Sea Cliff / Glen Head Herald 08-06-2020

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Sea Cliff’s Creative Arts Studio closing Sea Cliff, she said, was ideal. “Sea Cliff was perfect because [it’s] a community that When Sea Cliff resident appreciates the arts,” Warzer Tracy Warzer opened the Cre- said. “It’s like everyone who lives ative Arts Studio on Sea Cliff here is drawn to Sea Cliff Avenue in 2005, she because it’s a comwanted to bring the munity that places community together value on the arts in t o c e l e b r at e t h e everyday life. It creopportunities that ates a vitality that is art presented to peoessential.” ple of all ages. Over The studio has its 15-year run in the hosted a variety of villa g e, she and eve n t s ove r t h e many others said, ye a r s, i n cl u d i n g the studio, which open mic shows and closed late last theater classes. But month, did just that. Warzer said that art Warzer, 62, said education classes the coronavirus panare among her favordemic made it ites. She has worked impossible for her to with people of all host ar t classes, ages, from children shows and gallery to seniors, helping o p e n i n g s, wh i ch them learn about the were the studio’s and discover TrACy WArzer arts main source of what they were capaOwner, Creative Arts ble of, whether it income. A licensed art Studio was a piece of art or therapist and art a journey of self-distherapy inter n covery. Watching supervisor at LIU Post, Warzer people become interested in art opened her first Creative Arts because of her work is what she Studio on Robert Place in Glen finds most joyful, she said. Head in 2002. It was in an indus“It couldn’t be more satisfytrial complex, and she wanted to ing,” Warzer said. “It just lit me expand to an area where it would up light a light bulb when I saw have its own home. The space in Continued on page 16

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WheN TreeS fell on Littleworth Lane in Sea Cliff at the peak of Isaias’s gusts, some of the village’s power lines were taken along with them.

Tropical Storm Isaias takes toll on the North Shore By SCoTT BriNToN and Mike CoNN sbrinton@liherald.com. mconn@liherald.com

Tropical Stor m Isaias rolled across Nassau County Tuesday afternoon with relatively little rain but with sustained winds in the 30- to 50-mph range, with some gusts in excess of 70 mph, downing trees throughout the region, with some falling on homes. The North Shore was

no exception. As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, PSEG reported, “Tropical Storm Isaias was one of the strongest to reach the service area in years, causing widespread, severe damage. Some outages could last for an extended period. Strong winds and hazardous gusts downed trees, branches and wires, currently affecting more than 368,000 of our 1.1 million customers across Long Island and the

Rockaways. We have already restored power to more than 36,000 customers.” Sea Cliff Mayor Edward Lieberman said he left his home when the wind was strongest in the early afternoon, on his way to his office to officiate a wedding. As he stepped onto 8th Avenue, he said, he watched a tree snap and tumble into the street, completely blocking it. Continued on page 3

t’s like everyone who lives here is drawn to Sea Cliff because it’s a community that places value on the arts in everyday life.

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Fallen trees take out power on the North Shore continued from front page But the village Department of Public Works was on hand within minutes, Lieberman said. (And the wedding went off without a hitch in his office at 3 p.m., just as the winds were dying down.) He commended the DPW and the Sea Cliff Fire Department for responding to numerous calls throughout the day, some of which, he said, reported life-threatening situations. “We have seen this the last six months, being tested again and again, whether it’s by natural diseases or weather patterns, and including the fight for social justice,” Lieberman said. “No one can say that we as Sea Cliffians have not met the varied challenges.” He added that he had been told Tuesday afternoon by PSEG said the entire North Shore was without power. On Wednesday morning, he said that power had been restored in some, but not all, areas of the village. Among the most severely impacted streets in Sea Cliff was Littleworth Lane. Resident Chris Roberto said that he, his wife, Patty, and their son, Michael, were sitting on their porch as the wind blew from constantly changing directions. A lot of branches had blown down, Roberto said, by the time he heard a loud crack. Suddenly, a nearby tree snapped and fell onto the road, followed minutes later by another. The second tumbled onto the power lines, blacking out the area. The only thing that saved a nearby home, Roberto said, was the fact that the second tree had landed on the first. Village officials, he said, including Lieberman and Village Administrator Bruce Kennedy, arrived later in the day to assess the damage. Throughout the afternoon, Roberto said, he remained calm, having been through storms including Hurricane Sandy in 2012. “We weren’t stressed at all,” he said. “It was just kind of riding it out.” Glen Head resident Gracie Donaldson experienced the pitfalls of commuting during a tropical storm when she headed home from her office on Glen Head Avenue, for what would normally be a four-

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the bAck deck of a house on Woodridge Lane in Sea Cliff was heavily damaged by a fallen tree. minute drive. Instead of taking the avenue, she said, she was forced to take her chances on side streets. As she turned onto Rose Street, she avoided an electrical wire, only to be blocked by a fallen tree. She got out of her car to move a large branch out of the way, but abandoned that idea when a resident told her that another tree was going to come down soon. So, Donaldson said, she doubled back to Glen Cove Avenue but was confronted by more fallen trees on various side streets. She finally made it to the intersection of Glen Cove Avenue and Glenwood Road, where the traffic light was out, but

drivers were savvy enough to treat the corner like a four-way stop. Donaldson finally got home after a half-hour of driving, and immediately called her father, who had been trying to reach her the entire time, on a landline to let him know she was safe. The storm shut down the Long Island Rail Road throughout the afternoon. A message on the LIRR site stated, “LIRR service is suspended systemwide due to high winds and hazardous conditions caused by Tropical Storm Isaias, including fallen trees, downed utility poles and power outages. We will resume service as

soon as conditions safely allow.” At press time on Wednesday, a statement on the railroad’s website said that trees and utility poles were being removed from tracks and that repairs were being made. Forecasters had predicted two to four inches of rain Tuesday afternoon, but the storm dumped most of the rain to the west, in New Jersey and upstate New York. Long Island was lashed by the storm’s outer rain and wind bands, reducing the precipitation totals. The storm also hit during low tide, reducing flooding in low-lying areas.

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A tree dAmAged power lines on Glen Cove Road.

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obituarY

David Olsen, longtime North Shore educator, dies at 88 By Mike Conn mconn@liherald.com

Although David Olsen was “Dad” to his sons and “Mr. Olsen” to his students in the North Shore School District, his constantly joyful demeanor earned him the nickname “Jolly Ollie” to everyone on the North Shore. “Once that name popped out, it just stuck,” his oldest son, Craig, said. “People would refer to him as Jolly Ollie because he was an incredibly happy guy and had a lot to offer the community.” Craig said his father’s jovial disposition lasted his entire life until July 20, when he died peacefully in his sleep in hospice not far from his home in Williamsburg, Va. He was 88. Olsen was born on Jan. 26, 1932 in Glen Head, the youngest of five children to Olaf, a Norwegian immigrant, and Margaret Olsen, an Irish immigrant. Craig said his father had a happy and active childhood while living in the house Olaf built with his own hands the decade prior. He played clarinet in school bands throughout his time at Glen Head Elementary, North Shore Junior High and Glen Cove High School, and worked many odd jobs as a teenager. After graduated from high school in 1949, Olsen pursued a degree in education at SUNY Oneonta, the first person in his family to go to college. His father had an atypical college experience, Craig said. He said most people see photos of their parents in college holding beers and attending parties, whereas all college photos of his father saw him with books. Craig said his father’s passion for history stemmed from him being a first-generation American, as he loved researching the back story of his country his parents came to as a means of bettering their family. Olsen graduated college in 1953, which was toward the end of the Korean War. He realized his draft number was likely to be called upon, so he enlisted in the Army and was sent to Fort Lee in Petersburg, Va. The Army decided to put his teaching degree to use, as he acted as an instructor for younger recruits, teaching them anything the Army needed him to teach.

