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TOWN OKS AMAZON PLAN

CUOMO EASES VOTING RULES

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Give in-person option, say Port parents

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5-day in-school teaching sought for elementary-age students BY R O S E W E L D ON For Port Washington resident Henry Duarte, a father of two fourth-graders in the Port Washington school district, implementing virtual home schooling at the outset of the COVID-19 quarantine was “a disaster.” “I can’t home-school, I’m not a teacher, and I don’t pay taxes to be a home-school teacher,” Duarte said in an interview. “The virtual home schooling during the quarantine was a disaster, and I can’t do it again.” After the district announced that students at Guggenheim Elementary School, Manorhaven Elementary School, John J. Daly Elementary School, John Philip Sousa Elementary School and South Salem Elementary School would not have the option of a five-day in-person schedule for the coming school year, Duarte and other parents took action via petition and demonstration.

The lack of a full-time in-person option was announced at a meeting of the school board last Thursday, where it was announced that parents of students in kindergarten through fifth grade would have a choice of either fully virtual instruction or a hybrid of in-person and online schooling that would allow students to physically attend classes two days a week. An option to return full-time could then be available by Oct. 5, according to the district. The decision makes the Port district one of a small number of school districts not to oﬀer full time in-person classes for elementary students, with the Roslyn school district, Great Neck school district, Manhasset school district and the North Shore school district, among others, all allowing young students to physically return for five days a week. District Superintendent Michael Hynes wrote in a letter postContinued on Page 44

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Australian labradoodles Bailey and Charlie, who work as therapy dogs at hospitals in the Northwell Health system, prepare for a virtual session.

Manhasset districts unveil reopening plans BY R O S E W E L D ON Two school districts in the Manhasset area have announced that they have developed models for reopening their schools in the fall which

address the eﬀects and potential spread of the coronavirus. MANHASSET SCHOOL DISTRICT Parents of students in grades kindergarten through five at Munsey Park Elemen-

tary School and Shelter Rock Elementary School will be given the option of five days of in-person instruction, with some student moves necessary to accommodate this. Continued on Page 13

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Sater appears in HBO doc, Senate report

Gyms stay cautious as reopenings start

Ex-Sands Point resident sought for Russian connections

Air filters, social distancing in place

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Former Sands Point resident Felix Sater in the trailer for the HBO documentary “Agents of Chaos.” BY R O S E W E L D ON Former Sands Point resident Felix Sater, a businessman with confirmed ties to both Russian oﬃcials and President Donald Trump as well as a figure of interest in the investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, was featured not only in the U.S. Senate intelligence committee’s report on the election, but also an HBO documentary on the subject set to air next month.

Sater is extensively mentioned in Volume 5 of the Senate report, which deals with “counterintelligence threats and vulnerabilities.” On first mention in the report, Sater is described as a “longtime business associate of Trump,” whom he first met when Bayrock Group, the real estate investment firm that he managed, began operating out of the 24th floor of Trump Tower in Manhattan. The report then says that

along with Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, who was reported to be Sater’s childhood friend, Sater pursued a deal to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. “Sater told Cohen about high-level outreach to Russian businessmen and officials that Sater claimed to have undertaken related to the deal,” the report reads. “While Sater almost certainly inflated some of these claims, the Committee found that Sater did, in fact, have significant senior-level ties to a number of Russian businessmen and former government officials, and was in a position, through intermediaries, to reach individuals close to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin.” The committee then says by the end of 2015, Cohen reached out to the Kremlin directly to seek the Russian government’s assistance. The report says that the outreach was “separate” from Sater’s efforts to reach out to Russian individuals, though senior officials in that country were aware of the deal by January 2016. “Cohen and Sater continued negotiations through the spring of 2016,” the report reads. “Their conversations largely focused on efforts to travel to Russia to advance the deal, but the Committee found no evidence of other concrete steps to advance the deal during this time. On June 14, 2016, Cohen and Sater met in person in Trump Tower, and Cohen likely relayed that he would not be able to travel to Russia at that time. During the summer, attempts to advance the deal stopped.” Sater’s past is then discussed in the report, including a 1998 federal investigation into money laundering and stock manipulation, much of which is redacted in the report, and his time as an Continued on Page 43

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Gyms and fitness facilities in Nassau County were preparing to reopen their doors with heightened safety protocols and measures to ensure that their patrons and staﬀ members remain safe and healthy while they work out. Susan and Peter Karika, owners of the Training Station Athletic Clubs in Port Washington and Glen Cove, released a statement saying they were “happy to announce” their facilities will begin to reopen after Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave permission two weeks ago. “As with everything we do here at the Training Station Athletic Clubs, we will be going above and beyond what is expected from us, providing all of our clients the safest experience when they resume their workouts,” the statement said. The centers, according to the statement, were retraining their staﬀ in preparations to reopen on Thursday. They also said they will be in full compliance with the state-mandated health and safety guidelines.

Protocols that will be enforced for every facility include a 33 percent capacity at all gyms, wearing a mask at all times, social distancing of six feet, cleaning and disinfection supplies available for patron use at all times, and classes by appointment or reservation only. The gyms must also use air filters with a designated efficiency. “We have added electrostatic spraying supplies for our maintenance staff to be used multiple times per day,” the statement said. “Coupled with our normal cleaning schedule, all areas of the gyms will also be anti-fogged throughout the day. With all of these new systems in place, we are confident that we have met and surpassed the expectations of the CDC and DOH,” referring to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health. Cuomo said local elected officials have the option to delay the reopening of the facilities until Sept. 2 to provide local health officials time to conduct inspections. Officials Continued on Page 43

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22 years on, a family’s heartache Sisters of New Hyde Park’s Jimmy Tsui recall days leading to brother’s disappearance BY E LL I OT W E L D

The morning of Aug. 26, 1998, began like any other for Victoria Tsui of New Hyde Park. She got up and had to go to work. She briefly said “hello” to her younger brother, Yim Yeung Tsui, who went by Jimmy, and expected to see him later that day. However, that was the last time anyone has seen Jimmy Tsui. Jimmy Tsui was 20 at the time and, to this day, his family has no idea what happened to him. His parents were in Australia visiting family at the time of his disappearance. They flew home when they heard he was missing, as did another sister, Annabel Tsui, who was living in Hawaii at the time. Jimmy was one of five siblings and Victoria said the whole family began searching for him. They searched around the Stony Brook campus, where he was a student, and the Port Washington area near beaches, which Victoria said he enjoyed. They even went to the Manhattan Chinatown to look, but found nothing. Annabel Tsui, who now resides in the Los Angeles area, remembers the last time she spoke with Jimmy; it was about a week before his disappearance during their weekly phone call. It was early in the morning for her because of the time

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Jimmy Tsui, left, around the time of his disappearance. Right, an age-progressed photo to show him at age 42. diﬀerence between New York and Hawaii. “I was still in bed and I had the window open. There were birds outside singing and he said ‘there’s birds outside, that must be nice.’ I told him he could come visit any time,” Annabel said. She said the family didn’t know anyone at Stony Brook and didn’t know what their resources were or who could help them. She had not lived with Jimmy for a number of years. She is six years older and said because of the age diﬀerence,

felt more like a mother to Jimmy. “I loved him when he was a baby,” Annabel said. Annabel has made eﬀorts over the years to search for him. She said she’s traveled to New York more than once to look and even went to Albany to do DNA tests, but nothing has been revealed. She said she doesn’t know where or how to look for him. According to the state Missing Persons Clearninghouse, Jimmy is 5 feet 10

inches tall and weights 140 pounds. He has black hair and black eyes. At the time of his disappearance, he was wearing blue jeans and glasses. He would be 42 years old today. The Tsui family moved to New Hyde Park from China in 1989; they had relatives in the area. Annabel said Jimmy was very shy and had a diﬃcult time adjusting to the new setting. She said he was uncomfortable because he couldn’t speak English well. When he reached college age, Annabel said she would sometimes ask Jimmy about how school was going and he would say he was doing well and getting an internship, but she learned later he was struggling at Stony Brook. Victoria also would ask how things were going at school and he would assure her everything was fine, but she learned he was struggling academically. She said Jimmy didn’t have many hobbies and agreed he was shy, but was close with her and their brother Allen. She was in college at SUNY Old Westbury at the time. According to a Newsday story, the family received a letter after Jimmy Tsui’s disappearance informing them he had been expelled for not maintaining adequate academic standing. He had not declared a major. Continued on Page 43

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Town OKs site plans for Amazon facility Distribution center proposed at location of former Waldbaum’s market in Carle Place BY R OB E RT PELAEZ The North Hempstead Town Board unanimously approved the site plans for an Amazon distribution center in Carle Place last Thursday. Board members voted 7-0 to approve the conversion of the site formerly used by Waldbaum’s supermarket at 2 Westbury Ave. in Carle Place into a distribution center for Amazon. According to the plans presented by Brad Griggs, Amazon’s senior manager of economic development, the center will function as the final destination for packages before they are delivered to customers. Discussions to turn the 7.4acre commercial site owned by Brisbane-Steel Carle Place LLC, which submitted the application to the town, had been underway since January. Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth cited Amazon’s efforts to listen to community concerns. “Through several meetings with various neighborhood stakeholders, Amazon has clearly demonstrated that they care about our

cient [means] to get to their external delivery points.” Griggs said there will be a seven-hour window for traffic from midnight to 7 a.m. Amazon officials said they anticipate a dozen 18-wheel tractor-trailers to make daily trips to the facility, while van deliveries would be made in waves throughout the day. Regarding staffing for the facility, Griggs told Councilwoman Vivian Russell that the company’s intent is to hire as many residents as possible to create job flow for the town. Griggs did not mention an exact number of positions that would be offered to residents. “We want to partner with the supervisor, with you, Councilwoman Russell, and with the Carle Place community, on hosting events in the area to allow for PHOTO COURTESY OF GOOGLE MAPS the residents in the area to be part of the first key wave of associates and managers hired at this facilNorth Hempstead officials approved the site plans for an Amazon distribution center in ity,” Briggs said. Carle Place, formerly the home of a Waldbaum’s supermarket. Amazon spokesperson Emily community,” Bosworth said in a Some residents expressed “Any of the vans that would Hawkins told Newsday that operstatement. “As they set up shop concerns about the impact of typically be in that area are mak- ations at the facility are expected in a long vacant facility, we are fleets of trucks and vans on local ing deliveries to that area,” Griggs to begin in the later months of pleased to welcome them to the traffic and residential neighbor- said. “If not, they are utilizing the 2020, after a distribution center in Town.” hoods. major roadways as the most effi- Shirley opens in September.

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Cuomo delivers update at Clinton Martin State infection rate has hit new low, but no school sports will occur in fall BY E LL I OT W E L D The state’s COVID-19 infection rate hit a new low of 0.66 percent, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday from Clinton G. Martin Community Center in New Hyde Park. Because of this low rate, one of the best in the country, Cuomo will allow some “lower-risk” school sports to be played this fall. However, on Wednesday morning, Nassau County school superintendents voted to postpone the fall high school sports season until 2021 at an emergency meeting, according to Newsday. They hope to play all three sports seasons between January and June in hopes that COVID-19 will be more under control at that point. Suﬀolk County plans to go ahead with the plan to hold “lower-risk” fall sports including soccer, cross-country and field hockey. Sports involving full physical contact will not be authorized to play games as of now, Cuomo said. These include football, wrestling, rugby and ice hockey.

These sports may continue to practice. Teams will not be allowed to travel outside of the school’s “region or contiguous regions/ counties” until Oct. 19. Dr. Robert Zayas, executive director of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, heralded the governor’s announcement as “great news for student-athletes” via Twitter. He will meet with section executive directors and his COVID Task Force to come up with guidance for school districts. The school athletic association announced earlier this summer that fall 2020 championships would be canceled. It has not made any recommendations as of now regarding fan attendance, according to its website. Cuomo said the state infection rate has been under 1 percent for 17 straight days while New York implements more tests per capita than any other state. He reported that seven COVID-19 deaths had occurred in the state Sunday. Continued on Page 55

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced that New York State has hit a new low in its COVID-19 infection rate.

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S. Floral Park man sentenced to 20 years Brian Marshall-Gibson, 25, pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree murder, weapons charges BY E LL I OT W E L D A South Floral Park man was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to seconddegree murder, second-degree attempted murder and second-degree criminal possession of a deadly weapon in Nassau County Court. Brian Marshall-Gibson, 25, received the sentence for his involvement in a 2018 shooting that left a man dead. Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said that on Oct. 19, 2018, around 10:54 a.m. two men, Demetrius Winfield and a friend, a local cab driver, were in front of a home on Wellesley Street in Hempstead when Marshall-Gibson and another man, Jamik Cannon, allegedly shot the two victims multiple times. The two alleged assailants were arrested on Dec. 11, 2018.

Winfield was shot in the face, chest and groin and was pronounced dead at Winthrop Hospital. The cab driver was shot in the leg and is recovering. The district attorney’s office said Cannon’s case is pending and it could not give any information on the details of the shooting because of that. Cannon and Winfield knew each other and had gotten into a disagreement a few days earlier at a gas station, according to the district attorney’s office. Officials said they could not comment on the nature of the disagreement at this time. “A young man is dead because of a senseless act of gun violence to settle a score,” Singas said. “We hope this sentence helps the family and friends of Demetrius Winfield in the grieving process as they continue to mourn his tragic loss.”

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Brian Marshall-Gibson, left, received a sentence of 20 years to life in prison Monday. Jamik Cannon’s case is pending.

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Park district opens the Heroes’ Plaza The Manhasset Park District has created a new open space with picnic tables on their Hillside Avenue property across from the Long Island Railroad Station. The new Heroes’ Plaza” is dedicated to the essential workers in Manhasset who have worked tirelessly, and uninterrupted, during the pandemic crisis, to service the community. No longer able to, or allowed limited use of, indoor break rooms and lunch spaces, this new park allows workers an area to eat outdoors or socialize with colleagues during breaks. While Heroes’ Plaza is dedicated to these selfless workers, the plaza is open to all, for eating and social distance gath-

erings. It is conveniently located near several restaurants, so the plaza can serve as a setting for takeout meals. The Manhasset Park District is also very proud of our own staﬀ, essential workers themselves, who were able to build this plaza during the pandemic and endure their own workplace restrictions and challenges. The MPD is planning on the entire Hillside lot to resume its function as a commuter lot in 2021, but until then, we hope the temporary space will be enjoyed by all. Submitted by the Manhasset Park District Commissioners

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The Manhasset Park District has created a new open space called Heroes’ Plaza across from the Long Island Rail Road station.

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Cuomo announces election reforms State to permit absentee ballots based on COVID-19 concerns, voters to get ballots earlier BY R O S E W E L D ON Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed three bills last week to allow better voting access in the November election. “The federal administration has ordered an unprecedented attack on the U.S. Postal Service and with COVID-19 threatening our ability to have safe, in-person voting, these measures are critical to ensuring a successful and fair election at one of the most important moments in our nation’s history,” Cuomo said in a statement. “These actions will further break down barriers to democracy and will make it easier for all New Yorkers to exercise their right to vote this November.” The first of the three bills gives voters the right to request an absentee ballot due to risk of illness to themselves or others, including COVID-19. The second bill authorizes voters to request absentee ballots immediately, adding almost seven weeks to the amount of time a voter has to vote by absentee ballot. This legislation eliminates a provision that prevented voters from requesting

absentee ballots until 30 days before Election Day. The last of the three bills ensures that all absentee ballots postmarked on or before Election Day on Nov. 3 or received by the Board of Elections without a postmark on the day after the election will be counted. Ballots with a postmark demonstrating that they were mailed on or before Election Day will be counted if received by Nov. 10. The legislation also amends election law to allow the Board of Elections to count all absentee ballots that have a time stamp showing they were delivered to the board the day after the election but lack a dated postmark. “Voting access is one of the core foundations of our democracy,” Senate Majority Leader Andrea StewartCousins (D-Yonkers) said in a statement. “With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we must ensure that no New Yorkers feel pressured to put their health and well-being at risk to exercise their Constitutional right to vote. I thank the bill sponsors for advancing this legislation, and my Senate Democratic Majority colleagues for their ongoing commitment to empower New York voters and Governor Cuomo for signing these bills.”

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation adding seven additional weeks to the amount a time a voter has to vote by absentee ballot, gives voters the right due to risk of illness to themselves or others, and allows ballots to be postmarked on the day of the election.

