Malverne/West Hempstead Herald 07-09-2020

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Bringing nature home West Hempstead gardener sparks interest in native planting fed birds as well, and developed a passion for growing native plants.

From colorful prairie plants “I started reading about how to flowing water, West Hemp- you grow native plants to supstead gardener Anthony Mari- port the birds instead of feeding nello turned his parents’ garden them out of a bird feeder,” Mariinto a native plant nello explained. “I oasis. On most days, started reading up Marinello can hear as much as I could the sounds of bullabout native plants frogs croaking, songand how they supbirds chirping and port the local ecosysbees buzzing in the tem, and how, by garden. including them in It now attracts the garden, you’ll be people from supporting the wildthroughout the comlife.” munity. “A lot of peoHe started conple love to check out verting his parents’ the birds and butteryard, which had a flies, almost as if small garden, into a this is a park,” Marinative garden in nello, 28, said of the 2010, shortly after he garden, which is in aNtHoNY graduated from H. front of his parents’ marINello Frank Carey High house on Steven Ave- West Hempstead School in Franklin nue. “So many peoSquare. He started p l e c o m e h e r e gardener by identifying the because they can’t types of plants they get this kind of were growing, and discovered exposure to a native garden any- that many of them were exotics where else.” from Europe and Asia. He While most children spent removed them — along with their summers playing, Marinel- most of the lawn — covered the lo enjoyed spending time in the ground with three to four inches garden with his mother, Jodie.

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lIfeloNG malVerNIte aNd former Deputy Mayor Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick announced her candidacy for the 21st Assembly District seat on June 30.

Former Malverne deputy mayor to run for Assembly

By Nakeem GraNt ngrant@liherald.com

Local elected officials and members of Malvernite Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick’s family gathered at Chester A. Reese Veterans Memorial Park on June 30 as she announced her candidacy for the seat in the 21st District of the State Assembly. A Republican, Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick will challenge the Democratic incumbent, Judy Griffin.

Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, 54, a former village trustee and deputy mayor, said she hoped to bring an independent voice that would represent residents of the district. An attorney who has four children, she said she chose to run to bring about change for future generations.

“As a resident of the 21st Assembly District, it has been extremely frustrating to sit back and hear about what’s going on in Albany,” Canzone-

ri-Fitzpatrick said. “I can’t sit by quietly any longer.”

Among her top priorities, if elected, is to provide taxpayer relief and to push for the safety of Long Island residents amid the state’s bail reform bill, which took effect in January, which eliminated cash bail for roughly 90 percent of cases and released most defendants accused of nonviolent crimes on their own recognizance. She said Continued on page 15

he pandemic kind of helped other people to get some momentum going for their gardens.

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continued from front page of topsoil and began to expand the garden.

Persuading his parents to let him convert their lawn took some time, however.

“A lot of people in the suburbs just love their lawn so much, and my dad is one of those people,” Marinello said. “It took a little convincing, but showing them different publications and how other people all over the country and the world are doing the same thing kind of helped to convince them.”

He told his parents that native gardens require less maintenance because they don’t need watering, fertilizer or mowing, so they would save money. He explained that native plants only have to be watered while they are being established in the first year. After that, maintenance is needed only twice a year.

“It took me a little while to appreciate what he was trying to do,” said his father, Patrick. “My first thought when he started making changes was, ‘What are you doing to my lawn?’ Now I’m very proud of what he did and what he accomplished.”

Anthony’s older brother, Pat, 31, also thought he was a little crazy when he saw the lawn getting torn up. “It took me a while to appreciate what he was doing, because he brought all the plants when they were small,” Pat recalled, “but he promised that it would all grow. It was kind of just a dirt pit when he started this, but once it took off, it just kept flourishing. There’s always something blossoming.”

Anthony learned about native plants from reading publications from the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation and the Nature Conservancy. He also follows the work of Doug Tallamy, a professor at the University of Delaware anthony who is one of native gardening’s pioneers. From there, he learned about many of the ecological benefits of native gardening.

“You need native plants to support native insects,” Marinello explained.

“Plants are the first step of the food chain, so if you have an entire geographic area planted out with exotic foliage from Asia, Africa or Europe, you’re not supporting the base layer of insects that are going to go forth and support everything else.”

Most species of songbirds feed their young caterpillars, he said, but if there are no native plants or trees, the babies can go hungry. Marinello said that the adverse effects of traditional gardening are adding to a trend of songbirds going hungry throughout the country.

“As suburbs take over and developments increase and people remove what was naturally there and start planting out exotic foliage and ornamentals,” he said, “the animals are literally starving to the point where they can’t reproduce anymore.”

While most people learn about the

Key tips for native gardeners Anthony Marinello said it is important to know the botanical names of your plants, because plants often share common names with others. In addition, some plants are named for marketing purposes. The Montauk daisy, for example, is commonly assumed to be native to Long Island, when it is actually from Japan.

Marinello also said that gardeners should stick to normal plant species and avoid hybrids. Hybrids are typically non-native plants, and can become invasive, eliminating native plants. basics of the food chain, he said, most gardeners don’t realize the impact they can have on the ecosystem of their home gardens. “We’re at the point in society where there’s so many people doing the same thing that’s causing a negative impact on the environment,” he said.

“All you need to do is just take some time to study about this, and you can still have a beautiful yard and living space that functions properly while supporting the native fauna and flora.”

Marinello now does consulting work for people interested in native gardening through his company Dropseed Native Landscapes. He has also worked with local groups such as the Central Nassau County Rotary Club, sharing tips on plant species for homeowners who want to start native gardening.

Last year he launched the Long Island Native Plant Marinello Gardening Group on Facebook. It now has more than 2,500 members.

“I wanted to create space where people could learn how to bring that nature home to them,” Marinello said. “I was surprised to see that there was a large amount of people who were already doing it, and there were many people that were willing to do it.”

He noticed that because so many residents were at home over the past few months because of the coronavirus pandemic, many of them became interested in gardening. He said that several novice gardeners found his Facebook group because they simply wanted to keep themselves busy at home.

“The pandemic kind of helped other people to get some momentum going for their gardens,” Marinello said. “To able to step outside your house, dive into your garden and forget what’s happening is something that we all need.”

Going forward, he said, he hopes to continue to build interest in native gardening on Long Island. He noted that the pesticides and fertilizers used in tradi-

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Marinello’s 2-year-old nephew, Enzo Marinello, is one of many children in the community who rummages through his garden for berries.

Marinello’s garden attracts monarch butterflies.

tional gardening end up in Long Island’s groundwater.

“We’re experiencing a brown tide now in the Great South Bay,” Marinello said.

“Recent studies have shown that pesticides have infected Long Island’s drinking water. By planting native plants, we

can prevent all of that from happening.

It’s a multifaceted approach, and it really encompasses so many issues that can be fixed by incorporating native gardens into our homes, and even our public spaces.”

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Local activists call for change on L.I. cant increase in membership in the organization recently. Abbady, of Freeport, decided to get involved with the More than a month after the George Floyd killing, his group because although she had previously worked as an death continues to have a profound impact on communi- activist in a “covert” manner, she wanted to mobilize othties thousands of miles away from Minneapolis. Activ- ers. Like Fodera, Abbady kept her efforts close to home ists everywhere have mobilized in an attempt to demand by putting together the Justice for Akbar demonstration in her hometown. change from their local elected officials.

