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AMERICAN LEGION POST 303 Chairman Paul Casazza presented Officer John Murphy with a custom M4 rifle at Law and Order Night at the post last Friday.

American Legion honors police, emergency personnel

By JILL NOSSA jnossa@liherald.com

Members of Rockville Centre’s police, fire and EMS departments were recognized last Friday by American Legion Post 303 for the commitment they have shown to the community. The post held its annual Law and Order Night, and presented an award to a member of each of the three departments.

Post Chairman Paul Casazza said that Law and Order

Night is one of the “pinnacle events of the year” that members look forward to. “Our post takes great pleasure in honoring our law enforcement and emergency personnel,” Casazza said, “for their continued dedication and service to the Rockville Centre community.”

The law and order program, he added, “highlights the promotion of Americanism” and support of the Constitution, including the Second Amendment. The first

award of the evening was presented to Police Officer John Murphy, who was given a custom M4 rifle engraved with his name and shield number, donated by Dark Storm Industries.

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CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE Department in 2014. He is a member of the traffic enforcement unit, and recently joined the firearms and training unit.

“From the start, he’s been a great asset,” Vafeades said of Murphy. “He has consistently been one of the department’s highest producers, if not the highest. For an officer with only six years under his belt, he has a lifetime’s worth of department awards, recognitions and high-quality arrests.”

Those awards include several Cop of the Month honors and a Cop of the Year recognition.

Post Commander Frank Colon presented the firematic award to Fire Department Honorary Chief William Ruckdeschel of Alert Co. No. 2, for his “exceptional service” to the community.

Chief Eric Burel congratulated Ruckdeschel, who is retired from the Town of Hempstead Department of Safety, and thanked him for his dedication to the department.

“Bill has served for 48 years, and during that time he’s held every company office and served on every committee within his company,” Burel said. “He was also captain, lieutenant, chief fire inspector, fire inspector and truck committee chairman.”

The EMS award went to ex-Captain Dr. Neil Kirschen, a member of Floodlight Co. No. 1. He was introduced by fellow company member Dave Showerer.

“It is with great pleasure,” Showerer said, “that the department nominates Neil for his tireless actions, and multiple roles he has worked in.”

Since joining the EMS department in 2003, Kirschen has served as captain and lieutenant of the company, and has been the department medical director.

He is a member of the Regional Emergency Medical Services Counsel and the Regional Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee.

“Through his actions, he has been keeping Floodlight and the department infor med of all the updates and response protocols, helping to write the same protocols, [and] ensuring the training of the company’s EMT are held to the state and county standards,” Showerer said of Kirschen. “Especially during these difficult times, he has worked tirelessly, updating protocols that went into effect in the beginning of 2020, thereby keeping members safe while responding to patients during the [pandemic]. This policy and protocol update has streamlined advanced and basic emergency medical services care throughout the county, and is the first full update in nearly 30 years.”

In addition to his push to adopt statewide treatment protocols, Kirschen has helped create a new cohesive EMS system that has standardized care in New York state, Showerer said. “He is committed to the excellence of Nassau County Emergency Medical services,” Showerer added, “and led a state-of-theart system that has and will save many lives.

“Since leaving the company office,” Showerer continued, “he has continued

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FIRE DEPARTMENT HONORARY Chief William Ruckdeschel, second from right, was recognized by American Legion Post 303 for 48 years of service. With him were, from left, Post Commander Frank Colon, Assistant Fire Chief James Avondet, Chief Eric Burel and Post Chairman Paul Casazza.

to provide care, guidance and standards that ensure the village of RVC residents receive the best care and services in the field of EMS.” Kirschen said he became an EMT in 1974, then went on to medical school and became an anesthesiologist. He has a practice in Oceanside. Around 2002, he said, he looked into becoming an auxiliary police officer, but was directed to the Fire Department and volunteered as a physician. He also became the police surgeon for the Police Department in 2003.

“It’s been a good run,” he said. “I’ve had a lot of fun and met a lot of good people.”

Kirschen said he had “stepped back” a bit until the pandemic spread. “When Covid hit us, it was very challenging dealing with our Rockville Centre population,” he said. “Thank God things have now quieted down a bit. I think we’re going to get back into action.”

POST CHAPLAIN MARK Getman, above far left, Commander Frank Colon and John Demato, of the Long Island Chaplain Task Force, which provided PPE kits to the post.

DR. NEIL KIRSCHEN, above received the EMS award.

POLICE COMMISSIONER JAMES Vafeades, eleft, congratulated Officer John Murphy on his award.

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Seniors request full-time school reopening Some parents and students in the Rockville Centre School District believe it’s time to bring middle and high school students back into the buildings full time, and raised their concerns to the administration at the Board of Education meeting on Thursday. Nearly two months into the school year, with infection rates remaining low in the village, some say the benefits of returning to classes on a daily basis far outweigh the immediate risks, and they asked for an immediate plan to bring students back.

“I believe that at least the seniors should go back full time,” Skylar DeLuca, a senior at South Side High School, said.

“So much has already been taken away from us.”

She said she believes the school is ready to take the “next step” for reopening and said many students are facing real struggles with the hybrid model. “Personally, I’m not successful in online learning,” she said. “I’m aware that other schools have the space to go back full time, but we can solve this. The students have already lost everything we look forward to in the school year – we need at least one thing to get us through the rest of this year. I hope you can put a plan into place and help the seniors.”

Julia Diaks, a senior at South Side High School, also said the current situation is

“not working” and said that the online versation that’s going to involve multiple model has limited teachers’ ability to bond people who are involved in the day-to-day with students. “Students’ mental health is operations of our schools.”

Chang noted that, seven weeks into the deteriorating and the staff has not realschool year, the district has ized how much we are strugnot had to shut down any gling.” schools or classrooms.

Diaks said she has heard “We will phase it in if posof other districts finding sible…I know how important ways to allow students to it is to parents and seniors,” bond, and asked, “What is he said. “We want to be able to South Side doing for us?” provide that robust experiAddressing the district’s ence, but it may take time.” current plan for reopening, Board President Tara Superintendent June Chang Hackett requested bringing said, “As of right now, the back the Reopening Commitplan is to continue to monitor tee to help put a plan in place things that are going on for getting secondary school throughout the Nassau Counstudents back to the classty and look at the science and room every day. data that is coming in. Our “We have plans for shuthope is that, as things get betting, we want to have plans ter, because we have this for opening as well,” she said. hybrid model where kids are “Maybe we could bring some able to follow along remotely, of those committee members that when and if it does get back to the table to focus on better, we’re able to bring kids SKLYAR the six to 12 reopening, and back in seamlessly, possibly, DELUCA, that can be shared from there. more in a phased approach.”

SSHS senior It would help the community He said the timing of understand how and why that reopening is “critical” and decision would be made, what noted that one of the biggest concerns is not having space in the build- threshold and benchmarks we need to see ings to remain six feet apart. “We are look- for [reopening] to happen.”

Representatives of the Rockville Centre ing at opportunities where we may be able to bring them back,” Chang said, “but Council of PTAs Special Education Partthat’s a slow conversation and it’s a con- ners brought up their concern for special

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he students have already lost everything we look forward to in the school year – we need at least one thing to get us through the rest of this year.

education students in the high school.

Vice President Debbie Cuevas and Advisor Karen Burgie said they would like to be invited onto the reentry committee, noting that the special education students are “struggling” while remote learning.

“We want to see how we can safely get them into school five days a week,” Cuevas said.

