Valley Stream Herald 11-12-2020

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Diwali Coalition donates food

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Restaurants prep for winter As pandemic continues, eateries brace for the cold months Sourgoutsis said, although only marginally. “There wasn’t much improvement,” she said, “but it Summer gave restaurant was nice for the community . . . patrons the chance to dine out- It was nice for the summertime.” doors in relative safety. Many in The diner has been a staple Valley Stream took on Rockaway Aveadvantage of onnue for roughly 60 street dining after years, but without the village closed tents or heaters and Rockaway Avenue to only the sidewalk traffic in late June out front available on weekend evefor outdoor seating, nings. tables outside are The village, howonly of fered on ever, ended the prorequest if customers g r a m e a rl y l a s t believe they can month, and with the handle the weather. winter months fast Despite the diffiapproaching, eaterculties posed by the ies in Valley Stream pandemic, Sourgoutare bracing for sis said, for now what’s next.

Mitchell’s will stay.

At Mitchell’s Res“We’re trying,” she t a u r a n t , Vi c k y said. “Thank God we Sourgoutsis, a memhave good customber of the family of ers, loyal customers ViCKy owners, thanked that come all the customers for their SOuRgOutSiS time. They know us, support through the Mitchell’s Restaurant and we’ve known pandemic. Because them for years.” the diner has been Few restaurants forced to operate at 50 percent in the neighborhood likely benecapacity, however, business has fited more from on-street dining remained slow, she said, particu- than the Chicken Coop, also on larly on weekdays, and hours Rockaway. Weekend evenings have had be to reduced.

On-street dining helped, Continued on page 10

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WitH PRESiDENt-ElECt JOSEPH Biden projected to win the election at press time on Tuesday, Valley Streamers had a range of opinions on the results. Above, a gathering last month.

Valley Streamers react to historic presidential election

By KEViN DuRK and PEtER BElfiORE pbelfiore@liherald.com

Last Saturday saw the conclusion — at least unoffically — of a historic presidential election, with major news networks projecting that former Vice President Joseph Biden had become the presidentelect.

Although there were still votes to be counted at press time on Tuesday, Biden had received the most votes of any

presidential candidate in American history, roughly 76.4 million, while President Trump garnered the secondhighest total, nearly 71.5 million, according to the Associated Press.

In Valley Stream, residents across the political spectrum looked back on a race that was unprecedented in a number of ways, not least that it had taken place during a pandemic.

Kacper Bury, who typically votes Republican, said he was

disappointed with the outcome, particularly after early returns favored Trump. “It was crazy to see Biden’s numbers the day after Election Day,” he said. “I know many Biden supporters did a lot of mail-in voting, but it was still surprising to see so many states slowly converting to blue.”

Bury was critical of the Electoral College, which select American presidents, Continued on page 4

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As A memBer of the Valley Stream Diwali Coalition, Valley Stream resident, Abigail Arjune, helped donate roughly $200 worth of food to Long Island Cares on Saturday Nov. 7.

V.S. Diwali Coalition donates food to L.I. Cares

By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com

In light of the upcoming Hindu holiday of Diwali, which falls this year on Nov. 14, the Valley Stream Diwali Coalition partnered with Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, to donate hundreds of dollars worth of food to Long Island Cares, a local food bank, to feed the hungry and food insecure on Long Island.

On Saturday, Nov. 7, outside the Valley Stream Presbyterian Church, members of the Diwali Coalition stacked $200 worth of donated non-perishable food items to prepare for the contribution. The effort was the start of Diwali Coalition’s new initiative of giving back to Long Islanders in need around the Diwali season on an annual basis.

“The Diwali Coalition is made up of just me and my three family members, but we hope that it will grow among the community,” Valley Streamer Abigail Arjune, 19, said. “I was blessed with two parents, a sister and a warm and loving home. I’m doing better than most people in the world, so I’ve learned the importance of giving back, which is the foundation of Diwali.”

Arjune, said she and her family founded the Diwali Coalition group three years ago In an effort to demonstrate to the neighborhood that Hindus value both the cultural and religious aspects of their faith. The group’s primary goal has been to work to establish Diwali on the Valley Stream school calendar as a religious holiday eligible for an excused absence. The Coalition’s members have appeared before Valley Stream school boards on various occasions to try to achieve their goal. They have so far been unsuccessful, but said they would not give up.

“We will continue to work until we have this for our kids,” said Arjune’s mother, Geeta, who is also a member of the coalition. “We hope to effect change in the community and to encourage Hindu and non-Hindu residents

AssemBlywomAN michAelle solAges presented the Arjune family with a celebratory certificate in honor of their donation efforts with the Coalition. and people elsewhere to join this special effort.”

Solages, who helped contribute in partnership to the donation with the coalition said that she is open to exploring legislation to get Diwali recognized on the school calendar in Valley Stream schools.

“Abby has been doing great advocacy for this very celebratory occasion and I support her work because all holidays should be accommodated,” she said. “Right now, my team and I are primarily focusing on pandemic related legislation, but we don’t know where we will be in a few weeks in regards to getting legislation passed to get

Diwali recognized on the school calendar. I can’t promise it will be done, but I can’t say no.”

Although not a member of the Coalition, Valley Stream resident, Steve Vaccaro, also made a food donation to the group’s effort because he said he believes that helping others is vital.

“Everybody should put others first because it’s a very difficult time in the world and it’s important to help people who are underprivileged,” he said. “Many people are unemployed and in-need during this pandemic, so it’s important to help them because it empowers them.”

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Valley Streamers react to election continued from front page particularly because New York City’s overwhelming Democratic majority has long meant that the state’s 29 electoral votes go to Democratic nominees.

“It’s infuriating to know that the five boroughs will ultimately decide which candidate the state chooses every election,” Bury said.

He has low hopes for a Biden presidency, noting that he believes he is a “follower more than a leader,” he said.

“I think it’ll be large companies and other countries calling the shots instead of Biden being asser tive and fighting for what’s best for o u r c o u n t r y, even if it means breaking a close relationship with another person or ally,” he said.

