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Learning from a safe distance Malverne, West Hempstead schools to remain closed home initiative. “Let’s treat each day as an opportunity to work out our brain and become a betIn an effort to minimize the ter reader, writer and thinker,” spread of the coronavirus, stu- Rehman said. dents in New York state will not West Hempstead High School return to school for was honored as a the rest of the year, recognition school and will instead confor high academic tinue with distance achievement by the l e a r n i n g , G o v.

New York State EduAndrew Cuomo said cation Department last Friday afterlast month. In addinoon. tion, the district’s The announcepupil personnel serment came as Covidvices department 19 hospitalizations was also recognized and deaths continby NYSED for meetued a steady decline, ing all state and fedbut the state was eral guidelines still seeing nearly under the Individu1,000 new cases a als with Disabilities day, which Cuomo Education Act. said was unacceptMaking sure that ably high. students keep up Dr. JameS The decision with virtual assignaffects 4.2 million HuNDerfuND ments, Rehman said, students statewide Superintendent, is a daily task for in 700 public school teachers.

He Malverne School districts, 89 SUNY explained that each and CUNY colleges, District district school had, and 100 private color would have, a new leges. schedule posted for specific In a recent letter to parents, times at which students must be West Hempstead School District present. Some assignments can Superintendent Daniel Rehman be done at a different time, urged students to keep up with the district’s learning-fromContinued on page 11

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Showing malverne pride Malverne High School senior Jasia Kubik and her father, Ed, decorated their car to take part in the festivities at the high school’s football field as the class of 2020 was honored last Saturday.

Libraries are keeping patrons engaged online amid pandemic

By Nakeem GraNt ngrant@liherald.com

Although closed to the public to curb the spread of the coronavirus, libraries all over Nassau County are keeping readers engaged and entertained online during the pandemic. The Malverne, West Hempstead and Lakeview libraries have all kept up their programs for patrons.

malverne While you may not be able to walk in right now, the staff at the

Malverne Library is still working to keep patrons engaged in its remote services. The library’s virtual program includes a weekly STEM challenge for children as well as arts and crafts, and staff members are planning to hold Zoom chat rooms for patrons to talk with librarians. In addition, library staffers have made a concerted effort to contact older patrons to check on and, if necessary, assist them.

“Our main goal is to make sure everyone is staying safe, know how to get food safely and

have some communication with others,” said adult librarian Cathy Wellikoff. “It’s amazing how appreciative most are that someone from the library is thinking of them and wants to give them an opportunity to chat.

We’re finding it very heartwarming to reach out to them.”

Wellikoff said that she and her fellow staff members started making calls to older patrons shortly after public venues were closed in March. So far, the library has called more than 80 Continued on page 4

ur goal is to ensure that all students receive essential learning and practice while schools are closed.

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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

Photos courtesy West Hempstead School District

Gloria SalaS, a teacher aide at Cornwell Avenue School in West Hempstead, painted colorful rocks with encouraging messages as part of the district’s Rainbow Rocks initiative.

West Hempstead shares signs of unity With schools closed for the rest of the 2019-20 school year in New York state because of the coronavirus pandemic, students and teachers in the West Hempstead School District have found new ways to promote unity.

West Hempstead’s students and teachers kicked off a Rainbow Rocks initiative, in which participants paint colorful rocks with encouraging messages on them as a sign of unity. “We wanted to visually show our togetherness in a way that was approachable and fun for all ages,” said art teacher Cassie Ross in a news release.

Many of the students have already completed their own colorful rocks. The completed rocks were arranged in a slideshow on YouTube and shared with the community.

District officials said that when school buildings re-open, the painted rocks will be put together as a colorful rock garden.

Courtesy West Hempstead School District; compiled by Nakeem Grant

CheStnut Street SChool student Nicholas Rivas also took part in the district’s project, above.

WeSt hempStead hiGh School student Kim Lazo decorated a rock with the message “hope” as a sign of unity.

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“As time wears on we will probably call some patrons again to make sure they’re still holding up,” Wellikoff said. “The virus can take its toll in more ways than one.”

Topics of discussion among the staff and p a t r o n s , We l likoff said, have included favorite TV shows, books and movies, where to see an Eagle’s nest nearRegIna mascIa by, favorite places to walk and how Director, to handle packWest Hempstead aged food safely.

Library For a full list of resources, visit the library’s website, www.malvernelibrary.org.

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The West Hempstead Library is offering virtual programs as well, including Spanish vocabulary classes, legal consulting and remote fitness classes. There is also has a chat room in which patrons can share their pandemic experiences.

“It’s a learning curve for all of us, but we’re doing our part to reach out to the

THe WesT HempsTead Library’s intermediate Spanish class meets weekly via Zoom. community,” said library Director Regina Mascia. “I know the people really want to come in here, and we know they love their books . . . but we can’t open until things are safe.”

Mascia added that she was pleasantly

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surprised to see the immediate interest in the facility’s virtual programs, especially its yoga and exercise classes. The fitness classes, she said, have drawn as many as 60 participants to a single session.

“My mother is one of them,” Mascia said. “She’s got a yoga mat in the living room, and she loves it. The registration is phenomenal, and I was shocked. I’m glad people are taking advantage of our programs. The staff is really working hard, and I’m really glad that things have taken off.”

Mascia also said that Roseanne Dorfman, the library’s program coordinator, was working to set up a virtual concert for patrons. Going forward, Mascia said, she hoped to maintain the library’s reading clubs. “Reading clubs are really important in West Hempstead, so we still want to provide them with something,” she said.

“We’re keeping our fingers crossed, and we know that our staff just wants to get back here.”

Patrons can register for virtual programs on the library’s website, www. whplibrary.org.

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On the Lakeview Library website, parents and caregivers can use a list of online databases for students in kindergarten through high school to help keep them occupied at home. The library also has animated picture books called Tumblebooks. Librarians have regularly shared most of their programs, including yoga classes, the rainbow hunt, trivia challenges and story time on social media.

“Our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are allowing us to interact with patrons, and provide them with resources to help them through this time,” said librarian Ivy Reckson.

The library has also offered drawing classes, free dance lessons, virtual museum tours and an e-book streaming service. As well, it has shared free resources on mental health, fitness, Covid-19 testing sites, food pantries and counseling.

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Northwell opening Syosset Hospital for elective surgery sbrinton@liherald.com

Covid-19 patients have dropped to low enough levels that Northwell Health is able to earmark Syosset Hospital as a “Covid-contained” medical center where certain elective surgeries will be performed.

That’s according to Dr. David Battinelli, Northwell’s senior vice president and chief medical officer. He spoke with video producer Rob Hoell last Thursday about how the hospital system, which has medical centers throughout the New York metropolitan area, has been coping with the “massive surge” of Covid-19 patients in recent weeks.

Northwell was forced to increase its total number of beds across its 23 hospitals by 2,000 at the height of the crisis, Battinelli said. “We were overwhelmed in the” intensive care units, he noted.

The hospital system redeployed some 1,500 workers in order to keep up with patient demand.

To date, the Northwell system has treated more than 40,000 Covid-19 patients, with 13,000 patients admitted to hospitals. “Nobody in the world has treated and seen more Covid patients than Northwell,” Battinelli said.

As a result, the hospital had to stop elective surgeries, which Battinelli called planned surgeries, meaning most elective surgeries must be done, but not

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Dr. DaviD Battinelli, Northwell Health’s chief medical officer, last Thursday spoke with video producer Rob Hoell about the “massive surge” of Covid-19 patients within the hospital system. immediately. Rather, they can be scheduled weeks or months in advance.

With elective surgeries put off for six to seven weeks now, many patients need them done, sooner rather than later. The need to resume planned surgeries, Battinelli said, has become “semi-urgent” — hence the opening of Syosset Hospital for the procedures.

