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Celebrating successes in cars Seniors, first responders and front-line workers are honored By TMOTHY DENTON and J.D. FREDA tdenton@liherald.com, jfreda@liherald.com
It may have been cold and drizzly, with leaden skies, and Nassau County may have been in the midst of the worst crisis it has faced in a century, but spirits were as high as if the sun were shining brightly on a carefree world as Seaford and Wantagh celebrated the season with two parades last Friday. In the morning, dozens of Seafordites joined teachers from Seaford High School to honor the class of 2020. And late that afternoon, at least 100
cars, trucks and service vehicles assembled at Gen. Douglas MacArthur High School for a raucous tribute to first responders and front-line workers. Cars and trucks began gathering in the Seaford High parking lot shortly after 8 a.m. for a cruise through the district that took them past seniors’ homes, as well as the district’s other schools, before they circled back to end where they started. “We’re going to try to drive by as many seniors’ houses as possible,” Seaford High Principal Scott Bersin said a few days before the event.
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COUNTY LEGISLATOR JOHN Ferretti, far right, State Assemblyman John Mikulin, Hempstead Town Councilman Dennis Dunne and Town Clerk Kate Murray, second from left, with police escort and film characters, helped honor first responders and front-line workers with a car parade through Ferretti’s 15th District last Friday. At MacArthur, County Legislator John Ferretti joined the Levittown Moms Facebook group to sponsor a car parade that featured State Assemblyman John Mikulin, Hempstead
Town Councilman Dennis Dunne and Town Clerk Kate Murray, all appropriately masked, trading elbow bumps with their constituents and one another before the parade
kicked off from the school’s parking lot at 5:30 p.m. More than 100 cars, pickup trucks, fire trucks and ambuCONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Congressional hopefuls get national support BY J.D. FREDA Jfreda@liherald.com
The race for New York’s 2nd Congressional District seat is heating up, even with current social distancing guidelines in place. At the beginning of the year, local candidates were jockeying for endorsements from Long Island political committees and elected officials, hoping to jump out as party favorites. Now congressional hopefuls are fishing for national backers — and they have caught some. The 2nd Congressional District covers Seaford and most of Wantagh, and extends into
Suffolk County. The district’s makeup may change after the cur rent census because of reapportionment. Earlier this year, Long Island Re publican leaders announced the party would back State Assemblyman Andrew Garbarino, a Republican from Sayville, in the race to succeed Seaford Republican Rep. Peter King. King, who is completing his 13th term, announced late last year that he would not seek a 14th. The race to succeed him has drawn national attention because of his prominence, as well as his friendship with President Trump.
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Congressional candidate, 2nd C.D. The Republican Main Street Partnership, a political action c o m m i t t e e, l a s t we e k a n nounced its endorsement of Garbarino to succeed King, a
RMSP member. “Andrew Garbarino is a Long Island native with an acute understanding of its issues,” said Sarah Chamberlain, RMSP’s chief executive of ficer. “His proven track record of conservative values makes Garbarino a natural successor to retiring RMSP PAC Member Rep. Pete King.”
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CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE lances wended their way through Ferretti’s 15th district, which encompasses parts of Wantagh, Levittown, and East Meadow. Their route took them along Hempstead Turnpike and through Eisenhower Park, past firehouses, hospitals and ambulance depots. The parade passed the headquarters of the Levittown Volunteer Fire Department, which sustained heavy losses on Sept. 11, 2001, and is well acquainted with the cost in first responders’ lives during crises. Nineteen years later, department members still suffer serious health issues. Maintaining a stately pace, the vehicles honked, blew sirens and yelled encouragement that was robustly answered by townspeople along the route. The Seaford parade was smaller, and as a result, perhaps a bit more subdued. But despite the early hour, vehicles followed the same pattern as their MacArthur colleagues, with sirens, songs and shouted greetings. Both parades featured cartoon and movie characters, like Mickey Mouse and Star Wars storm troopers. Despite the festive atmosphere, the Seaford seniors themselves were by no means finished with the demanding schedule that has made the class of 2020 outstanding. Bersin said that many seniors were prepping for the A.P. exams that were scheduled to be proctored this week despite the technological challenges. True to the hamlet’s reputation for “Seaford Pride,” the class remains united. Senior officers gather digitally at least once a week to keep spirits high and share ideas, according to class Secretary Ally McMahon. Although seniors probably won’t have the typical graduation sendoff, their families are decorating the front doors, windows and porches of their homes to create a new kind of commencement excitement. The decorations comprise collages that mark the major moments of the students’ high school journeys, and include photos, jerseys, class of 2020 signs and the logos of the colleges they will attend this fall. Class officers also created a weekly newsletter, shared electronically, in which students can read inspirational quotes and stay updated on the standings of the doordecorating contest. Seniors Nicole Amato and James Padavan also created an Instagram account that spotlights classmates’ future plans. Students can send photos, along with their college selections and expected majors. And two weeks ago, senior athletes were
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THE SEAFORD FIRE Department took part as well, with sirens, lights . . . and Vikings. honored with a community drive-through of their own called Light Up the Night, in which the school’s scoreboard was illuminated with 20:20, and participants around the district flashed lights in honor of senior athletes’ achievements. Such gestures are important, McMahon said, “because [they] give recognition to all of the seniors.” Administrators in the Seaford, Wantagh and Levittown districts have yet to say definitively what they will do to launch their respective graduating classes into the post-high-school world. But, Wantagh Superintendent John McNamara said, “We want to do something special to honor them that also keeps everyone safe.”
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SEAFORD RESIDENT DONNA Schneider, whose twin sons, Christopher and Eric, graduated from Seaford High School last year, cheered the class of 2020.
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CHARACTERS INCLUDING SCOOBYDOO participated in the parades through the districts. A LEPRECHAUN IN a T-bird setting out from MacArthur High School in Levittown as part of the Fridayafternoon parade. Timothy Denton/Herald-Citizen
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TEACHERS AND STAFF, including Assistant Principals Nicole Schnabel and Jennifer Bisulca, set out from Seaford High in cars, pickup trucks and fire engines to honor the class of 2020.
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Hospital’s safe for non-Covid patients By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
With the coronavirus causing many South Shore residents to be afraid to visit hospitals to address other medical issues, Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside has launched a campaign informing the community that it’s safe to come to the facility. Amid a 50 percent drop in patients visiting the hospital’s emergency department, physicians and administrators are urging residents not to risk their health out of fear. “We don’t want people to put their health on hold in fear of Covid,” said Joe Calderone, MSSN’s senior vice president of corporate communications and development, “and we’ve taken the steps needed to ensure their safety when they come here. Our overall message is simply that it is safe to come here.” As the spike in coronavirus patients has lessened, MSSN officials have launched a “Don’t Put Your Health on Hold” initiative in the hope to “return to normal.” In addition to a deep cleaning of the facilities where coronavirus patients were treated, the staff has taken many precautions to ensure the hospital is safe for the public. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Adhi Sharma said it could be dangerous for residents not to visit the hospital after experi-
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MOUNT SINAI SOUTH Nassau hospital officials have begun a “Don’t Put Your Health on Hold” campaign, urging anyone who is dealing with a medical issue, but is afraid to come to the hospital amid the coronavirus pandemic, not to risk safety by staying home. encing a medical episode. He said if a person has chest pains that lead to a heart attack, doctors are usually able to open a heart vessel and treat the patient that same day, increasing the chances of a full recovery. If they decide to stay home out of fear, the heart muscle could weaken, causing long-term health issues stemming from a blockage in the vessel. He
added that it could lead to a person becoming unable to enjoy hobbies like walking or jogging, or worse. “People are delaying care, and while it’s not necessarily always fatal, it’s going to impact lives,” Sharma said. “It can be very challenging for patients to feel safe, but we want them to know that we have taken every measure.”