Natalia Villeda, who said she usually votes Democratic, but was unable to re gister this year, said the unrest in the country in natalia villeDa recent years has sapped her Valley Stream desire to engage politically. She said she hoped Biden would win, but was “unnerved” by the closeness of the vote.

“What concerned me most about Trump is his lack of decorum, overall rudeness in his tone and also the way he spreads misinformation,” Villeda said. “I think this behavior often reads as chaotic and makes the U.S. seem lacking in leadership.”

Regardless, she said she had noticed the heightened tensions around the election this year. “There was a palpable feeling of anxiety on Election Day and in the days after,” she said, noting she hoped Biden would bring unity to what she views as a fractured country.

James Conerty, a Republican, said he has voted in every election since he turned 18. At 23, he said, each election

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hat concerned me most about Trump is his lack of decorum, overall rudeness in his tone and also the way he spreads misinformation.

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Demonstrators, above, took part in an Oct. 24 rally against what its organizers said was divisive and hateful rhetoric from President Trump. an anti-trump rally outside the Valley Stream Target on Oct. 18 was intended as a rebuke to a pro-Trump rally that began in the same location a week earlier.

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“holds its own significance,” and this one was no different.

Overall, he said he agreed with Trump on the economy and foreign policy, but took issue with the way he presented himself, particularly on social media. “My

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biggest concern was his Twitter page,” Conerty said. “If President Trump was more reserved on social media, I think the media and society would respect him more and realize the amazing job he has done the last four years while in office.”

He expressed concerns about Biden, saying he does not havea much to show from his long career in politics. “I believe he was extremely unsuccessful as vice president under President Obama,” he said. “He was given the chance and opportunity to make a difference and he failed.”

Conerty said he was struck by the divisiveness of this election, with friends and families split over which candidate they supported. “Violence and hatred prevailed as an election has never divided America more,” he said.

Regardless, he said he would support whoever is in office. “I’ll root for whatever candidate is in office because I’m an American,” Conerty said. “I know people who rooted for America to fail just because Trump was in office, and that’s beyond sad. I believe it could be a repeat of the Obama administration, and I hope

for everyone’s sake it isn’t.”

Jermaine Howerton, who described himself as a left-leaning independent, said he had concerns about both candidates. “I didn’t think either candidate had the intuitiveness to lead our country,” he said. “I had to pick the lesser of two evils.”

Regardless, Howerton said he hoped a Biden presidency would do more to support Black communities in the country. “I wanted a president that would back the Black community and who wouldn’t stir up division like we’ve seen over the previous five years,” he said.

“I also wanted to see Kamala Harris become vice president,” he said. “I was glad that she was chosen. She’s fit for the job, and she’s making history.

Howerton said he had some concern about Biden’s age — at 77, he is the oldest man to win the presidency — but he described Trump as “Trojan horse for individuals to use for some of their racist beliefs.”

“I thought Trump was going to win,” he said, “but I didn’t expect Long Island to come out for him that strongly.”

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The renaming follows last year’s merger of NYU Winthrop into NYU Langone Health’s network of multi-specialties, clinical trials, research and medical education, which complement NYU Winthrop’s existing services, hospital officials said.

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Hispanic Heritage Month at District 13 Valley Stream District 13 didsn’t letting Covid-19 get in the way of celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. Students engaged in a handful of educational activities both virtually and in person in the classroom.

Students in Christine DiDio’s art classes engaged in studying Mexican Folk Art, particularly focusing on the work of iconic Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. The projects were intended to celebrate the vibrancy of Mexican culture.

Students in each grade level created unique projects that correlated with the traditions of Mexican culture. Some included papel picados, elaborate celebratory banners, mixed-media floral marigold sculptures, Mexican tapestries, decorative Mexican sugar skulls and Amate Bark paintings.

Outside of art class, fourthgrade Wheeler students applied what they’ve been learning about research and note taking strategies to their Hispanic Heritage

slideshow, made in library with Mrs. Miller. The children used research skills to create a vibrant Google slideshow about Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice and the first Hispanic member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Other classes played a “Guess Who” game each morning, where students were tasked with sharing clues about a notable person of Hispanic heritage until they revealed the individual. Once revealed, they shared research on that person’s contributions to society.

To cap off the celebration, at Willow Road School, ELL students created petroglyphs, rock carvings found all over the world, inspired by the designs created by the native Taino people. Students chose Puerto Rico to focus on not only for its rich Hispanic heritage, but also for the many people in the New York metropolitan area that are of Puerto Rican descent. These historic rock carvings can still be found in Puerto Rico today.

Photos courtesy District 13

a second-grader in Alyssa Gress’ class at Wheeler Avenue showed off his research on Justice Sonia Sotomayor as part of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Wheeler sixthgrader steven Santiago created an Amate bark panting of an elephant.

Fourth-grade ell students at Willow Road created their own petroglyphs.

First graders at Wheeler helped create Frida Kahlo and Papel Picados displays, while thirdgraders at the school created Mexican tapestry displays.

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Mitchell’s RestauRant, on Rockaway Avenue, took advantage of on-street dining during the summer, but with the winter months approaching, its customers have been driven indoors, where capacity is limited to 50 percent.

Restaurants brace for cold winter months staff pRepaRed baRRieRs at the Chicken Coop, also on Rockaway, to put diners there at ease amid the pandemic.

continued from front page during the summer frequently saw large crowds seated at the array of tables placed outside.

Since then, however, business has slowed considerably, according to cashier Daniel Echeverry. The Colombian eatery still places about six tables outside with heaters — it was one of the first restaurants on Rockaway to take advantage of sidewalk dining — bu t h e s a i d there have been few takers.

“People don’t want to sit outside,” he said.

Despite that, delivery orders have picked up substantially since the summer, caRl latoRtue almost enough to offset losses, he Manager, said, and the resMeli Melo taurant has constructed plastic and wood dividers inside to put diners more at ease.

The Chicken Coop recently celebrated its 10th anniversary in Valley Stream.

Despite the setbacks, Echeverry said the staff has tried to remain positive.

Without the benefit of on-street dining, restaurants elsewhere in Valley Stream have had to adapt to the pandemic in other ways.

