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State

Legislators share reactions to governor’s resignation announcement

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM On Tuesday, Aug. 10, New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced his resignation.

The announcement came a week after the release of a report by state Attorney General Letitia James (D) saying independent investigators concluded that the governor harassed multiple women from 2013-20. The resignation came after a virtual press conference held by his attorney Rita Glavin. She criticized the attorney general’s report and said it contains errors and omissions when recounting allegations made against Cuomo. Glavin added that each account needs more investigation.

“I think that women should be believed and they should be treated fairly,” she said. “I also believe men should be believed and treated fairly. All people should be given that, and everybody should have a chance to respond, and everybody should be scrutinized with what they say by facts, context and evidence. That hasn’t happened here.”

After the attorney general’s report was released, one of the alleged victims, former executive assistant Brittany Commisso, filed a criminal complaint saying the governor groped her and fondled her breast.

Cuomo said during his announcement that he will step down in 14 days. He will be replaced by Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) who will become the state’s first female governor.

The outgoing governor said he thanked those with sincere complaints as the women coming forward taught him an important lesson, and he

said he took responsibility.

He added he felt that with some there are other “motivations at play.”

Local legislators react

Shortly after Cuomo announced his resignation, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1), who has been named the presumptive Republican nominee for governor in the 2022 race, released a statement saying the governor was “resigning to skirt all repercussions for his actions as opposed to accounting for his misconduct. He knows he would be impeached. He knows he would be voted out of office.”

“Andrew Cuomo broke the law and criminal repercussions must follow, despite him no longer serving in public office,” Zeldin said. “From his deadly nursing home order and cover-up, to his $5.1 million selfcongratulatory book deal and serial harassment and abuse of others, he’s been unfit to continue serving for a long period of time.”

Zeldin also criticized Hochul in his Aug. 10 statement.

“Unfortunately, for New Yorkers, we’re left with Cuomo’s lieutenant who empowered this disgusting behavior while Andrew Cuomo cultivated this toxic culture, leaving a trail of victims in its wake,” Zeldin said. “Kathy Hochul has been silent scandal after scandal, from fatal nursing home policies and cover-ups to rampant harassment, intimidation, bullying and abuse.”

State Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport) called the past few months “a very difficult period for the people of New York state” in a statement.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a press conference on Long Island in 2017. File photo

“I thank and commend the incredibly brave women who stepped forward and spoke truth to power,” he said. “No one is above the law.”

In the statement, Gaughran praised the next NYS governor and said he looks forward to working with her.

“I have known and worked with Kathy Hochul for years and there is no one better equipped to step in and lead New York as the state continues to navigate the pandemic and heal from these past few months,” he said. “Her decades of public service across the local, state and federal levels will serve New Yorkers well and help lead

the state through this tumultuous time.”

State Sen. Anthony Palumbo (R-New Suffolk) said Cuomo’s “impending resignation is welcome news to New Yorkers.” He said the move saves the time and money that would be invested in impeachment.

“Now, state government must refocus its energies on defeating the COVID Delta variant, working to rebuild New York’s struggling economy and infrastructure, and combating the rise in violent crime,” he said.

“I look forward to working with New York’s first female governor, Kathy Hochul, to put this dark episode in state government behind us and work to heal the state as we move forward through these times of great uncertainty,” Palumbo said.

State Sen. Mario Mattera (R-St. James) on his official Facebook page said the resignation announcement should have happened months ago.

“Andrew Cuomo has abused his power in a truly reprehensible manner and it is unacceptable that he and his team attempted to hide or excuse his disgusting behavior,” Mattera wrote. “They must all be held accountable and it is imperative that all ongoing and future investigations be allowed to proceed to their rightful conclusions.”

Mattera said he is ready to work with Hochul.

“I congratulate her on this historic moment and promise my support and cooperation as she begins her tenure,” he said. “This is a truly tragic story of abuse and betrayal that has now reached its conclusion, and we need to make sure that today serves as the dawn of a new era for every New Yorker.”

