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MINEOLA SEEKS UNEMPLOYMENT FRAUD TARGETS STREET FAIR IN OCT. HUNDREDS OF WORKERS

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Mask rules draw ire, resistance

Become issue as state virus order from April extended BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The enforcement of wearing face masks and complying with state-mandated safety precautions due to the coronavirus pandemic has led to members of a village’s security team suﬀering verbal abuse from residents. Village of East Hills Mayor Michael Koblenz said that while residents of his village are required to wear masks in the Park at East Hills, the streets are a diﬀerent story. “It’s enforceable in my park, cause you can’t get in without a mask,” Koblenz said. “In the park, we can enforce it and not let you inside, but there’s nothing to be done when they say ‘no’ when they’re walking around on the streets.” At first, Koblenz said, East Hills security would stop while on patrol and ask anyone walking in village limits without a mask to put one on. The reactions, he said, were

“shocking.” “The security people asked them to put on masks and they’d get abused,” Koblenz said. “They’d do more than say no. And since they were abusive to our security staﬀ, I’ve asked [the staﬀ] to stop asking.” Security would also keep a log on incidents where those walking refused to wear a mask, he said. Koblenz said that other than enforcing the masks in the park, “there’s not much more we can do about it.” “My view is that people don’t take it seriously,” Koblenz said. “We don’t have any real enforcement power from the governor because the streets are the streets. I can’t protect people from themselves.” In mid-April, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order requiring New Yorkers to wear masks in public when they are unable to maintain a social distance, which is considered six feet. Continued on Page 34

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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran presented the results of a bicounty economic impact study to the public last Thursday. See story on page 6.

Nassau County schools preparing reopening plans BY E LL I OT W E L D School districts across the North Shore are preparing for a number of diﬀerent versions of what classes will look like in the fall.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that if the infection rate is below 5 percent in a region, schools can reopen. He said this is the number that he will watch until the decision on schools is made

in the first week of August. If the infection rate jumps above 9 percent in a region, schools must close. In addition, Cuomo said schools’ plans must include Continued on Page 35

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Mineola going ahead Bullet-riddled body with street fair plans found: police Annual fair is planned for October, with restrictions

Victim identified as Hempstead teen BY R O S E W E L D ON

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The Mineola Street Fair pictured in 2019. BY E LL I OT W E L D Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic, large gatherings of people have been at the top of the list of things that need to be canceled or modified in order to safely occur. Despite many fairs, such as the annual New York State Fair in Syracuse or the Big E in Springfield Mass., being canceled, Mineola Chamber of Commerce President Joel Harris said that as of now, the Mineola Street Fair is set to take place, with some modifications, on Oct. 4. Ordinarily, vendors at the fair would be placed closely together but Harris said he expects there to be some buﬀer room between them to allow for physical distancing. “And I can’t imagine we’re going to have rides that would

keep people in close proximity,” Harris said. He made it clear that all of these rules are subject to change and that the chamber has only had the most preliminary talks about the event but as of now, expects to go forward with the event, which will be put on by Nassau County Fairs. He acknowledged that could change if oﬃcials decide that the event cannot happen, or needs to be modified further. Harris said there are questions that he still does not have answers to but he expects to be addressed in the coming months. He said the fair generally attracts a few thousand patrons per year, well over the current crowd capacity set by the state of 50 people. The fair usually has a stage where bands provide entertainment.

Harris said he hopes this year’s fair can have some sort of nod to the essential workers of Mineola, especially the village employees, medical professionals and emergency services. Harris was asked if the fair could provide a much-needed revenue boost to local businesses since so many have been hit hard financially by the pandemic. He said the chamber does not track revenue for the event but that all revenues generated by an individual business at the fair are kept by that business. “Our main focus is to highlight everyone to outsiders,” Harris said. “It’s not so much about revenue as it is about highlighting” businesses in Mineola. All members of the Mineola Chamber of Commerce are entitled to a spot at the fair, which Harris encourages them to take advantage of.

A 17-year-old who had been shot and killed was found in Roslyn late Saturday night, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Detectives from the department’s Homicide Squad said that oﬃcers “observed a male victim on the ground in the vicinity of Northern Boulevard and Museum Drive,” within the vicinity, but not the grounds, of the Nassau County Museum of Art, around 11:59 p.m. on Saturday. “The victim had suﬀered from multiple gun-shot wounds and was pronounced deceased by a Nassau County Police Medic at scene,” a statement from detectives said. Police announced on Tuesday that the victim had been identified as Jarol Hernandez of Hempstead. The investigation is ongo-

ing, and no suspects have been identified. Museum Director Charles Riley said in a statement that the grounds were open on time for regular hours on Sunday morning, “after the police conducted their preliminary investigation.” “The visitors enjoyed their experience in the new exhibition unaﬀected by the incident,” Riley said. “As we have museum staﬀ and volunteers who live in the immediate area, and we will be opening our doors again to the public on Tuesday, we are looking forward to the crime being solved by the highly capable professionals of the Nassau County Police Department and their colleagues in law enforcement.” Detectives asked anyone with information about this homicide to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244TIPS.

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Dispute over distancing delays meeting Larger-than-expected crowd in Village Hall sparks tensions, debates over public notice BY E LL I OT W E L D A much-larger-than-expected turnout at the Village of East Williston Board of Trustees’ first in-person meeting since March resulted in a tense dispute on Monday over lack of physical distancing and, as a result, the meeting being postponed. Oﬃcials designated that the room on the second floor of the Village Hall could contain 37 people at a time, half of its usual occupancy limit, to allow for distancing. Fifty or more people showed up to the meeting, many more than usually attend. Some attendees were coming to see the board honor the library staﬀ for its work during the novel coronavirus. Others were there to make their voices heard in considering an amendment to the village code. “The July 13th meeting was on the calendar as a public hearing to discuss much anticipated code changes, to update some outdated provisions and to remove restrictions in

certain areas,” East Williston Mayor Bonnie Parente said in an email. “One example relates to pools. Many people in the room are anxious to put in-ground pools in their backyards and are currently encumbered by how the rear yard coverage is counted. The code will alleviate the need for a variance for pools in yards that are spacious enough to safely accommodate a pool. We’ve also proposed an option for electronic pool covers with alarms, with a perimeter fence. Several residents in the room were apparently there to support changes to driveway curb-cuts regulations. There were certainly residents in the room who also wanted to speak out against certain changes, in favor of keeping our village from over-building.” After the board honored the library staﬀ and said the pledge of allegiance, one man in the crowd, who identified himself as Tom Mulligan, a 30-year resident of the village, stood up and levied a number of com-

Parente said that she had posted a notice in local news outlets and put notice on social media and believes that she did provide adequate notice, but agreed with Mulligan that there were too many people in the room. The two debated each other as Mulligan tried to make his dissatisfaction with the board known, even talking over the mayor at one point, leading Parente to propose postponing the discussion for 30 days. This sparked anger from other members of the crowd, who were anxious to discuss the proposed amendment and other issues. Some suggested PHOTO BY TOM MCCARTHY the meeting be held outdoors, and another suggested that East Williston Mayor Bonnie Parente, pictured in 2019, post- Mulligan simply leave. Neither poned Tuesday’s meeting. of these ideas was accepted by the mayor, who said Mulligan meeting. plaints at the board. had a right to be heard, as did Mulligan said for a meet- the rest of the public. First, he asserted that there were far too many people in ing of this importance, a letter The debate among the the room to safely hold a meet- of notice should be mailed to crowd, Mulligan and Parente ing, and the older occupants every resident. He also said he went on for about 20 minutes in the room were being put at was there on behalf of several and resulted in the board aprisk. Second, that there had not other people who could not at- proving a motion to postpone been adequate notice of the tend due to health concerns. the discussion.

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Murder trial for Great Neck woman Faye Doomchin charged in fatal stabbing of English tourist in 2018 BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Faye Doomchin, the Great Neck woman who was charged with second-degree murder in a fatal 2018 stabbing, is in the midst of a historic trial for New York’s court system. On Tuesday, according to multiple reports, Doomchin listened via Skype to a psychologist testify about how she told him “the devil” was “jumping around from person to person” before she allegedly stabbed Denise Webster, a 61-yearold tourist from England, in her Great Neck home almost two years ago. The murder case is Long Island’s first criminal trial since the coronavirus pandemic forced court closures in March, according to officials. Oﬃcials said the use of virtual technology could also break further ground in the legal world. Acting State Supreme Court Justice Robert Bogle said on Monday that he believed the case was the first time a “hybrid criminal trial” that combined virtual and in-person testimonies took place in

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Faye Doomchin’s trial over a stabbing two years ago is Long Island’s first criminal trial since the coronavirus pandemic hit in March. New York, Newsday reported. The prosecution has said that Doomchin intentionally stabbed Webster in the abdomen with a kitchen knife on Aug. 13, 2018, after the two women, who met for the first time that day, had lunch out.

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Monday, according to Newsday, Doomchin was present in court wearing a mask and face shield while sitting next to her attorney. The 68-year-old Doomchin wore a jail uniform on Tuesday while she listened via Skype to testimony from forensic psychologist Chuck Denison and prosecution witness Mitchell Kessler, Newsday reported. According to Denison, Doomchin told him during a psychological exam, “I remember just attacking,” Newsday reported. Efforts to reach Doomchin’s attorney Robert Gottlieb and court officials for comment were unavailing. In an August 2018 arraignment, Assistant District Attorney Jared Rosenblatt said that Doomchin, who was brought out in handcuffs, had said she’d made a “terrible mistake,” she “meant to do a good thing,” and that “God should strike me dead.” But, Rosenblatt said, the stabbing was likely motivated by “some sort of jealousy” because a male friend – not identified in court – was paying too much

attention to someone “evil” in Doomchin’s eyes. Rosenblatt also referred to a 1999 case in which Doomchin stabbed a woman twice in the back with a 10-inch kitchen knife in a “place of business” and recommended that, given the seriousness of the current case, Doomchin remain in custody. Gottlieb said in that prior case his client, a recently retired legal secretary who has lived in Great Neck for 20 years, had always returned for court dates. That case ultimately showed Doomchin had schizoaﬀective disorder and that she was not responsible for the stabbing, Gottlieb said. In addition to her regular treatment with a Great Neckbased psychiatrist, Gottlieb said Doomchin received outpatient psychiatric treatment for 10 years. That treatment was discontinued in 2011 after a finding from doctors, Gottlieb said, but Doomchin made sure to continue seeing her psychiatrist and take a number of medications for it in recognition of her illness.

Wheatley holds drive-in graduation BY E LL I OT W E L D Although it was not what they expected, members of the class of 2020 at the Wheatley School echoed a tone of hope and gratitude at a drive-in graduation ceremony on Sunday morning. Ashley Vincenzo, one of the gradu-

ates, said when the lockdown was first announced, she did not think it would last long enough to aﬀect events such as prom and graduation. As time went on and the end of the school year got closer, it became clear that a traditional graduation would not be possible. Continued on Page 35

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Long Island could lose 375K jobs Less educated, lower earning jobs suffered most losses; island could lose $21B in earnings: counties BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

Long Island is facing a net loss of up to 375,000 jobs by the end of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a bicounty report released last Thursday. The job losses, according to the report, will result in $21 billion in earnings losses for Long Island workers and $40 billion more in reduced economic activity. According to the report, Long Island businesses shed 270,000 jobs in the first two months of the pandemic. The report also projects upwards of 175,000 additional job losses owing to the eﬀects of the economic slowdown from May onwards. The report shows that individuals with less education and lower earnings than others were impacted the most. Long Island’s lowest-paying sector, hospitality, experienced the greatest decline during the initial months of the crisis, with employment decreasing by two-thirds, or 82,000, according to the report. The report also shows that 27 percent of the hospitality workers on Long Island are Hispanic or La-

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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and Suffolk counterpart Steve Bellone revealed the results for the bi-county economic impact report on Thursday. tino, compared with 17 percent of all workers, which indicated disparate impacts for the minority population. Households with lower incomes and communities of color, the report said, may suﬀer from slower recovery rates due to preexisting financial inequities such as limited credit access, lack of aﬀordable housing and a lack of access to

other job opportunities. “With the fastest rise of unemployment on record, leading to a complete fall oﬀ of economic activity, this report outlines the economic shock to our local economy and the continued pain among our businesses and minority communities – hit hardest by the pandemic in more ways than one,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran

said. Other industries that were most heavily affected in terms of lost jobs were health care/social assistance with 59,000 lost jobs, retail with 52,000, construction with 37,000, administrative and waste services with 27,000, personal services with 26,000, and real estate with 24,000. A total of 73 percent of job losses were people with a high school diploma but projected job losses were heavily concentrated with workers who did not obtain a post-secondary education, the report shows. The report, conducted by HR&A Advisors, aimed to develop a dynamic approach in measuring the real-time economic impact of the pandemic throughout Long Island. County officials for both Nassau and Suffolk will use the data to make requests for resources and short- and long-term resilience planning, according to the report. “As local governments and business leaders shift their focus from emergency response to recovery, we believe that this work will inform the pursuit of a just and resilient recovery for the region, one

that grapples with the underlying economic and social challenges that have made COVID-19 so devastating for marginalized and vulnerable populations on Long Island,” HR&A Partner Shuprotim Bhaumik said. Curran and Nassau County’s Industrial Development Agency Chairman Richard Kessel emphasized the need for federal aid to combat these losses. “This report clearly shows the need for significant federal assistance to help both counties and especially our small businesses and downtowns reopen, survive and thrive,” Kessel said. “This report underscores that we cannot recover from this devastating crisis alone – Washington needs to step in now with support for local governments so we can continue to provide vital services for our residents,” Curran said. A potential source for financial relief from the federal government is the HEROES Act, which included $275 billion in budgetary relief for local governments to prevent cuts in public services, layoﬀs and tax increases. The measure has passed the Democratic-controlled House but not the Republican-led Senate.

