Valley Stream Herald 07-16-2020

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A problem with dumping Village workers warn of garbage discarded on ‘pipeline’ property restrictions. The county owns the property, while the village maintains For as long as Steve Acqua- it, and the land, which stretches vella, the supervisor of Valley from South Central Avenue west Stream’s Department of Public to Broadway, is a former waterWorks, can remember, people shed property, a holdover from h ave i l l e g a l l y when an increasingdumped trash along ly thirsty New York a roughly two-mile City once used Long stretch of empty Island’s water suppublic property ply at the turn of near the Queens the 20th century. border, on the north Underneath lies a side of the Long stone aqueduct that Island Rail Road once transported tracks. water from wells Acquavella and a drilled across Naslong line of village sau, including a workers, he said, handful in Valley have found everyStream. thing from mattress- SteVe “This was a pile es and construction aqUaVella of dirt” that somedebris to, about six Supervisor, one had dumped, months ago, a car Acquavella said, as missing wheels on Village DPW he pointed to a the plot of land roughly three-footinformally known as “the pipe- high mound along a path on the line.” But over the past three property. It was enveloped by months, he and code enforce- grass and undergrowth. ment inspector Nick Cassano Beyond were bits of broken agreed, it has been worse than concrete left, in various stages ever. of fading into the landscape. An “Call it the pandemic effect,” assortment of wood construcMayor Ed Fare said, noting the tion debris was left there, as increase in debris coincided well as scattered piles of with the spread of the coronavirus and subsequent lockdown Continued on page 7

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ValleY StreaMer JeNNifer McLeggan with her daughter Immaculate. For the past three years, she said, she has suffered what she believes is racially motivated harassment from three neighbors.

Standing with Jennifer

Valley Streamer claims racial harassment By Peter Belfiore pbelfiore@liherald.com

When Valley Streamer Jennifer McLeggan found a dead squirrel on her front lawn last week, she said, that was the last straw. The remains, she said she believed, were placed there as the latest in roughly three years of what she said may be racially motivated harassment tactics by a trio of nearby white neighbors on Sapir Street. After discovering the

squirrel while mowing her lawn, McLeggan, who is Black, taped a sign to her front door outlining her struggles with the three. It was intended as evidence, she said, in case things took a darker turn. “What’s next after dead squirrels?” she wondered. “I don’t want to deal with what’s next.” Passersby posted a photo of the sign on social media, and it quickly spread. As of Monday afternoon, it had

been shared hundreds of times across various platfor ms with the hashtag #standwithJennifer. With it came an outpouring of sympathy from neighbors and others who saw the post, with dozens visiting McLeggan throughout the weekend. Some offered protection, while others said they would pitch in to help her with yard work. A protest is planned for Thursday on the street. But Continued on page 4

e need the neighbors to help us. They’re our eyes and ears.

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BlAck lives MAtter protestors marched for roughly an hour in the streets around Fireman’s Field on July 13, and dedicated the event to Valley Streamer Jennifer McLeggan.

BLM protests continue in Valley Stream By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com

When the Tuosto brothers, Tiandre, 25, and Terrel, 28, both from West Hempstead, heard the story this past week of Valley Streamer Jennifer McLeggan, who said she was being racially harassed by neighbors, they thought it fitting that the Black Lives Matter protest they organized at Fireman’s Field on Monday would be in her name. “It is all over the internet that Jennifer is being harassed by her neighbors, who keep putting feces on her lawn. They don’t want her in Valley Stream because she’s Black,” Tiandre said. “We’re here for Jennifer. Through this protest we hope to open a dialogue for people to talk and for a message to be brought across to them that we all want to be treated equally. We won’t stop marching until change comes.” McLeggan, a single mother, said she had endured three years of harassment from her white neighbors through various means, including feces and litter thrown on her lawn, frequent complaints about her to village code enforcement and some threatening behavior. The latest incident, involving a dead squirrel she said they placed on her lawn, prompted her to place a sign on her front door asking for help. After viewing photos of the sign, which have gone viral on social media, the Tuosto brothers, who have organized around 40 other Black Lives Matter protests in the surrounding area said they both felt a desire to try and help McLeggan. “We are showing our support for Jennifer because these people are trying to instill fear in her,” Terrel said. “It’s chilling because these are the same fear tactics that were used in the civil rights era that are still being used to harass Black people today. We march today to shine a light on racism and to educate those who still don’t believe it exists.” Emotions ran high at points during Monday’s protest, as participants from

various communities gathered at the field around 5 p.m. and marched through the neighboring streets before returning. Many said they came in honor of McLeggan, and to support the Black Lives Matter movement. “What happened to Jennifer was wrong, and I think there would be more justice if it was handled properly,” Valley Stream resident Alexander Fernandez, 14, said. “The Black Lives Matter movement is a good thing because it brings a positive message and I hope that this protest will bring about awareness and attention that people need to start being treated equally.” Jasmine Cross, 33, also from Valley Stream, and who lives a few blocks from McLeggan, said that she hopes that the protest will help McLeggan feel more safe and appreciated. “I hope that Jennifer doesn’t think that everyone dislikes her,” she said. “I hope that change will come from this protest and that the people who are harassing Jennifer can be removed from the community or stopped.” Valley Streamer James Fletcher, 65, who has been living in the community for 25 years, and who has been participating in civil rights protests for decades, said he attended the protest to support McLeggan and his Black children and grandchildren. “I will keep protesting for the rest of my life because it’s a shame that they did that to Jennifer, who is a fellow community member,” he said. “In all my years of life, I’ve never seen racism so blatantly present. I want my grandchildren to grow up in a society where people don’t judge them because of their skin color.” “I heard about what happened to Jennifer and it’s not shocking to me, but I don’t want this to keep happening,” said lifelong Valley Stream resident, Derrell Cheng, 33. “I think protests like this help bring people together and I truly hope that it will bring awareness to this injustice.” Peter Belfiore contributed to this story.

terrel tuosto coorgANized the June 13 protest. He spoke of equality for all. zArAh goldBerg, 3, took the lead in the protest.

