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Nassau enters phase 4 Cuomo okays opening malls BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Long Island began the fourth and final phase of reopening on Wednesday despite some businesses not being permitted to open just yet. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in June that the initial weeks of phase four will not feature the reopening of gyms or movie theaters, but some of the county’s attractions such as aquariums and museums will open their doors to the public once again. Cuomo announced on Wednesday that malls can open on Friday as the area recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. Cuomo said that each mall is required to have a specialized HVAC air filter system to help reduce the spread of the virus. “I [would tell Cuomo] I am happy that you’re reassured that we can do this in a safe way,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said about the governor’s decision on Wednesday. Museums, historical sites and aquariums may also resume at Continued on Page 42

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Saviour held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Ammerman House on June 14, in commemoration of Flag Day. See story on page 20.

Ruling favors ExteNet in town suit Federal judge grants summary judgment to wireless infrastructure provider BY R O S E W E L D ON A federal judge has decided in favor of wireless infrastructure provider ExteNet Systems in its case against the Town of North Hempstead. Judge Edward Korman of

the Eastern District of New York granted the company’s motion for summary judgment in a June 26 order. ExteNet, which had been contracted by Verizon Wireless to build cell nodes across the North Shore, argued in the suit that the town’s council failed to act on the company’s applications to install 16 nodes in areas including Port Washington Estates, Manhasset Bay Estates, Bay-

view Colony and bordering the Plandome Manor area, according to paperwork filed with the Town of North Hempstead on Aug. 23, 2019, within a “reasonable” time frame. The company said that 14 days after the filings, on Sept. 6, the town paused the 90-day “shot clock” by “requesting additional information, indicating that the town did not consider ExteNet’s application to be complete.”

ExteNet added that North Hempstead received the additional information from the company on Oct. 1, and with the “shot clock” reset by Federal Communications Commission rules, the town had until Dec. 30 to act on the applications. Over the course of the town’s meetings in the ensuing months, the applications were not brought up in public session by the board, “triggering the filContinued on Page 43

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Americana developer Suozzi, Tuman Castagna dies at 91 lead in primaries A frequent philanthropist in arts, culture

Thousands of votes still to be counted

BY R O S E W E L D ON

Francis “Frank” Castagna, one of Long Island’s most prominent real estate developers and philanthropists who counted among his projects the Americana Manhasset, a crown jewel of retailing on the Miracle Mile, has died. Castagna died at his home after a nearly yearlong battle with cancer, according to an obituary posted online on Tuesday that did not specify the day he died. He was 91. Castagna was born on Sept. 19, 1928, the son of Italian-born hospital builder Ferdinand Castagna and his wife, Henrietta (nee Vogliazzo), and grew up in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. He graduated from the Pennsylvania Military Academy, now Widener University, with a degree in civil engineering in 1950, and joined his father’s construction firm, Gerace and Castagna, as an assistant field engineer soon after. The elder Castagna renamed the company Castagna and Son in 1953. The company, which was renamed Castagna Realty upon Ferdinand’s death in 1972, became renowned for its projects on Long Island, including Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale; the library, dormitories, student center and footbridge over Hempstead Turnpike at Hofstra University, the Swirbul Library at Adelphi University, North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, the Nassau County Medical Center, Great Neck North Middle School, the Dealertrack headquarters in North Hills, and the Wheatley Plaza shopping center in Greenvale. Further west, in the five boroughs, the Castagnas’ projects include work on the New York City Police Department’s headquarters, the correctional

Updated vote totals from the Nassau County Board of Elections continue to show U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Town of Hempstead Engineering Commissioner Douglas Tuman hold leads in the primaries for the 3rd and 4th congressional districts, even as thousands of absentee votes remain unreported by the New York State Board of Elections. In June, Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended the deadline to submit absentee ballots for the congressional primary races until the day of the election on June 23. To be counted, the absentee ballots for the primary had to be postmarked by June 23, state oﬃcials said. On election night, Suozzi was leading by a nearly 2-to-1 margin over Melanie D’Arrigo and Michael Weinstock in the Democratic primary in the 3rd Congressional District, according to figures provided by the New York State Board of Elections, with early results showing the incumbent congressman

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Frank Castagna, a real estate developer and philanthropist responsible for the Americana in Manhasset and various other North Shore projects, has died. center at Rikers Island, Bellevue Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, the New York State Supreme Courthouse and the Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn, Harlem Hospital and Coney Island Hospital. In 1955, the father and son purchased the property that would later be developed into what The New York Times dubbed the “crown jewel” of their company’s holdings: the Americana Manhasset, a shopping center full of luxury brands located on the Miracle Mile on Northern Boulevard. Today the Americana houses over 50 international boutiques,

including Gucci, Dior, Cartier, Fendi, Hermès, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Tiﬀany & Co., Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Hirshleifers, Bottega Veneta, Ermenegildo Zegna and London Jewelers, among others, as well as the home for Castagna Realty’s oﬃces. In 1956, Castagna married his wife, Rita, the daughter of Emanuel Ronzoni of the Ronzoni Macaroni Co., now owned by General Foods. Rita Castagna also serves as a principal in Castagna Realty, with their daughter Catherine serving as president. The couple later became benefactors of the Northwell Continued on Page 53

with 59 percent of the vote, D’Arrigo in second place with 34 percent, and Weinstock in third with 7 percent. Updated totals from the Nassau County Board of Elections showed Suozzi with 14,899 votes, D’Arrigo with 5,890 votes and Weinstock with 1,541 votes. The election boards in Suﬀolk and Queens, where the district also extends, have not yet updated their totals. Weinstock, of Great Neck, conceded to Suozzi the afternoon of June 24. D’Arrigo has not yet conceded the race. The 3rd District includes Manhasset, Roslyn, Port Washington, Great Neck and Floral Park, among other areas, and stretches from Whitestone, Queens, to Kings Park in Suffolk County. The winner of the primary will face Republican nominee George Santos of Queens in November; he ran unopposed. Additionally, updated totals from the Nassau County Board of Elections show that Tuman, Continued on Page 43

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U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), left, and Town of Hempstead Engineering Commissioner Douglas Tuman, right, are maintaining leads in their respective 3rd and 4th congressional district primaries.

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G.N. native in 2nd bid to buy Mets Steven Cohen expected to make new offer after 1st attempt in December was rejected BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z

Despite the coronavirus pandemic shortening Major League Baseball’s 2020 regular season to a mere 60 games, fans of the New York Mets were provided with a glimmer of hope Monday night. According to an article from the New York Post, hedge fund billionaire and Great Neck native Steve Cohen will reportedly submit another bid for the Mets, months after an offer in December that would have valued the franchise at a baseball-record $2.6 billion fell apart. Efforts to reach Cohen or a representative for comment were unavailing. It has not been reported what the second potential offer will be worth. Cohen is the CEO of Point72 Asset Management and has an estimated net worth of $9.2 billion. In 2012, Cohen bought an 8 percent partnership stake in the team for $40 million. The proposed deal would have increased Cohen’s ownership of the team from 8 percent to 80 percent. “I’m very disappointed we couldn’t work out a deal, but as an 8 percent holder, I’m looking forward to a higher bid for the team,” Cohen said in a statement to The New York Times in February. Sterling Partners, the company that

runs the franchise, is headed by Fred Wilpon and Mets’ President Saul Katz, who is Wilpon’s brother-in-law. The company is a diversified, family-run group of companies, whose portfolio consists of real estate, sports and media in the New York area. In 1980, Wilpon purchased a 1 percent stake in the Mets. He and Nelson Doubleday Jr. of Doubleday publishing company agreed to purchase the team for $81 million in 1986, less than a month after it won the World Series. Sixteen years later, Wilpon bought out Doubleday’s 50 percent stake in the company for $391 million. After the man behind the $64 billion Ponzi scheme, Bernie Madoff, was arrested in 2008, questions arose as to how close his connections were to the PHOTO FROM THE ISLAND NOW ARCHIVES Mets and longtime associate Wilpon. Both he and Katz founded their real- Great Neck native and hedge fund estate development company, Sterling manager Steven A. Cohen is reportEquities in 1972. Thirteen years later, edly pursuing another opportunity a year before splitting ownership in the Mets, Wilpon invested $3 million with to purchase a majority stake in the New York Mets team, according to Madoff. According to The Times, more than the New York Post. 500 accounts that Madoff possessed could be tied to Wilpon and Katz. While a majority of the fan base has hen’s track record is less than pristine. In 2013, Cohen’s hedge fund SAC rejoiced in talk of the Wilpons’ days being numbered with the organization, Co- Capital Advisors pleaded guilty to insid-

er trading charges after being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, eventually coming to terms on a $600 million settlement. A Vanity Fair article in June 2013 portrayed U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York as the Ahab to Cohen’s Moby Dick and described Cohen as the central figure of seven years of investigations that led to convictions or confessions from 71 people. Michael Steinberg, a former top trader at SAC Capital, was charged with four counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy in 2013. The charges against Steinberg were subsequently dismissed after the case was abandoned in 2015 after U.S. prosecutors said the case was no longer consistent with the law. He and Cohen are both alumni of Great Neck North High School. Since 2002, the Mets have been to the postseason three times and accumulated 50 more losses than wins, going 1,432-1,482. In 2015, the team made its first World Series appearance in over a decade, falling to the Kansas City Royals in five games. After a wild card loss to the San Francisco Giants the following year, the team has not made the playoﬀs since, and fans have voiced their aggravation.

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Nassau men arrested after protest One protester claims intimidation by Nassau County police, Curran BY R O S E W E L D ON Two Nassau residents were arrested in connection with prior cases after attending a protest in Roslyn last Wednesday, and one is contending that Nassau County and the police are attempting to intimidate those protesting police brutality. Michael Motamedian, 20, of Westbury, and Jeremiah “Jerry” Bennett, 26, of East Meadow, both connected to an organization calling itself Long Island Peaceful Protest that attends various marches against police brutality across the island, were arrested Friday after walking with the organization in Roslyn Heights two days earlier. According to Motamedian, the Heights protest took place “maybe two hours” after Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced the county’s Free Speech and Roadway Protection Protocols, which state that “demonstration organizers should contact the Community Aﬀairs Unit of the Nassau County Police

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Michael Motamedian, 20, of Westbury (left), and Jeremiah “Jerry” Bennett, 26, of East Meadow (right), both connected to an organization calling itself Long Island Peaceful Protest, were arrested Friday after walking with the organization in Roslyn Heights on July 1. Department at least 24-hours in advance to identify their routes,” that “demonstrators may not block vehicular or pedestrian traffic,” and that “any person who fails to comply with a lawful order to stop impeding the flow of traﬃc on a public street or oth-

erwise endangering public safety may be subject to enforcement action.” Motamedian says that once he and other protesters arrived for the march, they were approached by Nassau County police, but little, if anything, occurred.

“Immediately upon our arrival, the police approached us, echoed [Curran’s] statement and they let us know that if we marched in the street, we were subject to enforcement,” Motamedian said. “They told us if we stay oﬀ main roads and stick to side streets we’d be fine, so we did that. We marched, they did not make any arrests, protests ended and we went home.” But a Nassau police spokesman, Det. Lt. Richard Lebrun, said in an emailed statement to Blank Slate Media that Motamedian had violated the Roadway Protection Protocols. “For everyone’s safety, [Motamedian] was warned prior to the protest to not obstruct traﬃc and during the protest, he repeatedly was asked to again not block traffic and to remain on the portion of the road that was closed,” Lebrun said. The following day, on July 2, Motamedian said, “I got a phone call from my grandmother, notifying me that there were four black SUVs and detectives at her house,

saying they just wanted to talk and that there was a paperwork issue with something a few years ago.” The “paperwork issue” referred to the police’s claim that Motamedian had a “failure to appear” warrant on a 2019 drug charge. Lebrun said that once “detectives positively identified [Motamedian], a background check showed that he had an active bench warrant for a 2019 arrest for criminal possession of a controlled substance in the 7th degree.” “At the same time, police showed up at my friend Jerry’s house, saying he’d had an unpaid surcharge for something that had been dismissed,” Motamedian said. As shown in an Instagram video posted to the account @ lipeacefulprotest, plainclothes police oﬃcers went to Bennett’s house and arrested him for court fees relating to a prior criminal mischief charge. Continued on Page 43

Bounty reports disturb Marine family Intelligence on Russian bounties not yet connected to death of Locust Valley’s Hendriks BY R O S E W E L D ON Old wounds are opening for the family of a Marine who died last year in Afghanistan, in the wake of major news outlets reporting that Russian military intelligence had oﬀered bounties to militants for targeting coalition forces, including American troops, and that the White House had known about it as early as last year. Sgt. Robert Hendriks of Locust Valley was riding in a vehicle with two other Marines near Bagram Air Base, a U.S. military base north of Kabul, on April 8, 2019, when an improvised explosive device went oﬀ on the road near their vehicle, killing all three. No link has yet been confirmed between the bounty reports, which allegedly came from U.S. intelligence, and this incident. Hendriks’ father, Erik Hendriks, PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK a resident of Glen Cove and a former detective with the New York Marine Sgt. Robert Hendriks of Locust Valley was Police Department, said his “heart killed in Afghanistan last year. His father is now is broken” over the possibility of a calling for an investigation into his death after news connection. reports that Russia secretly offered Afghan militants “If it does come out as true, bounties to kill U.S. troops. obviously the heartache would be

terrible,” the elder Hendriks said in an interview with The New York Times. The three Marines had been assigned to the 25th Marine Regiment in the 4th Marine Division and had deployed to Afghanistan in October 2018 as part of a Department of Defense program dubbed Operation Resolute Support, in which Marines train and advise Georgian infantry troops that the former Soviet republic contributes to the NATO mission there, according to the armed forces publication Stars and Stripes. The sergeant, who enlisted soon after graduating from Locust Valley High School in 2012, had initially been assigned to the 2nd Battalion in the 25th Marines Reserve in Garden City. His family told the New York Post that he had just turned 25 that March, and that he was scheduled to come home within two months. Younger brother Joseph Hendriks, also a Marine, accompanied his body home for burial in Calverton National Cemetery. In the Times interview, Erik Hendriks said that while he does

not vote, he does identify as “a Republican and a Trump supporter.” “But there would be no way he didn’t know about it if Russians were paying oﬀ these cowards like mafia pay oﬀ hit men,” Hendriks said. “I would expect the government to have 1,000 percent support behind these warriors.” In a later talk with NBC News, Hendriks said that neither President Donald Trump nor anyone from the government had contacted him to “settle” him or his ex-wife and Robert’s mother, Felicia Arculeo. “Why hasn’t anybody called me or my ex-wife to settle us? Isn’t it enough the hell we’re going through that no one has come forward with anything at all?” he asked. “It’s really horrible.” A request for comment sent to the Sgt. Robert Hendriks Memorial Page on Facebook received a reply stating that the Hendriks family, which runs the page, did not wish to speak to the media. In the NBC report, Hendriks hinted that an investigation would bring closure to the new wounds. “Seeing if this is true is doing a justice for Robby,” he said.