Battinelli said Northwell could not guarantee with absolute certainty that Syosset would be entirely free of Covid19 patients. Rather, he called the hospital “Covid-contained,” meaning the hospital will be able to cordon off any coronavirus patients who might appear there.

Battinelli also spoke of the many clinical trials for Covid-19 treatments

that Northwell has undertaken. The system has an estimated 700 patients in trials, while on any given year, it might have a dozen in trials, he said.

Among the trials Northwell is conducting is for famotidine, the active ingredient in the heartburn medicine Pepcid. Doctors in Wuhan, China, noticed that patients who presented with Covid-19 and heartburn, and who were taking famotidine, exhibited less virulent symptoms than those who were not on the drug.

That anecdotal finding led to clinical trials around the world. It appears famotidine might inhibit the coronavirus’s ability to replicate, Battinelli said.

He also spoke of telemedicine as a saving grace of the crisis, allowing patients to communicate with their doctors without having to be seen in an office.

Telemedicine, Battinelli predicted, will grow rapidly after the pandemic has subsided because health care consumers will want it because of its convenience. Patients can dial up their doctors, and then wait at home to be seen virtually.

“It is absolutely the way of the future,” Battinelli said.

He added that he believes social distancing is here to stay for at least the next year. It will be, he said, the “new norm” until a Covid-19 vaccine is discovered.

Antibody treatment offers ray of hope at MSSN

By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

People have been pinning up homemade signs thanking the many workers at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside on chain-link fence that blocks off a construction project full of big dirt mounds outside the hospital.

It was, one could say, a fitting site for a recent Facebook Live session in which three hospital officials offered a glimmer of hope amid the coronavirus crisis, speaking at length about an “innovative” treatment called convalescent plasma that, for some at least, might help cure Covid-19.

Joe Calderone, MSSN’s senior vice president for communications, led the talk on April 17 with Dr. Aaron Glatt, the hospital’s chief of infectious diseases and chairman of the Department of Medicine, and Dr. Adhi Sharma, its chief medical officer and vice president for clinical and professional affairs.

Sharma noted that convalescent plasma is an investigational treatment, not yet fully approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

It works like this, according to Glatt: Patients develop antibodies when fighting off Covid-19, as they do with other viruses. Those antibodies can be extracted from a recovering patient with a high level of them through a blood draw. The plasma can then be injected into someone who is still fighting off the coronavirus, which should help the patient battle the illness.

As of April 17, doctors at the hospital had given plasma to 15 patients, and in those preliminary cases, the procedure had demonstrated “promising” results, according to Sharma.

Ideally, Glatt said, antibodies are extracted from patients three weeks after the onset of Covid-19 symp-

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Dr. aaron Glatt, Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital’s chief of infectious diseases, spoke recently of an “innovative” treatment for Covid-19 called convalescent plasma. toms. At that point, he said, a patient is most likely to have a sufficient number of antibodies for extraction.

Antibodies, he said, can be counted and quantified.

There is no risk to patients who are donating plasma and no indication the procedure would deplete their antibody stores, potentially leaving them susceptible to future infection, the doctors said.

The treatment is most often given to a patient who is or will likely become “deathly ill,” Glatt said.

Plasma is removed at the New York Blood Center in New York City. Patients must make an appointment to donate. Appointments can be made through Mount Sinai Doctors Five Towns in Hewlett. Donation is a multi-stage procedure that does require time, Glatt said.

Treatment is carried out with patient consent only.

It is unclear, Glatt and Sharma said, to what degree Covid-19 antibodies protect a patient from the disease, and for how long. It could be weeks, months or years.

There is insufficient data on reinfection to know, they said.

Glatt and Sharma each said social distancing is key to ensuring that infection rates do not spike again over the coming weeks and months. They worry that people will ease up on the precautions they have been taking recently now that the weather is warming and more people are heading outside. They also pointed out that Governor Cuomo would likely allow businesses to start returning to normal operations in a phased reopening after May 15.

Without continued social distancing, those two factors could lead again to a surge in hospitalizations, which nearly overran hospitals like MSSN in April. The hospital normally sees about 300 patients total, but at the peak of infection, MSSN was seeing 500 patients, 40 percent more than normal.

The MSSN officials said patients were housed in tents and hospital corridors to accommodate them all.

“The staff went well above and beyond to maintain a hospital of 500 patients,” Sharma said, adding that MSSN could not sustain itself for long with that number of patients.

Until “we totally clear [Covid-19] from the population,” Sharma said, people should continue social distancing. It will only be eradicated, he said, with a proven vaccine, which is 12 to 18 months away.

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Watch out for new mothers this Mother’s Day

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Mother’s Day is usually a day of celebration and joy for new mothers, but with New York still on lockdown this year, it may be a tough time for those with postpartum depression.

The condition affects one in five new mothers, according to Pauline Walfisch, a therapist at Helping Hands Psychotherapy in Rockville Centre who lives in Franklin Square, and the depression may be masked as Covid-19 anxiety.

In fact, Sonya Murdock, the founder of the Postpartum Resource Center of New “that grandparent experience they were York, said it has received a greater numlooking forward to.” ber of phone calls during the pandemic, “It’s easy to focus on the things you’ve and has increased its helpline lost,” she said, and suggested services to seven days a week. new mothers spend their The helpline provides free Mother’s Day: and confidential support to mothers who are in domestic ■ Connecting with family violence situations, those and friends virtually. who need supplies for their ■ Making a craft they baby, mothers who may be could keep for years. having suicidal thoughts and those who are diagnosed with ■ Getting a little “me Covid-19. time” if there is someone else The outbreak, Murdock in the house who could take pauline walfisch said, has “amplified these care of the baby for a few issues.” minutes.

Making it worse, Walfisch said, is the fact that many new mothers ■ Brightening up their space with flowhave an idealized vision of their first ers from their gardens.

Mother’s Day, but cannot go out to dinner Everyone else, Walfisch said, should this year or perhaps even receive flowers. check on their friends and family memAdditionally, they may feel guilty that bers with new babies. their parents will not be able to have

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HempStead town SuperviSor Donald Clavin was one of 13 Long Island supervisors who took part in a discussion on how the proceed with the summer season, when people flock to Long Island’s beaches and parks.

SuperviSorS diScuSSed How to convey social distancing guidelines to the public, and when to open and close town facilities, including beaches and parks.

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Town supervisors plan for summer recreation

By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

Thirteen town supervisors gathered Friday to begin planning coordination of the summer season on Long Island, when tourists from across the state and country descend on the Island’s beaches, in order to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

The supervisors focused on parks and recreation in their discussion, officials said. Supervisor Rich Schaffer, of the Town of Babylon, organized the talk.

Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald Clavin said, “The theme of our discussion was that the Covid-19 pandemic does not follow town borders, and it’s necessary to collaborate on our best practices and strategies for summer programs and services. Working together as a team and maintaining communication will be key to providing the safest environment.”

At press time, it was unclear precisely what would be open for the summer, including the beaches.

The supervisors discussed how to convey social distancing guidelines to the public, and when to open and close town facilities, including beaches and parks. Supervisors said they wanted to ensure the closure of any one facility was done in coordination with other towns to make certain no one town was overrun by beach and park attendees.

“The uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic requires us to consider all possible scenarios,” Clavin said.

“Though we wish that all of our residents can enjoy the summers of the past, we accept that this is a ‘new normal,’ at least for this year.”