At Meli Melo, across from the Gibson Train station on Dubois Avenue, the Haitian and Cajun restaurant has had to get creative to bring customers in. It closed during the initial months of the pandemic, according to manager Carl Latortue, until safety protocols became more concrete.

The early months after reopening were difficult, he recounted, but there has been some turnaround.

Meli Melo, on Dubois Avenue, is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays since reopening early this summer.

It has organized special events to try and attract additional customers.

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e want to create more content to bring people out.

“We’re blessed it’s picking up now,” he said.

Part of the success, he said, has been a variety of special events and activities that Meli Melo has scheduled during the daytime and evening weekend hours when it is open, such as sip-and-paints, brunches, games and guest chefs, as well as live and DJ music that is promoted on the restaurant’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

It’s been part of an effort to stay busy and give people things to do outside the house, while allowing the restaurant to control crowds. “We want to create more content to bring people out,” Latortue said.

“Where people feel safe and can come out with their families,” owner Judy Mezi said.

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Courtesy Central High School District

StudentS at MeMorial Junior High School were officially inducted into the National Junior Honor Society after a postponement due to the coronavirus.

Memorial students join Honor Society Between Oct. 20 and Oct. 27 students at Memorial Junior High School were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society.

This induction was for the 2019-2020 school year. Due to the school closure over the coronavirus pandemic, the school was unable to hold its traditional honor society induction last year. Adviser Laurie

Whalen-McCarthy created a socially distance ceremony to ensure that newly inducted members had an opportunity to be celebrated.

Students were divided into cohort A and cohort B and received an induction certificate. In addition, Mrs. WhalenMcCarthy led inductees in reciting the National Junior Honor Society pledge.

Courtesy State Sen. Todd Kaminsky

MeMberS of the Muslim community in Valley Stream and Elmont honored State Sen. Todd Kaminsky at a charity event on Oct. 10 in support of humanitarian aid to Yemen.

Muslim community supports Yemen the Holy Cow, a restaurant in Elmont is partnering with Muscare, a New Yorkbased non-profit, and has pledged to donate 30 percent of each meal purchased there to support humanitarian efforts in the war-torn country.

At a charity event on Oct. 10 in support of the effort, members of the local Muslim community honored State Sen. Todd Kaminsky.

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The Holy Cow in Elmont, along with members of the Valley Stream and Elmont Muslim community are raising funds to assist with humanitarian efforts in Yemen, where Saudi Arabia has been waging a years-long, U.S.-backed war against a rebel group.

The destruction has led to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in which 3.6 million people have been displaced and millions more in need of help. To assist,

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knew about the growing need for nonperishable food in our community since so many people were stuck at home back in April and May. I proposed the idea of the Boy Scouts holding a food drive in June, which ran for about 10 days, to support West Hempstead High School’s food pantry.

We had heard about so many families affected by the loss of jobs within the West Hempstead community. Whatever the community asks of us, we make it happen. I was able to spread the word about the food drive through email blasts and social media. I kept a bin on my front porch, and people started dropping off food each day. In just a week, I was surprised to receive more than 100 nonperishable food items.

There [are] so many variables to the loss of income right now, so I didn’t expect to see a huge pile of canned, boxed and nonperishable items in my living room. My biggest takeaway is that if you give people a way to help, they’ll respond. I was just so overwhelmed with the response.

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spent more than the last decade volunteering almost every day to visit children that are sick, underprivileged or being bullied.

Like the rest of the world, Covid-19 was unexpected and had a large impact on my daily life. My volunteers and I haven’t been allowed to visit even one child in a hospital since the pandemic began.

We needed to maintain social distancing, so we altered our usual visits to drive by visits. We would arrange for anywhere between 10 to 50 exotic cars to pass by children’s houses or treatment centers at prearranged times to enable the children to feel loved even during these harsh times.

We were privileged to visits hundreds of families with drive -by visits and to schedule FaceTime visits for the children in the hospitals. Additionally, we delivered food and medical supplies to older people that were too afraid of going out because of Covid.

Covid impacted our daily lives but there is always a way to help people in need, all you have to do is be willing to figure out how. My favorite quote that I made up is: Kindness is free, it’s something that everyone can afford to give.

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he Covid-19 pandemic is a shared traumatic experience that has disrupted the lives of so many in our communities, cities, states and across this great nation of ours. The Covid-19 pandemic has really brought to light the great inequities that plague the Black and Latino communities that were hit especially hard.

The grief, the trauma, even the food insecurities all have taken their toll on all of our communities, yet we still find the coping mechanisms that only God himself has attributed to each and every one of us in the form of resiliency. For us as Christians, this is the norm — the ability to adapt to stressful life changes and “bounce back” from hardship. Resilience is a response to tragedy, crisis or other life-altering changes that allow us to move on despite disappointments or loses.

Just because we go through certain difficulties in life doesn’t mean that we are unaffected. Resilience is the human heart‘s ability to suffer greatly and grow in spite of the difficulty. As a pastor, my role is to encourage others, find solutions to difficult situations, despite the situation, so that those who are burned have hope and see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I leave you with this verse of scripture, from James 1:12, “ Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.”

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he pandemic has really put a dent in the work that we do for veterans, especially our homeless veterans. It's a big issue here. That’s why we conduct a stand down each year for veterans.

We’ll have one this year, but it’s going to be downsized big time.

We have 5,000 homeless vets on Long Island living in the woods, their cars and cardboard boxes. I'm very much involved in veteran issues here in Nassau County.

We’re not done — we’re working hard, and there are a lot of good people we work with. We have a lot we give to the vets — you name it, we get it. This is all volunteer work, and we work really hard to help veterans and their families. We don't turn any veterans down or their families — whatever they need, wheelchairs, clothes, anything.

I also run a committee for flag etiquette for kids here in Nassau County. We can't do it this year, but the veterans want the kids to know. I lost a lot of good veteran buddies of mine to the pandemic, but we [have got to] get through it.

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Herald ScHoolS Central students hold mock college interviews World language class students at Central High School participated in virtual mock college interviews on Oct. 7 in Spanish and on Oct. 8 in French.