“On Long Island, we have the ability to really move Protests have taken place all throughout Long Island, eliciting action from supporters and counter protestors the needle,” Abbady explained. “We’ve just been sleeping at the wheel, and I just couldn’t take it anyalike. Last month, a protest in Merrick went more.” viral when counter-protestors were filmed Her fellow Steering Committee member disrupting the otherwise peaceful demonJonathan Goldhirsch started getting stration. involved in activism after the 2016 election.

West Hempstead resident Nicole Fodera, Goldhirsch had attended numerous marches who attended and helped to organize Merand protests in the past. However, he noticed rick’s protest, said she felt a need to do more a key difference between Black Lives Matter for the cause. She teamed up with Gabriella protests and others he had previously attendPulice and Hampton Lamar to co-organize a ed. protest at Hall’s Pond Park on June 9.

“I’ve been to more protests in these few “I think the community of West Hempweeks than I have been in my entire life,” stead needed a demonstration,” Fodera said, Goldhirsch said. “You see a lot more young “because while it’s a very diverse town, we NIcOLE FOdEra people, both high school and college stucan’t ignore the segregation we see within West Hempstead dents. Young adults in their 20s and 30s [are] the community. I’m [the] third generation of coming out and showing support.” my family to grow up in West Hempstead Both Goldhirsch and Abbady mentioned the tendency and graduate from the high school, so I feel a very strong connection to the town and definitely wanted the com- that young residents have to move away from Long Island, and how the only way to prevent that is to be munity to show up and show out for justice.”

Social media has also been a very powerful tool used more receptive of the needs and voices of young people.

“At the end of the day, this is not a debate on politics, by young activists to support the cause in any way they can. Fodera started running the social media accounts it’s a morality issue,” Fodera said. “I believe [that] since for Young Long Island for Justice, an organization dedi- the murder of George Floyd, more people are seeing this cated to giving young progressives a place to commiser- civil rights movement for exactly that — systemic moral ate with like-minded people. The group started in 2018 injustice.”

Fodera stressed the importance of being safe and folunder the moniker “Young Progressives of Nassau lowing guidelines for protests as well. The Nassau CounCounty.”

Kiana Abbady, a member of the Young Long Island for ty Police Department must be informed of planned proJustice Steering Committee, admitted to seeing a signifi- test routes at least 24 hours in advance, she said. These

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WEST HEMpSTEad rESIdENT Nicole Fodera led a protest at Hall’s Pond Park last month. routes must be completely adhered to by anyone who is looking to take part in the demonstration.

“As for the coronavirus, which is still a very real concern of mine,” Fodera said, “everyone attending demonstrations should always, always wear a mask, carry around hand sanitizer and get checked after protests. In my experience, everyone at the demonstrations have been awesome and wear masks and try their best to remain socially distant.”

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,”

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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 studentathlete or coach becomes sick, screening for athletes and coaches, invitational tournaments and extending the spring season into July.

Town, MSSN to boost hand-sanitizer stations first-of-its-kind coronavirus concierge assistants program was established, which has staff members dedicated to assisting residents at beaches and pools with Covid-19 safety regulations and social-distancing guidelines. The staff members also have masks available by request.

The hand sanitizer program is one of several initiatives between the Town of Hempstead and MSSN. In June 2017, the town and the hospital initiated a partnership to provide complimentary sunscreen at all town beaches, pools and golf courses. In

■ Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after you have been in a public place, or after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing.

“Maintaining clean hands is one of the key steps to avoiding Covid-19 and staying healthy,” Clavin said. “When traditional hand washing options are not available, especially when you are out and about, hand sanitizer is the best option to keep your hands clean and germ-free.”

The hand sanitizer stations will be at Hewlett Point Park, Town Park Point Lookout, Lido Beach, Lido Beach West Town Park, the Merrick Golf Course, Lido Golf Course and at Town of Hempstead pools.

Following the guidance issued by state and local health authorities, the Town of Hempstead opened beaches in time for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, and most of the township’s 22 pools in time for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Under the leadership of Clavin and the Town Board, a

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■ Once the hand sanitizer is applied, cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry.

“The dedicated front-line heroes at Mount Sinai South Nassau have been there for us from the beginning of the pandemic and continue to be there to protect the health and safety of our residents,” D’Esposito said. “Keeping your hands clean is so critical to staying healthy and I thank Mount Sinai South Nassau for helping provide hand sanitizer to people who are on the go.”

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■ Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.

■ When soap and water are not readily available, people are advised to use hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 percent alcohol

May, hospital staff participated in a Facebook Live session hosted by the town entitled, “Coping During Covid,” a question-and-answer session focused on mental health during the pandemic.

Through federal funds, the town also made a $1 million contribution to MSSN as part of a grant program to assist local hospitals that responded to the coronavirus patient surge. The grant monies have been used for various needs, including the purchase of ventilators and dialysis machines that were required during the early stages of the pandemic.

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Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital administrators and Town of Hempstead officials announced a partnership aimed at boosting the availability of hand sanitizers at town beaches, pools and golf courses during the summer.

MSSN, in Oceanside, is providing 40 hand sanitizer dispensers to be used at 28 locations, including the beaches, pools and golf courses within the Hempstead. The hospital is also providing 20 cases of sanitizer for refills.

The town’s Department of Parks and Recreation staff will be at the ready to replace and refill the sanitizer stations throughout the summer.

At a news conference on July 2 at Hewlett Point Park in Bay Park, Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin, Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito and MSSN Chief Medical Officer Dr. Adhi Sharma announced the partnership.

“Even when you are outside, enjoying the best of what the town offers in the summer months, it is of utmost importance to keep your hands clean,” Sharma said. “We are pleased to partner with the Town of Hempstead and support their constant efforts to keep residents safe and to prevent the spread of Covid-19 as well as other dangerous and contagious viruses and infections.”

Clavin and Sharma also reinforced important tips for clean hands and hygiene during the pandemic, according to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, including these tips:

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Hofstra moves Jefferson statue amid outcries

By VisVajit sriramrajan A statue of Thomas Jefferson, which has stood in front of Hofstra University’s David S. Mack Student Center for more than 20 years, has been relocated to Emily Lowe Hall, an academic building, amid renewed calls for its removal.

“Over the past few years, the placement of the Jefferson statue, and the history it represents, has been a reminder and consistent source of pain for many of our black students and allies,” Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz wrote in an email to the school community last month.

Rabinowitz’s comments, though, have been met with criticism from students and faculty, who said the statue has been problematic for black students since its installment.

Amudalat Ajasa, president of the school’s Black Student Union, said, “While it’s important to acknowledge that he was a founding father, [the Hofstra administration] has to possess a double vision and see that he also ran one of the largest plantations out of Virginia while simultaneously condemning slavery.

“On top of that,” Ajasa said, “he engaged in a nonconsensual relationship with an underaged slave. How is that supposed to make black students feel on campus? Like our grievances are heard and considered? Not at all.”

Jefferson enslaved more than 600 black people throughout his lifetime, subjecting them to physical and verbal torture. DNA evidence also concluded in 1998 that the nation’s third president fathered children with Sally Hemings, a woman he enslaved. She was the half-sister of Jefferson’s wife, Martha, according to Monticello.org.

