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AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Group aims to improve life for disabled locals

By KATE NAlEPiNSKi knalepinski@liherald.com

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Ending the evening on a high note Despite the rain, singer and pianist Gavin DeGraw belted out a tune at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on Saturday during the Never Forget Concert. Story, more photos on Pg. 6.

A new group in the early stages of for mation could help improve the lives of Nassau County residents with disabilities.

Advocates for those with disabilities, residents and members of the County Legislature gathered last week to announced a bipartisan bill that would create a Disabilities Awareness Advisory Group. If approved by the full Legislature next month, the group would meet quarterly to discuss how the county could operate more effectively for those with disabilities.

The bill is expected to come

before a legislative committee on Sept. 13, and to be considered by the full Legislature on Sept. 24.

Legislator Steve Rhoads, a Republican from Bellmore, said that seven members of the 15-member advisory g roup would be required to have one or more disabilities, or be representatives of organizations that provide service or advocate on behalf of people with disabilities. There would also be nonvoting members from numerous county departments, Rhoads said.

“This is an opportunity for the Legislature to listen to those who face issues and problems every single day,” he said, “to Continued on page 15

Town extends outdoor dining initiative to help businesses

By MAlloRy WilSoN mwilson@liherald.com

As the Delta variant continues to spread across the nation, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin and members of the Town Board voted recently to extend a popular program to allow outdoor dining through October 2022, without restaurant owners having to pay a permit fee, to help them stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.

The supervisor was joined by Council members Dorothy Goosby, Bruce Blakeman, Anthony D’Esposito, Dennis Dunne Sr., Tom Muscarella and Chris Carini, Town Clerk Kate Murray and

Receiver Jeanine Driscoll last Thursday outside of Borrelli’s restaurant in East Meadow to make the announcement.

“We took the lead being one of the first in the nation to open outdoor dining,” Councilman Chris Carini, a Republican from Seaford, said. “Whatever [the businesses] need from us, please reach out to your local council people, and we’ll get things done.”

“It was not just 15 months ago that the Town of Hempstead initiated a program to help restaurants like [Borrelli’s] and others in the area with an outdoor initiative, and it proved to be very successful,” Clavin said. “But,

unfortunately, we’re seeing this Delta variant really has an impact on people.”

The extension gives restaurants another year to create or expand outdoor dining areas without having to pay permit fees. The fees usually vary depending on the size of the project, and by waiving the fees, the town could save businesses owners thousands of dollars.

The extension also helps streamline the permitting process.

Chris Paci, manager of the Sweet Spot Cafe in Seaford, said he had not heard about the outdoor dining initiative, but said restaurants should take advantage of not being charged a fee

for their outdoor permits.

“There are still people walking around wearing masks and aren’ t comfor table sitting inside,” he said. “I have customers who send in one family member and then go sit outside. I think it’s a great thing that the Town of Hempstead is offering this.”

“This isn’t about money, this

is about helping,” Clavin said.

“Sometimes government needs to listen to the business owners a little bit more to see how we can help them.”

Hundreds of restaurants in Hempstead have filed applications, Clavin said. The application is completed online, and an inspector is sent to the restauContinued on page 12

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Seaford HigH ScHool’S marching band camp helped musicians prepare for this year’s show, “Seaford High School of Rock of Ages” which will featur rock music from the 1980’s.

Seaford H.S. marching band is ready to rock Seaford High School musicians will take a step back in time – about two decades before they were born – for this year’s marching band show. The theme is “Seaford High School of Rock of Ages” and the show will feature numerous rock songs from the 1980’s.

Band directors Christopher Coniglio and Anthony Romeo said some of this year’s selections will include “Wanted Dead or Alive” by Bon Jovi, “Crazy Train” by Ozzy Osbourne and “Jump” by Van Halen. Students rehearsed the music and practiced the choreography during marching band camp from Aug. 9-13.

In addition to Coniglio and Romeo, band teachers Nicholas Coacci, Daniel Krueger and Barbara Sherwin worked with the musicians during the five-day camp. While the marching band and color guard members spent part of the morning out on the football field, members of the pit band were in the band room with Frank Battista. This year’s show features a stationary pit band with a guitar, keyboard, drum set and auxiliary percussion instruments, as opposed to the drumline, for the rock music show.

This year’s show will be performed at the Newsday Marching Band Festival in October at Mitchel Field and during the halftime ceremony of the four home varsity football games, plus potential playoff games. The band’s drum majors are senior Aurora Fitzgerald and junior Kerry Wise.

There were other elements to the band camp including the Romiglio Olympics (named for Romeo and Coniglio), with students split into teams based on their instrument sections. They competed in various events like a field goal-kicking contest, charades relay races and a Lip sync battle. The camp concluded with a Friday evening performance on the football field for family members.

STudenTS in THe percussion section practice in the band room.

THe color guard will add colorful and visual elements to the show.

PaTrick kiernan, lefT, and Ryan Reeves are part of the pit band which is replacing a drum line for the rockthemed show.

Parents urge district to make masks optional safe reopening of schools in September,” he said in an emailed statement after the meeting. “We continue to monitor the “Enough with the masks!” guidance of health officials and look for“Stop following CDC guidelines!” ward to making an announcement in the “Make your own decisions!” coming days regarding our reopening These were just a few of the sentiments plans.” that some community members launched When given the chance, many meeting at district administrators during the attendees expressed their frustration with Wantagh Union Free School District the possibility that masks may be Board of Education meeting on Aug. 19. required. One, Christina Corwin, said that More than 100 comthe school board was munity members not responsible “for turned out for the tworendering medical h o u r- l o n g re g u l a r decisions” for chilmeeting, some dren. demanding the school “In hospitals . . . the make masks optional protocol to be adefor the 2021-22 academq u at e ly p ro t e c t e d ic year. The meeting [from Covid-19] is a fittook place just hours tested N-95 mask, eye after the neighboring protection, masks and Massapequa School gloves,” Corwin said.

District announced “Unless you’re willing that masks would no to mandate that level longer be required in of protection for chilclassrooms. dren, safety is a farce.

