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Village unveils sewer lateral program dents to resolve any issues with sewer repair and maintenance. The price of repairing the latOne of the greatest conve- eral may range up to $15,000, niences of modern times is the according to Bloom. The Pipeability to answer nature’s call by logix program offers homeownusing a toilet. With a press of the ers a subscription fee-based serhandle, the whirling flush of the vice plan for $15.99 a month per wastewater clears subscriber, or $191.88 away instantly. Rareannually, for one ly do we give a secyear for all inspecond thought to the tion, maintenance lateral sewer pipes and repair services. buried below our In each successive homes that make year, the rates will this possible, and increase by $1 per rarer still do we conmonth, or $12 per sider the hazardous year. consequences of E n ro l l m e n t i s leaving those pipes proceeding on an unchecked — often Eliot BlooM opt-out basis. The until it’s too late. opt-out enrollment “The problem is Director, period will begin that generally these Pipelogix LMS two business days buried sewer pipes after the company have a certain life mails out the forms span, but nobody touches the to homeowners. If homeowners sewer line because it’s out of do not opt out within 30 days, sight and out of mind. And they will be automatically nobody thinks about it until enrolled in the program. there’s a problem,” said Eliot The village agreed to a fiveBloom, director of Pipelogix year contract with Pipelogix, LMS Inc., a private sewer lateral which may be extended for up to contractor headquartered in two five-year periods. Should a Long Beach. The village, in part- homeowner who is enrolled in nership with Pipelogix LMS Inc., the program fail to make any will roll out a new sewer lateral payments, the village will follow revitalization program for resiContinued on page 12
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MoRE tHaN FiFtY residents attended the public hearing to voice their views on the cannabis opt-out resolution.
V.S. votes to opt out of retail cannabis sales
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The Village of Valley Stream voted on Monday to opt out of permitting adultuse cannabis dispensaries and on-site consumption lounges within the village’s jurisdiction. During the public hearing, trustees were faced with one of two options about the referendum process that residents could use to overturn the decision: a mandatory or a
permissive referendum. In a mandatory referendum, the village would assume the cost of carrying out an election on whether to override the cannabis opt-out decision. In a permissive referendum, residents would need to submit a petition signed by 20 percent of registered voters in the last village election within 30 days of passage of the local law to override the board’s opt-out decision, according to state officials.
There were 26,267 registered voters as of the last village election in 2020, according to village officials, meaning that more than 5,000 signatures would need to be collected on the petition. In the end, the opt-out vote with the permissive referendum won out in a 5-1 vote. Trustee Vincent Grasso, the lone board member who supports cannabis sales in the village, cast the dissenting Continued on page 5
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LONg IsLAND CLEAN, Air, Water and Soil co-directors Claudia Borecky and Dave Denenberg, with Jack McCloy, Rosalee Reeves and Helene Manas outside of the town board meeting on Dec. 7.
LI CAWS pressures town to appoint board By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com
On Dec. 7, the fight for the public takeover of New York American Water continued in Hempstead outside of the Town of Hempstead Town Hall. Governor Kathy Hochul signed the South Nassau Water Authority Act into law on Nov. 3, providing a path for the public acquisition of the privately owned NYAW, which serves approximately 113,000 people in the Town of Hempstead. Because NYAW is privately owned, the Town of Hempstead is allowed to tax their property; the people who pay those taxes are those who receive water from NYAW. The Merrick-based Long Island Clean Air, Water and Soil advocacy group gathered outside of town hall, where the town board was having their last public meeting of the year. As per the new bill, the town is required to appoint three people to the South Nassau Water Authority board. The other 2 board members are to be appointed by the Nassau County legislature. At the time of the protest, no board selections had been made. The deadline for these appointments is Feb. 1, 2022. According to former Nassau County legislator Dave Denenberg, who is a codirector of CAWS, the town has a longstanding history of denying public water to the 15% of its residents who receive private water. “When I was a county legislator, in around 07, 08, there was a big outcry because the latest rate of water at that time made it very, very obvious how much more — it was called New York Water Service at the time — was charging than other public authorities,” Denenberg said. Denenberg is a Merrick resident who
receives NYAW. Denenberg said he started calling on the town to constitute a water authority to take over New York Water Service, and by 2010, he started showing the town that a public authority had been created by New York State in 1992. 3 authorities had been created — one to take over Jamaica Water in western Nassau County, one to take over Great Neck Water in Great Neck, and a southeast water authority, called the Water Authority of Southeast Nassau County, to take over New York Water Service. At water rate increase hearings in 2009 and 2010, Denenberg said people came out in support, demanding that the public service commission turn down the rate increase, and implement the public authority — the Water Authority of Southeast Nassau County. “In 2012, [the town] started doing a feasibility study that they didn’t finish until about 2014,” Denenberg said, to see if a public authority was possible. “The company which did the feasibility study said it was feasible — except for political reasons the town [was] saying this new authority would have to pay taxes. As soon as I was out of office in 2015, they dissolved the [public] water authority saying it was not feasible. The town is up to the same tricks.” At the time, feasibility studies for public water were ran in other private authorities in North Shore and Massapequa. Both the North Shore and Massapequa districts found that a public takeover would be feasible, however, the Town of Hempstead did not. “The town did a study and showed it would cost about 450 million dollars or less [to implement a public authority],”
according to Denenberg. “They turned around and said its going to cost over 500 million. The state called them out on it, because the town was denying the results of their own feasibility study. “We want the town board to know that all of the excuses are over,” he added. “We need results.” CAWS’s co-director Claudia Borecky, who also lives in Merrick, said the current fight for public water was “like déjà vu.” “Years ago when Dave urged the town of Hempstead to reconstitute the last water authority it took them 9 months before they appointed the commissioners to that authority,” she said. “We won’t let that happen again.” Borecky said that the South Nassau Water Authority Act was written so that the town can’t procrastinate in naming 3 commissioners. “They have until Feb. 1 by law to establish the appointees, yet they haven’t even started the interviewing process,” she explained. “This is the last [board] meeting for this year so it needs to be done as soon as possible.” Compared to Town of Hempstead residents that receive public water, those who receive NYAW pay close to $2,000 a year for water. “When I was paying my mother’s bills in the South Huntington Water District and paying my bills in the New York American Water district in Baldwin, I was paying about 116 dollars for my bill, and only 8 dollars and change for my mothers bill — for the same amount of water during the same period,” Jack McCloy, a protestor from Baldwin said. “It is crazy how much more NYAW charges customers here and utilities that are public,” he added. “We need a change.”
