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Improving highway safety July crash sparks call for further use of cameras on Southern State By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com
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WITH THE SOUTHERN State Parkway as a backdrop, State Sen. John Brooks, left, Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages and Sen. Todd Kaminsky called for changes to a 2001 state policy that governs the use of cameras along the parkway.
Following the death of Richard Riggs, 75, in a July 12 crash on the Southern State Parkway, local and state lawmakers called for the revision of a state Department of Transportation policy that governs the use of cameras along the parkway at a July 27 news conference in Valley Stream State Park. As cars drove past on the
parkway behind them, State Senators Todd Kaminsky and John Brooks and Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages announced that they had written a letter to the commissioner of the State Department of Transportation, Marie Therese Dominguez, calling for changes to a policy implemented in 2001 that they argued could have led to the apprehension of the reckless drivers who caused Riggs’s CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
V.S. man charged in global money-laundering scheme By MATTHEW CUDAHY mcudadhy@liherald.com
A Valley Stream man has been arrested by the FBI for his alleged involvement in an international money-laundering scheme, officials said. On July 26, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed documents showing that three U.S.based defendants had been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to engage in money laundering and aggravated identity theft. One of them was Rukayat Motunraya Fashola, also known as Morayo, a 28-year-old Valley Stream resident. Three defendants believed to be in Africa were also charged. The grand jury indictment alleges that Fashola took part in
an elaborate scheme to steal more than $1.1 million from a businessperson attempting to finance the construction of a school for children in Qatar, according to a DOJ news release. The alleged ringleader of the scheme was Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, a 37-year-old Nigerian national who goes by the alias Ray Hushpuppi, DOJ officials said. “Mr. Abbas, among the most high-profile money launderers in the world, has admitted to his significant role in perpetrating global [business email comprise] fraud, a scheme currently plaguing Americans,” said Kristi K. Johnson, assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office. According to the indictment,
Abbas allegedly conspired with Abdulrahman Imraan Juma, 28, of Kenya, and Kelly Chibuzo Vincent, 40, of Nigeria, to defraud the Qatari businessperson by claiming to be consultants and bankers who could facilitate a loan to finance construction of the school. Yusuf Adekinka Anifowoshe, 26, of Brooklyn, also allegedly assisted in the fraud, posing as a Wells Fargo Banker. Then Fashola and Bolatito Tawakalitu Agbabiaka, 34, of Linden, N.J., were tasked with laundering the $1.1 million, according to officials. Roughly $230,000 of the stolen funds was allegedly used to purchase a Richard Mille RM11-03 watch, which was delivered to Abbas in Dubai and subsequently
appeared in Hushpuppi’s social media posts. Other illicit proceeds from the scheme were allegedly converted into cashier’s checks, including $50,000 in checks that were used by Abbas and a co-conspirator to fraudulently acquire a St. Christopher and Nevis citizenship, as well as a passport for Abbas obtained by creating a false marriage certificate and then bribing a government official in St. Kitts, officials said.
Anifowoshe, Fashola and Agbabiaka were arrested in New York and New Jersey on July 22, and they are expected to be arraigned in Los Angeles in August. All three are currently free on bond. Both conspiracy counts alleged in the indictment carry a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison. Aggravated identity theft carries a mandatory two-year prison term.
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Hofstra institute opens students’ minds By MATTHEW CUDAHY mcudahy@liherald.com
Nine Nassau County students, including four from Valley Stream, one from Elmont and one from Freeport, took part in this year’s Hofstra University High School Summer Journalism Institute, learning firsthand the ins and outs of the media industry. The institute, which is funded by the Bernard and Sandra Otterman Foundation, aims to encourage diversity in the media, with almost all of the participating students coming from communities of color. The program, held at Hofstra’s Lawrence Herbert School of Communication in Hempstead from July 26 to 31, is headed by Scott Brinton, executive editor of Herald Community Newspapers and adjunct associate professor at Hofstra, and Mario Gonzalez, associate professor at the university. “The institute is just so much fun,” Brinton said. “It’s fast-paced — the week just flies by — but I really do believe the students come away with a much better understanding of the media industry and the potential career opporunities that it presents.” The students spent the week working on the foundational elements of journalism, including writing articles, editing videos and meeting deadlines. They also explored a range of mediums, ranging from radio to print. “I’ve always been very fond of radio, and this week I learned a lot about it, and I definitely will look into that as a career now,” said Hadia Choudhry, a junior at Crescent School in Hempstead and a Valley Stream resident. “The institute showed that journalism isn’t just writing. It’s reporting, photography, videography, radio,” Divina Boko, a
junior at Free por t High School, said. The students also got to hear from a slate of speakers throughout the week, including: ■ Michael Otterman, author and program coordinator for the Otterman Foundation, and a former Herald intern and freelancer. ■ Mark Lukasiewicz, dean of the Hofstra Herbert School of Communication and a former news executive at ABC and NBC. ■ Shawna VanNess, assistant CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
MARK LUKASIEWICZ, DEAN of Hofstra’s Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, addressed the students on the institute’s opening day, July 26. DIVINA BOKO, A Freeport High School junior, listening in on the talk given by Lukasiewicz. MOMNA CHOUDHRY, OF Valley Stream, a recent graduate of the Crescent School in Hempstead, and Kristanna Petrillo, of Lindenhurst, a rising senior at St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School, interviewing each other.
