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A pandemic’s bleak milestone Valley Streamers reflect on 12 long months of Covid-19 calming to me, and going to Hendrickson Park to watch the ducks move across the lake in a March 1, 2020, marked the tranquil way reduces my anxifirst confirmed case of corona- ety and makes me feel more like virus in New York. As fears of myself during this pandemic,” the virus mounted, Valley Dowling said. “Over the past Stream resident Thomas Dowl- year of this pandemic, I’ve ing, 41, recalled, he was riddled learned that when I’m in my with fear and anxiety about house, if I keep my shades open what it could mean for his to make sure light comes in the future. house, my anxiety goes down.” He wor ried Dowling, who about everything has seen some of from food shorthis friends and ages and rising extended family crime to the toll members die of on his health and complications emotional wellfrom Covid-19 in being. He even the past year, said feared having to he was angry that quit his job just the pandemic had t o s t ay s a f e. dra g g ed on as Dowling said he long as it had, but often lost sleep. noted that he had tHoMAS DowliNG But a year for med closer Valley Stream l a t e r, a s h e bonds with his reflected on his wife and children initial worries, because he had most of his fears spent more time about the pandemic did not at home with them than before. become reality for him. “The pandemic has changed Instead, he and other Valley my perspective, because now I Streamers learned to adapt to see life as even more delicate, their altered lives, and to cope. because in an instant someone “Trees, plants, nature, fresh air and sunlight are all very Continued on page 16

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DoRiS HiCkS, PReSiDeNt of the Lakeview branch of the NAACP, received a dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic at the Gateway Christian Center in Valley Stream on Feb. 23. Such sites are intended to reach communities that might otherwise be overlooked in the vaccination effort.

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At local pop-up vaccine site, 250 are inoculated By PeteR BelFioRe pbelfiore@liherald.com

State officials joined community representatives to host a pop-up coronavirus vaccine site at the Gateway Christian Center in Valley Stream on Feb. 23. According to state officials, 250 people ages 65 and older from Valley Stream and Elmont were able to receive shots. Officials noted the impor-

tance of using local community hubs such as churches to reach residents who might be overlooked in the vaccination effort or who might distrust the vaccines’ safety. “I think the closer that we can get to communities in order to administer the vaccine, the better we are,” Tracey Edwards, the NAACP’s Long Island regional director, said. “This is a place in the community that people know

and trust.” While mass vaccination sites at hospitals, colleges and stadiums are good for the overall vaccination campaign, Edwards said, efforts at smaller centers can help alleviate some of the apprehension many people may have about getting vaccinated. Experts have said that communities of color, particularly Black communities, Continued on page 10

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MeMorial Junior HigH School teacher Mr. Tyrell Ryan honored Black History Month by meeting with some of the school’s male students and sharing the lessons he gained throughout his journey in life.

Memorial celebrates Black History Month Memorial Junior High School cele- poetry and drumming. brated Black History all February long. Kicking off with its Black Histo-Compiled by Peter Belfiore ry Spirit week, students and staff dressed up as a popular 90s artist, an influential African American, wore cultural attire or represented their favorite historically Black colleges and universities. Mor ning announcements honored Black History Month as well, while Eagles TV created special videos that reco gnized influential African American figures. In addition, teacher Darla Collins and the art department decorated the building’s hallways and main entrance with student artwork. Teachers Holly Lopez and Tyrell Ryan hosted small group conversations with students who discussed HBCUs. Ryan also met with some of the male students at the school, and shared the lessons he gained throughout his journey, in an effort to inspire them to grow with purpose and to navigate opportunities strategically in life. The month ended with a MeMorial Celebrated blaCk History Month virtual video celebration by decorating the building’s hallways and main that highlighted students entrance with student artwork. With some of it was through performances conteachers assistant Diana Atkinson. sisting of singing, dancing,

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Central HigH SCHool students Uwakmfon-abasi Ebong, left, and Emily Monfort were selected as Nassau County’s winners in the virtual National Poetry Read Out Loud Recitation Competition and will advance to the New York State Regional Competition.

Central poets head to states Central High School students Uwakmfon-abasi Ebong and Emily Monfort were selected as Nassau County winners of the virtual National Poetry Read Out Loud Recitation Competition and will be moving onto the New York State Regional Competition. The purpose of the competition is to help students master public speaking skills, self-confidence and encourage

them to learn about poetry through memorization and recitation. Several students throughout the district participated in the competition, in which they uploaded prerecorded videos of their chosen piece. Each video was judged on several categories, including physical presence, dramatic appropriateness and accuracy. The regional competition is slated to take place in mid-March.

D.A.: More charges for V.S. soccer coach accused of raping underage player By Peter Belfiore pbelfiore@liherald.com

A Valley Stream soccer coach was rearraigned on Feb. 24 with additional charges for allegedly raping an underage player on his team and endangering the welfare of two other teenagers. Prosecutors allege that for five months Sean Johnsen, 35, engaged in a sexual relationship with the 15-year-old player victim beginning in April, 2020 and continuing through August, 2020, and allegedly had sexual encounters with the player more than 20 times in his car and at a hotel in Nassau County. Authorities say Johnsen, who reportedly coached for the Franklin Square Strikers and was a teacher at Fusion

news brief Sewanhaka CHSD transportation notice Valley Stream parents who live in the Sewanhaka Central High School are reminded that New York State Law requires a written transportation request annually by April 1 from parents or guardians of students who plan to attend private or parochial schools within or outside the school district in which they legally reside. Proof of residency in the Sewanhaka Central High School District must be submitted with all new applications. Requests must be submitted by April 1, 2021 for the school year beginning September, 2021. New residents are required to apply within 30 days after having established residency in the district. Transportation application forms for the 2021/22 school year have been distributed to current private and parochial school students as well as to the private and parochial schools. Additional forms are available at the district administrative offices and on the district website at www. sewanhakaschools.org under the departments and transportation tab.

Academy, also allegedly messaged the victim to solicit naked videos and photographs. Police originally arrested him on Oct. 29 in connection to the alleged rape. After an investigation, detectives reportedly discovered that Johnsen had also allegedly propositioned another player and endangered the welfare of a third teenager. Johnsen faces one count of using a child in a sexual performance, 23 counts of third-degree rape, 23 counts of thirddegree engaging in a criminal sex act and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, bringing the number total charges against Johnsen to 50. Bail was sat at $300,000 cash, $600,000 bond or $900,000 partially secured bond. If convicted he faced a maximum of 15 years in

prison. “The allegations against this coach are despicable,” District Attorney Madeline Singas said in a statement. “Sports coaches and teachers hold special places of trust for both students and parents. The alleged betrayal of that trust and the violation of these adolescent girls will have life-long impacts. There must be accountability for these acts when proven.” Johnsen’s attorney in the case, Garden City-based Matin Emouna, did not return multiple requests for comment. The investigation is ongoing, and police are asking anyone with additional information related to Johnsen’s alleged behavior to call (516) 561-4276.

