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‘A pattern of harassment’

No cookie, but sweet nonetheless One-year-old Aiden Lane had a taste of victory, taking First Place in the cutest costume category for his Cookie Monster at Valley Stream’s Halloween Family Fun Day last Saturday. More photos, Page 3.

Charges involve two pellet guns, dog feces in re-arraignment By PETER BElFiORE pbelfiore@liherald.com

A Valley Stream couple was re-arraigned on misdemeanor charges last Friday after their neighbor submitted a sworn statement alleging a pattern of harassment against her, including remarks made about her race by one of the defendants. Appearing before Nassau County District Court Judge Eileen Goggin, prosecutors charged John McEneaney, 57, of Sapir Street, with first-degree harassment and fourthdegree criminal mischief, and his girlfriend, Mindy Canarick, 53, with third-degree criminal tampering. The charges are the same as those filed after their arrest and initial arraignment on Aug. 17, and are now supported by three pages of sworn statement by their neighbor and alleged victim, Jennifer McLeggan. The two again pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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First she was hospitalized, then she needed surgery By NiCOlE AlCiNdOR nalcindor@liherald.com

Valley Streamer Shirelle White survived Covid-19, but her road to recovery has been a long one. In early May, after returning home from receiving in-patient care at both Mather Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, White, 55, said she still felt like she was breathing through a straw. “I was very scared and ner-

vous . . . At times I felt like I couldn’t breathe at all,” she said. “Everyone should be afraid of Covid-19 . . . I’m lucky to be alive.” White was admitted to the hospital on April 3, after testing positive for the coronavirus. A severe asthmatic, she was quickly placed on a ventilator because she could not breathe on her own, and at more than one point her kidneys failed, requiring her to be placed on dialysis three

times a week. She improved, however, and on April 24, doctors took White off the ventilator. By May 8, she was home, but her breathing troubles returned. Doctors discovered that the ventilator tube h a d s c a r re d h e r t r a ch e a , obstructing it and creating a condition called tracheal stenosis. “We sent her for imaging studies to confirm the diagnosis Continued on page 7

M c L e g g a n’s a l l e g at i o n s against the two gained widespread attention in July after she posted a sign on her front door outlining what she said was racial harassment that she suffered because of them, causing her to fear for her life. McLeggan is Black. McEneaney and Canarick are white. Photos of the sign were shared thousands of times on social media, and the claims spurred a protest in Valley Stream in late July, drawing roughly 2,000 demonstrators. In a Sept. 21 statement, McLeggan, 39, said she moved in to her Sapir Street home in April 2017, and shortly afterward, problems with the two defendants — and McEneaney’s father, Michael McEneaney, 83, who lives with the couple — allegedly began. She said they confronted her about the state her property, which she said was in disarray

alley Streamer Jennifer McLeggan’s sworn statement supporting misdemeanor chargers against her neighbors was made public Friday.

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Halloween Family Fun Day in V.S. By peter BelFiore pbelfiore@liherald.com

The pandemic couldn’t stop the Halloween fun this year. On Saturday, the village held its annual Family Fun Day at Hendrickson Park featuring a costume and pumpkin painting contests, for children of all ages. Social distancing protocols meant the traditional tractor hay bale ride had to be nixed this year, but the remainder of the festivities were retained, as well as a slight bit of normalcy.

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Hundreds oF pumpkins were available for painting at the Halloween Family Fun Day festival on Saturday. Creepy clown Hussain Ali, 6, and his sister Hibba, 9, dressed as a haunted beauty painted theirs. Four-year-old Violetta lukic as Snow White also took part in the pumpkin painting contest. coronaVirus spore Hassan Ali, 3, far left, urged everyone to stay six feet apart. He took First Place for most creative costume. tHe scariest witcH of them all Malia Johnson, 2, with her First-Place trophy.

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Two men reporTedly robbed a woman of her SUV while she was parked outside of the Green Acres Macy’s.

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A fire Broke out on the roof the Shaw Avenue Elementary School building Monday evening causing damage to a classroom below.

Two steal SUV from woman, Fire breaks out at Shaw police report Two men reportedly approached a woman in the Green Acres Macy’s parking lot on Wednesday while she sat in her SUV, demanded she get out of the vehicle and drove west on Sunrise Highway, Nassau County police said. At around 6:20 p.m. on Oct. 14 two men, who police described as black, around sixfeet tall with medium build and wearing a orange sweatshirt and grey sweatshirt,

walked up to the driver’s side door of a 2016 Ford Explorer SUV parked outside of the Green Acres Macy’s, opened it, and demanded the woman, 49, sitting inside get out. She was not injured, police said, but the two also reportedly stole her phone. Police ask that anyone with information related to the incident call 1 (800) 8477, all calls will remain anonymous.

Avenue school By peTer Belfiore pbelfiore@liherald.com

Fire and school officials reported a fire that broke out on the roof of the Shaw Avenue Elementary School building Monday evening. There were no reported injuries. At around 6 p.m. a custodian at the school notified Valley Stream firefighters of heavy smoke in one of the classrooms, according to Fire Chief Eugene O’Brien. Upon arriving at the scene, firefighters proceeded to open the classroom ceiling, he said, and discovered the smoke was coming from above the metal roof decking of the building. After locating the fire, O’Brien said firefighters called neighboring depart-

ments to assist with the blaze, which was extinguished quickly with heavy smoke and water damage contained to the classroom. The cause of the fire did not appear to be suspicious, he said, noting that there had been construction earlier in the day around where the fire started. District 30 Schools Superintendent Dr. Nicholas Stirling said the fire, which occurred on the roof over the entrance to the new wing at the school, did not disrupt the start of classes the next day. He thanked the firefighters and a handful of school officials for their help, and in particular, custodian Bob Gruner, for his actions which helped minimize the spread of the fire.

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About a dozen Valley Stream residents and those from other communities gathered in the Green Acres Mall Target parking lot on Sunday to protest the Trump administration. The demonstration was intended to serve as a counterprotest to a pro-Trump rally that began in the same location the previous Sunday. “We wanted to demonstrate that Valley Stream is not racist and that we aren’t for the hate and racism that Trump stands for,” Organizer and Valley Stream resident, Anseer Khan, 36, said. “This is a leftleaning gathering that is about love and we are happy that the pro Trump rally chose not to show up in Valley Stream today because of this counter protest.” Other attendees echoed Khan’s sentiment. “I can’t take the hate and derision anymore, and Black lives matter,” Long Beach resident, Dorann Lyon, 54, said. “I can’t take four more years and I’m also here today because I don’t like Trump because of his ignorance about the climate and the environment.” She was also critical of the Trump administration’s rollbacks of regulations intended to combat global warming. “As an environmentalist and Green Party member, I know that Trump has been hard on the planet,” Lyon said. “I’m not at this gathering because I want confrontation or a fight with conservatives, but I have the right to advocate for the freedom that will make things better for everyone.” Valley Stream resident, Brenda Yangali, 26, said she came to the protest to make a stance for the Democratic Party. “I am anti-Trump because of everything we as a country has witnessed him do and say for the last four years and beyond,” she said. “We are making it be

known what we stand for, which is love, unity, support for Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ+ rights, immigrants and every other marginalized group who feels they are attacked during this chaotic time.” Responding to a social media inquiry, supporters of the president denounced the notion that Trump could be a racist. “Trump has done so much for the general health of our republic and he has never been a racist. The word racist gets thrown around way too much and I get called a racist for being a Trump supporter,” Valley Streamer, Ronnie Traina said. “I love Black lives like all lives … people call me a racist, even though I’d give my last dollar to feed anyone or I’d give the shirt off my back to help anyone.” Traina said that he was supportive of Trump’s proposals to build a wall along the United States border with Mexico. “Trump has tackled human trafficking and stopped pedophiles, but that gets little news coverage,” Traina added. “Our economy was booming before this Covid insanity.” Valley Streamer Marijo Sensale, who attended the prior week’s rally said it showed a strong sense of unity. “The energy and enthusiasm at the pro-Trump rally was incredible and people truly love the United States of America and Trump,” she said. Some at the counter-protest, however, said they were attending purely for humanitarian reasons. “This is not political. I am here to show love to all people including Black people, LGBTQ people, women and all people that see expressions of hate in their communities,” said Valley Stream resident, Diego Yangali, 27. “I think we need to see more images of love and acceptance in our communities and I am about showing love regardless if someone has a different stance as me.”

