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lending library on the Village Green
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Local launches mentor program Group seeks to address inequity by creating new connections gram aimed at students of color or those from lower-income families. The goal, she said, is to give In June, Valley Stream native students the knowledge that they and 2016 Central High School need to pursue a career path. She g r a d u a t e N a t a l y A g u i r r e graduated from Boston Universiresolved to take on ty this year and the thorny issue currently works as of systemic raca health coach. ism in America. interested in a “We don’t just Amid a historic want them to go to mentorship? conversation college,” Aguirre about race after Contact peeR said. “We want the Memorial Day them to go to colon Facebook at police killing of lege to compleValley Stream peeR, George Floyd, and tion.” on instagram recalling studies According to @valleystreampeer discussed in her the latest job pator by email at behavioral health tern figures from classes at Boston the U.S. Equal valleystreampeer@ University, which Employment gmail.com showed better outOpportunity Comcomes among mission, in 2018, patients of color white men and treated by doctors who look like women working as professionals them rather than white doctors, nationwide outnumbered Black Aguirre, 22, was aware of how and Latino men and women nine under-representation by people to one. The disparity is even more of color in certain professions pronounced at the executive and can lead to material harm, and senior management level, where continue racism’s vicious cycle. the figure is 22 to one. PEER Her solution, the Valley seeks to address this inequity by Stream Program for Education intervening at the high school Equity and Resources, or PEER, level. seeks to break that cycle, target“We’re trying to address eduing the high school-to-college-to- cational disparities when it career pipeline by establishing a tutoring and mentorship proContinued on page 14
By PETER BElfioRE pbelfiore@liherald.com
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MASjid HAMzA REcENTly opened a food pantry in partnership with the Islamic Circle of North America. Shumaila Noor, far left, Ruhee Kapadia and Noshi Ahmed helped make it possible.
Feeding families in need
Food pantry aids hundreds amid pandemic By NicolE AlciNdoR nalcindor@liherald.com
One man, an Uber driver from a community near Valley Stream, was in a car accident and lost his job, which left him wondering how he would find money to feed his children. Another, a woman from Queens living in a shelter with her two children, was unsure where they would find their next meal. Similarly, a single mother from Centereach did not know how she
would feed her five children. The situation for the three families changed for the better, however, when they discovered the food pantry established on Aug. 31 at Valley Stream’s Masjid Hamza through a partnership between the mosque and the New Hyde Park-based nonprofit Islamic Circle of North America, according to Shumaila Noor, ICNA’s outreach coordinator. “When I spoke to those three families and so many
other families who need food, I was in shock because if you were to walk by those people in their neighborhoods, oftentimes you can never tell what they are actually going through,” Noor said. “There are a lot of needs in this world, more than we recognize, and we are filling in a gap or building a bridge by helping meet the needs of those who are truly in need.” The pantry is the first that Continued on page 3
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Mosque opens first-of-its-kind food pantry
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first that ICNA has partnered with in NasICNA has established on Long Island. In the sau County. “Each family that we serve weeks since its opening, it has helped feed takes home up to 40 pounds of food every nearly 400 families, Noor said. It is open Monday, and our pantry is different because we cater to ethnic demographics with ethevery Monday from 4 to 6 p.m. Noor oversees all the organization’s out- nic food, in addition to other foods.” Masjid Hamza volunteers said they have reach programs, and she been surprised by the volunteers at the new number of donations food pantry every Monthey have received to day. As a Deer Park resisupport the pantry. dent and a mother of “There was always a three, Noor said that need for a food pantry in helping others has long the community, but the been what she wanted to Covid-19 pandemic do to teach her children heightened that need, sympathy for others who and it’s great to see the are less fortunate. smile on people’s faces “I’m making a small when we help them change, and I’m part of t h ro u g h t h i s t o u g h something bigger,” she t i m e, ” s a i d Va l l e y said. “The best part of Streamer Ruhee Kapahelping run the food dia, Masjid Hamza’s outpantry is the heartreach coordinator who warming feeling of seehelped organize the pani n g eve r yo n e c o m e try. “We wanted to create together to help those in as adminisTraTive ouTreach an environment where need.” coordinator of Islamic Circle of North anyone can come and get Before the food panAmerica, Shumaila Noor oversees food, regardless of relitry partnership, Noor the nonprofit’s programs. She volun- gion, color or race.” said, representatives of “People were panickMasjid Hamza and ICNA teers at the food pantry every week. ing with this pandemic had worked together on going on, and we didn’t other charity projects. Whenever community members or congre- want people to go to sleep hungry,” said Valgants needed shelter, for instance, Masjid ley Streamer Noshi Ahmed, another volunHamza referred them to one of ICNA’s tran- teer who helped with the pantry’s opening. “It makes me feel so good to see so many sitional homes. “During the pandemic, we wanted to people lined up every Monday to get food.” To donate food or make a money donapartner with Masjid Hamza because we saw they were a very strong presence in the tion to the Masjid Hamza food pantry, email community and we wanted to give back,” newyork@icnarelief.org or icnarelief.org/ Noor said, noting that the mosque is the donate. continued from front page
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The food panTry at Masjid Hamza opened on Aug. 31 and has so far helped feed nearly 400 families in need.
Incumbents win re-election in trustee race By peTer Belfiore pbelfiore@Liherald.com
Village trustee incumbents John Tufarelli and Sean Wright of the United Community Party won re-election against Achieve Party challengers Anthony Bonelli and Michael Morin in the recent Valley Stream village trustee race. The final tally had Tufarelli and Wright with 1,790 and 1,727 votes, respectively, while 492 people cast their votes for Bonelli. The race was at large, meaning the highest vote-getters earned seats on the board. Morin was a write-in candidate, and the village did not tally write-in votes, of which there were 120. Those votes would not have affected the outcome. Voting was originally scheduled to take place on March 18, but was postponed to Sept. 15 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Additionally, the number of polling sites was reduced from the standard 12 locations to two. Mayor Ed Fare cited the coronavirus and a push to encourage mail-in ballots at the Aug. 17 village board meeting as reasons for the change. Turnout was down by about a third from the previous year, when more than 3,000 people in the village cast their votes in the village mayoral race. “It is an honor to be returned to office as trustee of my home village of Valley Stream. My wife, Lisa, and I have chosen to raise our children here because of the people that make it so special,” Wright said in a state-
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TrusTees sean WrighT, far left, and John Tufarelli, second from right, won re-election in the Sept. 15 village trustee race. ment. “That is why it is a privilege to continue to serve this outstanding community.” “I am very humbled to have won re-election and to be able to serve the village I love for a fourth term,” Tufarelli said. “I am grateful that I can remain on this board to witness the benefits of the United Community
Party’s investments that continue to help us achieve our goals, moving into a bright future as a community.” Bonelli conceded the race, thanking his supporters, but was critical of the village decision to reduce the number of polling sites.