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DaviD olsen, top right, began his career in the North Shore School District with his first Sea Cliff Elementary School class in 1956. Although he never went overseas, Olsen found himself taking a personal adventure while in Petersburg. There, he met Bettie Jean Tucker, a Petersburg native and a performer with the United Service Organization who visited Fort Lee. The two hit it off immediately, and Olsen brought her back to Glen Head, where they were married on Aug. 18, 1956. The couple had three sons: Craig in 1959, Scott in 1962 and Drew in 1964. Craig said their father was as supportive as could be, taking interest in everything his sons did. This, Craig said, was quite the accomplishment as they were always doing something, whether it be sports, school band or clubs. Drew said their father always found time for his sons, attending every wrestling match, lacrosse game or band concert he could.

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Shortly after he returned home from swim at the Tappen Pool in Glenwood Virginia, Olsen became a teacher in the Landing. Craig said his father was an North Shore School District, teaching at “icon of the pool,” known for his signaboth Sea Cliff Elementary and North ture safari helmet he always wore. Shore Junior High. Drew said the care Olsen also taught new Americans how and attention he provided to his sons car- to speak English during night school ried over into his job as well. classes despite not knowing any other lan“He was a kind guages himself. His caring guy and he ability to connect with loved kids,” he people and teach them said. “He was born even though he did not to be a teacher.” speak their languages Jill Mennicken, was a testament to his a Greenvale native teaching ability, Craig and childhood said. friend of Craig’s, Upon his retiresaid Olsen was ment, David and Bettie always very cheermoved to Williamsful as he taught her burg to enjoy retireseventh g rade ment in a place rich social studies class. with history. Olsen She said he was big gave tours of Colonial on celebrating culWilliamsburg as a tural differences, guide with Bruton recalling an assignParish Church, not letment he had given ting retirement stop his students to him from teaching othbring in a special ers about his passion recipe from their for the past. places of heritage. Still, Drew said his Whether he Was in college or at his “He was enthusi- desk as the Sea Cliff Elementary father never truly left astic,” she said. “He Glen Head in his School principal, David Olsen was loved history, he mind. Even in his final never far away from books. loved kids and he days, Olsen’s thoughts was an upbeat guy.” kept returning to the In recognition of his superb teaching hamlet he called home for so long. abilities, Olsen became the principal of “When you get down to it, in the end, Sea Cliff Elementary in 1975, a position it’s all he really knew,” Drew said. “He he held until his retirement in 1987. moved down to Virginia and enjoyed a Olsen’s passion for education was not retirement there, but ingrained in his restricted to school buildings. He spent brain somehow was that little town of his summers teaching children how to Glen Head.”

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RCI to premiere three publications in August Richner Communications Inc., publisher of Herald Community Newspapers, is launching three new monthly publications in August to help local businesses get the word out about all they do — Living Large and LI Prime/ Long Island’s Prime Focus. Living Large, which will launch Aug. 14, is a broadsheet — the width and length of The New York Times — offering an oversized tablet for display advertising. It will be mailed to 10,000 homes and businesses in each of the five areas where it is published, and will be printed with bright white covers. For advertisers, covers are nearly sold out. LI Prime and Long Island Prime Focus are RCI’s new monthly shopping and specialty guides. Each month, LI Prime will promote local stores, restaurants, real estate agencies and doctors’ offices. Long Island’s Prime Focus will feature a guide focused on the best deals and businesses in a specific area of interest, such as back to school, real estate, home improvement and dining, with the premiere issue highlighting health and fitness. LI Prime and Long Island’s Prime Focus will be found in one, magazinesize publication — flip over the book to move from LI Prime to Long Island’s Prime Focus, and vice versa. The publications are set to launch this week. When mailed, the new publications will go to virtually every home in the Five Towns, Lynbrook-East Rockaway, Oceanside-Island Park, Rockville Centre and Valley Stream. For more information on these publications, call Rhonda Glickman, RCI vice president of sales, at (516) 569-4000, ext. 250, or email her at rglickman@liherald. com, or call Lori Berger, sales manager for digital and specialty products, at (516) 569-4000, ext. 228, or email her at lberger@liherald.com. RCI Publisher Stuart Richner said the new publications are a showcase where local businesses can advertise their goods and services. “These new monthly publications will provide our business clients with the reach they expect and desire from Richner Communications publications,” he noted, “and will encourage the community to frequent and support our local businesses.” Michael Bologna, RCI’s vice president of operations, said, “We needed to find a way to help local businesses get their message out at this point in time. We asked our account executives what they thought advertisers needed and simply gave it to them. These products are just the right mix of fresh and unique to appeal to both the merchants and their customers.” “I’m so excited to be launching three new products,” Glickman said. “Living Large is a spectacular broadsheet publication priced so that even the smallest business can afford to advertise. It’s big and beautiful and mailed to your home. Seeing your ad on a large space only enhances its beauty.” “A very special feature of both new publications,” Berger said, “is that they are both being mailed to over 10,000

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homes and businesses monthly in all of the communities we are launching these publications. This gives so many residents and community leaders the opportunity to peruse these informative new publications.” Ellen Reynolds, RCI’s classified advertising manager, said she gave out samples of the new publications in Oceanside last weekend, and local shop owners were interested. “But the customers,” Reynolds said, “were also fasinated. They seemed truly excited they would get three new publications each month with local ads delivered to their homes through the mail. “One customer couldn’t get over how

beautiful Living Large was and didn’t believe me that they would be getting a publication the size of The New York Times for free,” Reynolds continued. “They loved the idea that the ads in the papers would be local and wanted to know how they could be guaranteed that they will get them.” Amy Amato, RCI’s executive director of corporate relations and events, said, “I’m thrilled about the design of the new publications. It offers a cleaner, more modern, fresher look in a bigger format. Our Living Large broadsheet publication is so huge and well designed that it’s impossible not to notice every ad.”