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HADIA CHOUDHRY, FOREGROUND, left, and Saher Din, both of Valley Stream, interviewing each other for biographies that they wrote at the recent Hofstra High School Summer Journalism Institute. At back were with Mariam Faisal, of Queens, left, and Emaan Tehseen, of Valley Stream.
Body cameras to be rolled out in Elmont noted, emphasizing that body camera recordings can hold police officers accountable as well as provide evidence. The body camera program set to be “We all know that this is a solution for rolled out by the Nassau County Police us, the community, and professionals to Department across the county by the end come together and move forward,” Solagof the year, and in Elmont beginning in es said at the start of the meeting, alludSeptember, was detailed at a community ing to the schism across the U.S. between meeting at Elmont Memorial Junior- advocates for police officers and socialSenior High School on July 20. County and racial-justice activists. The presentaLegislator Carrié Solages and former tion also acknowledged the nationwide state legislator Michael Balboni gave a call for improved policing that was reinpresentation on the vigorated by the killprogram, and repreing of George Floyd sentatives of the and the Black Lives NCPD fielded comMatter movement, munity members’ and emphasized that questions. the public’s demands The program will have been heard in be introduced first in Nassau County. the NCPD’s 8th Pre“The cameras are cinct and the Elmontdesigned to provide a Lakeview portion of record of interacthe 5th Precinct. The tions between police trial stage was initialofficers and members ly targeted exclusiveof the public,” a flier ly at the 8th Precinct, released by Solages’s but Legislator Siela office states, “and [to] Bynoe, who reprebe used by the Nassents the county’s sau County District 2nd Legislative DisAttorney’s Office for trict, reached out to discovery purposes in the NCPD to push for criminal cases and by testing in communi- SOLAGES AND BALBONI showed the police departt i e s , i n c l u d i n g attendees a body camera that will be ment to review comElmont, that were worn by county police officers. plaints against offiamong the first to call cers.” for the program. An NCPD policy “The fact that they changed their deci- on the cameras, now in the works, will sion and decided to expand the program detail when officers must record, how shows that this, like our Constitution, is a they will securely manage and upload living document that will evolve,” Solages camera data and how they will troublesaid, adding that the decision to test the shoot malfunctioning hardware. “Once program in Elmont demonstrated a flexi- trained, patrol officers and supervisors ble approach. “We say one thing in the will be assigned their own bodyworn cambeginning, but if we learn better steps era for use only in accordance with and better ways to improve the program, department policy and the law,” accordwe will do so,” he said. ing to the slides presented by Solages and Balboni, a former assemblyman and Balboni. senator who represented Elmont in AlbaThe NCPD policy will require camera ny for nearly 20 years, said that communi- activation during four specific police-pubty input was a major goal of the body lic interactions: responding to calls for camera program. “Transparency and service, traffic stops, enforcement actions improved policing help to build trust such as the serving of warrants, and between police and the communities they transporting people. serve,” the slides of the presentation “NCPD’s planned bodyworn camera
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NASSAU COUNTY LEGISLATOR Carrié Solages, far left and above, and former state legislator Michael Balboni previewed the Nassau County Police Department’s body camera program. rollout reflects the experience of police departments nationwide and locally, including the Freeport P.D., New York State Police and NYPD,” according to Solages and Balboni. In addition, the NCPD body camera program incorporates recommendations from the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services, Major Cities Chiefs Association, International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Police Executive Research Forum. NCPD supervisors will be trained first, and they will train officers, who will be subject to extensive retraining, and disciplinary action, if they fail to follow NCPD policy, Balboni said. Balboni, who displayed a body camera and demonstrated how officers will wear them, stressed that the program would bolster a sense of safety and trust between the public and officers, and enhance both officer accountability and performance. “The officers will learn from the videos produced by the body cameras,” he said. “Before we reach disciplinary [action], there will be formalized training that will
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 managing editor for features at Newsday. ■ Karen Albert, Hofstra University Museum director. ■ Chris Vaccaro, Hofstra graduate journalism director and Altice vice president for digital news. ■ Mario Murillo, vice dean of the Hofstra Herbert School of Communication and community radio host and reporter. ■ Nakeem Grant, editor at Herald Community Newspapers and an alumnus of the Hofstra Graduate Journalism Program. ■ Bill Bleyer, a Press Club of Long Island Board member and former longtime Newsday reporter. “I really enjoyed the guest speakers,” Momna Choudhry, a recent graduate of Crescent School and a Valley Stream resident, said. “Hearing the different perspectives and different aspects of the industry was amazing and very informative.” The week was an eye-opener for many of the students, as it introduced them to the numerous possibilities in the industry, and even convinced some to consider careers in media, according to a post-institute survey of the students. “I like writing, and I’ve learned that journalism allows you to experience new and different things day to day,” Emaan Tehseen, an Elmont High School freshman and Valley Stream resident, said.
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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
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Wednesday, Aug. 18
Weekly Raffle at the Henry Waldinger Library
Northwell Health Testing Van The Northwell Health Testing Van will be in the Franklin Square Library parking lot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free rapid HIV testing and PrEP screenings will be available. The outreach team will also have promotional and education material. The testing and screenings are available to people of all ages (teen/adults). You do not have to schedule an apointment.