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VAlley StreAm reSideNtS and people from neighboring communities gathered in the Green Acres Mall in the Target parking lot Sunday for a rally intended as a counterprotest to a pro-Trump rally that took place there the previous week.

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Covid-19 survivor shirelle White, right, of Valley Stream said she was grateful for the support that her partner of 20 years, Maggie Raabe, provided during her ordeal. Raabe is a nurse and Covid-19 survivor as well.

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that I was sure she had . . . It was tracheal stenosis, and that isn’t something treated with medication,” said Dr. Arthur Trust, White’s pulmonologist for many years. “She was very nervous when I told her she was going to need surgical treatment for it.” Trust suggested that White seek treatment with Dr. David Zeltsman, who immediately performed a tracheal resection operation at Long Island Jewish Medical Center to remove the damaged section of White’s trachea; the two healthy ends of the trachea were then sewed together. “There was not much air flow going into her lungs, and that was part of the problem,” Zeltsman White’s traChea before the surgery. said. “The second issue was that she couldn’t exhale as much was, and I was on my feet right after coming out of surgery. Without the help of Dr. under such circumstances.” Zeltsman said he performs about a Zeltsman and Dr. Trust, my breathing dozen tracheal resection operations a would not be as good as it is now, so I year on patients suffering from tracheal thank them.” White also expressed gratitude to her stenosis, but noted that it was so far a rare partner of 20 years, Maggie Raabe, who is complication among Covid-19 patients. “The trachea is very sensitive, so that’s also a Covid-19 survivor and a registered why tracheal stenosis happens, but it isn’t nurse. “I want to thank Northwell for bringcommon in Covid-19 patients,” Trust said. Speaking in a raspy whisper after the ing Shirelle to where she is today. She operation, White said the procedure had still needs assistance putting her T-shirts vastly improved her breathing. She still on and off, but she is strong-willed and requires oxygen from a machine, however. determined, and she beat the odds,” “I went into surgery nervous, and Raabe said. “I’m thankful to God, the two when I woke up after surgery, it wasn’t as doctors and to White for her determinabad as I thought it would be, and I discov- tion. People need to wash hands, wear ered I was able to breathe,” she said. masks and social-distance because this is “Recovery wasn’t as bad as I thought it serious.”

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Experts discuss your health and wealth By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers presented “50 Plus Health and Wealth,” a virtual event featuring speakers from the healthcare, wellness and elder law sectors, on Oct. 14. In 2018, RichnerLive launched Senior Health Expos, which invited the community to meet with health experts at venues in Nassau County every few months. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the event was modified to fit an online platform, and attendees took part through Zoom. Cassena Care, Ronald Fatoullah & Associates, Comprehensive Audiology and UnitedHealthcare sponsored the event. Experts spoke about the changes in their fields, including George Zaharioudakis, vice president of SNF operations of Theradynamics at Cassena Care; attorney Ronald Fatoullah, founder of Ronald Fatoullah & Associates; Dr. Esther Fogel, owner and director of Comprehensive Audiology; attorney Robert Harper, partner at Farrell Fritz P.C.; Josiane PelusoTomczyk, medicare sales director for New York City and Long Island at UnitedHealthcare Government Programs; and Ashley Straw, founder of Flow and Restore, a holistic wellness practice. Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, moderated the event. She announced prizes awarded to several attendees and took questions from viewers. First, Straw led participants through a breathing exercise of lengthening exhales — by pushing more air out than normal — to deepen the breath. Then Ostreicher kicked off the conversation and asked the speakers about how Covid-19 has impacted their services. Cassena Care, a line of nursing homes in New York and Connecticut, had “very large challenges to overcome,” Zaharioudakis said, including admitting people, discharging them, acquiring personal protective equipment and controlling the spread of infection through isolation. “It took a lot of coordination and communication,” he said. “A lot of people in the communities stepped up and came up with creative ideas to solve these problems.” In all fields, workers and patients have

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CloCkwise from top left: George Zaharioudakis, vice president of SNF operations of Theradynamics at Cassena Care; Skye Ostreicher, the panel’s moderator; attorney Ronald Fatoullah, founder of Ronald Fatoullah & Associates; Dr. Esther Fogel, owner and director of Comprehensive Audiology; Josiane Peluso-Tomczyk, medicare sales director for New York City and Long Island at UnitedHealthcare Government Programs; and attorney Robert Harper, partner at Farrell Fritz P.C., discussed health and wealth during the coronavirus pandemic on Oct. 14. had to adapt and, in many cases, switch services to a virtual setting, which has often been a benefit. People can now have documents like wills and Medicaid trusts signed, notarized with witnesses and approved from home. “Since March, we’ve been doing as many consultations as we can through Zoom or FaceTime, whatever someone feels comfortable with,” Fatoullah said. “As an elder law attorney, our clients range anywhere from 40s and 50s to last week, we had a client that was 107 — but we’re doing Zoom. It’s wonderful.” Harper agreed — his firm has held virtual conferences via Microsoft Teams and Skype, other video call apps that have become useful during the pandemic. “Options that one never would have thought about months ago are now readily

available in our field,” he said. “Clients are saving travel time. These are efficiencies that we didn’t have before the pandemic.” Peluso-Tomczyk noted the pandemic has also caused more people to apply and stay on Medicaid. More people are becoming unemployed and applying for Medicaid; additionally, the yearly recertification process has been delayed so people will not lose their coverage during the pandemic. Though many of these logistical aspects of health and wealth have seen improvements, those 50 and older are at higher risk of more severe illness when contracting Covid-19. Fatoullah said his longtime secretary and brother have both died from the virus. “It’s affected my firm and me personally,” he said. “It’s been tough in that respect.” Covid-19 has caused many to stay at

home more than they typically would to avoid catching the virus and becoming ill. The panel discussed the implications of that and how to combat some common health issues. Fogel spoke about how the pandemic has brought new struggles to those with hearing loss. In isolation, many rely on phone calls with friends and family to stay connected, but those with hearing loss cannot always use the telephone to communicate. Even when those with hearing loss leave the house, masks can muffle the sound of people’s voices and make it harder to hear, she said. “If you’re stuck at home and you want to communicate with friends and family, we recommend using some sort of video communication,” Fogel said. “Being able to see their face makes it easier to have a conversation. We also offer free captioning phones for our patients.” Fogel’s audiology office is offering inperson and telemedicine appointments for those who need a screening or repairs to their hearing aids. The panel also discussed fall prevention for seniors. “Falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries in the elderly, which can lead to avoidable hospitalizations,” Peluso-Tomczyk said. “We want to see our seniors in the best health possible.” Zaharioudakis noted that handrails, shower bars and proper lighting help prevent falls. He also said rugs should be stabilized, and layout and placement of everyday items should be checked to ensure a healthy flow of movement. Fogel said hearing plays a part in balance, which is related to fall prevention. Taking care of any hearing problems early on can help prevent future loss of cognitive function, she said. There are also exercises that can support balance, and Straw led a movement to stretch the spine to close out the event. “Enough cannot be said about the health benefits of movement,” she said. “Exercise increases the flow of chemicals called endorphins to the brain that lift our mood. Movement through the body encourages important energy strengths like circulation and the lymphatic systems to do their job in clearing out toxins in the body.” For more information about RichnerLive’s virtual events, visit richnerlive. com/virtualevents.