“When I think about the Thomas Jefferson statue being relocated, it’s not that I’d rather it have stayed where it was,” Ja’Loni Owens, alumna and founder of

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HOfstra UniVErsitY OfficiaLs have moved the Thomas Jefferson statue from its original location in front of the student center to an academic building across the street. the “Jefferson Has Gotta Go!” campaign, explained. “It’s that this moment requires so much more from institutions than I even knew to ask for when I was a student there. And that’s how organizers know that these gestures are performances, and pathetic ones at that.”

Owens started a petition to remove the Jefferson statue from campus two years ago, which reached thousands of students and raised awareness of the issue across the Hofstra community.

Rabinowitz, however, rejected the call for change, saying instead that the “founding fathers” had an “unprecedented vision of a free and equal world” and

called Jefferson “a defender of freedom in helping to create a new nation.”

But in the wake of recent nationwide protests against racism and police brutality, university officials have changed their stance, instead moving the statue across campus.

It was donated to the university by real estate developer David S. Mack in 1999.

Hofstra’s Student Center is named for Mack, who graduated from Hofstra with a business degree in 1967, and currently chairs the university’s Board of Trustees.

Mack could not be reached for comment.

Members of the Hofstra community have said that relocation, rather than

removal, is a temporary solution that does not address the deep-seated racism in American institutions.

Martine Hackett, an associate professor at the School of Health Professions and Human Services, who serves on the university’s recently reconvened Committee on Representation in Public Spaces, stressed that addressing the truth about Jefferson is a prerequisite to progressing toward a more just society.

“An appropriate historical and contemporary context for the actions that one of our ‘founding fathers’ engaged in public and private life needs to be communicated to students and the general public,” she said, “so they are able to make past injustices visible,” and “once we know we can do better, we can do better.”

Additionally, Ajasa said, as a majority white institution, the university should go out of its way to ensure black students feel safe and included.

“I think Hofstra moving the statue instead of getting rid of it, like governors and mayors throughout America have been pressured to do, is pathetic and insulting,” she said. “We ask the administration to remove a symbol of black oppression, and their response is to move it.”

The change comes as the Black Lives Matter movement has renewed calls for racial justice nationwide. “Over the last few weeks, whether you were in the streets or not, you’ve felt the difference in the air,” Owens said, “and it’s disappointing that what this moment has inspired is empty gestures from institutions that organizers have come right out and said are the problem.”

“What’s most insulting about performative activism is that they think there is still hope for black people’s placation,” Owens said. “If I were a student at Hofstra right now, I would not accept what’s coming out of communications.”

Legislature helps restore NCC autism programs By tOnY BELLissimO tbellissimo@liherald.com

The Achilles and ASPIRES programs at Nassau Community College, designed to assist students with autism thrive in and out of the classroom, will be restored for the 2020-21 academic year after the Nassau County Legislature voted unanimously June 29 to approve the college’s budget.

Citing finances as the primary reason, NCC sent a letter April 20 to the coordinators of both programs, Valerie Lagakis and Frances Viscovich, informing them the platforms for students with autism would not be offered this coming school year.

As reported in the Heralds’ June 4-10 edition, the decision was met with a wave of concern, and members of the Legislature’s majority Republican caucus vowed not to pass the NCC budget until the pro-

grams were restored. The programs serve 35 to 40 students per semester. Legislators worked closely with educators, community members and college leadership to keep them going.

Following the approval of the budget, Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello said, “I am very happy to see the Achilles and ASPIRES program restored at Nassau Community College. Nassau County prides itself on being a place that is welcoming and provides opportunity for everyone to excel, and these programs do exactly that.

“I’m thankful for the professors and parents who raised awareness about the programs,” he added. “Their tireless advocacy led to the restoration. I would also like to thank NCC President [Dr. Jermaine] Williams for his personal efforts to find a path to continue the programs.

We are proud that in these difficult times Nassau Community College continues to

be an invaluable resource for our residents.”

Jeff Spiller, of Bellmore, said his son Jason, a 2018 Mepham High School graduate, benefits from the ASPIRES program, especially when it comes to assistance with organizational skills. “It’s a huge relief. I’m so happy the program is back,” Jason said. “I never got an ‘A’ in any high school class, but I’ve had three so far at Nassau.”

The Achilles program has been around for nearly two decades and is for twice exceptional students — those who are gifted but learning challenged. Lagakis, an English and reading professor at NCC, has overseen the program since 2010. “Students are specifically attending our school because of the Achilles program,” Lagakis said. “The program didn’t exist for a few months, so this is great progress. I’m very grateful to the legislators.”

The ASPIRES program provides comprehensive support to students with ASD in weekly counseling sessions as well as programming designed to address executive-functioning and social-skill deficits.

“The program started with one student six years ago,” noted Viscovich, who teaches environmental science. “Now we have a waiting list. The college can be a leading force in supporting this student population, and I’m beyond excited to see these programs restored.”

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, encouraged the college to reconsider its original decision to remove the programs and met with Williams in mid-May. “Our differently abled students have thrived under the ASPIRES and Achilles programs,” Kaminsky said. “Restoring their funding, and ensuring that it remains a source of support for future students was essential.”

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Nonprofit, county providing food aid

By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com

On Thursday, Island Harvest, in partnership with Nassau County, kicked off the largest food distribution event in the county’s history, with hundreds eagerly lining up on foot and in cars outside Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Thousands of boxes filled with 100,000 pounds of fresh produce, meat and nonperishable food items were distributed by hundreds of volunteers in the beating summer sun. Roughly 20,000 families — many struggling after the Covid-19 pandemic’s economic downturn — went home with a week’s worth of supplies.

“We’re here today because of this pandemic that has forced so many people to question whether they can put food on the table for their families,” said Island Harvest President and CEO Randi Shubin Dresner. “There are tens of thousands of people across Long Island that we’ve met the past couple of months — volunteers of ours, contributors of ours, supporters of so many different causes — and the floor has been pulled out from underneath them. Now they find themselves on the other side of the food line.”

“We’ve reached every corner of the county with our food distribution events, and we’re not done yet,” County Executive Laura Curran said. “We will continue putting food on the table for families in need throughout this summer with distributions large and small.”

In an organized fashion, recipients on foot stood in line to have their bags and carts filled, while those in vehicles slowly drove up to one of dozens of distribution points. Green-vested volunteers ran every table, lugging supplies back and forth.

The event is thanks to Nassau County’s $1 million investment into local food banks as part of the new Community Food Distribution initiative. Since late April, the county has held two dozen small and large distributions and will continue to partner with Island Harvest in the future.

The need to provide food for residents is evidenced by the increased number of applications to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. In April, the number of Nassau County residents seeking this assistance tripled, going from 1,095 in April 2019 to 3,786 in April this year. The number of SNAP applications increased 125 percent in May 2020 compared to May 2019, according to county records.

In June this year, SNAP applications declined 35 percent from May, but that is still a 41 percent increase from June 2019.

“And it’s not just Nassau County that’s seeing this food insecurity,” Curran said. “Nationwide, 40 percent of people who are utilizing food banks are new to utilizing food banks.”

Nassau has set aside $1 million in federal Community Development Block Grants for food banks to collect, distribute and purchase food, while also working with school districts and community stakeholders to identify families in need.

