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North Shore schools prep for reopening ered to make decisions about what in-person learning will look like, how much remote School districts in Nassau learning will be offered and how and Suffolk counto implement safeties, along with ty protocols. rest of the state, Masks will be will be allowed to mandated, and stureopen for in-perdents will be son instruction, required to have G o v. A n d r e w one with them at Cuomo announced all times. on Aug. 7. He said “We are giving he based his deciflexibility to the sion on low Covidschool districts,” 19 infection rates Cuomo said. Simirecorded in every lar to the state’s region. phased-in econom“Everywhere in ic reopening, he the state, every added, “There was region is below the no one-size-fits-all” threshold that we approach then, nor established,” is there now. Cuomo said durNorth Shore ing a conference School District call with reporters. Superintendent Dr. “If there’s a spike Dr. PeTer Peter Giar rizzo in the infection GiArrizzo said that the disrate, if there’s a trict is prepared to Superintendent, North matter of concern work with three in the infection Shore School District different models: rate, we can revisall remote, all init.” person or a hybrid of the two. The State Education Depart- The district’s plan as of now, ment is leaving the specifics of however, is to have all kinderhow to reopen New York’s 749 gartners through eighth-graders school districts to the districts themselves. They are empowContinued on page 4

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Masks can’t hide smiles at Sea Cliff Market Denise McCarthy brightened up her day with a purchase of sunflowers from the Sea Cliff Market, now operating on Garvies Point Road in Glen Cove. Story, page 10.

North Shore residents, officials decry PSEG storm response By Mike CoNN mconn@liherald.com

Thousands of homes and businesses across the North Shore lost power as Tropical Storm Isaias’s strong winds downed trees Aug. 4. The outages were inevitable, a number of residents said, but some expressed frustration with how PSEG Long Island responded, citing its lack

of communication with residents and government officials. Utility officials held a news conference Aug. 8 to address the outages. “We’ll continue to work 24 hours a day, seven days a week until the last customer is back,” said Daniel Eichhorn, PSEG Long Island’s president and chief operating officer. “We continue to meet with our mutual assistant groups, [and] we have

opened a request for additional line workers to come into our territory. We’ve received about an additional 150 line workers, and we have about the same amount coming in tomorrow, and we have about 700 off-island, out-of-state tree trimmers that are coming in to assist with the restoration efforts.” Sea Cliff Mayor Edward Continued on page 3

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Glen Head was battered by Isaias’s winds, and fallen trees took out power lines across the hamlet, including on Cedar Swamp Road.

Residents, officials call storm communication poor continued from front page Lieberman said he was on the phone daily with PSEG officials and others on the North Shore. The village, he said, was given the number for a municipal hotline at PSEG that could supply updates about power restoration. It was not always accurate, however, he said. At press time Tuesday, there were still homes in the village without power, even though PSEG said all power would be restored by Saturday. “It’s been a delayed response, as we all have seen,” Lieberman said. “The lines of communication were unfortunately giving out multiple statements that were not consistent.” Lieberman said that PSEG’s online power outage maps were largely inaccurate, which he said he informed company officials about, but nothing changed. Village Administrator Bruce Kennedy said the village Department of Public Works worked nonstop after the storm, clearing fallen trees and cleaning village roads. PSEG did not, though, communicate with the DPW, he said. Kennedy said the DPW and the Long Island Power Authority, PSEG Long Island’s predecessor, worked together during Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, identifying and assessing problems. This time, though, he said PSEG ignored the village’s assessments, conducting its own without coordinating with the village. He said the village knew exactly where LIPA officials were during Sandy and Irene, and he said cleanup would have been more efficient if PSEG had worked with the village. “We certainly could’ve coordinated if they had just communicated with us and gotten things done quicker and more efficiently,” Kennedy said. Arthur Adelman, of Sea Cliff, said a transformer exploded down the block from his DuBois Avenue home on the day of the storm, spreading shrapnel across a 30-foot radius. He said the incident was

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Trees on liTTleworTH Lane in Sea Cliff were cleared shortly after the storm, but resident Chris Roberto said that neither his power nor his neighbors’ was turned back on. reported to PSEG several times, but no one came to assess the problem for several days. He said the issue should have been taken care of immediately. Adelman said that a single crew replaced the transformer in 90 minutes on Tuesday, a week after the storm. “PSEG dropped the ball,” he said. “Nobody was here.” Chris Roberto lives on Littleworth Lane, one of the hardest-hit areas in Sea Cliff. He said he had power restored by the evening of Aug. 6, although he had been told that it would be on by 10 p.m. the day before. Roberto said a crew from Texas that was contracted by PSEG sat with several trucks in the North Shore High School parking lot for hours before being assigned to a restoration job. There was no lack of personnel, he said, so he was disappointed to see many workers waiting to be assigned work. Marilyn Genoa said her cul-de-sac on Jaegger Drive in Old Brookville was still

without power at press time Wednesday. She said she saw several PSEG officials come out nearly every day, which she said confused her, as she believed one person was needed for the area. After speaking with several assessors, she said she was repeatedly told there was no record of the area’s damage in the utility’s system. Genoa said many homes in the area were built in the 1950s, and many residents are in their 80s. Her neighbors, she said, had no air conditioning in the summer heat, but worried about leaving their homes because of their potential vulnerability to the coronavirus. PSEG was still sending assessors to her street on Tuesday night, Genoa said, continuing what seemed like duplicative work with no results. “I’m extraordinarily frustrated,” she said. “I can’t believe the degree of incompetence that has been going on.” Lieberman said PSEG must answer for its storm performance. State Sen. Jim Gaughran, a Democrat

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a Tree brancH fell through the windshield of a Sea Cliff Department of Public Works truck while its driver was out working on 8th Avenue the day of the storm. from Northport, released a statement condemning PSEG’s response to the storm, calling for the termination of Eichhorn and Long Island Power Authority President Thomas Falcone. “The events of the past week have made clear: PSEG-LI has failed Long Islanders,” Gaughran said. “Half a million Long Islanders were left in the dark without communication from PSEG, including seniors and medically vulnerable persons. Many still remain without power and without answers. LIPA, the oversight authority to PSEG-LI, has been asleep at the wheel and failed in its oversight of PSEG-LI, leaving Long Islanders to suffer for their inaction.” Jennifer Corr contributed to this story

