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HEMPSTEAD TOWN SUPERVISOR Donald Clavin, at microphones, condemned acts of anti-Semitism after swastikas were found etched on a playground wall at Seamans Neck Park in Seaford last week.

Town of Hempstead official confirmed a number of instances of vandalism, including anti-Semitic symbols etched into playground equipment at Seamans Neck Park last week. Swastikas could be seen where children and family members congregate in the park. On Oct. 1, Town Supervisor Donald X. Clavin, the e n t i r e To w n B o a r d a n d Receiver of Taxes Jeanine

Driscoll gathered in the park to examine and condemn what they saw. “There is zero tolerance for anti-Semitism in Hempstead Town, and there is no place for these symbols of hatred and intolerance,” Clavin said. “It is especially disturbing to discover such vitriol and hatred during the highest holidays on the Jewish calendar, and in a space where children and families gather regularly. It’s critical that we band together to call for unity and take steps to prevent this from CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

Fundraisers falter in the face of cancellations By TIMOTHY DENTON tdenton@liherald.com

In most years, the beginning of school represents the starter’s pistol for a long list of events. School sports teams begin competing, high schools prepare for Homecomings and local charities raise money for causes as varied as pancreatic cancer research and potable water in the Third World. This year, though, dozens of annual activities have been canceled or postponed. “Usually, there’s a lot going on this time of year,” Seaford community activist Donna Jebaily wrote in an email last

week. “If Covid didn’t exist, we’d be finalizing our plans for Oktoberfest [this] weekend. But that’s not happening. It’s quiet.” More than two dozen events that normally take place in Seaford and Wantagh from Labor Day through Columbus Day are in some form of abeyance. And in some cases, the postponements or cancellations mean the loss of significant revenue for their sponsors and the local charities they support. At Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, the annual festival normally scheduled for Labor Day weekend was taken off the books three months ago. The

parish, which serves the entire South Shore, depends on the income from the event not only to help pay its expenses and support its food ministry. The festival is an important part of the church’s local outreach efforts to the surrounding communities, Parish Council President Loraine Babaian said. “We were able to get a PPP loan to cover the lost revenue,” Babaian said, referring to the federal Payroll Protection Program. “That should eventually be forgiven.” But the food, music and fellowship are also a vehicle for generating interest in the Orthodox faith, and no loans can replace that.

The parish also had to cancel its annual CROP Hunger Walk. Last year the walk raised more than $14,000 to help provide food security, clean water and micro-loans to fledgling businesses, both locally and in the developing world. “Twentyfive percent of the money raised is used to support local needs,” Babaian said.

Donations can still be made online, by visiting https:// w w w. c ro p h u n g e r w a l k . o r g / Donate. Christ Lutheran Church, in Wantagh, has not given up hope that it will be able to hold some version of its fall fair, according to the Rev. Martin Nale, the church’s pastor. So far, however, CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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The Feast of St Francis last Sunday drew dogs and cats of almost every imaginable description, along with their human companions, to St. James Roman Catholic Church in Seaford for the traditional annual blessing of the animals. “We were lucky this year that we could hold it on the actual [Oct. 4] feast day,” said the Rev. John Derasmo, St. James’ pastor. “People who aren’t pet people don’t get it,” Derasmo said. “When we refer to them as our children, they look at us strangely,” he added, drawing a chuckle from the assembly. “But especially now, during this pandemic, I think all of us have become more aware than ever of how important they are to us, and how much the contribute to our lives.” From the sisters Zarillo — Carolyn, Laura and Therese — with their “children,” T.J., Leonardo and Lexi; to Leslie Birne’s Persian rescue cat, Blue, animals and their companions from all over the South Shore came for the blessing. Many of the animals, including Blue, were rescues, underscoring the importance of animal adoption — especially during the ongoing crisis. Derasmo emphasized that the blessing was not only for those animals present at the ceremony. “For your pets at home, or for those that have passed on, the blessing can still be received.” Derasmo was assisted in the blessing by the Rev. Deacon Chris Daniello.

ONE RESULT OF the pandemic has been an uptick in abandoned animals like Squiggy, sitting next to a relic of St. Francis. He was rescued by Antoinette Zerbini. T.J., LEXI AND Leonardo, with their humans, Carolyn, Therese and Laura Zarillo, of Seaford, waited for their dogs to be blessed via a relic from St. Francis. BLUE, A PERSIAN named for his blue eyes, a rescue belonging to parishioner Leslie Birne, waited patiently for his turn.

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ANIMALS AND THEIR human companions line up to receive a blessing from the Rev. Jon Derasmo on the Feast of St. Francis last Sunday. DERASMO AND THE Rev. Deacon Chris Daniello gave a general blessing to all animals, present and absent, as well as those that have passed.

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FIVE STUDENTS FROM MacArthur High School were recognized as Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship Program. From left: Matthew Fioretti, Samantha Bye, James Medina, Ariana Zanelli and Max Coley.

FOUR STUDENTS FROM Division Avenue High School were named Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship Program. From left: Michael Vota, Danielle Tear, Abani Ahmed and Nikhil Keer.

Local students earn Commended Student status The Levittown Public Schools announced last week that nine of its seniors from both General Douglas MacArthur High School and Division Avenue High School earned the title of Commended Student in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. Samantha Bye, Max Coley, Matthew Fioretti, James Medina and Ariana Zanelli were selected from MacAr-

thur High School, while Abani Ahmed, Nikhil Keer, Danielle Tear and Michael Vota were recognized from Division Avenue High School. The talented and bright group of students are among 34,000 of the approximately 50,000 high school students from across the country who received the honor for showing academic promise.

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Northwell partners with Islanders on arena The UBs arena is expected to open in time for the 2021-22 hockey season.