MSSN is still awaiting approval from the state’s Department of Health to return to providing elective surgeries, but Sharma noted that physicians perform eight to 12 procedures per day to treat patients. They include gall stone attacks, spinal stenosis, appendicitis or any other CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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Nassau honors its ‘health care heroes’ County executive comes to NUMC for National Nurses Week By Bridget downes bdownes@liherald.com
In honor of National Nurses Day, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and other county officials paid tribute Wednesday to the health care professionals working on the frontlines of the pandemic. “These are our heroes,” Curran said at a news conference outside of the Nassau University Medical Center, joined by nurses and other medical staff. “They are the crucial part of our health care infrastructure . . . and oftentimes they take the place of the family. In people’s last days, they’re the ones there, providing care and holding the hands. It’s difficult work, it’s emotionally taxing, and it’s incredibly important.” Some health care professionals are sleeping in RVs, staying in their basements or even camping out in tents in their backyards, the county executive noted, to maintain self-isolation orders. Others go through meticulous self-decontamination measures, including changing
in the garage and showering before hugging family members. “You are our warriors and we want to thank you for what you’re doing each and every day,” Curran said. “As I say, this crisis has not created heroes, it has revealed the heroes already among us.” To date, the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management has distributed 2 million pieces of personal protective equipment to health care workers and first responders. Dr. Anthony Boutin, CEO of NUMC, thanked Curran for coming to the hospital to celebrate National Nurses Day. “I commend our hard-working nurses, all our valuable employees working hard here,” Boutin said. As of Wednesday, the hospital was housing 52 patients who tested positive for Covid-19, and 20 whose results were pending. “This is a significant achievement. We have a 74 percent decline at our peak here at NUMC,” Boutin said, “and I’m happy to report some good news. We are discharging our 565th patient today.”
nassau County exeCutive Laura Curran, left, came to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow last Wednesday to pay tribute to nurses in honor of National Nurses Week.
State, Northwell test in minority communities By sCott Brinton sbrinton@liherald
New York state and Northwell Health are partnering to increase Covid-19 testing in the minority communities hardest hit by the virus in downstate New York, Governor Cuomo said Saturday. Testing will take place at 24 churches. Two Nassau County houses of worship — the Union Baptist Church in Hempstead and the First Baptist Church in Westbury — will be among the 24. Results of the state’s diagnostic testing and antibody testing surveys found the highest rates of Covid-19 infection in low-income and minority communities, according to the governor. Additionally, a state survey of all newly hospitalized Covid-19 patients found communities of color are most impacted. Of the 21 zip codes with the most new Covid-19 hospitalizations, 20
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New York state governor have greater than average black and/or Latino populations. “It is a cruel fact that when you look at disasters and emergencies, the poorest and most disadvantaged people often pay the highest price, and the Covid-19 pan-
demic is no different,” Cuomo said. “The fact is that low-income and minority communities are suffering the most. It is not right, and we have to address it.” Michael Dowling, Northwell Health’s president and CEO, said, “Given the prevalence of the coronavirus within communities of color, it’s imperative that we act quickly to prevent further spread of the virus. Among the ways we can protect our communities — beyond social distancing, wearing facemasks, avoiding group gatherings and basic hand hygiene — is through testing.” The governor also announced preliminary results of the state’s antibody testing survey of more than 1,300 transit workers in the New York City region. Roughly 14 percent, he said, had Covid-19 antibodies. By comparison, 16 percent, or 1 in 6 people on Long Island, tested positive for the antibodies, and 19 percent, or 1 in 5 people, were positive in New York City.
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County and nuMC officials demonstrated proper social distancing while honoring nurses.
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Hempstead allocates $2M for food banks By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com
The Town of Hempstead has allotted $2 million of a $133 million federal aid package toward 14 food banks across the town to help ensure residents in need are fed during the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said Tuesday. Announcement of the allocation, made with the nonprofit Long Island Cares food bank, was the first act of the town’s newly created Economic Relief Advisory Committee, which will recommend how funds from the federal government’s economic stimulus package should be distributed. “Nobody in our town will go hungry because of the hardships they have experienced due to the Covid-19 pandemic,” Town Supervisor Donald Clavin Jr., a Republican from Garden City, said. “Between many of our residents losing their jobs and the grocery stores struggling to meet demand, this funding will keep our food banks stocked for the next couple of months so our residents can be reassured with quality meals.” Food distribution centers, run by Long Island Cares staff, will be located in Baldwin, Elmont, Lawrence, Roosevelt and other communities, and will be open two days a week for a total of eight hours. Times are subject to change depending on community need. For more information about where the food banks are located or how to schedule a pick-up or delivery, visit licares.org or call (631) 582-3663. Each family will receive a 20-pound box of food that can feed up to six people for a week. Each box will contain non-perishable, nutritious food, and staples such as milk and juice. Pet food will be provided if needed, and fresh produce will be available when possible. The federal funding will also support the Nassau Center for Collaborative Assistance, Long Island Cares’s satellite location in Freeport, and will go toward food distribution in Hempstead, Uniondale, Merrick, Bellmore and Oceanside. Clavin thanked U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, a Democrat from New York City, and the Long Island congressional delegation for helping to secure the stimulus funding. He added, “We’re very fortunate to have Governor Cuomo’s historic leadership at this very desperate time in our state’s history. Our town government looks forward to working with the county and state governments to ensure these funds are used appropriately and efficiently to produce the greatest possible outcome for our
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the town of Hempstead is devoting $2 million in federal stimulus funding to help feed the hungry across the town, Supervisor Donald Clavin said Tuesday. communities.” “The launch of the economic relief advisory committee is the first of many steps that will be taken over the next couple of months to regain economic stability for our town, its businesses and residents,” said Town Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, a Democrat who represents the 1stCouncilmatic District, and who contracted the coronavirus and recovered. The town’s Economic Relief Advisory Committee comprises leaders from business, labor, education and the community, and includes: • Joe Belluck, Attorney and Founding Partner of Belluck & Fox, LLP: Before helping to found Belluck & Fox, a firm that specializes in mesothelioma cases, 18 years ago, Belluck took on large tobacco companies as the State of New York representative. • John Durso, President of the Long Island Federation of Labor: Durso represents workers in the supermarket, health care, pharmacy, delivery, dairy and retail food service industries. He is also international vice president of the United Food and Commercial Workers, and vice president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store
Union. • Charles Fuschillo Jr., President and CEO of Alzheimer’s Foundation of America: Before joining the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America in 2013, Fuschillo served 16 years in the New York State Senate, drafting more than 200 laws. • Margarita Grasing, Executive Director of Hispanic Brotherhood: Grasing is also a former board member of the Rockville Centre Education Foundation, Nassau County HIV Commission and County Coalition of Youth Agencies. Kevin Law, President and CEO of the Long Island Association: Law is focused on fostering economic development and improving Long Island’s business climate. He is co-chair to the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council and was formerly a trustee of the Long Island Power Authority and chief deputy county executive in Suffolk County. • Mitchell Pally, Chief Executive Officer of the Long Island Builders Institute: As CEO of LIBI, Pally works to foster home ownership across Long Island. He was also chief counsel to the New York State Senate Committee on Transportation and the Legislative Commission on Critical Transportation Choices. • Geoffrey Prime, Mayor of Incorporated Village of South Floral Park: Aside from his mayoral duties, Prime is a criminal defense attorney and founding partner of Prime & O’Brien in Garden City. He is the past chairman of the Nassau Community College Board of Trustees. • Stuart Rabinowitz, President of Hofstra University: Before becoming Hofstra’s president in 2001, Rabinowitz was dean of its law school. As president, he founded the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, Peter S. Kalikow School of Government and Fred DeMattheis School of Engineering and Applied Science, as well as the National Center for Suburban Studies and the Center for Entrepreneurship. • Cherice Vanderhall, Village Attorney of Hempstead Village: Vanderhall specializes in employment litigation and family law. She previously served as Hempstead Village deputy attorney. “The Covid-19 outbreak has affected us all,” Law said. “As part of the Economic Recovery Advisory Committee, I am committed to doing my part to get the Hempstead community back on its feet in the wake of this pandemic. The multiple perspectives and backgrounds this committee has to offer will ensure the maximum potential for this funding is realized for Hempstead residents.”