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Most N.S. students will be in school every day continued from front page in school every day, while North Shore High School students, Giar rizzo explained, will be divided into two cohorts. One cohort will be in the building on Mondays and Wednesdays, while the other will be there Tuesdays and Thursdays. When they’re not in school, he said, the older students will work online on recorded lessons on a normal class schedule. They will all learn remotely on Fridays, in the interest of building a sense of community that would not be possible if they were always working separately. Giarrizzo said that the high school students will be treated differently from those in other buildings because the school isn’t large enough for them to be socially distanced all the time. And, he said, their recorded lessons will be more like webinars than live-streams, because teachers will need to maximize the attention they give their students, rather than teaching and looking at a computer screen simultaneously. Social distancing practices will be a key factor in the reopening of schools, Giarrizzo said. Elementary students will always been six feet apart, will wear masks at all times except when they are eating, and may have plastic barriers set up on their desks. Additionally, he said, students will spend as much time in the same room as possible, with teachers moving from classroom to classroom rather than students. The district is also looking into directing students to use different points of entry to the school buildings, where their temperatures will be taken as they enter. Outdoor learning, which has been a success during summer school sessions, will also be a possibility, he said. “The framework is in place, and it is strong,” Giarrizzo said. “We’ve got many, many details to work out between now and Sept. 8, and we will. What will guide every decision as we move forward is ensuring health, wellness, creativity [and] exciting, joyful learning that we’ve kind of lost, so we have to get back to that.” Dave Ludmar, president of the North Shore Board of Education, said he was excited to see the progress the district

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elementary SchoolS Such as Sea Cliff Elementary plan to have daily in-person learning, while North Shore High School students will split time between in-person and online learning. has made in its preparations to open — both as a trustee and as the parent of two North Shore Middle School students, Louisa and Jacob, who, Ludmar said, are excited about getting back to school. He added that he hoped to see the extra precautions being taken by the district become unnoticeable as part of a new normal. Giarrizzo said the district would hold three virtual town halls in the next few weeks to field questions and concerns from community members. He said he viewed the return to school as an opportunity to elevate students’ learning, using what educators learned during the pandemic and combining that with standard in-person teaching methodology. “I’m just really hopeful for how we leverage the learning that the pandemic has caused us to engage in to think about education and teaching in different ways,” the superintendent said, adding, “I see it as a massive opportunity for us to grow as an organization, and we shouldn’t squander it.”

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The Covid-19 testing site at Jones Beach State Park reopened on Thursday, Aug. 6 after sustaining significant damage during Tropical Storm Isaias. Isaias, which hit the area with a short, sharp blast of high winds and driving rain left hundreds of thousands of Long Islanders without power, in addition to the damage at the area’s first drive-through test site. The severe winds caused the site’s tents to collapse. The facility was closed Wednesday because of the damage. The site, under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Health, reopened on Thursday at 10 a.m., for those with appointments. Seaford State Sen. John Brooks visited the testing site Friday. “Everything is restored here,” Brooks said. “The equipment was not damaged, just the tents.” The site closed on Tuesday in preparation for the storm, ensuring its medical equipment remained intact. Officials quickly reconstructed the tents for use on Thursday. Since it’s reopening, the Jones Beach test site has seen roughly 100 patients per day. This is slightly less than half of the mobile lab’s typical daily capacity. Although the site was closed for only a full day after the storm, no information was available at press time as to when Wednesday appointments would be rescheduled Brooks has also said he received statistics pointing to a positive testing rate of two percent at the site, an increase from recent months. The rate of infection has ticked up since July Fourth weekend. Nassau County statistics, showed an infection rate of less 1 percent at

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TuesDay’s Tropical sTorm Isaias caused damage at the Covid-19 testing site at Jones Beach, leaving it closed for two days. The site reopened on 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6 and immediately began testing on an average of 100 people per day. the site. As of Aug. 7, Nassau County has a confirmed 43,655 positive cases. Suffolk accounts for 43,786 confirmed cases. Combined, the two counties make up 20.8 percent of the state’s total. Seaford, Wantagh and North

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Elected leaders call for PSEG reimbursements U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat reimbursements for spoiled food, medfrom Garden City who is up for re-elec- ication or other perishable items to tion this year, and Nassau County customers who have experienced proExecutive Laura Curran, a Democrat longed outages in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaias. from Baldwin, are calling “More than 400,000 cuson PSEG-Long Island to tomers lost power in the refund the previous month’s after math of this stor m. utility bill and reimburse W h i l e m a n y h a d p owe r for spoiled food, medicarestored within the first 24 tion, or other perishable hours, more than 140,000 items for customers who customers were still left endured power outages lastwithout electricity over 24 ing over 24 hours. More hours later. PSEG’s website than 400,000 Long Islanders has repeatedly crashed and lost power in Tropical calls and texts from customS t o r m I s a i a s, a n d s o m e Kathleen Rice ers have gone unanswered. 35,000 were still without “A prolonged power outpower on Sunday. age is difficult under normal circumIn a letter to Daniel Eichhor n, stances, but in the midst of the coronaPSEG-LI’s president and chief operatvirus pandemic, it can be disastrous. ing officer, Rice and Curran wrote: Families have stored food in their “Dear Mr. Eichhorn: refrigerators to limit trips to the gro“We write to you today to urge cery store, and these items have now PSEG-Long Island to offer refunds on had to be discarded. Access to electricthe previous month’s utility bill and ity, especially the internet, is critically

important to Long Island residents at this time. New Yorkers working from home depend on consistent and reliable utility services. Not only is it vital to have air conditioning available during the hottest month of the year, but also inter net access is a necessity to clock in for work and to visit with doctors from the safety of one’s home. “Because of these hardships, we urge you to offer our constituents who have endured outa g es lasting Laura more than 24 hours financial relief in the form of a refund on past bills. At least one of your local competitors, Con Edison, is offering reimbursements for spoiled food, medication or other perishable commercial merchandise. Taking these steps immediately would show compassion to a region that is still recovering from past storms and an

unprecedented health crisis and could be facing more storms this hurricane season. “When PSEG-Long Island took over from the Long Island Power Authority in 2014, our constituents were promised better service, better communication and more accountability. After the failures we have witnessed from your handling of Isaias, we sincerely urge you to provide Long Island residents with financial relief. We thank you in advance Curran for your consideration and prompt response. Sincerely, Kathleen Rice Member of Congress Laura Curran Nassau County Executive