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Northwell Health has partnered with the New York Islanders and the UBS Arena to provide more community-based wellness programs and ensure people’s safety and well-being while inside the future live entertainment and sports venue, Northwell and Islanders officials announced on Oct. 6. The 10-year founding sponsorship deal is just the latest extension of Northwell’s 20-year-long relationship with the New York Islanders Hockey Club as the team’s official health care sponsor and title sponsor of its East Meadow practice facility. “We are proud to align ourselves with New York’s newest premiere sports entertainment venue,” Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health, said in a statement. “With 25,000 employees living near UBS Arena alone, this partnership allows us to reinforce our commitment to serving the community, and we look forward to developing future health and wellness programming with UBS Arena and the New York Islanders.” As part of the agreement, Northwell and the Islanders will create community programs focused on health, nutrition and physical activity. Additionally, Dowling said, Northwell — which has dealt with thousands of Covid cases throughout the pandemic — will use its knowledge of the coronavirus to ensure the safety of all patrons. The new arena will feature “top-of-the-line sanitation efforts,” according to Tim Leiweke, CEO of Oak View Group and lead developer of the arena project, including a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration system, ultraviolet light systems and disinfecting solutions “that have proven safe and effective in large-scale spaces.” “Our experience with Covid is very instructive here,” Dowling said, calling the partnership a “win for the Islanders, a win for Northwell and a win for the community.”

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The partnership, he explained, will help Northwell expand its outreach efforts and learn more about the community’s needs. “When you have good people do good things,” Dowling said, “that makes all the difference.” The UBS Arena is expected to open in time for the 2021-22 hockey season, and will feature a 17,000-seat arena for the Islanders hockey team. For more information, visit, www.UBSArena.com. The project is expected to create 10,000 construction jobs and 3,000 permanent jobs, generating approximately $25 billion in economic activity over the term of the lease. The roof was being installed on July 22, and officials expected it to be fully-enclosed by the end of the year. “New York is our home,” said Tim Leiweke, CEO of Oak View Group, and leader of the arena project. “We wanted to put New York back on its feet.” The $1.5 billion private investment into the arena and

Nassau’s positivity rate still hovering at 1 percent While New York City saw coronavirus cases spike last week — with an overall Covid-19 positivity rate of 3 percent and clusters where it exceeded 6 percent — Nassau County’s infection rate remained at 1 percent as of Oct. 4, according to County Executive Laura Curran. As of Sunday, 79 residents we r e p o s i t ive out of 7,752 tested. “Despite minor ebbs and flows”, Curran said, “Nassau’s laUra CUrran Covid positivity County executive rate remains low — a testament to the resolve of our residents. This is a serious virus, and we’ll continue to take it seriously.” Nassau hospitals re por ted 47 Covid-19 patients on Sunday, with 12

patients in intensive care units and five on ventilators. There was one new death. “Keeping this virus under control requires all of us to do our part,” Curran said. “ We a r i n g a mask is one of the most important things all of us can do for our county and nation right now. Avoid mass gatherings that can become super-spreader events. Continue to look out for one another by staying six feet apart and wash hands often.” At one point in April, Nassau had the third-highest number of coronavirus cases in New York state, with more than 13,000 Covid-19 patients.

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the overall surrounding campus will provide a significant boost to the regional economy at a time when economic activity has slowed due to the pandemic. The project will also inject much needed stimulus into the New York economy and the local community, with the goal of filling 30 percent of UBS Arena’s permanent jobs with workers who live in the surrounding area. Additionally, 30 percent of contracting dollars for construction will also be earmarked for state-certified minority and female-owned businesses, and 6 percent will be earmarked for service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. An additional $100 million investment in transit and infrastructure enhancements, including the first, newly constructed Long Island Rail Road station in almost 50 years, will benefit local residents and visitors for decades to come. Tony Bellissimo contributed to this story.

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how effective Herald Community Newspapers’ marketing products and services were in getting small businesses back on their feet.” The Herald Small Business Marketing Grant Program will provide up to $250,000 in matching advertising dollars and can be used toward print or digital advertising in any Herald or other RCI property. Since the coronavirus crisis started in March, the Herald has seen its audience increase by 100 percent, meaning that advertisers now have the ability to reach even more people than before. The program is open to all locally owned and operated businesses impacted by the coronavirus. Grants are available for between $300 and $15,000 of matching funds and can be used through Dec. 31, 2020. Every dollar that a grant recipient spends on advertising will be matched with a dollar of grant funding, up to the award amount, to be applied toward advertising costs. Applications must be submitted via the online form at www. liherald.com/grants. Businesses will be notified about the status of their applications within two business days of submitting them.

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Diocese of RVC declares bankruptcy By Scott Brinton and Jill noSSa sbrinton@liherald.com; jnossa@liherald.com

