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Garbarino takes solid lead over Gordon in 2nd C.D. race

By J.D. FREDA jfreda@liherald.com

In an election night that few will soon forget, State Assemblyman Andrew Garbarino, a Suffolk County Republican, took a commanding 54.2 percent lead in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Peter King in New York’s 2nd Congressional District, over Democrat Jackie Gordon, a former Babylon town councilwoman and a retired Army Reserve lieutenant colonel.

In a district that crosses county lines along Long Island’s South Shore, Gordon had collected 38.2 percent of the vote by early Wednesday morning.

With 82 percent of precincts reporting in the two counties, Garbarino had secured 156,042 votes, against Gordon’s 110,024, while Green Party candidate Harry R. Burger totaled 2,536.

The district has just under 500,000 registered voters, more than 60 percent of whom live in Suffolk County.

The Nassau County portion of the district skewed heavily Republican, with 52,962 votes for Garbarino at press time, to Gordon’s 25,366. Burger had a scant 626.

In Suffolk County, where Gordon depended on a strong showing from her Democratic base, Garbarino outpolled her by more

The South Shore votes Local folks share details of their early-voting experiences seemed pretty calm about the safety measures they had to follow. “It didn’t feel crowded in Election Day wasn’t the only there, at all,” Arteca said. day on which Long Islanders She added that staying up to rushed to the polls. Early voting date with multiple Wantagh began statewide on Oct. 24, and Facebook groups helped her Nassau County votdecide on the best ers were able to cast time to go to avoid a their ballots at any long wait on line. of the 15 locations Susan O’Malley, across the county.

65, of Massapequa, For many, the wasn’t as lucky. A nearest polling sites highly motivated were in Wantagh, vo t e r, O ’ M a l l e y North Merrick and made plans to get to Freeport. All were LAURA the nearest polling designed to accom- MARKOVINA site on the first day modate the maxiof early voting as mum number of vot- BARNJAK soon as it opened. e r s a d h e r i n g t o Seaford She arrived at Masssocial distancing apequa Town Hall guidelines.

South at roughly 8:30 “The Wantagh American a.m. on Oct. 24, waiting for the Legion had good spacing — they doors to open at 9. But it didn’t made sure to distance people, work out quite the way she’d and it ran very smoothly,” said planned.

Nicole Arteca, 42, of Wantagh.

“I arrived at 8:30 a.m. and “They had markers on the floor waited in line for four hours and of where people should be stand- 20 minutes, not knowing Wanting. After you used pens, they agh would be 20 minutes,” were cleaning them and sanitiz- O’Malley said. “[But] it was easy, ing them after. I think they did a simple and safe. We all had good job.” masks on as we were waiting.”

Arteca voted on Oct. 30 at As small groups of voters around 1:45 p.m. She spent only were periodically allowed in, 20 minutes or so at Post 1273, she said, and everyone on line CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

By J.D. FREDA

jfreda@liherald.com

Courtesy Andrew Garbarino For Congress

STATE ASSEMBLYMAN ANDREW Garbarino, a Suffolk County Republican, took a healthy lead, earning more than 54.2 percent of the votes by Wednesday morning. than 15,000 votes, with a tally of 98,234 to 83,045.

Slightly more than half of the district’s registered voters’ ballots were tallied by early Wednesday morning in an election that had been expected to generate heavy turnout, but Garbarino maintained a comfortable lead.

The Garbarino campaign had not returned repeated calls for comment as the Herald went to press.

The Gordon campaign

released a statement to the Herald at 12:54 a.m. on Wednesday, saying, “With the unprecedented number of Long Islanders casting absentee ballots this year, it is clear that this election will not be called anytime soon. To certify the results of this election, every vote must be counted, and we look forward to seeing the final results.”

More than 44,000 absentee ballots remained to be counted as of CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

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Winner

Opponent

2nd C.D.

Andrew Garbarino (R) – 54.2% Jackie Gordon (D) – 38.2%

8th S.D.

John Brooks (D) – 51.3%

14th A.D.

David McDonnough (R) – 58.4% Kevin Gorman (D) – 31.5%

17th A.D.

John Mikulin (R) – 58.8%

(Unopposed)

Mark Engelman (R) – 31.4%

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While many Americans have had to alter travel and vacation plans drastically since the onslaught of the coronavirus, sixth-grade students at Wisdom Lane Middle School in Levittown have embarked on a leisurely journey from the Paleolithic Age through the Neolithic to ancient Egypt.

Along the way, they made a stop in Mesopotamia, ca. 3000 BCE, where they explored the origins of written language under the guidance of teachers John Lipani and Edward Moore, as part of the school’s World Civilization class.

Students studied the writing system, called c u n e i fo r m , s o EDWARD called from its MOORE wedge-shape Sixth-grade teacher, c h a r a c t e r s , which became Wisdom Lane c o m m o n School throughout Mesopotamia, Lipani explained. It was used by such societies as Sumerians, Akadians, Babylonians and Hittites, and its use persisted into the common era.

“We wanted to emphasize how critically important writing was in the development of our civilizations,” Lipani said.

“The original cuneiform characters were made with a special stylus,” Moore explained. “We did the best we could to duplicate that by bending a paper clip and having them use the thicker part to make the characters.”

In the beginning, the characters were pictographs, akin to Egyptian hieroglyphics or early Chinese characters. A pictograph is a simple representation of the idea being conveyed — almost like a stick figure.

As the script grew in complexity, scribes developed subtler, more elaborate characters to express their ideas, Lipani said.

Students learned that cuneiform’s first application was mainly as an accounting system, Lipani said. As commerce developed, people needed a way of keeping track of goods. Eventually, cuneiform also found other applications, such as religious texts, poetry and law. The stele containing the Code of Hamurabi, a legal document dating from roughly 1800 BCE, is possibly the best-known example of cuneiform writing.

Students also learned that while many people could read, writing was a highly technical skill practiced by experts.

“Scribes went to special schools, and because they had a kind of monopoly on writing, they were high-status individuals,” Moore said.

Scribes were drawn from the upper classes of Sumerian society, because scribe schools cost money, and students

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ny time you can have student excited about a subject, that’s a good thing.

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STUDENT SCRIBES PREPARING cuneiform tablets in the scriptorium at Wisdom Lane School last month. had to have leisure time to study, Lipani added.