Naming a county building after a Black trailblazer “When we had our conversation, I said that the person should be relevant to the 20th century and to New York. That was my advice to him.” The building that houses the Nassau County Board Chisholm was an influential factor in New York polof Elections and the County Clerk’s office doesn’t have itics, he added. And she was working in Congress right a name. It has always been referred to as 240 Old Coun- alongside Adam Clayton Powell Jr. try Road, but Legislator Josh Lafazan would like to see “Her work to break racial barriers and gender barthat change. riers makes her important,” Nelson said. “The renam“There have been passionate ing of a building is a positive act. For debates nationwide of taking names the name to be a person of color and a off of buildings and taking monuBlack woman, well there is power in “When I die, I want to be ments down,” he said. “Here is a that.” remembered as a woman building that is in the heart of the Rev. Roger Williams, the pastor of who lived in the 20th county government that doesn’t have First Baptist Church of Glen Cove, century and who dared to a name. I want to name the building had not heard about the building be a catalyst of change. I after Shirley Chisholm, an American renaming but said, “It was a delightdon’t want to be icon.” ful thing to do.” He could not underremembered as the first Chisholm, the first Black woman stand why anyone would oppose namelected to the United States Congress, i n g t h e c o u n t y bu i l d i n g a f t e r black woman who went to represented New York’s 12th CongresChisholm. Congress. And I don’t even sional District for seven terms from “I would applaud it,” he said. “The want to be remembered as 1969 to 1983. She was a trailblazer for Black struggle is part of American the first woman who that reason but also for her involvehistory, not just Black history.” happened to be black to ment in the Women’s Movement, that Lafazan submitted his resolution make the bid for the she helped found. An attorney who to rename 240 Old Country Road, Minpresidency. I want to be lived in Brooklyn, she died in 2005. eola, to the Shirley Chisholm Buildremembered as a woman Lafazan, 26, said he chose ing on July 26. His Democratic colwho fought for change in Chisholm because he admired her leagues, he said, all support it. Lafathe 20th century. That’s and could also relate to her philosozan spoke to some Republican legislawhat I want. “ phy. “She had a catch phrase — that tors, encouraging them to be a coshe couldn’t be bossed,” Lafazan said. sponsor of his bill. No one would “As an independent working in a commit. Shirley Chisholm hyper-partisan environment in NasThe Le gislature’s Re publican Former U.S. Representative sau County I love that phrase. I hope majority emailed a news release on to emulate that as a legislator and her July 30 saying that it has crafted a bill equality for all.” to rename County Police HeadquarThe independent from Woodbury, who caucuses ters after the first African American commissioner, with the Democrats said his political awakening the late William J. Willet, of Glen Cove. The bill will go occurred in high school when he loved utilizing quotes before the Legislature in September. from different leaders. He learned then about how When asked for a comment about Lafazan’s resoluChisholm build a coalition with people of different tion, Chris Boyle, the spokesman for the Republican races and ages. Lafazan said he has long admired her majority, said the following: “Cong resswoman ability to do so. Chisholm was a groundbreaking official and certainly “Things only get done when you bring people of dif- deserves recognition for her career. We will review the ferent opinions together to seek a compromise,” he resolution. However, if we are going to be naming said. It’s trendy now in politics not to compromise. buildings we may first want to recognize the legacy of Shirley was someone who used it to fight for change.” the many African-American leaders and trailblazers Lafazan spoke to a former intern Travis Nelson in from Nassau who made a difference in our county and June, who is a community activist from Hempstead. world, from the Tuskegee Airmen to leaders in Civil Lafazan said Nelson guided him in his choice of nam- Rights, government and every other field.” ing the county building after Chisholm. Lafazan said he plans to vote yes on the RepubliNelson, 21, Hempstead High Schools Salutatorian in can’s bill. “In 125 years, we have not named a building 2017, and a rising senior at Columbia, said the conver- after an historic Black figure,” he said. “Come Septemsation with Lafazan was more of a consultation. “I ber, I hope there will be two buildings in Nassau Councan’t take much credit for the outcome,” he said. ty to honor historic Black figures.”

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L.I. Democratic lawmakers seek stimulus talks By ScoTT BrinTon

the HEROES Act. Without more such aid, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has warned, New York would likely have to cut 20 percent of U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and Rep. Tom Suozzi on July state aid for police, schools and hospitals, at a time when 29 called on Republican senators to work with the Democosts are increasing because of the Covid-19 crisis. A 20 heroeS Act: Health and Economic Recovery cratically led House of Representatives to pass another percent cut, local officials have said, would be devastatOmnibus Emergency Solutions Act round of economic stimulus, only two days before a $600 ing, potentially resulting in mass layoffs. additional weekly payment that the unemployed had Suozzi said aid to state and local governments must be heALS Act: Health, Economic Assistance, received in recent months was set to expire. included as part of any additional stimulus package. As The two, along with Matt Cartwright, a Democrat far as Democrats are concerned, he said, it’s a “non-negoLiability Protection and Schools from Erie, Pa., excoriated Senate Majority Leader Mitch tiable” point. McConnell, saying he was stonewalling a deal to infuse Suozzi pushed back against an argument that McConfurther aid into the American economy, at a time when nell has made numerous times: that stimulus money Many people are not returning to work because of Covid-19 cases were surging across the South, West and local shutdowns of the economy, she said, noting a sister unequally benefits so-called “blue states,” or Democraticperhaps now the Midwest. who is out of work in California. “She wants to [work], majority states. He noted that New York annually pays Rice, a Democrat from Garden City, and Suozzi, a but she can’t,” Rice said. tens of billions more in federal taxes than it receives Democrat from Glen Cove, held a virtual back in aid and projects. Meanwhile, McConWithout further stimulus, news conference with Cartwright to help nell’s home state of Kentucky each year Rice warned, “there are going to apply pressure to Republican senators to receives tens of billions more than it sends to be millions of families across negotiate an aid package with Democrats. Washington. this country who cannot pay Coronavirus deaths surpassed 150,000 the Cartwright said the senate majority leadtheir rent.” day before the conference. er appears more “interested in protecting She noted gyms and bowling On May 15, the House passed its $3 trillion corporations” than he does in providing aid alleys remained shut down in HEROES Act, which would extend unemto average Americans. And, in fact, the New York. ployment benefits, including the weekly $600 HEALS Act would give companies, universiWithout additional aid, Cartpayment. Meanwhile, the Senate on July 27 ties and hospitals a five-year liability shield wright said, “we could slide into unveiled its $1 trillion HEALS Act, which against coronavirus-related damages. a great depression.” would reduce the $600 weekly payment to The White House, the three Congress McConnell, Suozzi said, will Kathleen rice Tom Suozzi $200. Now the two chambers must agree on a members said, is bypassing the Senate to only “respond to political presunified bill before it can go to President negotiate directly with House Speaker Nancy sure,” and he added that presTrump for his signature. Pelosi, noting Treasury Secretary Steve sure must come from Republican At press time on Aug. 3, the two sides had entered ten- governors, mayors and town supervisors. Mnunchin’s recent talks with the speaker. tative talks, but did not appear close to reaching an McConnell has said the HEALS Act is a starting point As of press time, the Republican bill contained no agreement. The only measure that the two chambers had new aid to state and local governments — it would only in what will likely be prolonged negotiations. “The agreed on was a $1,200 stimulus check for Americans allow them to use an existing $150 billion funding pool in American people need more help,” McConnell has said. who meet certain income requirements. a more flexible way, giving them the ability to use the “They need it to be comprehensive and carefully taiRice refuted a Republican position that people would money to close their budget gaps, according to The Wash- lored, and that is what the Senate majority has assemrather stay home than work because of the additional ington Post. Meanwhile, Democrats were seeking more bled … Every bill has to start somewhere, and this is the $600 payment, calling the argument “garbage.” than $1 trillion in aid to state and local governments in starting place.”