The Diocese of Rockville Centre filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday because of the financial strain of lawsuits by sexual abuse victims under New York’s Child Victims Act, which took effect last year. The CVA allows victims to sue for decades-old cases, whereas before a state statute of limitations on sexual abuse claims often prevented them from doing so (see sidebar). In an 11-minute video on the Catholic Faith Network, Bishop John Barres, spiritual leader of the diocese, which encompasses Nassau and Suffolk counties, announced the bankruptcy filing, which was made in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Rockville Centre is among the nation’s 10 largest dioceses, and is home to 1.4 million Catholics. It is among a growing number of dioceses that are filing bankruptcy because they must defend sexual abuse lawsuits. It is the largest diocese to file to date. Barres spoke directly to Long Island parishioners. “Our goal is to make sure that all clergy sexual abuse survivors are afforded just and equitable compensation,” he said. “It is our hope that this offers survivors the possibility of some measure of healing from these horrific abuses.” The bishop said the diocese had no choice but to file for Chapter 11 reorganization. “This decision was not made lightly,” Barres said. “However, in the year since the passing of the Child’s Victim Act, more than 200 lawsuits alleging abuse have been filed against the Diocese of Rockville Centre.” Barres said the diocese would be able to continue its charitable and educational missions under the Chapter 11 filing because all the lawsuits will be centralized into one litigation pool, saving the diocese in attorney’s fees. Otherwise, he said, the “increasingly heavy burden” of litigation could have begun to affect the work of the diocese, which to date has spent about $3.7 million defending 94 lawsuits filed under the CVA. A settlement, Barres said, will be determined based on the diocese’s assets. The diocese began cutting expenses last October to help cover the cost of the lawsuits, saving $3.5 million annually. Then, the coronavirus pandemic struck, and its weekly offerings by congregants at Masses dropped “precipitously,” according to a diocese news release. Roughly 40 percent of the diocese’s income comes from weekly offerings. In August, the diocese cut 10 percent of its staff at its pastoral center in Rockville Centre, saving $5 million a year. According to Barres, the process of Chapter 11 is the only way to offer a “fair and equitable outcome for everyone involved.” That was also the goal, he said, of the Independent Reconciliation Compensation Program, which was started in 2017 and has paid more than $62 million to roughly 350 survivors, according to the diocese release. The IRCP, a voluntary program, ended with the bankruptcy filing, the release said. Barres said he expects regular operations and ministries to continue during the restructuring process, and that employees and vendors will continue to be paid. Additionally, he said, since parishes and Catholic schools operate as separate legal entities, they are not included in the filing. However, he noted that the filing would affect the diocese’s ability to provide financial support to parishes and schools. “We will work diligently with all survivors, creditors and ministries to maintain open communication while we work toward our goal of completing a settlement and finalizing a restructuring plan that includes a comprehensive and final resolution for suffering survivors,” Barres said. Attorney Jeff Anderson, of Jeff Anderson & Associates in Manhattan, whose firm represents more than 70

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BiShop John BarreS announced and explained the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s Chapter 11 filing in an 11-minute video on the Catholic Faith Network.

the child Victims act The Child Victims Act, signed by Governor Cuomo in 2019, temporarily increased the state’s statute of limitations in child sexual abuse cases. Previously, cases had to be filed by the time a victim was 23 years old, and victims, at that young age, often did not know they could file or were embarrassed to do so. By the time they did, it was often too late. The Child Victims Act extended the period for a victim to file a case from age 23 to 28 in the case of criminal charges and to age 55 in civil cases. The legislation was to last one year, but in August, Cuomo signed a measure extending the filing period by another year, to Aug. 14, 2021, because of the coronavirus pandemic. “The Child Victims Act,” the governor said this August, “brought a long-needed pathway to justice for people who were abused, and helps right wrongs that went unacknowledged and unpunished for far too long.” sexual abuse survivors, said the decision is “disappointing, yet unsurprising. “Like their recent attacks on the Child Victims Act and their efforts to intimidate survivors from coming forward,” Anderson said, “we see the diocese’s decision to declare bankruptcy as strategic, cowardly and wholly self-serving. “Bishop Barres often states publicly that the diocese is trying to atone for its tremendous sins in its long history of failing to protect children,” he continued, “but in the courtroom, the diocese’s representatives are filing unfounded motions, baseless appeals and resorting to intimidation tactics to keep survivors from coming forward.” Anderson explained that the bankruptcy filing presents an obstacle for survivors as they try to seek justice. “Bankruptcy can limit survivors’ ability to unearth names and information regarding predator priests, expose top officials who covered up for the sexually abusive clergy,” he said, “and bring to light what these officials knew and when they knew it.” He said the filing does not mean the diocese is bank-

rupt and said the diocese is using the bankruptcy code for reorganization as a way to slow the reconciliation process. “It’s not because they can’t pay,” Anderson said. “They want to stop us and the survivors from revealing publicly…the real histories of the practices employed by the Catholic bishops.” He noted that in court documents, the diocese’s liabilities and assets are both listed. “They have underreported their assets,” Anderson said, “and they have insurance to cover these liabilities. In all these cases, they have massive amounts of insurance.” What is not listed, he said, are the “true assets” of the real estate and investment funds under the bishop’s control. “This lack of transparency is a real threat to child safety,” Trusha Goffe, an attorney with Jeff Anderson & Associates, said. “But survivors will still have the power to come forward and seek justice and healing.” Mitchell Garabedian, a Boston-based attorney who represents 23 sexual abuse victims who have filed civil complaints against the Diocese of Rockville Centre, said the Chapter 11 filing would not prevent his clients from moving forward with their lawsuits. “Clergy sexual victims will now seek justice and validation through the U.S. Bankruptcy Court,” Garabedian said. “Legal discovery of secret files, names of perpetrator priests and negligent supervisors and the identity of assets will be sought through the bankruptcy court. Transparency will continue to be pursued in the bankruptcy court so that victims can try to heal.” St. Agnes Cathedral parishioner Ruthanne McCormack, of Rockville Centre, whose children attended St. Agnes Cathedral School and continued on to Catholic high schools, expressed sympathy with the victims and said she hopes the filing would not affect survivors’ reparations. “No amount of money can take away their pain,” she said, adding, “Faith is strength.” She said that since the sexual abuse allegations came to light several years ago, the church has opened discussions within the parish community, and she believes priests have a greater awareness of the impact of abuse. As project coordinator for the Rockville Centre Coalition for Youth, she sees how childhood sexual abuse can lead to substance abuse. “I feel my children are better off for the Catholic education they had,” McCormack said, “and I think the church will be better off from this. Hopefully people will heal, and hopefully they don’t look to other ways to do so.”