In learning to write cuneiform, students first decided what they wanted to write. Many chose to write their names, Moore said, but some elected to write the characters for the sun or oxen.

Like many local schools districts, Levittown Schools operate on a modified hybrid schedule. Students are divided into two cohorts and are only in class together two or three days a week, working remotely on the other days.

“It was a challenge coordinating the two cohorts,” Lipani said.

After shaping their tablets, they inscribed them with their chosen characters and then let the tablets dry.

“They really liked showing their work to their parents and each other,” Moore said. “Any time you can have student excited about a subject, that’s a good thing.”

Next, students will move on to ancient Egypt. “They’re really excited about the mummies, so we’ll probably do quite a bit with them,” Lipani said. “But we’ll definitely explore the hieroglyphics.

As Lipani and Moore guide their students through the past 10,000 years of human history, they have tried to help students see how people really lived.

“Before this time, people were nomads.

Why did they decide to gather in groups?”

Lipani asked. “It wasn’t healthier: People in the Neolithic Era were shorter, with shorter life expectancy. What did they gain?”

As part of the exploration of the evolution of urban life, students made travel brochures and infomercials, pitching one of the two eras —Paleolithic or Neolithic — to their classmates.

SIXTH GRADER KAYLA Miranda used a stylus to create her message in the clay tablet.

WISDOM LANE SIXTH-GRADER Jonathan Ozer showed off his cuneiform message.

STUDENTS SHOWING OFF their finished work to each other via Zoom.

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Fourth-grade teacher amy Hechler met with her students about the small moment stories they will be writing.

Learning literacy in natural light Budding plants need sunlight to grow, and at the Seaford Manor Elementary School, students were growing in literacy competency by reading their independently chosen books in the sunshine last month. With socially distanced guidelines set forth by the state and enforced by the Seaford District, the students have benefitted from a change of pace, learning lessons outside the classroom on the lawn of the Manor School.

Taking advantage of fair weather days, fourth-grade teachers Maura Coghlan and Sarah Fenev have brought their classes outside for Reading Workshop activities. In one such recent activity laid out by the fourth-grade teachers, students were tasked with looking for

character reactions in the stories of their books. Teachers stressed the “stop and jot” technique to record observations in their notebooks.

Coghlan and Fenev also used the time spent with their class outdoors to assess the progress that individual students have made in noticing and acknowledging different literary elements.

Amy Hechler’s fourth-g raders enjoyed going outside for their Writing Workshop. To prepare for their small moment stories, students spread out on the Manor School blacktop to develop a “seed idea,” or topics, for their stories.

They also used anchor charts to identify external and internal character traits.

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Bringing local sports home every week

Herald sports POPS softball perseveres amid pandemic

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

Just like every sports organization at every level, 2020 brought unprecedented challenges for POPS 40 & Over Softball, which recently completed its 22nd year on the South Shore of Nassau County.

“We’re thrilled to say we played a whole season without any member testing positive for the virus,” said POPS founder and commissioner Keith Pastuch, a retired chiropractor who resides in East Atlantic Beach. “It took a lot of work to pull it off, and this was the most rewarding year out of the 22.”

POPS traditionally conducts two seasons each year from early May through late August, but had to eliminate fall ball for 2020 after Covid-19 forced its spring/summer schedule to be delayed by more than two months.

“The thanks and appreciation I’ve received from players and their wives and family members has been incredible,” Pastuch said. “Probably the one thing everyone missed was the camaraderie after games. We had to ask guys not to hang out in the parking lot or stick around to watch other games after they played.”

POPS, which had 400 players this year, down from the usual 550, not only followed New York State Department of Health guidelines for Covid-19, but also took additional precautions to keep everyone safe, Pastuch noted.

“Because we’re dealing with older players, we were advised to have everyone wear a mask in the dugout areas,” he said. “Because of guidelines, catchers wore masks during games, as well as the first- and third-base coaches and the umpires.”

Similar to youth org anizations, POPS players were not permitted to share equipment or drink bottles, or celebrate with the usual high-five or fist bump. Postgame handshakes were replaced by the tip of a cap.

One unexpected hurdle to get the season off the ground, Pastuch said, was securing enough field per mits.

Because if Covid-19 restrictions, some familiar fields were not available or only available through the end of August. Because of this year’s delay, fields were needed until mid-October to get a 12-game regular season in, plus playoffs. “It came down to the wire in terms of getting enough permits,” Pastuch said.

When the action finally began July 13, players took the field with heavy hearts. A beloved member of the POPS family, longtime director Bob Lashinsky, lost his battle with Covid-19 in March. Pastuch organized a drive-by past Lashinsky’s Bellmore home to

Photos courtesy Keith Pastuch

TEaM PaSTuch, aBOVE, captured the 60 and older division championship in the POPS softball league, which overcame a myriad of obstacles to get a full season in.

TEaM GrEGOrETTI fINIShEd No. 1 in the 40-plus division.

ThErE waS NO stopping Team Cohen, below, in the 50-C division.

pay respects, and nearly 100 cars took part. A scholarship, presented to a graduating high school senior related to a POPS member, was established in Lashinky’s name in honor of Bob and his father, Leo. While there’s long been a waiting list to join POPS, Pastuch said that would not be the case for 2021. With the help of six directors and seven field supervisors, he has already secured additional weeknights at various fields to accommodate m o r e g a m e s . Fo r m o r e information, visit www.popsoftball.com.

Line at Wantagh early-voting site moved quickly said. “At first I was letting people go vote and O’Malley waited patiently. Once she entered, I was kind of waiting it out. Then I heard the she said she signed her name on an iPad Wantagh lines were going quick, so I went.”

Despite a healthy turnout, she said, organizabehind Plexiglas and went to cast her vote. tion helped the line moved quickly.

“I feel that this is the most important elecThis was the first time Barnjak had ever tion of our lifetimes, to voted early, and she restore the soul of our said she enjoyed it. Her nation,” she said. “I’ve experience was so never seen it like this seamless, in fact, that before in any other she took to Facebook election. I’ve been votwhen she got home to ing since I was 18, and encourage other Seahave never seen such a fordites to vote early if divide.” they hadn’t already.

