Freeport Herald 07-16-2020

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We’re all in this together

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Back to business The Freeport Chamber of Commerce held a networking luncheon on Tuesday, the first one since the coronavirus pandemic began. With Nassau County now in Phase 4 of reopening, entrepreneurs and restaurateurs said they were hopeful that business would come back. Above, chamber President Jenny Jorge, standing at right, welcomed members back to the monthly get-together.

No charges filed against officers

Nassau district attorney decides Akbar Rogers case

By RoNNY ReYes rreyes@liherald.com

Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said on July 7 that her office would not file charges against the seven Freeport Police officers who arrested Akbar Rogers, 44, on Dec. 3.

An independent review of the case — which was caught on video as officers chased Rogers over a fence, with two officers

punching and kicking him — found that the officers operated within the law and policy in place.

The case was reviewed with help from Dr. Philip Hayden, a nationally regarded expert on the use of force by police.

Along with the decision, Singas also dropped the charges that Rogers faced for allegedly assaulting the officers and resisting arrest. At the time of his arrest, Rogers had a bench war-

rant against him for allegedly having pushed a pre gnant woman to the ground and leading police on a high-speed car chase through the village. He was running from police when he was apprehended.

While the D.A.’s office and the Public Corruption Bureau said no criminal charges could be filed against the arresting officers, Singas said she found cerContinued on page 19

All of us at the Herald Community Newspapers were frightened by the coronavirus pandemic when it reached Nassau County in early March. Some of us were sickened by Covid-19, and some were even hospitalized.

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By Bridget downes bdownes@liherald.com

Local food pantries, including the St. Christopher’s Parish pantry in Baldwin, have been feeling the toll of the coronavirus pandemic. But Town of Hempstead officials announced last week that a $2.1 million grant for Island Harvest would help pantries such as the one at St. Christopher’s by alleviating some of their financial stresses.

The grant, town officials said in a news release, was part of the CARES Act funding that was provided by the federal government to help offset unbudgeted Covid-19 expenses incurred by organizations.

The St. Christopher’s pantry, coordinated by Outreach Director Julia Santiago, of Freeport, receives food and prepackaged boxes from Long Island Cares, as well as food from Island Harvest. The pantry, at 11 Gave Ave., is open every Tuesday from noon to 3 p.m.

The facility typically offers nonperishable food items and snacks as well as clothes, shoes, feminine hygiene products, diapers and other items that people can’t usually buy with food stamps, Santiago said. It’s also one of the few local pantries to offer meat when it is available.

“I give anything and everything I can get my hands on,” Santiago said. “Toilet paper, toiletries, toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant — these are the things that people can’t buy with food stamps.”

And the effort to help those in need has tripled since the beginning of the pandemic, Santiago said last month.

While she normally serves 136 families, it was close to 400 a month.

On a weekly basis, about 78 cars were visiting the pantry, each containing two or three families, she explained. In one week in May, Santiago recalled, she served 1,236 people. The least number of cars that have come is 26 in recent weeks, she added, although the numbers have gone back up since then.

“I have families with six kids, four kids, three kids,” Santiago said. “It’s upsetting that, here, in this country we have hungry people. There’s a need out there, there sure is.”

A few volunteers run the pantry, sorting, organizing and packing boxes to be loaded into visitors’ trunks. Santiago said she delivers boxes to people’s houses, too, which is ideal if family members have fallen ill.

The pantry serves residents from any community, including Lynbrook, Valley Stream, East Rockaway, Island Park and Oceanside, although Santiago said she refers residents from Freeport and Hempstead to their local pantries — Freeport has five and Hempstead has about 20 — to keep up with demand from areas that have none.

“So we’re serving a large community in Nassau County,” Santiago said. “Nassau County truly is lacking pantries.”

At the beginning of the pandemic, the pantry was inundated with people seeking food and supplies, Santiago said. The line started at the pantry, went through the parking lot, down Gale Avenue and

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the pantry is one of the few local facilities to offer meat when it is available.

the pantry offers nonperishable food items as well as clothes, shoes, toiletries and other items. crossed over to the Baldwin Fire Department firehouse, causing firefighters to ask what was going on. Santiago said she was giving out food.

“That was the first week we opened,” she said. “It was like, ‘Oh my God, what’s going on?’ And this was really the people who weren’t able to get through to the unemployment — they weren’t getting their money so they had no way to buy food or pay the bills. Those were the ones we helped, and we helped generously.”

Santiago was grateful for the support from Island Harvest and Long Island Cares, which delivered boxes of food for free to allow the pantry to restock. The Pink Tie charity has helped, too.

Santiago was afraid, though, as a person with many underlying health conditions, to be exposed to so many people who may have been infected with coronavirus. But she wears a face shield and a medical mask to protect herself, and disinfects surfaces regularly. Three local res-

idents whom she used to help on a regular basis have died from Covid-19, she added.

A Freeport resident, Santiago said she has been working with St. Christopher’s pantry for about four years, and before that, with St. Anthony’s Parish in Oceanside for five years. Besides running the pantry, she performs outreach services and advocates for her neighbors, helping them find housing and apply for jobs, among other things.

“This is what I love the most, though,” she said of working with the pantry. “It’s rewarding.”

And the Rev. Nicholas Zientarski, the pastor of St. Christopher’s Church, supports and encourages the effort.

“There’s been g reat generosity expressed on the part of many different people in the community,” he said, adding that both parishioners and local organizations, including the Baldwin Chamber of Commerce, Gala Fresh Foods, the Pink Tie charity and Plaza Elementary School, have donated. “These places have really, over the past few months, made various contributions both in terms of money or in terms of food, and really been a great help to us here.”

To donate, drop off supplies in the shopping carts in the church near the elevator or in the box near the Merrick Road entrance. Those who wish to donate can also drop off supplies on a Tuesday when the pantry is open or call (516) 442-0932.

Monetary donations are also accepted and can be mailed in or dropped off at the rectory.

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■■ A■male,■27,■and■another■male,■47,■both■ of ■Brooklyn,■were■arrested■for■petit■larceny■and■attempted■petit■larceny■on■July■1.■ Officers■ responded■ to■ a■ larceny■ case■ at■ a■ business■ on■ Atlantic■ Avenue,■ where■ they■ arrested■ one■ suspect■ in■ the■ parking■ lot■ and■ the■ other■ inside■ the■ business■ with■ merchandise■hidden■in■his■shirt.

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■■ An■employee■of ■a■business■on■N■Main■ Street■ reported■ that■ two■ male■ suspects■ entered■ his■ store■ on■ July■ 1■ and■ stole■ $10■ worth■ of ■ snacks.■ The■ suspects■ fled■ the■ scene■ without■ paying,■ but■ the■ merchandise■was■recovered.

Criminal Mischief ■■ A■ local■ resident■ reported■ that■ an■ unknown■ suspect■ had■ caused■ $500■ worth■ of ■damages■to■her■car’s■tires■while■parked■ on■Commercial■Avenue■on■June■30.

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Fraud ■■ A■ Freeport■ resident■ reported■ that■ someone■had■gained■access■to■her■personal■ information■ on■ July■ 6.■ The■ unknown■ suspect■ had■ used■ the■ victim’s■ information,■along■with■a■fake■address■in■Georgia,■ to■put■in■a■claim■for■unemployment■benefits■ with■ the■ State■ Department■ of ■ Labor.■

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The■victim■is■currently■employed■and■had■ not■ filed■ a■ claim■ of ■ unemployment■ or■ given■ anyone■ persimmon■ to■ do■ so■ in■ her■ name.

Dispute ■■ Officers■ responded■ to■ a■ dispute■ near■ Commercial■ Street■ between■ a■ landlord■ and■ a■ tenant■ on■ July■ 9.■ The■ male■ tenant,■ who■ was■ living■ in■ a■ basement,■ claimed■ the■ landlord■ had■ started■ removing■ his■ belongings■ from■ the■ residence■ without■ the■ tenant’s■ permission.■ The■ Freeport■ Building■Inspector■responded■to■the■scene■ and■noted■several■violations■following■an■ inspection.

