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Gyms, yoga studios left out of Phase 4 reopening

By JameS BerNSteiN jbernstein@liherald.com

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to reopen the economy during the coronavirus pandemic has included guidelines and opening dates for restaurants, retail stores, beaches, parks, museums and art events. But the kinds of places many people treasure as respites from daily life — gyms and yoga studios — remain closed, and their owners say they have no idea when they might reopen.

Laura Shockley, owner of Point Lookout & Wellness, like many others in her industry, said her business has been closed since the coronavirus pandemic began in midMarch. She has been giving yoga classes on the beach in the interim, but her business’s future, she said, is uncertain.

The gover nor “left us nowhere,” Shockley said.

“We’re in limbo right now, with no end in sight.”

Shockley, a lawyer who tired of the corporate life to

open a yoga and meditation studio, said Cuomo moved gyms, yoga studios and bowling alleys out of Phase 4 reopening plans, without assigning them dates when they might reopen. She said she finds it difficult to understand how some places, not always the cleanest, are allowed to open, while gyms and yoga studios, which promote health, are shuttered.

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laUra ShoCkleY iS among the yoga studio owners facing the loss of her business during the coronavirus pandemic. Above, Shockley, pictured with staff, before the coronavirus pandemic.

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.

But we had a job to do. We were, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo called us, “essential workers,” relaying vital information people needed to know to stay h e a l t hy a n d s u r v ive t h i s potentially deadly disease.

So we did what we knew h ow t o d o — reported the news, day in, day out, for weeks on end. Suddenly, we were no longer a weekly newspaper.

We were a daily, publishing the news online at liherald.com and in our daily newsletter.

Hundreds of thousands of people came to our website for the latest news.

The pandemic stretched us to our limits, but we never broke.

We were with you throughout, and our pledge is to remain with you until all of us return to normal life — or whatever our lives will be in the new normal.

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Two drownings in one week in Long Beach

By Darwin Yanes dyanes@liherald.com

In a span of four days, two people died in Long Beach waters after entering the ocean while lifeguards were off duty.

The first incident was on July 9, when a 18-year-old male from Queens died and several others were rescued at night from Monroe Boulevard beach in Long Beach after entering the water, while lifeguards were off duty. According to Long Beach Fire Department Commissioner Scott Kemins, they received a call at 6:55 p.m. about multiple people in distress. The lifeguard emergency crew responded immediately with the fire department aiding them several minutes later.

Kemins said a total of nine people were removed from the water, while the 18-year-old victim was transported to the Mount Sinai South Nassau Emergency Department at Long Beach, where he was pronounced dead after being in cardiac arrest. The man’s name is currently being withheld, according to a Long Beach Police Department spokesman.

Three others were transported to MSSN in Oceanside and treated for minor injuries. The others refused medical attention and one firefighter was also transported to the MSSN in Long Beach for evaluation.

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several swimmers were treated at the scene after being rescued from the water in Long Beach on July 9. with transporting patients and standing by for additional emergency calls. All fire department operations were under the command of Richard DiGiacomo, chief of the Long Beach Fire Department.

The second incident happened Sunday morning when a 31-year-old Nassau County man died and two others were rescued at Long Beach Boulevard beach.

According to Acting Long Beach Police Commissioner Philip L. Ragona, on July 12 at approximately 8:08 a.m., the police

department was notified of swimmers in distress at Long Beach Blvd and the Ocean Beach Park.

The Long Beach Police Department and the Long Beach Fire Department were dispatched to the scene. The Long Beach Lifeguards were already present at the incident location.

Three swimmers were removed from the ocean by the Long Beach Lifeguards.

Two of the rescued swimmers sustained minor injuries and refused medical assis-

tance at the scene. A third swimmer was removed from the ocean in cardiac arrest.

This swimmer was transported to Mount Sinai South Nassau Long Beach Emergency Department and was pronounced dead.

Kemin praised the emergency crews for their efforts and stressed that people should not be in the water, while lifeguards are not on duty.“That water requires a lot of respect,” Kemins said.

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State leaves yoga studios without direction ing the outpouring of love in the commuvery much a part of Long Beach’s cul- nity,” Horowitz said.

The Herald reached out to the goverture of exercise as a way to relax and nor’s office for comment, but did not have fun. Shockley said she believes she can hang on to her business, but she receive a response by press time.

Jess Thurman’s Barrier Island Crosssaid, “I know people who are closing, fit, a relatively small gym because how long can you catering to classes, would keep an operation going” have been open for four years without a steady income? this coming fall, but it sucLong Beach’s unemploycumbed to the coronavirus ment rose during the panand shut its doors. demic, and the closing of “We’ve been closed since g yms and yo g a studios, March,” Thur man noted. which employ both full- and She said her business was set part-time workers, has only to open July 8, when it was in added to the unemployment the Phase 4 reopening plan. rolls. laura But, she said, Cuomo has Oceanride Cycling Studio, since announced he would a spin studio that has been shockleY issue a new plan Aug 8. That open seven years in Long Owner, does not mean, Thurman Beach, just closed, according Point Lookout said, that gyms and yoga stuto owner Stephanie Horowdios will be allowed to open itz. “Not knowing when & Wellness that day or any time after, we’re going to be able to only that the governor would reopen, it didn’t make sense” to keep paying rent and other costs, Horowitz make an announcement.

“We just want some answers,” Thursaid. There is no outdoor bicycling man said. She said she was unsure if her because of limited space.

Horowitz is not critical of the gover- business would reopen. “We have to get nor, however. “I don’t know what’s right our membership back,” she said. “We and what’s wrong,” she said. “I think have to pay the landlord. It would take he’s trying to do what he can to keep us three months to get us back to where we were” before the pandemic. safe, but it’s just all a terrible situation.”