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BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said she will ask the Nassau Interim Finance Authority to aid in efforts to combat a $749 million deficit the county faces over the next 18 months. The county faces a deficit of $385 million in the 2020 fiscal year and $364 million in the 2021 fiscal year due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the county’s multiyear financial plan released last week. County officials announced that gap closing programs have been prepared that rely on the finance authority to refinance $75 million of existing county debt in the fiscal year 2020 and another $210 million next fiscal year. “Our residents and businesses are facing difficult times and the county’s services that support the health and safety of residents are in high demand,” Curran said. “Whatever the crisis may be, my administration will always meet the challenge of protecting our residents, but we will need a balanced budget to do so.” “Our sales tax collections in FY2020 are projected to decline by 20% because of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Raymond Orlando, the deputy county executive for finance, said. “Nassau County has developed a gap-closing plan to address these unprecedented deficits.” According to officials, Curran discussed the plan with leaders from the majority and minority caucuses in the County Legislature and hopes to continue to have more in-depth briefings so the county can deal with the financial crisis in the most effective way. “We look to work collaboratively with the County Legislature to pursue

our strategy for maintaining the funding needed for essential services as the effects of this public health crisis continue,” Curran said. Presiding Officer Rich Nicolello (RNew Hyde Park) said he does not approve of Curran’s plan to use the Nassau Interim Finance Authority to aid in reducing the budget gaps. “The County Executive’s plan to have NIFA borrow money to fill a budget hole will saddle our children and grandchildren with debt and the expense for maintaining the NIFA bureaucracy for 30 years,” Curran said. “The independent analysis shows that just the cost of paying for NIFA’s operation alone will be in the hundreds of millions. The County Executive must go back to the drawing board and come up with better ideas.” According to figures provided by Nassau County’s Office of Legislative Budget Review Director Maurice Chalmers, the average annual increase of the county’s expenses for the Nassau Interim Finance Authority from 2008 to 2019 was 8.7 percent. If that same average is applied for the next 30 years of Nassau Interim Finance Authority expenses, the county will spend a total of more than $257 million, according to the figures. With no escalation from the county’s 2020 $2 million allocations for expenses, it would be a total of $60 million. According to the plan, the county will use $112 million in budget surplus funds from last year. County officials said Curran will submit her executive budget for the fiscal year 2021 no later than Sept. 15, and it will include a detailed plan for a balanced budget along with updates.

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School districts asks for plan to open

Cuomo says classroom teaching to be weighed against public safety before decision made BY R O S E W E L D ON Gov. Andrew Cuomo has asked New York’s 700 school districts to “have plans in place” in the event they can reopen in the fall after closing due to the coronavirus, according to a statement from the governor’s oﬃce. The governor’s communications director, Dani Lever, said in a statement last Thursday that while Cuomo hopes the districts can reopen, he did not want to endanger the health of school communities. “The governor has also told all school districts to have plans ready for the ‘new normal’ in the event schools can open,” Lever said. “The governor hopes schools will reopen but will not endanger the health of students or teachers, and will make the determination once we have more current information.” Lever added that the decision would ripple out and have numerous eﬀects. “We value the opinion of local politicians and the state’s 700 local school districts as to

what should be done, but the public should not be confused on this important decision that has practical consequences for many,” Lever said. The state’s public schools were first closed on March 16 and were determined to be closed for the rest of the year on May 1, with no word yet on plans for the fall. All told, the governor is waiting to make a final call until a clearer picture of the virus’ development can be seen, Lever said. “The state law governing schools and business closings or openings has been in eﬀect since the pandemic first started and all such decisions are made by state government and not local government,” Lever said. “Of course the state consults with local stakeholders and when it comes to opening schools in New York City we will consult with parents, teachers, health officials and local elected oﬃcials — but the governor has said any determination is premature at this point and we will need to see how the virus develops.”

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has informed school districts to have a plan in place in case they are determined to be able to reopen in the fall.

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GOP legislators show support for police BY R O S E WELDON As protesters march against police brutality, with some calling to “defund the police,” the Nassau County Legislature joined local community members and law enforcement oﬃcials to unveil a countywide Blue Ribbon Campaign meant to show support for current and retired police oﬃcers. The campaign, spearheaded by New Hyde Park resident Diane Bentivegna, encourages residents and businesses to display a blue ribbon on their home or business to symbolize show their support for men and women in law enforcement. On South 14th Street in New Hyde Park where Bentivegna lives, 43 houses have put up a blue ribbon. “The ribbons can be displayed on trees, poles, railings, or wherever

people can see them,” a statement from the Legislature said. “As Nassau County police drive by, they will see that they are appreciated for the good work they do in keeping Nassau residents safe. The same for retired police officers, and the many New York City police oﬃcers that live in Nassau County with their families.” On July 1, New Hyde Park residents and members of Nassau County law enforcement and New York City law enforcement joined members of the Legislature, including Presiding Oﬃcer Rich Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park),to unveil the campaign. “Thank you to the Nassau County police,” Nicolello said. “You are always there when needed, even when a situation is potentially dangerous or life threatening. Thank you for protecting the families of Nassau County

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residents. Thank you for protecting our children and keeping us safe. “This campaign is a way for residents to show their appreciation for the work officers do every day, and to say that they stand behind them and support them.” Nassau County Police Benevolent Association President James McDermott also spoke. “Here in Nassau County, we’re dealing with multiple issues: gang violence, the opioid crisis, the possibility of school shootings, counterterrorism and more,” McDermott said. “We also offer service-oriented policing to our residents, where if you call 911 you get a police officer to help with whatever problem you have. Our officers in Nassau County reflect the very best of our communities and are dedicated to protecting and serving. We appreciate what this blue ribbon means, and we appreciate the support from the residents.” New York City Police Benevolent Association Treasurer Patrick Hendry said, “In my 27 years as a police officer, this is the most difficult time I’ve ever seen. “We know the people in the neighborhoods support us, but you don’t see that part of the story on the news. This is a great initiative and I encourage everyone to tie your blue ribbons and show your support.”

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County showed financial progress pre-COVID BY R O S E W E L D ON Nassau County was making positive progress in its finances before the onset of COVID-19, according to an annual report from the comptroller’s oﬃce. The report shows that prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the county’s overall operating deficit and rainy-day fund were seeing significant improvement, according to Comptroller Jack Schnirman. “As in [2018’s] report, the numbers in the fiscal year of 2019 showed that Nassau County was continuing to move in the right direction, eliminating the County’s operating deficit and reestablishing the rainy day fund,” Schnirman said. “While a lot of critical work was done across county government, the unprecedented storm of COVID-19 has been a gut punch to county finances and is upending progress. The [report] provides us an eﬀective look at where Nassau

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Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman said the county’s finances had been on an upward track prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. County was financially before COVID-19.” Data shows that Nassau County ended 2019 with a $145.3 million surplus in its three primary operating funds, an improvement from 2018’s deficit of $27.5 million and 2017’s deficit

of $122.4 million. The county’s total unassigned fund balance, or rainy-day fund, saw a $134.2 million increase from a $22 million deficit at the end of fiscal year 2018 to $112.2 million at the end of 2019. Two years earlier, at the end of 2017,

the county’s rainy-day fund was at a deficit of $68.8 million. Factors that drove the improvement included higher sales tax revenues, according to the comptroller’s office. In a robust pre-COVID Long Island economy, sales tax collections grew by 3.5 percent in 2019, and total revenues grew by $47.7 million from 2018. The office said spending on personnel costs fell, primarily resulting from salary and fringe cost savings, and off-track betting revenue rose due to video lottery terminal receipts of $15 million. Following the onset of COVID-19, the comptroller’s office says, it conducted an analysis of the impact on county revenues, modeling low, moderate and high impacts that project sales tax declines from 12 to 28 percent. With sales tax as the county’s largest revenue source, and without revenue assistance from the federal government, the impacts

of COVID-19 will likely erase the significant progress of the past two years, Schnirman says. The oﬃce will place its full report online. “Presenting consistent standards and accurately comparing numbers year over year is a key component of our work in the Comptroller’s Oﬃce,” Schnirman said. “To that end, our team is making this complex financial information more accessible to all with the release of the Popular Report for the second year, a more digestible document that makes this complex information much more accessible, as well as an update to the Comptroller’s Scorecard, a dashboard on Open Nassau that displays the key indicators we use to measure Nassau County’s fiscal health. While a global pandemic is an unprecedented variable, consistency in showing the public the trajectory of the County’s finances will help us best plan ahead as we work to recover from this crisis.”

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More than 100,000 pounds of produce, meat, and canned and dry goods were collected to feed more than 4,000 families throughout Nassau County last Thursday, the largest event of its kind in county history. “We’ve reached every corner of the county with our food distribution events, and we’re not done yet,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said. “We will continue putting food on the table for families in need throughout this summer with distributions large and small.” The event was held outside

the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which was reported to be closed indefinitely in mid-June. According to county oﬃcials, around 20,000 families in need have been provided with a week’s worth of food as part of the county’s newly established Community Food Distribution initiative. The need for an increased number of distribution events correlates with the heightened number of applications to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. According to county officials, the number of Nassau

County residents who sought federal assistance from the program tripled from April 2019, with 1,095 people, to April 2020, with 3,786 people. In May 2020, 2,385 people applied, up from 1,057 in May 2019. More than 1,000 fewer county residents applied in June 2020 than in the preceding month. Curran said the increases in applications for federal aid were eﬀects of the coronavirus pandemic that began impacting Nassau County in March. “As we work to revive our economy, Nassau County will remain committed to addressing the food insecurity crisis Continued on Page 54

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N. Hempstead reopens some pools, drops fees BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Town of North Hempstead oﬃcials announced that some pool facilities were to open Wednesday for the remainder of the summer season, with all fees being waived. The reopening included facilities at Manorhaven Beach Park, Martin “Bunky” Reid Park and Whitney Pond Park, officials said. Pools at Clinton G. Martin

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Mineola ed board eyes fall reopening BY E LL I OT W E L D Discussion of how and if there will be in-person classes in the fall was the main item on the agenda at Tuesday’s meeting of the Mineola Board of Education, which was conducted virtually over WebEx. “I have many diﬀerent plans. I don’t know which one we’re going to use because I don’t have guidance on what’s best practice,” Superintendent Michael Nagler said to the board, speaking of the uncertain nature of the coronavirus pandemic. Nagler said he has been discussing with other superintendents in the area what their plans are for reopening. In Mineola, he said, he believes the elementary schools will be less of a challenge to reopen logistically than the secondary schools. Nagler listed four major areas that need to be addressed. One is how actual classroom instruction will work and how

to space students appropriately. Second is how to clean the facilities, which could be done by a series of disinfecting steps that the board had approved. Third is transportation, as in how many students could fit on buses at once and whether two rounds of bus trips could be done if needed. Fourth was personal protective equipment. Nagler said he is leaning toward using face shields rather than masks. He said he believes this is more conducive toward children’s needs since the shields discourage face-touching and allow for viewing of other people’s facial expressions. Nagler said the biggest question, which he hopes to receive guidance on, is what happens if there is a positive case in a school. He plans to send a survey to parents once a plan is made to inquire if they are comfortable sending their child back to school in such a setting. A tentative date for graduation has

been set for Aug. 8, and the details of that ceremony will be decided in the coming weeks, Nagler said. Although New Jersey just raised its limit on crowds to 500 people, the ceremony will have to be a drive-though event, the type that has become common since the pandemic started, unless New York raises its limit on crowds as well. The final matter discussed was that an additional bus lane will be set up at Meadow Drive School, which will eliminate a number of spaces in the parking lot. As a result, a small parking lot will be placed on Willow Place, by the playground that currently sits there. Board members said they are aware this has distressed some residents, who are concerned about property values and increased car traﬃc. Trustee Patrick Talty said he has looked into the property value issue, and he doesn’t believe that the change will have a significant eﬀect on property value of nearby houses.

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Mineola School Superintendent Michael Nagler discussed the plan to reopen Mineola Public Schools in the fall.

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Herricks School Superintendent Fino Celano is confident Herricks schools will reopen in the fall.

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As various institutions around the country attempt to restore some level of normalcy to their operations, the Herricks school district on Tuesday held its first in-person Board of Education meeting since March 12. In a scene that has become familiar in the era of COVID-19, the meeting was held in the Herricks Community Center cafeteria with a 25-person occupancy limit, chairs spread six feet apart and board members each sitting at individual tables and speaking into microphones. Board President Juleigh Chin ended her two-year tenure at the meeting. Henry Zanetti was sworn in as the new president; he had previously served as the board’s vice president. “Good riddance to the last school year,” Chin said of the 2019-20 academic year, which was severely disrupted by the outbreak of the virus. Superintendent Fino Celano addressed the board, and the members of the public, on where the district stood on plans to reopen schools in the fall. A task force of about 50 people has been convened to address the reopening, divided into four subcommittees. The subcommittees are instruction, mental health, operations, and health and safety. Celano said there are three possibili-

ties for reopening: all students may return on a normal schedule, all students must continue purely online learning or a hybrid of the two where students could alternate days they come in. One member of the public who was in attendance, who said she was a parent of a Herricks student, said she had heard some surrounding school districts had considered allowing only the elementary students to return to in-person classes while secondary students stay on remote learning, and she was concerned about this notion. Celano acknowledged that some other districts had brought that idea up, but that was not being considered in Herricks at this time. Celano said he was frustrated by the lack of guidance that school districts have received from the state and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He said the governor had asked that school districts come up with plans to reopen but that ultimately, the decision of which of those plans are implemented will come down to the governor’s decision. “I’m confident we will come up with a plan that will work,” Celano said. He said the district has been stocking up on necessary supplies to be able to reopen within health and safety guidelines. These include cleaning supplies, masks and shields, among other things.

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illage of Great Neck Mayor Pedram Bral took Blank Slate Media to task two weeks ago for its policy of not fact-checking letters to the editor. “All too often your paper goes to print with an inaccuracy that is ‘too late to correct in print, but if someone in the village would like to clarify this, I will run in thenext edition,’ “ Bral said in a letter published last week. Bral then cited as an example a letter from a resident of a neighboring village criticizing him for blocking her Facebook posts. “To clarify, the Facebook page cited is my personal page, not an official village page. Second, the letter writer is not a resident of the village,” he said. Bral’s response is interesting in so many ways. The letter writer, Nina Gordon, has helpfully pointed out that Bral often discussed village business on his Facebook page. So it was in eﬀect a village page. In this case, she said, Bral was urging his supporters to stay home from a planned Black Lives Matter protest in Great Neck, “insinuating that there would be ‘outside agitators’ coming to ‘cause trouble’ in Great Neck.” The march was later held without incident. Bral also urged people to vote in person, Gordon said, and posted “falsehoods” about mail-voting being the “source of voter fraud” — a claim that has been widely disproved. Gordon then said that after she suggested a public oﬃcial should fact-check his or her own work before posting on Facebook, he blocked her from any further Facebook posts. This alone entitles Bral to some sort of Olympic medal for hypocrisy. But there is more. Specifically, Bral’s use of Facebook. This was the same week that

some of Facebook’s largest advertisers announced they were pulling their advertising from Facebook and other social media because of its willingness to allow hate speech posted unaltered and accessible on its site. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, had initially resisted taking the action called for by the anti-Defamation League and the NACCP. Zuckerberg agreed to make changes when the critics’ campaign gained the support of more than 750 companies as well as politicians, supermodels, actors and Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan. Having your ads appear next to the posts of white supremacists is apparently bad for business. Who knew? Zuckerberg later announced a series of new policies that included a ban on hateful content that targets immigrants and further restrictions on posts making false claims about — brace yourself, Mayor Bral — false claims about voting. Facebook also removed hundreds of accounts and groups associated with a violent network of the far-right “boogaloo” movement “whose followers have been linked to violence that disrupted mostly peaceful protest in the United States,” the Washington Post reported. This included the murder of a security oﬃcer at a federal courthouse in Oakland, Calif., and a plot to use explosives at a demonstration in Las Vegas, Nev., protesting the killing of George Floyd,” the Post story said. But Facebook’s large advertisers are still not satisfied. Perhaps they will insist on Facebook addressing how in 2015 made an exemption for President Trump to its own policy for “political discourse” that has continued to this day. This exemption was recently on display when Trump responded to protests by posting “when the looting

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Washington and in our own communities. As it is said, know thy enemy. So we try to provide a forum for all sides to express their opinions and read the opinions of others. Perhaps we give people too much credit, but we would like to think that most people are capable of making their own decisions about the merits of an argument. If the facts or arguments or both are wrong, readers are free to correct them. If a public official wrote the letter, they are free to vote him or her out of oﬃce. This is the idea of a marketplace of ideas that inspired the First Amendment. So we have developed a policy in which all letters we receive are published with three exceptions — libel, purely personal attacks and hate speech. We were taken to task last week by Conor O’Byrne of Great Neck on the basis of one of those exceptions. O’Byrne said a letter headlined “Dems responsible for plight of blacks in U.S.” promoted racism. The issue of hate speech is, as we have witnessed in recent months, a sometimes diﬃcult line to define, given to changes in our understanding of the facts and people’s response to it. In this case, the letter writer, Joan Swirsky, claimed that “Marxistinspired radicals — Antifa and Black Lives Matter” — had eclipsed the legitimate outrage that followed the murder of George Floyd. She went on to paint an apocalyptic picture of the United States filled with anarchistscum-terrorists.