Before the public I know that’s a scary comment period, thing to hear, but by Superintendent John all means, if a person McNamara gave an a sigN iNsiDe Wantagh High is fearful, they have update on the district’s School reminds students that masks the right to protect reopening plan, which must be worn at all times. themselves. That’s could be finalized late c a l l e d i n d iv i d u a l this week. Wantagh is choice and freedom.” expected to fully open schools on Sept. 1, Wantagh resident Marilynne Rich said McNamara said. Students will follow tra- that it’s “absolutely unreasonable” to have ditional starting times and schedules; they children wear masks all day, and that “the will be offered all extracurriculars; desk decision should be left up to the parents.” shields will not be used; and students will In the Wantagh school district, there be free to use lockers and locker rooms. were 374 cases of Covid-19 among students Masks will be required on school buses. last year, and a total of 431 cases, the largAccording to the reopening plan posted est number at Wantagh High School, on the district website, its mask policy according to a presentation. would be “guided by the local infection Incoming 10th-grader Maggie Massari rate, guidance from trained medical pro- said that wearing masks last year left her fessionals, and any new mandates from unable to focus, and that she became the New York State Education Depart- familiar with the sensation of not wearing ment.” a mask this summer. “I went the whole McNamara said that the district would summer going normal, and now it has to prioritize maintaining a safe learning be taken away,” Massari said. “Life the environment for all, maximizing students’ past year and a half has been such a strugtime spent in school with minimal disrup- gle, and now, if you’re going to make us tion, addressing learning gaps created by wear these masks, it just makes it worse.” the pandemic, and improving socio-emoJohn Nistico, who is running for govertional learning. “The district continues to nor in 2022 on the Constitutional Patriot carefully and thoughtfully plan for the Party line, told the school board that he

WaNtagh superiNteNDeNt JohN McNamara discussed reopening at the Board of Education meeting on Aug. 19. Some parents asked that the school board not make masks mandatory for students entering the 2021-2022 academic year.

By Kate NalepiNsKi knalepinski@liherald.com

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wanted to know the adverse effects of mask-wearing on children. The district administration, Nistico said, “will be held responsible for how masks are damaging our children.”

Other parents expressed their support for a mask mandate. Meredith Bernstein, a pediatrician with three children in the district, said that leaving children unmasked in the classroom would present a risk.

“If we leave our children unvaccinated, unmasked, seated in a classroom next to unvaccinated, unmasked children coming from unvaccinated, unmasked homes . . . what will it do to our children?” Bernstein asked. “How many dead children will it take for you folks to say that we should stop and rethink this?”

Perry Fuchs, who has a daughter in Mandalay Bay Elementary School, said that remote learning was detrimental to the well-being of students, so in-person learning was the way to go. To do that safely, Fuchs said, masks are necessary.

“Many school districts have had to close due to Covid,” she said, “and if wearing a mask is how to avoid that, then that’s how we do it.”

“Since the beginning, Wantagh School District has followed guidance from the state,” newly elected school board President Anthony Greco said. “We are still following the guidance. We have one thing to do, and that is to put the safety of our students first.”

As the audience erupted in shouts of “No!” and “Our choice!” some got to their feet and approached the trustees. Security guards positioned themselves between the seats and the stage. Greco and the other school board members concluded the meeting.

More than 30 people had written to the board since the last school board meeting in early July, according to the Aug. 19 meeting agenda. It was unclear, however, whether any of the letters addressed the district’s mask policy.

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Wantagh High School alumna Katriana Koppe, 18, was selected as a Top 10 finalist in Playbill’s Search for the Star contest earlier this month, where she received a free audition with a casting company.

The announcement comes roughly three months after Koppe (pronounced CO-pay), was awarded the Roger Rees Best Actress award in late May, an award which identifies the Best Actor and Best Actress in a licensed high school musical production in New York.

The contest was an online casting call in which performers ages 16 years and older from across the U.S submitted minute-long videos of their vocal performances.

The ten selected finalists, which included Koppe, were selected by nine Playbill judges. Contestants’ submissions were selected based on “vocal excellence, overall performing skill set, storytelling abilities, authenticity of self, individual artistry, passion, and originality,” according to the website.

Each of the finalists were awarded auditions with various casting companies, Koppe explained. Koppe was set up with an audition with Stewart Whitley Casting.

Koppe snagged a finalist spot after she performed “I Know The Truth” from Elton John and Tom Rice’s “Aida” the musical.

“I really connect with this piece on a personal level,” Koppe said, “and I think it showcases my originality.

This performance was purely my own creative spin on the piece because I took it out of the context of the play and put it into my own context. I approached the acting differently and performed it through my own lens.”

In the musical, the song is performed by character Amneris when she finds out the truth about her fiancée, Radames, — that he is in love with a handmaiden, Aida,

announced the winner.

The winner received a package which included: a feature story in Broadway Playbill programs and online at Playbill.com; one-on-one work sessions, consultations, and coaching from renowned performers; a blog feature; a headshot session at Playbill Studios; and Playbill merchandise.

Although Koppe didn’t win first place, she said that she is extremely grateful to have made it so far in this prestigious competition and to have had the public rooting for her.

“I am so thankful for every person at Playbill and for this experience,” Koppe said. “It gives young artists an opportunity to fully dive into the industry and really put themselves out there...and it was incredible to have the chance to showcase something that I really connect to.”

Koppe’s peers, mentors, vocal coaches and acting coaches were all proud of her progress in the theatre industry thus far, Wantagh High School music teacher Sameerah Cassidy said.

“We are so thrilled to see Katriana putting herself out there and achieving her dreams,” Cassidy said. “The fact that she was a part of both these huge competitions, the Roger Rees Awards and Search for a Star. … I think it has really just solidified for her that she is meant to do this.

She cares so much about what she does, and it’s very apparent in her performances.”

Koppe’s acting coach, Kim Davis of Wantagh High School, had similar sentiments about Koppe’s successes.

“She is such an inspiration and a great role model for our other students who have not graduated yet,” Davis said.

Watching Koppe prosper is an example of why Davis went into teaching, she said. “It’s heartwarming to see her reach so much success. It’s the very reason us teachers do what we do…it makes our jobs worthwhile.”

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After the ten finalists were selected by the judges, the first-place winner of the Search For A Star contest was selected by the public. Members of the public had the opportunity to vote once a day on Playbill.com. On August 18, 21-year-old Sally Shaw from Dallas, Texas, was

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A concert-goer put her hands in the air as former “The Voice” contestant Wé McDonald performed a redition of “Rise Up” by Andra Day at the Never Forget Concert at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on Saturday.