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CouNty ExECutIvE LAuRA Curran kicked off the event, which was a partnership with the non-profit Island Harvest.

BRIttANy BAEz, IN green, of Rockville Centre, filled up a car with Jackalyn Gonzalez, of Amityville.

MAj. WARREN WEIss manned a distribution point along with roughly 50 other Civil Air Patrol volunteers.

HuNDREDs LINED up on foot for the largest free food distribution in New York state history, overtaking Nassau Coliseum’s parking lot.

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Malverne H.S. photographers honored Four Malverne High School photography students had their work selected from thousands of national entries to be featured in the annual Photographic Society of America Youth Photography Journal.

The honorees for the contest, which is sponsored by the Malverne School District’s local affiliate member, the Photographic Federation of Long Island, were senior Matt Avvinti, sophomore Sophia Franco, freshman Molly Matthaei and senior Mariah Verhun.

As acceptances, their names and photo titles will be published in the annual journal.

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Photos courtesy Malverne School District

Malverne high school senior Matt Avvinti’s photo, “Spotted Sunset,” was featured in the annual Photographic Society of America Youth Photography Journal, above right. sophoMore sophia Franco’s photograph, “Columbian Church,” near left.

FreshMan Molly Matthaei’s photo, “Fireworks,” far left. senior Mariah verhun’s photo, “Jayden Dunks,” featured Mules varsity basketball player Jayden Seraphin.

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The WesT hempsTead Lions Club gathered at Hall’s Pond Park for a cleanup on June 27.

W.H. Lions Club cleans up Hall’s Pond Park The West Hempstead Lions Club held a clean up at Hall’s Pond Park on June 27.

Volunteers in the community joined with Lions Club members to collect 15 bags of g a r b a g e, a c h a i r, masks, gloves, baby wipes and a shovel.

In addition, the Lions Club presented a $500 scholarship to West Hempstead resident Krista Baumann.

–Nakeem Grant

VolunTeers collecTed 15 bags of garbage at the park.

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he coronavirus pandemic really affected me in a good way. At the Veterans Service Agency in East Meadow, we have been giving Nassau County’s veterans whatever they need, delivering wheelchairs and walkers, and whenever I need something, I call the county executive. She takes care of our veterans — and I’m saying that as a die-hard Republican.

We are also helping a lot of vets eat. The agency has a food pantry on site, and we have been giving veterans a whole week’s worth of food thanks to Long Island Harvest and Long Island Cares. We even go out to their neighborhoods to deliver food to them.

We’re not getting the same clientele that need help filing claims, however, and we are at half staff with our counselors working on a flex-schedule. Personally, I haven’t missed a day since we implemented the schedule on March 15. But I’d rather do this than stay home. This is a passion. This isn’t a job.

And as the fire commissioner for the Elmont Fire Department, I have implemented policies to keep our firefighters safe in the community, which was one of the hardesthit areas in Nassau County.

Every time we respond to a call, we have to make sure we sanitize ourselves afterwards. The firefighters can only stay at the firehouse for 15 minutes after a call, after which they have to leave.

Other than that, though, we just conduct our business as usual, and we have still been making all of our quotas.

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n mid-March, I posted on social media offering to help anyone unable to acquire essentials like food, water and clothing. I’ve personally delivered all donations to local food banks that have experienced massive shortages due to unemployment and food insecurity. The food donation pickup service is contact-free.

My role as a social work graduate intern at the Baldwin Library was new when I started this, but I’ve been able to connect residents to resources.

My inbox was flooded with messages from local residents offering donations to people in need.

I’ve collected nonperishable goods such as cereal, pasta, canned goods, rice and nonperishable milk products.

I was surprised when I discovered a desperate need for mental health resources right now. I think everyone is panicking and worrying about what’s going on with the state of our existence. It’s easy to sit in your house and worry about everything.

On a flier that I distributed, I wrote that people in these neighborhoods are considerably generous, and that times are difficult for everyone. There’s so many resources for people, and we’re all just here to help.

Until very recently, I have focused my drive primarily in Baldwin, Oceanside, Freeport and the surrounding areas. I, along with the help of my two brothers, Matthew and Michael, have recently decided to expand my contact-free food pickup service to my hometown, West Hempstead, and the neighboring towns.

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Around this time, I decided to put my event planning experience to good in order to support local businesses. So I launched the Facebook group ”Support for Local Business and Frontline Workers,” which has leveraged my skill set to help first responders and their families. Working with local merchants, and in order to relieve the stress of first responders, to date this group has raised over $85,000. This enabled me to deliver Easter baskets with all the trimmings early on, and since then, I have also provided birthday party food and favors to families who now might lack the necessary time and financial resources.

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We had to pull together to make things possible. This helped strengthen the bonds we already had formed.

We are like a family in District 24. We aren’t perfect, but we did a good job.

The most difficult aspect of working as superintendent during this pandemic has been not being able to interact with children in-person. I have been able to participate in virtual Google Meets with students, but it’s not the same as in-person interactions. I miss the children. They always put a smile on my face. I miss human interaction with staff too.

Throughout this pandemic time, work hours have increased exponentially. I have been connecting with others for work using technology 24-7. However, I am grateful for the tremendous support that I have through this time. I have a great bond with the Board of Education, administrators, staff, parents and students. It has been a challenging time for the students, but they have been resilient through it all.

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Malvernite John Karam joined the Malverne Volunteer Ambulance Corps on August 15, 1975 and was an active member of the corps for 45 years. Karam moved up the ranks and in 1992 and 1994, he was elected vice president of the Ambulance Corps.

In 1995 and 1997, he was elected president of the Ambulance Corps. Karam also served as a member of the Ambulance Corps’ board of directors and was elected as vice chairman of the board from 20002002. He served on the board for more than 10 years. It should be noted that from 1976-2014, Karam responded to 1,936 ambulance calls. He ranked eighth overall in response to calls within the Ambulance Corps. Karam was both a CPR and first aid instructor. In addition, Karam served on many committee as he was chairman of the 40th Anniversary Committee, Membership Committee and the New Ambulance Committee, among others.

In 2000, Karam received the Malverne Post 44 American Legion EMT Award. He also received many other awards for dedicated service to the corps. He received the 100 or More Ambulance Calls in a Year Award as well as the 50 Tours of Duty or more in a Year Award and the Good Standing Award for several years. Karam served the Malverne Volunteer Ambulance Corps with compassion, kindness and professionalism. One of the proudest moments for him was when his son, EMT Joseph Karam, was elected president of the Malverne Volunteer Ambulance Corps from 2009-2014.

The MVAC is a big part of the Karam family as five of their five family members have volunteered for the group.

Karam was always proud to say that he was a member of the Malverne Volunteer Ambulance Corps. He always believed it

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Malvernite John KaraM served as a member of the Malverne Volunteer Ambulance Corps for 45 years. was important to give back to the Village of Malverne. Karam was happy to have volunteered his time with this great organization and to be there for his neighbors and the residents of the Village of Malverne.

On a personal note, as a past president of the Ambulance Corps, I got to know John and it was certainly an honor and a pleasure for me to have known him as my friend and fellow ambulance corps member. Our condolences to John’s wife and his family.