TOH condemns acts of vandalism

am truly disgusted by the existence of this antiSemitic vandalism in one of our beloved parks.

happening again.” Park staff closed off the area for further investigation. Councilman Christopher Carini, a Seaford resident and a for mer New York City and Port Authority police officer, recently created a task force of local town leaders to combat vandalism and graffiti in the 5th Councilman- CHRISTOPHER CARINI ic District, which encompasses Want- Town councilman agh and Seaford, after graffiti was found outside Mandalay Elementary of the town’s Graffiti Task Force, I will School on Bayview Avenue in Want- work with my fellow Town Board colleagues and agh. members of the “I was elected as councilcommunity to man in order to maintain address these our excellent quality of life hate crimes and here . . .,” Carini said in late prevent them August, at the launch of the task force, “and that from happening includes fighting the recent again.” uptick in vandalism.” Town officials At Seamans Neck Park, also reported he said, “As a former police that its Public officer, longtime civic leadSafety DepartChristopher Carini Donald er and a father, I am truly men had stepped disgusted by the existence up patrols near of this anti-Semitic vandalhouses of worism in one of our beloved parks. The ship during the High Holy Days to unfortunate reality is that this anti- “provide added presence during this Semitism still exists across our nation, important period for the Jewish comand we must always be vigilant and munity,” a news release states. never let our guard down. As co-chair “It’s sad and disturbing that anti-

Semitism continues to exist across our nation and even right here in our hometowns,” said Councilman Bruce Blakeman, “particularly during the High Holy Days.” Nassau County police are conducting an investigation. Clavin and the Town Board directed the Parks and Public Safety departments to enhance patrols and conduct routine checks and inspections around the park to prevent any more incidents. Clavin also mentioned further security measures, including the possibility that more security cameras would be installed around the park. “Anti-Semitism in our communities will never be tolerated, and it particularly troubling for this kind of hatred to occur during the H i g h H o l y D ay s, ” s a i d Councilman Anthony D’Esposito. “This period is an important time for our residents of the Jewish X. Clavin faith, and we will do everything we can to be vigilant and to prevent these disgusting acts from happening again in our parks and in our communities.”

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Wantagh early voting location changed Nassau County will again have early voting available to residents, starting on Oct. 24, and ending Nov. 1. Wantagh’s early voting poll site, which was originally listed as St. Markella Greek Orthodox Church, on Jones Avenue, will now be the Wantagh American Legion Post 1273, at 3484 Park Ave. Early voting poll hours at the Wantagh American Legion will differ day to day. Please refer to the chart for polling times. For any questions on early voting or polling locations, please contact the Nassau County Board of Elections at (516) 571-8683 or visit https:// bit.ly/3d23BsH.

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THE FREAKY 5K Run/Walk, sponsored by the John Theissen Children’s Foundation, was eagerly anticipated, until the coronavirus made it impossible to guarantee the safety of the runners.

Cancellations wiping out local fundraising WANTAGH HIGH SCHOOL cheerleaders celebrated Homecoming last year. The school hopes this year’s festivities have only been postponed until spring.

CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE not even a tentative date has been set. The church still has not resumed services in its chancel, according to the church newsletter. It continues livestreaming them on Facebook. The John Theissen Children’s Foundation, headquartered in Wantagh and serving all of Long Island, has been hit especially hard. Founder and Chief Executive Officer John Theissen said the loss of revenue from events normally scheduled for the fall — like the Freaky 5K Run/Walk, which would have taken place this month — has so far totaled roughly $300,000. Even the back-to-school drive that provides students with backpacks and school supplies had far less response than usual. “Last year we collected about 2,000 backpacks,” Theissen said. “This year, it was only about 1,200. Like Holy Trinity, the Theissen Foundation received a PPP loan, and is continuing operations. “We’re planning for the Christmas toy drive,” Theissen said. “Last year we placed about 300 toy boxes across Long Island. Some of them were filled four or five times a month.” Most were placed outside businesses. With people at home now, he said, it was difficult to estimate what the response would be this year.

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Both Seaford and Wantagh high schools have taken Homecoming off their fall calendars, but Wantagh, at least, hopes to hold the event next year, when sports programs are scheduled to resume. “We’re calling it a postponement rather than a cancellation,” Wantagh High School Principal Dr. Paul Guzzone said. “We debated holding a scaled-down version with the Homecoming court. But we couldn’t really do the parade, and without the football game as the centerpiece, it just didn’t feel right.” “The cancellations have really hit seniors the hardest,” Guzzone added. “But things that can be held virtually, like college fairs, are still happening, and you can tell that students are just really happy to be back in the buildings with their friends” — even on the school’s hybrid schedule. Small or specialty nonprofits appear to be hardest hit. The Seaford Historical Museum decided to cancel its annual fall fundraiser, Historical Society President Judy Bongiovi said. The museum, which is just completing major renovations, came up with alternatives, such as the Historical Trail, which allows donors to become part of the museum — literally. They can purchase commemorative bricks, for $100, that will be installed on the pathways surrounding the museum.

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Whether these organizations, and dozens more like them, will be able to survive the Covid tsunami will depend on its duration and the willingness of the federal government to make funds available to municipalities. Just as businesses and local governments will look to the government for aid to make up for lost revenue, local charities will depend on those businesses to continue their operations. Many charities provide essential services in the local economy. Unlike other developed nations, the U.S. does not have a tradition of extensive government programs providing a safety net for those who have fallen on hard times. Food banks, homeless shelters and various other supports for struggling families depend on volunteers. Financial support from local businesses is crucial. And with more than 200,000 Long Islanders currently out of work, according to the N.Y. State Department of Labor, that need is greater than ever.

THE RUSSIAN FOLK ensemble Barvna performed at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church’s annual parish festival last year. This year’s festival was canceled.

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saw on a Facebook page that the [Veterans Memorial] garden bed had to be cleaned up. Then, [Donna Jebaily] contacted me asking for pricing on some mulching and some planting. She mentioned about five or six plants. When I went there and saw the bed in person, I said, ‘All right, I’m going to rip it all out and redo the mulching, planting and spruce it up.” I ripped everything out. I went and got a bunch of stuff. I planted some hollies, coralbells, mums and some ornamental grass. It took me about five hours, just me and one of my [workers]. We donated time and material to do it for the town. For the first couple days after I did it, I went back and kind of watered everything by hand, but then we got some rain and cooler weather. A lot of people I’d never met messaged me and said ‘thank you’ and were appreciative for doing it. It was a small gesture to me. I grew up in Seaford. I graduated from Seaford High School in 2016. It has always been a small and close community. I just wanted to help give back indirectly to the community and help clean things up.