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Early morning fire displaces Valley Stream family By Peter Belfiore pbelfiore@liherald.com

A fire early Thursday morning badly damaged a house on Lamberson Street, according to Valley Stream fire officials. The family living in the home was displaced, according to unofficial reports, and friends are seeking donations to support them. Firefighters received the call for a house fire at around 2 a.m., and upon arriving at the scene found a blaze in the first-floor kitchen and dining room, which had begun spreading to the second floor according to Fire Chief Eugene O’Brien. “We had it under control in about 20 minutes,” he said, and within an hour the fire had been completely extinguished. According to a report from the department on social media, firefighters were forced break open walls in the affected areas to eliminate all remnants of the fire. “There was extensive damage to the fire rooms, but we saved the rest of the house,” O’Brien said, but noted that smoke and water damage had extended to much of the home. Because of its severity, firefighters

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An eArly morning blaze Thursday badly damaged a home on Lamberson Street and displaced the family living there. from the Elmont, Hewlett, Lynbrook, Woodmere and Lawrence/Cedarhurst fire departments were called to assist, O’Brien said. There were no reported injuries. According to unofficial reports on social media, the house belongs to the

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Robert R. Thiel, a longtime Valley Stream Resident, died on Jan. 28 in Greenfield, Ma. From complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 86. Thiel was born in Brooklyn on July 21, 1935 to parents Raymond and Alice Pfisterer Thiel. As a teenager he took classes in commercial art at Pratt Institute and g raduated from Valley Stream Central High School in 1953. After, he became active as a lighting designer in summer stock productions on Long Island, but turned to fulltime work as a credit and Instagram collection manager for Robert Tennis suPeRsTaR naomi Osaka with her father Leonard Maxime Francois. Osaka spent local department stores. a portion of her childhood in Valley Stream to be with her father’s side of the family. He was the founder and first president of the Credit Council of Long Island, and later became vice president of the National Retail Merchants Association and director of the Credit Management Division of the American Express Credit Card Division. In 1959, Thiel married Susan C. Potter at Valley Stream’s Holy Trinity Church.

V.S. native Naomi Osaka wins Australian Open pbelfiore@liherald.com

Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka, who spent a portion of her childhood in Valley Stream, won the Australian Open last Saturday, beating out former champion Serena Williams, and earning a 6-4, 6-3 victory in the final over Jennifer Brady. The win gave Osaka her fourth championship and placed her in the No. 2 spot of the Women’s Tennis Association. Born in Japan, Osaka and her sister, Mari, moved with Haitian father Leonard Maxime Francois and Japanese mother Tamaki Osaka to Valley Stream in 2000 when Naomi was 3 to live with her father’s side of the family. They lived there for six years during which time her father, using local tennis courts and gyms, looked to launch her and her sister’s tennis careers. In 2006, the family moved to

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southern Florida to focus on tennis full time. Osaka recounted memories of her life in Valley Stream in a 2018 interview for the New York Times Magazine. “I grew up surrounded by both Haitian and Japanese culture,” she told The Times, noting that her grandparents spoke only Creole and that her home often smelled of spicy Haitian stews. Meanwhile, her mother continued to speak to her and her sister in Japanese and would make them seaweedand-rice-ball snacks for lunch at Alden Terrace school, where she attended from age 5 to 8. The 23 year old first broke into the upper rankings of the sport in 2016, and rose to further prominence in 2018, when she defeated Serena Williams in the U.S. Open to earn her first championship. Although she spent much of her life in the United States, Osaka plays for Japan.

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Thiel produced industrial shows for conventions and Fortune 500 company retreats. He also took active Broadway shows on national tours. In 1982 he produced the Broadway musical “Purlie,” in conjunction with CBS and Showtime. His filmed production won the National Cable and Television Association Ace Award as well as an award from the Inter national Film and Television Festival of New York. After moving away from Valley Stream, Thiel lived in Weston, Vt. for 33 years. In Weston, he designed the program and posters for R. Thiel the Weston Playhouse, and published “The Little Black Book,” a guide to Ver mont tourist attractions. He is survived by his wife, his brother, five sons, and two grandsons. A memorial service will be held at Holy Trinity Church in Valley Stream at a later date. His internment will be at Oaklawn Cemetery in Brookhaven.

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Wednesday, March 24

Kitchen science jr. - play dough IIAt Henry Waldinger Memorial Library,

Valley Stream District 24 BOE Meeting

children kindergarten to second grade with a caregiver will will make play dough using cornstarch from 4 to 4:50 p.m. Program materials will be provided by the library and available for contactless pickup. To recieve Zoom information register here: https://forms.gle/ jBk57wbbfqu2qdka6.

At 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., the school board meeting will take place live streamed on Facebook. Contact the district clerk, Jennifer Biscardi at (516) 434-2825 for more information about location.

Tuesday, April. 6 Village of Valley Stream’s Board of Zoning & Appeals

Friday, March 5

The meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Valley Stream Village Hall in the auditorium located at 123 South Central Avenue in Valley Stream. For questions contact Jennifer Piazza at (516) 592-5142 Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Teen book club At Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, teens will join together over Zoom at 4 to 4:45 p.m. to discuss the book; “Serafina and the Black Cloak” by Robert Beatty. To join and receive Zoom information, send an email to young adult librarian; Faith Kenney at VSteens@nassaulibrary.org. Copies of the book will be provided for pick up at the library prior to the program.

Saturday, March 6 Job search rx - free online courses At Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, participants will engage in a virtual workshop that will cover various free online courses--which aim to improve job marketability through Learning Express, Tutor.com, and the NYS Department of Labor. Job Search Rx is supported, in part, by funds from the New York State Library’s Adult Literacy Library Services Program. Message the library on Facebook or send an email to library director, Ms. Eng at hwmlcontact@hotmail.com for Zoom information.

Monday, March 8 Kitchen science - Oobleck At Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, at 4 to 4:50 p.m., children in grades three to six grade with a caregiver will make Oobleck. Program materials will be provided by the library for contactless pickup. Register here: https://forms. gle/3UWMmLGeTvkdHYw16.