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She also blamed the plight of blacks in the United States on the welfare system and “public schools run by “Democrat-controlled unions and benefits-infatuated teachers and administrators.” Were Swirsky’s comments about Black Lives Matter and Antifa nonsense? Yes. But it is nonsense believed by many of the Americans who currently support Trump, including some of our neighbors. And unlike Trump’s recent comments is at least not explicitly racist. As for blaming the welfare system and unions on the horrendous disparity in income disparity between blacks and whites, that has been part of the Republican playbook since Nixon’s Southern Strategy in the 1960s. O’Byrne said by publishing Swirsky’s letter Blank Slate Media validated these opinions and would “only stoke discord and further erode our already vulnerable democracy.” Perhaps. Perhaps after the construction of Confederate statutes, the naming of military bases after traitors who attacked the United States government to protect slavery and decades of race-baiting politicians a letter in our papers would make a diﬀerence in the promotion of racism. But we don’t think censoring bad ideas serves democracy best. We believe that responding to bad ideas with good ideas and the facts to support them does — as the Black Lives Matter movement has. That is what these papers oﬀer. That, we believe, is the best way to promote democracy.

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Statues for winners, not Confederate generals

ne of the latest issues dominating the media is the demand for the removal of statues located around the country that celebrate government figures and military generals. Currently, there are 10 military bases in the country that are named after Civil War generals. The only person who is adamant about saving the forts from a name change is President Donald J. Trump. I am somewhat familiar with some of the Southern bases because my late brother David served in the Army and was stationed at Fort Bragg and Camp Gordon. It is fair to ask why these bases bear the names of a bunch of generals who fought to keep slavery alive in America? The more you look into the history books, the more you learn that the decision to honor the generals wasn’t made with the purest of intentions. There are two stories circu-

lating about the reason these installations bear the name of disgraced generals. One version is that the U.S. Army needed large tracts of land to build military facilities prior to World War II and to placate Southern governors; they named them after Civil War generals. The second reason is a little more unsettling. It seems that a number of Southern politicians were upset about the fact that the Army was accepting a growing number of black soldiers. Those soldiers were being trained at the Southern bases and their introduction into the local communities was unsettling to their constituents. It is said that in order to placate the bigots, a number of the bases were named after the Civil War generals. There are 10 examples of namings that are worth looking at but let’s talk about three of them. Fort Bragg bears the name of General Braxton Bragg. By all accounts, according to

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Wikipedia, Bragg was considered a “bumbling commander.” He lost all of his battles and sacrificed the lives of thousands of his men through his stupidity. Following the loss of the Battle of Chattanooga, he was relieved of his duties. Fort Benning is named after Brig. General Henry Benning. He was outspoken in his desire to keep slavery alive and frequently reminded his support-

ers of the evils of freeing black people. He warned that if the South lost the war there would be “black governors, black legislators, black juries and eventually black everything.” As an extra historical fact, let’s talk about General John Bell Hood. Fort Hood bears the name of the man who lost numerous significant battles. His biggest loss was Atlanta, Ga, which helped accelerate the demise of the Confederacy. Hood considered slavery the “heartbeat” of the South. President Trump is prepared to veto the military funding bill, which is currently before the Congress because it contains a provision that the bases must be renamed in 2021. No one has ever doubted President Trump’s desire to appeal to any group that resents minorities of all kinds. Trump feels that the Southern military base issue is good for his re-election. A smart politician would want to name

military bases after Gen. George Patton or General Colin Powell, but no one ever accused Mr. Trump of being that smart. It is undeniable that there are some groups who are advocating the removal of monuments to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. America is one of the few genuine democracies in this world. Both of these men may have owned slaves, but thanks to their historic efforts, we are a democracy and not a British colony. We are living through a time of great drama. The country is coming to grips with a frightening pandemic and the recognition that racism must be addressed. Our elected officials must demonstrate that they have the spine to attack these challenges. To move forward, we should do the easy things like re-naming military bases, and the hard things like finding a vaccine and purging racism from our nation.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Pandemic spawns happy hoarding days

ome days it seems like this quarantine will never end. I can’t exactly say I’m getting used to it, but I am noticing a few ways it has changed me. For example: I was never good at throwing things out, but recently I have probably escalated to full-on hoarder. I used to think my parents were crazy for washing out used plastic sandwich bags and lovingly setting them out to dry. “Mom, you’re taking better care of them than you do your own stockings!” “Of course I am, dear. I can throw my stockings into the washing machine.” Now, every time I empty a plastic bag of its contents, I find myself washing and hanging it up, too — because “You never know when you’ll need one” — and you can’t just run out and buy a box of them anymore. Many years ago my greener friends and relatives began giving me grief about my use of

paper. “Think how much paper you’d save if you reused your printer paper from one draft to another.” “I might not be able to tell which draft is which.” “Of your own writing? Anyway, you can just use whichever version is better, can’t you?” “Um, of course,” I said. Too embarrassing to explain that sometimes I get lost between versions. That’s not to mention how many hours I wasted trying to predict which side of a page would come out with the printing, after putting an X on one side first. I could have knitted an afghan with all the time I wasted on that! Sometimes, the pandemic forces me to go through all the boxes in the house that I had put away “for a rainy day,” when I’d have enough time to sort through them. “This is the rainy day, Judy,” says my loving spouse. I can’t argue with him about that. But it’s a lot more work

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A Look on the Lighter Side than just shopping could ever be. For example, I am going to need earbuds to rehearse socially distanced High Holy Days music online with my synagogue choir. No problem, I responded; I have five pairs. But I cannot now find a single one of them. I never even bought the wireless kind because I knew they wouldn’t last 30 seconds in my possession before getting

lost, but surely, with all those wires, at least one little earphone might come to the surface? I might spot it — like the fluke of a humpback — “Thar she blows! It’s in the gloves and hats drawer!” — and eventually reel it all in, like a whale or at least a small fish that’s been successfully harpooned. But no luck. I also need a microphone. And I know I’ve seen one — somewhere in this house. But where? And when? Does that memory date from when the kids were small? From someone’s bar mitzvah? Or someone’s high school band? The darned thing could be almost anywhere — the attic; a spare room — anywhere except in the bathtub. That’s where we’re storing all the toilet paper. I’m great at squirreling things away. There’s only one drawback: squirrels are not very systematic. And I was not the most organized person at the best of times. “What’s this

doing here?” I would ask my husband after tripping over a box of outgrown baby clothes on the hall closet floor. “That’s my question, but I’ve given up asking,” he replied. One time he just couldn ’t help himself. I had unearthed a suitcase from the back of the linen closet, so there was a good chance it housed some washcloths and hand-towels that had gone missing. I unzipped it and out tumbled some moth-eaten sweaters from 30 years ago, complete with moths,some papers and notebooks — and a frying pan. “Why is this here?” I demanded to know. “What is this frying pan doing here, jammed in with sweaters? It doesn’t make any sense!” My husband couldn’t answer, he was laughing so hard. “My thoughts, exactly!” he finally managed to say. But still no microphone or earbuds. I guess the pandemic hasn’t changed me enough.

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Hospitals take center stage in our lives

re most of us now thinking about hospitals more than at any time in our lives? It would be a surprise if we were not deeply aﬀected by the horrors of the pandemic and by the expanding surges that produce hospital overcrowding and swamped intensive care units. Media reports on the president’s minimizing of virus dangers say: “Trump baselessly claims 99% of Covid-19 cases ‘Harmless.’” One wonders how family members of the 130,000 oﬃcial virus death count would respond. We vividly recall that Trump said the virus was a “Democrat hoax.” Then he said it would quickly disappear. Trump’s inept leadership regarding the virus (many say his was the worst failure of all major national leaders) may be a key cause of his defeat on Nov. 3. However, as we proceed to the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021, multitudes of Americans will experience hospitals as they never have previously. In addition to the scourge of the pandemic, we have vulnerabilities of an aging population as well as medical needs by folks that are encountered during any year. I want to say early on how

fortunate we are on Long Island and in New York to have among the best hospitals in the world. Yet we must remember that only recently overcrowding demands were so severe that hospital ships were sent to New York Harbor and to other areas, and temporary prefab, tent-like structures were erected on fields for overflow patients. A few weeks ago I was taken to the NYU Winthrop Emergency Room. It was the beginning of another of my many hospitalizations (several at Winthrop). Those first-hand experiences, waiting to get a space in a shared room while I was in an emergency cubicle, as well as the procedures that followed, prompted me to think more deeply about three hospital perspectives. Not surprisingly, the first relates to my own extensive experiences [fear not, no recounting of them; it would take a small volume to do so]. As a hint, however, I can tell you that writers working on a film about “end of life experiences” had extensive interviews with me. I was prepared to discuss several “near-death” hospital experiences, including receiving the last rites of the Catholic Church, but they were particularly seeking

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field visualizations when life was about to end (which I did not have]. With enormous appreciation for Winthrop’s caring and professional medical personnel, I expanded my thoughts to what can be regarded as two “virtual” hospital considerations that appear in two memorable books. In all of these explorations, I reconsidered the interactions of patients, doctors and medical staﬀs, and, especially how the folks hospitalized dealt with their experiences. As soon as I left Winthrop, I had to do some very fast thinking about hospitals in Israel because my adult book club had a longscheduled Zoom discussion, two days after I was released.

It was particularly traumatic to need to complete reading the book (with so much medical imagery) so quickly after my own encounters. Our book was one I had never heard of: “Waking Lions” by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. All of our club readers discovered the meaning of the title as we proceeded in the volume, and, of course, it provided a provocative theme for discussion. This is not a spoiler alert; you can be fully engaged in this dramatic adventure even with the brief data that follows. The book has many dimensions, focusing on Black migrant refugees entering Israel and their interactions with white Israelis. Explorations of relationships among several folks (white and Black) give psychological thriller dimensions to the book. Especially compelling for me, however, was the major setting of the book in an abandoned garage that had been made into an improvised hospital. I faltered occasionally about continuing with the book after my own challenges (they included 65 minutes in an MRI tube, 24 hours with my head wired and wrapped for an EEG test). Reading about that impro-

vised garage hospital was like a traumatic jolt, even though the Black refugees who received treatment there got keen professional attention from a top Israeli white doctor (often with improvised supplies and medical technology, and in a context of stirring relationships). How that Israeli hospital and the interracial medical developments arose I will need to leave to your reading of “Waking Lions.” Not only does this book examine major refugee issues of our times, but it also puts a spotlight on race relations as well as on the kind of medical care folks are likely to receive, depending on where their treatment takes place. In my next column, I will compare the excellence of Winthrop with the challenges of that improvised Israeli hospital. And then I will also discuss another “virtual” hospital/medical focus, by the late Long Islander Mario Puzo in his favorite book, “The Fortunate Pilgrim” (based on his family in New York Hell’s Kitchen), highlighting his mother, Lucia Santa, whose quasifictional depictions about doctors, hospitals and patients have much insight for our own times and for my other two themes.

E A R T H M AT T E R S

What to do when you find a baby bird

t this time of year I get calls about baby birds that seem to be abandoned. Most baby birds jump nest a few days before they can fly but their parents continue to feed them while they learn to get oﬀ the ground. If you see a baby bird that has feathers, not just fluﬀy down, make sure it’s in a place that’s safe from dogs and cats and out of the sun. Beyond that, let its parents take care. You might have to wait some time to see a parent because they will be circumspect, not wanting to draw a predator’s attention to their grounded chick.If it’s a younger bird, see if you can locate the nest and replace it. If that isn’t possible and after a half-hour or more you don’t see parents coming to feed, put it in a ventilated box and call a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. Volunteers for Wildlife at Bailey Arboretum (www.volunteersforwildlife.org/) has a 24-

hour answering machine and they will call you back. If you bring them a bird, please make a donation to support this worthy eﬀort. Don’t try and raise it yourself. It is illegal to capture wild birds without a license. It’s also hard to keep them alive — baby birds are eating a diet of insects, not seeds or fruit, and they get all their moisture needs from their food. They also do not feed themselves. If it’s going to take some time to get the bird to a rehabber, pate cat food oﬀered on the end of a toothpick with the point removed is as close as you can get to the protein and water they would get from bugs.It’s a fun time to observe the fledglings as they learn from their parents. If you have feeders out, you will see parents arriving with fledglings in tow, teaching them where to get food, to eat on their own, and the locations of other resources like fruit trees and shrubs, good shelter, and

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fresh water for drinking and bathing. Water is especially critical at this time, especially since we seem to be in a mini drought. If you have an actively used birdbath, it’s important to rinse it out and refill every day.This is also an important time for ornithology- the science of birds. Breeding success is one of the marks looked for in the health of a species. Various efforts to catalog breeding birds

had been made but in 1980, New York was one of the first to try a state-wide effort. The New York State atlasing project, and its publication The Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State was a daunting project. More than 4,300 volunteers contributed more than 200,000 hours in the field over five years, and the compilation book wasn’t published until 1988. This being pre-internet, reports were handwritten and mailed in to be compiled. Other states followed suit and Breeding Bird Atlas projects became a significant source of data. These efforts are supported by the United States Geological Survey and in New York, the Department of Environmental Conservation is funding a coordinator. By the 2000- 2005 effort, email was available, speeding up the compilation part of the process, but blocks were still assigned to specific birders. The third New York BBA effort started this January.

Over a five-year period, birders will look for signs of breeding birds, from singing males to baby birds being fed in a nest, to the newly fledged. Having these three sets of data spanning 40 years gives scientists a look at changes in bird populations over time, which birds are doing well and which are in trouble.The 2020-2025 project has a new reporting method. Cornell Lab of Ornithology hosts a website called ebird.org. This free platform allows birders to report and record their day to day sighting and not have to stop and jot notes on paper while out in the field. You can get the ebird app on your phone, allowing instant recording of sightings. Add the Merlin app for bird identifications. Because these sightings from around the world are updating constantly, it is a useful source of information for scientists. Continued on Page 39

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OUR TOWN

Roar of the greasepaint, smell of the crowd

art of the charm of the 1965 Broadway hit “The Roar of the GreasepaintThe Smell of the Crowd” was found in the brilliance of its title, which conjures up the loss of boundaries between performer and audience. The fusion of audience and performer is part of the joy of live performances. Since the arrival of COVID-19 we have been witness to a litany of unusual, unprecedented things, including the appearance of sporting events without an audience. Something seems eerie when you watch famous athletes play without the roar of the crowd. All performances are generally played in front of an audience. When you work with a superstar athlete or a celebrity, you inevitably feel the energy of the worldwide audience that is being contained within the person of the athlete. This contributes to the aura or the so-called ‘charisma’ that is felt when you’re in their presence. My wife once met the famous pianist Vladimir Horowitz and she said it was like he had a halo around him. I recall the time I saw President Jimmy Carter in person and I felt that same kind of energy, which comes from being the center of worldwide attention and adoration. I am certain that when PGA tour golfers play without a live audience, they recognize that some-

thing is missing. What’s missing is the love of the fan manifest by their applause.This love or adoration is palpable and powerful. So much so that most of my practice as a sport psychologist focuses on the problems athletes have when they cannot cope with the audience’s love. The best comment I have ever heard about crowds was when Bob Dylan was asked why he so often plays with his back to the audience. “Hey, man, there’s an awful lot of people out there and, you know, they can kill you with kindness.” By the way, shortly after that comment he was nearly killed in a motorcycle accident. Athletes and singers must learn to cope with the adoration of the crowd or else they are finished. I could provide you with many examples of this. Watch any golf tournament and you will see that nearly every golfer will back up or lose form as they approach the lead. Only the strongest players like Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus are able to cope with the flood of adoration and the roar of the crowd. My friend the actor and writer Spalding Gray would say to me that performing in front of a live audience made him feel like a small child licking an ice cream cone. In other words he liked it. But most performers have a hard time with the energy of the audience. Even seasoned actors like the

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great Sir Laurence Olivier suﬀered stage fright on occasion whereby his throat would constrict and he felt he couldn’t breathe. I once worked with a golfer who represented the United States in a Walker Cup event and when he was introduced on the first tee in front of a crowd of 10,000 screaming Americans, he passed out. I have worked with MMA and UFC fighters who have done the same thing. Ihave seen professional soccer stars vomit before games and world class figure skaters refuse to leave their hotel rooms to skate in the finals. The presence of an audience means that the athlete will be faced with too much love or too much shame and either case can be terrifying. This fear of success and fear of failure is the doubleedged sword one must face if you want to succeed.The fear of the

audience can come from many places and it usually stems from childhood and remains hidden deep in the unconscious until it is awakened as the crowds get larger. It may be that success will produce guilt or a feeling that they are separating from their family of origin. At times if the athlete has hidden shame, they feel the audience can see their hidden secrets. Sometimes they fear that if they win no one will applaud and this causes disintegration anxiety. Success can induce guilt over being too greedy. The crowd is the ultimate arbiter of success, the gatekeeper to fame and the great and almighty eye that watches and approves. It also awakens the athletes’ deep-

est fears as this relates to love. We all kid ourselves into thinking that athletes and performers are in it for the money, but in fact they are usually in it for the roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd and the love of the fan. Let’s hope that fans will soon be allowed to come back and show the love we all have for these masters of their craft. These are our cultural heroes who inspire average guys like you and me to become more excellent and to face our own fears. We will never achieve the heights that the world’s greatest athletes have, but even so there is great solace in being able to watch them exercise their craft and gain our admiration.