The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library has resumed in-person library visits to the library. Please use the Adult Room entrance opposite the LIRR to visit. Library hours have been extended from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Monday to Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. A maximum of 25 visitors are allowed at a time. A weekly Welcome Back Raffle will be held. All library visitors, including children, can enter a weekly raffle just for visiting the library. Just put your name and contact information on the raffle form, and a raffle winner will be selected at the end of the week on Saturday. Winners will be contacted on the following Monday to pick up their prizes.
Tuesday, Aug. 31 Board of Education Business Meeting The meeting will start at 8 p.m. inside Cafteria B of Memorial Junior High School.
Thursday, Aug. 5 Virtual Live Performance: An Afternoon of Country with Tennessee Walt Enjoy an afternoon of country music with Tennessee Walt at the Elmont Memorial Library. Virtual registration is open to everyone. A link will be emailed before the program begins. Registration is required; register online at www.elmontlibrary.org.
Friday, Aug. 6 Summer Concert Series: Bon Journey Come out to the Village Bandshell on the Village Green, located behind Village Hall at 123 S. Central Ave., to enjoy the music of Bon Journey, a Bon Jovi and Journey cover band. The concert starts at 8 p.m. The rain date is Aug. 9 at 8 p.m.
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A lovely local vista Old-fashioned lamps, bright green scenery, plenty of walking paths and a bridge that crosses over a flowing stream are all part of Village Green Park in Valley Stream. A favorite place for residents and the venue where the village’s summer concert series takes place. nue School in Valley Stream. Free backpacks and school supplies will be distributed while supplies last. Your child must be present. There will also be a gaming truck, ice cream, cotton candy, popcorn and more. The event will be taking place in the back field parking lot from 2 to 5 p.m. Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages, Assembly Member Michaelle Solages, Empowering Young Professionals of Long Island, Affinity Health Plan and Young Muslims will be in attendance.
Saturday, Aug. 7 “Schitt’s Creek” Trivia with Theresa Maritato Register for this Elmont Memorial Library Event by emailing Theresa at theresaownes8@gmail.com on Friday,
Aug. 6 with the subject line, “ELMONT/ SCHITT’S CREEK.” All questions will be show related and will be emailed to you on Aug. 6. You’ll have until 11:50 p.m. to play. Everyone who plays will be eligible to win a $25 Amazon gift card, regardless of score.
Monday, Aug. 9 Tech Program: All About Pinterest Tap into the power of Pinterest, from recipes to crafts to gift ideas. Learn how to create an account, set up boards and search for pins. Virtual registration to this Elmont Memorial Library event is open to everyone. A link will be emailed before the program begins. Register online at www.elmontlibrary.org.
Thursday, Aug. 12 Outdoor Picnic Bingo Pack a snack or your dinner and bring chairs or a blanket to sit on and join the Valley Stream Public Library for Bingo on the libarary lawn. The event starts at 6 p.m. Contact Ms. Kunz at (516) 825-6422 or kidsroomsvs@nassaulibrary.org to register.
Tuesday, Aug. 17 Zoom Author Chat: Bill Florio Meet Bill Florio, author of “Valley Stream and Around Elmont and Arcadia.” He wil share stories about familiar landmarks in the area. Send an email to hwmlcontract@hotmail.com to register. The event starts at 7:30 p.m.
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Actor Steve Buscemi is a Valley Stream native and attended Central High School. The Village began planting trees near Hendrickson Park this season. Go to www.vsvny.org to find a link to join the Valley Stream Fire Department. The village website features a “How Do I?” section with helpful tips on living in the community. The village’s classic car show and outdoor dining on Rockaway continue throughout the summer.
Northwell Hospitals top U.S. News national ratings
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NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY Hospital in Manhasset ranked fifth among New York hospitals in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings. pital leadership, physicians, nurses, and all of our caregivers for their dedication, compassion and expertise.” Lenox Hill Hospital, the fourth-ranked medical center in the state and New York metro region, achieved top-50 national ratings in seven medical specialties: neurology and neurosurgery (23rd best in the nation), orthopedics (25th), ear, nose and throat (27th), cardiology and heart surgery (28th), gynecology (31st), diabetes and
endocrinology (38th) and geriatrics (39th). North Shore University Hospital ranked fifth in the metro area and state and is Long Island’s top hospital, according to U.S. News. The hospital was nationally recognized in eight specialties: pulmonology (17th), cardiology and heart surgery (21st), orthopedics (24th), urology (25th), geriatrics (29th), diabetes and endocrinology (31st), gastroenterology (GI) and GI surgery (39th) and neurology and neu-
rosurgery (46th). Long Island Jewish Medical Center ranked seventh (tied) in the metro area and state and was nationally recognized in five specialties: gynecology (15th), neurology and neurosurgery (20th), urology (22nd), ear, nose and throat (40th), and geriatrics (47th). Huntington Hospital was ranked 10th in the state and 12th in the region, and its orthopedics (44th) program achieved national status once again with pulmonology and lung surgery jumping to 47th. U.S. News conducts a separate analysis of the nation’s best children’s hospitals. In the latest survey results released on June 15, Northwell’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park was ranked No. 1 in New York state and earned Top 50 national rankings for exceptional care in nine pediatric specialties. The largest provider of pediatric health services in New York, Cohen Children’s has been ranked among the nation’s top children’s hospitals by U.S. News for 15 consecutive years. This marks the 32nd edition of U.S. News’ Best Hospitals rankings. Its methodologies in most areas of care are based largely on objective measures such as riskadjusted survival and discharge-to-home rates, volume and quality of nursing, among other care-related indicators. U.S. News evaluated nearly 5,000 medical centers nationwide in 15 specialties, procedures and conditions to compile its 2021-22 rankings. Only 175 U.S. hospitals were ranked in at least one specialty.