Burgie said that most of the special education students are in school full time, except for 10th, 11th and 12th graders. “I’m not sure, other than space restraints, why we’re saying it’s okay and skipping out on just these students.”

“We gave it time coming in, we wanted to see how it would work space wise,” Cuevas said, “but it’s been two months and these kids are struggling.”

Board Secretary Christine Ferazani acknowledged the concerns of parents and students. “I would like to propose that we form a committee to navigate a road map with the goal of getting all students back in full time,” she said. “To accomplish the goal of full in-person instruction will take the same effort and determination used to create this blended reopening that we currently have. None of us know what the pandemic conditions will bring.

We’ve prepared for the worst, but now I think we need to plan for the best. I think if we have a committee dedicated to looking at all the data, we can come up with some solutions to bring more people back.

We owe it to the community to try.”

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Webinar educates about breast cancer on L.I. CloCkwise from top right: Skye Ostreicher, moderator; Karla Waldron, executive director of Mondays at Racine Cancer Center; Dr. Melissa Fana, chief of breast surgery at Northwell Health; Geri Barish, executive director of Hewlett House and president of 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition; and Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, discussed breast cancer causes, treatments and supports on Long Island during a Herald Inside LI webinar on Oct. 20.

By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

Three women embedded in the world of treatment and support for breast cancer patients and an environmental advocate spoke on the latest Herald Inside LI panel, a weekly webinar series on important topics affecting Long Islanders.

The virtual discussion, hosted by RichnerLive, a division of Richner Communications, publisher of Herald Community Newspapers, focused on risk factors for breast cancer, treatments for the disease and ways to find emotional support after a diagnosis.

Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment; Karla Waldron, executive director of Mondays at Racine; Dr. Melissa Fana, chief of breast surgery at Northwell Health; and Geri Barish, executive director of Hewlett House and president of 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition, engaged in a conversation on these topics for about 45 minutes on Oct. 20.

Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, moderated the panel and delivered questions from viewers. Better Water sponsored the event, so aptly, Long Island’s drinking water was the first discussion topic. Jeannie Riccardo, CEO of Better Water, said she thought it was critical to sponsor this event to educate families about the importance of a having options for a good water-filtration system.

“When people say to me, ‘Do you think there is a correlation between the environment and health?’ I don’t understand how anybody could say ‘no,’” Esposito said.

She explained that Long Islanders receive their water from sole-source aquifers, which are underground stores of water hundreds of feet below the surface. This means that “everything we do on the surface of Long Island — we use pesticides, there’s a leaking gas station, a toxic waste dump site — all of that percolates down and mixes with the groundwater,” she said.

She also explained that pesticides are hormone mimickers, so they mimic female hormones and block male hormones in the body. They are “designed to kill,” she said, so if people put them on their lawn to kill bugs or weeds, they should also think about what they are doing to humans.

Fana noted that other risk factors for breast cancer include BRACA-1, BRACA-2 and other gene mutations, family history, having no children or few children late in life and not breastfeeding. “The amount of years that a woman has unopposed estrogen and progesterone increases the risk of breast cancer,” she said. “We know that on Long Island, there is a higher-than-average risk for breast cancer. We also realize that this risk is affected by certain chemical compounds.”

“We have multiple roots of exposure on Long Island, and it is of concern,” Esposito said. “The good news is that today, as a minimum, if you don’t have a private well, that means your water is being tested at least four times per year or more, and if there’s something in your drinking water that exceeds the state or federal standard, the supplier is required to filter to at least those standards.”

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a group of women to create a pesticide registry on Long Island and raise awareness about what pesticides do to the drinking water and how that can cause certain cancers. “I think it was a great pairing for the breast cancer movement to match up with the environmental movement,” she said.

Barish is a five-time cancer survivor — three times with breast cancer — and lost her mother to breast cancer. She also lost her son to Hodgkin’s disease. These experiences led her to find out why. She is now a community leader as president of Hewlett House and 1 in 9, which provide resources for residents in the county dealing with any kind of cancer diagnosis. She also continues to help raise awareness about the disease and its causes.

“When people come in, they’re afraid,” she said.

“They don’t have any idea about the different surgeries that they can have.

“It’s truly about good education, getting the information out,” she added, noting that the organization educates young people about cancer and environmental causes.

Waldron praised the work that Barish and Esposito have done to bring awareness to the environmental factors for cancer. “The more information we have as women,” Waldron said, “the better we all are. Information is power.”

When someone gets a breast cancer diagnosis, they can also seek resources and free programming through Mondays at Racine, which offers one-on-one consultations, meditation, yoga, chair yoga, reiki, nutrition ser-

vices, beauty lessons and other support services at 16 different locations across Long Island.

“Our programs aim at reducing anxiety,” Waldron said. “It’s nice that they don’t have to worry about money.

They don’t have to worry about anything but themselves and get some of those services to help them be reminded of the beautiful person they truly are and not just this cancer diagnosis.”

Mondays at Racine’s programs are both virtual and in person during this time, and they are more popular than ever since Covid-19 hit, she added.

Covid-19 has also impacted breast cancer testing, Fana said. Technology systems have advanced at Northwell so patients do not need to wait long for results. They can also reach their doctors quickly through telemedicine and new online platforms.

“It’s not likely to find a lot of positives through a pandemic,” Fana said, “but this is one of the positives that has come out of this unprecedented time.”

Fana also expressed pride in Northwell’s combined mastectomy and vasectomy surgery, which includes reconstruction, so a patient who needs these procedures does not need to go through them more than once. Northwell also has a high-risk program, which calculates a patient’s lifetime risk for breast cancer.

“I always tell patients, ‘Don’t worry, the city has come to you,’” she said. “You don’t have to go into the city for high-quality care.”

Visit liherald.com/insideli to view a recording of this webinar and to register for upcoming webinars.

Building Homes for Heroes holding virtual fundraiser The Valley Stream-based nonprofit organization Building Homes for Heroes will host a fundraiser, the “Virtual Race for Heroes,” from Oct. 30 to Nov. 8.

Building Homes for Heroes provides mortgage-free homes for wounded veterans and their fami-

lies, and the event will go to support that mission. The organization most recently gifted a home to a family on Aug. 27.

Participants can take part in the event on their own schedules, and can choose between a 10-miler, 5K, one-mile fun run or 25-mile quarter-

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you.” Parents of the Wilson School community expressed how teachers are the modern day frontline workers and deserve to be thanked equal to healthcare heroes.

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The movies return to North Park Avenue CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE Bronx, went to the 4 p.m. showing of “Tenet” and said they were excited about their first visit to a theater since the pandemic began spreading in the U.S. “I’ve been waiting to come back,” Jackson said. “I think the precautions are appropriate, and overall, Cuomo has done a good job making sure everything is in good condition for people to return. I’m sure it will be a safe environment.”

When guests choose their seats, two seats on all sides of them are automatically blocked off to ensure social distancing.

There are additional greeters who ensure social distancing, hand-sanitizing stations are spread throughout the building, and

in the snack area, employees now pour all drinks and add butter and salt to popcorn.

Cash is no longer accepted, and staff members are no longer ripping tickets.

Instead, guests place tickets on a stand, and an employee marks each one with an X, all in the interest of avoiding unnecessary contact.

Theater doors will be left open before showings so guests do not touch door handles. And each theater, including all seats and handrails, is cleaned and sanitized in between screenings.

