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74 dead at nursing facility from virus BY E M M A J ON ES The Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation on the Queens-Nassau border has the highest number of coronavirus deaths of any of the 362 nursing homes in New York that have reported COVID-19 fatalities. According to the New York State Department of Health, there have been 74 confirmed coronavirus-related deaths at Parker Jewish, as of Thursday. While the nursing home is listed under a New Hyde Park address, the state Health Department classifies it as a Queens facility. Other facilities in Nassau County with high numbers of coronavirus fatalities include Excel at Woodbury for Rehabilitation and Nursing, with 21 confirmed and five presumed coronavirus deaths; Highfield Gardens Care Center of Great Neck, with 21 confirmed; Nassau Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, with none confirmed and Continued on Page 28

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that three regions throughout New York will begin phased reopening on Friday. See story on page 8.

Curran anticipates June reopening State figures show region has achieved five of seven required metrics BY R OB E RT PELAEZ As three regions in New York prepare to begin a phased reopening on Friday, downstate areas including Long Island may have to wait another six weeks,

according to Nassau County Executive Laura Curran. Curran said at a news conference last Friday that she expects Nassau County to begin the phased reopening next month. As of Tuesday, Long Island had met five of the seven criteria mandated by the state to begin the phased reopening. “Just to give you a rough estimate, our back-of-theenvelope number, we could get there probably by the

end of June,” Curran said when asked when the county will reopen. The five metrics that Nassau met are having a 14-day decline in hospitalizations and conducting 30 monthly tests per 1,000 residents, having a 30 percent capacity of total hospital beds, a 30 percent capacity of intensive care unit beds, and having at least 30 contact tracers for 100,000 residents. The two that it still needs to

meet are a 14-day decline in hospital deaths or fewer than five deaths per day, and new hospitalizations of under two patients per 100,000 residents. The region has made 33 percent of total hospital beds and intensive care unit beds available, surpassing the 30 percent benchmark required by the state. State figures indicated that the county is expected to achieve the contact tracing metric as well. Continued on Page 28

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Driver arraigned in Glen Cove crash Charged with manslaughter by Singas BY R O S E W E L D ON

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Roslyn school board President Meryl Waxman Ben-Levy is running unopposed in this year’s election.

Uncontested races in Roslyn, Mineola

A Locust Valley man has been arraigned on charges including homicide and manslaughter for allegedly driving drunk and crashing into an ambulette in Glen Cove in 2019, killing the patient inside, according to Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas. Singas said that on Sept. 1, 2019, at approximately 11:45 p.m., defendant Alvaro Gutierrez-Garcia was allegedly driving a 1997 Cadillac sedan eastbound at a high rate of speed on Forest Avenue in Glen Cove when he struck a private ambulette driving southbound on Walnut Road. The force of the crash caused the ambulette, which was transporting a patient to Glen Cove Hospital, to overturn. Gutierrez-Garcia did not sustain any injuries during the crash, but his front-seat passenger suffered minor injuries. The emergency medical technician inside the ambulette suffered serious physical injuries, while the ambulette’s driver suffered minor injuries. Denis Motherway, 85, the patient being treated in the

ambulette, later died of injuries suffered during the crash. Motherway was a retired detective with the New York Police Department whose son, Timothy Motherway, had been killed in a drunken driving crash in March 2009. “[Motherway] bravely served the residents of New York City for 18 years before his life was tragically cut short by an alleged drunk driver,” Singas said in a statement. “My office is committed to aggressively prosecuting every case against people who drink and drive.” Gutierrez-Garcia, 28, was arraigned on April 30 before Judge Robert McDonald on counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, aggravated vehicular assault, reckless endangerment, reckless driving, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and aggravated driving while intoxicated. Lisa Corso and Tara DePalo of the Vehicular Crimes Bureau are prosecuting the case. Gutierrez-Garcia is represented by Jeff Groder.

N. Shore, Herricks, E. Williston see challenges to trustees BY R O S E W E L D ON Candidates for school board elections in the Roslyn, Mineola, North Shore, Herricks and East Williston school districts have been named. In the Roslyn district, school board President Meryl Waxman Ben-Levy and Vice President Cliﬀord Saﬀron are running unopposed. Similarly, in Mineola, incumbents Patrick Talty and Dr. Margaret Ballantyne-Mannion are running unopposed.

At the North Shore school district based in Glen Cove, two seats are up for election, with three candidates in the running. Incumbent Richard Galati is being challenged by Andrea Macari and Robert Mazzella, while Trustee Joanna Commander is not seeking another term. Two school board seats are up for election in Herricks, with Tarantej S. Arora running against incumbent James Gounaris and Bhajan S. Ratra running against incumbent Henry

R. Zanetti. In the East Williston school district, incumbent Mark Kamberg is running for re-election, with Raymond Del Maestro opposing him. With Trustee Alan Littman’s resignation in March, the candidate who fills his seat will take the rest of his term, which spans two years. Tasneem Meghi is running unopposed for the seat. All elections will take place on June 9, the same date as budget votes.

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The intersection of Walnut Road and Forest Avenue in Glen Cove, where an allegedly drunk driver struck an ambulette last year, killing the patient inside.

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Blanket producer files for Chapter 11 Roslyn-headquartered Northwest Company has debts of $86 million

BY R O S E W E L D ON The Roslyn-based Northwest Co. LLC, one of the country’s most prominent producers of textiles and blankets, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to The Wall Street Journal. The business, which claims to be the top manufacturer of blankets and throws in the United States, said in court papers filed in March that tariﬀs and product shortcomings had restricted its cash flow before the coronavirus hit, indicating that it owes about $57 million to companies including the National Football League and Disney. Court filings also suggest that the company had over $86 million in debt. Without additional borrowing, the company “will not have suﬃcient liquidity to continue to fund [its] operations, fund employee payroll and benefits obligations, pay vendors of necessary goods and services, and satisfy other operational requirements,” Northwest CEO and President Ross Auerbach said in

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The Northwest Company, a major producer of blankets headquartered in Roslyn, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. a court declaration. The company employs about 118 people, according to court papers. Concerns with product and supply quality as well as higher

tariﬀs have dogged the company for years, according to Auerbach, whose parents originally ran the business out of their home in Roslyn. In addition to its corpo-

rate offices in Roslyn at 49 Bryant Ave., Northwest operates a showroom in New York City, a sourcing office in Shanghai, China, a corporate office in Bentonville, Arkansas, a weaving fa-

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N. Shore, Roslyn students honored

McCreery, Flyer among those awarded National Merit scholarships BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

Eleven high school students from the North Shore of Long Island were named recipients of $2,500 National Merit Scholarships on Tuesday. Of those 11, four come from Manhasset Secondary School – Sydney Ginsburg, Oliver Reinhardt, Elizabeth Wu and Serena Zhao. James Zheng from Garden City High School, Raymond Lin from Great Neck North High School, Gabriel Magidson from Great Neck South High School, Nicole Khaimov from Glen Cove High School, Shreya Patel from Herricks High School, Kyra McCreery from North Shore High School and Daniel Flyer from Roslyn High School were also awarded scholarships. Eﬀorts to reach representatives from school districts for comment were unavailing. Probable career fields of the 11 winners included computer science, computer programming, science/research, medicine, electrical engineering, biomedical en-

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Four students from the Manhasset Secondary School were awarded National Merit Scholarships on Tuesday. gineering, finance and education administration. National Merit $2,500 designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 finalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Corp. Program. The program honors individual students

who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies. The number of winners in each state is based on the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. Winners are selected based on academ-

ics, the diﬃculty of their course work, scores from two standardized tests, contributions to school and community activities, written essays and school recommendations. Having demonstrated exemplary academic performance

throughout high school, these students were fully endorsed and recommended by their high school principals. Each student also provided biographical data and a self-description of interests, activities, accomplishments and goals. This year’s program began in October 2018 when more than 1.5 million high school juniors in 21,000 high schools took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Of those students, 16,000, or just over 1 percent, moved on to the semifinal round, according to the corporation. By the end of this year’s program, according to the corporation, around 7,600 finalists will earn the title of “Merit Scholar” cumulating in more than $30 million in college scholarships nationwide. The National Merit Scholarship Program is a privately financed academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. Scholars may use their awards at any regionally accredited United States college or university.

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Graduating Wheatley during a pandemic BY K AYA A M I N , K AV I N A A M I N , A N D N ATA L I A POTRAPELUK For many high school seniors across Long Island and all over the country, our final year of high school was unexpectedly cut short due to a coronavirus pandemic. At first, many of us felt this one-week “break” from school was needed. It was the perfect cure for our worsening senioritis and some time to relax at home. However, as weeks turned into months, we all felt a new discomfort and uncertainty about the rest of our senior year. Just as school was getting exciting and there was so much to look forward to, we were forced to put our year on pause. Senior sports seasons, college commitments, and our final Showdown week were all taken away. As this pandemic worsened, we were forced to undertake remote learning, while missing the most memorable parts of the high school experience. We weren’t able to see our friends, interact with our teachers, or enjoy almost half of our senior year at The Wheatley School. Special occasions like birthdays were forced to be celebrated via zoom and without so many of our loved ones. Even though health and safety are extremely important during this time, we can’t help but feel that we are missing out on things that are important to us. Many of us now wish that school can reopen at least for a short period of time so we can celebrate our prom and graduation together, as these are significant rites of passage. As many of us heard about college decisions over the past month, we hoped we could celebrate this unforgettable occasion with our friends, teachers, and community. During this unprecedented time, we hope we can come together and unite as a grade. While at home, we are making efforts to spread positivity and support each other. As of now, no events are canceled, but our student government and administration is exploring a prom in July and online streamed graduation. In addition, the athletic director, Michael Scaturro, has decided to hold a virtual signing day for student-athletes committed to a college in sports. As seniors, we appreciate the support we are receiving from parents, friends, teachers, and staff. The PTO generously gave each senior student a yard sign expressing their support and recognition. Our principal, Dr. Feeney, shared videos from Wheatley staff which were so nice to see and brightened up our day. Even though we have extremely understanding teachers and faculty members, in the end, this isn’t something any of us have control over and still doesn’t change how hard this is. We have gathered quotes from some current senior students at The Wheatley School:

“Being quarantined as a senior in high school has taught me a lot, starting off with the fact that no one should ever take any moment in life for granted. There were so many days we wished we could stay home from school and wished for there to be a snow day, but now I just wish to go back. I’ve tried being as productive as possible just to get my mind off all of the last senior year moments the class of 2020 is missing. I am praying that this all ends soon.” “As much as we all complain about school, seeing friends and teachers are an important part of our life that we all miss, especially us seniors.” “While it’s important everyone stays at home so our community can reopen sooner, I really wish I could see all my friends again at school. We have missed and will be missing a lot of traditions and I wish we didn’t have to be at home during this time that’s supposed to be about celebration and the next chapter in our lives.” “Currently as a senior during quarantine, I feel upset that my senior year is being taken away from me by people who lack the care for others. Their decision to put their desires over others’ needs has led to our current situation of ever-growing cases of COVID-19. Furthermore, I miss seeing my friends and experiencing our senior year together whether it be for food runs or going for far out drives. I’m currently missing our senior events like our last Showdown, the excitement of preparing for prom, graduation, and senior sunset. I also miss just hanging out with friends in school or skipping a few classes like a second semester senior would. In general, I miss our normal social lives.” “Being quarantined as a senior really makes you appreciate all the good that high school had to offer. All the bad test grades, stressful times, exam filled days, and days that never seemed to end suddenly seem nonexistent. “For seniors it is a different type of sad than other grades are feeling because for us there isn’t a next year. There’s no next sports season, no next set of classes with our favorite teachers, and no next showdown. “After 12 years of hard work, the best three months were taken from us without warning, by a disease. I think at this point, we’re all upset about things like

the senior party, prom, and yearbook signing, but what is especially concerning to me and most others is the thought of losing graduation. “It is hard to imagine not having the opportunity to walk across that stage and receive a diploma. It is weird thinking about going to college without ever getting to finish high school. I do wish we knew it was the last day when we left on that Friday for some closure, but that’s all in the past now. “There’s nothing to do but move forward. The future is pretty uncertain, but however cliche, we really are all in this together.” “I knew high school wasn’t going to be like High School Musical but I really did not expect this. We started school

together and we should be able to end school together as well. In the beginning of senior year I would always say ‘wait until the end of the year, that’s when the fun will begin.’ I’m sorry to all the seniors out there. “You all lost very special moments that you can only get in high school: prom, senior party, winning showdown (no oﬀense but we had it in the bag), etc. The coronavirus has hurt us but it can’t take away the memories we already have. “The advice I can give is to hold on to those moments that made you happy in school and graduate on a good note, even if it’s online.”