Little Leaguers parade in Point Lookout By Darwin YaneS dyanes@liherald.com
Little Leaguers took part in a car parade at Town Park in Point Lookout on Friday as a way to pay homage to a season lost because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The parade was put together by Town of Hempstead officials and fire departments from Merrick and Island Park. Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin and members of the Town Board were on hand to cheer paradegoers. “This gives the local Little Leagues a chance to come down here, in a little bit of open space, and get cheered on,” Councilman Anthony D’Esposito said. “We just tried to bring some smiles to the kids’ faces and let them know they’re not forgotten. As soon as this gets past us, we will do anything we can to get them back to whatever sea-
son we can.” Merrick resident Al Belbol and his son Joseph, 12, took part in the parade. Belbol, who coaches his son’s Little League team, said Joseph practices every day in the hope there will be a season this year. He added that the parade gives players a sense of hope. “It means a lot to him to just be able to get his uniform on, feel pride in playing for the Merrick-Bellmore Little League,” Belbol said. “These kids are dying to play baseball.” Some Little Leagues represented in the parade were Merrick and Bellmore, Long Beach, Point Lookout, Island Park and Garden City South. New York Mets Legend Ed Kranepool, who was on the 1969 World Series team, was a special guest for the event. “Over the years, I’ve been to many Little League functions, and this is one of the greatest you can be part of,” Kranepool said. “Everybody be safe.”
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the BelBol familY from Merrick took part in the parade on May 8.
MSSN to reopen for non-virus patients AREAS OF THE hospital that housed coronavirus patients during the surge last month have been deep cleaned and sterilized.
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fever or any other symptom consistent with the virus, they are not placed in the non-Covid area, even if they are coming in for an ailment unrelated to the virus, such as a broken bone. Though the coronavirus has stressed frontline workers, Calderone said, there have been silver linings, such as the outpouring of support from the community in the form of food and other donations, and the strengthening of the staff by dealing with hundreds of critical care patients. Calderone added that the staff was thankful for everyone in the commu-
nity who supported them, and that he also wants South Shore residents to know that it is safe to come to the hospital for noncoronavirus related issues. “We know the public has been hearing nothing but Covid news for the last two months,” he said, “but we’ve taken all necessary steps to ensure patient safety, and if you’re feeling a symptom of a potentially serious issue, it’s going to be much riskier to stay at home and ignore those symptoms than if you came here to the Emergency Department.”
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unit. Over the past two weeks, the two large ailment that cannot wait for treatment. triage tents outside the facility that hospiOn May 6, hospital administrators opened tal staff erected in late March to treat a drive-through coronavirus testing site in the Washington Avenue parking lot. patients during the surge have not been Patients who are undergoing any proce- used. Calderone said administrators dure in the hospital must be tested at the would likely keep them up into the summer and possibly tent within two days through the fall in before their operathe event of another tion. surge. Sharma said Calderone said that while a second the hospital had strain of the virus is about 100 Covid-posilikely, it’s up to the tive or Covid-suscommunity to keep Have you been diagnosed with pected patients as of its impact minimal. May 7, which continCovid-19 and suffered its “If people are ued the trend of symptoms? Have you been careful and wear decreasing cases. At hospitalized because of the their masks when one point, 80 percent disease? If so, then the Herald they’re in public, of the patients in the would potentially like to tell your wash their hands hospital had tested and really minimize story. Contact Executive Editor positive for the coroany unnecessary navirus, but the Scott Brinton by emailing meetings or gathernumber has consissbrinton@liherald.com. ings, it’s that eletently remained at ment that is going to roughly 40 percent help reduce that secin the last few ond surge,” he said. “It’s individual weeks. While many units were transformed into facilities to treat Covid-19 responsibility and common sense. Those patients last month, Calderone noted, the can help us avoid a large second surge.” In addition to hospital staff wearing decrease in cases has helped the hospital staff to slowly empty the units and sani- personal protective equipment, administize them before enabling non-Covid trators have dedicated spaces in the hospipatients to return to the areas. Sterilizing tal for non-Covid patients, and a no-visiagents have also been used in the emer- tors policy remains in effect. If any gency department and intensive care patients exhibit shortness of breath, a
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TWO HEMPSTEAD WOMEN were arrested on April 24 and charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.
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Police: Two Hempstead men arrested in Wantagh The Nassau County Police Department’s First Squad detectives reported the arrest of two Hempstead men on April 24 at 3:15 a.m. in Wantagh. According to detectives, Jamil DavisTaylor, 18, and Jordan Satchell, both of Evans Avenue, Hempstead, were the suspects in a 911 emergency call about a “suspicious occupied vehicle.” Police reported that Davis-Taylor and Satchell were allegedly with a third subject, who has yet to be arrested. The car, a Jeep Wrangler, was parked on Johnson Avenue in Wantagh. The three men were observed exiting the car, before allegedly walking in different directions and trying to open the doors on numerous parked vehicles. When police arrived, all three men alleg-
edly fled on foot in different directions. The NCPD Canine Unit and the N.Y. State Police assisted Nassau County Police in arresting Davis-Taylor and Satchell. After a subsequent investigation by police, it was reported that the Jeep Wrangler allegedly stolen from Baldwin earlier that morning. Inside the Jeep, police found items allegedly stolen from Baldwin and Franklin Square earlier that day as well. Both Davis-Taylor and Satchell were charged with third-degree grand larceny and third-degree criminal possession of stolen property. Davis-Taylor was additionally charged with third-degree criminal trespass. They were arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on April 25.