Never Forget Concert remembers 9/11 McDonAlD strucK A victory pose after the audience cheered following her performance of the national anthem at the concert.

By KAte nAlepinsKi knalepinski@liherald.com

Even an impending tropical storm can’t halt America’s pride. Despite rain caused by the approach of Henri, the Never Forget Concert at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater – a music festival to honor the nation’s military, first responders and 9/11 victims — went off as planned Saturday night.

All proceeds from the concert went to the Tunnels to Towers Foundation, a nonprofit created in 2001 that works to provide mortgage-free houses and other benefits to injured veterans, Gold Star families and first responders.

Around 7 p.m., the show kicked off with the bagpipe groups Emerald Society and NYPD Pipes and Drums, made up of active and retired New York City Police Department members. Two American flags on the stage waved in the wind as the national anthem was performed by “The Voice” contestant Wé McDonald.

The CEO and founder of Tunnels for Towers, Frank Siller, then took the stage.

“We can never forget what happened 20 years ago,” Siller said. “The foundation makes sure we never forget by honoring the sacrifice, and we honor the sacrifice by doing good. Let us do good for the greatest of all Americans: those who are willing to die for you and I.” Siller founded the nonprofit to honor his brother, Stephen, a New York City firefighter who strapped 60 pounds of gear to his back and ran two miles through the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel to the twin towers, where he died in the effort to save others.

Sporting an FDNY T-shirt, “American Idol” contestant Jax performed “My Hero” by the Foo Fighters. It was followed by a performance by Danny Rodriguez, a former New York City police officer who said he was two blocks from the World Trade Center when it collapsed. He devoted his cover of “Into the Fire” by Bruce Springsteen to those who lost their lives

steve Miller of the Steve Miller Band sported a U.S.A. Olmypics shirt during the Never Forget Concert.

BAgpipe groups eMerAlD Society and NYPD Pipes and Drums, made up of active and retired New York City Police Department members, performed on stage.

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during the attacks.

Rapper Flo Rida later hit the stage with his track “My House.” During a brief technical issue, the audio for “Wild Ones” cut out. Flo Rida invited Jax back to the stage to help him finish the 2011 tune.

As the rain began to intensify, Flo Rida encouraged the crowd to keep dancing.

“To see you all out here smiling for something so purposeful – my hat goes off to you guys. This is a moment to cry tears of joy, so DJ hit it,” he said, leading into his “I Cry.” After he motivated the crowd to shout “Tunnels to Towers” several times in unison, he ended with his chart-topper “Low.” Additional performances by Journey, The Chainsmokers, Wyclef Jean, the Steve Miller Band, Gavin DeGraw, John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ann Wilson of Heart and Lee Greenwood rounded out the night.

Former Heralds editor to be honored at Irish Festival

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HERALD — August 26, 2021

By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

The 49th Nassau County Ancient Order of Hibernians Feis and Irish Festival is set for Sunday, Sept. 19, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Nickerson Beach in Lido Beach, and this year’s honoree will be John O’Connell, the former executive editor of Herald Community Newspapers, who retired in 2016.

“It’s such a high honor to have been chosen as the honoree of this year’s Nassau County Ancient Order of Hibern i a n s Fe i s a n d I r i s h Fe s t iv a l , ” O’Connell said. “Having participated in the Nassau AOH Feis for many years, and knowing all the wonderful, hardworking Hibernian volunteers who give of themselves each year to promote and sustain the best of Irish heritage and culture that this feis and festival represents, I am truly blessed and humbled to be selected by those Hibernians as the 2021 honoree.”

At the feis and festival, there will be Irish step dancing and live music by Bangers and Mash. There will also be Irish vendors, bagpipers, children’s games, Irish language demonstrations, an art competition and a raffle.

Catholic Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m.

The entrance fee is $10 per person.

Children under 16 will be free. All local, state and federal Covid-19 safety precautions will be adhered to. For more information, go to www.NassauAOHFeis. com, or email MikeNYAOHsports@ gmail.com. Nickerson Beach is at 880 Lido Blvd in Lido.

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the 49th naSSau County Ancient Order of Hibernians Feis and Irish Festival will be held Sept. 19 in Lido Beach, at which John O’Connell, below, the Heralds’ former executive editor, will be honored.

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community update Thursday, Aug. 26

RSVP online at www.jonesbeachenc. org/events/storytime-aug-16. There is a $4 enry fee. The Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center is located at Jones Beach State Park, West End 2, 150 Bay Pkwy.

Net-zero Tour Ages 12 and up can join the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center for a net-zero tour from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. This is RSVP-only event. RSVP online at jonesbeachenc.org. There is a $4 entry fee. The Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center is located at Jones Beach State Park, West End 2, 150 Bay Pkwy.

Tuesday, August 31 Yoga and Meditation with Amanda Join yoga instructor Amanda’s online class from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Wantagh library and experience 40 minutes of vinyasa yoga and 20 minutes of deep, relaxing meditation. In-person reservations are required and are limited.

There is a $20 fee to register. Attendees attending virtually will be emailed a Zoom link.

Movie night: “Elf” Head down to Wantagh Park to watch a showing of the Christmas classic “Elf.” Attendees should arrive at sundown.

The film start at 8 p.m.

Friday, August 27

Wednesday, Sept. 1

Sensory walks at the beach Children ages 3-6 can explore the grounds using their sense from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. This is RSVP-only event.

RSVP online at www.jonesbeachenc. org/events/storytime-aug-16. There is a $4 entry fee. The Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center is located at Jones Beach State Park, West End 2, 150 Bay Pkwy.

Virtual Tai Chi

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Outdoor concert at Seaford Public Library Head down to the Seaford Public Library to listen to the band The Traditions on Sept. 18. The group will perform doowop songs beginning at 7:30 p.m. as part of the library’s summer concert series. The concert is free to the public.

Mike Delguidice live Head down to Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall to listen to Mike Delguidice.

Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are available at www.muls.com. For more questions you can call 516-783-7500. Mulcahy’s is located at 3232 Railroad Ave. in Wantagh.

Weekly Car Meetup The American Muscle Car Club of Long Island and the Rolling Joint food truck meet weekly from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Enjoy some good food, cars and friends. Don’t forget to bring a chair. For more info visit www.amccliny.com. They meet at 3333 Sunrise Hwy., in Wantagh.