Trespassing ■■ Officers■ responded■ to■ a■ report■ of ■ trespassing■ at■ a■ home■ on■ Woodbine■ Drive■ East■ on■ June■ 29.■ Upon■ arrival,■ officers■ found■the■rear■door■and■window■open.■An■ investigation■ found■ that■ there■ were■ no■ abnormalities■ inside■ the■ home.■ The■ door■ and■window■were■re-secured.■ ■■ A■local■resident■reported■that■his■home■ near■Pennsylvania■Avenue■had■been■trespassed■ on■ July■ 10.■ Officers■ responded■ to■ the■ scene■ and■ found■ that■ nothing■ appeared■to■be■missing.

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News brief Freeport reschedules National Night Out The■Village■of ■Freeport■will■be■rescheduling■its■annual■National■Night■Out■event■ to■Oct.■6,■at■5■p.m.,■at■Cow■Meadow■Park.■ National■ Night■ Out■ is■ an■ annual,■ nationwide■ event■ that■ seeks■ to■ promote■ unity■ between■ residents■ and■ their■ local■ police■officers■through■fun-filled■activities.■ This■ year’s■ event■ will■ be■ hosted■ by■ Mayor■ Robert■ Kennedy,■ Nassau■ County■ Executive■ Laura■ Curran,■ County■ Legislator■ Debra■ Mule’,■ Assemblywoman■ Judy■ Griffin■and■State■Senator■John■Brooks.■

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“National■ Night■ Out■ will■ feature■ fun■ activities■ for■ children■ and■ families,■ food■ and■ giveaways,”■ Brooks■ said.■ “[It]■ promotes■a■true■sense■of ■community■by■providing■a■great■opportunity■to■bring■police■ officers■and■residents■together■under■positive■circumstances.”

Brooks’s■ office■ is■ asking■ residents■ and■ local■businesses■to■donate■food■and■beverages■for■the■event.■To■learn■how■to■donate,■ call■ the■ office■ at■ (516)■ 882-0630,■ or■ email■ russo@nysenate.gov.

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Talking about BLM with your family rreyes@liherald.com

The first time Freeporter Ama KarikariYawson spoke with her children about police brutality and systematic racism was after the death of Eric Garner in 2014.

Although her oldest son, Jojo, was only about four-years-old at the time, KarikariYawson found that he was picking up on the tension anxiety that gripped the community at the time, so she tried her best to explain things to him and be as honest as possible.

As the Black Lives Matter movement continues in the U.S., Karikari-Yawson, 40, decided to use her experience as an author and parent to help other families discuss the current state of race relations and the importance of the movement by publishing a children’s book on the matter, “The Talk: A Black Families Conversation about Racism and Police Brutality.”

“This is a book for families to read together and engage with it,” Karikari-Yawson said. “It’s a tool for families of all races to learn from.”

Karikari-Yawson said the book is very much a product of its time, as it starts out with children at home during the Covid-19 pandemic watching the video of George Floyd’s death online.

The book goes on to depict the kids and their parents having a frank talk about systematic racism and the push to end police brutality.

But despite the nature of the family’s con-

The Book demonsTRaTes a black families conversation in the wake of George Floyds death and the Covid-19 pandemic.

versation, the book ends on a positive message that encourages kids to strive for excellence and help the nation overcome its racist history.

“This book is a ‘must read’ and is suitable for students in the elementary and middle school grades,” said Aletta Seales, a member of the New York Black Librarians Caucus. “[It] is a story in poetry form, which can serve as a resource to parents, educators, librarians and community members to discuss police brutality, race and racial injustices with children.” “‘The Talk’ is a book of empowerment that can be useful for advocates, allies or activities who wish to be a part of the solution and not part of the problem,” added Sheliah Bobo, a member of the Black Educators of New York.

Karikari-Yawson said that among the major lessons in the book is that parents of any race need not shelter their kids from the fact that racism and prejudice exists. From her own experience at seeing her two sons embrace the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as the scores of kids and young adults leading the calls for change in recent protests, Karikari-Yawson believes that kids are mature enough to handle this topic.

She added that to bring about such a change means including everyone into the conversation, and she hopes families of all races would read her book to learn more.

Karikari-Yawson said she might go on to write similar books from the perspective of other families, including a white family.

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Nassau demands $2M for the Coliseum

By BRIAN STIEGLITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

Nassau County is demanding that Onexim Sports and Entertainment, the company that operates Nassau Coliseum, pay $2 million in overdue rent in 15 days or risk forfeiting its lease.

The county recently explained its action in a Notice of Default sent on July 7 to Onexim, which operates Nassau Coliseum under the Nassau Events Center. The letter came following Onexim’s decision last month to temporarily close the Coliseum while it waits for investors to take over operations and take on the remaining debt.

If Onexim fails to pay the $2 million in payments to the county within 15 days after the letter was sent, it would result in an “event of default” and mean the county could terminate its lease.

The lease accounts for an additional 30 days in which the Nassau Events Center’s leasehold lender, Nassau Coliseum Funding 100, could “step into the tenant’s shoes” and satisfy the rent payments before the county could end the lease. However, in a loan agreement secured by the lease, the Nassau Events Center owes $100 million to Nassau Coliseum Funding 100 for renovations made to the Coliseum in 2015.

A statement about the county’s decision reads that it was made in “an effort to ensure a plan for sustained operations” at the Coliseum and the redevelopment of the 72 acres surrounding it, known as the Nassau Hub. “We cannot drag our feet on a strategy for the future of this hallmark Nassau County arena nor risk the unprecedented progress we’ve made to transform the Hub site,” County Executive Laura Curran said. “We did not take

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AmId NASSAu CoLISEum’S temporary closure, Nassau County is demanding that Onexim Sports and Entertainment, the company that operates Nassau Coliseum, pay $2 million in overdue rent. today’s action lightly and believe it is the best way to bring all parties to the table.”

The county invited Onexim and its lender to discuss their plans for the future of the Coliseum and the Nassau Hub redevelopment, as written in a letter sent to both groups as well as the codeveloper for the Nassau Hub, RXR Realty.

The county’s action also comes after the Nassau Events Center requested a rent forbearance ag reement. In response, the county asked for a detailed plan describing how the Nassau Events

Center plans to continue Coliseum operations and how rent forbearance would help with such a plan.

“I’m committed to swiftly reviewing any proposals to get a plan for the building and the redevelopment back on track for the benefit of all our residents — including our devoted Islanders fans — who were looking forward to a final season at the Barn,” Curran said.

The temporary closure of the Coliseum leaves the future uncertain for the New York Islanders, which is set to play half of its games next season at the Col-

iseum and the other half at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn.

“We are engaged in a productive conversation with all the stakeholders,” reads a statement from Onexim. “We have consistently initiated communications with the county and have been responsive to their communications.

We are hopeful that we will soon be able to announce a resolution that will satisfy the needs of the community while taking into account the new realities that we are all facing in light of the pandemic.”

Pols call for oversight of Covid-19 spending

By BRIAN STIEGLITZ

and the only town that qualified for the CARES Act funding.

Nassau County received $103 million, New York State Sen. Kevin Thomas and Suffolk County, $257.6 million. and U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice are calling On Thursday, Thomas and Rice for the state comptroller to review how appeared outside Hempstead Town Hall, the Town of Hempstead is where Thomas announced spending the $133 million it legislation to appoint a fiscal received from the federal govmonitor to ensure “equitaernment under the Coronavible” distribution of the panrus Aid, Relief, and Economdemic funds, he said. He said ic Security Act. he would introduce the legisDubbed the CARES Act, lation in the State Senate the legislation distributes $2 once it resumes its session on trillion in funds among cerJuly 20. tain governments to alleviate “Strong oversight is about expenses related to the coromaking sure that the people navirus. It is not meant to who really need relief are the replace lost revenue and ones who receive it,” Thomas Kevin Thomas could be used until Dec. 30, said. “This important legisla2020. tion will ensure the accountGovernments that qualified for the ability and transparency that taxpayers funds must have populations of over deserve in these exceptionally challeng500,000. Hempstead is the largest town in ing times.”