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4,000 on N. Shore test positive for COVID County Health Dept. figures show Hempstead has highest number of cases for 4th week running BY R OB E RT PELAEZ As Nassau County nears its completion of seven state-mandated metrics to reopen, nearly 4,000 North Shore residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus as of Monday evening, according to figures from the Nassau County Department of Health. The statistics, broken down by community on the county’s interactive map, were the most up-to-date figures available as of Wednesday morning. Last week, the confirmed number of coronavirus cases throughout North Shore communities was 3,754. That number increased by 245 over the week, for a total of 3,999 confirmed cases. Municipalities that stretch into more than one North Shore area such as Flower Hill, Herricks, Albertson, Garden City Park, Searingtown and North Hills were counted separately and accounted for 591 cases, an increase of 35 from last week. A total of 743 residents

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More than 3,700 North Shore residents had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Monday night, according to figures provided by the Nassau County Department of Health. throughout the Great Neck peninsula had tested positive for the virus, an increase of 43 from last week. The centralized villages, such as the Village of Great Neck and Great Neck Plaza, account for 364 of the area’s confirmed cases,

an increase of 6 from the previous week. Kings Point still ranks third in the area’s confirmed cases with 96, another increase of 6. Mineola, Garden City and Williston Park combined for a total of 671 confirmed cases, which accounts for almost all of the

area’s total of 693 cases. The surrounding areas include Westbury with 474 cases, Uniondale with 1,073 cases, and Hempstead with 2,035, the most cases in one village in the county for the fourth consecutive week. Port Washington has just

366 of the North Shore’s cases. Of that total, 210 are from town-governed areas and 90 in Manorhaven. Manhasset, with 231 confirmed cases, has closer proximity to areas with more positive cases, but had the lowest increase of cases over the past week with 17. Roslyn has 344 confirmed cases, and has two villages with more than 100 (Village of Roslyn: 133, Roslyn Heights: 119). The town-governed parts of Manhasset, with 118 confirmed cases, along with North Hills, Flower Hill and Herricks, made up a majority of the area’s cases. The villages of Munsey Park, Plandome, Plandome Manor and Plandome Heights accounted for 55 cases, four more than last week. According to the map, the New Hyde Park area has a total of 1,031 confirmed cases of the virus. North New Hyde Park, just south of Manhasset Hills and Lake Success, is the area with the most confirmed cases at 412, an increase of 22 from the past week. Continued on Page 35

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L.I. reps press for increased Ex-Google CEO funding for local municipalities to help New York come back BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z

er dealing with a pandemic before. “As a former mayor, I understand the pressure the cities and villages are New York oﬃcials said an addiunder as they try and address local tional $60 billion in federal funding BY K A R E N concerns while facing declining revis needed in the next coronavirus aid RUBIN enues from stalled building construcpackage, with Long Island congressiotion, slowing tax collections and other nal representatives fighting for more The vast majority of reduced activity,” Suozzi said. money for local municipalities. COVID-19 Last week, U.S. Reps. Tom Suozzi Continued on Page 27 hospitalized patients in New York state, still with the greatest number of cases in the world, are now coming from people at home, not from work, not from among essential workers, and not people taking public transportation. The majority are over 51 years old, retired, minorities and from downstate. The finding comes from hospitalization data gathered in a targeted effort to further reduce the number of new hospitalizations by trying to figure PHOTO COURTESY OF CONGRESSMAN SUOZZI’S OFFICE out the source of the new cases. The state received U.S. Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), Peter King (R-Seaford), Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City), Lee 1,269 survey responses Zeldin (R-Shirley), and Gregory Meeks (D-St. Albans) held a virtual meeting to address the need for from 113 hospitals over federal aid throughout Long Island’s villages and towns. three days. (D-Glen Cove), Peter King (R-Seaford), Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City), Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) and Gregory Meeks (D-St. Albans) held a virtual meeting to address the need for federal aid for Long Island’s villages and towns. Suozzi, a former Glen Cove mayor, said he relates to the challenges a smaller municipality undergoes, despite nev-

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo noted that the findings underscore the importance of social distancing, hand washing and wearing face masks when out in public to cut down transmission. The lockdown and mitigation protocols have helped the state avoid the worst projections: over 100,000 hospitalizations when the state only had the capacity for 50,000. At the same time, Cuomo is preparing the state to reopen, and looking beyond, to make the state’s public health and economy resilient should this pandemic or some other crisis strike again. “As we begin reopening parts of the state and re-imagining New York in the new normal, we should take this moment in Continued on Page 26

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Animal League expert advises Cuomo extends rent freeze on care for pets amid virus through summer BY R O S E W E L D ON

With a tiger at the Bronx Zoo testing positive for COVID-19 in April, concerns have been raised that pets might be able to contract and transmit the disease. Veterinarian Mark Verdino, who serves as vice president and chief of veterinary staﬀ of the North Shore Animal League America, headquartered in Port Washington, said that while there are precautions owners and the general population have to take, the public should not be surprised by the news. “What I don’t want people to do is start panicking when they hear reports like this because they are so infrequent,” Verdino said. Owners who feel sick or fear they might have the virus should avoid direct contact with their pets to prevent transmission. This includes all pets like dogs, guinea pigs and cats. Before the tiger tested positive, there had been a few confirmed cases of domestic animals testing positive for COVID-19, including a Pomeranian and a German shep-

herd in Hong Kong, as well as a cat in Belgium. The American Veterinary Medical Association later said that while it appears that dogs and cats are not readily infected with this new virus, being cautious is the best approach as too little is still known

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An expert from North Shore Animal League America has advice for pet owners concerned about COVID-19 transmission through animal interaction.

about how the virus evolves in other animals. The Bronx Zoo tiger is expected to recover, but experts are watching her closely for signs of complications. While pets can get the virus from owners, it is currently unknown whether they can transmit it back to humans, Verdino said. “It is very possible that the virus can get on your pet, in your pet’s nasal passages and then act as a transmitter,” he said. Verdino recommends that those who display symptoms should treat their pets the same way they approach other people. “Keep a safe distance, wear masks around them, and avoid direct contact,” he said. “If possible, you should arrange for other people to look after your pet while you deal with the disease. In order to prevent getting the virus from pets, avoid holding them close to your face, and wash your hands after you pet them. You should avoid petting stranger’s pets entirely until the details of how COVID19 is transmitted by animals become clearer.”

BY E M M A JONES No one in the state of New York will be evicted for not being able to pay their rent due to coronavirus through Aug. 20, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last Thursday. In March, Cuomo had originally put a moratorium on evictions until June. “The number one issue that people talk to me about probably is rent, and fear about being able to pay their rent,” he said in his daily coronavirus briefing on Thursday, “and this just takes that issue oﬀ the table until August 20.” New Yorkers also cannot be charged late payment fees, he said.

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Opinion

OUR VIEWS

Don’t be penny wise with states

hen Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature approved a $177 billion state budget on April 3 they counted on help from Washington to cover a $10 billion hole. Since then, that massive hole has grown even larger as the state responds to the coronavirus pandemic and revenues plummet. A report released by Cuomo’s budget department predicts a decline of nearly 20 percent in revenues from the sales tax, 21 percent from the lottery and 34 percent from gaming. Never mind income. That was the reason behind the state’s request to the federal government last week for an additional $60 billion in direct funding over three years along with millions of dollars more from Medicaid. New York is not alone in its financial pain. New York’s request was part of the National Governors Association bid for $500 billion for all states and territories. Unlike previous aid, the money sought by the governors would be unrestricted and could be used for revenue shortfalls. Cuomo previously said that without additional federal funding he might need to cut aid to schools, hospitals and local government by 20 percent. This is a frightening thought for every government and school district in Nassau County as they struggle with next year’s budget. A cut in state aid would result in the loss of jobs for many frontline employees, including police, firefighters and teachers. This at a time when 20.5 million jobs lost in the United States in April pushed the unemployment level to 14.7 percent – the

worst since the Great Depression – and probably well below the actual number. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin acknowledged Sunday that the real unemployment could actually be worse, a lot worse, closing in on 25 percent. So the money will be approved, right? Not necessarily. Both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump have been cool if not frigid to the request. The Kentucky Republican said he would rather see states declare bankruptcy than give them federal aid. There are two problems with McConnell’s bankruptcy suggestion. The first is that while cities can declare bankruptcy, states cannot under current federal law. The second problem is that officials and analysts said this would be a recipe for turning a potentially short recession into a prolonged depression. Cuomo was perhaps generous when he called McConnell’s proposal a “really dumb” idea. But McConnell was not done. He later issued a statement referring to local government assistance as “blue state bailouts” – even though governors of both parties have lobbied for the funding. Trump then picked up on the blue-state theme to say “It’s interesting that the states that are in trouble happen to be blue,” he said, adding that New York and New Jersey were in trouble before the “plague” arrived. Again, untrue. One would think that a pandemic that has sickened more than 1.2 million people, killed more than 80,000, crashed the economy and caused more than

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33 million people to file unemployment claims would be enough to get Trump and McConnell to set aside partisanship. But, sadly, no. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, the chairman of the National Governors Association and a Republican, called the claim that only poorly run states whose governors were Democrats needed assistance “complete nonsense.” “There are just as many Republicans as Democrats that strongly support this,” he said. Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) tweeted that he thought McConnell’s remarks were “shameful and indefensible” and called McConnell the “Marie Antoinette of the Senate.” Cuomo helpfully pointed out that New York and other Democratic-led states paid more in federal taxes than they received. He said New York pays $29 billion more in taxes to the federal government than it receives every year and California pays nearly $6 billion more than it gets back. Meanwhile, Republican-led states Kentucky and Florida receive $37 billion more and $30 million in federal funding than they send to the federal government. In other words, McConnell’s

resistance risked killing the golden goose. This seems to be a theme of Trump and most Republicans in Congress. In addition to giving large corporations and the wealthy an unwarranted windfall, the $2 trillion tax cut approved in 2018 placed a $10,000 cap on deductions for state and local taxes that was aimed at New York and other states that provide relatively generous social services. In the first coronavirus relief packages, New York was repeatedly shortchanged with states with few cases receiving outsized relief and New York at the epicenter of the pandemic with nearly onethird the cases, up till now, receiving a disproportionately small share. The first package also included $500 billion in aid to corporations, the same amount that all 50 governors are seeking for their states. “They bailed out corporate America, that’s what they did,” Cuomo said at his daily news conference on Sunday. “You look at the past legislation, they bailed out corporate America. This legislation, this week, going forward, let them fund working Americans because that’s the need. You look

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at the past legislation, they funded hotels, restaurants, airlines, big corporations, public companies.” Some Republicans in Congress recently joined Democrats in calling for more federal aid to states, pointing out that red states also face dire fiscal challenges caused by the pandemic. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) walked into a Republican lunch last week with an oversized chart headlined: “Blue states aren’t the only ones who are getting screwed,” according to the Hill. The graphic illustrated how states with Republican governors, places like Missouri and Florida, are facing severe revenue shortfalls. McConnell responded by saying he would not rule out additional legislation. But both he and Trump said they were in no rush to approve further economic aid to the country. We’d like to think Trump and McConnell will come to their senses and provide the funding needed by every government below the federal level. But in case you haven’t noticed good sense has been in very short supply for the president and McConnell during this pandemic. We hope that is about to change.

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KREMER’S CORNER

Bias against Northeast is killing us

am trying to find the right words. Is it “hate” or “jealousy”? I am not sure what is the right label for us East Coast residents, but it seems that a substantial number of Republican U.S. Senate and House members have a built-in hostility for our coastal residents. This dislike goes back many years and may even be tied to the Civil War. Every time an eastern state asks for help from certain Congress members, they are met with a mean rebuﬀ and a tirade. One great example is the first responders from 9/11, many of whom have died from various toxins on the World Trade Center site. Considering that 3,000 innocent people died in the terrorist attack and thousands of first responders risked their lives seeking to save others, New York City should be considered hallowed ground. Nevertheless, it took years and years before the Long Island congressional delegation and the rest of the statewide elected oﬃcials finally got the Congress

to approve a long-term extension of disability payments for the heroes on the ground. The fight against giving this money was led by Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, the party’s majority leader. A vast number of Republicans from around the country who fought against the aid request backed him up. Currently, the Republicans are looking for numerous ways to stick it to New York and six other coastal states who are drowning in debt from the COVID-19 tragedy. The two bills passed by the Congress showed great favoritism to some of the small midwestern states at the expense of us New Yorkers. Businesses in Nebraska and North Dakota were treated better than suﬀering New Yorkers. More pandemic hospital gear went to Florida than our health facilities and most of it wasn’t needed. New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts, who have large populations, are being told that they are not entitled to financial assistance because they are “Blue” states.

JERRY KREMER Kremer’s Corner

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has told leader McConnell that we are dealing with life and death and not party registration. Mc Connell went out of his way to single out our state claiming our deficit was due to high pension costs and that we had no legitimate need. Once McConnell staked out his position he was joined by some of his fellow senators from Iowa, Wisconsin and Arizona, who pledged the the Northeast will get nothing as long as they are in the Senate. Sen. Scott (R-FL) whose

state is home to millions of easterners, chimed in with his own diatribe against the northern states. What is fascinating about this mean-spirited attack against New York is that these same senators are not reluctant to visit Wall Street to beg for campaign cash. Three years ago when Senator Marco Rubio spoke out against money for the dying first responders, Congressman Peter King told Wall Street money people to withhold contributions to Rubio or any other member who opposed the 9/11 aid. The facts are the facts. New York State has almost 400,000 reported cases of COVID-19, the most in the country. Our hospitals and their personnel have been under enormous strain in order to keep up with this terrible disease. We are paying a high premium for gowns, masks, serums and other desperately needed items, and in most cases, it is the federal government that is outbidding us when we seek these supplies. The federal government has stopped shipments of medi-

cal supplies when they arrive at the ports and airline drops have been intercepted to keep them from getting here. Police and firefighters are working long shifts in order to keep up with the emergency demands of sick people. Sad stories about the death of first responders and local people fill the media reports every day. As a former state legislator who crafted budgets for 12 years, the state’s deficits are connected to the number of people who are Medicaid patients and the high demand for human service needs. School districts have always been given a high priority in the state budget, but this year they will face dramatic cuts. That means higher school taxes and guess who will pay the bill? So the state’s fiscal crises is directly tied to the high cost of health, education and people’s needs. The Republican claim that our deficits are tied to pension costs is an outright lie. But if I have to choose between jealousy or hate for us coastal states I think both words apply.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Some straight talk about your hair

t’s time to talk about hair and what happens to it during a global pandemic. I was in a Zoom discussion group last week with women I’ve had coﬀee with every month for more than 20 years. And even though we’ve all been cooped up for two months or more, away from any kind of salon or beauty shop, most of us looked more or less like the folks I remember from better days. But I found myself completely distracted by one woman in the corner of the montage, who had a shock of wild, unruly hair. Didn’t she own a comb? Didn’t she have a mirror? Didn’t she know what she looked like? I put my glasses on to figure out who she was. So did she. Uh oh — that woman was me! In my defense, I will say that I have never been all that interested in my own appearance. (And don’t say “It shows!”) Yes, I own a mirror, but I look into it as seldom as possible — mostly to make sure

there’s nothing stuck in my teeth before I go out of the house. And since I haven’t left the house in one and a half geological epochs, I haven’t bothered much with the mirror. On top of which, I am not used to seeing myself on Zoom — or any kind of video, really. It’s not as if I were some sort of Kardashian, for heaven’s sake! But the crowning glory — or crowning blow — of my Zoom experience was realizing how much of my hair has gone gray. I knew that some graying would happen: I’m not an idiot. The appearance of a respectable silvering of the hair at my temples has always been my signal to get back to the beauty parlor. Which now, of course, is impossible. I assumed that at some point a stripe of gray hair would appear at the top of my head, growing wider as the weeks went by. Eventually, we’d be able to measure the number of weeks in lockdown by the growing width of that