Thurman expressed a concern echoed She said her customers expressed regret at the closing. “I was not anticipat- by many in the industry: It is uncertain

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laura shockleY at her Point Lookout & Wellness spot. how many people would be willing to return to exercise places, which tend to attract large numbers of people.

Point Lookout & Wellness had become more than just a spot to hop in for a yoga class. Shockley said her studio offered classes for people who could not afford them, as well as free classes for nurses

who were heavily stressed when hospitals were crowded with Covid-19 cases.

She still has meditation classes aboard the Freeport Water Taxi and other events.

“I have taken a significant hit,” Schockley said of her business. “I’m only just keeping my head above water.”

Woman pleads guilty in mother’s death

Agreement comes two weeks after boyfriend was sentenced to 22 years to life

By Darwin Yanes and Mike sMollins dyanes@liherald.com

A Lynbrook woman pleaded guilty Tuesday for her role in a 2016 attack on her mother in Long Beach that led to the woman’s death in 2018.

Francesca Kiel, 23, pleaded guilty before Judge Christopher Quinn to firstdegree manslaughter charges. Her plea came two weeks after Kiel’s boyfriend Ralph Keppler, 30, was sentenced to 22 years to life for second-degree murder, second-degree conspiracy and fourthdegree criminal possession of a weapon.

According to authorities, Keppler beat Theresa Kiel, the mother of his girlfriend, Francesca Kiel, with a metal barbell outside her New York Avenue apartment in Long Beach on Dec. 4, 2016, at about 10:30 p.m. Theresa was a teacher and principal in the Malverne School District for 30 years.

“The shocking murder of Theresa Keil was made all the more horrific by her daughter’s involvement, helping her boyfriend Ralph Keppler track her mother by GPS, and calling the cab in which he fled after crushing her skull with a barbell,” Singas said. “Thanks to the hard work of the Long Beach Police Department, Nassau County Police Department’s Electronics Squad and

our prosecutors, Theresa Kiel’s killers were brought to justice.”

Acting Long Beach Police Commissioner Philip L. Ragona said, “Our investigators worked seamlessly with the D.A.’s office on one of the most complex and challenging cases I have seen and secured convictions on both defendants. I also commend the tireless efforts of Detective Lt. Stefan Chernaski, Lt.William Dodge, Detective Ted Christianson, the entire LBPD Detective Division, Detective Joe Brady from NCPD Electronics Senior Assistant District Attor ney Stefanie Palma and Bureau Chief Michael Walsh of the NCDA’s Major Offense Bureau.”

According to Singas, Theresa Kiel and Keppler were involved in a business dispute at the time of the attack. The victim was inside the entrance corridor to the apartment complex when she was attacked by Keppler and struck several times on the head and face with a metal barbell.

Kiel suffered severe brain damage, a shattered skull, a depressed right eye and lost teeth. She was transported to South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside at the time and was in a vegetative state until she died on Nov. 10, 2018, at 56.

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ti, said in January 2018 that Keppler had invested $350,000 with her to develop an app for college students. Keppler was attempting to get his money back, which Liotti said was a motive for the attack.

He had sent threatening emails and texts to Kiel before the assault, Liotti added.

Senior Assistant District Attorney Stefanie Palma of Singas’s Major Offense Bureau is prosecuting the case, while Keppler was represented by Marc Gann, Esq. and Francesca Kiel is represented by Geoffrey Prime, Esq. After the attack, Keppler left the scene and returned to his Lynbrook home that he shared with Francesca.

Leading up to the incident, Francesca allegedly purchased a GPS tracking device that was placed on her mother’s car. Francesca allegedly set up email alerts that notified her when Theresa’s car was in the vicinity of her mother’s home or work. She also allegedly called a Long Beach taxi company on the night of the murder, the same taxi company that allegedly picked up Keppler in the vicinity of the murder scene.

Keppler, who worked as a New York City corrections officer, was arrested at Rikers Island by members of the Long Beach Police Department on Jan. 24, 2018, on attempted murder charges.

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Francesa kiel pleaDeD guilty for her role in the murder of her mother, Theresa Kiel, of Long Beach, after Francesca’s boyfriend attacked Theresa with a barbell outside her home in 2016.

Those charges were upgraded when Theresa died and Keppler was fired from the department.

Francesca is due back in court on September 9 and is expected to be sentenced to 13 years in prison.

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The Long Beach City Council took a major step forward this week to bring a sewer consolidation project to fruition as it unanimously granted Nassau County access to Veteran’s Memorial Park, which will be a construction site.

The project, approved last July, would reroute Long Beach’s sewage to the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility and stop the flow of waste into Reynolds Channel.

The project calls for converting the city’s 71-year-old wastewater treatment plant into a pumping station and diverting up to 5 million gallons of raw sewage per day to the Bay Park facility.

It will then send treated wastewater, from the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility, to an ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Wantagh, by way of a 100-yearold aqueduct beneath Sunrise Highway.

At a special meeting Monday, Council President John Bendo said the city and the county had to agree on the land use easement of Veteran’s Memorial Park. A pipe will be built underneath the park to transport the sewage to Bay Park.

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Long Beach’s Public Works Commissioner John Mirando said at the meeting that construction of the pipe will not disrupt the park, but the area will be off-limits for several months. He added that the construction would most likely start next July.

“The engineering of and design work is moving along quite rapidly,” Mirando said. “In fact, Nassau County seems ready in September and October to go out to bid for the temporary pump station as well as the permanent pump station.”

He added that building the pipeline would be the easiest and quickest way to transport the sewage from Long Beach to the Bay Park facility, without disrupting too much land.

The New York State legislature is to vote Wednesday to approve the easement, which would confirm the county’s use of the land.