AMC theaters in Glen Cove, Huntington, Levittown, Stony Brook and Westbury have also reopened. The Regal Lynbrook is open as well, along with other select Regal locations on Long Island.

SIGNS IN THE theater remind guests of pandemic protocols, and there are handsanitizing stations throughout the building.

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THE AMC FANTASY 5, on North Park Avenue, is now open. Last weekend, moviegoers saw films on the big screen for the first time since March.

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Michaelle Solages, assemblywoman in New York’s 22nd Assembly District; Dave McDonough, assemblyman in the state’s 14th Assembly District; Tom Suozzi, congressman in the state’s 3rd Congressional District, and County Executive Laura Curran joined the Zoom call to discuss government services during the Covid-19 crisis.

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Nassau County is holding steady at 1 to 1.5 percent of those tested being positive for coronavirus, Curran said. About 7,000 to 10,000 people are tested in the county per day. “We want to do everything we can to keep it that way,” she said. “We cannot go backwards. The thought of shutting down schools again, of shutting down business again … we have made too much progress to go back.”

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THE OXYGEN SYSTEM at MSSN hospital underwent an upgrade after the old unit was heavily taxed during the pandemic.

Calderone called the need for an upgrade a life-and-death situation, and praised the staff for coming together during the surge and the administration and board of directors for approving the replacement.

Dr. Frank Coletta, chief of critical care, said the oxygen issues were alarming for staff members and engineers, but they did not become rattled and were able to adapt to the situation. He added that being able to replace the system offered him a great deal of relief.

“I sleep better at night,” Coletta said. “I know that I have 140 ventilators ready to go, and I know that each and every one of them can be powered with the kind of oxygen that we need because of the new delivery system. On top of that, we have a contingency program so that when and if a surge were to come, it won’t be like the first time where we had to invent everything.”

Along with the oxygen system, the coronavirus pandemic caused staff and administrators to implement many changes.

There are now daily conference calls, a contingency program is now in place so that staffers can rotate into different positions if another surge were to happen, and a host of procedures and equipment were implemented and upgraded.

As of Friday, MSSN had 13 Covid-19 patients, three of whom were on ventilators. Coletta said it was a slight uptick from recent months, when Covid-19 patients numbered in the low single digits, none of whom were on ventilators. He added that research and analytics show there will likely be a 30 percent Covid-19 patient surge at the hospital by the end of the year, and he noted staff will be ready should that happen.

“When asked, our unit of people are ready and willing to come forward and put their best foot forward to be sure that our hospital and our patients have the best care available,” he said, “and I’m very proud of that.”

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Oxygen was in high demand at the height of the coronavirus pandemic this spring at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, and its oxygen system struggled to keep up. In re-sponse, a new, $100,000 system was installed at the hospital earlier this month, in-creasing its oxygen volume by 500 percent.

The hospital receives liquid oxygen in bulk, and it is stored in a 6,000-gallon oxygen farm on the hospital’s south side.

When patients need oxygen, liquid oxygen travels through evaporator tubes, which convert it to gas, and it then travels through a series of pipes and feeds underground to the hospital building, where it is delivered through a network of copper pipes to patient units.

Because of the high demand for oxygen at the peak of the pandemic, the evaporator tubes were freezing, and administrators decided it was time to replace them.

“We were able to keep up with the demand during Covid with our engineering staff,” said Andrew Triolo, the hospital’s assistant vice president of design, development and construction and property management. “Now that everything’s been upgraded and we have that additional capacity, we feel there will be no problem to meet the demand that we saw in March, April and May.” Triolo said the system was more than 20 years old, so the pipes, manifolds and regulators had to be changed, but the storage tank remained untouched. The project took eight days to complete, and while the oxygen system was offline, temporary trailers were brought in to send oxygen to patients. The evaporator pipes are four large bundles of 15 to 20 pipes. For the new pipes, engineers increased their width from an inch to an inch and a half to allow for a higher volume.

Joe Calderone, MSSN’s senior vice president of corporate communications and development, said there were as many as 90 patients on ventilators during the height of the Covid-19 crisis, and 70 to 100 percent of patients were on oxygen at a given time. Extra emergency tanks had to be brought in to ensure that the hospital did not run out of oxygen. The units that were farther away from the oxygen farm on the south side of the hospital were not receiving the proper flow because the system in place had trouble handling the volume.

During flu season, the hospital usually has about 10 patients on ventilators at most, and 30 or 40 using oxygen. The hospital now has 140 ventilators and access to others on an emergency basis if needed.

Calderone said staff members are confident the new system can handle a potential second wave, and could serve 200 patients on ventilators, if necessary.

“It’s part of what we’re doing to make sure that the hospital is ready in the event of a second surge, which we hope we don’t see,” he said. “. . . This was never foreseen.

This kind of event was just not foreseen when they built this system.”

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In this way, I take a rest from all that is going on in the world. I limit my consumption of the news. I consciously and intentionally work to create spaces where I can rest, recharge and get ready for the next day whatever it may bring.

During the pandemic, I have remembered to practice gratitude. Each morning I make a list of some of the things for which I am grateful. I have a job that I love. My staff are “rock stars,” and we have been able to keep staff and children safe, stay open and serve our community.

I am blessed to spend time with children. They help me to remember to be present in each moment and to find joy in little things. Earlier this month, the children at the center found a butterfly with a broken wing. They made a home for it and spent the day feeding and caring for it.

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am a bankruptcy attorney, and I like to keep a close watch on how the City of Long Beach spends its money. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, I attended every City Council meeting I could, and I made sure that my voice was heard on the issues I felt were important to the taxpayers. I call myself a loudmouth.

Now that the pandemic has forced people to remain in their homes, I feel it is even more important to attend the virtual meetings, just to make sure the City Council is aware that he public is paying attention.

It’s my feeling the city has been living off state and federal grants for too long. The current council blames the past council for all the problems, and the older council blames the one before them and so on. It’s got to stop somewhere. I can tell them all: You can’t borrow your way out of financial trouble. You can’t.

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I also had the challenging task of locating a health-screening app and sourcing, in only a few short weeks, the personal protective equipment for each school building while it was in short supply before the school year began.

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St. Peter’s is a Jesuit school that focuses on what’s called the "cura personalis"— the whole person. So we look at the emotional and social person, as well as the academic component.

Social distancing is hard for kids, especially the small ones. They naturally want to be together.

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“He lived a very full, fulfilling life,” Thomas Toy, a 30-plus year resident of Pam said. “And our kids have been there Rockville Centre, spent most of his life for us.” giving back to his community. The retired Perhaps his biggest contribution was maritime lawyer and father of four died starting the St. Agnes Council Knights of on Oct. 14, 2020, at age 83, after a brief bat- Columbus Blood Drive, which he began in tle with pancreatic cancer.