Resident asks for help in neighbor dispute continued from front page until recently, the single mother had been largely alone. The problems began when she moved into the house in 2017, she said. She got a good deal on it, and said it needed work. Soon, however, came visits by village code enforcement about issues including overgrown shrubbery; trees that had grown too large and too close to the home; litter such as dog feces on her lawn, even though Mcleggan did not own a dog; and an improperly installed fence put up at the request of the same neighbors whom she suspected had filed the complaints against her. Pregnant at the time with her daughter, Immaculate, McLeggan did her best, trimming the hedges and hiring crews to chop the trees down at great cost, but visits by code inspectors continued, as well as tense confrontations with the neighbors. At one point, she said, one threatened to call child protective services to take Immaculate — now two and a half years old — away. In particular, she was fearful of a pellet rifle she had seen the neighbors playing with in their back yard. Visits by Nassau County police went nowhere, she said. Finally, she installed cameras outside her home at the suggestion of other neighbors, who said they had similar experiences when they moved on to the street, and armed with video evidence, McLeggan successfully took the neighbors to smallclaims court, winning $5,000 in damages in

a July 2019 judgment by Nassau County Judge Gary Carlton. The videos showed the neighbors walking out of a home late at night and dropping items onto McLeggan’s lawn. After that, things quieted down for a while, until she discovered the squirrel. Syrrea, another neighbor on Sapir, who did not give her last name out of fear of harassment, said McLeggan’s experience with the neighbors followed a pattern that closely mirrored her own, particularly regarding code enforcement. She has lived on the block since 2008, she said, with inspectors coming early and often for small infractions. Most of the time her family got off with a warning, but it was clear to her, she said, that the same neighbors were filing the complaints. Syrrea, too, has had a dead squirrel appear in her yard, and although she said she was unsure where it had come from, she said she had seen one of the neighbors in their yard drowning squirrels they had captured in traps, and putting their remains in garbage bags. Additionally, she said, a pellet from the rifle had traveled through her back yard at one point while she was gardening. Considering the frequency of confrontations between McLeggan and the neighbors, including the visits by law enforcement, she said it was inevitable the situation would reach a boiling point, although when and in what manner was unclear. “I knew it would come to a head

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Jennifer McLeggan’s Latest incident prompted her to place a sign on her door. because of the way everything was escalating,” she said.

Police and officials respond

On Tuesday, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder held a news conference in order, he said, to “ratchet down” tensions surrounding the dispute. He identified McLeggan’s neighbors as a man in his 80s, along with his son and the son’s girlfriend, both in their 50s. Between McLeggan and the three, police had been called to the homes 45 times since she had moved onto the block in what Ryder described as “an ongoing dispute” between them. Although none of the calls, he said, resulted in actionable complaints, after the latest confrontation, police took statements from both parties, but had yet to interview the son, whom he said had fled “for fear of his safety.” The father, he said, according to the interview, was “not looking for a problem with his neighbors.” Ryder confirmed the presence of pellet guns — the rifle and a pistol — being used to shoot targets in the neighbors’ back yard. So far, he said, there was no evidence the guns were used to kill squirrels; however, police had received complaints by other neighbors on Sapir of dead squirrels found on their properties, which he said were being investigated by the Department

of Environmental Conservation. He said the Nassau County District Attorney was investigating allegations that the neighbors and village code enforcement were working in concert, but noted that regarding the dispute over the fence, the village “did the right thing,” and declined to issue a ticket to McLeggan. Additionally, village code enforcement, Ryder said, had received complaints of a dead squirrel in McLeggan’s and another nearby neighbor’s garbage, and in that case too had declined to issue a ticket. Other allegations, Ryder said, had been largely resolved in the 2019 civil case judgment. “At this time we do not have any evidence of any bias,” he said, “but that does not mean that it’s not there.” Responding to an inquiry, Deputy Village Clerk James Hunter issued a statement. “When our code enforcement, Building Department and public safety officers are alerted to violations of village codes and ordinances, all necessary enforcement steps are taken to ensure the peace and tranquility of our neighborhoods for all our citizens,” he said. “In the particular and disturbing current case that has captured our attention,” Hunter continued, “village officials have been in regular communication with the Nassau County Police Department, under whose jurisdiction allegations of criminal behavior fall.” On Twitter, Mayor Ed Fare also said the village is working with law enforcement agencies to investigate the matter. “We will continue to closely monitor the situation,” he said. McLeggan works two jobs as a nurse, often taking night shifts at a nursing home in Far Rockaway, and supervisory shifts at nursing homes elsewhere. But after the efforts she made to maintain her property and bring it up to code, she said she was tired, and latest incident had pushed her over the edge. “You see me trying, and you still want to harass me?” she said. “I did everything in life that I was supposed to do,” she said. “I went to school, I studied, I pay my taxes here, I pay my mortgage on time. I pay all my bills, and it’s still not enough, and I don’t think that’s fair. It’s not fair to me to come home from work and have to deal with that.”