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Nassau County malls reopen for retail

Air filtration, masks, physical distancing measures in place in all indoor facilities BY E LL I OT W E L D Shopping malls in Nassau County have been given the allclear to open. For the time being, though, shopping will be slightly diﬀerent than in pre-COVID days. A spokesperson for Nassau County said all malls in the county will be reopened within the week. All indoor facilities have installed air filtration systems that were required by state rules before reopening, County Executive Laura Curran said. On the North Shore, the Americana Manhasset and Wheatley Plaza malls are open, with each store deciding whether to allow in-store shopping, according to the owner, Castagna Realty. Curran held a news conference at Roosevelt Field mall in Garden City Friday morning to commemorate the reopening of New York state’s malls as part of phase four of the reopening process following the coronavirus pandemic. The scene at Roosevelt Field, however, was diﬀerent from what it had been before the mall was

the mall’s edge will be able to continue outdoor seating, and the food court was available for takeout. A spokesperson for the two Castagna malls said that “just about all” stores in the malls were open as of Tuesday. The open stores are following occupancy requirements for their spaces. Castagna’s properties are outdoor malls where customers are only indoors when they’re inside the retail stores. A Castagna spokesperson said there are signs around the areas asking patrons to wear masks and maintain six feet of distance. The spokesperson did not elaborate on how that PHOTO COURTESY OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE’S OFFICE will be enforced or what the penalty for violating regulations is. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced that “I think in Nassau County we are proving that we can reopen malls will be reopening. while decreasing the infection The malls will be limited to rate and decreasing the hospitalforced to shut down in March. Hand sanitizer dispensers 50% capacity for the time being. ization rate,” Curran said Friday. are set up along with signs re- At Roosevelt Field, security guards “I expect that we could be a naminding patrons to stay six feet will enforce physical distancing tional model because we are usapart. Much like the process that and make sure all employees and ing common sense.” Curran said that malls genhas been undertaken by grocery patrons wear a mask when inside. stores, there are arrows on the The reopening will only apply to erate a significant amount of sales tax revenue for the county. floor directing customers to re- retail stores for now. Curran said restaurants on Roosevelt Field alone generates main on a one-way path.

around $88 million of such revenue per year. In Nassau County, 40% of all county revenue comes from sales taxes. Curran said the economic toll that the pandemic has brought on the county is “devastating.” She said in the last four months, sales tax in the county has dropped by 30%, and job losses were being felt as well. Roosevelt Field employs around 4,000 people. She said that business owners she has heard from have safety as a top priority so as to restore consumer confidence in coming out to spend. Curran said while there will be enforcement of the restrictions within the newly reopened businesses and the county will monitor enforcement, she is also relying on residents to “continue to use common sense.” “A combination of vigilance and common sense will allow us to reopen safely,” Curran said. Curran said that as of Friday the county had 45 COVID-19 hospitalizations, six patients in the intensive care unit and one on a ventilator, less than in previous weeks.

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North Shore Hospital Suozzi, Schumer hires new chief nurse push SALT reform BY R O S E W E L D ON Nurse and educator Irene Macyk has been named chief nursing officer for North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, Northwell Health announced. Macyk, who most recently served as associate executive director and chief nursing officer at Northwell Health’s Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, and the system’s eye, ear and throat satellite in Greenwich Village, had been hired in February, but the COVID-19 pandemic put the announcement and move on hold until July. The appointment will mark a return of sorts for Macyk, who previously served as senior administrative director of patient care services at North Shore University Hospital. Responsibilities included oversight for over 500 beds and a $50 million budget encompassing medicine, surgery and maternal child services. “We’re excited to have Irene back at North Shore University Hospital, where she previously did such amazing work and forged strong relationships with the staff,” said Jon Sendach, executive di-

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Nurse and educator Irene Macyk has been named the new chief nursing officer for North Shore University Hospital, an announcement that had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. rector at the hospital. “Irene has provided senior-level strategic oversight of the nursing care at several Northwell Health hospitals and we’re looking forward to her bringing that expertise here.” Macyk earned her bachelor’s

degree, master’s degree and a Ph.D. in nursing from Adelphi University, and began her nursing career at Nassau County Medical Center, then worked at Huntington Hospital and Stony Brook University Hospital. She joined Northwell in 2006, overseeing nursing education at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park. In her time at Stony Brook University Hospital, Macyk worked as the school’s magnet program coordinator and assistant professor and adjunct clinical faculty member. Additionally, she has presented her work across the country and holds numerous professional affiliations, such as Sigma Theta Tau, the Association of Nurse Leaders and the American Nurses Association. She has received the New York Organization of Nurse Executives and Leaders’ (NYONE) Innovation Award, the New York State Nurses Association’s Excellence in Nursing Education Award and several awards from the Northwell system. Macyk succeeds Kerri Scanlon, a nurse who left to assume the role of executive director at Glen Cove Hospital.

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York) and U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) joined local families in Lake Success on Tuesday and continued their push for repealing the cap on the state and local tax deduction. Repealing the tax cap, Suozzi said, will provide local governments and residents in states such as New York, which have been aﬀected the most by the coronavirus, necessary resources in the ongoing battle against the virus. “The full SALT deduction must be restored,” Suozzi said. “Without the full SALT deduction families will leave New York and the last thing we need in the midst of the health and economic devastation of coronavirus is to lose our residents and taxpayers.” “When it comes to SALT, if you think Long Islanders needed and deserved this money before the coronavirus took hold,

the stakes are even higher now because the cap is costing this community tens of thousands of dollars they could be using amid the crisis,” Schumer said. “We need to bring our federal dollars back home and cushion the blow this virus – and this harmful SALT cap – has dealt so many homeowners and families locally.” Schumer said he and Suozzi will push to insert language to restore the full deduction in the upcoming COVID relief package, which could include extended unemployment insurance, health insurance for laidoﬀ workers, and hazard pay for frontline health care workers. A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) said in a statement that eliminating the cap on the state and local tax deductions “would change tax law to provide massively expensive gifts to wealthy people in hightax blue states.” The cap, signed into law by President Donald Trump, limits Continued on Page 43

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State tops 400K cases of COVID-19 North Shore has averaged six new cases per day in the last 40 days BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z As Nassau County and its residents completed one week of the fourth and final reopening phase on Wednesday, coronavirus trends remained in decline throughout the North Shore. Since June 3, the confirmed number of coronavirus cases in North Shore communities has increased from 4,208 to 4,461, according to figures from the Nassau County Department of Health. The figures, broken down by community on the county’s interactive map, were the most up-to-date figures available as of Wednesday morning. During the peak of the pandemic in mid-April, hundreds of confirmed cases throughout the North Shore were reported each week and thousands of new ones in Nassau County. Now, a few more than 250 tested positive on the North Shore over the past 40 days, according to county figures. The Village of Roslyn still had the most cases per 1,000 residents in Nassau County, according to figures provided by the county Department of Health, with 151 cases. According to Roslyn Mayor John Durkin, the rate of infection reported by Newsday and the population provided by the census is inaccurate. In a June phone call to Blank Slate Media, Durkin said the village’s population of roughly 4,000 residents does not coincide with Newsday’s report of 52.95 cases per 1,000 residents, which was reported in previous articles in Blank Slate Media papers. Durkin attributed some of the cases to people with underlying health conditions at the village’s two senior homes, the Atria and Assisted Living Roslyn. “If you take out those cases [from the assisted living homes], then I would say we are pretty on par with everyone else,” Durkin said.

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A total of 42,423 people had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to county figures. Municipalities that stretch into more than one North Shore area such as Flower Hill, Herricks, Albertson, Garden City Park and North Hills were counted separately and accounted for 673 cases, an increase of 44 since June 3, or just over one new case each day. According to the map, the New Hyde Park area had a total of 1,112

confirmed cases of the virus, an increase of 42 since June 3. North New Hyde Park, just south of Manhasset Hills and Lake Success, is the area with the most confirmed cases at 436, showing an increase of 12 cases over the past 40 days. Mineola, Garden City, Williston and East Williston combined for a total of

796 cases, an increase of 51 since June 3. That area has been one of the most aﬀected throughout all of Nassau County with close proximity to villages with high infection rates such as Uniondale and Hempstead, with more than 2,600 combined cases. Port Washington accounts for 403 of the North Shore’s cases, an increase of 24 since June 3. Of that total, 229 are from town-governed areas and 101 in Manorhaven. A total of 839 residents throughout the Great Neck peninsula had tested positive for the virus, an increase of 56 over the past 40 days. The Great Neck peninsula saw the highest number of new cases on the North Shore in that period, according to the figures. The centralized villages, such as the Village of Great Neck and Great Neck Plaza, account for 415 of the area’s confirmed cases, an increase of 26 over the past 40 days. Kings Point still ranks third in the area’s confirmed cases with 117, the only other village of the peninsula’s nine to have more than 100 confirmed cases. Manhasset, with 257 confirmed cases, has closer proximity to areas with more positive cases but had the lowest increase of cases since June 3 with just 20. The town-governed parts of Manhasset, with 129 confirmed cases, along with North Hills, Flower Hill and Herricks, made up a majority of the area’s cases. The villages of Manhasset Hills, Munsey Park, Plandome, Plandome Manor and Plandome Heights accounted for 128 cases. As of Wednesday, there were a total of 42,423 cases, and 2,190 coronavirus-related deaths, throughout Nassau County, according to statistics provided by the Department of Health. Continued on Page 34

Mineola will restart parking enforcement BY E LL I OT W E L D

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Mayor Scott Strauss announced parking regulations will go into effect again.

The Village of Mineola has begun enforcing some parking regulations again. Mayor Scott Strauss said last Wednesday at the village Board of Trustees meeting that the village was enforcing metered spaces again. But the restrictions on alternate side parking in residential areas will remain suspended until further notice. The village board suspended parking regulations in both residential and commercial areas at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. This included alternate side parking and time limits on certain parking

spaces in the village. The decision was made to help alleviate some of the stress that was induced by the pandemic. “We relaxed everything because everyone was home, it just helped everybody out,” Strauss said at the board meeting, the first to be held at Village Hall since the start of the pandemic. The village did not cease enforcing parking rules in areas that could cause safety problems such as cars parked in front of fire hydrants or in handicap spaces. The village also created 50 spaces in front of restaurants where patrons can park for up to 15 minutes to pick up food.

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Private schools awarded PPP loans Buckley Country Day School, Chaminade High School among institutions given money BY R O S E W E L D ON Numerous private schools across the North Shore were granted loans via the Payroll Protection Program (PPP), according to data from the Small Business Administration. The SBA’s information, released last week, did not specify the exact amounts of the loans, but did place them in a series of ranges, with loans between $150,000 and $5 million available for businesses struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic who seek to pay their employees. The loans are mostly refundable, according to the SBA. The information includes every business in the country that was approved for a loan over $150,000 by June 30. Buckley Country Day School, which lists itself as being in Roslyn but is located in the Village of North Hills, was listed as receiving a PPP loan between $1 million and $2 million, which Headmaster Jean-Marc Juhel confirmed in an email without further comment. According to a letter written by Juhel in the school’s annual report for 2019, Buckley at the time possessed a $7,190,000 endowment and was carrying out a $5 million capital campaign to expand campus buildings, add classrooms and add parking spots. “The purpose of the endowment is to serve as a rainy-day fund,” Juhel wrote. “We

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Chaminade High School in Mineola is one of several private schools on the North Shore to have received a Payroll Protection Program loan from the Small Business Administration. do not use income from our endowment in our operating budget because our goal is to grow it to at least the size of our annual operating budget of $10 million.” Mineola’s all-boys Catholic institution Chaminade High School is listed as having received a loan between $2 million and $5 million. Chaminade’s 2019 annual report states that a little over $3 million was contrib-

uted to the school’s Torch Fund, which reduces the cost of tuition for each student. The school does not state the amount in its endowment on its website or in literature, but a 2018 tax form sent to the Internal Revenue Service states that the Chaminade Development Fund, a 501(c) connected to the school which said its mission is to “provide Catholic education through financial support for Chaminade High School,” had

$54,937,255 in net assets at the end of the 2018 tax year. Efforts to reach Chaminade for comment were unavailing. The Viscardi Center in Albertson said in a statement that its loan, which fell in a bracket between $350,000 and $1 million, did not go to the Henry Viscardi School, which serves students with disabilities, but for programming provided by the center and another of its business units, Abilities Inc. Tiegerman Middle School in Glen Cove, which the SBA states received a loan between $2 million and $5 million, said in an email to Blank Slate Media that it would not comment. The school enrolls students with language and autism spectrum disorders. The SBA said these organizations each received loans between $1 million and $2 million: North Shore Hebrew Academy and its high school, both in Great Neck; Vincent Smith School Lutheran High School Association of Nassau County, which runs the Glen Cove-based Lutheran High School and Lutheran Middle School; and Solomon Schecter Day School of Nassau County in Williston Park. Efforts to reach them for comment were unavailing. Efforts to reach the Long Island Hebrew Academy in Great Neck, which the SBA says received a loan between $150,000 and $350,000, were also unavailing.

Cohen submits bid for Mets majority stake BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Great Neck native and hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen was one of several interested parties who submitted bids to purchase a majority stake in the New York Mets last Thursday, according to multiple reports. 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. According to Charles Gasparino of Fox Business Network, Cohen told the team’s current majority owners, Fred and Jeﬀ Wilpon, he would pay $2 billion for the team, and an additional $2 billion for SportsNet New York, which has broadcast the team’s games since 2006. Huﬃngton Post contributor Laura Goldman reported the bid for the broadcasting network was around $1.5 billion. An informal survey of Major League Baseball owners Goldman reported on showed that none would accept a bid for the Mets below $2 billion. Gasparino tweeted on Thursday night that other bids for the team were lower. Joining Cohen in bidding was a group of investors spearheaded by former New York Yankee and multiple-time All-Star Alex Rodriguez and his spouse, performer

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Great Neck native and hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen has reportedly submitted a $2 billion bid for a majority stake in the New York Mets. Jennifer Lopez, along with the private equity team of David Blitzer and Josh Harris, according to multiple reports. The amount of other investors’ bids remains unclear. Eﬀorts to reach Cohen, financial advisers for the team or other investors for comment were unavailing. Cohen’s initial proposal of $2.6 billion in December was rejected by team owner-

ship in February. 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 Mets and longtime associate Wilpon. Both he and Katz founded their realestate development company, Sterling Equities in 1972. Thirteen years later, a year

before splitting ownership in the Mets, Wilpon invested $3 million with Madoﬀ. According to The Times, more than 500 accounts that Madoﬀ possessed could be tied to Wilpon and Katz. While a majority of the fan base has rejoiced in talk of the Wilpons’ days being numbered with the organization, Cohen’s track record is less than pristine. In 2013, Cohen’s hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors pleaded guilty to insider 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. The case was abandoned in 2015 after U.S. prosecutors said it was no longer consistent with the law. He and Cohen are both alumni of Great Neck North High School.