1993, after his daughter Betsy died of leuToy’s children described him as intelli- kemia. gent, caring and witty, a man who continKevin Green, chancellor of the St. ued to read the newspaper until his final Agnes Council Knights of Columbus, said days and who could always be counted on that the blood drives raised about 200 to to assist with homework. His son, Robert 250 pints of blood per year, estimating Toy, of Valley Stream, also described his that about 6,500 pints of blood were colfather as “a fighter.” lected over the 30 years that Toy headed “Life started throwing him up the drive. “He was an curve balls early on, but to his amazing guy,” Green said. last day, he never let anything “He did a lot for us.” stop him,” he said, noting that According to Grand his father faced a lot of physiKnight Phil Paoli, Toy cal pain and limitations became a knight in 2003, earnthroughout his life due to coning the rank of fourth degree tracting polio as a child. “He knight in 2015. This status had the ability to overcome meant that members of the whatever obstacles were Cardinal Mercier Fourth placed in front of him and not Degree Council served as only get past them, but be able honor guards during the to use his experience to be a Thomas “Tucker” Toy wake. “He was very dedicatbetter person for it and try to ed,” Paoli said. “And he was pass his wisdom on to his very intelligent. He always family.” gave well thought out, well-rounded opinToy was born in Manhattan on Sept. ions during our meetings. Many members 27, 1937, the oldest of four children. For already miss him for that.” high school, he attended The Hill, a boardSome of the members, according to ing school in Pennsylvania, and went on Paoli, said he was a “true example of to attend Seton Hall University, Johns goodness” and “a gentle soul who helped Hopkins University and St. John’s Univer- so many with his passion to provide blood sity School of Law. He practiced maritime for others.” law for Hill Rivkins & Hayden LLP in The most recent blood drive was held New York City for many years until he on Sept. 27 – Toy’s 83rd birthday – which retired in 2002. raised 44 units of blood, according to He and his wife, Pam, married on Feb. Pam. The council is now planning to 20, 1965, and the couple lived in Rockville rename the blood drive in Toy’s honor, Centre from 1975 until 2007. During his Paoli said. time in the village, Toy was involved in Pam said the loss of Betsy, followed by the Rockville Centre Soccer Club, serving the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, altered her as a coach and a commissioner. A devout husband’s outlook on life somewhat. “He Catholic and member of St. Agnes Parish didn’t have the same enthusiasm for the in Rockville Centre, he and Pam taught world as he used after that,” she said. “It Pre-Cana at St. Agnes starting in 1978, a was rough for awhile, but they say things marriage preparation program, until the like that change you for the better.” early 2000s. Pam said her husband was Toy himself acknowledged in his 50th soft-spoken and a genuinely nice person. high school reunion yearbook that coping “He was just a caring and concerned with the loss was “overwhelming,” yet human being,” she said. “He wanted the helped him to “become more compassionbest for everybody and did what he could ate towards others.” to help others.”

Due to his declining health, the couple Yet her husband, known by many as moved into with his daughter and son-in“Tuck” or “Tucker” did face hardships law, Margaret and Craig Goodwin of throughout his life, both physical and Oceanside, and their son William, now 10. emotional. His polio diagnosis did not preToy is also survived by his son Tom Jr. vent him from being active, but it did and his wife Jill, of Oceanside; daughtercause limitations. He joined the Army in-law Josephine of Valley Stream, grandROTC during college and became a first children Casey, Christian, Brenna, Danlieutenant, but was medically discharged iel, Rebecca; sister Bonnie Audrain and because the polio symptoms meant he brother Peter, both of Georgia, and brothwould be unable to actively fight in com- er Chris Toy, of Manhattan. He is predebat, according to his wife. And in 2001, he ceased by his daughter Elizabeth (Betsy) began developing post-polio syndrome, and granddaughter Emma-Mèabh. In lieu and eventually required use of a wheel- of flowers the family requests donations chair. Even though his health was gradu- to St. Baldrick’s Foundation, Star Legacy ally declining, he remained involved in Foundation or Juvenile Diabetes.

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Information to identify the case: Debtor: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York

EIN: 11-1837437 United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York Date case filed for chapter 11: 10/01/2020

Case Number: 20 - 12345 Official Form 309F1 (For Corporations or Partnerships) Notice of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case 10/20 For the debtor listed above, a case has been filed under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. An order for relief has been entered.

This notice has important information about the case for creditors and debtors, including information about the meeting of creditors and deadlines. Read both pages carefully.

The filing of the case imposed an automatic stay against most collection activities. This means that creditors generally may not take action to collect debts from the debtor or the debtor’s property. For example, while the stay is in effect, creditors cannot sue, assert a deficiency, repossess property, or otherwise try to collect from the debtor. Creditors cannot demand repayment from the debtor by mail, phone, or otherwise. Creditors who violate the stay can be required to pay actual and punitive damages and attorney’s fees.

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1. Debtor’s Full name: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York 2. All other names used in the last 8 years: Diocese of Rockville Centre 3. Address: 50 North Park Avenue, Rockville, NY 11570 4. Debtor’s attorney: Jones Day, Attn: Corinne Ball, 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY 11570, Phone: (212) 326 – 3939, Email: cball@jonesday.com 5. Bankruptcy clerk’s office: US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004-1408, Hours open: Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM (ET) – 5:00 PM (ET), Contact phone: (212) 668 - 2870. Documents in this case may be filed at this address. You may inspect all records filed in this case at this office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov.

6. Meeting of creditors: November 5, 2020 at 12 PM (ET), Location: The meeting of creditors will be conducted by telephone conference. The Office of the United States Trustee will provide dial-in instructions prior to the meeting. The debtor’s representative must attend the meeting to be questioned under oath. Creditors may attend, but are not required to do so. The meeting may be continued or adjourned to a later date. If so, the date will be on the court docket.

7. Proof of claim deadline. Deadline for filing of proof of claim: Not yet set. If a deadline is set, notice will be sent at a later time.

A proof of claim is a signed statement describing a creditor’s claim. A proof of claim form may be obtained at www.uscourts.gov or any bankruptcy clerk’s office.

Your claim will be allowed in the amount scheduled unless: your claim is designated as disputed, contingent, or unliquidated; you file a proof of claim in a different amount; or you receive another notice.

If your claim is not scheduled or if your claim is designated as disputed, contingent, or unliquidated, you must file a proof of claim or you might not be paid on your claim and you might be unable to vote on a plan. You may file a proof of claim even if your claim is scheduled.

You may review the schedules at the bankruptcy clerk’s office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov.

Secured creditors retain rights in their collateral regardless of whether they file a proof of claim. Filing a proof of claim submits a creditor to the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court, with consequences a lawyer can explain. For example, a secured creditor who files a proof of claim may surrender important nonmonetary rights, including the right to a jury trial.

8. Exception to discharge deadline: If § 523(c) applies to your claim and you seek to have it excepted from discharge, you must start a judicial proceeding by filing a complaint by the deadline stated below. The bankruptcy clerk’s office must receive a complaint and any required filing fee by the following deadline.

Deadline for filing the complaint: To be determined 9. Creditors with foreign address: If you are a creditor receiving notice mailed to a foreign address, you may file a motion asking the court to extend the deadlines in this notice. Consult an attorney familiar with United States bankruptcy law if you have any questions about your rights in this case.

10. Filing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case: Chapter 11 allows debtors to reorganize or liquidate according to a plan. A plan is not effective unless the court confirms it. You may receive a copy of the plan and a disclosure statement telling you about the plan, and you may have the opportunity to vote on the plan.

You will receive notice of the date of the confirmation hearing, and you may object to confirmation of the plan and attend the confirmation hearing. Unless a trustee is serving, the debtor will remain in possession of the property and may continue to operate its business.

11. Discharge of debts: Confirmation of a chapter 11 plan may result in a discharge of debts, which may include all or part of your debt. See 11 U.S.C. § 1141(d). A discharge means that creditors may never try to collect the debt from the debtor except as provided in the plan. If you want to have a particular debt owed to you excepted from the discharge and § 523(c) applies to your claim, you must start a judicial proceeding by filing a complaint and paying the filing fee in the bankruptcy clerk’s office by the deadline.