Ambrosino begins prison sentence for tax evasion
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By peter BelfiOre and MeliSSa KOenig pbelfiore@liherald.com,mkoenig@liherald.com
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On Saturday, Sept. 26 the Valley Stream Presbyterian Church is scheduled to host a colon cancer screening F.I.T. kit day.
Raising colon cancer awareness ■ On Saturday, Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Valley Stream Presbyterian Church at 130 S. Central Ave. is scheduled to hold a colon cancer screening F.I.T. kit day. Fecal immunochemical test, or F.I.T. kits will be distributed at no cost to men and women 50 years or older.
■ On Thursday, Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. Solages is scheduled to host a virtual forum on Facebook live entitled “What Do You Need to Know About Colon Cancer?” on her page @SolagesNY.
Both events will have information on referral and appointment services. For more information call 1 (866) 442-2262 or contact Solages office at (516) 599-2972 or solagesm@nyassembly.gov.
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In honor of actor and “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, who died last month of colon cancer, the Cancer Services Program of Nassau County in partnership with Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages is hosting two colon cancer awareness events.
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Former Town of Hempstead Councilman Edward Ambrosino began his six-month prison sentence for tax evasion at a federal corrections facility in Fort Dix, New Jersey Ambrosino, a Republican from Valley Stream, was originally scheduled to surrender to federal authorities on June 15, but Judge Joanna Seybert of the Eastern District allowed a request from his attorney, James Druker, to postpone the start of his imprisonment to Sept. 15, citing coronavirus concerns, according to documents filed with the court. Druker had initially sought for Ambrosino to begin his sentence in Melissa Koenig/Herald home confinement during the peak of fOrMer tOwn COunCilMan Edward the coronavirus outbreak, according Ambrosino outside the Eastern District courtto documents filed with the court in April. He cited a case of “double house during his trial in April, 2019. He pneumonia” his client had suffered at began his six-month prison sentence for tax birth, which he said made him partic- evasion on Sept. 15. ularly vulnerable to Covid-19. The request was denied. in which from 2013 to 2015, Ambrosino Ambrosino was sentenced on Nov. 15, had diverted more than $800,000 in legal and in addition to prison time he is to fees owed to his former law firm, the serve three years of supervised release. U n i o n d a l e - b a s e d Ru s k i n M o s c o u He was also ordered by a federal judge Faltischek, where he worked from 2001 to pay $700,000 in restitution to his for- to 2016. He faced up to two and a half mer law firm, from which he had divert- years in prison under federal guideed earnings, and nearly $255,000 to the lines. Internal Revenue Service. Ambrosino pleaded guilty to a single He had served on the Town Board count of tax evasion related to his failsince 2003, representing the 2nd Coun- ure to claim roughly $335,000 in funds cil District — which, among other com- that he had diverted for the 2014 tax munities, includes East Meadow, year. He said in court at the time that he Elmont, Franklin Square and West had knowingly omitted income on a tax Hempstead. form, and was ordered to pay restituAmbrosino was arrested in 2017 and tion up to $1 million to the state and fedcharged with eight counts of wire eral governments, and resigned from fraud, tax evasion, making and sub- his seat on the Hempstead Town Board. scribing to false corporate tax returns, “Ambrosino, a licensed attorney and and failing to file a return or pay taxes elected official charged with levying related to his legal work for the Nassau taxes, abused his positions of trust and County Industrial Development Agency was himself a tax cheat,” U.S. Attorney and the county Local Economic Assis- Richard Donoghue said in a statement. tance Corporation, according to the “This is yet another example of a pubindictment. The wire fraud charge was lic official on Long Island breaking the ultimately dropped. law, this time by failing to pay his fair Prosecutors had outlined a scheme share of taxes like every other citizen.”
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Valley STream Girl Scout Cadet Gwendolyn Danas with the free lending library she installed on the Village Green as part of her Silver Award project. She was joined by Trustees John Tufarelli and Sean Wright.
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Neighbors iN the News South senior published in journal South High School senior Gloria Kim’s capstone research project, “The Effects of Multilingualism on Reading Speed,” has been published in the Journal of Student Research. Kim collected data from 90 participants in her study and compared both monolingual and multilingual subjects to test their reading speed. Additionally, in analyzing her results, she noted the implications of the research as well as its limitations. Compiled by Peter Belfiore Courtesy Village of Valley Stream
Valley Stream Girl Scout Cadet Gwendolyn Danas from Troop 2495 recently installed a small, free lending library outside the Village Green dog run. The project was part of her Silver Award. “I feel this project will benefit my community by providing a free resource, bring joy back into reading and have an educational and positive impact on the community,” Danas said. Now that schools are opening up, giving student’s plenty of things to deal with, there are still times during quarantine that we need something to do,” she continued. “It’s not often you find a teen that enjoys
reading or reads in their spare time (if they are being honest). I myself don’t enjoy reading that much, however knowing and understanding the benefits reading can have for you makes me want to read.” Deputy Mayor Sean Wright and Trustee John Tufarelli joined Danas to dedicate the library this month. “The knowledge you gain from reading a simple book can be astronomical and can help you in the future,” Wright said. “I hope this free library will help my community find the joy in reading and give the community something to do during quarantine and beyond.”
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Inside LI panel looks at hybrid learning By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com
Educational leaders on the latest Herald Inside LI webinar agreed that reopening schools amid the coronavirus pandemic has been challenging, and the learning curve for students and teachers is ongoing. Three panelists — Johane Ligonde, principal of J.W. Dodd Middle School in Freeport; Dr. Melissa Burak, superintendent of Lynbrook Public Schools; and Tara AlgerioVento, family nurse practitioner in the Rockville Centre School District — discussed how the first two weeks of back-to-school have gone during the virtual conversation produced by RichnerLive on Sept. 17. Molloy College presented the webinar, and Dr. Audra Cerruto, associate dean and director of graduate education programs at Molloy College’s School of Education and Human Services, gave opening remarks. She said Molloy’s programs for future teachers are adapting to “address the academic challenges of Covid-19, particularly in the areas of curriculum development, implementing innovative and effective methods of instruction, social emotional learning, social justice and technology development.” She added that Molloy has professional development programs at low rates to help current teachers adapt, as well. Moderator Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, fielded viewers’ questions about the myriad challenges that teachers, parents and students face this year. “Our students are following the protocols, our families are following the protocols,” Ligonde said. “They’re very aware of the seriousness of it, and more importantly, they’re happy to be back in school.” Burak agreed, noting that she could see kindergarteners’ eyes light up as they smiled behind their masks, happy to be in the classroom with their peers. On the other hand, returning to school has caused stress for many, Algerio-Vento noted. Some students felt anticipatory anxiety because of the many changes, and other younger students may be feeling separation anxiety after spending so much time with their families and suddenly attending school nearly every day. “We are screening our children to make sure they are mentally well,” she said. “Social workers are pushing into the classrooms, parents are taking surveys, students are taking surveys, just so we can get a grasp of where they are.” In terms of in-person protocols, most districts look the same: requiring social distancing and facemasks and limiting visitors and movement within the building. All districts also have a form of hybrid or blended learning, for which some students are learning in the classroom on cer-
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Johane ligonde, principal of J.W. Dodd Middle School in Freeport; Dr. Melissa Burak, superintendent of Lynbrook Public Schools; and Tara Algerio-Vento, family nurse practitioner in the Rockville Centre School District spoke with moderator Skye Ostreicher about the challenges they have faced reopening schools this month. tain days and others are studying remotely. These schedules and procedures are different depending on space in the buildings and the number of students who request fully remote learning. After determining those schedules, the challenge has been adapting to the new technologies, the educational leaders agreed. “The teachers are learning, the students are learning,” Burak said. “We have put a tremendous amount of pressure on our teachers to learn the technology that’s needed to teach the students in front of them, as well as the students at home, simultaneously, all live.” Technology can also pose a challenge because not all students are working with the same devices at home, and they may not have the same internet speed as they do in the classroom. To remedy this, Ligonde said the Freeport district has provided students with WiFi hotspots. At the same time, Ligonde noted that the new ways of teaching have allowed some students to rise to the occasion. “It’s about maximizing the technology we have at our disposal,” she said, “and making ourselves available for one-on-one support.