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Residents protest cell Often asked absentee ballot questions nodes at Verizon store BY R O S E W E L D ON Port Washington residents gathered in front of a Verizon Wireless store on Port Boulevard at noon on Wednesday to protest 16 cell nodes that a court order has approved to be built across the Port peninsula. The demonstrators chose the store as the site of their protest because Verizon had contracted with wireless infrastructure provider ExteNet Systems to build cell nodes for

5G service in various areas across the North Shore. Following ExteNetâ€™s victory in a lawsuit against the Town of North Hempstead, which initially received applications for the cell nodes and was found to have failed to act or schedule a public hearing on them, the construction is almost certainly inevitable. In August 2019, ExteNet filed applications to install 16 cell nodes in areas includContinued on Page 52

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Port Washington residents protested the construction of 16 cell nodes by Verizon Wireless contractor ExteNet Systems outside of the Port Wireless store on Port Boulevard, a Verizon retailer and franchisee.

BY R O S E W E L D ON With the COVID-19 pandemic leading some to worry about social distancing and virus transmission at the polls for the general election on Nov. 3, some North Shore residents may find it best to apply for an absentee ballot. Can I cast an absentee ballot? Voters can cast an absentee ballot if they are: Absent from their home county. Unable to appear at the polls due to temporary or permanent illness or disability (temporary illness includes being unable to appear due to risk of contracting or spreading a communicable disease like COVID-19). Unable to appear because they are the primary caregiver of one or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled. A resident or patient of a Veterans Health Administration hospital. Detained in jail awaiting grand jury action or confined in prison after conviction for an offense other than a felony. When is the deadline to apply? Voters must apply online, postmark, email or fax a completed appli-

cation or letter request for the general election absentee ballot no later than Oct. 27, seven days before the election, and may apply in-person up to the day before the election. Voters may also file an application at any time before the deadlines, but ballots will be mailed out beginning on or about Sept. 18. How do I apply for an absentee ballot? Voters may send a mail, email or fax request, or go in person, to the Nassau County Board of Elections with a filled out version of the New York State absentee ballot application form, available at elections.ny.gov/votingabsentee.html or vote.org/absenteeballot/. Once it is filled out, where can I return my ballot? After a voter receives and marks his or her ballot, the ballot can be returned by a number of ways: Put it in the mail, ensuring it receives a postmark no later than Nov. 3. Take it to the county Board of Elections Office no later than Nov. 3. Take it to an early voting poll site between Oct. 24 and Nov. 1. Take it to a poll site on Nov. 3.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

FCA elects Sylvia Cabana to Board of Trustees FCA, a Long Island not-forprofit organization, has named Sylvia Cabana as the newest member to its Board of Trustees.

Cabana is the sole proprietor of an immigration law practice in West Hempstead, specializing in immigration and family law.

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Since 2001, the Law Oﬃce of Sylvia A. Cabana has acted as a full- service immigration law firm focusing on servicing Central and South American clientele in obtaining legal permanent residency and citizenship from inception through trial/hearing. Her trial experience includes political asylum trials, cancellation of removal trials, adjustment of status and citizenship hearings. Her family law practice includes child support hearings, visitation rights, custody and Special Immigrant Juvenile hearings. Previously in 2017, Cabana became the first Latin woman to be elected Hempstead Town Clerk, the largest township in the United States consisting of over 800,00 residents. Cabana oversaw vital records such as birth, death and marriage certificates; marriage licenses, performance of marriage ceremonies; passport processing; translation of passport, marriage and birth documents from English to Spanish; development and execution of mobile passport unit; implementation of senior

ID and child safety programs; modernization of the clerk’s oﬃce via installation of credit card processing systems and on-line permit applications. Cabana was raised in Garden City as the proud daughter of immigrants. Her father came to the United States from Argentina and her mother from Cuba. She continues to reside in Garden City with her husband and two children. She received her BA from Barnard College, Columbia University and JD from Hofstra School of Law. Her career as an immigration attorney for the past 20 years has taught her the importance of family values and providing opportunity for people of all ethnicities. Sylvia was previously the Vice President of Garden City Indivisible for Democracy and Secretary of Nassau Democratic Women’s Caucus. She is currently a member of PTA, SEPTA, the Garden City Indivisible for Democracy, Nassau Democratic Women’s Caucus, and Nassau Bar Association. Drew Crowley, Board

Chair, FCA, said of the recent appointment, “The FCA Board enthusiastically welcomes Sylvia Cabana to our team. Sylvia’s passion and commitment to engage and support families and communities most in need will be a great compliment to the many programs administered by FCA .” Dr. Jeﬀrey Reynolds, President/CEO, FCA commented, “Sylvia’s background, experience and compassion in serving Nassau’s vulnerable residents makes her the perfect addition to our board of Trustees, especially as we work hard to serve recently arrived immigrants, Spanish-speaking families and other underserved populations Island-wide.” “I am thrilled to be a part of such an amazing and important organization. Now more than ever, it is important that we help our children and families. The mission of FCA is to provide critical services and to be there for our community in times of need. I hope I can make a meaningful contribution as a board member of FCA”, said Sylvia.

Anti-Asian bias: What parents need to know On Thursday Sept. 10 at 7 p.m., North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center and the Great Neck Chinese Association will be co-hosting a free webinar titled “Anti-Asian Bias: What Parents Need to Know.” “The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a substantial increase in acts of bias against Chinese Americans and other Asian-Americans around the country,” said Kevin Sun, co-president of the Great Neck Chinese Association. “And it’s happening right here on Long Island. Kids and adults are being verbally harassed, spit on and shunned in stores. It’s a very concerning situation.” While many families have shared stories with him about these incidents of racial bias, one was particularly heartbreaking. “The parents of a seven-yearold boy told me that some kids surrounded their son on a playground, cursing at him and making anti-Chinese remarks,” said Sun. “The little boy was frightened and traumatized, and the parents were devastated to see the impact on their child.” “The Asian-American community is facing a backlash that’s similar to what Muslims faced after 9/11,” said Andrew Malekoﬀ, executive director of the

Guidance Center, the region’s leading children’s mental health organization. “Pandemic-fueled harassment and violence creates lasting trauma, especially for youngsters, and all of us are responsible to stand up against these horrific attacks.”

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The webinar, which will air live but be recorded for later viewing, will cover the discrimination issues facing AsianAmericans and, most important, give people resources and information that they can use if they or their children are subject to harassment. “It’s common in our culture for people to keep quiet about these matters, especially when they are new immigrants,” said Sun, “but if we don’t know specifics about the attacks, it’s much harder to help. There are people out there who can oﬀer assistance, whether it be the mental health professionals at the Guidance Center or legal authorities.” State Senator Anna Kaplan, who is the first political refugee and the first Iranian-American elected to the New York State Senate, will discuss antidiscrimination laws during the webinar. “The crisis we find ourselves in has brought out the best and worst in people, and unfortunately we have seen a significant escalation of harassment and violence against the Asian-American community fueled by anti-Asian bias and xenophobia,” said Kaplan. “As Americans, we need to rise to this occasion, and face this challenge as a family,

and there is no place in our American family for hatred and bias. I’m grateful for the eﬀorts of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center and the Great Neck Chinese Association for holding this important event to empower our community with the tools we need to deal with this crisis, and I encourage everyone to participate and be part of the solution.” Other participants will include Regina Barros-Rivera, Associate Executive Director of the Guidance Center; Christine Liu, the vice chair of the Nassau Asian American Advisory Council and a board member at the Chinese American Association of North Hempstead and Herricks Chinese Association; and ChenXin Xu, Board Member of the Great Neck Chinese Association and Founder, New York Music & Arts. The free webinar is open to everyone. Questions will be taken during the event, or people can email questions prior to the webinar at president@gnca. org. For more information about the Great Neck Chinese Association, visit www.gnca.org. To learn more about the services oﬀered by the Guidance Center, visit www.northshorechildguidance.org.

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No full-time in-person learning for Port Continued from Page 1 “We will utilize all of our classroom space in both elementary schools, and move all Kindergarten sections to Shelter Rock Elementary School and move 60 fifth grade Munsey Park students to Shelter Rock Elementary School,” Superintendent Vincent Butera said in a letter to the community. Students in grades 6 through 12 at Manhasset Secondary School will be operating on a hybrid program. Attendees will be separated into A days for those with the last names beginning with A through L, and B days for those with last names beginning with M through Z. On the days that students are not attending class, they will engage in classroom instruction remotely through the Zoom videoconferencing platform. Parents will also have the option of a fully remote program for all grade levels. PORT WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT After a week that included a change in date of the first day of classes and an announcement that a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, the Port Washington school district has announced its reopening plan – but it won’t involve elementary students returning full-time. In a letter issued Aug. 19, Superintendent Michael Hynes announced that the district would resume classes on Tuesday, Sept. 8, rather than Thursday, Sept. 3, with the delay needed to give more time to prepare the staff for COVID-19 protocols. Schools were already scheduled to be closed Monday, Sept. 7, in observance of Labor Day. “To ensure we have the proper time to orient our District staff to new protocols and procedures, including safety protocols, schedules, roles and

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The Manhasset School District has been has announced its official plan for reopening in the fall. responsibilities, assignments, and IT infrastructure, to name a few, we have decided to delay the opening of schools for students to Tuesday, Sept. 8,” Hynes wrote. “This will give us two additional days — Thursday, Sept. 3 and Friday, Sept. 4 — for professional development and building preparation for the return of our students.” Another letter written by Hynes and sent out Aug. 18 said that on Aug. 16, the district was informed that one of its nonteaching staﬀ members had tested positive for COVID-19. “We immediately contacted the Nassau County Department of Health (NCDOH) to commence the contact tracing

protocol,” Hynes wrote. “As required by the protocol, the District also provided the NCDOH with the names of those district staﬀ members this individual may have had contact with. We were informed [Monday, Aug. 17] by the NCDOH that all District personnel contacted tested negative.” The individual, who was not identified by name or position, will remain under home quarantine for the required two weeks and will be permitted to return to work only after the district receives medical clearance from a physician and documentation of negative testing at the conclusion of the two-week quarantine.

Hynes added that the Health Department indicated it was not necessary for the district to take any further action. “However, we have promised the community we will be totally transparent about all instances of either a student, teacher or district staﬀ member testing positive for COVID-19 and what the follow-up actions will be,” Hynes wrote. “In line with this commitment, we are informing the community of this situation.” The superintendent noted that the community was only three weeks away from the start of the new school year, and wrote that he wished the community had been provided “as

much joy and personal rejuvenation” as possible “given the unusual circumstances we are all living in today.” “While ever cautious, we are excited about the opening of school and welcoming your children back into our classrooms,” Hynes wrote. At a school board meeting on Aug. 20, the district presented its plan for reopening. Unlike past plans presented to the board, elementary school students will not have an option to attend classes in-person five days a week. Instead, parents of students at Guggenheim Elementary School, Manorhaven Elementary School, John J. Daly Elementary School, John Philip Sousa Elementary School and South Salem Elementary School will have the choice of a hybrid program, with two days of in-person classes a week and three of remote learning, or an entirely remote schedule. Students in kindergarten and first grade will receive iPads, and students in the second through fifth grade will receive Google Chromebooks to facilitate the remote parts of learning. The district also said it will be reevaluating the option to allow five-day in-person classes on Oct. 5. At Carrie Palmer Weber Middle School, parents will also have a choice of hybrid or fully virtual instruction. The hybrid model will involve coming to school two days a week and receiving instruction through Google Classroom and/ or livestreaming the remaining three days. Finally, students at Schreiber High School will also have the option to have either an entirely remote or hybrid learning schedule, and will receive Google Chromebooks that they will be expected to take to school on in-person days.

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Opinion

OUR VIEWS

Do Black lives matter in Nassau?

nacted in the 1870s, Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation — and inferior treatment — of Blacks in the South for nearly 100 years. The laws included separate accommodations for schools and other public facilities as well as transportation, including the coaches of interstate trains and buses. Restrooms would also be segregated, as would restaurants, drinking fountains and the military. The Supreme Court upheld these laws in 1896 in the infamous Plessy vs. Ferguson case, establishing the “separate but equal” doctrine in which the treatment of Blacks was never equal. When opposition to the laws grew in the 1950s and 1960s, proponents of racial segregation routinely denounced federal interference in “states’ rights.” They would use “states rights” as a justification for segregation until the Civil Rights Act passed Congress in 1964 and the Voting Rights Acts in 1965. So disingenuous arguments intended to distract or mischaracterizehave been used for a long time to oppose equal treatment of Blacks. We would like to think that is not what we are seeing with Nassau County Republican oﬃcials promoting a “Blue Ribbon Campaign in Support of Law Enforcement.” But the evidence seems to be pointing the other way. The Blue Ribbon Campaign appears to be nothing more than a sequel to the All Lives Matter response to Black Lives Matter. Both seem intended to ignore if not deny the problems with policing in our country proved by videos shown online and on our televisions all too often. “As the Nassau County Police Department and thousands of NYPD oﬃcers living on Long Island continue to battle anti-police sentiment coupled with calls to ‘defund the po-

lice,’ the Nassau County Legislature unveiled a new Blue Ribbon initiative to encourage homes and businesses to show their support for the women of law enforcement,” county Republicans said in a release. Let’s be clear. Police across the country perform a diﬃcult and sometimes dangerous job. No one fails to appreciate them when they do their jobs properly or go even beyond the call of duty. In those times, they richly deserve our praise. But that’s not what Black Lives Matter supporters are talking about. They’re talking about when the police don’t perform their jobs properly. The widespread use of cellphone cameras is demonstrating that happens all too often to Black and brown people. If Nassau Republican oﬃcials disagree, they should say so. In the meantime, we are left with the troubling language of their press release and public statements. Why, for instance, characterize concerns about police brutality as “anti-police sentiment?” Are they really the same thing? If so, that’s not saying much for the police. The Republicans also criticize calls to “defund the police,” an imprecise term understood by most Americans to mean reforming policing. Former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate, and the entire Democratic leadership in Congress have all rejected the term in calling for police reforms. New York City did cut the police budget by $1 billion — out of the total $9 billion that it slashed — as part of its $88.1 billion budget due to revenues lost to the coronavirus. But even that was less than what meets the eye. Most of the $1 billion in savings came from shifting the monitoring of illegal vending, homeless people on the streets and school safety away from the police. In other words, accounting tricks. No such cuts are planned in Nassau County.

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And are the brave members of the Nassau County Police Department and the thousands of NYPD officers living on Long Island really that sensitive to criticism of policing in the United States that they need us to comfort them? Missing from the press release is any similar expression of concern for the treatment of Blacks by police in this country. This might be explained, in at least in part, by the symbiotic relationship between police and Republicans in Nassau County. Nassau County police have supported the Republican Party with campaign donations and crucial endorsements to residents concerned about crime for decades. In return, Nassau Republican legislators have made county police among the best compensated public employees in the state. The legislators and other officials have also offered an implicit promise to give police officers who have behaved improperly the benefit of the doubt. As we have pointed out before, 27 police unions from across New York state and Long Island endorsed Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray for Nassau County district attorney in 2015 — even though Murray was a career politician who had never practiced criminal law and her opponent, Madeline Singas, was a career prosecutor and then acting DA. James Carver, president of the Nassau County Police Benevolent Association, pointed to Singas campaign literature citing her willingness to prosecute police if they committed

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crimes as among the reasons for the unions’ support. This seems to dovetail nicely with the support of police on Long Island and Nassau Republican legislators’ backing of President Trump, who is currently running what might be charitably called a racially charged reelection campaign. In 2017, President Trump received a warm reception from police in neighboring Suffolk County when he encouraged officers “not to be nice.” To be “rough” when throwing someone “into the back of the paddy wagon.” When they were pushing a suspected killer’s head into a squad car with a hand over the perp’s head, he said, don’t worry about hitting the head. “You can take the hand away.” The Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association recently joined law enforcement organizations from across the state in endorsing Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin for re-election. Zeldin is a vocal Trump supporter who was scheduled to give a keynote address at this week’s Republican convention. The New York City PBA has already endorsed Trump himself for president. If police and their supporters are really concerned about “anti-police” sentiment, they might try not endorsing candidates who encourage police brutality. But this focus on police brutality is in a way unfair to police. Support for the Black Lives Movement exploded following the release of a video of a white policeman non-

chalantly standing with his knee on George Floyd’s neck on a Minneapolis city street in broad daylight for 8 minutes and 46 minutes seconds with three oﬃcers beside him. The sheer brazenness of the killing gave credence to millions of people who previously doubted claims surrounding the questionable killing of Black men that began in July 2013 after the killing of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of teen Trayvon Martin and continued with the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner on Staten Island. The evidence corroborating frequent claims of police brutality has continued to pile up ever since. But Black Lives Matter’s focus is on more than policing. It also addresses systemic racism — 400 years after Blacks were brought to this country as slaves. This racism is death by a thousand cuts, extending from an enormous gap in wealth to much higher unemployment rates to housing. Nassau Republican oﬃcials should know something about this. The county is currently among the nation’s most racially segregated suburbs, thanks to zoning codes, mortgage redlining, blockbusting, school district boundaries, major roadways, racial steering practices by some real estate agents and outright racism. This didn’t happen by accident. Call it Jim Crow lite. Nassau police may have had a role in this, but by no stretch of the imagination are they the only ones who bear responsibility.

