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District 24 to start universal pre-K program

By JUaN lasso jlasso@liherald.com

Courtesy Our Kids Place Country Club

meRlYN PeteRs, HeaD director of Our Kids Place, with her students.

Valley Stream School District 24 will launch its universal pre-kindergarten program this fall. Registration began July 13 and will run through next Monday.

The parents of all district children who will turn 4 by Dec. 1 are eligible to apply. The district is partnering with Our Kids Country Club, a non-profit children’s early-learning organization, which will follow a district-approved curriculum and host the students at the center’s Hewlett facility.

This year, open enrollment is capped at 48 students. If the number of those registered exceeds that figure, eligible participants will be chosen through a lottery, which will be held at the William L. Buck School July 30. The program is the first of its kind for the district, and many working parents said it comes as a great relief.

“Parents are ecstatic,” said Lorraine Peters, director of the Our Kids Country Club in the Hewlett. “Valley Stream is such a diverse neighborhood, and they have a lot of workingContinued on page 4

Senator Kaminsky honors Valley Stream hero

By Jemima DeNHam and JUaN lasso jlasso@liherald.com

Community leader and Valley Stream resident Maribel Padin-Canestro was honored July 12 by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky for her work in assisting other Valley Stream residents in securing Covid-19 vaccination appointments.

Padin-Canestro, in her capacity as PTA president of Wheeler Avenue School and a member of the Valley Stream Latino Society, worked tirelessly to help the vulnerable and Hispanic communities in Valley Stream secure vaccine appointments,

Kaminsky said.

Padin-Canestro commented that her previous experience and deep involvement with the Hispanic community, combined with her understanding about how language barriers can foster health-care inequality, prompted her to focus on helping the immediate health needs of underserved populations in Valley Stream.

“I helped identify who these people were in the community, and they were so g rateful because a lot of them would not have gotten the vaccine right away had it not been for these pop-ups,” Padin-Canestro said.

Padin-Canestro’s Covid-19

vaccination drives took place at the start of the vaccine rollout early this year and were sustained for several weeks. She added that while her fluency in Spanish proved useful in reaching out to members of underserved communities, the language barrier erected between the marginalized public and the existing health-care system made access to coronavirus relief increasingly difficult for the wider Hispanic community in Valley Stream.

“I reached out to our social worker at our school,” PadinCanestro said. “She helped in facilitating information. I had her put her contacts in commu-

nication with my contacts, so it was pretty much a group effort.

It’s just sharing the information. That’s how I took care of the people I knew in the community.”

Kaminsky and his staff also worked closely with Padin-Canestro as they coordinated to secure and schedule Covid-19 va c c i n e ap p o i n t m e n t s fo r

seniors.

“Everyone remembers those tough days in February, March and April when you would have to be in the middle of the night on a website” to secure an appointment, Kaminsky said.

“And Maribel and I would coordinate with each other and see who could schedule which difContinued on page 4

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Memorializing Afghan, Iraq wars at park llane@liherald.com

“Fighting in Afghanistan was like Whac-A-Mole,” said Army Staff Sgt. Chad Ryals, a veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. “It’s rocky and mountainous there, and [fighters] would pop out of the mountains and use the terrain against us. A lot of my friends didn’t make it home.”

Ryals, a Louisiana native, enlisted when he was 17. Now 35 and a Glen Cove resident for five years, he said it’s important that combat veterans from the war in Afghanistan and the second Persian Gulf War be remembered — those who did not return home alive as well as those who did. He said he had wondered why it took Nassau County so long to add a monument to Veterans Memorial Plaza in Eisenhower Park for these veterans, and added that he was pleased with the decision.

Flanked by veterans, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced July 8 at the plaza that a bipartisan advisory committee would design and raise $100,000 for a new monument to honor county veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

County officials said they hoped to break ground on the memorial Oct. 7, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the outbreak of war in Afghanistan.

The memorial was established in 1947, two years after World War II ended. The plaza has grown ever since, with monuments that recognize those who fought in the Civil, Spanish-American, Korean and Vietnam wars.

“We’re proud that Nassau County is home to one of the largest veteran populations in the state,” Curran said. “There are 55,000 veterans who make their home right

Courtesy Nassau County

Chris Peterkin, Commander of the Bellmore Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2770, urged veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars to volunteer to work on the monument. here in Nassau.”

Some 4,281 residents served in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to census data.

Twenty-one died.

“Our troops are coming home now from Afghanistan,” Curran said. “It makes sense that right now, more than ever, we ensure that present and future generations continue to appreciate the sacrifice that veterans have made for our nation.”

The county memorial committee has 12 members, five of whom Curran selected, five chosen by the Nassau Council of Veterans of Foreign Wars, one by the Nassau County Legislature’s majority and one by the minority.

Chris Peterkin, commander of the Bellmore Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2770, is forming an additional committee of Afghanistan and Iraq veterans to work with the county’s committee. The VFW

spearheaded the memorial, he said, because an active Afghanistan/Iraq war veteran organization does not exist. He urged volunteers to join, adding that they do not need to be VFW members.

Peter Wenninger, commander of the East Meadow American Legion Memorial Post 82, said he has not found any veterans from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars who want to become involved in the legion.

“I hand them my card and ask them to please come down to the hall, and I’m met with comments like, ‘How did you know I was a vet?’ and ‘Why did you come across the parking lot to talk to me?’” Wenninger said. “I get the feeling that they don’t trust and have some sort of PTSD.” Ralph Esposito, director of the Veterans Service Agency for Nassau County, said veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq do not join veterans organizations because

they have families and are looking for jobs to support them.

“These are all kids who aren’t interested in joining American Legions or VFWs,” said Esposito, of Floral Park. “We are in our 70s, from the Korean and Vietnam wars, for the most part. They don’t want to listen to a bunch of old guys talking war stories.”

Regardless, efforts continue to recruit younger veterans.

Ryals, who served in Iraq from 2003 to 2005, and in Afghanistan from 2006 to 2007, said he could understand why the veterans don’t want to talk. “It’s kind of a repressive memory, which causes constant stress,” he said. “It affects you mentally, and you can’t relax. You don’t want to think about it.”

Many veterans feel survivor’s guilt, he said. “They say talking about it helps, but it doesn’t,” he said. “I volunteer at a suicide hotline for veterans. I put myself out of my comfort zone to help.”

Virginia Cervasio, of Glen Cove, created Heroes Among Us, a nonprofit that serves veterans. She formed the organization in memory of her son, Angelo, 24, an Air Force Gulf War veteran who died by suicide in 2006.

Her nonprofit will donate $5,000 toward the monument. A member of Curran’s 12-member veteran’s advisory committee, Cervasio said she will do whatever is needed.

“This project is very close to my heart because I’m honoring my son,” she said.

“This is the war he fought in and died. It doesn’t matter that he didn’t die there.”

“The only way you are truly gone is if you are forgotten,” Ryals said. The memorial “wouldn’t be for me. It would be for them.”

Mixed reviews for South Shore wind farm

By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com

If Long Beach residents are concerned about a private company’s $3 billion proposal to build a 174-turbine wind farm 15 miles from the South Shore, few of them voiced it at a virtual hearing on the matter on July 8.

Only a handful of people commented at the second hearing held by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on a proposal by Norway-based Equinor to build the Empire Wind project.

Equinor has been awarded contracts by New York state, the first of which was granted in 2019 to supply 816 megawatts of power to the state grid, connecting in Brooklyn. A second contract, for 1,260 megawatts, was awarded in January for Long Island’s South Shore.

What is key for Long Beach is a part of the project that calls for two offshore substations to collect the power, which would be routed by cables to one or more of several potential sites in Brooklyn. A Long Beach cable would also be connected to an Equinor substation, and to the Long Island Power Authority grid by way of a substation in Island Park. That cable could run under the barrier beach island.

Long Beach would not be involved in the overall approval process, but would have a say about the underground cable’s location.