JUDY EPSTEIN

A Look on the Lighter Side stripe — like annual rings on a tree stump. What I didn’t bargain for was all the rest of my hair lightening, too, as the color gradually washed out of it. Even the best of shampoos take something with them… and I’m gradually fading away to a shadow of my former self. Like a color photograph from the Sixties. I also didn’t realize that sooner or later my hair would reach that awkward in-between stage,

where it’s too long to look good without eﬀort (that’s why I keep it short), but too short to tie back yet. Hence the unruly mop. But here’s the worst part: I completely forgot about my eyebrows. They are going gray, too — but not soon enough. Right now, I can still see enough of them to realize that each individual hair has its own idea of which direction to grow. In fact, it was my eyebrows that convinced me to start coloring my hair at all. It was back at the time of my first son’s bar mitzvah. I hadn’t even realized I was going gray, until the woman giving my son his bar mitzvah haircut asked me if I wouldn’t like a little “touchup.” For the record, “touch-up” is a terrific phrase. It could mean anything from having your eyebrows dyed to having major surgery. I stop short of anything requiring stitches. “Sure, I guess so,” I said. So

she mixed up a potion, colored my hair, and then asked if I wanted her to do my eyebrows as well. “My eyebrows?” I replied, raising them as if to show her where they lived on my face. “Exactly,” she said. So she lathered me up and I looked and felt ridiculous, with one white foam caterpillar sitting above each eye. But when it came time for the big reveal, that’s when I got my surprise. “Oh — my face is back!” I exclaimed. I had been feeling vaguely unhappy with how I looked, without knowing why. It wasn’t until my eyebrows were visible once again that I realized how much I had missed them. So now I’m fading away again, slowly, in front of my own eyes. But at least now I know to run and get out an eyebrow pencil, before I disappear altogether. As for the shock of gray hair — well, I’m getting used to it. I hope the Moms Coﬀee group is, too.

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E A R T H M AT T E R S

Native bird species at risk, feeders can help

ay is the peak of spring migration. About half the birds in North America migrate, and they are now on the move. If you go out to a local park or preserve you might be lucky to spot some of the beautiful warblers in their bright breeding plumage (feathers). Many of these birds are only passing through on their way farther north, so this is the only window to spot them until the pass through again in the fall when many are known as “confusing fall warblers” because they are have molted out of breeding plumage and are fairly non-descript. Migration is driven primarily by food resources. Generally, most of the birds leaving in the fall are insect or fruit eaters and most of the birds staying eat seeds. Spring migration comes in waves beginning in February with the return of Common Grackles and Red-wing Blackbird males. The females, being sensible, don’t arrive until April and May.

Ospreys and the first Egrets generally appear in late March. But the avalanche is mid-April through mid-May. This year migration has been more sporadic due to the cold spring in the north and unfavorable winds. At the same time, birds are arriving from the south, some as far as the southern tip of South America, other birds that consider Long Island a great place for a winter vacation are leaving for the boreal forests and tundra of Canada. These include feeder friends like Dark-eyed Juncos and Whitethroated Sparrows, along with many of the waterfowl we see on the bays and ponds over winter; Scaup, Buﬄeheads, Mergansers, and Long-tailed Ducks. There are several diﬀerent migration patterns from short, like local Robins who move gradually south as they exhaust local food resources, or birds that only move from higher to lower elevations. Medium distance migrants may only go one to several states.

JENNIFER WILSON-PINES Earth Matters

Short and mid-distance migrations probably evolved as birds followed food resources. Long-distance migrants have dual citizenship here, and in the Caribbean, Central and South America. Why birds get the urge to migrate vary and are not always completely understood. It can be triggered by a combination of changes in day length, lower temperatures, changes in food supplies, and ge-

netic predisposition. There are theories as to why long-distance migration evolved, most commonly thought that over thousands of years, birds expanded northward to take advantage of longer day length, less competition and greater abundance of insects. As the glaciers of the ice age retreated, birds came even farther north. Their greater breeding success than their stay at home counterparts gradually changed the genetic dominance. Exactly how bird migrate also holds some mysteries. It’s known that birds can get compass information from the sun, the stars, and by sensing the earth’s magnetic field. They also get information from the position of the setting sun and from landmarks seen during the day. But how a first-year bird knows instinctively how to make a journey of hundreds or thousands of miles and exactly where to go is still unknown. Most birds do the longest legs

of their journeys at night and avid birders watch radar reports for favorable wind conditions and radar patterns of evening take oﬀ, hoping for a large “drop out” the next morning as birds set down and begin foraging to replenish the energy used in miles of flight. Long Island is a global destination for birders with a wide variety of habitats drawing both shorebirds and woodland and field songbirds. Some favorite sites are currently closed due to the pandemic like Jones Beach West End, Sands Point Preserve, and Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area. Other destinations like Alley Pond Park, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, and Hempstead Lake, Caumsett, and Heckscher State Parks with lists of over 200 species each, are open. There are also lots of local spots to see birds. A free ebird.org account allows you to go to Explore, type in Nassau County and click on the map. You’ll see all the local birding Continued on Page 24

OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Making connections can resolve divisions

uring the past few weeks the word “connections” has been on my mind in a variety of respects. In recent columns, I have tried to illustrate the ways people build global threads that link individuals and nations together. Recently, I read again E.M. Forster’s injunction “only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height.” Writing more than a century ago, Forster gave admonitory views of technology that separates people (contributes to loneliness) and affirmative ones (connections could become personal relationships). In his 1939 book “Two Cheers for Democracy,” the English novelist contends that “personal relationships are the only thing comparatively solid in a world full of violence and cruelty.” He avers “the state exists for the individual, not vice versa; that tolerance and free speech are essential for human flourishing.” An email arrived for me this week from the group “Better Angels,” tapping Lincoln’s call for aﬃrmative associations. It urged people to collaborate and communicate with more humanity and with deep commitments to the public good. I have also been rereading

Philip Roth’s provocative, but disturbing, book “The Plot to Overthrow America.” In addition to the major focus on anti-Semitism, authoritarianism, and fascism coming to the United States, Roth elaborates on a common, negative view of connections – the manipulations of personal ties with people in order to make advancements in building selfish, selfserving networks of aﬃliation. This use of connections is often associated with politics and implies a special kind of favoritism. It is mostly inattentive to individual merit or larger social purposes. In this regard, I was reminded of Jared Kushner, special assistant to President Trump and his son-in-law, and the techniques he applied when he was in charge of arranging adequate supplies for FEMA to deal with the Pandemic. Many analysts believe we need an inspector general to investigate Kushner for his “grossly inadequate” response to the Pandemic because he insisted on involving people with Trump political connections, especially VIPs, who were often inexperienced and inept. How did Kushner’s leadership and connections affect what happened in the United States since March? Are we losing sight of aﬃrmative dimensions of connections

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field as explained by the late Hal Saunders in his book “Politics is About Relationships?” From decades as a presidential adviser and as director of the Kettering Foundation’s International Programs, Saunders developed ways that people from diﬀerent nations, with wide ranging diversities, could build connections that were transformative. Saunders’ approaches may appear deceptively simple; they are partly revealed in two of his earlier book titles: “Sustained Dialogues to Transform Racial and Ethnic Conflicts” and “A Public Peace Process.” As this last title indicates, a key way to proceed is with openness and transparency. Because social change and shared progress depend on trust

and understanding, back channel dealings should be avoided. Folks who are willing to address issues that matter deeply to them need to be ready to engage in thoughtful, structured interactions with others who also seek changes. The 2017 Lincoln Center play “Oslo” about the peace accords between Israel and the PLO provides examples of building and sustaining “connections” defined by Saunders and the MerriamWebster Dictionary as a synonym for “relationships.” The beginning challenge for “Oslo,” and for Saunders, is having people come forward who will commit to work for change and progress. Once folks begin meetings, they have an opportunity to expand connections to relationships as occurred in the realitybased Oslo drama). These connections can be expanded by common sense conduct: 1) conversations that are civil, not confrontational regardless of disagreements; 2) by careful, attentive, listening to each other so there is clarity of understandings; 3) seeking trade-oﬀs, as needed, regarding setting an agenda and meeting schedules; 4) as Saunders conveys in the title of a key book, the sessions need to be “sustained.” It cannot be predicted in advance how how many

sessions will be needed, but folks interested in deeper connections that can become transformative relationships will need to have the flexibility for the time that is required); 5) at meetings care should be taken so one or two folks do not dominate the discussions. Among ground rules that can be established: “the no single leader” approach, that all in the group share responsibility for the directions of discourse and calling on fellow participants to be mindful of others; 6) as matters of disagreement emerge, clarify why the other party holds her views – does she have particular grievances, does she have proposals for remedies. I have not included in this process an important beginning point for Saunders — one that was used in “Oslo” –— to spend early time getting to know more about each other. Such personal narratives take participants beyond professional roles, and they can provide scaﬀolding for an expanded intimacy in which relationships have a chance to emerge. At the conclusion of each session the group collectively decides on an agenda for the next meeting and, as appropriate, takes stock of progress made and challenges still to be addressed.

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OUR TOWN

Manhattan becomes ‘Sleeping Beauty’

’ve been curious to see what Manhattan looks like on shutdown. I imagined it would be like the opening scene from the film “Vanilla Sky” when Tom Cruise wakes up to a Manhattan with no people around and runs through Times Square in a state of panic and dread. In order to satisfy my interest I gathered my camera gear and oﬀ I drove early Sunday morning at 8:04 a.m. Immediately I could see this was going to be an easy, breezy drive in. In fact, the only thing that was in any way disturbing on the way in was all those heinous expressway signs with greetings such as “STAY HOME, STAY SAFE,” “OUTSIDE WITH NO MASK: FUHGEDDABOUDIT!” or “COVER YOUR FACE IN PUBLIC.” But within no time I was in Lower Manhattan at 8:33 AM. That ride was only 29 minutes, which is a new record for me by at least 16 minutes. My plan was to go up Third Avenue to 57th Street, go cross town, park my car and stroll around Central Park. Driving up Third Avenue was a wonderment. I had always known that the lights in Manhattan were timed to facilitate the easy flow of traﬃc, but in fact I had never experienced

this so called ‘flow.’ It has always been more like stop, start, curse, clinch teeth and stop again. But without cars on the road I eased on up Third going about 35 mph the whole way. I made a left on 57th, got across town and parked near Sixth Avenue. Many, many parking spots were to be had. I had only seen about five people on the streets, but like a good citizen I put on my mask and sauntered on up to the park. As I walked toward the park, I began to notice all the restaurants and hotels in Midtown. When you walk down a street in Manhattan, you usually spend your time dodging other pedestrians and have no time to look at the buildings. Not this time. There was only about one person per city block on the sidewalk and no sounds of traffic or sirens. I got to Central Park and went in. The first thing I did was to climb up a path where that little gazebo stands atop the big rocks (see photo) and lo and behold there was all that beautiful nature in the foreground and the skyline of Manhattan rising up in the background. Central Park is a magnificent place to be and it was amazing to me that no one was around. I was beginning to feel like Tom Cruise in

DR. TOM FERRARO Our Town

“Vanilla Sky” but without the good looks and six pack abs. I moseyed back to my car and made my way down Broadway to look at Times Square. I parked along a side street and walked by all those closed theaters. Billboards announcing “Phantom of the Opera,” “Chicago,” “The Book of Mormon,” “Diane,” “Frozen” all have gone dark. Sad but true. I took some photos of an empty Times Square, got back in my car and made my way over to the East Side to make my exit out of New York City. As I traveled down Second Avenue, just before I got to the Midtown Tunnel I was overcome with a strange feeling. This was the first time I have ever driven through Manhattan without feeling anxious,

anger and stressed. Instead I felt calm and cool and collected. How odd and how unexpected! I entered the tunnel with a newfound appreciation of exactly how special Manhattan is with its skylines, its Central Park, its museums, its restaurants, its hotels and its Broadway. So many are wary of the city because of just how challenging it is to negotiate. One must maneuver around the traﬃc, the lights, the parking situation, the cost of parking, the tidal wave of pedestrians, and the sheer energy of the place. Who knew that lying dormant under all that stress and

strain lies a true beauty that has rightfully earned the reputation of being the greatest city on Earth. Let us pray our sleeping beauty wakes up soon and comes back to life. In the famed fairy tale, an evil fairy puts a curse on the princess where she must sleep for 100 years. She is finally awakened by a handsome prince. We have this story playing out now. Manhattan plays the sleeping beauty, the evil fairy is called COVID-19 and now we await the handsome prince to come forth and awaken her. So who will be the handsome prince that saves the day?

“Manhattan, our great and glorious Sleeping Beauty, slumbers on and on”

VIEW POINT

Use eateries to feed hungry during pandemic

ecause of mandatory closures during the coronavirus pandemic, the restaurant industry has seen receipts fall by 78 percent. More than 8 million restaurant workers have lost their jobs, contributing to the surge in unemployment rates to levels not seen since the Great Depression, and many of the nation’s 500,000 independent restaurants may not survive,, according to an analysis by the National Restaurant Association. At the same time, food producers – dairy farmers, ranchers, farmers – are dumping and destroying food because the restaurants, hotels, schools and commercial customers are locked down. At the same time, the number of Americans going hungry has increased almost overnight from 38 million to some 60 million, and with no end in sight.

