centers, which are now doing a curbside service for which the animal is brought in and the owner stays in the car. “Veterinary medicine has been deemed an essential service, so we have remained open to some degree,” Dr. Mark Verdino, a veterinarian with North Shore Animal League, said. “We have, at this point, closed what we would consider non-critical services. So we’re not doing annual exams for the most part. We’re not doing elective procedures, like if a dog needs dental cleaning...” Verdino and his team have also worked to inform the public on the relationship between Covid-19 and companion animals. As of April 22, only two companion animals had tested positive for Covid-19, and the chances of humans spreading the disease to animals are low, officials said. “There have been, globally, very few cases where they have tested animals in the home of Covid patients and they have gotten positive tests,” Verdino said. “Does that mean they are infected, or does that mean they are just picking it up on the test? That’s what we really don’t know.” As of now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that those who are sick with Covid19 stay isolated from their pets, along with anyone else in their household. The CDC has also recommended keeping pets away from situations in which they could interact with other animals and humans outside the household. However, Verdino said, people should not be paranoid. He has heard of cases in other shelters and rescues in which people have tried to drop off their pets out of fear they could contract or spread coronavirus, or that owner would be unable to care for the pet if quarantined. This is has not happened at North Shore Animal League to date, however, he said. “What we’re trying to do is tamper that paranoia out a little bit,” Verdino said. “Again, there’s no evidence that companion animals are playing any roles whatsoever in the transmission of this disease.” Go to North Shore Animal League’s website at animalleague.org to browse adoptable pets and contact (516) 8837575 to become a pre-approved adopter. Adoptions are done by appointment. The organization is also accepting donations.
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County executive delivers Covid-19 address By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com
County Executive Laura Curran delivered a 23-minute address last Thursday night that was at once hopeful, but stark in its assessment of the psychic and monetary toll the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted on Nassau. Without state and federal funding to aid in recovery, Nassau is facing a $300 million budget deficit, Curran, a Democrat from Baldwin, noted. “We need state and federal support,” she said. Sales taxes, the county executive said, are expected to fall 10 percent. “Let’s do all we can to make sure we’re not shortchanged on federal funding when we need it most,” she said, adding that the county would take a “methodical approach to restoring our economy while preventing another outbreak.” Nor mally, a State of the County address is delivered before a room full of lawmakers and dignitaries. This time, Curran was alone in the ceremonial room of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola in order to maintain social distancing. Curran called on the federal government to rescind the cap on the federal income tax deduction for state and local taxes, which has cost many Long Islanders thousands of dollars annually. President Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act limited the deduction to $10,000 when previously it was unlimited. She pledged the county would not raise property taxes, despite the looming budget gap, and she said the county would protect the jobs of its current workers. At the same time, though, she said Nassau was instituting a hiring freeze and mandating all department heads to immediately develop cost-reduction plans. She also said development of the Hub — the economic zone in the center of the
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naSSau ExEcutivE Laura Curran delivered a 23-minute State of the County address Thursday night in which she spoke of a possible $300 million budget deficit, while she pledged not to raise taxes. county surrounding Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum — would play a critical role in helping to restore the economy locally. The Hub is slated for a series of commercial and residential development projects totaling $1.5 billion. Covid-19 testing on a wide scale will be key to jumpstarting the economy, she said, as people need to feel safe returning to work. First responders and medical workers would be first to be tested. She also said the county has set up testing centers in the hardest-hit communities, like Freeport and Hempstead, and will soon establish one in Elmont. She said underlying conditions like diabetes and hypertension are exacerbating the death toll in minority communities. Curran ran through the list of programs Nassau has undertaken to address the crisis. She also offered high praise for the county’s workers. “You are showing
up, and you are getting the job done,” she said. “This crisis has revealed the heroes already among us,” she said. Curran also took a moment to recognize “the price we have paid in precious lives,” naming a number of prominent Nassau residents who have died of Covid-19. To their families and loved ones, she said, “We mourn and grieve with you.” With the county interconnected with New York City, and the international travel that streams through its major airports, “The virus was destined to come here” to Nassau, Curran said. County Legislator Steve Rhoads, who represents the 19th District, offered the response on behalf of the Legislature’s Republican majority. The county’s 1.4 million residents are “in a fight we have never been in before, and we are winning,” he said, adding, “Each of our lives
has been touched on a personal level.” “Jobless claims continue to grow,” he said, but he noted, people’s expenses remain, “even though the paycheck has stopped.” Rhoads, a Republican from Bellmore, said the GOP majority was pleased Governor Cuomo delayed school tax collections to June 1, but was disappointed that the delay was not longer. On Monday, the Legislature had voted to push back the collection to June 10. Curran, however, said the Legislature lacked the authority to do so, arguing only the governor had that power. This fall, residents will receive their first property-tax bills under the new assessment system, Rhoads noted. Roughly 52 percent of residents are expected to see an increase in their bills, while 48 percent will have their taxes lowered. The new system is based on current fair market values of properties, after the previous county executive, Ed Mangano, a Republican from Bethpage, had frozen the rolls for a decade. During that period, thousands of homeowners filed for reductions in their taxes called certiorari, and in most cases won the reductions. That caused taxes to spike for those who did not file certiorari, many of whom were in low-income neighborhoods. In effect, it created an unequal taxation system. A number of residents have complained of errors in the new system over the past year. Rhoads said the GOP majority was committed to doing all it could to “mute the negative” of the new reassessment, though he did not offer a specific plan for doing so, saying Republican legislators would work toward a “fair, accurate assessment system.” He also said the Republican majority was “committed to working with the county executive” to ensure critical services continue without a tax increase.