Athletes must face and manage the adoration of the crowd if they are to win.

VIEW POINT

COVID-19 shows need for health-care rebuild

ow ironic will it be when health insurance companies that have been skimming billions off the top to pad CEO salaries, shareholder dividends and stock buybacks, fund elaborate ad campaigns and shell out dividends to prop up stock prices, start declaring bankruptcy as millions of Americans suffer through COVID-19 and its after-effects – or, richer yet, plead for a bailout from U.S. taxpayers? More than 130,000 Americans have lost their lives already to COVID-19 and at this rate, some 200,000 are expected to die by October, but let’s not worry about them. They’re gone, no longer a burden on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid or the crumbling healthcare system. Well, maybe their outstanding bills will be a burden on their families, but

that’s a matter for the courts. Nearly 3 million Americans have already become infected with COVID (though now the CDC is estimating the actual number at 10 times that, or 30 million), and it’s only July. It’s a milestone completely ignored by Trump and his Republican comrades, who want people to think the crisis has magically disappeared, just as Trump said it would, in service of all-mighty Wall Street, even as numbers surge in Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Arizona and more than two dozen states. With as many as 57,000 new cases a day, the latest Trumpian brainwashing is that Americans will become numb to the death and disease and will just “get used to it.” But what happens when those hundreds of thousands who have had to be hospitalized or

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waited the sickness out at home, get their medical bills? And what about ongoing health problems that might result from scarred lungs or damaged organs? If Trump, obsessive about overturning Obamacare and its protection against “pre-existing conditions,” is successful, insur-

ance companies will again be unleashed to either price people out of the market or refuse coverage altogether. What will happen to these people then? And what of the 20 million Americans who have lost their jobs, their income, and with it their employer-subsidized health insurance. COVID has peeled the Bandaid oﬀ to expose just how sick our for-profit health care system is, as demonstrated by the fact that thousands of health-care workers have had to be furloughed, even as hospitals struggle to keep up with the influx of patients into overcrowded, overtaxed ICUs and ERs. Why? Because they had to shut down lucrative “nonessential” procedures. Even before the coronavirus pandemic (which made medical service akin to being a foot soldier on the frontline of war, as the death toll has now

exceeded Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan), a shortage of 154,000 doctors was projected by 2030. Similarly, Big Pharma, which gets humongous taxpayer-funded investments to develop drugs and vaccines, doesn’t bother developing treatments unless the disease is lucrative enough – and that includes vaccines to eradicate a disease because they find the medications for ongoing illness (like cancer, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a year), so much more profitable. Indeed, health care is Big Business, accounting for onesixth of the entire GDP (and likely to go up to 20 percent). Each person spends $11,000, yet America’s health-care system, though the most costly in the world, is actually not “exceptional” as Trump and his ilk keep insisting. Our Continued on Page 37

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F R O M T H E D E S K O F S TAT E A S S E M B LY M A N E D W A R D R A

Our kids belong in the classroom this fall

t’s not unusual for the governor to encounter opposition to one of his policy proposals. However, when he recently questionedthe long-term viability and practicality of in-classroom learning in schools across the state, the reaction was swift, decisive and bipartisan. “Remote learning, in any form, will never replace the important personal connection between teachers and their students,” said New York State United Teachers in a statement. In a letter to the governor, a coalition of education reform groups, including NYS Allies for Public Education, Class Size Matters and the Parents Coalition for Student Privacy, added, “Since

the schools were shut down in mid-March, our understanding of the profound deficiencies of screen-based instruction has only grown. The use of education tech has its place, but only as an ancillary to in-person learning, not as its replacement.” They’re right. As New Yorkers continue to crush the curve and infection rates remain extremely low across the state, it’s becoming increasingly clear that our kids belong back in the classroom this fall. One of the biggest problems with remote learning is accessibility. According to the Citizens’ Committee for Children, over 150,000 kids live in homes without internet access in New York

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State Assemblyman City alone. Thousands more live in rural areas that aren’t served by broadband providers. Every student deserves the resources to succeed. Those resources are in

the classroom. Distance learning really fails our students with special needs. Expert professionals and educators provide them with an array of specialized services in school. Replicating an individualized education plan at home is nearly impossible. Many parents of children with special needs said that their kids experienced notable regressions in behavior and skillbuilding during the lockdown. They deserve better. Our kids want to be in school. The socialization aspect of education is critically important. It’s where they learn how to make friends, settle disputes and collaborate to solve common goals. It’s where they express them-

selves through art and music. It’s where they experience the thrill of athletic competition. Most importantly, it’s where they connect with teachers who dispense the kind of wisdom, guidance and inspiration that change lives and unlock new opportunities. The governor shouldn’t be focused on “re-imagining” education with Bill Gates, a man with a disastrous education reform track record and an obvious financial interest in promoting education technology. He should be working with the Education Department and the education committees in the Senate and Assembly to figure out how to re-open schools this fall as safely and smoothly as possible.

READERS WRITE

Having tea with you Having tea with you In the hot afternoon of a 3 o’clock sun, I enjoy a mint ice-tea with you under a café umbrella. Our words flow freely like teaspoons of sugar, like the wonderful moment of aﬀection, like time floats when we’re together, like the orienting joy in our smiles across a boarder easy to acquiesce, or the lovely delight of innuendo, or the charm of imperfection, just two people talking people passing by, one and another. Nothing between us, nothing at all but a brilliance. Stephen Cipot Garden City Park

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LBJ backed public transportation

uly 2020 marks the 56th anniversary of federal government support for public transportation. The success of public transportation can be traced back to one of late President Lyndon Johnson’s greatest accomplishments, which continues benefiting many Americans today. On July 9th, 1964 he signed the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 into law. Subsequently, this has resulted in the investment over time of several hundred billion dollars into public transportation. Millions of Americans today on a daily basis utilize various public transportation alternatives. They include local and express bus, ferry, jitney, light rail, subway and commuter rail services. All of these systems use less fuel and move far more people than conventional single-occupancy vehicles. Most of these systems are funded with your tax dollars, thanks to President Johnson. Depending upon where you live, consider the public transportation alternative. Try riding a local or express bus, commuter van, ferry, light rail, commuter rail or subway. There is Metropolitan Transportion Authority, Long Island

Rail Road, Metro North Rail Road, NYC Transit bus, subway and Staten Island Railway, Nassau Inter County Express Bus and City of Long Beach bus, among many other transit operators. Using MTA Metro Cards provides free transfers between the subway and bus. This has eliminated the old two-fare zones, making public transportation an even better bargain. Purchasing a monthly LIRR or MTA subway/ bus pass reduces the cost per ride and provides virtually unlimited trips. In many cases, employers can oﬀer transit checks which help subsidize a portion of the costs. Utilize this and reap the benefits. It supports a cleaner environment. Many employers now allow employees to telecommute and work from home. Others use alternative work schedules which give staﬀ the ability to avoid rush-hour gridlock. This saves travel time and can improve mileage per gallon. Join a car or van pool to share the costs of commuting. The ability to travel from home to workplace, school, shopping, entertainment, medical, library etc. is a factor when moving to a new neighborhood. Economically successful commu-

nities are not 100 percent dependent on automobiles as the sole means of mobility. Seniors, students, low- and middle-income people need these transportation alternatives. Investment in public transportation today contributes to economic growth, employment and a stronger economy. Dollar for dollar, it is one of the best investments we can make. What better way to honor the late President Johnson and all that has been achieved these past 56 years in public transportation than to continue funding the federal Highway Trust Fund and Mass Transit Account. Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Oﬃce. This included the development, review, approval and oversight for billions in capital projects and programs for the MTA, NYC Transit,Long Island Rail Road,Metro North Rail Road MTA Bus,Nassau County NICE Bus along with 30 other transit agencies in NY & NJ). Letters Continued on Page 36

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Ra disputes health department COVID report BY E LL I OT W E L D Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) on Monday disputed a report by the state Department of Health concluding that the high rate of COVID-19-related fatalities in nursing homes had more to do with staff members bringing the disease in than the readmission of residents who had been hospitalized with the disease. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has come under fire since he issued an order on March 25 that required nursing homes to readmit infected residents. The 33-page report, however, states that “evidence suggests that nursing home residents were infected with COVID-19 as a result of transmission by the workforce. Based on a NYSDOH nursing home supplemental survey conducted on June 9, 2020 for the months of March, April and May, 28,510 nursing home staff were confirmed or suspected COVID-positive cases across New York State.” Disagreeing with the report’s findings, Ra called for an independent investigation. “Proving that staff members and visitors introduced the virus in some facilities does not prove that COVID-19 positive patients

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State Assemblyman Ed Ra criticized the findings of Monday’s report from the State Department of Health. discharged from hospitals did not infect many others,” Ra said in a statement. Ra went on to paint the findings as a partisan issue, saying that state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker has discouraged people from issuing blame but that administrators have had no problem blaming the federal government over virus control shortcomings.

“All New Yorkers deserve answers,” Ra said. “It’s about transparency and trust. We can work towards restoring it by having a truly independent, thorough investigation of what happened in our nursing homes.” The report said there have been 6,432 deaths in nursing homes across the state, more than a quarter of total deaths.

The report said that the number of COVID-19 deaths in a nursing home correlates with the number of deaths in the region that nursing home is located in. One example given is that 80 percent of all infected nursing home staﬀ members were from the three most impacted regions of the state: New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley. It further rebuts claims that Cuomo’s policy lead to mass deaths by showing that the peak of nursing home resident deaths was on April 8, but the peak number of daily nursing home admissions was a week later on April 14, and said that this data suggests the policy was not to blame. Furthermore, it said that neither the federal government nor the state directed nursing homes to accept a COVID-19-positive person. The order in question states that nursing homes “shall accept and retain only those nursing home residents for whom it can provide adequate care,” and that it was up to those homes to determine if they could provide adequate care for those infected with the virus. Approximately 6,326 novel coronavirus patients were sent from hospitals to 310 nursing homes. Of those, 252 already had

a suspected or confirmed resident or employee with the virus and therefore the report said in those facilities the readmitted residents did not introduce the virus into the building. Parker Jewish Institute for Rehabilitation and Healthcare, located on the border of Queens and New Hyde Park, had the highest number of novel coronavirus deaths of any nursing home in the state at one point, reporting 74 deaths as of May 13. Michael Dowling, CEO of Northwell Health, praised the report as accurate. “This important data-based study confirms what we saw in our own facilities and around the state – that when the virus hit our local communities, it quickly spread through asymptomatic carriers into our nursing homes, hospitals, places of worship and other congregate settings,” Dowling said. “This study highlighted a critically important fact that the overwhelming majority of hospital patients sent back into nursing homes were not only medically stable, they were no longer contagious and that 81 percent of the nursing homes receiving COVID patients from New York’s hospitals already had the virus.”

COMMUNITY NEWS

Ammerman House ribbon-cutting ceremony On June 14, 2020, our nation celebrated Flag Day, a day to commemorate the adoption of the flag of the United States of America on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. Representing LCOS, Karin Campbell, Joyce Gorycki, Kathy Carroll, Frank Almalfitano (UVBH), Harold Prummell, Norma Busching, and Barbara Holm.(Photos courtesy of Karin Campbell) The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Saviour chose this day to oﬃcially welcome United Veteran’s Beacon House to the Ammerman House. The Ammerman House was gifted to the Lutheran Church by Judy Ammerman for purpose of Community Ministry. The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to honor this new partnership and church mission. The socially distanced ceremony was opened by Church Council President Karin Campbell. Ms. Campbell spoke of the great joy it is to be a beacon of light during this Covid-19 pan-

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Saviour held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Ammerman House on June 14, in commemoration of Flag Day. demic. The Covering Pastor John Jurik oﬀered prayer and a blessing for the house and all who enter there. Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss welcomed UVBH to the Village

of Mineola. The Church of Our Saviour was honored to have Senator Anna Kaplan to bring greetings and her commitment of support. Mineola Chamber of Commerce President Joel Harris

gave words from the Chamber and provided the ribbon and ceremonial scissors. Frank Amalfitano, president and CEO of UVBH spoke emotionally of what this home will mean to the veterans they

serve. As a veteran Frank began as a volunteer after learning that there were many homeless veterans. United Veteran’s Beacon House was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Bay Shore. UVBH honors those who have served to protect our nation. While most Americans pay homage on Veterans Day each year, the challenges faced by many veterans exist each and every day. As many veterans and their families strive to develop and maintain productive lives, Beacon House provides essential services to assist in “the journey toward fruitful independence to the veterans of our country.” The Ammerman House will serve as temporary housing for veterans transitioning to permanent housing. If you would like additional information or would like to make donations please contact LCOS at (516) 746-3824. The Church is located at 132 Jeﬀerson Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501. Submitted on behalf of the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour

SUMMER

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Arts center offering virtual camps BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z

The Gold Coast Arts Center has learned to adapt to the limits caused by the coronavirus pandemic with virtual classes and sessions that cater to children, teens and adults. “All of our faculty, staff, students and parents have all learned to adapt and embrace this ‘new normal,’” Gold Coast Arts Center Executive Director Regina Gil said. “We can’t be afraid of it.” In early March, when the coronavirus pandemic began to affect the lives of Long Islanders, Gil said the staff started to come up with various plans to prepare for whatever obstacles the virus could cause. “One of the challenges we faced was adapting the courses to a virtual platform in such a rapid time frame,” said Ellen Schiff, director of the center’s School for the Arts. “We did not want to lose the momentum that each class had going into the pandemic, and I say we’ve accomplished that goal.” According to statistics provided by Schiff, more than 250 students were enrolled in the center’s virtual spring classes. She said that the center maintained close to 90 percent of enrolled registrants for virtual classes since the pandemic began. Now the center is offering a variety of programs that include drawing and

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The Gold Coast Arts Center has had to adapt to the limits set forth by the coronavirus. creating new cartoon characters, singing, dancing, robotics, ceramics and more. Despite no in-person instruction, the virtual aspect has allowed a wider range of content to be produced, and a broader audience for it. “We’ve been able to get instructors from California and Florida, and even had someone from Colorado who signed up to take a class,” Gil said. “Now, people aren’t just judging us on our convenient

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location [in Great Neck], but rather for the content we can provide anyone, which we take great pride in.” Schiff and Gil both touted the instructors’ dedication to creating innovative content and maintaining positive and strong-rooted relationships with their students despite not being immediately present with them. “The directors, teachers and staff meet virtually every day,” Gil said. “Our dance teachers, for instance, have a deep bond and relationship with their students. For them, it’s more than just learning a few steps or a general routine. It’s a trust thing.” “There’s so much personal attention that our staff provides our students on a daily basis,” Schiff said. “It’s about know-

ing the students and knowing the potential each one has.” Schiff said there are a number of aspects that make the center’s virtual classes special and successful such as small class sizes, immediate feedback on work progress, encouraging social interaction, real-time direction from instructors, and specialized teaching for children from 4 to 16 years old. One of the newer courses that Gold Coast offers for interested teenagers is a college essay writing class designed for high school juniors and seniors. Students in the course will learn about common application essay questions, discuss strategies, and develop techniques that will enable them to write the perfect reflective and personal essay. The center was also able to secure the Distant Cousins Band based in California to help educate teens on how to write, collaborate on and perform music. The band, Gil said, has tremendous experience in writing music for television and film. “We haven’t really been able to offer these programs to a targeted teenage audience in the past since the ones in the area would be typically busy with work, internships or other activities,” Gil said. “Now, we’re able to keep them entertained throughout the whole summer.” Gil said the center, with help from the Village of Great Neck Plaza, was able to obtain permission to use the center’s parking lot for an outdoor painting session on July 22 and 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. For more information, testimonials, videos and other resources for virtual summer camps, Gil said, visit https:// goldcoastarts.org/school-for-the-arts/ online/.