In addition to Schaffer and Clavin, other supervisors taking part in the talks included: Edward Romaine, of Brookhaven; Judi Bosworth, of North Hempstead; Joseph Saladino, of Oyster Bay; Peter Van Scoyoc, of East Hampton; Chad Lupinacci, of Huntington; Angie Carpenter, of Islip; Yvette Aguiar, of Riverhead; Gerard Siller, of Shelter Island; Edward Wehrheim, of Smithtown; Jay Schneiderman, of Southampton; and Scott Russell, of Southold.

News brief Bill would keep firefighters benefits intact State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Demo- port and appreciation now more than crat from Long Beach, has introduced ever, not an unfair practice that penalizlegislation that would ensure volunteer es them for following safety procefirefighters are able to maintain their dures,” Kaminsky stated in a news active status during the Covid-19 pan- release. The proposed law “would cordemic, when required trainrect this problem and give ing exercises have been them the benefits they interrupted by the virus. deserve.”

Maintaing active service Kaminsky said volunteers is required in order for firea t t h e Wo o d m e r e F i r e fighters to accrue funds Department informed him toward their state pensions. of the issue. “Thank you to Firefighters must attain 50 Senator Kaminsky for his points per year by being on leadership and advocacy on call, responding to emergenbehalf of our volunteer firecies and taking part in trainfighters,” Woodmere Fire ing sessions.

C o m m i s s i o n e r s Ro n n a todd Kaminsky Kaminsky, who re preRubenstein and Israel Max sents several South Shore said in a joint statement in fire departments, said the the release. “This bill will measure would allow active volunteers make sure these brave men and women to earn up to five points per month dur- retain their benefits while forced to stay ing the Covid-19 pandemic and give home because of the pandemic.” departments the ability to set different It was unclear at press time when the emergency response requirements for State Senate would discuss the bill. The certain members. Firefighters would Assembly and Senate passed a resoluthen only have to respond to the mini- tion in late March enabling virtual conmum number of emergency calls they ferencing and voting among firefighters. are assigned.

“First responders deserve our sup–Jeffrey Bessen and Scott Brinton

Families begin Ramadan fast — from afar

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By TIMOTHY DENTON tdenton@liherald.com

With the sighting of the crescent moon on the evening of April 23, the month of Ramadan officially began.

This year, however, the traditional gatherings before sunrise and after sunset have been suspended at Masjid Al-Baqi in Bethpage and at the Islamic Center of Long Island in Woodbury, as they have been across the country and around the world.

The month is holy not only to the thousands of Muslims in Nassau County, but also to the more than 1.8 billion worldwide and is observed with 30 days of daily dawn-to-dusk fasts. The fast is one of the Five Pillars of Islam and is obligatory, or fard for all whose health would not be jeopardized. Women who are breast feeding or menstruating, diabetics and the chronically ill are also specifically exempted from the fast.

The month culminates in the feast of Eid-al-Fitr, one of the two great feasts of the Islamic calendar.

Both communities will hold classes and services online, via various streaming media. At Masjid-Al-Baqi, Mufti Mohammad Farhan will give daily commentary on passages from the Quran after fajr, the first of the five daily prayers prescribed by the Quran. Live streaming of tafseer, or interpretation of the Quran, will take place every evening at 9:30.

Online education will continue via Zoom videoconferencing.

Ramadan is from a root Arabic word meaning God. Traditionally, families and communities gather after sunset for a communal meal, called iftar.

In addition to fasting, devout Muslims also abstain from tobacco products and sex. Charitable deeds, another of the Five Pillars, are also traditionally increased during the holy month. Many carry out extra good works during the month, such as alms giving, participating in blood drives or feeding the hungry. Masjid AlBaqi is providing free groceries for the elderly, the chronically ill and the financially distressed, according to the community’s website.

The Islamic Center is offering similar programs, with guidance by Sheikh Ibrahim Negm, adviser to the

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UsUallY a MONTH of communal contemplation, fasting and prayer, families will observe this year’s Ramadan in the home, as Muslims follow the pattern set by other religions and move to electronic formats.

Grand Mufti of Al-Azhar in Cairo — one of the world’s earliest universities — and by Farhan, as well as twicenightly recitations by Hafiz Dr. Assad Baig and Hafiz Tanweer Ahmed.

For further information, contact Masjid Al-Baqi (516) 433-4141, or online at masjidalbaqi.org; or the Islamic Center of Long Island, at (516) 333-3495, or at icily.org.

aN ExaMplE Of a simple Ramadan iftar, or evening meal.

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L.I. congressional reps unite behind small businesses By laUra laNE llane@liherald.com

The Small Business Administration, Treasury Department and banks should be held accountable if lending institutions focus only on larger businesses when approving Payroll Protection Program loans, said a bipartisan group of Long Island congressional leaders on April 24. Meeting on the video conferencing platform Zoom, they said that priority should be given to “small” small businesses seeking loans of less than $150,000.

“There are a lot of smaller small businesses in the U.S. and most have less than 20 employees,” said U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from Glen Cove. “We have to send a clear message to the banks that we’re watching. They need to help the mom-and-pop shops, the plumber, electrician, doctor and dentist. And we need the Treasury Department and Small Business Administration to help get that message across.”

President Trump signed a new stimulus bill on April 23 that includes more than $300 billion in federal guarantees for

PPP loans, which must be used to keep told her that they are worried they will employees on the payrolls of small busi- not survive.

One of Trump’s vocal supporters, U.S. nesses. The SBA would forgive the loans if all employees are kept on the pay- Rep. Lee Zeldin, a Republican from Sufroll for eight weeks and the loan money is folk County, said the government needs to step up to help the smaller used for payroll, rent, mortbusinesses. “To my colgage interest or utilities. A leagues who think there is new stimulus bill was needed nothing left to do, this isn’t because the initial of $349 the time to walk away and billion for the program ran declare bankruptcy,” he said, out. referring to a suggestion Suozzi said that the avermade by Senate Majority age loan amount from the Leader Mitch McConnell. first stimulus package at the “We need to make sure the 15 larger banks was $515,000, state and local governments meaning the big borrowers get through this.” received the loans and not Big banks should focus the smaller business. their attention on the smallU.S. Rep. Peter King, a THOMas sUOzzI est of businesses, said U.S. Republican, said the smaller U.S. representative, Rep. Gregory Meeks, a Demobusinesses need relief now. crat, noting he is working to “Or there won’t be any small Fourth District make sure they do. “Despite businesses left,” he said. who is in the cue, if you see a “This is a natural disaster.

We have to stand together on this as New small business with 20 or less employees, push them up,” he said. “We earmarked Yorkers.”

U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat, $60 billion to go to community banks and agreed, adding that local retailers have credit unions because they have the pulse

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e will get through this if Democrats and Republicans are united like we are here.

of small business to make sure they can apply for loans.”

Of the roughly 67,000 loan applications, 27,000 had been approved as of April 24. Rice said non-partisan oversight was needed moving forward.

Then Zeldin warned businesses that do not need the loan to not apply, adding that they will be shamed if they do. “If you are flush with cash, if you are an individual who is sitting comfortably and wealthy — this is not a moment in time for you to be asking what your country can do for you to get through the pandemic,” he said.

Payment of the loans should be flexible, Suozzi said. He predicted that when restaurants reopen, they would probably only see 30 percent of their business return. “They will need flexibility on paying back the loan,” he said. “Can we make money available with a much lower interest rate at maybe 0 or 1 percent?”

The congressional leaders are 100 percent united on these issues, Suozzi said, and “want to fight for the little guy — the smallest businesses. We will get through this if Democrats and Republicans are united like we are here.”

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Virtual story time with Judy Griffin As stay-at-home and social distancing guidelines for Covid-19 continue, communities have taken new approaches to adjust for this lifestyle.

Residents have adapted to unaccustomed ways of working, playing, learning and contributing to the welfare of others. “Virtuality” via the internet has become a phenomenon, soaring in popularity for many purposes to cope with our current at-home world.