O’Malley mentioned “I just figured that if discussions of politics I posted it, I could with family members encourage more people and friends in which to go,” she said. disagreements led to She ag reed with arguments. She said Timothy Denton/Herald-Citizen O ’ M a l l e y t h at s h e she couldn’t recall so EARLY-VOTING SITES ACROSS Long would be voting early much vitriol and so Island’s South Shore saw varied wait ag ain, because the much tension between times last week. multi-day option was a those of differing opingreat alternative for ions. But, she said, she many people. “I think is a strong believer in voting, and she this is what’s going to help increase voting planned to do it early in the future as well. numbers — the fact that you have that option, “Maybe I’ll just try Wantagh next time,” she giving people multiple days,” Barnjak said. “I said. think that’s a game-changer that will allow Like O’Malley, Seaford resident Laura more people to vote while making voting less Markovina Barnjak, 48, lives closer to Mass- stressful as well.” apequa Town Hall South, but like Arteca, she “I think you’ll see a big jump in the numdecided to vote in Wantagh. Last Friday, she ber of voters because of how much is at stake said, she arrived, voted and departed in a in this election,” Arteca concluded. “A lot of span of 15 minutes. people have very strong feelings one way or “It was surprisingly pleasant,” Barnjak another.”

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WANTAGH AMERICAN LEGION Post 1273 was one of the main polling sites for residents in Wantagh and Seaford during the week of early voting, which started Oct. 24 and ended last Sunday.

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Herald Inside LI focuses on development

By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

Panelists from several different sectors involved in commercial real estate offered a positive outlook on Nassau County’s economic development during the latest Herald Inside LI webinar on Oct. 29.

Financial, legal, government and development professionals engaged in discussion about current projects and how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their work. Those speakers were Michael Maturo, president of RXR Realty; John S. Madigan, senior vice president and director of Emerging Corporates-Long Island, Citi Commercial Bank; Kyle Strober, executive director at Association for a Better Long Island; Sophia A. Perna-Plank, associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP; Harry Coghlan, CEO and executive director of Nassau County Industrial Development Agency and Tom Pistore, president of commercial operations for UBS Arena at Belmont Park.

Skye Ostreicher, of Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLive, moderated the discussion. RichnerLive produced the webinar and started the Herald Inside LI series in August to spark conversations about how the Covid-19 crisis has impacted life on Long Island. In this webinar, the big questions were: How has commercial real estate been impacted, and what does this mean for Nassau’s economy?

One of the newest commercial projects in the works is the UBS Arena at Belmont Park, being built on Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont, which will open with the Islanders 2021-22 hockey season.

Pistore said he sees the project as a “beacon in the community” during this dark time — it will create 10,000 construction jobs, 3,000 permanent jobs and build a new railroad in Elmont, he said. He noted that the build is following the “three S’s” — sanitization, security and sustainability. He also said that developers are working closely with partners, such as Northwell Health, to create a diversity and inclusion plan to ensure the community benefits from the project.

“There’s a lot of darkness right now — a lot of uncertainty, a lot of anxiety,” Pistore said. “The construction continues; we are on track. We’re making great strides

with our Islanders fans. We’re making great strides with our premium fans, with our music lineup that’s about to be announced, with our partner UBS, which is our naming partner, and Northwell.”

Maturo, whose company is developing the Nassau HUB near Nassau Coliseum, noted that before the pandemic, there was a real interest in creating vibrant, walkable downtowns on Long Island. While this still stands, there are now many more factors involved, including people staying home more than they used to. People are also working from home — Maturo said his commercial office buildings are only 10 to 12 percent occupied at this time — and there is an influx of people moving from the city to the suburbs.

Taking all of this into account, Maturo said he believes that post-pandemic, once there is a vaccine, “there’s going to be an explosion in activity,” he said. “There will be greater connectivity, both literally in terms of how we move between the city and the suburbs, but more so how the suburbs collaborate and integrate with the city in terms of economic activity.”

Maturo advocated for more public transportation in Nassau County’s future, which he hopes to integrate into the Nassau HUB, a multi-use, village-style development.

The pandemic has also brought new companies leasing office buildings on Long Island — as residential real estate has climbed, so has commercial, in markets such as offices and rental buildings.

“We are seeing a lot of our clients, especially from Brooklyn or Queens, are looking to move their facilities out to Long Island,” Madigan said, “so a lot of commercial real estate requests we’re getting right now are companies looking to move out here. Long Island is definitely benefiting.”

Strober added that eventually people will return to their offices, and that will be a plus, as well. He did warn, however, that the economy may need another boost well before things start returning to normal.

“The federal government shot the economy in the arm,” he said, referring to the CARES Act, which offered loans to businesses across the country, as well as stimulus checks and unemployment benefits that allowed people to spend their dollars,

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“and slowly we’re going to be weaning off that high and we’re going to need another shot.”

Perna-Plank said she represents several big-box clients filing for bankruptcy, such as retailer Pier 1, which recently closed all its brick-and-mortar locations.

This puts landlords in a situation in which they need to fill large spaces with new leases.

“Our landlords have to get creative,” she said. “They have to start breaking up these large leasable areas. If they have a store that’s 5,000 square feet, they’re going to have to do some work and chop those up so that they can start filling those spaces.”

As businesses struggle during the pandemic, Perna-Plank also said landlords are working with their tenants to negotiate plans for rent payments.

Coghlan also spoke about his role in aiding businesses that want to open and thrive in Nassau County, such as offering several different types of tax incentives.

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CloCkwise from top right: Moderator Skye Ostreicher; John S. Madigan, senior vice president and director of Emerging Corporates-Long Island, Citi Commercial Bank; Michael Maturo, president of RXR Realty; Tom Pistore, president of commercial operations for UBS Arena at Belmont Park; Kyle Strober, executive director at Association for a Better Long Island; Harry Coghlan, CEO and executive director of Nassau County Industrial Development Agency; and Sophia A. Perna-Plank, associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP, discussed economic development on Long Island during a Herald Inside LI webinar on Oct. 29.

in New York and one of eight on Long Island. Its programs help Nassau County’s economy remain competitive with surrounding regions, the panelists said.