UBS Arena’s leadership team growing Four executives have been named to the UBS Arena’s leadership team, New York Arena Partners announced Oct. 14. Mark Shulman has joined the team as senior vice president of programming; Michael Sciortino is now senior vice president of operations; Ethan Brown is senior vice president of marketing and community relations; and Zane Parry is vice president of finance. Shulman and Sciortino have backgrounds in the sports and entertainment industry, while Brown has had previous

marketing experience with the New York Islanders and has held leadership positions with Pacer Sports & Entertainment and Unilever. Shulman has managed a variety of projects over his 25-year career, including musical festivals, major venue developments and high-profile stadium concerts. Before joining the UBS team, he established the Anschutz Entertainment Group office in New York, where he expanded the company’s footprint into multiple cities through acquisitions and

booking partnerships, and as senior vice president of the East Coast, he supervised thousands of mainstream concert bookings, while promoting several national tours and shows at MetLife Stadium, the Great Lawn in Central Park, Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall. “I’m thrilled to be joining the entertainment team at UBS Arena,” Shulman said in a statement. “The music industry is poised to have an incredible resurgence, and we anticipate consumers and

fans to be yearning to experience live entertainment by the time UBS Arena is open next fall.” Sciortino, meanwhile, has worked as vice president of operations at Golden State’s Chase Center, where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations. “I’m excited to be back here in New York working with this team at UBS Arena,” he said. “This is a long time coming for the New York Islanders and their fans.” –Melissa Koenig

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Where to vote (early) in Nassau County By AlyssA seidmAn aseidman@liherald.com

Election Day is a little less than two weeks away, but thanks to a series of reforms passed by the State Legislature in 2019, Nassau County residents can vote before Nov. 3. Starting Saturday, Oct. 24, residents can head to one of 15 polling sites to cast their votes for the Nov. 3 election during a nine-day early-voting period. The process was introduced in New York state last year as part of a series of reforms intended to make voting easier for people who struggle to get to the polls on Election Day. The nine-day schedule offers 83 hours of early voting — 60 are required — including evenings and weekends through Sunday, Nov. 1 (see map). Registered voters may cast their ballots at any of the listed locations, but if they do not, they must vote at their regular polling place on Nov. 3. Residents will verify their voter registration on iPads, or electronic poll books, which have replaced physical poll books at each early-voting site and regular polling place. Using a stylus, poll inspectors will assist voters in signing their names and confirming their identities. Once their signatures are approved, the poll inspector will print ballots from a ballot-

on-demand printer. “No matter where you go, you’re getting your ballot,” said James Scheuerman, the Democratic commissioner for the Board of Elections. Scheuerman also said that if residents submit their ballots during the early-voting period, it precludes them from voting on Election Day. “The poll pads sync up,” he said, “so after you vote, other poll books around the county, within one minute, will know that you voted to guard against double voting.” Residents who have questions about the county’s early-voting procedures can visit www.nassauvotes.com. The Board of Elections has advised voters that some states that have already begun their early-voting period have reported significant lines at polling sites. To ensure ballots are cast at legitimate polling stations or deposited in legitimate drop-off boxes, voters are advised to be attentive. Report any suspicious activities or efforts to interfere with or disrupt voting immediately. If in doubt, or to report any issues, please call the Nassau County Board of Elections: (516) 571-8683 for English; or La Junta Electoral Condado Nassau en Español: (516) 571-1245. Information provided the Nassau County Board of Elections. Map by Christina Daly/Herald

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ToH OKs $453.5M budget — taxes are flat By TimoThy denTon tdenton@liherald.com

The Hempstead Town Board unanimously approved a $453.5 million budget for 2021 on Oct. 13. The budget represents a $16 million increase from last year’s $437 million approved budget, but is $11 million less than the current projected 2020 budget of $464.5 million. The $27 million — a difference of 6.1 percent — is because of unforeseen expenses from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Town Comptroller John Mastromarino. “That’s the projected budget,” Mastromarino cautioned. “We still have more donald than two months until the end of the year; we don’t know what could happen between now and then.” Mastromarino’s caution underscored the difficulty in preparing a balanced budget in the face of the biggest disaster to befall the town’s economy in 100 years. “We really have to look to the [1918-19] flu pandemic to see anything like what we’re facing now,” Mastromarino said. With the support of the board’s lone Democrat, Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, the budget was billed as bipartisan. Goosby has sided with the Republican majority on all but a handful of

issues in the past two years. The property tax levy for 2021 is flat, year over year, at $253.1 million. Total levies, including funding for the Highway and Sanitation departments, come to $341 million. Cost savings included $6 million from a reduction of 37 positions from the town’s workforce of 1,781 employees, and $750,000 in debt service. In the face of the coronavirus, the town’s fund balance — its emergency fund — which had been projected to grow to $5 million in 2020, will finish the year $7.5 million in the red. Next year, that deficit is projected to grow by a further $12 million, to $19.5 million, Mastromarino said. X. Clavin Moody’s Investors Service cited the town’s minimal reserves as an area of concern in last year’s rating upgrade, saying that deterioration could lead to a potential downgrade. However, the rating agency has taken no action to date. The town received $134 million in federal CARES Act funding, Mastromarino said. Much of the one-time grant has yet to be allocated, he said, but the town has used revenue to support local hospitals and food banks, as well as purchasing personal protective equipment kits for villages and local businesses. The grant has also been used to make town facilities safer, Mastromarino said.

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The Town of Hempstead Board passed its tentative 2021 budget unanimously, but Comptroller John Mastromarino cautioned that the Covid crisis may add complcations. For example, “we’ve installed filtration systems in buildings with central air conditioning. From all we’ve learned, buildings with central climate control represent one of the greatest dangers for airborne Covid transmission,” he said. CARES funding has also been used to increase the town’s deep-cleaning efforts at its facilities.

In common with other state and local governments, the town’s efforts to prepare realistic balanced budgets in the face of the Covid-19 crisis has become complicated, Mastromarino conceded, adding that continued assistance from the federal government would be critical in addressing the demands of the pandemic.

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2020 Judicial candidatEs District Court Judge Candidates

Family Court Judge Candidate

Vote for four

Ignatius Muscarella

Darlene Harris

Lisa Cairo

Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines

Running on Democratic, Republican, Conservative and Independence Party lines

Running on Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines in the general election

Age: 63

Age: 54

Age: 43

Lives in: Town of Hempstead

Lives in: Uniondale

Lives in: Garden City

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Bowdoin College; law degree, New York University Law School

Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Pennsylvania, 1986; law degree, Hofstra University School of Law, 1989

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Loyola College in Maryland, 1999; law degree, Hofstra University School of Law, 2002

Legal career: Between 1982 and 2007, Ignatius Muscarella served as a law clerk for three justices of the New York Supreme Court. From 2008 to 2013, he was a guardianship referee, and from January 2014 to his start on the Nassau County 10th District Court in 2015, he was a court attorney referee. In 2008, Muscarella was honored for Professionalism & Community Services by the Court Officers’ Benevolent Association, and in 2004 he received the Merit Performance Award for Community Service and Humanitarian Pursuits by the New York State Court System.