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Eliminating scrimmages and one round of playoffs are the only changes so far in place for Nassau County football, which moved 2020 season kickoff plans to Saturday, Oct. 3 after the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) announced a monthlong delay for fall sports on July 16. If no alternative guidance is received from the NYSPHSAA COVID-19 Task Force, fall athletes will begin practicing Monday, Sept. 21, four weeks later than the original date of Aug. 24. For football, 10 practices are mandatory before games can be played. “I’m actually happy for the delay,” said Section VIII football coordinator Matt McLees, who noted keeping the regular season schedule intact was a priority. “I thought the news would have been worse,” he added. “I don’t think we are out of the woods yet though for the fall. But for now, we have hope.” The original opening date for games was Thursday, Sept. 17. Freeport (Conference I), Garden City (II), Plainedge (III) and Seaford (IV) are the defending county champions. All four are seeded No. 1 in their respective conferences for the upcoming season. Freeport, which has captured back-to-back Long Island Class I titles, opens at home against Uniondale. “The fact we’re even talking about having a season is pretty positive, but nobody knows anything for sure,” said Baldwin head coach Steve Carroll, whose 10thseeded Bruins are scheduled to open the Conference I campaign at home against Hicksville. “As a coach, I’d love to see a season happen as long as everyone can be safe doing it,” he added. Oceanside, seeded No. 2 behind Freeport, will host Hempstead in Week 1. East Meadow, back in the top conference after one season in II, travels to Massapequa. “As a state we’ve done a great job getting the Covid numbers down,” Oceanside head coach Rob Blount said. “I’m optimistic we can play in the fall, but I can also see them pushing things to 2021.” Garden City, which has won four straight county crowns, opens at New Hyde Park. MacArthur, the 2019 runners-

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up in Conference II, is seeded second and will visit Elmont in the opener. Other local Week 1 matchups in the conference has No. 3 Carey hosting No. 7 Sewanhaka, fourth-seeded South Side hosting No. 6 Valley Stream Central, No. 5 Mepham at home against No. 12 Kennedy, and No. 11 Calhoun visiting No. 10 Long Beach. “I’m glad the fall season is still a possibility,” said VSC head coach Mike Rubino, who conducts Zoom meetings with his players four days a week. “I’m happy New York State is letting the process play out and didn’t jump to any conclusions.” Plainedge, which nipped Freeport in the 2019 Rutgers Cup voting, kicks off at Division. Seaford opens at home against Cold Spring Harbor in a battle of the past two Conference IV champs. McLees said the regular season would conclude Saturday, Nov. 21, and the number of playoff teams in each of Nassau’s four conferences has been cut in half, from eight to four. The semifinals are scheduled for Nov. 26-28, followed by the county championship games Dec. 5-6. The L.I. title games will not be held.

Eight teams switch conferences

Of the eight programs taking on new conference rivals in 2020, half were part of Conference III a year ago. Runner-up South Side jumps to Conference II, while perennial powers Wantagh and Lawrence, along with North Shore, bounced to Conference IV. New to Conference III are Manhasset and Valley Stream South.

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OcEaNSIdE quarTErBack charLIE McKee, a rising junior, has thrown for more than 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns over his first two varsity seasons. East Meadow and Herricks are back in familiar stomping grounds in Conference I after competing in Conference II in 2019.

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The majority of Nassau’s junior varsity football games in 2018 kicked off Monday afternoons, but last year the action returned to traditional Saturday morn-

ings at the opposite location of that day’s varsity game. It’ll remain that way for 2020. Should any freshmen, sophomores or juniors not step on the JV field on a particular Saturday morning, they would be eligible to play in the varsity game. “There’s also a mechanism in place where if both schools agree to move the JV game to Monday afternoon, they can do so,” McLees said.

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Doug Rodgers, vice president of the North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association, spoke at the Town of Oyster Bay Board’s meeting on July 14, telling the board that the association was not happy with a recent request for proposal sent out by the town on June 12. Currently, commercial shellfishing company Frank M. Flower & Sons Inc. leases from the town 1,500 acres in the Long Island Sound, in which it farms clams and oysters. The lease is set to end in 2024. The RFP invited companies to apply for 800 acres of hatchery space in Oyster Bay, with a provision that no single bidder can lease more than 700 acres. One hundred of the 800 acres would be reserved for smaller operations, said George Baptista, the town’s deputy commissioner for the environment. Earlier this month, Baptista said what happens to the 700 acres would be determined by the Town Board. Rodgers told the board at the meeting that he felt the RFP did not give the Baymen a fair shot at applying because the language seemed to be designed for bigger companies. He asked that the board rework the RFP and rerelease it after making the area more accessible for independent shell fishers like the Baymen. Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino

thanked Rodgers for coming to the meet- he spoke and briefly shared more of his ing and agreed to set up a private meeting concerns. “Our hope really is, at the end of the between town officials and the Baymen to discuss the issue personally. Included in day,” Rodgers said, “that it should be rewritten in a broader way that meeting will be Counso that Baymen will be cilwoman Michele Johnson, more able to submit a prowho Saladino said has been posal.” a staunch advocate for the Baymen President Bill Baymen for years. Painter said the invitations “We want to hear about to answer the RFP were ways in which we can make sent out to 33 companies, this better,” Saladino said, none of whom were Bay“and open it up to far more men. entities and do it the right “Not one licensed comway.” mercial individual Bayman Rodgers said a meeting from this town got invited,” was supposed to happen the he said, “and I felt like that following week, but that was a real smack in the never came to fruition. He face.” said this was likely because Painter said another reathe deadline for the RFP son the Baymen want more was extended to the end of of an ability to operate in August. This, he said, leads Doug RoDgeRs the bay is because they take him to believe a meeting Vice President, North issue with the harvest should happen within the Oyster Bay Baymen’s methods used by commernext few weeks, although he cial companies like Flower. said he has yet to receive Association The company’s main means any confirmation. Regardless, Rodgers said he was happy of harvesting clams, he said, is hydraulic with the reaction he received from Saladi- dredging, which involves shooting water no and the board. He said some board at high pressure into the bottom of the members seemed surprised by what he Sound to break it up, so a mechanical had to say, so he was glad to get them up to dredge can move through it and gather speed. Rogers met with some board mem- the clams. This kind of dredging, Painter added, bers in a non-formal meeting shortly after

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is not safe for the environment. It causes excess sediment to blow out onto the surrounding sea floor, he said, smothering other marine life. Only clams survive and nearly everything else dies. James Cammarata, an attorney with Frank M. Flower & Sons, said the issues raised by the NOBBA have been thoroughly reviewed by the Army Corps of Engineers, the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the state Department of State, all of which have said there is no lasting negative impact on the environment from the technology used by Flower & Sons. He also said that studies conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reached the same conclusions. State Sen. Jim Gaughran, a Democrat from Northport, has provided the Department of Environmental Conservation with $75,000 in grant funding. The department contracted researchers at Stony Brook University, he said, to conduct a study to determine the environmental impact of hydraulic dredging. Painter said a new RFP should not be sent out until that study is done, although there is no timetable as to when that might be. Painter said he is skeptical of whether or not the meeting with the town will happen, as he said the Baymen attempted to do something similar a year and a half ago without success. He said he hopes the same outcome will not happen this time.