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PSEG-LI’s lackluster performance was frustrating Editor’s note: Clavin is the Town of Hempstead supervisor. Few things are more frustrating that PSEG-Long Island’s bungled efforts to restore power to its customers in a timely manner. Perhaps the only thing more maddening than the utility’s lackluster energy restoration efforts has been the electric provider’s unmitigated failure to furnish accurate information to customers and the company’s inability to simply answer phone calls from power-deprived customers. Adding insult to injury, nothing has better demonstrated PSEG-LI’s misunderstanding of how it dropped the ball last week than an Aug. 6 “To our customers” email sent by PSEG President and CEO Ralph Izzo. All evidence to the contrary, the utility’s chief executive claims to understand the importance of power in supporting family lifestyles and the urgency associated with an energy provider’s accuracy when communicating with customers. In that message, Izzo neglects to recognize that PSEG-LI’s greatest shortcoming last week was in frustrating customers’ ability to communicate with the utility. In fact, more than long restoration times and inaccurate estimated times of restoration, Long Island customers were most angered by their inability to contact the company in any way dur-

ing the storm to report that power was out. T his, despite re peated emails and text messages from PSEG ahead of the storm assuring customers of the company’s preparedness to deal with upcoming weather and reminding them that they could report outages by calling a particular telephone number, sending a text message to the company, filing a report through the PSEG app or the company website. None of those methods worked. As a result, customers tur ned to other authorities, none of which could reasonably be thought to have any way of getting the power back on or tellDon i n g c a l l e r s wh e n t h a t might happen. Switchboards exploded at local police departments and at county, town and village offices across Long Island. When those efforts proved unproductive, residents tur ned to social media, where they learned – many for the first time – that they were not the only ones who could not get through. Nobody without power could be sure that PSEG-LI even knew that they were in the dark. If they had entered the Federal Witness Protection Program, PSEG-LI customer service representatives would not have been harder to reach.

In his Aug. 6 email, Izzo pointed out that Isaias was one of the most powerful storms to strike the Northeast in years, which is true. However, it was precisely this type of storm that PSEG was hired to handle. One need only think back to National Grid’s post-Sandy failures to recall that it was the Long Island Power Authority’s dissatisfact i o n w i t h t h at p e r fo rmance that led to the management contract’s transfer to PSEG. Izzo pointed out, “At its peak, more than 1.7 million homes and businesses lost power across Long Island and New Jersey – including 420,000 PSEG Long Island customers.” Clavin W hy a re we b e i n g linked to New Jersey? Is it because an af filiate of PSEG-LI services the Garden State? That’s the company’s problem – not ours. In fact, at the time the company was being considered for the LIPA contract, it argued that the availability of crews in nearby New Jersey would enhance PSEG’s emergency response capabilities on Long Island. It apparently never occurred to management that geography made it likely that both areas would someday be affected by the same storm. In his email, Izzo wanted us to know, “PSEG-Long Island under-

stands how critical it is to share accurate and timely infor mation with our customers.” If that’s true, it’s hard to understand why a host on talk station WLIR (107.1 FM – Hampton Bays) was left on Wednesday wondering why the promised call from a PSEG-LI spokesman didn’t come during his show. It’s also hard to accept Izzo’s claim of understanding the importance of sharing information that is accurate and timely when, as of this writing, the energy provider’s communication systems were still replying to many customers with error messages, and the PSEG outage map appeared under a banner that read, “Map Data May Contain Inaccuracies.” Finally, Izzo wrote about reports of tor nadoes “and wind gusts topping 100 mph in some places” as a cause of PSEG’s post-storm troubles. No tornadoes or 100 mph winds were experienced in PSEG-LI’s service territory, so that claim is dishonest. PSEG-LI has been fortunate that, until this week, its stewardship of the Long Island electric system has occurred under mostly blue skies. The first real test of its professionalism under pressure came with Isaias. The test came, and PSEG failed. The utility failed to restore power in a timely fashion, it failed to provide accurate and useful communications to its customers, and it even failed to answer the phones.

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A dozen of Lou Corradino’s friends and colleagues held a car parade in honor of his retirement from Richner Communications Inc. on Aug. 6. Mask wearing and social distancing were musts.

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Printing Manager Lou Corradino retires after two decades with company ciation to Lou for his time and dedication to Richner Communications,” RCI President Stuart Richner said. Richner Communications Inc., par- “‘Upstairs Lou,’ as he’s known, has ent company of the Herald Community made a positive impact on our company Newspapers, bade farewell to Lou Cor- while becoming a loyal friend and colleague to all of us radino, its director at Richner, as well of commercial as our commercial printing, who print clients. retired last week “We’ll certainly after two decades. miss Lou’s printing And, as is the cusexpertise and t o m t h e s e d ay s, knowledge,” Richmany of his ner continued, friends and col“and his uncanny leagues at the comability to juggle pany held a car many balls at the parade for him in same time without front of his Commissing a beat or a mack home on deadline. What I’ll Aug. 6. miss most, howevThe soft-spoken er, is having Lou as father, grandfather a colleague and and great-grandfafriend.” ther, whose passion I n p a r t i c u l a r, for his work was Richner noted, Corexceeded only by corrAdino wAS rci’S commercial radino was instruhis love for his fam- printing manager for two decades. mental in growing ily, the Yankees and RCI’s commercial the Giants, will be printing and mailing divisions. “Lou missed by all at RCI. Corradino was one of RCI’s unsung oversaw the expansion of the printing heroes, a behind-the-scenes manager division from a newspaper- and publicawho ensured that the company’s presses tion-focused printer to one of Long hummed along according to tight, near- Island’s premier, full-service commerly 24-hour-a-day schedules. He oversaw a cial printers and mailers,” Richner said. Corradino plans to spend more time staff of press operators, mail distributors, binders and drivers, and worked with his wife, Marie, and their family — with RCI’s commercial printing and and they have a lot of family, including mailing clients, including other publish- three daughters, two sons, and many ers, hospitals, schools, municipalities, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. “Lou is the consummate printing prononprofit organizations and corporafessional,” said Michael Bologna, RCI’s tions throughout the tristate region. “I’d like to express my sincere appre- vice president of operations. “I remem-

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corrAdino with rci President Stuart Richner, left, and, Michael Bologna, vice president of operations, right. ber at his interview thinking how lucky we were to have found him. The last 20 years have gone by in a flash. Along with our customers, we’ll miss having Lou and his incredible talents in our stead. His are some pretty big shoes to fill. I wish him well.” Rhonda Glickman, RCI’s vice president of advertising sales, said she had been through a great deal with Corradino, including the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, which upended business operations across Long Island, and a catastrophic fire at RCI’s Lawrence office in 2004, which forced the company to move to an abandoned manufacturing plant in West Hempstead for two years while a new office and printing plant was built in Garden City. “No matter what, Lou always got it done,” Glickman said. “The papers always got out, and he always got it done

with his kind and quiet nature. He was a terrific colleague, and I’ll miss him. Best of luck to him.” Heralds Sports Editor Tony Bellissimo worked with Corradino for 12 years. “He’s a wealth of information and a tremendous problem solver,” Bellissimo said. “I’ll miss popping into his office to talk sports, but our conversations will no doubt continue by phone.” This reporter would like to thank Corradino for all his encouragement over the past 20 years. He often remarked how great the Herald papers looked and how interesting the stories were, and he would always remind me of our mission — that people buy newspapers for the stories inside — even at the car parade last week. So, from all of us at RCI, thank you, Lou, for your outstanding service to the company. You will be missed by all of us at 2 Endo Blvd.