Denenberg also explained that CAWS would like the appointed commissioners to meet certain requirements. “We need those commissioners to be independent, nonpartisan, and civic minded people with experience in finance, law, government and municipal takeovers to get this job done,” he said. “We deserve water, tax free, just like everyone else,” Denenberg said. “The town has given us all kinds of excuses without giving us results. “They need to do right thing already — appoint these people to the board.” The Town of Hempstead was contacted regarding the appointment of commissioners to a public water board, but was unable to provide a comment.
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STuDEnTS Diana DESroSiErS, center, and Landon Dutan-Pasato got to work on their clock face.
Memorial students create clocks to help learn algebra By Karina Kovac kkovac@liherald.com
Late last month, math students at Memorial Junior High School created their own math clocks using algebraic expressions and equations. Students in Kelly Leftwich’s and Stephanie Peace’s seventh-grade classes split into three groups to design their math clock. They used algebraic equations and expressions that give you the answers 1 through 12 to put on the clock. Leftwich was inspired to do the project when she eyed a picture of the math clock on sale in a catalog. “Instead of buying it, I thought we could have the kids make these,” she said. “It was great because we got to see
their personalities come out in the clocks,” Peace said. Some of the designs featured students’ favorite cartoons, comic book heroes, or sports teams while other students created patterns, landscape imagery, or a festive theme. “The kids really enjoyed it, and I really enjoyed seeing what they were interested in,” Leftwich said. “They also needed to spend the time to review the equations, and make sure the math was correct, so the lesson really covered all of the bases.” The lesson meets state math standards NY-7.EE and encompassed a variety of math principles. In addition to giving students the opportunity to practice their math lessons, the activity allowed the students to express their creativity while they produced their own unique designs.
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AnitA LingeLLA spoke during the public comment portion of the public hearing.
About 5,000 signatures needed for cannabis vote operations for this hearing is just an example of the amount of disconnect vote. Had trustees voted for a mandatory between the local government and the referendum, a special election on wheth- community, and the local government er to allow dispensaries and consump- and state government,” resident Brett tion lounges would have had to be held, Feaser, 25, said. “They should have flipped the order at a projected cost of $75,000, according of the items on the agenda . . . with the to village officials. mandatory referendum voted on first,” After village board members cast resident Adam Ali said. their votes, a small verbal skirmish Despite the confusion, the between Trustee Dermond onus now falls on pro-sale Thomas together with Grascannabis proponents to colso and Michael Hopkins, the lect more than 5,000 signavillage legal counsel, ensued tures from residents to hold over whether trustees needa public referendum to try ed to vote on the opt-out and override the board’s mandatory referendum decision, according to state when the permissive referlaw. Charlene Ali, a longtime endum option had already recreational and medicinal passed. marijuana advocate and canMayor Edwin Fare called ChArLene ALi nabis entrepreneur, said she for a vote on the mandatory Cannabis advocate was “very disappointed” referendum, which was with the board’s decision. struck down. Thomas and “The board took the power of the peoGrasso voted for it. “As a practical proposition, it wasn’t ple away…They’re doing the communinecessary to” take a vote on the manda- ty a disservice and made the democratic tory referendum, Hopkins said. “But we process that much harder when it could did it as a courtesy to the people on the have been made very easy and not board. The [permissive referendum] exclude anyone,” Ali said. She further cited the unprecedented could have, in theory, overridden the logistical hurdles of gathering petition [vote on the mandatory referendum].” In the unlikely but legally tangled signatures in the middle of a pandemic. “We now have to go and physically possibility that the opt-out mandatory referendum had passed alongside the collect signatures, verify them and presopt-out permissive referendum, the case ent them to the board within 30 days. would have gone to the Nassau County Meanwhile, the state issued mask mandates again, Covid numbers are going Supreme Court, according to Hopkins. While the permissive referendum up, and people are starting to isolate opt-out held firm, the procedural confu- themselves again,” Ali said. “Who is sion did not sit well with a handful of going to open their doors when other things take precedence right now?” cannabis-sale proponents. “Them not knowing the order of continued from front page
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events and activities
Chapter 145, is having their monthly meeting at 65 E. Merrick Rd starting at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served to those in attendance and new members are welcome. All are asked to bring a copy of your DD214.
Thursday, Dec. 23 Kahoot! Family Holiday Trivia Join the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library on Zoom at 7 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. for Kahoot! Family Holiday Trivia. You’ll need one device to join the Zoom meeting and another to submit answers for your family. Feel free to share and individuals are welcome to play too! A reminder: You will need a second device for Kahoot! If you’d like to join, please register here: https:// forms.gle/TJVq9tWZJaNKdNM69 so that we can share the Zoom information.
Tuesday, Jan. 18 Valley Stream district 13 Board of Education committee meeting Residents are welcome to attend the district 13 Board of Education committee meeting. Executive session begins at 7:15 P.M. and public session begins at 8:00 P.M at the auditorium of James A. Dever elementary school, located at 585 Corona Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580
Friday, Dec. 24 Village Offices closed (Christmas observance)
Thursday, Jan. 20
Valley Stream Village Hall will be closed from 12 a.m. to 11: 55 p.m. in observation of Christmas holiday.
American Legion Post 854 Meeting
Friday, Dec. 24 Sunday, Dec. 26
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American Legion Post 854 stands proud The American Legion Post 854, local veterans organization, has been the proud host sites for various community events including the ANCHOR Party dance and sponsors of Valley Stream Troop 116. Their monthly meeting will pick back up in the new year on January 20.
Waldinger Library closed during Christmas holiday weekend The library will be closing for the Christmas holiday on Friday, December 24, 2021, at 1 pm; Saturday, December 25, and Sunday, December 26, 2021. The library will re-open on Monday, December 27, 2021 at 10 am.
Tuesday, Dec. 28 Disabled American Legion Chapter 145 Meeting The Valley Stream VFW Post 1790 Chapter 145, is having their monthly meeting at 65 E. Merrick Rd starting at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served to those in attendance and new members are welcome. All are asked to bring a copy of your DD214.
Kitchen Science - Play Dough Children in Kindergarten through 6th
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Grade, with help from a parent or caregiver, will make play dough at the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library. Program materials will be provided by the library. This will be an indoor activity with limited registration. Face masks are required for children and adults. Registration is also required you can register by following this link: https://forms. gle/4PYj6W12i4fFwZ9z8. There will be three demonstrations done throughout the day starting with 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., then 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., and finally at 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 29 Waldinger Library event, Kitchen Science: Slime Children, Grades K-6, with Caregiver
- Children, with help from a parent or caregiver, will make SLIME!Program materials will be provided by the library.
the Adult Room.