Hochul’s first day in office will be Tuesday, Aug. 24.

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Town

Demolition continues at NVAMC

The Northport VA Medical Center recently shared photos of the demolition project of Building 1 and 2 on the medical center property.

Under the supervision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a top-down approach is being followed starting at the roof and

demolishing the building level by level with the use of hydraulic excavators equipped with grapple and shear attachments.

For more information, see the letter on page A18 from the Northport VA Medical Center.

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Hazy sky brings murky future

BY KIMBERLY BROWN KIMBERLY@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Looking out the window on a sunny day, one might notice a not-so-subtle haziness in the sky.

However, that haze isn’t harmless clouds or fog, it’s smoke that’s traveled a far distance across the nation from raging wildfires in California and Canada.

As concerns grow over the impact of these wildfires stretching their way over to the East Coast, Long Islanders are beginning to become uneasy about the repercussions the hazy smoke might have among residents.

With multiple reports of poor air quality in the past few weeks, people who have vulnerable conditions such as asthma, emphysema, or heart disease need to be wary and avoid going outside or doing strenuous activity.

“There is something called fine particulate matter, which is very small ash,” said Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment. “The cause of concern is that this is the type of material that causes respiratory ailments. It irritates the throat and respiratory system, but most importantly fine particulate matter can lodge in

your lungs and make microscopic perforations, much like asbestos.”

According to Esposito, It is highly likely the ash will also be deposited into Long Island’s estuary and could affect the marine environment. However, it is uncertain exactly how much will accumulate due to the variables of wind speed and the amount of ash that will be pushed toward the Island.

“The East Coast should absolutely have an increased concern of weather events associated with climate change,” she added. “What we are having right now is an increase of torrential rain, and an increase in intensification of storms which means that hurricanes that might normally be a Category 1 [the lowest] now have the ability to reach 2, 3, or 4.” Esposito said.

Although air pollution issues are nothing new to New York, there are always certain times of the year, particularly in the summertime, that fine particulate matter can get trapped. The question of the future frequency of surrounding wildfires still stands.

While Long Island is experiencing a rainy season, California is currently facing one of the worst droughts in history. Within a two-year period, rain and snow totals in parts of the West

have been 50 percent less than average.

“Just because Long Island is having a really wet season right now doesn’t mean it couldn’t shift later this year,” said Kevin Reed, a Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences researcher.

According to Reed, the winds that blow from out West don’t always streamline toward the East Coast. Direction in wind patterns could cause the air flow to “wobble,” so it is uncertain whether or not Long Island may face more smoke pollution in the future.

“Drought is certainly becoming more severe, potentially longer lasting, and at a larger extent, which means larger parts of land will be susceptible to wildfire,” Reed said.

Adding that wildfires are typically a natural occurrence and benefits land by replenishing it, Reed said the extent of the current wildfires is most likely a result of climate change and has potential to harm people and the environment.

“Air pollution could really affect our human health, especially to certain groups that are more susceptible to issues with air quality,” he said.

“Even if it’s here for one day it could have an impact and of course the impact is going to be multiplied if it’s a longer-term event.”

Kevin Reed. Photo from Stony Brook University

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County

SBU’s Pagan scores at Olympics, takes selfie with Djokovic, visits Mt. Fuji

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Stony Brook University’s India Pagan, competing in the Olympics for Puerto Rico, took several shots against China in the preliminary round of the basketball tournament, but none of them went in.

Against Belgium, the 6-foot-1-inch forward finally put the ball through the hoop, something she’d done so frequently at Stony Brook that she scored over 1,000 points as a Seawolf.

“I remember the first one I made” at the Olympics, said Pagan. “I didn’t have to stress anymore. I couldn’t stop smiling.”

Pagan, who was on Puerto Rico’s first women’s Olympic basketball team, scored two baskets and sank two free throws, scoring six points in that game.