State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, who serves Malverne and West Hempstead, has found a way to combine her passion as an advocate of libraries with a virtual contribution.

Griffin has decided to contribute her time and commitment to literacy and to children by holding digital story times for libraries in her district. Lesley McAvoy, vice president of West Hempstead Historical Society, agreed that many parents, caregivers and children have been appreciative for her contributions.

The West Hempstead Public Library had its own virtual story time with Griffin on April 28 with about 40 participants, which comprised of children and staff members who wanted to show their appreciation.

Griffin has conducted virtual story sessions at libraries in Baldwin, Freeport, Oceanside, Malverne, Lynbrook and Rockville Centre.

McAvoy got to meet Griffin at the past two Library Advocacy Days in Albany as a representative for the West Hempstead Public Library.

McAvoy said that Griffin understands the importance of libraries as portals of the community and as channels of knowledge and entertainment that improve lives and provide access regardless of age, economic status and ability.

Griffin kicked off West Hempstead’s story time with “The Wishing Star” by Diane Houghton, a personal favorite which she had read to her own children. The story is about two children who find a wishing star that has fallen from its home in the sky. They selflessly use the wish to return the star to its hook in the heavens. Each evening, the star twinkles its thanks, and says, “I love you,” back to them.

By popular demand, Griffin also read a second family standby, “Lost in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy,” by Carl Sams II. In this story, several colorful and interesting forest creatures find a newborn spotted fawn alone in the woods. They proceed to exhibit concern that it is lost, but the fawn is steadfast in its belief that their mother will return. When she does periodically return, readers come to understand a newborn fawn bears no scent, so it is protected by her absence. As the story closes, the fawn has strong legs and can now walk with their mother.

Children and families enjoyed both stories, and Griffin’s story time proved that entertainment with others can be easy to find in the midst of a pandemic. For those interested in the library’s upcoming events, go to the West Hempstead Library’s website at www.whplibrary.org, click calendar of events, scroll down to a desired program choice, click register and enter your library barcode. Residents will be notified by email an hour before their program and provided with a Zoom link.

Library members thanked Griffin for her contributions to the community.

Courtesy Lesle y McAvo y; compiled b y Nakeem Grant

Courtesy Lesley McAvoy

State aSSemblywoman Judy Griffin read “The Wishing Star” by Diane Houghton, during virtual story time at the West Hempstead Public Library on April 28.

Commissioners discuss sustainable practices As part of the Nassau Suffolk Water Commissioners’ Association’s ongoing Educational Speaker Series, which includes West Hempstead Water District Commissioner Kenneth Wenthen Jr., the group recently held a discussion on the importance of going paperless as related to mana ging water districts.

Paperless Solutions CEO and president Martin Chalif, and william Bimser International CorporaSChuCkmann tion Managing President, Director Kevin Nassau Suffolk Water D e v e c i o g l u were the guest Commissioners’ speakers for the Association program.

An expert in his field, Chalif focused on managing all types of assets on one common platform that can generate more than 10,000 reports; QDMS, a compliance and quality management tool; and OCR Document Imaging, a faster, more accurate scanning mode that saves time and money and is more secure. He explained how going paperless dramatically reduces

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PaPerleSS SolutionS Ceo and president Martin Chalif, second from left, and Bimser International Corporation Managing Director Kevin Devecioglu, to Chalif’s immediate left, were guest speakers at the Nassau Suffolk Water Commissioners’ Association’s meeting. clerical time, contributes to greater and more timely compliance, and is environmentally friendly, helping to save trees.

“The presentation by Mr. Chalif and Mr. Devecioglu was enlightening and informative,” said NSWCA President William Schuckmann in a news release.

“The ideas they discussed are near and dear to our members, as we are elected by voters and are always cognizant of

cost savings and greater efficiencies. We continually advocate for conservation in water usage. Saving paper from production and disposal standpoints helps us to continue fulfilling this goal while also enabling us to help our environment.

This aids in long-term sustainability, something we are keenly aware of at NSWCA. We thank them both for sharing their time and knowledge.”

For more information about this meeting or NSWCA, contact Jamie Stanco at (631) 756-7160 or email jpstanco@ pmgstrategic.com.

Courtesy Nassau Suffolk Water Commissioners’ Association; compiled by Nakeem Grant

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Elected officials propose Aiming to retain firefighters’ benefits program mortgage relief News briefs

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic respond to the minimum number of restrictions could affect volunteer fire- emergency calls they are assigned.

“First responders deserve our support fighters to attain the required 50 points per year through responding to calls, tak- and appreciation now more than ever, not ing part in training and being on call to be an unfair practice that penalizes them for eligible for New York state’s length of ser- following safety procedures,” Kaminsky stated in a news release. “This vice award program that law would correct this probserves as a pension fund for lem and give them the benethe firefighters. fits they deserve.”

Fire officials said that Kaminsky said that the because of the restrictions volunteers of the Woodmere many fire department memFire Department made him bers will not meet the requireaware of the issue. “Thank ments, adding that the quaryou to Senator Kaminsky for antining and near shutdown his leadership and advocacy of the New York metropolitan on behalf of our volunteer area has rendered the options firefighters,” Woodmere fire to gain LOSAP points impraccommissioners Ronna Rubentical.

Todd Kaminsky stein and Israel Max said in a State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, joint statement in the release. a Democrat who represents many South Shore volunteer fire depart- “This bill will make sure these brave men ments, has introduced legislation that and women retain their benefits while forced to stay home because of the panhelps the firefighters retain the length of service program. The proposed measure demic.”

It is unclear when the State Senate will will allow active volunteers to earn up to five points per month during the Covid-19 discuss the bill. The Assembly and State pandemic and will give departments the Senate passed a resolution in late March ability to set different emergency enabling virtual conferencing and voting. response requirements for certain mem–Jeffrey Bessen bers. Firefighters will then only have to

St. Thomas offers comfort, support to families St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in West Hempstead extends their sympathy to all those in the community who are in mourning. The parish hopes to offer comfort and support to families affected by the Covid-19 pandemic during this difficult time.

The parish offers their condolences to those who lost family members, and they invite residents to contact them so thatthey can add your loved one’s name to their online memorial page at www. stthomasapostle.org. Call the rectory at

(516) 489-8585 and leave a message with the name of your loved one, as well as your name and phone number.

In addition, one of the parish’s bereavement facilitators will contact to residents and their family to offer support by phone. Although funeral masses are not currently permitted, Catholics will be invited to celebrate a Memorial Mass at a later date.

Courtesy St. Thomas the Apostle Parish; compiled by Nakeem Grant

Local elected officials are proposing measures to help residents who are struggling to make mortgage payments as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

As part of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, homeowners can delay payments on federallybacked mortgages for up to 180 days, and at the state level, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order at the end of March that grants forbearance for 90 days. At the end of the grace period, people will have to make up the missed payments, while they are still dealing with the immediate financial effects of the pandemic.

To solve this issue, State Sens. Brian Kavanagh and Todd Kaminsky introduced a bill that gives homeowners the ability to extend the life of their mortgage by however long their payments were in forbearance. So, if a mortgage was scheduled to end in July 2040, and the borrower forgoes three months of payment during the pandemic, the mortgage payments would be extended to September 2040.

Congresswoman Kathleen Rice said she would also include provisions in the next federal stimulus bill to expand forbearance relief to include those who do not have federally-owned or -backed mortgages, and to prohibit services from demanding a full, one-time lump sum pay-

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According to a recent study, a home costs Nassau County residents the average of 65 percent of their income. Lawmakers argue that those figures prove that there is a need for increased protections on both the federal and state levels to ensure a financially viable future for people.