Enhance staycations with themed fun days Staycations will be a popular option for many people this summer. Enhancing staycations with entertaining themes can improve the fun factor. While any themed day can be inspired by an active imagination, these ideas can get the creativity flowing. · Superhero day: Embrace your favorite superhero by dressing up in his or her colors, donning a superhero T-shirt or watching an action-packed superhero movie. · Pajama day: This is a fun theme for rainy days when Mother Nature keeps you indoors. Stay in your pajamas all day and enjoy a cozy, lazy day. · Alma mater day: Parents and children can pull out their trusted college T-shirts, sweatshirts or other school attire. Bake up some tasty treats in school colors and then find some old photos or look for highlights of

your alma mater’s sports teams online. · Throwback day: Take a step back in time by playing games or engaging in activities from your youth. Teach youngsters about the toys you enjoyed or watch movies from the era in which you grew up. · Crazy hair day: Embrace bed head, plug in the curling iron, double down on hair gel or pomade, or put those wacky coiﬀures into full eﬀect. · Cultural day: Tap into your personal heritage by researching your family tree and then preparing a meal that coordinates with your heritage. · Arts and crafts day: Get crafty by tackling a creative project that the family will enjoy. Or engage in individual projects before comparing the final results collectively. Push staycations to the next level with entertaining days based on certain themes.

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t is customary for people to take inventory of their lives as they grow older, wondering about their impact on the world and the people closest to them. A legacy is often the story of one’s life and the things he or she did through the years. The good thing about a legacy is it is never too early to begin planning. The following are some guidelines that can help people establish lasting legacies. Keep track of your story. Grab a journal and start jotting down events that occur in your life. Mention particular achievements or notable things that occur from day to day. Pepper these accounts with stories of your family and childhood to start

establishing an autobiography of sorts. Consider your daily actions. Even though people may imagine it is the grand gestures that are remembered most, quite often it’s the simplest acts that make the most impact. Think about the way you treat others each and every day. Smile at people, compliment others and offer positive advice when it is sought. Research investments that are profitable. If the goal is to make money to leave for future generations, investigate your options. These include assets that can retain their value. According to NewRetirement.com and Stepping Stone Financial, Inc.,

vacation homes mean a lot to families and they also can be a source of future revenue should they be rented or sold. Speaking with a financial advisor also can be a sound way to invest the right way to accumulate assets that can be passed down as a legacy. Name children or other relatives as beneficiaries on Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). With Roth IRAs, distributions are tax-free as long as the person who set up the IRA met the five-year holding period for contributions and conversions. Beneficiaries can have five years to take out money from the account; otherwise, they can convert the plan to an Inherited IRA, which stretches out

distributions over their life expectancy, according to Investopedia, an online financial resource. Write a legacy letter. A legacy letter is a way to speak directly to loved ones and say all those things that you had wished you told them earlier but maybe didn’t find the words or perhaps never had the time, according to Forbes. The letter ensures others know just how much joy they brought to your life and the pride you had in knowing them. Leaving a legacy is something people start to think about as they grow older, but it’s easy to start planning a legacy regardless of your age.

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Did you know?

any people plan to retire by a certain age, but few may actually still be working at their targeted retirement age. In the United States, the age at which working Americans expect to retire has risen to 66. But a Gallup poll showed that most don’t stay on the job that long, instead retiring when they’re about 60 or 61. In addition, according to a 2018 Employee Benefit Research Institute survey, 48 percent of workers wanted to retire after age 65, but only 19 percent of retirees stayed on the job that long. The reasons vary, but one positive outcome is having enough money to live comfortably during retirement. Still, early retirement largely involves unexpected scenarios. These may include poor health, having to care for an aging parent, downsizing, new skills required for the job, or other workrelated reasons.

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Amazing benefits to seniors having pets Pets bring much joy to the lives they touch. So it should come as no surprise that the 2019-2020 National Pet Owners Survey, which was conducted by the American Pet Products Association, found that about 85 million families in the United States own a pet. In Canada, 7.5 million households are home to companion animals, states the PetBacker blog. Pets offer companionship and unconditional love. While they are fitting for any family, seniors may find that having a pet is especially beneficial. The organization A Place for Mom, which helps match families with senior living residences, says pets provide a comfort system that produces measurable health results. Caring for pets and being around them can produce a chemical chain reaction in the brain that may help to lower stress hormones while also increasing production of the feel-good hormone serotonin. This is not the only health benefit pets may provide. A recent study from the Mayo Clinic, which looked at 1,800 people between the ages of 25 and 64 who had healthy hearts, found that almost half owned a dog. Having a dog was likely to spur heart-healthy behaviors, like exercising with the pet, eating well and having ideal blood sugar levels. Pets also provide emotional support and companionship that can help seniors including those who may be divorced or widowed - feel more secure and happy. The National Poll on Healthy Aging found that, among respondents who had pets, 88 percent said their pets helped them enjoy life, and 86 percent said their pets made them feel loved.

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ewborn babies endure quite a bit in the first few days and months of their lives. Routine immunizations help newborns overcome these obstacles, and as newborns get old they receive vaccines to prevent measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis, and chicken pox. A common misconception suggests that vaccines are only for the young. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that the protection provided by some childhood vaccines can wear off. In addition, some people may be at risk for certain vaccine-preventable diseases due to lifestyle, existing health conditions and age. As a result, it’s important for adults to make sure their vaccines are up-to-date.

Shingles: People who have been exposed to varicella (chicken pox) in their youth are at risk for shingles as they grow older. The CDC says nearly one out of three people in the United States will develop shingles in their lifetime. A shingles vaccine can protect against shingles and complications from the disease. Adults who are 50 and older should get the vaccine, which is administered in two doses.

Those who are unsure of their vaccine status should discuss their health history with their doctors. In the meantime, adults should know that the following vaccines are recommended for people of various ages.

Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23): This vaccine protects against serious pneumococcal diseases, including meningitis and bloodstream infections. It is recommended for all adults age 65 and older.

Influenza: An annual flu shot is highly recommended. Doctors and health officials indicate that getting the flu vaccine is the single most effective way to prevent seasonal flu or reduce the duration and severity of the illness should it be contracted.

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV 13): This protects against serious pneumococcal disease and pneumonia. Adults 65 years or older who have never received a dose of PCV13 should discuss PCV13 with their physicians.

Tdap: This vaccine contains strains of tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough). All three are implicated

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in serious illnesses or death, according to WebMD. Just about every person, young and old, should receive the Tdap vaccine. The CDC says that every adult should get the Tdap vaccine once if they did not receive it as an adolescent. Then a Td booster shot every 10 years is sufficient.

Vaccines protect the very young from various diseases, but there are many vaccines that are still vital to health in adulthood.

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egular visits with a medical professional are an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Too often people visit the doctor only when they are ill, as they may not realize just how essential well visits and physical exams are.

Routine checkups are the smartest way for people in all age groups to stay on top of their health, but they can be especially valuable for those age 50 and older. Regular

checkups enable physicians to check current health against past visits, ensuring that any anomalies can be investigated and treated efficiently and promptly. This can make the difference in slowing down the progression of a disease that has already developed or prevent something from becoming a full-fledged issue. The Mayo Clinic says there are no hard and fast rules about how often seniors should visit health care providers. Those who are in generally good health may only require one medical checkup a year. At this point vital signs will be checked, medications reviewed and lifestyle topics discussed. Doctors may even recommend or discuss tests. Patients also can bring up any issues they may be experiencing, however insignificant they may seem. Anything from sleep disturbances to memory loss to unexplained fatigue or pain can be addressed. Sometimes getting everything out in the open and being reassured that there’s nothing to worry about can be helpful.

General care and geriatric doctors also are adept at asking questions to get a sense of how patients are faring in the world. This may include topics that seemingly have no relevance to health but can be quite important. A provider may ask about topics such as bathing or dressing. Questions about social interaction or typical routines can paint a better picture of both physical and mental health. The recommended frequency of doctor visits may change as health issues arise or if follow-up is needed after a treatment plan or injury, according to the caregiver company Home Care Assistance. Some seniors may have to visit a provider once a week or once a month. Doctors, nurses and therapists will design a regimen based on a patient’s current health needs. The following are some compelling reasons to be diligent with provider visits. • Frequently health issues can be silent and not noticed early on by a patient, according to Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. • Patients will be less likely to forget about important screenings, like mammography, prostate tests, cholesterol tests, and more. • Vaccines can be administered, as even adults need certain immunizations to stay healthy. • Patients can discuss potential lifestyle changes, like going on a diet or taking up a new fitness regimen. It is essential to follow through with health care provider visits, even if they seem redundant. Physicians may detect issues that warrant close observation. Patients are urged to have an open dialogue with their doctors so they understand the reason behind health care visits and expectations in the future.

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Risk of MRSA contraction is high among seniors

acteria are present all around us, and people and these microorganisms often live together without incident. In fact, there are many bacteria that are helpful to the body. However, there are times when bacteria can be problematic and pose serious health risks. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, widely referred to as “MRSA,” is a Grampositive coccal bacterium. Seniors are among the most susceptible to MRSA infection because their immune systems are not strong enough to fight off the illness.

MRSA is very common. According to the National Health Service, a United Kingdom-based healthcare system, as many as one in 30 people in the general population are carriers of the bacteria. MRSA is much

more common in hospitals and nursing homes. The health resource Geriatric Nursing says an average of one in four nursing home residents harbors the bacteria. A study published in the Journal of Infection showed that more than 40 percent of all cases of MRSA were in patients aged over 75. It is essential for any senior or family member caring for an older relative to familiarize himself with MRSA.

How is MRSA contracted?

MRSA often lives harmlessly on the skin, colonized in areas such as the nose, groin, buttocks, or armpits. MRSA can be passed to another person simply by touching someone who has it, sharing linens or towels or touching surfaces with MRSA on them.

How does infection take root?

Oftentimes MRSA will not make a person ill because it is only on the skin and can be washed off with proper hygiene, or the immune system is strong enough to fight infection. It is when MRSA enters the body that it can pose a problem. People staying in a hospital or a nursing home are at greater risk of MRSA infection because they often have a way for the bacteria to go deeper into the body. Sources include wounds, feeding tubes, urinary catheters, or intravenous drips. Likewise, being in close proximity with other people with a high risk for MRSA also increases contraction exponentially.

What are the symptoms of MRSA? Symptoms of MRSA infections can include: • chronic wound • rash • headache • general malaise

• chest pain • cough • shortness of breath • fatigue • chills or fever In some instances, MRSA can produce a secondary illness of pneumonia.

How is MRSA treated?

Affected individuals will be placed in isolation and treated by a course of antibiotics. Sometimes it can take several rounds of antibiotics before treatment is effective. According to experts at Queen Anne Healthcare, a Seattle-based longterm care facility, in serious cases it can take six weeks of antibiotics to produce negative MRSA cultures. Unfortunately, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that, in many health care facilities, a rise of drugresistant infections is occurring, and more potent, less common antibiotics are needed. According to the CDC, today about 63 percent of bacteria don’t respond to traditional antibiotics and MRSA in the elderly is becoming a growing problem. A combination of frequent use of antibiotics, a weakened immune system and living in a healthcare setting make seniors susceptible. It is important to get the facts about MRSA so seniors can avoid infection and continue to be in good health.

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Save us from the left-wing, anti-Trumpers

he left-wing Williston Times has Trump Derangement Syndrome. Perhaps I should consider replacing it with Pravda since Vladimir Putin, the president’s puppet master we’re told, would probably only allow complimentary coverage. Together with Newsday, The New York Times, The Washington Post, watching CNN, MSNBC and funded by George Soros and with spiritual advisers, Al Sharpton and Jeremiah Wright, I get my daily fix of the leftist media and their efforts to defeat the president in the 2020 election. I’m absolutely hooked! The devil incarnate, killer of thousands of U.S. citizens due to his response to the pandemic — Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot rolled into one, Donald J. Trump. And elect the saviors of the USA — the Democratic Party, 40 years running for office and wrong on every major issue (has Joe Biden come out and seen his shadow yet?), nationally led by its darling socialist AOC, with Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Jerry Nadler, Adam Schiff and from Georgia, who still refuses to admit election defeat and who we are told will be the next VP, Sta-

cey Abrams, or now maybe the ever lovable, Kamala Harris will be chosen. Along with Antifa, defunded police (one of Hitler’s first moves), rioters, looters and just plain thugs wearing hoods and black masks (undoubtedly to follow Covid 19 guidelines), they will bring our country back from Sodom and Gomorrah and restore us to our rightful place in history as an apologetic third world country. Built on slave labor, systematic racism, xenophobia and cops getting up in the morning and after showering, looking to shoot and kill black men at will before having their Cheerios washed down with the first morning coﬀee. Boy, do I feel better knowing that a cop won’t be stopping me as I burglarize my neighbors, steal their cars and burn down their houses as long as I wear my N95 coronavirus mask while social distancing — now optional when rioting and looting as long as for a good cause. And without any cash bail if arrested and a get-out-of-jail free card with a promise to return to court. I must admit I was once a Cub Scout and promise to return if arrested. Scouts Honor!

I just don’t know where they get the time even during the pandemic to tear down our monuments and deface our sacred shrines. Had it not been for the unlawful and dictatorial decision by President Trump to send in the troops (were they really American soldiers or were they dressed-up Russians) and as per Queen Nancy, the absolute No. 1 bully in our country (did you get her mailer?) I’m happy that she prays for the president each and every day and for all those poor souls living in tents and defecating in the streets of San Francisco not far from her mansion. Sorry, I mean her humble abode. We’ve also been told that the president must be stopped at all costs for the good of the country and Sleepy Joe might have to give him a good thrashing if the Secret Service or Seal Team 6 can’t handle his peaceable extraction from the White House. Will it be televised on CNN as 30 armed, machine-gun-wielding, flak-jacketed federal agents enter the front door and grab him along with manhandling Barron as Melania cries out and prays in one of the six fluent languages that she speaks? How hypocritical you leftists

are!