Friday, Dec. 31
Wednesday, Dec. 31 - Sunday, Jan. 2
Village Offices closed (New Year’s Day observance)
Waldinger Library closed for the weekend
Valley Stream Village Hall will be closed from 12 a.m. to 11: 55 p.m. in observation of New Year’s Day.
Waldinger Liibrary: Art display of Yuliya Lobach final day The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library is pleased to exhibit the paintings of local artist Yuliya Lobach until the end of December 2021. A selection of her acrylic paintings of nature and scenes of Valley Stream, especially A.J. Hendrickson Park, can be viewed in
The library will be closing for the New Year’s Day holiday on Friday, December 31, 2021, at 1 pm; Saturday, January 1, 2022 and Sunday, January 2, 2022. The library will re-open on Monday, January 3, 2022, at 10 am.
Wednesday, Jan. 5
The Valley Stream American Legion Post 854 is having their monthly meeting at 51 Roosevelt Ave. Valley Stream , NY 11582. New members are welcome.
HAViNg AN EVENT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to jlasso@liherald.com
Disabled American Legion Chapter 145 Meeting The Valley Stream VFW Post 1790
The spot Standard Pour is located is where the legendary record shop Slipped Disc once was. The library will close early Dec. 24, for Christmas Eve at 1 p.m. and is closed through Dec. 26. VS South boys track team became Conference Champs for the first time since 1980 in 2000. The first shop to open in Valley Stream was a butcher shop in the late 1880’s. Lon Babby, president of the Phoenix Suns, grew up in Valley Stream.
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A house on South Terrace Place caught fire last Friday morning at 3:26 a.m., according to fire officials. The Nassau County Fire Communications (Firecom) notified the Valley Stream Volunteer Fire Department. Upon the arrival of Engine 344 and Tower Ladder 345, firefighters spotted smoke billowing out of the second floor of the house. Residents alerted firefighters of a civilian still trapped inside the home. After an aggressive search, all occu-
pants were safely evacuated with the help of the Nassau County Police Department. Two hose lines were then stretched, with one put into operation, and the fire was quickly extinguished. Three civilians were transported to local hospitals for smoke inhalation and minor burns. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Nassau County Fire Marshal’s Office, according to officials. Mutual aid was received from multiple surrounding departments. All operations were under the command of Chief of Department Eugene O’Brien II.
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When too much is never enough The more Mark drinks, the angrier he feels about his dead-end job and troubled marriage. Resenting his lot in life, he returns to drink to deaden his pain and forget his troubles. The more Anita shops, the more out of control she feels. Looking at her stuffed closet, she recognizes how unfulfilled her life is. “I do nothing but shop and return. What kind of life is that?” But she doesn’t know what else to do with her life. So, she shrugs her shoulders and continues shopping. At least new things make her feel happy – for the moment. We cannot get enough of what we don’t really need. Brianna turns to food, but food will never satisfy her inda deep need to feel loved. Mark turns to alcohol, but drink will never provide him with the recognition he yearns for. Anita turns to shopping, but clothes will never pacify her need to feel important. All three are stuck in a cycle of turning to a quick fix for emotional satisfaction, instead of looking inward to see what’s missing and what they can do about it. When, instead of running to food, Brianna focused on what she was run-
ning away from, she began to flourish. As a kid, she was constantly told what was wrong with her. Hence, she didn’t think much about what was right with her. She did what she was supposed to do, never giving thought to what she wanted to do. Now, as she is searching for meaningful ways to fill herself up – with activities, friendships, and enjoyable work – filling herself up with food is becoming less of an obsession. As Mark and Anita continued psychotherapy, they also learned how important it was for them to move from relying on a quick fix to dealing with their more basic issues. It wasn’t easy or quick for either one of them. Yet, the downward apadin spiral their lives were taking told them it was time – indeed way past time – to make a meaningful change in their lives. If you have a pattern of pursuing something that you don’t really need, stop. Take time to discover what’s missing in your life. Then go for it! I know, easier said than done. But what choice do you really have? Keep pursuing the wrong thing and you’ll discover that no
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You cannot get enough of what you don’t really need. Brianna, a 28-year-old compulsive overeater, confesses: “I grew up in a house where food was abundant but love was scarce. Now, food has become my substitute for love. So, I eat and eat and eat until I’m sick. And then instead of love, I feel contempt for myself.” Mark, a 39-year-old alcoholic concedes: “I drink because it makes me feel better about myself … until the next morning. When I awake with a hangover, I feel like a total loser.” Anita, a 48-year-old shopaholic admits: “Shopping is my high. When I’m on a spree, I never ask myself if I need this item. I just buy it. I used to be a shop-till-I-drop person. Now online shopping makes it so much easier to spend my days buying and returning.” Each of these individuals turns to a quick fix to take away an immediate pain. The fix makes them feel better – for the moment. But it solves nothing because they avoid dealing with the real problem. The more Brianna eats, the more she hates herself for being “fat, ugly and having zero self-control.” Feeling miserable, she turns to the only thing she knows that will soothe her – more food. “It’s a vicious cycle,” she admits, “one I have no control over.”
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its customary tax lien protocols and procedures to secure payments. A village liaison for the program is expected to be hired in the coming month, to be chosen by the village with company approval, village officials said. The company will reimburse the village for the liaison’s salary and additional costs. So, what is a sewer lateral pipe? Every time you flush a toilet or use the sink, your sanitary sewer lateral is the underground pipe that carries compromise the natural water supply. Residents in Nassau and Suffolk wastewater from your home at the sewage trap to the public sanitary sewer counties draw drinking water from a system of aquifers beneath the surface main at the curb of the of the Island, the main three street. While the main sewof which are the Upper Glaage collection system is cial, Magothy and managed by Nassau County Lloyd aquifers, which, if through its three sewage compromised, could lead to treatment plants at Cedar outbreaks of waterbor ne Creek, Bay Park, and Glen diseases and lasting enviClove in partnership with ronmental harm. The vilUnited Waters Suez, mainlage’s new program will taining a lateral is the homehelp fulfill its larger goal of owner’s responsibility. safeguarding the natural T h e av e r a g e Va l l e y water supply and complying Stream home was built in with the Clean Water Act, 1953, and the laterals underaccording to Valley Stream neath many of the homes VillagE officials. have exceeded their roughly officials Pipelogix LMS is affiliat50-year lifespan. Bloom said ed with the Brady Risk Envihe believes it’s only a matter of time before pipes, if left untreated, ronmental company, which is currently break and crack, causing not only a contracted by the City of Long Beach to massive headache for homeowners, but inspect and repair sewer laterals for resalso potentially environmental damage idents through the Long Beach Private and a host of public health risks. When Lateral Program. When Valley Stream pipes are cracked or damaged, they leak sent out a request for proposals, the wastewater and can contaminate company was the only one that submitground and surface water through a ted a proposal, village officials said. process known as exfiltration. This not While other companies such as New only erodes the soil support of a per- York American Waters and HomeSerson’s home, leading to issues like sink- vices provide similar services, Pipelogix holes and backlogs of sewage in your stands apart for its no-dig, trenchless basement, but also the leakage of repair service, 24-hour call center, fully untreated sewage in the soil can then staffed personnel and wholly owned end up in Long Island’s waterways and equipment.