Respectively submitted, David Weinstein, Village historian

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to fight for us, and who’s going to listen to law enforcement.”

Her father, Joseph Canzoneri, a former Malverne mayor, noted that New York state has the led the country in the number of residents moving away for the past three years. He said he hoped his daughter could be a leader in helping to reverse that trend.

“We need a representative in Albany who will strive to return New York back to being the Empire State,” Canzoneri said. “Patricia is exactly what the 21st Assembly District needs.”

Patti Ann McDonald, another former village mayor, worked with Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick when she served as a trustee from 2011 to 2018. McDonald, who said she would also endorse her in the Assembly race, recalled that she

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urged Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick to run for village trustee shortly after her husband, James Callahan, died in 2011.

“Even though she had never served as a public official before, she accepted it and excelled,” McDonald said.

“When my deputy mayor Joseph Hennessey passed away, I asked her to step up to become deputy mayor, as I saw great potential for her ability to succeed at whatever challenge stood in front of her.”

Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick said that her years of serving the village with McDonald helped her to understand the importance of fiscal responsibility while being able to meet the community’s needs. ”I hope to bring that practical experience to Albany to cut wasteful spending and to fight for our residents,” she said. “Changing Albany is not going to be easy, but it starts with this race.”

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CanzoneriFitzpatriCk, Center, was joined by local elected officials.

continued from front page she also hoped to be a strong voice against defunding police.

“Defunding the police will result in a rise in crime, increase in response time and making our communities and Long Islanders less safe,” Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick said. “Our police departments are the main reason our communities are safe, and they do more than most people know for our residents on a daily basis. They deserve our support.”

Griffin told the Herald on Monday that she fully opposed defunding police. “Both my opponent and our neighbors know that,” Griffin said in a statement. “I’m planning to run for re-election on my record and I plan to continue the good work we’ve done for the South Shore — working across party lines to secure almost 1.3 million in funding for schools, villages, police and fire departments, veteran halls and local nonprofit organizations.”

Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick noted a recent report from the Nassau County Police Department on the effects of bail reform in the first quarter of 2020. Of the roughly 3,500 people arrested and released without bail, nearly 10 percent were arrested again, many for major crimes involving drugs, she said.

“This is clearly evidence of the detrimental effect of bail reform on our county,” she said.

Malverne Police Chief John Aresta said that he worked alongside Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick during her years as a liaison to the Police Department. While they didn’t always agree on things, Aresta said, he thought that her ability to listen and consider different perspectives made her a great decision maker.

“We desperately need her to be up in Albany to lend her voice and hopefully to be heard,” Aresta said. “I’ve never seen law enforcement and good citizens under attack as they are now. We need a candidate who is going

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Student MSSN volunteers earn scholarships Seven graduating class of 2020 seniors were recently recognized by Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside with the Dorothy M. Sharer scholarship for their selfless service as junior volunteers.

The honorees included: ■ Thomas Musto, East Rockaway High School ■ Krista Baumann, West Hempstead High School ■ Reian Daniels, Valley Stream North High School ■ Richard Smocer, MacArthur High School in Wantagh ■ Doug Mandel, Hebrew Academy of Five Towns and Rockaway in Woodmere ■ Roshan Torbati, Hewlett High School in Woodmere.

■ Zoe Long, St. Anthony’s High School in East Islip The students have combined to volunteer 1,560 hours of service to the mission and vision of MSSN. The late Sharer was a devoted and beloved volunteer at the hospital for more than 33 years and over 30,000 hours. Recipients of the scholarship emulate her trait of serving others through volunteerism, while demonstrating a desire to pursue degrees in higher education that would prepare them for careers in health care.

“From the moment they started volunteering to this very day, Krista, Reian, Zoe, Doug, Thomas, Richard and Roshan have been the essence of this most honorable award,” said Anne Marie Fernandez, MSSN’s director of volunteer services.

“On behalf of Mount Sinai South Nassau’s staff and board of directors, I thank them for their dedicated work in support of the hospital and its patients.”

Musto has logged 255 hours of service since joining the volunteer staff in November 2017. Primarily a lobby greeter

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Mount Sinai South Nassau administrators presented the hospital’s annual Dorothy M. Sharer Scholarship to seven class of 2020 high school graduates on July 1. Taking part were, from left, Sharon Mcmackin, volunteer services coordinator; Mary Golden, director of human resources; Doug Mandel, Hebrew Academy of Five Towns; Krista Baumann, West Hempstead H.S.; Richard Smocer, MacArthur H.S.; Zoe Long, St. Anthony’s H.S,; Roshan Torbati, Hewlett H.S.; Reian Daniels, Valley Stream North H.S.; AnneMarie Fernandez, director of volunteer services; and Josh Yedvab, vice president of human resources. Not pictured: Thomas Musto, East Rockaway H.S. and messenger, he impressed hospital security guards with his quick action and helpfulness, regardless of the request. He plans to enter the Nassau Community College/Empire State College dual-enrollment nursing program in the fall.

A volunteer since November 2017, Baumann has logged 142 hours of service while serving in the admitting department and participating in the hospital’s Nurses 2B program. She plans to study psychology at Florida Southern College in the fall.

Daniels joined the volunteer staff in May 2017. She has logged 161 hours of volunteer service, primarily serving in maternity, pediatrics, and radiology units. She plans to major in pharmacology at St. John’s University.

Credited with being among the junior volunteers that helped launch the “Painting with Patients” program, Long has

been a volunteer since November 2017, logging 205 hours of service. In addition to serving as a morning greeter in the hospital’s main lobby, she has served in the Transitional Care, F1 and Maternity units. She plants to attend Emory University in Atlanta this fall.

Mandel has been a volunteer since December 2017, and has logged 272 hours of volunteer service with a special emphasis on SIBSPlace, a behavioral health service affiliated with MSSN that serves children who are coping with parents or siblings with devastating illnesses.. Mandel, who plants to attend SUNY Binghamton in the fall in pursuit of a medical degree, tutored and organized activities and games for SIBSPlace children and assisted with greeting and escorting patients in the hospital, while performing various tasks in the hospital’s outpatient rehabilitation center.

A volunteer since November 2018, Smocer has logged 380 hours, volunteering primarily on D2West Unit. Mr. Smocer has been a welcome addition to the unit, answering phones, rounding up patients, answering call bells and performing a variety of duties as needed. He has also served in External Affairs, assisted with the annual Flu Shot Pod, helped host junior volunteer orientation and trained new junior volunteers for work on patient care units. He plans to study nursing at Molloy College in the fall.

Always willing to help with a smile where needed, whether as a messenger or Maternity Unit assistant, Torbati, has been a volunteer since May 2018, totaling 145 hours of service. She was also instrumental in the starting of the “Painting with Patients” program. Torbati plans to study nursing at Molloy College in the fall.

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Long Island was set to begin Phase Four reopening of the economy on July 8, including universities and colleges. As of press time Monday, however, Governor Cuomo said there was no word yet

whether the state’s 700 public school districts could return to in-person classes.

The governor said all school districts have been directed to develop reopening plans, but he is taking a wait-and-see approach whether students will head back to their school buildings in September.

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In addition to higher education, industries that will be able to open Wednesday include: ■ Film and music production.

■ Low-risk indoor arts and entertainment.

■ Low-risk outdoor arts and entertainment.