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The Sea Cliff Farmers Market, which began in 2014 utilized the St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Sea Cliff as its home for five years. Providing a space for local artisans to sell a myriad of products in a welcoming farmers market setting it was popular, so much so that organizer and manager Amy Peters said that at the end of last year, the market needed more space to operate. She was happy when she received the approval of St. Boniface Church to use its field on Sea Cliff Avenue. When the coronavirus pandemic hit, though, Peters said church leaders said it was too big a risk to house the event come Spring 2020. However, the market was able to rebound and set up shop in a new home — outside Horman’s Pickle Factory at 36 Garvies Point Road in Glen Cove. “I’m incredibly grateful to be able to do it but also to Harmon pickles for offering their parking lot,” Peters said. “That was very helpful and enabled us to get going, and Glen Cove has been very supportive.” Peters said the market is taking special precautions because of the pandemic. All vendors must be at least six feet apart, she said, and vendors and customers must wear masks. She also said there is a hand washing station and hand sanitizer available. Additionally, she said curbside pickup is available for those who order online, Courtesy Robin Baskin and delivery is an option for sick or elder- RoBin Baskin said she is dismayed that she is unable to have her homemade jewelry booth set up in the Sea Cliff Market this year ly customers living in the Sea Cliff and as in years past. Glen Cove areas. Nick Horman, owner of Horman’s PickPeters said the vendors who have been les, said this is his third year participating most successful are those who sell prein the Sea Cliff Farmers Market. Peters’s pared foods, as customers can walk up, commitment to keeping vendors and cusgrab what they want and go. Sea Cliff resitomers safe by following strict guidelines dent Robin Baskin, who makes handmade played a large part in Horman’s willingness jewelry under the name Robin Baskin to let the market use his space, he said, addDesigns, was one of the businesses who ing that the situation is a win-win, as cuscannot operate in such a way, forcing her tomers have access to locally-made prodto miss her first market in three years. ucts while also supporting local businesses People like to pick up her products and who may have suffered during the pandemtry them on, Baskin said, causing them to ic. spend more time in her booth than in othHomegrown proders. However, despite ucts are the backbone her ability to sanitize of America, Horman every product after said and any way to they are touched by support that is a big customers, she said plus on societal and people would likely be local levels. For his scared about the surown business, which faces. This hurts her produces specialty business, she said, as pickle products, it has Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. live events and shows been hard, he said, at Horman’s Pickle Factory at 36 such as the Sea Cliff because many of the Garvies Point Road, Glen Cove. Market makes up restaurants to which For more information, visit www. roughly 95 percent of he supplies his prodher business. seaclifffarmersmarket.com. ucts have slowed durBaskin said cusing the pandemic. The tomers can still buy market provides a her products via her space for businesses like his to have some social media channels on Facebook and way of operating. “It doesn’t solve everything, but those Instagram, but nothing, she said, comsorts of small things add up,” Horman said. pares to live markets. Despite the difficulties presented to the “This could be the start of something else.” While she is happy that the market is market, Peters said she is still determined operating at all, Peters said it is not to help the North Shore enjoy its local receiving the traffic it had while in Sea artisan businesses in any way she can. Cliff. “I would say we’re suffering,” she She expects the customer base to build as Courtesy Nick Horman said. “It’s definitely not as brisk as I think the season progresses as new customers it would’ve been if we had not had to come in and old ones return, helping her niCk HoRMan, owneR of Horman’s Pickle Factory, said it was an easy choice to help keep hope alive. move to a different town.” bring the Sea Cliff Market to his property in Glen Cove.

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n February, there was a lot of misinformation out there and people were scared. I wanted to keep everyone up to date and let them know that the village was working for them to keep everyone safe. When the governor started his Pause in March, things got worse. It shook a lot of people up. They didn’t know what would happen or the rules. It was hard to find a way to disseminate all of the information to our residents. I knew that Facebook wouldn’t be good for everyone, but also that I could reach a lot of people that way. I took it upon myself, with the mayor’s approval, to begin posting on Facebook once a day about what was closed and what was going on in the village. People didn’t call me, but they did reach out to me by email and instant messaging on Facebook to share what worried them so I could get them help. People said they looked forward to it. I found that the residents kept focusing on the numbers — how many were sick, how many died of the coronavirus. So, I tried to focus on the positives in our village in the posts. I ended up doing over 100 posts. Some people didn’t want to follow the rules. They said they were adults. I said, “How hard is it to wear masks and stay home?” We did have a couple instances where we found that people were fishing in small boats. I also found people on the beach not socially distancing. It’s OK if you don’t agree with the rules, but you have to follow the governor’s mandates. I found it discouraging. And neighbors didn’t want to snitch on their neighbors.

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County comptroller releases dismal mid-year report Nassau County Comptroller released his mid-year report on the state of the county’s finances, along with his department’s projections for the year’s remaining two quarters, and the results were every bit as bleak as expected. According to mid-year financial projections, the county will end the current fiscal year with a $340.4 million operating deficit and an ending unassigned fund Jack Schnirman balance deficit of $227.1 million in the primary operating funds, under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). This compares to a $145.3 million operating surplus and an ending unassigned fund balance of $112.2 million at the end of the 2019 fiscal year. The county finished FY 2019 strongly and 2020 promised to be another year of rebuilding. The mid-year financial projections underscore the county’s current unprecedented and daunting fiscal outlook. When the comptroller’s office released its preliminary estimates of the financial impact of the Covid-19 virus in May, projected sales tax losses were between $160 million and $320 million. However, “The numbers illustrate what we have all been witnessing: The pandemic has been an unprece-

in 2019 may potentially be erased in 2020,” Schnirman cautioned. And the county should expect further losses, particularly if a second shutdown or slowdown occurs. Schnirman emphasized that the county is on track to save an estimated $143.6 million through payroll and fringe savings; a $30 million grant from the federal government; and savings in social services. He cautioned that these cost savings must be seen against potential revenue shortfalls totaling as much as $526.8 million.