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ON THE RIGHT

How to cure Nassau County’s ailing finances

hen the Nassau Interim Finance Authority voted in January 2011 to impose a control period on the county government, the board chairman, Ronald Stack—an expert in municipal finance—had a plan in mind to get the county back on the path of fiscal righteousness. The Stack plan, which included controls on spending and hiring, a wage freeze, and some tax-cert borrowing, was working, and the annual GAAP deficit was declining through 2013. (Tax certiorariis the term for legal proceedings by which a real property’s tax assessment is reviewed by an administrative agency such as the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission and ultimately by the courts. GAAP means Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.) A wrench was thrown into the plan, however, when Stack’s successor, NIFA Chairman Jon Kaiman, negotiated a union wage deal in 2014 that was nothing more than blue smoke and mirrors. Kaiman’s claim that the deal was cost-neutral was false and based largely on expectations for the ill-fated and infamous county speed camera program. An analysis released by the county’s independent fiscal watch-

dog concluded the new labor amendments would cost Nassau taxpayers somewhere between $120 million to $292 million. The Kaiman deal caused the Nassau budget deficit to jump in 2015 to $189.2 million. In later years, however, the county’s deficit began declining, thanks to NIFA’s insistence on fiscal discipline (including multiple rejections and revisions of county budgets) and a strong economy. The county has reduced its dependency on borrowing for capital projects, employee termination payments, and legal judgments and settlements. Sales tax and other key revenue streams had grown significantly and rising property values had stabilized property tax streams. In fact, in fiscal 2019, the county incurred its first GAAP surplus, $76.8 million, in decades. If that trend continued, NIFA might have lifted its controls in 2021. But all bets are oﬀ due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Aug.18, NIFA issued its midyear analysis of the county’s financial plan—and it is depressing reading. NIFA projects that the $3.55 billion 2020 budget can incur a GAAP deficit to the tune of $334.2 million. In the out years, the budgets are

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right projected to have deficits of $481.4 million in 2021; $423.9 million in 2022; and in 2023, $436.3 million. What’s driving these deficits? The main culprit is the reduction in sales tax dollars due to Gov. Cuomo’s shutdown of the economy. In the second quarter, those revenues were down 24 percent compared to the same period in 2019. Sales tax revenues could be oﬀ as much as $237.8 million in 2020. Proceeds from other income streams (i.e., Department Revenues, Fine and Forfeitures, OTB payments) are also taking hits due to lower transaction and economic activity. NIFA estimates that total revenues could be oﬀ as much as $334.2 million by year end.

To address this crisis, NIFA Chairman Adam Barsky urged the county “to use the economic catastrophe as an opportunity to go beyond preexisting geographic and political disagreements and examine all options, including those that might have been disregarded in more ‘normal times.’” Many of the options available to elected oﬃcials can be found in the Grant-Thornton study commissioned by NIFA in 2011 to identify potential savings and cost-cutting opportunities valued at between $251 million and $319 million. Since most of the recommendations have been ignored, the nineyear-old report is still relevant and its suggestions valuable. The savings the county executive has proposed thus far don’t cut it. NIFA’s analysis reveals “almost 40 percent would not provide savings on a GAAP basis and more than 90 percent would be non-recurring.” These gimmicks will not put the county on a firm, structural financial footing. They will only kick the fiscal can down the road. To address the projected deficits in the coming years, NIFA recommends that the county “implement gap-closing initiatives in fiscal year 2020, which provide recurring revenues and savings beyond the current year; and pursu[e] productiv-

ity improvements through collective bargaining in order to control labor costs, which represent approximately half of total spending.” Such measures and increasing sales tax receipts, due to a recovering economy, may significantly improve the county’s fiscal condition. However, if the County refuses to deal with fiscal realities and employs fiscal sleight of hand schemes as the Republicans did back in the 1990s and during the corrupt Mangano administration, NIFA will have to step in and impose what Chairman Barsky has called “Draconian” spending cuts. Barsky said the measures could include laying oﬀ as many as 2,900 employees or hiking county property taxes by up to 60 percent. The time has come for the county to face reality and to implement a dramatic restructuring of its government operations. And the road map can be found in the 300-page Grant-Thornton report, as well as a subsequent, shorter report commissioned by NIFA a few years ago. Implementing its scores of recommendations could be the prescription to cure the ailing county government. NIFA can impose controls, but it can’t create political will—that’s up to the county’s elected oﬃcials.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

What to say when your tank is running low

n our family, when you’re driving around and the gas tank is low, there are three gradations to worry about. There’s low, there’s low with a light and then there’s “Daddy Low.” Ordinary “low” is when you look at your mileage and start trying to calculate (or remember) where the nearest gas station will be. When you reach “low with a light,” that’s when you turn off the air conditioning (and even sometimes the radio) and start praying that you’ll reach that gas station. But all bets are off when you reach “Daddy Low.” Like so many stories, this one started on a family car trip. We were driving to visit my mother in Maryland, and my husband had calculated that, with a top-up at a rest stop in New Jersey, we would have more than enough fuel to reach my mom’s residence. But — as we turned off the Beltway for the last stretch of miles — he happened to glance at the fuel gauge. “Oh,” he said. Then he shut up. Of course, I wanted to know

what it was that he wasn’t saying, so I took a peek at the gas gauge for myself. Low. “Oh.” But at least — I told myself — it wasn’t low with a light. And just at that moment, the light came on. Double Oh. “Oh dear,” I said to him, trying to keep my voice calm for the sake of our two little boys in the back seat. “Do you think we’ll make it to my mom’s?” “I’m sure we will,” he replied. He had a tone in his voice I had never heard before: Slightly sing-song, with the highest note on “sure.” When I looked over at him, he seemed to have a smile crinkling at the corner of his eye, but I couldn’t be certain. The road took gentle turns, with slight uphills and slighter downhills. I noticed that he was taking his foot oﬀ the gas for every downhill. “Never mind getting to my mom’s place — do you think we’ll make it to the next gas station?” “I’m sure we’ll make it,” he said. There was that higher pitch, again. But instead of making me worried, somehow it had the perverse eﬀect

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A Look on the Lighter Side of making me laugh. Against my will! “How can you be so sure?” I asked him. “I’m sure we have enough gas” was his cryptic reply. With each hill, I grew more and more concerned, and the kids started asking questions, too. But every time he answered, their father’s voice was the same: “Of course we’re going to make it!” “I’m certain we won’t have a

problem!” “I’m sure we have enough!” “I don’t even see a gas station,” I complained. “There’s one, right over there,” he said, gesturing a quarter of a mile ahead at the next visible traﬃc light. I saw what he meant and started to relax. Until I noticed there was something odd about it. We were now in that twilight time, between day and night — but there were no lights on, at the gas station. And there seemed to be a line of cars doing nothing. Did I mention there had been a huge thunderstorm, sweeping through the area just before we got there? So that until our car’s gas light came on, I had thought our biggest problem might be trees or branches down in the road. But the roads were clear. I heaved a huge sigh of relief as we finally pulled in at the end of the line of cars. But nothing was happening. “What’s the problem?” I asked my husband. He rolled down the window to ask someone. “No power!” somebody yelled

at us. “That’s OK,” I thought. We didn’t need the ATM. We didn’t need the soda machine. All we needed was to pump some gas into our tank. And we were prepared to pay all in cash. That’s when somebody added, “The pumps don’t work when there’s no power.” Oh. Double Oh. “Don’t worry,” said my husband. “I’m sure the power will come back any minute.” “How can you be so sure?” I said, between clenched teeth. This was not supposed to be the diﬃcult part of the trip. “I’m sure everything’s going to be fine.” Just then, as if to spite me, the lights came on, and the gas pumps started working. Sure enough, everything was fine. But now we have a new phrase for our family vocabulary. When we’re checking the gas gauge, there’s low, there’s low with a light and there’s “Daddy Low”!

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OUR TOWN

Don’t procrastinate. Dare to live your dream

rocrastination is one of those words that everyone can relate to. People avoid all sorts of things ranging from asking for a job, pleading for a raise or stepping up to ask someone out on a date. People procrastinate due to a fear of rejection, laziness or the dread of shameful failure. Procrastination and avoidance may be the most costly psychological problem there is.One thing all the anxiety disorders have in common is the word avoidance. People with bridge phobias avoid bridges. People with posttraumatic stress avoid anything that reminds them of the initial trauma. People with agoraphobia avoid the outdoors and kids with separation anxiety avoid separation from the mother.A primary reason that sport is a part of culture is because it gives people an opportunity to learn how to face fear rather than avoid it. In baseball when it’s your turn to bat, you have to step up and swing away. You can’t tell the umpire you feel too tired or too busy or too

scared.The biggest diﬀerence between sport and life is that in life you can always put oﬀ what you’re afraid to do indefinitely. And the opportunity to avoid ones fears forever makes for a life filled with boredom, regret and a lack of achievement. What is so devastating about placing yourself in a position of going for something in life and then failing to make the grade? Why are so many folks afraid to take the leap? Well, if you tend to be perfectionistic, you can’t take risks because there is no guarantee you will succeed. The shame of failure can be so

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scary that people spend a lifetime ignoring or suppressing their dream and making no effort to achieve their real goals. Much art is attuned to this issue and oﬀers up encouragement to the dreamers. The film “La La Land” had the song “Fools who dream,” which went “Here’s to the ones who dream, foolish as they may seem.” It was about the courage and craziness it takes to do something special. Frank Sinatra introduced the Sammy Cahn classic “High Hopes’ back in 1959, which went “Just what makes that little old ant, think he’ll move that

rubber tree plant?” This song became hugely popular and was covered by the likes of Doris Day, Bing Crosby and Ricky Nelson. In fact, the popular song “High Hopes” by pop star Brendon Urie borrows heavily from the sentiment of the Sammy Cahn original.When in graduate school I remember the first draft of my dissertation I submitted to my dissertation committee. It was thrown back in my face and when I complained to my adviser, Dr. Herb Kaye, he told me that following parable. He said: “Tom, it’s like you’re in an Olympic high jump competition and the bar is set at 7 feet. On your first attempt you jump only about 3 feet high and you run over to the referee and ask him to lower the bar a little. The ref looks at you and shakes his head no and says try again.” And that is where he came to my rescue. My advisor just encouraged me to keep trying and like the little train that could I plugged away and after 13 drafts my dissertation was accepted.We all have fears of failure and we all tend to pro-

crastinate, believing that we will live forever and that someday when we have enough time we will grab hold of our dream and go for it. But, alas, we will not live forever. So what to do about this whole avoidance issue? The answer can be found in the great stories, myths and legends of the recent and distant past. Don Quixote was an old man who had an impossible dream of becoming a knight errant and he had Sancho Panza as a partner who believed in him. Emma Stone wished to be an actress in the film “La La Land” and she had Ryan Gosling to provide encouragement to her and not let her quit. In fact, all of our heroes had a partner to give them guidance, solace, encouragement, hope and feedback. The “Lone Ranger” had Tonto, Roy Rodgers had Dale Evans, Abbot had Costello and Laurel had Hardy.So if you have a dream and you notice you have procrastinated about it for the last 20 years or so, you had better find yourself a good partner to keep yourself on track. “Hi ho silver and away!”

KIDS F IRST

Harnessing power of poor, low-income people

here were 140 million poor and low-income Americans prior to pandemic 2020; a number that is sure to rise without ongoing federal support for the unemployed. A family income of $26,200 is considered poverty level and $50,000 qualifies as “very low-income” on Long Island, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Despite the risks to health and economic well-being that these Americans face, in presidential elections the number of low-income-voters is significantly below that of higher-income voters, according to the Poor People’s Campaign. The Poor People’s Campaign is a movement that dates back to 1968 and has declared in 2020, “we will demonstrate the power of poor people to be agents of change in not just one election, but at the very heart of this democracy.” One of their principle objectives is to register poor and low-income people to vote. Why didn’t low-income peo-

ple vote in greater numbers in 2016? One of the top reasons was that they did not have faith that their vote would make any diﬀerence. How demoralizing to feel that your vote is meaningless. Pushing back, the Poor People’s Campaign asks: “How would the political landscape change if the needs and demands of poor and low-income voters were better represented in the electoral process?” In a new report by Robert Paul Hartley of Columbia University entitled, “Unleashing the Power of Poor and Low-Income Americans,” he attempted to answer that question and show the potential voting power of lowincome Americans. Following are just a few of the key findings: • In the 2016 presidential election, there were 138 million voters out of 225 million eligible voters. 29 million of these voters were poor or low-income and there were an additional 34 million poor or low-income people who were eligible, but who did not vote.• Low-income people

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vote about 20 percentage points lower than higher income voters.• The issues that matter most to low-income people and impact on their ability to vote are health and economic well-being, Illness, disability and transportation.• If low-income voters participated at similar rates as higher income voters, and voted against the winning party, there are 15 states where new low-income voters could flip the results from the 2016 presidential elections. While low-income voters are less likely to cast a ballot, what

Hartley’s study shows is that in a number of key states, if low income voting had matched the voting rates of the rest of the population in recent elections, those votes would equal or surpass recent election margins of victory. To be clear, low-income voters are by no means of a single mind in their political leanings – they don’t all vote in the same way. What we do know, however, is that there is common ground in why people do not vote, most notably because candidates or campaigns don’t speak to their needs, don’t energize them. As we are learning every day now, we cannot aﬀord to take our democracy for granted. We must fight for it or we will be sure to lose it. Voter suppression, restricting voting access and gerrymandering — manipulating district boundaries for unfair political party advantage, are as much realities in 2020 as they were in 1950. Fighting for our democracy means we must all find a way to participate, we must all have a plan to vote, regardless of our

economic status. For underrepresented lower income folks, as well as students and other young people, this means building a culture of voting, one ballot at a time. Throwing up one’s hands dismissively and declaring that “my vote doesn’t count” leaves you voiceless. Your vote — your voice. By voting your conscience you take a bold step forward by asserting — “I don’t consent to the way I am being represented.” Voting is a right that has been treated solely as a privilege for far too long. In fact, the right that appears most often in the text of our Constitution is the right to vote. Take the first step to preserving our democracy this November 3rd — VOTE. Andrew Malekoﬀ lives in Long Beach, New York. He is a licensed clinical social worker and editor-in-chief of the professional journal Social Work with Groups. To read the full study “Unleashing the Power of Poor and Low-Income Americans,” go to: https:// www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/ resource/power-of-poor-voters/

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VIEW POINT

Women’s vote crucial but vulnerable in 2020

n the centennial of passage of the 19th Amendment, Donald Trump, with much fanfare, pardoned Susan B. Anthony, who died in 1906, for her crime of voting. No thanks, say the caretakers of her legacy. “If one wants to honor Susan B. Anthony today, a clear stance against any form of voter suppression would be welcome,” Deborah L. Hughes, president and CEO of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House in Rochester, said. “Enforcement and expansion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 would be celebrated, we must assure that states respect the 14th, 15th, and 19th Amendments to the United States Constitution. Support for the Equal Rights Amendment would be well-received. Advocacy for human rights for all would be splendid. Anthony was also a

strong proponent of sex education, fair labor practices, excellent public education, equal pay for equal work, and elimination of all forms of discrimination.” With 62 percent of women voters saying they are “unlikely” to vote for Trump, women (more than 50 percent of the electorate) will likely determine the outcome of this election. But just as the coronavirus pandemic is exposing in cruel detail the systemic racial inequalities in health care, jobs, education and housing, it is also exposing the continued systemic gender inequity – women are disproportionately the health care workers, the caretakers, the educators, the postal workers, the essential workers who can’t just Zoom in but are on the front lines. They are also disproportionately among the unemployed, facing eviction and hunger, and desperate to keep their