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Outdoor learning is now being encouraged due to the amount of health and safety protocols inside school buildings. Seaford Manor Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Jill Egan brought her students outside to safely work on their math skills without being clustered together or having to share any supplies. The group participated in a math game called Scoot on Oct. 1, in which Ms. Egan set up a variety of small whiteboards loaded with questions. The whiteboards were put in a circle in one of the school’s designated outdoor lear ning areas. All of the problems related to place value. The boards were spaced at least six feet apart and did not require contact, as students looked at the problems and solved them in their individual math notebooks. They rotated, or “scooted,” from station to station until they completed the all the problems, then returned to the classroom to review the answers.

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Kevin Thomas and Dennis Dunne, Sr. vie for S.D. 6 Kevin Thomas, a Democrat from Levittown, is up against Dennis Dunne Sr., a Republican from Levittown, in the race to see who will represent the constituents of the New York State Senate’s Sixth District. Thomas first won the seat in 2018, when he unseated 15-year incumbent Kemp Hannon. The Herald asked the candidates a series of questions on the issues facing the residents of District 6, editing their responses for style and clarity. Jonathon Gunther, a Libertarian from Levittown, is also running for the seat, but repeated attempts from the Herald to contact him have gone unanswered.

Herald: The coronavirus pandemic has devastated our local economy, shutting down businesses and causing steep losses in revenue. What can you do to help the economy recover and get the funding to the people who need it the most? Thomas: From the start of the crisis, I have been working with state, county and local officials to make sure our healthcare and essential workers and senior living facilities got as much PPE as possible. I worked with state and private groups on getting as many testing sites to the district as possible. I secured funds and resources for several food and PPE distributions throughout the district. My staff has been working tirelessly helping constituents and small businesses with any and all issues ranging from unemployment, mortgage relief and grant applications to every aspect of reopening. I’ve been doing virtual town halls, webinars on personal and small business finances, mortgage relief, domestic abuse workshops and even several story times with second graders. We are now working on getting everyone back to work and school as safely and quickly as possible. I’ve been working with our chambers of commerce and business community on planning to reopen safely and providing them with sanitizer and PPE for their businesses. I have lobbied for increased federal relief to my partners in Congress and I made sure our education funding will remain at the same record levels I secured for our schools in 2019. Dunne: Helping business owners, as well as the economy, recover from the devastating impacts of the Coronavirus is a major challenge. I have some experience on this matter in my role as a Town of Hempstead

developments that are in close proximity to mass transit, such as train stations. Of course, these projects encourage the use of mass transit, but they also attract younger workers who want the convenience of being located near transportation to New York City. The Town of Hempstead has also provided for senior citizen accessory apartments. This allows senior citizens who own single-family homes to construct accessory apartments. This provision helps seniors who are on a fixed income and it increases the affordable housing stock for young people.

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Councilman. In fact, I worked with Supervisor Don Clavin in developing the township’s Covid-19 response. Among the important measures that we implemented were zoning provisions and “express building permits” for outdoor restaurant dining. Indeed, Hempstead Town was the first town on Long Island to provide for restaurant dining in parking areas and public sidewalks to help food establishments recover. What’s more, we are working collaboratively with Nassau County to distribute PPE kits to businesses throughout the area. This has mitigated costs for business owners and has eased access to supplies that they need to continue operating during this difficult time. At the state level, What’s more, our state officials must push the governor for more consistent policies as they relate to local business re-openings. For instance, restaurants and other eateries have to restrict the number of customers to a percentage of their ordinary capacity while catering houses have been

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Herald: Housing affordability is one of the most pressing issues for residents, particularly millennials and seniors. What can you do to help bring economic relief to those struggling to afford to live on Long Island? Thomas: The lack of affordable housing and skyrocketing costs are driving out seniors who have lived here their wholes lives and preventing young people from moving in and starting their families here. In my first term, I permanently capped property taxes at two percent and continued the middle-class tax cuts. I have voted against tax hikes over forty times, while delivering Nassau its fair share of state resources. I believe in smart affordable transit based housing development and secured $225,000 for a housing study for the Town of Hempstead. I have also worked to provide infrastructure improvements necessary to attract new affordable housing development. Dunne: Housing affordability has been a

serious issue in all of the suburbs that surround New York City. It is a matter that I take seriously. Hempstead Town is the first town on Long Island to create an affordable component in its building zone ordinance. I am an advocate of requiring all multi-family residential developments to have a set aside for next generation or workforce homes. I have also supported the development of transit-oriented housing in our township. Transit-oriented development is a building zone provision that allows greater building density for

Herald: If elected, what are some of the issues you hope to address in the upcoming term? Thomas: In my first term, I secured record

school aid for Nassau County, and over $500 million to clean up the Grumman Plume while making the property tax cap permanent, which will save taxpayers $189.9 billion over the next decade. All of this, in addition to new funding for our infrastructure, groundbreaking protections for our environment, relief for our student loan borrowers and common sense gun violence prevention made it one of the most productive sessions in New York state history. I will continue to fight to protect our taxpayers, bring the school and infrastructure funding our district deserves. We have a plan for a real clean up the Grumman Plume and the state funds to start the decades long process, I will ensure we have safe, affordable drinking water for our children and grandchildren. I worked hard to make sure Route 109 in Farmingdale will be repaved next year, and fought for repairs and safety improvements along Route 24, where much more needs to be done. Saving Nassau University Medical Center is also a top priority for my next term. It is an essential medical facility in the heart of Nassau and I will not let it fail.