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dented gut punch to our local economy and county finances,” Schnirman said in a statement accompanying the full report. “As we look ahead to the second half of 2020, the looming questions we must ask are: how can we improve the trajectory; how bad can it get; and what if there's another shutdown?” The answers to those questions will determine the size of any eventual deficit, Schnirman said. Additionally, elected officials at all levels are asking what help, if any, they might expect to receive from the federal government. The county finished FY 2019 with an unassigned fund balance of $112.2 million. This represented a substantial recovery from the negative $68.8 million newly elected County Executive Laura Curran inherited on assuming office in January 2018. “With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and related shutdown, the positive gain that the County experienced

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Diners at american Café in Downtown Glen Cove enjoyed dining along with a live concert broadcasted on a television screen.

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The living rooms of Glen Cove residents and the streets of Downtown Glen Cove were filled with the sounds of Motown and the Blues as the band, Decade of Soul, performed from their studio for the Downtown Sounds Virtual Concert. “During these difficult times, we’re had to recreate ourselves, our businesses and certainly the way we produce concerts overnight,” Patricia Holman, the executive director of the Glen Cove Downtown Business Improvement District, said. “After 24 years of concert seasons, the Downtown Sound Committee did not want our downtown to go without music this summer. So with the effort to keep our community safe, we created the Downtown Sounds Virtual Concert.” The virtual concert is broadcasted on the Downtown BID’s Facebook page for anyone to watch wherever their most comfortable or for Downtown Glen Cove diners, as the concert is displayed on television screens at restaurants throughout the city. “The governor is not the happiest about these live concerts and the movies where people are coming out and walking among others, so when our City of Glen Cove attorney mentioned what we were doing in Glen

Cove, the governor gave a thumbs up, so once again, we have been the start of something,” Holman said. Fred Guarino, the owner of Tiki Recording Studios Inc. and the chairman of the Downtown Sounds Committee, who was offering his studio for city officials and business leaders to speak to Downtown Sounds viewers, remarked that while this method of throwing a concert is new, it’s happening and it’s live. As the classic played from television units in Glen Cove’s downtown, many restaurants had customers sitting and enjoying their food from socially distanced tables placed on the temporarily closed School Street and Glen Street. The two streets had clusters of diners sitting at tables six feet apart where restaurants were offering outdoor dining. Other parts of the area were much quieter than a typical Friday night would be. At a special council meeting in June, the Glen Cove City Council passed resolution that authorized the closure of School Street (between Highland Road and Glen Street) and Glen Street (between School Street and Pulaski Street) between Thursdays and Saturdays from 6 to 10 p.m. An additional parking lot that runs behind 51 to 69 Glen Street will also close between Thursday and Saturday nights for dining.

Downtown cafe Diners, above, enjoyed an evening out on the town. La BussoLa restaurant was also busy with socially distant customers that Friday night.

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Town Clerk Office offers “No Soliciting” sticker Residents who wish to deter any potential door-to-door solicitors and peddlers can obtain a free, waterproof, vinyl “No Soliciting” sticker through the Town Clerk Richard LaMarca’s Office. “Now more than ever, our town residents wish to remain unbothered at home by the potential nuisance of door-to-door peddlers,” LaMarca said. “My office offers free No Soliciting stickers to homeowners as a way to set clear boundaries with anyone approaching your home looking to do unwanted business.” LaMarca further cautioned residents to remember a few simple guidelines to help avoid any potential pitfalls of being taken in by a fast-talking peddler or solicitor. Residents are advised to check for a current town-issued photo identification badge prior to doing any business with a door-to-door peddler. Photo ID issued by

the town clerk’s office is a good form of protection because it is issued only after an in-depth background check of the individual has been made and full disclosure of the nature of their business is provided. While nonprofit organizations are not required by law to have permits, LaMarca has urged these organizations to inform his office about when and where their members will be soliciting, along with the solicitor’s names, which will be forwarded to the local police precinct. This provides residents with another way of checking any official status a solicitor may have. To obtain a free “No Soliciting” sticker, call (516) 624-6333, and visit the www.oysterbaytown.com for further information on services offered by the Oyster Bay Town Clerk.

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practicable. Project Description Reconstruction of existing boardwalk metal safety railing. Bid documents may be obtained at Village Hall, Sea Cliff, N.Y. upon nonrefundable payment of $50.00 in cash or certified check payable to VILLAGE OF SEA CLIFF for each set. Bid Documents will be available beginning Friday, August 14, 2020. A pre-bid meeting at the site will be conducted on Friday, August 21, 2020 at 10:00 AM to review project scope and timeline.

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The successful bidder must comply with all State and Federal Statutes relating to labor and Workers’ Compensation. The Village reserves the right to reject any and all bids received, to waive any informality in the bids received and to accept that bid which in its judgment best serves the interests of the Village. By: Office of the Village Clerk DATED: August 6, 2020 122709 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

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At first, she tells us in glowing terms about her husband Walter, who was older than Vesta and an academic. He has recently died. As the novel progresses, we realDear Mystery Maven, ize he was domineering, unfaithful, and cruel to Vesta. With each I recently read a strange albepresumption she makes about it compelling mystery by a favorMagda, we learn something of ite author of mine, Ottessa Vesta’s life. Her interactions with ANN Moshfegh’ s “Death in her neighbors and even her dog show hands.” The novel seems in the DIPIETRO us a woman of great curiosity beginning a traditional mystery. and kindness, but also someone A lonely, 72 year old widow, Vesta who has lived an unexamined Gul, finds a neatly written note on the life. Throughout we wonder how reliable a ground near her home — an abandoned Girl narrator Vesta is, but we always feel genuScout campsite. “Her name was Magda. ine affection for her. Recommended! Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn’t me. Here is her body.” Would you like to ask the Great Book Guru But there is no body, no evidence of a for a book suggestion? Contact her at murder. Vesta decides to solve the “crime” annmdipietro@gmail.com. and goes to her local library to find out how

obituaries Douglas C. Sessler

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Douglas C. Sessler, 79, of Glen Head, died on Aug. 10. Loving husband of the late Phyllis; beloved father of Katherine (Jeff) Papasidero, Douglas (Kelly Peters) Sessler and Kim Sessler; proud Poppa of Kaitlyn, Kelly and Louis; best buddy to Gracie and Baxter; dear brother of Karen (Ron) LeTellier; also survived my many loving nieces, nephews and friends. Visitation at Whitting Funeral Home Aug. 14 from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral mass at St. Boniface Martyr Church in Sea Cliff on Aug. 15 at 10 a.m. Interment to follow at Locust Valley Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations or acts of kindness can be directed to Hospice Care Network, 99 Sunnyside Blvd., Woodbury, N.Y. 11797.