Only one person on the virtual meeting talked about the impact on Long Beach. That was Michael Halpern, of Silver Spring, Md. He said his mother, Diane Halpern,

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Wallace & Associates died in 2002 and had been cremated and her ashes buried in the sand off Riverside Boulevard. He said she loved the view of the Atlantic Ocean, and so did he.

“I’m very concerned about the construction” of the turbines, Halpern said. “It would disturb me to see these turbines.” He said he did not oppose wind power, but the wind farm “should not be off the coast of Long Beach.”

Equinor officials said the 951-foot-tall turbines would not be seen from the shoreline. If the project were approved, the first turbine could be up by 2025.

A representative of commercial fishing organizations repeated their opposition to the project, while those seeking more jobs for the region favored it.

David Wallace, of Cambridge, Md.-based Wallace & Associates, which represents the clamming industry in southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, said fishing would be impacted by the turbines.

“We plan to make this very clear,” Wallace said. “We are not interested in being collateral damage to electric utilities.”

He said commercial fishermen have proposed that

wind farm developers put up funds to provide for the loss of fishing grounds.

Mariah Dignan, Long Island lead for Climate Jobs New York, a statewide coalition of labor unions advancing a pro-climate and pro-worker agenda, said the project would create 6,500 new jobs, adding $12 billion to the economy.

Caroline Hahn, of the New York League of Conservation Voters, an environmental group, said the organization was “very excited to see Empire Wind go forward” for the jobs it could bring and the steps toward clean energy that it would take.

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Long Beach Democrat and chairman of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, was not on the virtual meeting, but said in a statement that “placing wind turbines off the coast of Long Beach is a bold idea that will help residents power not only their homes, but the local economy.

“This project,” he continued, “is an integral part of our state’s commitment to our renewable energy goals, outlined in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act I authored, and this public meeting, and the many more to follow, are essential to ensure that the project works for residents of the South Shore of Nassau County.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the CLCPA in 2019.

The project would be the largest wind farm in New York state. It would produce more than 2,000 megawatts of power. The Long Beach portion of the project would supply power to about 800,000 customers, while the Brooklyn portion would supply 500,000 customers.

VALLEY STREAM HERALD — July 22, 2021

By Laura Lane

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Children at our Kids Place, which was selected to provide a universal prekindergarten program for District 24 students.

Courtesy Our Kids Place Country Club

School District 24 opens pre-K registration continued from front page class parents, lots of young parents there that need to go to work. I think the program is going to be a big help for them because they’re going to save on tuition and allow their children to receive a high-quality education.”

Peters and her team of childcare personnel will be housing three classrooms of UPK students from District 24 in her facility come September. The center is much at home with hosting UPK programs. It currently operates two other pre-universal pre-K programs — one a New York city-funded early-childhood education center in Rosedale, and the other with the Hewlett-Woodmere School District.

As the registration deadline fast approaches, Valley Stream resident Osbourne Traill is racing to spread the news to parents about the program. “I think this program is a step in the right direction,” Traill said. “But we, as a community, have a job to pass the information on to prospective parents who are eligible to send their children to pre-K. Collectively, I think we all have to get involved and spread the word.”

Should the number of children registering for a spot at the program exceed the 48-person limit, which Traill expects it will, then the lottery “should

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be public,” argued Traill, with results read aloud live. “It cannot be behind closed doors,” Traill said. “This is the only way the community will feel that they will be true stakeholders in this selection.“ Not all residents are satisfied with a lottery system to determine who gets in, however. “It should be needs-based,” said Darrell Cheng, a parent of district 24, who will consider sending her 3-year-old daughter, Camila Cheng, to the program next year. Darrell said the UPK program should have reserved spots for low-income and non-English speaking households where the need for UPK is felt the greatest. “[Parents paying for pre-k tuition] — it’s almost like sending their kids to college,” said Cheng. He sends her daughter to a private pre-K program, but not all families are able to consider pre-K as a possibility, he noted.

Cheng added that he thought the school administration did not advertise the program widely enough to workingclass families nor give sufficient notice to parents about its existence, given its two-week registration window.

District 24 Superintendent Don Sturz offered to comment at a later date.

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Valley Streamer maribel Padin-Canestro was presented with the New York State proclamation honoring her service during the pandemic by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky.

Valley Streamer recognized for coronavirus work Padin-Canestro said. “It’s always gratiferent senior [when], especially [those fying to see when you help others, and the pleasure of serving seniors] in the Hispanic them is what you get in c o m m u n i t y i n Va l l e y retur n. I have an elderly Stream.” neighbor who lives by himMany phone calls and a self, and he was in poor spree of texts and emails health condition. He was created the network from struggling and was desperthe ground up, and in severately trying to get an al weeks this last winter, it appointment. That’s what grew into a central resource triggered me to act. I was point for many in the area. upset that he was having “Maribel went above and such a hard time.” beyond and really cared “Vaccines save lives, and about others in the commu[they] also gave people their nity that she didn’t know lives back,” said Kaminsky, personally but knew needed help and didn’t have the maribel Padin- noting the significance of P a d i n - C a n e s t r o ’s wo rk . wherewithal to get appointCaneStro “People need to be comments on their own,” said mended. Trying times realKaminsky, who presented PTA President, ly show who people are, and P a d i n - C a n e s t r o w i t h a Wheeler Avenue [Padin-Canestro] showed framed State Senate procla- School mation. herself to be someone with “It was heartwar ming a great heart, who’s really a for me, and I did it with pleasure,” doer.” continued from front page

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Heralds honor Business Women of L.I.

By Lee Meyer lmeyer@liherald.com

July 14 was a banner day for Long Island’s women of business. The Herald Premier Business Women of Long Island Awards, originally planned for 2020 and delayed more than a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, were held at The Heritage Club at Bethpage and recognized women for their excellence in various fields.

The awards kicked off with a cocktail hour at which guests and honorees met and networked with one another. The mood was bursting with positivity, with honorees excited and grateful to be able to meet in person for the first time in over a year.

Honorees said they were thrilled to be among their peers and acknowledged how much harder it is, even in this day and age, for women to succeed and advance in their careers compared to their male counterparts. “I think it’s harder for women to reach the same business goals as men,” said honoree Lisa Rispoli, partner at Grassi Advisors & Accountants. “There’s still a difference.”

“I really appreciate this honor, and I’m thankful to the Herald and Richner for recognizing women in business. I think it’s very important for younger women to have women in business as mentors to look up to,” said honoree Dr. Eve Lupenko-Ferrante, of the Glen Cove City Council.

“I am a humble businesswoman, so when I was asked to be an honoree it meant a lot to me,” said Lisa E. Boglione, founder, president and CEO of Accu-Serve Process Service, LTD & Publications Elite Company Inc. “I come from the generation of change, when women were coming out of the home and into the business world.

Starting a business from scratch was very tough. Everyone should be recognized for what they do, but moms that are business owners or in the workforce juggle something men couldn’t understand. I give kudos to all women.”

Another honoree, Director of Nursing at Mount Sinai South Nassau Eileen Mahler, said it was important to be able to gather together after the rough year that was 2020. “Being in health care, we’ve had such a rough year,” she said. “It’s nice to be able to get together and to recognize the things they’ve done is great.”

Guests gathered for the awards ceremony and sit-down dinner. Opening remarks

by Richner Communications President and CEO Stuart Richner expressed great joy in hosting the Premier Business Women of Long Island Awards and recalled the founding of Richner Communications by his parents, Edith and Robert Richner, expressing the profound impact his mother had on the business and its success.

Richner added, “It is my deep belief that women must be represented equally in every profession, that they should have access to every rung on the career ladder, to every seat in the corporate boardroom and to every opportunity to earn equal pay.

The honorees before you this evening represent the progress we have made as a society on this front, but there is much more

Photos by Christina Daly/Herald

SupporterS caMe out in force for the women honorees at the Herald Premier Business Women of Long Island Awards last week.

work to do.”

Director of New Business Development Eric Feil gave brief remarks as well, and introduced the upcoming Long Island Choice Awards, a reader’s choice program that launches July 28.