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VAlley StreAm ArtiSt Mike Stanko with is wife Karen Zang at the Alfred Van Loen gallery in Huntington. With museums and galleries open to limited attendance, he said he looks forward to returning.

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Long Island began Phase Four reopening of the economy on July 8, including universities and colleges. There is still no word whether the state’s 700 public school districts could return to in-person classes, however, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday that a decision would come in August. In the meantime Cuomo said all school districts have been directed to develop reopening plans, but he is taking a waitand-see approach whether students will head back to their school buildings in September. In addition to higher education, industries that opened on Wednesday include: ■ Film and music production. ■ Low-risk indoor arts and entertainment. ■ Low-risk outdoor arts and entertainment. ■ Professional sports without fans. Low-risk indoor enter tainment includes museums, historical sites and aquariums. Examples of low-risk outdoor entertainment are zoos, botanical gardens and nature parks. In Valley Stream, residents said they have mixed feelings about the repoenings. Local artist Mike Stanko said that he and his wife love going to museums on Long Island, and looks forward to doing it once again. “My wife and I are huge fans and we love going to shows at the Heckscher Museum of Art, the Nassau County Museum of Art and Mills Pond Gallery,” he said. “Phase Four will be different and it’s a step in the right direction. I’m hoping we get a vaccine soon, so we can get closer to the life we are used to.” Others, however, said they were fearful that the reopenings could lead to increased exposure to the coronvirus. Valley Stream resident Cristina Arroyo predicts that Phase Four will have the opposite intended effect for her and her family, and noting that two of her family

members died of complications from the virus in the same week, it will force them to be even more wary of infection. “Reopening public venues that hold groups of people in contained areas will help further the spread, and me and my family are going to have to be even more careful than before,” she said. “My family and I will continue to avoid crowded places and wearing masks. Overall, phase four represents more restrictions on my freedom rather than fewer.” Valley Stream resident Anseer Khan said that because he and his children do not anticipate visiting any of the locations opening in Phase Four he does not believe it will directly affect him. However, Khan said he does worry that reopening will negatively affect his friends and family that work in the healthcare industry, particularly those who have tested negative for covid 19 antibodies. “Increasing indoor activities I feel is dangerous and I feel skeptical of the cases being down in New York,” he said. “I don’t think we should rush to reopen without a vaccine.” Cuomo praised New Yorkers for their vigilance and resilience throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. He said, though, that he worried people might become apathetic and arrogant, believing they had beaten the virus. He noted that the infection rate remains just below 1 percent statewide — down from nearly 17 percent on Long Island and more than 20 percent in New York City at the height of the pandemic in April. More than 54,000 New Yorkers were tested for the coronavirus on Sunday, and 518 of them were positive for the disease. “The numbers have actually declined since we started reopening” seven weeks ago, Cuomo said. He also said there were fewer than 10 deaths statewide overnight from July 5 to 6. But he said, the virus is still out there, so people must continue to wear masks and maintain social distancing in public spaces, according to state law. He implored local police departments to enforce the law. New York City began Phase Three reopening on Monday, without indoor dining.

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Nassau demands $2M for the Coliseum By BRIAN STIEGLITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

Nassau County is demanding that Onexim Sports and Entertainment, the company that operates Nassau Coliseum, pay $2 million in overdue rent in 15 days or risk forfeiting its lease. The county recently explained its action in a Notice of Default sent on July 7 to Onexim, which operates Nassau Coliseum under the Nassau Events Center. The letter came following Onexim’s decision last month to temporarily close the Coliseum while it waits for investors to take over operations and take on the remaining debt. If Onexim fails to pay the $2 million in payments to the county within 15 days after the letter was sent, it would result in an “event of default” and mean the county could terminate its lease. The lease accounts for an additional 30 days in which the Nassau Events Center’s leasehold lender, Nassau Coliseum Funding 100, could “step into the tenant’s shoes” and satisfy the rent payments before the county could end the lease. However, in a loan agreement secured by the lease, the Nassau Events Center owes $100 million to Nassau Coliseum Funding 100 for renovations made to the Coliseum in 2015. A statement about the county’s decision reads that it was made in “an effort to ensure a plan for sustained operations” at the Coliseum and the redevelopment of the 72 acres surrounding it, known as the Nassau Hub. “We cannot drag our feet on a strategy for the future of this hallmark Nassau County arena nor risk the unprecedented progress we’ve made to transform the Hub site,” County Executive Laura Curran said. “We did not take

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AmId NASSAu CoLISEum’S temporary closure, Nassau County is demanding that Onexim Sports and Entertainment, the company that operates Nassau Coliseum, pay $2 million in overdue rent. today’s action lightly and believe it is the best way to bring all parties to the table.” The county invited Onexim and its lender to discuss their plans for the future of the Coliseum and the Nassau Hub redevelopment, as written in a letter sent to both groups as well as the codeveloper for the Nassau Hub, RXR Realty. The county’s action also comes after the Nassau Events Center requested a rent forbearance ag reement. In response, the county asked for a detailed plan describing how the Nassau Events

Center plans to continue Coliseum operations and how rent forbearance would help with such a plan. “I’m committed to swiftly reviewing any proposals to get a plan for the building and the redevelopment back on track for the benefit of all our residents — including our devoted Islanders fans — who were looking forward to a final season at the Barn,” Curran said. The temporary closure of the Coliseum leaves the future uncertain for the New York Islanders, which is set to play half of its games next season at the Col-

iseum and the other half at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn. “We are engaged in a productive conversation with all the stakeholders,” reads a statement from Onexim. “We have consistently initiated communications with the county and have been responsive to their communications. We are hopeful that we will soon be able to announce a resolution that will satisfy the needs of the community while taking into account the new realities that we are all facing in light of the pandemic.”