MSSN releases 600th Covid-19 patient Doctors, nurses and other medical personnel lined the halls at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside and applauded the healthy release of its 600th coronavirus patient in a celebration last Friday. Bianca Jimenez, 19, of Rockaway Beach, Queens, said she had a sinking feeling that she had Covid-19 when she began exhibiting the symptoms. She suffered through the dry cough, loss of sense of taste and smell, dizziness, trouble breathing and fever, which were all in line with the disease she had heard about on the news. “I kept hearing people were dying from this,” said Jimenez, an accounting major at Manhattan Community College, according to a news release from the hospital. An inhaler prescribed by her pediatrician failed to ease Jimenez’s breathing problems. The next day,
she visited a local urgent care center, and her fears were realized when she learned she had double pneumonia and had been infected with the virus. “I was really scared,” she said. “But I thought, ‘I’m young and healthy. I’ll get through this.’” On April 20, she was admitted to MSSN, where doctors brought down her 104-degree temperature and treated her with antibiotics, oxygen and breathing therapies. Four days later, she recovered and became the milestone 600th coronavirus patient to go home after being treated. “I’m very excited to get home, and so glad I got through this,” Jimenez said. To watch the celebration of her release, visit MSSN’s Facebook post, or find it on YouTube. Courtesy Mount Sinai South Nassau; compiled by Mike Smollins
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Former Sen. Dean Skelos to be released jnossa@liherald.com
Former State Sen. Dean Skelos could be returning to his Rockville Centre home as early as this week, according to a court filing. Skelos tested positive for Covid-19, and is expected to be released to home confinement from federal prison in Otisville on or around April 30, according to officials from the Bureau of Prisons. A letter sent to a federal judge overseeing Skelos’s case did not state the location of his new confinement, but traditionally prisoners are sent to their homes and are electronically monitored, with restrictions on leaving the premises. His request for release had been in question last week because of a change in government policy. Earlier this month, officials said that Skelos, 72, had been cleared for medical release and would likely return to his Rockville Centre home. On April 21, however, prosecutors said a recent shift in the Bureau of Prisons policy meant he was no longer eligible for compassionate release, which can be ordered by a judge for inmates facing extraordinary circumstances, including illness. According to prosecutors, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons advised prison officials to revert to its pre-coronavirus policy that inmates are not eligible for home
release unless they had served 50 percent of their sentence. Skelos has more than two years, or around 30 percent, left on his 51-month sentence for extortion, wire fraud and bribery. The federal prosecutors sent a letter to U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood, who is overseeing the case, saying the Bureau of Prisons had not yet decided whether to approve Skelos for furlough and home confinement. Skelos had reportedly been in quarantine for 10 days at the federal prison in Otisville, according to documents filed in federal court in Manhattan by Southern District prosecutors, and has been symptom-free since April 8. Late last month, Skelos requested early release, citing fear of contracting the virus after another inmate tested positive. The motion, filed under seal, was opposed by federal prosecutors in papers filed publicly, stating an application for release must first be filed with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, which can better assess his health situation. His medical condition was not made public at that point. Skelos was convicted in July 2018 of using his political power to secure roughly $300,000 in jobs and fees for his son Adam, also of Rockville Centre. They were each convicted on eight counts of conspiracy, extortion, and bribery. Adam Skelos was sentenced to four years in prison.
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Cycling, social-distancing style Nassau County has fewer than 50 miles of bike trails, compared to New York City, which has 450, and Suffok County, which has 370. So Nassau residents have long had a hard time finding a place to ride freely, unconcerned about the presence of cars. With the Covid-19 pandemic hitting, and people unable to work out at their gyms, many are turning to cycling for their regular dose of exercise. What happens, however, when so many people must make do with a relatively small number of bike trails? Are they able to abide by current social-distancing requirements when riding? Heralds Executive Editor Scott Brinton rode the Wantagh Park bike trail from Cedar Creek County Park to Jones Beach State Park Saturday to find out, and for the most part, he found, cyclists, runners and inline skaters were keeping a safe distance — at least six feet apart. On this page you will find his photos from his 10-mile round-trip. For more photos, see liherald.com.