■ Professional sports without fans.

Low-risk indoor enter tainment includes museums, historical sites and aquariums. Examples of low-risk outdoor entertainment are zoos, botanical gardens and nature parks.

The governor praised New Yorkers for their vigilance and resilience throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. He said, though, that he worried people might become apathetic and arrogant, believing they had beaten the virus.

He noted that the infection rate remains just below 1 percent statewide — down from nearly 17 percent on Long Island and more than 20 percent in New York City at the height of the pandemic in April.

More than 54,000 New Yorkers were tested for the coronavirus on Sunday, and 518 of them were positive for the disease.

“The numbers have actually declined since we started reopening” seven weeks ago, Cuomo said.

He also said there were fewer than 10 deaths statewide overnight from July 5 to 6. But he said, the virus is still out there, so people must continue to wear masks and maintain social distancing in public spaces, according to state law. He implored local police departments to enforce the law.

New York City began Phase Three reopening on Monday, without indoor dining.

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Q. We’re in the middle of construction, and our contractor has been giving us bills for the work that make us think we’re way ahead of him. It just doesn’t look like he’s 50 percent done, but we have already paid more than 60 percent, according to our contract. We keep having conversations about the percentage due, but it seems like we’re being treated more like an ATM machine than a customer. Every time we try to find out when the winAsk The dows will be in, for example, Architect he tells us they’re “on order.”

The roofing was supposed to be done two months ago, but the pandemic was the excuse, even though every Friday we had to pay another bill. With nothing going on, the contractor still kept calling us every Thursday for a Friday payment. How do we straighten out this mess? We haven’t seen the contractor onte eeper for three weeks, there is construction garbage piled up in the backyard and he’s telling us he’ll be sending people back but needs another check. What do you think we should do?

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This problem is common, and begins with the misunderstanding based on what the choice of percentage payments creates.

People who aren’t familiar with construction shouldn’t try to judge how much labor or material went into each step of the construction process.

What makes it easier is a schedule of “milestone” payments, a breakdown of specific payments based on the actual items and the work completed. When the windows and doors go in, you see it’s done and can write the check. When the roofing and gutters are done, another specific agreed amount is paid for. The smoothest and most comfortable projects, where everyone is still talking to each other at the end, are done this way.

Percentage-breakdown payments may work when there’s an independent construction manager, but will cause many misunderstandings when there are job or material delays, debris, nobody showing up or no real itemized payment schedule.

If you’re able, try to set a mutually agreed-on list, schedule and specific milestone payments, or be prepared to cut the contractor loose by discussing with legal counsel and other potential contractors who can finish the job, hopefully with a more responsible record, before severing a relationship.

Have a backup plan. During this pandemic, we are facing caused work to nearly shut down, except “essential work,” like roofing or plumbing, and it’s understandable that people need financial continuity to pay their bills, so it’s best to see both sides of the matter. Even though the contractor also has bills to pay, there still has to be an effort to earn that payment. Payment for no work done isn’t part of the equation. Payment for specific work done is the clear way to resolve this situation. Good luck. © 2020 Monte Leeper Readers are encouraged to send questions to yourhousedr@aol.com, with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.

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grew up on Long Island, and like so many local kids, I made the pilgrimage to Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt’s stately Cove Neck mansion, full of Americana and animal heads and skins.

As a child, I thought, Wow, an actual American president lived here. I was in awe.

In high school, I learned about Roosevelt’s exploits as a Rough Rider in Cuba in 1898 and his Big Stick diplomacy during his presidency, from 1901 to 1909. As president, he oversaw construction of the Panama Canal. He was the sCoTT “conservationist BRInTon president” who founded 150 national forests and created the U.S. Forest Service.

He received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in negotiating a treaty in the RussoJapanese War of 1904-05. He helped found the Boy Scouts of America. For goodness’ sake, the teddy bear was named for him.

Locally, the community of Roosevelt bears his name. So do BSA’s Theodore Roosevelt Council 386 and the Nassau County Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola.

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figure — literally, carved in stone on South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore. He was, and is, a hero to many, many Americans.

Our 26th president was also an unabashed racist.

I learned this while recently reading “Theodore Roosevelt’s History of the United States” (Harper, 2010). Daniel Ruddy selected short takes from Roosevelt’s voluminous writings — 35 books and a multitude of essays and speeches — and compiled them into a historical timeline of the U.S. according to Roosevelt.

I happened to be reading the book before the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day, and before the American Museum of Natural History asked permission of New York City in June to remove the bronze statue of Roosevelt that had stood on the museum’s steps since 1940.

The statue depicts Roosevelt looking glorious atop a massive horse, with a Native American man and an African-American man standing, in positions of subjugation, to his right and left. The statue was originally intended, museum officials said, to celebrate Roosevelt “as a devoted naturalist.” Seen through a 2020 lens, however, it appears to portray him as a conqueror. And so it will come down, like so many statues of late.

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I have visited the AMNH many times, and passed by that statue on numerous occasions, never seeing it for what it was — racist. As a teenager, I studied Roosevelt’s life without seeing him for who he was — a deeply conflicted figure who was at once progressive (he was the first president to invite a black man, Booker T. Washington, to dine at the White House) and yet racist.

Roosevelt spoke of Native Americans as “squalid savages” and justified the taking of their lands by force as a means to spread white European civilization. He decried the evils of slavery but did not believe, nearly half a century after it ended, that black people were ready to vote.

Racism is our national psychosis, and to overcome it, we must examine our collective psyche to root out the causes of this terrible affliction. That means looking honestly at our history, including at our revered national figures. To see how unapologetically racist many of them were is to understand how thoroughly ingrained racism was in our nation, and why it’s so damn difficult to rid our country of this scourge.

So, I give you Teddy Roosevelt in his own words: Writing about war with Native Americans: “The most righteous of all wars is a war with savages, though it is apt to be also

’ve passed by one statue of him many times, never seeing it for what it was — racist.

the most terrible and inhuman . . . A sad and evil feature of such warfare is that whites, the representatives of civilization, speedily sink almost to the level of their barbarous foes.”

On the annexation of Texas in 1845: “It was of course ultimately to the great advantage of civilization that the Anglo-American should supplant the Indo-Spaniard.”

On slavery: “I know what a good side there was to slavery, but I know also what a hideous side there was to it, and this was the important side.”

On African-Americans: “I do not believe that the average Negro in the United States is as yet in any way fit to take care of himself and others as the average white man, for if he were there would be no Negro problem.”

On English colonialism: “I am a believer in the fact that it is for the good of the world that the English-speaking race in all its branches should hold as much of the world’s surface as possible. The spread of the little kingdom of Wessex into more than a country, more than an empire, into a race which has conquered half the earth and holds a quarter of it is perhaps the greatest fact in all of history.”

Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

We’re all in the room where it happened

e are blessed with the curse of living in interesting times, and our duty is to bear witness.

Like the Greatest Generation, we are in the midst of a fight for our lives, and we don’t know yet how it will end. We are still Londoners in the dark days of the Blitz.

For our wartime parents and grandparents, the battles were furious and deadly, but the good guys won and democracy prevailed. Americans sacrificed together, mourned together and danced together on VJ Day. Those of us RandI born after the two kReIss world wars know about them because others told the story. In a strange and wonderful coincidence, the movie “Hamilton” began streaming online on July Fourth (of course). One line from it is, “Who lives, who dies, who tells the story?”

