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Graffiti cleared from Wantagh, other stations By MARIA CESTERo mcestero@liherald.com
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lAST wEEkENd, gRAFFITI was removed from the Wantagh Long Island Rail Road station.
Following a number of complaints from community members, Hempstead Town Councilman Chris Carini, members of a local task force and Long Island Rail Road officials recently cleaned off graffiti at the Seaford and Wantagh Long Island Rail Road stations. Carini said he heard from multiple Seaford residents on Jan. 19 about graffiti at the Seaford station, between Sunrise Highway and Brooklyn Avenue. The graffiti was removed on Saturday.
“It shows a breakdown of the community,” he said. “It’s terrible to look at and it’s an eyesore. . . . It’s a problem throughout our communities.” There has been vandalism at the neighboring Bellmore and Baldwin stations as well, which led to a mass cleanup effort over the weekend, run in conjunction with LIRR staff. According to county crime rates from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, Nassau County had 10,411 reported property crimes in 2020 — a decrease from the total of 11,741 reported in 2019. Continued on page 10
School liaisons keep residents, administrators in the know By STEPHANIE BANAT newsroom@liherald.com
Wantagh High School seniors Emma Alexander and Angelina Maciak are instrumental in keeping the Wantagh community and the Board of Education up to date on what’s happening at the school. Alexander and Maciak, both 17, are not only co-presidents of the Student Government, but also the student liaisons to the school board. “It’s important to us that we accurately represent the student body and their wishes,” Alexander said, “and that we listen to our peers.”
One of the pair’s responsibilities is speaking on behalf of the student body at the monthly board meetings. They update the community on events at the high school — concerts, food drives, sports matchups and club events. And in their Student Government role, they plan Spirit Days, pep rallies and Homecoming festivities. “What I enjoy most about our role as student liaisons,” Maciak said, “is my ability to give my opinion on things happening at the school to the board, because they’re so high up . . . if there’s a problem or something in need of support, we make sure those concerns are heard so that things
can get changed.” Alexander and Maciak were chosen for the roles last September after being interviewed by the previous board liaisons and by their Student Government adviser, Christopher Nyberg. Nyberg told the Herald that Alexander and Maciak “serve as a bridge between the high school student body and the community. They also offer student perspective and access to the Board of Education.” At the Jan. 20 board meeting, held virtually via Zoom, their report touched on multiple district goings-on. They recognized the high school bowling team’s successful season thus far, and
Maciak said that the Student Government was collecting SAT, ACT and Regents preparation books for students in homeless shelters. She also noted many students’ perspective on virtual learning amid the latest surge in Covid-19 cases. “Many students have been wondering why the option for virtual learning is not coming
back,” Maciak said. “Students in all of the grades prefer to have the option for virtual learning, so when we were absent they were still able to join their classes online.” Maciak said she likes to serve as the voice of the student body. “I like being able to make sure that the students’ opinions will be Continued on page 3
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Wantagh seniors keep district up to date taken into account,” she said, “especially since the school board is there to help improve school life for students. We aim to give them insights from the students’ point of view.” In a statement, board President Anthony Greco said that he and the other trustees greatly appreciate the contributions of the student government leaders. “The student representatives on our board of education are such a terrific addition to our meetings each month,” Greco said. “In addition to keeping us apprised of the many wonderful student events taking place, they also help remind us at every meeting of the reason we do this important work: to provide outstanding opportunities for all of our students in the community.” Maciak said that thanks to her work as a board liaison, she has improved her public-speaking skills and become more confident speaking in front of crowds, which she believes will help her achieve her dream of one day being elected to Congress. Alexander also said the role has enhanced her communication skills. “Being in this role has given me the opportunity to become a better listener, as I need to listen to both the student and adult perspectives within the school district,” she said. “Moreover, it has enabled me to communicate more effectively. I have also learned the significance of having a position like board liaison for students in the high school, as it allows their voices to be heard and ensures them that their opin-
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AngelinA MAciAk, left, and Emma Alexander serve as co-presidents of the Student Government and student liaisons to the school board at Wantagh High. ions matter.” Getting feedback and learning from school board members is important to Alexander. “As students, we rarely get to see the perspective of what it takes to manage a school and all the intricacies involved …,” she said. “I love hearing these different perspectives that I wouldn’t get to hear otherwise.” The seniors are involved in the community in other ways as well. Alexander is a Sunday school teacher at
the church of St. Jude in Wantagh, and volunteers at the Last Hope Animal Shelter. Last year she co-founded the Wantagh Foundation for Furthering the Sciences, which is dedicated to improving science education at the elementary level. She is on the board of the National Honor Society, and is a member of the National English Honor Society and the World Language Honor Society. She is also president of the Student Thespian Board for the New York State chapter of the International
Thespian Society, an honor society for theater arts students. Maciak, who was last year’s Miss Wantagh, manages two community service projects. In one, students send handmade cards to senior centers across Nassau County. The other is a pen-pal program with local nursing homes. The Herald previously reported that in 2021, Maciak partnered with Wantagh’s elementary, middle and high schools, to write, collect and distribute over 3,000 cards for seniors over five separate holidays. Maciak has completed nearly 1,000 hours of community service. She’s a Key Club trustee, vice president of Future Business Leaders of America, secretary of Wantagh’s Literary Society and is coordinating the school band, chorus and orchestra’s upcoming trip to Disney World. Students looking to take on similar leadership positions should just “go for it,” she said. “I would tell my fellow students … [to] give it all they have,” Maciak said. “Not only are positions like this influential in forming relationships and gaining public speaking skills, but they improve your confidence.” Before she became a board liaison, Alexander said she hated public speaking, and never would have thought she’d be a good fit for the position. It took “stepping out of my comfort zone” for her to realize she was capable of doing it. “I would tell students you are capable of more than you know, and it’s important to put yourself out there and do your best,” Alexander said. “You never know what doors it could open.”