“Believe it or not,” she continued, “our students are texting our teachers, emailing our teachers and asking more questions than they’ve ever asked before because they understand the responsibility … of learning really lies on them.” One viewer asked the panelists how students would be disciplined during virtual instruction. Across the board, the panelists agreed that codes of conduct have been revised to include online learning. Ligonde noted that discipline is about bringing awareness to behaviors, educating and communicating with students and families. Another viewer asked how students would be assessed this year, given the unusual modes of instruction. All agreed that there would need to be flexibility in grading students. They also advocated for the State Education Department to cancel standardized testing in 2021, as it did this year. “One test does not define the student,” AlgerioVento said. “In terms of how we measure student success, we will be upholding similar expectations and standards,” Ligonde added, “but there has to be some flexibility, and that’s something that we’re negotiating together.”
State plastic-bag ban to take effect Oct. 19 The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will start enforcing the state’s ban on single-use plastic carryout bags on Oct. 19, DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos said last week. The ban began March 1, but it has not been enforced because of a lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court by Poly-Pak Industries Inc. and others seeking to overturn it. “The court’s decision,” Seggos said, “is a victory and a vindication of New York state’s efforts to end the scourge of single-use plastic bags and a direct rebuke to the plastic-bag manufacturers who tried to stop the law and the DEC’s regulations to implement it. As we have for many months, the DEC is
encouraging New Yorkers to make the switch to reusable bags whenever and wherever they shop and to use common-sense precautions to keep reusable bags clean.” According to the DEC, New Yorkers now use an estimated 23 billion plastic bags annually — each one for about 12 minutes — and roughly 85 percent of the bags end up in landfills, recycling machines, waterways and streets. In March 2017, Governor Cuomo created the New York State Plastic Bag Task Force, chaired by Seggos. The task force met several times to develop a uniform solution to plastic-bag waste. The final report analyzed the impacts of single-use plastic bags and provided options for legislation that could help
develop a statewide solution. Additionally, after passage of the ban, the DEC held a series of meetings with industry stakeholders across the state to invite input from the public and guide the agency’s development of rules and regulations to implement the law. For more information about the plastic-bag ban, reusable bags, or to file a complaint about businesses using single-use plastic carryout bags, visit DEC’s website, email plasticbags@dec. ny.gov or call (518) 402-8706. The law exempts the following plastic bags: ■ Bags that are used to hold uncooked meat, fish, seafood, poultry or plants to
separate them from other items to avoid contamination, prevent moisture damage, or for sanitary, public health or environmental protection purposes. ■ Bags used to package bulk items, including fruits, vegetables, grains, candy, small hardware (such as nuts, bolts and screws), live insects, fish, crustaceans or mollusks. ■ Bags used to hold food sliced or prepared to order. ■ Bags used to protect newspapers. ■ Bags sold as a trash, food-storage or garment bags. ■ Bags provided by an eatery for takeout.
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Curran offers $3.3B proposed 2021 budget County executive says 2020 budget balanced, despite sales tax shortfalls By TIMOTHY DENTON tdenton@liherald.com
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran last week submitted a proposed $3.3 billion 2021 budget that was essentially flat year over year, despite huge projected losses for 2020. The submission also contained offsets for the roughly $500 million in projected 2020 losses in sales tax revenue, due to the statemandated shutdown of nonessential businesses that began in March. Curran’s proposed budget contained targeted cuts and debt restructuring, without any reduction in either key social services or personnel, according to a statement released last Thursday. The budget also contains increases for such proLaura Curran grams as the Nassau County Police Department’s ProblemOriented Policing and Community Affairs units, as well as the Mental Health Mobile Care Crisis Team and the Police Activity League. Curran said she expects the county to end fiscal 2020 in budgetary balance, despite the Covid-19 pandemic’s heavy impact on sales tax, which accounts for roughly 40 percent of the county’s revenue. At midJack schnirman year, the county had posted a deficit of roughly $385 million. In a report released last summer, County Comptroller Jack Schnirman wrote that he expected the county, which ended FY 2019 with a hard-won surplus of between $110 million to $120 million, to log at least $350 million in losses. The report also projected losses growing to as much as $1 billion by the end of FY 2021, barring additional state and federal funds. Curran’s proposals for closing the gap included $103 million of federal CARES Act funding; a one-year deferral in debt service on $75 million from Nassau Interim
2021 proposed Budget
Fund General Fund Police Headquarters Fund Police District Fund Debt Service Fund Fire Prevention Fund
$1,814,217,578 $423,916,019 $390,868,865 $289,582,668 $22,880,887
Total Major Operating Funds
$2,941,466,017
Sewer & Storm Water Resources District
$159,003,886
Total Major Operating Funds & sewers
$3,100,469,903 Source Nassau County
2021 ExpENsEs BY fund, excluding interdepartmental transfers. Finance Authority bonds; $25 million in expense controls; and $32 million from the closeout or abandonment of various capital projects, according to her submission. “Our fiscal integrity over the past two years has paid off, allowing the county to weather an unprecedented financial crisis, while maintaining services and staffing levels — and still projecting to end 2020 with a balanced budget,” Curran said in submitting her proposed budget. Refinancing NIFA debt was at the heart of disagreements between the Democratic minority and the Republican majority in the county Legislature, according to news reports. Longer term, Curran had proposed restructuring nearly $300 million in NIFA debt through 2026. The Legislature’s Presiding Officer and Republican leader Richard Nicolello objected to the refinancing, because he said he hoped the county would be free from NIFA oversight by that time. NIFA was originally created in 2001 as a condition of negotiations between the county, the state and Standard & Poor’s, the bond-rating agency that was then poised to downgrade the county’s credit to junk. When it was created, it was meant to provide short-term oversight as the county worked to return to solvency. The county’s current ‘A’ S&P rating is solidly invest-
ment grade. Speculation has been rife for months as to whether the county would be able to avoid new debt issuance, large-scale layoffs or increases in property tax levies — proposals none of the parties to negotiations want. Curran’s proposals would appear to obviate the need for such measures. The budget proposes funding up to 200 new NCPD recruits and 40 additional corrections officers. The cost of the proposed new hires was not given, but public safety accounts for 27.7 percent of the proposed 2021 budget. Curran also proposed adding seven new hires to the office of the medical examiner. It was impossible for Curran to account for every possible scenario in preparing her budget submission. A large-scale recurrence of the coronavirus necessitating a return to lockdown status, for example, would make a balanced budget impossible, without deep cost reductions and some form of revenue enhancement to offset sales tax losses. Failure on the part of the federal government to enact measures enabling counties to recover from this year’s fiscal catastrophe would similarly torpedo recovery efforts. Comments from the Republican majority were unavailable at press time.
Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze to appear at Old Bethpage The Old Bethpage Village Restoration will host the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze for the first time this year, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said last week. The original location of the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze is the Hudson Valley, which will host 53 select evenings of the event from Sept. 18 to Nov. 21. The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze Long Island will run for 23 nights from Oct. 2 to Nov. 1. Both locations feature all-ages, outdoor walk-through experiences through the wooded pathways, orchards and gardens of these historic sites. A small team of local artists handcarved more than 7,000 Jack O’Lanterns and elaborate pumpkin sculptures at each site. Nassau’s location will feature pumpkin sculptures that celebrate icons
of Long Island, from the Apollo Lunar Module to the Montauk Lighthouse to the windmills of the East End. “My team worked hard to bring this extraordinary event to Nassau County, continuing my efforts to expand on the variety of cultural, memorable and safe activities available to residents close to home, making the county a spectacular place to live, work and play,” Curran said. “OBVR provides a perfect 19th-century backdrop for this magical and spooky event, which we hope will also help spur economic activity in our local communities. I want to thank Historic Hudson Valley for working with us and choosing Nassau County to expand your iconic event.” The health and safety of visitors and employees is the county’s highest priori-
ty, Curran said. Historic Hudson Valley and OBVR have modified these experiences for 2020 and are operating in strict compliance with New York State-issued “Low-Risk Outdoor Arts & Entertainment Guidelines,” which are available at forward.ny.gov. All events are held rain or shine. Proceeds support Historic Hudson Valley, the Tarrytown-based private, non-profit educational organization, and Old Bethpage Village Restoration. These events have limited capacity and sell out. All admissions are by advance purchase timed ticket. To further reduce staff/visitor touchpoints, no tickets are sold on site, even if not sold out. Blaze Hudson Valley dates are Sept. 18-Oct. 31, and Nov. 1, 6-8, 13-15 and 20-21.
Blaze Long Island dates are Oct. 2-4, 7-11, 14-18, 21-25 and 28-31, and Nov. 1. Online tickets start at $32 for adults and $24 for children ages 3 to 17, and are free for children 2 and under. Historic Hudson Valley members can attend Blaze Hudson Valley for free. Home of the “Legend” dates are Sept. 18-20 and 25-27, Oct. 2-4, 9-11, 16-18, 23-25 and 30-31, and Nov. 1, 6-8. Online tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and children 3 to 17, and free for those 2 and under and Historic Hudson Valley members. Buy tickets online at www.hudsonvalley.org or by calling (914) 366-6900 ($2 per ticket surcharge for phone orders). More information about The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze is available at www. pumpkinblaze.org.
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think the pandemic has forced leaders to be reflective about our relationships with our school communities. Whether it is through digital or regular interactions, our relationships have deepened. I think it’s important that I build on those relationships with the teachers, families and the school board. At the heart of all good relationships is trust. Now that we are in this crisis caused by the pandemic, we have adopted new ways of interacting and communicating. I interact through Zoom, Google Meets and other virtual platforms. I also use traditional ways of interacting, such as through email and messaging to communicate with members of the community. I wouldn’t say work hours have increased because of the pandemic. The role of a district leader has always been a 24-seven job, which requires all seven days of every week. Now that we are in a pandemic, things have been more tentative because I have to adapt to many changes, while continuing to work the same [number] of hours. I think the pandemic has laid bare the institutions by showing the ones with more resources because they have fared better. The pandemic has also allowed and challenged us to rise to the occasion to provide high-level service to the community. My hope for the future is that we learn together and grow from this experience and the positive things that come out of this pandemic, such as deeper relationships can grow.
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t was a trying couple of months for us starting with the pandemic and then the unity march in June. I can’t thank the men and women of the Malverne Police Department enough. Like most of the village employees, they canceled their vacations, they came in every day, and we had more officers on the street than ever before during extremely trying times. My guys were out there doing CPR on people that they knew had the Covid-19 virus very early on when we had limited protections, and we really weren’t sure what was going on. I want to commend them because they treated everyone with care, compassion and dignity through this whole pandemic, and they have continued to do so today. As for the unity march, never in the history of the Malverne Police Department, aside from 9/11, did we have every single police officer working that day, and we needed it because we didn’t know what we were going to deal with. We reached out to the [Department of Public Works], police reserves, state troopers, the Nassau County Police Department and police departments in other villages to assist us. I just asked for a few people, and they came out in droves for us. I think part of the reason for our accomplishments is that we’re a little different than most police departments, in which we’ve held to our guns — no pun intended — about hiring village residents. I think that shows in the quality and the care of the police officers that we get, because everybody has a vested interest. I really can’t say enough good things about them.