I don’t blame you. it’s not your fault. You probably went to Woodstock and are still reeling from the after-eﬀects of a bad LSD trip while at your liberal college studying Carl Marx, Saul Alinsky, Timothy Leary and Art History. Perhaps you might even consider writing about the neverending death toll in Chicago, where week after week, Blacks killing Blacks- setting a new record practically every week- and children are not exempt from this carnage. They have nameslike 6-month-old Jonyiah Watkins, who was shot five times before dying. Please inform Mayor Lori Lightfoot that way more Black men are killed in Chicago in two or three weekends by other Black men than all the Black men killed by cops, both Black and white, in one year in the entire United States! A subject closer To home For your next protest Why don’t you protest the horrible treatment of the innocent children in the Hempstead School System who year after year get shafted through no fault of their own? Eighth graders and

high school graduates can’t read at level. Something like 53 percent of the high school seniors graduate. What is it in your school district — probably more than 98-plus percent, right? Organize the parents into a real, potent force for change. Get a few thousand people to protest at the next school board meeting. A word to the left about the silent majority The Silent Majority is alive and kicking and as Admiral Yamamoto is quoted to have said, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” The often-quoted Biden 12-14 point lead in the polls is meaningless and will evaporate as soon as he emerges from his bunker and talks in front of live bodies and is subject to not-sosoftball questioning. I can’t wait for the debates with no notes! We Will Vote. We Will Support our Police and Law and Order. We Will Not Stand For Looting and Rioting as an Acceptable Form of Social Change. Vic Oliveri Williston Park

Trump exposes Democrats’ failed policies

ere’s an old, irrefutable chestnut: If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging! But Regressives refuse to learn that lesson and are yet again falling into the chasm of a trap President Trump has set for them. Listen to the uproar the mostly-leftist media bleat every minute of every day: Why aren’t the president and his Republican colleagues saying anything, doing anything about all the destruction and madness that the [Democratapproved] anarchists are wreaking throughout the country––the arson, smashed windows, destroyed businesses, separatist zones, defund-the-police initiatives, out-of-control thuggery, on and on?

Because The president knows that even in this Age of Communication––where instant text messages and emojis and YouTube videos and Instagram pictures invade the airways literally billions of times a day–– doing nothing and saying nothing can still be more powerful. By letting the 24-7 TV pictures speak for themselves, President Trump is providing all 330 million people in America––and the other 8 billion people around the world––an upfront view of what leftism/liberalism/regressivism is all about. While hefaithfully adheres to the U.S. Constitution’s mandate to allow the states to conduct their own aﬀairs, he is giving those states the rope he knows

will hang them, as is already obvious in the imploding cities of Seattle, Manhattan, Baltimore, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, and all the other Democrat-run cities and states where chaos reigns. To name just two examples, he’s allowing all the world to see the startling incompetence and hypocrisy of the Democratic mayor of Seattle, Jenny Durkan, and the aberrational behavior of Democrat New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who put his America-loathing Democrat wife Chirlane in charge of the destruction of historic statues––she who cannot account for another billion she was given for mental-health programs. In the same way, the presi-

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dent is allowing America and the world to see the ongoing, yearslong, black-on-black carnage that takes place every week in Chicago, and to wonder why clueless Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot makes the case that Black Lives Don’t Matter at all in her city. And he is giving the world a bird’s eye view of California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom––now fighting a recall vote––who has let the major cities in his state, Los Angeles and San Francisco (Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s turf), become meccas of homelessness, with thousands of crude tents and cardboard shanties lining street after street, while tens of thousands of mentally ill and addicted people lie in the gutters. Used needles and diseasecarrying filth are everywhere, and there are piles of animal and human feces every few feet. Meanwhile, President Trump can take full credit for issuing the Executive Order onProtecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues––with a mandatory penalty of 10 years in prison––as well as combating recent

criminal violence. And equally full credit foropening up America and seeing: The U.S. economy added an incredible 4.8 million jobs in June–– beating estimates by 1.7 million jobs––the largest monthly increase ever recorded.The addition of an amazing 7.5 million jobs over the past two months. The unemployment rate also fell to 11.1%.The nation has now recovered roughly one-third of the 22 million jobs it lost to the pandemic.The Dow Jones industrial average has had the best quarter in 33 years (up 17.77%).NASDAQ up 30.63 percent in 90 days. Except for the clinically insane Democrat politicians on the East and Left coasts, the vast majority of American citizens want to pursue their careers, raise their families, and have money in their pockets, peace in their hearts and safety in their homes. President Trump knows this in every fiber of his being. But not one single Democrat has a clue. Joan Swirsky Great Neck

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Thanks for show of support for Vigilant

n Thursday, June 25, at 3:55 pm the Vigilant Fire Company was alerted for a reported brush fire in the vicinity of 10 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck Plaza. Upon the arrival of the first units, they discovered a rubbish fire in the rear of 15 Cutter Mill Road, which had begun to extend into the building. This incident developed into a five-alarm response, resulting in the loss of four businesses in our commu-

nity.

The media has done a respectable job of reporting on the incident itself. I write to you today to shed light on a part of this major incident which few know about: the support of the community for us, the firefighters, EMT’s and Paramedics who responded, during this incident. A major part of any large event in the fire and EMS services is rehabilitation, or rehab as we refer to it. This is an area designated for responders to

take a short break during operations, have something to drink, maybe grab a quick snack and then return to the fight. Under normal circumstances, our rehab area is stocked with water and sports drinks which we bring to the scene from our firehouse. On that day we did bring water and Gatorade from the firehouse, supplemented by additional supplies from the Nassau County Fire Marshal’s Rehab Unit. What we also had

and received was an outpouring of support from the community. We received additional cases of water and sports drinks, boxes of mixed snacks and two stacks of pizza – all provided by the residents and businesses in town. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who provided these additional foodstuﬀs for us during a long, hot and labor intensive battle. To The Grand Healthcare, CVS Gussack Plaza, Rosa’s Pizzeria

and La Bottega. To those who can’t be named individually. From the bottom of my heart and on behalf of the dedicated volunteer members of the Vigilant Fire Company and all the firefighters and EMS providers who responded to this incident from across our county, I say thank you. Knowing that we have your support means quite a lot. Joshua Charry Chief of Department Vigilant Fire Company

Curran does what’s right with T.R. statue

udos to Nassau County Supervisor Laura Curran for being steadfast in keeping the statue of Theodore Roosevelt outside the county headquarters building in Mineola. Curran’s statement that the statue will ”stay right where it is” is most refreshing as an antidote to the “pandemic” of statue removals and vandalism which proliferate this country.”

It is a well-deserved defeat of all the lunatics responsible for these despicable acts which now has the National Guard protecting the monuments in Washington, D.C. What’s happening to our once great republic? Another well-deserved kudo to Laura Curran for introducing the “Free Speech Roadway Protection Protocol” by which all marchers/protesters will have to abide.

The regulation requires them to submit at least one day in advance for approval the intended route. Approval will require the marchers/ protesters not to impede vehicular traffic, including emergency vehicles, and not to infringe on private property. They will be given specific instructions where they will be allowed to march. Violating the regulation will result

in a summons being issued. This welcomed regulation is so unlike what went on in New York City with the approval of Mayor Bill de Blasio, allowing the marchers to shut down major roadways, such as the East River Drive and Brooklyn Bridge, preventing normal vehicular traffic, but even more important, impeding emergency vehicles, which put at risk those who might require emergency transpor-

tation to a hospital. In some instances, this could be a life-and-death situation. Shame on de Blasio for being so myopic and thoughtless, all for the sake of political correctness and pandering. That is another example of why he is one of the worst mayors the city ever had. Stanley Ronell Great Neck

Attacks on founding fathers’ statues unpatriotic

he statues of famous Americans are being destroyed by left-wing vandals, which I am very troubled by these egregious acts against America. This includes the destruction of a statue of Christopher

Columbus in Hartford, Conn. recently. Now my husband, Frederick R. Bedell Jr. is Grand Knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus Council # 5911 in Douglaston is very troubled as well. Meanwhile, there is even

talk of Mount Rushmore, where there are figures of George Washington, Thomas Jeﬀerson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln be removed or destroyed because it sits on sacred Indian grounds. This I found very sad in-

deed. I agree with President Trump where he said at Mount Rushmore: “We will never surrender the spirit and the courage and the cause of July 4th, 1776.” And I hope that never happens as well. As my husband often has

said,” Evil thrives when good people do nothing.” We all must stand up for what is right or else we will no longer have a free America. Eva Bedell Bellerose

COVID shows weakness of health-care system Continued from Page 17 outcomes are just above Third World countries and for several years now, average lifespans have actually been falling. Access to care is a big issue (some solutions: telemedicine, opening clinics, forgiving loans of doctors, nurses, physicians assistants who work for a period of time in under-served areas; creating new specialties of nursing and physicians assistant who can treat). So is aﬀordability. Unaﬀordable medical bills cause 500,000 bankruptcies a year. People are afraid to have an ailment checked

out early, when it can best be contained because of concern of out-of-pocket expenses. Solution: the health-care industry, including doctors, hospitals and Big Pharma, need to have costs rationalized much as public utilities do, and for-profit insurance-company middlemen, which adds 30 percent to health-care costs, should be eliminated altogether). And with the advancement of treatments that basically can save the lives of people (who can aﬀord them) to the point where there would not be the supply for the demand, there needs to be new prioritization on wellness – which

is counterproductive to a for-profit health care system. But as the number of people sickened by COVID-19 hits 3 million (and counting and counting and counting), it becomes painfully clear that even as 100-year floods are coming every few years, the novel coronavirus pandemic isn’t going away anytime soon, and another new novel pandemic may be just around a corner. The pandemic has shown the vulnerabilities, the inadequacies and the injustice of a purely capitalistic, for-profit model of health care. The premise is at its heart flawed: if capitalism is supply and

demand, how much is your child’s life worth? $10 million? $20 million? And we saw the eﬀectiveness of the alternative in New York, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo declaring the equivalent of martial law to serve hospitals, personnel and supplies where needed. But Trump, a bully who gets a rush from inflicting cruelty, realizes that controlling access to health care is literally control of people – life and death. You control their finances, their resources, their anxiety, their terror, their sense of security. People who are struggling with illness, who are suﬀering in pain, who are frantic

for their children, their parents, their spouse, who have to fight insurance companies and creditors and plead with Big Pharma for life-saving drugs, can’t be politically active, don’t even have the ability to quit an abusive employer or start their own business. The coronavirus pandemic has not only demonstrated why public health and universal health care are critical to a healthy society and a productive economy, but in the wreckage is creating the necessity and opportunity to build a better, more rational health care system – or at least catch up to the rest of the developed world.

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Essential thoughts for the planet Tonight I watch a lunar moth rise, its wings are dove grey, and it leaves a mark on the face of the moon. There’s beauty in this, since childhood’s end this is my job, to find the tender connections between ourselves, humanity, and the universe of stars. Seeing, you see, I sit on the deck of my bridge, shoulder to shoulder with it all; at the edge of night I have the sky, faint streaks of light reach across vast distances to my humblest of shorelines. It’s all there from the beginning, the love and longing passionate and sharp, the small contrails of rockets that reached the planets, we found their moons engaging and enlightening … remembering there’s a million ways to greet the dark and wake up morning— this details one of the better ones. What beauty overhead, its luminous presence begins with the knowledge that is essential to me, it leaves its mark on my dreams. Stephen Cipot Garden City Park

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Don’t block the door on Nassau’s housing needs

y parents were avid readers and enjoyed biographies about Hollywood stars. Lest you think these were gossipy, insignificant books, they were about very interesting people, who, like my parents, came up from nothing. In one of them, James Cagney is walking home from school, and he sees a man with a pained look passing him on the street. Cagney looks behind him and sees him impaled on a fire hydrant with an eight-inch knife stuck in his back. Cagney is about 10 years old at this time. The Lower East Side was pretty rough back then. One actor related the story about his struggle for recognition, when he worked on Broadway. He had devoted himself completely to his craft. Showed up on time. Sober. Lines remembered. He knew he was better than others who were passing him by. One day, he visits a fellow actor who had just gotten the call to go to Hollywood, and he relates his frustrations. “If things don’t turn around, I’ll be waiting tables in six months.” His friend asks him, “Do you accept there is anti-Semitism in the world?” This being the 1930s, the actor says “Of course!” His friend then asks, “So why do you accept something so readily in the abstract, but don’t think it aﬀects you personally?” The next week Emanuel (Manny) Goldenberg heads down to City Hall and changes his name to Edward G. Robinson. I’ve remembered this story for decades, and the lesson has never been lost on me that whether we

are victimized or the victimizer, we blithely accept outcomes without ever thinking of the role we play in forming them. What does this have to do with housing? Everything. Every time some privileged yentas block the construction of new housing, they are inflicting a measure of pain and hardship on others that they easily accept in the abstract, but can’t possibly see they’re the cause of. So even if their own children can’t aﬀord a home, or there’s no suitable housing for their retiring parents, these same people block any attempt at alleviating this by preventing the construction of new housing units, specifically, multi-family ones. They are as blissfully ignorant of the injustice they cause as Mr. Robinson was of the injustice visited on him. Meanwhile, people are realizing that the old single-familyzoned suburb has had its day. Why? The once mighty demographic wave that created it is dying out. Some cities have abolished their old zoning laws wholesale, because they realize they can’t keep maintaining a housing stock that doesn’t match up with the actual needs of the living, or supply the local economy with manpower. In its most extreme form, thanks to the knock-on effect of limiting supply, they are generating homelessness. That’s how evil these policies are. And once again, people can accept this in the abstract, but can’t come to terms with the fact they are the cause of it. Homelessness is a policy choice, not a

result of bad career planning. In addition to that, the number of under 30s living with their parents has reached astronomical levels. These NIMBY types think they’re preserving a way of life. They’re setting up a generational mass delay in family formation and forcibly evicting people to move where there is less opportunity for economic well-being.These are not minor issues. Housing is a basic need, some would say a right, and planning is a complex issue that requires a granular level of knowledge and experience. The average citizen doesn’t have the awareness to grasp the implications of their actions. The selfish reflexes of the actors who deny this need to others should simply be ignored by local zoning boards and elected oﬃcials. Most people understand the need to go forward, but It’s usually a vocal minority of the obnoxious who prevent progress. Just as urgently, repurposing vacant retail properties for new uses will be the order of the day for at least the next decade. You can’t cling to a supply you can’t fill, and the people blocking these needed changes are leading us to ruinous outcomes. So remember the advice of Edward G. Robinson’s friend. That man happened to be Paul Muni, the original “Scarface,” whose real name was Frederich Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund. Which proves two things: But I’ve run out of room to tell you. Donald Davret Roslyn

Overreaching rental law Remove statues of Henry Ford, proposed in Old Westbury Charles Lingbergh O

t’s time that we demand the removal of statues that honor Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh as well as other like-minded individuals who turned their backs on America and its battle for freedom. We should not honor or

pay homage to those who turned their backs on American ideals and principles. We must recognize that all statues that dishonor American principles need to be removed from their places of honor. Charles Schneider Manhasset

n May 8 the Roslyn Times published my letter about an unneighborly anti-rental sign on a road in Old Westbury. A few days after the letter was published, the sign was removed. In June, at the very next Trustees meeting, a punitive, overreaching Local Law was introduced. The proposed new law calls for intrusive annual inspections of homes for rent and a fee of $2,500 per year whether or not the prop-

erty is rented. Strangely, the law seems to be based on one in Westbury, including language applying to multifamily dwellings (which are already illegal in Old Westbury). One major diﬀerence is that the permit fee in Westbury is $50 for two years, while the proposed Old Westbury fee is 50 times that amount, for a single year. It is interesting to note that other Gold Coast villages require neither a permit nor a fee for a ho-

meowner to rent out their home. The proposed Local Law 5 of 2020 will be the subject of a public hearing at the next Trustees meeting on July 20th. A copy of the proposed Local Law is attached. It seems that the intent of the original anti-rental sign on a single road is about to be written into the laws aﬀecting every Old Westbury homeowner. Myron St. Wecker Old Westbury

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To be or not to be re: coronavirus

Don’t tread on me

’m tired of seeing figures on the number of U.S. COVID-19 cases, number of U.S. deaths, number of hospital beds occupied, not to mention the figures for European and Asian nations. More importantly, I’m sick of being quarantined watching T.V., going stir crazy and not enjoying the great outdoors. However, I, dutifully, wear my mask don my gloves and keep six feet between myself and anyone who walks by me. But I need to understand why this is happening — obviously, the answer is our president who has only made matters worse. In a previous letter, I wrote that he had “blood on his hands.” But I want to know why he has no national strategy. Here is a point frequently overlooked by the pundits who get paid to comment on these matters.