Despite the challenges and restrictions created by the Delta variant of COVID-19 and the three losses the Puerto Rican team had in games against China, Belgium and Australia, Pagan had plenty of reasons to smile as she enjoyed everything from the opening ceremonies to taking selfies with some of the best athletes in the world to some limited sightseeing.

After a lengthy journey to the other side of the world, Pagan cheered her way through an opening ceremony full of familiar pageantry, but devoid of its customary shouting spectators.

“It was surreal to me,” Pagan said. “I

watched this on TV a couple of years ago.

Walking with the flag, with the whole delegation of Puerto Rico, seeing the stage, the torch, the dances, the acts of music, everything, it was just so beautiful.”

Pagan said she cried three or four times during the ceremonies.

Behind the scenes, Pagan said the time spent waiting for the ceremonies to begin and the hours on their feet amid the excitement took their toll.

“By the end of the night, all of our backs hurt, our feet hurt,” she laughed. “Thankfully, we didn’t have practice the next day, so we had a little time to recover.”

Around the games, Pagan soaked in the atmosphere and reveled in the moment on one of the world’s largest, albeit emptiest, athletic stages.

One of the big stories to come out of the Olympics involved American gymnast Simone Biles, who pulled out of most of the competition amid concerns about her mental health and her ability to get her bearings while flying and twisting through the air.

“We understood the mental health aspects” of Biles’s decision, Pagan said. “She’s got to do what’s best for her. We did feel for her.”

Pagan said the Puerto Rican basketball team met with their coach, who told them they could speak with a doctor or a psychologist if they needed support.

Pagan missed her family and friends but didn’t need those mental health services during her time in Tokyo.

Pagan was thrilled to run into several superstars in their sports, taking selfies with National Basketball Association star Jayson Tatum from the Boston Celtics, and with Spanish basketball sensations Marc Gasol, who currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers and his brother Pau, who retired from the NBA in 2019 after an 18-year career. She also ran into Serbian tennis great Novak Djokovic.

“Seeing those people was cool for me,” Pagan said.

Everyone had to wear face shields in the dining hall which made conversations, even among teammates, challenging.

“It was tough to interact” while she was eating, Pagan said.

She did, however, have the opportunity to speak and play games with other masked athletes in a recreational area. Pagan and teammates Jada Stinson and Jacqueline Benitez visited with athletes from the South African soccer and track teams, and several teams from Ireland, Italy and Iran while playing table tennis, pool and darts.

During her stay in Tokyo, Pagan recalled the lives of two people she and her family recently lost. She wrote the names of Tatiana Mayas, one of her closest childhood friends,

India Pagan at the Olympics opening ceremonies, above. Below, Pagan takes a photo with Spanish basketball sensation Pau Gasol. Photo by Rita J. Egan

and Gloria Sotomayor, a friend of her mother’s, on a white ribbon and pinned them on a memorial tree.

While the athletes couldn’t explore Tokyo on their own or travel much outside the Olympic village, they took a bus tour to Mt. Fuji, which, at 12,380 feet, is the tallest mountain in Japan.

“If we got off the bus and the [International Olympic Committee] found out, they would have kicked us out of the Olympics,” Pagan said.

Pagan remained appreciative of an opportunity she didn’t take for granted, especially since she has no guarantee that she or the Puerto Rican team will return for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

“I was ready for anything and I was grateful for anything,” Pagan said.

In addition to returning with a collection of memories, photos and selfies, Pagan brought back numerous souvenirs for herself and her family.

She purchased a letterman jacket that she said she “had to have,” because it was a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity.

She also purchased shoes, shirts, key chains, umbrellas, pins and notebooks.

“It was like Christmas,” she laughed. The gifts were worth the money, as her family’s faces “lit up” when she produced their presents.

During her Olympics, she appreciated the outpouring of support for her and for the team.