NCPD: Woman turns the tables on would-be scammer By kAte nAlepinski knalepinski@liherald.com
A Seaford woman made national headlines after she lured a phone scammer to his own arrest — and got it all on camera. Jan. 20 started out as a typical day for Jean Ebbert, 73. The resident of Waverly Avenue was working on crossword puzzles and texting with her son, Rusty Ebbert, which she does every day. Just before noon, she received a call on her house phone, and heard a man sobbing. At first she thought it was her son-in-law, Emmanuel, who, she said, is “a big jokester.” “But then he says, ‘Grandma, I need help, I’ve been in a car accident,’” Ebbert explained. The man on the phone told her that he had been charged with driving under the influence, and needed cash for his bail. But both of her grandchildren, who are in elementary and middle school, are too young to drive, so Ebbert immediately knew the call was a scam. A retired 911 call dispatcher for the Nassau County Police Department, she has hung up on many phone scammers in the past, she said. But last Thursday she decided to change things up. “I started playing along,” she said. “I told him, ‘Oh my god,
Out of an abundance of caution, Ebbert don’t call your mother, she’ll be mad! Let me handle this!’ So they thought I was fall- alerted the NCPD’s 7th Precinct, and two police officers were dispatched to her ing for it.” The scammer gave Ebbert a “case num- house. They arrived shortly after 1 p.m. and ber” and a Pennsylvania-based phone num- filed a report. She got another call from the ber, and then hung up. She received several scammer, and turned her phone on speaker to let the officers listen. more calls, one informing her After several more additionthat her “grandson” was being al calls, she was finally asked to held in a municipal court in put the $8,000 in an envelope New Jersey, and another in and hand it to a bail bondsman which the caller identified himwho would be arriving at her self as her grandson’s attorney, house in roughly 10 minutes. “I “Matt Levine,” who required look at the cops, the cops look $8,000 in cash for her grandat me, and one of them goes flyson’s bail. ing out the door to move his Ebbert continued to con the patrol car down to the firealleged con artist. “‘Can I house,” Ebbert recounted. The Venmo it to you?’” she asked Joshua estrella other officer also moved his him innocently. Confused, he vehicle out of sight and came told her that wasn’t an option; gomez back inside. it had to be cash. She told In that moment alone, fear “Levine” that she had the cash on hand, and that it was intended for a con- washed over her: “I was wondering, what if tractor who was bringing her new kitchen he has a gun? What if police have to shoot cabinets — a complete lie. The nab said his him?” she recalled. “All this stuff runs through your head. I’m worried.” bail bondsman would be in touch. Her son, who lives in Lindenhurst, was All the while, Ebbert was still texting with her son. Though he thought little of it no better. Preoccupied by the situation, his from the get-go, he said, he was becoming mother wasn’t responding to his texts. With increasingly concerned. He requested that access to the Ring doorbell camera system his two sisters call their mother and check at his mother’s house, he checked the corresponding app, saw the police cars and in on her.
began to worry. “I saw this guy walking up to her house — I was like, no way is this happening,” he said. “There was a brief moment that I didn’t know what was going on.” While his mother was on the phone with one scammer, another man — identified by police as Joshua Estrella Gomez, of Mineola — appeared at her door as the “bondsman.” Ebbert handed Gomez a sealed manila envelope — stuffed with paper towels — and as he turned to leave, he was tackled by the officers, who were hiding inside the house. Rusty Ebbert watched Gomez’s entire arrest on the Ring doorbell camera. His mother, a 911 dispatcher from 1989 to 2012, said that experience benefited her in her mission. “I think it helped me as far as being quick,” she said. “[In that position] you had to know where everyone was in your whole precinct. You could never change your tone — you always had to remain calm in the chaos.” A Seaford resident since 1984, Ebbert raised her four children — Deanna, Wendy, Melissa and Rusty — in the hamlet. According to a NCPD report, Gomez, 28, was charged with third-degree attempted grand larceny. He has been the only individual charged in relation to the incident. He was released on an appearance ticket and is due back in court on Feb. 3.
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Legislator Rose Marie Walker, who tives. Those questions will be answered governs District 17, will host two virtual after the presentations or the representatives will contact you community tax grievance directly. workshops next month to Residents are able to disinform residents about how pute the assessed value of to challenge their property their homes until March 1. A taxes online. law firm or agency is not The Feb. 8 seminar, which required to file a grievance. will run from 7 to 9 p.m., is The legislator hosted a intended for all homeowners similar workshop on Jan. 26 wh o d i s a g re e w i t h t h e from 10 a.m. to noon. A link assessed value of their home will appear on the Nassau as indicated on the 2023-2024 County website once the Tentative Notice of Assessment. Rose Marie Walker seminar is available for access. Go online to: www. During the virtual worknassaucountyny.gov/ld17. shop, taxpayers who disFor more information, contact Legis. agree with the assessed value of their property can learn how to navigate the Walker’s office at: 516-571-6217, or email: online grievance process and submit rosewalker@nassaucountyny.gov. questions via chat to ARC representa-
‘Vulgar’ images sent to Wantagh teen, man arrested
Police conducted an investigation A Manorville man was arrested Jan. 20 after he allegedly sent sexual images and found Andrew Quattrone, 38, was to a sixteen-year-old girl in sending the texts and images Wantagh. to the girl. Quattrone was A report from the Nassau arrested and is charged with County Police Department D i s s e m i n at i n g I n d e c e n t stated that the girl had Material to a Minor in the received text messages from First Degree, a felony, and an unknown phone number. Endangering the Welfare of According to the report, the a Minor, a misdemeanor. text messages “were vulgar, Quattrone was arraigned on sexual in nature and conSunday, Jan. 23 at First Distained an inappropriate pictrict Court in Hempstead. ture.” Police recommend that andrew Quattrone The Wantagh girl allegedanyone who feels they may ly asked the subject via text have been a victim of a simito stop communicating with lar incident to contact Nasher. Yet the text continued, the report sau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244said. TIPS. All calls will remain anonymous.
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According to a new poll from Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside, more than 80 percent of metropolitan area residents say government should be doing more to make Covid-19 testing readily available to the public. The hospital’s latest “Truth in Medicine Poll,” released last Thursday, illustrated people’s frustrations with both the federal and state governments’ testing systems. Fifty-seven percent of respondents hold the federal government accountable for lack of available testing, with 15 percent blaming state government. Nationally recognized, independent polling firm LJR Custom Strategies, based out of Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, called 600 residents in New York City and Long Island on landlines and cell phones. The poll was conducted from Jan. 4 to 9, before the federal government’s recent effort to make free test kits available for every household in the country. “The lack of available testing has been an Achilles’ heel of the Covid-19 response since day one of the pandemic,” MSSN President Dr. Adhi Sharma said. “More testing enables those who suspect they may have been exposed to get information, stay home if they have a positive result and help stop the spread to others.”