Indeed, around the world, experts are predicting a hunger pandemic, aﬄicting 1 billion people. Meanwhile, restaurants – a $1 trillion industry amounting to 4 percent of GDP — play a pivotal role in the economic ecosystem of communities, stretching well beyond borders. “Local, independent restaurants are the backbone of our communities, tourism, and redevelopment in every corner of the U.S.,” said the Independent Restaurant Coalition, formed by chefs and restaurant owners to lobby Congress for the interests of the industry. “We directly employ over 11 million people across the country, and indirectly employ hundreds of millions of workers up and down the food supply and delivery chain — from growers, packers, fisherman, linen services, delivery people and more — who depend

KAREN RUBIN View Point

on the continued revenue of restaurants to stay in business.” Restaurants closing, taking with it some 8 million jobs. Some 60 million people going hungry. Food producers destroying food. What’s wrong with this dystopian picture? The real tragedy is that it isn’t that this country doesn’t produce enough food, but that

the federal government has done next to nothing to get the food where it needs to go. That takes an understanding of the problem and an interest in helping people now desperate for food. But we don’t have smart government now that can (or cares) to put plan in place. Instead of just handing out money – the restaurant industry is looking for $120 billion just to stay afloat along with improvements to the Payroll Protection Program — to be flushed down a bottomless pit, make restaurants part of the COVID-19 response: Turn restaurants into community feeding centers. They are the ones capable of reprocessing the food from the commercial suppliers to family-friendly portions to supply to food pantries or community food banks. “Restaurants should be turned into community meal service. That would keep the

ecosystem of the restaurant – employees, suppliers — intact and feed a lot of hungry people,” “Top Chef” judge Tom Colicchio, one of the IRC founders, told Fresh Air’s Terry Gross on NPR. Instead of paying for people to be unemployed (the money is running out sooner than the emergency), FEMA could contract restaurants to produce food. Chef Jose Andres, one of the founders of the IRC and founder of World Central Kitchen, a non-profit devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters, has shown how it can be done. Andres was the one to bring millions of cooked meals to Hurricane Maria-ravaged Puerto Rico when President Trump could only toss paper towels into a crowd. Andres should be put in charge to organize these community food centers, city by city. Continued on Page 35

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READERS WRITE

Why I am running for Manhasset ed board

o My Manhasset Neighbors, I am writing today to declare my candidacy for the Manhasset School Board election on June 9. Education matters to me. My father was a high school math teacher, principal of Brooklyn Tech, and, finally, principal of Jericho High School. My mother was a middle school language teacher. My wife, Valli, is a sociology professor at CUNY. Our oﬃces are down the hall from each other at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where I teach law and ethics. Much of my writing concerns education. I revere schools, and I believe passionately in their power to transform lives. It is my love for schools that leads me to oﬀer a new perspective and skill set as the district moves forward in trying to meet the challenges of these times. To succeed, I believe we need to fol-

low three foundational principles: Transparency. Parents and all community members need the facts as soon as they become available. Plans need to be made public before they are implemented. Maximal communication and community involvement. An eﬀective distance-learning plan needs to include input from all of the many legitimate stakeholders including essential workers, parents of special needs children, parents of children with access limitations, and teachers. Such a plan would also draw upon the resources of the community including retired educators, parents with subject-matter expertise or technical knowledge, and the rich array of charitable organizations that help make Manhasset such a resilient community. We need a diverse working group to construct a new strategic plan for online learning. With the collective energy of the community engaged, creative solutions would

emerge such as networks of small study groups, night sections, mastery-based learning, shifting the responsibilities of some teachers and staff, and a single agreed-upon platform for posting work and providing feedback. Commitment to teaching. Whatever else happens, schools need to teach. Sending home assignments is not teaching, and four contact hours per week are not enough. With schools closed for the rest of the year, and the near certainty of additional closings next year, students will have a greater than one-year gap in their development if we stay this course. Students in need will suffer the most. Moreover, the perception of public schools will suffer. If voters reject the school budget it will make a bad situation worse, but the frustration would be understandable. We simply can’t justify spending $100 million to deliver four hours of instruction

per week. We need a budget that reflects the reality that schools will not be functioning as brick-and-mortar structures for some time, so that teachers have the support they need to deliver as many instructional hours as possible. My track record of public service within our community illustrates my dedication, discipline, and professionalism. I am the co-vice president of the Manhasset Community Fund. I served as chairperson of the SCA Citizen Education Committee during the last bond issue and on the school board’s Advisory Committee on Legislative Aﬀairs for six years. I have coached PAL softball and baseball and CYO basketball for eight years, and basketball at Manhasset High School for two years. I served as an assistant coach on the 2018-19 team, which won the Long Island championship. I am a graduate of Harvard Col-

lege and Harvard Law School and the author of six books. Most significantly, I am the parent of three children — Suria, a college sophomore; Eamon, a graduating senior; and Mattie, a fifth-grader at Munsey Park. If elected, I will bring the same energy, enthusiasm and dedication to the school board that I have brought to all of my professional and community work. Over my many conversations this spring, concerned parents and neighbors have expressed how much they want to work together to ensure our schools serve their essential function: teaching. By engaging participation from across our entire community, I am confident we can weather this crisis, and provide our children the full-range of instructional services each of them needs to move forward. Evan Mandery Manhasset

Trump deserves credit for COVID-19 policies

our fixation with attacking the Trump administration is becoming a caricature. Why don’t you just save the opinion page for more ads and just have your opinion pieces read: Trump Bad! Democrats Great! You state in the editorial that “Epidemiologists say that if the U.S. shutdown had taken place two weeks earlier, 90 percent of the deaths would have been prevented as well as the collapse of the economy.” Are these the same epidemiologists who predicted 2.2 million deaths or the same ones who originally said that wearing masks was not necessary nor useful and then reversed course and now say everyone should wear masks in public. These are among other contradictory and/or wrong pronouncements made by epidemiologists. But we are to believe that this one is correct?

So let me get things straight: When Trump banned certain flights from China early on before any deaths in the United States had occurred, he was lambasted and called every kind of pejorative imaginable by the Democrats and the media (one in the same). When he later banned European flights, it was round two of the pejorative fest. But we are to believe that Trump acting two weeks sooner in spite of his main medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, publicly and repeatedly downplaying the dangers of the virus and very few deaths having occurred, would not have been greeted with accusations of tyrant, wanna-be king, dictator, etc. And that the public would have been understanding and compliant. I think not. Let’s talk about the results of the Trump administration’s handling of the crisis. Approximately

43 percent of deaths have occurred in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut (with NJ and CT commuters being exposed in NY) and most of those can be laid at the hands of Gov. Cuomo and Mayor DeBlasio for their documented incompetent handling of the situation. Cuomo, because he made the fateful decision in 2015 to ignore the recommendation to stockpile respirators due to a severe shortage and for making the even worse and deadly decision to place COVID-19-positive patients in nursing homes and adult care facilities where the most vulnerable folks reside and the majority of deaths have occurred. This, in spite of the fact that the Jacob Javits center and the USS Comfort ship were available and severely underutilized. Unconscionable! Mayor de Blasio, because he not only downplayed the dangers

of the virus and encouraged New Yorkers to continue living their lives normally and urged people to go to restaurants, movies, plays, etc. but even after the seriousness of the virus was apparent due to information coming out of California and Washington state, refused to shut down schools and the subway system, which is where your vaunted epidemiologists believe the majority of cases where transmitted. So, if we assess these facts (pesky little things, aren’t they?) and rightly not blame Trump for the majority of deaths in NY NJ & CT, we are looking at less than 40,000 deaths in a country of over 320 million. As sad and tragic as those deaths are, that is not a bad outcome. Will you put aside your blind hatred for Trump and reconsider your views? Sadly, I think not.

The Trump administration is not without fault and has had missteps and, in hindsight, could have handled some things diﬀerently. Would the outcome have been much diﬀerent. Probably not but who really knows? And one thing that you cannot accuse him of is not listening to the experts. He often doesn’t but in this crisis he has (almost to a fault). He has endeavored to provide the states with everything that they’ve asked for, worked well with many Democrat governors and has been more accessible to the media and the American people than any president ever has. You would engender some credibility in your criticism of him if you occasionally gave him the credit that he deserves. John Mangin Great Neck

Community newspapers need your support

ushing Media Group has suspended publication of the Floral Park-based weekly Gateway Bulletin News after 93 years. They hope to resume later in the year. This is a loss for residents of Bellerose, Bellerose Terrace, Bellerose Village, Floral Park, Floral Park Centre, New Hyde Park, South Floral Park and Stewart Manor., Read-

ers from these neighborhoods will have to look elsewhere for local news. The Gateway Bulletin News just like other daily and weekly newspapers had to deal with increasing costs for newsprint, delivery and distribution along with reduced advertising revenues and declining readership due to competition from the internet and other

new information sources. COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on advertising revenues. It is your weekly communitybased newspapers in Nassau County published by Blank Slate Media along with Litmor Publications, Anton Media Group and Long Island Herald that continue to keep us informed about news from our

neighborhoods and villages. Let us hope the Great Neck News, New Hyde Park Herald Courier, Manhasset Times, Port Washington Times, Roslyn Times, Williston Times and all other remaining newspapers continue to prosper. Please join me and your neighbors in continuing to support all the Blank Slate Media Group newspapers. Patronize their advertisers.

They provide revenues to help keep them in business. Let them know you saw their ad. This helps keep our neighbors employed,the local economy growing and a copy of this newspaper in your hands. Larry Penner Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 25

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L.I. jobless rate below state average BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z As the national unemployment rate exceeded 14 percent in April, the flexibility that some Nassau County and North Shore residents have to work remotely may have resulted in lower jobless rates compared with the rest of New York. John Rizzo, the chief economist for the Long Island Association, said he believes the occupations of North Shore residents allow for more remote working, which correlates to an area with fewer unemployment claims than the rest of the state. “People who work in the financial services or real estate industries may have a higher chance for remote opportunities,” Rizzo said. “I think that North Shore residents have a relatively high concentration of those types of jobs.” Figures also showed that the unemployment rate in New York state for March was 4.4 percent, compared with 3.5 percent in the Town of North Hempstead. That data was collected before the huge layoﬀs caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The tourism and hospitality industry on Long Island – a driving force for summer revenue – has been significantly hurt, according to Rizzo and Nassau County of-

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LIJ holds walk, vigil for patients who died BY E M M A J ON ES Northwell Health held a walk and candlelight vigil at its New Hyde Park campus on the evening of May 4 to remember coronavirus patients who have died of the virus and honor the hospital workers putting their lives on the line throughout the pandemic. The walk covered the entire campus, which includes Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Cohen Children’s Medical Center and Zucker Hillside Hospital. A few hun-

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LIU adds men’s Reps call on Hempstead hockey, swim team to share aid with county BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Hockey fans will have to wait another full season for the Islanders to make their return to Long Island as construction on the Belmont Arena continues, but Long Island University has an-

nounced that a men’s hockey team will be established for the 2020-21 season. The team, according to oﬃcials, will be based at the Brookville campus, playing at a Division I level while conference configuration is being sorted out throughout the year.

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Long Island University announced the addition of a men’s hockey and swimming program to the 2020-21 school year.

“We are thrilled to be adding men’s ice hockey to the sport opportunities for our student-athletes,” LIU Athletic Director William Martinov Jr. said in a news release. “NCAA Division I men’s hockey is one of the most exciting sports out there, and we are pleased to be able to provide another opportunity for young hockey players nationwide.” Eﬀorts to reach Martinov for further comment were unavailing. Last season, LIU’s women’s hockey team won the New England Women’s Hockey Alliance postseason championship in its inaugural season. The team beat top-seeded Sacred Heart in the semifinals in February and third-ranked Saint Anselm in the final to cap oﬀ a 14-18 season (11-9 in conference play). Continued on Page 26

BY E M M A JONES A group of Long Island Congress members and state senators has called on the Town of Hempstead to make the $133 million that it received through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act available to Nassau County and other municipalities. On Friday, U.S. Reps. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) , Gregory Meeks (D-Queens), Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), and Long Beach City Manager Donna Gayden released a statement asking that Hempstead turn over the federal funding to the county. “We’re pleased that the Town of Hempstead has received funding

through the CARES Act, but given that the County has spearheaded the response and incurred the largest share of related costs, we feel strongly that the Town’s funding should be made available to both the County as well as the Town’s municipalities, who have been most affected by this crisis,” they wrote. Due to the population threshold of 500,000 to apply to the federal aid program, Hempstead was the only town in Nassau County to receive funding. The county received $103 million of its own in federal funding, to be used toward Nassau County police and emergency services, the Department of Health, corrections facilities and other operations. The aid does not address the towns of North

Hempstead and Oyster Bay, which did not receive funding through the CARES Act. Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald Clavin introduced the newly formed Town of Hempstead Economic Recovery Committee in an email on May 5, the same day the town announced its receipt of the aid. The committee “will provide much-needed financial assistance for the health, safety and economic recovery for [the] Town’s residents,” Clavin stated. The Economic Recovery Committee announced the same day that $2 million of the funding will be distributed to temporary food banks to provide relief to food insecure families during the COVID-19 crisis. Continued on Page 32

Native bird species at risk, feeders can help Continued from Page 16 spots where bird lists have been submitted. You can see the most recent sightings that will tell you what to look for. With a little eﬀort, it’s possible to see over 200 species in a year – I’m at 157 right now.

Well stocked home feeder stations (seed, suet, mealworms, fruit) and a birdbath can allow you to see 40+ bird species a year without leaving home. A bird guide and binoculars or a long lens attachment for your smartphone will allow you to expand your

bird identification skills. There are apps like Merlin that can give you identification tips and Facebook pages dedicated to bird identification. Once pandemic restrictions ease the seven Audubon chapters of Long Island will resume field trips, which is the best way

to learn — go birding with someone who knows what they are looking at. Birding is a fun and addicting hobby and living in a birding hot spot gives lots of opportunities to see many diﬀerent and beautiful birds especially at this time of year.