Pols call for oversight of Covid-19 spending By BRIAN STIEGLITZ

and the only town that qualified for the CARES Act funding. Nassau County received $103 million, New York State Sen. Kevin Thomas and Suffolk County, $257.6 million. and U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice are calling On Thursday, Thomas and Rice for the state comptroller to review how appeared outside Hempstead Town Hall, the Town of Hempstead is where Thomas announced spending the $133 million it legislation to appoint a fiscal received from the federal govmonitor to ensure “equitaernment under the Coronavible” distribution of the panrus Aid, Relief, and Economdemic funds, he said. He said ic Security Act. he would introduce the legisDubbed the CARES Act, lation in the State Senate the legislation distributes $2 once it resumes its session on trillion in funds among cerJuly 20. tain governments to alleviate “Strong oversight is about expenses related to the coromaking sure that the people navirus. It is not meant to who really need relief are the replace lost revenue and ones who receive it,” Thomas Kevin Thomas could be used until Dec. 30, said. “This important legisla2020. tion will ensure the accountGovernments that qualified for the ability and transparency that taxpayers funds must have populations of over deserve in these exceptionally challeng500,000. Hempstead is the largest town in ing times.” In a statement, Greg Blower, the the country, with over 800,000 residents,

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town’s director of communications, funds toward the following efforts: accused Thomas and Rice of doing “very ■ $1 million toward each of the four hoslittle to provide direct aid to communipitals in the Town of Hempstead. ties that are struggling.” He said they are “looking to deflect attention from their ■ $2 million to the Nassau County lackluster performance.” Industrial Development Agency’s effort “What’s more, our governto provide small businesses ment’s diverse Covid-19 Adviwith free personal protective sory Panel continues to idenequipment kits. The town’s tify areas of need, and the donations funded the cretown’s administration is ation of 4,000 more kits. working with village officials ■ $2.1 million for Island to provide assistance,” BlowHarvest. er said. On May 5, after securing All of the above decisions the $133 million in CARES were made as resolutions Act funding, the town develpassed on the town website oped an Economic Relief before they were communiAdvisory Committee to delibcated to the press and in the Kathleen Rice erate how to distribute it. town’s e-newsletter. SuperviThe same day, the committee sor Donald Clavin has also agreed to distribute $2 million among 14 been communicating once a week, via local food banks within the Town of Zoom, with village mayors to hear their Hempstead. input and discuss their needs related to So far, the town has also allocated the pandemic.

Officials complain of debris on public land branches and leaves. “The biggest thing is agriculture,” Acquavella said, noting that crews routinely remove large piles of rotted grass dumped by landscapers. “Most of it we clean up,” he said, “but it’s a losing battle.” The issue, he said, is the property’s remoteness, which makes enforcement nearly impossible. Without electricity, the village cannot install cameras or lights. “They could dump anything they want,” he said. “It’s pitch black.” The fine for dumping on the property is $5,000, but only one culprit — a man from Rosedale — has been caught in recent memory, after a village worker spotted the license plate of a truck as it drove off the property. Before that, Acquavella and Cassano said, it had likely been more than a decade since someone was caught in the act. “Ninety-nine percent of the time they get away with it,” Acquavella said. Mainly, he asked residents living north along the land to lend a hand, and call the police or write down a license plate number if they hear or see people drive onto the property, particularly at night, when, he said, “Nobody should be here.” “We need the neighbors to help us,” he said. “They’re our eyes and ears.” Crews diverted to remove the garbage, he said, are often pulled from other jobs, such as street maintenance and tree repair. “All these things that have to be done on a daily basis have to be slowed down” as a result, he said. Other concerns include the dumping

of toxic chemicals in storm drains on the site, which feed into the neighborhood’s various streams. Village engineer Joe Accarino said the drains all lead into natural waterways, and “it all eventually goes out into the bay,” adding that the water is untreated. Remarking on the importance of keeping the waterways clean, Fare said, “It’s called Valley Stream for a reason.”

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ConstruCtion and agriCultural debris are most often found on the property, according to village DPW Supervisor Steve Aquavella.

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Higher Education ENABLING A BRIGHTER FUTURE

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Returning to campus will have a decidedly different feel this fall.