Interim City Manager Donna Gayden noted that the city received information about the state’s deadline late last week and subsequently put together the emergency meeting. The county has also approved this measure.

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Long Beach Schools release Equity Report

By Darwin Yanes dyanes@liherald.com

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, the Long Beach Public School District released a report last month detailing its work to promote equity and inclusion in the district. The report gave the district high marks in diversifying curriculum, but added the district has a high rate of chronic absenteeism, and that it has been cited for disproportionate suspension of black students.

The district used The Leadership for Equity Assessment & Development (LEAD) Tool, which supports teams to develop organizational leadership capacity for equality.

The tool was created by Education Northwest, a Portland, Oregon-based private nonprofit that works to transform teaching and learning. For the past four years, a committee made up of district administrators has been working in removing barriers of access and opportunity for all students, the report stated.

“Our goal is to eliminate gaps in opportunity, access, and outcomes that are predictable by students’ race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or any other demographic factors,” the report stated. “Eliminating gaps can be achieved by examining current practices, systems, and outcomes.

This requires deep collaboration to change the system, and can include providing greater resources, targeting profes-

sional learning for educators, and changing and improving educational practices and processes.”

The report looked into several aspects of the district including curriculum, absences and suspensions.

According to the report, the district has diversified the curriculum by adding literature with diverse main characters, stories, and heroes for every elementary classroom library and school libraries.

Additionally, they have added “No Place for Hate” designations for middle and high schools. The district has also implemented Holocaust Remembrance programs and anti-bias education programs.

School officials took a look into the International Baccalaureate program and analyzed the background and ethnicity of all junior and senior high school students participating in the program. White students made up the majority with 67 percent, while Hispanic students followed at 23 percent and Black and Asian students came in at 7 percent and 4 percent, respectively. While analyzing the data, the district also found that 33 percent of those students lived in poverty and five percent of students had disabilities.

The report also stated that the district has been focusing on chronic absenteeism -- being absent from school for more than 10 percent of enrolled days -- for the past two years. Looking at the 2018-19 schools year, 15.5 percent of the enrolled students in the district were chronically absent

from school. Out of that percentage, Black students made up the highest percentage at 30 percent. Hispanic students came in second with 20.3 percent and white students came in at third with 11.7 percent. 51 percent of these students were declared to be “homeless” and 26.3 percent were described at English language learners.

“It is difficult to access the full benefits of a LB education if a student misses this much instruction,” the report said. “We have developed plans to reduce chronic absence, and get to the root causes.”

The report acknowledged that chronic absenteeism remains one of the most troubling and important factors for the district. However, the district plans on working collaboratively with families, providing students with mentors and encouraging more students to develop their talents in athletics and the arts in order to decrease absences.

Addressing student discipline, the report acknowledged that the district has been cited a few times for disproportionality in suspending Black students. The district said that in response they have adopted the philosophy and practices of the Restorative Justice program to reduce suspensions in general, and in particular, suspensions of Black students. With vaping and drug problems being the majority component of out of school suspension, the district created a program where firsttime offenders can opt for a treatment/

counseling program in lieu of suspension.

Out of a population of about 1,300 students in the 2019-20 school year, a total of 88 students faced out of school suspensions. A total of 42 of those students were white, 22 were Hispanic, 18 were Black, four were Asian and two were multiracial. More than half of the district is composed of white students, while about 10 percent are Black. The district said they have increased mental health support over the past four years to help lower the number and combat the disproportion in Black student suspensions.

The district also tackled its recruiting and hiring process to make it easier for applicants of color to join the district.

The report states that 84.9 percent of the teachers in the district are white. The district has begun researching a partnership with a local university to identify “talented’’ teachers aides and assistants in the Long Beach community in hopes it will create a pathway for them to become teachers in the district.

In the past four years, the district has made strides, but officials believe there is still a lot of work that needs to be done.

“We need to continue to analyze student achievement and participation data to identify gap areas,” the report concluded. “We need more involvement and participation from community groups in our equity initiatives.”

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Many scenarios in play for H.S. sports

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

While still awaiting guidance and direction from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Education Department on how schools could operate this fall, the state Public High School Athletic Association Covid-19 Task Force held two meetings in June to discuss multiple scenarios for sports.

At its June 30 meeting, the 24-member NYSPHSAA Task Force reviewed six potential return-to-school proposals, including a full return, a combination of in-person and virtual learning, a full distance learning model and a regional differences model. A full return to athletic participation, potential adjustments of seasons and/or the condensing of seasons are all on the table.

“Right now, so much is contingent upon guidance from the governor’s office and the state education department,” NYSPHSAA Executive Director Robert Zayas said in a phone interview July 2. “We are trying to take a proactive approach while we wait and see what the guidance is going to be. We hope to know by mid-July how schools are going to be able to open and how athletics will fit in.”

The Board of Regents is scheduled to meet July 13 and could offer some level of guidance. Zayas urges everyone not to move on rumors and rely only on information from the NYSPHSAA or his own social media platforms.

Zayas estimated schools would need at least six weeks to prepare for the 2020-21 academic year.

“First and foremost is the safety of students,” he said. “We’re working as diligently as we can now so we’ll be ready to move forward with a plan for athletics once we know more.”

Fall sports are scheduled to begin Aug. 24. However, if there is any level of virtual learning in place, and based on the severity of social distancing restrictions, there is a chance higher risk sports, such as football, soccer and wrestling could be played in the spring of 2021.

“Season Adjustment ‘A,’ as we’re calling it, has three traditional seasons with low-risk sports taking place in the fall, moderate risk sports in the winter and then end the school year with high-risk sports,” Zayas said.