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Open mic nights were some of the most popular events at the Creative Arts Studio.

Studio brought the community together continued from front page that process taking place, because it was something that happened in people where they felt uplifted — they felt this was something they now understood, that they had another tool in their toolkit and they had something else they could do to express themselves.” Her father, Herb Arnold, a sculptor who specialized in turning discarded items into art, nurtured her passion for art, she said. His concept was to transform something that was cast off as a piece of junk into art. She said she always wanted to be an artist like her father and to make an impact on people’s lives, which she said she did first through art therapy, and then through her work at the studio. For most of its life, Warzer said, she was the only person who worked there consistently, although she had sub-tenants and lots of volunteers helping her through the years. Andrea DiFebbo, who grew up in Sea Cliff, volunteered at the studio as a teenager between 2004 and 2010. It was short walk from her house, she said, and she was drawn to it because she had always loved art, and it provided an outlet for her artistic expression. DiFebbo is now an elementary school art teacher in Lynn, Mass., a career choice that was heavily influenced by watching Warzer interacting with her students and bringing out the best in them. “She has just a way with people and this natural light that she exudes, and she was always very direct, encouraging and supportive,” DiFebbo said. “I really admired how she was doing something that was not only something that she wanted to do, but something that benefited other people — I thought that was really amazing. I didn’t know anyone else at the time who was doing something like that.” Laura Waldman worked as Warzer’s assistant as a North Shore High School junior in 2002, she said, helping set up

tracy Warzer, far left, ran the studio’s Sea Cliff Mini Mart booth in 2018 with Shwanpach Ratanapinyopong, Shervin Naghibi and Ryan Dean, all of whom were art therapy interns at LIU Post. classes and assisting students with their projects. She recalled the joy of watching children run up to their parents at the end of class to show off the work they had created. “It was always very sweet,” Waldman said. “It was a very welcoming environment. Tracy was always very mindful of including everyone and celebrating the differences in people’s work. She really understood what it meant for the kids to create these pieces of art.” The Creative Arts Studio was also a place for professional artists to display their work. Sea Cliff resident Rebecca Baadarani said she spent most of her photography career working in the entertainment industry, although she still took her

own photos, which could be found in small businesses in the area. Baadarani said that Warzer offered her the chance to present her first photography show in March 2019. The warm reception from community members who came to see her work, Baadarani said, made it an unforgettable experience. “The physical and the emotional and the reaction from people — I was, on every level, overjoyed,” Baadarani said. “To be recognized and acknowledged in that way, and they reacted to it, it was a wonderful experience to have that opportunity, which I will remember and cherish forever.” No matter the circumstances in which they experienced the studio, many who

found themselves there agree that Warzer accomplished her mission of bringing the community together through art. “I think they will remember this unbelievable, magical place that’s filled with light and love,” Baadarani said. “I think they’ll always kind of feel that there … They will miss gathering in a space where anything can happen.” “People found strength in sharing of themselves at the studio, experiencing the arts and taking that risk to be themselves and be changed by it in all good ways, so that’s what my takeaway is,” Warzer said. “My greatest satisfaction is that we all made this happen together, and it was a work of heart.”

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Planning Board, Village of Sea Cliff Date: August 12, 2020 Time:7:00 pm Place:Village Hall, 300 Sea Cliff Avenue, Sea Cliff, New York or via Zoom teleconference and videoconference, as provided below Subject:Application of Luis and Ann Marie Carmona, 11 Harbor Way, Sea Cliff, New York, for a fence permit to install 6 foot high PVC fencing, where Planning Board approval is required under Chapter 64 for fencing that is not: (a) wood fencing at a total height of not more than 6 feet, including the top portion, which is to be 1 foot of open-type fencing, (b) wrought or cast iron fencing, at a height of not more than 6 feet, or (c) open wire fencing, not higher than 5 feet. Premises are designated as Section 21, Block 50, Lot 308 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. Application of Chris and Erin Pepe, 93 Ransom Avenue, Sea Cliff, New York, for site plan approval pursuant to Village Code Chapter 107, to construct a swimming pool. Premises are designated as Section 21, Block 109, Lot 13 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. The meeting and public hearings shall take place at Village Hall, unless permitted to take place by teleconference or videoconference, in accordance with Governor Cuomo’s orders issued on account of public health and safety concerns related to COVID-19. If the meeting and the public hearings take place via teleconferencing and videoconferencing through Zoom, the meeting will be recorded and a transcription will be provided at a later date. The Zoom login information is: Meeting ID: 970 3370 4335 Password: 559510 Or dial by your location: +1 929 436 2866 Whether the meeting will take place in-person or through Zoom will be posted on the Village website, under the calendar link for the Planning Board meeting. Presently, the authority to hold public hearings via Zoom expires on August 5, 2020. Please continue to visit the Village website until August 5, 2020, for information on whether the hearing will be held in person or through Zoom. Plans and other materials associated with the application may be reviewed and downloaded at www.seacliff-ny.gov.

Through Zoom, the public will have the opportunity to see and hear the meeting and hearings live. Any interested member of the public may provide public comments by following the procedure herein. If the meeting is in person, comments must be submitted by email prior to the meeting, at planningboard@seacliffny.gov, by mail for receipt not later than August 12, 2020, or made in person at the hearing. If the meeting is held in person, the Board may render a decision on any hearing, after closing the hearing. If the meeting is held by Zoom, the Board will accept and consider public comments submitted by email no later than 4:00pm on August 17, 2020. Public comments are to be submitted by email to planningboard@seacliffny.gov. Public comments must identify the application to which the comments apply. If the meeting is held by Zoom, the Board will consider applications and may make final decisions at a meeting that will be scheduled to be held not less than one (1) week after the conclusion of a public hearing on an application. Prior to rendering a determination, the Board will consider all timely submitted documents. Dated: July 27, 2020 BY ORDER OF THE PLANNING BOARD 122580