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Kitchen Science Jr. - Play Dough II The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library will have children in Kindergarten to second grade with a caregiver join together over Zoom to make play dough on Thursday, March 4 at 4 p.m.

Tuesday, March 9 Valley Stream Central High School District BOE Meeting At 8 p.m., watch the school board meeting over Zoom, unless otherwise stated on the district webiste. For Zoom information, refer to the district website under announcements. Contact the District Clerk at (516) 872-5628.

Toddlers, Tots and Tykes Storytime At Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, at 11 to 11:45 a.m., children from birth to three years old with a caregiver will join together over Zoom for stories, songs and rhymes. Email kidsroomvs@nassaulibrary.org or message the library on Facebook to recieve Zoom information.

Teen Scattergories At Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, at 4 to 4:45 p.m., teens will plat scattergories over Zoom. Send an email to the young adults librarian; Ms. Kenney at VSteens@nassaulibrary.org, to receive Zoom information.

Monday, March 15 Valley Stream village board of trustees meeting This regular meeting will take place at 7 p.m. in the Village Hall auditorium located at 123 South Central Avenue in Valley Stream. For further information, see the village board of trustees meeting schedule on the village website.

Monday, March 22 Valley Stream District 30 BOE Meeting The meeting will be live streamed at 8 p.m. The link will be posted on the website the day of the meeting. Contact Janet Carson, District Clerk, at questions@vs30.org.

Tuesday, March 23 Valley Stream District 13 BOE Meeting The meeting will take place at 8 p.m. live streamed on their website. Email the district clerk at: mrosamilia@valleystream13.com for more information.

The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. Additional information concerning meeting dates and times can be obtained by contacting Ms. Janet Carson, Clerk of the Board, at (516) 4343600, EXT. 5222.

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Camp Barrett registration begins on March 20. See Valley Stream Village website for details. The village will host an easter basket give away on Saturday, March 27 at Hendrickson Park. During March, Village Hall will be illuminated with pink and white lights for Women’s History Month. Bethlehem Assembly of God Church in Valley Stream has live prayer sessions on Zoom at 7:30 p.m. every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Register on their website: https://www.bethlehemag.org/ On the week of March 8 to March 12 the village will be collecting paper and cardboard.

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The 2021 Jovia Long Island Marathon will return to Eisenhower Park in East Meadow this Sept. 17 and 18.

L.I. Marathon to be held in person in September By BRiaN STieGLiTZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

Long Island’s most anticipated running event will return this year with a new course — again. The 2021 Jovia Long Island Marathon and all its accompanying racing events will return to Eisenhower Park in East Meadow this Sept. 17 and 18. While the event is typically held in May, Nassau County officials decided to host it five months later to allow more time to combat the coronavirus pandemic. “As we continue to make significant progress in the fight against Covid-19, we’ve been able to allow some smaller races — with up to 300 participants — to come to our parks through the fall and winter,” said County Executive Laura Curran at a Feb. 25 news conference, at which she made the announcement. Curran explained that the county has been able to host races by following safety and social-distancing protocols like introducing staggered start times and contactless check-ins, checking athletes’ temperatures and limiting the number of spectators. Because the Long Island Marathon draws a much bigger crowd than the typical 5K and 10K races, attracting 5,000 people in 2019, county officials decided to hold the event in September “because we expect to have more vaccines . . . and that will mean more immunity in our community so we could get more participation,” Curran said. For the second year, the race will be directed by Baldwin-based company Race Awesome, which is run by Corey Roberts and his wife, Stacey. “At the end of the day, the realization is that it’s not just about producing a race,” Roberts said at the news conference. “There are so many services that Nassau County provides to the race to make it happen, especially from our health department.” Past events have had roughly 12 medical tents along the route, all of which the county health department provided. “The health department right now really needs to focus on vaccinations,” Roberts noted. “With that, we really took the time to think about how we can do this and do it safely with Nassau County.” When Race Awesome took the reins to direct the 2019 marathon, it unveiled a new course that shut down parts of Merrick Avenue and Wantagh Parkway. With the event in September, Roberts said he was reluctant to follow the same route and risk impacting the

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NaSSau CouNTy exeCuTive Laura Curran announced the changes to the marathon during a Feb. 25 news conference, at which she was joined by Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder and Health Commissioner Larry Eisenstein. crowds heading to and from Jones Beach for their last beach trips of the summer. The 47th marathon will feature a two-lap course that keeps runners in Eisenhower Park for more of the event and then send them through Mitchell Field, Museum Row and along the some of the pedestrian and bike lanes that the county installed in 2020. “It will have less an impact on communities and downtown areas than previous years, while delivering athletes a full-distance marathon with a two-lap course,” Curran said. Roberts added that having a more condensed course could allow runners more opportunities to compete alongside one another and give spectators a better chance to see runners. The marathon will remain a qualifying event for the Boston Marathon. Everyone who registered for the 2020 event, which was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, will be automatically registered again for the 2021 event in September. Those who haven’t registered yet will be able to do so starting March 15 at www.runlongislandmarathon.com.

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RaCe aweSome wiLL direct the event again and designed a new course for the 47th race.

Black leaders talk future at Inside LI webinar agarcia@liherald.com

In celebration of Black History Month, Black leaders on Long Island gathered for the latest webinar of Herald Inside LI on Feb. 25. Speakers included Phil Andrews, the president of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce Inc.; Regina Armstrong, superintendent of Hempstead Union Free School District; Frederick Brewington, the owner and principal of Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington; Margo Cargill, the CEO of Titanium Linx Consulting Inc. and vice president of the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce; and Daniel Lloyd, founder and president of Minority Millennials Inc. Skye Ostreicher, of Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLive, comoderated the discussion alongside DuWayne Gregory, senior vice president and director of diversity, equity and inclusion training for McBride Consulting and Business Development Group. Lloyd, the youngest member of and only millennial on the panel, emphasized the importance that his and younger generations will play in advancing social justice in United States “The millennial and generation Z demographics are the largest, most educated and most diverse in the nation,”