Under that scenario, the fall season would tentatively run from Aug. 24 through Dec. 5 and include baseball, softball, girls lacrosse, girls tennis, track and field, swimming and golf. The winter season would tentatively run from Nov. 16 through March 20 and feature basketball and volleyball, while spring sports would be conducted March 15 through June 12 with football, wrestling, soccer, boys lacrosse, boys tennis, field hockey and cross-country.

“The definition of worst-case scenario has been redefined,” Zayas said. “We don’t want to move sports around unless we have to, but that’s certainly better than telling someone their season is cancelled.”

Season Adjustment “B” has sports being played in five compressed seasons. In this outline, none of the major sports (football, basketball, wrestling, soccer, baseball, softball and lacrosse) would happen in the fall.

Other items on the radar of the task force include fan attendance, practice requirements, procedures if a student-athlete or coach becomes sick, screening for athletes and coaches, invitational tournaments and extending the spring season into July.

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The southbound span of the Long Beach Bridge will only be reduced by one lane during emergency repairs. Because of a collaboration between New York state and Nassau County, total closure of the span was averted. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, State Assemblywoman Melissa Miller, Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito and the City of Long Beach worked together on this project.

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City seeks lifeguards The City of Long Beach is seeking applicants for beach Lifeguards. There are ten positions available. Those qualified and interested should visit longbeachny.gov/summerjobs and click on the link for Rookie Lifeguard Application.

The application deadline to apply is Tuesday, July 21. There will be a qualifying test on Wednesday, July 22 at 7:30 a.m. at the Recreation Center pool.

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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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One of the nation’s top values in higher education, Molloy is close to home but far from ordinary.

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.

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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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Five Reasons Why Landmark College is the College of Choice for Students Who Learn Differently

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inding the right college for a student with learning differences (LD) can be an overwhelming process. Should you consider a college such as Landmark College, which is exclusively for students with learning disabilities (such as dyslexia), ADHD, or autism? Or would the student be well served by a traditional college?

Here are our answers to key questions you need to ask about resources and features available in each setting so that you can find the best fit for your student.

Are LD support services integral to the academic experience? Our comprehensive support services are integrated into the curriculum. Furthermore, our academic advising model is individualized to help students become their own advocates.

Are there specific medical tax deductions or other financial aid options available? Tuition, fees, books, computers, and other costs may qualify as a medical tax deduction for students with LD. This deduction is only available at a dedicated LD school like Landmark College.

Do students have access to assistive technology? Our educational technology support is free of charge, allowing students to experiment with the tools most effective for their learning style.

How does college staff communicate with parents? A main focus of LC’s Family Services is helping parents understand the support, needs, and developmental milestones of successful students. Prospective families can read student stories, schedule a campus visit, or contact parents of current students.

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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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FreePort teacher’s assistant, giBLyn eLementary schooL FreePort

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t was after the schools shut down that I got sick with Covid on March 20.

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.

We’d have about five to six TAs come with us to sing for the students and celebrate with them.

It was hard doing the meal program, teaching and then heading out with everyone every day.

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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.

I have to say it has been extremely gratifying connecting with people through our online programs. We have been there to support each other through the worst of times.

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HS photographers capture international honors Long Beach High School announced nine distinctions in this year’s juried international competition presented by the Photographic Society of America. More than 738 photos were submitted for judging and Long Beach students achieved three top awards and six acceptances.

Zoe Peebles took first place in the scapes category for “Autumn Skies” and earned an acceptance for another piece, “Freedom Cage.” Sydney Faivre placed second in Color Choice for “Riomaggiore,” and Elizabeth Zielinski earned third place in Architecture for “On the Rocks.” Acceptances were attained by Brenda Marroquin, Alexis Palmer, Morgan Polete, Deina Vicente and Annelise Whelan for their respective photos, “Spotted Take Off,” “Super Jellies,” “ S t o r y, ” “ G r ap h i c C i t y ” a n d “Seagulls.”

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U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice in today’s day and age, and when we announced earlier this week that the reached out to the congresswoman, she U.S. Department of Homeland Security really came through for our synagogue has awarded $12.6 million for security and our community. She’s always there enhancements to nonprofit organiza- for us. She’s a real representative of the tions in the greater New York City area, people.”

Each of the following NY-04 organizaincluding over $1.3 million to 14 Jewish and other faith-based organizations in tions received NSGP funding for FY 2020: New York’s 4th Congressional District.

The funding was awarded through ■ Bais Medrash of Harborview (LawDHS’s FY 2020 Nonprofit Security Grant rence) $80,000 Program, which supports target hardening and physical security enhancements ■ Chabad Lubavitch of the Beaches at non-profit organizations (Atlantic, Long, Lido) $99,871 that are at a higher risk of a ■ Chabad of the Five terrorist attack.

Towns (Cedarhurst) $100,000 “This past year, we have seen an alar ming rise in ■ Chabad of West Hempanti-Semitic incidents in stead $100,000 New York and across the ■ Cong re gation Bais c o u n t r y. A n d i t h a s n’ t E p h r a i m ( Wo o d m e r e ) stopped even during this $100,000 pandemic, when Jews have been faced with hateful con■ Congregation Beth Tikspiracy theories accusing vah (Wantagh) $100,000 them of spreading the Kathleen Rice ■ Congregation Eitz virus” said Rice. “We must Chayim of Dogwood Park respond to this threat by protecting potential targets in our commu- $100,000 nity. This federal funding will provide ■ Lido Beach Synagogue $100,000 several faith-based organizations with the ability to enhance their security and ■ Oceanside Lutheran Church $22,600 emergency response capabilities. I was ■ Temple Bnai Torah A Reform Conproud to help secure these grants, and I gregation (Wantagh) $99,000 will continue to fight in Congress for the resources and federal support our ■ Temple Hillel Southside Jewish Center (Valley Stream) $100,000 communities need to remain safe.”