Heading off to school Adjusting to the new realities of college life in the ‘new normal’

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ndoubtedly, the outbreak of Covid-19 has brought a cloud of uncertainty to higher education institutions regarding how to proceed with returning to campus. While many colleges and universities have announced their plans to reopen campuses this fall, students need to prepare for a college experience that will be from what it used to be. College will clearly not be the same, whether that be in person or online. Many schools are hopeful to have students on campus but are also making alternate plans, such as a hybrid of online and in-class, an early or late start, and other creative options. But regardless of how college will look, students will want to make transitioning this fall as smooth as possible. Introduce yourself Don’t be shy! Introduce yourself to your professors, classmates, and advisors. For school online, try and follow the same advice and find virtual office hours for your professors, peer study groups, and work that campus directory to contact the folks you need. Set up for Success No matter where you are this fall, have a dedicated study space to focus on your studies, especially if you are taking classes online. Read through your syllabus and plan your to-do schedule for weekly studying as well as longer preparations for exams, papers, or projects. Try to eliminate distractions (like your phone) and if necessary use headphones. Learn about the services your school offers like tutor centers in math and writing, whether online or on campus. You don’t have to do it alone! There are resources available to help you succeed! And

lastly, if your school is online, or in a mixed format, then create peer study groups via a conferencing app as an alternative. Get involved This is advice you hear over and over, but it will make a difference. Make connections through clubs, activities, events, student government, or consider joining a sorority or fraternity. Consider intramural sports, or meet new people while volunteering for a worthwhile cause on campus, or in the community. If being online is your only option, find like-minded peers in an online club just as you would on campus. Don’t see one that fits you? Start your own club and recruit members! Come together Getting along with roommates (whatever that may resemble this fall) is essential, especially during this unsettling time. Sit down together and set expectations for your shared space. Determine how to respect each other’s property and need for quiet time. Agree on what times are acceptable for visitors and consider making a cleaning schedule to make sure everyone is pulling their weight. If you’re doing school online you might need to give your family members heads up for times when you need it quiet for an exam or the Wi-Fi bandwidth for an online class discussion. Maintain a healthy lifestyle No matter where you are be sure to exercise, eat healthy, and get regular sleep as much as you can. Consider meditation or practice finding mindfulness throughout the day. Find a balance in your life by not neglecting either academics or your personal life. ■

Back-to-school has changed this fall. Students will need to consider how to best prepare for incorporating online learning into their college experience, in addition to staying healthy while on campus. Add these items to your traditional back-to-school checklist. √ Face coverings: Those all-important masks are a must in the Covid environment. Keep covered when you are among others protect the people around you in case you are infected but do not have symptoms. √ Multi-port USB charger: Spring 2020 taught us that classes can quickly be converted from in-person to online. Make sure you’re prepared for online learning by bringing a USB charger with multiple ports to keep your phone, tablet, laptop, etc. fully charged. √ Hand sanitizer: Alcohol-based hand sanitizers will help when you’re on the go and not able to wash your hands. Look for a brand that contains at least 60 percent alcohol. √ Noise-cancelling headphones: Invest in a good pair of headphones to drown out your roommate’s music or online class lectures. If you find it hard to study while listening to music, try downloading white-noise tracks from Spotify. √ A noise-cancelling app: If you need to participle in a virtual class discussion, download a noise-cancelling app to reduce the background noise caused by your roommate, pets, air conditioner, etc. √ Disinfecting wipes: Use disinfecting wipes to easily sanitize surfaces, including your phone and computer. Own a MacBook or iPhone? According to Apple’s website , it is ok to use disinfectant on the exterior surfaces of Apple products as long as you “avoid getting moisture in any opening, and don’t submerge your Apple product in any cleaning agents.” √ Webcam: Your phone or computer may already have a webcam, but if you’re unsatisfied with the quality or looking to upgrade for virtual class sessions, consider adding an external web camera to the mix. √ Blue light blocking glasses: Staring at digital screens like your computer, phone, tablet, and even TV may cause eye fatigue or other macular issues from the blue light emitted. Blue light blocking lenses are available for glasses of all types, from prescription to non-Rx. √ Electronic notepad and stylus: Using a digital notepad makes sharing your handwritten work on a math equation a breeze. √ Adjustable laptop stand: Whether you use your laptop from your bed, couch, or desk, investing in an adjustable laptop stand can help support your wrists and improve your posture while studying or working on an assignment. Look for a stand that can be raised upwards to turn your workstation into a standing desk. ■

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t was disappointing for us to postpone our annual Souper Scavenger Hunt, but we had to make sure that this does happen at some point because the food pantry relies on this event so much. The alternative food drive back in March, however, did really well. People really came out to support us. It was a different format this year, but we were excited about the fact that we were finally able to do it. We were able to keep the kids involved and still get the food that’s needed for the pantry. The food we collect from the scavenger hunt usually lasts about four months, so to be without it was a bit difficult for us. People have come together to do smaller drives to help us at this time, but before the scavenger hunt on June 27, the pantry was very bare. We broke up the village into 52 sections, and from June 14 to 25, we got volunteers to distribute fliers to each section of the village. The church also made a video as a nice way to show how kids can come together, get involved and be a part of it, even though they’re not physically going door to door. The timing was perfect, and it’s what we needed at that moment. I think that people are aware that of the fact that the needs are greater at this time, and there’s been so many people that have rallied together.

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Front-line workerS at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside came outside to greet hundreds of cars that drove by in a parade to support them during the battle against the coronavirus in April.