“Our priority is protecting the people of our districts and making sure that they come out of this crisis healthy and financially secure,” Kaminsky said.

“Allowing homeowners to postpone their payments to the end of their loan will relieve the financial stress that many are feeling,” Kavanagh added. “This legislation is part of our larger effort to develop solutions that will ease the burden by ensuring that New Yorkers’ homes — whether they are renters or homeowners — remain secure. It will contribute to a rapid recovery once the public health crisis passes.”

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Schools make the best of learning from home Rehman said, but all students need to attend classes daily.

“This is a time when helping one another is even more important,” he said.

Malverne School District Superintendent Dr. James Hunderfund said that the district was waiting for details on how C u o m o ’s d e c i sion would affect summer school.

“We’re working hard to make the Daniel best of this situarehMan tion,” HunderSuperintendent, fund wrote in a W.H. School District letter to parents.

“Our goal is to ensure that all students receive essential learning and practice while schools are closed. As such, our approach promotes equitable learning access for all students.”

At Malverne’s primary and intermediate schools, students in every grade have engaged in a variety of print and digital activities, and used learning platfor ms such as Class Dojo, SeeSaw, Remind and WebEx to communicate virtually with their teachers. In addition to

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The Malverne School District will remain closed for the remainder of the school year. classroom assignments, district leaders have encouraged students to keep up with phys. ed., music, art and technology through other programs each week. Middle and high school students have used OneNote, Edmodo and Microsoft Teams, among other virtual learning platforms.

“Although there is truly no way to duplicate the wonderful things that take

place in our classrooms,” Hunderfund wrote, “we are confident that this path forward will ensure that our students stay engaged with their teachers and on the right path.”

Last Friday’s actions, Cuomo said, would determine “the number of sick tomorrow” — hence the need to keep school buildings closed.

Colleges and school districts across the state must begin developing reopening plans, he said, which must be approved by state officials. Cuomo added that there had been no determination yet whether there would be summer school, and that that announcement would be made in the coming weeks.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE WEST HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF WEST HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to the Governor of the State of New York’s Executive Order 202.26 (hereinafter, “Executive Order”), a Public Hearing of the qualified voters of the West Hempstead Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York will be held remotely on June 2, 2020 at 7:30 p.m., prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items: 1. To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money, which will be required for the 2020 2021 fiscal year.

2. To discuss all the items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by absentee ballot pursuant to Executive Order 202.26 for the Budget Vote and Election to be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2020.

3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto.

A copy of the proposed budget shall be made available to residents of the school district beginning May 26, 2020 on the District’s website a t http://www.whufsd.com.

While Education Law §1716(2) requires the budget also be made available at School District offices, any public library/free association library within the District, and the polling place, this year that will not be possible due to Executive Order 202.26 and the prevalence of the COVID-19 virus and potential for spread through our personal interaction.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Chapter 258 of the Laws of 2008, Section 495 was added to the Real Property Tax Law and requires the School District to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how much of the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted, identified by statutory authority, and show (a) the cumulative impact of each type of exemption expressed either as a dollar amount of assessed value or as a percentage of the total assessed

value on the roll; (b) the cumulative amount expected to be received from recipients of each type of exemption as payments in lieu of taxes or other payments for municipal services; and (c) the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. The exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on any website maintained by the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Executive Order 202.26, the Budget Vote and Election of Board of Education members will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2020.

The Executive Order directs that the budget vote and election be conducted by an absentee ballot process in lieu of in-person voting.

Therefore, there will be no voting at the polls for this year’s annual Budget Vote and Election. The District will mail absentee ballots with a postage paid return envelope to qualified voters. In order to be counted, absentee ballots must be received in the office of the District Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020. Thus, every qualified voter shall vote by absentee ballot on the following items: 1. To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2020 - 2021 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.

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To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2020, and expiring on June 30, 2023, to succeed Joseph Magaraci, whose term expires on June 30, 2020.

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To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2020, and expiring on June 30, 2023, to succeed Vincent Trocchia, whose term expires on June 30, 2020.

4. To adopt the annual budget of the West Hempstead Public Library for the fiscal year 2020 2021 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the School District.

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To elect one (1) member of the Library Board of Trustees for a five-year term commencing July 1, 2020, and expiring on June 30, 2025 to succeed Leonard Zehnwith, whose term expires on June 30, 2020.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the School District’s budget and the West Hempstead Public Library’s budget for 2020 - 2021, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained

by any resident of the District beginning May 26, 2020 on the District’s website at http://www.whufsd.com.

(Due to the Governor’s closure orders, the Executive Order and the risk of transmission of COVID-19, the statement will not be available at school district offices, public libraries or the polling place). .

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Executive Order 202.26, petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education and member of the Library Board of Trustees shall be filed and received by the District Clerk at 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York not later than Monday, May 11, 2020 at 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, The petition may be filed by mailing the petition to the District Clerk at her office at 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York 11552 and/or scanning the petition and emailing it to the District Clerk at tbryant@whufsd.com.

The petition must be received by the District Clerk no later than Monday, May 11, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Each petition shall be directed to the Clerk of the District and shall state the name and residence of the candidate and shall describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated.

Each vacancy upon the Board of Education to be filled shall be considered separate specific vacancies.

A separate nominating petition is required to nominate a candidate to each separate specific office.

The petition shall describe at least the length of the term of office and contain the name of the last incumbent. Vacancies on the Library Board of Trustees shall be considered separate specific vacancies.

A separate nominating petition is required to nominate a candidate to each separate specific office. Such nominating petitions shall describe the specific vacancy upon the Library Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Clerk of the District; and, must state the name and residence of the candidate.

As per Executive Order 202.26, there is no minimum number of signatures required on the petition for the June 9, 2020 Budget Vote and Election.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to §2014 of the Education

Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register online no later than May 26, 2020.

There is no provision for in-person registration for this election.

Those wishing to register to vote should visit https://www.dmv.ny.gov/ more-info/electronicv o t e r- r e g i s t r a t i o n application in order to do so online.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the West Hempstead Union Free District, may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk by mail to the Office of the District Clerk, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York, by email to tbryant@whufsd.com or fax to (516) 489-1776. In such request, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application by mail, fax or email. A military voter must return the original military ballot application by mail to the Office of the District Clerk at Chestnut Street Administrative Offices, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m., on May 14, 2020. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a non-military ballot application under Section 2018-a of the Education Law. The application for military ballot may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax, or email.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, a military voter’s original military ballot must be returned by mail to the Office of the District Clerk at Chestnut Street Administrative Offices, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York.

Military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before 5:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or received not later than 5:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020 and signed and dated by the

military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with §2035 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said election, must be filed with the District Clerk, Board of Education at the District Office, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York, 60 days prior to the vote; and must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least 112 qualified voters of the District (representing 5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); and must legibly state the name of each signer.

However, the School Board will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any proposition the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, which is unlawful or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition, or where other valid reason exists for excluding the proposition from the ballot.

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By Order of the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE WEST HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT West Hempstead, New York Theresa Bryant, District Clerk 121778

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADJOURNED ANNUAL DISTRICT ELECTION AND BUDGET HEARING OF MALVERNE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK TO BE HELD ON JUNE 9, 2020† NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Executive Order 202.26 of the Governor of the State of New York, the annual meeting of the qualified voters of the Malverne Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, will be held remotely on June 9, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. for the transaction of such business as is authorized by law.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Budget Hearing will be held remotely on May 26, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. for the purposes of discussing funds for the proposed 2020-2021 School Budget.

The Budget Hearing can be viewed remotely on the District webpage (www.malverne.k12.ny.u s) PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the vote upon the appropriation of necessary funds to meet the necessary expenditures for the school year 2020-2021, on all propositions duly filed with the Board of Education, and to fill one (1) vacancy on the Board of Education shall be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2020.