Wantagh Schools Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Paul Guzzone as the new principal of Wantagh High School, effective July 1. He will succeed Carolyn Breivogel, who is retiring, after 30 years of service to the district. Guzzone currently serves as associate principal and director of school counseling at Oceanside High School. He previously served as coordinator of special education at Oceanside’s Castleton High School, where he supervised the special education program and the district’s alternative high school. In addition, Guzzone served on the district’s Mental Health and Wellness task force, where he implemented a new course, “Redefining Mental Health and Wellness,” whose focuses included advocacy, mindfulness practices and stigmas. Guzzone received his doctorate in interdisciplinary studies, with a concentration in educational leadership from LIU Post, and has an advanced certificate in educational leadership from the same institution. He holds master’s degrees in curriculum development, instructional technology and adolescent secondary education from the SUNY Albany, where he also received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics education and business administration. Guzzone lives in Seaford.
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DR. PAUL GUZZONE was named this week to succeed Carolyn Breivogel as principal of Wantagh High School, beginning July 1. “We are extremely fortunate to have such a qualified candidate to replace longtime principal Carolyn Breivogel,” Wantagh Superintendent John McNamara said on announcing Guzzone’s appointment. “The Board of Education and I look forward to working with Dr. Guzzone in achieving the high school’s instructional goals.”
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Laura Vanella Nurse at NYU Winthrop Hospital
I was out for two weeks, but every single day I was home I felt helpless. I was thinking about all the admissions in my unit, all the people that need help, and wishing I could be there.
Chris Bonds Town of Hempstead Sanitation Department
We handle garbage and machinery on a daily basis, so we’re used to taking precautions to protect ourselves and our crew,” says Bonds, referring to the workers’ need to stay sanitary to avoid infection. Our bosses have done a great job keeping us informed on how to stay safe in the midst of the coronavirus.
Right now, it’s getting a lot better. Before you enter a patient’s room, you have to gather all the supplies and medications you think you’ll need at that time. It’s called clustered care, and it limits your exposure while you’re taking care of the patient. We can stay in a patient’s room for 20 minutes to an hour depending on how sick they are.
I work on a telemetry floor at NYU Winthrop in Mineola where critical patients get constant monitoring and care. That was the norm of the floor, and then, slowly, the virus started getting worse and worse.
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District Superintendent John] McNamara asked me if I’d do it, and I said yes. Jody and her team prepare the food, and then Mark and I, we divide up the routes between us. He was a driver, too, before the virus hit. Jody’s team has a window service, too, where families can pick up from the school.
Normally, being a sanitation worker is not easy — long routes can lead to long days, and the physical labor can be a strain. In the Town of Hempstead, it’s all in the name of keeping every resident’s street clean. During the pandemic that has families staying indoors, the job is even harder, however. The loads of garbage left on sidewalks has gotten even bigger, and the Sanitation Department’s pickup schedule has been driven out of whack. It’s definitely a challenging time for me
We deliver about 150 meals a day, Monday through Thursday, and then on Friday, we have to deliver for the weekend, so it’s three times as much. This week, we’ll deliver more than 2,000 meals. Last week was about 1,700. It’s been growing every week. I started doing it because [Wantagh School
I’ve lived in Wantagh my whole life. I graduated from Wantagh High School in 1972. All the people I’ve worked with have been amazing. The building super, Tom Facci — he doesn’t ask you to do anything he won’t do himself. And Mr. McNamara has been the same, just working around the clock.
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of downtime. I am in the high-risk group (at 59 years old), but you have to balance Wantagh Fire operations with personal health. This can affect people in good ways and bad ways. For most people, it has affected them by loss of money. I did 34 years in the city as an EMS worker in the FDNY, so I have a pension. I know my check is coming at the end of the month. But for a lot of these poor bartenders, waitresses, people in the food industry, their lives will be dramatically changed.
I don’t know how early Jody and her crew have start to have everything ready for us. Mark takes the part of the district south of Sunrise [Highway], and I take the area north. My normal job is bus driver. Now, I’m working with my back-up, Mark Salerno, to deliver the Chrome books in the morning, and then we come back to pick up the food Jody Piniero and her two girls prepare.
and the entire sanitation crew, but we have a great team and we’ll continue to get the job done.
Some people might lose their jobs. Some people might lose their house. My day-to-day life at work, that hasn’t changed so much. The situation is similar to what happened at the World Trade Center. This is a life-altering event, just like that was. When this is all over, life as we know it will be different, and that’s how it was after 9/11. Personally, sure, the whole thing is a bit scary. You have to come to the realization that this is a pandemic. We get the positive numbers at the firehouse and we see them increasing week to week. You have to come to grips with isolating yourself as much as possible. There is a lot
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to the Governor of the State of New York’s Executive Order 202.26 (hereinafter, “Executive Order”), a Public Hearing of the qualified voters of the WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, Nassau County, Wantagh, New York will be held remotely on May 28, 2020 at 7:00 p.m., prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items: 1. To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money which will be required for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. 2. To discuss all the items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by absentee ballot pursuant to Executive Order 202.26 for the Budget Vote and Election to be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. 3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto. A copy of the proposed budget shall be made available to residents of the School District beginning on May 21, 2020 on the District’s website at www.wantaghschools.or g. While Education Law §1716(2) requires the budget also be made available at School District offices, any public library/free association library within the District, and the polling place, this year that will not be possible due to Executive Order 202.26 and the prevalence of the COVID-19 virus and potential for spread through our personal interaction. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Executive Order 202.26, the Budget Vote and Election of Board of Education members will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. The Executive Order directs that the budget vote and election be conducted by an absentee ballot process in lieu of in-person voting. Therefore, there will be no voting at the polls for this year’s annual Budget Vote and Election. The District will mail absentee ballots with a postage paid return envelope to qualified voters. In order to be counted, absentee ballots must be received in the office of the District
Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020. Thus, every qualified voter shall vote by absentee ballot on the following items: 1. To adopt the annual budget of the school district for the fiscal year 2020-2021 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District. 2. To elect two (2) members of the Board of Education for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2020 and expiring on June 30, 2023. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to Section 2014 of the New York State Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the New York State Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to Section 2014 of the New York State Education Law and has voted at any annual or special district meeting within the past four (4) calendar years, such voter is eligible to vote at this election; if a voter is registered and eligible to vote pursuant to Article 5 of the New York State Election Law, such voter is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register online no later than May 26, 2020. There is no provision for in-person registration for this election. Those wishing to register to vote should visit https://www.dmv.ny.gov/ more-info/electronicv o t e r- r e g i s t r a t i o n application in order to do so online. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Chapter 258 of the Laws of Section 2008, Section 495 was added to the Real Property Tax Law and requires the School District to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how much the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted, identify by statutory authority, and show: (a) the cumulative impact of each type of exemption expressed either as a dollar amount of assessed value or as a percentage of the total assessed value on the roll; (b) the cumulative amount expected to be received from recipients of each type of exemption as payments in lieu of taxes or other payments for municipal services; and (c) the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. The exemption report shall be posted on