Saturday, Aug. 28 Seaford Farmers’ Market

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Head over to the Seaford farmers’ market for some fresh produce from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. The market is located on Washington Ave., at the east end of the Seaford Long Island Rail Road parking lot.

Summer freestyle bash Head down to Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall for a summer freestyle bash featuring Lisette Melendez, Safire and more. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are available at www.muls.com. For more questions you can call 516-783-7500.

Mulcahy’s is located at 3232 Railroad Ave., in Wantagh.

Sunday, August 29 Popular pollinators program

Families of all ages can join the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center for its “popular pollinators” program from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Get up close and personal with local pollinators such as birds, bugs and bees. There is a $4 entry fee. The Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center is located at Jones Beach State Park, West End 2, 150 Bay Pkwy.

Creature feature tour Families of all ages can join the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center for a “creature feature” from 1:30 to 2 p.m.

Learn about their reptile species and spend time with them in person. There is a $4 fee. The Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center is located at Jones Beach State Park, West End 2, 150 Bay Pkwy.

Enjoy virtual Tai Chi with the Wantagh Public Library at 9:30 a.m. Tai Chi combines slow-moving with deep breathing and is beneficial in increasing body strength, balance, and posture. Tai Chi can also help you reduce stress and increase relaxation.

Contact Ian Smith at ismith@wantaghlibrary.org with any questions.

Attendees attending virtually will be emailed a Zoom link.

Monday, August 30 Strength, flexibility and balance session Join the Wantagh library and instructor Barbara Gilmartin from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for a class with basic exercises using stretch bands. Participants will build muscles surrounding the joints while improving coordination. Attendees should bring light hand weights. A class fee of $20 is due at time of registration. The event will take place in the community room.

Nature Center storytime With creative crafts, fun games and a story time, children from 3 to 6 can explore nature themes from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. This is RSVP-only event.

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All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number.

Submissions can be emailed to knalepinski@liherald.com

Wantagh Park is offering free drive-in movies this summer.

Aug 28th is the sixth annual Seaford Fire Department Parade at the Seaford LIRR station at 6 p.m.

Check out the Wantagh Museum on Sundays located at 1700 Wantagh Ave. The Seaford Chamber of Commerce will hold its Fall Festival on Oct. 2 at 1 p.m.

Check out free museum passes from the Wantagh and Seaford libraries.

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He alluded to how raising In the days leading up to houses should protect resithe stor m, PSEG Long dents from future stor m Island officials said ratepaysurges. ”After Superstorm ers could expect power outSandy, you saw the redesignages of seven to 10 days. ing of how they’re building Clavin called the statement houses,” he said. “You had unacceptable. “First,” he them elevated. You’ve seen said, “you scare people by that throughout the entire doing that, and then you’re South Shore, and I think it’s indicating to them that you worked out great.” don’t think you’re ready to He added, “If you go to respond. They need to proany of the South Shore comvide the services that munity, you see houses that they’re paid to do here.” are raised, and the residents Henri veered east of its feel more secure.” projected path, so Nassau He remembered how peoCounty was not hit by the ple “piled their entire lives brunt of the storm, which their front lawns” after donald Clavin in was downgraded from a hurSandy, and he recognizes ricane to a tropical storm at Hempstead Town that, along with the town, 7 a.m. Sunday. Still, Nassau supervisor residents learned from the was hit with heavy rain devastating experience. from Henri’s outer bands.

“You have a lot of resi“We are very, very fortunate,” Clavin dents who live in the South Shore take said. “The storm tracked down to the their vehicles and move them north. east, which really saved the day in the Why? Because they knew what hapTown of Hempstead. It lowered the pened in Superstor m Sandy. They storm surge and the winds.” learned that lesson, and now they’re betHe remained worried about Aug. 23, ter prepared,” Clavin said. the day after the storm, however. “Now, Overall, for Henri and other future the overall rain amount is still a con- extreme weather events, Clavin has cern,” he said. “We are on standby to some simple advice for residents to have anybody who has a concern of a avoid loss of life and property: “We ask tree down, we are going to get the crews residents to stay off the roads and stay down there.” at home.”

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I came to South Shore in July of 2020. Since then, our facility has quickly brought two COVID outbreaks under control.

To this day, we continually monitor every person who comes into the facility. Almost 75% of our residents are completely vaccinated and we remain COVID-free.

The new mandate that all nursing home staff must be vaccinated is another challenge. Some employees have valid reasons for not wanting the vaccine, like those of child-bearing age

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who are concerned as to how the vaccine will affect the development of their child.

COVID has complicated nursing administration so much that sometimes, after a hard day, I’m physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted. As this virus mutates and the regulations continuously change, I will do whatever I can to maintain a safe and healthy facility. But I can’t do it alone. The staff at South Shore has been – and continues to be – an important factor throughout this whole pandemic. The residents and their families have been very understanding and supportive of our efforts even when our measures seemed a bit extreme. We’ve all learned a lot, dealt with a lot and yes, even cried a lot … but at least we are better equipped and prepared for whatever the future holds.

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“Without fail, the Town of Hempstead was very helpful and provided a lot of advice and guidance,” said Joseph Cavallaro, owner of Cafe Baci in Westbury.

“They directed us through it and helped with inspectors.” Cafe Baci opened for outdoor dining in June.

Even though restaurants are once again open with no restrictions, residents are still wary about eating out, especially because of the new Delta variant, officials said.

Borrelli’s has remained open throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, taking advantage of the original outdoor dining initiative announced in May 2020. Frank Borrelli said his outdoor dining space was converted from an employee parking lot.

Within 10 days of permit approval, construction for outdoor dining at Borrelli’s

was under way.

“It’s been great, and without the patio, it’s tough to survive,” Borrelli said. “We give people the choice of indoor or outdoor. Without it, we probably wouldn’t have survived the first year.”

“The fact of the matter is that there are people who still want the choice,” Blakeman, who is running for county executive, said about people eating outside at restaurants. “We’re not only helping the restaurant owners out, we’re helping the economy, and we’re helping residents.”

Dining outside could become the new normal, Clavin said. “If next year we have to come back and have a discussion about extending it more,” he said, “the town’s going to do it . . . We’re going to help these businesses survive.”