“My phone has never blown up as much as it did when I was at the Olympics,” said Pagan, who is returning to Stony Brook to earn her master’s this fall and to use a fifth year of eligibility the National Collegiate Athletic Association granted to athletes amid the pandemic.

She left North America with 6,000 Instagram followers and returned with 11,000.

One of the first things she did when she returned, after sharing presents, crying and catching up with family, was to get behind the wheel.

“I couldn’t wait to drive my car and be free and go wherever I wanted to, instead of being restrained and told to stay in one place or being locked up in a room,” Pagan said.

She hopes the team will return to the next Olympics in Paris in 2024.

“Hopefully, we’ll be back,” she said. “This experience will definitely help us grow as a program. We’re on our way up.”

As for what’s next, she plans to rest and recover from the exhausting and exhilarating trip and to add the Olympic rings tattoo to her leg.

Pagan appreciates the opportunity to play a game she loves at the Olympic level.

“It was a blessing and an honor,” Pagan said.

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Perspectives

Pediatricians demand masks for all children in school

What if there was a deadly virus that had already killed hundreds of children — over four times more than during a typical flu season?

What if that virus had hospitalized thousands of children, leaving many of them with long-term health complications? What if that virus was mutating to a now twice-as-contagious version, readily finding children still too young to get vaccinated or whose parents are vaccine-hesitant or flat-out refuse to vaccinate their vulnerable children? What if that virus had caused an 84% spike in pediatric cases in the last week alone and was filling pediatric intensive care units to capacity across the country with critically ill children? And, what if that virus was in the community where you live with local rates rising exponentially — wouldn’t you want to do everything you could to protect your child?

Wouldn’t you want experts in public health and pediatrics to determine the most effective ways to keep your child safe?

There is such a virus. It is, of course, COVID-19. And serious cases among unvaccinated children are escalating. This is fact. Medical fact that is easily confirmed by researching non-biased and reputable medical and scientific sources. As our children return to school in a matter of a few short weeks, experts advise that children two

years old and up wear masks inside schools to parents to place sleeping infants on their backs, by counseling pre-teens about the dangers of vaping keep them safe from COVID. Public health decisions designed to keep before they start, by encouraging vaccination to children healthy and safe should not be protect against vaccine-preventable disease. We have dedicated our lives to and made by superintendents are passionate about the health and school districts without and well-being of our young direct consultation with, and patients. There is nothing more confirmation by, reputable tragic than the death or injury medical health experts. Period. of a child that could have been They should not be determined prevented; nothing that tears by popular demand or by the apart a family more than a loudest voice in the room. child’s serious illness, injury Long before COVID, or death that did not have to pediatricians have been the happen, that could have been trusted source of advice for prevented if only medical parents about how to keep advice had been heeded. children healthy and safe. With We know that vaccinating the advent of vaccination, all eligible adults and children pediatricians like ourselves see far fewer deaths and seriously ill By Dr. Eve Meltzer Krief and will help protect children still Dr. Sara Siddiqui too young to get vaccinated. We children today than generations know that wearing masks inside before us. Parents used to fear school prevents transmission diseases like polio and measles that could kill their children or leave them with of COVID and worked last year to keep levels permanent disabilities. Widespread vaccination of COVID in schools the same as or lower than community rates. Pediatricians across the country has eliminated those fears.

A large part of what we do as pediatricians is are raising the alarm that without universal masking preventive: preventing injury by teaching parents in schools this year, we will continue to see an how to properly use car seats, by educating exponential rise in pediatric COVID infections

that will have devastating consequences.

Pediatricians want our children back in school, but we want them back safely. Despite the misinformation circulating about maskwearing in young children, the good news is that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics have determined that mask wearing is safe for children.

Mask wearing does not cause carbon dioxide poisoning, oxygen deprivation, colonization with deadly bacteria or weakened immune systems.

We understand these parental concerns and continue to work to debunk this troublesome misinformation.