Weathering the pandemic at MSSN By Mike SMollinS msmollins@liherald.com

When faced with an “unprecedented” situation in April as coronavirus numbers reached their peak — 383 — the staff at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital rose to the occasion and banded together to get through the difficult time. “We are stretched beyond anything we have seen in the past,” spokesman Joe Calderone said at the time. “The situation here is unprecedented.” While many lives were lost because of the virus, the hospital celebrated the release of hundreds of Covid-19 positive patients who were released healthy. At a time when front-line workers were stretched thin, the Oceanside community and many others came together to show their support, donating food to the hospital’s staff daily throughout the pandemic. In May, when cases began plummeting, the hospital returned to offering elective surgeries as the hospital began a “Don’t Put Your Health on Hold” initiative, urging the community not to risk safety out of fear of coming to a hospital. “If you’re out there and you have a procedure that you’ve been putting off, or if you have any kind of medical issue, you should call immediately,” Calderone said. “Don’t wait.” In June, most units of the hospital returned to welcoming visitors under strict guidelines, including one visitor per day per patient, and a shift from a 24 hours per day visitor policy to a fourhour window. Additionally, all visitors must undergo a Covid-19 test no more than two days before visiting. Before, during and after the surge of the pandemic, MSSN was committed to delivering standard-setting, patient-cen-

Mount Sinai South Nassau Communities hospital in Oceanside. tered health care. It is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 455 beds, more than 900 physicians and 3,000 employees. The hospital is an acute-care, not-forprofit teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art care in cardiac, cancer, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and emergency services. It is a designated Stroke Center, boasts Long Island’s first and only Gamma Knife® and Novalis Tx™ radiosurgery technologies for superior cancer care, expert orthopedic services, and emergency and elective angioplasty. MSSN has been designated as an Accredited Bariatric Surgery Center by MBSAQIP and is also a recipient of the American Heart

Association/American Stroke Association’s “Get With The Guidelines®”Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite. MSSN’s beautiful North Addition houses two 36-bed medical surgical units, a 36-bed inpatient behavioral health unit and comprehensive maternity services center with 26 private postpartum rooms, spacious labor and delivery rooms and a neonatal intensive care unit. The hospital’s Emergency Services department is one of the largest and most advanced on Nassau County’s South Shore. Designated a regional stroke center and Level II Trauma Cen-

ter by the American College of Surgeons, the department houses 35 treatment rooms and specialty care, including a high-speed CT-scan and x-ray facility, pediatric emergency room and psychiatric emergency room. And that capacity will soon be expanding. MSSN is working on building a new four-story, 58,000-square-foot wing. The new wing will nearly double the size of the emergency room, add new and larger operating rooms, add more beds in the critical-care wing, and will also help prepare the hospital in case of another hurricane like Sandy or a surge in patients from a pandemic like it saw during the Covid-19 peak. MSSN is the only hospital on Nassau’s South Shore permitted to perform angioplasty in an emergency or an elective basis. In the event you or a loved one need angioplasty, it can be performed on the spot at the hospital’s Center for Cardiovascular Health, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The facility’s Cancer Center is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and has received the Outstanding Achievement Award for three consecutive survey cycles (2009, 2012, 2015). With leadingedge cancer fighting technologies, including Novalis Tx™ radiosurgery, daVinci robotic-assisted surgery, the Long Island Gamma Knife® and worldclass physician talent specializing in cancer, MSSN offers South Shore residents expert cancer care without the need to travel to points north or into the city. For more information about MSSN and its services, call (877) 768-8462 or (516) 632-3000, or go to www.southnassau. org. We encourage you to “like” them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.

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oes anyone not newly ‘woke’ to injustice fail to meet impossible standards?

Luther King Jr.’s devotion to nonviolence too timid to be honored? Does anyone not newly “woke” to prejudice, privilege and injustice fail to meet the left fringe’s impossible standards? If so, we’re all lost. We all come up way short. But there is another path. We can revisit history, but let’s not revile it. We can and should take a hard, cleareyed look at racism and economic deprivation in our own time. We should invest in our poorest neighborhoods, improve our poorest-performing schools, and help create better economic opportunities for minority communities. I’d like to see us fight hard to right the wrongs of America’s past. But we can only succeed if we build on the solid foundations of that past. In a few weeks, Congress will return to Washington to consider another historic round of support for America’s struggling economy. This year, a pandemic has forced our leaders to drop partisan differences to pass legislation to keep our economy afloat. Let’s hope and pray they build on this cooperative spirit to earn a place of honor in our nation’s history. 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.

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eally, I am trying not to take this personally, but it seems clearer every day that our federal government is choosing to open the economy at the expense of older Americans. When I say “expense” I’m not talking dollars; I’m talking survival. A few indisputable facts:

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and should have followed. The founders’ ideal of liberty for all clashed starkly with the horrible reality of their support for the slavery of many. But if the good they did and the good we do can be swept away by the sins they committed and the sins we commit, then there is little hope for redemption. If every American leader up to the present day is judged too flawed to honor, if all of American history before today is judged irredeemable, then we are doomed, for those who erase history will surely find themselves bound to replaying it. The intolerance of today’s mobs toward everything and everyone who went before us will eventually turn on all of us and those who come after us. History shows it’s just a few short steps from the French Revolution’s cry for fraternity and equality to the Reign of Terror, the Star Chamber and the guillotine; from the heady days of the Russian Revolution to the horror of the Soviet purge, the gulag prisons and the Berlin Wall. So the next time a former president’s monument is defaced or his statue is torn down, let’s think for a moment who will

■ America has an agonizing challenge ahead. Covid-19 cases are surging in many states, and many hospitals are once again in danger of being overwhelmed.