In a statement, Greg Blower, the the country, with over 800,000 residents,

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town’s director of communications, funds toward the following efforts: accused Thomas and Rice of doing “very ■ $1 million toward each of the four hoslittle to provide direct aid to communipitals in the Town of Hempstead. ties that are struggling.” He said they are “looking to deflect attention from their ■ $2 million to the Nassau County lackluster performance.”

Industrial Development Agency’s effort “What’s more, our governto provide small businesses ment’s diverse Covid-19 Adviwith free personal protective sory Panel continues to idenequipment kits. The town’s tify areas of need, and the donations funded the cretown’s administration is ation of 4,000 more kits. working with village officials ■ $2.1 million for Island to provide assistance,” BlowHarvest. er said.

On May 5, after securing All of the above decisions the $133 million in CARES were made as resolutions Act funding, the town develpassed on the town website oped an Economic Relief before they were communiAdvisory Committee to delibcated to the press and in the Kathleen Rice erate how to distribute it. town’s e-newsletter. SuperviThe same day, the committee sor Donald Clavin has also agreed to distribute $2 million among 14 been communicating once a week, via local food banks within the Town of Zoom, with village mayors to hear their Hempstead. input and discuss their needs related to So far, the town has also allocated the pandemic.

Summer arts program launches in Freeport industry.

Students will also meet Alan Zweibel, a writer from Saturday Night Live, to learn what it is like to put together a scene for the show.

Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” fame, will also stop by.

Throughout the summer arts program, students will work to design rocks and seashells that have inspiring messages of hope and kindness written on them to complete a “Kindness Garden” by the end of the program.

Freeport StudentS will meet TV celebrities Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood as part of the district’s summer arts program.

Courtesy Office of Assemblywoman Judy Griffin

State aSSemblywoman Judy Griffin dropped off state sanitizers to Ed Martin, president of Freeport’s American Legion Post 342.

Griffin helps Freeport restock Long Island Cares.

Then on June 29, she dropped off sanitizing equipment at the Meadowbrook Care Center.

She did the same for the Freeport American Legion Post 342 on July 2.

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The Freeport School District has set up multiple virtual meeting and field trips for the more than 175 students who have enrolled in the district’s summer arts program.

Along with taking creative courses over the Internet, students will also be able to meet with talented artists and industry leaders whose works shine on the big screen.

Students are set to meet with HBO costume designer Kasia Walicka Malmone and production supervisor Gus Gustafson to learn about the TV and film

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its proximity to New York City. Nestled in the Long Island suburbs just minutes from Manhattan, Molloy takes advantage of the NYC metro region to provide its students with the highest quality internships and clinical placements.

Graduate Programs Fuel Careers Molloy offers a variety of graduate and doctoral programs that provide the opportunity for students to further enhance their career or take a new direction while pursuing a passion. The College’s graduate programs include a variety of M.B.A. options, as well as programs in clinical mental health counseling, criminal justice, music therapy,

speech-language pathology, education and nursing.

What’s New Molloy, home to approximately 4,900 undergraduate and graduate students, recently opened its new facility at 50 Broadway in lower Manhattan. The space serves as the home of the nationally ranked Molloy/CAP21 B.F.A. in musical theatre, and also hosts other academic programs and special events. Additionally, last year Molloy opened its newest residence hall, the College’s third.

The College continues to expand its

flexible learning options for many of its programs, so that students can take night, weekend, hybrid or online classes. Some of Molloy’s newer offerings include an online MBA, as well as a new degree completion program that will enable returning students to easily complete their undergraduate degree.

Visit molloy.edu to learn more.

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Things may feel out of control right now. Stay connected Students are facing a lot of unknowns and √ Connect and check in with classmates; hold disruptions as they prepare for the new each other accountable for task and work semester. Try to be patient with yourself, your updates. classmates, and your instructors during this √ Use Zoom and other video platforms to talk time. Take care of your well-being first. Making to your classmates about the shared worka plan and adjusting your studying may help load. you feel even a little sense of control. √ Utilize your professors at this time! Don’t be No one knows yet how the new school afraid to ask them questions about assigned year will play out, but there’s certain to be work or tell them about your circumstances. some form of in-class and online learning.

Adapting to online learning may take some Create a work-only space re-thinking of your academic strategies. √ If possible, find a space where you won’t be distracted.

Get organized √ Try and keep a similar schedule as if you √ Get a planner/calendar to keep up with were heading to class (like waking up at assignments and due dates.

8:30 a.m., eating breakfast, and starting your √ Syllabuses have changed a great deal work at 9:30 a.m.). because of the transition to online courses, √ Be consistent with your work but don’t forso be attentive to shorter deadlines. get to take a break. √ Set reminders on your phone and computer for all assignments.

If you experience any challenges with your academics, connect with your instrucStay on point tors. They are best prepared to respond to the √ Try to limit your distractions (Put your phone curriculum, class assignments and learning on Do Not Disturb). expectations — and it’s very likely they have √ Get a jump start on assignments by reading just helped one of your fellow students with ahead and taking notes. the same question. n √ Set a daily checklist of goals you would like to accomplish.

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Higher Education ENABLING A BRIGHTER FUTURE

Campus essentials

Returning to campus will have a decidedly different feel this fall.

Heading off to school Adjusting to the new realities of college life in the ‘new normal’

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ndoubtedly, the outbreak of Covid-19 has brought a cloud of uncertainty to higher education institutions regarding how to proceed with returning to campus.

While many colleges and universities have announced their plans to reopen campuses this fall, students need to prepare for a college experience that will be from what it used to be.

College will clearly not be the same, whether that be in person or online. Many schools are hopeful to have students on campus but are also making alternate plans, such as a hybrid of online and in-class, an early or late start, and other creative options.

But regardless of how college will look, students will want to make transitioning this fall as smooth as possible.

Introduce yourself Don’t be shy! Introduce yourself to your professors, classmates, and advisors. For school online, try and follow the same advice and find virtual office hours for your professors, peer study groups, and work that campus directory to contact the folks you need.

Set up for Success No matter where you are this fall, have a dedicated study space to focus on your studies, especially if you are taking classes online. Read through your syllabus and plan your to-do schedule for weekly studying as well as longer preparations for exams, papers, or projects. Try to eliminate distractions (like your phone) and if necessary use headphones.

Learn about the services your school offers like tutor centers in math and writing, whether online or on campus. You don’t have to do it alone!

There are resources available to help you succeed! And

lastly, if your school is online, or in a mixed format, then create peer study groups via a conferencing app as an alternative.

Get involved This is advice you hear over and over, but it will make a difference. Make connections through clubs, activities, events, student government, or consider joining a sorority or fraternity. Consider intramural sports, or meet new people while volunteering for a worthwhile cause on campus, or in the community.

If being online is your only option, find like-minded peers in an online club just as you would on campus. Don’t see one that fits you? Start your own club and recruit members!

Come together Getting along with roommates (whatever that may resemble this fall) is essential, especially during this unsettling time. Sit down together and set expectations for your shared space. Determine how to respect each other’s property and need for quiet time. Agree on what times are acceptable for visitors and consider making a cleaning schedule to make sure everyone is pulling their weight.

If you’re doing school online you might need to give your family members heads up for times when you need it quiet for an exam or the Wi-Fi bandwidth for an online class discussion.

Maintain a healthy lifestyle No matter where you are be sure to exercise, eat healthy, and get regular sleep as much as you can. Consider meditation or practice finding mindfulness throughout the day. Find a balance in your life by not neglecting either academics or your personal life. ■

Back-to-school has changed this fall. Students will need to consider how to best prepare for incorporating online learning into their college experience, in addition to staying healthy while on campus.

Add these items to your traditional back-to-school checklist. √ Face coverings: Those all-important masks are a must in the Covid environment. Keep covered when you are among others protect the people around you in case you are infected but do not have symptoms. √ Multi-port USB charger: Spring 2020 taught us that classes can quickly be converted from in-person to online.