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The importance of the Christmas nativity scene children how to assemble and situate darkness of night. Yet even then, God the creche, but at the same time, they does not abandon us, but is there to also have the catechetical and relational answer our crucial questions about the sensitivity to let children and grandchil- meaning of life. Who am I? Where do I dren make choices about where the come from? Why was I born at this time in history? Why do I love? shepherds, the sheep, the Why do I suffer? Why will I three kings are to be placed. die? It was to answer these Children are encouraged questions that God became to place the holy family — man. His closeness brings M a r y, Jo s e p h a n d t h e light where there is darkprince of peace — with ness and shows the way to their own hands into the those dwelling in the shadcenter of the creche. How ow of suffering (cf. Luke often children then enjoy, 1:79).” sometimes on their own We can drift through life and sometimes with brothdodging and repressing ers and sisters and family these critical existential m e m b e r s, m ov i n g a n d questions of life. We can live interacting with the figublindly and superficially. rines. How often their bibliOur Catholic belief in cal imaginations and souls ishop the unity of the nativity are set on fire with God’s ohn arres and the crucifixion, the love as they play with their creche and the cross, Bethfamily nativity sets. lehem and Golgotha, keeps Pope Frances continued: “I would like now to reflect on the vari- our lives centered and focused on the ous elements of the nativity scene in things that really count in our short order to appreciate their deeper mean- time on earth — the last things (death, ing. First, there is the background of a judgment, heaven and hell) and a belief starry sky wrapped in the darkness and in the eternal joy of heaven, our true silence of night. We represent this not home. Frances continues to press the exisonly out of fidelity to the gospel accounts, but also for its symbolic value. tential questions: “The presence of the We can think of all those times in our poor and the lowly in the nativity scene lives when we have experienced the remind us that God became man for the
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sake of those who feel most in need of his love and who ask him to draw near to them. Jesus, ‘gentle and humble in heart’ (Matthew 11:29), was born in poverty and led a simple life in order to teach us to recognize what is essential and to act accordingly. The nativity scene clearly teaches that we cannot let ourselves be fooled by wealth and fleeting promises of happiness. “We see Herod’s palace in the background, closed and deaf to the tidings of joy. By being born in a manger, God himself launches the only true revolution that can give hope and dignity to the disinherited and the outcast: the revolution of love, the revolution of tenderness. From the manger, Jesus proclaims, in a meek yet powerful way, the need for sharing with the poor as the path to a more human and fraternal world in which no one is excluded or marginalized.” May our prayer, silent contemplation and creative family catechesis of the nativity scene help us to be instruments of a gospel revolution of humility, charity, mercy, tenderness and solidarity with the sick, the poor and the suffering. May our commitment to “holiness and mission” bless our contemplative synodal listening and our eucharistic revival and evangelization. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your families!
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Valley Stream resident, Jair Rambal, was awarded the title of Boys Competitive Coach of the Year by the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) on Nov. 30. Rambal is a part of the North Star Soccer Club that plays in the Elite Development Program (EDP) and is being awarded alongside his fellow honoree, Efrain Nino, of Queens United. With thousands of youth soccer players, spanning the tip of Long Island to the Canadian border, ENYYSA exists to promote soccer for children and teenagers, ages 5 to 19, and encourage the healthy development of players, coaches, referees, and administrators. ENYYSA is a proud member of the United States Soccer Federation and United States Youth Soccer. Rambal, 40, is an ex-professional soccer player turned coach who is known among parents, players, and his colleagues for his deep emphasis on sportsmanship, according to a press release. He insists that players demonstrate kindness and respect both on and off the field. His training sessions are known to be both motivational and challenging for his players with specific attention toward constant practice. During his pre-game pep talk, Rambal always tells his players to play as if it was their final game, the press release further stated.
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On Dec. 1, 2019, our holy father Pope Francis issued “Admirabile Signum,” an Apostolic letter on the meaning and importance of the nativity scene. It is a beautiful reflection that I draw on at Christmas, and one which I urge you to read and pray. In it, the holy father reminds us that the simple act of arranging our nativity set links us to the past, opens questions for the present and orients the future. It is an act that has an existential impact. Pope Francis said, “Setting up the Christmas creche in our homes helps us to relive the history of what took place in Bethlehem. Naturally, the gospels remain our source for understanding and reflecting on the event. At the same time, its portrayal in the creche helps us to imagine the scene. It touches our hearts and makes us enter into salvation history as contemporaries of an event that is living and real in a broad gamut of historical and cultural contexts.” The beautiful scene of parents and grandparents setting up creches together with children and grandchildren is a powerful multi-dimensional experience of catechesis — the teaching and passing on of our Catholic faith and our belief in the Incar nation of Jesus Christ to the next generation. Parents and grandparents have that wisdom of teaching children and grand-
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Decision on Eid holidays expected Jan. 12 HewLettwoodMeRe Student AnooSHA Virani addressed the Board of Education on the inclusion of the Muslim Eid holiday on the school calendar.