If you have any questions about this notice, please contact the Debtor’s Claims and Noticing Agent, Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC, at (888) 490-0633 (toll free from the U.S. or Canada), (503) 520-4459 (international), by email at RCDRockvilleInfo@epiqglobal.com, or visit https://dm.epiq11.com/drvc.

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LEGAL NOTICE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation 1. Publication Title: ROCKVILLE CENTRE HERALD. 2. Publication No. 7466.

3. Filing Date: October 1, 2020.

4. Issue Frequency: Weekly.

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9 Full Names and Complete Mailing Addresses of Publisher, Editor, and Managing Editor. Publisher: Richner Communications, Inc., Stuart Richner, 2 ENDO BLVD, GARDEN CITY, NY 11530.

Editor: JILL NOSSA, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, Nassau County, NY 11530. Managing Editor: SCOTT BRINTON, 2 ENDO BLVD, GARDEN CITY, NY 11530.

10. Owner: Richner Communications, Inc., 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, Nassau County, NY 11530; Clifford Richner, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, Nassau County, NY 11530; Stuart Richner, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, Nassau County, NY 11530.

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of Total Amount of Bonds, Mortgages, or Other Securities: None.

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13. Publication Title: ROCKIVLLE CENTRE HERALD. 14. Issue Date for Circulation Data Below: September 24, 2020.

15. Extent and Nature of Circulation: a. Total No. Copies: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 6000; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 6000. b. Paid Circulation (By Mail and Outside the Mail): (1) Mailed Outside-County Paid Subscriptions stated on Form 3541: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 69; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 66 (2) Mailed InCounty Paid Subscriptions Stated on Form 3541: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 2325; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 2118. (3) Paid Distribution Outside the Mails including Sales Through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors, and Counter Sales, and Other Non-USPS Paid Distribution: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 866; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 1022. (4) Paid Distribution by Other Classes of Mail Through the USPS: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 0; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Pub-

lished Nearest to Filing Date, 0. c. Total Paid Distribution: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 3260; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 3206. d. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution( by Mail and Outside the Mail) : (1) Free or Nominal Rate OutsideCounty as Stated on Form 3541: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 1347; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 2102. (2)Free or Nominal In-County as Stated on Form 3541: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 173; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 0 (3) Free or Nominal Rate Copies Mailed at Other classes Mailed Through the USPS: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 0; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 0. (4) Free or Nominal Rate Distribution Outside the Mail: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 500; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 25. e. Total Free or Nominal Rate Distribution: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 2020; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 2127. f. Total Distribution: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months,

5280; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 5333. g. Copies Not Distributed: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 720; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 667. h. Total: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 6000; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 6000. i. Percent Paid and/or Requested Circulation: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 61.74%; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 60.12%.

16. This Statement of Ownership will be printed in the October 29, 2020, issue of this publication.

17. Signature and Title of Editor, Publisher, Business Manager, or Owner: Stuart Richner, Owner; Date: October 1, 2020. I certify that all information furnished on this form is true and complete. I understand that anyone who furnishes false or misleading information on this form or who omits material information requested on the form or who omits material or information requested on the form may be subject to criminal sanctions (including fines and imprisonment) and/or civil sanctions (including civil penalties). #1107106

LEGAL NOTICE Village of Rockville Centre Nassau County, New York Notice of Board of Zoning Appeals Hearing Date: November 4th, 2020 Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 340 Rockville Centre Village Code NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Appeals of the Village of Rockville Centre will hold a Zoning Appeals Hearing via videoconferencing and will be recorded LEGAL NOTICE November 4th, 2020 at 7:00 PM Case # 22-2020 - Robert & Lauren Del Giorno To construct a two story rear addition and second story side addition above existing first story with a proposed lot coverage of 34% where 30% is the maximum allowable, FAR of 58.7% where 50.0% is the maximum allowable, a height of 32 feet 5 Ω inches where 32 feet is the maximum, side yard setbacks of 3 feet 11 Ω inches and 5 feet 10 inches where 8.0 feet is the minimum required in each, and aggregate side yard setbacks of 9 feet 9 Ω inches where 10 feet is the minimum required within a Residence A district lot.

Premises known as 18 Lawrence Place Dated: October 16, 2020 BOARD OF APPEALS OF THE VILLAGE OF

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, Rockville Centre, New York J. Robert Schenone, Chairman Patrick D. O’Brien, Secretary Information and records for appeals cases are available at the Office of the Secretary of the Board of Appeals, 110 Maple Avenue, RVC, NY 123620

No later than forty-five (45) days after the bid opening, the Municipality shall accept bids or reject all bids. After the bid opening, a bid may not be withdrawn prior to the date that is forty-five (45) days after such bid opening. The Municipality reserves the right to reject any or all bids, and advertise for new bids, if in its opinion the best interest of the Municipality will hereby be promoted.

Bidders will have an opportunity to visit the site of the work at 10:00 am on November 6, 2020 at Mill River Park.

Attendance at the site visit is not mandatory in order to bid for the work.

Contact Mario Bento at mbento@rvcny.us at least 24 hours in advance of the site visit time to notify of your intent to attend.

CDBG-DR FUNDED PROJECT The Municipality seeks to upgrade Maine Avenue within the Village of Rockville Centre from Peninsula Blvd West to the Village limits. The project involves resurfacing the road and installing a sidewalk, bioswale and lighting.

This project is being financed with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (“CDBG-DR”) funds administered by the NYS Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery

(“GOSR”). Attention of bidders is particularly called to Section 3 requirements, M/WBE goals, Federal labor standards, Federal and State prevailing wage rates, online reporting requirements using Elation System, Inc. and other requirements included in the Supplementary Conditions for Contracts.

See Instructions to Bidders for additional information.

Minority and Women Owned Business Participation Goals The following goals for MWBE participation on this project have been established at: Minority Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) 15% Women Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) 15% Equal Opportunity The Municipality is an Equal Opportunity employer.

PROJECT START DATE The project start date for initial construction work, including but not limited to mobilization, is 15 Days after Bidder receives a notice of award from the Municipality.

PROJECT COMPLETION The completion date for this project is 180 Days after Bidder receives a notice to proceed with construction from the Municipality.

PROJECT SPECIFIC LIQUIDATED DAMAGES

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids for Living With The Bay - Mill River Greenstreet, Bid No. 2010CD5(1004), will be received by the Village of Rockville Centre (the “Municipality”) at the Village of Rockville Centre Police Department, 34 Maple Avenue, Rockville Centre, New York 11570, until 11:00 am local time on November 20, 2020 when they will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Village Court Room.

In accordance with Executive Order of the Governor of New York, the bid opening will be recorded, and the recording will be available on the Village website on November 23, 2020. Each bid must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and must be accompanied by Bid Security in the form of a certified check, bank check, or bid bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid.

To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

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Liquidated damages will be assessed for each day of delay of the contract and will be applied in accordance with Article 14.10 of the General Conditions.

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS “Contract Documents” has the meaning set forth in Article 1.1 of the General Conditions herein. Starting on the advertisement date, the Contract Documents, specifications and plans can be examined on the Village’s website at www.rvcny.gov or at the following One Drive link https://rvcny.us/MillGreen GOSR DESIGNATED CONTACT The following agency staff has been designated as a contact for this contract: Rockville Centre Purchasing Department Kathy McMahon Purchasing Agent kmcmahon@rvcny.us Please note that contacting any other agency staff regarding this contract may be a violation of state or municipal law, rule or regulation, resulting in a determination of contractor nonresponsibility.