Make sure you’re prepared for online learning by bringing a USB charger with multiple ports to keep your phone, tablet, laptop, etc. fully charged. √ Hand sanitizer: Alcohol-based hand sanitizers will help when you’re on the go and not able to wash your hands. Look for a brand that contains at least 60 percent alcohol. √ Noise-cancelling headphones: Invest in a good pair of headphones to drown out your roommate’s music or online class lectures. If you find it hard to study while listening to music, try downloading white-noise tracks from Spotify. √ A noise-cancelling app: If you need to participle in a virtual class discussion, download a noise-cancelling app to reduce the background noise caused by your roommate, pets, air conditioner, etc. √ Disinfecting wipes: Use disinfecting wipes to easily sanitize surfaces, including your phone and computer. Own a MacBook or iPhone? According to Apple’s website , it is ok to use disinfectant on the exterior surfaces of Apple products as long as you “avoid getting moisture in any opening, and don’t submerge your Apple product in any cleaning agents.” √ Webcam: Your phone or computer may already have a webcam, but if you’re unsatisfied with the quality or looking to upgrade for virtual class sessions, consider adding an external web camera to the mix. √ Blue light blocking glasses: Staring at digital screens like your computer, phone, tablet, and even TV may cause eye fatigue or other macular issues from the blue light emitted. Blue light blocking lenses are available for glasses of all types, from prescription to non-Rx. √ Electronic notepad and stylus: Using a digital notepad makes sharing your handwritten work on a math equation a breeze. √ Adjustable laptop stand: Whether you use your laptop from your bed, couch, or desk, investing in an adjustable laptop stand can help support your wrists and improve your posture while studying or working on an assignment.

Look for a stand that can be raised upwards to turn your workstation into a standing desk. ■

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Front-line workerS at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside came outside to greet hundreds of cars that drove by in a parade to support them during the battle against the coronavirus in April.

Weathering the pandemic at MSSN

By Mike SMollinS msmollins@liherald.com

When faced with an “unprecedented” situation in April as coronavirus numbers reached their peak — 383 — the staff at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital rose to the occasion and banded together to get through the difficult time.

“We are stretched beyond anything we have seen in the past,” spokesman Joe Calderone said at the time. “The situation here is unprecedented.”

While many lives were lost because of the virus, the hospital celebrated the release of hundreds of Covid-19 positive patients who were released healthy. At a time when front-line workers were stretched thin, the Oceanside community and many others came together to show their support, donating food to the hospital’s staff daily throughout the pandemic.

In May, when cases began plummeting, the hospital returned to offering elective surgeries as the hospital began a “Don’t Put Your Health on Hold” initiative, urging the community not to risk safety out of fear of coming to a hospital.

“If you’re out there and you have a procedure that you’ve been putting off, or if you have any kind of medical issue, you should call immediately,” Calderone said. “Don’t wait.”

In June, most units of the hospital returned to welcoming visitors under strict guidelines, including one visitor per day per patient, and a shift from a 24 hours per day visitor policy to a fourhour window. Additionally, all visitors must undergo a Covid-19 test no more than two days before visiting.

Before, during and after the surge of the pandemic, MSSN was committed to delivering standard-setting, patient-cen-

Mount Sinai South Nassau Communities hospital in Oceanside. tered health care. It is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 455 beds, more than 900 physicians and 3,000 employees.

The hospital is an acute-care, not-forprofit teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art care in cardiac, cancer, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and emergency services. It is a designated Stroke Center, boasts Long Island’s first and only Gamma Knife® and Novalis Tx™ radiosurgery technologies for superior cancer care, expert orthopedic services, and emergency and elective angioplasty. MSSN has been designated as an Accredited Bariatric Surgery Center by MBSAQIP and is also a recipient of the American Heart

Association/American Stroke Association’s “Get With The Guidelines®”Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite.

MSSN’s beautiful North Addition houses two 36-bed medical surgical units, a 36-bed inpatient behavioral health unit and comprehensive maternity services center with 26 private postpartum rooms, spacious labor and delivery rooms and a neonatal intensive care unit.

The hospital’s Emergency Services department is one of the largest and most advanced on Nassau County’s South Shore. Designated a regional stroke center and Level II Trauma Cen-

ter by the American College of Surgeons, the department houses 35 treatment rooms and specialty care, including a high-speed CT-scan and x-ray facility, pediatric emergency room and psychiatric emergency room.

And that capacity will soon be expanding. MSSN is working on building a new four-story, 58,000-square-foot wing.

The new wing will nearly double the size of the emergency room, add new and larger operating rooms, add more beds in the critical-care wing, and will also help prepare the hospital in case of another hurricane like Sandy or a surge in patients from a pandemic like it saw during the Covid-19 peak.

MSSN is the only hospital on Nassau’s South Shore permitted to perform angioplasty in an emergency or an elective basis. In the event you or a loved one need angioplasty, it can be performed on the spot at the hospital’s Center for Cardiovascular Health, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The facility’s Cancer Center is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and has received the Outstanding Achievement Award for three consecutive survey cycles (2009, 2012, 2015). With leadingedge cancer fighting technologies, including Novalis Tx™ radiosurgery, daVinci robotic-assisted surgery, the Long Island Gamma Knife® and worldclass physician talent specializing in cancer, MSSN offers South Shore residents expert cancer care without the need to travel to points north or into the city.

For more information about MSSN and its services, call (877) 768-8462 or (516) 632-3000, or go to www.southnassau. org. We encourage you to “like” them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.

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hase Four reopening is here, and that means art shows will be returning to Long Beach, but we are taking our time. At the moment, we do not know when we will be having new shows at Kennedy Plaza or in the lobby at City Hall, as we do every year.

But the Arts League has been having Zoom meetings every month. We have artwork at the Long Beach Library, which we left there in March, from our last show there. We are waiting for word from the library when we can have another show. We are going to do a virtual show in August on our website that will be open to everyone, not just those who belong to the Art League.

These are difficult times, and art can make a difference in people's lives. When you are worried, if you can write a poem or paint a picture, it can make such a difference.

It keeps both sides of your brain working. I have a master’s degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, and I worked for the New York City Youth Board with troubled kids. We had them do art, painting, writing, and it gave them an outlet, and kept them away from violence and violent acts.

I grew up in Ohio, and my grandmother would take me for long walks in the woods, and we would do artwork. It all started with crafts, and then I went on from there. I make jewelry and I also do collages. I run an online art store with my daughter, called KtoK Design.

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It was bad. I was very sick and stuck at home.

I had to keep to myself, but I’m always the kind of person who’s thinking about her community.

When I finally got tested negative, my doctor told me I should keep resting for a while. But I told him, “What about my kids? They need me.” I always call my students my kids.

I knew what was going on in Freeport. Covid hit us hard. And I wanted to do something to put a smile on their faces.

I volunteered to distribute food for the district’s Grab & Go meal program. There are many students who don’t have the transportation to pick up the meals, so I would drive out to them and deliver the food.

I noticed that one of the students I delivered to was having a hard time. I saw that his birthday was coming up, so I wanted to do something special for him.

I bought a cake, some food, and got Michele [Velasquez], who was another TA, to come with me and surprise the student.

The smile on his face made it all worth it, and Michele and I decided to keep this up and made the Birthday Brigade.

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am an administrative assistant in the food and nutrition department at Mercy Medical Center. Once the pandemic hit, I was put in charge of coordinating all of the food donations the hospital was receiving. It was my full-time job for three months.

My position shifted from focusing on the patients’ nutrition to providing food and beverages for the staff. I wanted to make sure the front-liners got everything that was sent to them.

And everyone in the community was so generous and wanted to help. But it was challenging because no one was allowed to come into the hospital, so I spent a lot of time emailing and making phones calls to coordinate delivery times.

I created spreadsheets listing the donations and made a calendar to make sure we were covering every unit and every shift. During this time, everyone was so busy, they would often forget to eat or even drink water; many would avoid the cafeteria due to concerns about social distancing, and the last thing they needed to worry about was food. Dehydration was a big concern, and employees were so grateful to even be given a bottle of water. It was so touching.