The poll included several other distressing details and pessimism among respondents, hospital officials aid. For one, 63 percent of respondents believe the pandemic will last at least another year. Forty-three percent of those polled say they have put off routine well visits, including their annual physical, dental or eye exams, mammograms or blood pressure screenings. “During the past two years, we repeatedly have seen patients come to the hospital with more advanced disease that might have been prevented had it been caught and treated earlier,” Sharma said. While 79 percent of adult respondents say they have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and about one-half of those vaccinated have received a booster, those who are unvaccinated remain hesitant to take the jab. The vaccination rate remained similar to the previous poll released last August. “We still have more work to do to educate why people should receive a booster vaccine and to get their children vaccinated,” said Dr. Aaron Glatt, MSSN’s chairman of medicine and chief of infectious diseases. “Vaccination is the way out of this pandemic.” Dana Sanneman, MSSN’s vice president of public affairs, announced that according to the poll, nearly 90 percent of respondents over age 65 have been vaccinated. Mean-
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while, 68 percent in the 18-to-34 demographic in the poll reported being vaccinated. Eighty percent of poll respondents strongly support offering newly emerging antiviral pills and medicines to all patients with Covid-19 and not prioritizing them for the unvaccinated, as some health officials have urged. Eighty percent of unvaccinated respondents agreed that antibody treatments and antiviral medicines should be available to all people. “Prioritizing medicine or care for groups or subsets of people when resources are limited is a highly complex issue and will be dependent on many variables,
mouNT SiNai SouTh Nassau in Oceanside released a poll of New York City and Long Island residents last Thursday in which more than 80 percent of respondents said the government should be doing more to make Covid-19 testing available to the public.
including potentially biological differences based upon genetic factors,” Glatt said. “But racial and ethnic characteristics of patients should not be the primary determinant, unless it is something that directly impacts the care that is required.” The Truth in Medicine Poll serves Mount Sinai’s mission to improve education around critical public health issues. The poll was the 12th in the Truth in Medicine series, dating back to the 2017. Before the pandemic, the polls measured concerns such as holiday stress, legalization of recreational marijuana, and antibiotic use and misuse.
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Enjoy a live show by band Decadia, performing at Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall at 9:00 p.m. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. For any questions or concerns, contact Mulcahy’s via telephone at (516) 783-7500
Elementary Science: Levitating Ice Cube (Zoom Live) Join a Time for Kids in this Full Steam Ahead program from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. Children will conduct an experiment called “Ice Cube Levitate.” Children will explore how different densities allow our ice cube to float between two different layers! Supply list: ice cube, vegetable oil, and baby oil. The event is for children in grades PreK to Grade 3. Guests are encouraged to log in via zoom 10-15 minutes prior to the event being hosted. Contact the Seaford Public Library via email at childrens@seafordlibrary.org with any questions or concerns.
SIbshop Sensory Beans is holding its third Sibshop event from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.. Sibshop is an event where siblings of children with special needs can connect with others! Children ages 5-9 will be engaging in fun activities and crafts! Children will be able to share their thoughts, feelings, and challenges in a safe environment! Pizza and drinks will be provided.Sign up through Sensory Beans’ website. Conract Sensory Beans via Telephone at (516) 308-1462 with any questions or concerns.
Saturday, Feb. 5
Glow in the Dark Skate Night Held every Friday night from 7:00-9:00 p.m., join in on the roller rink fun at United Skates of America Skating Center. Admission is $14. Contact the center with any questions or concerns via telephone at (516) 795- 5474.
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5K at Jones Beach Join the Jones Beach State Park Sunday, Jan. 30, for a 5k run at 11:00 a.m. Paticipants are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite band or artist. Registration is $20 per person and online only at elitefeats.com. Advanced registration is required to particpate.
Pixel Portraits session Create fun pixel art using graph paper. Bring in a picture to use or one provided by the Wantagh Public Library. Hosted from 4:30- 5:30 p.m. for children grades 3-5, children will be attending independently. Parents or caretakers must remain in the library during the duration of the event. The library is following CDC guidelines. Space is limited to ensure social distancing. Registration is required. Please register each child seperately as space is limited. Contact SHannon Jaeger with any questions or concerns at sjaeger@wantaghlibrary.org
Saturday, Jan. 29 Zac Brown Tribute Band at Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall Join Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall to
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Seal Watching In the winter, Jones Beach welcomes back its winter seal population from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Learn about these incredible marine mammals and their migration to Jones Beach, and go for a walk to spot Harbor and Gray Seals feeding in the bay. This program has portions both INDOORS and OUTDOORS. Dress appropriately. Reseervations are required. To register, visit the Jones Beach Energy and Nature website. Contact the Contact (516) 8098222 with any questions or concerns.
Wantagh Blood Drive Help save a life by donating blood at the Wantagh Public Library from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Each blood donation can help save up to three lives and assist community hospitals. To qualify to donate, patrons must bring ID with signature or photo, have a minimum weight of 110 lbs, be age 16-75 (16 year-olds must have parental permission. Those ages 76+ must have a doctor’s note.), Eat well, drink fluids and not have gotten a tattoo for the past 12 months. Contact Jack Leone at 516-221-1200 for more information.
Monday, Jan. 31 Amazing Athletes Children ages 2-5 will be introduced to team building and effective communi-
cation in this interactive, multi-sport program. Learn about sports fitness, nutrition and muscle groups while gaining confidence and having fun! The program will run from 1:00-1:30 p.m. at the Wantagh Public Library. Registration is required. Contact Jennifer McHugh at 5162211200 or via email at jmchugh@wantaghlibrary.org with any questions or concerns.
Virtual Cooking Class: Turkey Bolognese Orecchiette Pasta Join Rob Scott live on Zoom at 7:00 p.m. as he demonstrates how to make Turkey Bolognese with Orecchiette Pasta. Everyone will receive recipes prior to the class. Participants are encouraged to log in to zoom 10-15 minutes prior to the start of the event. Contact Kristen Jording at 516-2211334 or via email at adultprograms@
Seaford Blood Drive A blood drive, organized in part by the New York Blood Center, will be held at Seaford Manor Elementary School from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the gym. Appointments are preferred, but walkins will be welcomed if space permits. To schedule an appointment, go online to: https://donate/nybc.org/donor/ schedules/drive_schedule/286534.
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 knalepinski@liherald.com
There will be an AARP tax prep workshop on Feb. 1 at the Wantagh Public Library. Michael Katz will be presenting a collection of antique radios at the Wantagh Library through February. The Knights of Columbus will be having a community blood drive on Monday, Feb. 7 in Seaford. Check out skating events at United Skates in Seaford at: https://www.unitedskates.com/. Jan. 30 is the last day to pick up a “take and make” craft at the Seaford Public Library.