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LEGALNOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Zoning Board of Appeals, Village of Sea Cliff Date: August 18, 2020 Time:7:00 pm Place:Village Hall, 300 Sea Cliff Avenue, Sea Cliff, New York or via Zoom teleconference and videoconference, as provided below Subject:Application of James and Janis Moore, 185 Littleworth Lane, Sea Cliff, to construct one (1) and two (2) story additions, a carport and enlarge a deck, which construction requires variances of the following Village Code sections: (a) 138-414.1, in that the floor area ratio will be 38%, where a maximum of 31% is permitted, (b) 138-416, in that the carport will be 2 feet from the side property line, where a minimum of 5 feet is required, (c) 138-416, in that the garage and carport will be exceed 500 square feet, where no accessory structure may exceed 500

square feet, and (d) 138-416, in that the deck will be located in a front yard, where no such accessory structure is permitted. Premises are designated as Section 21, Block 83, Lot 101 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. Application of Justin and Jenna DiPietro, 31 Ransom Avenue, Sea Cliff, New York, to construct a one story addition, which construction requires a variance of Village Code §138-511, in that the addition will be 14.1 feet from the side property line, where a minimum of 15 feet is required. Premises are designated as Section 21, Block 95, Lot 211 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. Application of Eugene Alletto, as agent for 14 Bay Avenue LLC, 14 Bay Avenue, Sea Cliff, New York, to construct a new residence, which requires variances of the following Village Code sections: (a) 138-401, in that the residence will have a service quarters, which constitutes a second dwelling unit, where the premises may be used as a single family residence, (b) 138-415, in that the residence will have a service quarters, which constitutes a second dwelling unit, where no building shall contain more than one dwelling unit, (c) 138-413, in that (i) the height of the dwelling to the top of the turret is 54.96 feet and to the top of the next lower portion of the house is 47.1 feet, and (ii) the dwelling contains four (4) stories, where the maximum height of the dwelling is 30 feet, where a 5 foot high turret is permitted to extend beyond the 30 feet to a maximum height of 35 feet, and not more than two (2) stories are permitted, and (d) 138-414.1, in that the floor area will be 4,388 square feet, where a maximum of 4,077 square feet is permitted. Premises are designated as Section 21, Block F, Lot 89 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. Application of T.A. Projects, LLC, as tenant, and EAMC Realty, as owner, 247 Sea Cliff Avenue, to permit the premises to be used as a shaved ice shop, which use requires the following approvals: (a) a special use permit pursuant to Village Code §138-802, in that all restaurants require special permits, and (b) a variance of Village Code §138-1002, to permit the use with no on-site parking, where the proposed use requires six (6) parking spaces. Premises are designated as Section 21, Block 136, Lot 277 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map.

Application of Calogero Mannino, 500 Glen Cove Avenue, Sea Cliff, to construct a foyer entrance, side addition and stair case enclosure, which construction requires variances of the following Village Code sections: (a) 138-913, in that the stair enclosure will be 14.083 feet from the rear property line, where a minimum of 20 feet is required; (b) 138-917, in that there is a 2 foot buffer area, where a minimum of a 20 foot buffer area, containing fencing and/or trees, is required where a Business B Zoning District property abuts a property in a Residential Zoning District; (c) 138-1002, in that the required number of parking spaces will increase by 4 spots; (d) 138-1102, in that no building may be altered where there is a nonconformity in size, and the lot size is 12,000 square feet, where a minimum of 15 feet is required; and (e) 138-1006, in that the driveway aisle will be 20 feet wide, where a minimum of 24 feet is required. The proposed use of the premises for restaurant purposes also requires a special permit pursuant to Village Code §138-902. Premises are designated as Section 21, Block 41, Lot 71 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. The meeting and public hearings shall take place at Village Hall, unless permitted to take place by teleconference or videoconference, in accordance with Governor Cuomo’s orders issued on account of public health and safety concerns related to COVID-19. If the meeting and the public hearings take place via teleconferencing and videoconferencing through Zoom, the meeting will be recorded and a transcription will be provided at a later date. The Zoom login information is: Meeting ID: 980 6490 3265 Password: 635783 Or dial by your location: +1 929 436 2866 Whether the meeting will take place in-person or through Zoom will be posted on the Village website, under the calendar link for the Planning Board meeting. Presently, the authority to hold public hearings via Zoom expires on August 5, 2020. Please continue to visit the Village website until August 18, 2020, for information on whether the hearing will be held in person or through Zoom. Plans and other materials associated with the application may be reviewed and downloaded at www.seacliff-ny.gov.

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With the help of his assistant Sam and a detective friend, the husband is brought to justice. In the film, Jeff is immediately identified as an adventurous photographer who has broken a leg on a dangerous photo shoot. Sam has been replaced by a beautiful socialite and a feisty visiting nurse who add to the complexity of emotions our hero experiences. He too becomes obsessed with Dear Story to Film Lover, a neighboring couple, but the film focuses on a cadre of nearby My book group just had a ANN apartment dwellers whose lives rousing discussion of Alfred we view through the eyes/lenses Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” and DIPIETRO of our protagonist. the short story it is based on: “It Hitchcock captures the Had to Be Murder” by Cornell loneliness and separation of these people. Woolrich. In the story, we meet Jeff, a mysterious The mystery at the heart of the story is seccharacter confined to his apartment for ondary in the film. Instead, Hitchcock gives unknown reasons. It is only at the very end us a critique of modern urban existence. that we learn he has a broken leg. He Highly recommended!

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becomes obsessed with a couple living across the courtyard, spending his days and nights observing them from his window. He comes to believe the husband has murdered the invalid wife but how can he prove it?

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resident Trump claimed last week that he is protecting suburbanites from low-income housing projects, tweeting on July 29: I am happy to inform all of the people living their Suburban Lifestyle Dream that you will no longer be bothered or financially hurt by having low income housing built in your neighborhood . . .” Clearly, Trump is out of touch with suburban America. In Nassau County, no new low-income housing has been built for decades. The Freeport Housing Authority recently rebuilt its Moxie Rigby apartment complex, previously a drab, red-brick structure surrounded by black chain-link fencing and set next to a heavily trafficked intersection. Now it’s a state-of-the-art building that is bright, clean and inviting. Contrary to depressing local home values, this new structure, constructed through a public-private partnership, will only improve them. Moxie Rigby aside, we haven’t seen any new public housing built here in recent years, largely because of the prohibitive costs, particularly the high land values. Instead, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development issues Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, which, in theory, allow low-income residents, seniors and the disabled to rent the homes they want. Two problems: One, there are relatively few rental units in Nassau compared with New York City and Westchester. Two, the rents are often exorbitantly expensive, far in excess of what the federal voucher program provides for. Section 8 voucher recipients thus tend to concentrate in Nassau’s

letters Assisted-suicide bill in our future? To the Editor: Of all her weekly hand-wringing columns, Randi Kreiss’s July 16 column, “Unspoken conspiracy to sacrifice elders,” and its carveout quote, “I never imagined senicide as part of the American experience . . . until now,” takes the cake. One must ask, on what planet has she been living since 1970? The steps leading to “sacrifice of the elders” were carved in stone on the slippery slope created when the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion became the law of our land. The Right to Life groups were adamant in their position that if you did not respect life at its creation in the womb (we now have sonogram proof of that), respect for all life would be threatened, and it would only be a matter of time before we would be on the road to euthanasia — “senicide.” By all indications, RTL was right. Just as abortion