Special guest speaker Nassau County Executive Laura Curran — the first woman to hold the position — spoke on the importance of honoring and recognizing women for their significant and important contributions to business. “It was an honor to attend the second annual Premier Businesswomen Awards Gala,” Curran said. “We celebrated high-level women business leaders making a difference both professionally and in their respective communities. Their contributions are notable and worthy of praise, and as they take on more substantial roles, I’m confident that their impact will continue to grow. I thank the Long Island Herald for hosting such a beneficial event.”

Amy Amato, executive director of corporate relations and events for Richner Communications, said, “We were originalContinued on neXt page

eiLeen MahLer accepted the award for Excellence in Healthcare from Richner Communications Inc. President Stuart Richner and the evening’s emcee, Antoinette Biordi of News 12.

Kerri anne ScanLon received the award for Excellence in Healthcare with Richner and Biordi.

MicheLe dean accepted the award for Trailblazer of the Year with Richner and Biordi.

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continued from PreViouS Page ly supposed to have this celebration in March of 2020, and I’m so glad we were finally able to meet in person to honor these fabulous and powerful women.”

The awards were announced by News 12 anchor and Emmy winner Antoinette Biordi. Awards were given in categories such as health care, real estate, education, government, legal, finance and more. Suffolk Federal Credit Union CEO Michele Dean, who won Trailblazer of the Year, said, “To be in the class of all these accomplished women...it’s such an honor. In the banking industry, there are not many female CEOs, especially on Long Island.” Dean, who started her job during the pandemic, said, “It’s been such a rewarding experience.”

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Vigil held as Haitian community mourns

By RoBeRt tRaveRso rtraverso@liherald.com

Bethany French Baptist Church, in Elmont, hosted a vigil on July 10 for the recently assassinated Jovenel Moïse, the president of Haiti, who was shot and killed in his home on July 7, as the large Haitian community in Elmont mourned the late leader and lamented the country’s political and societal instability in the wake of his death.

The assassination was deemed “a wellcoordinated attack by a highly trained and heavily armed group” by the Haitian embassy in Washington, D.C., which also described Moise as “a true statesman who was committed to progressing our country’s democratic transition and fighting corruption.” In recent weeks, Haiti has been mired in mass protests over contradictory claims made by Moïse and former allies about who was the rightful sitting president.

“I strongly condemn the appalling assassination of President Moïse,” State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, the first member of the State Legislature of Haitian descent, said in a statement. “I’m upset. The many community members I have spoken to are upset,” Solages said, referring to the large Haitian community in Elmont and across the metropolitan area, which is home to the highest concentration of Haitians in the United States, many of whom have voiced their frustration and anger since the assassination.

“Our mother country of Haiti is struggling,” Solages said. “It has been more than a decade since Haiti has suffered from the devastating earthquake. The political and economic vacuum that Haiti faces is complex, and is only getting more challenging. Continue to pray for peace in Haiti. My heart goes out to the people of Haiti.”

Solages said that Haiti has been reeling from political chaos and instability since at least the 2010 earthquake in which more than 100,000 people died, and that the assassination is just the latest example. “This assassination is not just one killing,” she said. “It represents a

Photos by Robert Traverso/Herald

LocaL eLected officiaLs joined members of Elmont’s Haitian community at the vigil.

Bethany fRench Baptist Church is the largest Haitian church in Nassau County. total breakdown of peace and stability in the society that has been taking place for a very long time.”

Many people of Haitian descent are wary of foreign meddling following decades of intervention in Haitian politics, Solages explained, recounting the

alleged spread of cholera by United Nations peacekeeping forces in Haiti after the earthquake, as well as allegations of sexual assault levied against the U.N. personnel. “There have been many instances throughout history of foreign intervention that [set] Haiti back,” Solages said.

“We’re coming together to make one clear demand for peace and to pray for the departed President Juvenel Moïse and that he may rest in peace,” Solages’s brother, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages, said at the vigil, which his sister organized. “This is a terrible time for the history of the country. We have to make a public demand for peace. This is unacceptable.”

The Solageses, and others who gathered at the vigil, said that Haiti must be led by the Haitian people alone, and not be subjected to foreign intervention by the United States or any other country.

“We as Haitian people want to ensure that Haiti has its sovereignty,” Michaelle Solages said, “and that Haitian nationals decide and are in a position to decide their political future.

“In my heart, I know the solutions must come from and be centered around the Haitian people,” she added. “I call on this federal administration to collaborate with the Haitian American diaspora and the people of Haiti towards our shared goals of peace and prosperity.”

Forest Road assistant principal brings experience Valley Stream District 30 officials recently welcome Dara Haynesworth as the new assistant principal of Forest Road Elementary School.

Most recently, Haynesworth worked as the math instructional coach at The Academy Charter School in Uniondale, providing training and support to 26 teachers and analyzing school-wide student achievement data. She also founded the school’s enrichment program.

Other positions include dean of instruction at the Brownsville Ascend Lower School, assistant principal of Success Academy Fort Greene, and second-grade lab site teacher and grade team lead at Success Academy Prospect Heights, all

in Brooklyn, and third-grade teacher at work of educators.”

Haynesworth has a bacheSuccess Academy Harlem 1. lor’s degree in global studies In 2012, she was selected for from Providence College and the Teach for America proa master’s degree in childgram and taught in summer hood education from the school programs at underRelay Graduate School of resourced public schools.

Education. She ear ned a “I am beyond ecstatic to master’s degree in educajoin the Valley Stream Distional leadership and school trict 30 team,” Haynesworth building leadership certifisaid. “I appreciate the warm cation from New York Uniwelcome into the friendly versity. schools, and am truly hum“Upon interviewing Mrs. bled to serve as assistant dara haynesworth Haynesworth, it was immeprincipal at Forest Road. I’m diately apparent that she thrilled to work with such an inspiring, dedicated and innovative net- would be a good fit for Forest Road

School,” Forest Road Principal Erin Malone said. “Her dynamic personality and passion for supporting successful outcomes will enhance our school community.”

Added Superintendent of Schools Dr. Nicholas Stirling, “Mrs. Haynesworth is a driven, passionate and knowledgeable educator who goes above and beyond to ensure that all students have access to an excellent education. I’m confident that the new administrative team at Forest will continue to maintain and push forth current and new initiatives to meet the standards of excellence and equity.”

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The Jones Beach vaccination site had a limited number of patrons last Wednesday afternoon. The state-operated site ceased operation on Monday.

The mass vaccination site at Jones Beach — along with three other New York state sites — officially shut down earlier this week, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced.

The Wantagh vaccination site ceased operations on Monday, July 19. The makeshift sites at the Conference and Event Center Niagara Falls, Plattsburgh International Airport and SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica also closed their doors this week.

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“We are continuing to target communities that have lower vaccination rates and using every tool at our disposal to make the vaccine accessible to every New Yorker,” Gov. Cuomo said in a news brief.

In Nassau County, at least 80 percent of adults have received their first jab.

According to the State Department of Health, Nassau has the highest percentage of adults with at least one dose among all Counties in the state with a population greater than 200,000.

Approximately 2,109 Wantagh residents and 1,818 Seaford residents have tested positive for Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to data from the Nassau County Department of Information Technology.

As the contagious variants of the coronavirus emerge, like the Delta variant, County Executive Laura Curran said she encourages residents to get vaccinated.

“This virus has not disappeared,” Curran said in a news brief. “Getting vaccinated remains the single best way to protect yourself and your loved ones from getting sick or dying from Covid. The County is keeping a vigilant eye on the numbers and external developments, and we continue to encourage eligible residents who haven’t gotten their shots yet to roll up their sleeves.”

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I spent three summers as the assistant aquatics director at a day camp before spending two summers as the assistant sports director at a sleepaway camp.

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LYNBROOK Chairman, Tigers Den Leader, Cub Scout Troop 24, Malverne thinking about what we could bring into camp that would leave the campers with memorable moments outside the daily programming and specialties.