any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on any website maintained by the District. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Executive Order 202.26, petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with and received by the District Clerk at 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, not later than Monday, May 11, 2020 at 5:00 p.m., prevailing time. The petition may be filed by mailing the petition to the District Clerk at his/her office at 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, and/or scanning the petition and emailing it to the District Clerk at mcguigane@wantaghsch ools.org. The petition must be received by the District Clerk no later than Monday, May 11, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Each petition shall be directed to the Clerk of the School District and shall state the name and residence of the candidate. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large. As per Executive Order 202.26, there is no minimum number of signatures required on the petition for the June 9, 2020 Budget Vote and Election. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the Wantagh Union Free School District may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk by mail to the Office of the District Clerk, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, or by email to the District Clerk at mcguigane@wantaghsch ools.org, or fax sent to (516) 679-6349. In such request, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application by mail, fax or email. A military voter must return the original military ballot application by mail to the Office of the District Clerk at 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 14, 2020. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a non-military ballot application under §2018-a of the Education Law. The application for military ballots may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax or email.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, a military voter’s original military ballot must be returned by mail to the office of the District Clerk at 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793. Military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before 5:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or received not later than 5:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020 and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with §2035 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to change the number of Board of Education members, or a bond issue for capital improvements, or any other petition required by law to be stated in the Notice of Annual Meeting and Election must be filed with the District Clerk at 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, no later than 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Friday, April 10, 2020. Any other petition, except those petitions required by law to be stated in the Notice of Annual Meeting and Election, must be filed with the District Clerk at 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, no later than 4:00 p.m., prevailing time on Monday, May 11, 2020. All such petitions must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least ninety-seven (97) qualified voters of the District (representing the greater of 25 or 5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); and must legibly state the name of each signer. However, the School Board will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any proposition the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, which is unlawful or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition, or where other valid reason exists for excluding the proposition from the ballot. Elaine McGuigan. District Clerk May 4, 2020
WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, New York 121851 LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA, VOTO PRESUPUESTARIO Y ELECCIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNION FREE DE WANTAGH CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK SE DA AVISO POR LA PRESENTE, de conformidad con la Orden Ejecutiva 202.26 del Gobernador del Estado de Nueva York (en adelante, “Orden Ejecutiva”), una Audiencia Pública de los votantes calificados del DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNION FREE DE WANTAGH, Condado de Nassau, Wantagh, Nueva York se llevará a cabo de forma remota el 28 de mayo de 2020 a las 7:00 p.m., hora vigente, para la transacción de negocios autorizada por la Ley de Educación, incluyendo los siguientes elementos: 1. Presentar a los votantes una declaración detallada (presupuesto propuesto) de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año fiscal 2020-2021. 2. Discutir todos los puntos de aquí en adelante establecidos para ser votados por boleta en ausencia de conformidad con la Orden Ejecutiva 202.26 para la Votación y Elección del Presupuesto que se realizará el martes 9 de junio de 2020. 3. Para tramitar cualquier otro negocio que pueda venir adecuadamente antes de la reunión de conformidad con la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York y los actos complementarios a la misma. Una copia del presupuesto propuesto se pondrá a disposición de los residentes del Distrito Escolar a partir del 21 de mayo de 2020 en el sitio web del Distrito en www.wantaghschools.or g. Si bien la Ley de Educación §1716(2) requiere que el presupuesto también esté disponible en las oficinas del Distrito Escolar, cualquier biblioteca pública/biblioteca de asociación gratuita dentro del Distrito y el lugar de votación, este año no será posible debido a la Orden Ejecutiva 202.26 y el prevalencia del virus COVID-19 y potencial de propagación a través de nuestra interacción personal. Y SE AVISO ADICIONAL que de conformidad con la Orden Ejecutiva 202.26, el Voto del Presupuesto y la Elección de los miembros de la Junta de Educación se llevará a cabo el martes 9 de junio de 2020. La Orden Ejecutiva ordena
que el voto y la elección del presupuesto se lleven a cabo en una boleta en ausencia en lugar de votación en persona. Por lo tanto, no habrá votación en las urnas para la votación y elección anual de presupuesto de este año. El Distrito enviará por correo las boletas en ausencia con un sobre con franqueo pagado a los votantes calificados. Para ser contados, las boletas en ausencia deben recibirse en la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito antes de las 5:00 p.m. el 9 de junio de 2020. Por lo tanto, cada votante calificado deberá votar en ausencia en los siguientes artículos: 1. Adoptar el presupuesto anual del distrito escolar para el año fiscal 2020-2021 y autorizar que la porción requerida del mismo se recaude mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad imponible del Distrito. 2. Elegir a dos (2) miembros de la Junta de Educación para un término de tres años que comienza el 1 de julio de 2020 y vence el 30 de junio de 2023. Y SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con el Capítulo 258 de las Leyes de la Sección 2008, la Sección 495 se agregó a la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles y requiere que el Distrito Escolar adjunte a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención. Dicho informe de exención, que también pasará a formar parte del presupuesto final, mostrará cuánto está exento de impuestos el valor tasado total en la lista de evaluación final utilizada en el proceso presupuestario, enumere cada tipo de exención otorgada, identifíquelo por autoridad legal y mostrar: (a) el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención expresado como un monto en dólares del valor tasado o como un porcentaje del valor tasado total en la lista; (b) el monto acumulado que se espera recibir de los destinatarios de cada tipo de exención como pagos en lugar de impuestos u otros pagos por servicios municipales; y (c) el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas. El informe de exención se publicará en cualquier tablón de anuncios mantenido por el Distrito para avisos públicos y en cualquier sitio web mantenido por el Distrito. Y SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con la Orden Ejecutiva 202.26, las solicitudes de nominación de candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación deberán ser presentadas y recibidas por la Secretaria del Distrito en 3301 Beltagh Avenue,
Wantagh, Nueva York 11793, a mas tardar el lunes 11 de mayo de 2020 a las 5:00 p.m., hora vigente. La petición puede ser presentada enviando la petición a la Secretaria del Distrito en su oficina en 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793, y/o escaneando la petición y enviándola por correo electrónico a la Secretaria del Distrito a mcguigane@wantaghsch ools.org. La Secretaria del Distrito debe recibir la petición a más tardar el lunes 11 de mayo de 2020 a las 5:00 p.m. Cada petición se dirigirá a la secretaria del distrito escolar y deberá indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato. Las vacantes en la Junta de Educación no se consideran oficinas separadas y específicas; Los candidatos se postulan en libertad. Según la Orden Ejecutiva 202.26, no hay un número mínimo de firmas requeridas en la petición para la Votación y Elección del Presupuesto del 9 de junio de 2020. Y SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que los votantes militares que son votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Union Free de Wantagh pueden solicitar una solicitud de boleta militar a la Secretaria del Distrito por correo a la Oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, o por correo electrónico a la Secretaria del Distrito a mcguigane@wantaghsch ools.org. En dicha solicitud, el votante militar puede indicar su preferencia por recibir la solicitud por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Un votante militar debe devolver la solicitud de la boleta militar original por correo a la Oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito en 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793. Para que un votante militar reciba una boleta militar, se debe presentar una solicitud de boleta militar válida y ser recibida en la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. el 14 de mayo de 2020. Las solicitudes de boletas militares recibidas de acuerdo con lo anterior se procesarán de la misma manera que las solicitudes de boletas no militares según §2018-a de la Ley de Educación. La solicitud de boletas militares puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar por recibir la boleta militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Y SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que la boleta militar original de un votante militar debe ser devuelta por correo a la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito en 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793. Las papeletas militares deberán ser contadas si la Secretaria