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READERS WRITE

President Trump has blood on his hands

n a previous book, “A More Perfect Union,” I wrote an essay titled “Is Trump Crazy?” I answered in the aﬃrmative, based largely upon his narcissism. I now raise the question “Is Trump unfit to hold the presidency?” There is much evidence to prove that this is also true. In a recent news briefing, Trump made the following statements: “I created the greatest economy the world has ever seen.” and “If I weren’t president we’d be at war with North Korea.” Grandiosity? Exaggeration? Delusion?

I maintain that presidents make life and death decisions. Think of JFK and the Bay of Pigs. But these pale in significance compared to the number of deaths in the current pandemic for which I blame Trump. Think of the lives lost by the failure to get the necessary equipment in the hands of our doctors and nurses. Every recent president receives a Daily Press Briefing based upon documents that are drawn up by career experts from the intelligence community. But we have a president who

doesn’t read them. He also tells us that he knows more than the generals and admirals. (It also happens that he is not a voracious reader.) There is a joke going around that Trump was given the codes for launching World War III. He put them in a place where they wouldn’t be found. A bookshelf. During part of January and all or February 2020, President Lysol was warned about the coming pandemic. He largely ignored these warnings and lives were lost. I charge that “there is blood

on his hands.” The number of hate crimes perpetrated against ChineseAmericans (and those mistaken for Asians) has risen astronomically. When asked at a news conference about whether he was responsible since his words had enabled these heinous crimes, Trump answered that the virus originated in China and so his designation, “the Chinese virus” was correct. In a New York Times article, reporters Jeremy Peters, Elaina Plott and Maggie Haberman ex-

amined 260,000 words spoken by Trump. Among their findings, was that“Trump’s attempts to display empathy or appeal to national unity numbered about 160 instances an amount to only a quarter of the number of times he complimented himself or a top member of his team.” What’s to be made of this? Psychology teaches us that empathy is a normal human reaction to suﬀering and that Trump’s constant need for approval is pathological. Continued on Page 38

Mr. Rogers still needed in Old Westbury

ow things have changed in Old Westbury. In 2014 you reported that neighbors were objecting to a Damien Hirst sculpture on an adjoining resident’s property. The village supported the neighbors and insisted that the statue be moved and screened so they would not have to see the work of art that oﬀended them. Now, in 2020, even complaints about a hateful sign erected by one resident to harm a neighbor cannot get the village to act. The sign’ was erected to threaten the financial security of an elderly couple, longtime residents of the Village, who have owned and maintained the legal rental property for 40 years.

The house, at 53 Clock Tower Lane East, is an original cottage from the turnof-the-century E. D. Morgan estate. It has been a rental for more than 60 years, beginning long before the current owners purchased the property from the Morgan family and continued to oﬀer it for rent. No tenant has ever caused a complaint from a neighbor, and the most recent tenants lived peacefully in the house for the past 10 years before they retired to Florida. Now it is again available for rent. This year, however, a neighbor nailed a large, threatening hand-painted sign to a tree near the property {“NO TENANTS WANTED,” see photo}. Anyone coming to view the house

can see the sign, and prospective tenants have said that they would be afraid to rent where they are not wanted. Although the sign is oﬀensive and violates restrictions in the Village Code, no oﬃcial has acted on requests to have it removed. In fact, a village trustee living on this very road, who passes it every day, ignores and (by his silence) supports the unneighborly message the sign proclaims. Unfortunately, it seems that Mr. Rogers’ message, “Won’t you be my neighbor,” was not heard by some in Old Westbury. Myron St. Wecker Old Westbury

Suicide Hill is back again in Williston Park

n 1990, Patrick and I bought a house in Williston Park. Patrick’s family lived on Park Avenue in Williston Park and he had enjoyed his time growing up here. His siblings would tell stories about life back in the day in Williston Park. There was the bus that ran back and forth to the Williston Park Pool, summer theater plays at St. Aidan’s, ball games at Kelleher Field and Boy and Girl Scouts. But all these conversations always included riding bikes down Suicide Hill on William Street. When we were looking for our home one of my “must have” was a front porch. We had found our house, 133 William St., in the classified section of the Williston Times. (My father in law, Jack Zwiebel, called and said he saw an ad for a house in The Times. I was quite shocked that a house in Williston Park would be advertised in the New York Times. That

was before I knew that in Williston Park this was the Williston Park Times.) Well, we saw the house, bought it and moved in 1990without a porch but it was on the top of Suicide Hill. Since I did not grow up in Williston Park, I was not so impressed with this big hill. But we thought someday we would get the porch. Life does fly by. We moved in with one daughter, Kelly, within a week of moving to our new home, Colleen was born and 2 years later a third daughter, Emily, joined us. So fast forward 15 or so years and we decided we now may have the money to finally get that porch. We applied for a permit and a variance, but our building permit was denied. There was an old law on the Building codes of Williston Park that stated porches were not permitted. Fast forward another 4 years and I made a presenta-

tion to the Board of Trustees (I felt like Arlo Guthrie in Alice’s Restaurant Massacree with my presentation of 8 X 10 colored glossy photographs) and a new law was passed that now permitted porches to be built with code in Williston Park. October 2016 I got my porch! Fast forward to March 2020 and the home quarantine. The porch has been a blessing. I can sit here for hours watching the countless number of people walking by, stopping to chat and the bike riders. Suicide Hill is Back! There are parents riding with young kids, groups of older kids who start at Collins Ave to get speed up for the hill. There was a group of 6 men, 40-50 year olds, one night who must have had the same memories the Zwiebel family had of Suicide Hill. They were so excited acting like teenagers whooping and laughing. Although I didn’t have my own memories of Sui-

cide Hill, there are many young people who will have those same memories from long ago. The quarantine has been difficult for many reasons. I think it has reminded us that family is important and maybe hanging with them is not so bad. It has demonstrated that life can slow down and the simple things like taking walks and bike riding can be fun. Many memories of these past few months will remain including those new and old memories of riding bikes, scooters and skateboards down Suicide Hill. Heartwarming quotes heard from the porch: • Dad on bike (trying hard to stay excited for his son’s sake) “okay… here it is… be careful… don’t pedal to much…stay to the right” • Girl on bike coming up the hill: “I just can’t do it, this hill is too big.” Mom “yes you can keep on going!” My daughter, Emily, “try learning how to ride a bike

on that hill!” • Mom and child (booking it down the hill): “too fast, too fast, too fast” (heard down the hill… “okay that was fun”) • Family riding up the hill, 2 biking and 1 running: “that actually wasn’t too bad” (high fives all around) • Father-daughter bike ride, excited daughter talking: “This is the hill I was talking about. We went down it and it was so fun. But we couldn’t remember where it was after the first time we went down it. But this is it!” Shout out to all the parents experiencing your children going down this hill for the first time, way to let your kids be brave! If you pass by my porch – say hello! Mary Ann Zwiebel and Emily Zwiebel Williston Park Letters Continued on Page 38

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Ex-Google CEO to help Cuomo build back Continued from Page 8 history to use what we’ve learned and actually build our systems back better,” Cuomo said. “I don’t want to replace what we did — I want to set the bar higher and actually improve our situation so we are prepared for the future. We’re working with some of the nation’s great business leaders to ensure we are thinking outside the box and improving and modernizing our systems for the future.” Cuomo announced that Schmidt Futures will help integrate New York state practices and systems with the best-advanced technology tools to build back better. Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO and executive chairman and founder of Schmidt Futures, will lead the state’s 15-member Blue Ribbon Commission and use what the state has learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with new technologies, to improve telehealth and broadband access. Among the areas that Cuomo is targeting for greater resiliency in the economy and society against the next pandemic or crisis are public health, public transportation and public education, using the lessons learned from the current crisis, in which many things have had to be innovated and implemented that had never before been done. He noted, “Hospitals must be organized to operate as one system in a public health emergency.” During the current crisis, the only way

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Eric Schmidt, former CEO and Executive Chairman of Google, founder Schmidt Futures, joined coronavirus briefing online at Northwell Health, Manhasset, Long Island, with Governor Andrew Cuomo, Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling and Dr. Jim Malatras of Empire State College. Schmidt has agreed to serve as chair of a 15-member blue-ribbon commission to figure how to use technologies in a reimagined economy of the future, resilient to the next pandemic or crisis. to accommodate the influx of patients needing hospitalization was to “flex/surge” equipment, personnel and capacity among public/ private/nonprofit hospitals, staﬀs, equipment, downstate and upstate. “Reimagining” a better health care system will require analysis of how to ensure telemedicine is available to all; how to better allocate health care resources statewide; how to harden the health care system against future challenges; and how to better protect and support health care workers. “This crisis presents a unique

opportunity for us to learn and better ourselves: better transportation, social equity; better public safety; better housing; better economy; better education,” Cuomo said. Earlier, Cuomo announced that New York is collaborating with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a blueprint to reimagine education in the new normal. As New York begins to develop plans to reopen K-12 schools and colleges, the state and the Gates Foundation will consider what education should look like in the future, including:

How technology can be used to provide more opportunities to students no matter where they are, how education can be shared among schools and colleges using technology, and how technology can be used to reduce educational inequality, including English as a new language students. The state will bring together a group of leaders to answer these questions in collaboration with the Gates Foundation, which will support New York by helping bring together national and international experts, as well as provide expert advice as needed. The governor also announced on National Nurses Day that JetBlue is donating 100,000 pairs of round-trip flights for medical personnel and nurses to honor their efforts, beginning with 10,000 pairs of tickets for New York medical professionals. Additionally, three painted JetBlue planes honoring New York’s frontline workers were to do a flyover above New York City on May 7. Cuomo also announced a new contest asking New Yorkers to create and share a video explaining why people should wear a mask in public. The winning video will be used as a public service announcement. Videos should be less than 30 seconds long, should show a mask properly worn over the mouth and nose and must be sub-

mitted by May 30. Interested New Yorkers can learn more at WearAMask.ny.gov. “The last few months have been an incredibly stressful time full of change, but we have to learn and grow from this situation and make sure we build our systems back better than they were before,” Cuomo said. “One of the areas we can really learn from is education because the old model of our education system where everyone sits in a classroom is not going to work in the new normal. When we do reopen our schools let’s reimagine them for the future, and to do that we are collaborating with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and exploring smart, innovative education alternatives using all the new technology we have at our disposal.” Meanwhile, the state’s health experts, including Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, said there were still many questions to be answered about this novel coronavirus. The CDC has only recently determined that the virus that came to New York, New Jersey and Illinois came through Europe, not China, and is somewhat diﬀerent. Zucker was unable to say whether having antibodies, as determined with new testing, which means the person had been infected, makes a person immune from new infections, and if immune, for how long.

Grand marshal chosen for Memorial Day parade Continued from Page 23 “They’ve been with us through the entire COVID epidemic, seeing how the epidemic has been impacting our team members,” he said. “They thought it would be a really nice thing to do to give a tribute to the people who lost their lives, but also to be a release for our team members, and a way of supporting them.” “We’re at a point right now where we’re past the peak,” he

added. “LIJ had at one time over 900 patients and we’re down to about half of that. So everybody has a little bit of a lull, and they’re able to take a breath.” The vigil also marked Patient Experience Week, which is recognized by health systems across the country and took place the week of Monday, April 27. The event was originally scheduled for that week, Goldberg explained, but was postponed due to weather. In addition to the candle-

light vigil, LIJ has been celebrating coronavirus survivors as they leave the hospital. The hospital has discharged over 1,600 COVID-19 patients. “Anytime there’s a survivor that’s going to leave the hospital that’s given [the hospital] permission to celebrate them we announce it overhead, and then whoever is around working that shift gathers in the lobby and claps them out, which has been a real morale-booster,” Goldberg said. “To me, they’re clapping

for the patient [and also] for each other, and the ability that they have had to drive this success.” Whenever a coronavirus patient has recovered enough to be taken oﬀ a ventilator, the hospital plays the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” over the PA system, Goldberg added. “It’s been a roller coaster,” he said. “There’s been a tremendous amount of pride that our team has felt from the successes. They’ve rallied together as

a team in a way that I’m really proud of. They’ve supported one another. They’ve become family members to patients when their family members could not visit them. The way that they’ve supported each other has really built up morale.” “While we had this event to honor those who lost their lives, there have been many more people who survived than whose lives have been lost, and we were celebrating that just as much,” he said.

LIU Post adds men’s hockey, swim team Continued from Page 24 Martinov touted the success of the head coach for the women’s team, Rob Morgan, in the news release. “Coach Rob Morgan and his women’s ice hockey team proved this season that there is a real hunger for a chance to play hockey on Long Island, and winning a championship in their

first season has been a great experience for our entire Shark family,” Martinov said. “We look forward to the same success for our men’s team, competing in the classroom and on the ice, representing LIU as truly exceptional student-athletes!” Oﬃcials said it is unclear where the men’s team will play the coming season, with the

coronavirus pandemic not aiding in the determination of the venue. The women’s team spent the first season splitting games between Iceworks in Syosset and Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow. Martinov told Newsday the school is in talks with “a number of conferences” to analyze where the Sharks will fit best.

“We’re learning about them and they are learning about us,” he said. On Monday, the university also announced the addition of a men’s swimming program with the current head coach for the women’s team, Matthew Donovan, slated to coach the men’s team as well. “I want to thank Dr. Bill Martinov and Lloyd Ribner for

all of the hard work that they did to get us to this day and for giving me the honor to lead this new Division I program,” Donovan said in a statement. “I am confident that we can build on the great success we already have here in the water with the women’s team, and bring a highly successful men’s Division I program to the region.”