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Four Northwell Health hospitals received Top 50 national ratings in 22 adult medical specialties — including three among the top 20 — in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021-22 Best Hospital rankings. Three of the hospitals – Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park – rate among the top seven hospitals in the New York metropolitan area and the state, according to U.S. News’s analysis of more than 4,500 medical centers nationwide. Northwell Health, New York State’s largest health system and private employer, played a leading role throughout the coronavirus pandemic, from providing diagnostic testing to delivering vaccines and nursing the sick, Northwell officials said. The health system treated more Covid-19 patients than any other, collaborated with local, state and federal agencies to tamp down the virus, and extended its outreach to underserved populations throughout its geographic footprint across Long Island, New York City and Westchester. “Northwell Health’s patient-centric culture, along with the collaboration our staff displays each day, is not only reflected in these impressive rankings, but in the fact that we helped New Yorkers get through the worst health-care crisis in a century,” said Michael Dowling, president and chief executive officer of Northwell Health. “I am extremely proud of our hos-
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multi-car crash near Exit 38. The drivers recently that resulted in the death of Mr. who caused it fled the scene and are yet to Riggs . . . wouldn’t have happened had death. they known that their actions could have Called the “Policy for the Design and be identified. been recorded and tracked and that they The policy change in question has Operation of Closed-Circuit Television wo u l d h ave b e e n h e l d been adopted in New Jersey, (CCTV) in Advanced Traffic Manageaccountable,” Kaminsky ment Systems,” the department’s memo Washington, D.C., and Iowa. added. “It’s long past time for New allows the use of 30 cameras located Brooks emphasized the York state to join those other along the Southern State to record drivoutdated nature of the Southstates and make that critical ers solely in limited circumstances. “Folern State, which was built in lowing the tragic death of Richard Riggs change,” Kaminsky said. the late 1920s and early ’30s. “Technology is our friend, recently, it has become all too apparent “This parkway was built and we need to use it today ,” that our law enforcement does not have basically 100 years ago,” added Solages. “We need to the necessary tools to help keep us safe Brooks said, when cars were every tool possible to SALE and deter drivers from acting recklessly,” use SA LE slower and there was less sure that people, famiKaminsky said. “Long Islanders deserve make 25%25% O FFO FF traffic. Today the Southern lies, individuals, workers are safe roads.” HANES & BERKSHIRE HANES & BERKSHIRE State is a major traffic artery, able to get to their destinaSA LE Kaminsky added that although therePANTYHOSE&TIGHTS PANTYHOSE&TIGHTS almost always crowded with way.”O FF are cameras on the parkway, they are not tions in a safe25% vehicles. According Kaminsky, HANES to & BERKSHIRE used to record crashes like the one that PANTYHOSE&TIGHTS Brooks noted the highsense meakilled Riggs. They record a live feed, but the “commonway’s low overpasses, sharp, sure” is backed by law footage is used by law enforcement only winding turns and old curbs in specific instances outlined in a state enforcement officers. Those as evidence that structural Department of Transportation memo. he has spoken to, he said, TODD changes should be made — think it is “illogical” that BUY 12 GET 1 FREE Kaminsky, Brooks and Solages called for BUY 12 GET 1 FREE KAMINSKY but, he lamented, that is very more frequent use of the cameras and they cannot use footage that State senator unlikely to happen. “We have by the state. “We easier access to the footage for law is recorded 12 GET 1 FREE BUYSALE SALE to change the way we admincan use that footage to learn enforcement. OI ister and monitor this roadandMEM frankly prosecute, MEM OI “Having our drivers know that their who, SALE LADIES who are driving criminally,” way,” he said. “We’re suggesting today to actions are recorded will certainly help those LADIES MEMOI UNDERW EAR Kaminsky said. “Law enforcement record with traffic cameras. One step in deter reckless and illegal driving,” UNDERW EAR LADIES should have every resource to help keep the right direction.” Kaminsky said. UNDERW “Long Islanders don’t have to live on safe. EAR Riggs, an auto parts salesman and a Long Islanders “The two drivers racing recklessly roads that have the word ‘death’ in their grandfather from Holbrook, died in a CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE
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State invests in at-risk youth to curb gun violence By CRISTINA ARROYO RODRIGUEZ