What day is today you ask? Like your face, it’s covered with a mask. Blackout! The days come and go. How I miss Mondays so. The beginning of the week. At least I knew. Certainty. Like knowing the color blue. The way I feel now, day in and day out. Stop the world I want to get oﬀ I shout. Let’s get back to normal. Enough of crazy. Before coronavirus, if I did this, I’d be considered lazy. The dice rolls. It comes up seven. You win. You’re alive, but it sure ain’t heaven. Tests used to scare me. You know those with the written word. Now if you’re positive, you could die, so I heard. Lucky. They’ve been strangers so far. None close to me. Scary every day. Just watch it on T.V. Who’s in charge? Stop this. Please. Empty promises. Blows away, like the breeze. Will it ever end? Let me count the days. You have solutions? Let me count the ways. He says this. He says that. What can you believe? Politics! It’s a game known to deceive. No more talk. Gotta go back and hide and to thank God. No one I know has died. Used to be optimistic. Can’t bear now the negative thought that no matter what we do, is it all for naught? To respond: There’s one more message I need to send. “TO BE OR NOT TO BE.” Is this…The End?

The best explanation lies in our tradition of local control and states’ rights. Remember when Trump told governors that it was up to them to reopen the economy. But it isn’t simply governors. Americans feel more comfortable when orders come from mayors and county executives. The closer we are to our leaders in Washington, the less our democracy flourishes, And what has this led to? A complete lack of a national strategy. This is the laissezfaire at its worst! Why do Americans stand for this? Because it is part of our heritage — part of our culture. It’s the 2nd amendment supporters who worry that without guns our government will take away all rights from our citizenry. I suspect it goes back to the Gadsen flag with a picture of a rattlesnake, coiled body

and fangs bared and the words “Don’t Tread on Me.” So we ignore the lessons we have learned about how other which nations have beaten the pandemic. And we cling to anachronistic notions about “fear of big government.” And so we watch number of dead rise each day! Why this fear of government? Have we had no experience before with this phenomenon? We know we can’t drive a car without a license issued by the state? And every child in America must take injections to prevent disease. And who doesn’t pay income tax in return for governmental services? So if we are interested in historical precedent, we have many examples. Now is the time to demand a course correction in our dealing with COVID-19. Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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What to do when you find a baby bird Continued from Page 16 It also allows you to look at what other people are seeing in your area with the birding hot spots. For this BBA, a breeding code menu and a NY BBA

reporting page allows anyone who uses ebird to participate in the project.For the latest Atlas, the state was divided into 5710 blocks with 1815 of them are designated as Priority. Only 6

months in we’re oﬀ to a good start with data entered for 75 percent of the priority blocks and breeding confirmed for 200 species.If you have seen breeding bird behavior or fledglings

and would like to participate in citizen science, just sign up for a free ebird account. There are good resources for how to on ebird (ebird. org/atlasny/home ) If you are

interested in finding out about Atlas projects around North America, USGS has information and maps, ( https://www. pwrc.usgs.gov/bba/index. cfm?fa=bba.About ).

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N. Hempstead FunDay Monday goes virtual The Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board have announced that this year’s 2020 “FunDay Monday” series will be held virtually and broadcast on North Hempstead TV (NHTV) channel 18 or 63 on Cablevision and channel 46 on Verizon FIOS or by visiting www.

mynhtv.com. The program will begin airing on July 6, 2020. Each Monday throughout the summer, residents can tune in from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to see a new episode. A special Salute to our Veterans and Armed Forces will air on August 24.

“I know that many of our seniors look forward to attending our FunDay Monday events during the summer,” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. “Our virtual programming is designed to provide a unique experience that includes fun and engaging activities while continuing to maintain social

distancing guidelines.” Organized and hosted by the Department of Community Services, the virtual “FunDay Monday” series will oﬀer seniors from throughout the town with the opportunity to enjoy exciting programming from home. This change to virtual

events for the summer will help maintain social distancing guidelines and protect residents from the spread of coronavirus. For more information, please call 311 or 516-8696311. Submitted by the Town of North Hempstead

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Housing market booms, also national debt With all the borrowing through the CARES Act and the trillions of dollars being given out in assisting U.S. companies and citizens through the tumultuous times over the last three months, it could have been an even worst-case scenario of total chaos and even greater economic upheaval and disruption without it. The government has borrowed more in 2020 that it has compared to the 2008 market implosion of the economy. It appears that real estate with historically low interest rates and huge pent-up demand and also from those leaving New York City has come back quite well with contracts and pending sales increasing markedly during May and June. As dangerous and lethal as the virus has been, consumers are out there are forging ahead and purchasing homes. Prices are predicted to continue to increase due to historically low inventory. It all seems so much better, but my concern is how is the immense increase of trillions of dollars to our national debt going to be repaid? Currently, all our debt is greater than the gross domestic product of our U.S. economy and will most likely get worse over the next few years before it gets better.

We are at approximately 106110 percent of GDP, which some experts say is too high and some feel it isn’t. Both parties have ideas as to reducing the debt by cutting spending, which will not happen currently due to such division between the Democratic House and Republican Senate. It’s a no brainer that putting people back to work will increase GDP, while others think raising taxes on the wealthy is another solution, but it also has to be balanced with eliminating waste in the budget. The United States is like a kid with a credit card, whereby we keep spending but never realize that we have to eventually pay back the money. Most important is spending on the creation of jobs for building and repairing our bridges, roads, tunnels, high-speed rail, and public buildings. This will successfully occur through increasing educational programs. Today further reductions are warranted in our bloated military programs, which was the opposite during WWII when necessary increases in military spending worked as an economy booster. However our information and technology economy today is completely diﬀerent and in addition to

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

construction-based jobs, we need a greater number of technologically educated workers for those jobs who will earn a livable and sustainable wage to potentially purchase a home. Real Estate, for now, appears in excellent shape from the increased demand from those who can buy due to the historically low interest rates. Most important, construction must be ramped up as quickly as possible to satisfy demand that has been consistently outpacing available supply over the last eight years. One of the huge issues that could aﬀect real estate in the future is that our country has always been in a deficit spending mode since its

inception. One of the few times we had created a surplus was in the 1990s when there were tax increases, (Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton) reduced defense spending as had been done since 1987 and a huge economic boom that created a windfall of tax revenue that completely reduced our debt. The timing for Bill Clinton as president could not have been more perfect for him and then while in his second successful term in 1998 we had four years of surpluses. But some give credit to Newt Gingrich, speaker of the House, and his GOP-controlled House and Senate as they were able to create a budget that reduced spending as well as raising taxes on higher incomes and also assisted in cutting the deficit in four years (not the seven that was proposed) by also reducing spending on certain social programs. However, over the years Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid have added the greatest part to the national debt. But as long as the American Dream of homeownership is alive and well and the demand is there for purchasing homes, condos, and co-ops, the economy should improve. But controlling the Coronavirus will be

a key factor in our success and will only be accomplished by people understanding that they must stop being selfish and selfcentered and follow the CDC guidelines in wearing masks and social distancing until successful vaccines are made. We need to balance the ratio and percentage of debt/GDP ratio in somewhat of a controlled fashion by having a more robust economy through the creation of more hi-tech jobs. Educating those to be employed for those new jobs as well as those positions in rebuilding our infrastructure should enable the United States to weather the storm. If the economy (GDP) increases fast enough and stays ahead of our deficit and debt and we can somehow through non-partisan cooperation in the House and Senate work towards a balanced budget and not waste money on unnecessary conflicts and wars around the globe as well as our healthcare system, things can and will improve and we will succeed going forward. Real Estate will surely continue to be the benefactor as the economy improves as more and more laid-oﬀ workers are rehired, more businesses are created and Washington steps in to continue to do its job to steer and navigate our country back to where it was before Covid-19.The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget put out an eye-opening article on April 13, while our economy was shut down.https://www. crfb.org/blogs/budget-projections-debt-will-exceed-sizeeconomy-year?gclid=Cj0KCQ jw9IX4BRCcARIsAOD2OB0fg hIrK_Pp8MxtN_0NcNU_B4IbA2mLDsCTLQHF3mvsG_zkGbr6cXsaAieOEALw_wcB Philip A. Raices is the owner/ Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S). Just email or snail mail (regular mail) him with your ideas and suggestions on future columns with your name, email, and cell number and he will call or email you back. For a consultation, he can be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com to answer any of your questions or concerns.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in the

Willistons

424 Burkhard Avenue, Mineola

99 Woodnut Place, Mineola

4 bd, 2 ba, 1,650 sqft, Sold on: 2/19/20, Sold Price: $523,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

3 bd, 2 ba, 1,385 sqft, Sold on: 2/24/20, Sold Price: $605,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

126 Arlington Street, Mineola

197 Dow Avenue, Mineola

4 bd, 2 ba, 1,313 sqft, Sold on: 3/5/20, Sold Price: $545,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

4 bd, 2 ba, 1,410 sqft, Sold on: 3/11/20, Sold Price: $510,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

Editorâ€™s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in New Hyde Park, the Willistons, Mineola and surrounding areas by a variety of real estate agencies. This information about the home and the photos were obtained through the Zillow.com. The homes are presented solely based on the fact that they were recently sold in New Hyde Park, the Willistons, Mineola and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

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Nassau enters final phase of reopening The number of people who can be at indoor religious gatherings increased from 25 to 33 percent, and social gatherings of up to 50 people are permitted, according to state guidelines. Curran said film and movie production is a “huge generator for Nassau County” financially speaking. Professional sports facilities will also be able to reopen, but no fans will be allowed to enter the stadiums. “We’re excited about that, but we’re making progress because we’re acting smart, and we need to continue to act smart,” Cuomo said on Long Island’s reopening. “[We are starting phase four] on time, no delay, those two weeks in between held fast, and that is thanks to our residents, businesses and common sense,” Curran said. Community colleges, universities, graduate and professional

Continued from Page 1 25 percent capacity and zoos as well as botanical gardens operating at 35 percent capacity. “It is important for us to open up because we want to be part of whatever the new normal is going to be,” Andrew Parton, president of the Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center, said. “We are a very large museum with a lot of open space, so social distancing is easier for us than some other places.” “The Cradle and the whole team here has done a great job of coming up with common sense protocols to reopen safely,” Curran said on Wednesday. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GOVEROther industries that were NOR’S OFFICE cleared to open throughout Nassau County on Wednesday inGov. Andrew Cuomo anclude higher education, low-risk nounced on Wednesday that outdoor arts and entertainment malls throughout regions in at 35 percent capacity, low-risk arts and entertainment at the fourth phase of reopen- indoor 25 percent capacity, and media ing can open on Friday. production.

schools, medical and technical schools are on the list of higher education facilities that are allowed to reopen, but must have plans and guidelines submitted and approved to the state before doing so. According to state guidelines, each plan should feature how to reopen the campus, monitor the health conditions of students, faculty and staﬀ, contain potential transmission of the virus, and shut down in-person operations on the campus if a wide spread of the virus occurred. As far as New York schools are concerned, Cuomo said, “The federal government does not decide if NYS schools reopen, the state does. We will make that decision based on the science and the data. A decision will be announced in the first week of August.” Cuomo said the state has been consulting all stakeholders on how the 700 school dis-

tricts in the state could reopen in September. Cuomo announced finalized guidance will be provided to districts on July 13. On July 31, Cuomo said, local districts will submit their plans on how they would reopen and what their precautions would be. From August 1-7, the state will announce which districts will reopen. Of the 57,585 coronavirus tests that were conducted throughout the state on Tuesday, 692, or 1.2 percent were positive. In Nassau County, a total of 42,088 had tested positive for the virus as of Wednesday. A total of 54 people were hospitalized with the virus, and six were in intensive care units in the county’s 11 hospitals. Wednesday marked the second consecutive day with no new coronavirus-related deaths in the county.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Hempstead to grant $2.1M for Island Harvest The Town of Hempstead announced today that it will provide Island Harvest with up to $2.1 million in grant funding to help alleviate the financial stresses that have been placed on the organization as it works to provide access to food for thousands of people due to the economic impacts of COVID-19. The grant was part of the federal CARES Act funding that was provided to the Town by the federal government to help oﬀset unbudgeted expenses incurred by organizations throughout the Town related to COVID-19. It will allow Island Harvest to expand its Harvest to Home delivery program, which delivers meals to senior citizens, veterans and low-income families within the Town of Hempstead that have been severely aﬀected by COVID-19. “I’d like to thank Senator Schumer for his part in securing the funding for this Island Harvest initiative,” Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said. “Senator Schumer’s continued support from the beginning of the pandemic with regards to CARES Act funding has been invaluable and the Town is truly grateful.” From the grant provided by the Town of Hempstead, Island Harvest has the ability to continue providing such an essential service and even expand the scope of the work being done. In tandem with 400 community partners, Is-

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin (at podium) joined with Island Harvest CEO Randi Shubin Dresner (6th left) and members of the Town Board to announce the Town of Hempstead’s grant to expand Island Harvest’s Home to Harvest program to address food insecurity for veterans, seniors and residents in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. From left: Island Harvest Vice Chair Barry Chandler, Island Harvest Grant Writer Amanda Chirco, Island Harvest Chair Doug Nadjari, Island Harvest Vice President of Finance Laura Condulis, Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, Island Harvest CEO Randi Shubin Dresner, Councilman Bruce Blakeman, Supervisor Don Clavin, Councilman Tom Muscarella, Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, Councilman Dennis Dunne, Sr., Councilman Chris Carini and Town Clerk Kate Murray. land Harvest provides assistance to thousands of individuals each week through innovative programs and services such as the Harvest to Home delivery program. “The funding that Island Harvest has received from the Town is going to do so much good for the community,” said Councilman Bruce Blakeman. “Island Harvest has always been an essential service for so many, and the expan-

sion of their programs and services will only further alleviate the burden of food insecurity.” Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Town of Hempstead has been partnering with organizations throughout Long Island to aid in the collective eﬀort to rebuild both the economy and the community. The approval of the Island Harvest grant is one of several pro-

posals that have been approved in order to see this eﬀort through. With funding that the town received from the CARES Act, a number of organizations and nonprofits have submitted for grants to aid the community through these diﬃcult times. The Town of Hempstead has been diligent in working with these organizations to provide assistance in the various sectors of

the community in order to provide the necessary support. “On behalf of food-insecure residents throughout the town, we thank Supervisor Don Clavin and the Hempstead Town Board for their invaluable assistance in securing much-needed funds to allow us to provide essential food support to people aﬀected by the pandemic,” said Randi Shubin Dresner, president and CEO of Island Harvest Food Bank. “The economic upheaval caused by the pandemic has created an unprecedented demand for food assistance, including among people who have never sought help before, the funding will help us to make sure that no one goes without something as basic as food.” Founded in 1992, the Island Harvest Food Bank is a certified member of Feeding America, the nation’s food bank network, with a four-star rating from Charity Navigator. Island Harvest distributes fresh produce, meat, and non-perishables throughout Long Island and assists thousands of Long Islanders daily through its innovative programming and network of community partners. For more information about initiatives throughout the Town of Hempstead, visit https://hempsteadny.gov/. Submitted by the Town of Hempstead

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Ruling in favor of ExteNet over town Continued from Page 1 ing action within 30 days thereafter,” the suit says. A planned public hearing on the applications for March 19, announced the same day as the lawsuit was filed, was canceled due to concerns over the coronavirus. “As the town has produced no reasonable explanation for this delay, ExteNet is entitled to summary judgment on its claim that the town failed to ‘act within a reasonable period of time’ Therefore, ExteNet’s motion for summary judgment is granted,” Korman wrote in the June 26 order. As part of ExteNet’s proposed judgment, the company’s application to install 16 wireless cell nodes would be granted “immediately.” Korman has not yet issued a full judgment on the matter. Michael Hill, ExteNet’s assistant gen-

eral counsel for regulatory aﬀairs, said in an emailed statement that the company is “pleased” by the order. “We look forward to improving wireless connectivity for North Hempstead, including its residents, businesses, and visitors,” Hill said. North Hempstead Director of Communications Gordon Tepper said in an email that the town was “disappointed with the court’s decision, and considering options going forward.” In addition to the Town of North Hempstead, ExteNet has sued the villages of Lake Success, Flower Hill, Plandome and Plandome Manor in the past two years after each village did not approve its requests to build cell nodes. Legal proceedings are ongoing in all four villages, and it is unknown how this judgment will aﬀect those suits.