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Reopen schools but safely

resident Donald Trump has consistently been wrong on the coronavirus. He has repeatedly downplayed the threat it posed, said the virus would disappear like a miracle and likened it to the flu. He first said there would be no deaths. Then he said there would be 40,000 to 50,000 deaths. Then he said there would be 70,000 deaths. And then 100,000 deaths. Each time he has said he and his administration were doing a great job. Trump even suggested you could cure the coronavirus by ingesting or injecting disinfectants and shining a light into your body. During this time more than 3.3 million Americans have been infected and 135,000 have died – far more than any other country in both categories. And this week the United States set a record for new cases in a single day with more than 60,000. Florida alone, under the leadership of Trump acolyte Ron DeSantis, the state’s governor, had more than 15,000 in a 24-hour period. So please excuse us for not taking too seriously the president’s recent tweeted instruction that “SCHOOLS MUST OPEN IN THE FALL!!!” By which Trump said he meant with students in school five days a week in every district across the country. Fortunately, the president has no actual power to decide when and how schools operate. That remains in the hands of governors and local school districts. Gov. Andrew Cuomo provided local school districts with sensible guidelines Monday on when schools in New York could open in September – if the coronavirus in-

fection level is 5 percent or lower in their region by the first week in August. The region where a school is located must be in Phase 4, the last phase, of reopening. The 5 percent level must be a 14-day average. The guidelines go on to say that schools will remain closed if the level rises to a seven-day average of 9 percent or greater before the day school opens. If the levels hit 9 percent, “that means the virus is moving rapidly and it is not intelligent to reopen,” Cuomo said. “We hit an emergency stop button It’s very simple, it’s clear.” As of Sunday, the statewide infection level was 1.08 percent statewide and 1.5 percent on Long Island. Cuomo also provided school districts with a stringent set of regulations calling for face masks when social distancing is not possible, regular disinfection of schools, screening of students and contact tracing for anyone who gets infected with COVID-19. The regulations require six feet of separation between students and instruct schools to use gyms and other community spaces to expand available classroom space for inperson instruction. “Every person entering a school will be “screened,” Cuomo said, though he did not specify if that meant temperature checks or asking people if they have symptoms associated with COVID-19. This is known as following the science. Some doctors have said schools should randomly test students and teachers, but that may be impossible because of the lack of funding and limited testing even in hospitals. Others have said schools

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will need to ensure that they can circulate fresh air, whether by filtering the air, pumping it in from the outside or simply opening windows. Local school districts are required to use these guidelines to submit their own plans for reopening by July 31. This will not be cheap and they need help. An average-size district of 3,700 students can expect $1.8 million in pandemic-related costs for 2020-21, according to an estimate from the School Superintendents Association. But it is unclear where that money will come from. Cuomo has said New York will need to cut state aid 20 percent to school districts and municipalities unless Congress approves a financial relief package for states reeling from the impact of the coronavirus – legislation currently blocked by Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. When the virus first struck in the Northeast, McConnell called the plan a blue-state bailout. Perhaps that will change now that the virus has spread across so-called red states in the South and Southwest. Regardless, McConnell should be voted out of oﬃce in the fall. Mayor Bill de Blasio recently said most of New York City’s 1.1 REPORTERS Rose Weldon, Robert Pelaez, Elliot Weld

million students would attend classes in person, two or three days a week, to limit the spread of the coronavirus and do remote learning the other days. Under the mayor’s plan, there will probably be no more than a dozen people in a classroom at a time, including teachers and aides. This hybrid plan is one that has been used in Europe and appears to be gaining support. That is for school districts that are planning to reopen. California’s two largest public school districts announced Monday that instruction would be onlineonly in the fall. The decision came as Gov. Gavin Newsom announced sweeping rollbacks to California’s opening. The reason: a spike in the infection rate that is mirrored across the South and West. Trump tweeted on July 7 that in “Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries “SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS.” What he failed to note was that the United States reported 54,000 new cases that day compared to Sweden with 283 cases, Germany with 279, Norway with 11 and Denmark with just 10 – a total of 583. Fifty-four thousand vs. 583. A little bit of a diﬀerence, no?

The reality is that to open schools you have to control the community spread and then open schools carefully. That was accomplished in New York with an early lockdown followed by a gradual reopening. Cuomo said the schools’ reopening will be conducted the same way. “It’s purely on the numbers,” he said. There is a real cost to schools being closed part or all of the time. Child development experts say keeping children, especially young ones, out of schools has worrisome implications for social and academic development. And that denying children a real school day deepened racial and economic inequalities. Not opening schools five days a week also exacts a heavy economic toll on parents unable to work a normal schedule and has a ripple eﬀect across the economy. But consider the alternative. Trump apparently thinks the enormous health risks associated with opening schools too soon are acceptable as he looks at the economic landscape during an election. As New Yorkers who have seen the worst, we should know better. Yes, schools should reopen. But only the right way. By the numbers.

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L.I.ers must pay $2.1B in gov’t severance

t is my hope that readers were appalled to learn that Long Island taxpayers will have to shell out at least $2.1 billion in severance pay to government employees when they retire. Newsday’s exposé, “Island’s Enormous Severance Pay Burden,” revealed that Nassau and Suﬀolk counties, its towns, villages and cities, are collectively on the hook for $1.4 billion. Sadly, that number “is nearly 12 times the statewide average for governments outside Long Island.” Nassau County is liable for $501 million. The townships: North Hempstead will have to lay out $48.4 million; Oyster Bay, $26.5 million; and Long Beach, $31.1 million. As for Long Island school districts, taxpayers are on the hook for $747 million. Individual severance payouts at retirement, which include accumulated unused vacation time, sick days and holidays, often top $200,000. While I was horrified by Newsday’s findings, I was not surprised. Why? When serving on the NIFA board of directors, I learned that

Nassau and its local governments and school districts were giving away the store because they feared municipal unions. Vying for union leadership endorsements and the votes of their members and their families, elected oﬃcials would bury various payout perks in labor contracts. They did not care that they were sticking future generations of taxpayers with the cost of the political swag they doled out. And let me remind you that these outrageous severance payments do not include the evergrowing costs of retired employee pensions and health care benefits. Since it is getting very diﬃcult to earn the investment returns necessary to meet the unfunded liability of the public employee and teacher pensions, local municipalities and school districts are often required to ante up more dollars. These contributions are necessary to help fund the Constitutionally guaranteed-for-life huge pensions—that often top $100,000 annually—to police, schoolteachers and other municipal employees. The paid “Cadillac” healthcare coverage retirees enjoy for life

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right are on a pay-as-you-go basis, which means costs must be included in the yearly operating budgets of a given public entity. Another reason I was not surprised by the findings: The Empire Center for New York State Policy has been blowing the whistle on these hidden costs for years. Ten years ago, E.J. McMahon of the Empire Center authored a revealing report called “Iceberg Ahead,” in which he described the “Other Post-Employment Benefits.” In September 2010, McMahon estimated that the total unfunded liabilities Nassau had built up were approximately $3.5 billion while

Suﬀolk’s totaled $4.2 billion. These OPEB burdens, he concluded, were the largest “amongst counties in both absolute and percapita terms.” The severance, pension, and health care payouts help explain why taxes and fees have been going up—particularly in school districts—and why services are being reduced. To get a handle on the school tax burden, I went back and analyzed 15 years of my tax bills. My average tax increase between 2005 and 2016 was 5.3 percent annually while the average rate of inflation during that same period was 1.8 percent. In other words, my taxes increased almost three times the inflation rate. In 2017, I wised up and challenged my property assessment and my annual school taxes did go down 10 percent. But since then they have gone up 7.4 percent while inflation was up about 4 percent. The moral of the story: My school taxes, like yours, have grown by leaps and bounds thanks to all the union perks, and I suspect it is only going to get worse. Recently, Assemblyman Mi-

chael Fitzpatrick, a RepublicanConservative from St. James, had the guts to introduce various bills in Albany “aiming at the costs of state pensions, arbitration and step raises that he thinks works in tandem with limiting severance payments.” But Fitzpatrick is not optimistic about passage. “The reason we don’t deal with it,” he said, “is no one wants to have the fight with unions .” The only way the marriage of convenience between elected oﬃcials and politicians and unions will be dissolved is if there is a genuine tax revolt. And in the post-coronavirusera, when county, municipal and school taxes are expected to be pushed even higher due to the state government-induced economic shutdown that is destroying small businesses and commercial real estate values, the time may be ripe for Nassau citizens to stand up and shout they have had enough and are not going to take it anymore! The outrageous perks will be tackled only when the politicians fear the electorate more than the unions. Tax revolution anyone?

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Let Zoom fly you back in history

t happened in a Zoom meeting of my Moms’ Coﬀee group. We were watching the new Disney+ release of “Hamilton,” and chatting about it over Zoom, when the very catchy song about “The Room Where it Happens” came on. “I want to be in the room where it happens,” crooned Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr. Suddenly, one of my friends posed a question to all of us: “Suppose you could time-travel to anywhere— be it a room or anywhere else. Where and when would you go?” “One condition,” she added. “You can’t change anything. You can only be a fly on the wall.” Personally, I think this is an insult to flies, who surely manage to spoil food, sicken people and change history everywhere they and their filthy little feet go… but OK. One woman said she’d like to watch the parting of the Red Sea. Another chose to watch the Berlin Wall coming down. I couldn’t decide. It might be

fun to see if Benjamin Franklin really flew that kite and key in a lightning storm, but it would be hard for me not to yell at him, “Go back inside, you fool! Do you want to get yourself killed?” Even though, as a fly on the wall who’s read history, I know he didn’t! I might enjoy seeing Archimedes shout “Eureka!” when he discovered the Principle of Buoyancy, upon stepping into a brimfull bathtub. But I would have to avert my 3,000 compound eyes if he then jumped out of the tub and ran stark naked down the streets of ancient Greece. Or I could be at Kitty Hawk on Dec. 17, 1903, to watch Orville and Wilbur Wright launch the world’s first powered, heavier-than-air machine into controlled flight. Maybe I could hitch a ride. Maybe I could drop in on Leonardo Da Vinci. If I timed it just right, I could see with my own eyes whoever was the model for his Mona Lisa — and judge for myself whether or not he did justice to her smile.

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A Look on the Lighter Side Better yet, I could travel to Florence, Italy, in 1419 and watch one of the great presentations of all time: young architect Filippo Brunelleschi proving, to skeptical elders, that he should design and build the dome to complete their huge but unfinished cathedral. He told them he would build a dome within a dome, octagonal in shape, supporting itself and letting in light at the top — all without ugly scaﬀolding.

“Show us your plans!” the elders demanded. But he refused, for fear that someone else might steal his ideas. “I have a counter proposal,” he told them. “Give the job to anyone who can make an egg stand up on end.” Of course, no one could. After all his competitors tried and failed, Brunelleschi supposedly took the egg and whacked it on one end. He then turned it over and stood it, unbroken-end-up, on the table. “Why, any one of us could do that!” someone exclaimed. “Of course you could — now that I’ve shown you. As you might have done with my plans, if I had shown you those.” Brunelleschi got the job, and Florence’s Santa Maria del Fiori got its dome — still the largest unsupported dome in the world that’s constructed of bricks and masonry. It may have inspired St. Peter’s at the Vatican, and even our own Capitol dome. I would love to see that moment.

But suddenly I realized that there’s something I want to see even more. I heartily wish my husband and I could be with our oldest boy this week, when he defends his Physics thesis and (fingers crossed) obtains his Ph.D. I’ve never been through this particular milestone with anyone … and I still won’t have been, not really. (I do know that if anyone turns to those of us listening and asks “Any questions?” that I am to keep my mouth firmly shut. Just as if I were a fly on the wall.) There’s nowhere in the world that I want to be more. But we can’t. We can only join a Zoom presentation — God and the electric company willing — thanks to this dreadful pandemic. No gift card. No celebration cake. And God only knows when I’ll be able to put my arms around him and give him a proper hug. Not until we arrive at better days. Until then, I’ll have to make do with “zooming” to the room where it happens. It shouldn’t happen to a fly.

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Microplastics pose serious health threat

arthrise, the 1968 iconic photograph captured in space of our blue planet rising above the moon’s surface, is likely the most influential environmental image to date. Yet it now competes with the more recent images of Earth ridden with plastic pollution on land and sea. These photos highlight that our planet is now home to plastic islands gathering in ocean gyres and tropical island communities used as first world dumping grounds. Just viewing these pictures insists on large-scale behavioral changes. It is estimated that 882 billion pounds of plastic are produced annually, with more than half of it for single use only. A full 80 percent of plastic ends up in landfills and natural settings (ocean, waterways), with less than 10 percent of plastic eﬃciently recycled. The rest is burned up in incinerators while emitting pollutants. In response to this, Break Free From Plastics has launched an annual Choose to Refuse Single Use Plastics Campaign. Its goal is to have a Plastic Free July, see http://www.plasticfreejuly. org.

function. We are far from While visible plastic understanding the health pollution is where the risks and consequences of problem is most obviinternal nanoplastic polous, a much bigger problution. lem is that plastic breaks Considering that down into microscopic we’re eating, drinking and pieces (microplastics, breathing our own trash, nanoplastics) that are init seems reasonable to corporated into animal rethink production, distritissues. Microplastics are bution and use of plastics detected in most human and synthetics. fluids by now and even in What’s worse, it’s not our excrement. In a small HILDUR PALSDOTTIR just the physical pollustudy, researchers from tion that is happening to the Medical University Earth Matters our planet. If the plastic of Vienna and the Enviindustry were a country, ronment Agency Austria found an average of 20 particles of plastic it would be fourth in line as the world’s largest CO2 emitter behind China, the United per 10 grams of stool. Nature Geoscience recently published a States and India. Maybe you’re already aware of how study in which scientists recorded the rate fossil fuels, fracking and cracking connect of 365 microplastic particles per square meter falling from the sky in the remote Pyr- petroleum to plastic. The natural gas indusenees Mountains in southern France. Last try facilitates cheap and easy plastic producyear the Journal Environmental Science tion. In cracking facilities natural gas liquids and Technology documented that humans are converted to ethylene, out of which may be consuming anywhere from 39,000 packaging, bottles and synthetic clothing is to 52,000 microplastic particles a year. This made. Also, be aware that “bioplastics” are does not even take into account the micro- often fossil-fuel based — a term that is misfibers from synthetic textiles (polyester, ny- leading. Finally, polyester is also made from lon, acrylic), which we inhale from house- petroleum. Most of the litter on our Long hold dust. When at nanoscale, plastic pieces Island beaches stems from microfibers shed are small enough to enter our bloodstream, when we wash synthetic clothing (polyester, acrylic, and nylon). cells and tissues. In an eﬀort to identify the companies Dr. Natarajan Chandrasekaran and responsible for pollution, we must docuhis team at Vellore Institute of Technology study how nanoplastic aggregates obstruct ment the brands commonly found as litter. blood flow. It’s well-documented that cer- In beach cleanups the producers most often tain plastic additives are carcinogenic and recognized as responsible for plastic polcan act as endocrine disruptors, negatively lution are Coca-Cola, Nestle, Unilever and aﬀecting the nervous system and immune PepsiCo. We must hold them accountable.