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children and parents safe. Yes, this election is the election of a lifetime, but voters, particularly women voters in this Centennial of Women’s Suﬀrage, face particular barriers. There is a need more than ever for mail-in-voting, but consider this: 550,000 absentee ballots were rejected in the presidential primaries, according to an NPR analysis. “That’s

far more than the 318,728 ballots rejected in the 2016 general election and has raised alarms about what might happen in November when tens of millions of more voters are expected to cast their ballots by mail, many for the first time,” it said. Key reasons for rejection include missing signature, late arrival (an issue relating to the sabotage of the US Postal Service), but also in cases where signatures don’t match what’s on record. This particularly impacts women who may well change their names with marriage or divorce. Names are hyphenated or not, maiden names attached to married names or not. I forgot if I registered with my middle initial or not, should I be afraid to do an absentee ballot? How many of those 550,000 were women, whose signatures were rejected? Here in New York state,

which had been one of the worst in terms of voter turnout because of obstacles to voting and extraordinary limits on absentee voting, we have made great gains in improving access (such as early voting) and now to accommodate the real public health concerns of COVID-19 with expanded absentee voting. But the clogged primary, which resulted in several elections taking weeks to be decided, was the test and wake-up call. Thankfully, improvements have been made for the general election. Gov. Cuomo has signed election reforms allowing absentee ballot applications to be submitted to the Board of Elections immediately, enabling voters to get an absentee ballot due to risk or fear of illness including COVID-19 and ensuring all absentee ballots postmarked on or before Election Day or received Continued on Page 45

E A R T H M AT T E R S

Is National Grid listening to governor’s goals?

aybe the powers that be at National Grid missed the governor’s publicly stated goals to reduce the state’s overall greenhouse gas emissions by 85 percent from 1990 levels by 2050 and to transition New York’s power sector to net-zero emissions by 2040? With great fanfare, Gov. Cuomo signed these goals into law in July 2019. And at a recent press conference the governor said that New York would show other states that “it can be done” by embarking upon “the most ambitious climate change program that any state has ever undertaken.” Supporters of the governor’s plan are calling for this to be funded by taxing top income earners, and they’re calling for the Legislature to pass a carbon and pollution tax to be paid by the fossil fuel industries operating in the state. And, of course, the state will be investing billions. So it is not just a little disturbing that National Grid is actively pushing for a multi-pronged buildout of natural gas infrastructure and services, including expanding the Iroquois pipeline from Canada to New York and Connecticut, Long Island and New York City. The utility is also planning to expand existing transmission lines and construct a number of new com-

pressed natural gas filling stations and liquid natural gas and compressed natural gas storage and transport terminals. To accomplish this, National Grid is appealing to the state’s Public Service Commission for permission to raise rates on existing gas customers to help pay for this multimillion-dollar expansion. You probably remember that New York state banned fracking for natural gas back in 2015. This decision was made based on the hazards of fracking, including contamination of groundwater, the unknown fate of the radioactive materials brought up from the shale along with the gas, environmental destruction and the myriad health problems showing up in people living near and downwind from fracking sites. It was a hard-won fight by scientists, medical doctors, drilling specialists, celebrities, activists and more. The pressure was too great and the science was too clear. So now, cheap fracked gas is being produced in other shale-rich states like Pennsylvania and West Virginia, that have not passed prohibitions, and the companies that distribute and sell natural gas are anxious to get it. Along with sites in Brooklyn and Staten Island, there are six locations on Long Island identified

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in National Grid’s expansion plan, including a site in Glenwood Landing, located on the southeastern end of Hempstead Harbor, across from Port Washington’s Bar Beach and near the new luxury waterfront residences now being constructed. This location would be used for an expanded compressed natural gas storage and distribution facility. Pipeline gas becomes compressed natural gas when its pressure is increased to 3,600 pounds per square inch, reducing its volume to less than 1 percent of the original. A study funded by the U.S. Department of Energy found that “the key safety issue for CNG fuel is the containment of the highpressure natural gas. Events that can result in a release and subse-

quent ignition of large quantities of flammable fuel/air mixture are the event of concern for the CNG fuel system.” In other words, they blow up. To move the CNG from points outside Long Island into Glenwood Landing will require a significant increase in truck traﬃc through densely populated areas. A regular procession of trucks carrying CNG is often referred to as a “virtual pipeline,” and common sense tells us that this has a very real potential to become a public safety hazard. In fact, after several recently reported highway accidents involving CNG transporters, including some right here in New York state, these trucks are now often referred to as “bomb trucks.” The largest ever uncontrolled wildfires raging in California, unpredictable and devastating hurricanes that have displaced millions and are on track to strike again this season, severe droughts and a future of more pandemics and suﬀering in part due to climate change are reasons enough to question why we are moving ahead with projects that will lock us into decades of extracting and burning more fossil fuels. Now is the time to be listening to scientists and engineers who have some of the answers to how we can preserve our way of life

without destroying our planet. One of those people is Stanford University Professor Mark Jacobsen. Jacobsen and his colleagues have calculated how to meet a 2050 goal of replacing dirty and greenhouse-gas-producing fossil fuel energy with clean, renewable energy. They have done this, state by state, looking at each state’s available resources for wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric and tidal or wave power. Their plans call for aggressive changes in infrastructure and consumption, and they provide lots of data showing it will be technically and economically possible. Their main thrust is that we will need to rely on electricity generated by renewables. Sounds like a plan. “The main barriers are social, political and getting industries to change,” said Jacobsen, who is also a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Precourt Institute for Energy. “One way to overcome the barriers is to inform people about what is possible.” You can read about their recommendations for New York at www.thesolutionsproject.org. You can also get involved in promoting their vision by connecting with the non-profit organization Sane Energy at www.saneenergy.org

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Women’s vote, race share complex history

t’s not easy to get women’s suffrage right. Its history is a lot messier and a lot more nuanced than many of us might have learned in our own schooling. The 19th Amendment provided that “citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” From statues to picture books, in this, the centennial year of its ratification, the depictions of suffragists do not always do justice to the complexity of the issues and activists. The revisions to the bronze and granite suffrage statue, dedicated at Central Park’s Literary Walk on Aug. 26, the 100th anniversary of the actual date that the 19th Amendment was ratified, remind us of these complexities. The New York City Public Design Commission had sculptor Meredith Bergmann revise her proposal for the monument twice — initially because it depicted only white suffragists, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, while other suffragists, including some African-Americans, were

listed in name only, on a long scroll unfolding from Stanton’s desk. A second design added Sojourner Truth at the table, working with Anthony and Stanton at Stanton’s home. However, historians raised questions about its accuracy, given that the three women did not always see the issues the same way. A third and final model was designed to reflect differences of opinion between Truth and Anthony and Stanton, wherein Bergmann altered Stanton’s expression and Truth’s hand position to change the power dynamic between the women. The deeper one looks into race and suffrage, the messier it gets. Stanton certainly used racist tropes to appeal to white Southerners to include “sex” alongside “race, color, or previous condition of servitude” in the 15th Amendment (which gave Black men the right to vote) as characteristics by which the vote could not be denied. She warned that “Patrick and Sambo and Hans and Yung Tung who do not know the difference between a monarchy and repub-

ANDREA LIBRESCO Out of Left Field lic, never read the Declaration of Independence or Webster’s Spelling Book” would be making decisions for white women, if women’s suﬀrage were not included in the amendment. Anthony began with this assumption: “The question of precedence has no place on an equal rights platform.” Thus, when Frederick Douglass placed his oppressed group and its cause above all others, Anthony did the same with her own group: “I would

sooner cut off my right hand than ask the ballot for the black man and not for woman.” Was she being racist? Choosing radicalism over gradualism? Both? In “The Woman’s Hour,” Elaine Weiss details the trade-offs that white women suffragist leaders were willing to make with respect to Black voting rights in order to achieve their ends for a women’s suffrage amendment. Weiss points out that 50 years after Stanton and Anthony’s strategies for including “sex” in the 15th Amendment, Alice Paul (head of the National Woman’s Party) made the same kinds of calculations with respect to the 19th Amendment. She told Ida B. Wells (African-American journalist and chronicler of lynchings) to march at the back of the suffrage parade, instead of with her Illinois state delegation (an order that Wells defied) to avoid upsetting potential white allies. In addition, Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt (head of the National American Women’s Suffrage Association) wooed white Southern women with the promise that “ne-

gro men cannot vote in South Carolina and therefore negro women could not if women were to vote in the nation.” Happily, Weiss adapted her book for young readers and it was published this June, just in time for the women’s suffrage centennial. At 224 pages, it is pitched at intermediate and middle-school readers and does justice to the complexities of suffrage. How well do picture books on women’s suffrage do when it comes to addressing the complex issues of race and suffrage and the imperfect white leaders of the movement? The short answer is, unfortunately, not well enough. Picture book biographies about Stanton and Anthony are mostly silent about race, except with respect to the women’s earlier abolitionist activities. The biographies avoid the nuanced story of Anthony’s position on the 15th Amendment, as well as Stanton’s more overtly racist language about Black men getting the vote prior to white women. Continued on Page 37

ALL THINGS POLITICAL

Ways to mitigate COVID-19’s grip on Nassau

nfortunately, COVID-19 is going to be with us through the end of the year and into the following spring. With this in mind, Germany, Taiwan and South Korea have put cohesive federal policies in place to combat the virus. If the White House does not do the same, COVID-19 will continue to disrupt lives and wreak havoc. Similarly, without a uniform New York state mandate for reopening public schools, parents find it difficult to plan their own return to work. Americans who lived through World War II understand what it’s like to band together for a common cause to defeat an enemy. In August 1941, President Roosevelt issued an executive order to create the Office of Price Administration. The OPA rationed consumer goods such as automobiles, tires, gasoline, fuel oil, coal, firewood, nylon, silk and shoes. In true patriotic fashion, all Americans did their part to support the war effort. Fast forward to today, 75 years later, it’s hard to get a warm, fuzzy feeling about our country coming together to fight COVID. Instead, millions of citizens are

protesting in the streets, and on social media, that their Constitutional rights are infringed upon because they’re being forced to wear a mask. In the public sector, retail chains are declaring bankruptcy at an alarming rate, and the hospitality industry is under terrible pressure. Unless things miraculously go back to normal, and soon, fully one third of small businesses in New York City are projected to disappear. In addition, the lack of a consistent federal policy on business grants and unemployment benefits will keep Americans anxious about the immediate future, and will mitigate consumer spending. Village, town, county, and state governments are also under unprecedented financial duress. Incredibly, most municipalities are still praying for a federal bailout which will never come. Trump stated last May that he won’t bail out the states “because all the states that need help — they’re run by Democrats in every case.” With all this bad news, our local governments need to be more creative than ever, to find ways to mitigate financial dam-

ADAM HABER All Things Political age in the public and private sectors and create a brighter future. To that end, here are a few suggestions: Make it as easy as possible to get a building permit: When I was in charge of Economic Development at the Town of Hempstead, I regularly received calls that building permits were unnecessarily delayed for months or even years. This is true in many municipalities across Long Island. Going forward, all local government applications for building permits should be processed online and should be as simple to complete as possible. Also, all applicants should be

allowed to build residential and commercial properties within the current zoning codes, without delay. An expedited online building permit process would foster economic activity that would create jobs and provide permit fees and tax revenue for local governments. Truly, a win-win. Stop discretionary spending: This means no more pork projects, constituent direct mail or take-home vehicles. Did your local fire department really need that expensive new fire truck this year or could it have waited? Was the municipal grant to install a new statue in a park really necessary during a financial crisis? None of the aforementioned items improve taxpayers’ lives during a crisis. Departmental Eﬃciency Audits: How many government employees are necessary to provide services? New York state, town and county governments need outside, non-partisan consultants to help determine how many employees are necessary to run an eﬃcient department. Retiree positions shouldn’t be filled. Instead, excess employees found in a departmental audit should be moved into retiree

positions in other divisions of a municipality to shrink the headcount. Regarding equipment, last year it was reported the Town of Hempstead clerk’s office still had 72 typewriters in use. How efficient can that be? Government must do better. Stop Tax Cheats: The federal government loses over $400 billion a year in revenue because of cheating on taxes. According to the Brookings Institution, that’s about $1 out of every $6 tax dollars that could be collected. On a local level, every time someone pays cash to knock off the sales tax, the county and state are cheated out of money that could be used to provide services or lower taxes. Stopping tax cheats is one way to help bridge the huge municipal deficits caused by COVID-19. We are all living through the crisis of this pandemic, and leadership is needed on all levels of government. Elected officials must find ways to bring the virus under control, budget for the future, and become as business friendly as possible. Our physical and financial lives literally depend on it. Letters Continued on Page 37

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County officials urge residents 111 days later to respond to 2020 census COVID patient BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and Comptroller Jack Schnirman said on Tuesday that they want to reassure residents that participating in the 2020 U.S. census is safe and secure, and stressed the importance of the count now, more than ever, due to the coronavirus. Curran said in a telephone interview that she has called on the county’s offices of Hispanic, Asian and Minority Affairs and created a committee of local officials and community members to raise awareness about the census. “A lot of their responsibilities include reaching out to communities, helping people how to fill out forms online or over the phone, telling their friends, and helping spread information on the importance of being counted, especially for this year,” Curran said. Last year, Curran launched an initiative to spread awareness about the census, headlined by the formation of Nassau’s Complete Count Committee. The committee com-

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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran spoke on the importance of being accounted for in the 2020 Census. prised more than 30 nonprofit, labor and faith-based groups. Schnirman is a co-chair of the committee and spoke on how the comptroller’s oﬃce plays a role in creating awareness of the census. “The census ultimately decides how federal funds are given to us, and the comptroller’s oﬃce directly

deals with the county’s financial state,” Schnirman said in a separate phone interview. “There is so much money riding on this for Nassau County and all of Long Island. This affects our roads, our health care, our schools, a lot of necessities people may not realize.” Schnirman noted that New York is a “donor state,” which means it sends more funds to the federal government than it receives in aid. Schnirman cited Curran and her counterpart, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, for their support for making information about the census easily accessible for residents. He also touted the work of North Hempstead Councilwoman Viviana Russell, a co-chair of the committee, for her work. “[Russell] has been such a phenomenal partner to work with over the past year and a half,” Schnirman said. “The Health and Welfare Council of Long Island has also been extremely supportive and active in their efforts to publicize this information and spread the word about how important this year’s census is.” Continued on Page 36

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BY R O S E WELDON Following 111 days of hospitalization and “cheating death” multiple times during a bout with COVID-19, Tito Velasquez of Valley Stream has been named a “miracle patient” by the staﬀ at Northwell Health. Velasquez’ journey to recovery began when he was admitted to the emergency department at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital on April 28 with a dangerously low oxygen saturation level of 11 percent. He was placed on a ventilator, the first effort to save his life before a chain of life-threatening events began to unfold. “Usually after a patient is put on a ventilator, his oxidation will go

up to 100 percent,” said Dr.Jason Yan, emergency physician at the hospital. “But Mr. Velasquez’ oxygenation only went up to 60 percent. We realized that this was a COVID patient who had also suffered a stroke.” After a CT scan revealed the presence of a blood clot in his brain, Dr. Yan treated the condition with clot-buster medications. During this time, Dr. Kiki Poumpouridis, an interventional cardiologist at the hospital working with the ICU team, noted, “Mr. Velasquez’ body was unable to oxygenate properly, and he was rapidly declining.” Doctors decided to use an ECMO machine to assist the patient’s recovContinued on Page 48

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he immune system is a powerful component of the human body. The immune system recognizes when viruses, bacteria and other foreign invaders enter or compromise the body, and then takes action to prevent illnesses from taking over. The average person can help his or her immune system do its job more effectively by making the immune system as strong as it can be.

Harvard Medical School says that diet, exercise, age, and psychological stress may affect immune system response. Certain lifestyle choices can promote a strong immune system.

• Get adequate sleep. Doctors believe sleep and immunity are closely tied. A study of 164 healthy adults published by the National Institutes of Health found those who slept fewer than six hours each night were more likely to catch a cold than people who slept for more than six hours. Aim for adequate rest each night to keep your body in top form. • Increase your intake of fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables supply the powerhouse antioxidants that are essential for protecting a body against free radicals. Free radicals may play a role in heart disease, cancer and other diseases. Serve fruits and/or

vegetables with every meal to ensure you’re getting enough antioxidant-rich foods.