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continued from front page comes to the kinds of resources such as counseling and mentorships that are more readily available to higher-income and white families,” Aguirre said. And while the organization is primarily geared toward lower-income or students of color, “we’re not going to turn anyone away,” she said. PEER pairs high school students with mentors, typically Valley Stream alumni, working in the careers of their choice. They meet in one-on-one sessions, and the mentor provides tips on best practices to guide them in their next steps. The program also offers writing tutors to help students with college application essays, resumes and cover letters, as well as free workshops on general career topics such as applying to college and choosing majors. The organization’s first workshop is scheduled for Nov. 7, and will focus on the college application process. So far, more than 50 Valley Stream alumni have signed on to become mentors and tutors. There is a fee for the mentorship, which provides a stipend for the mentor. Aguirre said she wants PEER to work as a low-cost alternative to more expensive programs. “We’re trying to find prices that are affordable to students,” she said. “At the same time, every dollar a student sends go directly to the mentor.” Aguirre said she chose Valley Stream as the locus of her program because of its diverse student population and robust high school infrastructure. By leveraging their familiarity with the schools, mentors point students to available resources. According to New York State Education Department records, students of color comprise more then 80 percent of the Valley Stream high school student body. “We knew that Valley Stream was a great space to start,” Aguirre said. “We have great high schools. The foundation is there, and we wanted to build off of that.” With the organization just getting start-
ed, however, there are challenges ahead. PEER co-founder and 2015 H. Frank Carey High School graduate Olivia DiMeglio said that beyond logistical challenges, a chief concern is getting the word out to students who might be interested. Without official support from the Central High School District Board of Education, which DiMeglio, 23, said declined this summer to join in the effort, citing the coronavirus pandemic, “recruiting students is going to be our concern,” she said. She said she hopes that between social media, fliers they plan to place throughout the neighborhood and word of mouth, more students will sign up as the school year gets under way. Aguirre and DiMeglio met while working part-time in high school at the Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices in Franklin Square, and DiMeglio said Aguirre approached her with the idea for PEER in early June, thinking she might be interested in helping to run such an organization. DiMeglio graduated from Baruch College in 2019 with a degree in corporate communication. “She told me about this vision she had,” DiMeglio recalled. “She told me she needed a partner and needed help.” Within a week, they were brainstorming ideas to make PEER a reality. “I remember how clueless I was when I was applying to colleges, and picking a career path was very tough for me when I was finishing off high school,” she said. “I wanted to guide high school students who might also experience that same confusion.” PEER is also raising funds for a scholarship, currently through a GoFundMe campaign, which Aguirre and DiMeglio plan to give to one Valley Stream, Elmont or Franklin Square student each year. With heightened awareness of racial inequalities in the country, DiMeglio said she thought PEER might be a way effect tangible change. “Instead of just talk,” she said, “we wanted to roll up our sleeves and take action.”
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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 on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. Due to public health and safety concerns related to COVID-19 and in accordance with the Governor’s Executive Order 202.1, the hearing will take place via videoconferencing.† The public can watch the live meeting through the Zoom App.† Members of the public can ask questions and provide comments through the written chat section of the Zoom meeting.† Comments and questions can also be sent to the Board via email at jpiazza@vsvny.org before and the hearing.† Plans and other materials associated with any agenda item may be reviewed by making a request via email to jpiazza@vsvny.org On October 6, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. access the public hearing via Zoom at: https://us02web.zoom.us/ j/89263560884 and clicking on “Join a Meeting” and enter Meeting ID: 892 6356 0884. You can also call in to the ZOOM meeting at 1-646-558-8656. Additionally, in person attendance is allowed following CDC and New York State Department of Health Guidance, which includes enforcing 50% facility capacity requirements, social distancing, the wearing of face masks and heightened cleaning and disinfection procedures. Case No. M/D 6-08 Jean Baptiste Joseph, 296 West Jamaica Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Re: 296 West Jamaica 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 West Jamaica Avenue, 140’ east of the corner formed by the intersection of Bucknell Road and West Jamaica Avenue known as No. 296 West Jamaica Avenue, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. M/D 6-05 Yung Ching Pang, 125 Rockaway Parkway, Valley Stream, New York Re: 125 Rockaway Parkway, 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 southeast corner of Rockaway Parkway formed by the intersection of East Maujer Street and Rockaway Parkway known as No. 125 Rockaway Parkway, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. M/D 8-92 Hazel Prevete, 20 West Saint Marks Place, Valley Stream, New York Re: 20 West Saint Marks Place, 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 south side of West Saint Marks Place, 200’ east of the corner formed by the intersection of North Corona Avenue and West Saint Marks Place known as No. West Saint Marks Place, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. 3976 Steven Haber, 143 Amherst Road, Valley Stream, New York Re: 143 Amherst Road, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-1907 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to install an inground pool. Section 99-1907 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires a swimming pool and any accessory structures attached or adjacent thereto may not occupy more than 35% of the rear yard area; whereas, proposed pool and accessory structures is 69.3% of rear yard. The subject premises is located on the east side of Amherst Road, 210’ south of the corner formed by the intersection of Page Road and Amherst Road known as No. 143 Amherst Road, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. 3977 Dominic Williams, 62 North Terrace Place, Valley Stream, New York Re: 62 North Terrace Place, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-904.B.3.b, Section 99-904.B.3.a, Section 99-1905.B and Section 99-1904 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to maintain above ground pool, pool deck, metal awning, pavers and concrete patios. Section 99-904.B.3.b of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires a side setback of 2’ for detached accessory structures; whereas, maintained pavers and patios are up to side property line. Section 99-904.B.3.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires a side setback of 5’ for
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LEGAL NOTICE New York State Surrogate’s Court New York State Bar Association Official OCA Form JA-6 Accounting Citation File No.2019-427/A CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, NASSAU COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO:Grassi & Co Attorney General State of New York Jasper Surety Edward S. Jones Dorothy Higgins and any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and next-ofkin of the said ROBERT BEUSMANN, deceased, and if any of the said distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose names and/or places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained A petition having been duly filed by Public Administrator of Nassau County, who is domiciled at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on October 27, 2020, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why the account of Public Administrator of Nassau County, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the estate of Robert Beusmann, should not be judicially settled. [X] Further relief sought (if any): 1. Releasing and discharging the Petitioner from all liability, responsibility and accountability as to all matters set forth in the account of proceedings; 2. Allowing the commissions of the Petitioner in the amount of $34,974.98 pursuant to SCPA 2307(1) and the reasonable and necessary expenses of the office in the amount of $10,389.99 pursuant to SCPA 1207(4); 3. Fixing and determining the attorney’s fees of Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC attorney for petitioner in the amount of $61,587.50 of which $22,587.50 has been paid and $39,000.00 is unpaid together with disbursements totaling $284.00 all of which have been paid;
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The Nassau CouNTy PBA said it had supplied roughly 1,000 backpacks as well as school supplies for students who might need them at Wheeler Avenue on Sept. 17.
Police union distributes backpacks in Valley Stream Nassau County Police Benevolent Association President James McDermott joined Nassau County Legislator Bill Gaylor on Sept. 17 to hand out backpacks filled with school supplies to students at Wheeler Avenue Elementary School. The PBA said it had supplied 1,000 backpacks with items such as notebooks, pens and pencils appropriate for
students aged 5 to 15. “I was proud to join the PBA to distribute backpacks to Valley Stream students as they begin their school year,” Gaylor said in a statement. “While this year will undoubtedly be unique and stressful because of the effects of Covid-19, the students and teachers I spoke to were upbeat, and ready to begin the year.”