“We address the affordability,” Coghlan said. “There’s a lot of discussion about PILOT programs and things we do…

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It’s frustrating when we work hard on a great project and you just see ‘tax breaks’ in the headline …

“I look at it as tax creation,” he continued. “We’re not going to do anything that’s going to destroy the tax base. We’re only seeking to grow it, which will offset the burden on our residents as we’re working with manufacturing companies and wholesale companies who move here.”

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In the 4th Congressional District, which takes in the northern part of Wantagh and a portion of Seaford, incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a former Nassau County district attorney, secured what appeared to be an insurmountable lead against her Republican challenger, Douglas Tuman. Rice, the odds-on favorite going into the race, was ahead by nearly 5 percentage points at press time.

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Garbarino appears set to succeed King term State Sen. Kevin Thomas, a Levittown Democrat, went down to defeat against veteran Nassau Republican politician Dennis Dunne Sr., who is currently a Town of Hempstead councilman, by a margin of 49.4 percent to 43.0 percent.

In other races, incumbent Republican Assemblymen David McDonough and John Mikulin handily defeated their Democratic challengers in the 14th and 17th districts, respectively.

Democratic State Sen. John Brooks was unopposed in the 8th Senate District race.

FORMER BABYLON TOWN Councilwoman Jackie Gordon had not conceded the race in the 2nd Congressional District as of 1 a.m. Wednesday, saying that votes still remained to be tabulated.

Courtesy Andrew Garbarino For Congress Courtesy Jackie Gordon For Congress

ASSEMBLYMAN ANDREW GARBARINO, right, with U.S. Rep. Peter King, whose endorsement he received. Garbarino has positioned himself as King’s logical successor.

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THE GARCIA CENTER for Polymers at SUNY Stony Brook, where Emily Zhang conducted research last summer.

Local teens focused on research

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A trio of local teenagers found themselves in an unfamiliar predicament this past summer. With social distancing restrictions brought about by the pandemic, the three General Douglas MacArthur students traded in summers in a white lab coat and safety goggles for a remote program where each student finished research from home.

Senior Emily Zhang, junior Summer Looney and sophomore Natalia Pszeniczny were all recognized recently by different organizations for their researching skills.

Zhang spent her summer working remotely for the Garcia Center for Polymers at Engin e e re d I n t e r f a c e s at S t o ny

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In addition, Zhang was a member of a research group that prepared an abstract re g arding ethical considerations in response to Covid-19.

Looney recently was notified

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that her peer-reviewed research paper, “Public Awareness and Support of Town of Hempstead Preserves and Nature Areas,” was published by Middle States Geog raphers. She originally submitted the project to the Long Island Youth Summit and was subsequently presented at the American Association of Geographers’ meeting.

Pszeniczny was selected as a finalist in the Stony Brook Young Invesitgators Review’s 2020 Young Investigators Writing Competition. She was declared the winner in the 10th grade environmental science category. Her work will be published in the Fall 2020 Stony B ro o k Yo u n g I nve s t i g at o r s Review.

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The LeviTTown PubLic Schools Board of Education was recognized for their dedication and service to the district. From left, Board Trustee Dillon Cain, Board President Peggy Marenghi, Board Trustee Marianne Adrian, Board Secretary Jennifer Messina, Board VicePresident Christina Lang, Board Trustee Michael Pappas and Board Trustee James Moran.

Levittown Board of Ed honored The Levittown Public Schools Board of Education gathered at Levittown Memorial Education Center last month for its regular meeting. What wasn’t quite regular was the praise the board received for School Board Recognition Week, which officially runs from Oct. 19-23.

Unlike typical board meeting celebrations, staff and students were not able to attend the meeting; however the back wall of the boardroom was decorated with posters with words of appreciation from each elementary school. Students from

the district praised the board members by creating video messages. The high schools also created goodie bags for each board member as a thank you. Furthermore, messages of thanks from the Levittown PTA Council and citations from local elected officials were also presented.

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The younger children are now seated at independent desks that we’ve decorated to look like Jeeps.

We’ve had to change a lot of our daily routines — like colored tape on the floor so the children have a safe and comfortable “box” to stay in.

The beauty of being a kindergarten teacher is that they come in at 4 and 5 years old — they don’t know any different. Children are very resilient; I was very worried about how they would have their masks on for extended periods and how they’d cope with that. But they have absolutely no problem keeping their masks on — it’s almost become a little fashion statement. The truth is, they have absolutely no problem keeping a mask on all day long.

I never would have thought that kindergarteners would be sitting at individuals desks and rows all day long, but they do it and they do it well. They’ve learned to be socially distanced from each other. To get them accustomed to that, we taught them to hold their arms in front of them and walk like a monster.

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MSSN poll shows reluctancy for Covid-19 vaccine mine that a Covid-19 vaccine is safe and home or when they cannot social distance. effective to release.

“If together we are going to continue “We clearly have our work cut out for us in terms of educating the public on the our rigorous recovery from the oversafety of a Covid vaccine, assuming one is whelming disruption caused by the panfully developed, tested, demonstrated to demic and ensure that we don’t experibe safe and efficacious, and approved by ence significant setbacks from a second wave as well as the flu season, the FDA,” said Dr. Aaron we must remain vigilant and Glatt, the chairman of the wear masks in public and Department of Medicine. practice social distancing,” “The poll results show that MSSN Chief Medical Officer there is significant concern Dr. Adhi Sharma said. about the approval process. It About a month into the will be up to us in public school year, parents and health and in the government guardians with children back to make the case for a Covid in school responding to the vaccine once it becomes availpoll said the retur n has able. I have faith in the been successful. On a scale of approval process being conDr. Aaron Glatt 1 to 10, in which 1 means not ducted by the FDA and that successful and 10 means very all the data will be analyzed successful, the mean score by independent professionals.

These professionals will be guided by the was 6.82, and 7 percent of respondents offered a score of 1 to 4. science and nothing else.”

Parents and guardians are a bit less The public’s desire to vaccinate for Covid-19, as well as the flu, comes at a likely to attest that their children’s return time when their trust in government to school has been safe. Using a similar agencies is at a low point. Just 32 percent scale, for which 1 means extremely unsafe of the poll’s respondents said they trust and 10 means extremely safe, the mean the CDC “a lot,” while 44 percent said score was 6.35, and 12 percent offered a score of 1 to 4. About half of the parents they have “some” trust.