Students completed the interviews with a Central or Memorial Junior High School world language teacher through the Microsoft Teams platform. Teachers called students through the Meet feature and conducted the interviews entirely in the target language.

The students, who are in the college-level world language classes at the school, have been learning about college as part of the curriculum. They studied vocabulary related to the college experience in the United States and in other countries.

The teachers asked students about admissions, finances, degrees and internships in the target languages.

In addition to strengthening language skills, the assignment was intended to help students prepare for their own college application processes and virtual interviews. Prior to the exercise, students completed a writing task related to the opportunities of attending college. Students were also coached on etiquette, such as introducing themselves, making eye contact and dressing professionally. Students taking Italian were scheduled to complete their virtual interviews in late October.

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Ten years ago, when Diana Carrillo, owner of Chicken Coop Restaurant Lounge on Rockaway Avenue, first considered opening a Colombian restaurant, she said she didn’t imagine her dream would become a reality.

Becoming an entrepreneur, however, consumed her, and she focused her energy into making the eatery happen. On Oct. 25, the Chicken Coop celebrated its 10th anniversary. In addition to Colombian and other Hispanic food and drink, it also f e at u re s l ive Hispanic music.

“These past diANA cArrillo 10 years have Photos by Peter Belfiore/Herald been a lot of Owner, s a c r i f i c e a n d customers eNjoyed meAl outside the Chicken Coop Restaurant Lounge early this summer.

Chicken Coop hard work, and I’m truly having closed her restaurant for the an emotional roller coaster about this first few months. When she anniversary because it means so much reopened in the late spring, to me,” Carrillo said, welling up with business was slow at first, but emotion. “I believe that I have really gradually picked up. brought something special to the Valley “It was a really difficult and Stream community by truly honoring intense time when business and fulfilling the Latin cultural aspect was slower because we were and Hispanic and multicultural vibe filled with wor ry and we that my restaurant brings.” weren’t sure what was going to After emig rating be next for from Colombia 20 us,” she years ago, Car rillo recounted. said she dreamed of “Slowly, we bringing her Hispanregained our ic heritage to life in reputation the United States by for both opening a Colombian indoor and restaurant. Through outdoor dinthe Chicken Coop, she ing, and we said she hoped to c o u l d n’ t b e share Colombian culhappier that t u r e w i t h Va l l e y we now get Streamers, while to celebrate resideNts sAt outside the restaurant with a round of drinks late this summer. never forgetting the 10 years.” life she had in her the people have always been so warm, memories of the restaurant.

Carrillo native country. She polite and inviting,” she said. “This is Valley Streamer Kurt Latchman, 26, said she credits her currently lives in the daughter, Valery Car- said he vividly remembers when the one of the best restaurants that I’ve Five Towns. ever been to, and as long as they stay Chicken Coop opened in 2010.

“I spend practical- owNer diANA cArrillo said she rillo, with motivating open, I don’t think I’ll ever stop comIt was “such a vibrant-looking place, her over the past few ly all my time devoted wanted to share Colombian culture years and helping her and it instantly became a neighborhood ing.” to keeping this resstaple,” he said, recalling the many Beyond nostalgia, others said the with the Valley Stream community to stay positive durtaurant running, and times during his teenage years when he restaurant made them feel at home. through her restaurant. ing the pandemic. this is not just for my ate parrillada (barbecue) coop with “Other people told me that this Hispan“I believe the idea personal gain, but my Latin chicken and sausage, along with ic restaurant is incredible, and now of her withstanding goal is to always serve the Valley Colombian guava-flavored juice. “I that I’m actually here right now for the Stream community,” said Carrillo, add- and having a business of her own dur- remember applying for a job years ago first time, I can tell why they have lasting that she has fallen in love with the ing Covid times shows she’s a strong at the Chicken Coop, and I didn’t get ed for so long in the Valley Stream comdiverse neighborhood. “The best part businesswoman and a great mother,” the job because I failed miserably at munity,” said Fernando Cerna, who of owning my own restaurant business Valery said. “I’m so proud of my mom, speaking Spanish, but I never stopped made the trip from his home Suffolk is meeting new people of all different who has dedicated so much time and eating there, and it’s part of my youth,” County to the eatery on a recent Thursbackgrounds, and the hardest part has hard work towards this, which has paid he said. day evening. “I love that the servers definitely been running my restaurant off, and this restaurant is a continuous Five Towns resident Sandra Orella- speak Spanish, and even though I’m not success that I hope will continue for na, who is in her late 30s, said she has from Valley Stream, I feel so welcomed during this pandemic.”

Her eatery, like many in the restau- many years.” eaten there since it opened and contin- and I feel like I’m surrounded by true Regulars at the Chicken Coop echoed ues to visit. rant industry, has been deeply affected family.”

“The service is always amazing, and by the coronavirus pandemic. Carrillo her sentiment, and recounted their

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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.111569/B 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 Barbara Morrissey Adele Rokosz Roma 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 RICHARD ZABRISKIE, 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 December 8, 2020, at 11:00 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 Richard Zabriskie, 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 $39,508.36 pursuant to SCPA 2307(1) and the reasonable and necessary expenses of the office in the amount of $12,203.34 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 $71,500.00 of which $11,500.00 has been paid and $60,000.00 is unpaid together with disbursements totaling $128.07 all of which have been paid;

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Fixing and determining the accounting fees of Grassi & Co, CPA’s, PC in the amount of $5,225.20 of which $2,225.20 has been paid and $3,000.00 is unpaid; 5.

Releasing and discharging the surety; 6.

And why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the New York State Comptroller on account for the unknown next of kin of RICHARD ZABRISKIE, decedent should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship; 7.

Granting such other and further relief as to the Court is just and proper.

Dated, Attested, and Sealed, HON. Margaret C. Reilly, Surrogate October 8, 2020 s/ Seal Debra Keller Leimbach, Chief Clerk Richard T. Kerins, Esq. Attorney Name Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC (516) 538-1111 Firm Telephone 254 Nassau Blvd. South, Garden City South, New York 11530 rkerins@mahonlaw.com Address Email (optional) NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you, and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.