Lloyd said. “What we’re seeing is that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “We know that the failure of America millennials and gen Z are understanding what justice is — the idea of a quali- — and Long Island in itself — is not allowing the full story to be told,” Brewty life and fairness.” “As a superintendent of a school dis- ington said. “The importance of being trict, we see how people can look at us there not only as a role model but also as a resource, so that the as a school district when wonderful education that is we’re failing, they’re quick being taken on by millennito talk about it and advertise als and gen X is not wasted it,” Armstrong said, “but in regard to getting caught when we are experiencing in the same mistakes and successes, no one wants to the same history that has share it or they begin to critpulled people down.” icize the prog ress being “One of the big lacks is made and say, ‘That can’t be that we don’t have enough possible.’” mentorship opportunities,” “That hard work that Cargill said. “We can give they’re putting in is not them that guidance and that being recognized by people direction so they can avoid on the outside,” Armstrong those pitfalls.” continued. “It makes them PhIl ANDREWs As the vice president of feel as though they are less African American t h e Nassau Council of than.” Chamber of Chamber of Commerce, CarThe Hempstead School gill understands the perDistrict makes it a goal to Commerce spectives and practices of show students a wide variety of career opportunities so they other communities. By relaying this understand what is possible — whether information to her own community, peoit’s a store worker or the owner of the ple there can adopt beneficial practices, too. business. “It’s about information and sharing Brewington said he often invites young local people to his practice to that information, and being a mentor,” show them career possibilities. His Cargill said. “It’s about being part of an office commemorates several historical ecosystem that’s larger than just the Black figures, including Malcolm X and majority-minority communities.”

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Andrews helped develop a young membership program for the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce in which young people can meet with business owners and receive free training. “We didn’t want young people sitting outside on an opportunity like this,” Andrews said. “We have to be at the table; we have to be involved. When we have a seat at the table, we can bring something away. We can’t sit back on these things. . . We have to be examples.” “You can’t buy wisdom,” Lloyd said, referring to the need for mentorship on Long Island. Minority Millennials helps invigorate young members’ business dreams by allowing them to share the personal stories behind their business ideas. “We, as a people, need to understand where that information is flowing and not just confine ourselves to what we like or what’s comfortable for us,” Cargill said. “Step outside the box and stay curious, because as you stay curious, that’s where you’ll find your niche and your next big idea.” This episode was sponsored by McBride Consulting & Business Development Group and the Rockville Centre Coalition for Youth. This and all previous episodes of Herald Inside LI can be found at liherald.com/recordings.

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doris Hicks, president of the Lakeview branch of the NAACP, far left; State Sen. Todd Kaminsky; County Executive Laura Curran; Karim Camara, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based Community Development; Christine Waters, NAACP New York state conference education chairwoman, in red; and Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages at a pop-up coronavirus vaccination site at the Gateway Christian Center in Valley Stream on Feb. 23.

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are prone to distrust medicine because of a history of abuse by the American medical system. According to state vaccination figures, only 5 percent of people on Long Island who have received at least one vaccine dose are African-American. In Valley Stream and Elmont, 34 and 47 percent of the neighborhoods’ respective populations are Black, according to 2019 census data. The Rev. Sunny Philip, pastor at the Gateway Christian Center, said that while he was ineligible himself for the vaccine because of stents that he has near his heart, he was happy to open his church to the state for the vaccine effort. He recounted an instance in which he spoke with a prominent leader of color and military veteran in his congregation, who at 70 years old had initially expressed skepticism about the vaccine. “I said, ‘This is for your sake; this is for your health, your future. You should go take it,’” Philip recalled of the conversation. “Finally, he did.” Elmont resident Wanda Holt, who received her first vaccine dose at the popup site, said she had tried for two months to make an appointment, to no avail. She said she had tried a handful of times to get one through the state vaccination website, but slots were never available. “It was always filled up,” she said. Finally, she reached out to State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, whose office was doing outreach for the Gateway clinic. Kaminsky’s office was able to secure 100 appointments, including one for Holt. Like other pop-up vaccination sites across the state, appointments there were mostly given out through outreach by local officials or the church itself. “It’s incredibly important that outreach be done to make sure everyone has

access to the vaccine,” Kaminsky said. “Not everyone can be on the internet, not everyone is computer literate or has a computer, and we have to make sure our vulnerable New Yorkers have equal access, and that’s why pop-up clinics like this are so important.” Christine Waters, a Freeport resident and chairwoman of education for the New York State NAACP, who offered to be photographed receiving the vaccine, said it was important to get the message out that the inoculations are safe. A cancer survivor, she said, “If I can survive those radiation treatments, I can survive this.” Karim Camara, executive director for the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based Community Development Services, which organized Tuesday’s event, said pop-up vaccination sites through churches were his agency’s chief concer n at the moment. They are an effort, he said, to ensure that disparities in the health system do not continue through the vaccination effort. “Our task is to make sure vulnerable

A clinic worker, above left, readied a dose. The pop-up site was organized by the state. tHe rev. sunny Philip, pastor of Gateway Christian Center, above. said that although he was ineligible to receive a vaccine, he was happy to open his church to the clinic. stAte AssemblywomAn micHAelle Solages, left, spoke of the importance of outreach to disadvantaged communities in the vaccination effort.

and underserved communities are not left behind,” he said. Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, a Democrat from Elmont, said her office had fielded a number calls from residents frustrated, sometimes to the point of tears, that they were unable to receive a vaccine appointment. It was through such clinics that disadvantaged residents in

the communities in her district might get a shot. “Covid-19 has devastated the Valley Stream and Elmont communities,” she said. “We know that, disproportionally, communities of color, low-income communities, were greatly impacted. So when we talk about providing hope, today is what that’s going to stand for, hope of an injection for our communities.”

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t first, the pandemic affected us a lot. Technically, we were considered essential, so we were allowed to open, but I had my family to take care of, so I had to think about them first. I had to make a very hard decision, and I closed my business for two and a half months last year. I spent that time focusing on my book series for children, K.C. & Kayla’s Science Corner, which I started back in 2018. I’ve published four books so far, and they're all aimed at firstand second-graders. I really did believe in it, and I thought that it was something that kids would love. I think the part that I enjoyed the most was when I would go to the schools or the libraries and I would read to the kids. It’s different when you’re in the room physically with them, because you can move