del Distrito las recibe antes 5:00 pm el 9 de junio de 2020 que muestre una marca de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o que muestre un endoso fechado de recepción por otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o recibido a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. el 9 de junio de 2020 y firmado y fechado por el votante militar y un testigo del mismo, con una fecha que se determina a más tardar el día anterior a la elección. Y SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con una regla adoptada por la Junta de Educación de conformidad con §2035 de la Ley de Educación, cualquier referéndum o proposición para enmendar el presupuesto, o de otra manera para ser sometido a votación en dicha elección, debe ser archivado con la Secretaria del Distrito, Junta de Educación, en 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793 en o antes del 11 de mayo de 2020, tiempo vigente, excepto que los referéndums o proposiciones requeridas por ley deben incluirse en el aviso de la reunión anual ser archivado con la secretaria del distrito antes del 10 de abril de 2020; y debe estar escrito o impreso en el idioma inglés; debe ser dirigido a la secretaria del distrito escolar; debe estar firmado por al menos noventa y siete (97) votantes calificados del Distrito (que representan el mayor de 25 o 5% del número de votantes que votaron en las elecciones anuales anteriores); y debe indicar legiblemente el nombre de cada firmante. Sin embargo, la Junta Escolar no aceptará ninguna petición para presentar ante los votantes ninguna proposición cuyo propósito no esté dentro de los poderes de los votantes para determinar, que es ilegal o cualquier proposición que no incluya una apropiación específica donde el gasto de dinero es requerido por la proposición, o cuando existe otra razón válida para excluir la proposición de la boleta. Elaine McGuigan. Secretaria del Distrito 4 de mayo de 2020 DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNION FREE DE WANTAGH Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York 121875 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Annual Meeting of the School District, the vote on the School District budget and election of candidates for the School Board of Levittown Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, and the vote on the Public Library budget and election of a candidate for the Board of Trustees for the Levittown Public Library, will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, to vote by absentee ballot on the proposition or propositions set forth below, as well as any other propositions which may properly come before the electorate, and to elect members of the Board of Education and to elect a member of the Library Board of Trustees. Shall the following resolutions be adopted: PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET BE IT RESOLVED, that the School District budget for the school year 2020-2021 proposed by the Board of Education and filed with the District Clerk in accordance with Section 1716 of the Education Law shall be approved and the necessary taxes be levied therefore on the taxable real property of the district. PROPOSITION NO. 2 EXPENDITURE OF CAPITAL RESERVE FUNDS FOR SCHOOL BUILDING IMPROVEMENT PROJECT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Levittown Union Free School District (“District”), be hereby authorized to expend from the District’s Capital Reserve Fund, previously established by the voters of the District, an amount not to exceed $1,700,000 to undertake and perform a school building improvement project (“Project”) as described in the District’s Budget Brochure (“Brochure”) on file in the office of the District Clerk, said Project to commence during the 2020-2021 school year and to consist of capital improvements, renovations and/or alterations to all District Buildings, including but not limited to: District
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NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that a statement of estimated expenses for the 2020-2021 school year will be presented at a virtual Public Hearing on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at 7:00 PM and copies of such statement, as well as the statement of the amount of money required for the 2020-2021 fiscal year of the Public Library, will be made available on the District’s website on each day during the fourteen (14) calendar days immediately preceding the election together with the text of any resolution which will be presented to the voters. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law, personal registration of voters is required and only those persons whose names appear on the register of the said school district, or who are registered pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, shall be entitled to vote at said meeting and election. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that all qualified voters who have previously registered for any annual or special meeting or election and have voted at any annual or special election held or conducted at any time within four (4) calendar years prior to this year, are not required to register with the Board of Registration for this meeting. Said register will be filed in the office of the Clerk of the District. All other persons who wish to vote must register. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Registration will not meet for the purpose of registration. If you are not currently registered to vote, you can register with the Board of Elections by filing an online application with the Department of Motor Vehicles that will enable the District to transmit an absentee ballot to you for this election provided that you register before June 4, 2020. The online DMV voter registration can be found at: https://dmv.ny.gov/morei n f o / e l e c t r o n i c - v o t e rregistration-application.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that a list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available in the office of the Clerk. No absentee voter’s ballot will be canvassed unless it has been received in the office of the District Clerk not later than 5:00 PM on June 9, 2020. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Military Voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the District by submitting a Military Voter Registration Application to the District Clerk, no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 14, 2020. A copy of the Military Voter Registration Application is available both by contacting the District Clerk by email at EAppelbaum@levittownsc hools.com and online at the District’s website located at http://www.levittownscho ols.com/. A Military Voter is entitled to designate a preference to receive a Military Voter Registration Application, Military Ballot Application or Military Ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail. Such designation will remain in effect until revoked or changed by the voter. If no preference is designated, the District will transmit the Military Voter Registration Application, Military Ballot Application or Military Ballot by mail. Dated: Levittown, New York May 5 2020 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK 121864
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Garbarino, Gordon collect national endorsements CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE campaign, discussing the environment and targeting ads via social media.” The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has also taken a stand behind the Suffolk County assemblyman. Last week, it was reported the chamber would endorse Garbarino, making him the first downticket candidate that the organization is supporting at this time. The national attention that Garbarino has received comes shortly before a June 23 primary, in which Garbarino faces first-term State Assemblyman Mike LiPetri. U.S. army veteran, former Town of Babylon trustee and educator Jackie Gordon has positioned herself as the Democratic favorite in the June 23 primary. Gordon was one of the few candidates to express her intention to run for King’s seat before his retirement announcement late last year. She faces Patricia Maher in the June primary. Gordon received backing from the National Democratic Campaign Committee in January. Since then, she has continued to garner national attention. Most recently, on May 8, Gordon announced that California’s junior senator and former Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Har ris had endorsed her. Harris said, “We need Jackie’s voice
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NEWS BRIEF Seaford Library extends expiration dates As of May 6, the Seaford Public Library announced that it would be extending due dates on all rentals until Sept. 1. This will help alleviate any and all late fees. The library hopes to give residents ample time to return rentals after social distancing guidelines have been loosened. The library has also extended all library card expiration dates to Dec. 31. Any card that was set to expire before then is now valid through the end of the year.
THE SEAFORD PUBLIC Library has pushed back all due dates and library card expirations.