Buzz’d Express Coffee celebrates grand opening
HERALD — January 27, 2022
By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com
Following months of construction, Buzz’d Express Coffee finally celebrated its grand opening on Jan. 24. Located just north of Sunrise Highway on Bellmore Avenue, the coffee shop offers a new take on drive through coffee establishments. Buzz’d Express Coffee sits on the lot that was once home to the “Bellmore Dairy Barn,” and has undergone extensive renovations. It’s located just a short distance away from Wantagh’s strip of businesses on Sunrise Highway. Converting the dairy barn into a coffee shop allows for the business to operate with two lanes — one for ordering in-person, and one for picking up online orders. Online orders can be placed ahead of time on their app, simply called “Buzz’d” available on both the Apple and Android app stores. The two-lane drive through gives way to the concept of Buzz’d being “express.” “[Buzz’d has] the quality of a coffee shop with the convenience of it being express,” owner Greg Carmada previously told the Herald. “It will be a little bit of a different take on it.” Buzz’d’s general manager, David Czegledi, has been active on their Facebook page and is working with the Bellmore Chamber of Commerce, other local businesses, as well as the libraries, in order to establish themselves as an integral part of the community. “We want to give back to the community,” Czegledi previously shared with the Herald. “We want to provide the best customer service, and give out a high quality product of [both] coffee and food.” Buzz’d’s menu includes coffee and other beverages, as well as bakery and food items, specifically for breakfast and lunch, Carmada explained. The menu is accom-
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Buzz’D ExpREss COffEE celebrated its grand opening on Jan. 24. The new drive through only coffee establishment is located just north of Sunrise Highway on Bellmore Avenue. modating, featuring dairy and non-dairy options for beverage items, as well as vegan and gluten free items for those with dietary restrictions or preferences. Buzz’d Express Coffee will be open Monday through Friday, from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. On Saturday and Sunday, their hours are 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information on the establishment, patrons can visit their site buzzdexpresscoffee.com. Patrons can also follow them on social media — on Facebook at Buzz’d Express Coffee, and on Instagram at @buzzdexpresscoffee.
Buzz’D ExpREss COffEE owner Greg Carmada, with general manager David Czegledi.
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Next round of mini-grants distributed By KATE NALEPINSKI knalepinski@liherald.com
Nonprofit organization Wantagh Foundation for Educational Excellence has provided over $2,000 in grants to Wantagh Union Free School District teachers to propel student education services. At the Jan. 20 Wantagh district Board of Education meeting, held virtually over Zoom, foundation Trustee Liz Guber recognized the five awardees and discussed their projects. Certificates were distributed to the educators the next day. Despite the challenges associated with educating amid the pandemic, Guber said, the teachers have been proactive in improving student’s experiences. “These teachers have taken the time and really been so thoughtful in their proposals,” Guber said in an interview. “Working with them, you see that consideration, especially in this very challenging environment.” The foundation was created in 1993 to mobilize community support, commitment and resources to enhance public education in the Wantagh community, according to its website. For more information about the foundation, go online to: https://www.wantaghfoundationfee.org/.
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Science teacher Christen Bellucci said her mini-grant will be directed toward student projects in her after-school high school elective science class, which is taught at Wantagh Middle School. The seven juniors and seniors in the class were separated into three topic-focused groups to pursue projects. Monies will go toward each of these projects. The first student project researches
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fruit flies memory and mortality, Bellucci said. Flies will be fed microgreens and inspect the impact of the diet. Another group will study the impact of GMOs on the environment, specifically through pollination. The grant will pay for a field trip to Stony Brook University’s biotechnology teaching labs to run electrophoresis experiments on crops, Bellucci said. The last group, Bellucci said, will study algae cultures and the impact it has on algae growth. The upperclassmen frequently pitch complex questions in the elective course, Bellucci said. “This group of seven students teach me more than I teach them most days,” she said. “Every day, they bring me something new and exciting that they want to dive into…they are pursuing what they’re interested in, what they’re curious about.”
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STEAM teacher Kaitlin Humphrey, at Wantagh Elementary School, was awarded a grant that will fund coding and communicating tools. With the grant, all classroom technology can be connected to the SmartBoard. “In STEAM, we focus on the four C’s:
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creativity, communication, collaboration and critical thinking,” she said. “They can really critically think and be creative independently, but it’s difficult for them to communicate what they’re doing. So, the technology will help them communicate with their group and with the entire class, and with those outside of the classroom.” This not only helps students share and present their work more easily, Humphrey said, but assists her with instructing from anywhere in the classroom by using Apple TV and ChromeCast. The remaining grant funds will pay for a subscription to BitsBox, an educational text-coding website. “This will really help students in all the elementary schools learn to code,” Humphrey said. Students can also use the program at home.
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Angela Buffalino-Morgan, a math teacher at Mandalay Elementary School, is working to construct a math lab for her younger students. The foundation purchased various manipulatives for her classroom and lab so she can expand support for her students. She aims to create a math lab, Guber said, which will allow students to have a period of math support and
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reinforcement and “introduce different tactical and visual representations” to teach math concepts. It may be shared with other instructors at Mandalay.
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Forest Lake Elementary School teacher Colleen Conway is rolling out a writers’ workshop program for first-graders that encourages children to write and illustrate their own books, and to collaborate on ideas. The $250 grant will purchase supplies and help her build the program in her classroom, Guber said.
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The last grant was for Michelle Zipfel and her class at Forest Lake Elementary School. The grant she received from the foundation will help her construct a class library. “We’re finding that many teachers want to have library books that are relevant to what they’re teaching in the classroom,” Guber said. The grant for Ms. ZIpfel will support the purchase of fiction and nonfiction books, which will allow students to find the right book for their interest level and enrich the units they’re learning in the classroom.
Task force tackles graffiti continued from front page Property crimes include burglary, larceny, theft, arson, shoplifting and vandalism. Carini said he has seen graffiti at LIRR stations for roughly the past eight years. Last year he helped assemble a volunteer graffiti task force. One of its members is South Merrick Community Civic Association President Joe Baker, 72. Described as the “eyes and ears” of the community by both Carini and Baker, the task force is focused on preventing the spread of graffiti, and removing it as soon as possible. Residents are encouraged to report graffiti and/or send photos of it to Carini’s office. A lifelong resident of Merrick who lives in his childhood home, Baker said he was eager to get involved, because he loves his community. “My personal resolve has always been, ‘look good, feel good,’” he said. “If the community doesn’t look good, people aren’t going to
feel good about it.” Baker, who is also a member of the Mer rick Chamber of Commerce, explained that graffiti and other acts of vandalism discourage visitors from buying homes or businesses in the area. He applauded Carini’s efforts to improve the community. Carini said that he had helped install more cameras on station platforms for vandalism surveillance. “They keep putting it up,” he said. “We’ll keep taking it down.” Chris Schneider, 41, a board member of the Wantagh Seaford Homeowners Association, joined the task force around the time of its foundation. He and Carini worked on community cleanup efforts before Carini was elected to the town board. “It’s making sure this community stays the place we know and love,” Schneider said. “We’re focused on it, and it’s not going to be tolerated in this community.”
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THE ToP PHoTo shows graffiti last week at the Seaford Long Island Rail Road station. The bottom image shows the same area after it was cleaned.