Overall, the public has widespread and guardians reported that at least one acceptance of mask wearing and main- of their children has returned to school at taining social distancing to prevent the least part time, with New York City households more likely to have a student spread of the virus. In all, 92 percent of poll respondents said that they either back in school than Long Island housewear a mask all the time when outside the holds.

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The poll also found that work life is still in recovery from the tumult caused by the pandemic. While three-quarters of area adults who were employed before Covid-19 are currently employed at the same job, 11 percent are at a different job and 14 percent remain unemployed. Of those who are at a different job or unemployed, 82 percent experienced a job change/loss because of the pandemic.

Additionally, New York residents are more likely to have experienced a job change or lost their job than Long Island residents.

Only 18 percent of white respondents have changed or lost jobs since the pandemic started, compared to 31 percent of Black respondents, 31 percent of Hispanic respondents and 32 percent of other race respondents. Almost one in four (23 percent) of black respondents who were employed before Covid-19 are now unemployed.

The survey marked MSSN’s third poll of 2020, sponsored by Bethpage, on the region’s response to coronavirus. It is a survey of Long Island and New York City adult residents that aims to gather data about attitudes on key public health topics. The poll was conducted from Oct. 4 to 8 via landlines and cell phones with 600 residents in New York City and on Long Island.

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Nine months into a worldwide pandemic, less than half of metro area residents said they plan to get a Covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau public health poll.

The poll’s findings underscore concerns about the vaccine’s development and lack of trust in the Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory process to ensure its safety and effectiveness.

However, most area residents responded that they believe the reopening of local schools has gone well, the poll showed.

Forty-one percent of those polled have school age children, and about half of them said their children returned to school at least part-time. More than 90 percent of them gave schools high marks for successfully reopening. And mask wearing in public has gained widespread acceptance, according to the poll.

Another key finding of the poll: Respondents reported high Covid-19 job losses among minorities in the area compared to whites. And only half of those over 65 who were employed before the pandemic are still working at the same job.

Only 46 percent of respondents to the poll said they would get a Covid-19 vaccine. Among those who said they would not get it, two-thirds said they believed the vaccine is being rushed, and they questioned its safety. In all, 54 percent of 600 metro area residents polled indicated they trust the FDA to impartially deter-

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Gilmor hangs up the phone after 36 years A decorated history of service for one of Wantagh’s proudest sons

WANTAGH FIRE HOUSE No. 1, where Bill Gilmor, his father and two of his brothers have served.

By J.D. FREDA jfreda@liherald.com

It runs in the family.

Public service, that is. For Bill Gilmor, 66, of Wantagh, his entire life has been devoted to serving the public in some capacity. A four-year active duty Navy career, 44 years and still an active volunteer firefighter and a 36-year career as a Wantagh Fire Department dispatcher that came to an end on Oct. 5.

But Gilmor’s service, both as a member of the U.S. military and the fire department, was not an accident, nor was it unique in his family. Growing up in Wantagh, Gilmor was one of six children — five brothers. As he grew up attending Wantagh schools, including the n ow - s h u t t e r e d Sunrise Park Elementary School a n d Wa n t a g h Middle School, he closely watched BILL GILMOR his father, WilWantagh resident liam Sr., serve as the Captain of the Wantagh Fire Department Hook and Ladder 1. William Sr. was also a World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Navy.

“We really grew up with and in the fire department,” Bill Gilmor said. “My mom was even involved. She served as a Ladies’ Auxiliary member, too.”

In fact, all of the Gilmor sons took note.

The Gilmor’s eldest son, Larry, was a member of the U.S. Army. The next oldest, Jimmy, was a U.S. Marine. Bill and his younger brothers Tom and George were sailors for the U.S. Navy.

After Bill graduated from Wantagh High School in 1972, he enlisted and deployed for service as a sailor. He was originally stationed in Newport, Rhode Island before being transferred to Mayport, Florida. He served four years of active duty.

“The best part about it was the travel. I went places I’ll never go again. I enjoyed it, I really did,” Gilmor said, reflecting back.

After being discharged from his active duty, Gilmor came back home to Want-

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rom the parking lot, on top of that ladder, you could see Jones Beach, no problem.

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agh. His first plan of action was to follow went by, Gilmor felt something was a bit his father’s footsteps and volunteer in the off. He got the itch to go back home.

Wantagh Fire Department. Just as Wil“I told my wife, ‘Find me a house south liam Sr. had been of Jerusalem Avethe Captain of Ladnue,’” Gilmor said. der 1, Bill’s first “That is where I assignment in the had to be to be, at department was to [Wantagh] Station Ladder 1.

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“The first thing The pair found they made us do an apartment that was climb the aerifit the bill. Soon, al [ladder]. It’s a Gilmor’s f ather big, 100-foot aerial told him that he ladder, and I was w a s m ov i n g t o afraid of heights,” Florida and that he Gilmor offered as would be renting he chuckled. out Bill’s childhood “From the parking home on Larch lot, on top of that Street. He asked if ladder, you could Bill wanted to buy see Jones Beach, it. Repeatedly, Bill no problem.” s a i d h e w a s n’ t While reminiscready, but he did ing, G i l m o r RECENTLY RETIRED BILL Gilmor, 66, of rent it from his laughed and admit- Wantagh, who has served 36 years as a father. Eventually, ted he had to overWantagh Fire Department dispatcher, with he bought it when come his fear of grandson Connor. he was ready to heights pretty raise his own famiquickly. ly. Bill has two chilAfter Gilmor married his wife, Barbadren: William III, 37; and Brian, 35. Wilra, also of Wantagh, the newlyweds liam III formerly served as a volunteer moved to West Babylon. He even volunteered for another firehouse. But as time firefighter for Wantagh and Brian is the current Second Lieutenant of Ladder 1.

In 1984, Gilmor was asked by then fellow dispatcher Roger Harwood if he would be interested. Gilmor passed the test and took the role. After starting his volunteer firefighter career eight years earlier, Gilmor wanted his full-time paid position to still be of a position of service Seaford, NY the month PUBLIC AND to his Wantagh and South Shore neighand year of my birth are LEGAL NOTICES… bors.