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hen the Baldwin Public Library first closed, I really had no sense of the magnitude of what was going on and for how long our doors would be shut. It was a very crazy and anxious time where we were all forced to think in the most basic of terms — shelter, safety and food for our families and ourselves.

Fortunately, our library director, Elizabeth Olesh, and assistant director, Kaysha Watson-Phillips, stayed connected with all the staff via Zoom from the very beginning, checking in with all of us regularly to be sure we were OK and to figure out what steps we should take next, since the whole staff was really concerned about our patrons and our community.

That really helped me to understand that my concerns/worries were shared by all of us and so that became my focus when coming up with online programs. We had never done anything like this before, but were going to give it a try by offering quality content that could help during a very isolating and stressful time. Programs dealing with anxiety and stress, physical fitness (have you seen 40 people Zoom Zumba before?

It’s awesome!) and fun cooking classes, along with book discussions became the heart of what we offered.

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ERASE Racism, a civil rights organi- tap into benefits for racial and ethnic zation based on Long Island, has invited diversity. The Rauch Foundation, a local organization that works to J.W. Dodd Middle School create systemic changes on Principal Johane Ligonde Long Island to shape stuand Assistant Principal dents for success, funds it.

Christopher Porciello to take Those invited to the seminar part in the organization’s are named Rauch Foundaannual, four-day educational tion Fellows. seminar on teaching and “This year’s Rauch Founleading for racial equality on dation Fellows will gain this July 13. impressive experience and Ligonde and Prociello are be able to put it to work for among 30 educators at the Long Islanders,” ERASE seminar, 10 of who are from Long Island.

Christopher Porciello Racism President Elaine Gross said. “The benefits of T he summer training diverse education are proseminar was designed to help educators learn how to create truly found, and all Long Islanders should integrated schools and classrooms that have access to them.”

The Freeport School District named ittown, the Hicksville School District and the Kings Park Central Salvatore Carambia as its School District. new assistant superintenHe has had more than 18 dent for business during a years of career experience virtual Board of Education at CitiBank. meeting on May 27.

He has a Bachelor of SciC a r a m b i a p r ev i o u s l y served as assistant superinence in business administendent for business at the tration from Adelphi UniNorth Babylon School Disversity and a Masters of trict from 2008 to 2015, Science in education from where he then went on to C.W. Post. serve as deputy superintenCarambia has already Salvatore Carambia begun working with the disdent of schools. He also served financial positions at trict and will officially enter the Island Trees School District, in Lev- his role on July 27.

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MephaM’s Tyler O’Neill was projected to be one of the top pitchers in the county this spring.

receNT calhOuN graduaTe Sean Johnson will look to lead the Colts to some success in summer league action.

as a juNiOr, catcher Chris Giardino helped Clarke capture the Nassau Class A championship in 2019.

piTcher Nick delliTalia is part of a deep MacArthur summer league roster.

Nassau summer baseball a home run

By TONy BellissiMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

About 25 percent of Nassau County High School varsity baseball players will get a chance to step on the field together in 2020 thanks to the efforts of many coaches, led by Clarke’s Tom Abruscato.

He sprung into action soon after official word of the cancellation of spring sports throughout New York State came in late April due to Covid-19. After six weeks of development and planning, the result was a 14-team L.I. Boys of Summer league that got underway July 6.

“We always have a few teams in the Boys of Summer every year,” said Abruscato, who in 2019 guided Clarke to its seventh county championship during his tenure. “This year it’s more about the seniors than anything else,” he added.

“Most of them missed not only the baseball season, but prom and graduation.”

While the Rams won’t get to defend

their title until next spring, they’ll look to have success — and more importantly, fun — this July and August competing against some of the top competition in Nassau. The summer league is in no way related to Section VIII high school athletics.

“We’re all itching to get back on the field and it’s great to get this opportunity to play,” recent Clarke graduate Chris Giardino said.

In addition to Clarke, the league includes Bellmore-JFK, Bethpage, Calhoun, Clarke, East Rockaway, Garden City, MacArthur, Mepham, North Shore, Oceanside, Plainedge, South Side, Valley Stream and Wheatley. Valley Stream’s roster includes kids from Central, North and South high schools.

“For our seven seniors, losing the high school season was just devastating,” Mepham coach Eric Passman said. “This summer league isn’t really about winning, it’s about kids getting to play with

their friends one last time.”

Kennedy alumni Jordan Kanner and Zach Rosenfeld are coaching the Cougars. “The student-athletes deserve a taste of what they missed out on this past season,” Kanner said.

On opening day, July 6, Calhoun defeated Mepham, 5-4, in walk-off fashion at Cantiague Park in Hicksville. Pat Sanchez doubled home Pete Rogers with the tying run in the bottom of the seventh and then scored the winning run on an error.

“It’s an amazing thing to give these kids some type of season,” Calhoun coach Art Canestro said. “They’re excited to play.”

Each team will play a 10-game regular season, followed by playoffs. “We have to figure out how the playoffs are going to work as far as seeding and maybe some byes, but every team will get in and it’ll probably be double-elimination,” Abruscato said.

Games will be the usual 7 innings and most will be played Mondays and Tuesdays at 4 p.m. Fields being used include Cantiague, MacArthur H.S., Eisenhower Park, Garden City Community Park, and Mitchel Athletic Complex.

“Every single kid wanted to play, that’s why we’ve got a million kids here,” MacArthur coach Steve Costello said opening day. “It’s a home run. I give Tom [Abruscato] all the credit in the world for putting this together.”

The league will follow Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s safety guidelines for Phase 4 opening. This includes limiting spectators to two per player, not allowing sharing of equipment and being socially distant in the dugout, etc.

“I’m excited we’re able to give the seniors a little closure and have a few more laughs together before they head off to college,” South Side coach Tom Smith said.

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Protesters gathered at the Nassau County D.A.’s office on June 25 to demand that the charges against Akbar Rogers be dropped.

“We won’t see full justice until we hold the officers accountable over what happened,” Martello said. “Those officers did not act within the law. The law does not allow officers to brutalize, dehumanize and break someone’s wrist and shoulder. I urge the D.A. to review the case once again.”

Martello said justice for Rogers would only come if the officers are charged and the Village of Freeport is held accountable over what happened, and the village changes its training and policing policies.

Both Nassau County and village offi-

cials said they would not comment on pending litigation.

Nia Adams, of Jericho, who helped organize several protests demanding justice for Rogers, said she was pleased the charges against Rogers for resisting arrest and assault on the officers were dropped, but that she and her fellow protesters would continue to demand disciplinary action against the seven officers involved in the case.

“It shouldn’t have taken six months and a grassroots organizing effort to get these charges dropped,” Adams said. “The

fact Akbar was ever charged in the first place, even though we had video of him being assaulted by those Freeport officers, shows as clear as day the racism and injustice within our so-called justice system. We’re glad Akbar’s name will finally be cleared, but this case isn’t over until the officers involved are fired and charged.

“And this movement,” Adams continued, “isn’t letting up until we achieve justice for all the ‘Akbars’ across Long Island, which can only happen by fundamentally changing our approach to public safety.”

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tain officers’ conduct during the arrest disturbing.

“The abusive language depicted in video of the incident, with an officer responding to Mr. Rogers’s assertion that he could not breathe with ‘F—k you,” and calling him a ‘[expletive]’ is reprehensible and warrants discipline,” Singas wrote in a statement on her decision.

The Freeport officers involved in the arrest were Michael Kennedy, Vincent Kennedy, Matthew Koutsogiannis, Michael Geniale, Michael Salisbury, Richard Paulik, Kyle Pistani and Thomas Williams.

Along with disciplining the officers, Singas urged the Village of Freeport to facilitate meetings between the local community and the Freeport Police Department. The village recently established a new community advisory committee to meet with residents and discuss how to provide better policing in Freeport.