“The significance of these grants in ■ Temple Zion Atlantic & Long Beach providing safety to citizens as they exerJewish Center $99,015 cise the right to freedom of religion cannot be understated,” said Rabbi Eli ■ Yismach Moshe (Woodmere) $100,000 Biegeleisen of the Lido Beach Synagogue. “No American should have to be ■ Young Israel of Oceanside $100,000 afraid of acts of hate or terror in public This is the fifth straight year in gatherings. These funds help secure our which Rice helped secure funding for houses of worship from becoming easy faith-based nonprofit organizations in targets. We greatly appreciate the the 4th District. efforts of Congresswoman Rice, her colRice helped secure $1.7 million for leagues in the federal delegation, and seventeen organizations, in FY 2018 she her staff in providing these much-need- helped secure nearly $1.2 million for ed funds.” eight organizations, in FY 2017 she “I want to thank Congresswoman helped secure $450,000 for six organizaRice,” said Rabbi Zvi Ralbag of Congre- tions, and in FY 2016 she helped secure gation Bais Ephraim in Woodmere. $575,000 for eight local organizations.

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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.

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Some freedoms granted for group homes

By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald

Dan Mulvaney finally was allowed out of his group home for developmentally disabled people and spent a day doing one of the things he loves best - farming.

Mulvaney, 32, who is on the autism spectrum, is one of hundreds of people living in group homes on Long Island who have been locked down since March, when the coronavirus began taking hold in New York State, The residents were kept inside the homes, unable to have any close contact with family members, to take long walks or to take part in outdoor activities. Mulvaney, who lives at a group home in Baldwin, was among those who were able to type out messages asking his parents to help with relief from the lockdown.

Last week, some relief was granted by the state agency that oversees the hundreds of group homes throughout New York. The Office of People with Developmental Disabilities relaxed some of its rules, allowing residents to work outdoors, and spend some time with family members.

For his part, Mulvaney spent a day weeding and watering plants at a farm at an AHRC headquarters in Old Westbury, known as the Mansion. Mulvaney works at a larger farm, where he helps grow vegetables.

“Hoping he will be back at his much larger start park farm soon,” said his

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Dan mulvaney waiteD for relaxed rules at his home in Baldwin. Mulvaney picture above with parents Jim and Barbara Fischkin. mother, Barbara Fischkin, a journalist and author living in Long Beach, “And certainly surfing,” a sport Mulvaney loves, and one in which he has become an expert.” Fischkin thanked AHRC Nassau for planning the outdoor activity quickly “once it became obvious state guidelines would mandate it.”

“Yes, it all could have happened much quicker,” Fischkin added. “Without intense family and self-advocacy pressure throughout the state by a new, large and

powerful group, NYADD (New York Alliance for Developmental Disabilities) it might not have happened at all. We, the families and the self-advocates, shared information and collaboratively, we got this done.:” James Mulvaney of Long Beach, Fischkin’s husband and Dan’s father, said he was pleased with the new state guidelines, but still looked forward to taking his surfing, when that is allowed.

“I’m cautiously optimistic” about

future easing of restrictions, Mulvaney said. “We’ll see in the coming days how they roll it out.”

State officials have not released any new guidelines on what group homes residents will be permitted to do in the near future.

Russell Smith, of the NYADD, said in an announcement that an eight-week campaign, that included letter writing, calls to state representatives and protests, had paid off.

“Success was achieved on July 10 when OPWDD (Office of People with Developmental Disabilities) issued sets of guidance for the unpausing of programs and services for those it serves,” Smith said.

The unpausing, he said, included attendance at day programs, community outings and home visits.

Smith said NYADD “had raised concerns about the lack of prioritization for the developmentally disabled in the Covid response - not being put in a NY Unpause phase, lack of PPE and testing for group home staff and an absence of plans and communication from OPWDD.” He noted residents had been under lockdown for over 100 days “unable to see their families or to leave their residences.

This caused great strain as they were unable to understand why this was occurring. The staff in these residences and their agencies did amazing work to keep them safe and well cared for.”

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Residents call for complaint review board

By James Bernstein jbernstein@herald.com

A group of residents from the predominantly Black North Park section of Long Beach is asking the City Council to establish a Civilian Complaint Review Board following the murder of George Floyd and others in police custody and the nationwide demonstrations that have followed.

In an Open Letter to City Manager Donna Gayden and the members of the City Council, the North Park Civic Association, which was formed last spring, said it is requesting a review board “to create policy and procedures to protect the community as well as the police officers who serve in the City of Long Beach.”

John McNally, executive assistant to the Long Beach City Manager, said Wednesday he was unaware of the letter at press time but would check to see if Gayden or council members had received it.

Ronnie Myles, an organizer of the effort to start a review board, said Wednesday that Black residents and members of the Long Beach NAACP had discussed the issue years ago.

“We wanted changes that would be progressive,” Myles said. “This (review board) would be stronger than anything we have had before.”

Myles said there were currently scant relations between the mostly white Long Beach police department and the black community, although such a relationship did exist years ago. He said he hoped the review board would help to create positive police-community relations.

The letter did not cite any specific incidents involving Long Beach police and Black residents. But it did say it wanted the review board “in light of the most recent national events.” That included the killing of Floyd, in

Minneapolis, by a police officer who put his knee to Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd’s death touched off the national Black Lives Matter movement, which held massive demonstrations in hundreds of cities across the country as well as discussions to defund police departments.

Community leaders, ministers and residents began asking for a “structured policing model in 2008, the open letter said. It said that Anissa Moore, who became the first Black president of the City Council, asked for a policing policy, and the result was a community forum held at the MLK Center in 2016 and the ultimate formation of a Crisis Team “to help the police department defuse tensions within the community.”