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Herald ScHoolS Wantagh football scores community service awards The Wantagh High School football team continues to shine on an off the field. Not only did the team advance to the conference semifinals in the fall 2021 season, the players were also recognized for their community service work with two awards. The Warriors were presented with the Community Service Award at the Nassau County football dinner following the season. Coach Keith Sachs said that the award, given by the Nassau County High School Football Coaches Association, was in recognition of the team’s longstanding partnership with John Theissen Children’s Foundation in Wantagh. Every October, members of the varsity football team volunteer their time at the foundation’s annual Freaky 5K race in the community. This year, players got to work several hours before the race began by marking the course and setting up refreshment stations along the route. During the 5K, they handed out water and candy to the runners and gathered at the end to cheer participants as they crossed the finish line. Drew Palladino noted that the Wantagh community is extremely supportive
of the football team throughout the season, filling the stands and cheering on the Warriors. The players volunteer their time at the Freaky 5K to express their gratitude, he said in a press release. “It’s the least we can do to give back after all they’ve done for us,” Nick Aldino said in a press release. “I like the feeling of helping people out.” In a press release, Luke Janosko said the event has such as positive vibe and it was great to see so many people from the community come out for a good cause. Mark Maniet added that children like seeing the football players at the race, so their presence sets a good example about the value of community service. In December, John Theissen Children’s Foundation operates its annual holiday toy drive. Sean Carlo said that several players also contributed to the drive by bringing donations to the foundation’s Wantagh Avenue headquarters. Most recently, the football team was named the recipient of the Community Service Award from the Nassau County Chapter of the New York State Athletic Administrators Association. The team will be recognized at a luncheon on June 10 at Westbury Manor.
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Wantagh high School varsity football players, from left, Mark Maniet, Nick Aldino, Sean Carlo, Drew Palladino and Luke Janosko, displayed a trophy from the Nassau County High School Football Coaches Association. It was one of two awards the team recently received for its community service efforts.
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General DouGlas Macarthur High School senior Kayla Coradin was recently named a scholar in College Board’s National African American Recognition Program and National Hispanic Recognition Program.
Senior doubly named College Board Scholar Kayla Coradin, a senior at General Douglas MacArthur High School in the Levittown Public School District, has been named a 2021-22 scholar in both the College Board’s National African American Recognition Program and National Hispanic Recognition Program. Scholars are chosen based on their PSAT scores, taken during their junior year, and for achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher. The academic honor helps to boost students who identify as Hispanic, African American or Indigenous and connect them with universities
across the country. “[My ethnicity] revolves around everything I do,” Coradin said in a press release. “I always make sure to celebrate and acknowledge both sides.” Coradin plans to study architecture in college. MacArthur High School principal Joe Sheehan recognized her achievement in obtaining the award. “Kayla has been a magnificent student to work with these past four years,” Sheehan said in a press release. “I just know she’s going to be an enormous success at the next level of her life.”
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Hewlett Junior Basketball ON JaN. 18, Weiss moved himself into select company with his 1,000th career point in the Bulldogs’ 67-61 important conference victory at Kennedy. The AllCounty selection poured in 30 points on the evening to reach the milestone, marking the fifth time in the last six games he scored at least 30. Through 15 games, he was averaging better than 28 points per game and ranked among Nassau County’s leaders in three pointers with 58.
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Boys Basketball: East Rockaway at Malverne ............ 6 p.m. Gymnastics: Oceanside at Long Beach...................... 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: Elmont at Calhoun........................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: North Shore at Wantagh.................. 7 p.m. Wrestling: Hewlett at Long Beach............................... 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: South Side at Kennedy.................... 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 28 Wrestling: South Side at Lynbrook .............................4:30 p.m. Girls Basketball: Seaford at Lawrence............................. 5 p.m. Girls Basketball: G.N. North at Long Beach..................... 5 p.m. Boys Basketball: Calhoun at Elmont ............................. 5 p.m. Boys Basketball: Glen Cove at Carey ............................. 5 p.m. Girls Basketball: Carle Place at Malverne ..................5:30 p.m. Girls Basketball: North Shore at Wantagh ....................... 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: G.N. South at MacArthur ...................... 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: V.S. North at Hewlett ...................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Kennedy at South Side ....................... 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 29 Wrestling: South Side Tournament ...................................9 a.m. Girls Basketball: Massapequa at Freeport .................... 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Port Wash. at Oceanside .................. 12 p.m.
After its 14-point, second-half lead at Wantagh slowly disappeared Jan. 19 and was down to one with just under six minutes remaining in regulation, longtime Seaford head coach Ralph Rossetti chose to let the Vikings work through the difficult stretch. “I was probably one possession away from calling timeout,” Rossetti said. “It wasn’t like we were getting bad looks or not defending. Wantagh made a strong comeback, but I’m not one to panic. I wanted to see the kids play through it and they did.” Seaford answered a 13-point run by the Warriors with 16 consecutive points in the fourth quarter on the way to a 49-37 victory in the first of two meetings in a 4-day span between the neighboring Nassau Conference A-5 boys’ basketball rivals. Wantagh turned the tide in the rematch last Saturday, winning a 43-42 come-frombehind nailbiter on the road behind junior Jakai Lester’s 17 points and junior Joe Martin’s last-minute basket. “Evan [Block], Jack [Murphy] and Chris [Navin] are all three-year starters and we have many other kids who contribute a lot,” Rossetti said. “It’s a great group of kids and they’re playing with confidence. They do a nice job of sharing the ball and that’s something we work on every day in practice.” In the first meeting, Navin (game-high 14 points) hit a clutch three-pointer with 5:15 left to up Seaford’s lead to 36-32. He followed with baskets off feeds from Murphy and junior Tom Harrington to help it regain breathing room. Murphy had 7 of his 12 points during the decisive outburst. “Murphy’s defensive energy got us going again,” Rossetti said. Sophomore Charlie DeStefano led the Warriors with 8 points. Senior Thomas Campisi and junior Ryan Daly added 6 apiece. “We’re a young team and a work in progress,” Wantagh first-year head coach Matt Simeone said. “A bunch of these guys didn’t play last season, but they’re batting every night. We didn’t do a lot of
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WaNTagh’S MIkE haNdELL, left, looked for a passing lane with Seaford’s Evan Block, middle, and Devin O’Donnell applying the pressure in the Jan. 19 matchup. things well, especially in the first half, yet we were right in the game late in the fourth quarter.” Wantagh (3-7 overall; 1-4 in A-5) trailed 33-19 midway through the third when Campisi sparked its rally with a trey. Five different Warriors scored during the stretch that brought it within 33-32 and had Rossetti on the verge of pausing the action. Block (12 points) and sophomore Devin O’Donnell (9) dominated the boards for Seaford (6-4 overall, 4-3 in A-5), which led after each quarter in the opener. “Evan
sees the floor better than any kid I’ve ever coached,” Rossetti said of Block, who scored in double figures in all but one of the first 10 games and averages 17 points. “He’s a good-sized forward who handles the ball like a point guard and plays fast.” In last Saturday’s rematch, Wantagh trailed 38-33 entering the fourth quarter and held the Vikings to just four points. “The boys worked hard to get back into the game after playing from behind for most of it,” Simeone said. “I’m really proud of how well they played today.”