Shannon L. Lalonde, 46, of Glen Cove, died on Aug. 2. Beloved wife of John; loving mother of Carmine (Melissa) and Henderson; devoted daughter of Karen and Joseph Saccente (and the late John Burke); dear sister of Sean (Sarabeth), Erin (Michael), Siobhan, Lindsay (Greg), Taylor (Chris), Shallan and Connor; also survived by many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Service and Interment Private.

Anna J. Baricevich Anna J. Baricevich, of Sea Cliff, died on Aug. 4l Beloved wife of John; loving mother of John; dear sister of the late Margaret Lawrence. All services were private.

George Kurylo George Kurylo, 72, of Glen Cove, died on Aug.6. Beloved husband of Ann; loving father of Christina Partagas (Jack), Larissa Giambruno (Peter) and the late Katherine; dear brother of the late Walter; proud grandfather of Nicholas, Jack, Ava, Milania and Jessie; also survived by loving nieces and nephews. Service held at Dodge-Thomas Funeral Home of Glen Cove. Interment at Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery.

Denise A. Trubish Denise A. Trubish of Glen Cove died on July 29. Beloved wife of Peter J. Jr.; devoted mother of Peter III (Missi) and Scott; loving grandmother of Madison and Tyler; dear sister of Marlene Fitzpatrick and cousin of Peggy Dowling. Mass at the Church of St. Patrick. Interment private at Calverton National Cemetery.

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ropical Storm Isaias marched up the Eastern Seaboard Aug. 4 with 70-mph winds that snapped trees in half or ripped them out of the ground, often sending them crashing onto power lines, leaving 420,000 Long Island ratepayers without electricity. PSEG-Long Island had promised to respond faster to restore power than its predecessor, the Long Island Power Authority. Last Saturday, four days after the storm, 60,000 Long Islanders were still without electricity, however, and thousands remained that way through Tuesday — a week after the storm. As Isaias blew through, communications between customers and PSEG-LI rapidly broke down, with people unable to send messages about lost power, despite the $1 billion in taxpayer and ratepayer funds that the utility had invested in upgrading its communications and smartmeter networks in recent years. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, plans to hold hearings on the response to Isaias by utilities across the state, including the communications response by PSEG-LI, Altice and Verizon. The question is, what will come of those hearings? Will we vent our anger, and let that be the end of it? Will we seek another utility company to manage Long Island’s electrical system, as we did after Hurricane Sandy in 2012-13? Or will we work toward a more durable solution, one that considers the long-term effects of repeated tropical storms and hurricanes on an

island that juts 118 miles into the Atlantic Ocean, and one that hardens our infrastructure so we never again have to suffer the crippling damage that Isaias, and so many storms before, have left in their wakes? We can upgrade the communications network all we want, but as last week’s storm made clear, that effort would likely prove futile. If $1 billion wasn’t enough to fix the communications system well enough to respond to a tropical storm, then what amount would be needed to prepare for a Category 4 hurricane — with wind speeds double that of Isaias and a million people trying to message PSEG-LI all at once? One possible solution would be to bury the electric and cable wires, ensuring that they would remain stable and protected in hurricanes, tropical storms, ice storms and run-of-the-mill thunderstorms. The trouble is, burying lines is a massive undertaking that would require an investment of billions of dollars. Still, we should at least study it. Consider this case study of one typical little South Shore community. During Isaias, a tree came down on Merrick Road in Merrick, near the Meadowbrook Parkway, cutting power to a .36-mile-long commerce zone just to the east. Within that small business district are two supermarkets, 11 restaurants, a frozen yogurt shop and an ice cream parlor, which had to throw out hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of food that had

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letters Put power lines underground To the Editor: Consumers want cheap electricity. As a result, utility companies have been unable to charge the appropriate rates to allow for capital improvements to upgrade the existing power grid and substations, and burying more power lines. Residents living in low-density neighborhoods want to keep the price of homes low by accepting aboveground power lines rather than burying them. After Tropical Storm Isaias, with limited crews, it was impossible to reach everyone within 24 hours with such a catastrophic loss of power impacting so many customers at once. I would gladly pay to cover costs for burying my power lines to ensure more reliable delivery. Unfortunately, this wouldn’t work unless my neighbors also agreed to do the same. Decades ago, elected officials attacked the Long Island Lighting Company for being overpriced and inefficient. They promised that creation of the Long Island Power Authority would solve all our problems. Having lived in Great Neck from the 1960s to now, I don’t recall LILCO being anywhere as bad as today’s generation of elected leader claim LIPA was. Voters deserve a rebate from the elected officials who committed consumer fraud by

gone bad or melted because refrigeration was lost — in the case of one pizzeria alone, $50,000 worth, on top of the business it lost during the two days it had no power. There are 22 other businesses on this strip, ranging from a clothing shop to a gas station, a dry cleaner, a ballet studio and an insurance agency, as well as offices for a cosmetic surgeon, an attorney, a veterinarian and a pediatric dentist. Now, project all the lost goods and services in this commerce zone across Long Island, and you begin to understand the enormity of the economic hit that comes with even a relatively small-scale storm like Isaias. When we speak of storm damage, we generally talk about the price of repairs. Rarely do we consider the cost of business interruptions. This clearly needs greater deliberation. Burying lines, at an estimated cost of $1 million per mile, would undoubtedly raise electricity rates, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Spreading the project over decades, however, could mitigate the increase, while ensuring that future generations needn’t suffer as we have. Anaheim, Calif., is burying all its lines over 50 years, necessitating a 4 percent customer surcharge — or $4 per month for every $100 of electric use — while the cable TV companies must pay to bury their lines. The program began in 1990. With the climate crisis threatening to bring bigger hurricanes in the future, now, not later, is the time to act.