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The Seaford Public Library Board of Trustees held its annual reorganization meeting on July 28, when Margaret Grub was sworn in as elected trustee for a fiveyear term starting July 1.

The board unanimously voted in Peter Ruffner as President, Mary Westermann as vice president, Grub as secretary, Catherine DiPietro as financialsecretary and John Scaparro as assistant financial secretary.

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“Seaford is very fortunate to have each and every one of these people associated with its public library.”

Nawrocki Smith LLP was designated as the library auditor, and the Law Offices of Thomas M. Volz, PLLC was designated as the library attorney. TD Bank was selected as the library’s depository bank, Long Island Business News was selected as the library’s official newspaper, and Utica National Insurance Co., provided by HomeTown Insurance, was designated as the library’s insurance company.

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St. Frances de Chantal R.C. Church of Wantagh held a welcome back picnic last Sunday to invite parishioners back to church as restrictions have been lifted and full-capacity mass has resumed.

“It’s an exciting day that we’re finally back at church with all of the people and we’re welcoming them home so we can celebrate together in church, in family, in love and God,” Deacon Bob O’Donovan said at the event. “We thank everyone for making this possible.”

The picnic was started with a procession into the parking lot led by the Nassau County Police Department Emerald Society Pipes and Drums. The parishioners were all coming from a noon mass of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

“This is a wonderful gathering and we are enjoying each other and some great food,” Associate Pastor Stanislaw Choragwicki said. “We are trying to gather people together again and feel comfortable and enjoy our faith.”

The picnic featured games and activities for children including a bounce house and a magician. The playground and gym in the school were open as well.

Live music was played by fellow parishioners during the event.

The event was free, though a raffle and dunk tank for picnickers was set up to help raise money for the church.

“The idea of the picnic was wildly welcomed beyond my imagination,” said Reverand Seth N. Awo Doku. “It was as if everyone had the idea in their minds and they were waiting to let it out.”

The Wantagh Volunteer Fire Department was in attendance and had all of their equipment ready for young parishioners to ask questions and learn about the job that they do for the community.

Along with an overflow of snacks and beverages served, the Knights of Columbus Council 6526 were also present to cook up hot dogs, hamburgers and chicken for everyone to enjoy.

“We are very excited to be here today,” Russell Merendino, past grand knight said. “As part of the church, we do what we can for where we are needed. You can’t beat a day like today and it’s a great day to get together.”

The members of the Knights of Columbus were eager to get involved in their church once again.

“This church welcomes everyone with open arms,” past grand knight Kevin Hoffman said. Our Pastor is a great man.

I’ve been coming here for over 30 years and I love it.”

In-person masses resumed last summer for St. F rances de Chantal, O’Donovan said, but the community wasn’t asked to return until last week.

“It feels so joyous to be back in person,” O’Donovan said. “It’s great to see the smiles on everyone’s faces.”

When it comes to church, there’s nothing like being in-person, Doku said.

“The best way is to come together as an assembly of believers,” he said. “We break bread and we receive communion.

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When we do it by streaming, listeners can only hear the word of God but do not receive communion. There is something incomplete about the ceremony.”

The church always tries to get together, he said, and it’s more important now than ever since they haven’t been together in so long due to the pandemic.

“We always have fundraisers and gettogethers but since the Covid-19 pandemic, we haven’t had many,” he said. “It’s great to be back together in mass and celebrating as an assembly of believers.”

Knights of ColuMBus members Steve Filipazzo and Lour Rubino helped cook for their fellow parishioners. the piCniC held last Sunday had activites for children, including a bounce house.

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Mineola ny , grants me the right to assume the name of Maria Ramona suchadola cambero the city and state of my present address are Seaford New York The month and year of my birth are august 1977: the place of my birth is cotui, Dominican Republic: my present name is Maria Ramona Cambero Hernandez.

127175 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Section 202-48 of the code of the Town of Hempstead entitled, “Handicapped Parking On Public Streets,” a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 9th day of September, 2021, at

10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, to consider the adoption of a resolution setting aside certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons at the following locations: ATLANTIC BEACH MARK LANE - west side, starting at a point 42 feet south of the south curbline of Park Street, south for a distance of 18 feet.

(TH-220/21) EAST ATLANTIC BEACH ROCHESTER AVENUE starting at a point 223 feet of the south of the south curbline of Park Street, south for a distance of 14 feet.

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(TH-235/21) BOONE STREET - north side, starting at a point 367 feet east of the east curbline of Farmedge Road, east for a distance of 20 feet.

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(TH-258/21) LEVITTOW RESTFUL LANE - east side, starting at a point 120 feet south of the south curbline of Swirl Lane, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-272/21) MERRICK GRUNCLY PLACE - north side, starting at a point 254 feet east of the east curbline of Merrick Avenue, east for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-204/21) UNIONDALE SOUTHERN PARKWAY south side, starting at a point 330 feet west of the west curbline of Nostrand Avenue, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-196/21) VAN BUREN STREET west side, starting at a point opposite the northeast curbline of Knull Street at the utility pole, north for a distance of 101 feet, then north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-244/21) LENOX AVENUE - west side, starting at a pont 605 feet north of the north curbline of Braxton Street, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-251/21) WEST HEMPSTEAD BEDELL TERRACE - north side, starting at a point 153 feet east of the east curbline of Hempstead Gardens Drive, east for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-191/21) and on the repeal of the following locations previously set aside as parking spaces for physically handicapped persons: ELMONT HILLSBORO AVENUE east side, starting at a point 307 feet south of the south curbline of Atherton Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-490/15 - 11/24/15) (TH-273/21) ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be Heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

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County LegisLator steve Rhoads spoke about the disability awareness advisory group at an Aug. 17 news conference in Mineola.

Group could form as early as September continued from front page give us advice on how we can do our job better, how we can advocate for them and how we can provide better access to the county’s programs and services.

Gina Barbara, an advocate for those with disabilities and a Wantagh resident, has been working to improve the lives of those with disabilities for several years.

Six years ago, Barbara approached county officials to make her case. She requested that the county work to improve public transportation for those with disabilities and senior citizens.

Barbara said she was excited to see the direction that the Legislature is taking.

“There needs to be more listening at the county level,” she said. “The disabled community and the senior community is a minority. We’re aware of that. But if we can get this bill to make things a little bit stronger, a little bit louder for us, great.”