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responded to calls during the 1990 Avianca Flight 52 crash in Cove Neck, where 73 people died; the 1995 Suffolk County Pine Barrens Wildfire where roughly 7,000 acres of woods were burned and hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes; and the 1996 TWA Flight 800 crash in the Atlantic Ocean, near East Moriches, where an estimated 230 individuals were killed.

He also distinctly remembers, in 1988, responding to a call for an overturned propane tanker on the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway. Gilmor said that all fire departments that responded, including his, had to create a barrier but let the fire burn itself out. It lasted for more than a day and every resident within a mile radius was evacuated. He started off the day dispatching, until he was called to the scene to help.

“I started of dispatching until I was asked to go and, at 8:30, 9 a.m. in the morning I told Roger, ‘I’ll be back in 30 minutes,’” Gilmor said. “I came back at 10 p.m. that night. When I got back his wife was there answering phones, just trying to help.”

Gilmor also remembers being at an early morning terrorism training exercise at Nassau County Jail on Sept. 11, 2001 and seeing the second plane hit the World Trade Center and having to rush back to work. He also spoke about sleeping in the firehouse offices during Superstorm Sandy, due to the number of calls.

Lastly, he recalled his most recent memories of serving during Covid-19. He said it has been “one of the most challenging times” of his career, and has tested the department’s meddle.

Gilmor has served his community since he graduated from high school in 1972. There is no rest for the weary, though, as Gilmor will remain an active volunteer firefighter, but his time as a dispatcher is over. He joked that he already has a new full-time gig lined up: as a babysitter to his grandsons Connor and Brian.

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A. Not exactly, but you have to look at the big picture. You may feel like you’re getting burned, but the building code is actuonte eeper ally named The Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. Fire prevention is a primary reason that the building laws exist.

In many cases, building departments allow existing garages to have minor repairs without a permit, but only for things like replacing a garage door, a rotted section of wall base plate, shingles or siding, although you should always verify before starting. You described a near-complete rebuild, only saving the roof part of the garage, and your building official has determined that, beyond 50 percent change, the code for new buildings applies.

Even though your zoning code allows a free-standing accessory structure to be 2 feet to 4 feet from a property line, depending on your community, garages that are closer than 5 feet to a property line must have materials that are rated to prevent flame spread for an hour.

This is especially important in places where there’s a volunteer fire department that must take the time to assemble from all over the community before even heading off to put out the flames. In that precious time, without flame-retardant materials, the structure may not just become completely engulfed, but also spread fire to adjacent houses and other structures. Unless you never catch the news, you can clearly see how vulnerable whole towns and cities are, and just because we don’t live next to a forest, the unthinkable can still happen.

As for cost, aluminum siding, which actually still exists, may cost less, can be painted to match the house and lasts an average of 35 years. Fiber cement siding also does the job, but costs more.

Other choices include stucco over cement board and steel panels, all more costly. Aluminum or cement board eaves, gutters and roofing are also required, and even though most of the home construction industry doesn’t read or know the regulations, the requirements still exist, and cost the most when they aren’t adhered to and the work has to be done twice.

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Donald Trump was not an accidental president.

He didn’t win the White House in 2016 in a fluke, or because Hillary Clinton was a more flawed candiALFONSE date who ran a D’AMATO weak campaign.

He won because he tapped into the valid concerns of Americans — both diehard Republicans and disaffected Democrats — about the future of the country.

These Americans decried the flood of good jobs out of the country in the name of “free trade” and “globalization.” They understood that the unchecked flood of illegal immigrants into the country further threatened good-paying jobs here with cheap labor. They were weary of exorbitantly expensive foreign wars, with

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Trump merely distilled these legitimate concerns into that “America First” campaign. Americans responded to his straightforward pledge to Make America Great Again.

This may have surprised and dismayed some of the media and academic elites who live lives far removed from the American mainstream, but it didn’t surprise me, because I’ve lived my whole life in that mainstream.

As president, Trump largely kept his promise to restore American peace and prosperity. He ended foreign wars and avoided new wars. He grew the economy and jobs with lower taxes and less regulation. He nominated conservative judges he said he’d nominate. He kept his word.

Then Covid-19 struck, and Trump was swept up in his own flaws. He couldn’t concentrate long enough to see the huge threat the virus posed. He couldn’t overcome his know-it-all attitude to let Mike Pence and an able Coronavirus Task Force do its job. He just had to run the task force’s press briefings himself, dig-

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ging ever deeper holes for himself. It was as if FDR had tried to one-up Eisenhower by announcing D-Day the day before the troops hit the beach.

So if Trump has lost, or loses, his reelection bid, it won’t be because the old elites hate him, though they do. It will be because he just couldn’t help himself, and talked his way out of the presidency. It won’t be because of fake news, but because of his flawed penchant to make news. He’ll have only himself and no one else to blame.

And what about Joe Biden? Full disclosure here: Biden is an old and dear friend of mine. I’ve known him for 40 years, and I believe he’s a decent and honorable man. I also know he’s not a leftwing ideologue who is hankering to impose a socialist revolution on America.

Biden, like me, has lived his life in the American mainstream, and by nature he’s not inclined to swim out of it.

Joe’s problem, if he has, or does, become president, will be with the same left-wing elites who have battled Trump.

If he’s real lucky, the GOP will retain control of the Senate, so he’ll have a handy foil for not pursuing the left’s most radical agenda. But if he sweeps into office with

hen Covid-19 struck, President Trump was swept up in his own flaws.

both Houses of Congress in Democratic control, he’ll be hard-pressed to hold back the legislative floodgates.

If a President Biden and a compliant Congress impose steep new taxes and regulations in the midst of a fragile economic recovery, that recovery could collapse.

If he jumps back into the globalized freetrade mishmash, more U.S. jobs will hemorrhage out of the country. If he rejoins the deeply flawed Paris Agreement on climate change that imposed heavy burdens on the U.S. — while giving competitors like China and India a pass — more jobs still will flow out. If Biden accedes to the wild-eyed demands of enviro-extremists to dismantle America’s oil and gas industries, he could destroy America’s hardwon energy independence and further stifle any economic recovery.

What Biden would have to do to have a successful presidency is follow his own conscience and his own path. He would have to bang heads with the radicals in his own party. He would have to disappoint the same elites that cheered on his candidacy. He would have to lead, not follow.