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This year, our goal going into the next school year is going to be that since we’ll have a little bit more flexibility with things opening up, we’ll coordinate with the schools to see what we’re allowed to do, how we can promote some of our activities and get back to doing more in-person events. We’re hoping to hold a planning session in August. At that point, we’ll be able to have our in-person meetings at Our Lady of Lourdes Church again.

I’d like to acknowledge Wolves Den Leader Annemarie Ang, Bears Den Leader Vanessa Reddin, Webelos 1 Den Leader Uchenna Emeagwali, and Webelos 2 Den Leader Lissette Bernal-Cruz. We wouldn’t have gotten through this pandemic without their leadership and guidance.

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As chairman, I met with the other leaders and we decided that we would follow what the schools did, which was to hold our meetings virtually. As things started to open up, we split up the pack to have several den meetings at local parks and homes of parents that felt comfortable having our group there.

I think our biggest challenge was recruitment when we weren’t able to go back in the schools. We used to have our own tables during school nights so being unable to do that definitely was tough for us.

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ight now the pandemic really hurting us here at the Gateway Youth Outreach. Covid-19 impacted us in a program sense: we had to go from in-person programming, which we, of course, couldn’t do anymore, to virtual programming, which was even more expensive to do than what the cost of person-to-person is.

We provide programming to young students at risk from infants up to 21 to help prevent delinquency. We were meeting with kids to do homework with them and we were meeting individually or sometimes with two kids. It doesn’t matter how good of a teacher you are, when you have everybody on computers, you can’t get everybody’s attention; they’re not all going to do well.

As far as money goes, we did get some

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money from the town for Covid funding that really helped. Buying masks and gloves costs a lot of money. When you have this many people, you have to be prepared for it.

am a special education teacher; I co-teach sixth grade during the school year. During summer school, I am a self-contained special education teacher teaching grades K-2.

During the summer school season, my job is to maintain the skills that these children mastered throughout the schoolyear to prevent regression starting in the fall. At the same time, we're able to socialize and have fun in our less-structured learning environment than during the school year.

We start our day with a morning meeting and calendar, and we talk to each other about our daily responsibilities and our social lives and our life experiences, like family trips we took, hobbies or interests or what we're involved with in the community. Then, we participate in playground activities; on rainy

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days, we'll stay in the gym and play some sports. We break into centers, too, where kids can engage in hands-on learning activities to maintain the skills they mastered during the school year. In our math centers, they also do hands-on math activities.

The kids love it; they have a great time.

It's only a half day program — they're out by 11:45.

The summer through Covid was a big learning experience. We were the first to reenter the educational world wearing masks. with barriers and experiencing all the new social distancing protocols. We were almost like guinea pigs for what the fall was going to bring us.

The kids were resilient. They were fantastic.

They adjusted better than some of the adults.

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the numBeR of electric vehicles is on the rise across Long Island, which is home to nearly 13,000. market for electric vehicles, with nearly one quarter of all standard vehicles and buses registered in the state, according to Drive Electric Long Island, a group “dedicated to encouraging and accelerating the adoption of electric vehicle usage and charging infrastructure on Long Island.”

In a September 2019 report titled “The State of Electric Vehicles on Long Island,” the group found that in 2018 alone, 1,061 electric vehicles were purchased in Nassau County, according to the report. Additionally, the study found that there are 12,833 registered electric vehicles on Long Island, which account for 30 percent of the New York’s total of 42,529 registered electric vehicles, despite the Island accounting for just 15 percent of the state’s population.

Led by the Long Island chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, the group is composed of a diverse coalition of stakeholders in the electric vehicle market on Long Island, including PSEG Long Island, the Sierra Club, various Long Island universities, Long Island municipalities, automakers, car dealerships, business leaders and people who favor expanding the use of electric vehicles.

To accelerate this growth, New York state, Solages said, is poised to offer incentives to local businesses that house charging stations, a policy that Solages said she supports. Negotiations over the size of the incentives have begun, and Solages said the next state budget is set to include incentives for business and property owners to include charging stations for electric vehicles in front of their properties.

Solages said she is open to implementing a number of policies designed to open more charging stations in Elmont and other areas in the 22nd Assembly District.

“Overall, the state of electric vehicles on Long Island is promising,” concluded Drive Electric Long Island’s report.

“I think all vehicles will be electric in the next 10 to 20 years,” Solages said, agreeing with this assessment. “I think people want those electric charging stations.”

am the director of the Scope program that is run at Old Mill Road. I'm also going into my 22nd year of teaching 4th grade at Old Mill Road.

Scope is a creative camp where kids go to arts and crafts, they have a STEM schedule with cool science projects, a sports class, yoga and meditation and more, and it's for grades K-6. My duties were to create the schedules and different theme days — tomorrow is going to be superhero day, and next week we'll have a tie-dye party. My responsibility is to look over the teachers and the counselors and make sure that the kids are safe.

Scope was not open during last summer.

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aged children, so along with dogs, my house was pretty interesting during the pandemic.

This is my first year being the director.

My principal, superintendent and deputy superintendent had asked me to do it and I was honored. I took on the job this year, and I really like it actually. It's nice having the staff come in asking for advice — it changes things up a little bit. After teaching for 22 years, it's nice to have a different role.

I hope my kids go home with a smile on their face and they have fun. It's not school; it's a time for the parents to have free time and for the kids to come and relax. The three schools combine, so they get to meet kids their age from different buildings, so it's a great social space. My goal is for them to have fun.

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Charging stations for electric vehicles are set to arrive in Elmont this fall with the opening of the UBS Arena at Belmont Park, as residents of Elmont, Franklin Square and other nearby communities continue to purchase electric vehicles at an accelerating pace.

“As more and more people have been buying purely electric vehicles, there has been more of an interest for charging stations,” said New York State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, a Democrat from Elmont. Solages touted the new charging stations for electric vehicles that will be located at the soon-to-be-open UBS Arena at Belmont Park, the new home of the New York Islanders, as an answer to the demand for charging stations that she has heard from constituents.

In March, UBS Arena developers partnered with Boston, Mass.-based XL Fleet to build 1,000 electric vehicle charging stations at the site and deploy fleets of electric vehicles for use by New York Islanders fans and concert-goers attending events at the new 19,000-seat arena. It will be one of the largest electric vehicle stations in the United States, and will help meet New York’s growing demand for electric vehicle charging stations.

“Lack of access to charging infrastructure is one of the top obstacles to electrifying more vehicles, and we are proud to partner with UBS Arena and the Islanders to solve that problem more quickly in the New York metropolitan area,” Colleen Calhoun, XL Fleet’s general manager of its XL Grid division, said in a statement.

“Through this partnership, we can help optimize access to charging infrastructure and scale that capacity as the need grows.”

As part of the partnership, XL Fleet will also deploy “a robust suite of electrification infrastructure,” officials said, including solar power generation and energy storage.

There are 182 electric vehicles in Elmont and Franklin Square alone, according to data compiled by the New York State Energy, Research and Development Authority on registration of electric vehicles in the state. Electric vehicle registrations have steadily increased in Elmont and Franklin Square each year since 2017.

Local residents have expressed concern to local lawmakers about the volume of charging stations for electric vehicles in the area.

According to a map provided by New York State Energy, Research and Development Authority, there are no charging stations in either Franklin Square or Elmont.

The nearest charging ports for electric vehicles are at a Conoco gas station in Floral Park, Adelphi University in Garden City and Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream.

“I have had inquiries made to me about them, and we’re trying to get them in,” Solages said of constituent requests for more charging stations in Elmont and its surrounding communities.

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LEGAL NOTICE At a meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, held at the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, New York, on the 1st day of July, 2021.

P R E S E N T: Hon. Donald X. Clavin, Jr., Supervisor Dorothy L. Goosby Bruce A. Blakeman Anthony P. D’Esposito Dennis Dunne, Sr. Thomas E. Muscarella Christopher Carini, Council Members.