If you’re interested in performing beach cleanup brand audit, here are the instructions: https://www.breakfreefromplastic. org/brandaudittoolkit/ You can be a citizen scientist and document microplastic pollution in your area: https://nurdlepatrol.org/Forms/Home/ and https://microplasticsurvey.org There’s a lot more you can do to be part of the solution: You can refuse to purchase non-essential single use plastics.You can choose natural materials instead of synthetics (cotton, linen, hemp, rayon, silk).You can add Lint LUV-R or Filtrol 160 septic protector lint filter to your front-load washing machine. Wash only full load (cold water) on lowest revolution number. Air dry!You can watch: The Story of Plastic, A Plastic Ocean, Plastic Paradise and Bag It: Is your Life too Plastic?And last, but not least:You can demand corporate responsibility through your elected oﬃcials. Please read here the details on The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act https://beyondplastics.org/article/thebreak-free-from-plastic-pollution-act/ Although special interests remain resistant to change, the plastic lobby better watch out for Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastic and former EPA regional administrator, who confidently testified July 7 before the House Committee On Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee On Environment. The briefing was called “Plastic Production, Pollution and Waste in the Time of Covid-19: The Life-Threatening Impact of Single Use Plastic on Human Health.” Here’s the link to an important recording https://beyondplastics.org/article/judithenck-testifies-before-house-committee-onoversight-reform/

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State knows best how to reopen schools

ith no actual plan or fact-based methodology, Trump thinks he can bully states to fully reopen schools without a care for the health or well-being of students, teachers, staff, their families or communities. He is once again projecting onto others the charge that governors, local officials, educators who refuse are only doing it to make him look bad (along with the 184,000 people who died to hurt his election), when the reality is that the only reason he wants schools reopened is to project the notion that the devastating coronavirus is conquered, the doors to economic growth flung open. “The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election, but it is important for the children & families. May cut off funding if not open!” Trump

tweeted. Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Education Secretary Betsy Devos dismissed the CDC guidelines as too onerous and costly, indicating they are merely “suggestions,” and are pressuring the already politicized center to change the guidelines to accommodate their political objectives. This is despite the fact that onefourth of all teachers are in that vulnerable demographic and it is not yet known to what extent children can be asymptomatic spreaders. “In the end it’s not a matter of if schools will open but how,” Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said. “They must fully open.” Did Trump or his imbecile of an Education Secretary Devos offer any guidelines, best practices, or, gasp, resources (PPE, money for teaching aides or to convert spaces

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into classrooms, make structural improvements to promote safety or even provide thermometers)? Of course not As Lily Garcia, president of the National Education Association, the country’s biggest teachers’ union, said on NPR, “Why was it so easy when it was Shake Shack that needed extra money? And now

it’s a public school at a time when our funding sources, the taxes that fund us, have fallen off a cliff. We are looking at upwards of a million teachers and support staff being laid off. And something that was going to be very difficult to do is now impossible.” Trump needs schools to reopen to serve as child care so parents can go back to work, getting down the unemployment numbers and boosting GDP. But like so much of the specious claims the Trump administration makes, schools can’t reopen in places where coronavirus is rampant because workplaces would also be in some state of lockdown. You can’t get the economy going if you don’t secure public health. But the federal government has no legal authority to withhold funding for schools despite Trump’s threats. “School reopenings are a state

decision, period. That is the law, and that is the way we’re going to proceed,” asserted Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “And this is a redux because he poses a false choice, and that he’s posed the false choice that is one of the reasons this nation is now in the situation that it’s in.” He continued, “Everybody wants the schools open. School reopening also ties to the economic reopening because you can’t really reopen the economy fully if you have the schools closed. Schools are important, not just for education, socialization of young people, we don’t even know what this means to have kids who are out of school for this period of time. So, yes, we all want to open schools. But we want it to be safe.” Cuomo, whose science-based approach to controlling COVID Continued on Page 46

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Masks could unify people in sense of protection

OVID has brought a world of panic, paranoia, hysteria, divisiveness and a shutdown of the global economy. We have lost our way and look for signs out of the forest. Hansel and Gretel had crumbs to lead them out of the forest. Dante had the poet Virgil to help him. Who will lead us out of this forest of woe? All I see are blue masks and the hope of a magic vaccine. If masks and medicine are the bread crumbs leading us out of the woods, then we must deconstruct their meaning. Masks are a fashion change and like all new looks they are a reaction to the zeitgeist of the time. Men started wearing long hair in the 1960s and my uncle blamed The Beatles and communism for that trend. In the ’70s men started to wear baseball hats backwards for reasons I could not fathom. Probably something about generational tension or maybe a need to look to the past. Tattoos became popular in the ’80s and this, too, seemed to be related to youth culture. The blue mask look does provide a measure of comfort. And at the same time crosses generational lines and insinuates “I’m over 70 and you’re under 20, but we have lots in common anyway. See we

wear the same kind of mask.” Masks have been worn for years by super heroes. Comic books, TV and movies have oﬀered up many examples of mysterious men wearing masks. You may recall The Lone Ranger with his sidekick Tonto. He wore a stylish black mask that was thin and probably easy to breathe in. But he was not alone in his desire to remain anonymous. Zorro liked to wear a mask as did Batman and Spiderman. More recently we have masked heroes like Ironman, The Green Lantern and Deadpool. Although Superman never wore a mask, his blue, red and yellow uniform with that signature “S” logo on the chest served him just as well. With the help of his suit he was able to run faster than a speeding bullet and leap buildings at a single bound. All very impressive. Indeed superheroes like to wear masks. OK, but why? My guess is that comics, TV and filmmakers all know that it’s good to present superheroes with masks because it allows people to identify with them. And if you identify with a superhero, chances are you will adopt some of their powers, courage and strength. If you read enough comic books, you will get some courage just like Super-

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man or Batman.The truth is that courage, power and strength must be developed from within and not from TV watching or reading a comic book. Which takes us back to our original question of why the masks. Yes it helps to keep germs away and prevent disease from spreading, but I think it goes deeper than that. The mask will become a new age talisman provided to magically give you a feeling of invulnerability and power, just like Superman. Our culture is anxiously embracing masks to keep us safe, but they also reflect a sense of fear and vulnerability. It is as if we have no strength on our own and that our immune systems don’t exist. The other trend we see is the magic of medicine. Turn on any

TV and you will see a number of miracle medicines designed to help your mood, your immune system, your sex life, your skin, your energy level. And the next big push will be the arrival of a vaccine for COVID. Mankind has always wished that chemistry will find a way. Von Goethe described Faust’s attempt to create a chemical homunculus, which would give him power, but that didn’t work out too well. It led him into the arms of Mephistopheles and the sale of his soul. In more recent times Popeye was the first guy to really get into medicinal cures with his use of spinach. Popeye would gobble down spinach by the can in order to fight Bluto. The Popeye character was created in the 1930s during the Great Depression when our nation needed a strong role model of intrepid perseverance. Add it all up and what you have is culture anxiously embracing masks and medicine in an effort to stave oﬀ disease and death. What seems missing in all this turmoil is the common-sense guidance, which suggests that immunity and strong health come from a lifestyle that includes sleeping eight to nine hours per night, good diet, regular exercise, outdoor activity, a life where one is not constantly

overworking and having someone to talk to about your fears and hopes. Health and immunity cannot be purchased at a CVS or by wearing a HAZMAT suit every day. Most illnesses are produced by faulty life styles and too much isolation. You do not need to be a superhero in a suit of metal nor the Lone Ranger to survive these COVID times. We had better start using common sense because we sure can’t use superheroes with masks to guide us. The film industry’s newest masked hero is Deadpool, a dishonorably discharged member of the special forces turned mercenary who is married to a prostitute. Heroes are hard to locate these days. Politicians and priests are out of favor, the police are defunded and teachers never recovered from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Oﬀ.” Sure, we can say that health providers are the new heroes, but for my money I would say that the true heroes are all the parents out there who are holding down jobs, paying the mortgage, raising kids and homeschooling them as well. With or without masks I think the parents are the ones who will lead this frightened world out of the COVID forest. So how about creating some statues for them?

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Words do matter in discussing issues of race

ver since Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin strangled George Floyd to death on May 25, there have been sustained protests for racial justice and equity. “Black Lives Matter” has become the rallying cry. Language — how it is expressed and received, is a funny thing. Between home and work and the time I spend on social media I interact regularly with a diverse group of people, who often have different interpretations of the same events. Different words and actions mean different things to different people, depending on their lived experience and implicit bias, which refers to certain attitudes, myths or stereotypes that influence one’s understanding and behavior in ways that escape conscious awareness. For example, in reaction to the phrase “Black Lives Matter,” some are quick to offer the rejoinder “All Lives Matter.” To

understand that the former does not deny the latter and that the latter may not appreciate the intention of the former, is the result of implicit bias. Another example of terms that confuse are individual and structural racism. Because one believes he is not racist, does not mean that the communities and institutions in which he lives, works, plays, learns and accesses healthcare are not. For example, I don’t believe that I am racist. However, where I live – on Long Island, there is a long and unquestionable history of housing discrimination that has not been universally acknowledged. If there was ever any doubt about it, Newsday’s exhaustively researched 2019 exposé on the matter cleared it up. As the detailed investigative report revealed, racial bias in the real estate industry has changed over time from explicit to implicit and hidden.

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Profiling in law enforcement is another example of structural racism that is verifiable but imperceptible to many. For example, some believe that Derek Chauvin is one bad apple that spoils the bunch. While others are certain that the system is rotten from the core and must be deconstructed, reimagined and rebuilt. Structural racism is not about one angry, misguided or

dangerous guy, it’s about that which is deeply entrenched as a normal practice within an organization or community and may be invisible to those who are not directly impacted and require no vigilance to avoid. When disparities in housing, education, employment, healthcare and policing are tolerated and go unchallenged, they affect everyone’s quality of life and reinforce distorted views that diverse groups have about one another. When systemic inequities become “baked in the cake” over time, they are imperceptible to the unaﬀected, yet result in a multi-generational eﬀect that impacts on the human rights and dignity of those who are affected. Structural racism is like a vapor that is more subtle than slavery or Jim Crow and easier to dismiss, but no less pernicious. I understand that it is a tall order to consider after a life-

time that the world you live in may not be totally as you see it. It is a discomforting prospect to wake up one day to the reality of a parallel world in which the disadvantages of some are not simply the consequence of their individual failings, but a stacked deck. To fully apprehend the illusive obvious either means making a conscious decision to remain silent, look the other away and keep moving, or openly validate it and face the scorn of those for whom it remains invisible. Andrew Malekoﬀ is the executive director of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading children’s mental health agency on Long Island. The Guidance Center is seeing new and existing clients via telephone and video during the COVID-19 crisis. To make an appointment, call (516) 626-1971. Visit www.northshorechildguidance. org for more information.

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Racist letters have no place in this paper

ifelong Great Neck resident here, one among many who was disappointed to read yesterday’s editorial essentially defending your publication of the “nonsense” (your words) and salacious (my words) opinion piece by Joan Swirsky. Where does one begin? While I sympathize with your point about not having the resources to properly fact-check— knowing how under-funded and under-staﬀed media, especially local ones, are these days—I simply have to question your editorial judgment. What part of Ms. Swirksy’s piece did you think was fit to print? Was it her disparagement of public education, in the newspaper of a town that prides itself on having one of the top public school systems in the country? Or was it the tantalizing title that drew you in, obvious clickbait that would bring more readers to your site? Anyone in any editorial position would take one look at that title alone and surmise that its only purpose was to stir division. Don’t know what camp you fall into but in my book, racial justice—and quite frankly, all areas of human rights—isnotand should not be a partisan issue. If these last six weeks have revealed anything, it is that everyone, regardless of their background or

political aﬃliation, is responsible for both the longevity and thus the dismantling of the corrosive systems that divide us; anything less, neutral, or to the contrary reinforces those power structures that doomed this nation from the start. Running a well-argued piece about how Republican policies may help Black Americans? I may be intrigued! Running a piece that leans on overt racist stereotypes about Black Americans to further a conservative agenda? Part of the problem. To that point, I’d also like to call your attention to the piece of this editorial that identified Ms. Swirsky’s piece as “at least not explicitly racist.” This is, first, categorically untrue, apropos the aforementioned reliance on racial stereotypes (e.g., the welfare queen). But it also makes me wonder: What do you consider to be “explicit racism”? Is implicit racism alright with you, and does it fit with the ideals of the publication you run? Are you unaware of the lasting psychological harmthat racial stereotypes and microaggressions can leave on Black Americans and other Americans of color? What is less harmful about allowing a white resident to wield inane stereotypes about Blackness to bolster her claim to know anything about the plight of Black Americans compared to

our Embarrassment of a President retweeting a video of white supremacists chanting “All Lives Matter”? Did you ever once consider how somealready-alienatedBlack residents of Great Neck might feel reading a piece like Ms. Swirsky’s? These aren’t rhetorical questions, I am genuinely curious to know. But the most confusion piece of your editorial came in the concluding paragraphs: 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. It is lost on me why you would think to compare journalism to the erection of Confederatestatues(which, by the way, is the correct term for a constructed monument;statutesrefer to written laws passed by a legislative body). I’m actually not even sure what you are trying to say here, given the general lack of coherence, but I have read this in two ways. Either one, you have only now just begun to consider the possibility that giving voice to hateful ideas (and poorly argued ones at that) in your publication

continues our country’s long and painful tradition of glorifying racist people and power structures. This would make your publication of pieces like Ms. Swirsky’s, at best, a pitiful lapse in editorial judgment. But I cannot help but read this tone as being somewhat tonguein-cheek, a confession that you do not believe the contents of your own paper make a difference. It is baffling that a newspaper editor would undermine the efficacy of its own publication in an editorial that, on the whole, makes a claim for the protection of the First Amendment right to free speech of all kinds, an amendment that allows publications like this one to exist. By this interpretation, your statement makes it painfully clear how you allowed such an egregiously offensive piece to run: Even you do not think the contents of your own newspaper matter. Most of all, I am struggling to understand the logic behind your argument that in order to defend democracy, we must make space for ideas and thoughts that are not only antithetical to that ideal, but that directly undermine it. I love words; I believe in words. But I also believe the word “democracy” has become somewhat empty: yes, an ideal on which this country was founded, but one that has

become abstracted to absurdity by conservatives and members of the far-right, under the guise of upholding systems under which democracy has failed. It is not that I think democracy as an ideal—one that advocates for liberty and justice for all—is a pipe dream; it is just that, as it stands now, it is still just an ideal, a distant hope that has yet to be realized. Remember that when our founding fathers founded this government as a democracy, its definition was limited to white men of property; still today, it is a word behind which our leaders—generally similarly privileged cisgender heterosexual white men—have hidden in order to stall progress. And while people like Ms. Swirsky may believe we have achieved equality, everything from the last six weeks—hell, the last four years— has proven otherwise. So please forgive me if I think wielding “democracy” as a defense in support of your failures on the job a weak debate tactic. Simple request: the next time you think of publishing a navelgazing piece about the purpose of journalism todefend your inability to properly do your job, please just do your job instead. Nicole Biton Great Neck

Ask Blank Slate’s Mail-in ballots pose problems editors to change rules

ost people will agree that there is a convenience to mailing in an absentee voting ballot. Sadly there are pitfalls to making this the norm. We all heard of the voter fraud that occurred in Paterson, N.J. recently and the possibility for absentee mail-in ballots to be lost in the mail. I have lived in my house for well over 20 years and I was surprised to receive a Port Washington school budget vote ballot for a non-resident named “Glasser.”