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ous two accusers had worked for Cuomo. Rice has been a vocal critic of Cuomo’s alleged behavior U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, since the accusations against who represents the South him first surfaced last week. Shore’s 4th District, late MonOn Feb. 27, she tweeted, day called on New York’s “This is no joke. There must Democratic governor, Andrew be an independent investigaCuomo, to resign after a third tion into these allegations. woman came forward accusThe accused CANNOT ing him of sexual harassappoint the investigator. ment. PERIOD.” Rice, a Democrat, tweeted, The next day, she followed “The time has come. The Govup with, “Enough is enough. ernor must resign.” Below it, The accused is still trying to she posted a New York Times control this process. Make the story detailing the third womreferral to the AG with suban’s accusations that Cuomo poena power ASAP.” had inappropriately State Attorney General approached her at a wedding Letitia James, a Democrat, in 2019, wrapping his hands will oversee the investigation around her cheeks, as seen in Kathleen rice into Cuomo’s alleged actions. a photograph, and asking to U.S. representative She will have subpoena power. kiss her. The incident, accordCuomo, who had called for ing to The Times, was recordan independent counsel to ed contemporaneously in text messages. investigate the accusations, has said that “I was so confused and shocked and his actions “have been misinterpreted as embarrassed,” Anna Ruch, 33, told The an unwanted flirtation.” Times. Ruch, who worked for the Obama “To the extent anyone felt that way, I administration and on President Joe am truly sorry about that,” a statement by Biden’s 2020 campaign, was not employed his office read. by New York state at the time. His previMore to follow.

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Rep. Rice calls on Cuomo to resign over accusations By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

he time has come. The Governor must resign.

Virtual grievance workshops help challenge your taxes my home page to register. Participation is capped at 300 people by the Department of Assessment, so reserve spots quickly. For As a result of the current administra- any questions or further assistance, contion’s reassessment, property taxes will tact my office at (516) 571-6206, or email me rise for 65 percent of Nassau County hom- at cwgaylor@nassaucountyny.gov. Resieowners. A further decision by the admin- dents seeking to access information on istration to freeze assessed values means their property can visit mynassauproperthat if a resident’s taxes were calculated ty.com, and forms and applications can be incorrectly, they will have found at nassaucountyny. to pay the amount indicatgov/agencies/ARC/form. ed on their tax bill unless html. they file a grievance chalOur Legislative majority lenging the assessment. has fought for fairness, The tax grievance filing accuracy and transparency period is now underway. throughout the reassessAnyone who disagrees with ment process that was the assessed value of their launched by the current homes covering the 2022-23 administration in 2018. year is eligible to file a tax Unfor tunately, County grievance. The filing period Executive Laura Curran was recently extended vetoed many of our initiaanother 60 days and now tives and proposals to county legislator c. runs until April 30. improve the process. I will William Gaylor To help residents navicontinue to propose poligate through the tax grievcies and laws to reform the ance process, I will be hostcounty’s reassessment proing two virtual workshops on Feb. 19, one cedures and fight to help our taxpayers get at 2 p.m. and another at 7 p.m. Residents the tax relief they deserve. do not have to pay a law firm or agency to file a tax grievance and these seminars Gaylor is a county legislator for Legislawill help address the necessary steps to tive District 6, which comprises Malverne, file on their own. Lynbrook, North Lynbrook, Valley Stream To attend either of the workshops, visit and portions of Rockville Centre, Hewlett, nassaucounty.gov/ld6 and click the link on Franklin Square and Woodmere.

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StudentS in MrS. Watson and Mrs. Pettas’ class at Howell Road Elementary School listened to Alexis Reyes, a parent and nurse, about the functions of the heart and tips on how to keep it healthy.

Howell students celebrate heart week Recently, students at Howell Road Elementary School celebrated Healthy Heart Week. Students in Mrs. Watson’s and Mrs. Pettas’ class learned about the functions of the heart, and how to keep it healthy throughout the course of their lives. Alexis Reyes, a parent and nurse at Long Island Jewish - Forest Hills, taught the students about the function of the heart and what it does for our body. She sent in x-rays for the students to look at one of a healthy heart and compared it to one of a damaged heart. She pointed out the specific differences in the two x-rays and explained what caused the visible damage. This led the class into a conversation about the damaging effects of smoking tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, vapes and e-cigarettes. Reyes mentioned how smoking can lead to

cancer, bad breath, wrinkled skin, yellow teeth and adverse effects in sporting activities. She also gave the students strategies for avoiding peer pressure as they transition into junior high school, and suggested they have a “plan b” if they feel nervous saying “no” to their peers about trying tobacco products. For example they could say, “I’m training for a game/meet/match.” The class then covered the topic of nutrition including por tion size, healthier choices and also having a balanced diet - not necessarily eliminating foods or drinks, but having balance and eating and drinking in moderation. Reyes then invited students to ask questions, which they had many. She was able to answer all of their questions about nutrition, smoking, dieting and diabetes.

District 13 reduces carbon footprint In January 2017, Valley Stream District 13 entered into an energy performance contract with Honeywell Building Solutions to lower the district’s carbon footprint. The contract provided the district with a method of obtaining the latest energy-saving technology without having to frontload or issue bonds for the cost of those systems. “We’re huge proponents of reducing our carbon footprint,” Schools Superintendent Dr. Constance Evelyn said. “Our district’s commitment to energy conservation focuses not only on energy cost savings for the taxpayer, but also on integrating sustainability into student learning for future generations.” These upgrades included LED lighting, air handling, hot water heater, hot water pump and motor replacements, pipe insulation, building energy management systems, desk computer power management

systems and rooftop solar panel installations. The Annual Energy Cost Avoidance Report - Year 1 prepared by Honeywell summarizes the Energy Conservation Measures implemented within the district for the contractual “Year 1” savings period. The report also summarizes the actual savings throughout year 1, which represents the period from August, 2019 through July, 2020. The payment to Honeywell – over a 15-year period – is intended to be offset by the annual energy cost savings. After the 15 years, the district would begin to capture energy savings and generate positive cash flow, since most of the news systems have life spans beyond the 15-year payment period. The district’s estimated energy cost savings for the year 1 period is $275,246, or 28 percent. -Compiled by Peter Belfiore

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Locals reflect on a year of pandemic continued from front could be gone,” he said. “I value my relationships even more now, and I’m enjoying spending more time with my family.” Like many, Valley Streamer Sabrina Carreras, 42, has had to work from home in her job as director of diversity and inclusion for a law firm in Manhattan. As a result, she has had to find new ways to keep positive while working. Over time, she said she has also slowly developed daily self-care routines that she has made mandatory for herself. Among

them is continuing to dress up in work attire each day. “It allows me to keep the sense of normalcy that I have control over,” Carreras said. “Self-care is not something that I negotiate on, and I always make sure that I keep my self-care routine by making time for myself to benefit my mental and psychological well-being.” Carreras also starts each day by reading from the Bible, which she said gives her peaceful thoughts. When she isn’t working from home, she keeps herself