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attached accessory structures; whereas, maintained awning is 3.53’ from side property line. Section 99-1905.B of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires any deck attached to a pool shall not exceed 2.5’ above the surrounding grade; whereas, maintained attached deck is 4’ above grade. Section 99-1904 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires no swimming pool, including appurtenances thereto, shall be erected closer than 5’ from the rear property lines; whereas, maintained pool deck is 3.84’ from rear property line. The subject premises is located on the west side of North Terrace Place, 190.36’ north of the corner formed by the intersection of Martens Avenue and North Terrace Place known as No. 62 North Terrace Place, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. 3978 Dominic Williams, 62 North Terrace Place, Valley Stream, New York Re: 62 North Terrace Place, Valley Stream, New York
Application for a Variation from Section 99-1802.D of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to maintain fence. Section 99-1802.D of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires side yard fences not to exceed 4’ in height; whereas, maintained fence is 6’ in height. The subject premises is located on the west side of North Terrace Place, 190.36’ north of the corner formed by the intersection of Martens Avenue and North Terrace Place known as No. 62 North Terrace Place, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. 3979 38 West Sunrise LLC, 81 Clinch Avenue, Garden City, New York Re: 38 West Sunrise Highway, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-1304.A.1.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to maintain detached steel canopy. Section 99-1304.A.1.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires accessory structures to have a minimum front yard setback of 7 feet to any street property line;
whereas, installed detached steel canopy has a front yard setback of 1.3 feet along West Sunrise Highway property line, and 4.8 feet along Legion Place Property Line. The subject premises is located on the southeast corner of West Sunrise Highway formed by the intersection of Legion Place and West Sunrise Highway known as No. 38 West Sunrise Highway, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. 3980 38 West Sunrise LLC, 81 Clinch Avenue, Garden City, New York Re: 38 West Sunrise Highway, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-1707.B.4 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to maintain freestanding sign. Section 99-1707.B.4 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires such sign shall not be closer than 2.5’ from any property line and in no event shall any portion of the sign encroach beyond the property line; whereas, erected sign is 1.7’ on west property line and encroaching beyond north property line.
The subject premises is located on the southeast corner of West Sunrise Highway formed by the intersection of Legion Place and West Sunrise Highway known as No. 38 West Sunrise Highway, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. 3981 38 West Sunrise LLC, 81 Clinch Avenue, Garden City, New York Re: 38 West Sunrise Highway, 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 southeast corner of West Sunrise Highway formed by the intersection of Legion Place and West Sunrise Highway known as No. 38 West Sunrise Highway, Valley Stream, New York. Dated: September 24, 2020 Robert V. Fumagalli, Village Clerk 123212
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Q. Our front yard has a hilly slope to the street with a wood wall holding it up, made of railroad ties. At one point, the former owners painted the wall an ugly maroon to match the shutters on the house. The shutters are made of plastic. The wall is rotting in several places and can’t be fixed, so we want to either get rid of it or replace it. If we just take it out, the lawn has to be dug up so it won’t collapse onto the street, so we’re thinking we should put Ask The in a new wall. What kind of Architect wall do you think we should use, and can we then repaint the maroon shutters white? We aren’t sure we want to pay to have new shutters installed, but we would keep the old ones if they can be painted.
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A. The wall was probably built because the onte eeper sloping lawn would just give you a barrier to the street without much function, if you intended to use the front yard for any purpose. The flatter yard keeps the lawn from eroding downhill and is easier to mow. Although treated lumber, the slightly greenish color, can last a long time, it still is subject to soaking with water, regularly getting into the end grain and slowly rotting from being expanded and contracted. Unless the railroad ties are reinforced with vertical steel rods and are “tied back” deeply into the hill, the wall will begin to lean forward and can also collapse over time. My first choice is stacking precast concrete wall block, which comes in many earth tones and is highly effective at solving the problem because the weight of the block holds the wall in place, the natural spacing allows water to flow through, there is no wood or steel to rot and therefore the system lasts much longer. Although it can be done by a homeowner, following the directions of the manufacturer and watching the installation videos, it is heavy manual work. I have done the technical design for hillsides in both materials and go back to see how the work is holding up, sometimes years later. The block holds up much better and does not have the maintenance issues that you will find with wood. Painting the wood traps moisture and leads to the rot you see. Penetrating stain is the much better choice as a wood preservative, but the block system is still the best choice. As for the shutters, they can be painted, but I recommend removing them, thoroughly cleaning them and then sanding the surfaces with a fine grade of sandpaper before spraying them with a spray paint that specifically is made for plastic. I had a set of plastic Adirondack chairs that had been power-washed, which damaged the surfaces. I lightly sanded and sprayed with semi-gloss spray paint to avoid pitting, and the surface is like new again. Good luck!
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he coronavirus crisis has forced us all to rethink how we carry out many of our responsibilities, including here at the Herald. Each election season, we normally invite political candidates to our Garden City office for an hour-long meeting to hear their ideas and views before deciding whom we will endorse. This year, however, we are conducting our interviews by — what else? — Zoom. That’s life — and politics — in the time of a pandemic. Rest assured, though, that we will conduct endorsement interviews with candidates for Congress, State Senate and State Assembly in the coming days and weeks. We will not allow the pandemic to interfere with one of a newspaper’s solemn responsibilities — offering our take on which candidates we believe are best prepared to represent the people. We base our decisions on extensive research and interviews, including an extended interview with representatives of our Editorial Board. The process of interviewing candidates takes weeks. At times an endorsement call is an easy one, while at others we agonize over the decision. We take the process very seriously, considering each candidate’s personal and professional background, commitment to doing good for people and positions on key issues when deciding whom to endorse. Political experience is a plus, but not a requirement to earn our endorsement. Endorsement decisions are made by a
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letters Senate testimony was ‘appalling’ To the Editor: Last Thursday, after being subpoenaed to testify, Long Island real estate agents and brokers appeared before a joint hearing of three State Senate committees and testified that they had not discriminated based on race in their advice to prospective homeowners on the Island, despite undercover video demonstrating the opposite. Real estate brokers testified that they had taken no disciplinary action based on the evidence. As one broker/ supervisor said, “We did not see any violation of fair housing laws, so what would we discipline them for?” In denying discrimination, these real estate professionals disputed the findings of Newsday’s recent investigation of housing discrimination on Long Island, despite undercover videotapes demonstrating that discrimination. And Newsday’s findings were not alone. ERASE Racism previously conducted its own investigation, using the
minimum of three to four Editorial Board representatives, and often considerably more than that. A decision does not require unanimous consent, but rather a simple majority. When there is a dissenting opinion, we often note it in our endorsement. In the past, we have endorsed both Democrats and Republicans. Our enthusiasm for a candidate is based not on our individual political views, but rather on what we collectively believe to be his or her potential to effect positive change while in office. Our endorsements will appear in our Oct. 22 issue. In the meantime, you will find our coverage of the races in the main section of the paper over the coming weeks. We might cover a news conference convened by a candidate on a salient issue or issues. We will publish Q&A’s with candidates, asking them to opine on subjects relevant to our readers. In a Q&A, candidates are asked to respond to each question in a maximum of 250 words. When they exceed that limit, we cut the response from the end down to 250 words. This year, voting will be different. New York now allows early voting, which will begin Oct. 24 and continue through Nov. 1. Voters can cast their ballots at selected sites throughout the county during this period. For a list of early polling places and their hours, go to the Nassau County Board of Elections website, www.nassaucountyny.gov/566/Board-of-Elections.