I question how the district clerk for the Port Washington School District could mail out a voting ballot for someone who may or may not have lived in my house in over 20-plus years. I wonder how many other costly voter mailings were perpetrated in error across Long Island. Despite the convenience of absentee ballots, in-person balloting must be the norm to safeguard voting from potential fraud and to control costs. Joseph Campbell Port Washington

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ast week’s editorial (“Our rules for a robust public debate”) should have been written in response to several racist, pernicious letters published in the Readers Write section of this paper. Instead, it came as a response to the Mayor of Great Neck and an opinion piece I submitted almost two weeks ago. To be clear, Mayor Bral and I were responding to and advocating for very different things. Let’s not conflate self-interested politics with antiracism. The editors claim “the difficultly of determining what is a fact and what is not” as an excuse for not properly fact-checking their letters. I agree with this claim in certain cases. However, when it comes to racism, the facts are never nebulous. Maybe they’re difficult to hear or engage with, but excusing racism on this basis—because it is too

thorny or tedious to challenge—is to be complicit in structures of oppression that have existed in this country for centuries. They will continue to exist so long as people in power remain comfortable with inaction. And although there are no laws in the U.S. controlling hate speech—in the press and otherwise—it is not “a diﬃcult line to define.” The definition is actually quite clear. According to the United Nations, hate speech is “any kind of communication in speech, writing or behavior that attacks or uses pejorative or discriminatory language with reference to a person or a group on the basis of who they are, in other words, based on their religion, ethnicity, nationality, race, color, descent, gender or other identity factor.” Debating whether Joan Swirsky’s words are implicitly or explic-

itly racist is not productive; racism is racism, no matter the degree, and should be treated as such. Further, of the two, I’d argue that implicit racism is often more insidious. To shy away from naming racist behavior and ideology at this moment in our nation’s course is to regress. Whether the editorial board admits it, publishing reprehensible ideas in the newspaper unmoderated or without proper context validates them. They can sit back all they want and hope for readers to respond to “bad ideas with good ideas and the facts.” But shouldn’t we expect better of them? I refuse to participate in a “marketplace of ideas” or a “robust public debate” that concerns someone else’s rights, humanity or existence. Conor O’Byrne Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 29

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Alumni campaign to change mascot Effort to remove Indian mascot at Manhasset High School gets over 1,700 signatures BY R O S E W E L D ON For years, sports teams from Manhasset Secondary School and the rest of the district have been represented by the Indian mascot. Now, alumni and students are waging a campaign to change the mascot to avoid offending Native Americans, with a petition for the cause gaining over 1,700 signatures. Eﬀorts have grown in recent days as the Washington Redskins football team announced Monday that it would retire its name, which Native American groups have called a racial slur, and logo. Jo Trigg, who graduated from Manhasset in 2004, created the petition on Change.org. “Even as a young child in the early 1990s attending Munsey Park Elementary school, I knew that the Manhasset High School mascot, the Indians, was immoral,” Trigg wrote in a letter that accompanies the petition. “I graduated from Manhasset High School in 2004, and thought that as some time passed, the mascot would change. It never happened. Therefore, we all need to take initiative to ensure it is changed, once and for all.” Citing an American Psychological Association resolution

that recommends the retiring of mascots depicting Native Americans, Trigg goes on to say that there is “no way to justify the mascot as it is.” “It is especially oﬀensive given that the school has little contact with indigenous populations, and a community of predominately and historically white people have appropriated the mascot,” Trigg wrote. She further writes that the new mascot should be decided by a vote of the Manhasset community. Students and young alumni are also getting involved in the campaign, with the Manhasset Justice Initiative (MJI) including alumni from 1992 and rising sophomores alike. Mia Krishnamurthy of Plandome Heights graduated from Manhasset Secondary in 2019, and said that she and several other MJI members met with district Superintendent Vincent Butera to discuss the mascot last week, which she says has “been in the minds” of alumni “beyond high school.” “We talked about ways in which we could go about changing it, and following in the examples of other schools,” Krishnamurthy said. “He seemed to be very receptive and open to

the idea. However, he’s definitely been emphasizing the need to have a community-based dialogue around this area before any administrative decision is made. We don’t know when that will be happening, but we hope it’s soon.” Krishnamurthy added that the Native American community is “the voice we should be listening to” in the matter, and that the mascot’s existence normalizes students using redface, feather headdresses and other stereotypes as a costume. “It’s not really a debate about whether or not it’s harmful or offensive,” Krishnamurthy said. “The Native American community has said for years that these are offensive, that we don’t want to be depicted in this way, that we want this to be changed. We just saw an NFL team change their name. If they can do it, why can’t we?” Fellow MJI member Madelyn Sayed, who graduated from Manhasset in 2012, said that there is pushback to the idea of a change. “From speaking at Board of Trustees meetings, it does seem that there is a group of people who don’t understand that it is offensive,” Sayed said. She said that part of the is-

sue lies in a lack of education on the past of the Manhasset area. “Something that I’ve been trying to emphasize is to educate people and connect the Manhasset community with local native populations, because there are native populations in New York state, on Long Island, and we really have this disconnect from the true history of the land,” Sayed said. “As far as I remember, there aren’t any events or dialogues to teach about native culture or history, none of that is in the curriculum. We’re disconnected from these roots, we don’t have text or events or leaders that talk about this connection, of what Manhasset was before it was a suburb.” According to the Manhasset Bay Protection Committee, the Matinecock tribe of the Algonquin peoples resided on Manhasset Bay, with a fishing village located on what is known today as the “Miracle Mile,” until the Dutch came and settled the bay in the early 1600s. The name Manhasset is also said to have come from a native word meaning “island neighborhood.” Sayed added that a dialogue about the mascot would be a way to teach about the past, and that the MJI is reaching out to

tribal elders and representatives from other schools who have changed their mascots. “This isn’t something that should be done only because there’s 2,000 signatures on a petition,” Sayed said. “There should be a real genuine understanding, a sense of humanity that natives are people, not mascots.” Petition organizer Trigg ended her letter by stating what she imagined some reaction would be from residents. “I am sure that this petition will be met with ‘but it’s tradition,'” Trigg wrote. “Lots of things used to be considered moral, lawful, and legal in the United States, including lobotomy, segregation, texting and driving, smoking anywhere you pleased, the list goes on. However, as you can see from this list, societal norms shift and change. What was once acceptable, no longer is. The Indian mascot is no longer justifiable in 2020.” “We’re not erasing any of Manhasset’s history,” Krishnamurthy said. “We’re still Manhasset. We’re still orange and blue. But this is still an important decision to be made.” Eﬀorts to reach the district for comment were unavailing.

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Manhasset seniors walk at Homecoming in 2018 with shirts bearing the school’s Indian logo. A new campaign is pressuring the district to change the mascot to avoid offending Native Americans.

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Identities of nearly 400 employees of Nassau County hospitals, colleges, school districts and villages were stolen and used to file false unemployment claims, according to Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas. Her office said on Wednesday that the identity theft began in early March at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, and was undertaken by numerous fraud rings, which submitted false claims to the New York State Department of Labor using the stolen identities. These claims can result in weekly unemployment benefits payments ranging from $104 to $504, according to the office. Working with the Department of Labor, the district attorney’s office is investigating the claims and whether a payout occurred. There is no evidence that any of the companies and organizations were hacked, according to the district attorney’s office. “Criminals are seizing on a surge in job losses to steal unemployment benefits from employees working for Nassau County organizations and companies,” Singas said in a statement. “Not only are they stealing identities, but they’re trying to steal money earmarked for people

who’ve lost their main source of income.” Targets for these claims tend to be employees at the executive, managerial or professional level because those people tend to earn more money and would therefore receive more unemployment benefits, according to Singas’ office. They would also probably still be employed, not having applied for benefits themselves, and almost guaranteeing no duplication of claims between the real person and the fraudster. Many victims did not know they had been affected until they received a letter from the state’s Department of Labor indicating that “their claim” for unemployment benefits had been approved, and some victims subsequently received a debit card loaded with unemployment benefit funds. In other cases, the debit cards were sent in the names of the victims to addresses controlled by fraudsters. Singas’ office asks people who think they may have been a victim of this unemployment benefit scheme to contact the Financial Crimes Bureau at 516-5712149. Affected employees who are victims of identity theft are advised to immediately place a free fraud alert with one of the three national credit bureaus: Experian, Equifax and TransUnion.

Let’s thank the essential local businesses that kept our community going, and welcome back the returning shops and restaurants we love and rely on, with our support. Together, we can re-energize Long Island.

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The office of Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas (pictured) reports that nearly 400 employees of government entities, organizations and companies in Nassau County had their identities stolen as part of a plan to file fraudulent unemployment claims.

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and keep school districts from having to pad calendars. · Convenience: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that middle and high schools start at 8:30 a.m. or later to provide students the best chance to get the amount of sleep they need. Still, most adolescents currently start school before 8:30 a.m. Remote learning enables students to complete their assignments when it works best for them. This may help them get more sleep, too. · Apps: Learning apps are a new wave of educational tools that have helped buoy virtual instruction. Primary school students or those with individual education plans may benefit the most from reinforced app skills that match their learning pace in fun ways. Virtual home instruction may become a large part of the educational landscape even after it’s no longer a social distancing necessity.

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How college students can confront returning to campus The world’s response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus left no aspect of life untouched. People from all walks of life had to make sacrifices to prevent the spread of the potentially deadly virus, and college students were no exception. Many colleges and universities abruptly canceled in-person classes in mid-March 2020, forcing students to finish their coursework via remote learning. That response had a significant impact on the 2019-20 school year, and the virus figures to aﬀect the upcoming school year just as much. In fact, many colleges and universities are beginning the coming school year early in the hopes that students can continue their educations on campus but be safely back home by late November, when many scientists are anticipating a second wave of COVID-19 infections will arrive. Schools that are reopening this summer insist that it is safe to do so, and have even indicated their intentions to implement new practices to ensure their campuses are safe and healthy environments in which to learn. For example, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is reconfiguring in-person course instruction to include physical distancing provi-

sions. Small classes will meet in larger spaces, while lectures may be delivered remotely. Despite such measures, some students may still be hesitant to return to campus at a time when so much about the COVID-19 virus remains a mystery. The following are some ways students can confront any nervous feelings they may have about returning to campus for a new school year. · Determine your options. While many

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Trump-Biden: A battle Trumplicans’ for the soul of America COVID delusions

e live in a world of conflict, a world filled with disease, food lines, mistrust. We are at a crossroads, how do we find our way home, how do we find that which has made

America unique. The soul of America is at stake. How can we get liberty and justice for all, how do we unite as one nation, working to improve on the past and making

it better for the future, with life liberty and the ability to pursue happiness. How do we find the soul of America? Charles Schneider Manhasset

ow, deep into the Trumplican Pandemic, Trumplicans continue to ooze out of the woodwork like some alien slime, to spread their delusional alternate reality talking points (Antifa! Antifa! Antifa!) over a full page of newsprint in

a vain attempt to resurrect their messiah, who is sinking rapidly under the weight of his own cruel, malevolent incompetence. At least 135,000 dead, and counting! Eric Cashdan Sands Point

Stone pardon smacks Community Chest of political corruption gives COVID aid

oger Stone started learning dirty tricks working on Richard Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign. He co-founded a lobbying firm with Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager and another convicted felon. Stone worked for Trump in the 1990s by lobbying for Trump’s casinos. I guess that didn’t work out too well as Trump’s casinos went bankrupt. Stone’s life is filled with shady deals during his work on a number of political campaigns. He has promoted false conspiracy theories and has given out false information. During the 2016 Presidential campaign, Russians hacked emails at the Democratic National Committee. These emails were turned over to Wikileaks and made public by Julian Assange. Roger Stone had contact

with both Assange and Russian Intelligence. Stone reported to the Trump campaign when these emails would be released. In 2019, the Mueller investigation led to Stone’s indictment for lying, witness tampering and obstruction. Stone was convicted on all seven counts. After Trump complained at the initial recommended sentence of seven to nine years, Attorney General William Barr took charge and the Justice Dept. reduced its requested sentence. Stone was then sentenced to only 40 months in prison. The four initial prosecutors resigned from the case in protest against this political interference in our justice system. More than 2,000 former employees of the Justice Dept. signed a letter protesting this political interference in our system of justice. Roger Stone lied to protect

Trump. Donald Trump just paid back Stone by commuting his jail sentence. This is a clear quid pro quo. This is an abuse of a president’s pardon power and an obstruction of justice. Trump is running our government as if it were a Mafia organization. Anyone who doesn’t support the Don is punished and pushed out. Trump’s outrageous protection of Roger Stone is just the latest example of the president’s corruption and incompetence. Another is Trump’s failure to take any action against Russia for Putin’s paying a bounty to the Taliban for every American they kill. This borders on treason. But this is a matter left for another day. Robert Kleinman Port Washington

ecently, through its COVID-19 Community Response Fund and other initiatives, the Community Chest has been helping Port’s most vulnerable families. Our Helping Hands program provides volunteers to do no-contact shopping and delivery for seniors and others who have been advised to stay home. Our PW Mask Brigade made 2,000 fabric masks for atrisk families. The Port Pantry Supply Squad is providing paper and personal hygiene supplies and our Legal Assistance initiative is matching pro bono attorneys with Outreach families who have been unable to pay their rent. All the while the Community Chest continues to provide grant support for 25 nonprofit organizations in town who have been providing vital services to residents for decades. We have recently completed interviews with many of our grantee organizations and

listened to their situations. Many have suspended operations, and ceased generating revenues either from tuition or donations. Many have continued operations, but with additional expenses, and all have indicated that they will need the continued support from the Community Chest. We have all seen the #Port Strong signs in town. They are not ours; but we agree that keeping Port Washington a strongand healthy community benefits all of us. For information about any of our initiatives, call 767-2121. Please help your neighbors and donate today to the Community Chest of Port Washington, 382 Main Street, Port Washington, NY 11050 or on-line at www.portchest.org. Thank you. Bob O’Brien Community Chest of Port Washington

Punish NFL player for anti-Semitic posts

he board, staﬀ, volunteers and supporters of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County were appalled, shocked, angered and, yes, frightened by the patently anti-Semitic social media posts by National Football League player DeSean Jackson. For a prominent professional athlete to disseminate such words of hate and intolerance, particularly now when our nation is convulsing with racial tensions, means that the goal of respect and understanding for all people is still far down the field. We are gratified that so many major Holocaust institutions and other organizations are working

with Mr. Jackson to educate him on the fallaciousness and dangers of his post. And we are appreciative of the condemnations issued by a number of other professional athletes. We note in particular the comments of Pittsburgh Steeler player Zach Banner, who said, “When one of us does something dumb and makes a mistake like that, we need to hold each other accountable,” and “Change your heart, put your arm around people and let’s all uplift each other.” This from a Black athlete in Pittsburgh who was so aﬀected by the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre. And and in that vein, our center has spoken out against all forms of bigotry and

racism and has called for reform of our police and criminal justice systems. The Jewish community and those dedicated to memorializing and educating about the Holocaust can and should cry out about the DeSean Jackson anti-Semitic remarks. More important, though, is recognition of the seriousness

of his quotes, and condemnation from his team, the National Football League, the commissioner and team owners, coaches and players, the media and fans. In addition to the educational eﬀorts that are reportedly underway, there must be repercussions for what he did. A tour of a Holocaust Museum is not adequate; players and owners who

have made racially charged statements have paid heavy prices for their actions. An unequivocal act of anti-Semitism deserves the same. Steven Markowitz Chairman Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County