BONDS The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond in the statutory form of public bonds required by Section 137 of the State Finance Law, each for one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the Contract.

REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION No formal pre-bidding meeting will be held.

However, questions or requests for clarification may be directed to Rockville Centre Purchasing Department.

Please contact Kathy McMahon via email only at kmcmahon@rvcny.us.

Questions must be submitted no later than November 12, 2020.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids for Living With The Bay - Mill River Greenway Wayfinding and Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) Upgrades, Bid No. 2010CD6(1005), will be received by the Village of Rockville Centre (the “Municipality”), at the Village of Rockville Centre Police Department, 34 Maple Avenue, Rockville Centre, New York 11570, until 11:00 am local time on November 20, 2020 when they will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Village Court Room.

In accordance with Executive Order of the Governor of New York, the bid opening will be recorded, and the recording will be available on the Village website on November 23, 2020. Each bid must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and must be accompanied by Bid Security in the form of a certified check, bank check, or bid bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid.

No later than forty-five (45) days after the bid opening, the Municipality shall accept bids or reject all bids. After the bid opening, a bid may not be withdrawn prior to the date that is forty-five (45) days after such bid opening. The Municipality reserves the right to reject any or all bids, and advertise for new bids, if in its opinion the best interest of the Municipality will hereby be promoted.

Bidders will have an opportunity to visit the site of the work at 10:00 am on November 6, 2020 at Mill River Park.

Attendance at the site visit is not mandatory in order to bid for the work.

Contact Mario Bento at mbento@rvcny.us at least 24 hours in advance of the site visit time to notify of your intent to attend.

CDBG-DR FUNDED PROJECT

The Municipality seeks to upgrade existing sidewalks, ramps and crosswalk along the Mill River Greenway within the Village of Rockville Centre. The project also involves the installation of wayfinding signs, all in connection with the Mill River Greenway project.

This project is being financed with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (“CDBG-DR”) funds administered by the NYS Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (“GOSR”). Attention of bidders is particularly called to Section 3 requirements, M/WBE goals, Federal labor standards, Federal and State prevailing wage rates, online reporting requirements using Elation System, Inc. and other requirements included in the Supplementary Conditions for Contracts.

See Instructions to Bidders for additional information.

Minority and Women Owned Business Participation Goals The following goals for MWBE participation on this project have been established at: Minority Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) 15% Women Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) 15% Equal Opportunity The Municipality is an Equal Opportunity employer.

PROJECT START DATE The project start date for initial construction work, including but not limited to mobilization, is 15 Days after Bidder receives a notice of award from the Municipality.

PROJECT COMPLETION The completion date for this project is 180 Days after Bidder receives a notice to proceed with construction from the Municipality.

PROJECT SPECIFIC LIQUIDATED DAMAGES

Liquidated damages will be assessed for each day of delay of the contract and will be applied in accordance with Article 14.10 of the General Conditions.

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS “Contract Documents” has the meaning set forth in Article 1.1 of the General Conditions herein. Starting on the advertisement date, the Contract Documents, specifications and plans can be examined on the Village’s website at www.rvcny.gov or at the following One Drive link https://rvcny.us/MillWayfi ndingGOSR DESIGNATED CONTACT The following agency staff has been designated as a contact for this contract: Rockville Centre Purchasing Department Kathy Purchasing kmcmahon@rvcny.us Please note that contacting any other agency staff regarding this contract may be a violation of state or municipal law, rule or regulation, resulting in a determination of contractor nonresponsibility.

BONDS The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond in the statutory form of public bonds required by Section 137 of the State Finance Law, each for one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the Contract.

REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION No formal pre-bidding meeting will be held.

However, questions or requests for clarification may be directed to Rockville Centre Purchasing Department.

Please contact Kathy McMahon via email only at kmcmahon@rvcny.us.

Questions must be submitted no later than November 12, 2020.

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People generally dread winter, but work goes on all year round, except on occasional severe weather days, depending on the project size. During this unusual time, there have been many changes in the way planning is reviewed by authorities and how we go about our work. Delay is an understatement.

Owners who think that onte eeper the process of plans, approvals and getting either permits or construction started is simple are due for disappointment and self-created aggravation. That has never changed. The process has never been quick, and the pandemic altered almost everything. In March of this year, building departments closed their doors nearly everywhere around us. Internet filings and drop-off boxes took over.

You can help the process move along more quickly with data you hopefully have in your purchase documents. At the beginning of every project, we need background information to get started.

We need to see the property survey, which looks like a map of your parcel of land with a detailed and dimensioned outline of the building, even for houses. The survey is often attached to the deed and title paperwork you may have gotten from your attorney. It also helps to see any kind of former permits with attached approved plans.

Many people make the huge mistake of thinking contractors and workers will respect the need to protect original stamped permits and plans during construction, but they almost always get damaged or go missing. Handing the originals out may be the last time you see them. The plans get separated, torn, spilled on or just blow away. I instruct everyone to treat those documents like “closing papers” and to only distribute copies, keeping the permit and stamped plans safe, to be brought out only for the building inspector. I make copies of every plan and permit document for clients, just to have a backup when owners panic that the inspector won’t sign off the project.

As work began again in June, contractors were ordered off construction sites, and work already begun, plus work just starting, got all jammed together into the same time slots. How you do that and keep customers happy is a magic trick that rarely works.

As well, material prices went up, and many construction components have been hard to get.

The demand for real estate in the suburbs, and people working from home, has also caused upward movement in home values and needed alterations due to life changes. This has caused a strain, because many real estate closings are being delayed by the sudden realization that the illegal shed, deck or pool needs plans, permits and inspections. In other words, expect delays, and patience will help you through. Good luck!

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The IDA’s mission is to promote the economic welfare and prosperity of Nassau County. We do this by assisting existing businesses so they can stay in the county, and by working to attract new businesses. In both cases, our objective is to increase the county’s tax base and create job opportunities for our residents. Every transaction the IDA completes is carefully thought out, and is made to ensure that we create chances for our economy to develop.

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generating more than $23 million in taxes over the course of the agreement. This doesn’t include the positive economic impact that will be generated by those who move into the new housing units as they spend money in the community.

Everything the IDA does is in the name of economic development — growing the tax base and generating jobs.

A new set of needs emerged during the pandemic, as businesses were now required to spend money retrofitting operations and purchasing supplies they’d never needed before. The IDA stepped up to aid local businesses and downtowns, and thus the Boost Nassau program was born.

Early in the pandemic, we launched an ad campaign with our sister organization, the Local Economic Assistance Corporation, to promote shopping local and the importance of doing it safely. We also partnered with County Executive Laura Curran and Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin to deliver thousands of personal protective equipment kits to small businesses to ensure that employees and their customers could work and shop safely.

he county’s Industrial Development Agency has helped out at a crucial time.

Providing the PPE kits gave our struggling small businesses the physical resources they needed to remain open, while removing the financial burden of having to pay for those supplies.

Assisting small retailers and local downtowns is new to us, for the simple reason that, up until recently, state law prohibited us from doing so. Curran and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky worked tirelessly to get legislation passed that gave IDAs the temporary authority to issue grants and loans to small businesses.

Through the New York Forward Loan Fund program, in partnership with the Nassau County Office of Community Development, more than $520,000 has been lent to small businesses in sectors that include construction, electric, painting, health, beauty supply and gas. These loans have helped businesses retain 18 jobs and led to the creation of six more. And we’re just getting started.