PHOTO BY ROB PELAEZ

A judge has ruled in favor of ExteNet Systems in its lawsuit against the Town of North Hempstead.

Suozzi, Tuman currently lead in primaries Continued from Page 2 of West Hempstead, has a large lead in the contest for the Republican nomination to run against U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) in the 4th Congres-

sional District. Updated totals from the county board show that Tuman had received 6,552 votes, and his opponent, Cindy Grosz, a columnist, radio personality and Jewish

activist, had received 2,255. The 4th Congressional District is situated in central and southern Nassau County, including Floral Park, Garden City, Hempstead, Mineola, Carle Place,

New Hyde Park and Westbury. Eﬀorts to reach the New York State Board of Elections and the Nassau County Board of Elections were unavailing.

Two Nassau men arrested after Roslyn protest Continued from Page 4 In the video, Bennett cooperates with the police, and the footage cuts off as one officer begins to handcuff him. Efforts to reach Bennett for comment were unavailing. Motamedian said he was later told by police that he could go to the 3rd Precinct station in Williston Park to “sort it out in an hour,” and that he turned himself in on Friday, as shown in another Instagram video from the same account. “I was arrested and they told me that I would be staying overnight,” Motamedian said. He claims that he was “hand-

cuﬀed to a wall” at the 3rd Precinct and, upon being taken to police headquarters in Mineola, placed in “a cell with feces and urine everywhere.” Lebrun’s statement disputes this. “Prior to any prisoner being placed into a cell, that area is inspected by a police oﬃcer to ensure cleanliness of the cell,” Lebrun said. “In fact, since [the] COVID [pandemic] the cells have received extra scheduled cleanings.” “In the morning, I was arraigned,” Motamedian said. “They said all files relating to the [drug charge] had gone missing, and that I had to prove I was

innocent.” While still in custody, Motamedian and, as he later learned, Bennett, were each served a summons for disorderly conduct and disrupting traﬃc during the Roslyn march. He also said that several others present at the protest received a similar summons, but could not identify how many people or who. Motamedian and Bennett were released from police custody in Mineola on the morning of July 4, with over 40 of their fellow protesters there to support them. Both, as well as the others who re-

ceived a summons, will return to court in Hempstead on Friday, according to Motamedian. “I know that Executive Curran and [Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick] Ryder wanted to make an example of our group and others on Long Island that they are tired of and want to stop,” Motamedian said. “Unfortunately, it was me and my friend they had to make examples out of. Nassau County is a corrupt organization of thugs that like to intimidate people and go around the law.”

North Hempstead reopens some pools Continued from Page 11 Officials said areas with high traffic will be cleaned frequently, and people will not be allowed to re-enter the pool area once they exit. Social distancing guidelines will also be put into effect, meaning patrons must wear masks while not in the pool and maintain a sixfeet distance from others while in line or in the pool area. Locker room and showering facilities will also have a reduced capacity and patrons are encouraged to wash their hands frequently. “Our pool experience may seem a

little diﬀerent this summer as we have increased our safety procedures in an effort to help protect residents in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,” Bosworth said. “We ask residents to remember to follow all the new social distancing rules which will be listed at the pool facilities.” Other changes that patrons can expect are a constant monitoring of the facilities’ capacity, and new hours to properly sanitize the area. Pools will be open daily for two sessions – 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 to 6 p.m. The pools will be closed from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. for

cleaning. The town will prohibit outside food deliveries and food on the pool deck. Officials said food will be allowed in designated areas only. Children under the age of 12 will be required to be accompanied by an adult. If they attend any sessions with a caretaker other than their parent or legal guardian, the caretaker along with a parent or guardian must be present at their first visit to the facility to obtain a caretaker identification card for subsequent visits. Teenagers from 13 to 17 years old

will be provided with a residency card that will allow for expedited entry for future pool visits. Adults will be required to provide a proof of residency or driver’s license. Last year’s membership cards will also be accepted, oﬃcials said. Additionally, the town said it is seeking staﬀ to join the North Hempstead aquatic facilities team with positions such as lifeguard and attendants available throughout the summer. For more information, contact parks@northhempsteadny.gov or call 516-869-6311.

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N. Hempstead posts July movie schedule The Town of North Hempstead has announced the upcoming drive-in movie schedule for July. The slate of upcoming movies will feature Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), Jurassic Park (1993), and Space Jam (1996). Saturday, July 11, 2020 — Sonic the Hedgehog — Westbury High School in Westbury Sunday, July 12, 2020 — Sonic the Hedgehog — Westbury High School in Westbury Saturday, July 18, 2020 — Jurassic Park— North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington Saturday, July 25, 2020 — Space Jam — North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington. Cars will be admitted beginning at 8 p.m. and the movies will start at 9 p.m. Registration will begin on July 1. While the events are FREE, North

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N. Hempstead parks reopen spray pads The Town of North Hempstead has announced that the spray pads located at town parks have now reopened. The spray pads located at Blumenfield Park, Broadway Park, Donald Street Park, and Mary Jane Davies Green will be opened daily from 9 a.m. to sunset. Earlier this month, the town reopened playgrounds in accordance with New York State guidelines. Attendance at the spray pads and playgrounds will be monitored and hours of operation may be adjusted according to help adhere to social distancing guidelines. Town parks are open for passive use including the beaches at Manorhaven Beach Park and North Hempstead Beach

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Frank Castagna dies at 91 Continued from Page 2 Health System Partners Council, Momma’s House, the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts and the Nassau County Museum of Art, and the North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, whose executive director and CEO, Andrew Malekoﬀ, praised Castagna in a statement. “Frank was a great man, one of the best I’ve ever come to know,” Malekoﬀ said. “He was a loving family man, a loyal and dedicated friend to the Guidance Center and steadfast believer and supporter of our mission.” The Castagnas were also on the board of directors at the Henry Viscardi Center in Albertson, and assisted in creating fundraisers there, including inviting actor Christopher Reeve to speak at a benefit in the 1990s. President and CEO John D. Kemp called Castagna “the essence of the modern-day gentleman” and “one of the smartest, kindest and most successful business leaders” he had come to know.

“[Castagna] and his wife Rita have always taken an active, handson interest in the charitable works they support throughout Long Island,” Kemp said. “The Viscardi Center has been fortunate to benefit from the Castagna Family’s decades of generosity of both time and resources, and it continues with their daughter, Cathy, as a current Viscardi Center Board Member. Frank leaves a magnificent legacy as a role model, mentor and philanthropist. Frank and Rita’s family philanthropy has profoundly impacted thousands of lives of children and adults in our communities now and will continue to do so well into the future.” Together and individually, the Castagnas have received honors from the North Shore Land Alliance, the Safe Center Long Island, the Long Island Association, St. Francis Hospital, the Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the American Cancer Society Asian Initiatives, the Maurer Foundation for Breast

Health Education and Sid Jacobson JCC in East Hills, among other Castagna also served on the board of directors for Old Westbury Gardens, Honors College at Hofstra University and the American Jewish Committee. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran called Castagna “a Long Island icon” at her press briefing on Wednesday morning. “I just want to thank him for his amazing work,” Curran said. “We are with his family today, for sure.” One of Castagna Realty’s longest-running initiatives, the holiday shopping event Champions for Charity at the Americana Manhasset, has brought in nearly $10 million for over 100 nonprofit organizations. “Frank was known for his vision, integrity, kindness and compassion,” Castagna Realty said in a statement. “He did business on a handshake and garnered immense respect and admiration from the CEOs of global fashion brands, real estate devel-

opment partners, charity directors, and his Castagna Realty team, among others. While he was an understated, humble and consummate gentleman, Frank also had an irrepressible smile and love of life.” ”Generally, we work on the basis that we’re part of a community,” Castagna told The Times in 1997. ”If the community benefits, then we benefit. What’s best for the community is what’s best for ourselves and our family.” In addition to his wife of over 60 years, Castagna is survived by his children Catherine (Ernie) and Fred, and his grandsons Brian, Michael, Frank and Mario, and step-granddaughters Amber and Marissa. He was predeceased by his son Paul. Services and gatherings at this time are private, and the family requests that any donations in Castagna’s name be made to North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, the Nassau County Museum of Art and Island Harvest.

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triggered by COVID-19,” Curran said. “We’re proud that today’s event made history, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work and dedication of our team of volunteers and our partners at Island Harvest, thank you all.”

Oﬃcials said the county will continue its partnership with Island Harvest and Long Island Cares with both largescale and pop-up distribution events. The county set aside $1 million in federal Community Development Block Grants for food banks to collect, distribute and purchase food, according to a news release from the county executive’s oﬃce.

On Tuesday, June 23, Temple Beth Sholom of Roslyn, led by religious school Director Sharon Solomon had the pleasure of inviting Jared Harel, author of the poetry collection, ‘Go Because I Love You’ (Diode Editions, 2018), to share his poems with the nurses, caretakers essential workers, students and parents at The Atria on Roslyn Harbor. It was a wonderful, uplifting event! Temple Beth Sholom gratefully acknowledges the Legacy Heritage Better Together Program which has enabled our students to develop meaningful relationships with the seniors at the Atria on Roslyn Harbor. A recording of the reading, as well as signed copies of Jared’s book

were given to each resident and caretaker at the Center. Harel, a resident of Queens, also read his poem, ‘Behind Masks’, dedicated to the Atria staﬀ and seniors. “It was an honor to spend some time with these essential workers, as well as the TBS community,” Harel said. “In these strange, socially-distant days, language is one way we can still reach out and connect.” TBS Religious School is so proud to have creatively met the challenges of social distancing while maintaining programming creatively through these challenges in order to continue engagement. We look forward to continuing our connection in the fall.

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COMMUNITY & SCHOOL NEWS

Herricks honors class of 2020 at town park The Herricks Public Schools celebrated the Class of 2020 in a meaningful way on the evening of June 25, when cars assembled, drive-in movie style, at North Hempstead Beach Park. It may not have been the traditional ceremony that was anticipated prior to the pandemic, but the event honored 325 seniors brightly and boldly while keeping the Herricks spirit strong. Decorated cars filed in as the sunset and cheers resonated throughout the venue. Sarah Winkler performed the National Anthem. Members of the board of education, administration, faculty, and staﬀ greeted attendees as they parked. Principal Joan Keegan opened the ceremony and senior Sarah Winkler performed the National Anthem. Students and their families watched a commencement video from their cars, where they tuned in to a radio channel that provided audio. They shared pride and excitement together as a community as they listened to the traditional greetings in various world languages and speeches from district leaders and students. Ms. Keegan noted that this

was not typical graduation, but left students with the notion that “you are stronger, smarter and braver than you think.” Next, the Board of Education President Juleigh Chin presented inspiring comments. “We hope that you will look back with fondness, but that you will look forward with optimism and strength because you are a Herricks student and we expect nothing less,” she said. “Have fun, smile, and find joy in every single day.” Superintendent of schools Fino Celano highlighted the seniors’ accomplishments and addressed the group. “We will always remember you,” Celano said. “You have endured disappointments, have lived through uniquely challenging past few months and you have learned to be strong and resilient through this experience.” Salutatorian Nicholas Newsome shared his reflections and thoughts. “We leave here with more grit and determination than we could possibly imagine,” Newsome said. “I know that equipped with our unique skills and spirit we are ready to take on our ever-

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Even though they were in their cars, students enjoyed seeing their classmates and administrators. The Herricks High School 2020 Commencement was held at North Hempstead Beach Park on June 25. complicated world and I cannot wait to see the great things ahead of us.” Graduates and their families stayed in their cars and tuned in to a radio station for a moviestyle ceremony. “It would be easy for us to dwell on all the senior experiences gone wrong, but I feel it is much more important to focus on

what has gone right,” said Emily Tucker, student government president. “We can’t look at where we are going if we don’t look at where we came from. Our time in Herricks has given us an education that spans beyond anything we could have ever learned in a classroom.” Valedictorian Derek Chen also addressed the class.

“We’ve come a long way together and that itself is an accomplishment,” Chen said. “By engaging in our community, by being preset here together, day in and day out, we shape Herricks into what we want it to be. I want to thank everyone for all the ways we’ve built Herricks, big or small.” Members of the Board and Administration were in attendance to congratulate the graduates. Teacher Steven Barell was selected to speak on behalf of the faculty this year. He shared his own story about perseverance and reflected on the challenges that everyone has overcome these past few months. “Remember the lessons you’ve learned and always cultivate a grateful heart,” Barell said. A slideshow spotlighted each graduate and their successful milestone. The full graduation video is available online at https://youtu. be/s262g7TzUXA.Congratulations to all! Submitted by the Herricks Public Schools

Ice Cream Truck Yoga classes in East Williston Friday in E.W. The Village of East Williston is proud to present the first: “Ice Cream Truck Friday.” To kick oﬀ this Independence Day weekend, the village has authorized several “Good Humor” ice cream trucks to go through the village from 6 — 9

Yoga is alive and well in East Williston. Back in late March, Yoga instructor Joe Cilmi began teaching daily live Zoom classes and hasn’t missed a day yet. The p.m. on Friday, July 3. If the event is successful and group meets daily from 9 — 10 generally welcomed, we will a.m. continue through July with Ice Cream Truck Fridays. Submitted by the Village of East Williston

Please be reminded that only the Village of East Williston-sponsored tennis lessons may take place on the village tennis courts. Private pay tennis lessons are not permitted on the village courts, pursuant to the Village Code Article VI – Parks, Section

If you’d like to join, please reach out to Sherry Graﬃgna at 516-429-9623 or sherryg217@ yahoo.com for log-in and payment details. Submitted by the Village of East Williston

Williston Park Library news

The Williston Park Library is open for browsing. After being closed for three months, due to the pandemic, The Williston Park Library is now open for browsing. For now, we have limited hours while we adjust our operations. Our New Daily Hours Are: 121-23 B(2). Open for browsing: MonThe Village has been made day-Friday: 10 a.m. — 5:30 aware that private lessons have p.m. Vestibule pick-up: Monbeen taking place in the early day-Friday: 10 a.m. — 5:30 mornings. p.m. Thank you in advance for “Open for browsing” your cooperation. means you can come inside, Submitted by the Village of walk around the Library, and East Williston look for books and other items.

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There is no up front commitment. Just log on any morning that you are able to and pay as you go. Cost is $10 per class. There is a free trial for your first class, and weekly/monthly rate specials available as well.

Please limit your time to 30 minutes. Only one family at a time will be permitted in the Children’s Room. Items requested over the phone can be picked up in the Library vestibule. Please maintain social distancing practices while in the Library. You will notice markers at the circulation and reference desks and directional markers on our floors. All customers and staﬀ are required to wear face coverings at all times while in the Library, per Executive Order 202.17. Face coverings must cover both your mouth and

nose. Congregating is not permitted. Please return items in the outside book drops. For safety reasons, we cannot accept items returned inside the Library. The computer center and OPAC are unavailable until further notice. Newspapers are unavailable until further notice. Thank you for cooperating with the guidelines we have in place to keep us all safe. Submitted by the Williston Park Library

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