poorest neighborhoods — often communities of color — straining local schools that struggle to keep up with services for many of the students in greatest need, perpetuating the cycle of poverty. Instead of seeking a solution, Trump is actively working to keep low-income residents — often people of color — out of the suburbs. What we need, however, is national leadership. Because of systemic racism, Black people were denied equal opportunities for safe and affordable public housing from the 1930s through the ’70s, especially in the suburbs, where the schools were better and the neighborhoods were safer. At the same time, Black people were often barred from buying homes in suburban neighborhoods, as was the case at first in Levittown after World War II. They were largely confined to inner cities or rural regions, without the most basic services, leaving them to fend for themselves. Instead of working to lift up all Americans, in particular those of color who have traditionally been marginalized, Trump is perpetuating a racist system whose roots date back to the Jim Crow Era, which lasted from the 1870s through the mid-1960s, when in many parts of the U.S. whites and Blacks remained separate, in unequal facilities. Trump also forgets — or denies — that the suburbs are no longer lily-white. They are rapidly becoming multi-racial, multiethnic and multi-cultural. Immigrants, often people of color, are increasingly moving to the suburbs. In fact, without those immigrants, the suburbs could be in deep trouble. In 2016, the Heralds undertook a year-

long investigative series titled “The Changing Face of Long Island.” Here’s what we wrote in our concluding editorial: “According to a 2015 report by the Fiscal Policy Institute, ‘New Americans on Long Island,’ immigrants now comprise 18 percent of the population and 23 percent of the workforce, accounting for 20 percent of the Island’s total economic output. “In total, there are some 526,000 foreignborn Long Islanders out of roughly 2.8 million people living in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Latin Americans make up the largest portion of the Island’s immigrant population, at 41 percent, but people come from throughout the world, including Africa, the Middle East and Asia. “There is much talk about how Long Islanders are leaving for elsewhere because of the high cost of living. The Island, however, actually saw a net gain in population because of immigration. Suffolk’s population remained largely unchanged between 2000 and 2012, while Nassau’s increased by roughly 78,500 people, according to census data.” Without the recent arrival of immigrants on Long Island, we could see steep drop-offs in locally owned businesses and the housing market. Trump should celebrate the new suburbia, not attempt to reignite tired old wars of words intended to divide people along racial and socioeconomic lines. Like it or not, Mr. President, the suburbs are not — thank goodness — what they used to be. He must recognize the new realities of the suburbs and offer sound solutions to ensure that all people, regardless of their backgrounds, are able to live out their “Suburban Lifestyle Dream.”

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o single moment in medicine produces more anxiety for patients than surgery. As doctors, we work tirelessly to establish the invaluable trust needed so that patients feel comfortable undergoing what often sound like scary procedures. The anxiety levels increase exponentially when patients are confronted with the dual concerns of cancer and Covid-19. It’s true that when the pandemic arrived in New York a few months ago, public health officials made the careful decision to cancel elective surgeries JeFFreY across the region, DreBiN including some cancer procedures. At a time when our region was preparing for a surge in Covid-19 cases and didn’t have enough testing to determine the spread of the virus, it was important to take steps to preserve our ability to care for those critical cases and limit the number of people walking into hospitals. A recent analysis of data from hospitals across the country showed that preventive cancer screenings have dropped between 86 and 94 percent due to the pan-

demic. But now it’s critical that patients feel confident to resume the care they need. We still have a lot to learn about Covid19 and how it will impact our country. But one thing we already know is how to safely provide surgery to patients who need it. And nowhere is that need greater than among patients battling cancer — which waits for no crisis or pandemic — because, for the vast majority of people who have the disease, it is a greater threat to their lives than the virus. At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where I work, we did not make the decision to postpone cancer surgeries lightly. Our surgeons assessed which patients needed surgery right away, who could postpone it without negatively impacting their wellbeing, and whether other treatments like chemotherapy or radiation might give equivalent results. Some cancer surgeries can be postponed safely for up to a few months, but studies suggest that it’s not safe to wait longer than that, because a cancer that’s curable might progress and become incurable. At MSK we never stopped performing essential surgeries, though we did postpone some cases for which it was safe to do so.

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As Covid-19 hospitalizations continue to fall across the region, all types of lifesaving cancer surgeries have been occurring for several months, and patients who had to abruptly postpone their surgeries are getting the care they need. At many hospitals around the metropolitan area, all patients are tested for Covid-19 before a hospitalization or a surgery. At my hospital, any patient who needs to be hospitalized overnight is tested every 72 hours, regardless of their initial Covid-19 status, for any changes in their results. And in the event that patients are infected, surgeons — bolstered by infectious-disease experts — are well equipped to minimize patients’ risks and are prepared to manage problems that may be virus-related. Evidence from our own institution suggests that the majority of patients who develop the virus within 30 days of a major surgical procedure do well and can usually recover as outpatients. The test detects the virus in people who are ill as well as those who are infected but do not have symptoms. Hospitals like mine are doing this extensive testing to help us avoid the risk of operating on someone who feels well but may

t’s critical that patients who have waited feel confident to resume the care they need.

Letters in the State of New York is now available up to birth, thanks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the bill signed Jan. 22, 2019, we could soon be seeing bills promoting “assisted suicide.” Soon, if anyone is perceived to be too costly to care for as well as a drain on society resources, it could be considered in the public’s interest to implement senicide, and many will qualify. It is horrifying to contemplate that life is no longer perceived to be the sacred gift from God that it is and is therefore expendable. Week after week, we are subjected to Kreiss’s musings about anything and everything, and a sure thing you will find if you scan your way through is the name Donald Trump, the convenient scapegoat to absolutely everything wrong in her view. Here too Kreiss is quick to mention her favorite scapegoat not once, but twice, so I find it quite remarkable that there is no mention of Cuomo’s hand in the deaths of Covid-19 patients whom he ordered sent to New York nursing homes, ill equipped for this type of emergency, while the Javits Center and the medical ship in New York Harbor, the USNS Comfort, had staff and beds availabile, but were largely unused. Finally, all of us are destined to die. We will be called to an eternal home when it is our time, but that is not, and must never be, the government’s choice. MARIE COYLE Glen Cove

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then develop Covid-19-related symptoms after surgery. Surgeries for patients with the virus are done in a separate operating room, and we have isolation procedures in place so that they are never in contact of prog beat pa with non-Covid patients. To protect against the virus, hospitals ries ca shift to know we have to test more than just patients. We’re also tracking the health are jus of our staff before they come to work, and test them as needed. For those who interact directly with patients, we perform weekly testing, and only those who test negative are allowed to report to work. Following state regulations, many hospitals are limiting visitors, but they’re using technology to keep patients connected with their loved ones. At MSK, we’re providing tablets and smartphones to people who don’t have devices to help facilitate those virtual connections while they’re receiving care. In many ways, a hospital is one of the to all r cleanest, safest places a vulnerable patient can be right now. I urge any New every c In a Yorker who may be afraid to get the care tend to you need to call your doctor. Your life proces could depend on it. time to Dr. Jeffrey Drebin is chair of the Depart- though ment of Surgery at Memorial Sloan Ket- intern every r tering Cancer Center, and specializes in treating cancers of the pancreas and liver. to vote lions o