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Plummeting childhood vaccines: the next health crisis?

PPE. You’ll see people with masks, face ease in the U.S. each year. About 1,000 ly, a potential resurgence of preventable n the midst of a pandemic, the last t’s died. And that’s 1,000 too many. infections resulting from missed vaccines thing we need is another outbreak of tha shields, gowns and gloves, which protect Now that we’re in the recovery phase is also very real. a highly contagious infection like to them — but also protect you. in New York, the risk — to young and old One year ago this month, a measles measles. Unfortunately, the diligent the From the waiting room to the medical — of contracting Covid-19 is much lower outbreak in New York caused a 30-year rooms, frequently touched and trafficked 19. In t work of stopping the spread of Covid-19 than at any point during this crisis. Not high in cases of the highly contagious illareas are regularly cleaned and disinfect- reality has, for many parents, meant falling only are there fewer patients, but the ness — which still kills hundreds of thoukeep ou behind on having their children routinely ed. Some organizations, like Northwell physical spaces are now safer, with measands of people per year globally. That vaccinated. Health, are using ultraviolet light technol- Our sures in place to protect any patient who outbreak occurred because in some comogy to create an additional level of disin- line of Individually, missing one vaccine shot enters a doctor’s munities we have fection. may not seem like a big deal, office. seen the number So, health care offices are but immunization schedules That starts with of people vaccinatsafe, and you shouldn’t be were developed after decades limiting the numed dip below safe afraid to see your pediatriof study, and the sheer number of patients. levels, threatening cian. Vaccinations have ber of missed trips to pediatriOnce in the office, our hard-fought cians during the coronavirus changed the game on so many people remain six herd immunity, crisis has meant a drastic fallillnesses, saving millions of feet apart — six which protects the off in childhood immunizalives. But that progress can beach balls of entire community. tions across the country. unwind, and it can do so space. To avoid When that immuIn fact, the Centers for Disquickly — as it is right now in overcrowding, nity declines, ease Control and Prevention other parts of the world. JosHUa DaVID CHarLes families are somethere’s a greater reports 250,000 fewer doses of Health care’s mission is to roCker FaGan sCHLeIen times asked to call risk for the infecmeasles-containing immunipromote and protect the genfrom their cars tion to spread. zations ordered from March 23 eral well-being of the commuwhen they arrive Last year it was to May 16 than during the nity. We need parents’ help. We and wait to be called in. just the measles we had to worry about. runnin same time period in 2019. And it’s not just can solve this problem together and Frequently, pediatric offices have desAdd measles. There were also about 2.5 million Today it’s every vaccine-preventable illensure that we protect the entire herd. ignated mornings for visits from those ness, because if kids aren’t coming in for fewer doses of all routine non-influenza The time is now. Please don’t wait until the tea one vaccine, they’re not coming in for any. who are well and afternoons for “sick visvaccines. Across Cohen Children’s Mediwe have another outbreak on our hands. bus dri its,” which is another way of assuring the And yes, wash those hands. Measles is our main concern, because of soon be cal Center’s 18 pediatric offices, we saw a how rapidly it spreads and how it can lead health and protection of those visiting the into sc 45 percent drop in all vaccinations for office. Everyone over age 2 must be to dehydration, pneumonia and encephachildren of all ages in that same period. Dr. Joshua Rocker is the chief of pediatric York th masked, and is screened upon entry with litis, or swelling of the brain. But we also The good news is that you and your emergency medicine at Cohen Children’s pandem a symptom checklist. You will be asked if worry about Haemophilus influenzae child can catch up. Pediatricians across Medical Center. Dr. David Fagan is the cen- the poi you have a fever, any symptoms and any Type b, a major contributor to meningitis our sch the country have worked overtime to creter’s vice chair of pediatric ambulatory known exposure to Covid-19, and based on administration. Dr. Charles Schleien is and bacteremia, when the bacteria ing ext ate safe environments, cleaning protocols those answers, you’ll be managed and spreads throughout the blood. Before the and strategies to minimize the risk of senior vice president and chair of pediatric moved within the office appropriately. Hib vaccination, about 20,000 children Covid infection. Fear of contracting the services at Northwell Health. Health care providers are dressed in full younger than 5 developed severe Hib disvirus is understandable, but unfortunate-

Letters selling us a false bill of goods. LARRY PENNER Great Neck

A guest column was short on insight To the Editor: Re Robert A. Scott’s op-ed column, “Of course Black lives matter!” (July 2-8): Scott addressed the removal of President Woodrow Wilson’s name at Princeton University because of his racist views and policies. I say well and good, but wouldn’t the same reasoning apply to Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and be worthy of similar response? Scott went on to characterize the Native American and Black man at the sides of Teddy’s Roosevelt’s statue at the American Museum of Natural History as representing “colonial expansion and racial discrimination.” Really? Does Scott truly believe that these figures were included in such negative context, rather than representing progress from backwardness and deprivation into a more hopeful future? Scott wrote that Black lives matter because “they were being eliminated by police violence.” Not only was this claim false, is that the only reason, for him, that

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Black lives should matter? That the kind of officer who killed George Floyd could get into law enforcement at all shows a failure in the vetting and training process, with such officers representing only a small part of law enforcement. For Scott to even imply that “police violence” is primarily responsible for Black deaths is absurd. Incredibly, he contends that “Black people are killed in their homes and suburban neighborhoods by white police.” Is he blind to the realities of drive-by shootings, of revenge killings, of assaults, robberies, murders and rapes of innocent Black people — infants, the young, the old — by those who live in these very communities? How many more such crimes, of the most horrific nature, have been reported since his article was published only weeks ago? Why does Scott attribute “failing schools” as the cause of Black social woes? Many of those who have participated in looting and arson are school-aged minors from minority communities. Would Scott dispute that lack of proper guidance and disciplining at home contributes to educational and social deficiencies? He should consider the dedicated students and teachers in these schools, and how their pursuits are impacted by the criminal and antisocial miscreants among them. ROBERT RUBALSkY East Rockaway