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’m trying to find the right word. Is it “hate” or “jealousy”? I’m not sure what the right label is for us East Coast residents, but it seems that a substantial number of Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House have a built-in hostility toward us. This dislike goes back many years, and may even be tied to the Civil War. Every time an eastern state asks for help from certain Congress members, it is met with a mean rebuff and a tirade. One great example is the Sept. 11 first responders, many of whom have died JERRY from their expoKREMER sure to toxins at the World Trade Center site. Considering that 3,000 innocent people died in the terrorist attacks and thousands of first responders risked their lives trying to save them, Lower Manhattan should be considered hallowed ground. Nevertheless, it took years before the Long Island congressional delegation and other state officials persuaded Congress to approve a long-term extension of disability payments for those heroes. The fight against that effort was led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ken-
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tucky. A number of Republicans from around the country who fought against the aid request backed him up. Republicans are now looking for ways to stick it to New York and other coastal states that are drowning in debt created by the coronavirus pandemic. The relief bills passed by Congress showed great favoritism to some Midwestern states at our expense. Businesses in Nebraska and North Dakota were treated better than suffering New Yorkers. More pandemic hospital gear went to Florida than to our health facilities, and most of it wasn’t needed. New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts, which have large populations, are essentially being told that they’re not entitled to more financial assistance because they are “blue” states. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has told McConnell that we’re dealing with life and death, not party registration. McConnell has gone out of his way to single out New York, claiming that our deficit was due to high pension costs and that we had no legitimate need. Once he staked out his position, he was joined by senators from Iowa, Wisconsin and Arizona, who pledged that the Northeast would get nothing as long as they were in the Senate. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, whose state is home to millions of trans-
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planted Easterners, chimed in with his own diatribe against the northern states. What is fascinating about this meanspirited attack against New York is that these same senators aren’t reluctant to visit Wall Street to beg for campaign cash. A few years ago, when Florida Sen. Marco Rubio spoke out against directing money to the dying first responders, U.S. Rep. Peter King, who represents many of us, told Wall Street money people to withhold contributions to Rubio or any other member who opposed the 9/11 aid. New York state had more than 335,000 cases of Covid19 as of Monday morning, the most in the country. Our hospitals and their personnel have been under enormous strain keeping up with this terrible virus. We are paying a high premium for masks, gowns and other desperately needed items, and the federal government has been accused of intercepting and diverting medical supplies from several states. Police and firefighters are working long shifts in order to keep up with the emergency demands of sick people. There are sad stories about the death of first responders and thousands of other local people every day. Another obligation of the government, in the event of a future epidemic, should be to coordinate the food supply. It is a trag-
elief bills passed by Congress favored some Midwestern states at our expense.
edy to see farmers destroying millions of pounds of crops and dumping fresh milk while hungry people are lining up at food banks all over the country. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue knows a lot about the farm business, but he has been clueless about how to move products to those in need. And, of course, Republicans in the Senate oppose expansion of the food stamp program for people in need. As a former state legislator who crafted budgets for 12 years, I understand that state deficits are connected to the number of Medicaid patients and the high demand for human services. School districts have always been given a high priority in state spending plans, but this year they face dramatic cuts. That means higher school taxes, and guess who will pay the bill? New York state’s fiscal crisis is tied directly to the high cost of health care, education and other ways in which it meets people’s needs. The Republican claim that deficits are tied to pension costs is an outright lie. But, if I have to choose between jealousy or hate to describe what they feel toward us coastal states, I think both words apply. 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.
Will this plague lead to a new dark age?
ometimes a black hole opens in a culture and civility falls in. History teaches us that sometimes, good will and decency are trumped by avarice and authoritarianism. Read the stories of the Salem witch trials, the genocide of the Holocaust, the purges in Rwanda and the “ethnic cleansing” in the Balkans, and you begin to connect the dots. I think we are on the cusp of such a moment, and I fear for our future. The cracks in the foundation of our culture began with the election of Donald Trump to the presidency and his very first lies about the crowd size at his inauguRANDI ration, a seemingly KREISS small false note that presaged disaster. Over the ensuing years he systematically dismantled many well-functioning stanchions of government, fired legions of experienced government officials and replaced them with sycophants and hacks. The ground rumbled as he attacked the trusted agencies to which America has turned in times of trouble: the CIA and the
FBI. When the information coming from these bureaus reflected badly on him or his administration, Trump undermined their credibility, and by doing that, their efficacy. The crack widened with sick appeals to the racists and the know-nothings and the haters among us. Then, because sometimes we are caught in the confluence of a perfect storm, the coronavirus pandemic struck. It is the worst time to suffer through the worst epidemic in a generation, with the worst leader who has ever risen to power in the United States of America. Bad luck all around. We are living through a nightmare of unnecessary deaths caused not by disease alone, but by mismanagement and incompetence. From the beginning, Trump lied about the pandemic and what government was doing to stop its spread. He missed every single opportunity to make it better. Most disturbing, the lying and corruption at the top are trickling down. The crazies, the anti-vaxers and the hoax-mongers are having their moment. And they are being encouraged by the president, who ignores guidance from the best and brightest scientists and doctors we have in the
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fight. Now, this week, I am seeing the black hole in our society opening wide. Who will fall in? The most vulnerable, of course. People will go back to work, not because anything at all has changed as far as the spread of Covid-19 is concerned, but because they need to support themselves. Because the president missed the opportunity to control the spread of disease, he tells the meat packers they have to show up. He knows they will go home to parents and grandparents and spread the disease. The cost of doing business. This is now the acceptable sacrifice: that tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of working people and older people, especially those in nursing homes, will die so the economy can stumble forward. It did not have to be this way. There will be a virtual culling of old people in this country. To accept this calculated loss of life isn’t just un-American; it is depraved. Yet here we are. The way forward from this mismanaged crisis is difficult and complicated. We need reliable testing so we can know who is sick, we need contact tracing when someone
he crazies, the antivaxers and the hoax-mongers are having their moment.
falls ill, and we need the truth, most of all, on a daily basis, from a reliable source. Most people who need to work and have work will work. But it is the federal government’s responsibility to see that the tests and protections that can make that process safer are in place. Enough dissembling from the president. The fact that he has frequently deployed the “witch hunt” defense, from the Mueller investigation to the impeachment hearings to his handling of the pandemic, is exquisite irony. He is the witch hunter in chief, going after news outlets, reporters, political opponents and now even iconic scientists like Anthony Fauci, who are the only source of reliable information on the pandemic. As one of the characters said in “The Crucible,” the story of the Salem witch trials, “I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem — vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!” Their prey may be riding different imaginary broomsticks these days, but Trump’s witch hunters are still sowing havoc and reaping revenge. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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he weekend was cold and windy, which likely prevented many people from venturing outside to potentially crowded spaces like the Jones Beach Boardwalk. For now, that’s a good thing. The more people stay home, the better. The coronavirus breeds among those in close contact. We know, however, that people will grow increasingly eager to get outside and see one another as the weeks wear on. Nonessential workers have been at home for eight weeks, and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran warned last Friday that it could be another six weeks before the economy fully reopens downstate. Hospitalizations, Cuomo explained, are declining but remain persistently high, and the fear is that opening the economy will lead to a spike in the Covid-19 infection rate — and thus the hospitalization rate, which could, in turn, increase the death rate. Deaths have declined to a quarter of what they were at the virus’s peak on April 9, when a staggering 799 people died overnight. From May 10 to 11, by contrast, 161 died. We mustn’t focus solely on statistics, though. Each reported death is a grandmother or grandfather, mother or father, wife or husband, sister or brother. Someone like Mike Field, a Valley Stream emergency medical technician and 9/11 first responder. He died on April 8 at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, of complications of Covid-19. He caught it after transporting a patient. He was 59. Or Jim Adelis. He died April 4, at age 67. He organized Trees for Troops each year at Dees’ Nursery in Oceanside, sending Christmas trees to our troops overseas. And there are so many more. We must not forget them. Their memories should haunt us over the coming
Where to find help ■ The Long Island Crisis Center in Bellmore is a 24-hour suicide-prevention hotline. Its motto is, “Any problem. Any time. Anyone.” It can be reached at (516) 679-1111 24 hours a day, seven days a week. ■ The North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center is a nonprofit chilweeks. If they don’t, we may be tempted to let up on social distancing. We may forget to wash our hands and wear masks. But we simply can’t, or others will die. Make no mistake: We will be tempted to let up. Warmer weather is almost here, and we’ll all feel spring fever. We will desperately want to get out of the house and spend time with family members, friends and coworkers with whom we have interacted only via Zoom for weeks. We’ll want to return to our favorite restaurants and bars, shops and museums, ballparks and bowling alleys. We must be smart, however, and heed Cuomo’s warnings. We must understand that the coronavirus is an indiscriminate, remorseless killer. We may no longer want to hide, but until the government tells us it’s safe to return to life as normal, we must stay strong and abide by the rules. In the end, we will eradicate this disease, but doing so will require patience and diligence — and, yes, a vaccine. We understand the need to reopen the economy. People fear losing their livelihoods, and worry about paying their mortgages and putting food on the table. A second surge of the virus, however, could be deadlier than the first, and keeping hospitalization and death rates at the lowest
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LETTERS Ending racial disparities To the Editor: The coronavirus epidemic has shone a bright light on already existing racial disparities in health outcomes. Our African-American and Latino communities are experiencing a disproportionate impact from Covid-19. This is unacceptable, and I wanted to take a moment to share with you how Nassau County is working to close the gap: ■ We created a hotline, (516) 396-7500, where all symptomatic residents can make appointments for Covid-19 viral testing, regardless of insurance and immigration status, in partnership with our community clinics run by Long Island Federally Qualified Health Centers. In addition to increasing testing capacity in the Freeport, Hempstead, Elmont and Westbury centers, the county is covering the cost of staff, and provid-
dren’s mental health agency. It can be reached at (516) 997-2926. ■ The Nassau County Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Developmental Disabilities Services can be reached at (516) 227-7057.