The qualified voters shall fill the following vacancy: the office of Jeanne D’Esposito, current member of the Board of Education which term expires June 30, 2020, and for a new term commencing on July 1, 2020 and expiring on June 30, 2024. The qualified voters shall also vote upon the following propositions: PROPOSITION NO. 1 Resolved that the proposed Budget of the Malverne Union Free School District of the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York for the fiscal year 2020-2021 be adopted and that the amount of said budget be raised by tax upon the taxable property of the School District after first deducting the monies available from the State Aid and other sources.

PROPOSITION NO. 2 (Establishment of Capital Reserve Fund III): BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Malverne Union Free School District is hereby authorized to establish a capital reserve fund, known as the “Capital Reserve Fund III,” at the terms set forth below, in order to fund future capital projects.† Any proposed project to be undertaken with these funds will require voter authorization at a future public vote.† The Capital Reserve Fund III will not impact the school budget or the tax rate. †It will be funded with available monies from the District’s fund balance and/or reserves, as authorized herein.

The Capital Reserve Fund III will be created in accordance with the provisions of Education Law section 3651, for the purpose of funding future district wide improvements, renovations and/or alterations, including but not limited to construction, renovation, improvement, alteration and/or replacement of district wide facilities and property, capital improvements related to changes in future enrollment, other infrastructure

improvements and similar projects, and the purchase or acquisition of equipment and motor vehicles, and associated or incidental work, services and expenses.

Such capital reserve fund shall be for a probable term of twelve (12) years and will commence on June 30, 2020 and expire on June 30, 2032.† The capital reserve fund will be capitalized in a total amount not to exceed Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000), plus interest, during the term of the fund. †The source of the funding of the capital reserve fund shall include an annual transfer of surplus money, if any, from the District’s General Fund’s unassigned fund balance, as may be available as of the end of each fiscal year from June 30, 2020 through and including June 30, 2032, and any other sources permitted by law, including transfers from existing reserves.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the condensed form of the budget proposition and the text of all other propositions to appear on the voting machines and a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the school year 2020-2021, specifying the purposes and the amount for each, will be prepared and copies thereof will be made available on the District website, http://www.malverne.k12 .ny.us/, during the 14 days preceding said election of June 9, 2020, and on the day of such election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that pursuant to Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, the district is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by the statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that individuals interested in running for the Board of Education must declare themselves to be a candidate for the Board of Education, provided that they meet all the other legal requirements of candidacy. A candidate may submit a letter in which the individual declares his or her candidacy, or the individual may complete

and return the top portion of the candidate petition declaring themselves to be a qualified candidate.

Such letter or petition must be filed with the District by mail addressed to the District Clerk, Administration Building, 301 Wicks Lane, Malverne, N.Y., or by e m a i l lridley@malverne.k12.ny. us, and received no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 11, 2020. The letter or petition must set forth, at a minimum, the name and residence of the candidate and must describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated, including the length of term of office and name of the last incumbent. No person shall be nominated for more than one separate office. A nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his unwillingness to serve.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition or question to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted, in writing, by petition subscribed by at least 100 qualified voters of the District and mailed to the District Clerk for receipt not later than 30 days preceding the meeting or election at which such question or proposition shall be voted upon, this year May 11, 2020, except that this rule shall not apply to those questions or propositions which are required to be stated in the published or posted notice of the meeting or to those propositions or questions which the Board of Education has authority by law to present at any annual or special meeting of the district.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that due to the health and safety concerns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting ordered closure of schools, personal registration with the District will not take place for the adjourned June 9, 2020 election. In lieu of such registration, all qualified voters will receive an absentee ballot with a postage paid return envelope.

Individuals can register through the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles’ voter registration website and be eligible to receive an absentee ballot for the adjourned June 9, 2020 election, provided the individual completes the registration before May 26, 2020 (https://dmv.ny.gov/morei n f o / e l e c t r o n i c - v o t e rregistration-application).

In addition, persons who shall have been previously registered for any District annual or special election and who shall have voted at any such District election held

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in the prior four calendar years (2016-2019), and/or persons who are registered to vote at general elections within the District pursuant to Election Law §352 will automatically receive an absentee ballot. If you are unsure whether you are a qualified voter and/or will receive an absentee ballot, please contact the District Clerk by email (lridley@malverne.k12.ny. us) or mail (District Clerk, Malverne UFSD Administration Building 301 Wicks Lane, Malverne, NY 11565) or phone (516-887-6483) with any questions.

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, all absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk by mail no later than 5:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that pursuant to Education Law §2018-d,

any person serving in the military, including spouses and dependents, may register to vote in the upcoming school district election.

A military voter who is a qualified voter of the school district may obtain a registration form by contacting the District Clerk by telephone (516-887-6483), facsimile (516-596-2910), email (lridley@malverne.k12.ny. us), or mail (District Clerk, Malverne UFSD Administration Building 301 Wicks Lane, Malverne, NY 11565). A military voter who is duly registered may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application form from the District Clerk.

Completed applications must be mailed to the District Clerk and received no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 14, 2020. Completed military ballots must be

received by 5:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020 if signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto with a date which is not later than the day before the election, or not later than the close of the polls on June 9, 2020 if postmarked or endorsed by an agency of the United States government. A military voter may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration form, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail in the request for such registration, ballot application, or ballot.

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only things being “put on.” Wet weather and construction don’t mix. Homeowners are being misled by people they hired to do the right job.

One of the first lessons in architecture is the detailed understanding of how water and movement affect buildings. Your observation is correct that installing materials in wet conditions should generally be avoided. In the case of putting shingles over shingles, there’s an assumption that the heat of a hot, sunny day will dry everything out eventually, but the slowly developing damage has already begun, hidden from sight.

It’s generally not the first thing people think of, but the world we live in exists in multiple levels of scale, from nanoparticles to cells to larger molecules and visible materials. In other words, seeing may be believing, but what you can’t see is still there, and what you can’t see happening is still happening. If we only think of water as big droplets, forgetting about gas (vapor) and solid (expanding ice), or that many materials allow water vapor to squeeze between their molecular structures, then it will be harder to understand the level of permeability or penetration of a material, like the wood sheathing below the shingles — or that a thousand nails were just driven through the vapor barrier sheeting below the shingles.

For installers, it becomes a gamble, a game of risk, to someone else’s cherished property through a bunch of assumptions: that water won’t get through, or won’t be locked in, heated by the sun, forced by pressure like a thousand little boiling tea kettles to push moisture around the nails and into the wood sheathing, or to cause the semi-rigid shingles to be forced by expanding frost to keep flexing and contracting, shortening their useful lifespan of protecting the inside of the house. Once this occurs, the materials have made accommodation for vapor and have slightly expanded, but after expanding, they don’t immediately contract again.

They now have a much greater flexibility, and all because the moisture crowbarred its way in.

I often wonder if those installers would leave their windows down in a car wash. They have little to lose, because if the shingles fail prematurely, they’ll be back sooner.

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he coronavirus pandemic sweeping our nation has highlighted critical gaps in our ability to beat back such threats. It’s quite a wake-up call for America.

There is total consensus in the international medical community that Covid19 originated in Wuhan, China. It likely began as a virus that jumped from animals to humans in one of that city’s notorio u s “ we t m a rkets,” where all sorts of live animals — including live bats known to carry coronavirusalfonse es — are slaughtered and offered d’amaTo for sale for human consumption.

According to U.S. intelligence reports, it is also ever more likely that a Chinese governmentsponsored laboratory in that city — the Wuhan Institute of Virology — was experimenting with the virus, and that because of careless handling by its scientists, the virus might have escaped from the lab and triggered the pandemic.