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When Sean O’Donnell, co-owner and baker at Flour Shoppe Cafe, entered the store Sunday morning, April 19, something didn’t feel right. It was 7 a.m., an hour before opening time. As he entered through the back door, he saw an individual inside the store. Immediately, O’Donnell thought he must’ve left the front door unlocked the night before and the man entered, thinking they were open. He turned on the lights. “The man said he was hungry, he was looking for food, he would bake or cook…,” O’Donnell recalled. “I told him if he comes back, I’d make him some breakfast.” O’Donnell convinced the man to leave, but as he followed him out to the front door, he saw that the door was completely shattered, and half-eaten food and drinks were strewn on the counters. “He continued to crawl out of the door,” O’Donnell said, “But then, I wasn’t going to let him leave.” An officer from the Rockville Centre Police Department came and arrested 50-year-old Monico Delarosa after receiving O’Donnell’s call at 7:04 a.m. Delarosa is homeless with no known address, but said he is from Hempstead, according to police records. Nassau County Police Department’s First Precinct charged him with burglary and criminal mischief. As a result of the break-in, Flour Shoppe Cafe closed that day for a door replacement and a full sanitization of the store. Cams Sanitize offered its services for free. “We posted on Instagram and Facebook, with a photo, saying we weren’t going to be open for Sunday brunch,” said co-owner Madison Kaer. “The outreach from customers was absolutely amazing. Three different customers reached out asking if we needed the store cleaned. [Cams Sanitize] wouldn’t take a dollar for the cleaning.”
The shop reopened as usual on Wednesday, April 22, losing just one day of business — the shop is closed Mondays and Tuesdays — and roughly $50 to $60 worth of food that had to be thrown out after the man left the store. He’d also taken a Flour Shoppe T-shirt that was hanging on the wall, O’Donnell said. Additionally, they had to pay for a new door. However, O’Donnell and Kaer are not focusing on their own losses. When reflecting on the incident, they decided to launch a “pay it forward” campaign to raise money and donate to local soup kitchens and homeless shelters. “When it initially happened, there was an adrenaline rush,” Kaer said. “You don’t know what happened, you just know someone broke into the store, and it feels violating [because] this is like our home. “But then it made us sad that there was someone who didn’t have food and resorted to breaking in,” she continued. “For some people their biggest problem [right now] is they’re bored, but for this man he doesn’t have anywhere to go or food to eat.” The shop is open only for takeout and curbside pickups at this time, so many customers are calling in orders or ordering online. When a customer orders online, there is an option to add a “pay it forward” donation. At the end of each week, the shop will take all the donations and match them. So far, they have raised more than $2,000. Kaer and O’Donnell told their story and announced the pay-it-forward campaign via Instagram and Facebook. They thanked the village police department, Solar Glass, Cams Sanitize, Minuteman Press of Rockville Centre and their customers for helping them re-open so quickly during already trying times. “We’re both feeling very lucky and loved by our community,” Kaer said. “It’s turned something that could’ve been a terrible situation into something that made us feel wonderful and supported.”
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A HOMELESS MAN threw a rock and shattered the door of Flour Shoppe Cafe on April 19. When owner Sean O’Donnell arrived, the man was in the store and had eaten some of the food. Police arrested the man shortly after 7 a.m.