■ Ninety-five percent of coronavirus deaths occur in people over 60 years of age. A crushing number of people have died in elder-care facilities across the country. ■ We are months away from any breakthrough treatment, and possibly longer than that for a viable vaccine. ■ Children need to get educated, and they need to get out of the house to play and meet friends. If not, we will have a generation of kids growing up with their own unique psychological problems as a

result of living through a pandemic. Clearly, the needs of the children are in direct conflict with the need to protect our older people. The children always have to come first, but it isn’t an either/or situation. The problem can be addressed reasonably well. As the epidemiologists have told us, widespread testing, universal protections, like masks and shields, and respect for medical guidelines, to maintain social distance, can allow our kids and grandkids some of the social freedom they need and still help keep older people safe from contagion. This isn’t perfect, but it isn’t rocket science, either. We need a coordinated effort to put in place safety measures so our economy can stumble forward and our children can return to some kind of schooling. None of this is happening now. We don’t just have a vacuum of leadership, we have a toxic message spewing from President Trump and his minions that undermines medical advice and seems indifferent to the threat to older folks. There is a receptive audience for this message. Sacrificing Grandma and Grandpa seems to be the price many are willing to

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pay in order sit at a bar, attend a rally or party with friends. Senicide (a word I just learned) is the killing of older people or abandoning them to certain death. It is a practice that took a while to gain traction in America, but apparently we are cozying up to the idea. Senicide has been practiced since ancient times by cultures around the world. Though illegal in India, thalaikoothal is still practiced in some remote villages as a form of “mercy killing.” In ancient Nordic cultures, attestupa was the custom of old people jumping or being pushed off high cliffs. In rural China, among the Inuit, helping people to their final destination was an acceptable way to conserve resources for the young. And now, in the United States of America, the bean counters are accepting a certain number of deaths in exchange for opening the local tattoo parlors. I never imagined senicide as part of the American experience. Until now. I see Trump humphing and pfumphing about pushing kids back into school and opening “Main Street,” and I hear the unspoken calculus that a boost to the economy will require a culling of the over-60 population. That doesn’t have to be the deal. There

never imagined senicide as part of the American experience. Until now.

is another way to move forward without stepping over the bodies of our elders. Masks really work. Social distancing is effective. To me, it follows that people who gather in groups without masks are willfully putting their older loved ones at great risk. Since the president has abdicated leadership over the pandemic, it is up to the governors and mayors to find their backbone and their moral conscience and make masks and distancing the law of the land. For my baby boomer brothers and sisters, we need to take care of ourselves, and that means staying relatively isolated, so our grown children won’t have the additional burden of caring for us. That means not connecting physically with our grandkids, as we did before the pandemic. No hugs and kisses for the moment. We can welcome one another with open arms as soon as it’s safe to embrace; in the meantime, this is what we must do. My friends and I joke darkly that if Covid-19 rages on, tens of thousands of the older generation will die sooner rather than later, Medicare will have fewer claims, younger people will inherit ahead of schedule, and it will all be just dandy. If you can live with it. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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his week, the Herald Community Newspapers are making a seemingly small, but we believe critical, change to our Style Guide. Going forward, the Herald will use a capital B when writing about Black people. Our choice was motivated by the Associated Press’s decision to do the same. The Herald generally follows AP style in its writing, only occasionally veering from it, as is the case with hundreds of newspapers across the United States. After the AP’s decision — and a similar one by The New York Times, which has style guidelines of its own — we began considering whether our policy on the use of the lower-case b required reconsideration, culminating with a group discussion with our editorial staff. We wanted to reach a consensus based on sound reasoning. We concluded that the capital B is about more than skin color. It represents a shared history and culture among a traditionally marginalized group of people in our society. We had, for many years, used African-American when referring to Black people, but many Black people do not describe themselves as African-American, having lost their ties to Africa centuries ago. The Black Lives Matter movement, which exploded into the American consciousness after the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis

police officer on Memorial Day, crystallized in our minds the importance of the capital B. Black, in this case, not only represents a movement toward social justice, but also a shared identity. We are making one exception to the new rule. We will not capitalize black in Crime Watch items, where black speaks only of a person’s physical description. In keeping with our longtime policy, no person can be described in Crime Watch solely by the color of his or her skin. A physical description must also include height, weight, clothing and any distinguishing features, such as a beard. Many will ask why the AP, The Times — and now the Herald — will not capitalize white. First, and most important, white does not represent a shared sociocultural identity. It is simply a physical description. Most white Americans can, and do, trace their roots back to Europe. They know what countries their ancestors came from, with stories of grandparents and great-great-grandparents passed down in family trees and oral histories. These histories help white Americans feel a sense of cultural heritage, a connection to their past, whether they are Irish-American, Italian-American or Polish-American. Most Black people in America had their familial and cultural ties ripped away from them because of slavery. In the nation’s earliest census at the end of the 18th century, Blacks accounted for nearly one-fifth of the U.S. population, with nearly all brought here as slaves

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letters Vote no in District 13 budget revote To the Editor: Most of the public did not support School District 13’s proposed 2020-21 budget, and voted it down, 53 percent to 47 percent. Astonishingly, the school board trustees get to propose another budget for a revote. This new proposal increases spending by 2.5 percent and preserves pay raises for all teachers. Our teachers are among the highest-paid in the country. I questioned the need for any increase in spending, for there must be significant cost savings due to the closure of all four district schools since March due to the pandemic. Cost savings from not running the school buses alone come to around $990,000. Sure enough, the trustees “found” unspent money from last year’s budget and have earmarked it for several reserve funds. One reserve fund — the Employee Benefits and Accrued Liabilities — is used to pay for teachers’ unused sick time, vacation time and personal time when they retire. Newsday reported as recently as Sunday, March 12, on page A6, that when our teachers