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Damage to patients on COVID-19’s front lines

ardon me while I engage in a momentary hissy fit. How is it “harmless” for a 60-something-yearold woman to sustain 103-degree body temps – sometimes higher—for 14 straight days? In Week Three, she is “enjoying” a more normal body temperature of 102. Also, outstanding is a hacking cough and three weeks of labored breathing so that a five-minute phone conversation is too much to sustain. Is there a level-headed, relatively sane human being among us who is exclaiming, “I can’t wait to experience Covid-19 symptoms for myself.” Even for the thrill seekers among us, this virus has no place on anyone’s Bucket List. In a second situation, my extremely health-conscious friend (a New York City school teacher) who devours a pound of steamed broccoli at a single seating and

calls that “a meal,” contracted the virus in the classroom in March. To date, she has yet to regain her sense of taste and sense of smell. Should you doubt the significance of this loss, consider that not tasting one’s food might lead to serious depression and extreme weight loss. After all, why continue to consume three meals a day if you don’t derive some pleasure from your food intake? What if your favorite snack suddenly tasted like cardboard? Or had the appeal of plain boiling water? When my friend was in full virus-mode, nausea and dizziness for six straight weeks was responsible for a 15-pound weight loss she could ill aﬀord. You might find her lying flat on the floor of her apartment when the virus was at its worst. Sixteen weeks from the onset, lingering symptoms remain, including bal-

ance issues. Believing the virus to be behind her, she finds herself stumbling and losing her footing when she least expects it. Still, she remains grateful for having a mild case that kept her out of the E.R. One Long Island woman who prides herself on a disciplined organic lifestyle, contracted the virus and continues to suﬀer with on-going symptoms that mimic multiple sclerosis. She goes to bed at night frightened that the lingering neurological symptoms (alternating numbness and tingling in both her arms and legs) may worsen or become chronic and permanent. Countless Americans go to bed each night frightened for symptoms they don’t understand and their physicians don’t fully understand either. Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse, on Wednesday, July 8, CNN an-

nounced “Coronavirus Pandemic could cause a wave of brain damage.” This news comes as a result of a study by British researchers at University College of London and published in the Journal, “Brain.” The findings express concern for complications post-Coronavirus such as stroke, nerve damage and potentially fatal brain inflammation — even among patients who had a mild form of the virus. Patients studied ranged in age from 16-85. If only we could wish away the worry, but it’s not that simple. Regardless of whether or not you acknowledge G-D, Buddha, humanism or atheism, why not be grateful for the one bright light in the midst of this medical madness. There already exists a lowcost, proven winner capable of combatting Covid-19. It comes in a variety of colors, materials and price points. Visitors to the popu-

lar website “Etsy” are no doubt familiar with the distinctive options in fabric face coverings. There are endless smile-worthy options. Query any Emergency Room or ICU patient and they’ll tell you 103-degree daily temps are best suited for the tropics — not for human body temperatures. So listen up, Long Island, the personal responsibility you demonstrate today may mean the diﬀerence between life and death or lingering illness tomorrow. Be bold, be brash, but please protect yourself with a face mask. Finally, please remember to fully cover your nose and your mouth. The war against Covid-19 won’t be won with peek-a-boo nostrils showing or a downward sliding face covering. Judy Shore Rosenthal Great Neck

Democrats enable anti-Semitism

ontana has about 1,400 Jews, Mississippi about 1,500, South Dakota 250. If I lived in any one of those beautiful states, I would not be writing this letter to the editor. But I live in New York, home to about 1.8 million Jews, so the politics of being Jewish affects me and my family in a very existential––life and death––way. It’s quite simple for me, as it should be for all Jews. If we don’t aggressively address the pandemic of anti-Semitism that is galloping around the globe and exploding here in America, rampant on college campuses and even contaminating the hallowed halls of the U.S. Congress, then we know from our tragic history that annihilation could be right around

the corner. In fact, today there are more floridly anti-Semitic elected Democrats than ever before in history. Sadly the Democrat Party of old– –-JFK, Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson, Sen. and VP Walter Mondale et al––has vanished, replaced by Democrats like “the squad,” who spew their poisonous hatred of Jews and Israel from the House of Representatives itself. And there are those who remain thunderously silent––including elected Democratic Jews like Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, Jerrold Nadler, Eliot Engel, Adam Schiﬀ, Richard Blumenthal et al —as well Democratic representatives from Long Island with a huge Jewish population––Tom Suozzi and Kathleen Rice.

Don’t be fooled by the boilerplate, politically correct press releases written by their aides. Once these statements are made public, these cowards go back to cowering before the radical leftists who now call the shots in the Democrat Party, most prominently the racists who continue to vent their anti-Semitic bile to this day. Shockingly, most of the Jewish organizations that once supported and defended Jews in America abandoned those roles, having caved to their biggest donors’ conversion to a new religion called “Social Justice.” These are the quislings who reach out to groups like Black Lives Matter, Antifa and others that wantonly attack synagogues, Jewish busi-

nesses and ordinary Jewish citizens walking in their neighborhoods, and brazenly promote the Boycott-Divest-Sanction (BDS) movement to destroy the Israeli economy. I have always felt safe in America, protected by the powerful principles of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, by the always-reliable police and fire departments in every community where I’ve lived, and by local, state and national leaders of both political parties who fought to preserve our extraordinary way of life through our country’s bedrock foundations of God, family, freedom and safety. But with the advent of the well-organized and heavily financed emergence of the Jew-

hating, Christian-hating, America-hating “Cancel Culture” of the left, what can people do? Yes, they can call or write a letter or e-mail to their elected representative, for which they’ll get back a form letter written by an intern. But a sure-fire cure for this downward plunge into the sewers of our body politic is to vote out every Democrat running for oﬃce. Not one of these America-loathing, anarchist-supporting people is worthy of representing either their constituents or America itself. Nov. 3, 2020, could change your life forever. If you believe in self-preservation, be smart! Joan Swirsky Great Neck

Dear Mr. President, COVID will not disappear

any years ago I had a friend who was eﬀeminate and got picked on a lot. He said that someday, like magic, it would all stop. I told him that if he learned to defend himself, it would stop faster. I realized that it was necessary for him to be proactive in his defense or he would be a loser all his life. Things don’t stop by themselves by magic. Now I have flashbacks of that talk when you say that the

coronavirus will go away like magic. It ain’t gonna happen! We are in a war, and to win we have to have a strong person to lead us through, like Roosevelt or Churchill in World War II or, yes, Andrew Cuomo now. Churchill didn’t say that Hitler was going to go away by magic. He led! I want to tell you about two of the many things that I have learned in my 80 years. The first is that when someone knows more about something than you

do, listen to them. You have many very bright and knowledgeable people to advise you. Do what they advise. You don’t know as much as they do, so don’t ignore them. The other tidbit is that no matter what you think will happen, plan for the worst. I live in a very quiet neighborhood. There is little to no crime here, but almost everybody has burglar alarms. We could say that we have good feelings that we

won’t be robbed, but we still have those little signs on our lawn warning potential burglars. We hope for the best, but plan for the worst. You don’t plan for anything and reap the worst. Look at the epidemic statistics. Much of the country is suﬀering, but New York is recovering. Believe me, it is not getting better here all by itself. You know in your heart that it is because we have a leader in Andrew Cuomo, not a dreamer who instead of acting tells us to

believe in magic. The sad part is that you had an opportunity to achieve greatness, Mr. President. Had you acted wisely at the very early stages of this virus, you would be recognized as one of the most important presidents and a great American hero. You ain’t no Roosevelt or Churchill or Cuomo. Fred Haber Lake Success

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After all this, what’s left? Trump has done harm

was reading through Joe Biden’s newly released agenda, which is a fairly ambitious program to deal with issues of health care, labor, children’s welfare, wage disparities and a whole host of issues. It wouldn’t be so ambitious if the current administration had not left the country to rot and so much damage had not been done. This looks like a whole remaking of the economy, ridding us of some of the perverse incentives we have put in it. Which is precisely what we need. The health-care aspects are of interest: It calls for a public option based on platinum level coverage with NO deductibles with full premium subsidies up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Automatic enrollment for people without employer-sponsored insurance administered by Medicare, sidelining commercial insurance carriers. Medicare coverage is expanded to

start at age 60, another commonsense step which could provide a glide path for universal adoption. And in what looks like something that makes far too much sense, it may have the eﬀect of federalizing Medicaid, taking the decisionmaking out of state hands once and for all. All this moves us closer to the day when we finally join the league of normal societies that don’t tie health insurance to employment. So these initiatives are quite sensible, and desperately needed. It’s estimated 5.4 million people lost their coverage because of the pandemic. Who would vote for such an outcome? In politics, language is important, and unfortunately, thanks to the internet where there are no gatekeepers, the very meaning of words has been warped beyond recognition. And a prime example of this was Dave Weigel of the Washington Post claiming that this

agenda proved Biden was being pushed “further left.” Let me get this straight: You enable access to decent health care for those who can’t aﬀord it and this makes you a leftist? Doesn’t this make you decent or compassionate? But the framing of these policies as somehow radical shows how far out of the realm of sanity America has gotten compared to the rest of the world. This isn’t nearly as comprehensive a plan as say, that of Japan’s, and yet, it’s considered left. Japan is probably the most well-ordered and tradition-bound modern society. Does anyone use terms like “leftist” or “radical” to describe it, because they provide their citizens a level of health care that would have America’s political Neanderthals screaming “communism?” Why do we attach such loaded terms to things that are as perfunctory as setting food safety standards?

A Republican PAC ran a clip of Bernie Sanders saying Biden’s program was the most progressive since FDR’s. Apparently, faulting the policies of a president who was elected FOUR times by overwhelming margins is a liability! Which proves that the GOP exists simply to frustrate the will of the majority of the voters of this country. The same complaints are heard about Biden’s environmental proposals. While the full Green New Deal was not adopted, a big chunk of it was, and so the narrative goes that Biden was again pushed left. I guess it must be an article of faith that mercury in your water and food must be Conservative principle and lead pipes leading to poisoned drinking water is a Burkean virtue. So what does the language really tell us? It tells us that American Conservatism is morally and intellectually exhausted and has

nothing to oﬀer but opposition for opposition’s sake. Conservatives don’t oppose policy on their merits. They oppose it as a means to gain and hold power by frustrating any forward movement, which creates the stasis that leads to public frustration. For Sen. Mitch McConnell, it was a fantastically successful policy when he sandbagged the economic recovery, and we wound up being turned into a basket case of a country in less than four years by Trump. This raises a larger question for the Republican Party. A sizable portion of it wants to exorcise Trump, but even if the old school Republicans succeed, the party will have what amounts to a rump Peronist wing in its midst for at least a decade to come. That will leave them having to rely on Nassau County Democrats. Because after all this, what’s “left?” Donald Davret Roslyn

This paper’s letters policy enriches community

iser words could not have been written “Rules for a robust public debate” (Editorial — July 10). Surveys reveal that “Letters To The Editor” is one of the most widely read and popular sections of any newspaper. Weekly newspapers such as the Great Neck News, along with sister publications New Hyde Park Herald, Williston Times, Manhasset Times, Roslyn Times and Port Washington Times and neighborly competitors, including the Great Neck Record, and others all oﬀer readers a chance to speak out. The same is true with daily newspapers, such as the New York, Daily News, Newsday, The Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Staten Island Advance. There are also foreign language daily and other weekly newspapers in all five boroughs within New York City. Weekly

newspapers tend to offer more space for writers than daily newspapers. Some daily newspapers have quotas of one letter every 30 or 60 days per writer. Newsday is once every 45 days. The Great Neck News and Blank Slate Media sister publications provide several pages each week for Letters to the Editor. This is more than any other metropolitan New York area daily or weekly newspaper. Some elected officials have thin skins when it comes to public criticism in the pages of weekly community newspapers. It is amazing what some elected officials will say one day in front of one group of reporters and conveniently forget when speaking to a different group of reporters weeks, months or years later. When you write about a past quote reported in a previous newspaper article and bring their

conflicted position to the public, watch out! The ability of some elected oﬃcials to influence either legal advertising, their own periodic holiday greeting or campaign re-election ads may have some sway over those weekly newspapers that may be too dependent on the revenues. Remember the old adage, never bite the hands that feeds you. Luckily Blank Slate Media remains independent of such eﬀorts. It helps to have a snappy introduction, good hook, be timely, precise, have an interesting or different viewpoint to increase the odds of being published. Many papers welcome letters commenting on their own editorials, articles or previously published letters to the editor. We are fortunate to be living in one of the few remaining free societies, with a wealth of information sources available. Too many cities and suburbs are

down to one local daily or weekly newspaper. All have to deal with growing costs for newsprint, delivery and distribution along with reduced advertising revenues and declining readership. Let us be grateful that Blank Slate Media affords letter to the editor writers the opportunity to express our views, as well as differing opinions on issues of the day. Thanks to them, ordinary citizens have the freedom to comment on the actions and legislation of elected officials in the Letters to the Editor section. Public officials use taxpayers dollars to promote their views via mass mailings of newsletters, news releases, letters to the editor and guest opinion page columns. In many cases, they are produced or written by campaign or office staffers, who are paid for by taxpayers. The rest of us have limited time to submit a letter. In the marketplace of ideas, let us hope

there continues to be room for everyone, including the Great Neck News, their sister publications as well as the other weekly newspapers. Give thanks to those few brave souls who are willing to take on the establishment and powerful special interest groups in letters to the editor section. They fill a valuable niche in our dialogue on issues of the day. Join me and your neighbors in reading your favorite daily and local weekly community newspapers. Patronize their advertisers; they provide the revenues necessary to keep them going. Let them know you saw their ad. This is what helps keep our neighbors employed, the local economy growing and provide space on a weekly basis for letter writers in the pages of Blank Slate Media publications.. Larry Penner Great Neck

Goya boycott undermines free speech

oya Foods’ chief executive, Robert Unanue, praised President Trump while at the White House. Unanue said, “The country was blessed to have Trump at the helm.” He also said Trump is a builder and we will continue

to prosper and to grow. Well, I agree. At the event, President Trump signed an executive order on the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative. He also tweeted, I LOVE @GoyaFoods! ” Now there are those who want to boycott Goya Foods because of praise for President

Trump. This I find most sad. I thought in America we live in a free country and have freedom of speech. As for myself I served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam era and supported the right of free speech. Meanwhile, Unanue announced a plan, along with

partners, to donate 1 million cans of chickpeas and 1 million pounds of food to food banks. This is a beautiful thing to do in my book. Those on the left may not think so because of praise for President Trump. I intend to buy more Goya products and

will tell my friends, neighbors and relatives to do the same. A purchase of Goya Foods is a salute for free speech. Hurray for Goya Foods! Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Bellerose Letters Continued on Page 44

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Business&RealEstate

Don’t let clutter block plans to sell home

ou have had thoughts lately of finally moving and have a basic plan as to where you would end up. Some may already have a second home, which makes it so much easier as an end game of relocating. You have a wide smile on your face just thinking about it —finally to begin enjoying your retirement and the fun activities and things that you haven’t been able to do or accomplish and now look forward to. But as many people don’t have a second home to retire to and just thinking further about this monumental undertaking that smile suddenly changes to a more concerned and worried look about the process and the decisions that must be made. For some, the frown turns into a little bit of a panic attack worrying about everything that needs to be done. The reality of this major move sets in and you begin looking around your home as to what has to be done to prepare it for sale. Now I suggest you first take a step back, try to calm down, and begin thinking about what you need to do, one step at a time. However, the clutter may be overwhelming and you want to pull your hair out, but again

frustration sets in. Again, calm down, relax, and get your paper and pen out and begin taking inventory of what you own and have accumulated over the years. First oﬀ, begin to note what do you really need to take with you and what can be either given away to your local charities, family or friends or given away for a tax deduction or just thrown out. Are there clothes that you will not need to take with you if you are going to a climate that would make them unnecessary? Am I going to purchase new furniture in my new home? Do I need a professional tag sale company or can I get away with just doing a garage sale? Do I need a certified professional to determine the value of my furniture and possessions? As you take notes and catalog what you are keeping and what you are not and all the decisions that will need to be made about your move, your frustrations and concerns should be reduced and a clearer picture will begin to slowly become apparent. Your initial move into your home was probably very exciting many years ago and I am sure there might have been a few bouts of concerns but hope-

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fully few frustrations. Now that you have lived in your home 10, 20, or even 30 or more years, I am quite sure there are many, many more items to deal with, and the sheer accumulation of stuﬀ and decisions may be a lot more challenging and complicated. Take an hour or two every day or every other day and begin reducing your clutter by at least throwing out what you know you will not take with you. This would be an excellent first step as you are formulating your list(s). It may appear like an overwhelming task to undertake and so much to do, but doing a little bit at a time will make the process and end result very satisfying.