Singas added that state and local officials should study police tactics and decide whether to pass reform laws on arresting practices to better protect both officers and the public from harm.

Greg-Patric Martello, whose law firm is representing Rogers in a $25 million lawsuit against the Village of Freeport and the Nassau County, said that while he is pleased certain charges dropped against Rogers, he disagreed with Singas’s decision not to charge the officers.

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Baldwinite named to Girl Scouts board of directors Girl Scouts of Nassau County recently held its 55th annual meeting, held virtually for the first time, in May, when members voted to appoint 17 people to the Board of Directors for 2020-2021, including Baldwinite Dr. Steven Lindo.

The board consists of lifelong Girl Scouts, community leaders, and nonprofit and corporative executives who help to further the organization’s mission to help girls build their courage, confidence and character and make the world a better place, according to a news release dated June 12.

“We are so fortunate to have several members of our board returning, bringing experience to the table, while also welcoming new additions who will further diversify the skills of our board,” said Andrea Elder-Howell, Esq., president of the Girl Scouts of Nassau County Board of Steven Directors. “Collectively, this board brings a robust network to extend the awareness of Girl Scouts of Nassau County’s mission.

This is particularly important during a time like the present, when non-profits are facing several new challenges that require a strong board to adapt and persevere.”

As Senior Level Director and Technology Head for the Coding and Regulatory Business Unit at Wolters Kluwer, Lindo utilizes his 30 years of industry experience and his passion for business and technology. Lindo holds his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Hofstra University, and earned his doctorate at Pace University, Seidenberg School of Computer Science. Currently, he teaches at Hofstra in the School of Engineering, Department of Computer Science.

Lindo is also the co-founder and president of SpringBoard Incubators Inc., a nonprofit organization located in Hempstead. SpringBoard’s main mission is to bridge the digital divide and knowledge

divide in STEM through educational programs and workshops, focusing on preparing students interested in pursuing higher education and careers in IT. As incubator and business accelerator, its main goal is to provide the essential services that help startups and struggling business owners overcome hurdles.

Lindo and his wife, Janice, were married at St. George’s in June, 1991. They have three children, Briannah, Brittany and Brandon. Lindo has served three terms of three years each on the vestry at St. George’s and continues to serve on the Strategic Planning Committee. He was also elected to serve two terms in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, Diocesan Council under Bishop Horace G. Walker and then again for Bishop Lawrence Provenzano.

He is also a community leader and mentor. He volunLindo teers for and supports community food drives, provides care packages for nursing homes and participates in other services projects in the Village of Hempstead.

Among those appointed were nine incumbent members-at-large who will serve another term, including Dr. Nada Anid, Tonia Bottoms, Esq., Lisa Burke, Lisa Gardner, Esq., Julie Strachan Haiber, Esq., Cathy O’Reilly, Dr. George Santiago, Jr., Chloe Van Dorn, and Allison Bishop White, Esq. Lindo, Jessica Bellucci, Natalie Borneo, Vikki Ernst Chang, Shantey Hill-Hanna, Susan MacDonald, Madison Spanodemos and Leah Watson are among the new appointees to the board.

The Board of Directors maintains the integrity and purpose of Girl Scouting while handling several responsibilities, including policymaking, fund development and strategic planning. To learn more about Girl Scouts of Nassau County, visit www.gsnc.org.

Courtesy Sen. Todd Kaminsky

Lifeguards honored for rescue City Council President John Bendo, Town of Hempstead Aquatics Division Coordinator Justine Anderson, Long Beach Lifeguard John Skudin, Long Beach Lifeguard Chas Thompson, Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, Town of Hempstead Lifeguard Andrew Healey, Senator Todd Kaminsky, and John Gutaman and Mal McGarry from the Town of Hempstead Lifeguards.

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LEGAL NOTICE APPLICATION FOR DEBT EXCLUSION VILLAGE OF FREEPORT The Chief Fiscal Officer of the Village of Freeport filed on July 13, 2020 in the Office of the State Comptroller an Application for Exclusion of $40,620,953 outstanding indebtedness for the Electric Utilities debt for the FYE 2020 pursuant to Section 123 of the Local Finance Law. This Application is on file as public record in the Office of the Chief Fiscal Officer.

Ismaela M. Hernandez Village Treasurer Chief Fiscal Officer Incorporated Village of Freeport 122384

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of Gallimore TLC LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on May 19, 2020. Office located in Nassau County.

SSNY is designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 47 Jefferson St. Freeport, NY 11520 Purpose: any lawful purpose.

122306 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING The Freeport Housing Authority will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 4:00 P.M. The meeting will be held at 100 North Main Street, Community Center, Freeport, NY 11520 with limited seating.

122382 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS NASSAU AVENUE SOUTH WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT FOR THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FREEPORT NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK Notice is hereby given that the Purchasing Agent of the Incorporated Village of Freeport, New York will receive sealed proposals for “NASSAU AVENUE SOUTH WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT” until 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 in the Main Conference Room of the Municipal Building, 46 North Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York, 11520, at which time and place they will be opened publicly and read aloud.

Specifications, proposal and proposed contracts may be obtained at the Office of the Purchasing Agent, Municipal Building, 1st Floor, 46 North Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York, 11520, from 9:00 A.M. on Monday July 20, 2020 until 4:00 P.M. Friday July 31, 2020. There is no fee for a set of bid documents.

Each bid must be accompanied by a bidder’s bond in the amount of not less than five (5%) percent of the bid insuring to the benefit of the Village of Freeport, or a certified check of not less than five (5%) percent of the bid, made payable to the Village of Freeport, to assure the entering of the successful bidder into a acceptable contract.

The work consists of replacement of approximately 2,100 linear feet of 8” c.l.d.i. water main and the temporary restoration of the disturbed pavement.

The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond, and Labor and Material Bond in the statutory form.

The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bid proposals received and subject to these reservations, shall award the contract to the lowest qualified and responsible bidder. Bids which, in the opinion of the Board, are unbalanced shall be rejected.

In submitting a bid, bidders agree not to withdraw their bid within forty five (45) days after the date for the opening thereof.

Purchasing Agent Village of Freeport VILLAGE OF FREEPORT Issue Date - July 16, 2020 122383

LEGAL NOTICE SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS - Index No. 608346/2019 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF MATAWIN VENTURES TRUST SERIES 2018-1, Plaintiff, againstGLADYS GALLERY A/K/A GLADYS A. GALLERY, if she be living and if she be dead, the respective heirs-atlaw, next-of-kin, distributes, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, lien or otherwise any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the complaint, NASSAU COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES , NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, MR. GALLERY (FIRST NAME REFUSED) S/H/A JOHN DOE #1 and MR. GALLERY (FIRST NAME REFUSED) S/H/A JOHN DOE #2, Defendants.

Date Filed: January 17, 2020

Plaintiff designates Nassau County as the place of trial based on the location of the mortgaged premises in this action.

We are attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

To the above-named defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) or within (60) days after service of this summons if it is the United States of America; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT This is an action to foreclose a mortgage lien on the premises described herein. The object of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $252,260.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on November 28, 2007 in Book 32534, Page 583, which mortgage was assigned to EVERBANK by assignment of mortgage dated July 15, 2013, which was recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on September 23, 2013 in Liber 39178, Page 966, which mortgage was further assigned to GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC by assignment of mortgage dated May 8, 2015, which was recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of

Nassau County on October 21, 2015 in Liber 40772, Page 442, which mortgage was modified by a Loan Modification Agreement dated June 9, 2017, to modify said mortgage to an amount of $394,520.25, which was recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on September 11, 2017 in Liber 42365, Page 787, which mortgage was further assigned to WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM ACQUISITION TRUST by assignment of mortgage dated September 19, 2018, which was recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on December 24, 2018 in Liber 43214, Page 307, covering premises known as 28 RONALD PL,, ROOSEVELT, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK 11575 (SECTION: 55 BLOCK: 335 LOT: 106 & 107).

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above.

The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant, GLADYS GALLERY A/K/A GLADYS A. GALLERY, for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises, unless discharged in bankruptcy.