Along with pediatricians and public health experts across the country, we urge parents to vaccinate their vaccine-eligible children against COVID. Speaking from science, we demand that school superintendents and school boards across the country follow the recommendations of the CDC, the American Academy of Pediatrics and local health departments advising that children wear masks inside schools. Our ultimate responsibility is to the children. Their health and wellbeing are in our hands.

Dr. Eve Meltzer Krief and Dr. Sara Siddiqui are the Legislative Advocacy Committee CoChairs Long Island/Queens/Brooklyn Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Despite allegations, Spencer continues to be actively involved in our local politics The news of Suffolk County Legislator William ‘Doc’ Spencer’s (D-Centerport) arrest last year left me and many others shocked. The man who I had volunteered countless hours for on his re-election campaign, who had spoken at my high school on numerous occasions, who I had only ever heard wonderful things about from voters who would seldom give such praise to even the most upstanding of politicians, had been exposed in one of the most high level sex-for-drugs scandals Long Island had ever seen.

Despite how disturbing this arrest was for our community, what should cause even greater disgust is Spencer’s continued unapologetic active involvement in our local politics despite the allegations.

A few weeks ago, Spencer had a reserved seat at the Suffolk and Nassau Chambers of Commerce Toys for Tots charity event at The Paramount, a gathering hosted by some of the biggest names in Long Island politics from county Executive Steve Bellone (D) to Tom Falcone of LIPA, and was even given special recognition along with other politicians invited to the event.

Although I found Spencer’s presence to

be strange and a little unsettling, I quickly everyone for attending and introducing each wrote it off as a fluke; perhaps the hosts of of the speakers; far from simply being a special guest as the flyer had the event had made a mistake indicated, it was Spencer who in inviting a man out on was the host of Community bail for two third-degree Conversations.

Looking felonies. Maybe they had around at the faces of the sent out invites to all of the crowd as he spoke, I saw Suffolk legislators without many of Huntington’s most regard. Whatever the reason, high level leaders, including it wasn’t anything I felt to be several elected members of particularly concerning. the town board.

But then, I saw the Their expressions seemed flyer for the first gathering to say to me “We know, and since the pandemic of the we don’t care.”

Community Conversations As many of you likely event at Huntington Station are as well, I am left with Public Library that I was the burning question: How to attend. Written plainly

By Zak Zethner can a man at the center of underneath “GUESTS,” right one of Long Island’s biggest alongside the Suffolk County political scandals in decades Health Commissioner, was William Spencer. The possibility of continue to be so actively involved in local Spencer’s invitation to both of these high politics? It seems almost common sense that profile events as being an accident was after getting arrested, especially for such a serious and detestable offense, that Spencer’s something I immediately had to rule out.

As the event began, I felt the color political career should be long gone.

Although absolute certainty about drain from my face when I saw who was front and center at the podium, thanking Spencer’s alleged crimes will come after a

trial has taken place, given the overwhelming evidence presented by the district attorney, it is at the very least more likely than not that Spencer abused both his medical and political power to abuse opioid addicted women, all while serving on the Suffolk County opioid task force. Why then, in the face of such injustice, are some of our most respected and high ranking leaders continuing to prop up Spencer and his political career? That is not for me to say.

What is certain, however, is that Spencer is taking advantage of the lack of attention on him following his announcement earlier this year that he would not run for re-election to continue playing an active role in Suffolk politics, right up until a trial is held and he is legally bound not to do so. As residents of Suffolk County, we should all be resolute in demanding that our leaders stop enabling Spencer to play such an important role in our local politics.

We can all do much better.

Zak Zethner is a 19-year old student at The George Washington University majoring in political science and works as an administrator in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.

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Obituaries

School News

Kathleen Patricia Rittenhouse

Kathleen Patricia Rittenhouse died peacefully Aug. 2 in her home on Asharoken, Northport. She was 89 years old.

Pat leaves her beloved children Georgia, Donna, Laura, John and Paul. She was cherished by her 20 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Pat was predeceased in 2006 by her husband of 54 years, George Virgil Rittenhouse.