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RVC Schools launch physical education app By BRIANA BONFIGLIO bbonfiglio@liherald.com
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Rockville Centre School District’s physical education teachers won’t let physical fitness and mental wellbeing fall by the wayside while schools are closed. On April 20, they launched an application for mobile devices with an array of different exercises for students and their families to follow. “As we entered the next phase of remote learning,” said Carol Roseto, the district’s director of physical education, health and athletics, “we focused on utilizing physical activity as a method to destress, as well as fulfill their remote learning requirements.” The app has different tabs for Kindergarten through fifth grade, grades 6 through 12, adapted exercises and “family fun,” as well as tabs with health resources, contact information for the district’s gym teachers and an activity log. “Each week the app will be uploaded with new activities and resources which will add to the existing ones,” Roseto said. “Our goal is to have every community member utilize the app and be active each day in some way.” As of Thursday afternoon, the app had just over 2,000 users. Physical education teachers at all levels have reported that students are using the app to complete
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Hempstead adds tax-collection sites for May By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com
The Town of Hempstead has set up three drive-thru tax-collection booths at points across the town, including one in front of Rock Hall, the stately, two-story 1767 mansion in Lawrence. Supervisor Don Clavin and Tax Receiver Jeanine Driscoll came there Thursday to announce the new collection locations, which are intended to reduce traffic at the main collection office in Hempstead and reduce the risk of Covid19 infection for taxpayers and town employees. The main collection office is at 200 North Franklin St., Hempstead. Rock Hall is at 199 Broadway in Lawrence. The two other new drive-thru sites are: ■ Echo Park, 399 Nassau Blvd., West Hempstead. ■ Seamans Neck Park, 2700 S. Seamans Neck Road, Seaford. The next tax-collection deadline is June 1, said town spokesman Mike Caputo. The main drive-thru collection office in Hempstead will open May 1. The other three will open May 18 and remain open through June 1. All sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays, except for Memorial Day on Monday, May 25, when they will be closed. The sites only accept tax payments by check or money order. “During this pandemic, we want to do everything that we can to reduce the
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town SuperviSor DonalD Clavin and Tax Receiver Jeanine Driscoll came to Rock Hall in Lawrence to announce three additional drive-thru sites where town residents can pay their taxes. The sites will open May 18 and will remain open through June 1. stress and anxiety for our taxpayers,” said Town Councilman Bruce Blakeman, who joined Clavin and Driscoll at Town Hall for the announcement. “The establishment of additional drive-thru payment offices in communities some distance from the tax office in Hempstead will provide greater convenience for taxpayers who wish to pay their school taxes
in person.” “Thousands of our residents prefer to pay their property taxes in person,” Driscoll said. “These drive-thru payment offices will accommodate our constituents in a safer manner.” By executive order on Monday, Governor Cuomo pushed back the payment deadline for second-half 2019-20 school
taxes by three weeks to June 1. The deadline was previously May 11. Clavin said he was pleased the governor delayed the payment, a move that he had called for to provide taxpayer relief for those suffering amid the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to the booths, property owners may pay their tax bills by credit or debit card or electronic check (e-check) online or by telephone. To pay online, visit the Receiver’s Online Payment Portal at https://hempsteadny.gov/view-pay-tax-bills-online. To pay by telephone, call (833) 378-1236 and follow the prompts. Payments by credit card, debit card and e-check will incur a service fee, charged by eGov Strategies, the company that processes the transactions. Hempstead Town receives no portion of the service fees, officials noted. To pay by mail, checks should be made payable to “Jeanine C. Driscoll, Receiver of Taxes,” signed and dated. Numerical and written amounts should agree, and school district, section, block and lot numbers should be written on the check. Payment stubs should be enclosed with checks or money orders and sent to: Town of Hempstead Receiver of Taxes, 200 North Franklin St., Hempstead, N.Y. 11550. Payments submitted by mail must have a U.S. Postal Service postmark dated no later than June 1 to avoid penalty. Taxpayers who need help with property-tax matters should email the Hempstead Town Receiver’s Office at tohtaxquestions@tohmail.org or call (516) 812-3600.
Study: 1 in 6 L.I. residents infected by Covid-19 By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com
An estimated 16.7 percent of residents on Long Island, in Nassau and Suffolk counties, have been infected by the coronavirus. That translates to 1 in 6 people. That’s according to a random statewide survey of 3,000 people conducted by New York state health officials, Governor Cuomo said Thursday. Nassau and Suffolk had the second-highest infection rate after New York City in the state, according to Cuomo. The five boroughs of the city had an infection rate of 21.2 percent, or about 1 in 5 people. Statewide, the rate averaged 13.9 percent, or 1 in 7 people. That figure, however, was heavily skewed by the downstate totals. Outside of New York City and its surrounding counties, the infection rate was 3.6 percent, or 1 in 28 people, Cuomo said. The antibody tests were conducted in public, at places like supermarkets and box stores, he said. Thae infection rate was disproportionately high among African-Americans and Latinos, for whom the infection rate averaged 23 percent. Among Asians, it was 11.7 percent, and whites, 9 percent.
According to the study, some 2.7 million New Yorkers have been infected by Covid-19, which translates to a death rate of .5 percent. The death rate, however, does not accurately portray the toll the pandemic has taken on New York, the governor said, noting that 15,500 people have died in hospitals and nursing homes to date. That figure is expected to rise when at-home deaths are accounted for. Additionally, the governor said, the coronavirus may have been in the United States, and New York, longer than thought, according to a new Northeastern University study. That means people may have died of the disease as early as January, but it was unknown at the time those people had the coronavirus. Conducting the study was critical to developing the state’s plans to reopen the economy, the governor said. He spoke of a regional approach to reopening, based on the infection rate seen in different parts of the state. “The facts should dictate the action,” he said, speaking of the regional approach. He noted, however, that reopening must be wellcoordianted throughout the state to prevent any one region from being overwhelmed by people from other regions whose areas have not yet opened.