possible levels is a bit like balancing a scale. If too many people fail to socially distance, then we will tip the scale in the virus’s favor. That could lead to a second, longer shutdown of the economy, and possibly a second Great Recession, or even a depression. The federal government has put in place a number of programs, amounting to billions of dollars, to aid desperate New Yorkers. It likely isn’t enough, and as we have written in recent weeks, more needs to be done — the government must help fund states’ annual budgets to guard against cutbacks to schools, hospitals, and fire and police departments. There is funding, though, providing at least temporary relief, helping Long Islanders survive the next month and a half. Accessing that money may require persistence and a load of paperwork, but at least Congress allocated the funds, which are only now starting to stream through our local economy. If you are feeling desperate, understand that you’re not alone. There are tried and true institutions here in Nassau County to aid people in need at times like these (see box).
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ew York state’s Division of Licensing Services has adopted new regulations to address widespread housing discrimination. They take effect on June 20, and represent an important step forward. Yet much more state action is needed. The regulations come in response to irrefutable evidence of housing discrimination on Long Island. That was the focus of a joint hearing held on Long Island in December by three State Senate committees, at which I testified on behalf of ERASE Racism. But the problem ELAINE isn’t limited to GROSS Long Island. It is statewide and systemic. That’s why more state action is needed. The Senate committees’ hearing was sparked by Newsday’s three-year investigation of real estate sales practices on Long Island. It exposed widespread evidence of civil rights violations, employing a research technique — involving paired testers (one white, the other “of color”) and the expertise of the Fair Housing Justice Center — that mirrored an earlier investigation by ERASE Racism that demonstrated racial discrimination in real estate rental practices.
The problem, however, is not limited to sales or rental markets, or even to real estate. Stark patterns of residential racial segregation are evident across New York and the United States. They are the result of intentional, coordinated actions of federal, state and local governments, the housing and banking industries, and other institutions over many decades. Those patterns have been sustained by those institutions, which all need to work aggressively to end them. The new Division of Licensing Services regulations require real estate brokers and their employees and agents to notify — and obtain signed disclosure forms from — prospective buyers, sellers, renters and landlords about antidiscrimination laws. They also require the prominent display of information about how customers can file complaints about the services provided with the licensing agency. The new regulations thereby send two clear messages to real estate agents. First, the state has underscored that they must abide by fair housing statutes, and that their license to practice is contingent on compliance. Second, the state has clarified that the Division of Licensing Services plays a vital role in fair housing enforcement.
This step should, however, be just the first of many by the state. At the joint hearing in December, ERASE Racism and the Fair Housing Justice Center proposed a five-point plan for New York, with the following core points:
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■ Create a well-resourced, proactive, and better-coordinated fair housing enforcement strategy. Complaints of discrimination must be investigated in a timely and thorough manner, but significant resources must also be devoted to conducting proactive testing investigations, since victims of discrimination usually don’t know what properties they were not shown. ■ The real estate industry should take affirmative steps to ensure compliance with fair housing laws. The Long Island Board of Realtors has a special responsibility here, but industry-wide action is needed. That action should include the
LETTERS ing testing kits, personal protective equipment and other essential items. ■ We have funded food distribution sites that have already begun providing meals in our hardest-hit communities, including Hempstead, Uniondale, Freeport and Levittown. We are adding more locations throughout the county. ■ Last year, I hired Andrea Ault-Brutus to serve as our first coordinator of health care equity. This is already helping us increase access to health care and improve outcomes in our communities of color. ■ I have conducted Zoom discussions with African-American and Hispanic community leaders, clergy and the NAACP. The conversations have been critical in understanding and addressing concerns in the community. We will keep working to provide critical resources to every community, and we will keep fighting for better health care for all our residents — during and after this crisis. Stay strong. LAURA CURRAN Nassau County executive
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■ Fully utilize the licensing power of the state to better regulate real estate licensees. The new regulations respond to that recommendation. The Division of Licensing Services should also determine whether licensees have engaged in conduct that warrants disciplinary action, including possible suspension or revocation of licenses.
talk about Covid-19 statistics, the Small Business Administration snafu and more. Small businesses, however, are often overlooked in the media. As a Schedule C tax filer, I am eligible to collect Pandemic Unemployment Assistance under the CARES Act. The program enables me to collect benefits even though I am a sole proprietor. I applied for PUA on March 16. I have been certifying for benefits every week. Throughout this time my online account with the state Department of Labor says that my case is still pending. There has been no change to my status, and with the exception of a single payment of $600, I have seen nothing. I keep receiving assurances that the system is backlogged, and that eventually I will get everything that I am entitled to back to day one. Despite my best efforts, and the efforts of my state representatives, I cannot get a definitive answer as to when I will start seeing regular payments. Two months later, I am out of patience and money. Time and effort are being funneled into case tracking, SBA fixes and hospital preparedness. There is no discussion about greasing the process at the Department of Labor. Many self-employed friends of mine are in the same situation. We wait patiently for an answer that is never forthcoming. The system is broken and needs a rapid fix. The governor tells us that we have to continue to
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■ New York State should implement fair housing legislative initiatives, policy changes, and support for programs that expand access to housing opportunities in ering t all neighborhoods. Among other actions, terrori respon the state should enact an “equitable share” housing plan and establish a mini- them, L ered ha mum affordable housing goal for every Nev community. Long Is All five of these steps need to be imple- other s mented for New York to achieve fair hous- approv ing statewide. ty paym agains Elaine Gross is president of Long Island- Majori based ERASE Racism.
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