Pat was the fourth of five children born to Kathleen Patricia and Gerard Dengel during the Great Depression on April 28, 1932. She grew up in New York City in a large extended Irish family with many cousins, aunts and uncles, and told many stories of her childhood during that difficult time. Always a fighter, with never a trace of self-pity, she excelled in school and began a fashion modeling career in her teens and into the first year of her marriage at age 20.

Pat had her five children by the time she was 27, when the family moved to a big old “fixer-upper” house on the beach on Asharoken Avenue. She was the youngest, most beautiful and welcoming mother in the neighborhood.

She was entertaining, fun and a great storyteller in the best Irish tradition-the life of every party.

Pat loved to laugh, adored having people around and never noticed the sandy feet and wet bathing suits or kids jumping on the furniture.

As a result, the house was always packed with children — some she didn’t know — helping themselves to cookies and milk in the kitchen or a piece of fruit and having the time of their lives. The end of summer was beach plum jelly making time, with every child filling plastic buckets with berries, and Pat stirring bubbling pots of fruit and filling jars for the winter.

Pat went back to work in real estate as her children neared college age and became a top producing agent. She served for many years as trustee for the Village of Asharoken and as a member of the Asharoken Zoning Board. In addition, Pat served as a long-time president of the Saint Charles Hospital Auxiliary, Northport Chapter, hosting numerous fund-raising events in her home over the years. She loved to play bridge and was an accomplished and avid player.

Joanne M. Campbell

Joanne M. Campbell, of Northport, died suddenly Aug. 7 at 61 years of age.

She was the loving mother of Brandon Campbell and the late Danielle M. Campbell and beloved daughter of Frederick (Carol) Danner and the late Mary Anne née Borkowski. She was also the dear sister of Carl (Lise) Danner and stepsister of Kevin Curley, Kathleen Johnson, the late Maureen Garcia, Patricia Hernandez, Daniel Curley,

Pat loved every grandchild. In addition to her numerous Northport grandchildren, she thought nothing of hopping into her car and driving to visit her Boston grands, always with the frothiest, most unpractical but delicious dress creations for the girls. One granddaughter waited for her, watching for her car then called out, “It’s my Grandma, my Precious!”

Generous to a fault, she’d grab her purse, head for the car, point it in the direction of the mall and say, “Let’s go stimulate the economy!”

When Pat and Ritt moved down the street to 147 Asharoken, the house came with a pool that became the Grandchild Hub every single summer. Riotous games of the invented game of pool Sock Ball led to huge appetites, which kept Pat hopping serving poundcake, fruit, popsicles, grilled cheese and peanut butter and jellies.

She taught everyone how to knit, rocked the little ones to sleep, and more than anything else, listened. Pat was that wise and rare person who listened, so her phone was constantly ringing, and she was always in demand and always there for her children and grandchildren.

A memorial service celebrating Pat’s life was held Aug. 8. The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Charles Hospital.

Eileen Rubio, and Nancy Burreece. She also leaves behind many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held at Nolan Funeral Home in Northport, Friday, from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

Prayer service to be held at the funeral home at 8 pm. Donations in Joanne’s memory can be made to Down Syndrome Advocacy Foundation, P.O. Box 12173, Hauppauge, NY 11788-0848 (www.dsafonline.org).

The Washington Drive Primary School play area excavation, above, and the new scoreboard at Harborfields High School, below. Photos from Harborfields Central School District

Capital improvements underway in Harborfields As part of the voter-approved 2019 Capital Improvements Bond Project, construction work has been ongoing this summer throughout the Harborfields Central School District.

Districtwide mechanical projects have been moving along at Harborfields High School, Oldfield Middle School, Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School and Washington Drive Primary School.

Air conditioning is set to be functioning in the buildings’ gyms by the end of August.

Additionally, security vestibules at the high school and middle school are well underway.