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Demand for food pantry grows in RVC jnossa@liherald.com
Families in Rockville Centre have been hit hard by the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and the need for support is increasing by the week. As people who have been laid off due to the closure of nonessential businesses and social distancing measures struggle to
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THE NUMBER OF families visiting the MLK Center’s food pantry in Rockville Centre keeps growing every week.
feed their families, several organizations — with the help of village residents — have stepped up to provide support. Every week, the Martin Luther King Jr. Center opens a food pantry for several hours, and the number of families visiting it has doubled since it first opened last month. Seeing the increasing demand, The Anti-Racism Project and Sisterhood of Central Synagogue-Beth Emeth began working together to maintain a coordinated effort in order to supply poultry, meats and produce to those receiving support through the MLK Center. Rena Riback, coadministrator of The Anti-Racism Project and a member of the Sisterhood, received permission to bring items from the food pantry housed at the synagogue, which has been closed, to the MLK Center. Then she contacted the board, and they joined forces to raise funds and purchase perishable items on a weekly basis. The first week, Riback said, they raised $300, which was enough to purchase meat, poultry and produce for 22 families. But, “the need has increased every week,” Riback said. There are now more than 40 families visiting the pantry, which means they need to raise about $700 per week. To date, she estimates they have enough for the next four to five weeks. The two groups are raising funds together, and purchasing meat from Sons of a Butcher in Oceanside, which packages the meat individually for families and
delivers it directly to the MLK Center every Friday. A member of the Sisterhood makes a trip to Restaurant Depot to purchase produce from Restaurant Depot each week. Two volunteers pick up groceries from people’s front steps and bring them to the center. Last week, RVC Associated donated milk and eggs, and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky donated face masks to the volunteers at the center. Additionally, Riback said, Monaghan’s Bar and Restaurant provides 22 meals each week to families through the MLK Center; those interested can donate $10 to the restaurant, and anything left over will go towards covering the cost of meals for front-line workers.
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A. Well, not being a moth, I don’t know the threshold for when I could fly back to continue munching on that wool sweater, but the sap-producing odor of cedar does diminish after seven to 10 years. Also, for anyone who has ever actually smelled mothballs, I wonder how you got their little legs apart. I think the former owner must have had a really bad experience with moths and/or lost a lot of clothing to them. The natural smell of cedar diminishes over time, as the oils in the wood dissipate into the air. In a closed space it may take longer, but the natural moth-repelling scent comes from the cutting of the wood and exposing the sap in the fibers. After you remove the cedar panels from the former closet and set up a new space, the cedar smell can be revived by lightly sanding the wood, which could have saved investing in mothballs altogether. Mothballs are toxic to most pets, and although people think they can kill animals that intrude into attics or basements, they’re not recommended for this purpose. Mothballs, made from poisonous naphthalene or para-dicloro-benzene, not only are noxious smelling, but can cause serious illness to any animal, including humans. The more noticeable effects are eye and skin irritation, headaches, nausea and breathing problems, with nose and throat irritation that can cause continuous, unrelenting coughing. If you’re around the mothballs in that closet long enough, you may develop liver and kidney damage as the body struggles to deal with filtering the toxin. The best and safest way to protect natural-fiber clothing, which is what moths and silverfish are after, is to store the garments in tightly closed containers that moths can’t pry open. Since I’ve never seen a moth flying around with a crowbar, this should be easy to do, and much safer than the toxic solutions previous generations used. I once measured a home to produce renovation drawings, and it had a large walk-in cedar closet. I was in that room for less than two minutes when I began to feel an extreme headache and coughing, so I know that it doesn’t take much to become ill from the scent. With so many container types and shapes available, I recommend the less toxic method to store clothing. Good luck.
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s we suffer through pandemicmandated home confinement, the media becomes more and more important to us each day. We follow it for information, for comfort, for life-saving advice and for ways to keep us from having nervous breakdowns. In every time of crisis, some figures emerge that either capture our attention or stand out because of their impact on our lives, one way or another. President Trump and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have commanded the continuous attention of us JERRY New Yorkers, KREMER because both have our fate in their hands in different ways. Obviously, the president has a major role at the national level, and as a state, we look to the governor. Both have traveled bumpy roads, but as time now shows, there are more differences between the two than similarities. Knowing both men fairly well, I think back over the years on how each followed a chosen path to get to where they are
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today: in our face on a daily basis. The political world and the business world are like two different planets, and they presented different challenges to Cuomo and Trump. The president was born with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth, and the governor came from a family of modest means. They’re both from Queens. Trump struggled over the years to prove that he wasn’t just his father’s son, and Cuomo had an uphill fight to prove that he was a worthy heir to the Cuomo family name. When Trump made a lot of mistakes in the real estate business, he turned to his lawyers and family to bail him out. Andrew Cuomo had a brilliant mentor in his father, and made only one political mistake, which was his misguided decision to challenge State Comptroller Carl McCall for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2002. Those headaches briefly held both Trump and Cuomo back from their goals to get to the top of their respective mountains, but not for long. After their setbacks, each one decided that he would keep pushing, and nothing would get in the way. Trump was determined to
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governor and a president share the spotlight, but in very different ways.