Dunne: My major priorities in the State Sen-

ate include community safety, as well as controlling taxes and spending. Violent mobs are destroying our cities, looting stores, vandalizing private property and assaulting law-abiding citizens and the police. The out-of-control spending of our state government placed the Empire State in fiscal chaos long before the Covid-19 pandemic hit our country. These are dangerous times, and I stand with the police to keep our neighborhoods safe. My opponent supported the bail reform law, which has dumped thousands of criminals back onto our streets. And, his “discovery reform” law has forced prosecutors to turn over the names, addresses and phone numbers of victims and witnesses to accused criminals. This legislation has terrorized victims and is having a chilling effect on people who are witnesses to crimes. What’s more, I stand with good neighbors and law enforcement in fighting all efforts to defund the police. I will fight to repeal my opponent’s bail reform and discovery reform laws in a quest to make our neighborhoods and our state safe again.

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ith all the hullabaloo about the Supreme Court vacancy, the election and President Trump’s contracting Covid19, the national media has largely overlooked a pressing matter before Congress that needs immediate attention. Whether the coronavirus epidemic surges or wanes, its ongoing economic and social effects are unquestionable. The U.S. bought precious time with earlier actions by Congress, the president and the Federal Reserve to provide considerable stimulus for ALFONSE our economy. D’AMATO In the first half of this year, those emergency spending measures — over $3 trillion in all — basically replaced most of the nation’s economic output lost to the epidemic. But even as Covid-19 continues to ravage the economy, negotiations in Congress to provide more economic aid to families and businesses are stalled. Some observers fear that this political impasse could continue beyond next month’s election, possibly even until a new Congress takes office in January. Economists of nearly all political stripes — who rarely see eye to eye on anything

— generally agree that the deadlock threatens the nation’s fragile economic recovery. Millions of Americans who were able to make rent payments and buy essentials like food and medicine with the extra money Washington sent through state unemployment systems are especially vulnerable. They’ve seen their supplemental federal benefit drop from $600 per week to $300, and even that funding has ended. With this stream of money dried up, more people will be unable to pay rent, buy enough food, or afford their families’ medical bills. Many will have to resort to welfare programs, food stamps and Medicaid. In a vicious circle, they’ll become dependent on other federal and state programs to make ends meet without the help they received under the emergency federal stimulus program. Likewise, many hundreds of thousands of small businesses that have been hanging on for dear life now face the distinct possibility of closing for good. With their demise would go millions of decent jobs held primarily by hardworking middle-class people who live just a paycheck or two away from financial disaster. The Payroll Protection Program, passed as part of the earlier compromise

between Congress and the administration, gave these businesses a lifeline. Now they’ll drown with the dead weight of an economy still in severe distress. And more workers who were kept on payrolls under the PPP will sink into unemployment. Unfortunately, political leaders in Washington have resorted to the usual foot-stomping and name-calling rather than action on this critical issue. First, the Democratic leadership in the House passed a massive $3.4 trillion bill that some Republicans likened to a Christmas wish list, loaded up with expensive presents for the Democrats’ special-interest friends. Then Republicans in the Senate dithered while they negotiated with themselves over the size of another federal stimulus bill, or whether to pass one at all. This impasse should have been broken weeks ago. The Senate finally did pass a $500 billion emergency bill that would have pumped a considerable amount of money into the economy. When a bipartisan group of House members took the politically risky step of breaking with their leaders to urge passage of the compromise bill, they were beaten back by the leadership. Instead, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made the magnanimous (to her) offer

n Washington there’s footstomping and name-calling rather than action.

of a $2.2 trillion bill. In response, the Trump administration has signaled support for a $1.5 trillion bill, which meets Pelosi’s proposal more than halfway. Clearly, there’s room to reach an agreement. Since Congress is thankfully still a bicameral body, with a Senate and not just a House, the deadlock can be broken by serious good-faith negotiations. Trump has said he’ll sign whatever compromise legislation Congress sends to him. And compromise is the key word here. If Congressional leaders have calculated that they can gain more short-term political advantage by fighting rather than settling this dispute, they will have committed gross misfeasance. There was a time not too long ago when $500 billion proposed by the Senate would have been considered huge, and when $3 trillion proposed by the House would have been considered fiscally reckless. But these aren’t ordinary times. The nation is at war with an invisible enemy. There is a number, between restraint and excess, that must be found. If it isn’t, and soon, the number that should be cut is the number of years members of Congress can serve. Maybe it’s time to pass term limits. 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.

Covid-19 stalks America, unchecked and deadly

hen the coronavirus jumped from bats to humans in a wet market in Wuhan, China, last year, a unique and deadly bug went viral. Viruses are respected and feared by epidemiologists for their ability to spread quickly and mindlessly through unprotected populations. As if to prove how vulnerable every single one of us is, President Trump and his wife tested positive last week. On every level, RANDI the pandemic is a KREISS national tragedy, but the greatest heartbreak is that it never had to be this bad. We need and want our president to be healthy and robust. He might have remained so if he had followed the guidelines from his medical experts. They urged him to be more self-protective and more protective of the people around him. Week after week, month after month, epidemiologists and other scientists have been warning us and cajoling us and sometimes begging us to take basic precautions against Covid-19, which got a foothold in America in Janu-

ary and never quit. The doctors told us, and they told the president, that easy, protective measures could be taken to mitigate the fierce death toll that was predicted. Trump chose to play down the warnings, to defy medical advice, to challenge common sense and common knowledge. All this time, leading up to his infection, he refused to wear a mask and keep a social distance from others. He insisted on bringing thousands of people together for political rallies, without requiring them to mask up. He held events at the White House, including his nomination for a second term, with no rules about wearing masks or staying six feet apart. The week before last, at the Rose Garden nominating ceremony for the president’s choice for the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, the Trumps mingled with guests and White House staff, with the president leading the mask-free contingent. There was hugging and back-slapping. Within days, Senators Mike Lee and Thom Tillis; the Rev. John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame University; former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and several other attendees announced that they

had tested positive for Covid-19. We will never know whether it was bravado or fear or defiance that motivated his choices, but Trump’s insistence on encouraging others to throw away their masks with their common sense has resulted in more deaths and more pain than we can bear. He so easily could have saved lives. He could have led the country by example, bringing Americans together in a united effort to wear protective gear and respect social distancing. Every day on the campaign trail, he exposed his staff and the people at his rallies to the rampaging virus. By deriding those who wore masks, he contributed mightily to the problem. We are now beyond 200,000 deaths in the U.S. Psychologists tell us the number is difficult to conceptualize. Human beings can understand one death, in its sad and intimate details. But 200,000? It short-circuits our imagination. The Washington Post ran a story to help readers visualize and appreciate the immensity of the human loss we have suffered. You click on a website and put in your Zip code, and you see a map with your location as ground zero for the dis-

he president so easily could have saved lives if he had just led by example.