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Two weeks after Governor Cuomo issued a first-in-the-nation executive order declaring gun violence a disaster emergency, on July 21 he announced the state would invest $16 million to fund workforce training and job placement programs for at-risk youth in 20 cities most impacted by gun violence. Nassau County will receive $900,000 to serve 180 at-risk unemployed, underemployed and out-of-school 18- to 24-year olds, and Hempstead, $500,000 for 100, as the state identified Hempstead and Uniondale as gun violence hotspots earlier this month. This brings the state’s total commitment to reducing gun violence to $154.7 million. County Executive Laura Curran said she fully suppor ts the initiative. “The county intends to support State Executive Order 211 on Gun Violence with additional American Rescue Plan funds for community violence intervention, such as summer youth employment opportunities in gun violence hotspots.” The Nassau County Police ANDREW D e p a r t m e n t r e c e n t l y CUOMO announced that while major crime are down across the Governor board, gunshot incident numbers countywide are up. In 2020, with most people staying indoors because of the coronavirus pandemic, there were 68 shots fired. This year so far, however, there have been 95 shots fired, a 39 percent increase. From 2009 to 2019, NCPD had reported a reduction of 36.5 percent in firearmrelated violent crimes, as well as a decrease of 27.5 percent in shooting incidents involving injury and of 14.3 percent of shooting victims from 2014 to 2019. The NCPD assembled a gun-suppression team last year, taking 40 guns off the street. In 2021, the team has surpassed that number. Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said during a July 1 news conference that the department had been working with federal partners on the issue of guns arriving in the county from areas down South, which he said was due to Covid-19. “Gun violence is a public health crisis in New York state and across the country, and we’re attacking it with the same comprehensive, evidence-based approach we
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MSSN is named to list of best hospitals Mount Sinai South Nassau ranked among the Best Regional Hospitals in the metropolitan area and earned eight “high performing” badges for specific service areas, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report 2021-22 “Best Hospital” rankings. The eight areas rated “high performing” at Mount Sinai South Nassau are: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, orthopedics, stroke, and urology. The U.S. News rankings are independently conducted by the magazine’s editorial staff and are among the most recognized hospital scorecards in the nation. “Mount Sinai South Nassau’s patients are the ultimate judges of how we are doing, and they have increasingly been putting their confidence in us to provide them with the health services they need,” said Richard J. Murphy, Mount Sinai South Nassau’s president and CEO. “These rankings are an affirmation of what we already know—that Mount Sinai South Nassau is among the very best hospitals in our area, especially on the South Shore of Long Island.” “Our staff—from the housekeeping and dietary teams to the nurses and physicians—all work collaboratively to focus on what our patients need,” said Dr. Adhi Sharma, chief medical officer and executive vice president of clinical and professional affairs. “It’s truly a family atmo-
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least six types of care -- a feat achieved by barely 10 percent of U.S hospitals. The metro area rankings are relevant to a much wider range of health care consumers. They are aimed primarily at consumers whose care may not demand the special expertise found only at a nationally ranked “Best Hospital.” Patients and their families have a far better chance of finding a U.S. News-ranked hospital in their health insurance network and might not have to travel to get care at one of the nationally ranked hospitals.
Now in its 29th year, the U.S. News “Best Hospitals” rankings help guide patients who need a high level of care because they face particularly difficult surgeries, challenging conditions or added risk because of other health problems or age. To produce the rankings, U.S. News evaluates data on roughly 5,000 hospitals in 16 adult specialties, nine adult procedures and conditions, and 10 pediatric specialties. To be nationally ranked in a specialty, a hospital must excel in caring for the sickest, most complex patients. Mount Sinai South Nassau is the Long Island flagship hospital of the worldrenowned Mount Sinai Health System. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked No. 17 nationally by U.S. News & World Report. Its Department of Geriatrics earned the No. 1 spot in the nation in geriatrics for the second consecutive year, and 10 specialties are ranked among the nation’s elite hospitals: Cancer No. 32; Cardiology/Heart Surgery No. 6; Diabetes No. 10; Ear, Nose, and Throat No. 24; Gastroenterology/GI Surgery No. 15; Neurology/Neurosurgery No. 10; Orthopedics No. 14; Pulmonology/Lung Surgery No. 20; Rehabilitation No. 14, and Urology No. 16. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, America’s oldest specialty hospital and one of the world’s leading facilities for the treatment of diseases of the eyes, ears, nose, and throat — was nationally ranked in ranked in Ophthalmology at No. 12.