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.

I’m smitten with Smitten and coveting Envy

y go-to source of comfort at this time of year is apples, particularly apples born and bred in New York state.

One of the sweetest compensations for the end of summer and the turn toward winter is the homey apple. It’s sad to say goodbye to cherries and peaches and plums, but apples take center stage in October and they hang on well into winter. Under the right conditions, apples can RANDI be stored for five KREISS to six months. Try that with a peach.

Plums, peaches and cherries don’t have the same cultural and mythological powers as apples.

Eve didn’t pick a plum in the Garden of Eden. The Evil Stepmother didn’t offer Snow White a peach.

Apples have cachet. It is said that Alexander the Great enjoyed dwarf apples in Macedonia in 300 B.C. Today there are some 7,500 different cultivars, with qualities ranging from tooth-aching sweetness to mouth-puckering tartness.

The most expensive apple you can buy is the Sekai Ichi, grown in Japan. They go

for around $21 each. Do not use for baking.

Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has developed dozens of apple varieties, including the popular Cortland, Macoun, Empire and Jonagold.

It leads the search for fruit that is delicious, offers crunch, has eye appeal, is disease-resistant and is blessed with a long shelf life. In recent years, horticulture professor Susan Brown led the breeding program for SnapDragon and RubyFrost at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in upstate Geneva. Her past varieties include Fortune and Autumn Crisp.

SnapDragon is an offspring of Honeycrisp and an unnamed apple in Cornell’s breeding program that is described as similar to Jonagold. I haven’t found one yet in stores, but they are said to be sublime in their appleness.

Forgive me if I indulge the memory of apple picking every autumn through the 1980s, when my kids were growing up. If I breathe deeply enough, I can still smell the baskets of apples in the back seat on the way home, and the scent of sugary fried doughnuts, always part of the outing. It was one of those activities actual-

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ly as good as you expected it to be. The picnic lunch, the freedom of running through the orchards, the climbing and collecting, and then the eating and baking and cooking apple sauce comprised a perfect day. Even the bee stings and poison ivy were worth it.

Many self-picking orchards are still open for business and observing Covid-19 precautions.

My personal apple favorites are Pink Lady, Macoun and Honeycrisp. If I’m looking for an import, then Envy is it, from New Zealand. New York McIntosh are perfect if you’re in a slightly tart mood, and Rome and Cortlands head my list for baking.

Apparently there was a juicy apple scandal that rocked the horticulture world some years back. When the succulent Honeycrisp made its debut following a romantic propagation at the University of Minnesota, it was said to be a blend of the Macoun and the Honeygold. But someone who apparently had way too much time on his hands questioned the new apple’s paternity, conducted genetic fingerprinting and discovered that the Keepsake, not the Honeygold, was the father. Great embarrassment ensued in the world of apple cross-cultivation. I

t’s apple season, and here’s my advice: Don’t use the Sekai Ichi for baking.

don’t know if anyone ever conclusively proved who grafted to whom and how.

Apples are the main event in crisps, cakes, pancakes, cobblers and stove-top compotes. They are the crowning glory of muffins and cupcakes and cookies. We associate apples with holidays, the Jewish New Year (apples and honey) and Halloween. If you have young teeth, think apple jelly. In my home, from October to May, there is always a bowl of apple compote in the refrigerator that we enjoy with cereals, yogurt and especially ice cream.

Recently I tried a Smitten apple, whose rich parentage includes Gala, Braeburn, Falstaff and Fiesta breeding lines. It’s a keeper.

Apples have always been associated with knowledge, immortality, temptation, sex and yes, sin. Of course, today we have to think about the other Apple.

Why did Steve Jobs decide to call his company Apple? According to the Walter Isaacson bio, Jobs said he thought of the name while he was on an all-fruit diet.

He thought it sounded “fun, spirited and not intimidating.” I guess he was on to something.

And now I understand why my Mac is called a Mac. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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o doubt, understanding the coronavirus takes work. We hear a seemingly endless stream of arcane reports emanating from an alphabet soup of acronym-laden government agencies, and our heads start spinning. Then along comes a hopefulsounding research paper, and suddenly many among us breathe a sigh of relief, believing, as President Trump would have us think, that things aren’t really as bad as CNN makes them out to be and we’re “rounding the corner.”

Case in point: A single research paper, published online over the summer by Dr. John Ioannidis, of Stanford University, indicated the Covid-19 death rate for those under age 70 was 0.04 percent, according to the Associated Press. That figure spread rapidly on social media, and many people took it as license to carry on with business as usual.

We see this irrational fearlessness reflected in the “herd immunity” approach to the virus touted by one of Trump’s top advisers, Dr. Scott Atlas, a neuroradiologist and a senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank. Atlas, who cited the 0.04 figure in July, has suggested we should let the virus run its course among young people to build “natural immunity.”

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LETTERS Saluting their service To the Editor: In anticipation of this Veterans Day 2020, I salute veterans, currently active men and women of the armed forces, and their families. Their sacrifices are extraordinary in ordinary times, but Covid-19 has brought more anxiety and uncertainty to their unique situations.

For nearly 140 years, the American Red Cross has been there for these brave families, to provide compassionate support to address critical needs at every stage of service. As part of our Service to the Armed Forces Program, Red Cross volunteers provide home comforts and critical services on bases and in military hospitals across the country and around the world; they support military families during deployments and during emergencies; and they continue serving our nation’s veterans after their service ends, both in person and virtually.

Since the coronavirus pandemic started, the Red Cross team has been working around the clock to address an array of

was greater than 99 percent. Thus, he appeared to suggest, we should think twice about shutting down again.

Many conservatives across the country latched on to the 0.04 percent figure, and have used it — or, rather, misused it — as evidence to support a push to fully reopen the economy and end what they say are intrusive policies, such as New York’s mask mandate in public spaces. The trouble is, that could lead to tens of thousands of more needless deaths, even among young people.

The 0.04 percent figure is likely accurate, but without context, it can leave the false impression that virtually no one under age 70 is dying of the coronavirus, when, in fact, tens of thousands are. At the Herald, we have written too many obituaries this year for people in the prime years of their lives cut down by this merciless virus — a firefighter EMT, a pharmacist and a philanthropist among them. You need not take our word for it, however.