While our day-to-day lives look different these days, one thing has stayed the same: The Nassau IDA has worked, and continues to work, to ensure that businesses and our economy are supported through this pandemic and come out strong once it is over.

Richard Kessel is chairman of the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency.

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the IDA does not reduce businesses’ taxes. Let me explain. When you invest in a property, its value goes up and, therefore, so do its taxes. The IDA restructures tax payments for businesses looking to invest in our economy in what are called payments in lieu of taxes, or PILOTs. A drastic increase in property taxes due to an initial investment could make an investor walk away.

What the IDA does is take away the immediate shock of increased taxes caused by the investment by gradually increasing taxes over the course of the PILOT term. At no point are less taxes collected than what was previously being paid on the property.

Take the recently approved Superblock project in Long Beach as an example. The property — which will soon be home to more than 400 units of much-needed housing, and will create jobs and stimulate local business activity — has sat vacant for more than 40 years. If it were to stay vacant for the next 25 years, it would generate $7.4 million in taxes. The developer received a 25-year PILOT to make a $360 million investment, which will end up

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Andrew Cuomo in the hope that he would consider allowing Long Island comedy clubs to reopen. I had read that he believes live entertainment could be a cause of Covid-19 spread.

For seven weeks over the summer, however, the Nassau County fire marshal, fire inspector and Health Department allowed Governors Comedy Clubs to open after touring our facilities and reviewing our safety procedures, which far exceed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Not one case of the virus was traced back to our three venues in those seven weeks.

Our clubs have operated in our communities for more than

30 years. We have known our comedians since they were starting out (some are very famous now), our families work in the clubs, and the same customers come back night after night. We are part and parcel of the Long Island landscape. I am asking Governor Cuomo to trust in our ability to continue to run the same great and safe establishments that we always have, while implementing Covid-19 safety measures.

I have sent our safety protocols to the governor’s office, and I was told that his office received not only our protocols, but also a ringing endorsement from Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, who toured our facilities.

The governor has stated that an entertainer can spew respiratory droplets from the stage. We, however, have encased all our stages, including our outdoor stage on our patio, in floor-to-ceiling Plexiglas, and our closest table is nine feet from the per-

former. If a comedian were to come out onto one of our stages with a running hose and point it at our customers, no one would get wet.

The governor has also objected to “funneling,” in which everyone in an establishment leaves together. In the weeks when we operated, though, we tapped the tables that could leave, one at a time, and announced that protocol before the show to avoid a crowd of patrons leaving at once.

Our clubs are closed now. We have no source of income to offset our rent, property taxes and utilities. I would settle for breaking even, because at 50 percent

capacity, you can only break even, at best, but that would at least keep our doors open and people working, and we would stay relevant in our community.

We used to hold fundraisers for severely ill children, those suffering from chronic diseases, public servants, first responders and front-line workers, which cannot we do at the moment.

Comedy clubs, I believe, are needed now more than ever.

JAMES DOLCE Owner and operator, Governors Comedy Clubs Levittown

CORRECTION An editorial in the Oct 15-21 issue of the Herald, “Breast screening still a must, despite pandemic,” listed an incorrect web address for the Adelphi NY

Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline.

The correct address is https:// breast-cancer.adelphi.edu/. We regret the error.

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s I watch the final days of the election campaign, I keep thinking about the words of writerphilosopher George Santayana, who said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” The aphorism can be applied to four presidents, including Donald J. Trump.

Lyndon Johnson was by any measure a president who had a major impact on American history, with the passage of the Civil Rights Act and other significant laws. But Johnson ignored the swirl of negativity that the pubJERRY lic felt about the KREMER Vietnam War. By the time he faced re-election, our country had lost over 250,000 soldiers, and the war ended his political career.

George H.W. Bush was a patriot and a statesman when he was elected president. He paid great attention to foreign policy, and successfully ousted Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces from Kuwait. He also removed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega from power.

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But while Bush claimed numerous successes abroad, he failed to focus on the American economy, which was in rapid decline. His most fatal declaration was, “Read my lips: No new taxes.” In the middle of his term, the Congress passed a tax increase, which Bush signed into law, and he lost his bid for re-election.

President George W. Bush had many accomplishments during his tenure. He pushed through a $1.3 trillion tax cut and was responsible for the No Child Left Behind Act. He delivered the Partial Birth Abortion Act for the conservative wing of the Republican Party. We remember his “war on terror” after the Sept. 11 attacks.

But history is not always kind, and a few significant mistakes blemished Bush’s record and stuck in the minds of the public. His invasion of Iraq in 2003, based on the claim that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, turned out to be an unforgivable political mistake, and Bush botched the response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as well.

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er they will give President Trump four more years. He can point to the economy before the coronavirus pandemic began, and his success in getting many conservative judges appointed to the federal courts. These claims are politically appealing to different wings of the Republican Party.

But Trump can’t escape his bungled handling of the Covid-19 virus. Just like George H.W. Bush was forced to eat his promise of “no new taxes,” Trump will likely regret repeatedly saying that the virus will disappear, “like magic.” As of this week, the death toll in the U.S. has passed 225,000, and there has been no comprehensive federal response.

The president continues to insist that his travel ban on visitors from China was somehow a turning point in the battle against the coronavirus, but he can’t escape his own words in interviews with Bob Woodward, when he acknowledged knowing how serious the virus was but publicly downplaying it.

Each day, it seems, more stories emerge about Trump’s attempts to muzzle public health experts. His wild sug-

hile more people are dying each day, Trump tells us we’re ‘rouding the corner.’

gestions about the use of disinfectants and hydroxychloroquine to “cure” the virus have undermined his public standing. His insistence on holding large rallies with largely maskless crowds has alarmed many of his own supporters, who are going to great lengths to avoid the virus.

While political polls are never a perfect barometer of the public’s feelings, an incumbent politician who ignores voters’ concerns about something as serious as Covid-19 does so at his peril. While more people are dying each day, Trump is telling the nation that “we’re rounding the corner” on the virus.

He claims that the majority of the country likes his tweets and his handling of the government, but the pandemic is the No. 1 concern of the nation, and there is no way to escape its potential impact on his Election Day fortunes. If he loses, Covid-19 will be in the first sentence of his political obituary.

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.

Vote your mind, your heart and your soul

hen I was in third grade, Mrs. Heller told me I needed to grow an “elephant” skin because I cried when someone said something mean to me. So it was ironic to be an opinion writer in the time of Trump.

I’m thinking of the reader who took the time to write to say that I was ugly and probably had no friends. She got all that from my political views.

What can I say?

It’s been an interRANDI esting four years.

KREISS This is my last column before the election, and I don’t imagine I’ll change any minds this week, one way or the other, but I keep hoping I might. I spend my 750 words to offer one person’s considered views on this, the most critical election of our lifetime.

An opinion column doesn’t have to present both sides of an issue. For example, if we’re discussing separating babies from their parents at our southern borders, a straight news report might include details about the great

numbers of migrants moving north and the difficulties faced by border agents.

But as an opinion writer, my mind leaps to historical metaphors, to other crimes against children and families perpetrated by other governments wielding clubs rather than compassion in the face of human suffering. I recall that we Americans have a troubled past of separating Native American children from their families, and if the arc of justice bends toward enlightenment, then we must shudder at the images of infants and babies in cages in facilities run by the United States of America.