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To the Editor: Al D’Amato and I rarely see eye to eye on political issues, but I thought his July 16-22 column, “Let’s learn from America’s past, not destroy it,” was spot on. I am stunned that people are just discovering that most of our founding fathers were slave owners, and that later leaders held racist views that were prevalent in their time. First, you can only honestly evaluate people in the context of the times in which they lived. Further, you should only evaluate our presidents and leaders on the balance of their service to the nation. As D’Amato pointed out, Franklin Roosevelt interned the Japanese and failed to oppose segregation — but he also led the nation through the Depression and World War II. On balance, he thus was one of the handful of our nation’s most consequential presidents. Thanks to Al for a well-argued column. DORIS MEADOWS Glen Cove

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How a virus upended the Democratic primary

he June New York state primary produced many shocking results. A number of entrenched incumbents were ousted, and a handful of progressive candidates managed to beat party-endorsed candidates. But stories calling the election results a major shift to the left by the Democratic Party are just plain false. The coronavirus pandemic has caused great turmoil in our daily lives. It also had a dramatic impact on the primary. On April 20, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order requirJeRRY ing the state kReMeR Board of Elections to send absentee ballot applications to all registered voters. That was a gift to every challenger. In a normal election year, citizens tend to be indifferent about the voting process. Most people won’t take the extra time to get an absentee ballot, even though they’re readily available on the internet. But thanks to the governor, every registered voter got an application to vote absentee, which resulted in millions of ballots, some of which are still

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being counted. For many years, incumbent elected leaders would ask their loyal supporters to fill out absentee ballots, while their opponents generally ignored this process. This time, with voters confined to their homes, the challengers mounted strong telephone campaigns, urging potential voters to send in their ballot requests. Many incumbents, distracted by their official duties or maybe just a little cocky, didn’t match the aggressiveness of their challengers. Another factor in the defeat of some current Democratic office holders was their opponents’ use of social media. Potential voters were housebound, spending a lot of time on their computers, and they were easier to reach by smart challengers. Many of the incumbents haven’t mastered this strategy, and were caught off guard by their challengers’ aggressive campaigning. Geography had a lot to do with some of the upsets. Districts that had been safe for incumbents have been changing rapidly. There has been a lot of movement into communities with available hous-

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ing, and overconfident politicians ignored those population shifts. One losing incumbent recently lamented, “I didn’t realize how much my district has changed.” Party leaders won’t admit that they are losing their influence, but neither political party has the clout that it had in the past. Once upon a time when the party endorsed a candidate, he or she was a sure winner. But in some of the districts where there were serious contests, the party leaders couldn’t deliver the votes. One result that has received a lot of media attention was the defeat of U.S. Rep. Elliot Engel, the current chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Engel held the 16th Congressional District seat for over 30 years, and obviously became overconfident, thanks to a history of weak opponents. During the height of the coronavirus crises, as he had over the years, Engel spent much of his time in Washington, and with a tough challenger, voters punished him for his absence. One race in which a progressive newcomer triumphed is a good example of what happens when there are too many

istracted by their official duties or perhaps just a little cocky, many incumbents didn’t match the aggressiveness of their challengers.

candidates running. In the 17th C.D., which covers a portion of Westchester and Rockland counties, the winner, Mondaire Jones, got 47 percent of the vote. Some seven other candidates got a total of 51 percent. Did the progressives dominate the primary day roster of winners? The answer is no. Twenty incumbents won their contests by wide margins. On Long Island, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi won 56 percent of the vote, compared with challenger Melanie D’Arrigo’s 32 percent. Incumbents who took their challengers seriously managed to hold on and win. This year’s primary holds many lessons for candidates. If you’re an incumbent, the moral of the story is that you’d better spend more time in your district and learn to master the challenges of the internet to survive. Like it or not, you’re an endangered species. As for challengers, hopefully there won’t soon be another coronavirus that will interfere with the electoral process, and you won’t get the same breaks. 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.

Double mitzvahs in a one-horse mountain town

f there is any topic guaranteed to irritate readers more than politics, it’s religion, but here goes a true story. In the innocent days before the plague of Covid-19, my daughter and son-in-law moved to a rural mountain town in the high Sierra of the American West. Let’s call it One Horse. There they settled into a life at one with nature, hiking the high trails, kayaking the rivers and camping in the Randi hills. kReiss Both of them are Jewish by birth, and embrace the practices and traditions that are meaningful for them. I have been at their home during Rosh Hashana, for example, and, after hunting down a brisket and other holiday goodies, we enjoyed a meal with the couple of other Jewish people who live within 20 or 30 miles. When the grandkids approached age 13, they said they wanted to pursue the education necessary to become bar and bat mitzvah, and officially be welcomed as adults in the Jewish community.

They did it their way, even if it wasn’t entirely kosher. A family friend, Rabbi Eddie, who went to Lawrence High School with me, suggested a b’nai mitzvah, conducting one service for both kids, even though my granddaughter would be a little younger than the traditional 13, and my grandson would be a little older. It seemed practical. In the beginning, my daughter drove the kids to a synagogue an hour and a half away for their lessons, but that quickly became a nightmare of snowstorms and exhaustion. Rabbi Eddie suggested going virtual. So my daughter contacted Rabbi Anna, who married her and her husband 18 years ago in another mountain town in Vermont. Honestly, it was meant to be. Rabbi Anna, a sunbeam of a woman, took on the education of the grandkids and met with them online over the past year, teaching, singing, listening and imparting to them the ethics and values associated with living an honorable life. She taught them the connection between being a good Jew and being a good human being in the world. The kids learned the Hebrew prayers, studied

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their Torah portions, and wrote their own speeches about what this rite of passage means to them. My mitzvah project with my grandson was to read and discuss “All American Boys,” by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. My granddaughter and I read “The Diary of Anne Frank.” In Plan A, the family was going to travel to One Horse in July to participate in the mitzvahs; even Rabbi Anna was ready to fly out for the celebration. The ceremony would take place down by the river, followed by a party on the banks, catered by local food trucks. Then the pandemic upset the plans, grounded all travelers and forced us into a Zoom version of the One Horse b’nai mitzvah. The grandkids were outstanding. They wore prayer shawls once worn by their grandfather and great-grandfather. Their accomplishment was impressive, considering just a year of study. I recited a prayer for peace. My husband said a blessing. The kids chanted in Hebrew, and for me, their young voices echoed other voices from ages ago. My granddaughter said in her speech that she had grown in many ways over

he kids chanted in Hebrew, and their young voices echoed others from ages ago.

this year, including physically, one and a half inches. My grandson said he hoped the Jewish presence in his town would lead to increased diversity and the welcoming of others. He said he was happy to share the occasion with his sister, noting that it is only since 1922 that women have been welcomed to become bat mitzvah in some Jewish communities. Sixty people Zoomed in, many curious friends who had no idea what to expect. The atmosphere was serious and respectful. The rest of us were family from around the country. Some raised their own silver prayer cups; some showed off gorgeous challahs they had baked. We watched the service, trying to read everyone’s expression, yearning for real contact, yet gratified that this technology allowed us to participate at all. The day seemed iconic of our moment in this time. We are all stressed by distance from those we love and too much isolation. But the losses are mitigated by the willingness of people to find creative compromise. Our grandkids were the first children to become bar and bat mitzvah in One Horse. An interesting, odd and, to us, magnificent distinction. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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