• Consume fiber and fermented foods. Fiber can help feed the gut microbiome, which is linked to a robust immune system. The microbiome also may prevent harmful pathogens from entering the body through the digestive tract. Data also suggests that eating more fermented foods can further strengthen and populate healthy bacteria in the gut. • Exercise regularly. Aim for 30 minutes of moderate exercise per day, advises the American Heart Association. Thirty minutes of exercise

each day can go a long way toward keeping the body healthy. The U.S. National Library of Medicine says physical activity may help flush bacteria out of the lungs and airways. Exercise causes changes in antibodies and white blood cells. These antibodies and white blood cells circulate rapidly, so they may detect illnesses earlier than they would if you do not exercise. Body temperature also rises during exercise, which could naturally prevent bacteria from growing. • Try to minimize stress. According to Simply Psychology, when people are stressed, the immune system’s ability to fight off antigens is reduced, making people more susceptible to infections. The stress hormone corticosteroid can suppress the effectiveness of the immune system. Limiting stress through meditation and breathing exercises, or trying to remove stressors from one’s life, may help. A healthy immune system is vital to fending off or recovering from illness.

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The relationship between eating and exercise

iet and exercise are each vital components of a healthy lifestyle. While these components tend to be looked at separately, diet and exercise are actually interconnected. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, adequate food and fluid should be consumed before, during and after exercise. Following that advice can help men and women maintain their blood glucose concentration during exercise, which allows them to maximize their performance and improves their recovery time. Some people understandably may feel that eating before exercising seems counterintuitive, as food may contribute to feelings of sluggishness that would make it hard to maximize a workout. But what people eat, and drink, prior to working out is important, as the right foods can make a positive impact while the wrong foods can have the opposite effect.

The American Heart Association and the ACSM recommend hydrating with water prior to working out. The ACSM recommends drinking between two and three cups of water two to three hours before exercising. Adults accustomed to working out in the early morning can try to wake up earlier so they can give their bodies time to hydrate before they begin exercising. It’s also important to continue hydrating during a workout, as the ACSM recommends 1 drinking between ⁄2 and one cup of water every 15 to 20 minutes during a workout (amounts can be adjusted based on variables such as the weather and individuals’ body sizes). After a workout, the ACSM recommends drinking two to three cups of water for every pound lost during the exercise session. Food also plays a vital role in maximizing a workout and improving recovery time. The AHA

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recommends fueling up on healthy carbohydrates, such as whole-grain cereals, whole-wheat toast or lowfat or fat-free yogurt, two hours before exercising. Doing so might pose a problem for early morning exercise enthusiasts, and in such instances the AHA advises eating a piece of fruit such as an apple or banana five to 10 minutes before beginning a workout. Avoid saturated fats and a lot of healthy protein prior to working out, as it takes longer for these fuels to digest in the stomach. Until foods are digested, muscles may not get all of the oxygen and energy-

delivering blood they need during a workout, so it’s best to stick with foods that the body can digest more quickly. The Mayo Clinic notes that it’s also important to make food a part of your post-workout routine. Eating a post-workout meal that contains both carbohydrates and protein can aid muscle recovery and replace glycogen stores that help increase energy levels after working out. The most effective way to exercise involves healthy foods, which can improve performance and lead to quicker post-workout recovery.

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Self-tanning lotions and creams as well as cosmetic bronzing powders are the safest ways to achieve a sun-kissed glow. Many products are available, and the key to getting even coverage and natural-looking results comes down to a few steps.

• Tackle other beauty regimens prior to self-tanning. Various treatments like shaving legs, getting a manicure or even touching up hair color can require the use of products that can remove selftanner.

• Recognize that self-tanner will come out darker in areas where the skin is thickest. Exfoliate the skin with a warm washcloth prior to applying self-tanners. The American Academy of Dermatology suggests using an exfoliating product that contains glycolic or salicylic acid as well, and spending more time exfoliating on the elbows, knees, heels, and ankles, where skin is the thickest. Moisturize these areas as well.

• Wait until you are completely dry after showering and avoid using any products that are oilbased. Oil-based products can leave residue behind that causes streaks, advises Allure magazine.

• Work in sections (such as the legs, torso, then arms and hands). Massage the product into the skin in a circular motion. This technique separates a professionallooking glow from a bad faux tan because it prevents weird creasing or marks from bending over with product on. Wash your hands after each section with soap and water to avoid orange palms.

• Use product sparingly in certain areas. Don’t go heavy with product on wrists and ankles, lightly extending the tanner from wrists to hands and from ankles to feet, suggests the AAD.

• Dab off any excess product. Moe Kittaneh, an entrepreneur, ecommerce strategist and founder of SVELTA Tan, a skincare line featuring self-tanners, says to brush a slightly damp paper towel over knees, wrists, elbows, feet, and ankles to pick up excess color and eliminate unevenness. • Use product sparingly on the face. Dab a dime-sized amount of product on areas that would tan naturally, such as the cheeks, the bridge of the nose and chin, then blend outward.

• Allow product to dry and set according to the directions. Avoid making contact with water or getting dressed too soon. Avoid water for four to eight hours after applying product. Self-tanners are a safe way to get a golden glow reminiscent of days spent at the beach.

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What to expect as you transition to a healthy diet F

or many people, the road to a healthy lifestyle begins in the kitchen. People make changes to their diets of their own volition or at the recommendation of their doctors, and those changes can have a profound effect that might surprise even the most devoted of healthy eaters. According to the Center for Advancement in Cancer Education, 90 percent of all cancer cases can be prevented through environmental and lifestyle choices like deciding to eat a healthy diet. In addition, the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, notes that a history of poor eating is one of the biggest contributors to the various nutrition- and physical activity-related health challenges that now face the U.S. population. By simply altering their diets to make them more nutritious, millions of people across the globe can significantly reduce their risk

for various chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. People who are committed to eating healthier should know that changing diets can produce some adverse, but typically temporary, side effects. The CACE notes that such side effects are predictable, as they are essentially just manifestations of the body’s adjustments as it responds to eating better. People adopting healthier diets should discuss the appearance of the following side effects with their physicians while recognizing that they are not necessarily a cause for concern.

Skin rashes

The CACE notes that people who have histories of recurring skin rashes or eruptions may experience such rashes as they adjust to healthy diets. That’s because the skin is becoming more active and alive due to the healthy diet and expelling toxins that could potentially prove hazardous down the road. Doctors unfamiliar with patients’ histories may mistake these rashes for food allergies, so it’s important that patients be open and honest about their medical histories and remind their doctors that they are in the process of changing their diets for the better.

Colds or fevers

Colds or fevers can be another way the body indicates it’s working hard to cleanse itself. Fevers should always be monitored closely, even while in the midst of changing one’s diet for the better. But the CACE notes that colds or fevers, while unpleasant, can serve as a natural form of housecleaning as the body adjusts to a healthy diet. Persistent colds and fevers should be brought to the attention of a physician.

Additional symptoms

Some people may experience withdrawal symptoms like headaches and irritability as they transition from unhealthy diets to healthy ones. Such symptoms may be more likely to occur among people who suddenly adopt extreme diets. A gradual transition may help mitigate these symptoms, as can choosing a less extreme, balanced diet as opposed to one that demands certain foods be avoided entirely right off the bat. Choosing to eat a healthier diet is a smart move that can pay long-term dividends. But the transition may require people to confront potentially uncomfortable side effects as their bodies adjust.

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The role screening should play before starting an exercise regimen

xercise plays a significant role in disease prevention. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, physical activity helps to reduce individuals’ risk of chronic conditions, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, various types of cancer, and dementia. As vital as exercise is to a healthy lifestyle, many people simply are not getting enough of it. A 2018 report from the National Center for Health Statistics found that only about 23 percent of American adults between the ages of 18 and 64 are meeting the benchmarks for physical activity guidelines set forth by the U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services. And that problem is not unique to the United States. A recent study from Statistics Canada found that only about 17 percent of adults in Canada were meeting the minimum guidelines for weekly physical activity established by the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. Such figures illustrate the emphasis that many adults must place on getting more physical activity. But returning to physical activity after a long layoff or becoming physically active for the first time are not as simple as lacing up a pair of running shoes and hitting the road. In fact, the American College of Sports Medicine notes the importance of preparticipation health screening for adults about to engage in physical activity after a period of inactivity.

What is a preparticipation health screening? A preparticipation health screening is an examination conducted by a physician that looks for particular issues that may interfere with one’s ability to exercise. Doctors will likely ask patients about their medical histories and their family histories as well, as each of these factors can be used to determine whether a person is ready for physical activity or any restrictions need to be put in place to protect them.

What happens after a preparticipation health screening? Once a physician conducts a health screening, he or she will conclude if an individual can exercise and how much he or she can exercise. Adults who are cleared to exercise but have never been physically active or have gone years without exercising will likely be advised to take it slowly at first. Doctors may provide specific exercise recommendations or refer patients to a sports medicine professional who can help them devise an appropriate workout regimen. Doctors also may recommend followup appointments to track patients’ progress. Such appointments can be invaluable, as they can help people whose overall health has improved after limited exercise ramp up the intensity of their workouts, which can help them continue on the course to a healthier life. However, it’s important that people consult their physicians before increasing the intensity of their workouts. A second screening might even be worthwhile, helping people and their physicians alter workout regimens that reflect their improved overall health. Many people aspire to exercise more. In many instances, a preparticipation screening is a vital component for people looking to become more physically active after a long layoff.

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Nassau Live to take over Coliseum lease BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Nassau County oﬃcials announced last week that a deal was struck with Nassau Live Center LLC to take immediate control of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum as its new tenant. The Coliseum, known for hosting hockey games, concerts, circus shows and other entertainment events, shut its doors in midJune due to the increased amount of debt accrued over the past five years. Oﬃcials said the agreement with Florida developer Nick Mastroianni II will allow the county to recoup the unpaid rent

accrued over the past several years by the Coliseum’s former leaseholder, Mikhail Prokhorov. Prokhorov, a Russian billionaire and owner of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, accrued more than $2 million of unpaid rent owed by Prokhorov’s Nassau Events Center LLC. The county issued a notice of default to Nassau Events Center LLC and its parent company, Onexim Sports and Entertainment Holdings, in mid-July to pay oﬀ $2 million in payments for the Coliseum and a surrounding 72 acres of land known as the Nassau Hub. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran

said both parties were on a “fast track solution” to keep the Coliseum’s doors open for future events. “This deal follows rigorous negotiations and fulfills my main objectives – forging a path forward for sustained Coliseum operations and keeping us on track to redevelop the Nassau Hub,” Curran said in a statement. “We are pleased to have ensured a swift transfer of the lease to a new tenant eager to resume Coliseum operations and partner with us on Hub redevelopment.” The county, as part of the agreement, preserved its 2019 Development Plan Agreement with the Coliseum’s new tenant

and developer RXR Realty to transform the currently paved Nassau Hub. County oﬃcials granted Nassau Live a “standstill period” of 60 days with a potential 30-day extension to provide a more comprehensive plan for sustained Coliseum operations and a request for rent adjustment under the lease. The county agreed not to issue any notices of default for a lack of rent payment under Nassau Live. In 2015, Mastroianni’s company U.S. Immigration Fund oversaw a $100 million loan for the renovation of the Coliseum from 200 Chinese investors. This was made Continued on Page 48

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Continued from Page 20 Rebecca Sanin, president and CEO of the Health and Welfare Council of Long Island, said concerns about cybersecurity and leaking of information have been raised by residents throughout the island. “A lot of people are going to be reluctant to complete the census,” Sanin said. “The national anti-immigration sentiment is one of the biggest barriers to an accurate count.” Curran said she wanted to reassure people that the census data will strictly be used for statistical purposes for federal matters such as funding and congressional representation. “Not only is this process helping the communities people live in, but it is actually a felony for the Census Bureau to share this information,” Curran said. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 65.7 percent of Nassau County residents had responded to the census as of May 22, the highest percentage collected from any county in the state. Curran noted the efforts by the county and residents to ensure they are counted in the census. “Despite the diﬃculties brought on by [the coronavirus pandemic], we were first in the state in terms of response rate before the door-to-door portion of the counting occurred,” Curran said. “We did find that com-

munities with lower socioeconomic advantages had a lower rate of responses.” According to census data, more than 316,000 people, or roughly 23 percent of the county’s population, reside in “hardto-count communities” such as Lakeview, Elmont, Hempstead, Valley Stream, Uniondale and others. The Village of Hempstead, Curran said during a June news conference, had a 47 percent response rate, which could still be improved ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline for self-responses. The county’s minority population reached 38 percent in 2016, an increase from 30 percent in 2005, according to figures provided by Schnirman. Census data also showed that the county has roughly 112,000 foreign-born nonresidents, roughly 8.3 percent of the population. “When it comes to the census, the stakes have never been higher for Nassau,” Curran said. “I’m renewing our push to encourage every resident who calls Nassau home to complete the count. This census is about more than just ensuring we finally get our fair share of federal government dollars when we need it most.” For more information on the census and how to be counted, visit the county’s website at https://www.nassaucountyny. gov/4710/Census-2020.

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Need to know true history in Age of Trump

here is a lady who submits numerous letters to this publication who apparently is very smart considering all the facts she brings up to support her points. However, how smart can she be when she supports an immoral, incompetent and know-nothing like Trump? If she is so good at facts, how about if she checks out some of the 20,000 facts that he has thrown out during the past three-plus years that have been confirmed as not being true. Is she up to this challenge? There is an expression — “deaf, dumb and blind.” As the phrase stands, obviously the person referred to is unable to hear, speak or see. In a metaphorical sense, it means a person is not susceptible to argument. They won’t listen to or read your arguments, and there’s no way to change their minds. In her most recent published letter, she criticized the Biden-Harris ticket for fear that they will eliminate our coun-

try’s most cherished value: free speech. Yes! Free speech, like the support Trump gave to the vile language and actions used by Nazis and white supremacists in Charlottesville when he announced: “You also had people that were very fine people on both sides.” On both sides? The objectives of those groups are to put down anyone who disagrees with them. Yes! Trump certainly does have a lot in common with those groups. I guess she didn’t hear Trump’s speech. Here’s a question for this smart lady. How many of Trump’s appointments have been convicted of crimes? Luckily for them, Trump uses his “Get Out OfJail Free” card to get them oﬀ. I guess it’s dumb not to realize that Monopoly can be used in many diﬀerent ways. It pays to pay. On the other hand, how many of his appointees have left because they not only questioned his decisions and abilities but, more importantly, his char-

acter? Regarding blindness, it’s impossible not to see such numbers as 5.5 million and 170,000 (Covid-19 cases and deaths). It’s dumb not to understand what that means. But for Trump, there’s a solution in sight. “Hail to the Gods!.” “Pray for a Miracle!” Problem is the devil does not provide miracles. Donald and his father Fred had many things in common. One such commonality has yet to be mentioned and it can best be presented in a two-line rhyme as follows: Trump Village and Racism. Trump Pillage and Fascism. In our country, the United States, we all know about racism. It is well endowed within our country’s history. As for fascism, it really has not been known in our country, that is, until now. Here’s a fact that this lady and her fellow Trump-mites should learn and understand.

By definition, fascism is “a system of government characterized by one-party dictatorship, forcible suppression of the opposition, (unions, others, especially leftists, parties, minority groups, etc.), the retention of private ownership of the means of production under centralized government control, belligerent nationalism and racism, glorification of war, etc.” Welcome to what America will look like if Here’s a word that Trumpmites might know but not understand. That word is “Heil!” and it doesn’t mean hello. Look. It even brings a smile to Trump’s face. One day, someone will translate it for him into Russian. How many of you know that word comes out of World War II? I didn’t realize that most of you had fallen asleep when that subject was covered in the fifth and sixth grades. It’s never too late to go back to school. And let’s not forget those damn protesters. We all know that freedom doesn’t give people

the right to protest. Let’s go and get ’em and yell out that good old college cheer made famous at West Point; “Let’s Go Army!” Wait. Aren’t they supposed to fight against our enemies? No matter what the majority of our people in our country believe, let it be known that Donald Trump will be our hero and we will love him even when he spends the remainder of his next term (I’m talking about life) in a jail cell, on the other side of the wall, in Mexico. Let’s see how he enjoys being in a country where he is the immigrant. Allow me to end with a short poem. With no more Trump, My Country ‘Tis of Thee. Yell out, Praise The Lord. Thank God. We Will Be Free. Washington. Lincoln. Roosevelt too. Know history, but Make sure that it’s true. Alvin Goldberg Great Neck

Great Neck school district missed mark

ast week the Great Neck School District Board of Education approved a plan to bring our children physically back to school (something I think is necessary) from the safety of their home computer screens (something I think is rather ironic). Yes, New York state had suspended the Open Meetings provision of the Public Oﬃcer’s Law. However, that suspension did not require the Board of Education to present the meeting the way they did: that is, without genuine public participation.