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request funding ($400,000) for a commercial rehabilitation program focused on providing signs, lights and awnings for businesses and to replace fencing at Edward W. Cahill Memorial Park. 2 . S t r e e t s c a p e Improvements To request funding ($50,000) for beautification of Central Avenue, Merrick Road and Rockaway Avenue. 3 . R e s i d e n t i a l Rehabilitation Program To request continuation of funds ($100,000) for income eligible residents to have essential home improvements performed such as roof repairs or the replacement of energy efficient windows. ALL PERSONS IINTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on the proposed project at the time and place aforesaid. Dated: Valley Stream, New York March 4, 2021 By Order of the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream JAMES J. HUNTER Village Clerk 124845

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THE MEETINGS AND (3) TRANSCRIBE SUCH MEETINGS WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD. OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AND IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS, ALL VALLEY STREAM MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS WILL BE TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. The public may join the Public Hearing on ZOOM using the link provided. https://us02web.zoom.us/ j/7148140969 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution and the provisions of the Village Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, as amended, a Public Hearing will take place on Monday the 15h day of March, 2021 at 7:00 o’clock p.m. in the Village Hall Auditorium, 123 South Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York, before the scheduled regular meeting of the Board of Trustees. The Public Hearing is to consider the enactment of the following local law: PROPOSED LOCAL LAW A - 2021 - A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND CHAPTER 63 OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF VALLEY STREAM ENTITLED, “BUILDING CODE” BY ADOPTING A NEW ARTICLE IX ENTITLED, “PRIVATE SEWER LATERALS”. The proposed local law is available on the Village website www.vsvny.org or you may call the Office of the Village Clerk to request a copy on regular business days between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on the proposed local law at the time and place aforesaid. Dated: Valley Stream, New York March 4, 2021 By Order of the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream JAMES J. HUNTER Village Clerk 124846

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busy with small interior design projects around her house. Another part of her routine is making more time to exercise, and in the past year, she said, she has started eating healthier foods, while also doing good deeds for others. “I have made a habit of checking on people that don’t have a way to get groceries or essential items, and when I go out to shop, I pick up items for them,” Carreras said. “I also spend a lot more time checking up on my friends and family to make sure they’re OK, because this reduces the worries that I have about their well-being. This is a form of selfcare for me, because it actually keeps my mental state afloat to know that my loved ones are OK.” Valley Streamer Diego Yangali, 28, Courtesy Diego Yangali who works in digital music marketing, has also been working from home. Yan- last June, Valley Streamer Diego Yangali gali said he once enjoyed close friend- created a Facebook page called “Voices of ships with his co-workers, but the dis- Valley Stream” to help him and others cultance has made maintaining them diffi- tivate new friendships during the pandemcult. Despite that, he said he has more ic. friends now than before through social media. “I’ve branched out, and I’ve met so In the first four months of the panmany new people through my Facebook demic, Yangali said, he realized he was using social media more often. Assuming page, and whenever I think about the craziness of the pandemic he wasn’t alone in his and worries arise in me, I increased screen time, he remind myself that I was said he thought it would able to create something be a good idea to create a g o o d — a n e i g h b o rly local community forum. forum for people . . . PeoOn June 16, Yangali creple depend on me and that ated the Facebook page motivates me,” he said. “Voices of Valley Stream.” “Once the pandemic is The page, which currently over and we go back to has 511 members, was crenor malcy, the relationated to reach people on a sabrina carreras ships and community variety of social justice bonds for med from my topics and inform Valley Valley Stream Facebook page will transStream residents about form to real-life in-person happenings while giving them a platform connections, which I’m very excited to to cultivate new friendships. For Yangali, the page has provided a see happen.”

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any people seem to confuse democracy and capitalism. Some seem to think that capitalism defines our system of government. However, our governance is based on democratic principles, including the importance of voting. Capitalism is about economics, not governing. Two central characteristics of capitalism are competition in the marketplace and the availability of information. Competition supports choice, and freely available information supports ROBERT informed choice. Wander supermarSCOTT kets aisles and look at the shelves. There are abundant choices of toothpaste, laundry soaps and paper products, with descriptions of ingredients and safety labels. Nevertheless, we as consumers must be aware; we must determine the truth in advertising. Democracy as a governing system also has informed choice as a foundational

characteristic. We can choose which political party to support, which candidate to back and which policy proposals meet our criteria. However, we must seek the truth and become informed with facts. Given such choices, why do so many fail to vote? The 2020 presidential election campaigns spent almost $14 billion, and turnout, as a percentage of the voting-age public, was higher than any other in 120 years — yet one-third of eligible voters stayed away. Some lacked access or were afraid of the unofficial “marshals” monitoring voting sites, and others were dissuaded from voting by disinformation spread through social media. We need to do more to control disinformation efforts, reduce limitations to voting, help voters learn the truth and ensure the integrity of elections. We can choose to do more to ensure informed choices at the ballot box. But not choosing to do so is itself a choice, one that can lead to the demise of democracy. The historian Robert Artigiani wrote

that we should “choose to act so the act of choosing remains possible.” By failing to exercise our right to vote and failing to ensure the integrity of information promoted by campaigns, we have not only lost our chance to choose, but also have chosen to act in a way that can lead to losing our right to choose. That’s what happens in authoritarian regimes, even though they may not start that way. Hitler was chosen democratically in 1932 before consolidating power. Putin was first elected by popular vote in 2000, and instituted constitutional changes in 2018 that allowed him to remain in power. In both cases, the people made choices that resulted in the loss of future choices because they didn’t stay informed or act on their concerns in time to avoid the consequences. The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was the result of a disinformation campaign of falsehoods that persists to this day. For democracy to survive, for there to be “a more perfect union,” we need an informed citizenry that under-

ven in November’s momentous election, onethird of eligible voters sat out.

stands and appreciates critical thinking, information literacy and the instruments of democracy. We need objective journalism as the source of news. We also need more flexibility in voting to meet the needs of our modern world. Voting by mail and early voting are steps forward, but not the only steps that we can take. Why is general-election voting limited to the first Tuesday in November? Wouldn’t it make sense to allow voting over several days, as in some other countries? What about holding elections on weekends, when fewer people would have to take time off from work in order to vote? In some countries, voting is mandatory, and fines can be imposed on those who do not vote. Our vote is our voice. Voting is an act of choice and the exercise of our voice in expressing our values and priorities. We should make it easier to learn about candidates and issues, and vote. After all, our choice of leaders and policies is much more important than our brand of toothpaste. Robert Scott is president emeritus of Adelphi University and the author of “How University Boards Work.”