Community leaders felt the team accomplished little.

“We want to make it clear - a barbecue is not the answer - we want a good relationship with our police,” the letter said.” Police and community working together - it did happen years ago. We want a community policing model which respects the community, builds trust within the community, will help members of the community to share vital information with police officers to ensure community safety and ultimately protect police officers who are unnecessarily injured in communities where they are labeled as the enemy.”

The letter called for the abolition of the task force.

“Across the nation, police and the communities they serve have been deeply impacted by the death of George Floyd,” Moore told the Herald. “Demonizing police officers or the people they serve is not the solution to heal the relationship between the police and the Black and Latino community. Creating a civilian complaint review board composed of diverse Long Beach residents that can assess complaints but also provide input to create reform is ideal. This is the time for communication and reconciling deep seated pain on both sides.”

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anissa moore, a member of the group calling for review board. Pictured speaking at peaceful protest in Long Beach last month.

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ToH welcomes back Lacrosse Academy

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The Town of Hempstead Lacrosse Academy hosted its 15th season at Rath Park last year.

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Training times ■ Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon and 4-8 p.m.

Rath Park Address: 849 Fenworth Blvd., Franklin Square 11010

1-on-1 sessions: ■ Fee per one hour of instruction: $38.50

Training times ■ Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon.

■ Discount rate for three, one-hour sessions: $99

■ Monday nights, 4-8 p.m. (July 13, 20, 27 and Aug. 3).

Groups sessions of 2-5 players

Councilman Christopher Carini said, “The Town of Hempstead Lacrosse Academy reopening is a huge step forward as our township continues to work toward a return to normalcy. The resumption of athletic competitions with social-distancing protocols instituted will be a great benefit for our community’s young athletes.”

Appointments must be made in advance by calling the

■ Fee per one hour, per child: $27.50 Instruction Schedule Dates: July 13 to Aug. 6 Seamans Neck Park Address: 2700 S. Seamans Neck Road, Seaford 11783

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Mail payment to: TOHLA 1-on-1 Instruction Parks and Recreation 200 N. Franklin St. Hempstead 11550 For all payment matters, contact Victor Sparaccio at (516) 292-9000, ext. 7245 or via e-mail: vsparaccio@ tohmail.org For all other matters, including safety inquiries, contact the academy office at (516) 783-3208.

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East Atlantic Beach, Lido Beach and Point Lookout fall within Hempstead Town.

The academy, which will train athletes at Seamans Neck Park in Seaford and Rath Park in Franklin Square, is providing lacrosse instruction from July 13 to Aug. 6 for Hempstead residents ages 7 to 15.

“The Town of Hempstead Lacrosse Academy has long been a source of summer fun for so many of our township’s young athletes,” Town Supervisor Donald Clavin said. “We are looking forward to once again welcoming back campers to this renowned athletic training camp.”

To comply with New York state social-distancing guidelines governing organized sporting activities, the academy is limiting person-to-person contact by offering 1-on-1 instruction and small group training sessions consisting of two to five campers. Additional public hygiene measures have also been adopted such as the increased cleaning of parks facilities.

For more information on the Town of Hempstead Lacrosse Academy, including pricing and training schedule, see the chart below:

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events and activities

Ongoing

Friday, July 17

Library Board Meeting

Chair Yoga

The Long Beach Public Library Board of Trustees meets at the library, 111 W. Park Ave., on the third Monday of every month. For more information contact info@longbeachlibrary.org.

The essence of yoga is to serve, love, give, purify, meditate, and realize. This virtual Chair Yoga class will focus on a full-body practice from head to toe and will help strengthen your nervous system and reduce stress and stiffness. Kathleen Regan has been practicing yoga since 1993. She is certified in Hatha/ Raja Yoga and is a certified Kundalini instructor. Please wear comfortable clothing. The virtual event will take place from 9-10 a.m on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary. org for more information.

Farmers Market The Kennedy Plaza Farmers Market will be held in front of City Hall, 1 W. Chester St. It will be open Saturdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, visit ligreenmarket.org.

Beach passes on sale Beach passes are on sale at the Recreation Center gazebo. For more information, call (516) 431-1021. Lifeguards will be on duty between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. The beach park will be open daily June 27 through Labor Day.

Thursday, July 16 Movement for Flexibility and Balance with Stephanie Durso This class begins with breathing techniques to help relax and relieve stress by focusing on breath (pranayama) and the present moment. The class is for anyone who wishes to improve flexibility, balance, and concentration as we coordinate our breath with stretching and fluid movement. The exercises can be performed while standing or seated, so it is ideal for anyone that wants to enjoy the benefits. There will be a short guided meditation at the end of the class to leave you feeling peaceful, inspired, and prepared to take on the challenges of everyday life. The virtual event will take place from 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Saturday, July 18 Yoga for Health & a Peaceful Mind with Stephanie Durso It is an advanced beginner class, so please note that many of the poses will require the participants to sit or lie down on the floor for core strengthening, and sometimes flow from a kneeling or downward dog position to a standing position. If you are not comfortable being on the floor, you can perform some of the poses seated in a chair.

The virtual event will take place from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Monday, July 20 Long Beach Writers’ Circle If you’re a writer and want to join other local writers serious about the craft, then come join the library’s Writers’ Circle on Monday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Chamber of Commerce Meeting The long Beach Chamber of Commerce will hold a meetong on Monday, July 20.