A B S E N T: C o u n c i l m a n Carini -----------------X ORDER CALLING PUBLIC HEARING IN THE MATTER - of THE INCREASE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE OYSTER BAYHEMPSTEAD JOINT COMMUNITY HALL AND SWIMMING POOL DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK ------------------X WHEREAS, the Commissioner of the Department of Parks and Recreation, has proposed an Improvement Project for the Oyster BayHempstead Joint Community Hall and Swimming Pool District, and has requested that the Town Board hold a public hearing regarding such improvements; and WHEREAS, said Commissioner has submitted to the Town Board an estimate of cost relating to said improvements; and WHEREAS, the Town Board has determined, pursuant to Provisions of the State Environmental Quality Review Act and Article 8 Part 617.5(c)(1) and 617.5(c)(5) the N.Y.C.R.R. that such increase and improvement is considered to be a “Type II Action” and does not have a significant effect on the environment and does not require an environmental impact statement or any other determination under the State Environmental Quality Review Act; and WHEREAS, it is in the public interest that the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead consider the proposition herein set forth and to call a public hearing thereon; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED, that a public hearing be held by this Town Board at the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, New York, on the 3rd day of August 2021, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of the day, on the increase and improvement of the

Oyster Bay-Hempstead Joint Community Hall and Swimming Pool District at an estimated maximum cost of $1,000,000.00 to be financed by the issuance of obligations of the Town of Hempstead.

ALL persons desiring to be heard concerning the subject of the abovementioned hearing will be given an opportunity to be heard at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated:July 1, 2021 Hempstead, New York

___________________ Donald X. Clavin, Jr., Supervisor _ __________________ Dorothy L. Goosby ___________________ Bruce A. Blakeman ___________________ Anthony P. D’Esposito ___________________ Dennis Dunne, Sr. ___________________ Thomas E. Muscarella ___________________ Christopher Carini Members of the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead 126806 LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there will be a Public Hearing of the Board of Zoning and Appeals of the Inc. Village of Valley Stream, Nassau County, New York at the Village Hall on the Village Green, 123 South Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. On August 3, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. access the public hearing in person or via Zoom at: https://us02web.zoom.us/ j/6301739207 and clicking on “Join a Meeting” and enter Meeting ID: 630 173 9207. You can also call in to the ZOOM meeting at 1-646-558-8656.

Case No. M/D 2-00 Bernadette Alvarez, 37 Ethel Street, Valley Stream, New York Re: 37 Ethel Street, Valley Stream, New York Application pursuant to Chapter 99, Article XXI, Section 99-2101 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream for a threeyear extension of time to an existing Mother/ Daughter Special Use Permit.

The subject premises is located on the north side of Ethel Street, 337’ west of the corner formed by the intersection of North Central Avenue Ethel Street known as No. 37 Ethel Street, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. M/D 1-15 Pramod & Neeta Prabhudesai, 23 Wilson Road, Valley Stream, New York Re: 23 Wilson Road, Valley Stream, New York Application pursuant to Chapter 99, Article XXI, Section 99-2101 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream for a threeyear extension of time to an existing Mother/ Daughter Special Use Permit.

The subject premises is located on northwest corner of Wilson Road formed by the intersection of Amherst Road and Wilson Road known as No. 23 Wilson Road, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. M/D 5-00 Maria Alcindor Darbouze, 102 Boden Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Re: 102 Boden Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Application pursuant to Chapter 99, Article XXI, Section 99-2101 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream for a threeyear extension of time to an existing Mother/ Daughter Special Use Permit.

The subject premises is located on the west side of Boden Avenue, 70’ south of the corner formed by the intersection of Cedar Street and Boden Avenue known as No. 102 Boden Avenue, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. M/D 1-21 Kareen Purrier, 30 Ash Street, Valley Stream, New York Re: 30 Ash Street, Valley Stream, New York Application pursuant to Chapter 99, Article XXI, Section 99-2101 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to maintain a Mother/ Daughter dwelling unit in an existing one family dwelling.

Section 99-2101.B.3 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires at least one unobstructed passageway between main dwelling unit and the Mother/ Daughter dwelling unit; whereas, proposed have two doors blocking passageway.

The subject premises is located on the south side of Ash Street, 450’ east of the corner formed by the intersection of Liberty Blvd. and Ash Street known as No. 30 Ash Street, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. 4017 Anthony Jenkins, 15 Barnes Place, Valley Stream, New York Re: 15 Barnes Place, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-1602.B.3 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to maintain roof over wood deck.

Section 99-1602.B.3 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires deck above 30” in height to have a maximum area of 100 square feet; whereas, proposed area of deck is approximately 336 square feet.

The subject premises is located on the east side of Barnes Place, 90’ south of the corner formed by the intersection of Martens Avenue and Barnes Place known as No. 15 Barnes Place, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. 4018 Kareen Purrier, 30 Ash Street, Valley Stream, New York Re: 30 Ash Street, Valley

Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-904.B.3.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to maintain finished basement, stoops, awning over stoops, cellar entrance with awning, interior alterations and open front porch.

Section 99-904.B.3.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires attached accessory structure must be 5’ from side property line; whereas, attached right stoop is .5’ from side property line.

Section 99-904.B.3.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires attached accessory structure must be 5’ from side property line; whereas, attached right side awning over stoop is .33’ from side property line.

Section 99-904.B.3.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires attached accessory structure must be 5’ from side property line; whereas, attached awning over cellar stairs is 4’ from side property line.

The subject premises is located on the south side of Ash Street, 450’ east of the corner formed by the intersection of Liberty Blvd. and Ash Street known as No. 30 Ash Street, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. 4019 Muhammad Shaikh, 1 Meadowbrook Lane, Valley Stream, New York Re: 1 Meadowbrook Lane, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-1802.D of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to erect a fence.

Section 99-1802.D of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires a corner lot to comply with fence regulations for front yard areas on each property line and yard which is adjacent to a street not to exceed 3’ in height; whereas, proposed fence is 6’ in height.

The subject premises is located on the northwest corner of Meadowbrook Lane formed by the intersection of Fletcher Avenue and Meadowbrook Lane known as No. 1 Meadowbrook, Lane, Valley Stream, New York Case No. 4020 Bruce Zelvin, 39 Valley Lane North, Valley Stream, New York Re: 39 Valley Lane North, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-904.B.3.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to install a generator.

Section 99-904.B.3.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires a side yard setback of 5’ for attached accessory structures; whereas, proposed generator is

3.6’ from side property line.

The subject premises is located on the north side of Valley Lane North, 424.08’ west of the corner formed by the intersection of Amy Court and Valley Lane North known as No. 39 Valley Lane North, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. 4021 Sunrise Valley Stream LLC, Fen Ling, 99 Fourth Street, Valley Stream, New York Re: 99 Fourth Street, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Special Use Permit from Section 99-1301.M.1 and Section 99-2008.B.24.i and Application for a Variation from Section 99-2202.C, Section 99-2203.D.1.a, Section 99-3405.2 and Section 99-3405.1 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream alter exterior and increase occupant load to existing restaurant- as part of an application for interior alterations.

Section 99-1301.M.1 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires Special Use Permit approval from the Board of Appeals for restaurant/ tavern use.

Section 99-2008.B.24.i of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires a separate Special Use Permit approval from the Board of Appeals for any restaurant/ tavern use that constitutes a place of public assembly as defined by this chapter; whereas, proposed restaurant/ tavern use constitutes a place of public assembly.

Section 99-2202.C of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires enlarged/ altered uses to comply with off- street parking requirements as specified in this chapter.

Proposed use and configuration requires 5 additional off- street parking spaces be provided; whereas, no additional off- street parking is proposed.

Section 99-2203.D.1.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires off- street spaces to have minimum dimensions of 9 feet in width and 20 feet in length, and, provide a minimum of 20 feet maneuvering area for ingress and egress; whereas, proposed offstreet parking spaces have dimensions of 8 feet in width by 16 feet in length, and provide only 13.25 feet of maneuvering area.

Section 99-3405.2 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires the original window openings of commercial building façade to not be covered, altered, or removed; whereas, existing window openings are proposed to be removed and in- filled, at subject areas.

Section 99-3405.1 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires the existing architectural

features and details of a building façade shall be retained and preserved.