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff against DAVID W KEEFER, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered July 30, 2015, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme
Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on February 16, 2022 at 2:30 PM. Premises known as 3621 Regent Ln, Wantagh, NY 11793. Sec 51 Block 500 Lot 2. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Wantagh, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $481,785.44 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 004494/2014. Cash will not be accepted at the sale. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.” Ralph Madalena, Esq., Referee 2296-002868 129151
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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE OF NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE Notice is hereby given that commencing on February 15th, 2022, will sell at public on-line auction the tax liens on certain real estate, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party in interest in such real estate shall have paid to the County Treasurer by February 11th, 2022 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges against the property. Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 percent per six-month period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in Section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code. Effective with the February 2019 lien sale Ordinance No. 175-2015 requires a $175.00 per day registration fee for each person who intends to bid at the tax lien sale. Ordinance No. 175-2015 also requires that upon the issuance of the Lien Certificate there is due from the lien buyer a Tax Certificate Issue Fee of $20.00 per lien purchased. Pursuant to the provisions of the Nassau County Administrative Code at the discretion of the Nassau County Treasurer the auction will be conducted online. Further
information concerning the procedures for the auction is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: https://www.nassaucount y n y. g o v / 5 2 6 / C o u n t y Treasurer Should the Treasurer determine that an inperson auction shall be held, same will commence on the 15th day of February 2022 at the Office of The County Treasurer 1 West Street, Mineola or at some other location to be determined by the Treasurer. A list of all real estate in Nassau County on which tax liens are to be sold is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: http://www.nassaucounty ny.gov/DocumentCenter/ View/17674 A list of local properties upon which tax liens are to be sold will be advertised in this publication on or before February 03rd, 2022. Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office. Upon request, information can be made available in Braille, large print, audiotape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 ext. 1-3715. Dated: January 12, 2022 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, NewYork ___________________ TERMS OF SALE Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts. However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased. The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a tax lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of
same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) and the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act(FIRREA),12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et.seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) receivership. The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed. The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to intervene in any bankruptcy case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However, it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk. The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase shall be of no further effect. Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County
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Liberty finalizes purchase of New York American Water Liberty Utilities is finalizing the $608 million purchase of New York American Water. Liberty, a subsidiary of Canadian company Algonquin Power & Utilities, is a regulated water, wastewater, natural gas, electric and propane utility company, providing local utility management, service and support to small and mid-sized communities across North America. According to its website, its goal is “to ensure we comply with all environmental regulations, which is an extension of our local, responsive and caring culture.” The sale to Liberty came after many residents complained over the years about what they deemed unfair rate hikes and a lack of quality service from New York American Water. With the takeover, Liberty agreed to freeze rates through 2023 as part of a settlement with the state Public Service Commission, which approved the deal last month. Liberty will
also keep current NYAW employees and managers for at least two years. Liberty recently announced, however, that American Water would continue to provide payment services for New York customers for the foreseeable future. The NYAW website has a message from Liberty and links to help customers navigate the site and pay their bills. The PSC’s approval of the sale included stipulations for Liberty to launch a customer service improvement plan, which would add 14 staff positions for the company, and to conduct a customer satisfaction survey after a year. Under the agreement, the utility must also create low-income assistance programs to identify customers who may need help with past-due bills. And the deal includes $23.5 million in funding from Liberty to limit the impact of past rate hikes that NYAW agreed to delay because of various factors, including the coronavirus pandemic.
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or indirectly, to any other bidder prior to the close of bidding. No attempt has been made or will be made to, directly or indirectly, induce any other bidder to refrain from bidding on any tax certificate, to submit complementary bids, or to submit bids at specific interest rates. 3. The bids to be placed by the Bidder will be made in good faith and not pursuant to any direct or indirect, agreement or discussion with, or inducement from, any other bidder to submit a complementary or other noncompetitive bid. 4. If it is determined that the bidder(s) have violated any of these bid requirements then their
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Q. We are thinking about how to make our house safer from high winds. It’s old and creaks when we get wind gusts. I looked online at safe rooms, and they’re a lot of work and cost. Is there a cheaper way to make a room — at least one room — safe to go to if we have a tornado, and can we make our house less creaky when windstorms blow?
racious center hall colonial featuring 6 bedrooms and 3.5 baths in the tree street area of Woodmere. This well maintained home has a living room with fireplace, formal dining room, family room and spacious granite/wood kosher eat in kitchen. There are hardwood floors through-out and crown moldings throughout and a full basement. It has over 1/4 acre park-like property plus a 2 car detached garage .Convenient location to shops, LIRR and houses of worship. SD#15.
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Open Houses WOODMERE,1/30, 12-1:30, 16 Prospect Ave, FIRST TIME ON MARKET! 6 BR, 3.5 Bth Colonial on O/S Property in SD#15(Tree Streets). LR/Fpl, FDR,Den & Large Kosher Kit. 2 Car Det Gar....$1,699,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299
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A. My childhood was spent between elementary school in Orlando, Fla., where we regularly had hurricane days off from school, and then middle and high school in Toledo, Ohio, where a tornado actually hit our home when I was 12. Forty-three people were killed in that July 4th storm, while our family of six huddled in the southwest corner of onte eeper our basement, the place we ran to every time the alarms sounded. Getting to a basement at the closest point to the direction the wind is coming from allows the house to blow over and away from you. We were lucky to live in an area where it was understood that you had to have a basement. While I was producing and directing a documentary aptly titled “Hell or High Water” in 2013, I interviewed several survivors and officials in Moore, Okla., the scene of the highest winds ever recorded in a tornado in the U.S. The homeowners I spoke with described how there was no time to run, and they had no basements. At their building department, I met with the commissioner, who explained that the soil there is red clay, and so expansive when it’s wet that it would push basement walls inward. I told him I didn’t buy that excuse, because there are ways to buffer expansive soil with loose gravel in a cage-like perimeter that improves drainage around the whole foundation in addition to allowing for basement foundations. I also pointed out that the brand new homes still under construction across the road from the neighborhood where the tornado touched down had no reinforcement attaching the roof to the walls or the walls to the foundation. They were also using particleboard instead of stronger plywood, especially to reinforce outside corners. The commissioner looked at me sheepishly and said that most people there couldn’t afford it. I noted that eight third-graders had just died outside their classroom. Was the lack of code-required connectors really worth it? I was elated that since we spoke on camera, with their permission to film, I might have had something to do with the announcement, in 2014 that Moore now led the nation as the first building department to require specific tornado-proofing methods, including the steel frame connectors for openings and wall and roof connections I mentioned. If you can’t get to a low, reinforced room below ground level, the best thing to do is strengthen an area next to the masonry chimney. More on safe rooms in the next column. Stay tuned.