Fighting the other epidemic: QAnon (Part 1)

ddly, the most offensive remark made by a politician lately (and there are a lot to choose from) came from Marjorie Taylor Greene last month, as she was desperately trying to hold on to her seat in the House of Representatives. Standing before a microphone on Feb. 4, Greene was backpedaling as fast as she could to put distance between herself and QAnon, the conspiracy group she supported. She had been elected to the House in Georgia’s 14th District on a wave of racist RANDI and anti-Semitic KREISS vitriol and innuendo. In numerous speeches and tweets over the course of her campaign, Greene had allied herself with QAnon and its conspiracy tropes targeting numerous people in public life. By Feb. 4, she had been stripped of her committee assignments in the House because of her public remarks, and she feared being booted out of office altogether. So she stood before a microphone and announced to the world, “9-11 definitely happened.” Thank you, Marjorie. She proclaimed, “School shootings

happened.” In what fractured reality, I wondered, do we find someone like her validating the epic public tragedies we have witnessed with our own eyes? We heard the cries of children with our own ears. We saw the bodies falling from the high floors of the towers. Look around and take note: We are in a surreal place now, where the liars like Greene assume the roles of validating self-evident public truths. In her Feb. 4 appearance, she tried to distance herself from QAnon, but it was a transparent, self-serving show. She kept her seat. This is a woman who promoted violence against Q’s perceived enemies, at one point signaling support for the assassination of Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Greene was duly elected by 74 percent of the voters in her district. That raises the questions, how and why. My initial reaction was not to write about QAnon, to avoid shining a light on its dark activities and let it die a slow death. But it isn’t dying. A better tactic, I think, is to let in the air and light until the issues that gave rise to such a disturbing belief system are addressed. Briefly, QAnon is an internet-based

group of people who believe that there exists in public life a secret society of devil worshipers who kidnap and cannibalize children and engage in pedophilia. Preposterous? The ideology metastasized across the web, pulling people into an alternative world where they followed hidden “clues” and “codes” signaling belief that former President Trump would create a “storm” on inauguration day, ushering himself back into power and bringing down President Biden. And of course, destroying Black Lives Matter and Jewish influencers and basically nonwhites of any variety. How does a belief system like QAnon take hold? The problem isn’t politics, which just offers a stage. People are susceptible to theories that claim to explain the inexplicable uncertainties in all our lives. According to a story by Kevin Roose in The New York Times on Feb. 4, QAnon operates in a different way, and on a different scale, than anything we’ve seen before. For starters, it is uniquely participatory. Followers congregate online to decode the latest QAnon posts and to discuss their theories about the news of the day, creating a communal bond with their fellow believers. Apparently, hundreds of thousands of people think, with complete

t satifies needs we all have to feel significant and part of something big.

sincerity, that the leaders of the Democratic Party may be killing innocent children. Combine those fantasies with a willingness to commit violent crimes in the name of the group, and there is a real threat. Although there is plenty of ignorance to go around among Q followers, Roose wrote that they can’t be dismissed as stupid. The group satisfies needs we all have to feel significant and part of something big. When you don’t get that in other aspects of your life, the group becomes that much more important. Social media adds accelerant. We have to address the psychological triggers and motivations if we want to mitigate the influence and potential dangers of this kind of thinking. Conspiracy theories will always thrive when people feel like they’re not in control of their lives and when political, religious and social groups offer shelter. According to NPR, although QAnon has been kicked off Twitter and Facebook, it thrives on various fringe platforms. I don’t think anyone has a solution for eradicating groups like QAnon. But a good step forward is to better educate our children, creating a generation of more critical thinkers. I’ll address that in Part 2 next week. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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t’s been over 27 years since Colin Ferguson stepped onto a Long Island Rail Road train in Mineola and started indiscriminately firing a 9mm pistol at passengers. Six were killed, including Dennis McCarthy, of Mineola, and 19 were wounded. Dennis’s son, Kevin, then 26 and a broker with Prudential Securities in New York City, took a bullet to the head, but survived. His left arm remains partially paralyzed. That attack propelled Carolyn McCarthy, Dennis’s wife and Kevin’s mother, to run for Congress. McCarthy, then a nurse, was assailed as a political neophyte and a single-issue candidate, with her laser focus on gun control. Despite the odds against her, she won, and served in the House of Representatives from 1997 to 2015, retiring because of a cancer diagnosis. Throughout her time in Congress, McCarthy ably represented her district, becoming a respected member of the House and a strong-willed politician. She was frustrated often by the lack of movement on common-sense gun-control legislation, such as an assault weapons ban, because of big-money special-interest groups like the National Rifle Association. Still, she endured. It boggles the mind, but in the 243-year history of this nation, only two women have represented Long Island in the House of Representatives. McCarthy, who was elected in the 4th Congressional District, on Nassau’s South Shore, was the first, according to the Congressional Archives. The second is her successor, Kathleen Rice, who was previously the Nassau County district attorney, and whom

McCarthy strongly endorsed in the 2014 election against Republican Bruce Blakeman, the County Legislature’s former presiding officer and a current Town of Hempstead councilman. There has never been a woman from Long Island elected to the U.S. Senate. In fact, only two New York women — Hillary Clinton and Kirsten Gillibrand — have ever served in the Senate since the election of the state’s first two senators, Philip Schuyler and Rufus King, in 1789. Yes, only two. All other New York senators have been white men. That is a sad statement, given that women comprise more than half of our population, and that New York is a racially diverse state. In March, Women’s History Month, we should take a moment to reflect on these facts — and understand that we really could use more women representing us in Washington, and at all levels of government. There is no doubt that women often see the world differently than men. They understand, with far greater depth, the travails that they have faced in this country because of their gender — the implicit bias and outright discrimination. Most often, women are the primary caretakers of our children, so they better understand the lack of government resources available to young mothers with babies and school-age children. They can see how frayed our social safety net is, particularly when compared with Western European nations and Canada. Women elected leaders more often focus on domestic social issues — education, the environment, social equity — compared with their male counterparts in

letters LIRR procurement at a ‘snail’s pace’ To the Editor: Reports of more delays associated with the Long Island Rail Road’s $734 million procurement of 202 new M9 electric replacement cars in 2013 is nothing new. MTA LIRR, Metro North or NYC Transit Federal Transit Administration or locally funded commuter rail or subway car procurement is seldom completed on time, within budget and without contract change orders. There are clearly even more problems with this purchase. The MTA’s own independent engineering consultant forecasts an October 2022 completion date. There is no guarantee that this date will hold. Eight years later, completion of the delivery of all new M9 and M9A cars is several years behind schedule. The oldest M3 cars will have to stay around longer than planned before all new cars arrive and are ready for commuters to board. Instead of retirement, many M3 cars will