from Africa, according to the Pew Research Center. Today, most of the nation’s 40 million U.S.-born Black people are descended from this original population. Enslaved Blacks were forced to start over, developing a shared socio-cultural identity in this new and terrifying land. To write Black, as opposed to black, is to recognize this identity. Changing a newspaper’s style will do nothing to alter the social and economic conditions that Black people face in America. It will not reverse the evils of systemic racism, which has oppressed them since they were forcibly brought to this land. When all of us commit to and work toward ending racism, in all its forms, we will at last eradicate it. To write Black is a sign of respect for a people who have, for too long, been castigated and downtrodden. The Herald has long been committed to reporting on the issues that matter to the Black community. In 2014 we took on a yearlong investigative series, “Living on the Edge,” about the challenges that people face making ends meet in Nassau County. Issues of poverty, we found, disproportionately affect Black and Hispanic people. Last year, we took on another yearlong series, “The Racism Around Us,” examining myriad examples of systemic racism throughout society. In choosing Black instead of black in our Style Guide, we are committing to continuing such reporting in the future.

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p to now, President Trump has been lucky enough to avoid catching Covid-19. He is tested two times a day, along with all of the White House staff. Despite these tests, a number of staffers have contracted the virus, including members of the Secret Service detail. But there’s no doubt that even if the president escapes the bug, there’s a strong likelihood that the pandemic will be his undoing come Election Day, Nov. 3. At the beginning of the year, Trump was an odds-on favorite to be re-elected. The JerrY economy was kremer humming along and unemployment was at an alltime low. But in early January, China reported its first cases of the new coronavirus. The president called for a halt to immigration from China, but in the weeks after the declaration, it’s estimated that over 20,000 Chinese citizens traveled to America without hindrance. For the entire month of February, the president downplayed the reports of the

virus, predicting that it would quickly go away. He said that the few reported cases in the U.S. would dwindle down to zero, so there was no need to worry. Fearful that any reports that the virus was spreading would harm his re-election campaign, he lost precious weeks in which he could have alerted the nation to take any and all precautions. Well into March, Trump ignored the growing death toll and was determined to get the economy going again at all costs. His pressure on Republican governors to reopen has now turned into a massive debacle, with Florida, Texas, Arizona, South Carolina and Arkansas, among others, reporting record numbers of infections. Blindly loyal to the president, they have exposed millions of their people to the possibility of death or serious health problems. Now, as their hospitals reach capacity with Covid-19 patients, these governors are backtracking from their stupid political decisions and calling for the wearing of masks and renewed lockdowns. When New York state was hit with the virus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo sprang into

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very day, he’s digging the nation deeper and deeper into another tragedy.

Letters retire, on average, they get a severance check for $200,000 for their unused time. Why are the trustees not setting aside money for expenditures for personnel protective equipment like masks or for multiple portable hand cleaning stations to help protect the children, the teachers and the staff from Covid19? These unspent funds were voted on last year for items A, B, and C. If funds were spent on A and B but not C, why isn’t this money being refunded to the taxpayers? At least 1,000 residents of District 13 have lost their jobs, and some have even died of Covid-19. How can a tax increase at this time be justified? The revote election is Tuesday, July 28, with in-person voting at all four elementary schools. You can vote by absentee ballot by requesting an application via email at mrosamilia@valleystream13.com You can also request by mail: Village Clerk, 585 N. Corona Ave., or call (516) 568-6117. ANTHONY BONEllI Valley Stream

No more school taxes during pandemic To the Editor: The residents of Valley Stream School District 13 rejected the tax-hike budget in June.

action, directing the state’s millions of citizens to stay at home, to wear masks and to follow social-distancing protocols. At Cuomo’s urging, the federal government provided lifesaving equipment and set up numerous temporary shelters, but thousands of people still died in overcrowded hospitals and nursing homes. The state’s struggle to reduce the caseload, and its eventual success, should have been a warning sign to the nation that no one was safe from this silent killer. Every day, Trump is digging the nation deeper and deeper into another tragedy. A vast majority of people want our schools to reopen, and there’s no doubt that parents are especially anxious to get their children back to learning in school buildings and not at the kitchen table. But just like the president’s blind effort to get businesses to reopen, he is pushing hard for schools to open, threatening the health of millions of teachers and students. The federal government hasn’t provided one cent of funding for sanitizing classrooms or for testing school personnel. Teachers are being told that they must provide their own protective equip-

Amid layoffs, furloughs, reduced work hours, parents leaving jobs to supervise children, missed mortgage payments, dwindling college savings accounts and bank CD rates plummeting, voters were in no mood for higher taxes. Rather than respecting the will of the community, the Board of Education is cosmetically changing a few lines and resubmitting a different tax hike budget for a vote on July 28. Interestingly, at the June Board of Education meeting they transferred $5 million in unspent funds from the 2019-20 school year into reserve accounts, and they want to raise taxes? First-grade teachers with 15 years of experience are being paid $120,000 and benefits for a 36-week year. Certainly adjustments can be made to help tapped-out taxpayers avoid a tax hike. The July 28 vote can be made either in person at your school, or by absentee ballot. Anyone can email their name and address to the District Clerk at mrosamilia@valleystream13.com or call (516) 568-6117 to request an application. It’s cruel of our Board of Education to seek to inflict higher taxes on us during the coronavirus crisis, but that’s not deterring them. Your only remedy is to vote no. BIll FREDA Valley Stream

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