Legal career: Darlene Harris is currently a Nassau County District Court judge, and was elected to the post in 2014. From 1991 to 1994, she served as senior court attorney for the District Court Law Department; from 1995 to 1996, as the Town of Hempstead’s deputy attorney; and from 1996 to 1999 as a Nassau County legislator. In 1997, she opened a private law practice, which she maintained through 2010. From 2010 to 2014, she was chair of the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission.

Legal career: Lisa Cairo began her career in 2003 as an associate at Chris J. Coschignano P.C., handling civil litigation with a focus on matrimonial cases, municipal applications and real estate transactions. In 2006, she became an associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP in the firm’s matrimonial practice group. In 2011, she became a partner in the firm’s municipal law, litigation and real estate practice groups. She is also a member of the firm’s management committee.

County Court Judge Vote for two

Robert Pipia

Tricia Ferrell

Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines

Caryn Fink Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines Age: 53

Age: 56

Age: 47

Lives in: Roslyn Heights

Lives in: Levittown

Lives in: Uniondale

Education: Bachelor’s degree, SUNY Albany, 1987; law degree, Hofstra University, 1992

Education: Bachelor’s degree, City College of New York, 1995; law degree Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1998

Legal career: From to 1993 to 1994, Robert Pipia served as a law assistant for the Town of Hempstead attorney’s office. In February 1994, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor Gregory Peterson appointed him as the Hempstead Town Board counsel. He became deputy town attorney in 2000. He was also executive assistant to Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray. In 2014, Pipia was elected Nassau County District Court judge, a position he still holds. He has also served as a member of the State Rehabilitation Council, which was the oversight agency for Vocational and Education Services for Individuals with Disabilities, a division of the New York State Department of Education. And he is a member of the Hofstra Law Alumni Association board of directors.

Legal career: Tricia Ferrel began her legal career in 1998 as an assistant Nassau County district attorney. She served in that role until 2005. She was the Village of Hempstead attorney from 2005 to 2006. She became the Nassau County director of compliance from 2006 to 2008. She was appointed by Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi as a Nassau County District Court judge in 2008, and was re-elected to the post in 2009 and 2014.

Legal career: Caryn Fink started her legal career from 1993 to 2000 as an assistant district attorney and senior trial attorney in the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. From 2006 to 2013, she was an assistant district attorney in the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, Rackets Bureau/Labor Unit. And from 2013 to now, she has been the principal law clerk for the Hon. Helene Gugerty, a New York State Supreme justice.

Chris Hoefenkrieg Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines Age: 53 Lives in: Roslyn Heights Education: Bachelor’s degree, SUNY Albany, 1990; law degree, St. John’s University, 1994.

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Caryn R. Fink

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Lisa A. Chris E. Hoefenkrieg Cairo

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Tricia M. Ferrell

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Ignatius L. Muscarella

Darlene D. Harris

Todd D. Kaminsky

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Conservative 17

Robert E. Pipia

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Douglas L. Tuman

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Gregory W. Meeks

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Robert E. Pipia

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Kathleen M. Rice

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Darlene D. Harris

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Robert E. Pipia

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Ignatius L. Muscarella

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Darlene D. Harris

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Tricia M. Ferrell

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Ignatius L. Muscarella

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Tricia M. Ferrell

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munities of color. to passionate about a need to Justice of He thesaid Supreme Court reform police practices in provide safety andfor protec(Vote up to eight) Incumbent Tuman her district and across theOFFICE tion for all, officials must Electores Presidenciales Challenger country to end racial injuswork to support and improve Party: Democrat Para Presidente y Vice tice. She is a vocal supporter relationships between police Presidente Juez de la Corte ofSuprema Party: of the George Floyd Justice Age: 55 officers and communities (Vote porRepublican uno) (Vote hasta por ocho) in Police Act, which would color through joint communi- Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Age: 39 OFFICIAL BALLOT Professional experience: Democratic enact several immediate and ty-law enforcement events 6 1 2 3 4 5 Congresswoman for six FOR GENERAL ELECTION Professional potentially life-saving meaand training. 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Youalso have a right to a replacement Workingand Families small business growth; nesses, families citizens tion to be one of support, schools, which have orities. is seeking to may void Working for state Families reforming higher education; in 1the form of standalone not control. been hit hard during ballot. youcreating make a mistake or want to change your vote, callthe the board offederal electionsdeduction at focusIfon new jobs Electors payments For and local taxes, which she and investing in and improvstimulus to help To address issues with coronavirus pandemic, so to replace those that were (516) 571-2411 for instructions on how to obtain a new ballot. The number of choices is Joseph R. Biden called “harmful.” ing local infrastructure. with Covid-19 recovery. He race within the district, that they can remain open lost, to help small and midFor President listed for each contest. Do not mark for more candidates than allowed. If you do, your vote Kamala D. 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INSTRUCTIONS District takes in a swath of south-central Nassau County, from Hempstead and Westbury to the North to Long Beach to the south, and Valley Stream to the west and Wantagh to the east. Howie Hawkins Para votar un candidato cuyo nombre no está en la papeleta, marque el òvalo a la izquierda For President Angela Nicole Walker E del ‘write-in’ y escriba el nombre claramente en la casilla. Cualquier otra marca, o escritura For Vice President fuera de los espacios porporcionados para votar, puede anular toda la papeleta. Usted Libertarian Libertarian tiene el derecho a una papeleta de reemplazo. Si comete un error o quiere cambiar su voto, 1 Electors For llame la Junta De Elecciones al (516) 571-2411 para instrucciones sobre cómo obtener una Jo Jorgensen nueva papeleta. El número de opciones está listado para cada elección. No marque mas For President Jeremy Cohen F candidatos de lo permitidos. Si lo haces, su voto en esa elección no sera contado.

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Independence of theballots nation’s worforce. This is Gregory not an actual ballot, but a composite of several cent sample He wants to take part of the so as toMeeks reflect all the districts within the communities covered by money from the Paycheck your edition of the Herald. Incumbent Protection Program and conG vert it to loans Complete reporting on candidates running in districts covered by or grants to Party: Democrat help the Herald – as well as the full text of our endorsements in small eachbusinesses survive. He race ’20 also tab.said there Age: –67may be found at LIHerald.com under the Elections could be tax exemptions. Write-In For election results after the polls close Tuesday night, Meeks voted for the Professional experience: go to LIHerald.com. George Floyd Justice in PolicHouse of Representatives ing Act, which was approved member since 1998 by the House of Representasaid he could provide leadtives, but is yet to be Education: Undergraduate ership that supports diploapproved by the Senate. The degree, Adelphi University, macy. It is important, he 1975; law degree, Howard said, because the committee legislation would enact new requirements for law University School of Law, touches on a range of enforcement agencies to 1978 issues, from the climate crisis to trade, and with his dis- improve transparency on from reporting use-of-force On the issues: trict being one of the most Gregory Meeks is running diverse in the nation, foreign incidents to eliminate what are considered discriminatounopposed for the second affairs foreign affairs has an ry policing practices. consecutive time. He serves outsized impact on his conMeeks said he thinks on the Committee on Finanstituency. better policing performed cial Services and the ComWith the coronavirus more respectfully is needed. mittee on Foreign Affairs. He pandemic wreaking havoc He also said more diversity is seeking the chairmanship on the country’s economy, is needed at the corporate of the Foreign Affairs comMeeks is advocating for level, and minorities need mittee, highlighting his small business owners, as access to capital. 22-year membership. Meeks they employ nearly 50 per-