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How will COVID-19 affect housing market? We are all experiencing the severity and long-lasting damage that the COVID-19 coronavirus is having and as of April 28 has caused one million U.S. citizens to have been infected and 58,000 to die as well as the destruction that it has inflicted on our economy. The long-term and future effects can only be pondered and guessed at for we have no track record to be able to rely upon. But just maybe AI (artificial intelligence) will make some determinations about what the long-term results will be. However, the prognosis looks quite dim for the foreseeable future. It would be very challenging and difficult even to look back at the 1918-19 Spanish influenza pandemic from the H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. It is estimated that about 500 million people, or one-third of the world’s population, became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States (population 103 million) due to the fact that we had no cure or any type of vaccine to combat the outbreaks and infections. Today, however, you would think that we would be more proactive and ready to effectively combat the coronavirus. But it is very evident that although warned many times over the last 20 years by a multitude of medical professionals and scientists about these types of potential killer viruses,

most government officials consistently turned a deaf ear and passed on it. The Obama-Biden administration set up the White House National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense to prepare for future pandemics like COVID-19. According to a March 25, 2019 article from Reuters, the group wasn’t totally eliminated but supposedly streamlined due to inefficiencies and possibly cost overruns. The pandemic response team was disbanded and diluted, but not totally eliminated and some team members were reassigned to roles that included pandemic response. The previous watchdogs specifically set up, designed, specialized, and dedicated in global pandemics and diseases was gone! The current administration still wasn’t paying attention or listening to all the warnings going back to December 2019. Now that we are in the middle of this most critical pandemic, I am questioning and researching to find out if anyone has any idea or thoughts as to how many businesses and jobs will be lost at the end of this global calamity that will assuredly have an effect on real estate. We have consistently become Monday morning quarterbacks performing at the last minute and doing Band-aid fixes instead of preparing in advance for what needs to be done before the sky falls on us, which is what has happened.

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

As of April 28, 26 million have applied for unemployment benefits and all of the $379 billion from the stimulus package (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act) has been snatched up in a heartbeat by the larger corporations (although some have returned the money) because of the lack of any oversight whatsoever as the president eliminated many of the inspector generals. An April 1 article in The Economic Policy Institute by David Cooper and Julia Wolfe said: “The latest Goldman Sachs fore-cast predicts a 9% contraction for the first quarter of this year and a 34 percent contraction in the second quarter. This large drop in GDP is consistent with 19.8 million jobs lost by July, bringing unemployment rates across the country into the mid-teens.” These figures might just be too

low and as of today, April 28, I am guessing that millions more will have been furloughed as almost all restaurants, warehouses and even law firms have laid oﬀ most of their employees as well as energy sector workers, too. We are currently in a recession and are now heading or are already in a depression based on the sheer numbers of unemployed people. Where is the stimulus bailout for those who live from paycheck to paycheck? Weren’t the stimulus monies designed for those employees of smaller to midsize businesses which represent 50 percent plus of our economy and frontline workers, many of whom keep our food supply chains to continually function and not for the publicly traded conglomerates? Workers in many food-processing plants work shoulder to shoulder. Tyson Foods’ poultry plant in Georgia had four dead and Smithfield Foods’ pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D. had 500 infections before it was finally shut down. Where were the workers’ protective equipment and why weren’t safety measures in place? More important, of some of the most important people to be infected, healthcare workers had 10-20 percent of the cases. Now that we are in the midst of this deadly pandemic how will we save the multitude of businesses that will surely fold as well as hundreds of thousands to possibly millions of jobs that will be lost forever?

My professional opinion is that they should have split the stimulus bailout so that 50 percent should have been paid out from the bottom up of lowest-paid workers and small businesses and the other half from the top down to non-publicly traded companies with superior balance sheets and more than adequate cash in the bank to make it through this recession or probable depression. The 64,000 question is how long will it be until we can determine how many businesses and jobs have failed and who has the wherewithal to purchase and what will the overall demand be for homes, investment and commercial real estate? The future looks bleak and will surely provide us the answers, but we must step up to the plate and solve this existential crisis to survive. 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 on future columns with your name, email, and cell number and he 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, concerns, or column suggestions and ideas.

L.I. reps press for more federal funding Continued from Page 8 Rice and Meeks stressed the urgency for getting federal funding to villages and towns throughout Long Island before budgetary and health concerns become a harsh reality for residents. “Securing direct federal assistance for New York State and our local municipalities is my top priority in the next coronavirus relief package,” Rice said. “There is an urgent need for Congress to pass local aid immediately in the next relief package, so our local municipalities are properly funded in their response to coronavirus, otherwise, we’ll have a bad problem become worse,” Meeks said. Ed Lieberman, the mayor of Sea Cliﬀ and president of the Nassau County Village Oﬃcials Association, touted the bipartisan work of the five representatives from

Long Island. “On behalf of the numerous mayors on Long Island we greatly appreciate the ability to have this opportunity to speak with our congressional delegation,” Lieberman said. “Especially since it greatly impacts the economic future and well-being of our communities.” The five representatives have sent several letters to congressional leaders and the federal government to ask for aid to prioritize New York state’s government, hospitals and residents in the coronavirus relief eﬀorts. “Direct funding would help support first responders, teachers, nurses, sanitation workers, transit workers, and many more, all of whom are vital contributors to our communities,” according to a bipartisan letter sent to federal officials last week. “We needed them before the pandemic, we need

them now, and we will continue to need them as we get through this together.” New York has the highest infection rate in the country at 27.13 percent of national cases, as well as the most positive cases with more than 337,000, according to figures provided by the state’s Department of Health. The death toll of 24,560 in New York is more than the next six states combined. As of Monday, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nassau County had reached 38,337, according to the department. Of that total, 1,973 had died. The state’s request for $60 billion is part of a $500 billion request by the National Governors Association to address the “immediate need” for fiscal assistance throughout the 50 states, according to Freeman Klopott, a spokesman for

the New York Division of Budget. Klopott told Newsday that the $60 billion in unrestricted aid would be nearly double the Medicaid reimbursement rate and that the federal government would pay the state’s 25 percent share of funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Eﬀorts to reach Klopott for further comment were unavailing. New York’s funding would be spread over three fiscal years, and could potentially be used for revenue shortfalls throughout the state, according to the association. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who serves as the association’s vice chairperson, and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, chair of the association, issued a statement last week outlining the need for the federal funding. “We must be allowed to use any state stabilization funds for

replacement of lost revenue, and these funds should not be tied to only COVID-19 related expenses,” the statement said. “Congress must amend the CARES Act to allow this flexibility for existing federal funding.” The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, the largest relief legislation ever passed by Congress, failed to address the shortfalls of budget revenues for states and local municipalities, according to the association. The statement said “the recently passed federal CARES Act contained zero funding to oﬀset these drastic state revenue shortfalls. To stabilize state budgets and to make sure states have the resources to battle the virus and provide the services the American people rely on, Congress must provide immediate fiscal assistance directly to all states.”

28 The Roslyn Times, Friday, May 15, 2020

Parker leads N.Y. in virus deaths Continued from Page 1 32 presumed; Sunharbor Manor, with 23 confirmed and 10 presumed; the Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Great Neck, with 15 confirmed and 9 presumed; and White Oaks Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, with 29 confirmed. “The total numbers of reported deaths per institution is greatly shaped by how long a given facility has been capable of producing data,” Parker spokesperson Lina Scacco told Blank Slate Media. “Test kits were not evenly available to all institutions throughout this pandemic. Parker, utilizing CORE Labs, began to test and report infections in March. Deaths occurring at institutions prior to their ability to test for COVID-19 may not be accurately reported as COVID related.” She added that Parker made the decision early on to classify any death where the resident was COVID-positive as a coronavirus death, even if the immediate cause was likely a comorbid condition, such as heart failure. Families of Parker residents have reported insuﬃcient protective measures, understaﬃng and not enough communication with family members about their loved ones and the conditions within the facility. Ricky Russo, whose mother is a Parker resident and has so far avoided contracting the virus, told Patch that there were times when a nurse would attend to both her and residents with coronavirus down the hall from her single room. He recalled how his mother first became aware of the seriousness of the situation. “All of a sudden, my mother calls me and said she’s seen body bags roll by her room on a daily basis,” Russo said in a phone interview with Patch. “They’re dropping left and right here and they’re not telling us anything,” Russo’s mother reportedly told him. Scacco said that the Parker Jewish team is in constant communication with

families, noting that a Family Call Center was set up to facilitate residents’ communication with their loved ones. Michael Camarda said in an interview with Patch that his father has been a Parker resident since 2016 and is bedridden. Camarda reported that his father spent hours sitting in his own waste and was not given his medication on time. When he called to complain in March, a nurse told him that the facility was short-staffed. His father tested positive for COVID-19 in early April, Camarda said, after coronavirus patients were moved to his floor. “He’s in a private room, so the only way for him to come in contact with COVID is through a nurse or a doctor,” Camarda said. Parker Jewish has 527 beds and about 1,300 employees, according to public tax records. The facility is one of the largest nursing homes in the country, and has programs designed to meet a range of specific needs. Parker offers an advanced Alzheimer’s care program, a dialysis center and a hospice and palliative care unit. “Treating more residents and patients with these advanced health conditions could drive up the number that ultimately succumb to COVID-19, although there is no data to suggest that Parker has experienced proportionately greater mortalities than other institutions,” Scacco said. The number of reported coronavirus deaths in nursing facilities increased drastically on May 4, when state officials released more data on nursing home deaths following the Health Department’s rollout of more stringent rules regarding nursing homes reporting virus fatalities to the state. At least 1,050 people have died from the virus in nursing homes on Long Island, including 457 in Nassau County, according to data released by the state. This is 70 percent higher than the number of nursing home deaths reported on Long Island

before the new reporting guidelines for facilities. The exact toll remains uncertain since this number does not include residents who were moved to hospitals, and the cause of death is still unknown in many cases. On Sunday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo reversed a directive made by the state Health Department on March 25 saying that nursing homes cannot turn away potential residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 simply because they have the virus. Before the release of new guidelines, under which hospitals cannot release COVID-19 patients to nursing homes, Parker Jewish was admitting residents who had tested positive for coronavirus. “If the hospital calls and says, ‘I want to send back a person who had COVID but is now better to the nursing home,’ if the nursing home doesn’t think they can take them they shouldn’t and all they have to do is say ‘no’ and tell the Department of Health, and that person will go somewhere else,” said Cuomo. “So it really comes down to that nursing home has to know what its limits are, who can provide care for – and who can’t provide care for – and we have alternatives,” he said. Elected officials and public health experts expressed concern following the March 25 announcement that introducing coronavirus patients into a nursing facility setting was risky. Alternative proposed solutions included caring for elderly COVID-19 patients in other care facilities, such as the temporary hospital at the Javits Center in Manhattan. State officials said that the March 25 directive was spurred by fear that nursing facilities would discriminate against coronavirus patients. The intent of the directive was to remind nursing homes of their obligation to accept these patients, so long as they had the space, staff and equipment to care for them, officials said. Cuomo also directed hospitals to be-

Curran anticipates June reopening Continued from Page 1 As of Friday, Long Island ranked last among the 10 New York state regions regarding the phased-in reopening. Long Island’s hospitalization rate went from 5.7 residents per 100,000 last week to 2.85 this week. As of Tuesday, a total of 38,337 Nassau County residents had tested positive for the coronavirus, according to figures provided by the state. Of that total, 1,973 people had died. Ten Nassau residents died of coronavirus-related illness from Saturday to Sunday, down significantly from the peak, Curran said. “This increase of 10 is much smaller than we’ve been seeing lately,” Curran said. “If that continues we could be well on our way of checking oﬀ one very important box, that 14-day decline in hospi-

tal deaths.” Hospitals throughout the region also saw declines within the past week. Officials from Northwell Health said its 19 hospitals were treating 1,067 people who had tested positive for the coronavirus, a 25 percent decrease in the past week. NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola cited a 67 percent decrease in coronavirus patients since the hospital’s peak of 433 patients on April 9. Curran said she has been encouraged by the region’s ability to get within two metrics of phased reopening after ranking last in achieved metrics on May 8. “We are definitely going in the right direction and we seem to be going in the right direction rather quickly,” Curran said. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that the first three regions in the

state will begin phased reopening on Friday: the Finger Lakes, Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley. The first phase of the plan, according to Cuomo, will include opening construction and manufacturing functions with low risk, so long as the health trends continue to meet the guidelines. Curran touted the significance that the first phase of reopening will have on Long Island. “Phase one for us means a lot of people will be coming back to work,” said Curran. “Seventeen percent of total jobs on Long Island are in construction, manufacturing and wholesale trade.” Phase two, Cuomo said, is a more in-depth look at businesses on a case-bycase analysis, and finding the best ways for them to reopen. He said oﬃcials will determine a business’ essential service to

gin reporting to the state which patients had come from a nursing home on May 1. “The question we’re now asking the hospitals – one of the questions that I posed: Was someone transferred from a nursing home to a hospital and then passed away in the hospital? And we want to know that,” Cuomo said in a news conference. Hempstead Village leaders said that the federal government should have addressed the vulnerability of nursing home residents following the coronavirus outbreak inside a Seattle-area nursing home in early March. There are nine nursing homes in and within close proximity of the Village of Hempstead. In a news conference last Wednesday, Hempstead Mayor Don Ryan and Trustee Lamont Johnson proposed a threepronged action plan to address the mounting death toll in nursing homes: a federal investigation, more funding from the state and greater transparency from health care facility staff and administrators. Johnson’s mother, 77-year-old Lillian Johnson, lives in Fulton Commons Care Center, which has been hard hit by the pandemic. “I would like to see mandatory testing of all [nursing home] staff, that’s a start,” Johnson said. “Mandatory testing of all staff, mandatory testing of everyone that is in the facility.” U.S. Reps. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City), Gregory Meeks (D-Queens) and Grace Meng (D-Queens) called for additional funding in the next phase of federal coronavirus aid to go to nursing homes in a letter on Tuesday. “Our nursing homes and long-term care providers have been some of the hardest hit facilities during this pandemic,” Rice said in an emailed statement. “We must build on the support allocated for them in previous relief packages and provide new funding to help them pay staff, acquire PPE, and increase testing. No expense should be spared when it comes to protecting our most vulnerable communities, and I thank Representatives Meeks and Meng for joining in this effort to support them.” the community, the risks of reopening and the importance of its reopening. Cuomo said business owners must analyze the precautions and safeguards that will need to be potentially addressed for each individual business. Two weeks must pass before the next part of the plan is implemented, Cuomo said, in order to effectively monitor its impact. He said two weeks covers the incubation period of the virus. Cuomo said coordinating testing and tracing throughout the state’s regions will aid in determining when schools and transportation systems can safely reopen. “We can’t now negate everything that we accomplished,” Cuomo said. “We have to do the opposite. We have to take this experience and we have to learn and grow from the experience.” Cuomo signed an executive order on Friday to extend the state of emergency throughout New York state until June 7, while the New York State on Pause mandate will expire Friday.