Tuesday, July 21

The virtual event will take place from 9-10 p.m.. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Wednesday, July 22

Stretch & Tone with Barbara This full-body workout class is designed to engage every major muscle group in your body - all from the comfort of your chair! Learn to use your body as resistance to effectively strengthen and lengthen from head to toe. Beginners are welcome! The class is designed for all fitness levels looking to stretch and tone their bodies. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a towel or belt to this online class if you want to maximize your workout. The virtual event will take place from 9-10 a.m.. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Wiggles and Giggles Tummy Time Parenting Class A parent education program that will help raise your awareness of tummy time opportunities in your little one’s daily routines. (Ages 1-5 months) The virtual event will take place from 10:30-11:15 a.m.. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

City Council Meeting City Hall, 1 W. Chester St. All meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the sixth floor; good and welfare held at all meetings.

Live streams of meetings available at www.longbeachny.gov.

Parent Survival Chat Put the kids to bed and come unwind and chat with Nicole and Jeannine, librarians and parents trying to navigate life at home with kids, work, and life... six feet apart. We’re hoping you need this as much as we do! Wine welcome.

Craft and Chat Whether you’re knitting, crocheting, cross-stitching or any other craft, join library staff working on their own craft projects and chat. The virtual event will take place from 10-11 a.m.. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

by focusing on breath (pranayama) and the present moment. The class is for anyone who wishes to improve flexibility, balance, and concentration as we coordinate our breath with stretching and fluid movement. The exercises can be performed while standing or seated, so it is ideal for anyone that wants to enjoy the benefits. There will be a short guided meditation at the end of the class to leave you feeling peaceful, inspired, and prepared to take on the challenges of everyday life. The virtual event will take place from 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Bereavement, Grief, and Loss

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Have you been obsessively playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons like we have? Then come to our island for a visit!Equipment Needed: Nintendo Switch console, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and a Nintendo Switch Online subscription to be able to visit other players’ islands. Miss Tanya will share the Dodo Codes needed to play the day of the event..The virtual meeting runs from 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Is there a way to recover from grief and loss? If you’ve experienced the pain of losing a loved one, you don’t have to go through it alone. Please join Rev. Debbie Nardozzi as she helps us understand the pain of loss and gently explores the path to recovery and healing.

The virtual event will take place from 2-3 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary. org for more information.

Thursday, July 23

Friday, July 24

Low-Impact Cardio with Lori

Chair Yoga

If you’ve been sedentary all day, get your blood flowing with Lori’s low-impact cardio class! Beginners welcome. Light weights are optional, or you can also use water bottles or other household items if you’d like. The virtual event will take place from 9-10 a.m.. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Movement for Flexibility and Balance with Stephanie Durso This class begins with breathing techniques to help relax and relieve stress

The essence of yoga is to serve, love, give, purify, meditate, and realize. This virtual Chair Yoga class will focus on a full-body practice from head to toe and will help strengthen your nervous system and reduce stress and stiffness.

Kathleen Regan has been practicing yoga since 1993. She is certified in Hatha/Raja Yoga and is a certified Kundalini instructor. Please wear comfortable clothing. The virtual event will take place from 9-10 a.m on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Let us Know

Board of Education restructures for 2020-21 school year

News Brief items including awards, honors, promotions and other tidbits about local residents are welcome. Photographs may be emailed as well.

Deadline for submissions is noon Thursday, week prior to publication.

Send to jbernstein@liherald.com

The Long Beach Public Schools held its Board of Education Reorganization Meeting on July 1 via a dial-in format. Re-elected trustees Dr. Dennis Ryan and Maureen Vrona took oaths of office for their new three-year terms. Tina Posterli and Dr. Dennis Ryan were elected president and vice president, respectively, and were sworn into their roles.

Courtesy Long Beach Public Schsools

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SD#14..$4,850,000 R o n n i e G e r b e r, D o u g l a s E l l i m a n 516-238-4299 HEWLETT HARBOR 236 Richards Lane, BA, 5 BR, 5.5 Bth Contemporary Home on an Acre Of Resortlike Prop with IG Pool.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS Adoption FAMILY-ORIENTED SINGLE WOMAN looking to welcome a child into her life. Any ethnicity welcome, expenses paid. Please call (347) 470-5228 or my attor ney: (800)582-3678 for information.

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Open Floor Plan. Full Fin Bsmt. Main Flr Master. SD14...................................................................$1,699,000 255 Pepperidge Rd, BA, CREATE Your Dream Home! Finish This Gut Renovated 5 BR, 3.5 Bth Split On Half Acre Overlooking the Golf Course. Great Opprtunity in SD#14....................................................... $1,100,000 3 Payne Circle, BA, 5 BR, 3.5 Bth Spacious Split on Beautiful Street in Cul de Sac. State of the Art EIK, 2 Dens, Bsmt, & 2 Car Gar. SD#20 ...................................................................................................... $1,190,000 1290 Seawane Dr, BA, WATERFRONT PROPERTY on MACY CHANNEL! Build Your Dream Home on this 1.25 Acre Property in Prime Location ..............................................................................................$1,799,000 HEWLETT BAY PARK 159 Meadowview Ave, BA, Stately 5200 Sq Ft Colonial Featuring 6 BR, 6.55 Bths on Acre Of Resortlike Prop with IG Pool, Tennis Ct, & Outdoor Kit. Fin Bsmt, 2 Car Gar, Fabulous Location in SD#14 .................... $2,899,000 30 Heron Dr, BA, NEW! Magnificent 8500 Sq Ft Waterfront Home on 2 Acre Resortlike Prop w/ Pool, Tennis/Sport Ct, New Landscaping w/ Waterfall & 3 BR Guest House w/ Kit, LR, Den. 300 Ft New Bulkhead. 4 Car Htd Gar. SD#14. .................................................................................REDUCED! $4,850,000 90 Anchorage Rd, BA, Over an Acre of PRIME WATERFRONT Prop on Macy Channel, 135' Bulkhead, Open Layout, Main Flr Mstr Ste, Potential for Expansion.........................................................................$1,999,000 70 Heron Dr, BA, 6 BR Contemporary with Open Layout on an Acre of Parklike Prop! Move Right in!