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Nearly 20 Muslim community members and supporters spoke at the Dec. 15 Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education meeting, the last meeting before the Jan. 12 meeting, when the board will decide to add Eid holidays to the school calendar. Eid al Fitr is on a weekday in May in 2022 and in April in 2023, while Eid al Adha falls on weekends in July 2022 and June 2023. Hewlett High School junior Ibrahim Rasheed, who spoke four years ago on the same topic, requested the addition so that he does not have to choose between school and family. “This year, I’m enrolled in various AP [Advanced Placement] courses, as well as honors classes,” Rasheed said, “therefore, even missing a day of school would cause me to fall behind very quickly.” He said his older sister also addressed the board in the past and he hopes that his younger sister will not have to do the same in the future. Zahra Hussain, a Woodmere Middle School seventhgrader, kept her head down while she spoke to the board. “I heard this quote the other day while watching ‘Spiderman’ and it reminded me of the board,” Hussain said. “The quote was, ‘with great power comes great responsibility’, and it made me think: you have the power to make a very impactful change — but are you responsible enough to do it?” Hussain added how she loves to share her culture with her friends. “Why does Hewlett-Woodmere not celebrate its diversity and raise awareness to all kinds of people and traditions?” Hussain asked. “Why are some more important than others? Why do I feel excluded?” Hussain’s sisters who attend Ogden Elementary, Mishal Hussain, a fourth-grader, and fifth-grader Erina Hussain, both spoke about their experiences missing
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school to celebrate Eid, which they both described as difficult and confusing. Erina described the celebrations that happen on Eid. “It feels a lot like Christmas and Hanukkah and other major holidays,” she said, “the most important thing is being together with those we love on this important day. If you add Eid to the school calendar, then our celebration would be that much better.” Erina added: “Please give us Eid, its free. You don’t have to pay a nickel if you use the superintendents conference days!” Sahar Hussain, mother of Mishal, Erina, and Zahra noted the two petitions that have circulated, one of which has nearly 900 signatures and the other has at least 200 signatures from just District 14 residents in support of adding the Eid holidays. Sahar added that the Eid Collective gained recognition from many people outside the school district and organizations in the form of letters and signatures, including letters from Aqsa Altaf, a Disney filmmaker, and Dr. Ben-
jamin Rifkin, professor of comparative literature, languages and linguistics at Hofstra University, who noted his experience with Jewish anti-Semitism and inclusion. Woodmere Middle School eighth-grader Intisa Ahmed said that Eid celebrants feel invisible and less important, and that the district is not honoring diversity, equity and inclusion. “It’s the holiday season, the most wonderful time of the year,” Ahmed said. “But when it’s my turn to carry out on our own festivities, why do I get different treatment?” Though new to the district, Hewlett High student Anoosha Virani was no less honest. “I feel hurt. I feel like the people out here today don’t feel heard,” she said. “We have this microphone that projects all around the room, but can you hear us? Can you really hear what we’re saying?” None of the six board members at the Dec. 15 meeting commented, and when board President Debra Sheinin, who did not attend, was called, she had no comment.
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LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there will be a Public Hearing of the Board of Zoning and Appeals of the Inc. Village of Valley Stream, Nassau County, New York at the Village Hall on the Village Green, 123 South Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. Case No. M/D 2-05 Angel Chumpitaz, 82 Sunset Road, Valley Stream, New York Re: 82 Sunset Road, Valley Stream, New York Application pursuant to Chapter 99, Article XXI, Section 99-2101 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream for a threeyear extension of time to an existing Mother/ Daughter Special Use Permit. The subject premises is located on the southeast corner of Sunset Road formed by the intersection of Hendrickson Avenue and Sunset Road known as No. 82 Sunset Road, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. M/D 6-91 Daniel & Olivia Kentler, 2 Verona Place, Valley Stream, New York Re: 2 Verona Place, Valley Stream, New York Application pursuant to Chapter 99, Article XXI, Section 99-2101 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream for a threeyear extension of time to an existing Mother/ Daughter Special Use Permit. The subject premises is located on the west side of Verona Place, 100’ north of the corner formed by the intersection of Hamilton Place and Verona Place known as No. 2 Verona Place, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. M/D 6-06 Giovanni Pisciotta, 22 Meyer Avenue, Valley Stream, New York
Re: 22 Meyer Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Application pursuant to Chapter 99, Article XXI, Section 99-2101 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream for a threeyear extension of time to an existing Mother/ Daughter Special Use Permit. The subject premises is located on the southeast corner of Meyer Avenue formed by the intersection of Benedict Avenue and Meyer Avenue known as No. 22 Meyer Avenue, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. 4054 Arkady Ginsburg, 43 Valley Lane West, Valley Stream, New York Re: 43 Valley Lane West, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-902.A.2 and Section 99-902.A.3 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to add paver path on north side of house and rear paver patio. Section 99-902.A.2 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires maximum coverage of lot by aggregate building area of all buildings and structures is 60%; whereas, proposed is 69.5%. Section 99-902.A.3 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires maximum coverage of rear yard by aggregate building area of accessory buildings and structures is 30%; whereas, proposed is 48.7%. The subject premises is located on east side of Valley Lane West, 637.90’ north of the corner formed by the intersection of Hungry Harbor Road and Valley Lane West known as No. 43 Valley Lane West. Case No. 4055 Loraine Vaskovich, 36 Austin Street, Valley Stream, New York Re: 36 Austin Street, Valley Stream, New York
Application for a Variation from Section 99-902.A.3 and Section 99-904.B.1.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to construct 2story rear addition to existing single- family dwelling. Section 99-902.A.3 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires a maximum rear yard coverage by aggregate building area of accessory buildings and structures of 30%; whereas, proposed rear yard coverage by accessory buildings and structures is 40.15%.