The opportunity to submit questions in advance of a presentation no one had previously seen does not count as public engagement or as suﬃcient means for parents to comment or participate in a dialogue. What the Board of Education did was invite parents to view a lecture, not join a meeting. A lecture that technologically didn’t bode well for the ability of the district to deliver outstanding remote learning opportunities to our children. It is worth noting that most of the Board of Education’s

members do not have children in our schools, yet are telling parents what our concerns should be and expecting us to take comfort in their assurances that those concerns are being addressed. But the reopening of our schools should have been presented diﬀerently, perhaps by building administrators who actually run the schools. Those administrators at Saddle Rock and North Middle, for example, did a far superior job at conveying the details of their plans and addressing parent concerns after the Board of Education meeting

left parents frustrated and, in some cases, confused. While I genuinely believe that the schools have the best interests of our children at heart, as a governing body the Board of Education seems to be out of touch and falling prey to the Great Neck peninsula’s history of ineﬀective leadership. This is what happens when a community allows people to maintain elected oﬃce for an excessive period of time, say 25 years or so, not through an inspired level of community support, but through apathy and neglect.

One doesn’t have to look further than Great Neck Plaza to see how a quarter-century of failed ideas, lack of understanding, limited capacity, and wide leadership gaps can damage a community. Will Great Neck School District suﬀer the same fate as Great Neck Plaza? For our children’s sake, I hope not. Perhaps this is the moment where we say, “Great Neck, we have a problem.” Michael S. Glickman Great Neck

Women’s vote, race share complex history Continued from Page 18 Biographies of AfricanAmerican suﬀragists often provide the information about race, missing from many biographies of white leaders of the movement. Walter Dean Myers’ biography of Ida B. Wells, “Let the Truth Be Told,” includes a two-page spread of Wells’ joining the 1913 march with the Illinois delegation rather than at the back; the accompany-

ing text includes the fact that Wells “created the Alpha Suffrage Club…the first voting organization for Black women in the state of Illinois” and goes on to say, “When white suffragists asked Ida to march in the separate colored section, Ida sternly refused.” Interestingly, no names are provided for these “white suﬀragists,” and no reason is given for their strategy. And, unless you, your

child, your child’s teacher, or your librarian know to look for a biography of Wells, you could easily miss her important contributions to suﬀrage, as well as how race complicates our understanding of this and other rights movements. This anniversary year for women’s suﬀrage will bring more books, celebrations, exhibits, lessons, and articles, all of which provide us with oppor-

tunities to present our children and grandchildren with the messiness of history and complexity of the women’s suffrage movement. If race is one of the lenses through which we want our kids to examine suffragists, we can provide them with multiple biographies so they can compare what the different sources said – and omitted – about the variety of suffragists in the movement.

James Baldwin was not speaking about women’s suffrage when he said, “American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it,” but his words still apply. Our children can handle a more beautiful and more terrible story about women’s suﬀragists. Can we?

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On debt, deficit and taxation in the U.S.

ith the national debt sitting within a whisker of $25 trillion, some people are becoming concerned, if not outright alarmed. Of course, people were alarmed when it hit $20 trillion, $15 trillion, $10 trillion… you get the idea. Images of Weimar Germany spring to mind, and inflation run riot, but it hasn’t happened yet and it probably won’t. So, should we worry? The answer is “Yes, but.” Debt could go even higher without harming the economy or the dollar, although that doesn’t mean we should allow it without limits, and the good news is we

don’t have to lessen it by next week. First, some clarification: people conflate “debt” with “deficit.” The “debt” is the accrual of previous deficits, where we failed to collect enough revenue to cover spending in a given fiscal year. So, then: if you want to put a dent in the debt level, you must first eliminate the deficit by collecting more than we spend, which gives us a surplus for that year. The last time we ran a surplus was from 1998 to 2001. We actually stopped issuing 30 year Treasuries. There was no need to raise money in the public markets to cover operating expenses.

With the current deficit close to a billion dollars and a negative GDP economy, it is a safe to assume debt will rise to still greater heights. Recessions obliterate revenue. We missed the opportunity to keep a lid on this when the economy recovered and should have raised taxes instead of cutting them, especially for people who didn’t need any tax relief. So, what to do? First, is to raise taxes, and aggressively. Some people say this will “hurt” the economy, but tax cuts have never benefited the economy as much as people think. The myth began when Ronald Reagan cut marginal rates in his

Chart: Federal Surplus or Deficit as a Percent of GDP

first term, and the economy recovered. But tax cuts didn’t revive the economy: Fed Chair Paul Volcker did, by dropping the Fed Funds rate by around 1000 basis points. Any President could have “succeeded” with that kind of tailwind, but the myth remains. History shows Fed policy is a far greater driver of economic fortunes than tax policy. Debt is a net credit to the economy at large, so in that respect, it has some stimulative value. However, people forget one hidden truth: taxes are not about revenue. They’re about distribution. They’re about who gets to keep what in this giant economy of ours. Tax policy has been so upwardly distributive over the past decades, it’s one reason there has been no inflation. Asset prices rise, but labor is now eﬀectively taxed at three times the rate of capital. This dynamic’s biggest cheerleaders are the ones who say they value hard work the most, while they expense pages of deductions on their tax returns, giving them a lower eﬀective tax rate than a hallway janitor. So, what to do? Marginal rates should be raised, as well as rates on capital gains. What concerns me is that Biden’s tax proposals are quite modest as far as increases go. The top rate gets hiked from 37 percent

to the old 39.6 percent rate. That should be kicked up. Corporate rates would be raised to 28% under the Biden plan, which is essentially Obama’s proposal. (The eﬀective corporate rate was always around 25%, even before the Trump cuts.) The big problem here is that 40 percent of U.S. corporate profits are domiciled in overseas tax havens. That has to be attacked, and vigorously. One needed change is that payroll taxes to fund Social Security and Medicare are reinstated for those reporting over $400,000 a year for both employer and employee. But I’m not sure how keeping it for the poor while exempting it for those who earn between $137,700 and $400,000 makes any sense. But if you want those suburban votes…. However, it is a platform in an election season and it still has to get through Congress, where anything can happen. But the one thing that drives deficits down the most is a broad-based, robust economy. All post-WWII data proves this. We have a tough slog ahead of us, and the sad thing is, it’s mostly self-inflicted. I wonder if this country will ever be happy again. Donald Davret Roslyn

Democratic convention failed to impress

t the virtual Democrat National Convention last week, the public was treated to tasteless jokes from Hollywood’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and a video featuring Donna Hylton, who spent 27 years in prison for the grisly murder and torture of Thomas Vigliarolo, a New York businessman found stuﬀed inside a steamer trunk and left to rot in Harlem. Then there was Michelle

Obama telling Americans to “go high” after her husband tried to destroy candidate and then President Trump by weaponizing all of our intelligence agencies against him. And to top it oﬀ, the admission by presidential candidate Joe Biden that his daughter is so enamored of the recently indicted rap singer Cardi B that he agreed to an interview with her for Elle Magazine, but mercifully she did

not play her newest hit, WAP, perhaps the filthiest “song” I’ve ever heard. The convention even had fireworks. Only one thing was missing. In the entire event, there was not ONE WORD mentioned of the months-long violence taking place in Democrat-run cities throughout our country––the short list includes Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Baltimore, New York

City––and the massive destruction wrought by the communist group Black Lives Matter and Antifa: widespread arson, massive destruction of property, including historic statues and local white and black businesses, wanton attacks on innocent people, intimidation and harassment, et al. Why? Because as you can see by the behavior of the mayors who run those cities, it’s perfectly OK with them as long as they

serve the “big picture” goal of the Democrat Party, i.e., to have things get so bad that there is no choice but to turn to Big Government to intervene, take over, and run all of our lives from cradle to grave. That is why your vote in November is really between Communism and Freedom! Joan Swirsky Great Neck

Mass mail-in balloting could be disastrous

emocrats keep asking for proof that mail-in voting can lead to a corrupt result. The Public Interest Legal Foundation has estimated that, over the last decade, 28 million mail ballots were missing or misdirected. The foundation argues that “putting the election in the hands of the U.S. Postal Ser-

vice would be a catastrophe.” But you don’t need to believe PILF. This past week we had several stark examples. Patterson, N.J.’s May city council election by mail will be redone in November because 24 percent of the ballots were rejected in one ward and 10 percent were rejected overall. For the Aug. 4 Michigan pri-

mary, over 10,000 mailed ballots were rejected, 846 of them “because the voter was dead,” according to the Detroit News. Clark County, Nev., held a June primary for which 223,000 ballots, mailed to all, not just active voters, were “undeliverable” according to the Review Journal. Clearly, with national elec-

tions being decided by just 1 to 2 percent in many critical swing states, fiascos far smaller than those just described could elect the presidential candidate who actually lost. Alternatively, the election results could be delayed for months of recounting and legal wrangling. The view of Blank Slate Me-

dia and its “progressive” columnist, Karen Rubin, that President Trump opposes mass mail balloting because he is intent on suppressing the vote for his own benefit, is simply another Trump Derangement Syndrome conspiracy theory. Len Mansky Roslyn

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New Moynihan station not worth the money

he Amtrak Oﬃce of Inspector General just released a report that revealed cost overruns and project delays for the $1.6 billion new Amtrak Moynihan Hall Penn Station, currently under construction. Gov. Cuomo will not be happy to learn that Amtrak may not meet his promised commitment to open by end of December 2020. The report title is “Governance: Early Planning and Oversight Deficiencies Led to Initial Program Failures and Continued Risks to the Moynihan Train Hall Program.” It can be accessed on the Amtrak OIG website and makes for interesting reading. There have always been questions about the real value of this project for Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, Long Island Rail Road and future Metro North Rail Road commuters who use Penn Station. While working for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Oﬃce, I attended several meetings on the original version of this project. No one remembers that in 1992, the estimated project cost was $315

million. Several years later, the cost grew to $500 million with a completion date slipping to some time later in the 1990s. That generation of Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit officials, along with project sponsors such as U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan and other public officials were not happy with both cost increases and project delays. Fast forward to 25 years later. The current generation of transit agency officials and politicians have no memory of past history going back decades. Today’s sponsors of this project never want to talk about the fact that partial financing comes from a federal $550 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan. The loan is to be paid back by revenues generated from private sector investments with shortfalls covered by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Empire State Development Corp. is counting on the sale of air rights over the Farley Building as the source for its $570 million contribution toward the overall $1.6 billion

cost. Suppose the sale generates less than anticipated. How would they make up the shortfall? We have never seen the fine print justifying the $1.6 billion cost estimate. There has never been a detailed project schedule or budget shared with the public to justify the promised December 2020 completion date. The project doesn’t add any new track or platform capacity for Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, LIRR or future Metro North Rail Road service. Many NJ Transit platforms and tracks will have no direct access to this new facility. New track and platform improvements are necessary to accommodate additional riders and trains during peak morning and afternoon rush hours. Creation of the new Moynihan Hall station, ticket oﬃce and renovated platforms below the Farley Building between 8th and 9th avenues sounds great on paper. Most LIRR riders continue to purchase tickets via Mail & Ride, ticket vending machines or various Apps. In coming years, new fare collection technology will be coming

on line. As a result, most staﬀed ticket windows and oﬃces will go the way of the dinosaurs. These improvements will only benefit a minority of LIRR riders whose destinations are west of 8th Avenue or who utilize the 8th Avenue A, C and E subways. A majority of riders exit to destinations east of 7th Avenue. This includes using the 1, 2 and 3 subways (some transferring at Times Square for either the shuttle or No. 7 subway to access Grand Central Terminal) or walking to Herald Square (to access the B, D, F, N, R, Q and W subway lines or PATH). LIRR trains arriving and departing from platform space farther west in Penn Station to access the new Moynihan Hall station will result in longer walks for a majority of riders coming east of 7th Avenue. Many would argue that this is a waste of several hundred million dollars. Most LIRR riders would prefer that these funds be spent on clean safe bathrooms, along with basic track, interlockings and signal maintenance at Penn Station, East River Tunnels and Queens portals rather

than a new ticket office and waiting area. What will happen when the growing NYC homeless population begins moving into the Moynhihan Hall Train Station?Better track, interlockings and signal maintenance scheduled on a more frequent regular basis might help avoid the increasing number of train delays and cancellations. LIRR riders would tell you that it is clearly a higher priority than a redundant second Penn Station ticket office and waiting room. Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner — transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked 31 years for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office. This included the development, review, approval and oversight for billions in capital projects and programs for the MTA, NYC Transit bus and subway, Staten Island Rail Road, Long Island and Metro North Rail Roads, MTA Bus, New Jersey Transit along with 30 other transit agencies in NY & NJ).

Stop overdevelopment in Great Neck

ttention, all residents of Great Neck. You have chosen to live on the North Shore. If you wanted to live in New York City, you would live there. You don’t want your Long Island community to be as congested as the boroughs. Yet, as I describe below, this is exactly what’s ahead for us. Approximately 1 1/2 years ago, Mayor Bral presented what he coined a “Revitalization Master Plan” for the Village of Great Neck. This plan included many recommendations for multi-story buildings along the two main arteries: Middle Neck Road and East Shore Road. Due to widespread and much publicized opposition by the community, Mayor Bral appeared to set this plan aside. Since winning re-election in June 2019, it has become clear that he is going ahead with this same revitalization plan that people had previously rejected. The latest step is selling Village property on East Shore Road to Villadom Corp., Kris Torkan, president. Torkan just happens

to be on the Board of Trustees in Kings Point. Torkan’s proposal is for a multi-story building to house residents of ages 55 and up, thus adding even more congestion to our village. We are a small peninsula. There is only one way to leave it—to the south. This means there is great stress on our three southbound roads. We are all too aware of the traﬃc issues on both East Shore Road and Middle Neck Road, which really should be renamed Bottle Neck Road. Mayor Bral has already approved a reconstruction of the Millbrook apartments on Middle Neck Road, which will entail approximately 100 new apartments! Now we have the new building on Middle Neck Road and Gutheil Lane, which will comprise approximately 45 new apartments. We also know that the Academy Apartments on Middle Neck Road will be rebuilt in the not-toodistant future. Meanwhile, Great Neck Plaza has been simultaneously building new multi-story buildings, and soon the empty

apartment house on Middle Neck Road, former home of a playhouse, will be razed. A new multi-story building will take its place. Welcome to even more congestion! Ironically, the Great Neck residents most adversely aﬀected by all these changes are the residents of Kings Point. They reside the furthest north, and therefore have the longest distance to drive in order to leave the peninsula. Yet they have no oﬃcial input in any of these decisions that impact their quality of life. To make things worse, Kris Torkan, whom they elected to represent them, is content to ignore their best interests by erecting a large residential building on East Shore Road, thereby increasing congestion, and making it even more dif-

ficult for them to travel south. I agree that something should be done with the parcel on East Shore Road, but we need to think long and hard in order to decide what the best solution is for the entire peninsula. I think a medium-size grocery store should be considered. We have already lost Waldbaums, which I am still upset about. Although any store would increase traffic, a supermarket would mean an increase in traffic only in the immediate area. People from Avalon Bay would shop there (probably on foot), as would residents of Kings Point and the Village of Great Neck. People who now have to go all the way down to Northern Blvd. to shop would not have to travel nearly so far, so that traffic along

the length of East Shore Road would be eased to some extent. I urge all Great Neck residents to show initiative and become educated as to what is taking place in your own community. Let your elected oﬃcials know if you’re upset about Mayor Bral’s future development plans or any of the other mayors’ plans. There is always strength in numbers. A few years ago, one of Kris Torkan’s pet development projects was, in fact, withdrawn because of massive community opposition—over 600 people came to a meeting to protest his proposed shopping center in Huntington. Amy Glass Great Neck

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NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio must go now!

here was an anti-Mayor Blasio protest on Saturday Aug. 22, at City Hall Park protesting the mayor’s failed policies. The reason for this protest is his policies concerning school openings, homelessness, crime, bail reform

and small business and street looters. The protesters are calling for the mayor to fix things or to step down. Remember this, it is my understanding Gov. Cuomo can step in and remove the mayor due to all the shootings and deaths.