The above Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Thomas A. Adams, dated January, 16, 2020, and filed in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on January, 17, 2020.

Dated: Roslyn Heights, New York, May 18th, 2020 DAVID A. GALLO & ASSOCIATES LLP By: FRANK A. MORRONE, ESQ. Attorneys for Plaintiff, 99 Powerhouse Road - First Floor, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 (516) 583-5330 (516) 583-5333 - fax 122337

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t seems like this is the summer of America’s discontent. No one is happy about the prospect of being locked down again by the coronavirus. All are dismayed by the indefensible killings of unarmed citizens at the hands of law enforcement officers. And everyone is horrified by the endless, senseless killings of young men, women and children of color in many of our cities, not by police, but by one another. If Black lives matter, then all Black lives must matter.

So where does America go from here? Do we stew in our own disconalfonse tent, lash out at d’amato one another and generally make ourselves more unhappy? Or instead, do we commit ourselves to making things better? Or maybe at least not making things worse?

One thing that won’t heal our nation is flailing away blindly to erase its past.

Some historically challenged young people seem to have discovered that our founders — like all of us — were deeply flawed human beings who failed to live up to the virtues and ideals they espoused

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be next. Can’t we all agree that taking down statues of Confederate generals who betrayed the nation and fought for slavery isn’t the same as taking down statues of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant just because they don’t meet our 21st century sensibilities about race? Wasn’t winning the Civil War and ending slavery enough to redeem them?

Is Teddy Roosevelt — the most progressive president of his era, the “trust-buster” who won both the Nobel Peace Prize and the Congressional Medal of Honor — to be exiled from history because he too was racially biased and “imperialist”?

Wasn’t his brave charge up San Juan Hill enough to help save his historic site at Sagamore Hill?

Is FDR, who led America out of the Great Depression, created the New Deal and defeated Hitler and Nazism, to be dumped in the ashbin of history because he interred Japanese and failed to end Jim Crow laws and stem racial segregation?

Do Presidents Kennedy, Clinton and even Obama get pilloried because they failed to do enough to end racial injustice?

Where do recrimination and historical revisionism end? Was the Rev. Dr. Martin

oes anyone not newly ‘woke’ to injustice fail to meet impossible standards?

Luther King Jr.’s devotion to nonviolence too timid to be honored? Does anyone not newly “woke” to prejudice, privilege and injustice fail to meet the left fringe’s impossible standards?

If so, we’re all lost. We all come up way short. But there is another path. We can revisit history, but let’s not revile it.

We can and should take a hard, cleareyed look at racism and economic deprivation in our own time. We should invest in our poorest neighborhoods, improve our poorest-performing schools, and help create better economic opportunities for minority communities. I’d like to see us fight hard to right the wrongs of America’s past. But we can only succeed if we build on the solid foundations of that past.

In a few weeks, Congress will return to Washington to consider another historic round of support for America’s struggling economy. This year, a pandemic has forced our leaders to drop partisan differences to pass legislation to keep our economy afloat. Let’s hope and pray they build on this cooperative spirit to earn a place of honor in our nation’s history.

Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.

Unspoken conspiracy to sacrifice elders

eally, I am trying not to take this personally, but it seems clearer every day that our federal government is choosing to open the economy at the expense of older Americans. When I say “expense” I’m not talking dollars; I’m talking survival.

A few indisputable facts:

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and should have followed.

The founders’ ideal of liberty for all clashed starkly with the horrible reality of their support for the slavery of many.

But if the good they did and the good we do can be swept away by the sins they committed and the sins we commit, then there is little hope for redemption.

If every American leader up to the present day is judged too flawed to honor, if all of American history before today is judged irredeemable, then we are doomed, for those who erase history will surely find themselves bound to replaying it.

The intolerance of today’s mobs toward everything and everyone who went before us will eventually turn on all of us and those who come after us. History shows it’s just a few short steps from the French Revolution’s cry for fraternity and equality to the Reign of Terror, the Star Chamber and the guillotine; from the heady days of the Russian Revolution to the horror of the Soviet purge, the gulag prisons and the Berlin Wall.

So the next time a former president’s monument is defaced or his statue is torn down, let’s think for a moment who will

■ America has an agonizing challenge ahead.

Covid-19 cases are surging in many states, and many hospitals are once again in danger of being overwhelmed.

■ Ninety-five percent of coronavirus deaths occur in people over 60 years of age. A crushing number of people have died in elder-care facilities across the country.

■ We are months away from any breakthrough treatment, and possibly longer than that for a viable vaccine.

■ Children need to get educated, and they need to get out of the house to play and meet friends. If not, we will have a generation of kids growing up with their own unique psychological problems as a

result of living through a pandemic.

Clearly, the needs of the children are in direct conflict with the need to protect our older people. The children always have to come first, but it isn’t an either/or situation. The problem can be addressed reasonably well.

As the epidemiologists have told us, widespread testing, universal protections, like masks and shields, and respect for medical guidelines, to maintain social distance, can allow our kids and grandkids some of the social freedom they need and still help keep older people safe from contagion.

This isn’t perfect, but it isn’t rocket science, either. We need a coordinated effort to put in place safety measures so our economy can stumble forward and our children can return to some kind of schooling.

None of this is happening now. We don’t just have a vacuum of leadership, we have a toxic message spewing from President Trump and his minions that undermines medical advice and seems indifferent to the threat to older folks.

There is a receptive audience for this message. Sacrificing Grandma and Grandpa seems to be the price many are willing to

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pay in order sit at a bar, attend a rally or party with friends.

Senicide (a word I just learned) is the killing of older people or abandoning them to certain death. It is a practice that took a while to gain traction in America, but apparently we are cozying up to the idea. Senicide has been practiced since ancient times by cultures around the world. Though illegal in India, thalaikoothal is still practiced in some remote villages as a form of “mercy killing.” In ancient Nordic cultures, attestupa was the custom of old people jumping or being pushed off high cliffs. In rural China, among the Inuit, helping people to their final destination was an acceptable way to conserve resources for the young.

And now, in the United States of America, the bean counters are accepting a certain number of deaths in exchange for opening the local tattoo parlors. I never imagined senicide as part of the American experience. Until now. I see Trump humphing and pfumphing about pushing kids back into school and opening “Main Street,” and I hear the unspoken calculus that a boost to the economy will require a culling of the over-60 population.

That doesn’t have to be the deal. There

never imagined senicide as part of the American experience.

Until now.

is another way to move forward without stepping over the bodies of our elders.

Masks really work. Social distancing is effective. To me, it follows that people who gather in groups without masks are willfully putting their older loved ones at great risk.

Since the president has abdicated leadership over the pandemic, it is up to the governors and mayors to find their backbone and their moral conscience and make masks and distancing the law of the land.

For my baby boomer brothers and sisters, we need to take care of ourselves, and that means staying relatively isolated, so our grown children won’t have the additional burden of caring for us. That means not connecting physically with our grandkids, as we did before the pandemic.

No hugs and kisses for the moment. We can welcome one another with open arms as soon as it’s safe to embrace; in the meantime, this is what we must do.

My friends and I joke darkly that if Covid-19 rages on, tens of thousands of the older generation will die sooner rather than later, Medicare will have fewer claims, younger people will inherit ahead of schedule, and it will all be just dandy.

If you can live with it.

Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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his week, the Herald Community Newspapers are making a seemingly small, but we believe critical, change to our Style Guide.

Going forward, the Herald will use a capital B when writing about Black people.

Our choice was motivated by the Associated Press’s decision to do the same. The Herald generally follows AP style in its writing, only occasionally veering from it, as is the case with hundreds of newspapers across the United States.

After the AP’s decision — and a similar one by The New York Times, which has style guidelines of its own — we began considering whether our policy on the use of the lower-case b required reconsideration, culminating with a group discussion with our editorial staff. We wanted to reach a consensus based on sound reasoning.

We concluded that the capital B is about more than skin color. It represents a shared history and culture among a traditionally marginalized group of people in our society. We had, for many years, used African-American when referring to Black people, but many Black people do not describe themselves as African-American, having lost their ties to Africa centuries ago.