123631 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: HERBO’S SELF DEFENSE & FIGHTING, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 9/14/2020. NY Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to:169 Elmwood Street, Valley Stream, NY 11581 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

123733 LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the 28th day of September, 2020, bearing Index Number 506-20, a copy of

which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineloa, NY grants me the right to assume the name of Elias Chase Betts. The city and state of my present address are Valley Stream, NY; the month and year of my birth are January, 2001; the place of my birth is New York, New York; my present name is Ilias Chase Betts.

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the 19th day of October, 2020 bearing Index Number 563-20, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, NY grants me the right to assume the name of Megan Alyssa Leyesa Alcia. The city and state of my present address are Valley Stream, NY; the month and year of my birth are March 1991; the place of my birth is Brooklyn, New York; my present name is Megan Alyssa Dina Leyesa.

123815 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: NLS Enterprises, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 08/05/2020.

NY Office location: Nassau County. United States Corporation Agent, Inc has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: United States Corporation Agent, Inc, at 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

123380 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF VALLEY STREAM NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed Proposals will be received by the Village Clerk of the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream in the Village Hall, 123 South Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York 11580 until 11:00 A.M. on December 16, 2020 at which time they will be publicly opened and read and the contract awarded as soon thereafter as practical for: THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF VALLEY STREAM REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR A DIGITAL BILLBOARD SIGN The Village of Valley Stream (the “Village”) is requesting sealed

Proposals for a digital billboard sign (the “Sign ) from qualified firms in strict accordance with the specifications herein.

The Village is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to develop, construct, maintain and operate the Sign on land owned by the Village and located on Green Acres Road, Valley Stream, New York, as depicted on the map provided at Exhibit A. The Sign must conform to the specifications described in this request for proposals (“RFP”), as well as all Federal, State, County and Village Laws, rules and/or regulations which apply.

The selected Proposer will be solely responsible for all costs arising from planning, permitting, installing, operating and maintaining the Sign.

The Proposal Specifications and Forms are available for mailing by calling the Office of the Village Clerk at the Village Hall, 123 South Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York at 516-592-5106 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday except on holidays.

Proposal Specifications and Forms may be obtained upon a non-refundable payment of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) to the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream.

Each Proposal must be accompanied by a certified check, bank check or bid bond payable to the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream in the amount of five percent (5%) of the gross amount of the proposal. All Proposal Specifications and Forms are included with the Request for Proposal and must be delivered to the Office of the Village Clerk as part of submission of the Proposal.

Use of any other forms as part of the response to the Request for Proposal shall be subject to rejection.

No Proposal will be considered from any firm that is in arrears to the Village, or which is in default as surety or otherwise upon any obligation to the Village, nor shall a Proposal be considered from any firm whose performance of any previous contract with the Village has been unsatisfactory in the opinion of the Board of Trustees.

Such firm whose performance has been unsatisfactory shall not be deemed a responsible Proposer.

The Village reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals received, to waive informalities and also reserves the right to increase, decrease or omit any portions of the Specifications upon notice via electronic mail to all entities that have purchased the Proposal Specifications and Forms.

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Congregants at the 2019 Valley Stream Religious Council Thanksgiving Service. This year the service will be held virtually on Nov. 19.

Thanksgiving service set for Nov. 19 The Valley Stream Religious Council is scheduled to hold its annual Thanksgiving service on Thursday, Nov. 19. The service will run from 7 to 8:14 p.m., because of the ongoing coronavirus

pandemic, it will be held virtually via Zoom. The meeting ID number is 827 7197 4987. For more information call: (631) 258-3571.

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The firm chosen to enter into a contract with the Village (the “Firm”) shall be subject to a credit check by a recognized organization competent in this field, prior to award. The Firm may be required to furnish proof to the Village of any acceptable financial statement, bank references, experience in performing the work of the type above mentioned and proven ability to begin promptly and to finish the same expeditiously and with the time limitations of the contract.

Contemporaneously with execution of the Contract, the Firm shall be required to furnish all bonds and certificates of insurance as prescribed in the Proposal. The required certificates of insurance shall name the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream as an additional insured.

In the event of any and all legal, administrative or other challenges to the awarding of the contract to the firm, wherein the Village is named as a defendant and/or respondent to such challenge, firm will

promptly pay all legal costs, fees, disbursements, etc. incurred by Village in defending its interest to such challenge.

All Proposals must be submitted on the prescribed forms as set forth herein and returned intact with the complete Specifications. Proposals that contain any omissions, alterations, additions or items not called for may constitute sufficient cause for rejection of the Proposal.

All Proposals must be submitted in sealed envelopes addressed to Incorporated Village and shall clearly designate the contract title, as indicated on the Notice of Request for Proposals.

The envelope shall bear the name of the Proposer and the Proposer’s address. If forwarded by registered mail, the sealed envelope containing the Proposal must be enclosed in another sealed envelope addressed as specified above. The Proposer’s seal, if any, shall be affixed under the Proposer’s signature. The form of acknowledgement of the Proposer must be

complete.

Conditional Proposals will not be accepted. In no case is the contract form to be filled out or signed by the Proposer.

Information on Technical Data and on Proposal Process/Clarification: DISCLAIMER: The Village does not assume any liability of responsibility for errors/omissions in any document transmitted electronically.

The Contractor will be required to comply with all provisions of the Labor Laws of the State of New York. New York State Prevailing Wages is a requirement.

Each Proposer submitting a Proposal for the Village for the work contemplated by the Proposal documents, on which Proposal is based, shall execute and attach thereto an affidavit substantially in the form herein provided to the effect that they have not colluded with any person, firm or corporation in regard to any Proposal submitted.

Bid bonds of all except the three lowest bidders will be returned as soon as award is made.

No oral requests for information, clarification or interpretation will be honored.

All such requests should be submitted to the Village Clerk in writing or e-mail jhunter@vsvny.org not later than December 2, 2020. All replies to such requests will be made in the form of an addendum and will be sent to each prospective Proposer who received initial copies of the Proposal.

Specifications and Forms.

Proposers are cautioned not to submit Proposals until after having inspected the site of the proposed work and having made themselves familiar with local conditions.