It should be a family responsibility and obligation to work together to get things done, although that in itself sometimes may not have everyone on board for various reasons. However, everyone should chip in to help and all should be responsible for providing a helping hand. Now, if you don’t have the motivation and don’t want to do anything, or don’t have any help and you have the budget, you can always rely on outside services to do whatever you want to be done to make your preparation to move smoother. My suggestion is to take as much time as needed maybe six to 12 months in advance of selling. Then take it one day at a time as you are creating your “plan to move list” and it should make your job much less stressful, simplified, and organized. Most important and crucial is dealing with the current Covid-19 pandemic during your planning, so here are three sites that will assist you: Can I Move During the COVID-19 Outbreak? https://www.mymovingreviews.com/move/moving-checklist/https://www. fmcsa.dot.gov/protect-yourmove/moving-checklist?utm_

source=google&utm_ medium=cpc&utm_ campaign=dcg.search-fy20. allgeo Good luck and remember take your time and keep a level head and as my dad always told me, “Don’t sweat the small stuﬀ, for almost everything in life is the ‘small stuﬀ.’” P.S. Lastly, start looking at your home as a buyer and determine low-cost fixes you can do to prepare your home for sale as well as those things that might cost you more in your final sale price if you don’t make those repairs. 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

186 Nassau Drive, Albertson

154 Evans Avenue, Albertson

4 bd, 4 ba, 2,911 sqft, Sold on: 3/25/20, Sold Price: $980,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Herricks

4 bd, 4 ba, 2,528 sqft, Sold on: 3/31/20, Sold Price: $960,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Herricks

12 Cresthollow Lane, Albertson

34 Arleigh Drive, Albertson

5 bd, 4 ba, 3,500 sqft, Sold on: 4/14/20, Sold Price: $1,228,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Herricks

5 bd, 4 ba, 3,800 sqft, Sold On: 4/30/20, Sold Price: $1,170,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Herricks

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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Village security met with mask resistance Continued from Page 1 On May 27, he signed an executive order that permitted businesses to deny entry to potential customers who were not wearing face masks or a protective covering through June 27. On July 3, Cuomo extended the laws relating to disaster emergency, which includes the mandate of wearing a face covering where social distancing is not possible. On June 29, Cuomo called on President Donald Trump to “lead by example”

and sign a national executive order to require wearing of face masks. “The President doesn’t have to pass a piece of legislation, doesn’t have to call the Congress, just sign an executive order saying wear a mask,” Cuomo said. “We did it two months ago in this state. The other states are just starting to do it now.” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, a Democrat, has long echoed Cuomo’s sentiment of the benefits of wearing masks and has continued to encourage

county residents to adhere to the state’s guidelines throughout the pandemic. On June 29, Curran tweeted, “Masks and social distancing work. COVID hospitalizations in Nassau County continue to decline to new lows, with 0.5% testing positive and 1 death since Friday. As new cases surge around the country, let’s keep our guard up to ensure we continue moving forward.” Dennis Grossman, president of the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce, said he hopes people will use

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Officials throughout Nassau County spoke on the need to further enforce face masks in public places.

common sense while traveling outside of their homes to prevent the further spread of the virus. “Wearing masks depends on physical and surrounding conditions,” Grossman said. “Given we have a constitutional issue and those who would defy if forced, it is better to give a set of medically very solid circumstances where mask-wearing could save your life, someone else’s life near and dear to you or prevent a nasty and maybe non-recoverable illness for the rest of your life.” Grossman said that he has not personally seen any violations of the mandate, and encouraged others to do “the smart thing and wear a mask.” Long Island Rail Road commuters also expressed their concerns to Newsday about others not complying with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s requirement to wear masks. The transportation authority established the requirement in April, which echoed Cuomo’s initial executive order requiring state residents to wear masks and other protective shields in public places. Gerard Bringmann, chairman of the Long Island Rail Road’s Commuter Council, said there is no foolproof way to monitor every passenger who gets on a train. “You’re going to get those people who aren’t going to do it unless they’re nudged or someone speaks to them,” Bringmann told Newsday. “It’s just human nature. It’s unfortunate, but that’s just the way it is. And there’s no way you can 100 percent police this.” Long Island Rail Road President Phillip Eng said in a statement, “It’s up to each and every one of us and our actions that will determine how quickly we beat this virus. So I ask public transportation customers, and those out in the public generally, to do the right thing, and wear a face covering. You never know whose life it’s going to save.” Rose Weldon contributed reporting.

New York state tops 400k COVID-19 cases Continued from Page 10 There were 1,851 new cases and 63 coronavirus-related deaths over the past 40 days. The average per day was 46 new cases. As of Wednesday, more than 407,000 New Yorkers had tested positive for the

coronavirus, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Of that total, which includes people who have recovered from the virus, more than 32,000 have died, according to figures provided by The New York Times. Despite surpassing 400,000 cases, Cuomo praised residents throughout the

state who have adhered to social distancing and safety mandates to avoid a spike in confirmed cases that other states such as Florida, Texas and Arizona have recently seen. “The last 137 days have been hell for New York as we were the epicenter of this

pandemic,” Cuomo said in a statement. “However, New Yorkers stood as one, acted responsibly and – as many other states in this nation are now grappling with new spikes of this insidious virus – the beast, for now, has been brought to bay in this state.”

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Schools preparing plans for the fall Continued from Page 1 measures for physical distancing and personal protective equipment to be in use. School districts have until July 31 to submit plans to the governor’s office. The East Williston school district said last week that it will work with the governor’s guidelines to create a plan that will be made available to the community prior to submission. So far, the district said it is “measuring every inch of usable space district-wide,” and calculating how many students can fit into buildings with physical distancing. It is also looking into how staff could be reallocated and preparing for a hybrid form of school that could involve some students being in school full time and others using part in-person, part virtual learning. Herricks School Superintendent Fino Celano said in a letter to the district community Monday that the district created a 50-person reopening task force in June made up of parents, teachers, administrators and trustees, some of whom are physicians who have “a great deal of expertise and experience in dealing with the COVID-19 virus.” The district is planning for the scenarios of reopening fully in-person, using only virtual classes or a mix of the two. “If we return to a remote learning situation, it will be characterized by more structure, greater time on task, and an increase in live face to face instruction,” Celano said. The district is stocking up on cleaning supplies, masks, gloves and plastic screens and is cleaning and replacing ventilation systems in its schools. The district is also hiring an additional school nurse, he said. Port Washington Superintendent Michael Hynes said he appreciated the guidance from the governor’s office, but wished it had come several weeks earlier. “Districts now have two weeks to sub-

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered guidelines on how districts can reopen schools Monday. mit a comprehensive plan for approval,” Hynes said. “Like many districts, we have more questions than answers.” Eﬀorts to reach other North Shore districts were unavailing. Alan Singer, an education professor at Hofstra University, said the governor is asking too much of schools without providing additional funding. Singer said that some classrooms on Long Island have as many as 30 students, but with physical distancing in place, there will only be room for about 10 per room. He asked, where are the rest of the students going to go, and who is going to teach them? “Cuomo is asking teachers to do three times the work,” Singer said. “Where is the money to hire the additional staﬀ?”

At the time of an interview, Singer had just come out of a meeting with area teachers, most of whom reported the same phenomenon: that there will be around 30 children in a class and, when the class is held over Zoom, they will be lucky to get six to show up. Some classes will have students send a virtual avatar to signify their attendance, but some only send the avatar and do not necessarily pay attention. The problem is even worse for younger children who need more supervision and those with lower-income parents. He said children in those categories are falling behind and having their futures “sacrificed.” New York State United Teachers President Andy Pallotta released a statement on

July 8 saying that New York schools must prioritize health of the school community and equitable access to quality education. “We need two things to make all of this a reality. First, parents and school staff must have a seat at the table locally to work out the details that are best for their communities,” Pallotta said. “Second, we need the federal and state funding that absolutely will be necessary to do this safely and equitably.” Pallotta stressed that schools must have personal protective equipment, physical distancing and cleaning protocols, and there must be plans to address the needs of people who are at high risk of contracting the illness and mental health services for students. The reopening of schools has increasingly become a partisan political issue as President Donald Trump has pushed for schools to fully reopen in a traditional sense. Six national education groups, the National Education Association, National Parent Teacher Association, American Federation of Teachers, Council of Administrators of Special Education, National Association of Secondary School Principals and National Association of State Directors of Special Education, released a joint statement last week accusing the administration of a lack of leadership on education. “The White House and the CDC have offered, at best, conflicting guidance for school reopening and today offered little additional insight,” the statement reads. “Without a comprehensive plan that includes federal resources to provide for the safety of our students and educators with funding for personal protective equipment, socially distanced instruction and addressing racial inequity, we could be putting students, their families and educators in danger.”

Wheatley School holds belated graduation Continued from Page 4 Families came in cars and parked in the school parking lot. The stage that the 155 graduates walked across was situated adjacent to the cars and families could hear speeches and students’ names called over the radio and see them on a large screen at the front of the lot. When the time came, students and two guests walked, six feet apart, to the stage and formed a line to walk across and receive a diploma. Celebration came in the form of car horns. Vincenzo was one of three students whose essays were read at the graduation. Vincenzo’s was entitled “The 94 Percent” and reminded her classmates that the coronavirus pandemic only aﬀected 6 percent of their time at Wheatley and should not define the experience. “You have to look at the whole pic-

ture of things. You can’t just fixate on four months of time,” Vincenzo said. In his speech, Wheatley Principal Sean Feeney compared the graduates to the generation of young people in the 1930s and 1940s, who endured the Great Depression and World War II. Because this generation sacrificed so much for the country, Tom Brokaw dubbed it “The Greatest Generation.” Feeney said that some have already referred to young people today as “the COVID Generation,” but he had a diﬀerent name for them because of the sacrifice they have made to assist in holding the novel coronavirus at bay and having grown up in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. “I truly believe that these students before us will become part of the New Greatest Generation,” Feeney said.

East Williston Board of Education President Mark Kamberg’s son, Adam, was part of the graduating class. Kamberg told a story of how many years ago, his son shot a Nerf dart up in the air and it stuck to the ceiling, remaining there for years, until a few days ago, when it fell down. “Of course it did. It’s 2020, everything goes wrong,” Kamberg said, quoting his son. Kamberg said that it has been frustrating for the students to see events that are considered hallmarks of the high school experience canceled, but that one wish they made clear was they wanted to be together. “I think that in life there’s all sorts of memories and this will just be another memory in the book,” Kamberg said. “What they’ll remember is the friends that they made and the experiences they had

throughout high school.” Diane Cumming, who assisted in planning the graduation, said Feeney worked with the surrounding school districts to try and come up with the best idea possible for graduation. She said parents lobbied him to postpone the ceremony to July so as to have something closer to a traditional graduation, as opposed to the virtual events that some schools have held. “Which was very important to everyone, not to have just a virtual graduation,” Cumming said. “Under the guidelines of New York State, this is the best that we could do.” Brian Cumming, who graduated Sunday, said he was disappointed to see the second half of his senior year canceled, but he did not want to be at home for graduation. The most important thing was for the class to be together to graduate, he said.

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n defense of Joan Swirsky and response to your 7/7/20 editorial I submit the following information: A Brief History of Antifa: Part I https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16149/antifahistory-part-2https://www. gatestoneinstitute.org/16181/

black-lives-matterhttps:// www.gatestoneinstitute.org/ about/https://www.cnsnews. com/commentary/waltere-williams/walter-williamsworst-enemy-black-peopleMalcolm X said: “The worst enemy that the Negro have is this white man that runs around here drooling at the mouth

professing to love Negros and calling himself a liberal, and it is following these white liberals that has perpetuated problems that Negros have. If the Negro wasn’t taken, tricked or deceived by the white liberal, then Negros would get together and solve our own problems. I only cite

these things to show you that in America, the history of the white liberal has been nothing but a series of trickery designed to make Negros think that the white liberal was going to solve our problems. Our problems will never be solved by the white man.”In conclusion, I oﬀer the following quote

to all self-hating, guilt-ridden Marxists, Leftists and Progressives and their supporters in the media and academia, “The Truth! You can’t handle the Truth!” – Colonel Nathan R. Jessep from A Few Good Men. Walter J. Jaworski New Hyde Park

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o those letter writers who want to “Save us from the leftwing, anti-Trumpers” and who state that “Trump exposes Democrats’ failed policies”, it surprises me that such smart people don’t realize that your house is burning down and all you want to do is to go back into your house because you think this five-alarm fire is vastly exaggerated. These individuals write about destroying statues, liberals taking LSD, school system deficiencies, handcuﬃng police, stifling the economy, losing jobs and unemployment. I’m sure that they also meant to bring up the need for school openings for the children, more so to allow people to go back to work. It’s the economy, stupid. Numbers! Numbers! Numbers! Where are the accountants when you need them? Would you believe that for all the problems they mention, they fail to bring up the coronavirus and the numbers associated with that dreaded disease. How about over 3 million cases and over 130,000 deaths? That’s in

the United States alone. But, as the president recently claimed, it’s really harmless and under control. One key word keeps going through my mind. DEATH! I know when it’s not happening to you or yours, it’s fake news. If you don’t believe me, check out the real facts on the Fox News Channel. See. We Liberals do have a sense of humor. The coronavirus and how to deal with it should be the main concern for all of us. With the number of coronavirus cases and deaths already at dangerous levels daily, perhaps more schooling is necessary for these letter writers to learn how to count to and understand such high numbers. And blame, blame, blame. Trump blames Obama for this and that. We all know that when you watch the 11 o’clock news, many of us wait anxiously for the sports news. Numbers! That’s a big thing in sports. Growing up, the number 60 was the big number. That was the single season home run record that stood for many years. Babe Ruth! Did you know that he was around during the pandemic of

1918? Another number, 12, was made famous by another member of a New York team, Joe Namath after he won a Super Bowl playing with the Jets. The four-minute mile was a barrier that runners tried to break. Speaking of running, in a relay race say of 4 miles, with each of the team’s four members running a mile, if the lead runner builds a lead of 200 yards and the second runner increases the lead to 300 yards, both runners are responsible for the victory. Despite what Trump claims, President Obama left Trump with a fantastic economy, having turned it around coming out of the throes of a disastrous recession. Trump, instead of putting down President Obama, should give him credit for his achievement. Trump should also get credit for increasing the lead in the race to maintain a successful economy. But Trump puts Obama down for what appears to be all his accomplishments. Could Trump be a racist? After all, it’s in his family blood line. But let’s get back to the coro-

navirus situation. Historians will ask who was in the White House when the coronavirus pandemic struck? One thing is for certain, it wasn’t President Obama. Trump has done so much to control the coronavirus pandemic, so he says. He claims that he provided help to states like New York when it was needed. As a New Yorker, during the height of the crisis in our state, while Trump kept saying it was under control, all you had to do was listen or watch the local news programs to find out about the desperation the state was going through in dealing with this pandemic. There were shortages of doctors, nurses, medical technicians and other medical staﬀ, ventilators and personal protective equipment (PPE) – including surgical masks, face shields, respirators, gowns and gloves. Here’s a fact. When New York attempted to buy ventilators and other equipment, we were not only in competition with other states but also, and I state emphatically, with the federal government, thus cutting short the neces-

sary supplies and raising the prices dramatically. Is this what Trump thought was helping New York? All he did was make it more difficult for the hardest-hit state to acquire the necessary equipment and deal with the overflow of cases. This is not fake news. If you were not there, check it out. Only later, after much pleading, did Trump provide some help. Realistically, we must first deal with health concerns by getting the coronavirus under control. Only then can we focus on business and employment. Although I believe that most of you Trump supporters mean well, I know that it’s easy to be taken in by the lies of the world’s greatest salesman, apparently placed on this earth by the devil. Has anyone ever seen his birth certificate? We Americans, and the many who live here and want to be, must understand that in order to beat this coronavirus, we must all work together. No matter your political aﬃliation, stay safe. Alvin Goldberg Great Neck

NYC needs another revolution to save city

was chief-of-staﬀ at the New York City Traﬃc Division during the Koch administration. I know the cost of this BLMpainting undertaking — personnel, materials, trucks and so forth.