ings. At the same time, however, Cuomo has become a national celebrity with his daily briefings. The president holds forth in two-hour sessions laced with insults of the media and repeated insistence on being thanked for everything he has or hasn’t done. Cuomo presents facts and statistics, and gives viewers the feeling that he really cares about who lives or dies. There are 49 other governors, but at this point Cuomo leads the pack. There is no doubt Trump believes that his daily pronouncements will help his re-election chances. But there is such a thing as too much exposure, and too much of the same wears on the average voter. On the other hand, Cuomo’s daily sessions have attracted a legion of new followers, and his prominence may play an important role in his political life years from now. Unplanned as it was, the competition between the two guys from Queens has been a clear win for Cuomo. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.
Having the ‘best words’ never mattered more
am reading so many good words these days, but sadly, none of them are coming from the president. That’s a shame, because throughout history, words have inspired people to resist tyranny, to slog through depressions and to find their better selves in times of crisis. What leaps to mind? “We have nothing to fear but fear itself,” or “Give me liberty or give me death” or “No taxation without representation.” Sober and inspiring, right? Last week, I’m pretty sure I heard Donald Trump RANDI spewing nonsense KREISS about ultraviolet light and disinfectants curing Covid-19. He said he was just putting it out there; he was just thinking out loud. What’s the harm? The terrible harm is that he is a font of abysmal ignorance, and his advice is taken to heart by many people who believe what he says because he is, unfortunately, the president of the United States. I know some of you read these words and want to remind me of the
respect due a president. I say to that: Respect is earned. Trump has trampled every opportunity to speak truth to the American people, to support the scientists who are on the front lines and to create an organized federal response to this pandemic. His lying has always been disturbing, but now it has become lethal. If you believe what he says and you also hope to live a full life, just check with your doctor before you inject any disinfectant. Two weeks ago, Trump used the word “liberate” to rally the know-nothings who see social distancing, a proven life-saving strategy, as some kind of infringement of their right to go back to work or out to the local bar. That particular word, “liberate,” was intentionally used to foment protest among Trump’s base. New York Times columnist Tom Friedman said it with his own excellent prose: “Think about the use of that word. We were not in jail! We were not doing something wrong! We were doing what our president, governor, mayor and national epidemic experts told us to do: behave responsibly and shelter in place . . . Trump was cynically trying to curry
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favor with his base by implying that the Democratic governors … were unfairly locking people up. Is there anything more irresponsible that this president could do?” That was before Doctor Trump started free-associating about disinfectants and ultraviolet light. Fortunately, the best words are also being offered by thinkers and writers who choose to lift us up. Mindfulness expert Jack Kornfield wrote in the Times magazine: “The feeling that we have so little control over how death could touch us in this instance — that’s what a lot of these current anxieties come down to, right? We’re worried about ourselves or the ones we love dying from Covid-19 . . . It’s wild that we have our personalities and our bodies and full lives and families and then, poof, they’re gone. We look for a story . . . What I know from 50 years of meditation and doing hospice work is that we’re not just this body. You are made of spirit. And the spirit makes it so that even if people have died, we’re still profoundly connected to them in love. In that sense, they haven’t exactly died. They are in us, not
hose words are coming from thinkers and writers who choose to lift us up.