Legislator Bill Gaylor, a Republican from Lynbrook, cosponsored the bill. In a press release, Gaylor stated that he was looking forward to “working with advocates and residents to bring about meaningful change in Nassau.

“We want to let everyone know that no matter your disability, here at the Legislature, you have a voice,” he said.

Under current policies, the Nassau Inter-County Express Able-Ride minibus service is available only to those who live no farther than three-quarters of a mile from a bus route. Otherwise, they do not qualify for the service.

“There are areas of Nassau County where individuals do not have access to Able-Ride at all,” Rhoads said. “You can’t use Uber or Lyft, so how are you supposed to be able to get around if you can’t rely on family and friends to do that for you?”

Barbara said she hoped to see the AbleRide service rectified by the advisory group. She said she would love to see more accessibility at Jones Beach State Park — like the creation of Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant ramps at all fields. Beyond transportation, she said she hoped the group would work to improve education, health services and more.

“This is not about me,” Barbara said.

“This is for the disability community, who always get the short end of the stick.”

In 2019, Barbara announced that she was running for the County Legislature’s 19th District seat, which is currently occupied by Rhoads. She is also a member of Downstate NY ADAPT, a grass-roots movement that organizes nonviolent disability-rights activities to promote change.

Therese Brzezinski, director of planning and public policy for the Long Island Center for Independent Living, said the formation of the advisory group would be a positive step in the right direction for Nassau County.

“From my perspective as a longtime advocate for our community, I would emphasize that such a body must include and amplify the voices of people with disabilities who live the experience every day,” Brzezinski said. “Those voices should represent a broad cross-section of the extremely diverse disability community as it exists in Nassau County.

Those interested in joining the advisory group will be allowed to apply after the law is passed. For additional information about the application process, contact your local legislator.

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Q. I am so frustrated about my construction. I am acting as contractor, and the guy framing my house, whom I trust completely, is saying my plans are ridiculously over-designed, and the beams are much too big and don’t even have columns in the plans. Can I switch architects in the middle of construction, and what would it take to do that?

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Trust the framer or the architect?

A. Picture if you will a group of people sitting in a courtroom. One is your framer, another is your architect and the judge is hearing the case in which you spent way too much on beams, or even worse, your lawyer is going over the damages of cracking and sagging ceilings and walls. Who do you imagine will be the onte eeper responsible party in the eyes of the law? Your framer? No, your architect.

Why? The state grants a license, upon proof of a rigorous education followed by an internship and one of the longest exams given to show competence, not to your framer, but to the architect. Your County Office of Consumer Affairs, which licenses contractors, not framers, can confirm what the qualifications are: no formal educational background, no particular experience, not even an exam. Your framer gets elevated to the status of a licensed professional by you and you alone. He may be smart, even experienced, but the call isn’t for him to make, any more than a couch potato making the calls for a professional football team.

There are no consequences for framers whether they’re right or wrong. If they choose not to put in beams prescribed on the sealed, permitted plans, just to make a point, and the house seems sturdy on the sunny day when they drive away, they may pat themselves on the back — that is, until the wind blows like it did recently in one of many heavy storms, or until the first heavy snowfall, when the roof begins to creak and sheetrock cracks. At that point, the amateurs you trusted are long gone.

Framers can say anything, and they often do, confusing homeowners into believing their bold, unsubstantiated claims and calling into doubt the designated professional’s judgment or competence.

“Rule of thumb” has no place in construction, but homeowners regularly and naively believe nonsense claims.

The claim of no columns to support the beams makes no sense, since all beams require support. It sounds more like your framer is flexing his ego to you instead of speaking to the architect. If your plans carry the professional’s seal and received a permit, to change the situation requires a lot of backtracking. The owner and new architect, if they have any ethics, should notify the current architectof-record of the change in status. New, redrawn plans and new paperwork carrying the new architect’s seal, with an explanation letter, must be submitted to your building department; all this because you granted an amateur the level of responsibility they have no legal standing to hold over a licensed professional. Good luck!

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t’s hard to believe that the Cuomo dynasty has come to an end, but New York now has a new governor, Kathy Hochul. I use “hard to believe” because for nearly 11 years, Andrew Cuomo had such a dominant role in the daily life of all New Yorkers.

To the best of my recollection, no governor in my lifetime was in your face as much as Cuomo was.

As I look back over the past 55 years, there have been eight governors occupying the Albany mansion. At least five JERRY of them served four or more KREMER years. But none of them was as powerful a figure as Cuomo. During the height of last year’s coronavirus crises, New Yorkers — and people around the world — looked forward to his daily briefings on how New York was coping with the pandemic. For that brief period, Cuomo was a 24/7 presence.

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whether Nelson Rockefeller or Mario Cuomo, you realize that none of them was as front-and-center as Andrew Cuomo. If it wasn’t an update about Covid-19, the news would carry a story about the almost daily feud between Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. No matter what media you followed, there was a daily story about some Cuomo initiative. It seemed for some time that the only place the governor didn’t inhabit was your bedroom.

But the days of a Cuomo in the news are over, at least for now, and many in the political arena consider this a blessing.

Hochul may be surprised to find out how many people are ready to welcome her with open arms. As much as Cuomo accomplished — and he did do a lot — the state was ready for a respite with a new face on the Albany scene.

It’s a historical fact that New York governors and New York City mayors have a hard time getting along. They view the political stage as having only one spotlight, and they will do anything

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to grab it. Of all the feuds that I recall, none was as nasty as the Cuomo-de Blasio wrestling match. If de Blasio announced that he was lifting some Covid restriction, Cuomo would immediately step in and say not so fast.

In the run-up to her swearing in, Hochul met privately with de Blasio, and they exchanged pleasantries. In addition, she spoke extensively with de Blasio’s likely successor, Eric Adams. Don’t be surprised if, in the coming weeks and months, the new governor takes the extra time to make nice with any politician who had been scorned by Cuomo.

At the top of his hit list were the two leaders of the State Legislature, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins. No one has ever written a love story about a New York governor and an Albany legislative leader, but Cuomo’s relationship with the current legislative leaders was especially hostile. Both would sit down with him and hammer out state budgets, but the level of dis-

ut Hochul will have only a short window of time to attack a host of issues.

trust was always high. Every legislative leader has a pretty strong ego, but none could eclipse Cuomo’s.