The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all proposals in accordance with New York State Law. Dated:November 12, 2020 Valley Stream, New York

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Plans have to show structural support, energy and building code compliance. Rain, moisture and ice are your primary concerns.

You need the whole story without the sales part.

Just like any purchase, issues you might not expect are still important, like finding out what kind of oil to add to your snow blower before the engine seizes or that windows without factory tinting can allow ultra-violet sunlight rays to fade your carpet. As an architect for a largely popular sunroom manufacturer in the 1980s and ’90s, I experienced many issues with their construction.

Pre-engineered panel systems are designed by the company, hopefully by engineers, and should come with plans, from the manufacturer, that can be sealed and signed by their in-house engineer. If not, plans may need to be drawn from scratch by an architect or engineer that you hire so those plans can be integrated with your house. Integrated means that the company generally just sells you a product and doesn’t necessarily give any indication of how to support the unit or how to attach the unit system to your house so that it won’t leak or move.

This is the general failing of the system, since, as I experienced with most of the installations, the part I could detail was free of leaking or movement, but the units themselves leaked nearly every time.

We could detail how the edges of the unit could be sealed and redundantly weather-stripped and flashed, but the frames around the glass and wall edges would unseal and leak. I even met with the corporate president/owner and identified the specific problems. Promises to correct leak issues were made but not kept, and eventually I gave up.

I looked at a two-year-old system while discussing other work for a home recently. The owner described the back-and-forth misery he and his family were experiencing with their sunroom and the company. Even 25 years after I gave up, the same company is still doing things the same way.

You need a detail-oriented architect and installer, even if you think you don’t. The cost of doing things twice is much greater. Good luck.

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urrounded by thousands of adoring supporters, many sporting red MAGA caps, President Trump sauntered into a victory rally in Cincinnati on Dec. 1, 2016, three and a half weeks after his election, and laid out the Trump Doctrine.

“You hear a lot of talk about how we’re becoming a globalized world,” he bellowed to the chanting and screaming crowd, “but the relationships people value in this country are local: family, city, state, country.

They’re local.

There’s no global anthem, no global currency, no certifiSCoTT cate of global citiBRinTon zenship. We pledge allegiance to one flag, and that flag is the American flag.”

So ends “A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps,” a 2019 documentary directed, edited and produced by Alana DeJoseph, who served as a small enterprise development Peace Corps volunteer in a tiny village in Mali, West Africa, from 1992 to 1994. The film, with historical footage and interviews with former and current volunteers and world leaders, most notably former President Jimmy Carter, tells the nearly 60-year history of the federal agency devoted to fostering world peace.

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described as her “baby,” only weeks before Trump lost his re-election bid. It was a nervous time for many. Would the United States again elect an unabashed nationalist as president and continue on its lonely path toward global disengagement, closing borders, frayed alliances and the shredding of hard-fought international treaties, or would it choose another path, one of reengagement — one that seeks to build friendships rather than divide and conquer?

This was the question with which DeJoseph chose to end “A Towering Task,” The answer would, potentially, determine the Peace Corps’ future.

I was particularly interested in the film because I served in Peace Corps, in Bulgaria, from 1991 to 1993. I was among the first two dozen volunteers — and Americans, period — to enter the country after the fall of communism only a year earlier. It was a time of great trepidation — many wondered whether democracy would take hold for good in Eastern Europe after mass protests had toppled one hardline regime after another — and a time of great hope — millions of Eastern Europeans cheered the opening of the former Soviet bloc to the West.

As an American who wore jeans and sweatshirts and spoke with a New York accent, I was something of a local celebrity in Veliko Turnovo, the ancient city in cen-

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tral Bulgaria where I served. I cannot express in words the sense of optimism I felt at the time. You believed, if only for a short time, that world peace was perhaps at hand.

As one of the globalists whom Trump has decried for the past four-plus years, I feared his presidency, and I wasn’t unwarranted in my concern. In June 2017, Trump withdrew from the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Then, in 2018, he backed out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed by Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council — China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States — to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb, at least for the foreseeable future. I could go on, but this column isn’t about Trump. It’s about “A Towering Task.”

Last week, President-elect Joe Biden immediately affirmed that the U.S. would re-enter the Paris accord, one of President Barack Obama’s signature achievements.

We shall see what becomes of the Iran nuclear deal.

Biden’s election gives returned Peace Corps volunteers like me a sense of hope that the U.S. will continue to engage with the world, as it had for decades before Trump, and that the Peace Corps will con-

moving film tells the story of the agency devoted to fostering world peace.

tinue its core mission of building international friendships by sending Americans to developing nations to live and work as people in those countries do. As “A Towering Task” makes clear, each Peace Corps volunteer is an ambassador of goodwill, a friendly face who becomes deeply embedded in the local society and culture, and whose contributions become the stuff of local conversation for years to follow.

Creating the Peace Corps in the 1960s was indeed a monumental undertaking by President John F. Kennedy and the agency’s first director, Sargent Shriver — Kennedy’s brother-in-law and the father of broadcaster Maria Shriver. The film, narrated by Academy Award-nominated actress Annette Bening, does a masterful job of telling the early story of the Peace Corps and the political fray that its formation stirred, after which it meticulously chronicles the agency’s history, decade by decade, with panoramic footage from Peace Corps countries around the globe, showing both natural wonders and human suffering.

The film also shows it’s perfectly possible to love one’s country — the U.S. — and engage with the world. If you love the Peace Corps, watch this film. If you love your country, watch this film. If you love the world, watch this film. You can do so at bit. ly/3lcL6VA. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

Dog days of the 2020 pandemic election

s we go to press, Major and Champ are heading to the White House. Apparently, Joe and Jill Biden will be moving in, too, on Inauguration Day, but the big news is that dogs are back in the people’s house. This dog whistle is sweet: the presence of the Bidens’ two German shepherds speaks to the humanity of their owners.

Also at press time, the current occupant of the White House has not yet conceded RAndi the election and is kReiSS launching lawsuits like North Korean missiles. They seem just as likely to plummet into oblivion.

This traumatic election of 2020 unfolds in the midst of a catastrophic pandemic, with more than 100,000 people a day getting infected with Covid-19. The entire election experience, not to mention the past four years, has been an unraveling of norms.