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Todd Kaminsky Incumbent

Party: Democrat Age: 42 Professional experience: New York state senator Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Michigan; law degree, New York Law School On the issues: Todd Kaminsky is chairman of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee. He said his biggest accomplishment this term was passing the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, a law that he authored, and that he said is the nation’s strongest stateled effort to address the climate crisis, protect against extreme weather and create new green jobs. He also

helped secure benefits for 9/11 responders and wrote legislation providing funds for Long Island Rail Road infrastructure and capping property taxes. Kaminsky said he supports stronger measures to protect the barrier beach and is looking for ways to strengthen the current legislation. He was a co-sponsor of the bail reform bill, but believes changes in the legislation may be necessary to provide judges with more leverage over cases. He supported the Super Block proj-

ect in Long Beach and favors further economic development in the city. He has fought against state tax increases. Additionally, Kaminsky said he wants to ensure that next year’s state budget contains funds to support adult homes in Nassau County. Kaminsky has been an advocate for pension reform, working to strengthen antibribery laws and working to increase oversight of local government contracts. He has been an advocate for LIRR commuters and a supporter of Industrial Development Agencies, which foster economic development on Long Island. The IDA recently backed the Super Block in Long Beach.

Victoria Johnson Challenger

Party: Republican Age: 60 Professional experience: Took leave as chief of staff and office assistant to Assembly representatives on Long Island Education: Bachelor’s degree, State University of New York at Potsdam On the issues: Victoria Johnson is a strong supporter of police and is highly critical of the bail reform law. She said she believes judges should have more jurisdiction over sentencing, and over who should and should not be eligible for bail. Johnson acknowledged

that support for police and opposition to the bail reform law are the main thrusts of her campaign. She also said she believes more environmental support is needed for Long Beach’s North Park section and raised questions about the impact that the Super Block project might have on the local infrastructure, including sewer and water. Johnson was the daughter of a retired NYPD patrol officer and developed a deep sense of the importance of law enforcement,

she said. She decided early in life that the best place to raise her two children was Long Island. Over the years, she has maintained a steady career as chief of staff to Republican legislators on Long Island. She focused on constituent outreach and support in her state legislative district. Johnson said her opponent is focused on the needs of New York City progressive politicians, who do not have the interests of Long Islanders at heart. Johnson particularly opposed Kaminsky’s sponsorship of the bail reform bill, which she said allows “dangerous criminals to roam our streets without consequence.” If elected, Johnson said she would work to overturn the legislation.

Includes E. Atlantic Beach, Long Beach, Point Lookout, Island Park, Oceanside, Five Towns, Valley Stream, N. Valley Stream, Rockville Centre, and parts of Elmont, Franklin Square and Baldwin.

ASSEMBlY DiSTRicT 22 Michaelle Solages Incumbent

Party: Democrat Age: 35 Professional experience: State Assembly member Education: Bachelor of Science, Hofstra University On the issues: Michaelle Solages is seeking her fifth term representing the 22nd Assembly District. During her eight years in office, Solages has focused on issues such as childcare, funding for programs like universal preschool on Long Island and legislation to achieve greater parity in health care within disadvantaged communities, where infant mortality rates are higher.

Past achievements include expanding Medicaid coverage to pay for access to donated breast milk for premature babies, or those whose mothers cannot produce their own, as well as legislation to provide lactation accommodations in public buildings. Her current efforts include establishing a universal pre-kindergarten program on Long Island through partnerships between local public school districts and non-profits. Additionally, Solages is seeking to pro-

vide greater access to healthy foods within disadvantaged communities as part of a systemic effort to address health disparities. Most recently, Solages submitted legislation to expand state paid family leave to include parents who are adapting to their children’s distance-learning curriculum during the coronavirus pandemic. Generally, Solages has centered her efforts around providing public services for working families and mothers.

Nicholas Zacchea Challenger

Party: Republican Age: Undisclosed Professional experience: Auditor for the U.S. Government Accountability Office and U.S. Department of Energy; auditing consultant for 24 government, non-governmental and corporate organizations, as well as a variety of other short-term consulting and advisory projects Education: Doctorate in economic science On the issues: Nicholas Zacchea is seeking to leverage his decades-long career as a government auditor and economic consultant. As an auditor in the U.S. Govern-

ment Accountability Office, his responsibilities included providing data-backed analyses to U.S. Congress members to inform their policy decisions. After, he worked as a consultant for a number of government and non-governmental organizations, providing input on economic issues ranging from corruption to public finance. With a doctorate in economic science, Zacchea said he promotes a data-driven approach to government. He looks to bring greater efficiency to state operations

Includes parts of Valley Stream, Elmont, Franklin Square, Floral Park, Lynbrook and Garden City.

through a close look at its finances to end fraud, waste and abuse through robust systems of accountability, transparency and oversight. While he is not opposed to public aid programs, he does believe assistance should not come in the form of direct financial support, which he says could dampen productivity. Instead, he favors mechanisms such as tax credits and low-interest, long-term loans to help provide or pay for services. On proposals for higherdensity housing, he believes they are the consequence of poor fiscal management, as local governments seek to expand their tax bases. He does, however, believe they can be appropriate to address housing disparities in high-tax areas such as Long Island.

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ack when I opened the Sage & Angie Boutique on Nassau Boulevard in 2017, I did it because I saw the need for a boutique in the community. As a resident, I decided to fill that need through my business. I’ve always been aware of the diversity in the community, so I made sure that the items in my store cater to people of different backgrounds. Just before the pandemic, I held an “Afrocentric Event” for the community to introduce more people to Afrocentric clothing and show them how to style these pieces into their outfits. Last year, I held a daylong fundraiser at my store to support Girls Inc. of Long Island. Due to the pandemic, my boutique is now providing masks and hand sanitizer to customers to ensure a safe shopping experience. Our Sage & Angie employees are also steaming all clothing that is tried on and not bought. One way to build a community is obviously through wealth. It’s important at this time to support Black-owned businesses, because you’re literally putting money back in your community. As a small-business owner, I’d like for people to see that just because we’re not based in the city, that doesn’t mean you can’t always reach for the stars.

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ow has the pandemic affected me? I am exhausted, deeply exhausted, all of the time. Each day when I get home from the Early Learning Center, I try to step away from the world for a while by watching “Jeopardy” or Netflix documentaries. In this way, I take a rest from all that is going on in the world. I limit my consumption of the news. I consciously and intentionally work to create spaces where I can rest, recharge and get ready for the next day whatever it may bring. During the pandemic, I have remembered to practice gratitude. Each morning I make a list of some of the things for which I am grateful. I have a job that I love. My staff are “rock stars,” and we have been able to keep staff and children safe, stay open and serve our community. I am blessed to spend time with children. They help me to remember to be present in each moment and to find joy in little things. Earlier this month, the children at the center found a butterfly with a broken wing. They made a home for it and spent the day feeding and caring for it. How do we live in a time when things change every day, when there are conflicting opinions and each person is living a different story, a different reality? I have found the Alcoholics Anonymous slogans useful, and they help me to not get overwhelmed: “One day at a time,” “First things first.”