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LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF VALLEY STREAM 123 So. Central Avenue Valley Stream, New York 11580 516-592-5105 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The public may attend the Public Hearing or join on ZOOM using the link provided. https://us02web.zoom.us/ j/7148140969. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution and the provisions of the Village Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, as amended, there will be a Public Hearing on Monday the 16th day of August, 2021 at 7:00 o’clock p.m. in the Village Hall Auditorium, 123 So. Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York, to consider the enactment of the following local law: PROPOSED LOCAL LAW G - 2021 - A Local Law to Amend the Code of the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream Chapter 93 entitled, “Vehicle And
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A. Mold is a living organism that, just like you and me, must eat and drink to stay alive. You’re looking for the source of moisture that keeps your mold alive, but it may be hidden in plain sight. As I have often onte eeper explained, when looking for the moisture source, follow gravity and look to the highest points above the area where the mold occurs. Even the most well kept exterior can have the tiniest of openings where trickles of water get in. If you’re satisfied that the roof, siding, gutters and window-to-wall connections aren’t the problem, then look at the places where wires, pipes and chimneys penetrate or join the house. You may find that a cable coming through the wall wasn’t sealed, an electric meter has a conduit hole behind it, etc. After having explored and sealed any of those areas, if the problem still persists, it may not be in plain sight after all, and you may have to do some digging. Before that, however, look for internal issues, such as the humidity level in the basement. Determine how much of the time the dehumidifier has to run, and how much moisture the equipment is pulling out of the room. Are all of the basement windows closed? Are cold-water pipes creating condensation, and do any of the joints of the pipes look corroded from a possible leak? I’ve even seen where the wrong kind of pipe hangers were used, causing a trade-off of electrons in dissimilar metals, called electrolytic action, which corrodes the side wall of the pipe, eventually opening up the pipe to leaking. Then we come to the most extreme culprit, the hidden one that probably will take the most effort to resolve: the outside of the basement walls. Your home was built at a time when the masonry block industry was evolving from using real cinders from burned wood in manufacturing to becoming completely made of concrete, mainly because the consistency and strength were greater, and there was more control of the way the block was being made. Unfortunately, almost nothing lasts forever, and the coating on the exterior of the foundation walls was a tar-like product that has probably turned to dust. By digging in the area of the mold, you can confirm this, and then the exterior foundation walls would need to be “scarified” (cleaned) and re-coated. Good luck!
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ack in the old days when people used to tell jokes, one of my favorite one-liners was, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you.” It always elicited a few laughs, but I made it clear that the role of government, dating back to 1776, is exactly that. In times of crisis, no private organization is going to step forward to help us weather a health scare or any other challenge. It’s the job of government to be there for us in times of need. The more I think about it, the JERRY current attacks on the nation’s effort KREMER to battle the coronavirus pandemic and the persistent undermining of public health measures are a national disgrace, and history will record them as such. And the people who are the fomenters of “health hate” should be treated in the same way as the hundreds of people who were arrested for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection. The arrival of Covid-19 in January 2020 wasn’t the first time in the coun-
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try’s history that we asked our health professionals to provide relief and assurance. In 1918, the nation was decimated by the flu pandemic. In 2002, we had the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, scare. In 2004, America learned of the H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, which necessitated the destruction of millions of chickens to keep us safe. In all of those cases, America turned to agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. We followed the media reports, looking for assurances that no serious illness would invade our homes and upset our daily life. During those times, people like Dr. Anthony Fauci and others stood behind lecterns with charts and graphs. They assured the country in measured words that the government was trying its best to protect us. When the Covid-19 plague hit our shores last year, the two federal agencies were the first to alert us of a possible new virus that had developed in China. Did they get it right from the beginning? Not knowing how serious it was, they
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made a few miscalculations on the issue of masks and how quickly the virus might spread, but their job was made even harder by a president who didn’t want to talk about the coronavirus because it would interfere with his reelection plans. It was at that point until that a lifeor-death challenge became a political football, and it remains one today. Instead of one nation united, we have red and blue states fighting over mask requirements. We have so-called elected officials discouraging their constituents from getting vaccinated. We have media personalities such as Fox’s Tucker Carlson, who rails against vaccines even though, according to media reports, he has been vaccinated, as has most of the staff at Fox News. And then we have a variety of public officials mocking the doctors and the vaccine. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who sees himself as a possible president, is selling T-shirts making fun of Doctor Fauci. In the meantime, Florida is now one of the states with the largest number of new reported Covid cases. To add to his arrogance, DeSantis is fighting with the
t’s too late in the game to expect there to be a united effort to stop Covid’s ravages.
cruise ship industry over its insistence on checking boarding passengers for symptoms of the virus. Political stupidity when it comes to protecting the public isn’t confined to any party. It is hard to imagine that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of a great political legend, is traveling around the nation, discouraging people from getting vaccinated. For many in the anti-vaccination movement, Kennedy is considered their No. 1 hero. His poor dad must be turning over in his grave. It’s too late in the game to expect there to be a united effort to stop Covid from ravaging our country. Innocent people will continue to die as a result of raw politics. Families will continue to lose cherished members of all ages. There’s a lesson to be learned about politicizing disease, but it seems that no one who needs to hear it is willing to listen. The coronavirus scourge isn’t over, and there will be many more losers thanks to a handful of political losers. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.