The news last week that some 545 children have never been reunited with their parents puts a pin in it for me. In his lingo, Donald J. Trump has sullied the American “brand.” From his first day in office, he shamed himself and our country in the eyes of the world. An easy and epic liar, he said what worked in the moment, truth be damned. At times he has seemed out of control, snapping and biting not only at his perceived enemies, but at the country’s own loyal and diligent public servants in the FBI and the CIA and the

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CDC and all the other agencies that have kept us safe through the years.

There are two tracks to follow: what Trump says and what he does. They are often not the same, which has contributed to the chaos within his administration and frankly, within us.

He promised to clean up politics in Washington, and proceeded to empower compromised and sometimes corrupt deputies and lackeys. He said he loved clean water and air, and proceeded to disembowel the Environmental Protection Agency and deregulate the industries that contribute to pollution.

He said that no one since Lincoln had been better for American Blacks than he has.

But he turned his back on every single initiative to empower them, increase minority voting and acknowledge the injustices of decades of racism in this country. We know the list goes on of the discordance between what he says and what he does.

The catastrophic exception has been Covid-19. Early on, he said it was no big deal, and he followed through. He. Did. Nothing. There was no plan, no organizing of resources, no testing when we

ow ironic it is for a once thinskinned thirdgrader to be an opinion writer.

first needed it, and most important, no honest discussion with the American people about the deadly challenge ahead. What he said about the coronavirus in January and February was that it would go away.

Last week, as Joe Biden and the president stood at their respective lecterns for the last debate of the campaign, this nation was mourning the loss of more than 220,000 Americans who had died of the virus. Never in the history of this country has one president been so directly implicated in the massive death and suffering of our people. He has been inept in the face of pandemic, willfully misleading and woefully ignorant.

If Biden wins, he will get to work and do the job, and I trust he will bring together teams of our best and brightest to restore decency and competency to government. We need relief from this ongoing travesty. We need to reboot the great natural and political and personal resources that abide in this country. We need to lick our wounds and move on, with new leadership.

Vote early. Don’t give up on this country. Don’t give up on democracy. Let the best man win.

Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Re-elect Todd Kaminsky in 9th S.D.

Environmental Conservation Committee, and he 9th State Senate District includes a was the author of a measure of wide swath of southwestkey importance to the South ern Nassau County, from Shore: the New York Climate LeadLong Beach to Rockville ership and Community Protection Centre, as well as parts of Valley Act. It is an aggressive program Stream, Elmont and the Five whose intent is to lead the transiTowns. It is not only wide, but tion to a green-energy economy increasingly diverse, with growand carbon neutrality. ing Black and Hispanic populaKaminsky also supported the tions. The district requires a repstate’s new bail reform law, which resentative in the State Senate took a major step toward freeing who has a broad perspective on a defendants awaiting trial who number of key issues, including could not afford bail by limiting the environment, education, taxes the number of crimes for which and bail reform. judges could set bail — mostly felThat representative is the Todd Kaminsky onies. Kaminsky has since made incumbent, Democrat Todd adjustments to the law, adding sevKaminsky, who won a special eleceral more crimes for which judges tion in 2016 and has served with can set bail. distinction ever since.

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attorney’s office and the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York, Kaminsky sponsored legislation to take pensions away from officials who are proven to be corrupt, toughened anti-bribery laws and increased oversight for government contracting.

The 42-year-old senator, who lives in Long Beach, is a regular at local civic events, and has lent his support to the city’s struggling Martin Luther King Center.

His opponent, Victoria Johnson, who has worked for Long Island Republican state legislators, is likable and plain-spoken. But she focuses mostly on one issue — her opposition to the bail reform bill. That is not enough to elect her to the Senate.

Kaminsky has shown himself to be reliable, responsible and thoroughly familiar with the 9th District and its issues. We enthusiastically support his re-election.

In Assembly District 21, re-elect Judy Griffin

he Herald endorses State Assemblythey face as the coronavirus crisis drags on. woman Judy Griffin in the race for the She hosted a series of small-business conferseat in the 21st District. ences on Zoom, in which experts In her first term, Griffin offered residents guidance and has been a forceful advocate for fielded their questions on applying her constituents in Albany, cofor financial assistance programs sponsoring bills that would bring and loans like the Paycheck Promeaningful, lasting change and, tection Program. more specifically, more schools Griffin is working to reduce red funding. tape in the New York Forward Griffin, a Democrat, co-sponLoan Fund program so that grants sored a bill that was signed into for small businesses are expedited, law in June, which established a and exploring ways to support state disaster emergency loan prosmall businesses that are having gram, to be administered by indusdifficulty paying rent. She also trial development agencies, for supports bills that would increase small businesses and nonprofits as school tax relief, expand income Judy Griffin they recover from the coronavirus eligibility for tax credits and pandemic. In recent months her exemptions and establish an age at which property taxes would freeze focus has been on offering her confor Long Island seniors. stituents support with a variety of challenges

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As local school districts struggled with their response to the pandemic and face likely future funding cuts, Griffin backed a bill that ensured state aid payments when school schedules fell below the required 180-day threshold. It, too, became law in June, and helped schools to get the funding they needed.

Griffin’s challenger, Republican Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, brings fresh ideas to the table, especially in the area of economic development. She advocates the creation of Economic Development Zones, which would set zoning and governmental assistance parameters for entire neighborhoods or blocks, as opposed to a piecemeal approach of redeveloping individual parcels.

We wish Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick well, and hope to see her continue her community activism. But we feel that Griffin has been a stalwart advocate for Long Islanders in her first term, and urge voters to return her to Albany.

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money to aid small businesses and the unemor 15 years, Kathleen Rice has worked ployed. hard to serve the public, first as the Rice, who is passionate about social justice, Nassau County District attorney and said greater police transparency and then as a member of Conimproved community-police relagress, and she deserves another tions are vital to maintaining strong term representing the 4th Concommunities. In Congress, she has gressional District. Though her advocated for the proposed George opponent, Douglas Tuman, Floyd Justice and Policing Act, showed a commendable desire to which, if passed, would address a serve in Congress, Rice is the more well-rounded, experienced wide range of police practices and law enforcement accountability candidate. issues. It also calls for enhanced If re-elected, Rice said her top priority would be to help local police transparency and misconduct data collection and seeks to elimibusinesses, hospitals and schools nate discriminatory police practicrecover from the coronavirus pandemic. During her tenure, she has es.

Rice said banning chokeholds and already assisted in helping pass Kathleen Rice improving police training would programs to help all of the above also be priorities of hers. She is not financially, and she said she plans a proponent of defunding the police, to continue to fight for them in but she said programs also need to be created Congress in her next term. to foster better community-officer relations in Rice is right when she says the virus should not be a political issue — and should not be Nassau County. She also said she believed Nassau County Police Department personnel treated like one. She has vowed to secure more

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should reflect the diverse community that they serve.

Rice said she understands the potential for wind energy to help meet the nation’s power needs, and she would work to pass stricter gun control laws, create a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, that would secure borders while offering a chance at freedom, and enact 12-year term limits for members of Congress.

Tuman said he was motivated to run to change the perception of the Republican Party and to be an accessible and transparent representative, all of which is admirable. He also presented a data-driven idea on how to distribute Covid-19 recovery funds. Though Tuman’s passion and willingness to jump into the political rings are commendable, he did not offer full-fledged plans to solve many of the major problems facing the 4th Congressional District, and he has no political experience.

For all that Rice has done in the past and all that she can accomplish in the future, we urge voters to return her to Congress.

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