only in our hearts but also somehow in our very being. Knowing this doesn’t take away the power of that grief to shake us to our roots, but it lets us know something bigger than all of that: Who I am is not just this body. We are consciousness.” Seeing the beauty in Kornfield’s words gives me faith that we will also understand this time more fully when our fiction writers begin using this global pandemic as grist for the literary mill. Writer Sloane Crosley reminds us that things are moving too quickly now to have any perspective, but with the advantage of time, we may find ourselves reading another “Don Quixote” or “The Grapes of Wrath” or “The Plague,” all inspired by historic tragedies. Time is the critical ingredient. As Crosley said in a Times article, the sensational, get-it-while-it’s-hot treatment of world events often disappoints. Fiction writers, she said, are only now getting World War I right, which may be a bit of an exaggeration. We can only hope that our best writers are busy taking notes so that someday they can summon their own best words to explain this crazy time to the rest of us. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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side from the slings and arrows thrown more sparingly than usual by President Trump, the nearly two-month-long coronavirus crisis has been largely free of the bitter partisan politics that have roiled our nation in recent years. Until last week, that is. Yes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, perhaps unsurprisingly, went there even now, as families across the country have been reeling amid a steadily mounting Covid-19 death toll. After offering desperately needed financial relief to small businesses, Congress began debating whether to fund states whose annual budgets have been decimated because of the coronavirus. McConnell’s pathetic response: Fund yourselves or declare bankruptcy, saying he would have no more “blue state bailouts.” That clearly angered Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who for weeks had called on Congress to fund the states, noting that New York is staring down a historically high $10 billion to $15 billion gap in its budget. Without federal intervention, New York
How to write your U.S. representative Go to these websites to reach your local congressional representatives: ■ U.S. Rep. Peter King, 2nd District, peteking.house.gov. ■ U.S. Rep. Thomas Suozzi, 3rd District, suozzi.house.gov. ■ U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, 4th District, kathleenrice.house.gov. ■ U.S. Sen. Char les Schumer, schumer.senate.gov. ■ U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, gillibrand.senate.gov. might be forced to cut 20 percent of aid for essential services like fire, police, hospitals and schools. Such cuts would mean steep, across-theboard staffing cuts, Cuomo warned, but
there would be no choice. With income tax collections halted at the moment and sales taxes bottoming out, the state is now essentially broke, when only two months ago it was solvent. Cuomo fired back at McConnell, arguing that, year after year, New York contributes more than any other state than it receives in federal aid. Meanwhile, McConnell’s home state of Kentucky is among the states that contributes the least to the federal coffers, but among those that take the most in aid. “Just give me my money back, Senator,” Cuomo implored McConnell. If Congress were to refuse to fund the states to make their budgets whole again, then “you will see a collapse of this national economy,” Cuomo said. We urge New Yorkers to write to their congressional representatives to show support for swift action to fund the states and avoid an economic catastrophe of even greater proportions than we have already seen. Local representatives’ websites are listed in the box.
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ith most people confined to their homes by the coronavirus pandemic and itching to get out into open space, it becomes abundantly clear that Nassau County is lacking when it comes to bike trails. The county has fewer than 50 miles of bike trails, compared with New York City, which has 450, and Suffolk County, which has 370. So Nassau residents have long had a hard time finding a place to ride freely, unconcerned about the presence of cars. Now, as the weather (finally) warms, and with people unable to work out at their gyms, many are turning to cycling for exercise. But too many are forced to ride on
streets, unprotected from the vehicles around them. True, there are fewer cars on the roads, but it’s still much safer to ride on trails, away from traffic. It’s also better for motorists. Many drivers now find themselves navigating among pedestrians, runners, cyclists, inline skaters and skateboarders. What cyclists need are safe places to ride, removed from suburban streets. Historically, Nassau lawmakers have not seen the importance of bike trails, as those in New York City and Suffolk County have. The thinking has been, people drive, so why bother with bike trails? Those trails give people a place to exercise and enjoy themselves in a safe setting. That’s all the reasoning needed. The coro-
LETTERS A phased reopening To the Editor: As we look to the months that lie ahead, we must ask the question: How can we build back better? There is no returning to yesterday — there is only moving forward. In the months ahead, employers will need to rethink how workplaces can be safer. Our health care system
will have to become harder and more resilient. Our technology must improve. This pandemic has altered New York, and we have been through hell, but we must learn the lessons of this crisis in order to reimagine a better society. Last Sunday, I outlined a phased plan to safely reopen New York at the appropriate time, taking a regional approach. Phase One will be to
navirus crisis only further illustrates how important they are. The five-mile-long Wantagh Parkway bike trail, which leads down to Jones Beach, was crowded last weekend, but most users managed to keep a safe distance from one another (see story inside). It is one of just a handful of bike trails in the county. The only other major trail loops for 10 miles around the Hub, in the center of the county. New York state has committed to a 10-mile, $16.2 million extension of the existing three-mile-long Ocean Parkway bike trail, itself an extension of the Wantagh Parkway trail. Let’s hope, given the current economic crisis, the state is still able to build it.