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ur greatest asset at Backyard Players and Friends is that our program is community-based. We had classes at St. Mark’s, at the Rockville Centre Public Library, at Molloy, at Sportset, the recreation center, and we just expanded to having classes at Knights of Columbus in Lynbrook. Every night we're at a different location in the community, and we love that so many people can see what we’re doing. Our partners had to quickly pivot and worry about how to run their own programs, and outside programs like mine took a tremendous hit. We were at risk for losing the entire program because we had no locations. We did move to online classes and Zoom classes. But for the population we serve, people with developmental disabilities, it's not ideal. This population is an isolated population as it is, and we realized they were struggling. Covid is isolating for everyone. We were then lucky enough to work with Karen Polito at the recreation center, Mayor [Francis X.] Murray and Kathleen Murray, the village administrator, who all helped to save our program. It was really a miracle. They embraced us like we’re family. It’s really been a blessing that they’ve been able to give us a home when we didn’t have one. If our program is going to continue to be successful, we will need a space we can call our own. We are doing in-person classes Monday through Friday at the recreation center.

y job as a digital coordinator involves getting music up on streaming service sites, such as Spotify. My job also involves doing social media marketing and exposure. The pandemic has not changed my job a lot. Everything that I do at my job has always been digital, computer and internet driven, which allows me to able to work from home. I am very fortunate to be able to keep my job during this pandemic. Everything that I would normally do at the office, I do it at home now. Working from home has kept me away from my co-workers, and I cannot socialize with them. I work with great people, and now I can’t see them or interact with them every day. I miss the social aspect of working in the office. We are a small office, but we are like one big family. Now that I work at home, I no longer have a separation of my work environment from my home environment, and every day it’s the same thing. I work all day at home. All my work meetings are held over UberConference and using Microsoft Teams. I have quickly adapted to my work responsibilities during the pandemic. I work more hours now than I did before the pandemic started. My workday starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m. Before the pandemic, I would often get stuck in traffic on my way to work. When this happened, I would sometimes arrive at work at 9:20 a.m. Now that I’m working from home, sometimes I start work as early as 8:30 a.m. I no longer have to deal with getting stuck in traffic.

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Couple re-arraigned in neighbor dispute “go back” to where she “came from.” McEneaney’s attorney, Garden Cityafter she purchased the home in forebased Joseph Megale, declined to comclosure. McLeggan alleged that throughout ment on the case. The Legal Aid Sociher time living in the home, McEne- ety, which does not comment on cases, aney often fired a pair of pellet guns — represents Canarick. In addition to McLeggan’s recent a long rifle-style gun and pistol-style gun — near or across her property, and sworn statement, there is a deposition given by a Nassau County police detecshe re gularly tive at the time of heard “pops,” McEneaney and indicating that Canarick’s arrest the guns had in August, outlinbeen discharged, ing the charges which she said against them. made her “jump” According to in “alar m” and c o nve r s at i o n s placed her, she with McLe gg an said, “in fear that and other witI o r my yo u n g nesses, as well as d a u g h t e r, w h o a review of 911 resides with me, calls and video will be injured.” footage, McEneCalls to police aney was allegedabout McEneaney ly seen several firing the pellet A criminAl tAmpering charge against times with the guns did not stop John McEneaney alleges he damaged a pellet guns over him, she said. nearby street sign with pellet guns. the years. He A d d i t i o n a l ly, claimed he was around May or June of 2018, McLeggan said she began only firing them in his backyard, and finding litter, including feces, on her he surrendered them to police in July. Witnesses, as well as McLeggan, lawn, and she alleged that in May 2019, she observed Canarick drop what however, reported they had heard the appeared to be feces on McLeggan’s “pings” of pellets hitting a pair of front yard. In June 2019, after installing metal street signs across from her video surveillance cameras on her home, and a witness claimed to have home, McLeggan alleged that the cam- found pellets on McLe ggan’s lawn eras caught Canarick again leaving many times, indicating they had been fired across her property. what appeared to be feces on her lawn. The charge against Canarick Also caught on the surveillance cameras were remarks allegedly made by stemmed from McLeggan’s allegation Mc-Eneaney in July 2019, saying that she had seen the neighbor dropMcLeggan had used “the race card ping dog feces on her lawn. After the couple’s arrests, District again” in a dispute, and asserting, “If I didn’t like Black people, I could have Attorney Madeline Singas said that, had you erased a long time ago.” The taken together, the evidence indicated latter remark came after he spoke with “a patter n of harassing behavior,” police officers about one of her com- which, she noted, “crossed the line from being a bad neighbor and into the plaints about the pellet guns. At one point, McLeggan alleged that realm of criminality.” Her office found no evidence of a she witnessed McEneaney tell her to

HArAssment AllegAtions AgAinst John McEneaney and Mindy Canarick by their neighbor, Jennifer McLeggan, gained widespread attention in July.

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hate crime, she said. If convicted of the top charges, McEneaney could serve up to a year in prison, while Canarick could serve up to three months. Additionally, Goggin signed new orders of protection Friday mandating

that the two stay away from McLeggan, after Goggin the previous week had ordered prosecutors to investigate whether the two had violated a prior order of protection.

Information to identify the case: Debtor: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York EIN: 11-1837437 United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York Date case filed for chapter 11: 10/01/2020 Case Number: 20 - 12345 Official Form 309F1 (For Corporations or Partnerships) Notice of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case 10/20 For the debtor listed above, a case has been filed under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. An order for relief has been entered. This notice has important information about the case for creditors and debtors, including information about the meeting of creditors and deadlines. Read both pages carefully. The filing of the case imposed an automatic stay against most collection activities. This means that creditors generally may not take action to collect debts from the debtor or the debtor’s property. For example, while the stay is in effect, creditors cannot sue, assert a deficiency, repossess property, or otherwise try to collect from the debtor. Creditors cannot demand repayment from the debtor by mail, phone, or otherwise. Creditors who violate the stay can be required to pay actual and punitive damages and attorney’s fees. Confirmation of a chapter 11 plan may result in a discharge of debt. A creditor who wants to have a particular debt excepted from discharge may be required to file a complaint in the bankruptcy clerk’s office within the deadline specified in this notice. (See line 11 below for more information.) To protect your rights, consult an attorney. All documents filed in the case may be inspected at the bankruptcy clerk’s office at the address listed below or through PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records at https://pacer.uscourts.gov). The staff of the bankruptcy clerk’s office cannot give legal advice. Do not file this notice with any proof of claim or other filing in the case. 1. Debtor’s Full name: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York 2. All other names used in the last 8 years: Diocese of Rockville Centre 3. Address: 50 North Park Avenue, Rockville, NY 11570 4. Debtor’s attorney: Jones Day, Attn: Corinne Ball, 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY 11570, Phone: (212) 326 – 3939, Email: cball@jonesday.com 5. Bankruptcy clerk’s office: US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004-1408, Hours open: Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM (ET) – 5:00 PM (ET), Contact phone: (212) 668 - 2870. Documents in this case may be filed at this address. You may inspect all records filed in this case at this office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov. 6. Meeting of creditors: November 5, 2020 at 12 PM (ET), Location: The meeting of creditors will be conducted by telephone conference. 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ome who are opposed to Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination are blurring the line between confirming a justice to fill a vacancy and the so-called “packing” of the court. Using this nomination to justify court packing would be a huge mistake. The real underlying issues relate to checks and balances and separation of powers. These are ideas that are embedded in our constitutional system of government. They’re essential to the successful American experience in alfonSe representative govd’amaTo ernment. The continued success of this experience depends on all of us abiding by these basic principles. Without checks, balance is threatened. Without separation, power is unfettered. Our founders understood that. They deliberately divided our national government into three branches designed to balance one another against the accumulation of too much power in one place or person. That’s why we have a president, not a king; a Congress, not a politburo; and an independent judiciary, not star chambers or kangaroo courts. If we knock one leg