The pollsters suggesting a big “blue wave” couldn’t have been more wrong.

Basically they were telling us the earth

was flat and we nearly sailed over the edge.

There was no such wave. It seems as if every person who voted for President Trump last time voted for him again. His supporters are still believers, which speaks to our great national divide.

The voting went smoothly, but the counting has been excruciatingly slow. At press time, Joe Biden is the president-elect, but there are recounts ahead for Senate seats. We will have a new government in a couple of months. Probably.

In this time of uncertainty, what can we know and count on for sure, no matter what? What is your life preserver? With my kids far away, my grandkids disembodied voices on the phone and friends scattered to their personal pods, my lifesaver has been my dog, Lillybee. I know she is my husband’s comfort as well. That is not to take away from us as a couple, but Lillybee is another category of loving companion.

As it turns out, dogs can save us from ourselves, from the pain of isolation and the tension of being inside and outside bubbles. I’m sure you know as many people as I do who’ve become first-time dog

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owners since the onset of the pandemic.

According to what I’ve read, the demand for dogs far exceeds the supply.

Animal shelters, private breeders and pet stores are reporting unprecedented demand. People are hiring people to fly new puppies to them. Some shelters are reporting dozens of applications for individual dogs. Some breeders are reporting waiting lists well into 2021.

Dogs fill the void created by lost jobs and lost school days and lost opportunities to socialize. As people realize the pandemic won’t be over anytime soon, they’re changing travel and spending habits. They’re longing for emotional connection, and that’s where dogs do what they have always done: give special meaning to life. All the clichés of unconditional love and friendship are true.

Of course, shelter directors are hoping that people remain as faithful to their dogs as the dogs are to them. When the pandemic ends and political life calms down and people go back to school and work, dogs will still need their people for food and companionship and love.

Dogs are pretty happy these days. It’s a

ajor and Champ will be moving into the White House with Joe and Jill.

great life. Everyone is home! There’s always someone to play with. There will be a big adjustment for dogs and humans alike when pandemic restrictions are lifted.

I’ve noticed that Lillybee is increasingly attached, following us from room to room, and also more anxious, picking up on our vibes. I took her to the puppy park yesterday and, like a toddler in preschool, she sat behind my legs and wouldn’t play with the other kids. When we get our mojo back, I expect she will, too.

It’s a sign of our national health and well-being that Major and Champ will be moving in to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. On a personal note, I’m relieved that they’ll be bringing Joe and Jill.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver, author of the collection “Dog Songs,” wrote this tribute: Because of the dog’s joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as well as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born. What would the world be like without music or rivers or the green and tender grass? What would this world be like without dogs?

Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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e offer sincere congratulations to former Vice President Joe Biden for winning the presidency last week, at 77, the oldest man ever elected to the nation’s highest office. With him, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris was elected the first woman — and the first Black and Indian American — vice president. The vote totals were also historic: Biden received the most votes of any presidential candidate ever, over 75 million. President Trump had the second-most, with over 71 million.

At press time Monday, the Associated Press had called all but two states — Georgia and North Carolina. Biden led Trump in Georgia, and North Carolina was expected to go to Trump. Biden had 290 Electoral College votes, 20 more than are needed to win the presidency. If he were to win Georgia, he would extend his total to 306, a clear mandate.

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Biden should feel a deep sense of pride in the race that he ran. He conducted a clean campaign that respected the health and safety of voters during the coronavirus pandemic. When Trump attempted to stir controversy during the first chaotic presidential debate on Sept. 30 by raising questions about Biden’s son Hunter — while the former vice president was speaking about his dead son, Beau — he did not take the bait. He did not engage Trump in the ugly war of words that the president sought.

Biden could easily have made hay about nepotism in the Trump administration.

After all, Trump gave top jobs to his daughter, Ivanka, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, both of whom have continued to engage in their daily business activities while working at the White House, creating any number of potential conflicts of interest. For that matter, the Trump Organization has carried on its dealings even

Early voting, a victory for the people

ew York state held its first early vote in 2019, and voter participation shot up nearly 45 percent statewide compared with 2015, according to Vote Early New York. Last year, Nassau County, which had double the required number of early-voting sites, had the highest early-voting turnout in the state. In all, some 256,251 people voted early in New York.

This year, an astonishing total of at least 2.2 million New Yorkers cast early ballots over the course of nine days, from Oct. 24 to Nov. 1, according to the Associated Press. At the same time, 1.1 million sent in absentee ballots. Before Election Day, some 3.3 million people had already voted in New York.

There’s no doubt that the contentious nature of this historic presidential race drove people to vote, either early at the polls, by absentee ballot or in person on Election Day. But without early and absentee voting, we have to wonder whether turnout would have been as high as it was.

We doubt it.

Clearly, New York is on to something with early and absentee voting. That’s why we must not only continue to offer these options in the future, but also expand on them. Nassau County had 15 early-voting sites this year, while Suffolk had 12. Only one of the Nassau sites was on the North Shore, in Roslyn Heights. Clearly, the North Shore needs more sites — but it should not receive them at the expense of

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while the president has been in office.

Yes, Biden could have made much of all that, escalating the rhetoric in what could have been a terrible tit-for-tat game with the president. But he didn’t. He left Trump’s kids alone, while proudly defending his own.

In doing so, Biden showed his fundamental decency, his respect for the moral codes that we expect a president to abide by. He campaigned hard, but he never lost his sense of self-respect by engaging in the kind of scorched-earth tactics that got Trump elected in 2016. Biden ran a principled campaign, most notably in his socially distanced approach to reaching people through Zoom sessions and car rallies — and he always wore a mask. In other words, Biden set an example for all of us to follow.

And that, in part, is why he is our president-elect.

letters Thank you, South Shore voters To the Editor: Thank you to the voters of the South Shore for overwhelmingly re-electing me to the State Senate. This election cycle saw record turnout all across Long Island, and the whole country, and it is an honor to have the opportunity to continue representing our communities.

We have taken on many challenges since I came into office.