As a senior citizen of over 70 years old, I worry about the safety for myself and my fellow senior citizens. We find the City of New York to be a most dangerous place to live and many of us can’t aﬀord to move. We need more police protection from the

criminal element. Also, we need more police oﬃcers patrolling the streets and our courts also need to do their jobs and to jail repeat oﬀenders. State Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis [ R-Brooklyn, Staten Island ] who was there

said,” It breaks my heart to see what the mayor is doing on every front.” Now Mayor Bill de Blasio listen up,” We’re not going to take it anymore.” Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Bellerose

Great Neck Plaza now a dying town

grew up in Great Neck and graduated fromSouth High School as a member of its first graduating class in 1959. After raising my family on the South Shore, my wife and I returned to this community over 20 years ago. I was fortunate to live in Great Neck during its heyday, when it was a place like no other. A sought-after community with a robust downtown, and a spirit that celebrated our achievements, and a place where everyone was proud to call home. However, for the

past 20 years I’ve watched the Great Neck of my youth emerge as a dying community that only seems to get worse and worse each and every year. Like many others in this village, I am a retiree frustrated by higher taxes and lower property values, and as I age, less opportunity every day to shop and eat locally. Over these many years, our once proud village has become a shining embarrassment. By my own admission, I haven’t paid much attention to those local politicians that no one seems to know. However,

is it possible that anyone else is to be blamed other than Mayor Celender and Deputy Mayor Rosen, who, with their handchosen trustees have inflicted enormous (and maybe irreversible) damage to this community? I am a former businessman and I know that if my actions failed year over year for 25 plus years, I would have been put out of business. That analogy seems appropriate here because after 25 years in oﬃce, in this community, Ted Rosen has essentially put Great Neck Plaza

out of business. He failed us when times were good and his actions will only make things worse in this current downturn. How can Ted Rosen defend the damage he has caused over so many years? He can’t. In fact, since he announced he was running, he has been silent. The pandemic made his normal absence from our community even more pronounced. A vote for Ted Rosen and those on his ticket is a vote for empty stores, dirty streets, higher taxes, less opportunity, more dysfunction, and lower property

values. Great Neck Plaza deserves better. I cannot remember a more important local election than this one.It’s time to evict Ted Rosen from village hall. Vote for Leonard Katz for mayor, and Marnie Ives and Robert Fatajollah for Trustee. Remember to write in their names on Sept. 15th. Our community depends on it. Fred Giﬀords Great Neck Plaza

Plaza needs experience now more than ever

ike most of you, I read the Great Neck News every week. As a candidate for the position of trustee, I’m reading the weekly articles sent in by Lawrence Katz. Most recently, Mr. Katz, a trustee, has been promoting his own version of a town hall meeting. Not only am I running for trustee, I am, first and foremost, an active member of our community and share the same concerns as most of you. This being said, I decided to join Mr. Katz’ first Zoom meeting. My running mate, Pam Marksheid, was also in attendance. Our intention was to just sit back and listen and that is exactly what we did. Needless to say, I left the meeting more concerned than ever about the future of our Village if Mr. Katz and his running mates get elected. The lack of experience is going to destroy the Village. The first point raised by Mr. Katz was the burdensome process that many new store owners face when moving to the Village, specifically, the many permit applications that need to be filed with the Village. Seemingly unaware of the process, Mr. Katz

failed to acknowledge that the Village only requires one conditional use permit. Yes, that’s right… the Village only requires ONE permit. Of course, there may be other permits necessary for restaurants, new apartments buildings, but those permits are required by the county and NOT the Village.The second point Mr. Katz raised was the length of time it takes to have a permit approved by the current Board of Trustees. Mr. Katz was concerned that the Village was holding permits longer than necessary because they only held one meeting a month. Mr. Katz, there are two board meetings a month: the first and third Wednesday of every month. I know this well as I have been attending these meeting for years. The actual application process is quite simple. Not only does the current board ask relevant questions of the applicant to help their business succeed, they make sure the applicants know about ribbon- cutting ceremonies and the eNewsletter sent out by the Village welcoming new businesses. In all my years of attending these board meetings, I have never heard a

single applicant raise any concerns about the application process.The third topic on the agenda was revitalizing the downtown. Mr. Katz was quick to blame the Village officials for store vacancies. Even Mr. Katz’ running mate acknowledged the downturn of the economy and the use of online vendors, such as Amazon, was hurting local retailers. What concerned me the most about this topic were Mr. Katz’s solutions. One solution was to close the movie theater and open up a Target mini store in its place. I don’t know about all of you, but I love the fact that the Village has a movie theater as one of its businesses. Unfortunately, because of the pandemic, the movie theater was forced to temporarily close, but I personally, cannot wait until it opens. Mr. Katz, a Target store in the middle of the Village? Really???Another reference was made to the empty stores on the corner of Middleneck Road and Maple Avenue. If Mr. Katz took the time to attend just one of the Zoning Board of Appeals meetings over the past year, he would know that there is a plan to make use of this

space. As chairman of the Zoning Board, I am formally inviting you and your running mates to attend one Zoning Board meeting before the election.Throughout his discussion, Mr. Katz kept on referring to “our broker.” I assume he was speaking of Phil Raices. In fact, he deferred to “our broker” Mr. Raices a number of times. Mr. Katz, why are you relying on a commercial real estate broker to guide your campaign? What is your motive here?Finally, Mr. Katz keeps on referring to a lack of transparency within the Village government. His concerns over transparency are nothing more than a complaint that the Village does not post the transcripts of the Board of Trustees meetings on their website. Mr. Katz, the transcripts are available to anyone. All you have to do is request a copy from the Village clerk. There is full transparency. Perhaps, because of your inexperience, you did not realize transcripts for all public meetings were available? All you have to do is ask. No transparency, really?At the end of the meeting, I logged oﬀ my computer and had a terrible feeling in the pit

of my stomach. What if people really believe the nonsense Mr. Katz is spewing? Where are the fact checkers when we need them? Mr. Katz and his running mates have no experience in running a local government. They do not understand the ramifications of their decisions. They do not attend Village meetings, they do not understand the various boards within the Village, i.e. the Zoning Board or Appeals. Once again, I have to bring it to the attention of the readers of this paper: Mr. Robert Farajollah has never attended a Village meeting. He was not on this Zoom call. Surely, someone wanting to join the local government would have attended their own meeting. I was there, Pam Marksheid was there, where was your running mate? Again, I am appealing to the residents of the Village to vote for Rosen, Marksheid and DeLuccia. We need experience now more than ever. Michael DeLuccia Village of Great Neck Plaza

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Home prices still surprisingly strong Have you noticed that real estate prices year-over-year have increased, regardless of our most serious Covid-19 pandemic calamity for almost the last six months? You would have thought that prices would have gone down, right? And the demand would have decreased. Well, we did have a coolingoﬀ period from March 22 to June 9 when Realtors (and the public) legally could not go out but could do virtual tours and videos to connect with purchasers while some actually bought w/o physically entering the premises. Most important, prices did not decrease, but sales yearover-year were less. The reason being lack of and historically low inventory. But buyers benefited with the lowest mortgage rates in 50 years. So if you are a very serious buyer, (with good to excellent income and very good to amazing credit scores) why wouldn’t you want to jump in and grab your starter, intermediate or “dream home” while the environment is so pro-buyer and seller and not lose this once in a lifetime opportunity? A certain percentage of buyers are qualified and certain percentages are not! This is what I call a perfect storm for those who can. So if you are not a buyer, then unfortunately you become a tenant, increasing your landlord’s wealth over time as well as providing all the tax benefits. When owning and living in your “American Dream” home, there is never a guarantee when you are ready to sell that you will earn a profit, after subtracting your mortgage payments and all the costs aﬃliated with ownership. So I say, don’t consider it an investment unless you are earning a penny more than it costs you each and every month. You initially purchase to bring up your family and grow roots in the community and maybe you will recoup all your money in the end as many have done as well as earning a profit. Investors on the other hand are taking calculated risks, so the spoils and benefits go to them because there is never a guarantee that they will earn a profit, but those who hold for the long term usually do. As history shows, investing in real estate has provided a safe haven for your money and returns have been quite excellent over the last 50 years. Yes, there are

those who have lost money for many reasons and that is why one must have the knowledge and plan before investing, and as they say one must also cross your “T’s” and dot your “I’s.” Of course, right now things are looking up for those cashing in as well as those who are buying because the costs are much lower than in 2019. But when things are this good for the qualified percentage of those able and capable families and individuals, but not necessarily great for the vast majority, I start to ponder and think about what could happen next to change the dynamics and the parameters of how real estate is being conducted. Could we be at the top as we enter the second half of 2020? Will demand still be strong around most of the U.S.? Interest rates most likely will still be low. However, this past week the Labor Department reported that unemployment claims went back over one million, but the previous week they hovered around 965,000? Who will lose their job or business next week? How many restaurants, hotels, and maybe even airlines will lay more employees oﬀ or even close up for good? Those who own their homes or investment properties hope

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

that real estate will continue as we will be going into the 11th year of increases, which is an historic record, but the economy must keep improving for this to continue. Without a stimulus package that has stalled for many weeks, will this cause more foreclosures and short sales going forward? I am quite positive there are many who are sitting on the side, hoping prices go lower, even collapse, so they too can enjoy the long term benefits of homeownership and potential investment. But if we cannot control the current Covid-19 situation here in the U.S. and around the globe, even a vaccine will not immediately solve the problem. There is supposedly a new Covid

mutation that has been detected in China and other eastern countries, so can things continue happily ever after, or will we pivot into a negative situation? What I have experienced and learned in my own life is when things are too good, and one may not see the forest for the trees and you think nothing can go wrong, that is when you need to have a strategy to consider putting yourself in a defensive situation as a hedge against things going south. It’s called diversification. I sort of alluded to this in my last two columns (if you haven’t read them, go back today and do so!) about the use of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in the sale and purchase of real estate. Although the digital currency is only 11 years old, some have been using it more and more frequently as a safer haven than the dollar when using it in a sale or purchase. I am not an accredited financial planner or investment counselor, so I cannot and do not oﬀer financial advice. However, if you might use the digital currency, you need to obtain the advice of a certified financial planner. One must do their research to gain the necessary knowledge and do your due diligence to ascertain the best route for you to pursue when selling, buying, or invest-

ing in real estate. Digital currency is still new and not clearly understood by the public as an alternative to our currency. So it’s a great time to sell, invest and purchase and Bitcoin (BTH) as well as other digital currencies, (Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP) and Litecoin (LTC) will be playing an increasing role in future real estate transactions, as well as other types of commodities and the stock market. They could be an excellent hedge against inflation that just may be coming down the pike as Washington continues to print more and more currency. Philip A. Raices is the owner/ Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S). Just email or snail mail (regular mail) him with your ideas and suggestions on future columns with your name, email, and cell number and he will call or email you back. For a consultation, he can be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com to answer any of your questions or concerns.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in

Manhasset

18 Oxford Road, Manhasset

173 Chapel Road, Manhasset

4 bd, 3 ba, 2,750 sqft, Sold on: 6/25/20, Sold Price: $1,704,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Manhasset

3 bd, 3 ba, 2,671 sqft, Sold on: 7/6/20, Sold Price: $1,700,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Manhasset

23 Fairway Circle, Manhasset

7 Combes Drive, Manhasset

3 bd, 3 ba, 2,932 sqft, Sold on: 7/28/20, Sold Price: $1,045,000 Type: Condo, Schools: Herricks

4 bd, 3 ba, 2,046 sqft, Sold on: 6/22/20, Sold Price: $1,199,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Manhasset

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Gyms stay cautious as reopenings begin Continued from Page 2 are also permitted to delay the resumption of indoor fitness classes beyond Sept. 2. “The localities have a role here. They have to inspect the gyms before they open or within two weeks of their opening to make sure they’re meeting all the requirements,” Cuomo said. “The local elected will make the decision in a jurisdiction and the local health departments must inspect before or within two weeks to make sure the guidelines are in place.” Life Time Fitness, with several locations throughout Long Island, including Garden City, released a statement stressing the importance of patrons’ health and well-being as the reopening process began this week. “The safety of our members and team members is what’s most important. Life Time has always been dedicated to delivering a healthy way of life to our communities, and with a carefully planned

The safety of our members and team members is what’s most important. Life Time has always been dedicated to delivering a healthy way of life to our communities, and with a carefully planned and phased approach, we will begin to reopen. — Statement from Life Time Fitness and phased approach, we will begin to reopen,” the statement said. “Each of us will play an important role in making your club a safe experience for us all.” Cameron Duﬀ, 24 Hour Fitness’ district manager for New Jersey and New York, said the facilities will have some closed amenities as the business monitors

the state’s guidelines. “Right now, the amenities are closed … the pool area, the wet area, the showers. Locker rooms are open,” Duﬀ said. “Obviously, we’re enforcing the four W’s … Wear a mask, wash your hands, wipe down your equipment, work out six feet apart.”

Sater appears in Senate intel report Continued from Page 2 informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he would pass along information learned from his Russian contacts about cybercrime, al-Qaida, Russian military and defense matters, and Russian organized crime. “At Sater’s sentencing, a [Department of Justice] representative told a federal judge that ‘[t]here was nothing [Sater] wouldn’t do. No task was too big. He was the key to open a hundred diﬀerent doors that [the FBI] couldn’t open prior to that time,'” the report says. The committee then says that Sater

left Bayrock in 2007, and in “late 2009 or early 2010” was given office space on the 26th floor of Trump Tower, just a few offices away from Trump, to source international deals, with Sater given the title of “senior advisor to Donald Trump.” “Sater was not paid a salary, but was promised a share of proceeds from successful business deals he brought in,” the report reads. “Sater used business cards with the Trump Organization logo and traveled on behalf of the Trump Organization, meeting developers and other investors. This arrangement, and Sater’s office space on the 26th floor of

Trump Tower only several oﬃce’s away from Trump, gave Sater greater access to Trump, allowing Sater the ability to see Trump frequently and ‘pitch’ business opportunities to him. During this time, Trump would see Sater every day, generally more than once. In general, Sater recalled that he had interacted with Trump ‘hundreds’ of times over the course of their relationship. After less than a year, Sater left his advisory role to the Trump Organization without completing any new deals.” The report then describes Sater accompanying two of the president’s chil-

NHP family seeks missing brother Continued from Page 3 The case is being investigated by the Nassau County Police Department. A spokesman said that missing persons cases are never closed until there is some sort of resolution, but the department did not respond to requests for comment on the status of this case. Robert Sputo, a retired Nassau County police detective sergeant, recalled the case and said it likely has not been touched in years.

On April 4, 2011, the body of an Asian male was found at Gilgo Beach. It was one of eight sets of human remains found in the area that are suspected to be the victims of an unidentified serial killer, sometimes dubbed the Long Island Serial Killer. It was briefly thought that Jimmy Tsui’s mystery may have been solved, but DNA tests revealed the body was not his. The body remains unidentified and according to the NamUs database, had been de-

ceased more than five years. Annabel Tsui said when the body was found, a frenzy of media members and police came to her parents’ house, which she said traumatized them. For that reason, she asked that her parents not be contacted for this story. “It’s really hard,” Victoria Tsui said. “Even today, my parents still feel something is missing from the family.”

Bill Lia, chairman of the state’s Fitness Alliance, said gyms throughout the state were rapidly preparing for reopenings, but were doing so cautiously to avoid further setbacks. “The New York State Fitness Alliance thanks Governor Cuomo for his continued leadership in reopening the economy in an intelligent way,” Lia said. “The fitness industry is ready to reopen safely, with proper protocols in place to protect our employees and members. We look forward to providing New Yorkers access to safe fitness facilities so they can advance their physical and mental health.” Gyms were initially slated to be in the fourth phase of reopening, which included media production, professional sports games with no fans, and low-risk indoor and outdoor arts and entertainment. Cuomo announced on June 24 that malls, movie theaters, schools and gyms had not yet been given the green light to reopen by the state.

dren, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr., on a trip to Russia “in part to research potential deals,” during which he managed to take them on a tour of the Kremlin. Plans for the Trump Tower in Moscow fell through following Trump’s nomination for president at the Republican National Convention in July 2016, with the report quoting Sater as saying that it became obvious that there was “just no way that a presidential candidate could build a tower in a foreign country.” “As a result, eﬀorts on the project ceased,” the report reads. In addition to the report, Sater is featured as an interviewee in the two-part documentary “Agents of Chaos,” directed by Emmy Award winner Alex Gibney (“Going Clear”). Sater appears near the end of the film’s trailer, which premiered on YouTube on Sept. 24. “Everyone wants to create a huge conspiracy,” Sater says in the trailer. “Give me a break.” The film will premiere in two parts on pay cable channel HBO, with the first half airing on Sept. 23 and the second on Sept. 24. Sater, who was born in the then-Soviet Union and whose family emigrated to the United States as refugees when he was 7, sold his Sands Point home in February 2019 in order to relocate to waterfront property, said local real estate agent Kathy Levinson. He had purchased the home in 2004 and moved from another property in Port Washington.