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the case with all long-tenured officials, the public eventually gets tired of you, and, seeking a fourth term, he lost to Republican George Pataki. Pataki never gained the notoriety of his predecessor, but he was known to be a hardworking official. During his time in office, he supervised the takeover of the Long Island Lighting Company and helped set up the Long Island Power Authority. Then, in the space of three years, New York had two new governors. In 2007, Eliot Spitzer came into office with a bold agenda, but personal issues drove him from power the following year, and Lt. Governor David Paterson succeeded him. A native Long Islander, Paterson was a bright, sharp-tongued elected official, but he failed to win his party’s nomination and he stepped aside for Andrew Cuomo. Unlike many of his predecessors, the younger Cuomo quickly became a wellknown figure. He attracted national attention last year, when the coronavirus pandemic gave him the opportunity to be a television star. Whether they are pro- or anti-Cuomo, fair-minded people will acknowledge that he became another
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Robert Moses, completing major projects that no other governor would dare undertake. Last August, Cuomo resigned in disgrace and was succeeded by Hochul, his lieutenant governor and a seasoned western-New York political figure. She has swiftly embraced her new role as the state’s first woman governor. Her success to date is primarily due to the fact that she is experienced in handling people issues, both at a national and local level. She has attracted strong financial support from the state’s power brokers because they like her personal style. While few are counting, she has made over 75 appearances in downstate New York, and has displayed wit and charm while manifesting take-charge talents. Upstate New Yorkers are big supporters, because she acts and talks like one of them. There is no doubt in my mind, based on all the governors in my life, that she is the right person for the job at the right time. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.
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very book ever written is about the pandemic — at least that’s what I’m discovering after trying to escape the here and now through fiction. Honestly, I could read “Dick and Jane Go to School” and I would be thinking, not so fast, kids. Where are your masks? Everything we do, everything we read, every plan for the future is now viewed through the prism of the ongoing health crisis. But that’s OK. We always bring our own lives to the RANDI first page of a new KREISS book. Reading is a diversion, but alas, it is not an escape. I read four books this month, which I chose specifically because I hoped to get away from the grind of the daily news and from other books featuring pandemics, natural disasters, environmental catastrophes and family trauma. Ultimately, my choices did not offer escape from the moment, but they did offer comfort, and the knowledge that painful life challenges are part of the human condition.
Because my attention span is a casualty of pandemic anxiety, I selected relatively short books. I want to read Jonathan Franzen’s “Crossroads,” for example, but I’m not yet up for a nearly 600page read. My first choice was “Midnight in the Library,” by Matt Haig. A young woman decides to end her life, and winds up in a kind of supernatural middle space called the library, managed by a kindly old librarian who may or may not be her former teacher, or God. She has the chance, then, to choose other lives she might have lived, and is transported into those lives to try them out. Despite the serious theme, the writing is clever and entertaining. Naturally, it made me think about my own what-ifs. Over the past two pandemic years, who didn’t feel like clicking their ruby slippers and going back to a pre-Covid world? Who didn’t romanticize other unlived lives? I also read “Klara and the Sun,” by Kazuo Ishiguro. The story imagines a future in which parents can purchase artificial friend robots, or AF’s, for their kids. Children spend all their time indoors, learning on screens called
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“oblongs.” They attend special classes to learn how to socialize with their friends because their lives are so solitary. I thought the robot story would be so removed from real life that it would offer distraction. However, the lives of the children in “Klara and the Sun” are prophetic of this exact time in history, when children are isolated and suffering from that isolation. Again, the novelist had his ear to the ground in a way no one could have predicted. His descriptions of a future dystopian society are prescient in many disturbing ways. None of these novels can offer a flying carpet out of our own predicaments. What they can do, and it’s worth the ride, is validate the richness of the human experience and offer hope. My third suggestion is “Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line,” by Deepa Anaparra. This story had the best chance of getting me out of my head and into the life of the 9-year-old Indian narrator who hopes to solve the mystery of disappearing children in his “basti,” or slum neighborhood. Strangely, the novel is buoyant and funny and ultimately hopeful, although it follows a tragic series of events. The joy was in the narrative “voice” of the
n ‘Klara and the Sun,’ the children’s lives are prophetic of this exact time in history.
young boy, whose observations of adult behavior are keen and funny. I enjoyed the immersion in the sensory kaleidoscope that is India. The story depicts, too, the contrast of the “hi-fi” rich people who live in the “hi-fi” buildings outside the slums. So, before long, I was thinking about how our own homegrown disparities in wealth alter the experience of living through a global pandemic. The last book I read this month was “Northern Spy,” by Flynn Berry, a thriller about the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the divisions within the population and the mistrust between the IRA and the Brits. Countrymen and women turned against one another. Families divided over politics. Governments abusing their power. Politicians lying to their constituents and choosing personal power over service to the voters. Sound familiar? The descriptions of scenery along the coast near Belfast are stunning. And the story is a page-turner. Of course, it also brought home the destabilizing political division in our own country. Perhaps we cannot read to escape. No matter. We read to know that others survive tragedies. We read for the comfort of knowing that we are not alone. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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peaking last Friday in Woodbury before the Long Island Association, Gov. Kathy Hochul devoted much of her speech, delivered with characteristically biting humor, to touting the array of projects now in the planning stages that were made possible by the Biden administration’s signature achievement to date, the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The measure, passed late last year, will mean tens of billions of dollars for infrastructure improvement across New York state, including here on Long Island. For starters, Hochul said, New York will invest $1 billion in short order to fix potholes on our state thoroughfares. Potholes, she noted, cost New Yorkers an average of $635 a year in
repairs. “I have a personal experience with every single pothole,” the governor remarked, half-jokingly. The infrastructure bill will also provide $32.8 billion to repair and restructure New York’s crumbling roads and bridges, including $103.4 million for Nassau County. New York will receive $9.8 billion to modernize public transportation systems, making them cleaner and more efficient. Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, for example, will receive $40 million to improve and further develop terminals, improving the flight experience of many Long Islanders there. some $500 million will go to develop sustainable offshore wind farms in the Atlantic ocean, providing clean energy for New Yorkers for generations to come and helping to protect Earth
against climate change. The wind farms will also mean hundreds, even thousands, of high-paying, high-tech jobs for Long Islanders. And New York is set to receive $175 million to build out a network of electric-vehicle charging stations across the state, reducing or eliminating gasoline costs for those with electric cars and helping to fight climate change. We could go on and on. The federal investment in New York transportation and electric systems will reap benefits for years, even decades, to come. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act tells us, in no uncertain terms, that good things happen when Democrats and Republicans work together. We, the people, expect — demand — more such examples of bipartisanship in Congress.