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OPINIONS
mid a global pandemic, colleges nationwide have indefinitely shifted classes online. With students no longer using campus facilities and resources, they have created petitions and filed class-action lawsuits calling for tuition reduction and reimbursement. This discontent arises against the backdrop of a turbulent economy, historically high tuition costs and record levels of student loan debt. Now is the time to take definitive action on higher education reform to best position our next generaOLIVER tion of students. ROBERTS But the current mainstream reform proposals — like free college and debt cancellation — engender uncompromising, hyperpartisan reactions, which inevitably lead to inaction. If we truly want to improve our higher education system, we must pursue a bipartisan approach that reduces tuition costs and student loan debt, expands college opportunities for high school students, and requires no increase in taxes. Currently, there is only one proposal that adequately fulfills these goals: Degree-in-Three reform. It calls for tran-
sitioning the college system away from the traditional four-year degree model to three-year degrees. Tuition would be reduced by 25 percent, students would have fewer loans and interest to pay back, more could afford college degrees, and they could seek employment and start earning salaries a year earlier. According to Paul Weinstein, director of graduate programs at John Hopkins University, colleges could eliminate a year by shifting to a trimester system, adding a winter term, removing redundant class requirements, focusing on early declarations of majors, offering crossover master’s classes for students pursuing graduate degrees, and accepting more A.P. credit equivalents. One criticism of Degree-in-Three reform is that reducing the length of a college career could potentially compromise the quality of education. But many universities — more than 30, according to Weinstein — already offer three-year degree programs. In addition, most colleges now allow students to substitute internship experience for classroom credit, and some even allow internships to fulfill a full semester’s worth of credit. So colleges could eliminate a year by creating formal summer internship programs-for-credit that buttress classroom
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egreein-Three reform presents a bipartisan solution to a divisive issue.
LETTERS reopen low-risk construction and manufacturing businesses in parts of the state that have experienced a 14-day decline in the hospitalization rate. Phase Two will open certain industries based on priority and risk level. (Businesses considered “more essential,” with inherent low risks of infection in the workplace and to customers, will be prioritized.) Officials are closely monitoring the hospitalization rate, the infection rate and other key health indicators, and will make adjustments to the plan based on this crucial data. There will be a two-week waiting period in between phases of this plan, to monitor the effect. This will help ensure that the hospitalization and infection rates do not increase as some workers begin to return to work. Businesses and industries will create plans that include new measures to protect employees and consumers. The physical workplace will have to be reimagined to be safer, and businesses must implement processes that reduce the risk of infection. The state is consulting with local leaders in each region and industry to formulate these plans. Multi-state coordination is key, especially in downstate New York,
instruction. With colleges already recognizing the interchangeable nature of classroom instruction and internship experience, students earning employment opportunities and gaining real-world experience earlier could hardly be viewed as compromising their education and development. And with incoming freshmen now facing uncertain economic futures, maximizing work experience through internships could best prepare them for, and significantly improve their competitiveness in, future job markets. Underscoring its bipartisan political appeal, Degreein-Three reform wouldn’t require a single dollar of additional taxes, and would deliver wide-ranging economic benefits. With lower tuition costs, less student loan debt and an additional year of salary, the improved financial posture of college graduates would enable greater economic investment on their part — the purchase of cars and homes. Entering the workforce one year earlier, college graduates would also bolster our Social Security System through additional payroll taxes. Further, by allowing students to graduate in three years, colleges could open up more seats in their incoming classes, which would mean more opportunities
Ever upward, GOV. ANDREW M. CUOMO
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for high school students to attend competitive colleges and pursue their desired career paths. By doing so, colleges would be able to offset any potential profit losses from the transition to three-year degrees. We fo for lif Degree-in-Three reform presents a bipartisan solution to a divisive national us fro In issue. Republicans have long proposed reducing the government’s role in admin- emerg istering loans in favor of private-sector lending, while Democrats have advanced free college and debt cancellation. Given these opposing approaches, bipartisan action would seem highly unlikely. But Degree-in-Three Reform caters to both parties’ interests, while still preserving the opportunity for each party to tout its preferred solutions to the problems it sees with the college system. With a three-year degree model, college tuition and loan debt would decrease, and more students would be able to attend college, making Democrats happy. And those benefits would accrue without raising taxes, and reduce government’s role in adminis- ways. tering student loans, which would please major state, Republicans. travel In the meantime, Degree-in-Three shows reform would have already cut tuition costs by 25 percent, reduced student loan betwe Kn debt and delivered wide-ranging macroback economic benefits. a cho Oliver Roberts, who lives in Massapequa, is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. Comments about this column? Oroberts@jd21.law.harvard.edu.
FRAMEWORK by Laura Lane
where the outbreak has been more severe. We will work with neighboring states to ensure safe and consistent policies. Downstate, special attention will be taken to ensure the safety of low-income communities. Last Saturday, the total number of hospitalizations fell to 13,839 — returning to the level of March 31. This is a positive trend, but it is still far higher than we would like to see. I am very saddened to say we lost 367 New Yorkers that day, down from 437 the previous day. Every day, this is the worst, most devastating news that I must give to New Yorkers. The state’s essential workers were to be honored with an air show on Tuesday. The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds were set to fly over the metropolitan area as a tribute to all the workers on the front lines of this pandemic. “This is our way of showing that we are all in this together and that America’s spirit will prevail,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein and Navy Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday noted in a joint statement.
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