Renovations shall be compatible with the dominant features of the building; whereas, proposed exterior façade alterations uses dissimilar building materials to the existing, and alters overall architectural characteristic of the same.

The subject premises is located on the northwest corner of Fourth Street formed by the intersection of East Sunrise Highway and Fourth Street known as No. 99 Fourth Street, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. 4022 Sunrise Valley Stream LLC, Fen Ling, 99 Fourth Street, Valley Stream, New York Re: 99 Fourth Street, Valley Stream, New York Application for Final Site Development Plan Review/ Approval per Article XXVII of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream.

The subject premises is located on the northwest corner of Fourth Street formed by the intersection of East Sunrise Highway and Fourth Street known as No. 99 Fourth Street, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. 4023 Meerani Equities LLC, Anita Gupta, 2123 Williamsbridge Road, Bronx, New York Re: 519-545 West Merrick Road, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-2202.C and Section 99-2203.D.1.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to alter existing parking layoutas part of an application to improve parking lot with site improvements Section 99-2202.C of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires altered lot to comply with the off- street parking requirements of this chapter. Proposed to be altered lot requires 89 off- street parking spaces be provided for principal building and uses contained therein; however, previously approved offstreet parking plan permits 30 total off- street parking spaces be provided as per building permit no.

10674; whereas, proposed configuration of parking lot only provides 27 spaces.

Section 99-2203.D.1.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires 20 feet minimum maneuvering area be provided for ingress and egress for off- street parking spaces; whereas, proposed parking spaces have 15- to- 9 feet of maneuvering are for ingress and egress.

The subject premises is located on the north side of Merrick Road formed by the intersection of Dale Place and Shaw Avenue known as No.

519-545 West Merrick Road, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. 4024 Meerani Equities LLC, Anita Gupta, 2123 Williamsbridge Road, Bronx, New York Re: 519-545 West Merrick Road, Valley Stream, New York Application for Final Site Development Plan Review/ Approval per Article XXVII of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream.

The subject premises is located on the north side of Merrick Road formed by the intersection of Dale Place and Shaw Avenue known as No. 519-545 West Merrick Road, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. 4025 Memorial Baptist Church, 2123 Deer Crest Lane Apt. 3, Memphis, TN Re: 153 Cambridge Street, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-904.A of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to construct a 2nd story addition- as part of an application to change use and occupancy from place of worship- tosingle family dwelling, with interior and exterior alterations and construct a 2- story addition.

Section 99-904.A of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires a minimum front yard setback of 25 feet for buildings and structures; whereas, proposed 2nd story addition and accessory air conditioning condensers have a front yard setback of 18 feet and 22 feet, respectively along Cambridge Street.

The subject premises is located on the northeast corner of Cambridge Street formed by the intersection of Wood Lane and Cambridge Street known as No. 153 Cambridge Street, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. 4026 Memorial Baptist Church, 2123 Deer Crest Lane Apt. 3, Memphis, TN Re: 153 Cambridge Street, Valley Stream, New York Application for Final Site Development Plan Review/ Approval per Article XXVII of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream.

The subject premises is located on the northeast corner of Cambridge Street formed by the intersection of Wood Lane and Cambridge Street known as No. 153 Cambridge Street, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. 4027 Standard Pour LTD, Shanelle County, 64 Rockaway Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Re: 64 Rockaway Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Special Use Permit from Section 99-2008.B.24.d of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream for on- site service and consumption

of liquor at existing restaurant.

Section 99-2008.B.24.d of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires Special Use Permit approval from the Board of Appeals for proposed on-site liquor service and consumption for restaurant type uses.

The subject premises is located on the northwest corner of Rockaway Avenue formed by the intersection of West Fairview Avenue and Rockaway Avenue known as No. 64 Rockaway Avenue, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. 4028 Standard Pour LTD, Shanelle County, 64 Rockaway Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Re: 64 Rockaway Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Application for Final Site Development Plan Review/ Approval per Article XXVII of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream.

The subject premises is located on the northwest corner of Rockaway Avenue formed by the intersection of West Fairview Avenue and Rockaway Avenue known as No. 64 Rockaway Avenue, Valley Stream, New York.

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the 6th day of July 2021 bearing index number 000400/21 a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 240 old country road, mineola NY grants me the right to assume the name of Sarah Celis Perez. The city and state of my present address are Valley Stream, NY, the month and year of my birth are December 1984 and the place of my birth is Manila, Philippines, and my present name is Vernadeth Sarah Celis.

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This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry.

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Liquor & Wine Store - Rockville Centre Includes Receiving, Shelf Restocking, Floor Sales And Checkout. $14.00 To Start, Negotiable With Previous Experience. Must Be Available For Evening & Day Shifts, Weekdays & Weekends. Must Have Good Math Skills, Neat Appearance And Be A Good Communicator. Call 516-766-0050 To Set An Interview Or Email Resume To: village156@yahoo.com

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A. My solar experience started when I began working with panels in 1977. The new president, Jimmy Carter, had solar panels installed on the White House, and I naively thought we were moving toward energy independence after the terrible years of the early-’70s oil embargo, with long lines at gas pumps.

But it didn’t last. Carter’s onte eeper successor, President Ronald Reagan, had the solar panels removed because of a roof leak, and that ended the recognition of alternate-energy sources for many years.

There’s a picture in my office of me standing with Gov. George Pataki after I gave him a tour of the first residential solar panel installation on Long Island. It became part of the Lilco energy program, in which you could get a $1,000 reduction on your annual electric bill, and the state rebate was signed into law at that event. Because I was there at the beginning, I have a foundation of belief in solar, but my realistic vantage point may not sit well with solar consumers or sellers. I was the one who sat in meetings with Lilco researchand-development personnel, and sold the idea that solar investment made sense, because they could buy generated power for less than 10 cents on the dollar from people’s solar panels and still sell it back for $1 and not have to spend tons of money on new power plants. Let the people generate the power for them. They loved the idea when I explained it that day.

Unfortunately, most people don’t realize they’re not generating power for their own homes. The inverter that comes with your system sends the power from your roof right back on to the power grid, to be distributed back through your meter for you to pay for what your system produced for free.

The maximum discount is still the $1,000 off, so that’s why it takes many years to pay for an average system, which costs around $18,000. If you lease, then the rebate that can reduce the cost by as much as $5,000 goes directly to the leasing company, not you. Nice profit up front for the leasing company, while you accumulate the savings over a much longer time period.

Even though more burdened systems, like California and Massachusetts utilities, have policies that rebate and encourage utilizing your own battery backup power in an essentially off-the-grid manner that allows the utility to avoid major power failures, your local utility, so far, has no such program that I’m aware of. At $8,000 to $10,000 for each pack, I have yet to see one installed locally. Good luck!

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he New York Times published a number of articles on July 10 on the impact of climate change on our lives today. Collectively, they are frightening, though none made the front page.

I’m writing a book on “Teaching Climate History” (Routledge), and every time I see articles like these, I’m compelled to update the book as new information emerges.

The July 11 Times had even worse news, this time on the front page. The structural stability of ChiALAN cago, the country’s third-largest city, is SINGER threatened by new erratic water levels, record highs and lows, on Lake Michigan, caused by climate change, which has altered rainfall patterns in the region. Beaches have disappeared, and the foundations of buildings could flood, causing catastrophic events like the deadly building collapse in Surfside, Fla. Together, the articles show that climate change is a national crisis, not one confined to any region. The target audience for my book is teachers, but I hope it will also be used in high school and college electives and generate support for climate activism.

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Here are some headlines and brief excerpts of articles on the impact of climate change in the U.S. from July 9 to 11.

■ “Flood in New York’s Subway Points to Problems of Future,” July 9: “When fastmoving storms flooded parts of New York City’s vast subway system on Thursday, they stranded some rush-hour commuters and underscored just how vulnerable the city’s underground transportation lifeline is to water. Even before the latest deluge, the centuryold subway had a longstanding water problem that required work crews to be routinely dispatched to plug leaks.