The Chinese communist government has predictably obfuscated on this disaster, locking down information from Wuhan and concealing the extent of the

pandemic in China. Instead of cooperating with the rest of the world to help scientists fully understand the origin and spread of the disease, Chinese authorities have lowered a cloak of secrecy and unleashed a propaganda campaign, even going so far as to make the preposterous claim that the virus was somehow imported into China by the U.S. military.

All of this would be more than bad enough if not for the fact that the virus has painfully demonstrated just how dependent the U.S. has become on China and other countries for all manner of medical supplies and critical medicines. America imports vast amounts of medical masks, gowns and other protective equipment. Much of our pharmaceutical industry, which was once located in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, has shifted to Asia over the past few decades.

America today is in the extraordinarily dangerous position of fighting a pandemic caused largely by the Chinese government’s carelessness and malfeasance with medical supplies from China. That must change, and quickly. It’s time for America to see China for the adversary it is, not the partner we might wish it to be.

That will mean making some very fundamental changes in U.S. industrial and

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trade policies in the future. We must bring critical manufacturing capability back to this country, especially for important medical supplies and pharmaceuticals.

By way of example, for years America had a robust pharmaceutical industry in Puerto Rico.

That industry was given tax incentives that were shortsightedly allowed to lapse, driving production to other nations, where it was welcomed with significant host-government support.

Congress and the administration should reinstate those tax incentives to bring back pharmaceutical production.

There are a number of other steps Washington should consider to help rebuild our manufacturing base.

For years we have allowed China and other countries to game international bodies like the World Trade Organization and the World Health Organization, which gave special treatment to those countries as “developing nations.”

But today its laughable to consider China a developing nation that can take advantage of WTO polices to dump manufactured goods in America and WHO policies that allow it to shirk its international responsibilities. How can it be right for China to run a trade surplus

t has painfully demonstrated just how dependent the U.S. has become on China.

with the U.S. of a half trillion dollars a year at the same time that it contributes less than one-tenth of what the U.S. has contributed to the WHO? China gives the WHO less than $50 million a year, while the U.S. gives it over $500 million for international health care initiatives, because the WHO considers China a “developing nation.”

What nonsense! President Trump was right to suspend further U.S. financial support for the WHO until this glaring inequity is corrected. At the very least, China must make up the hundreds of millions of dollars it should have contributed to the WHO to match what the U.S. has already so generously contributed.

Over the next few years, in the aftermath of this international health and economic disaster, America must rebuild its industrial might. We cannot lead the world with just the strength of our ideals or our arms, great as they may be. And we must demand that countries like China treat the rest of the world fairly, and shoulder their share of the responsibility to all humankind.

It is not too late for America to wake up. But time is running out.

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.

Have you heard the one about Clorox Chewables?

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umor is serious business, so I felt much better when the pandemic jokes began popping up. For example: “If you need 144 rolls of toilet paper for a 14-day quarantine, you probably should have been seeing a doctor long before Covid-19.” If we can joke about it, it can’t be as terrifying as it seems, right? Right?

Tracking the LOLs, it becomes evident that much coronavirus humor focuses on toilet paper and the shortages thereof. I guess the world started looking funny to us when we first put on our big boy and big girl pants.

I know some Randi readers think kReiss there’s nothing funny about Covid19, and really, those of us who find a laugh here and there don’t think it’s funny, either. We’re not making light of the disease, but of ourselves and our foibles.

Humor is an enormously successful defense mechanism. That’s not from me; it’s from, you know, the guy who knew about these things, Sigmund Freud. He

wrote that humor helps us cope with seemingly insurmountable tragedy. It eases the burden and gives us some sense of control.

Two photos online: The first is a picture of Quentin Tarantino. The second is a picture of a guy in full hazmat suit inside a tent. The caption is “Tentin Quarantino.” You can laugh, it’s OK. The psychologists say so.

Gregg Levoy wrote in Psychology Today, “It’s a curious thing. We’re in the midst of the worst global health crisis in over 100 years, and yet we’re overflowing with jokes, parodies, cartoons and gag videos.”

I’ve laughed a lot at talking-dog videos, especially that one with the Schnauzer giving advice to other dogs on how to behave during a pandemic, specifically identifying the no-sniff zones. Yeah, the humor is low, but so is my morale.

This is not to say that sharing humor is without risk. We’re isolated, so when we send friends jokes or cartoons, they can’t see our expressions and we can’t read theirs. The possibility of misunderstanding one another is real.

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exhibit a modicum of good taste. I don’t think humor goes into the ICU or to the gravesite. And it all depends on one’s own experience through this time of trouble.

Being sick, worrying about a loved one in trouble, suffering financial setbacks or just going crazy from the extended isolation all change our sense of what’s funny.

My family is notoriously dark when it comes to humor. Almost anything goes, and for us, it helps.

People are still tuning in to Bill Maher and Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers because they make us laugh, despite the horrific news. All of them push the envelope.

Levoy says you can’t laugh and be scared at the same time, so while we’re laughing, we are momentarily forgetting the horrors of the pandemic. We are temporarily tuning out the map with the spread of the disease and the voiceovers with the daily totals of dead people and the news reports of refrigerator trucks holding the bodies of people’s mothers and fathers and children. After a while of consuming the bad news, we overload on horrific detail and actually shortcircuit. In that moment, if we can find

e’re not making light of the disease, but of ourselves and our foibles.

something to laugh about, it’s really OK. “Life does not cease to be funny when people die,” said George Bernard Shaw, “any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.”

Here are a couple of mini ha-has: Has anyone let the Amish know what’s going on yet?

The World Health Organization has announced that dogs can’t contract Covid19. Dogs previously held in quarantine can now be released. Just to be clear, WHO let the dogs out.

Some of the humor coming my way targets Donald Trump and his disastrous incompetence before and during the pandemic. (Have you seen the ad for Clorox Chewables?)

Maher piled on: “Donald Trump had a meltdown about what a great temperament he has. It was like watching someone carve ‘I’m not a psycho’ into their arm.”

“If you are able to teach people to be more playful, to look at the absurdities of life as humorous, you see some increase in well-being,” said Stanford psychologist Andrea Samson.

I’m all for vaccines — the sooner the better — but let’s not inoculate ourselves against laughter.

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

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ast Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo finally offered students and teachers certainty about the rest of the 2019-20 school year when he canceled in-person classes through June to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Thank you, Mr. Cuomo.

For weeks, pupils and educators in New York’s schools were left in limbo, wondering whether they should devote themselves entirely to the new online model or wait for classes to resume as normal.

Moving to online teaching and learning was a shock to our education system that left all involved in a state of frenzied confusion. In just weeks, teachers had to move to a system in which most had little to no training or experience. Students, many of whom depend on their teachers, coaches, guidance counselors and administrators for social and emotional support, suddenly lost that network, leaving many full of anxiety at a time of widespread despair.

What most young people repeatedly hear now are stories of job loss and death.

Many children and young adults, without the life experience to understand that the nation will emerge from this crisis, remain in a semi-daze, incapable of focusing on their schoolwork as they did two months ago.

Worse, many students are hurting because their parents have lost their jobs, or fear losing them. Worst still, some students have lost parents or grandparents to Covid-19.

Teachers and administrators should, first and foremost, pay close attention to

letters The virus is tough, but Long Islanders are tougher To the Editor: Communities all over the world have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, but have pressed on and adapted to the “new normal” of social distancing, homeschooling and teleworking. Although the virus has ravaged communities and businesses, Long Islanders have shown our strength once again by coming together even when we are kept physically apart.