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We must be realistic in shoring up the economy

t’s becoming more apparent each day that the Unites States will not return to any semblance of normalcy until there is a working vaccine for Covid19. In the meantime, we must face the reality that providing essential services to keep our economy going is job No. 1. Our health care workers are our first line of defense against the pandemic. People who grow and transport our food, as well as the grocery store workers who stock the shelves, are critical. Our police, firefighters, sanitation workers, transit operators and other local alfonse government workd’amaTo ers who provide basic services are keeping America running. Add to this list of essential employees the teachers and school administrators, bus drivers and school workers who will soon be asked to take our children back into school. We are more fortunate in New York than many other states, because the pandemic here seems to have abated to the point at which carefully reopening our schools is possible. It will mean taking extra precautions to maintain the

can’t say I have a perfect track record with the recipes I publish. In fact, here’s an excerpt from a letter to the editor published many years ago. The note, from a Rockville Centre reader, said: “Randi Kreiss’ recipe sent me to the hospital with chest pains. After spending four hours at the emergency room and $70 the next day at my family doctor, I was told I had gas from all those veggies in the soup (which did not taste so great, RandI anyway).” kReIss I don’t know if the old gasbag is still with us, and I’m sorry she suffered chest pains, but I don’t think her issues had to do with my soup. My soup-making skills are considerable, and I’m in the process of compiling the recipes into a book for my kids and grandkids. My granddaughter Sabrina is particularly keen on cooking, and has already added her own culinary flourishes to my vegetarian tortilla soup. I say why mess with perfection, but she felt it needed some queso blanco. Anyway, she’s been pressing me for

health of students, teachers and other school workers, including measures that will add considerably to school budgets. The recent debate in Washington about the next round of federal pandemic relief has centered almost exclusively on helping the unemployed with a continued $600-per-week federal unemployment insurance subsidy. No one can argue that the 30 million unemployed Americans receiving this aid aren’t in need of assistance. They are out of work through no fault of their own. But it’s important to understand that this generous benefit adds up to $18 billion per week. That money is being borrowed by the U.S. Treasury, and will eventually have to be paid back to those who are loaning it to the federal government. And for many workers, their unemployment payments — including state and federal benefits — now exceed the weekly wages they were earning before losing their jobs. It is not unreasonable to ask that this benefit be adjusted to a more realistic and fiscally sustainable level. That doesn’t mean that the federal government should retreat on providing relief to Americans. Billions of dollars are needed to support

the safe reopening of our schools. And billions more should go to helping states and local governments provide the essential services that would be drastically reduced without federal assistance. A fair way to assist states and local governments would be for Washington to help them make up for the sales tax revenue they’ve lost due to the pandemic. These sales tax losses are fairly straightforward to calculate. And since every state collects sales taxes, federal aid making up these losses could be fairly distributed across the country. Red states and blue states would benefit equitably. Another area where more federal aid is needed is for small businesses. Many received aid under the Payroll Protection Act, which extended them loans and grants to help keep their workers employed. Giving these businesses an additional lifeline so they can continue to stay open and provide jobs is a good investment. Economists of all stripes tell us that if these businesses were allowed to sink, many would never come back. The loss to the economy would be enormous. Finally, our hospitals and other medical facilities have been badly wounded by

he postCovid-19 business landscape will be altered for years to come.

the Covid-19 crisis, as almost all other hospital admissions and doctor’s visits dried up these past few months. They should get the extra help they need to continue to provide quality health care. And it’s not too early to begin to think about what the economic future will look like once the virus is defeated. The business landscape will be altered for years to come. The real estate industry may see wrenching change if offices remain empty after the pandemic fades. Malls may never recover the business they’ve lost to online sales. We can expect what amounts to a national reorganization of our economy, with many old and respected businesses failing and many new ones struggling to emerge. Let’s not lose our sense of hope and optimism. The American spirit is boundless. We’ve learned some hard lessons, including that we must bring critical manufacturing home rather than depending on the rest of the world to provide essential medicines and products. The promising race to develop a Covid19 vaccine by our scientists shows that with a concerted effort, even the seemingly impossible can be made possible. Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.

Top-secret recipe revealed my family chicken soup recipe. It is special. I know every cook in every family makes the best chicken soup, but mine is outstanding. If there were a New York State Fair entry for chicken soup, I would win. I’m not claiming that in the age of Covid-19 it has unusual medicinal properties, but you can judge for yourself. It may not be hydroxychloroquine or bleach shots, but it’s a real comfort, spiritually and physically. Because Sabrina was so persistent, and because she also has a wicked sense of humor, I recently sent her the plans for my Manhattan Project of chicken soups. This was never meant to be published in a newspaper; it was meant to pass from kitchenwarm grandma hands to upturned fingers. It’s a kind of promise-to-keep, whispered mother to child. But in the interest of public health, here goes:

thinking Kosher was tastier. My mother said it was because of all the salt. Invite your chicken into the pot. (Give him a good scrubbing first, using no soap. It’s soup!)

ot to brag, but if there were a New York State fair entry for chicken soup, I’d win.

Dear Sabrina, OK, OK this is the recipe: Find a chicken and a huge pot. Now maybe this chicken has it all together, or maybe he comes in eighths. Could be a pullet or a broiler; equal opportunity here. Could be Kosher or not. I was brought up

Gather: 3 32-oz. cartons of any good organic chicken broth Bunch fresh parsley (well washed) 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon 1/2 cup pearl barley (rinsed and strained) 5 stalks of celery 2 turnips, peeled, sliced and diced 2 parsnips, peeled, sliced and diced 6 carrots or a bag of cut-

up carrots 2 medium sweet onions, chopped 10-oz. bag frozen mixed vegetables (no sauce or butter!) Salt, pepper, a nearly infinitesimal amount of rosemary . . . no, that’s too much . . . such a heavy hand. Now here’s the hard part: Put everything into a huge pot. Cover. Turn up the heat and simmer for an hour and 10. That should soften the toughest old bird. I call it the RBG method. The after part:

Lift the chicken out of the pot. He will not come willingly. And he may fool you by pretending to fall apart. And he may actually fall apart. Round up all his body parts and put them in a separate bowl. Choices here: You can shred the chicken into the soup and dispose of the bones, or you can eat the chicken as an entirely separate experience. Boiled chicken with something — anything — is quite yummy if you give it a chance. You can also cut the boiled chicken into salad or stuff in a taco or toss into a smoothie. (I’m kidding.) Find your soup blender stick and puree just the right amount of time. Depends on whether you like soupy soup, or thick puree, or recognizable pieces, or just vegetables and soup, in which case you won’t need the soup blender at all. You decide. Personally, I like a few seconds of blending, while letting the vegetables keep their identities intact. If you call and visit me, I’ll give you my matzo ball recipe. If you call and visit me often, I’ll give you my matzo ball recipe with all the ingredients. May you enjoy this recipe, and may it nourish all the people you love. Grandma Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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