Congress, many of whom are often more concerned with international monetary policy and U.S. military intervention than funding school lunch programs and drugtreatment centers. In fact, in the long history of the House of Representatives, only one woman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, has chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee, and for only two years, from 2011 to 2013, according to the Congressional Archives. The Foreign Affairs Committee is considered among the premier assignments in the House, a center of international power and prestige. Yes, we need our representatives to keep a watchful eye on global affairs — and a number of women in Congress do. Of the 48 current members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, 12 are women — eight Democrats and four Republicans. None are from New York. At the same time, we need to balance international and domestic affairs, and women elected leaders play a key role in ensuring that we do. A record 144 women now hold seats in the House and Senate — but Congress remains a male-dominated institution, with men holding 73 percent of the seats. That statistic needs to change, on both of the Democratic and Republican sides of the aisle. We need greater balance in order to work toward a more perfect union, one in which our daughters, and their daughters, are given the respect they deserve. This month, though, we can reflect on pioneering women elected leaders like Carolyn McCarthy, Kathleen Rice, Hillary Clinton, Kirsten Gillibrand, and now Vice President Kamala Harris.

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he coronavirus pandemic has tipped over the world as we know it, harming most New Yorkers in profound ways while laying bare societal inequities that have plagued New Yorkers for generations, like the disparities in access to child care. It has also strained government budgets to the breaking point, at a time when we rely on the government for help. But there is light at the end of the tunnel, and we are inching our way to recovery. On our way there, we can — and ToDD should — focus on issues kaminsky specific that Covid-19 magnified. That’s why I’m pushing to pass two major initiatives over the next few months. My first initiative for Long Islanders is Universal Pre-K. UPK would provide 4-year-old children throughout Nassau County with free public preschool education. This would be a game-changer. New York City already has a robust universal

pre-K program. It’s about time Long Island children — and parents — received the same support. The science is clear: Investing in children before they start kindergarten has profound effects on their pre-literacy and pre-math skills. Children in Tennessee’s state-funded pre-K program, for example, saw a 75 percent improvement in letter-word identification, a 152 percent improvement in oral comprehension, a 176 percent improvement in picture vocabulary and a 63 percent improvement in quantitative concepts, compared to children who were not in pre-K. Simply put, pre-K sets children up to succeed. Universal pre-K would also be critical for parents and the economy. The pandemic highlighted how challenging — and stressful — full-time parenting with full-time work can be for families. UPK would speed up New York’s recovery by letting parents get back to work. I am pushing hard for UPK to be done in this year’s budget, which is due April 1. Second, I want to revolutionize how

ocusing on universal pre-K, and on making big companies fund recycling.

LeTTers remain for post Covid-19, East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal and increased reverse-peak service starting in December 2022. This assumes that the current project recovery schedule is met. When it comes to purchasing new rail cars, the line of the “Dashing Dan” moves at a snail’s pace. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

Brinton needs to move on To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Finding peace, post-Trump” (Feb. 18-24): Brinton can’t get Trump off his mind. The 45th president captivates him even though is no longer the POTUS. We were never on the brink of nuclear war with North Korea. This is pure speculation. Many children were sent to the Mexican border alone or with non-relatives to be admitted and later request that their parents be admitted. Brinton is ignorant about the chicanery pulled by desperate people wanting to come to the United States to escape the misery of their Central and South American countries. Immigration detention centers were built under President Obama.

we deal with our trash. We have a waste problem in America. Trash is literally piling up; and it will drown our kids. According to a recent study, the U.S. produced more plastic waste than any other country in the world in 2016, about 92.6 billion pounds. If we don’t act soon, we will run out of places to put it. That’s why I have introduced legislation that would shift the responsibility, and the cost, of recycling from taxpayers to big companies. Extended Producer Responsibility (also known as EPR) would boost recycling, curb waste and save tax dollars by shifting the end-of-life responsibility for packaging and paper products from local governments and taxpayers to corporate brand owners and producers. Right now, many products you put in the recycling bin aren’t actually recycled; there’s no market for them. This costs our municipalities millions of dollars, and keeps them on an unsustainable course. Under EPR, producers, like big companies, would cover the cost of recycling paper products and packages. This would moti-

vate them to produce fewer and more eco-friendly materials, all while funding our municipal governments. So what would happen to the packaging from all those deliveries you’ve ordered while you’ve been stuck at home? My bill would require companies to pay our cities for their recycling while also incentivizing them to use less packaging. And the best part? EPR would create thousands of new jobs on Long Island while saving taxpayers money. As we head toward recovery, it is crucial that we provide economic relief for local governments while generating good, wellpaying jobs. The bill, if passed, would be a win-win. We are on the cusp of recovery from the pandemic. More of us are getting vaccinated every day. Now is the time for lawmakers to look beyond Covid-19, learn from what we have gone through, be bold and enact policies that not only help Long Islanders get back to work, but also secure a better future for our children. Why just get back to normal when we can get back to better? State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, of Long Beach, represents the 9th District.

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Trump did not wear a mask initially, and catered to mass rallies that may have increased Covid-19 infections. He should have listened to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many of his tweets were factually incorrect and insulting. He has a potty mouth. Witnesses were not per mitted at Trump’s second impeachment trial in the Senate, only the lawyers. It was a rushed trial. Witnesses should have been allowed. The chief justice of the Supreme Court did not preside over the trial, because, in my opinion, he saw it as a farce. Brinton may never feel normal again because Trump exposed a raw nerve in the body politic and the “deep state,” which consists of federal employees and civil servants who believe they know best about which policies benefit the United States, rather than the president. Most of Trump’s tweets were stupid and incorrect. The media’s job was to identify them and show precisely why they were ill-informed or stupid. Trump did accomplish a lot through legislation and executive orders, but Brinton cannot bear to read about his accomplishments on the internet, so he is fixated on Trump. Why doesn’t Brinton address the real problems facing President Biden going forward, instead of looking backward? SID KRIMSKY West Hempstead

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