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t’s been a long time since I took a pregnancy test, but it was the perfect application of what passed for high tech in its day: private, accurate and consequential. Today, as technology advances, we are pushed beyond our skill sets without the benefit of human helpers. Self-sufficiency is fine, but I miss having real human beings to answer questions or tell me that the bathing suit I’m checking out is going on sale next week. I miss having people who RANDI know more than I KREISS do about a problem. When I go online to return an item, I must engage with a chat bot who has programmed answers. Round and round we go, with me having no way to tell Chat that my new shoe had a dead roach in the heel. I had a foreshadowing of our new doit-yourself world some 25 years ago, when my snazzy Dell desktop ran amok. One call led to another, until I reached a supervisor who said he would talk me
through the fix. “First,” he said, “get a screwdriver.” This did not sound cool. “Now, take off the back of the tower,” he said. I really didn’t want to open the back of the tower, but I did, and moved the wires he told me to move, and it fixed the problem. The house-call service industry was in its death throes. Last week I saw an ad for a cardio phone app that can alert you if your heart rate is too fast or too slow. How is that helpful? Will it tell you you’re having a heart attack? If you have chest pain and an erratic heartbeat and your phone tells you you’re OK, what do you do? This is the perfect scenario for a little bit of knowledge being a dangerous thing. I wonder if cardiologists are getting false alarms from patients who get false alarms from their wristwatches. One cardiac patient offered this testimonial to his heart monitor: “This is an amazing little monitor! I recently began having heart palpitations in the middle of the night, and it’s very easy to just check my heart rhythm with my device to make sure I’m not having any serious arrhythmias. It has given me so much
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peace of mind!” How is this OK? What if the dude is reading his gizmo wrong? What if the gizmo isn’t accurate? Why not just call your doctor? Actually, I know the answer to that. Answering services are understaffed. It’s hard to reach your doctor in the middle of the night. A trip to the ER is a drag. One cardio app offers a “premium” subscription, which raises the question of what makes it premium? Does it monitor you less rigorously if you don’t upgrade? Do you get a refurbished monitor if you look for a bargain? Now we can also buy portable ECG monitors for under $100 that you can carry in your pocket and glance at from time to time to see if your heart is behaving. The proliferation of these medical devices, available to the public, makes my own heart race. During Covid we all learned to do some things we had relied on experts to do before the pandemic. I’d never heard about an oximeter before 2020, but when my husband got the sniffles, I regularly checked his O2 levels to be sure it wasn’t
n airports, subways and stores, kiosks and registers go unmanned and unwomaned.
the virus. I cut our hair and figured out how to fix our TV because we couldn’t let a service person in. The problem is that now, even though we’re drifting back to normal, some do-it-yourself chores are here to stay. I check out my own groceries because no one is at the registers. I check out my own purchases at the big stores, and I read my own lab reports on the patient portals because I want my results sooner rather than later. I book my own flights and make all changes online because I can’t get a human being to pick up. All the work I’ve done in my life, aside from writing, which is a solitary endeavor, bonded me with other people in real time. I taught, I tutored, I lectured, and it was a way to nurture human connections. In airports, subways and stores, kiosks go unmanned and unwomaned. We are increasingly on our own, without micro-connections to humanize our days. I see a time when virtual schooling could be universal. We will educate ourselves, order our food online, repair our own equipment and, heaven forbid, maybe operate on ourselves if the lesion is small and the instructions are good. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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LETTERS Opioid settlement is a big win To the Editor: State Attorney General Letitia James recently announced settlements with three of the nation’s largest opioid distributors related to their culpability in accelerating the ongoing opioid drug crisis on Long Island. At a news conference announcing the settlements with McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said that the county’s total share of the settlements paid by the “big three” could reach as much as $86.8 million. This announcement represents another giant step forward in our quest to end the devastating opioid drug crisis that continues to plague our society. The County Legislature’s Democratic minority is committed to working closely with Curran’s administration, public health experts and other key stakeholders to devise a strategic plan for applying these funds to amplifying and delivering the treatment, education and pre-
number this year, officials said. To enhance the work being done by the police, the county has embraced the state gun violence initiative announced in July by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who called gun violence a public health crisis. In making the announcement, Cuomo noted that there had been 26 shootings across the state over the Fourth of July weekend, including three on Long Island. As part of the state’s new initiative, Nassau will receive $900,000 of a total of $16 million to help 180 18- to 24-year-olds who are unemployed, out of school and considered at risk of potentially becoming involved in crime. Another $500,000 will go to the Village of Hempstead to help 100 people in the same age group. Uniondale was also identified as a gun violence hot spot. County Executive Laura Curran has said she supports Cuomo’s executive order. We endorse it as well. We believe the problem of gun violence should be seen more as a public health issue than as a recurring problem in only one portion of the community. As Dr. Chethan Sathya, the director of Northwell Health’s Gun Violence Prevention Center, noted, viewing the issue of gun violence through the lens of public health helps to depolarize and depoliticize it, and encourages the use of a public health model similar to the efforts to reduce traffic accidents, cigarette smoking, the transmission of HIV/
AIDS and substance abuse. The more money and research that can be dedicated to gun violence prevention, the more likely officials will be to determine what works and what doesn’t, Sathya said. “We can’t afford not to commit ourselves 100 percent to this effort,” the advocacy group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence group tweeted of the state initiative. We agree. But it also needs the support of other organizations — groups that support guns, respect their responsible use and understand their power as a destructive force — every day, more than a hundred Americans are killed by guns, and 230 are shot and wounded, according to the nonprofit Every Town for Gun Safety. To help make the state initiative work, the Department of Labor will join forces with local workforce development boards and their networks of community partners to provide job training, certification and career placement services. In addition, gun violence intervention and prevention strategies will be coordinated by the state’s Division of Criminal Justice Services and the Office of Victim Services. We also call on the National Rifle Association and all other legitimate regional and local gun organizations to join the battle against gun violence by using their influence to help ensure that that violence can be reduced to the point where the state’s program is no longer needed.