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Northwell discharges Bank donates $250K 10,000th virus patient to Island Harvest More than two months after Northwell Health hospitals saw the first cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and 31 days since the health system experienced the surge’s peak, New York’s largest health system crossed the threshold of 10,000 patient discharges on Friday, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of the pandemic. “Based on the data we’ve seen, Northwell has treated more COVID-19 patients than any other health system in the nation,” said Northwell President & CEO Michael Dowling. “Our success is a reflection of the selfless work of both front line staff and behind-the-scenes innovation that has enabled us to respond to an unprecedented influx of patients.” Northwell has cared for nearly 13,000 hospitalized patients on Long Island, in New York City and Westchester County since the outbreak began. That represents one of out of every five COVID-19 patients hospitalized in New York State – nearly double the number of the next-highest health system. “I’m grateful to the nurses, doctors and the entire front-line staff who showed grace, poise and determination under the most extreme of circumstances,” Mr. Dowling said. “The pandemic is not yet over, but we’ve weathered the worst of it this time. Crossing the threshold of 10,000 discharges represents a positive moment in this ongoing fight.” Including the nearly 13,000 hospitalized patients, Northwell has treated more than 41,000 COVID-19 patients across the health system since the start of the pandemic, including those seen in emergency departments, 52 Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care centers and physician offices. In addition, the health system conducted about 52,000 telehealth visits from mid-March to Mid-April for patients receiving primary care and a range of other outpatient services. Telehealth represents one of the many ways Northwell moved quickly to address the needs of local communities during the height of the pandemic as hos-

pitals and physician practices limited access to non-essential and non-emergent medical care for safety reasons. Northwell Health Labs was one of the first private laboratories nationwide to begin manual testing in early March; its phlebotomists worked closely with the state Department of Health to open and operate the initial drive-thru testing site near New Rochelle, NY, the first coronavirus hot spot in the United States. Northwell Labs continued to provide significant contributions to flatten the curve by ramping up coronavirus testing, introducing 3D-printed kits when supplies ran low and then adding serology testing for antibodies as a quick way to understand the spread of COVID-19 and identify potential plasma donors. That level of innovation permeated patient care. Echo Show devices were added to COVID-19 units to monitor patients while limiting unnecessary interaction, which helped to safeguard staﬀ and preserve personal protective equipment. Researchers at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research launched several clinical trials and engineered ways to transform sleep apnea BiPAP (bilevel positive airway pressure) and anesthesia machines into effective ventilators in the face of a critical shortage. When Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered hospitals to create more beds, Northwell hospitals added nearly 2,000 additional beds within the span of about 10 days – increasing capacity by about 50 percent. Among many assignments that it assumed at the request of the Governor, Northwell took responsibility for overseeing clinical operations at a 1,000-bed field hospital staﬀed by Army clinicians within the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, as well as the USNS Comfort, the 1,000-bed Navy ship that docked at Pier 90 in Manhattan. Northwell Health is currently delivering care to 1,203 COVID-19 hospitalized patients, down 65 percent from the peak of 3,425 on April 7.

PHOTO BY NORTHWELL HEALTH

Staff at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, cheer on Friday’s release of a patient who recovered from COVID-19, symbolically marking the 10,000th discharge of a patient treated for the coronavirus at a Northwell hospital since the pandemic struck New York in March.

Island Harvest Food Bank today announced it had been awarded a $250,000 grant from Bank of America in support of the hunger-relief organization’s COVID-19 (coronavirus) emergency food response, according to Randi Shubin Dresner, president and CEO, Island Harvest Food Bank. The funding will enable Island Harvest Food Bank to purchase food to meet the increased demand created by the pandemic. The food bank recently changed its food sourcing model from relying mostly on surplus food donated by supermarkets, food wholesalers, restaurants, and community-based food drives, to now having to purchase food to distribute to Long Islanders in need of assistance. From March 9, to April 10 Island Harvest Food Bank has supplied more than one million pounds of food at 320 locations throughout Nassau and Suﬀolk counties. It expects to distribute an additional million to 1.5 million pounds over

the next four to six weeks. “Bank of America’s sizable and generous contribution will help Island Harvest Food Bank meet the growing demand for emergency food assistance across Long Island,” said Ms. Shubin Dresner. “We’re exceptionally grateful to have Bank of America as a valued partner on the front lines in our eﬀorts to make sure that no one on Long Island goes hungry during this unprecedented public health emergency.” “Bank of America is partnering with nonprofits that impact the most vulnerable Long Islanders who have been affected by the coronavirus,” said Bank of America Long Island Market President Bob Isaksen. “It was critical to immediately provide funding to Island Harvest so that they could help meet the increased demand for food. As a life-long resident of Long Island, it’s great to see our community come together.”

Bank of America’s $250,000 donation will be used to purchase food and supplies to support numerous food distribution events across Long Island to help make sure no one goes hungry during the coronavirus pandemic.

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operating on a severe deficit brought on by this crisis. The situation in Nassau County remains dire — there are still countless communities across Long Island that desperately need additional resources.” A second letter, signed by state Sens. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach), John Brooks (DSeaford), Kevin Thomas (D-Levittown) and Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck), asked Clavin to assist Hempstead’s 22 villages, which are reporting huge losses in budget revenue. “Village mayors are concerned that their expenditures during this period, coupled with the rising decrease in revenue, will leave them in a dire financial situation and may lead to raising taxes on the hardworking residents,” the letter said. “You have the power and the means to significantly alleviate their burden, and we would like to work with you to accomplish that goal.”

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Have restaurants help feed the hungry Continued from Page 17 Instead of a handout that couldn’t possibly go far enough to maintain payrolls and rent, the government funding could help restaurants stay in business, so they can pay their rent, pay their employees and feed hungry people. And it would forestall the cycle of prolonged economic devastation – another Great Depression — that the Trump administration’s callous ineptitude is unleashing. “Providing economic assistance for the independent restaurant industry is one of the most critical investments to bring our economy back and the most visible step to give all Americans confidence that we will all come out of this,” the IRC said. “We are uniquely positioned for quick, efficient distribution of funds to tens of millions of workers up and down the food supply and delivery chain and can play a critical role in the swift administration of the federal government’s relief efforts during COVID-19.” There were 38 million using SNAP (food stamps) before COVID-19 struck, when the Trump administration sought to tighten rules to make food stamps harder to obtain and make their use more restricted. The applications have increased 71 percent, adding another 25 million people needing assistance. In addition there are millions of people going to food banks who do not have SNAP benefits. Food stamps, in addition to alleviating crippling hunger which affects child development (resulting in costly school remediation), undermines worker productivity

and contributes to long-term (expensive) health problems, are actually one of the most important tools for economic stimulus in any community – something that is needed now. Instead of restricting benefits, a competent, caring government would be expanding access, increasing the dollar amount, and allowing food stamps users to purchase online grocery delivery (not allowed now), and even to pay for prepared meals from restaurants. “SNAP is one of the nation’s primary counter-cyclical government assistance programs serving as an automatic stabilizer to the economy,” the USDA.gov site says. “ERS research has estimated a multiplier of SNAP benefits on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 1.54; that is, an increase of $1 billion in SNAP benefits in a slowing economy increases GDP by $1.54 billion and supports 13,560 additional jobs, including nearly 500 agricultural jobs (farming, forestry, fishing, and hunting).” The IRC is proposing changes to the Paycheck Protection Program and CARES Act that better meet the needs of the restaurant industry, just as there was a bailout for the auto industry, the banks and the airlines. “In the financial meltdown of 2008, the federal government bailed out institutions that were “too big to fail” while paying too little attention to the workers who needed help the most. Today, in the case of independent restaurants, there are too many to fail.” Go to www.saverestaurants.com to join the fight.

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The areas surrounding New Hyde Park were hit even harder by the virus, such as Elmont’s 1,220 cases and Franklin Square’s 737 cases. As of Tuesday night, according to figures provided by the county Department of Health, 38,434 county residents had tested positive for the coronavirus. A total of 1,991 people had died. Total hospitalizations, 697, and patients on ventilators, 190, both have significantly decreased over the past three weeks, according to the figures. During a Friday news conference, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said she expects Nassau County to begin a phased reopening. As of Tuesday, Long Island had met five of the seven sets of criteria mandated by the state to begin the phased reopening. Curran said she has been encouraged by the region’s ability to get within two metrics of phased reopening after ranking last in achieved metrics on May 8. “We are definitely going in the right direction and we seem to be going in the right direction rather quickly,” Curran said. CUOMO EXTENDS FILING UNDER CHILD VICTIMS ACT In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a filing extension under the Child Victims Act, which was set to expire on Aug. 14, according to state oﬃcials. The Child Victims Act was passed on Jan. 28, 2019, and allows survivors of sexual abuse to file criminal charges until age 28 and civil charges until age 55. The act also created a one-year window for survivors to reintroduce claims that ex-

ceeded the statute of limitations. Cuomo announced that the fivemonth extension for survivors to file was extended to Jan. 14, 2021. “Given the shutdown, many aspects of society have been closed down and are less operational, the court system is among them,” Cuomo said. “Because of the reduction in court services, we want to extend that window and we’ll extend it for an additional five months until January 14 because people need access to the courts to make their claim.” “We applaud Governor Cuomo’s decision to give survivors of child sexual abuse more time to come forward and file their cases during these unprecedented and difficult times,” Attorney Jeff Anderson of Jeff Anderson & Associates said. Anderson’s firm, based in New York City, filed 19 lawsuits within the Diocese of Rockville Centre when the window to file opened last August. Institutions that were implicated included Chaminade High School in Mineola, Our Lady of Fatima in Manorhaven, St. Mary’s in Manhasset, and St. Ignatius Retreat House in Manhasset. State Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck) lauded Cuomo’s decision to extend the filing for the legislation she co-sponsored last year. “I applaud the Governor’s decision to take action on this matter today, and I look forward to working with him to enact another piece of legislation I’m cosponsoring that will extend the lookback window by another year to ensure survivors have had an opportunity to seek justice, and to ensure child sexual abusers are held accountable under the law,” Kaplan said in a statement.

L.I. jobless rate below state average Continued from Page 23 Rizzo stressed the importance of reopening the state’s economy to avoid more small businesses shutting down and creating further unemployment throughout New York. “The economy itself is on a ventilator. This is not a joking matter,” Rizzo said. “This needs to be taken more seriously by people. The coronavirus is not the only bad thing that can happen to us.” Rizzo referred to a United Nations report that predicted the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic may end up killing more people than the actual disease itself. To put that in perspective, the coronavirus had killed more than 286,000 people throughout the world. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget

Oﬃce expected the jobless rate to be at 9.5 percent by the end of fiscal year 2021. Rizzo said that number sounded “pessimistic” for Long Island, but admitted the projected figures will be a result of how quickly the state begins to reopen the economy. “Every day we delay reopening, the economic and health care costs will continue to mount,” Rizzo said. “At the end of the day, I think Long Island will be able to avoid that 9.5 percent figure by the end of 2021.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that the Finger Lakes, Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley regions have met all seven metrics required to begin phase one of the state’s phased reopening plan. Cuomo said the three regions will begin reopening on Friday.

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Town to program drive-in movie screenings North Hempstead has announced the launch of a brandnew drive-in movie series at town facilities. Films will be projected onto large outdoor screens for residents to enjoy a night out while also following social distancing protocols. The first movie to be shown will be “The Goonies” on May 23 at North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington. “I am so pleased that we

will be able to bring drive-in movies to North Hempstead,” said Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth. “This program is fun, family-friendly, and, most importantly, in-line with the social-distancing guidelines we have all been following over the last two months.” While registration is free for these events, the Town is encouraging attendees to bring non-perishable/canned

foods to each showing as part of North Hempstead’s donation drive. “During these uncertain times, many families and individuals are finding themselves in need,” stated Bosworth. “The Town is making an eﬀort to assist vulnerable populations by launching this donation eﬀort in conjunction with our drive-in events.” Residents are being asked