The creator of the show, Lin Manuel Miranda, speaks to being part of history, and at the same time observing the moment. We know about World War II

because of writers like Stephen Ambrose, and we know about the founding of our country because Washington and Jefferson and Madison and Franklin and Hamilton took pen to paper. We experience the Holocaust on a visceral level when we read Elie Wiesel’s account of being a 7-year-old in Auschwitz in “Night.”

We know their stories because they were willing to bear witness to the history they were living. Perhaps they were compelled. Bearing witness is both a gift to the future and a psychological release. We talk about our trauma and the burden is shared.

Here, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and the catastrophe of the Trump years, we must tell our stories. To use another famous line from “Hamilton,” we are all, every one of us, in the room where it happened. We have lived the Trump years day to day, and suffered the assault on our American values, the evisceration of the governmental agencies that have kept us safe and the disregard for the very earth that sustains us.

Whatever your talent or ability, keep chronicling these days so that others can know what happened during the pandemic.

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Write the stories, paint the pictures, take out your phone and start snapping photos.

Build new furniture for this time or create new recipes that helped you cope. Begin a diary.

I am imploring my own grandkids to keep a journal of these days.

Their experience is unique because this is the only childhood they know, and it is trapped in the constraints of pandemic protocols. They are observing how the grownups in the room are coping, and they are learning how to behave during a protracted emergency. Someday, we hope, their children and grandchildren will want to know how they survived this moment.

Whatever our skill set, we must bear witness, not just to the disease and how it shoved us, body and soul, so far off course.

We must remember, and record for the future, the offenses of Donald Trump and his supporters.

We saw the run-up to the 2016 election.

Enough of us Americans were willing to elect Trump to the presidency, despite his lack of leadership skills, despite his toxic attitudes toward women and minorities, despite his disregard for old alliances and

n the midst of a pandemic and a disastrous presidency, we must all tell our stories.

friends abroad and despite his lack of basic decency. We did it for our “pocketbooks” or for a “shakeup” in Washington or because we heard the veiled racism and xenophobia in his speeches and it appealed to us.

We were all in the room when he got elected, and we have been languishing in that room these past three years. But while we have been stuck in a bad place, we have been recording events of the day and turning them into memories, and we can share these with generations to come so that our history will not repeat itself. Next time a charlatan comes to town selling snake oil, perhaps the public will be savvy and principled enough to send him or her packing.

When we wonder aloud “What could go wrong?,” when we think about electing another dangerous fool, perhaps we will be scared straight by an account of the pandemic of 2020 and the story of a president whose incompetence and indifference led to thousands and thousands of unnecessary deaths.

Who lives, who dies, who tells your story? Bearing witness is an edge on immortality. We may be gone someday, but we won’t be forgotten if someone reads our book or sees our play or listens to our music.

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

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ith all the news of the coronavirus crisis, it would be easy to forget that we are more than a month into the Atlantic hurricane season — and now is the time to prepare for the possibility of a major storm. Thinking back on Superstorm Sandy, in 2012, reminds us of the destructive power of a hurricane — and the need to remain at the ready, even during times like this, when we’re distracted by other challenges.

The American Red Cross annually publishes a hurricane-preparedness checklist.

We present it here.

Before a storm ■ Listen to a NOAA Weather Radio for critical information from the National Weather Service.

■ Make sure you have a three-day supply of water — at least one gallon per day per person.

■ Be sure to have a three-day supply of food on hand.

■ Bring in anything from your yard that can be picked up by the wind, such as bicycles and lawn furniture.

■ Have a flashlight with extra batteries and a battery-powered or hand-crank radio.

■ Close windows, doors and hurricane shutters. If you don’t have shutters, board up windows and doors with plywood.

■ Check your first aid kit to ensure that it’s well supplied.

■ Turn the refrigerator and freezer to the coldest setting and keep them closed as much as possible so food will last longer if the power goes out.

■ Have a seven-day supply of medications and medical items (hearing aids with extra batteries, glasses, contact lenses, syringes, cane).

■ Turn off propane tanks and unplug small appliances.

■ Fill your vehicle’s gas tank.

■ Gather copies of personal documents (medication lists and pertinent medical information, proof of address, deed/lease to your home, passports, birth certificates, insurance policies).

■ Talk with members of your household and create an evacuation plan. Planning, and practicing the plan, will minimize confusion and fear during the storm.

■ Have cellphones and chargers on hand.

■ Create a family and emergency contact list.

■ Learn about your community’s hurri-

Vital items In your hurricane go bag, you should have: ■ A multi-purpose tool ■ Extra cash ■ Emergency blanket ■ Map(s) of the area ■ Tools and supplies for securing your home ■ An extra set of car and house keys ■ Extra clothing, hat and sturdy shoes ■ Rain gear ■ Insect repellent and sunscreen ■ Camera for photos of damage

after a storm ■ Continue listening to NOAA Weather Radio or the local news for the latest updates.

■ Stay alert for extended rainfall and subsequent flooding, even after the storm has passed.

■ If you evacuated, return home only when officials say it is safe.

■ Drive only if necessary, and again, avoid flooded roads and washed-out bridges.

■ Stay away from loose or dangling electric lines and report them to the power company.

■ Stay out of any building that has water around it.

■ Inspect your home for damage. Take pictures of any damage, both of the building and its contents, for insurance purposes.

■ Use flashlights, not candles, in the dark.

cane response plan. Plan routes to local shelters, register family members with special medical needs as required and make plans for your pets to be cared for.

■ Evacuate if advised by authorities. Be careful to avoid flooded roads and washedout bridges.

■ Avoid drinking or preparing food with tap water until you are sure it’s not contaminated.

■ Check refrigerated food for spoilage. If in doubt, throw it out.

■ Wear protective clothing, and be cautious when cleaning up to avoid injury.

■ Be certain to have baby supplies (bottles, formula, baby food, diapers).

■ Watch animals closely, and keep them under your direct control.

■ Check pet supplies (collar, leash, ID, food, carrier, bowl).

■ Use the telephone only for emergency calls.

■ Because standard homeowners insurance does not cover flooding, you should have a flood insurance plan. For more information on flood insurance, visit the National Flood Insurance Program website, www.FloodSmart.gov.

If your community has experienced a hurricane, or any disaster, register on the American Red Cross Safe and Well website, RedCross.org/SafeandWell to let your family and friends know about your welfare.

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t is an understatement to say that the coronavirus pandemic has had profoundly negative impacts on the health and well-being of Americans, as well as the job market, personal finances and the economy. The devastation has been particularly painful for the metropolitan area, including Long Island. The Town of Hempstead’s proactive approach to dealing with the crisis has helped us to secure resources to do so.

What’s more, our partnership with neighbors across our communities has enabled us to DonaLD expend those CLaVIn resources in a thoughtful and meaningful manner, providing needed assistance to individuals and business owners who have been hard-hit by the deadly virus. To be certain, we have accomplished much, but there is more that we can do together on the road to recovery from the pandemic.