off this executive/legislative/judicial stool, the whole thing tips over. That’s what could happen if our leaders in Washington go down the path of tinkering too much with our carefully checked and balanced system — if they fail to maintain the deliberate separation of powers. The most recent example is talk of increasing the size of the Supreme Court. The argument goes like this: Since Republicans are pushing through a conservative Supreme Court nominee to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Democrats would be justified in expanding the size of the court with liberal justices to offset its conservative tilt. This tit-for-tat approach may sound appealing to Democrats, but it could easily lead to an unraveling of the balance of power in Washington, remaking the Supreme Court into not an equal branch of government, but an appendage of executive and congressional will. Suppose Democrats sweep to power in Washington next month, winning control of both the White House and Congress, and the court is increased from nine to 11 members by this one-party government. It may more easily bend to the will of Congress and the president, but it will have lost its essential independence as a co-

equal branch. It will in essence have become an arm of the other two branches. Fast-forward a few years and imagine the presidency and Congress swinging back to Republican control. The new oneparty government decides to increase the court from 11 members to 13 to get its pet initiatives through. It passes a different health care bill and changes the abortion laws, and then guarantees their passing Constitutional muster by loading the court with sympathetic justices. Over time the Supreme Court becomes a bloated mess, with 17 or 19 justices, or whatever number is needed to uphold the policies of the contemporaneous administration and Congress. America came perilously close to this situation once before. In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt was frustrated that the Supreme Court struck down some of his New Deal initiatives as unconstitutional. When FDR tried to pack the court with sympathetic judges, the national backlash was swift and certain. FDR wisely backed down, and judicial independence was maintained. Maybe we Americans take our form of government too much for granted. We expect it to survive another 200 years just because it’s already lasted well over 200. Yet what Congress and the president do

f Democrats win big and ‘pack’ the Supreme Court, where might that lead?

can imperil our constitutional government. Congress, in particular, should resist the temptation to change its own self-limiting rules. The current Supreme Court controversy began when then Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took advantage of his Democratic majority to remove the requirement of 60 votes to confirm District Court nominees. When the Senate swung back to Republican control, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided to remove this 60-vote threshold for Supreme Court justices as well. That’s why Coney Barrett will likely be confirmed before the election. The next step in eroding the 60-vote requirement for Senate action would be to eliminate its application not just to judicial appointments but to all other legislative actions as well. That might sound appealing to the leaders of the next Senate majority, but it could come back to haunt them, too. Majorities shift with elections, and minority rights and privileges look a lot better when you’re in the minority. As someone who lived with both the pluses and minuses of the Senate’s higher threshold for action, I know that tinkering with power is tempting. It’s also dangerous. 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.

When real-life horrors outdo Halloween

eally, could you make up Donald Trump if he didn’t already exist? What book publisher in their right mind or movie producer hoping for a hit would create a character as unlikely as the Republicans’ very own Great Pumpkin on steroids? Imagine this: Hungry screenwriter pitches a story to movie mogul: “See, you have this superrich guy who decides to run for Randi president against kReiSS 17 other candidates seeking the GOP nomination. He has some problems, sure, some ADD maybe, some narcissistic personality disorder, some grandiosity. Yeah, I’m pretty sure there’s tape out there of him bragging about grabbing women’s genitals and getting away with it because he’s a star. History? Not his strong suit. Also, yeah, he has no experience at all in government or foreign affairs. “He did host a reality TV show. And he has experience hosting the Miss Universe pageant, which will help when

negotiating with Russia, Syria and Iraq. “He’s planning to build a wall along the border with Mexico, lower taxes on the rich, create a religious test for immigrants trying to get to America. Also, there are TV clips of him gyrating while mocking a disabled reporter, and, yes, he did insult the Gold Star parents of a Muslim-American soldier killed in Iraq. “OK, OK, he isn’t perfect, but he is flamboyant, and a fast talker, and he knows how to gin up a crowd, even inciting anger and violence, which will make for a great plot line, maybe even ending in another American Revolution.” Would any publisher or producer want to invest in this preposterous story? And wait, there’s more. He not only wins the nomination of his party, he wins the 2016 election and becomes the 45th president, a profoundly unprepared, uncouth, blatantly racist xenophobe. Then, get this, he runs for a second term. Sorry, Halloween 2020, you’ve been hijacked by the facts on the ground. Nothing can be as horrific as real life in the midst of a global pandemic in a country abused by an inept leader.

Between the last election and this year, certain bedrock beliefs, such as the peaceful transition of power, have been challenged. Double double toil and trouble. From which caldron did he pull the idea to destabilize the country by sowing hatred and fear? Halloween, can you really do better than that? Fake Freddy Krueger fingernails and monster teeth just don’t cut it anymore. This year, thanks to the worrisome spiking of the Covid-19 virus, most children won’t have the fun of going door to door. The trick is on the innocent kids who might have been living in an entirely different environment if a competent and forthright president had taken charge early on to fight the pandemic in a smart and scientific way. Halloween tricks seem old school. Egging a car? Toilet paper in the trees? You call those tricks? They’re lame when compared with Russia hacking the election, the GOP placing fake ballot boxes around California and the leader of the free world coyly encouraging a wacko fringe group like QAnon. Now those tricks get everyone’s attention. Facebook, like other social media plat-

his year, the scariest holiday has been hijacked by facts on the ground.

forms, is under attack by foreign goblins and gremlins; cyberwarfare is terrifying. The old-time fright masks just don’t have the same ability to reach inside our lives and twist until we scream. Masks have taken on a whole other meaning in the time of Covid and the reign of Donald. As for ghosts, Halloween, I’m seeing the spirit of dictators, past and present, dancing across America. What have you got? White sheets and green makeup? Meh. Trump is actively summoning the spirit of his brother, Vladimir Putin, to name just one. He invokes his spirit every time he saws away at the pillars of our democracy: the Department of Justice, the FBI, the CIA, the Supreme Court and the Environmental Protection Agency. Clearly, the Donald trumps Halloween. He has ruined my taste for manufactured terror. I just can’t get interested in candy corn. We need to invent a special holiday for him. Let’s call it Inauguration Day, celebrate a new president and say goodbye to the sick joke that has been Donald Trump’s presidency. Maybe next year, fright wigs and skeleton costumes will be amusing again. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

VALLEY STREAM HERALD — October 22, 2020

Will Washington soon be unchecked and unbalanced?

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early as February. When we should have been locking down nationally, as New Zealand did in March, we remained open for business in most parts of the country, and the virus spread from transportation hubs like New York and California across the country. There was never a complete travel ban from China early this year, as Trump has claimed — American citizens and permanent residents flew back and forth at will between China and the U.S. And Trump has eschewed masks all along, even though mask wearing would improve safety as the U.S. continues to open up. Now the Trump administration is weighing, and in many ways pursuing, its potentially most dangerous policy of all — herd immunity, the ill-advised, frankly inane notion that we can beat the coronavirus by allowing healthy young people to become infected. If enough people do so and develop immunity to the virus, the thinking goes, it will disappear. Reputable scientists tell us, however, that herd immunity requires at minimum

50 to 60 percent of the population to be infected, and that it cannot be achieved without a vaccine. But let’s suppose for a moment that we, as a nation, were to pursue a herd-immunity course through natural infection, and 60 percent of Americans — or 196 million people — were to get the coronavirus. Think about the astronomical death total that would likely result. To date, 8.17 million Americans have reportedly been infected with Covid-19. That’s 2.5 percent of the population. In widespread testing in late September, 1 in 10 Americans had Covid-19 antibodies, according to the Stanford University Medicine News Center. That is, we’re a long way from herd immunity. Pursuing herd immunity in the absence of a vaccine is a recipe for a death toll not seen in a pandemic since 1918-19. Listen to the reputable scientists: Wear a mask in public. Keep your distance. Wash your hands frequently. Work from home if you can.