Section 99-904.B.1.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires dwellings to have a minimum side yard setback of 5 feet; whereas, proposed side yard setback of 2- story addition is 4.8 feet at east side property line. The subject premises is located on the south side of Austin Street, 412.59’ west of the corner formed by the intersection of Fletcher Avenue and Austin Street known as No. 36 Austin Street, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. 4056 Sedana Realty LLC, 4041 Ibis Point Circle, Boca Raton, Florida Re: 3-15 West Merrick Road, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-2202.C and Section 99-1605 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to maintain parking lot configuration. Section 99-2202.C of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires alterations of existing lots to comply with the offstreet parking requirements of this chapter. Existing building configuration and uses require 76 total off- street parking spaces be provided; however,
previously approved parking/ site plans permit 17 total off- street parking spaces at subject parking lot; whereas, only 10 spaces are provided. Section 99-1605 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires dumpsters to not be located within 2 feet to any rear or side property line; whereas, proposed dumpster facility is located 1 foot from north side/ rear property line. The subject premises is located on the northwest corner of West Merrick Road formed by the intersection of Rockaway Parkway and West Merrick Road known as No. 3-15 West Merrick Road, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. 4057 Sedana Realty LLC, 4041 Ibis Point Circle, Boca Raton, Florida Re: 3-15 West Merrick Road, Valley Stream, New York Application for Final Site Development Plan Review/ Approval per Article XXVII of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream. The subject premises is located on the northwest corner of West Merrick Road formed by the intersection of Rockaway Parkway and West Merrick Road known as No. 3-15 West Merrick Road, Valley Stream, New York. Dated: December 23, 2021 James J. Hunter, Village Clerk 128913
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The Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education unanimously voted on Tuesday, December 14 to appoint Dr. Robin Small as Principal and Mr. Fabian Jara as Assistant Principal of North High School. The two had been previously serving as Interim Principal and Interim Assistant Principal for North since July. “On behalf of the Board of Education, I want to affirm the dedication Dr. Small and Mr. Jara have shown to the Central High School District and North High School communities,” District Board President John Maier said. “Their commitment to North’s students and staff has been evident, and these appointments are well deserved.” “Dr. Small and Mr. Jara are exceptional educators and leaders who have served at our District, specifically the North community with great professionalism. I have no doubt that they will continue to lead and support North students, staff and parents to maximize educational opportunities,” said Dr. Wayne Loper, Acting Superintendent of Schools for the Valley Stream Central High School District. “North High School is in very good hands.” Dr. Small has been an educator in the Central High School district since 2007, as a special education teacher and department chairperson for special education. In 2018, Dr. Small was promoted to the Assistant Principal position at North. She earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology,
and her Master of Science in education degree from the City College of New York. Dr. Small also earned a Master of Science degree in education from Mercy College as well as in community health from Long Island University. She holds an advanced certification as a school district leader from Queens College and recently earned her doctorate in executive leadership from St. John Fisher College. “If my 15 years working within the Central High School District have shown me anything, it’s that all things are possible when you put your mind to them,” Dr. Small said upon her appointment. “I’m proud to continue my service to the North High School community and will continue to ensure that all students feel welcome and receive the best possible education.” Jara came to the district in 2005 as a Spanish teacher. In 2017, in addition to his teaching responsibilities, Jara was appointed Dean of Students at North High School. Over the course of his career with the district, he has also coached multiple school sports and provided professional development workshops for teachers related to incorporating technology in the classroom. Jara has also served as Dean of Students in the district’s summer school program. “I’m thrilled to have been appointed Assistant Principal at North, which has for the past 16 years been my home away from home,” Jara said. “I thank the Board for the trust they have placed in myself and Dr. Small, and we will continue to put the students of North first,” Jara said.
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A. Good question! The answer requires a number of other questions to be asked and answered to determine how concerned you should be about safety. Consider that newer buildings were constructed with more stringent requirements, while older buildings may have maintenance issues — especially buildings nearer to the onte eeper ocean — and may not have been repaired for decades. So age and location need to be known. If you know that your building has been well maintained, age may not be as much of a concern. Other than unusual items like cars and swimming pools, one of the heaviest things that buildings are designed for is paper, in filing cabinets and bookshelves, so libraries need to be extra strong to hold such extreme loads as large racks, shelves and stacks of books and papers. The required load design for balconies is the same as libraries: 100 pounds per square foot. Balconies have to not only hold the weight of people, but also carry their own weight, and heavy snow or ice, combined with high winds, without buckling. Typically, people gathering on a balcony should be similar to people gathering in the living room inside, and it’s rare to see people packed together in such a limited space without breathing room. You should use common sense, and social distancing would mean that you could limit people to being within a foot or so apart if you choose. Again, it’s rare to see people jammed into such a tight space, but that can happen if everyone rushes out to see something going on outside, like a fireworks display, for example. The safety factor of 100 pounds per square foot will generally hold, but only if the other maintenance conditions are met.
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e’re about to lose one of the most significant advances in health care made over the past decade unless Congress takes immediate action. That’s why I’m calling on Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Tom Suozzi to step up and protect lifesaving health coverage subsidies for New Yorkers. These expanded subsidies help families afford the cost of health coverage. By driving down costs, this relief ensures that Americans across lISA the country don’t lose their access tySoN to care. While this program has been an essential component of our response to the coronavirus pandemic, the impact of these benefits has been far greater. If made permanent, marketplace health insurance subsidies could cut the number of uninsured by 12 million nationwide next year, according to the Urban Institute. In New York alone, it
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would ensure that 163,000 people would have access to the benefits of health coverage who otherwise would not be covered. This could cut the number of uninsured by nearly 15 percent across the state. These expanded tax credits must be made permanent in this year’s final budget reconciliation package. As we continue to confront the worst public health crisis in over a century, these subsidies ensure that every community in our state can access basic care and take part in our ongoing recovery. Despite the impact of this relief, these subsidies will disappear if Congress doesn’t act soon. If they expire, the effects on working- and middle-class families could be devastating. A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that premiums could double for the millions of Americans who buy their coverage on the marketplace. Another study by the Department of Health and Human Services found that premiums could rise by as much as $600.
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As we’ve fought to recover from Covid-19 and its deadly mutations, marketplace subsidies have become an essential lifeline for thousands of New Yorkers. And while it’s hard to imagine a worse time to lose health coverage than in the middle of a global pandemic, these expanded benefits are currently set to expire by the end of next year. That’s why it’s so critical that leaders like Schumer and Suozzi work with their colleagues to protect these essential benefits for every American still struggling to afford health coverage. As director of the Long Island Progressive Coalition, I’ve seen our community go through decades of debate over how best to expand access to health care. While this conversation must continue, we cannot afford to lose a program that is providing coverage to so many right now. New York has long been at the forefront of efforts to protect the health and well-being of working families. From Teddy Roosevelt making the first national call to protect against “the haz-
amilies shouldn’t have to choose between paying bills and paying for health care.
ards of sickness” to his cousin Franklin Roosevelt creating the Social Security program, our state’s leaders have long fought to ensure that working people can live and age with dignity. In more recent times, our leaders in Congress fought to pass, and then defend, the Affordable Care Act. All of these efforts have improved the lives of countless families across our state and around the country. Now we have the chance to build on that legacy by protecting these lifesaving subsidies before they expire. This will not only ensure that thousands of New Yorkers can keep their health coverage, but also move us closer to the day when every American will have access to affordable, quality health care. No family should ever be forced to choose between paying the bills and paying for health coverage. These expanded marketplace subsidies must be made permanent now, because they ensure that millions of Americans don’t have to make that choice. It’s time for our leaders in Washington to act. Lisa Tyson, of North Bellmore, is the director of the Massapequa-based Long Island Progressive Coalition.