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Parents demand full-time in-person option Continued from Page 1 ed to the district’s website on the morning after the school board meeting that while the state’s infection rate was decreasing and socio-emotional and educational perspectives called for five days in person, the Port Washington Teachers Association (PWTA) had expressed concerns regarding the faculty’s return. “Over the past week, members of the Port Washington Teachers Association communicated to both the Board of Education and Central Administration that even with all the safeguards put in place to bring children, teachers, and building staff back safely to our elementary schools, they still did not feel safe in a five-day in-school model,” Hynes wrote. “We have made it clear to the PWTA as well as to the community that the health and safety of children and district staff has always been the first priority in the development of all district reopening plans. Nonetheless, the continued reluctance to accept a five-day, inschool plan for elementary students by the PWTA, and safety concerns expressed by some elementary parents/guardians, made it clear that to ensure a smooth reopening for all elementary students we had to make the change to a hybrid model.” Efforts to reach the association for comment were unavailing. In response to the news, over 100 parents and students attended a protest outside the district’s administrative buildings at Schreiber High School on Monday, all demanding a five-day in-person option for elementary students. Organizer Justin Renna began the proceedings by voicing the concerns of working parents and condemning the school board and Hynes for the decisions. “Too many people in this town cannot properly handle a hybrid learning environment due to work obligations,” Renna said. “This decision will force many parents to make the tough choice of leaving a child home alone, or leaving their jobs ... the Board of Education and Dr. Hynes made this decision because of their epic failure in planning to properly open up the school safely. I have emailed the BOE and Dr. Hynes a total of 13 times in the past few days. How many responses have I gotten? Zero. Governor [Andrew] Cuomo has told schools they need to work with parents to make sure schools are opened in a timely manner. This district didn’t do enough. They have lost the right to tell us to trust that they are doing everything they can to get our kids in school five days a week.” Parent Adam Paltrowitz, a teacher for over 20 years in the Plainview-Old Bethpage school district, called the hybrid plan “untenable” for teachers and criticized Hynes’ letter, which he said appears to place the blame on the teachers. “The superintendent did this community a huge disservice by throwing our teachers under the bus and blaming them for his failure to implement a five-day schedule,” he said. “If we want to be successful here we must understand that the blame falls on the decision makers: our elected school board and the superintendent. Our leaders didn’t allocate the proper funds to make a real plan. If they needed

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Port Washington resident Henry Duarte with his two children at a protest Monday for a five-day in-person schedule for Port’s elementary students. A single father who works in the restaurant industry and coaches Port’s youth wrestling team, Duarte is one of dozens of parents who say a hybrid learning model would be unfeasible. more classroom and facilities, they had to plan to rent them. If they needed more teachers, they needed to hire them. This is what successful school districts do, they decide how to achieve the highest level of education for their students and find a way to make it happen. We pay a large school tax to make this happen, and we count on our school board and superintendent to fulfill their obligation.” Paltrowitz then added that the superintendent and school board “should be held accountable for their decision,” leading to a short chant of “Vote them out!” “If they can’t provide our children with proper daily in-person instruction, we should decide two weeks before our taxes are due to pay 40 percent of what they expect, and state to them that we did our best but had to allocate those funds to our children’s supplemental education elsewhere,” he said. Lisa Kraidin, the parent of a fourthgrader, said that the online schooling eﬀorts were a “failure” due to younger students being unable to pay attention to Zoom classes. “The disastrous attempt at remote learning at the elementary level was acknowledged by the administration when, instead of sending home the usual end-ofyear performance summary, they opted to send home an attendance record,” Kraidin said. “Dr. Hynes and the Board of Education promised parents that they would do better in the fall. Dr. Hynes told us that the administration had learned lessons during the spring and would work hard all summer on the reopening plan.” Kraidin said that the administration had “pulled the rug out from under us” by not including a five-day option, and said that with her son only attending for two of

five days, she and her husband would be “conscripted” as supplemental teachers. “My husband and I are not teachers,” Kraidin said. “We both have demanding jobs that require our attention ... how are we, like other working parents, expected to sit with our child all day, three days a week, so that they can focus their attention on learning while also performing our jobs?” Matt Wurst, the parent of an incoming first-grader and fourth-grader and the creator of a petition for the five-day in-person option that received over 1,100 signatures, also spoke. “This is not how any of us wanted to spend the last few days of our summer,” Wurst said. “If the administration doesn’t act, they are going to fail our children.” Dr. Leigh Trani, a pediatrician who is married to Wurst, said that in March, Hynes had replied to her emails over concerns about spread of coronavirus in schools, but that she had not heard from him recently. “Today, we are living in a diﬀerent world,” Trani said. “For the upcoming year, the American Academy of Pediatrics strongly recommends that all policy considerations begin with the goal of having students physically present in school. Here in New York, we did not just flatten the curve, we crushed it.” Trani added that the goal would be risk mitigation rather than risk elimination. “Hybrid learning is only recommended when social distancing is not attainable in the classroom,” Trani said. “It makes sense that New York City is looking at hybrid plans primarily because they have far less space and much bigger classes. We were told that we have the space to oﬀer fiveday in-person learning, so I am not sure why we are switching to a hybrid plan.

This goes against consensus medical expertise and leadership, seeing that we should prioritize in-person learning, especially for our elementary-age kids.” Dr. Lauren Block, a primary care physician and associate professor at Northwell Health’s Zucker School of Medicine as well as a parent of three in the Port district, closed the demonstration with an announcement that 25 Port parents who worked in health care had written a letter to the administration advising on how to reopen. “The American Academy of Pediatrics has said that schools should reopen when it is viable, and it is viable now,” Block said. When asked for comment, Hynes sent a statement to Blank Slate Media reiterating his letter published on the district’s website, stating that the district had a plan to implement, but decided against it after receiving “considerable pushback” from the PWTA. “After an internal assessment of our individual building capacities was performed, it was determined that all of our elementary students could return, while remaining in compliance with all health and safety-related guidelines, by using many of our non-instructional spaces as classrooms and lowering class sizes,” Hynes said. “With that determination, working with our principals and central administration, we developed a five-day inperson instructional plan within these constraints which included a phased-in reopening at our elementary schools to ensure the safety of students and staﬀ. We then shared this plan with the Port Washington Teacher Association leadership and elementary teachers. “Due to the considerable pushback we received directly from the PWTA leadership and some teachers, we had no choice but to pivot to a hybrid model for our elementary schools reopening. However, we are committed to bringing our elementary students back in school 5 days a week. “Towards that end, we have reconvened our instructional task force and elementary building protocols task force to work with PWTA Leadership, our elementary principals and teachers to develop plans that will allow us to return to a fiveday program. We have set October 5 as the hard deadline to reach this solution.” With the school year starting in less than two weeks, unless the mandate is changed, Duarte, a single parent who is currently furloughed from his job in the restaurant industry, says his only option would be to leave Port. “I can’t split myself up again as I did during the virtual,” Duarte said. “I’ve been in this town for 30 years, I’ve been coaching sports for 30 years, and if we have to go back to two days and a hybrid, I’ll be forced to move out of my hometown.” Duarte says that his future is now “blank.” “It was hard enough as a single parent during a normal school year, but during these times, with two days of them going to school, I can’t work,” Duarte said. “I have a blank future right now.”

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COVID patient home at 111 days Continued from Page 20 ery. ECMO technology uses a pump to circulate blood through an artificial lung in order to oxygenate the blood and give the organs rest to recover. The ECMO-TO-GO team from North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) in Manhasset was deployed and Dr. Harold Fernandez, a cardiothoracic surgeon from that hospital, placed Velasquez on the ECMO machine at the Valley Stream hospital. Almost immediately, his oxygenation level rose to 100 percent. Velasquez was then transferred to Long Island Jewish Medical Center in

New Hyde Park, where he spent one month on ECMO and remained on a ventilator. There, he survived several more near-death episodes, including another stroke and a collapsed lung. Still dependent on a ventilator and paralyzed on his left side, Velasquez was transported to Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, Westchester County, to begin rehabilitation in its Acute Ventilator Recovery Unit on June 9. It was there that he was gradually weaned oﬀ the ventilator and built the strength to breathe on his own. Not long after, he regained the ability to eat and

walk unassisted. “Tito has had a tremendous journey,” said Dr. Richard Stumacher, chief of pulmonology and critical care at Northern Westchester, who oversaw Velasquez’ care. “He never gave up, mentally or emotionally. When I saw him stand up and take those first few steps and walk down the hallway, it was incredible.” On July 10, Velasquez was transferred to the Stern Family Center for Rehabilitation at LIJ, where he completed his recovery. “Seeing Mr. Velasquez walk out of Stern today on his own was probably one of the most satisfying moments

of my career,” Poumpouridis said. “He came in very sick and the chances of him walking out with any kind of function was so low that to see him walk out, fully recovered, made me cry.” As he was discharged on Aug. 17, members of the medical staﬀ from each of the Northwell Health facilities that provided his treatment applauded him, and Velasquez was released into his family’s care. “I feel really grateful,” Velasquez said through an interpreter. He added that he would continue his life after treatment “one day at a time, whatever God brings.”

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New tenants found for Coliseum Continued from Page 34 possible through a federal program that provides people with visas in exchange for financing projects that create domestic job opportunities. The immigration fund is not an organization aﬃliated with the federal government. “Our plans are to take control, further the development plans with RXR [Realty] and work with the county to reactivate the arena,” Mastroianni told Newsday. Eﬀorts to reach Mastroianni

for further comment were unavailing. Curran, an Islanders fan, previously expressed disappointment in Onexim deciding to surrender its lease. Last week she said she was encouraged that Nassau Live stepped in to preserve the team’s chances of playing a final season in the Coliseum before beginning a new chapter at newly named UBS Arena, which is currently under construction at Belmont Park. “We’ve made sure our

Islanders can come home to Nassau for one final season at the Barn while continuing all the momentum we’ve built with our community partners on a reimaged Hub that would drive our economy and benefit our residents for generations to come,” Curran said. “Our vision for the project as a live-workplay destination anchored by a medical research and innovation district is even more important now, following the COVID-19 public health crisis.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who broke ground at UBS Arena last fall, also expressed approval of the deal between the county and Mastroianni. “This announcement reminds us that the Islanders – and the Barn – are part of Long Island’s DNA, and will be for years to come,” he said in a statement. The Islanders are up 1-0 over the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round of the National Hockey League playoﬀs.

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Residents protest cell nodes at Verizon store Continued from Page 10 ing Port Washington Estates, Manhasset Bay Estates, Bayview Colony and the Plandome Manor border with the Town of North Hempstead. After months of inaction where a “shot clock” was reset and ran out, ExteNet sued the town and won on the ground that the town had failed to act on the applications within a “reasonable” time frame, with no public hearings on the applications planned from last August to February. The company was then granted summary judgment in a June 26 court order which calls for the town to “issue all approvals necessary for ExteNet’s installation of the 16 small wireless facilities” and “cooperate in good faith to coordinate with ExteNet during construction and installation.” North Hempstead has filed an appeal and sought a stay of the judgment but no such stay has been awarded. Mike Gallagher, an organizer of the protest, lives in Bayview Colony in Port, and said that one of the nodes has been mapped out 23 feet from his property. “We want to let everybody know that Verizon is coming into this town, and they’re putting 16 cell nodes to start with,” Gallagher said in an interview. “There’s been absolutely no communication to the people, it’s just 16 people that are directly impacted.” Gallagher said that the residents originally thought that North Hempstead would take action against the nodes before going to trial. “When they got the application back in August, they should have rejected them,” he said. “Instead they did nothing. They didn’t have any hearings, they didn’t have a town hall. They didn’t send out an email communication, they didn’t send out letters to the town. So what the judge in the case said was, ‘You want to appeal this ‘shot clock’ that ran out, but guess what – you’ve taken absolutely no action.'” He added that the only communication that residents had received was an email from former Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio, who in December warned her constituents that the applications had been sent. One month beforehand, De Giorgio had been defeated for re-election by current Councilwoman Mariann Dalimonte, who was set to take oﬃce less than a month after the email was sent. Further, Gallagher said the town’s lack of action and lack of working with ExteNet caused the problem. “By not acting, [the Town of North Hempstead] can blame it on the lawyers, they could blame it on the [Federal Communications Commission],” Gallagher said. “That’s where I have a problem too. The fact is, they’re playing, they’re playing politics, and they’re saying you know as long as they’re not moving the nodes somewhere, then they can’t be at fault.” The Verizon store that the group chose as the protest site is called Port Wireless, and is a licensed retailer of Verizon products and plans. Gallagher said the intention was not to be against the owners of the small business. “I’ll go in, I’ll talk to the small-business owner and say look, this isn’t against you,” Gallagher said. “Bottom line, you’re a franchisee, so you assume reputation risk from Verizon at this point. I can’t help that.”

As Gallagher and other residents collected signatures and passed out pages of information to passers-by, protesters held aloft signs reading “Small cells are not safe for birds, bees and babies,” “No health experiments in Port” and “Safety before convenience,” voicing their concerns about health effects as a result of radiation from the nodes. Such effects are a concern for Port resident Lorraine Miller, who said a node is mapped out next to her home in Manhasset Bay Estates. “We don’t want this, it’s so damaging,” Miller said. “There are thousands of studies showing the harmful effects of this radiation. This technology is really in its infancy, and we really don’t know what the effects will be.” Under FCC rules, municipalities can only cite aesthetics and node locations as valid reasons to reject applications, with other factors like health reasons not allowed for consideration. The rules have not stopped residents on the North Shore from bringing up their concerns over health as a result of the nodes at public meetings and forums for villages that received applications. Former Microsoft Canada President Frank Clegg said at a Jan. 16 forum sponsored by Blank Slate Media that the numbers on the effects of 5G on health weren’t in yet due to the breadth of the issue and innumerable variables. ExteNet has also sued the villages of Lake Success, Flower Hill, Plandome and Plandome Manor in the past two years after each village, after widespread public backlash, did not approve its requests to build cell nodes. Legal proceedings are ongoing in all four villages. The town had not previously discussed the application in public session, but Supervisor Judi Bosworth did speak disapprovingly of “the companies who want to install upgraded 5G cellphone transmission equipment in residential areas” in her State of the Town address in January. In a statement, Gordon Tepper, the Town of North Hempstead communications director, said that the town was “vigorously pursuing all potential avenues on behalf of the community and its residents to demand that ExteNet move all cell nodes away from residential homes.” “Inexcusably, Federal Law gives corporations like ExteNet and Verizon unprecedented authority to overrule state and local governments in their plans to establish cell nodes, not just in our town, but in every township and local government in the country,” Tepper said. “We will be reaching out to other municipalities on Long Island and working with all levels of government to demand that this law be repealed as this issue is certainly not unique to our area. We expect and demand that corporations in our town conduct themselves as good corporate neighbors. ExteNet and Verizon’s failure to do so will require our town, and other towns, to take unprecedented steps to stand up to this egregious abuse of authority.” Gallagher said that the town’s “failure” is what caused the protest. “So, the town failed us. The lawyers failed us. Now we’re appealing to Verizon,” he said.

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Over 100 parents and elementary students in the Port Washington school district attended a demonstration outside Schreiber High School on Monday after the district announced that no five-day inperson teaching option would be offered for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. The demonstrators left their signs on the steps of the administrative offices following the protest.

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Governor delivers update at NHP park Continued from Page 5 Only one region in the state has an infection rate over 1 percent. That is western New York, at 1.1 percent. Long Island’s positive rate in tests is currently 0.6 percent, the governor said. Cuomo praised the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for keeping service going through the pandemic and working to disinfect trains and buses daily. “The MTA had one of the really extraordinary challenges of all time, when you think about it,” Cuomo said. “The MTA had to continue its essential service throughout COVID because the MTA is the way the essential workers get to work.”

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17 Willets Lane | Plandome, Manhasset | Newly Priced at $1,798,000 | 5 BR, 4.5 BA

Located on one of the Village’s loveliest and most coveted streets, this classic Plandome Colonial was built with elegant and elevated living in mind and features well-scaled gathering spaces and 3 fireplaces. 4 spacious bedrooms including the primary suite with dressing room occupy the second floor, and a third floor provides additional room and full bath. Basement with high ceilings has perfect space for a comfy rec room with fireplace and bar, as well as laundry and mechanicals. 2-car attached garage. Sited on a shy third of an acre with exquisite plantings, this is the house you will want to call home. elliman.com | web# 3213583

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