Beth Sholom connects to Atria

Meagan Devine-Collazo, program coordinator for the Atria, shows off students’ letters to their buddy seniors “We are very fortunate to have an incredible partner at the Atria who is a pleasure to work with and is just as thrilled to see how this program is unfolding,” said Sharon Solomon, Director of the Religious School at Temple Beth Sholom in Roslyn Heights New York. In an eﬀort to connect young adults to the community and become involved in social action, Sharon Solomon and Grant Coordinator, Hanna Harel have coordinated with the Atria on Roslyn Harbor to create a truly special relationship. Temple Beth Sholom has been awarded a fouryear grant to bring students to the Atria Center. The goal and belief are that our students and the senior community will learn from one another, engage with one another, and through a variety of fun and inclusive activities, become friends. More important, intergenerational engagement has been a great success thus far and has superseded any initial expectations. Temple Beth Sholom wishes to empower students with these educational tools as they move forward on this amazing intergenerational journey with the seniors Harel and Solomon mention that students can’t wait to return each month to the Atria and the level of enthusiasm increases each time. “It is a sheer joy and blessing to watch the students arrive at the Atria Center in Roslyn and race over to their senior buddies and see how they are doing,” said Solomon. Both seniors and students thrive at each gathering through their mutual interactions. Senior residents are constantly eager for the next visit, elated to share their wisdom with the students. Some seniors do not have grandchildren nearby and have come to find that some students do not have grandparents. Relationships between the two in these cases are special and rare, creating friendships and a greater reason to return to

the Atria each month. A handful of seventh grade students visit the Atria monthly. “Our goal is to have each group, young and old, learn from and with each other,” mentions Harel. Each session with the seniors has a teaching aspect that is integrated into the seventh-grade curriculum. The students reflect on each session in class with their teacher through discussion and relating what they are doing with the seniors to well-known texts from scholars and rabbis, Torah parashot and mitzvot. Students are then taking those reflections and writing something meaningful to them on beautiful butterflies. These butterflies are attached to the board that was given to the Temple by the Atria to create each of our student’s journeys. Over the course of five sessions, from October through February, the students began to build relationships with their seniors through icebreakers and instruction in new technologies, shared valuable learning experiences with them such as welcoming guests (hachnasat orchim), celebrated holidays together, learned new skills together such as painting and generally thoroughly bonded with them. A sixth session was canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic and it is hoped that everyone will be able to reconnect in person in the future. One session describes perfectly the wonderful relationship building that would take place. A recent activity had a piece of paper with the names of a famous person, either from the past or from the present, pinned to everyone’s backs. Trying to guess the name on their backs resulted in much conversation, two-way learning, discussions and much laughter. Both young and old benefitted. Meagan Devine-Collazo, Program Coordinator for the Atria notes that senior attendance at each session has increased as the word spreads about the fun and excitement of all participants. “We have a wonderful recurring group of seniors with increasing newcomers each session.” The seniors anxiously wait for the students’ next visit, asking “where is my boy or where is my girl?” From the past three visits, friendships between the students and seniors have already been formed. Students are comfortable in their environment and enjoy getting to know the seniors each time. While everyone has been sheltering in place, the students have been encouraged to write handwritten letters to their buddies to stay connected. “Most seniors do not have the technology skills and experience that you have. Their primary form of communication is telephone calls and reading letters. To receive a letter from you will mean the world to them,” said Solomon in her note home to students. Solomon plans to mail letters out to the Atria on Roslyn Harbor after the holidays as well as collecting for distribution games and activity books to engage the seniors during these isolating times.

to register their cars in advance by visiting NorthHempsteadNY. gov/drive-in or calling 311. The program is expected to take place every Saturday after sundown, starting on May 23, continuing into summer months. A detailed schedule will be posted on the Town’s website. The showings will take place at either North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Wash-

ington, Clinton G. Martin Park in New Hyde Park, and Manorhaven Beach Park in Port Washington. The Town is considering other locations as well. There will be no food available for purchase at these events. However, residents are encouraged to bring their own snacks. Portable toilets and sinks will be provided. For more information, please call 516-869-6311.

Northwell Health honored for diversity Northwell Health has been named the best health system for diversity in the United States, according to the latest DiversityInc ranking of Top Hospitals and Health Systems. New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer made the list for the eighth straight year and moved to the top spot in the 2020 DiversityInc rankings for Hospitals and Health Systems one year after placing second. Northwell was recognized from more than 1,000 organizations for its ongoing eﬀorts to formalize its diversity, inclusion and health equity strategy with a focus on enhancing the health needs of the disparate communities and the patients it serves. “We’ve built a culture of care that puts our patients first. That would not be possible without team members who feel they work in an environment that accentuates empowerment, diversity and inclusion,” saidJoseph Moscola, senior vice president and chief people oﬃcer. “We believe in helping our workforce along their journey to selffulfillment. That path includes providing excellent benefits, an opportunity to advance and access educational tools to hone current and new skills.” DiversityInc examined companies using a 200-question survey that focused on six key areas: Leadership accountability, human capital diversity metrics, talent programs, workforce practices, supplier diversity and philanthropy.

Northwell’s 72,000-strong workforce is a reflection of the communities they serve: one of the nation’s most diverse populations. “We are honored to be recognized with our fellow health care organizations who are steadfast in their commitment towards the elimination of health disparities,” said Dr. Jennifer H. Mieres,, senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion oﬃcer. “On our journey to health equity, Northwell has been intentional with formalized strategies, dedicated resources and the implementation of an expanded health care delivery model which fosters a partnership with our communities to provide culturally customized care.” “As a health care organization, we at Northwell Health live our values – we are truly ourselves, and in doing so, seek to build trusted partnerships with our diverse patients and communities,” said Michael Wright, vice president of diversity and health equity. Northwell Health is committed to the elimination of health and health care disparities and joined the national call for health equity by signing the American Hospital Association’s national equity of care pledge. For more information about the Northwell Health diversity, inclusion and health equity strategy, go to: https://www. northwell.edu/education-andresources/community-engagement/center-for-equity-of-care.

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New York City faces a fatal exodus

s a New York City patriot, I am greatly pained by various reports on the exodus from New York. We’ve been reading pieces like this from the Wall Street Journal and many other credible sources. Those of us who had lengthy periods of senior government service — in my case for elected oﬃcials of both major parties — have horrific visions about what lies ahead. We see all those others who say, “We survived the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, the 1987 crash, 9/11, 2008; we’ll get through this, etc.” Really? Who do we see in this one-party town ready to emerge to our rescue? Where is an Ed Koch, a Harrison Goldin, a Rudy Giuliani, a Mike Bloomberg?

A state Legislature and an incumbent mayor who opine that the “rich pay their fair share” — now over 50 percent for city-state-federal taxes. Will they be paying closer to 60 percent? No, they’ll continue to flee to Florida and Texas. The mayor’s priority is an “equal recovery.” What does than mean? And the public knows that when the virus recedes, that we will be left to the mercy of criminals released before AND after the pandemic, under the “No Bail” law, which contrary to false statements by the legislative leadership and the governor, is NOT being amended in the new budget other than cosmetically. The subway system will be a Petri dish of both potential illness and rising

crime. NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea and his oﬃcers will be powerless in this potential return of crime to 1970s-1980s levels. The $1 billion wasted under the auspices of the mayor’s wife, ostensibly to improve mental health, exhibits its success in the unprecedented number of homeless, many potentially infected, many exacerbating the city’s filth on our streets and subways. This and more is before we even consider the nigh-impossible recovery of our valued institutions — Broadway, Lincoln Center, theaters, museums and the like. The titans of industry — real estate, finance, manufacturing, construction and other major industries — must

convene, perhaps under the auspices of the NYC Partnership or other respected umbrellas — and find that person who can lead this city to recovery as in the past. That person must have widespread backing fiscally and otherwise to mount a campaign, regardless of his or her party. The New York City party establishment, which defines mediocrity and worse, will equally oppose any such “interloper” from either party. Alas, absent such a hard-handed approach by business — and leaving NYC to its pseudo-socialist warriors — the city of New York will have seen its best days and the exodus will be fatal. Jeﬀrey S. Wiesenfeld Great Neck

President Trump has blood on his hands Continued from Page 25 He has no awareness that his behavior is “sick,” or he would attempt to eliminate it. Dr. Bandy Lee is a forensic psychiatrist at the Yale Medical School. She held a conference which led to the publication of a book titled “The Dangerous Case of

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American Psychiatric Association, passed the “Goldwater rule” which states it is unethical to give professional opinions about public figures without meeting them. The best counter-argument is an analogy. Smoke is coming from under the hood of your car; you notice puddles of oil beneath it; the engine is overheating and you smell burning oil. You don’t have to be an auto mechanic to know that it’s time to have your car checked; even though you have no credentials — just common sense your conclusion about a problem was correct. There is a danger in attempting to diagnose from a distance, but when Donald Trump states he could shoot a man on 5th Avenue and his acolytes would support him, this is “looney tunes.” Trump has revealed his racism, misogyny, narcissism, bullying and name-calling in his daily “tweets.” Here is one man’s opinion about “the Donald.” He lies, has a personality disorder, is detached from reality, he has an aﬃnity for conspiracy theories, exhibits predatory sexual behavior, admires dictators, and when Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama he took a black

“Sharpie” to include that state in the path of the storm. Crazy or not? Fake news? Returning to the Trump descriptors, Surely they come from some radical like Sen. Bernie Sanders or Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio Cortes, but if these were your guesses, you’d be wrong. These are the words of Peter Wehner, a lifelong Republican who served in the administrations of both Bushes and Ronald Reagan. No Democrat could have said it better! He wrote his opinion piece in the Atlantic Monthly. What lessons can we learn from the long nightmare we’ve lived through these last three and a half years? They are as follows; 1) politicians make decisions that result in life and death, therefore every budget is a moral document. 2) Politicians make daily decisions that are sometimes either life-threatening or life-enhancing. 3) Finally, we are still a democracy and opportunity exists in November to throw the “psycho” out! Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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Art Guild offers online Roslyn twins raise $4K classes, workshops for Parker Jewish The Art Guild continues to oﬀer communityfocused initiatives to help people of all ages feel connected throughout this time. From providing online classes and exhibits to TAG at Home, a free web portal featuring free online tips, demonstrations and micro-lessons, to outdoor Summer Camps for small groups of 8 or less kids, the organization is responding to the “new” now with creative options for everyone. The three initiatives include: ONLINE Classes: May 15: Landscape Painting with Paul Becham series begins May 18: Portraiture with Rob Silverman begins TAG at Home: When you can’t make it to The Art Guild, The Art Guild comes to you! The organization has devoted a portion of their website for tips, micro-lessons, demonstrations and artist prompts so that students can continue to learn from the Art Guild’s awardwinning artists and get creative while they’re at home or away. Summer Camps at beautiful Elderfields Preserve (Limit 8 campers) Limited to just 8 kids,

Happy Camper The Art Guild is taking their Summer Camp experience outdoors on their three-acre preserve so there is plenty of space and fresh air. The weekly programs are held in the morning and a great way to get some much needed in-person socialization in an open, uncrowded environment. Instructors are also working to create an interactive online experience if an outdoor camp is not permitted and refunds will be accepted up to 14 days prior to starting. Art Explorations, grades 1-5, 9:30 am —

12:30 pm. June 29 — July 2, July 6-9, July 13-16, August 10-13 Grades 6 and up: Cartooning, July 2023, 10 am — 1 pm Painting & Drawing, July 27-30, 10 am — 1 pm 3D Work & Sculpture: August 10-13, 9:30 am — 12:30 pm HS Portfolio Intensive / College Prep: July 2731, August 3-7, 10 am — 3 pm All of their teachers are currently using Zoom and will be ready to create a fun camp experience online if necessary.

Two 15-year-old brothers from Roslyn are spending their free time during the pandemic raising money to feed Parker Jewish Institute’s dedicated health-care workers. Matthew and Michael Granoff are 10th-grade twins who attend Roslyn High School. But while school is conducted through online learning during COVID-19, the boys are learning all about effective communication and philanthropy by raising money for Parker’s “Meal Train.” The Meal Train is an online platform through which the community can purchase meals for Parker’s nurses, doctors, therapists and other essential employees during their shift. The platform enables volunteers to schedule donations for particular shifts and floors at Parker, so that every meal is efficiently distributed, and there is no waste. So far, the Granoff twins have raised more than $4,000, allowing them to feed entire floors of doctors, nurses, therapists and essential workers at Parker. The twins had planned to volunteer at Parker to see first-hand what it means to be a patient. But those plans fell through because of the pandemic. So they wrote letters to family and friends, seeking to raise money for Parker’s essential workers, and explaining why the Institute was so meaningful to them. “Parker Jewish Institute is near and dear to our hearts because our family has had a longstanding relationship there,” they wrote. “Our great-grandparents received care and services at Parker, and our grandfather presently serves on their Board of Trustees. Parker has been there to serve the needs of our com-

munity and it would be a great way to say thank you to their staff by providing food while they are at work.” The teens say they are appreciative of all donations, large and small. “It makes me feel good to know that I’m helping and saying thank-you to front-line workers,” Matthew said. “I felt like the people needed extra support, and I wanted to help them out,” Michael said. Their grandfather, Gary Granoff, is currently a member of the executive committee of Parker’s Board of Trustees, on which he has served since 2000. In many ways, giving back to Parker is a family affair. The twin’s mother, Nancy Granoff, has pitched in to coordinate the donations and the meals, delivered from Umberto’s Pizza and Ivarone Bros., both in New Hyde Park. And plans are in the works for candy trays from The Sweet Spot Shoppe in Plainview. “It’s rewarding when we raise money to give back to people that are giving to us,” Nancy said. In a difficult time, such generosity makes a great impact for those on the frontline. “We are incredibly grateful to the Granoff family,” said Michael N. Rosenblut, Parker’s president and CEO. “Their generosity has improved the lives of so many at Parker, and now we extend our heartfelt thanks to Michael and Matthew in providing meals to our diligent health-care workers, making their shifts in this unprecedented time a little easier.” To donate meals to Parker’s essential workers, visit the Institute’s Meal Train page at https://www.mealtrain.com/ trains/2yq1m8.

Touring Clark gardens online with N. Hempstead The Town of North Hempstead recently announced the premiere of a new virtual tour of Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson. This comes as part of a slew of new virtual programming in the town’s Community Services and Parks departments. “The Clark Botanic Garden virtual tour is part of our ongoing eﬀort to bring our residents the resources they would typically have access to during this continued period of social distancing,” said

North Hempstead Supervisor Bosworth. “I am thrilled that residents will have a chance to view our beautiful park, and I thank the dedicated staﬀ at Clark Botanic Garden for keeping it so well maintained.” The virtual tour is given by Glenn Aldridge, the Education Director of Clark Botanic Garden. The tour includes a walk down tulip avenue, a history of the Clark family, a history of the Clark house and property, a tour of the Clark house library, a

view of the Clark Botanic Garden oak tree, a discussion of the Clark bee yard apiary, a discussion of the Clark Botanic Garden pond, and leaves you with a beautiful view of one of Clark’s many Royal Azeleas. Residents are encouraged to view the virtual tour at the following YouTube link: https:// w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m / watch?v=9U6vhkb9ueg If residents have additional questions, please call 516-869-6311 or 311.

Matthew and Michael Granoff found a way to help others thank Parker’s essential workers.

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From your home to ours. As!a community slowly recovering from these challenging times, we invite you and your family to experience the safe haven that is the Village Club of Sands Point. Enjoy the surroundings of our former Guggenheim estate, while practicing safe distancing, exercise, and re-connecting with families and friends, responsibly. We thank all of our first-responders, essential workers, and our members for their dedication and support during these times.