Hempstead Town’s Road to Recovery initiative is a comprehensive approach to safeguarding municipal employees, protecting the public and assisting business owners. It has also been acutely

focused on maintaining essential governmental services, restoring many welcome amenities that neighbors enjoy during these troubling times as well as providing life-sustaining food to neighbors. The town has even supplied funding to hospitals, which is being used to battle Covid19. Much of the work we have done has been made possible by $134 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES, grant funding, which U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer helped to secure.

The challenges confronting the town have been significant, given the fact that our population is greater than that of several states. Indeed, the population density of our communities has apparently made us more vulnerable to the impacts of the virus than many other regions of New York and the country. In recognition of that, my administration created a Coronavirus Task Force, which was led by the town’s medical director, Dr. David Neubert, a certified Emergency Department doctor.

As the only town in our region with a dedicated medical director, we were able to quickly and safely establish protocols that helped us maintain and resume services with minimal interruption. From

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ith more residents than several states, our challenges have been significant.

Letters Column captures pandemic’s challenges To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Marriage in the time of Covid-19” in last week’s Herald: I am so amazed at how often Randi’s written words match my sentiments.

Just this morning I remarked to my best friend that having my wife at home all day, every day since March is beginning to wear thin. We also, by unspoken agreement, spend several hours in separate areas, but somehow I’m getting less tolerant of those times when she just appears in my space for a little chat or to rant about some disturbing news she’s just heard or read.

Anyway, thanks, Randi, for your writing, and happy anniversary after 52 years of wedded bliss and adjustment!

PATRICIA FULTON Baldwin

New York needs voting poll workers To the Editor: State Assemblywoman Nily Rozic and I unveiled legislation on Monday to improve Election Day for millions of New

continuing our sanitation and recycling services with minimal interruption to offering clean and sanitary drinking water to residents, we took our mission seriously. Our government officials adapted to the pandemic, revising methods of collecting taxes, processing marriage licenses and handling building permits. We continue to modify procedures to make our government accessible to neighbors while ensuring the safety of employees and the public.

We have also taken steps to help members of the town’s family who are in need. We have spent millions of dollars to create “pop-up” food pantries to meet people’s nutritional needs. Free lunch programs are in place, and a new partnership with Island Harvest will provide for a $2 million food-delivery program for the at-risk population.

Now that summer is here, we have worked hard to restore a sense of normalcy to the season for residents. From presenting drive-in movies and concerts to opening beaches, parks and pools with added safety protocols, the qualityof-life experience is being restored in the town.

Businesses have been slammed by the pandemic and the restrictions placed on

Yorkers by addressing a lack of available poll workers across the state. The new bill would, if passed, allow college students to work at poll sites where they are not registered to vote, freeing up thousands of potential volunteers.

In New York’s primary last month, an estimated one-third of trained poll workers stayed home because they worried they might contract Covid-19. Additionally, traditional polling places such as schools, libraries and firehouses refused to open because of the virus. Of 698 polling locations on Long Island, 344 were closed on Primary Day, June 23. This put tremendous pressure on the poll workers at the open locations, and reflected the need to expand the pool of potential volunteers.

With so many uncertainties facing our election operations this fall, it is critical that polling locations have enough staff to ensure that the voting process happens as safely and smoothly as possible.

Under current state law, poll workers are required to live in the election district where they work, which limits the potential new-volunteer pool and puts a strain on polling locations with increased demand. But many students attend college outside their normal election district, and so are ineligible to be poll workers near their schools.

In 2018, nearly 60 percent of poll workers were over age 61, with more than 25

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With pandemic abating, town’s on the road to recovery

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their operations by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. gr ma The town actively helped restaurants to reopen, establishing Long Island’s first sta outdoor seating program, which provides expedited permits for outdoor din- Americ As a ing at no cost to restaurant owners. The town has partnered with Nassau County Americ to secure $2 million worth of personal awe.

In h protective equipment for business owners free of charge.

As Hempstead moves forward, we continue to receive and evaluate proposals from various community groups for the effective and efficient use of CARES funding, which will benefit everyone in the town’s large, diverse family. We are consulting with other governments, such as local villages, to explore additional opportunities to help people. And we are poised to begin $40 million in roadway-improvement projects to put many workers back on the job. Lastly, we will be announcing several new community-assistance programs and the elimination of many touch surfaces at town ed the U facilities for the well-being of the public. He r Together, we will continue to push for work in the responsible reopening of our society. Japane We have made great progress, but there the Boy sake, th is more to do in the battle to recover Loca from the health impacts and economic bears h damage wrought by the pandemic. evelt C Donald Clavin is the Town of Hempstead Execut eola. supervisor.

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Don Clavin The Hempstead Town Board

Road to Recovery

The Hempstead Town Board invite you to

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2020 FREE SUMMER DRIVE-IN CONCERTS July

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All concerts start at 8 p.m., at Town Park, Point Lookout Town residents only. First-come, first-serve basis.

It is “Urgent” for you to see Double Vision - The Foreigner Experience.

Decadia performs the soundtrack of your life with all the greatest hits from the ‘80’s, ‘90’s & today.

“One Way or Another” you will love Sunday Girl – A Blondie Tribute Experience.

There will be “Something in the Air” as PseudoSsudio performs the hits of Phil Collins.

You’ll hear the sounds of “Sweet Home Alabama” as FREEBIRD plays the hits of LYNYRD SKYNYRD. Take a “Holiday” with Material Girl featuring Amber Ferrari in a tribute to Madonna & Lady Gaga.

You will “Feel the Love Tonight” as Sir Elton plays the hits of Elton John.

It will be a magical night when Hokis Pokis takes the stage.

“That’s Amore” with Jenna Esposito…Featuring Italian favorites song by such artists as Connie Francis, Jerry Vale, Rosemary Clooney and more.

There will be “Nowhere to Run” when the Ladies of Motown hit the stage.

You will be “Dancing in the Dark” with Badlands – A Bruce Springsteen Tribute.

You will want to “Take It Easy” as Desert Highway plays the hits of the Eagles.

“You’ve Got a Friend” as Hour Glass plays the hits of James Taylor.

2020 FREE SUMMER DRIVE-IN MOVIE SERIES Movies will begin at sunset, and attendees are urged to arrive early.

Town residents only. First-come, first-serve basis.

Daddy’s Home

Sonic the Hedgehog

Tuesday, July 14 at Rath Park 849 Fenworth Blvd., Franklin Square

Thursday, July 23 at Western Beef, Town Parking Lot R-1 322 Nassau Blvd., Roosevelt

Mamma Mia

Footloose

Thursday, July 16 at Hewlett Point Park 130 Hewlett Point Ave., Bay Park

Tuesday, July 28 at Oceanside Park 3800 Mahlon Brower Drive, Oceanside

The Lion King (2019)

Grease

Tuesday, July 21 at Veterans Memorial Park 1700 Prospect Ave., East Meadow

Thursday, July 30 at Niest Field 298-304 Jerusalem Ave., Levittown

For a complete list of concerts and movies, including August dates, please visit hempsteadtownny.gov

Donald X. Clavin, Jr. Supervisor

Frank Zangla Commissioner, Parks & Recreation

Council Members Dorothy L. Goosby Bruce A. Blakeman Anthony D’Esposito Dennis Dunne, Sr. Thomas E. Muscarella Christopher Carini

Kate Murray Town Clerk

Jeanine C. Driscoll Receiver of Taxes

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