SD#14................................................................................................... HUGE PRICE REDUCTION! $1,699,000 HEWLETT 397 Daub Ave, Spacious 6 BR, 4 Bth CH Colonial Built in 2004. Huge Gran/Wood EIK/St Steel Appl. 5 BR on Upper Level. Main Flr BR. Full Fin Bsmt. Att Gar. SD#14. Near LIRR & Houses of Worship ................ $1,149,000 97 Princeton Ave, BA, Move Right Into Renovated 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Colonial on Queit Cul De Sac.11' Ceiling in LR w/ Fpl & FDR. Brand New State of the Art EIK, Full Fin Bsmt with Sauna. 2 Car Gar. SD#14 ..................$799,000 239 Kent Dr, BA, NEW!! 1/3 Acre Property! CH Col w/ Open Layout. Huge Fam Rm, LR/Fpl, FDR & Updtd Gran/Wood EIK/St Steel Appl. 3 Br, 2.5 Bth. New Mstr Bth. Easily Ext 2nd Flr To Add BRs. Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Gar. SD#20 .......................................................................................................................................... $899,000 WOOdSBURGH 891 Keene Lane, BA, Magnificently Renovated While Retaining Charm, Stone Cottage. 3 BR, 2.5 Bth with Tremendous Potential for Expansion. Brand New Mstr Bth. Over 1/2 Acre Property!

Near All.................................................................................................REDUCED & MOTIVATED!! $1,049,000 WOOdMERE 960 Greenfield Rd, BA, 4 BR, 3 Bth CH Col in Academy Area. Spac LR w/ Fpl, FDR, EIK & Fam Rm. Main Flr Br w/ Bth. Mstr Ste/Bth/ Office. Walk up Full Attic for Poss Expansion. Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Gar. SD#14.

Near All.............................................................................................................................REDUCED! $999,000 559 Leheigh Lane, BA, 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Updtd Hi Ranch W/ Gran/Wood EIK/St Steel Appl. Mstr Ste with Bth. Open Layout. Spac Yard with Deck off DR. 2 Car Gar. SD#14............................................................$799,000 819 Broadway #2C, Spacious & Renovated 2 BR, 2 Bth Coop In Luxury Elevator Bldg. Updtd EIK, LR, FDR & Entry Foyer. Hi Ceilings. W/D in Apt . Indoor Pkg & Storage ......................................................... $389,000 EAST ROCKAWAY 101 Emmet Ave, BA, WATERFRONT! Rebuilt in 2010, 4 BR 3.5 Bth Split w/ Pool, Outdoor Kit & Deck. Open Layout. Private Mstr Ste, 2 Car Gar, SD#20 ....................................................................................$1,250,000 18 Murdock Rd, BA, NEW TO MARKET! 4 BR, 2 Bth Exp Cape on Beautiful St. in SD#20. Full Bsmt. Att Gar, WON’T LAST!!...............................................................................................................................$479,000 LYNBROOK 1 Sunset Ave, BA, 5 BR CH Col in South Lynbrook Area. New Gran/Wood EIK, LR w/ Fpl, FDR & Fam Rm. Professional Office w/ OSE or Main Flr BR. Full Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Gar. Spac Yard w/ Trex deck. SD#20 ................REDUCED! $659,000

We look forward to providing home buyers and sellers with the highest level of personalized service and support.

LIDO BEACH • LIDO BEACH TOWERS Custom Built Duplex Apt. Open Floor Plan, 2.5 Bths, Skylights, Direct Access To Beach, Building Recently Renovated To Perfection, Private Gated Entrance 24/7 Concierge, Outdoor Heated Pool, Gym, Tennis Courts, Extra Guest Parking. $745K

JUAN JARA Licensed RE Broker Associate Cell: 516-318-0142 Juan@AllStarRealEstateBrokers.com

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admiration for schoolteachers when it comes to the patience they must have in dealing with all the different personalities they must reach and try to shape into responsible members of our communities. Not only do people learn differently, they also communicate differently, and choose what to comonte eeper municate based on varying degrees of what’s in it for them. I sometimes wonder if it was a good thing that my parents instilled that “honesty is the best policy” because of the number of people who didn’t want to hear the truth, tell the truth or communicate the truth.

Many have stated to me in their daily business dealings that what they don’t know won’t hurt them, but eventually it actually can hurt them. I started writing this column after all the times I witnessed people who were being misled or out-andout “burned” as consumers. Sadly, the truth hurts, and I’ve also often tried to warn people that they probably won’t get away with things they thought they could sneak by officials. Some people are trusting, but many are willing to take their chances, and they move on to work with others willing to happily misguide them.

As I have done many times in my career, I drive by projects where I told the owners they wouldn’t get all that they wanted, and as expected, the built project is missing the building parts that never would have passed. One client, for example, insisted they owned the waterway behind their home and could build over it. The section of the home that would have protruded out over the waterway was never built when the rest of the home was constructed. It was no surprise, just a disappointment, because they didn’t want to hear the truth, and whoever did the planning led them down a garden path to a dead end. When this happened, I wonder if they had a lot of aggravation, or simply accepted the truth and moved on.

Now you will need to select someone you can trust to warn you of pitfalls, verify by calling code officials, and possibly do things in phases that may cost more than doing it all together. Good luck!

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Why the Herald will now capitalize Black

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.

Last Friday’s data are summarized briefly below: ■ Patient hospitalizations: 799

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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LIRR station in Belmont: lots of questions

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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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Let’s learn from America’s past, not destroy it

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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.

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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.

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never imagined senicide as part of the American experience.

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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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