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and endangered laborers in fields and warehouses. Excessive heat warnings were in effect across inland California and the Southwest through the weekend, and the National Weather Service predicted that temperatures would approach an all-time high by Saturday in Las Vegas. A high of at least 130 degrees — which would be one of the highest temperatures reliably recorded on earth — was forecast for Death Valley.”

here’s been no shortage of sobering environmental news in recent weeks.

“Bored through layers of rock, the subway system snakes through stopped-up natural springs and is surrounded by the groundwater that runs beneath the city. In fact, about 14 million gallons of water are pumped out of the system on a dry day. But now, the subway’s water woes are likely to get worse as more extreme rains become increasingly common with the changing climate.”

■ “Heat Warnings and Worries About Workers as the West Swelters Again,” July 10: “Western states braced for another extreme spike in temperatures this weekend after a recent heat wave in Oregon and Washington State killed nearly 200 people

■ “It’s Not Just the Days.

Nights Are Sultrier, and Deadlier,” July 10: “Last month was the hottest June on record in North America, with more than 1,200 daily temperature records broken in the final week alone. But overlooked in much of the coverage were an even greater number of daily records set by a different — and potentially more dangerous — measure of extreme heat: overnight temperatures. On average, nights are warming faster than days across most of the United States, according to the 2018 National Climate Assessment Report. It’s part of a global trend that’s being fueled by climate change.”

■ “Water Gives Little Shelter as Tide Pools Turn to Stew,” July 10: “Dead mussels and clams coated rocks in the Pacific Northwest, their shells gaping open as if they’d been boiled. Sea stars were baked to death.

Sockeye salmon swam sluggishly in an overheated Washington river, prompting wildlife officials to truck them to cooler areas. The combination of extraordinary heat and drought that hit the Western United States and Canada over the past two weeks has killed hundreds of millions of marine animals and continues to threaten untold species in freshwater, according to a preliminary estimate and interviews with scientists.”

■ “A Battle Between a Great City and a Great Lake,” July 11: “Chicago is built on a shaky prospect — the idea that the swamp that was drained will stay tamed and that Lake Michigan’s shoreline will remain in essentially the same place it’s been for the past 300 years. The lake may have other plans. Climate change has started pushing Lake Michigan’s water levels toward uncharted territory as patterns of rain, snowfall and evaporation are transformed by the warming world. The lake’s highwater cycles are threatening to get higher; the lows lower. Already, the swings between the two show signs of happening faster than any time in recorded history.”

Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies.

Humble pie is back on the White House menu

e’re in the midst of a global reset in the wake of a pandemic that has humbled us all, reminding us how quickly a microscopic virus can send us hurtling off the rails. We feel it. We know this new humility.

I’ve been thinking about the appeal of public humility when it is demonstrated by leaders and how rare a quality it is.

Recently, we endured four years of the least humble president imaginable. Never have so many arrogant and RANDI narcissistic personKREISS alities gathered under one tent. We experienced a scorching drought of humility as the White House became ground zero for galloping egocentricity and cultish hero worship.

Now humble pie is back on the White House menu, with Jill and Joe Biden in residence. Every politician has some ego; even Abraham Lincoln, born in a one-room log cabin, somehow developed the self-confidence, ambition and political moxie to maneuver himself into the White House as our 16th president. I mention Abe because he is thought to be our must humble presi-

dent.

President Biden seems humble enough.

Observers say that the early, devastating personal losses of his wife and daughter curbed the usual hubris that comes with a political life. The death of his son Beau further tested his mettle.

Biden is a PB&J, Amtrakriding, ice cream-loving kind of guy. He’s relatable, a welcome attribute in a fractured culture.

Humility in public life is rare. Ours is a culture that celebrates the wolves of Wall Street and sports and entertainment predators who claw their way to the top and then shout their success from the high ground. “Me, me, me!

Look at me!” Winning at all costs — at any cost — still gets points.

Humility, defined as a sense of modesty and self-effacement, is a necessary but disappearing value. Mahatma Gandhi said, “Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits.

Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.”

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dhi to Trump and his bragging, lying and chest thumping, from the $51,000 jacket Melania wore to Rome, from Ivanka taking a seat at the G20 table, to Trump throwing around presidential power like a Frisbee.

The hot shots at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. evinced no trace of humility or self-awareness or compassion. The deception of downplaying the coronavirus pandemic while lining up for their own vaccinations was galling, part of a pervasive sense of entitlement.

Jack Zenger, a contributor to Forbes magazine, wrote a piece about the difference between humble and egocentric leaders. He summarized research he had published in the Harvard Business Review. He said of the study, “Surprisingly, the most effective leaders consistently under-rated themselves. The more they underestimated their abilities, the more effective they were perceived to be as leaders. We assume this is caused by a combination of humility, high personal standards and a continual striving to be better.”

According to the American Psychological Association, humility creates a sense of “we-ness” in relationships. Being humble means being able to form cooperative alliances — a crucial component in strengthening connections, according to a Huffing-

iden is a PB&J, Amtrak-riding, ice cream-loving kind of guy. He’s relatable.

ton Post story. “Of any communal endeavor, whether it’s a business, a family or an athletic team, humility can make those relationships better,” the article states.

The Dalai Lama said of humility, “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.

And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them. . . . the spiritual qualities of love and compassion, patience, tolerance, forgiveness, humility and so on are indispensable.”

Weighing in on the id, or anti-humility force in human nature, Sigmund Freud described it as the personality component made up of unconscious psychic energy that works to satisfy basic urges, needs and desires. The id operates based on the pleasure principle, which demands immediate gratification of needs. Hello, Former President. What could be more id-ish than compulsively tweeting your uncensored thoughts out to the world?

Humility is knowing you don’t have it all together. It is raising up others, taking responsibility for your actions and feeling gratitude for success. Observe the president as he fights for the underserved and the overburdened. Observe the Bidens as they meet and comfort the sick, the bereaved and the broken people in America. I see two grown-ups who bring humility to their work and their life.

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

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or many years, the Southern State Parkway has been known as one of the most dangerous thoroughfares in Nassau County, with the 10-mile stretch between Exit 17, in Malverne, and Exit 32, in Farmingdale, even gaining the nickname “Blood Alley.”

Traffic congestion near areas such as the Southern State’s Eagle Avenue exit, in West Hempstead, has also been of concern to residents. Another issue that has arisen recently is the unkempt condition of the highway. From broken lighting to car parts and other debris, the Southern State has become something of an obstacle course, while several lights need fixing.

In recent years, there have been discussions among state officials about the possibility of introducing new technologies that could be used along the most dangerous sections of the road, which runs from

the Cross Island Parkway, on the QueensNassau border, to the Sagtikos State Parkway, in Suffolk County. They are looking to collaborate with the Department of Transportation and law enforcement to make the infrastructure changes and identify the specific types of technology that can be used to reduce accidents.

Although the DOT conducted a study on the parkway’s safety issues in March, not all of the results have been shared with legislators.

While it is encouraging to see that concerns about the parkway are being aired, it’s time to see some real action. The Herald has reported on the dangers of the Southern State many times. In the most notable accident in recent years, an eastbound commercial charter bus slammed into the Eagle Avenue overpass at Exit 18 in April 2018. Six people were seriously

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n alarm bell sounded last weekend: The number of New Yorkers recently diagnosed with Covid-19 surged past 1,000 on Saturday for the first time since May. That was a warning sign that people should heed.

Coronavirus case counts are on the rise again, and it’s up to all of us, collectively, to control the spread of this potentially deadly virus. Foremost, that means getting vaccinated. As of last weekend, just over 80 percent of Nassau County residents had received at least one dose of a vaccine.

That’s high by most all standards. It’s not high enough, however.

That still leaves 20 percent of the county population — more than 271,000 people —

who are yet to be vaccinated. That’s a lot of people among whom the delta variant of the coronavirus can spread, and we know it’s moving rapidly among the unvaccinated.

With easy availability of the vaccine, and its efficacy and safety widely proven, we have to ask: If you’re not vaccinated, what in the world are you waiting for?