Also, this year any voter can cast an absentee ballot because of the coronavirus pandemic. Absentee ballots can be requested by filing an electronic application on the county Board of Elections website. You can also call the Board of Elections, at (516) 571-8683, to ask for an application, fax a request to (516) 571-2058, or mail a request to Nassau County Board of Elections, 240 Old Country Road, Fifth Floor, P.O. Box 9002, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. On your application, click or circle “temporary illness or physical disability” as your reason, and cite your concern for potentially contracting the coronavirus while voting. Otherwise, you will be able to cast your ballot at your local polling place from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3. All elections are consequential, but with a hotly contested presidential race on the ballot, this year’s election is, no doubt, more so than most. The issues that have arisen in the last half-year alone — the Covid-19 crisis and systemic racism, to name just two — are vitally important, and whom we elect to address the issues will matter. If you want your voice to be heard, you need to cast a ballot. A democracy such as ours is not, as they say, a spectator sport. It requires participation. So, in the coming weeks, please pay close attention to the Herald’s coverage of the candidates and then, regardless of how you do so, perform that most American of civic duties and vote.
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he Jewish High Holy Days are an important time for many of our residents, an opportunity to reflect on the year that has passed and plan for the year ahead. One critical word during this most vital part of the year is teshuvah, meaning repentance. Teshuvah tells us that we can change. It tells us that what we’ve been until now need not limit what we can become in the future. It says we can be better tomorrow than we were today, and that, ultimately, nothing is fixed. As we reflect LaUra on a difficult year, CUrran let’s also remember the positive strides we’ve made together as a community. Last year, our region experienced a surge in the number of anti-Semitic crimes, with hate-fueled attacks in Monsey, Jersey City and Brooklyn, as well as racist
graffiti incidents here on Long Island. Nassau County has vowed to stand up to and guard aggressively against the threat posed by hatred, and our communities have answered the call as well. Before the pandemic, I formed Unified Long Island, an Island-wide task force of community stakeholders working together to stand up to hatred and promote unity through education. At the beginning of 2020, we marched as one Long Island, 2,500 strong against anti-Semitism, promoting a mentality that’s defined this trying year: We’re in this together. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, residents have demonstrated extraordinary resilience and solidarity in the most challenging of times. In this new year, I’m confident that we will continue to stay united, and we will continue to protect one another. As county executive, my No. 1 job is
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always keeping residents safe. That’s why, last week, I announced that there would be increased and intensified protection efforts by the Nassau County Police Department around synagogues and other areas of concern during the High Holy Days. Although there were no credible threats as the holidays began, safety will always be my first priority. I stood with Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, Health Commissioner Lawrence Eisenstein and leaders of the Jewish community to highlight our continued efforts to keep Nassau safe — including ensuring that Covid-19 precautions continue to be followed. I’ve worked to step up the county’s partnership with faith leaders and all houses of worship to provide security assessments, training and other resources. There are over 680 houses of worship in Nassau County, 209 of which are of the Jewish faith. So
assau County residents have demonstrated resilience and solidarity in the most challenging of times.
LeTTers same gold-standard method of paired testing, with similar results. Our investigation resulted in successful litigation in Nassau and Suffolk counties against property owners and management companies that showed rental apartments to white applicants and not to African-Americans. The denial by agents and brokers of their role in housing discrimination, despite clear evidence to the contrary, is appalling, as is the lack of disciplinary action. It underscores why widespread housing discrimination remains, and why Long Island is one of the 10 most racially segregated metropolitan regions in the nation. The testimony of these subpoenaed individuals during the hearing makes clear the need for New York state to intervene decisively. The three State Senate committees, their chairs and their members should be commended for their diligence and determination in addressing this problem. State leadership is needed, given the failure of the real estate industry to enforce acceptable standards of performance. ELAINE GROSS President, ERASE Racism
Holocaust education is key To the Editor: Following a nationwide survey showing a troubling lack of basic Holocaust knowledge among adults under 40, I am urging passage of a bill that I sponsored — S6648 — that would require instruction on symbols of hate, including the swastika and the
that’s a lot of work being done by our police. The NCPD’s Homeland Security Unit works directly with the community to provide additional training resources, including security surveys and situational awareness. They’ll be out and about this week, and you can call (516) 573-7720 throughout the High Holy Days with any non-urgent questions or concerns. And I encourage residents to call 911 immediately if they see anything urgent or suspicious, so that police can quickly investigate. Nassau County will continue to do everything necessary to ensure that all worshippers are kept safe, no matter what faith they practice. In this new year, we will continue to stand together as one. Let’s continue to wear masks, maintain six feet of distance, wash hands often and, whenever possible, move activities outside. I want to extend warm wishes to all for a healthy, safe and sweet New Year. L’Shana Tovah! Laura Curran is the Nassau County executive.
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noose, for New York students in grades six through 12. The survey, conducted by the Claims Conference, was touted as the first 50-state survey of Holocaust knowledge among millennials and Generation Z. Sixty-three percent of those surveyed did not know that 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, and over half of those thought the death toll was fewer than 2 million. Over 40,000 concentration camps and ghettos were established during World War II, but nearly half of U.S. respondents could not name a single one. Most staggering, the survey revealed that 1 in 10 respondents reported having never heard the word Holocaust before. Statistics like this are shocking, and emphasize a clear gap in education, when we could be using that same tool to tackle the larger problem of rising hate crimes in New York. This is exactly why New York needs to pass my bill requiring that our children be taught the meaning of the swastika and other symbols of hate. By educating students about these symbols, we encourage a dialogue on why hate crimes are on the rise and prevent a repeat of the tragic history of the Holocaust. As the number of hate crimes has skyrocketed across New York state and across the nation, it is crucial that students are educated on how these hateful symbols are used to generate fear in our communities. By teaching our future generations of students why these symbols made a great impact on people in Germany, we would reduce the number of hate crimes committed throughout New York and across our nation. TODD KAMINSKY State senator, 9th District
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Staying safe as we celebrate the High Holy Days
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Some inconvenient facts about energy and the environment
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ne of the great U.S. success stories in recent times has been the country’s move to energy independence. Because we now produce more than enough domestic energy to power our homes and businesses, we’re no longer at the mercy of Mideast countries that too often held us hostage for energy supplies. But rather than celebrate this achievement of American initiative and enterprise, carping critics instead decry our energy independence. They complain about oil and alfOnse gas production as contributors to d’amatO global warming. They call for a ban on new hydraulic fracturing, which has produced vast quantities of affordable natural gas. They even press to close nuclear power plants that generate no carbon emissions. The holy grail for these extremists is “alternative energy” sources powered almost exclusively by wind and the sun. Everything else must go. These alarmist views were given widespread credence by Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth.” They led the U.S. to join a deeply flawed Paris Agreement, an international climate accord. More recently, they formed the basis for the radical Green
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New Deal advanced by the far left in Congress. But it’s important to consider some inconvenient facts that environmentalists conveniently overlook: ■ The Paris Agreement established greenhouse gas limits, but gave industrialized giants China and India a pass as “developing countries,” imposing stricter limits on the U.S. and other Western countries. It would be one thing if the U.S. and these other competitors were on an equal footing, but that’s not what the climate accord did. It put the U.S. economy at a severe competitive disadvantage.