Kidney donor tells story of the gift she gave
ear Ms. Kreiss: “I read your article in the Herald about your friends’ son who needs a kidney (“Hoping for the gift of life in this season of giving” Dec. 9-15). I suspect people who read the column or see pleas like this in general don’t believe they can help because organ donation is so serious. It made me think that, as a kidney organ donor, it would help if I told my story. “I met ‘Jane,’ another parent, at my daughter’s RANDI school. I came to KREISS know her through her devotion to various class projects and activities. When I realized I hadn’t seen her in a while, I asked a mutual friend, who told me Jane’s husband was dying of kidney failure. “I called Jane to offer support, and she told me her husband’s best chance to survive was with a live kidney donation. I immediately felt the sense of urgency and thought, ‘I’ll get tested,’ not realizing I actually said it out loud. She
guided me to the program that was testing his potential donors. Turns out I was a match, and a very good one. “Now it was up to me to decide if I could really do this. All the bravado I had shown in getting tested started to wane a little bit now that it was a reality. What was I thinking? I had three kids of my own who needed me. I was in my late 40s, and while I was in decent physical condition and had no ailments, I was more than a little overweight. “And I didn’t even know this guy. “But somehow, I knew I was supposed to do this. I was given a lot of information and data about organ donation, and the more I read about it, the less I feared it. The clincher for me: Without a donor kidney, this man would die too young after spending the rest of his days tied to dialysis. “I went through many tests, and my results were all good. Then I was told that his brother was most likely going to be the donor, so for about nine months I was on the reserves list. Then, suddenly, his brother and sister were eliminated as donors for medical reasons. I was
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once again at bat. After almost a year of uncertainty, it was now a go. “At every stage of this process, my medical team (you have your own medical team that is separate from the recipient’s medical team) reminded me I could pull out at any time. But I was ready. All the delays just made me feel that if it was meant to be, it would happen. “When I woke up after the surgery, it was evening, and my dear brother was standing over me, holding a can of kidney beans (in case I needed a spare). I didn’t feel any pain but was tired. I was told the operation was a success, and that my recipient was doing well. “They always say the best way to get things working again after surgery is to get up and walk. So walk I did, every day, at least once an hour. I felt minimal pain. “The recipient’s new kidney began functioning beautifully right away. Each day he got stronger and stronger. We both healed well, and though he has other physical challenges unrelated to the transplant, his kidney is functioning
y recipient is healthy, and I’m healthier than I’ve been in years.’
very well and normally. “A question I am often asked is, ‘What if your kids or someone in your family needs a kidney? Now you can’t help them.’ To which I answer, ‘I am so confident that this is a safe process that I know someone else in my family would step up and donate. We’ll be OK.’ “My donation has only affected me for the good. It increased my faith. It gave me more confidence in myself, and it made me finally act on my desire to live healthfully. I have struggled with my weight since I stopped playing competitive sports in my 20s. I have since lost all my excess weight. I am now 56, but physically I feel like I’m 30. “My recipient is healthy, and I’m healthier than I’ve been in years. I feel so grateful for the opportunity to have done this. It changed my life forever, and for the better.” The donor has asked to remain anonymous to protect the privacy of the recipient. To find out more about donating a kidney to Scott Englander of Woodmere, whom I wrote about two weeks ago, email scottneedsakidney@ gmail.com. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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Merrick pain doctor, Michael Belfiore, 58, was sentenced on Dec. 16 to 23 years in prison after he was convicted of selling opioid prescriptions to patients, many of whom were desperately addicted to opioids and often writhing in pain from a variety of injuries. Belfiore might have begun his career as a respected doctor, but he ended it ignominiously, as a common drug dealer. We were pleased that Belfiore was given a tough sentence, after he arrogantly fought the charges against him in 2014 and 2016, despite overwhelming evidence against him. His case should serve as a stiff warning for any doctor thinking of selling scripts for cash: The law will eventually catch up with you, and you will eventually be sent to prison for a long time. It’s about time the law caught up with the medical practitioners who, in part, at least, have fueled the opioid crisis that the nation, including Long Island, now faces. Belfiore’s case is especially egregious. According to federal officials, he wrote 5,000 prescriptions for 600,000 pain pills between January 2010 and March 2013. His case is, however, anything but unique. There are many like him. On top of that, too many doctors have overprescribed opioids for patients without giving proper thought to the possible long-term consequences of their actions. To be clear: This is not every doctor. Most physicians follow the rules. The doctors who have cavalierly prescribed opioids as
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letters Questions Blakeman’s stance on mask mandate To the Editor: Our newly elected county executive, Bruce Blakeman, in one of his first acts, has rejected the recent New York state mask mandate. The announcement came at a time when Long Island’s positivity rate was increasing rapidly — it stood at more than 9 percent at press time — and was the highest in New York state. Here is what Blakeman, a Republican, recently told The New York Post: “Come Jan. 1, my administration will move Nassau forward with a common-sense approach that acknowledges the facts, science and progress made by our residents while also protecting businesses and jobs from any further damage created by government mandates. Nassau County is not in crisis and should not be painted with the same broad brush as the rest of the state. Ninety-seven percent of adults in Nassau County have received at least their first dose of the vaccine, and Nassau hospitals have adequate capacity to handle existing demand.”
their default practice, however, are partly to blame for the addiction pandemic that we find ourselves in now. The coronavirus pandemic has only worsened the opioid addiction crisis. In the first year of the pandemic, between April 2020 and April of this year, the U.S. recorded 100,000 opioid overdose deaths — 100,000! That meant an American died every five minutes of an overdose. President Biden’s $1.75 trillion Build Back Better legislation — which Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, effectively killed last weekend by refusing to vote for it — included $11 billion to fight the opioid crisis, which is now increasingly driven by fentanyl, a powerful opioid. There remains a chance that the legislation could eventually pass. If it does not, though, there will be any number of consequences for the nation, not the least of which will be reduced resources to cope with the opioid crisis. Shame on Senator Manchin. Earlier this year, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran directed $15.3 million to addiction prevention and treatment services from a $230 million settlement that New York state reached with the pharmaceutical manufacturer Johnson & Johnson for its part in causing the opioid crisis, which has plagued the U.S. since the late 1990s. With the settlement, Johnson & Johnson avoided a trial. Last summer, state Attorney General Letitia James filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of the state against pharmaceu-
tical giants Teva Pharmaceuticals, Amerisource Bergen, McKesson Corp, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Allergan Finance and Cardinal Health. The outcome of that suit remains to be seen. We must also remember this: The opioid crisis gave rise 10 years ago to a heroin crisis. This is how we described it in an April 2010 story, “From painkillers to heroin addiction”: “Nassau County police say that prescription painkillers have flooded the local illegal drug market in the past decade, which is driving the recent spike in heroin use … “With the drugs readily accessible, painkiller and heroin addicts are getting younger and younger, according to the experts … In the past, the average age of the heroin addicts … was 24. Now, most are 18 to 23. Many begin using prescription painkillers at parties as young as 14 and 15. When the painkillers become too expensive — they sell for $80 per pill on the street — the teens graduate to heroin, which goes for as little as $5 a bag.” Not much has changed over the past decade — except the drugs have become more powerfully addictive and potentially deadly, and the crisis has only gotten worse, not better, as we had hoped. A two-pronged approach that mobilizes both police and therapists is needed to address the crisis. That requires money. Nassau County Executive-elect Bruce Blakeman will take office in a week. We urge him to prioritize funding for drug enforcement and addiction treatment.