Why not receive this free inoculation? It could be a matter of life and death for you.

At the same time, it’s about restoring normalcy and fully reopening our economy.

Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo lifted most Covid-19 restrictions — including maskwearing — on June 23, it would be easy to assume the pandemic is over. It’s not. The

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hurt and were rushed to area hospitals, and three dozen suffered minor injuries.

At a height of just 7 feet 7 seven inches, the Eagle Avenue bridge has one of the lowest clearances of any structure on a Long Island parkway.

There have not been many changes to the parkway since it opened in 1927. The configuration of exit and entrance ramps, and their corresponding signage, has made the road one of the deadliest highways on Long Island. A 2016 study by the DOT found that in one five-year span, there were over 10,500 accidents on the Southern State, over 3,000 of which involved injury, and 32 were fatal.

It seems that the parkway’s conditions have only gotten worse. Let’s hope it doesn’t take another major accident to spark the push for immediate changes on an outdated and treacherous roadway.

‘Powerful’ Herald reporting To the Editor: Last week’s issue of my local Herald was a powerful one.

Thanks to Scott Brinton for his thoughtful column on antiracism, “A writer enlightens us on antiracism.” Brinton’s experience growing up as a child of parents who made a conscious attempt to raise their children in a way that allowed them to see the world outside their “tiny country hamlet of Yaphank, a nearly all-white community,” was unique, and afforded him a window into a world that many people do not have.

Reporter Jordan Vallone, in her article about the Merrick Board of Education’s July reorganization meeting, wrote that some parents oppose teaching diversity, equity and inclusion in the schools, because, they said, they “believed the district did not have a right to teach students about understanding differences” because “they believed that these lessons should be taught at home.” Parents who are teaching these lessons at home would likely welcome these lessons at school as well.

coronavirus still clearly lurks among us, as demonstrated by the steadily increasing infection rate.

In terms of the case count, we’re now about where we were last summer. With the infection rate hovering just above 1 percent, it’s true that the chance of getting infected is low at the moment. We must keep in mind, however, what happened after last summer’s lull in infections. The virus returned in late fall and winter with a vengeance. We could very well see the same scenario play out this year among the unvaccinated.

So, we’ll say it again: If you haven’t gotten a shot, do it now. Don’t dither. Don’t procrastinate. Just do it.

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workers are essential workers in frontfter my June 17-23 column, “The line service-industry jobs, compared with census is a wealth of enlightenjust 16 percent of non-Hispanic whites. ing information,” was pubThese front-line jobs were among the lished, I got to talking with my first to be cut last year. Overall, Black and friend Carly Hurdle about how fertility Hispanic unemployment is double that of rates are affected by race, according to whites, a gap that has persisted since data census data reported by the Long Island by race were first reported in 1972. When Association. Even before the pandemic, you look closely at economic Black and Hispanic families insecurity, including student were having fewer babies than debt, graduating in a receswhite families. sion and the inability to afford Carly was a student at Adela home, parenthood is viewed phi University while I was as an expense to be deferred. president. She said that a The consequences of a number of her married Black resulting population decline friends have little desire to are manifold for our country bring children into this world and region. With a decline, the because of the mental, physihigher ratio of retirees to new cal and emotional abuse to roBert A. graduates means that funding which they would be subjectfor pensions and health care ed. At the same time, the sCott will likely mean less support maternal mortality rate is sigfor education. With a decline, nificantly higher for Blacks and without a smart immigrathan it is for whites. And tion policy, we need to be concerned about Black babies are more than three times who will start new businesses and who more likely to die in a neonatal intensive will staff existing ones. Who will run for care unit. Consequently, life expectancy is school boards, town councils and other significantly lower than it is for whites.

With this as background, we decided to civic offices? Who will become the scientists and engineers so essential for our explore the issues further. Racial health disparities were laid bare by the coronavi- region’s economic well-being? Who will create the art and music that will inspire rus pandemic. On Long Island, three us? Who will study the past to expose its Black people died of Covid-19 for every lessons? white person, even though Blacks make A New York Times survey states, “This up only 11 percent of the population. One generation is as likely as not to earn less cause: 49 percent of Black and Hispanic

than their parents. Among people who did who attended schools with better funding.” These factors also affect parenting not plan to have children, 23 percent said it was because they were worried about decisions, because people know that their the economy. A third said they couldn’t children, especially sons, will be faced afford child care, 24 percent said they with racism and stress, both of which can couldn’t afford a house and 13 percent result in academic, behavioral and health cited student debt.” Among communities problems. of color, such apprehensions are exacerAs if these stresses weren’t enough, bated because of job and Black mothers wonder if their housing discrimination, and a children will have clean water fear of poverty. to bathe in and drink in 20 According to the Syossetyears. They are concerned based Erase Racism, as well about air quality and food as surveys elsewhere, housing safety as well as the political discrimination and racial segclimate that seems to grow regation not only affect increasingly contentious. employment prospects, housThe truth is that racism is a ing, wealth accumulation and public health issue. Babies intergenerational wealth have rights, and we need them CArLY transfer, but also employment for our nation’s economic and prospects and schooling for cultural security. Other counHUrDLe children. One result is that tries support child care promajority Black and Hispanic grams to help reverse declinschools have 37 percent fewer ing fertility rates. We can Advanced Placement and International address the birth dearth by advancing Baccalaureate courses than in 70 to 90 opportunities for employment, housing, percent white schools. Additionally, the health care and child care for all, and by remote learning offered by schools during confronting and defeating persistent and the pandemic put a spotlight on unequal institutional racism. It just makes sense. access to Wi-Fi, bandwidth and computYes, Black lives matter. If we don’t sucing equipment. ceed in making progress in creating a Erase Racism also reports that “when more equitable society, we will all suffer. students are blocked from more challenging classes and other educational resourc- Robert Scott is president emeritus of Adeles, they face added challenges in pursuing phi University. Carly Hurdle is CEO of higher education relative to their peers Blaq Gurl Moves.

Letters Nicole Jean Christian’s guest column, “Affordable homeownership for all must be a priority,” rounded out the issue with a brief history of “strategic segregation across Long Island.” It’s almost impossible not to see the need for diversity, equity and inclusion in the schools. Our children deserve to grow up in a more just world.

LORI MAYO Merrick

How seniors can protect against scammers To the Editor: Each year, millions of seniors fall victim to financial fraud or confidence schemes. Savvy criminals gain their targets’ trust by communicating with them via computer, phone and mail.

If you or your loved one have been scammed or are concerned that you might be the target of a scam, don’t be afraid to talk about it with someone you trust. Seek help, because doing nothing could have huge financial consequences.

The top five senior scams include: ■ Government impostor scams: Callers pose as employees of the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration or Medicare and threaten arrest or prosecution unless you agree to provide funds or other payments immediately.

■ Grandparent scams: A caller says something like, “Hi, Grandma/Grandpa, do you know who this is?”

When the unsuspecting grandparent guesses the

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name of the grandchild, the scammer assumes the fake identity. The fake grandchild then asks for money to solve some unexpected financial problem (overdue rent, car repairs, jail bond) and will beg the grandparent not to tell anyone.

■ Medicare/health insurance scams: Perpetrators may pose as Medicare representatives to get you to give them personal information, or they will provide bogus services for elderly people at makeshift mobile clinics, then bill Medicare and pocket the money.

■ Computer tech support scams: A pop-up message appears on a computer or phone, telling you that your device is compromised and needs fixing. When you call the support number for help, the scammer may either request remote access to your computer and/or that you pay a fee to have it repaired.

■ Phishing scams: These usually involve emails or text messages that look like they’re from a company you know or trust, like a familiar bank, credit card company or online store. Phishing emails or texts request personal information, such as a login or Social Security number to verify your account, or ask that you update your credit card payment. That information is then used to steal your personal and financial information.

If you believe you have encountered an attempted scam, or if you become a scam victim, contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at (800) 244-8477. All callers remain anonymous. You can also report scams to the Federal Trade Commission at https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/.

BILL GAYLOR Nassau County legislator, 6th District

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