ease, and then 200,000 dots, representing Covid-19 victims, on the map surrounding your home. When I did it, my entire hometown of Woodmere was wiped out, along with villages and towns north, south, east and west. Looking at that map with no living souls within miles made the loss very real. It looked as if a nuclear weapon had detonated, with my home as the target. It is sad to contemplate the enormity of our national tragedy, especially now with our president at risk. The coronavirus has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans, in part because leadership chose not to listen to advice from experts who train all their lives to combat rogue epidemics. The president’s choices have been costly, to himself and his family, but mostly to the people of the United States. Now that he is sick, he is getting state-of-the-art care and treatment that should be, but isn’t, available to every American who gets sick with the virus. The Secret Service spends millions of our tax dollars to keep the president and his family safe. Yet he has put himself, his wife and countless others in mortal danger by refusing to wear a cheap mask. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Please, Mr. President, prioritize Covid-19 prevention

et us begin by wishing President Trump and those around him well. He, First Lady Melania Trump and several top federal officials and campaign workers were diagnosed last week with the coronavirus. At press time, the president appeared to be on the mend, though we received conflicting reports from his doctors and press aides, so deciphering with certainty how he was faring was impossible. We hope for the best. That said, let us be clear: Trump brought the illness on himself and those around him with his cavalier approach to disease prevention. From the start, he eschewed masks, mocking former Vice President Joe Biden for wearing them. He has not practiced social distancing, as was clear at the Sept. 26 Rose Garden ceremony for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. And he has held large indoor and outdoor rallies, at which masks have been optional, contradicting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. On Sunday, Trump left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and rode in a SUV among his supporters. Inside that hermetically sealed vehicle were Secret Service agents who were potentially exposed, despite their wearing personal protective equipment. The president’s short trip flouted CDC guidelines on social isolation recommended after a positive Covid-19 test — the patient, the agency states, should stay away from others for 10

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LETTERS New York needs a ‘millionaires tax’ To the Editor: New York is facing an economic apocalypse as the result of the coronavirus pandemic. That shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. The necessity of shutting down the state means shutting down economic activity. Today the state Covid-19 infection rate is hovering around 1 percent. This has allowed many businesses to reopen and economic activity to restart. We have a long way to go, however, before we’re safe. Just as the fire marshal warns that the fire may be out, but lingering embers can restart the blaze, so, too, a lack of vigilance can restart New York’s nightmare. That would result in yet another shutdown. Even now, there are communities that are refusing to comport themselves responsibly. Beyond the human loss, which all New Yorkers are deeply aware of and touched by, the economic devastation will continue, and perhaps worsen, if we allow Covid-19 to reestablish a foothold. Moving forward, we must develop a comprehensive recovery plan. We

days, and should be fever-free for at least 24 hours without medication before venturing out. This is the period during which the patient can spread the disease. It is clear that the president’s behavior, which many have described as reckless, has sown confusion across the nation, leaving people wondering how, exactly, to protect themselves. So we thought it would be useful to pause a moment and lay out what precisely the CDC says. The CDC, and not the president, should be your guide. First, it’s important to understand the difference between quarantine and isolation. Those were two terms thrown around a lot last week, and they were often confused. The CDC states that people who suspect they may have been in “close contact” with someone who was infected with the coronavirus should self-quarantine for 14 days. Close contact is defined as exposure for 15 minutes or more within six feet of someone. You also might have shared eating utensils, or hugged or shook hands. Or that person might have sneezed or coughed on you or in your direction. When you quarantine, you remove yourself from the world, even though you may not have tested positive for the coronavirus, to ensure that you do not infect others if, in fact, you have contracted it. It is possible to show no signs of the illness and yet carry it and spread it to others, so the only way to be sure you don’t is to keep to yourself.

Even if you feel healthy, you should stay home for two weeks, the CDC states. That’s because you may not show any symptoms or test positive for two to 14 days after contact. Isolation, as noted, is required for patients who have tested positive, and it is a must for at least 10 days, according to the CDC. Disease prevention should be at the forefront of everyone’s minds, though, and that begins with social distancing — staying at least six feet from others — and mask wearing. The CDC states that masks should fit tightly, but should also allow you to breathe easily. You should avoid wearing your mask on you forehead or chin, and you should not touch your mask, only its straps. Finally, you should be sure it fits over your mouth and nose. By order of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, masks are required in public spaces everywhere in New York state. We believe there should be a national mask mandate, but thus far the president has not called for one. Perhaps his illness might change his mind. We urge readers to visit CDC.gov to read for themselves the coronavirus guidelines the agency has laid out. More than 200,000 people have died of Covid-19 across the United States. That grim statistic is only projected to continue climbing. The question is, how fast will it rise? By following CDC protocols, we can slow the advance of the disease until a vaccine is at last ready for widespread use.