Say goodbye to ‘Lady’ on our sports pages

n late September, we at the Herald were jolted when a senior at Kennedy High School, in Bellmore, called on school officials — and the local media — to stop referring to girls’ sports teams at Kennedy as the “Lady Cougars.” The student, 17-year-old Rachel Nossen, of Merrick, wrote an op-ed essay for her school newspaper, The Cougar Crier, and it certainly caught our attention. Throughout our newspaper group, which encompasses 18 editions on the north and south shores of Nassau County, we decided to

drop the use of “Lady.” Nossen was right to argue that the term diminishes the accomplishments of female athletes. Lady is a term of a bygone era when women were expected to be prim and proper and quiet, not the accomplished and fierce competitors they have become since Title IX was enacted in 1972, prohibiting sex discrimination in the schools. According to Title IX, if there is a boys’ team at a school, there must be a girls’ team. Up until then, many, if not most, schools did not have competitive girls’ ath-

letters Voting is now convenient To the Editor: It’s been a trying year for our nation and a tragic one for New Yorkers, many of whom have lost loved ones and are worried about our tattered economy and the wellbeing of isolated friends and family. The scary prospect of a second wave of Covid-19 washing over New York during flu season has been anticipated all year, but one silver lining is that we need not fret over voting safely in next month’s election. For the majority of Long Islanders who haven’t voted since 2018 or before, casting a ballot in New York has changed drastically for the better, thanks to a raft of reforms and resiliency measures that improved convenience, due process, fairness and public safety. There are now three ways to vote in Election 2020, each with pros and cons. Given our protracted public health emergency, however, this flexibility is key to our safety

letic programs. Our editorial board gathered to figure out how “Lady” came into our sportsreporting lexicon, and concluded it was simply a matter of tradition. As we have learned in recent months and years, however, we need to look critically at our traditions to ensure they are in sync with modern thinking. Use of “Lady” when referring to girls’ sports teams is clearly out of step with 2020 culture, and so we will stop using it, except when it is part of an official team name.

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here is a storm brewing, and your child’s school is in its cross hairs. It’s not a hurricane or a tornado. It’s a fiscal tsunami, and it’s going to devastate the education system on Long Island unless Albany steps up and acts. Too many of our school districts were already in dire fiscal straits due to decades of austerity before the economic experts released their forecasts of even more funding cuts. This is especially true for schools in Black and brown neighborhoods. For Lisa years, students in TYson these classrooms have lacked up-todate materials, technology and other basic resources, so it’s no wonder these districts have been the first to feel the effects of this oncoming storm. The Copiague Board of Education pink-slipped dozens of staff members just a week before students were set to return to class. And this is just the beginning. The wind is picking up. Dark clouds are forming. Things are looking grim. But don’t worry. This particular storm isn’t a force of nature that we are powerless to stop. This is a human-caused

financial calamity to which there are sensible solutions. First, however, we have to examine how our “leaders” got us into this mess. It’s not news to anyone that New York, like the rest of the nation, is in economic turmoil because officials at both the state and federal levels failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 25,000 people in our state and left millions jobless. In response to New York’s fiscal distress, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature approved a budget earlier this year that cut $1.1 billion in state aid from schools. Long Island schools lost a total $49.4 million. But it gets worse. Here’s how Copiague Public Schools Superintendent Kathleen Bannon explained the dire situation that every district is facing: “On Aug. 20, the district received a state aid payment for the 2019-20 school year that was 20 percent less than expected. Along with that payment was a notice that all future state aid payments would also be reduced by 20 percent.” These aren’t just numbers in a spreadsheet. Your children’s education, and therefore their future, is on the chopping block. Far too many of Long Island’s bright young minds have been forced to

he state must dip into its rainy-day fund, because it’s pouring out there.

LeTTers and the election’s legitimacy. Regardless of ideology, nobody argues in print that American citizens should need to risk their lives to vote. Options can protect our rights and our communities if we avail ourselves of them. Last year, lawmakers created an election period to spread voting out over nine additional days — including two weekends and workday evenings. At the time, “social distancing” wasn’t common parlance to anyone without a degree in disease transmission, but that reform seems prescient today. The early-voting options in Nassau and Suffolk counties include a shift to countywide voting centers, permitting residents to visit any site from Saturday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Nov. 1. Nassau, a statewide access leader, offers 83 operating hours of early voting. (The same can’t be said for Suffolk, which has a greater population and sprawling geography, but fewer sites and nearly three fewer days’ worth of hours.) For those who have adapted to our new normal — who wear masks and venture out for groceries — finding a quiet five minutes to vote early may be the best option. Voters cast their ballots after privately marking them, and they will be included with election night results. Those who believe the process is a partisan ploy should know that Texans have

attend schools that are criminally underfunded, and these cuts will further pulverize their chances at receiving a quality education. So, will Long Island’s state legislators stand by and let this happen, or will they fight for the children of Long Island? It’s time to act to stop this fiscal tsunami in its tracks, because we shouldn’t play politics with our kids’ education. We are proposing a fourpronged approach, and the first prong can and should be done immediately: The state must dip into its rainy-day fund, because it’s pouring out there. We can’t weather a storm with an umbrella full of holes. Secondly, class is now in session, so the State Legislature should be in session, too. Cuomo has been circumventing democracy and playing games with the budget, which has caused unimaginable uncertainty and instability in school districts and municipalities. This has to stop. He needs to produce a real plan that lawmakers can work with to avoid more cuts at all costs. If he fails to do so, state legislators must immediately reconvene to stop the bleeding themselves, and they can do that by passing measures to make ultra-millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share. Albany needs to stop giving New

been voting early since the 1980s. Until Covid-19, absentee voting was not a mainstream option for New Yorkers. The state was one of only 16 to restrict it to those with the right excuse. Busy with work or child care? Not eligible. It shouldn’t have taken a deadly pandemic to develop voting resiliency — disruptions on Sept. 11, 2001, which was a Primary day, and Hurricane Sandy’s late-October 2012 landfall were enough. For immunocompromised people and those living or working with them, voting remotely may be safer, and pitfalls that jeopardize rights have been significantly mitigated. Voters can now request a ballot online in seconds or by phone, and may return completed ballots via contactless drop boxes at early voting or Election Day sites, or at their county Board of Elections office, which avoids return mail, stamps and postmarking entirely. Common clerical errors can now be fixed, providing a layer of due process where none existed before. Those who still prefer voting on the first Tuesday in November at one assigned site are welcome to, but they will have waited until the last possible day, when no other options remain — even if there are lines, inclement weather or a local uptick in Covid-19 cases. I wouldn’t wish that uncertainty on anyone, even those dispar-

York’s wealthiest residents a free ride. The rich have profited handsomely during the epidemic, earning enough during the public health crisis alone to close the state’s budget gap. New York’s cashstrapped families can’t be the only ones forced to make sacrifices. This isn’t a partisan issue. An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers support raising taxes on the rich, which lawmakers should remember when it’s their turn to cast a vote on legislation, because voters will surely remember who acted and who didn’t when Election Day comes around. Third: All options should be on the table to raise necessary revenue and avoid exacerbating this crisis with more cuts. So Cuomo also has a duty to consider short-term borrowing from the New York Federal Reserve Bank’s Municipal Liquidity Facility. And, last, we can’t let the federal government off the hook. It needs to get its act together, stop all the partisan bickering and send relief to the state and local communities. Sadly, recent events have made clear that the State Legislature can’t just sit on its hands and wait for Washington. For the sake of suffering New Yorkers, Cuomo and state lawmakers must act now. Lisa Tyson is the director of the Long Island Progressive Coalition.

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