The Black Lives Matter movement, which exploded into the American consciousness after the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis

police officer on Memorial Day, crystallized in our minds the importance of the capital B. Black, in this case, not only represents a movement toward social justice, but also a shared identity.

We are making one exception to the new rule. We will not capitalize black in Crime Watch items, where black speaks only of a person’s physical description.

In keeping with our longtime policy, no person can be described in Crime Watch solely by the color of his or her skin. A physical description must also include height, weight, clothing and any distinguishing features, such as a beard.

Many will ask why the AP, The Times — and now the Herald — will not capitalize white. First, and most important, white does not represent a shared sociocultural identity. It is simply a physical description. Most white Americans can, and do, trace their roots back to Europe.

They know what countries their ancestors came from, with stories of grandparents and great-great-grandparents passed down in family trees and oral histories. These histories help white Americans feel a sense of cultural heritage, a connection to their past, whether they are Irish-American, Italian-American or Polish-American.

Most Black people in America had their familial and cultural ties ripped away from them because of slavery. In the nation’s earliest census at the end of the 18th century, Blacks accounted for nearly one-fifth of the U.S. population, with nearly all brought here as slaves

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letters Keep New York moving forward To the Editor: As of last Friday, coronavirus hospitalizations dropped below 800 for the first time since March 18, and the three-day average death toll — seven — was the lowest since March 16. The number of new cases, the percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny. gov.

Throughout this pandemic, we have made progress by recognizing that state and local governments cannot fight the virus on their own. The efforts of everyday New Yorkers to socially distance, wear masks and wash their hands are central to our ability to slow the spread and save lives.

As we allow ourselves to celebrate some good news, I urge residents to stay “New York tough” and not give up the ground we have worked so hard to gain together, particularly in the face of rising cases throughout the country and compliance issues here at home.

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from Africa, according to the Pew Research Center. Today, most of the nation’s 40 million U.S.-born Black people are descended from this original population.

Enslaved Blacks were forced to start over, developing a shared socio-cultural identity in this new and terrifying land.

To write Black, as opposed to black, is to recognize this identity.

Changing a newspaper’s style will do nothing to alter the social and economic conditions that Black people face in America. It will not reverse the evils of systemic racism, which has oppressed them since they were forcibly brought to this land. When all of us commit to and work toward ending racism, in all its forms, we will at last eradicate it.

To write Black is a sign of respect for a people who have, for too long, been castigated and downtrodden. The Herald has long been committed to reporting on the issues that matter to the Black community. In 2014 we took on a yearlong investigative series, “Living on the Edge,” about the challenges that people face making ends meet in Nassau County. Issues of poverty, we found, disproportionately affect Black and Hispanic people. Last year, we took on another yearlong series, “The Racism Around Us,” examining myriad examples of systemic racism throughout society.

In choosing Black instead of black in our Style Guide, we are committing to continuing such reporting in the future.

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p to now, President Trump has been lucky enough to avoid catching Covid-19. He is tested two times a day, along with all of the White House staff. Despite these tests, a number of staffers have contracted the virus, including members of the Secret Service detail. But there’s no doubt that even if the president escapes the bug, there’s a strong likelihood that the pandemic will be his undoing come Election Day, Nov. 3.

At the beginning of the year, Trump was an odds-on favorite to be re-elected. The JerrY economy was kremer humming along and unemployment was at an alltime low. But in early January, China reported its first cases of the new coronavirus. The president called for a halt to immigration from China, but in the weeks after the declaration, it’s estimated that over 20,000 Chinese citizens traveled to America without hindrance.

For the entire month of February, the president downplayed the reports of the

virus, predicting that it would quickly go away. He said that the few reported cases in the U.S. would dwindle down to zero, so there was no need to worry. Fearful that any reports that the virus was spreading would harm his re-election campaign, he lost precious weeks in which he could have alerted the nation to take any and all precautions.

Well into March, Trump ignored the growing death toll and was determined to get the economy going again at all costs. His pressure on Republican governors to reopen has now turned into a massive debacle, with Florida, Texas, Arizona, South Carolina and Arkansas, among others, reporting record numbers of infections.

Blindly loyal to the president, they have exposed millions of their people to the possibility of death or serious health problems. Now, as their hospitals reach capacity with Covid-19 patients, these governors are backtracking from their stupid political decisions and calling for the wearing of masks and renewed lockdowns.

When New York state was hit with the virus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo sprang into

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action, directing the state’s millions of citizens to stay at home, to wear masks and to follow social-distancing protocols.

At Cuomo’s urging, the federal government provided lifesaving equipment and set up numerous temporary shelters, but thousands of people still died in overcrowded hospitals and nursing homes. The state’s struggle to reduce the caseload, and its eventual success, should have been a warning sign to the nation that no one was safe from this silent killer.

Every day, Trump is digging the nation deeper and deeper into another tragedy.

A vast majority of people want our schools to reopen, and there’s no doubt that parents are especially anxious to get their children back to learning in school buildings and not at the kitchen table. But just like the president’s blind effort to get businesses to reopen, he is pushing hard for schools to open, threatening the health of millions of teachers and students.

The federal government hasn’t provided one cent of funding for sanitizing classrooms or for testing school personnel. Teachers are being told that they must provide their own protective equip-

very day, he’s digging the nation deeper and deeper into another tragedy.

Letters ■ Newly admitted patients: 75 ■ Counties with hospitalized patients: 28 of 62 ■ Number of patients in intensive care units: 177 ■ Number of ICU patients who were intubated: 100 ■ Total number of hospital discharges: 71,477 ■ Deaths over a 24-hour period: 6 ■ Total number of deaths: 24,974 Of the 69,203 tests conducted in New York state on July 9, 730, or 1.05 percent, were positive.

There were also 730 additional cases of Covid-19, bringing the statewide total to 401,029 confirmed cases in New York.

After consulting with the state health commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, and local stakeholders, we decided that concessions at state ocean and lakefront beaches would be allowed to open with restrictions beginning last Sunday. That included concessions at popular destinations such as Jones Beach, Robert Moses, Sunken Meadow and Lake Welch in Harriman State Park.

We made this decision based on facts and science, and in recognition that these concessions are largely outdoors and are similar to other businesses we have allowed to open with precautions as part of NY Forward. As always, New Yorkers and visitors must adhere to social-distancing guidelines and wear facemasks as appropriate, and local governments will be actively monitoring to

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ment in order to make their classrooms t se safe. At the same time that a number of Am states are reporting their highest numha loc bers of infected citizens, Trump is threatening that any school that fails to reopen rus. Al will lose federal aid — even though they killing don’t get aid directly from Washington. of law During previous national health crises,one is h the nation has been comforted by public- killing health officials who have provided guidance on how to stay alive and safe. But this time around, every time guidelines have been issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health, Trump has countermanded them, insisting on his own standards. Every step taken by this president has been and continues to be a recipe for disaster.

As the days go by, he could accidently expose himself to the virus. I don’t wish it on him. I’m content to wait until November, when the virus wipes away the possibility of his re-election. unhapp Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for selves 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways at least One and Means Committee for 12 years. He now flailing heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strat- Some h ple see egy firm. Comments about this column? founde JKremer@liherald.com. flawed to the v

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To the Editor: Construction will finally begin on the Belmont Arena Long Island Rail Road station in Elmont. Completion of the eastbound platform is promised by 2021.

There is no news, however, as to who will purchase, operate and maintain a fleet of shuttle buses to connect the station with the Islanders arena. Bus manufacturers have a backlog of up to two years for orders already placed by transit agencies.

Who will build a facility for maintenance, storage and powering of electric shuttle buses? Building a facility can take two years.

What will the capacity of these electric buses be? They could range from 20 to 60 riders. Will they comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act? Who can guarantee all of this will be available to support the first hockey puck hitting the ice in October 2021?

Don’t be surprised if the Islanders play their 2021-22 season at Nassau Coliseum.

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