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plants and replacing them almost exclusively with “renewable” energy sources, particularly out-of-state hydropower, wind and solar. Problems arose when hydropower dried up, as other states kept water for their own residents and businesses. The situation was exacerbated by an overdependence on intermittent wind and solar power generation that proved insufficient to meet high demand this summer. The result has been rolling brownouts in California, like third-world countries regularly experience.
enewable energy alone is not a reliable source without extensive backup.
■ Even though the U.S. withdrew from the agreement, the U.S. is greener than many other industrialized countries and has exceeded the accord’s CO2 reduction targets. This has been achieved by moving significant amounts of electrical generation from coal- to gas-fired power plants, which emit much less greenhouse gases than coal. Fracking, and the cheaper gas it produces in the U.S., have actually helped the environment. ■ Renewable energy alone is not a reliable energy source without significant backup. California’s energy and environmental missteps are a cautionary tale. In that state, environmental extremists succeeded in closing down nuclear and gas-fired power
The Green New Deal would take much of California’s clumsy and counterproductive energy policies national. If you like California’s brownouts, you’ll love the Green New Deal. ■ American enviros ignore or minimize the experience of other countries in reducing carbon emissions. In France, 75 percent of electricity is generated by carbon-free nuclear power plants. In the U.S., nuclear plants currently generate about 20 percent of our electrical power. When these plants are closed, the difference is often being made up by gas-fired plants, which, while cleaner than coal, still emit more CO2 than nuclear generation. In upstate New York, nuclear plants are major clean-energy generators, and have wisely
been supported by the state government. Green countries in Europe, like Denmark, are clear-eyed about environmental choices. In Copenhagen, a recently built large waste-to-energy facility generates a major portion of the city’s electricity and reduces the need for landfills, where CO2 is buried but not eliminated. In Norway, which operates major oil drilling rigs in the North Sea, the profits from oil production are used to help subsidize electric car sales. We can learn from that. Right here in the U.S., for instance, Texas is both a major oil and gas producer and a major wind and solar energy generator. Energy and environmental trade-offs aren’t evil; they’re a necessary part of balancing the cleanest energy options against other equally important considerations like energy reliability and economic progress. Rather than a radical Green New Deal that would hurt America, how about a “Green Fair Deal” that makes the difficult but correct choices on energy, the environment and the economy? Natural gas, nuclear energy, waste-to-energy facilities — like one right here in Hempstead — should all be options. Renewables such as wind and solar power can be part of the energy mix, but not all of it. That may be an inconvenient fact, but it’s the truth. Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.
Irony abounds in the time of Trump
e are living in a Greek tragedy, rich in ironic twists. Donald Trump, who ran for office on the promise of “draining the swamp,” has created an administration populated by swamp critters dedicated to self-interest and self-aggrandizement. The alleged corruption and incompetence are epic. Another irony: The president is feeble where he should be fierce (fighting Covid-19), and Randi aggressive where kReiss he should be restrained (interfering with the Justice Department, the FBI and the CDC). It is ironic, too, that Trump decries the agonies of widespread social protest, raging fires and other tragic facts of life today in America, seemingly ignorant of the fact that this is his America, his shot, his chance to make America great again. When I listened to journalist Bob Woodward’s tapes of Trump, I realized that we
are pinned to a sharply ironic moment in American history. We have a president who agreed to taped interviews — 18 times — admitted to hiding the devastating truth of the oncoming pandemic from the public and doesn’t seem to understand at all why that is not OK. He didn’t have to do the interview; he didn’t have to reveal himself as a dunce. The implications of Trump’s words are clear to us but unknown to him. There is a deep, sucking void where his self-awareness should be. In Woodward’s book, Trump talks about his kinship with notorious autocrats like Kim Jong-un, the irony being that the president might have saved tens of thousands of American lives if he had channeled just a few strong enforcement tactics like mandating mask wearing and contact tracing. But Trump’s authoritarianism leans more toward sending in troops to break up protests so he can pose with a Bible in front of a church. He prefers bullying the undocumented, the unarmed and those who disagree with his edicts. He prefers the part of autocracy that serves
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and elevates the egotistic needs of a Great Leader. As I write, Trump is attacking his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, saying he is confused, misspeaks and bungles facts. Biden often misses a beat in his rhetoric, but what he says is reliable. Trump lies and contradicts himself every day, offering up proof of how unfit he is for public office. The irony, again, is that he projects onto others the failings that dog him personally. You can’t make it up, and you don’t have to. Today he said that if Biden became president, his handlers would put him in a home where he would watch TV all day. Last week Trump gave a news conference in which he gratuitously mentioned that he had watched TV for a good part of the day before, ticking off all his Fox News friends, hour by hour. While the West is burning, while Hurricane Sally was flooding the Gulf Coast, while Covid-19 is infecting tens of thousands of people every week in the U.S., he was watching TV, or tweeting out his uniquely uninformed and ignorant view of the world,
e admits to hiding the truth of the pandemic, and doesn’t get why that’s not OK.
such as his unhelpful idea that masks can be harmful to people. Who expected to be caught on stage in a Greek tragedy? Look at all the dead bodies strewn about as the curtain falls. Trump’s reign has been monstrous and deadly for America. He can call Joe Biden names, but the taunts are empty. He points to Biden’s age and says he’s weak. Ironically, Biden’s life is a definition of moral strength and emotional courage. His life is a rebuke of Trump, the man. Biden suffered an unthinkable loss when his wife and infant daughter died in a car accident just after he was elected to the Senate 48 years ago. He raised his boys and served his country. One of those boys died while Biden was vice president in the Obama administration. Joe Biden has been tested and tempered by grief. He has the gathered wisdom of a man in his eighth decade. He is tough and resilient and knows his way around the power brokers of the world. Trump is a hollow man, a fake tough guy. When we needed leadership, he punted. When we needed an iron man to fight Covid-19, we got irony and an inept poser. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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