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here has been a fixation on comparison throughout the coronavirus pandemic. First came the comparison of cases, the seismic shock of northern Italian coronavirus news that woke up the world to the severity of the virus. Inevitably came the comparison of death rates, from China to the United Kingdom to the U.S. and, slowly, everywhere in between. As we have watched countless graphs of data ebb and flow over the past 16 months, only one measure has shed light on a JEMIMA potential end: vaccination rates. DENHAM Having experienced the entirety of the pandemic as a college student at Georgetown University, I have been surrounded by variations on the question, “When will this end?” I have not had an in-person class since early March 2020, when my peers and I all assumed that Covid could not possibly last longer than a few weeks. How naive we all were. Naivety aside, however, I soon began to acclimatize to the world of virtual education in a different time zone, in my hometown of London. Amid the “Zoom
fatigue,” shaky Wi-Fi and the irony of feeling detached from friends but claustrophobic with family, reminding myself that all these would hopefully bring this bizarre way of life to an end seemed like a good enough incentive. Cue the coronavirus vaccine. I first heard of the inoculations early this spring. Finally, thoughts of socializing with my friends on campus, meeting my professors to continue conversations outside lecture halls and being late to class because I had to run down a hallway, not because my Wi-Fi was intermittent, began to piece together as a realistic future. Six months after the vaccine rollout worldwide, however, this phase of the pandemic has caused, as much as quelled, a general feeling of anxiety. Hesitancy about the vaccine has perhaps provided a more interesting point of comparison than numbers and charts. It is certainly a topic that has produced an unprecedented emotional response on both ends of the spectrum. While I can only speak from the experience of being predominantly surrounded by American and British college-age students, the viewpoints I have heard on the vaccine very quickly offer insightful indicators of people’s political and cultural standpoints. Nonetheless, they present
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LETTERS vention services that will save lives and help residents free themselves from the grips of addiction. KEVAN ABRAHAMS Minority leader, Nassau County Legislature
Entertainment venues will get grants To the Editor: Ninety-four Long Island live-entertainment venues will receive a total of more than $51 million from the federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grants Program. Since the pandemic began, I have been a strong advocate for the establishment of the relief program, rallying with venue operators across New York in calling for relief for live venues. The SVOG program was initially plagued by technical challenges, which have since greatly improved. In Congress, I routinely advocated for improvements to the program. My efforts were successful, and the Small Business Administration has now approved 9,884 grants nationally, including 1,142 in New York. Grants will continue to be distributed on a rolling basis. On March 22, 2020, non-essential businesses in New York shut down. Their
something deeper, and more interesting, than a political affiliation: whether individuals believe their singular actions can help reduce the global devastation of the virus. Moreover, they have highlighted for me where my generation perceives it stands among all this mess. Like many of my contemporaries at Georgetown, I was eager to get the shots. While I was double-vaccinated by late May, life remained fairly similar for the vaccinated and unvaccinated in the Washington area during the early vaccine rollout. But it became clear that there were tangible benefits for vaccinated people early this summer. From less social distancing to optional mask wearing, it allowed experiences that resembled a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy. On the other side of the pond, the U.K. saw a hasty vaccine rollout in late winter that eclipsed any American efforts. Unfortunately, this initial success has crumbled amid our confusing “traffic light” travel rules, spiraling virus cases and declining trust in the government’s handling of the situation as we edge into a possible fourth wave. While the root of these issues can be pinned on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s reluctance to ban travel from places where the Delta variant originated until it
was deemed too late, there is something to be said about the link between vaccine rates and incentives. Unlike the U.S., the U.K. did not employ an incentive scheme for vaccines. This promoted the realistic message that a vaccine wasn’t a quick fix to the complexity of the pandemic, but provided an important step in a return to normalcy. However, I have seen an unprecedented and surprising hesitancy toward the vaccine among younger people over the summer in the U.K. “I won’t get that sick, I don’t need it,” “It’s too much of an effort” and “It’s too new to trust” are some of the sentiments I’ve heard repeatedly. While I sympathize with these concerns, the general lack of motivation is disturbing. Vaccine hesitancy is a direct comparison that can be made across generations, political affiliations and nationalities. However, almost everyone offered the vaccine has also had to question whether they want to take accountability for the trajectory of the virus. Undoubtedly, the short-term consequences and potential side effects must not be underestimated. But this stage of the pandemic also presents a perhaps once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: become a key stakeholder in the global fight against the coronavirus by being vaccinated. Jemima Denham is an intern at the Heralds this summer, working remotely from her home in London.
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reopening and recovery has been uneven ever since. I’m relieved that the Small Business Administration heeded our call to improve and expedite the approval process to deliver this critical aid to impacted businesses as soon as possible. Local businesses like these contribute too much to the spirit and culture of our communities and economy for us to do nothing. The SVOG program was established through the bipartisan Covid-19 relief package passed last December. As a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, I was part of the bipartisan coalition of lawmakers who crafted the framework that the relief package was built on. I also helped secure additional funding for the SVOG program through the American Rescue Plan, to total over $16 billion in grants for shuttered venues in order to keep businesses afloat and workers on the payroll. The American Rescue Plan also instituted a fix to ensure that shuttered venues that received Paycheck Protection Program loans after Dec. 27, 2020, can also receive Small Venue Operators grants, as long as the grants are reduced by the amount of PPP funds provided. Applying for both grant programs was previously prohibited. TOM SUOZZI U.S representative, 3rd District
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