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‘Uninformed’ is too strong a word To the Editor: Re Dr. Michael Ludwig’s letter to the editor, “Blakeman’s decision is ‘misguided’” (Jan. 13-19): Dr. Ludwig’s unhappiness with the way the race for Nassau County executive went last November is apparent, with name-calling. Two dozen “blue” cities have defied federal law over enforcement of immigration laws, so let’s not be naive. In his letter, Ludwig comes off like Hillary Clinton when she referred to conservatives as “deplorables.” “Uninformed” is a strong grade to apply to anyone who isn’t a liberal. I’m not disappointed by such daily attacks. People should, however, use their brains before they engage their mouths. We are Americans with some slightly different views. The ballot box is the field of honor. We should not defame one another. RoBERT F. CAsALE Glen Head
Time to fund maternal care To the Editor: I stand with Dr. Martine Hackett, of Birth Justice Warriors, a Hofstra University professor, and Dr. Tarika James, chief medical
officer of Long Island Federally Qualified Health Centers, to call for a major funding increase to address the nation’s maternal mortality crisis among Black women and eliminate racial bias in maternal care. Ahead of final negotiations for the fiscal year 2022 appropriations package, I am calling on House and senate Appropriations Committee leaders to include $7 million to fund evidence-based training programs to reduce implicit bias in maternal health and $25 million to establish a program that delivers integrated health care services to pregnant
women and new mothers that can reduce the disproportionate rate of maternal deaths among Black non-Hispanic women and adverse maternal health outcomes. The United states continues to have the highest rate of maternal mortality in the developed world, driven in large part by the high mortality rates among Black mothers. The overall maternal mortality rate in New York state is 10 percent higher than the national average. These risks have only grown over the past year, as Covid-19 presents additional risks for pregnant women and their babies.
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efore I started working for the Heralds last year, a coworker raped me at a previous job. I didn’t immediately report it to police. I didn’t tell my family in Puerto Rico, or my then husband. I didn’t keep the torn dress or the photos of the bruises. With only 31 percent of rapes reported to police, according to the Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network, we need to empower rape victims to seek justice in a system that they believe is fair and equitable — and one in which they feel Cristina arroYo safe and supported. Under the current roDriGUeZ system, though, for every 1,000 sexual assaults that are reported, only 25 perpetrators will be incarcerated, according to RAINN. My story is not a 0.025 percent story. Six months after I was raped, I received a screenshot from a different coworker in which my rapist mentioned me by name, saying he hadn’t raped me, that it was consensual. He also mentioned two other women, as if listing membership in a club one out of five women join against their will. I reached out to the women. One answered. She said he had bought her
drinks, and she awoke the next morning, unable to remember the night before, to a text from him that read, “Thanks for sex, hope you remember.” That was when I decided to call the police. Late one night, four male officers came to my home to write a report. I told them about the man who raped me and the other woman, that he had admitted two weeks after the incident that he raped me, and that I suspected he might have done the same to others, based on this woman’s report and the text he sent her. The police dismissed my rape allegation as “sex,” asking, When did he have sex with you? Did anybody else witness you having sex? Had you had sex before with him? Finally, they offered me a counseling services number. A few weeks later, I met with a specialcrimes detective for three interviews. I shared texts and named witnesses to the crime. The detective tried to contact my rapist but could not. I was offered counseling services pamphlets. Not only did I relieve the trauma, but I also had to endure victim blaming, with police saying, “Maybe you agreed, but you don’t remember?” “Are you sure you weren’t in a relationship with him?” “You both made bad decisions that night.” “You should talk to someone — RAINN offers
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great counseling services.” The detective interviewed witnesses who had told me they saw what happened, but no one would admit to authorities that they had seen anything. A year and half later, after I had quit my job because I didn’t want to run into my rapist, he posted on social media that he had exacted revenge on me, calling me a terrible person and himself a “genius.” I immediately went to the police. They said they could do nothing, because my rapist was never arrested and the harassment wasn’t chronic. I tried to get a restraining order but couldn’t, because he wasn’t related to me or my live-in boyfriend. Police said I should’ve reported the rape when it happened, and again referred me to counseling. Now my rapist still works in the same place. I walk with my keys between my fingers toward my car, and check the back seat. I pretend to be on my phone when I walk alone at night, having 911 pre-dialed. And I keep an aluminum bat nearby at home. For rape victims, no amount of therapy offers the healing that justice can. Our justice system and social institutions are fraught, however, with puritanical misbeliefs about female sexuality — the woman is almost always to blame — and a history
o hold rapists accountable, stop asking victims why they waited to report.
of categorizing women as property, both of which fuel rape. New York made some progress in 2020 when the Democratically controlled State Senate passed a bill to prohibit a rape suspect from using an alleged victim’s intoxication as a defense in court. But the measure failed to pass the Assembly, also controlled by Democrats, signaling to women that our Legislature, dominated by men, cannot protect us. Want to hold rapists accountable? Stop asking their victims why they waited to report. Instead, call out men when they objectify women; advocate for greater female representation in formal and informal organizations, especially in leadership; unionize for living wages and worklife balance; and vote for elected leaders that will support women’s autonomy. Victims cannot trust systems that fail them, at best, and retraumatize them, at worst. Once women gain a degree of financial and workplace autonomy and equitable systemic power, particularly in government, our institutions will change. Then, we hope, our criminal justice system will become a safe place for women to come forward. Cristina Arroyo Rodriguez is editor of the Baldwin Herald. She has also lectured in psychology at Baruch College and Bronx Community College in the City University of New York, and has taught Master Executive classes for NYPD leadership at John Jay College.
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Despite the high number of pregnancy and childbirth complications, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies have found that two out of three of all reported deaths were preventable. I am also urging my congressional colleagues to continue funding for several maternal health priorities, including at least $30 million to support uniform data collection on individual maternal deaths, $15 million for the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health program, $5 million for the Maternal Mental Health Hotline and $10 million to train health care providers to screen, assess and provide specialized care to treat maternal mental health conditions. I support the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, which includes my bill, the Moms Matter Act. And I support a host of bills to reduce racial disparities in maternal health, including the Maternal CARE Act, the MOMS Act and Sen. Cory Booker’s MOMMIES Act. I also co-led the TRICARE Coverage for Doula Support Act in 2020, which helped initiate a pilot program for TRICARE beneficiaries to receive coverage for doula fees in 2021. KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND U.S. senator, New York
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