National Institutes of Health statistics tell us that, among those killed by Covid-19 in the United States, 8.3 to 22.7 percent are under age 65. That is to say, of the more than 231,000 Americans who have died in the past eight months, 19,000 to 52,500 have been people under age 65. By comparison, 58,200 Americans died in the Vietnam War, which carried on for years.

When we look at Covid-19’s impact in this way, we suddenly see that America’s

alarmingly — and unacceptably — high death toll includes many, many younger people, and we have no idea whom the virus will take next. It is an indiscriminate killer. It infects many, but leaves some unharmed; others come down with what is essentially a bad case of the flu; and others contract pneumonia and die.

Each life lost is precious. Each life lost is irreplaceable. Amid the flurry of statistical information generated by government agencies, it is all too easy to forget the human devastation that the coronavirus has caused.

Moreover, many Covid-19 survivors under age 65 now suffer long-term symptoms, including memory loss, known as “brain fog,” joint pain, high blood pressure and heart palpitations, and we cannot say for certain what their prospects are for future recovery.

Finally, we must remember that we cannot hermetically seal our elderly in virusfree bubbles. The greater the infection rate is in our larger population, the greater the chance that older adults will contract Covid-19 and die.

We must accept that the virus is with us, and we must do all we can to preserve life. We’ll say it again: Wear a mask. Wash your hands often. Keep your distance.

Avoid mass gatherings. Work from home if you can. Get a flu shot. And pray for a vaccine.

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hinking about allegations of “fake news,” assertions that Covid-19 is a hoax and the denial of climate change in the face of expert testimony and extreme weather events, I began to wonder: How do we know what we think we know? I thought of the biblical quote, “The truth shall make you free,” and its variants, used as a motto at a number of universities as a secular declaration devoid of its biblical origins.

This is a fitting slogan for universities, because they are chartered to pursue the ideal ROBERT A. of truth in accord with facts. In fulSCOTT filling this mission, universities serve three distinct roles. They are creators of new knowledge grounded in objective study and independent research; they are curators of what is thought, whether true or false, in books or databases; and they are critics supporting pursuit of questions that ask, “What if ?” and about fairness, justice and truth.

But how do we know the truth? I think there are three ways that people claim something as true. Some seek truth

through empirical evidence that is supported by findings that can be replicated by others. This way of knowing a truth is based on trial and error and controlled experiments.

In this way, we can learn the biological origins, manifestations and consequences of disease. Medical scientists and public health experts explain what they know from objective studies. Their findings can be tested by others and reported in peer-reviewed journals in order to minimize the potential for bias to influence results.

Some others express as truth what they “know” through epiphany, or revelation. They know this truth because they believe it, often because of religious inspiration and teachings. To say that someone believes something is true without empirical evidence is not to cast doubt on their conclusion, but to clarify the process by which they determined what they consider to be true. At times, such “received wisdom” becomes an orthodoxy that brooks no challenges.

Still another expression of a truth is based on emotion, including fear and prejudice. These irrational “truths” can be the foundation of hate and discrimina-

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e must stand against fearmongering and lies about public health measures.

LETTERS emerging challenges — including those related to health concerns, longer periods of time away from loved ones and increased stress — that the virus has created for on veterans, service members and their families. To that end, the Red Cross has adapted our crisis counseling and family workshops to a virtual setting, and improved supply distribution to ensure health protocols.

Each day across Nassau and Suffolk counties and across the country, we help support military families. Nationally, since 9/11 we have served more than one million military families. During this time of crisis, we stand ready to continue to support the next million.

To all active and retired service members and their families, please know that on Veterans Day and every day, our gratitude for your sacrifices remains as strong as ever.

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tion. When President Trump claimed that Mexican immigrants were “murderers and rapists” he was expressing a prejudice, making an emotional claim, a fear of the “other,” not a fact supported by evidence. His claim was true only as an opinion grounded in bias.

I think that each way of knowing — fact, faith and fear — must be acknowledged. We also must understand that we cannot argue against an expression of truth held by belief or bias by relying on empirical evidence alone. Beliefs and biases are not susceptible to reason — but they can be the subject of ethical analysis.

We must take a stand against fear-mongering, racist rants and lies about public health measures. We must expose the nature and character of the assertions made or the actions taken. As the late Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis said, “Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” so we must expose falsehoods and discrimination for what they are.

Someone might assert that climate change isn’t occurring or isn’t caused by human behavior, but that shouldn’t stand in the way of taking steps to mitigate climate disasters. Someone else might assert

that wearing masks and social distancing are denials of individual liberty. But such an opinion doesn’t give that person license to deny the rights of others who seek protection from a deadly virus.

One can argue with the scientists about how to behave during the pandemic, and the extent to which human behavior is threatening our planet, but we must do so with facts, not opinions based on emotion or epiphany.

By emphasizing the importance of facts, we may offend others who “know” a truth through another means. But they must honor our path to truth just as we must respect their right to an opinion.

Indeed, the very foundation of democracy requires civility, the willingness to listen to alternative views. But we shouldn’t allow opinions to negate facts and prejudice to deny freedoms.

So let’s acknowledge that there are different paths to what we consider truth, some based on empirical evidence, some based on emotion or bias, and some based on belief. Further, let’s agree that each of us can hold our position without denigrating a way of knowing expressed by another, unless that belief or bias endangers others and curtails their legal rights. We can disagree without being disagreeable.

Dr. Robert S. Scott is president emeritus of Adelphi University.

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At last, the election is over To the Editor: Election Day has come and gone.

This reminds me of “The Outer Limits,” the 1960s television show.

With the end of around-the-clock commercials by politicians, political parties, political action groups and pay-for-play special-interest groups, we now return control of your television back to you — until the next election cycle.

No more candidates’ campaign mailings clogging our mailboxes and weighing down our hard-working postal employees. Finally, some peace and quiet! Now, if only all the winning and losing candidates would pick up all the thousands of campaign signs that litter our roads and highways to help clean up our environment. They could use leftover campaign funds to hire either the Boy Scouts or the Girl Scouts to collect the litter. They could pay our young people a nominal fee, which I’m sure would be appreciated.

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Vivid evening colors — now an hour earlier — at Theodore Roosevelt Park — Oyster Bay

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