In the weeks ahead, Hochul will no doubt go out of her way to establish a close working relationship with both state leaders, and they, in turn, will shower her with compliments and pledges of harmony and good things to come. That is a welcome change of atmosphere, because the new governor has a lot on her plate, and she’ll only have a short window of time to attack a host of issues. At the same time that she’ll be wrestling with new challenges, there will be a handful of politicians plotting to challenge her next year in a primary contest.

For now, though, New Yorkers can look forward to their state government functioning normally, with no sign yet that former Governor Cuomo is planning a return to power.

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.

Heading west, into smoke and wildfire hell

confess, the headline is hyperbolic, but for a Long Island woman on her first cross-country road trip, the wildfires and smoke demand purple prose. We arrived in an area of California that is designated “purple” because conditions are “extremely unhealthy,” according to the weather service. It rained ash.

We sea-level dwellers are accustomed to clean air and no elevation issues.

Right now I am at 6,700 feet and I can’t see the mountains in front of me. We RANDI knew the West KREISS was in a wildfire and air-quality crisis, but we needed to move, to change the scenery and mostly to see our kids and grandkids who live out here. We started planning this trip last year during the lockdown, and the planning itself was liberating.

Driving cross-country has been my dream. My husband has always put it off, dreading the endless driving days through the middle. But that’s what I wanted, to experience the unchanging open prairie and the nothingness. How can you really know it’s all out there if

you don’t drive through it?

Like most dreams, I got just a piece of it, but these days that counts.

Early last week we flew to Denver, picked up a rental car and drove to Cheyenne, Wyo., then Park City, Utah, then Elko, Nev., before we arrived in California. The experience has been both better and worse than expected.

The flight was great and the car was waiting for us.

This sounds matter-of-fact, but as an obsessive planner, I had spent dozens of hours scrolling through hotel and car websites, trying to find the best — and the most cancelable — plans. We heard all the horror stories of people being stranded at airports with no cars available.

The day we landed, Denver had the worst smoke and air quality of any place in North America. We headed out, stopped at a Walmart to buy a cooler, a small bed for Lillybee the dog and enough water for a Sahara crossing, and then we drove to Cheyenne.

In the months since we first planned this adventure, the Delta variant has overwhelmed the hotel experience.

Everything that can be is online. Breakfast buffets are masked affairs with no real buffet, just grab and go. No house-

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cleaning services unless requested.

Cheyenne itself is hot, dry and seemingly the center of the American military complex. Streets are named for generals. We drove by a life-sized missile on display in the park. The only surprise in Cheyenne was Mort’s Bagels in the center of town.

The drive to Park City made me think of the movie “North by Northwest,” in which Cary Grant gets strafed by a crop-duster out in the middle of nowhere. We drove through featureless high plains studded with occasional red rocks. The openness can feel disorienting.

We stayed in Park City for two nights. I’ve wanted to visit ever since Robert Redford brought the Sundance Film Festival to the area. As it turns out, we should have gone 25 years ago. Today, Park City is emblematic of all the overdeveloped mountain towns overrun by rich folks who want seasonal mega-mansions on the slopes.

Two days into the trip, the Delta surge necessitated that we wear masks indoors everywhere and eat only at restaurants with outdoor tables. On a personal level, we were doing well. Lillybee turns out to be a roadie. Eight hours in the car is doable. She isn’t picky about

he day we landed, Denver had the worst air quality of any place in North America.

sleeping arrangements.

We felt good just being let loose, but there were new constraints, and we knew we were losing ground to the virus. Our luggage comprised two huge bags, one carry-on and Lillybee’s bed.

We were quite well organized, and only lost one Kindle along the way, although we thought we’d lost the car keys and our phones too many times to count.

News of the world popped up along the way on the phones and in headlines splashed across newspapers. It was all disturbing: masking meltdowns, Governor DeSantis of Florida on the ascendancy, Cuomo self-destructing and then, suddenly, Biden hitting a wall in Afghanistan. Fortunately, the TVs in our hotel rooms didn’t work and we wouldn’t let a repairman in, so no TV. Our last night on the road was in Elko, and it must have been forgettable because it was just three nights ago and I forgot the highlights.

The big takeaway so far is the smoke and the intense heat around the country.

Driving along the Great Salt Lake felt like traversing Mars. Nothing but shimmering heat as far as we could see, the salt flats stretching in all directions like a prophecy.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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ew York’s new governor, Kathy Hochul, made it clear in the days leading up to her ascension to the state’s highest office that she would like to see a statewide mask mandate for schoolchildren and their teachers.

Thank you, Governor. We need you to work toward, and enact, such a mandate, by way of the State Department of Health, in order to end the partisan bickering that we have seen at Board of Education meetings of late. Anti-maskers, extolling the virtues of personal freedom, clash with parents who are concerned that their children may be next to fall victim to the coronavirus, and often older teachers who are worried that they might get sick and perhaps die.

On June 15, then Gov. Andrew Cuomo, believing the vaccines had tamed the viral invader, lifted all Covid-19 restrictions. For the schools, that was a mis-

take.

Children under 12 are now most vulnerable to the disease because they cannot, as yet, receive the Covid-19 vaccines.

Their only forms of protection are vigilance and masks. Kids tend not be vigilant, so, really, masks are it for them.

Infection rates — and even hospitalizations — are soaring across the country among children. We have a sacred obligation to protect them.

That is the primary reason the state should require students to wear masks at all times in school. Otherwise, what we will get is a hodgepodge of rules. The Massapequa School District came out last week to say it would not require masks, but rather recommend them.

Recommend them? Who are officials there kidding?

Meanwhile, the Baldwin, Roosevelt, Jericho and Riverhead school districts have all said they would continue to

require masks. Good for them. That’s the right thing to do.

No single Board of Education should have to make this decision, however.

That’s why the state must step in.

In June, we thought we had beaten back Covid-19. Then along came its close cousin, the so-called Delta variant, which is significantly more infectious and potentially more deadly for the unvaccinated than the original strain of the disease. The variant had been with us for months, but it hadn’t really taken hold in New York until recently.

Let’s face it: We have a ways to go before we eradicate this disease. No one is suggesting that we return to the restrictions that we saw in the early days of the pandemic. We should, however, take every reasonable precaution to limit the spread of the virus. That begins with requiring masks for all students.