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he war on local school boards, teaching and history is escalating as conservative activists and Republican politicians prepare for the 2022 congressional midterm elections. This year, 66 gag-order bills to prevent teaching about race and racism were introduced in 26 states, and at least 12 became law. Among the measures was Assembly Bill 8253, introduced in New York by Republican Assemblyman Colin Schmitt of upstate New Windsor, which, if passed, would ban ALAn students and teachers in sinGer K-through-12 schools from learning about The New York Times’s 1619 Project, which examined the nation’s beginnings through the lens of slavery. According to a report by the nonprofit PEN America, many of the bills mirror legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate by Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, and former President Donald Trump’s 2020 executive order “combating race and sex stereotyping.” Most include a provision prohibiting “divisive concepts.”
One frightening development is a shift in strategy by groups like the Proud Boys, whose members were involved in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The Proud Boys are now picketing school board meetings in protests against mask and vaccine mandates, and school curricula and reading assignments that they don’t like. This fall there were Proud Boy rallies on Long Island in Rockville Centre, Bay Shore and Patchogue. In New York, school board elections are scheduled for next May 17, six months before November’s congressional election. Filing petitions are due in most school districts on April 18. The New York State School Boards Association provides a booklet for people considering becoming school board candidates. On Long Island, insurgent candidates challenging coronavirus mask mandates and a fictionalized version of critical race theory won three seats on the Smithtown Board of Education last May. Now a Republican consulting firm is organizing classes to further polarize and politicize school board races. Among those offering the classes are a former Trump activist, a former contractor with the Nassau Coun-
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LeTTers So, Blakeman seems to say, don’t worry if you get the Covid virus as a result of his no-mask-mandate policy. Nassau is ready with your very own ICU bed. Blakeman also touts the 97 percent onedose adult vaccine rate. One dose has little effect on the new variant, and what about the children who are now contracting the virus in higher numbers? Yes, acknowledge the facts. Don’t make up your own. DR. ALLAN SIMON Lawrence
America’s ‘awakening’ To the Editor: Re Dr. Alan Singer’s column “Democrats’ election perils have little to do with ‘wokeness’” (Dec. 9-15): Singer is right: The Democrats’ dismal election showing in November had little to do with “wokeness,” but it had a lot to do with “awakening.” People are showing disgust over the deceit of progressive attempts to redefine American values and traditions. The failure of House Republicans to hold Rep. Paul Gosar in contempt for his thoughtless tweets about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was unfortunate. But why was no contempt shown for Rep. Maxine Waters, who in April called on her followers to “stay on the street” and “get more
ty government when it was under Republican control and a Republican Suffolk County legislator. The latest Long Island school district to erupt with a critical race theory controversy is Great Neck. Some residents accuse a Great Neck North High School 11th-grade English teacher of presenting in class that whites are racists and students need to understand white fragility and reject privilege. The local parents appear to be working with a national organization, Parents Defending Education, which claims it wants to ensure that American schools do not promote “harmful agendas.” The group’s website has slides that were supposedly shown in the English class. What is missing from their attack on teachings is any attempt to learn what actually took place in the classroom. Students read the book “Between the World and Me,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, which won a National Book Award. The slides were part of a lesson introducing students to the issues raised in the book, and by other authors who question or challenge what they perceive of as racism and white supremacy in the U.S. Students were asked to pledge to think about the issues raised in the book, not to agree with a par-
confrontational” if Derek Chauvin hadn’t been found guilty of murdering George Floyd? This could be interpreted as inciting others to riot, which is not protected speech, but there she was, on video, saying as much, similar to when she called on her supporters to harass Trump officials when they were having dinner at restaurants with their families. Waters was never sanctioned or censured over that, either, emboldening her to even more such calls for abuse. In August 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse naively and stupidly brought his AR-15-style rifle with him to the Kenosha, Wis., riots, where he said he intended to offer only medical aid. He was walking with a fire extinguisher to put out a fire set by the arsonists, within their view — not very smart — when he was attacked. He didn’t assault or threaten anyone, but they overreacted violently toward him, provoking his justifiable self-defense. Members of the “Republican rank and file” have not challenged local school boards over critical race theory, but rather parents of children being subjected to it. To espouse the belief that this country is essentially racist is a fraud, and is itself racist. No wonder parents object to this divisive propaganda of hate. The greatest contributor to climate change is China, not the United States, but the 2016 Paris Agreement would have given China a longer time frame to clean
ticular author. According to state Board of Regents Chancellor Lester Young, “The New York State Board of Regents policy on diversity, equity and inclusion is not an attempt to, in fact, teach critical race theory. Critical race theory is not our theory of action. Our theory of action is cultural responsiveness.” The official position of the state educational governing body, and the reality of what gets taught in the classroom, have not stopped conservative Republicans from mobilizing white families to stop CRT. Jay Worona, deputy executive director and general counsel for the New York State School Boards Association, has called the political assault on school boards a “false narrative.” Worona responded to the assault, “There are many people who are proclaiming that the curriculum is being designed to indoctrinate students to think in a particular way, as opposed to what we’ve done for eons, which is to teach critical thinking skills.” Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies. Follow him on Twitter, @AlanJSinger1.
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up its carbon pollution than the U.S. Former President Donald Trump wasn’t against such initiatives, but only wanted them to be implemented fairly and equitably, consistent with his belief that America stop being made the scapegoat for the world’s evils. As more Americans see the truth, the Democratic Party will continue to decline. ROBERT RUBALSKY East Rockaway
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