OPINIONS

ave you ever had anything stolen from you? A car? Hubcaps? A laptop? A baseball glove? A bike? Those are minuscule compared to the things that President Trump is trying to steal from you behind your back. Let’s start with the census. Every 10 years, by law, every state is required to conduct a survey of the number of people living there for purposes of determining how many representatives they will have in Congress. In addition, census figures are used to determine JERRY how many federal KREMER dollars will flow to the states for health, mass transit and public-safety programs. No one in our nation’s history has ever tried to sabotage the census until this year. The fixed date for the census to be completed is Oct. 31. But Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross tried to end the census count earlier. This was his fifth attempt to disrupt the effort. Was it because the census workers were

exhausted? No, it was to stop the count for pure political reasons. When the count is ended early, it means that those states that have a high rate of response will receive a greater share of federal funds. Some of those states are Idaho, Mississippi, Montana and North and South Dakota. What they have in common is that they favor the Republican Party. More populous, Democratic-leaning states like New York have a lower response rate because we have many more people to count, and an earlier census halt would cost us billions of dollars in aid. Another piece of the census puzzle is exactly how many members of Congress New York will get. At this point, it’s estimated that we will lose two representatives. If there’s an undercount in the census, the state could lose even more, and seats would go to places like Florida and North and South Carolina, where the population is rising. There are multiple other ways that the president is taking dollars out of your pockets. The Affordable Care Act provides health insurance for over 20 million people. Approximately 6.3 million New

Yorkers benefit from Obamacare. Many of them are your friends and neighbors who can’t get employer coverage. At this moment, Trump is asking the Supreme Court to throw out the ACA. What happens if the act is invalidated? Those 6.3 million New Yorkers will lose their coverage, and you will be asked to pay for it. Will the anti-New York Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, rush to save us? Don’t hold your breath. And with Trump’s new Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, about to be confirmed by the Senate, it’s a good bet that Obamacare will be scrapped. That will likely mean no coverage for pre-existing conditions and the loss of many other current benefits. The country is waiting with great anxiety for the Food and Drug Administration to approve a vaccine for Covid-19. Numerous pharmaceutical companies are competing to be the first to have a vaccine approved. Congress promised to help us get free testing, and that was a failure. The president has assured us that the vaccine will be affordable, and has given companies billions of dollars to

f the Supreme Court tosses the Affordable Care Act, millions of New Yorkers will suffer.

LETTERS can’t wait for the federal government. We have a president who, after spending months downplaying the pandemic and telling states that they were on their own, is now infected with the virus. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been more interested in playing to the QAnon supporters than acting like a patriot and working in the best interests of the country. We can’t expect support from the dysfunctional federal government. Nationally, we have been attacking the fallout from the pandemic with a piecemeal approach. Clearly, Gov. Andrew Cuomo had to initially focus on containment. Based on President Trump’s abject failures, Cuomo had to step up and be our national voice. He rose to the occasion. But now we must move forward with a postCovid plan. Unfortunately, every advocacy group seems to think solely of its constituency, and doesn’t see how each piece of our economy relates to and relies on the other pieces. For example, the movement to extend the moratorium on evictions is laudable, and I support it. The landlords who are not being paid, however, have their own expenses. They have to pay their mortgages, taxes, utilities, employees’ wages, and other fixed and unexpected expenses. If we don’t support them, their tenants may not have livable buildings. The failure of small businesses also has a cascading effect. When they go under, landlords lose rent checks, employees lose jobs and vendors lose clients, and so on down the chain. Each loss occasions further losses through the economy. We must come together to create a strong, comprehensive and viable plan to support the various sectors of the economy. Or, pull on a thread and the entire fabric will unravel.

speed up their research. But you can expect to pay a hefty premium for your Covid shot. The biggest presidential theft of all is Trump’s continuous efforts to keep you from voting on Nov. 3. Day after day, he has told voters that mail ballots are part of some fraudulent scheme. He has promoted lawsuits around the nation to stop voting by mail, despite the fact that there is no proof of any fraud in the system. In his latest scam, he asked his supporters to go to the polling places to “police” the voting process. In Vladimir Putin’s Russia and in Venezuela, Poland, Hungary and Syria, dictators have for countless years successfully poisoned the voting system to suit their political needs. Trump’s assault on the process is designed to steal your most priceless possession, the right to vote. And I haven’t even touched on the plan to blow up the U.S. Postal Service, which you also pay for. Petty theft? No. Grand larceny by the White House. 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.

FRAMEWORK by Christina Daly

What I predict is that there will be pressure to raise taxes, never a popular solution. If various state and local governments act on this pressure, it could result in a very uneven tax structure across the nation, which I am worried could hinder the recovery. The uneven nature of various tax plans would also mean an uneven distribution of support to those in need. Further, smaller businesses may take further financial hits. The press has reported that billionaires have increased their wealth by almost $845 billion. Last month in New Jersey, people started to agitate for a “millionaires tax.” In New York, there is a movement to tax the New York Stock Exchange. The easy political solution, for both political parties, would be to implement a structured new tax system for the wealthy. New York passed a temporary millionaires tax during the 2008-09 recession. It was extended once, and if I am elected to the State Assembly, I would support extending it again. We need consumers to buy and businesses to sell. There has to be a real national plan to balance the ledgers, but I am not confident that will happen. At the federal level, I’m afraid that a sense of unreality pervades. But Cuomo, as well as the governors of New Jersey and Connecticut, demonstrated during the pandemic that regional cooperation can work effectively. Perhaps he can again show us the way by working, both informally and formally, with other governors on an economic recovery plan. This must include a uniform approach to taxes. GARY PORT West Hempstead Port is a candidate for the State Assembly in the 21st District.

A perfect autumn sunset — Bayville

CORRECTION In the ”Houses of Worship” section on Page 33 of the “Living in Seaford and Wantagh” booklet that accompanied the Herald-Citizen on Sept 24, Christ Lutheran Church in Wantagh was mistakenly listed as

Abel Aguilar Christ Lutheran Church. The Rev. Jason Abel Aguilar is the pastor of the Apostolic Assembly Christian Tabernacle. The Herald regrets the error.

SEAFORD HERALD CITIZEN — October 8, 2020

The census, Obamacare and your right to vote

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