Whether through the elimination of traﬃc lanes and streets for select political messaging or outright state-ignored or state-sanctioned vandalism — which this is — the failure of local governments

to contextualize history, in favor of deleting it, will engender an ugly, permanently resentful and divisive populace for generations. It was a veritable revolution when the Giuliani-Bloomberg era

set in. It is high time for another in order to save New York City. It has become abundantly clear across the nation — as there are no Democrats anymore in the mold of Koch, Carey, Nunn, Moynihan

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Herricks Middle students move up On June 25, The Herricks Middle School community gathered together to celebrate its eighth-grade graduates at the Town of North Hempstead Beach Park, where a drive-in style culminating event closed out a truly unprecedented academic year. The eighth-grade class was able to enjoy a full-length graduation exercise including speeches from Board of Education President Juleigh Chin, schools Superintendent Fino Celano, principal Brian McConaghy, class president Tristan Surajbali, and the winner of the 2020 Honor Essay, Aieshah Ashfer. Musical interludes were provided in the form of two orchestral pieces. The first piece, Britten’s “Frolicsome Finale,“ was performed by the quintet comprised of violinists Peter Aliprandis, Jocelyn Chiu, viola player Sasha Stern cellist Devon Lee and bassist Dylan Lee. The second interlude was Borodin’s “String Trio in G minor,“ which was performed by a trio, comprised of violinists Aaron Chu, Kaylee Luo, and cellist Preston Chan. Last but not least was the presentation of the HMS class of 2020. The event was well-attended, and

the presentation of the class brought honks and flashing headlights to celebrate the hard work of our young adults. The evening concluded with a final orchestral performance of Beethoven’s “Trio in c minor, op.1, no. 3, Allegro con Brio” which was

performed by pianist Catalin Wong, violinist Katherine Cha, and cellist Ryan Lo. The full video of the event is available at www.herricks.org. Submitted by the Herricks Public Schools

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Gothelf given teachers association award For the past 37 years, the East Williston Teachers’ Association has awarded a scholarship to a graduating senior who plans to study education and to become a teacher. The David K. Israel Scholarship is a $10,000 scholarship, named after a 40-year veteran English teacher who served as the East Williston Teachers’ Association president for more than a quarter-century. This year’s recipient is Emily Gothelf. One teacher describes Emily as approachable and open-minded. Her calm and positive way encourages others to slow down, relax, and be mindful. She is an attentive and empathetic listener, wise beyond her years. She is mature, independent, and reliable. She communicates

and advocates for herself. She is honest and humble. This teacher continues, I am constantly amazed by her strength, ingenuity, and creativity. She believes in herself and values her education. She makes Quizlets as a study tool before a test, and she is known to share them with the rest of the class. She is a natural teacher. Emily is described by another faculty member as someone who exudes honesty, integrity and evokes a passion for service. She has superb intelligence. She often looked for interesting material outside of class to bring into our discussions during class time. She is a fantastic candidate and I think she will be an outstanding teacher.

Emily has dedicated her life to volunteering. Since her years at North Side where she was a model student in the inclusion class, she has expanded her service to include volunteering at Stepps, Connections, Friendship Circle, Creative Arts, Camp Kehilla and the Viscardi Center. These programs reach out to children with ADHD, Autism, severe disabilities, muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy. She has also been a peer tutor. She already has a most impressive resume. Vanderbilt University is truly fortunate to welcome her this fall. Tax-deductible contributions can be made to the David K. Israel Scholarship Foundation c/o The Wheatley School, 11 Bacon Road, Old Westbury, NY, 11568

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Spotlight at The Paramount is all new Spotlight, located adjacent to The Paramount in Huntington, is pleased to announce our new additions since Phase 2 reopening this past month. Spotlight is now showcasing local live musicians playing streetside performances on New York Avenue in Huntington Village, new programming for Summer 2020 featuring a Quarantine Art exhibit, new food and drink menu items including burgers and salads for indoor and outdoor dining served daily, new food delivery options via UberEats & GrubHub, and a new

state-of-the-art in-seat in-app ordering system through OneDine, launching this month. Spotlight’s lineup of local live music features some of Long Island’s most talented musicians, including Nicky Loiodice of Oogee Wawa, Brian Ripps, Chelsea Takami, MJT, Paul Cuthbert of Rock Beach Music, Jonathan Wibbens, Melanie Morin, Gabi Rose of Enrose, Jake Incao, The Phil Firetog Trio & many more to be announced soon. In addition, Spotlight is now showing our newest exhibition “Quarantine Art” featuring work

made by local artists that were created during the quarantine. This is a public exhibition where anyone can submit artwork. The instructions can be found online at spotlightny.com. Spotlight is excited to give these fine artists a platform to showcase their work and encourage creativity during this tough time. All artwork can be viewed daily free of charge and may also be purchased from the artist directly. Twenty percent of the proceeds from the art sales are being donated to Huntington Hospital for COVID relief.

Spotlight also oﬀers multiple food items for ordering to your indoor or outdoor table with reservations available via OpenTable, as well as by delivery through GrubHub & UberEats. Its eclectic menu features a variety of burgers, salads, and daily specials created by our world-renowned Founder’s Room Chef Matthew Wagner. Coming soon, Spotlight will also launch our pilot in-app ordering program OneDine, which allows guests to use a QR code to order food & drinks to their

table from their phone, thereby setting up another way for Spotlight to help create a more touch-free experience — in conjunction with the mandated social distancing guidelines. In addition to mandatory face masks, plexiglass table dividers, and meticulous cleaning, Spotlight is setting the standard for contactless dining. For questions, reservations, or additional information, you can call Spotlight at (631) 6371225 or visit online at www. spotlightny.com. Submitted by The Paramount

Old Westbury Gardens opens to the public Starting Wednesday, July 1, Old Westbury Gardens opened its gates to the public—allowing visitors to enjoy and explore over 200 acres of outdoor space for the first time since closing for the regular season in December 2019. After a delayed opening due to COVID-19, with a regular-season starting in April, visitors are now able to return to the Gardens to stroll the outdoors, including the Walled Garden, Rose Garden, Lake Walk, Thatched Cottage, and West Pond.

Before reopening, the Gardens launched an online registration system for visitors to reserve timed-admission spots. Tickets will not be sold in-person; instead, limited tickets can be purchased online. The new system limits visitor capacity, helping to maintain social distancing. “We recognize how important it is to have an outdoor space, such as Old Westbury Gardens, where guests have ample space to properly socially distance,” Nancy Costopulos, president and CEO of Old West-

bury Gardens, said. “Over the last several months, our staﬀ has been working behind the scenes to ensure we would be ready to welcome guests back with rigorous safety protocols in place. We are eager to have visitors strolling the grounds and hope our guests find solace in a safe and open environment.” In addition to the new ticket reservation system, visitors will be asked to abide by New York State COVID-19 protocols. Visitors must maintain six feet of distance between household groups

and wear face coverings. Masks may be taken oﬀ when people are within their group but must be worn when coming in close contact with other visitors. “As we reopen, safety will continue to be our number one priority to protect our visitors, volunteers, and staﬀ,” Costopulos added. “We appreciate our visitors for being so understanding as we implement changes to protect everyone’s well-being.” Westbury House will remain closed until further notice. For regular updates, additional in-

formation, or to reserve tickets, visit the website: www.oldwestburygardens.org. General admission to Old Westbury Gardens is $12; senior admission is $10; children’s admission for ages 7-17 is $7; and children six and under, and Old Westbury Gardens members, are free. Visitor Hours are from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday (closed Tuesday) and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the weekend. Submitted by ZE Creative Communications

Town to host home improvement workshop North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Nassau County Oﬃce of Consumer Aﬀairs will host a virtual workshop teaching residents how to protect themselves from

home improvement scams. The presentation will educate residents on the dos and don’ts of selecting contractors for home improvements and repairs, the importance of using a

licensed contractor, and other ways to keep you and your family protected. The workshop is free and will be hosted over the video conferencing platform Zoom.

Those interested in attending are encouraged to RSVP in advance. The home improvement and repair contractors workshop will be held on Monday, August 31, 2020, at 7 p.m.

Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZFXmkjFLSUefROjyqorhJQ Submitted by the Town of North Hempstead

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State knows best how to reopen schools Continued from Page 16 has proved successful while Trump and the Republicans’ method has so tragically failed is applying the same data-driven process as he did to the phased reopening to reopening schools across the state: Schools in a region can reopen if that region is in Phase IV of reopening and if its daily infection rate remains below 5 percent or lower using a 14-day average since unPAUSE was lifted. Schools will close if the regional infection rate rises above 9 percent, using a seven-day average, after Aug. 1. The state will make the formula

determination during the week of Aug. 1-7. (See finalized guidance and guiding principles for reopening schools: https://www. governor.ny.gov/sites/governor. ny.gov/files/atoms/files/Pre-K_ to_Grade_12_Schools_MasterGuidence.pdf). Cuomo left the specifics of how school districts would function – virtual, in class or hybrid — up to the school districts. Plans to reopen schools are due on July 31. And while the decision to open schools, just as to re-open the economy, must be at the state and local level, the federal government

(if we had a functioning one) has a vital role to play: • Federal funding to public schools (not diverting billions to private and religious schools) to assist in the modifications, the PPE supplies, construction materials, HVAC improvements, paid for by federal disaster aid • A national program to stop community spread, including testing, tracing and isolation. Instead of scheduling halftime in school and half-time remote (because of demands of social distancing) which won’t work for kids, teachers or working par-

ents, some other ideas so there can be a full regular schedule: • Vulnerable teachers and students should be able to stay online – if a teacher only has one or two students, it should be as effective as in-class, while reducing capacity in the classroom.• Need space – utilize outdoors for classes as much as possible – even set up tents with ventilation; in crowded areas like New York City, there is talk of taking over streets outside of the buildings. Maybe school districts could even take over some hotels that are being underutilized.• School buildings need

rigorous sanitizing (perhaps install UV lighting or these new UV robots to assist with after-hours cleaning).• Keep classroom windows open, use fans to ventilate (wear jackets inside if necessary); require masks, hand-sanitizer, better coordination of students passing in hallways, address food service and class schedules to reduce congestion; check temperatures on entering the building.• Employers may have to accommodate working parents with more flexible hours, shorter days so parents can come home to be with kids since there won’t be after-school sports, clubs.

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Happening at the Williston Park Library 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: Open for Browsing: MondayFriday: 10am-5:30pmVestibule

Pick-Up: Monday-Friday: 10am5:30pm “Open for Browsing” means you can come inside, walk around the Library, and look for books and other items. 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 re-

quired 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.

Virtual programming at 5th-graders on road to middle school the Mineola Library Saturdays, July 11, 18 & 25,10:00am. Zoom Zumba with Kristen Fonte. Participate in the fun fitness routine that combines Latin and international music with dance moves! July 11: Zoom Meeting ID: 867 1089 1669 Password: 276275 July 18: Zoom Meeting ID: 842 4046 8988 Password: 429673 July 25: Zoom Meeting ID: 884 6049 8421 Password: 673617 *It is strongly recommended that you consult with your physician before beginning any exercise program. By participating in this program, you agree that you do so at your own risk, are voluntarily participating in these activities, assume all risk of injury to yourself (or your child), and agree to release and discharge Kristen Fonte and Mineola Memorial Library from any and all claims or causes of action, known or unknown. Monday, July 13, 2:00pm. Virtual Meet the Animals, with Volunteers for Wildlife. Learn about the diﬀerent classes of animals and their characteristics. Meet cold-blooded reptiles, furry mammals, and feathered birds in this easygoing presentation. To gain

access to this program, please email mineolaprograms@nassaulibrary.org to obtain the link to the Zoom meeting. Tuesday, July 14, 11:00am. Virtual Scotland Travelogue (with Talk of Outlander) With Jeanne Schnupp, the Savvy Sightseer. Visit Edinburgh, Glasgow, the Isle of Skye, Stirling, Glencoe, Inverness, and Culloden Moor. Link on the Library’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ MineolaLibrary/ Thursday, July 16, 7:00pm. Virtual Broadway on a Budget. Zoom Meeting, with Brian Stoll. Join theater enthusiast Brian Stoll as he discusses all things Broadway! He will also share several money-saving tips. Zoom Meeting ID: 850 7814 9102. Password: 160420 Tuesday, July 21, 11:00am. Virtual Switzerland Travelogue With Jeanne Schnupp, the Savvy Sightseer. We will move from Zurich to the French border and then the Alpine regions, visiting Bern, Geneva, Zermatt (the Matterhorn), Lucerne, St. Moritz, Montreux, and Gstaad. Link on the Library’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook. com/MineolaLibrary/

Thursday, July 23, 2:00pm. Virtual Program: Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers: A Retrospective In the ten films they made together from 1933 through 1949, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers established their reputation as the greatest dancing duo in the history of Hollywood. Presented by Richard Knox. Zoom Meeting ID: 836 9854 0115 Password: 258604 Monday, July 27, 6:30pm. Virtual Chef Rob Scott Cooking Demo: Shrimp Creole with Mussels & Ricevia Facebook Live. Learn how to make this seafood dish by watching Chef Rob on Facebook Live! Visit the Library’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ MineolaLibrary/ Tuesday, July 28, 11:00am. Virtual Northern Italy Travelogue with the Savvy Sightseer With Jeanne Schnupp, the Savvy Sightseer. Journey from Milan to Verona, the setting of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Visit the Northern Lakes and the Cinque Terre (Italian Rivera). Link on the Library’s Facebook page: https://www. facebook.com/MineolaLibrary/

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The pandemic and school closure did not stop Herricks fifth-graders from moving up in a memorable way. Center Street, Denton Avenue, and Searingtown schools all held graduation events that celebrated students’ completion of their elementary years while adhering to safety guidelines. The three buildings held car processions during which families drove the graduates past their schools as district leaders and staﬀ members cheered them on. Denton’s event took place

on June 24, Center Street’s was on June 25 and Searingtown celebrated on June 26. Students had the opportunity to get out of their decorated vehicles at designated times and locations to receive certificates and have pictures taken. Music, applause, and bright backdrops added to the exciting ambiance. Students received videos complete with speeches, videos, and songs to further honor their accomplishments and next steps. Submitted by the Herricks Public Schools

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