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fficials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week that those who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will likely need a booster shot after eight months — meaning that those who were first in line to be vaccinated in January are already coming due for their boosters.

CDC officials said that the Food and Drug Administration is now reviewing the efficacy and safety of booster shots, but they will probably become available this fall. We say this: Be prepared to get a booster if and when it is offered.

All of us must do all that we can to eliminate this terrible scourge and restore normalcy to this country. Vaccines, masks and social-distancing requirements are our only real defenses against the coronavirus, for which there is no known cure.

The Covid-19 vaccines are extraordinarily effective in keeping people out of the hospital and preventing death. We are, however, seeing an increasing number of “breakthrough” cases, in which vaccinated people are testing positive for the coronavirus and even getting sick.

But their symptoms are most often mild to moderate, officials say.

The overwhelming majority of people who are on ventilators (97 percent) and who are dying (99 percent) are unvaccinated.

As of last Friday, the seven-day Covid-

19 infection rate for Long Island had crept up to nearly 4 percent — that is, the Island is now seeing four times as many cases as it did at the start of the summer.

Officials attribute the spike to the Delta variant, which has spread across the country like wildfire, particularly in states like Florida and Texas, where peo-

ple tend to eschew basic safety precautions like masks and social distancing, and the vaccination rate is significantly lower than in the Northeast.

Bottom line: If you haven’t been vaccinated, now is the time. If you have been, be ready for a booster.

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ndrew is out and Kathy is in — a stunning political tale that seems to have taken everyone by surprise. Unless you have a long memory, that is, and have lived in Nassau County for a generation or more.

Remember Karen Burstein? She’s still alive and well, and as far back as 1970, when she was 28, she ran as a Democrat for Congress opposed to the Vietnam War. She lost that contest. In 1972 she was elected to the State Senate from the Five Towns, and ended up serving three RonALD J. terms.

The long comRosEnBERG mute to Albany must have given her plenty of time to think — and seethe. Burstein has since revealed that she found herself immersed in a misogynistic world where male chauvinism was just a prelude to sexual harassment, and where high skirts and low blouses were often the requirements for staff advancement. In an era when demands for equal pay for equal work

were met with smirks, and staying after office hours wasn’t about reviewing legislation, Burstein has said she found it a toxic, demeaning and corrupting environment.

She confronted it publicly, condemning it for what it was. The result was indifference. Albany’s sexist culture crossed partisan divides, Senate districts and generations of politicians.

As late as the 1990s, political consultant Dick Morris told the Village Voice, “Our image of the Empire State is as a bastion of liberalism, feminism and good will to women who seek higher office. In fact, it is one of the most sexist political environments in the nation.”

And now here we are, solidly in the 21st century, when we have made enormous progress in creating genuine equality in the workplace — unless you review the predatory actions of one Andrew Cuomo.

Let legions of therapists try to analyze his tortured person. This was a man who, at the same time he was signing legislation empowering women to speak out against sexual harassment in the workplace, was

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sexist culture crossed partisan divides, Senate districts and generations.

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to students of arcane state politics, but their experiences reflect the difficult life of women in an Albany distilled by Cuomo’s most recent actions.

There is an axiom in politics that says if you aim for the king, your shot better be fatal. In the case of Cuomo, a punitive, vindictive, abusive politician who has fallen from grace is far from mortem. Consider his interview with New York Magazine.

“I feel like I did the right thing,” he said.

“I did the right thing for the state. … I’m not gonna drag the state through the mud, through a three-month, four-month impeachment, and then win, and have made the State Legislature and the state government look like a ship of fools, when everything I’ve done all my life was for the exact opposite. I’m not doing that. I feel good. I’m not a martyr.”

This is surely not the voice of a penitent man.

Karen Burstein would probably ask us, “And just what were you expecting?”

Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He is currently with the law firm he founded in 1999, Rosenberg Calica & Birney, in Garden City.

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Cuomo wasn’t that great

Enjoyed Brinton’s column on his yard

To the Editor: In August 2018, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, “America was never that great.” He forgot about the millions of immigrants who have come here to seek a better life and live the American dream.

During his administration, scandals included sexual harassment, several thousand nursing home deaths from the coronavirus, and the alleged use of state employees on the taxpayers’ dime and time assisting in ghost-writing his book, for which he was paid $5 million. With ever-increasing taxes and long-term debt, job losses, a failed public education system and declining public transportation, it is the Empire State that was never that great, as it declined under Cuomo’s watch.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Governor.

To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Restoring a lost habitat in our backyard” (Aug. 19-25): I was smiling throughout the whole thing. I also have certified my yard as a wildlife habitat with the National Wildlife Federation. However, my property is 30 by 50, which includes my little bungalow, so I’ve had to squish a lot of plants in here, which I have done.

After Superstorm Sandy in 2012, most of my neighbors went to grass with a couple of flowerpots, and one neighbor took out the entire yard and put in cement, much to my horror.

At my age, it’s getting a little more difficult to rein everything in, especially since I’m so close to other people here in East Rockaway, but I do my best to keep everyt h i n g s o m e wh a t c o n t a i n e d (although my neighbors would beg to differ, I’m sure).

I’m so glad Brinton wrote this column. Great to see like-minded people.

LARRY PENNER Great Neck

engaging in inappropriate, unwanted behavior that would have fathers of daughters lying in wait outside the governor’s mansion to pop him in the nose.

Now, New York’s first woman governor has taken over the office. Kathy Hochul has an urgent agenda that ranges from ever-changing coronavirus issues to public works to a progressive State Legislature that is pushing jobs, investments and entrepreneurs out of state. Oh, and she also has to raise tens of millions of dollars to run what may be a primary followed by a general election. She also needs to clean house of Cuomo staff loyalists who would like nothing more than for her to fail.

It still remains a rocky road for women in New York state politics.

Geraldine Ferraro ran for U.S. senator twice and never got past the primaries.

Elizabeth Holtzman was another Senate race loser. Burstein ran and lost the race for state attorney general. Kathleen Rice didn’t survive the primary for that job. There are other names as well, like Mary Ann Krupsak, who are known only

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CoRRECtion In “Seaford UFSD receives over $5M in federal Covid-19 relief aid” (Aug. 19-25), the story should have read that the school district

received $3 million in total Covid-19 relief aid.

We regret the error.

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History repeats itself in Albany — again and again

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