Long Island is home to heroic first responders who risk illness and injury to help others in times of crisis. During Hurricane Sandy and after the Sept. 11 attacks, firefighters, police officers, health care workers and volunteers worked around the clock, without returning home to their own families for weeks on end, to heroically help our families and fellow New Yorkers. The same has been true during this pandemic.

their students’ psychological health during this precarious time, and secondarily to their schoolwork.

The period between now and mid-June will be a time of survival for many people, and no less for students. Expectations of learning must be tempered by the premise that, above all else, our young people must emerge from this time unscathed — psychologically unharmed, in a sound mental state.

The State Education Department canceled all major exams, including the Regents, for a good reason: The normal process of learning has been interrupted, and will not resume for some time.

The nation is at war with an invisible killer. Right now, students’ grades matter less than during ordinary times. What matters is sending a clear message to our young people: We adults will keep you safe.

One day soon, we will return to normal, and when we do, we will redouble our efforts to ensure that you learn all that’s necessary to know. Now, however, is not that time.

That is not to say that we should forgo learning, or not expect students to do their work. Rather, we must understand and acknowledge how they are feeling before we can get down to whatever work is possible.

With that said, we offer these suggestions to our schools: ■ If teachers are not already doing so, they should meet with their students in live sessions at least once a week, and pref-

erably twice a week. Students desperately need to see and speak with their teachers, but we have heard scattered reports that at least some teachers have not met live with their students for as long as six weeks.

■ Each district should decide on one online educational platform for all. Whether it’s Google Classroom or Edmodo, make it districtwide. Employing more than one platform will only sow confusion.

■ Students should be assigned homework according to a set schedule, at a given time on a given day, so they know what to expect. Consistency is key, so they can develop a routine.

■ Teachers should follow up on homework assignments with live Zoom sessions to explain the work, and not leave it to students to attend extra help sessions, particularly sessions conducted by email.

■ Students should not be videoed in class, with the images posted on YouTube, without student and parental consent.

■ All teachers in a district should have a single method of taking attendance, and grading rubrics should be provided to students and parents.

■ Students should be given opportunities to do extra-credit work to make up for missed work.

We will survive this crisis, and teachers and school administrators will play a key role in ensuring that we do, provided that every district adheres to a set of basic guidelines for online teaching.

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was asked recently why university presidents aren’t speaking out about the state of affairs in our country. Of course, the issue of the moment is the lack of preparedness for the coronavirus pandemic, even when knowledgeable people were forecasting it. After all, universities are supposed to be moral forces in society.

Who is in a better position to remind the public of what the 19thcentury English philosopher Alfred North Whitehead said: “. . . the rule is absolute, the [nation] which robert a. does not value trained intelliscott gence is doomed”?

Yet the voices of university leaders are largely silent in the face of the most critical issue of our time, and trained intelligence is ignored when politically inconvenient.

Some argue that university leaders should not take stands on policy, that they should not be “political.” But what is political and what is polemical? Politics refers to the public affairs of a country. A

polemic is an aggressive attack on the opinions or principles of another. Surely academic leaders can comment on the public affairs of the country without resorting to aggressive attacks, even if those whose policies are being confronted want others to believe that such comments are inappropriate.

Therefore, when scientific leadership on policies related to health care, clean water, air pollution and product safety, among others, is being replaced by lobbyists for the regulated industries, university leaders should be among the strongest voices expressing concern. Should they not call out falsehoods and fabrications passing as truth?

Education is the foundation of a free and democratic society. In any country, the university is unique in its mission to create, curate and critique. Laboratories create new knowledge, museums and libraries preserve the past, and journalists examine social policy by asking “Why?” But only the university is responsible for all three roles.

In these ways, the university fulfills its historic mission not as a political force,

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houldn’t they call out falsehoods and fabrications passing as truth?

Letters Although the enemy that first responders are battling is invisible, they continue to fight with valor, and give us all the confidence that this virus will be defeated. Public transportation workers, grocery clerks, truck drivers and countless other essential workers are all working on the front lines to provide us with services that our society could not function without.

With the apex of the pandemic hitting during the holy season, people of all denominations had to limit their celebrations to immediate family, and many, including me, opted for virtual gatherings via Zoom. While physically empty, churches, mosques and temples continue to play a tremendous part in keeping congregations full in their faiths and hopeful that an end to this crisis is near. Religious leaders and community members across creeds have maintained active charities to combat food insecurity and provide first responders and those in need with personal protective equipment and other supplies even though their own collection of these needed materials was dwindling.

T he County Le gislature has received more than 4,000 letters and drawings from children for our frontline heroes as part of our “Letters to our Heroes” drive. Donations of PPE and nightly displays of gratitude — drive-bys, horn honks and alarm sounding — have cheered up and cheer

but as an ethical voice. For example, the founders of Adelphi were advocates for the advancement of women, the abolition of slavery and improved instruments for world peace. They adopted as their motto, “The truth shall make us free.” Surely there were those who thought the new institution should only teach classes, believing that school was separate from society. But the president and supporters knew the power of ethical arguments and the need for ethical thinking.

The ethical perspective considers fairness, the degree of bias, the consistency of application, the factual basis for assertions and the justness of moral judgments and public laws. Women had no right to vote, slavery was legal and war ignored diplomacy as the “first resort of kings,” as the author Richard Arndt described it, yet the Adelphi leaders had the courage of conviction and a visionary voice.

They knew that their role was to educate students, and the public, to reflect on what they read and heard, assess actions and policies, form independent opinions, and express impartial concerns as indi-

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viduals. In this way, the university teaches us all to distinguish among the three paths to finding truth — through facts, faith and fear — and helps to clarify each.

To state facts is not polemical. People wake-u The can have different opinions, but not difnation ferent facts. The university’s role is to 19 orig advance knowledge, both general and expert; skills such as writing and speaking with clarity and persuasion; abilities such as critical thinking and leadership; and values such as teamwork, respect for others and their opinions, and becoming active in society as citizens.

These are the missions of a university, and it is the university president who serves as the chief mission officer. If we do our jobs well, our graduates will be well prepared to see the results of political actions that ignore expert knowledge.

They will be able to analyze propaganda masquerading as principle, and discern facts from unfounded superstitions. They will be able to call out the misguided actions of those who ignore science, histo- U.S. in ry and the need to respect others. We will more l sponso have prepared graduates for political action when it is needed regardless of the Wuhan polemics surrounding them. And we will experi becaus have taken an ethical stand. tists, th the lab Robert A. Scott is president emeritus of The Adelphi University. has pr ter, lo Wuhan

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on our heroes.

I have worked with County Executive Laura Curran and my fellow legislators to approve emergency legislation allowing the county to spend $2.3 million on PPE, testing supplies and other critical tools to help keep workers and residents safe. Recently, I joined my colleagues to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to push back the property tax deadline to give relief to struggling businesses and residents.

Last month the governor answered our call and extended the deadline until June 1.

The pandemic has affected our lives in ways that we could noy have fathomed just a few months ago. Recovery will be difficult, but with our combined efforts, it is more than possible.

The coronavirus may be tough, but Long Islanders are tougher.

C. WILLIAm GAYLOR Nassau County legislator

Cuomo has a friend in Jerry Kremer To the Editor: I just had to respond to last week’s column by Jerry Kremer, “Cuomo puts the other guy from Queens to shame.” Kremer speaks in glowing terms about Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but

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leaves out so many details — for example, that Cuomo has put the state in a $6 billion hole because of inept and careless spending, investing state money in ridiculous solar panel schemes and not allowing fracking that would not only increase state revenue, but lower all taxpayer energy bills. He is also eliminating the Indian Point power plant, which provides New York City with 25 percent of its power.

Where does Cuomo expect to make up that energy deficit? Windmills? Solar power? When the lights go out this summer

and in summers to follow, there will be only one person to blame, and that will be Cuomo.

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