Since I’ve been entrusted with serving our community, we’ve taken on corruption in Albany, stopped tax hikes, banned guns from our classrooms, funded our towns and schools, and passed New York’s ambitious blueprint to tackle climate change.

There is still so much work to be done, especially in the midst of the ongoing pandemic and economic recovery. I look forward to getting to work on behalf of all voters to achieve more prosper-

other areas across the county. They should be added to Nassau’s current roster of sites.

Too many people had to wait too long to vote, which some would argue is a form of voter suppression. You simply shouldn’t have to wait an hour to vote, let alone three hours or longer. The Nassau County Board of Elections should begin planning additional sites.

That would require funding, because elections require paid poll workers. Coming by such funding will not be easy if the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic drags on. Nonetheless, the county should be taking a hard look at expanding early voting — if not now, then in the near future.

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cene 1: The butcher at the local food store turned to face me from behind the counter. I noticed his mask in the below-the-nose position. I gave him my food order, and calmly ask him to wear his mask appropriately.

He thanked me for reminding him, and we bade each other a good day.

Scene 2: Same food store, same day. A customer ahead of me was checking out, paying the cashier. I assumed my spot, six feet behind, on the assigned, socially distanced color blob on the floor. A shopping cart coming from my left eriC C. appeared in front LaSt of me and assumed the position between me and the customer checking out.

“Excuse me,” I said, intentionally calm and non-threatening. The customer looked at me, his mask in the below-the-chin position. I told him I was waiting on line and asked that he not cut in front of me. He

wasn’t pleased, called me “an ass,” but went to the next checkout line.

“May I also ask you to wear your mask the right way?” I said, still calm, nonthreatening, non-judgmental.

“No, I won’t. I won’t be an ass like you.”

I asked, “Out of curiosity, why do you feel so strongly about not wearing the mask?”

Now threatening, he yelled, “Because you’re an ass, and you better not ask again or we’ll really have a problem! Are you looking for a problem?”

No, I wasn’t looking for a problem. I was looking for chicken. But I felt an obligation to say something when my safety, and that of those around me, was threatened.

After paying for my groceries, while my fellow shopper (still with mask concealing only his Adam’s apple) finished checking out, I spoke with the store managers. I told them what happened at the butcher counter and in the checkout line. I told them that although I was a regular customer, I’d find it hard to return to a store where the safety of cus-

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tomers and staff is put in jeopardy by fellow customers and staff.

The managers lamented their plight, talking about the difficulty they faced enforcing the mask rules and the verbal, and sometimes physical, threats they and their employees have had to endure. They apologized for the behavior of their butcher, qualified by, “The staff is almost always good about masking.” And they spoke of the difficulty of enforcing mask rules among shoppers, and the awful choice their cashiers have to make regularly: risk a confrontation with a mask-deficient customer, or risk exposure to the coronavirus.

I expressed my understanding of the awful situation store owners and employees are in, a situation they never sought.

But I also expressed my passion about the issue. Because I’m a customer, a citizen, a husband, a parent. And I’m a physician, practicing primary care internal medicine in this community for over 30 years. We’ve lost patients to Covid-19,

t’s simple. It’s not political.

It’s caring for others. It’s setting an example.

LetterS ous communities, honest government and a cleaner environment. The road ahead will be tough, but we’ll get through it together.

Now is a time to come together, heal divisions and do the hard work to make real change for our communities and families.

TOdd KAMINSKy State senator, 9th district

Water takeover should be rejected To the Editor: Liberty Utilities and New york American Water signed an agreement for Liberty to purchase American Water for a whopping $608 million. Why, you may ask, would anyone pay $608 million for a water system, 40 percent of which was sold for $71 million a little over eight years ago? Because NyAW gifted its shareholders with a 204 percent return on its investment — while charging its customers 10 times more than what our neighbors with municipal water pay.

We urge NyAW ratepayers to join us in urging the Public Service Commission to reject this private acquisition and, instead, to support a public takeover of our most basic necessity — the water that runs freely under our feet. Water is a basic human right, one that should have local control, with local accountability.

Knowing that there are plans under way to take back the water that is rightfully ours, Governor Cuomo gave the PSC until April 1 to distinguish between utility and customerowned assets if the state were to revoke American Water’s license to operate in New york

some of whom we’ve known for most of those three decades. We’ve cared for many others who’ve recovered, some of whom are still struggling with the lingering effects of the virus.

What have we become? We threaten those who request that others in our presence follow simple guidance that could save another’s life? In a pre-Covid time, had I been wearing an Islanders T-shirt and my fellow shopper, a Rangers T-shirt, would I have been threatened for my team partisanship?

It’s simple. It’s not political. It’s caring for others. It’s setting an example for others. It’s making a tiny sacrifice to potentially protect another human being. It’s pushing back against an ideology that questions science to foster political goals.

It’s following the simplest guidance there is: Treat others as you’d want to be treated yourself.

We owe one another nothing less.

Eric Last, DO, FACP, is an attending physician and clinical assistant professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He is also a physician at Northwell Health Physician Partners/Internal Medicine at Wantagh.

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state. With political support, the path to victory is within reach.

A public takeover is long overdue and absolutely necessary. It is time that the PSC does its job, which is to protect the interests of the public rather than do the bidding of a public water monopoly and its shareholders.

CLAUdIA BORECKy, dAvId dENENBERG Directors, Long Island Clean Air Water and Soil Merrick

Keep masking up, New York To the Editor: As we continue to fight Covid-19, it is clear that masks help stop the spread of the virus and save lives. I am proud to announce, with my daughter Mariah Kennedy Cuomo, that New york is partnering with the company The RealReal and dozens of New york fashion designers to create limited-edition, made-inNew york masks. drawing from the diversity and creativity that New york’s fashion industry is famous for, these masks will benefit Covid-19 relief efforts and remind the public that we all still need to “mask up.”

Profits from this campaign will be donated to Feeding America, Nurse Heroes and the New york Covid Relief Fund to help New yorkers and Americans in need.

Particularly now, as the virus surges in parts of the country, it is critical that we continue to wear masks and take the simple, everyday measures that reduce the spread — stay distant and wash your hands often.

GOv. ANdREW CUOMO

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