At Harborfields High School, the library demolition was completed and sheetrock and ceiling work are progressing nicely. The scoreboard for the turf field was delivered and installed in July. Additionally, the bathroom renovation projects are expected to be completed at the end of August.

At Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School, the library demolition is complete with most casework expected to arrive late this month. The bathroom renovation and the science room have expected end of August completion dates.

The Oldfield Middle School library renovation will commence in early August

and is expected to be to be completed in mid-fall.

At Washington Drive Primary School, ground was broken for the play area in early July. Concrete will be poured and a basketball hoop will be installed while the district awaits the delivery of the sports court surface material.

The board of education and administration would like to thank the community again for its continued support. The Harborfields School District looks forward to providing students, staff and families with updated and efficient facilities.

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Editorial

Letters to the Editor

COVID won’t go away, but you need to do your part

Freedom requires responsibility

Things aren’t back to normal yet, and unfortunately for a few good weeks, we got a taste of what freedom from the pandemic was like.

People began getting vaccinated, families were reunited, and parties were officially free of restrictions.

The people that got vaccinated knew they could still be carriers, but a little cold is better than being on a ventilator, right?

Businesses were thriving at the start of the summer — after more than a year of having their doors shut and no revenue coming in.

But things turned pretty quickly, and we’re disappointed now.

The fact that people threw their masks away when Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) lifted the state restrictions was not the brightest move — we should have kept the restrictions just a tad bit longer because now we have the Delta variant and it’s not looking too good.

Since people (vaccinated or not) have had the chance to breathe again, party again and feel 90% normal again, they don’t want to bring back the masks.

We understand that. They’re uncomfortable and for us ladies, it takes our makeup off rather quick.

But we’re keeping them on (again) to keep other people safe.

Remember in the beginning of the pandemic when everyone was all in this together? We thanked first responders and believed the science. What happened?

Why is this, all of a sudden, a hoax?

Some people cannot get vaccinated right now, and that’s okay. But there are other people who are choosing not to and are not being honest about it. They’re either too lazy or too afraid.

With schools reopening in a few weeks, the debates are increasing as to whether or not children should wear masks in school. Considering those under 12 cannot get vaccinated yet, and many parents have chosen not to have their children get the shot, we feel it’s imperative that students be required to mask up. With the surge of the Delta variant and the possibility of another one, the virus could potentially spread quickly in classrooms and then in the surrounding communities.

New vaccines, new medications and new things are terrifying — but public health is more important, and we still need to be in this together.

COVID-19 is never going to leave, but we can alleviate it.

Be smart and do your part to keep your loved ones, neighbors and yourself healthy.

The words may be the same, but their meaning and application certainly have changed for many. I refer to the words of Patrick Henry, a Founding Father, to the Second Virginia Convention in 1775, “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!” I refer, also, to the words sent by letter in 1809 by New Hampshire’s Revolutionary War hero, Gen. John Stark, as a reunion toast to veterans he had led in the Battle of Bennington. The words are now the motto of his state: “Live Free or Die.” Henry’s words were a calling to a collective purpose; freeing all citizens from the authority of a British monarch considered despotic and a parliament unrepresentative. Stark’s words were a reminder that living free required a coming together to achieve that freedom and some might die in the effort. Today, “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!” and “Live Free or Die” seem to be rallying cries for the personal freedom to do what one wants without regard to any collective good or harm.

Not long ago there were cigarette smokers who chose to live free and died.

Those nonsmokers who were required to work with them in smoke-filled rooms and died were collateral damage. Today, there are drivers who take the liberty to drink and drive, or to text while driving, and are given death. Unfortunately, they often give death to others who then are denied life’s liberty.

Live free or die didn’t work too well for thousands who ignored masking and vaccination, contracted the COVID-19 virus and died after infecting loved ones and others who died as well. Those choosing mask and vaccine-free liberty today, when that liberty is not essential to their own physical health, knowingly put all of us at risk. Why? There is no freedom without responsibility to oneself and to others, to the community and country in which we live and to the planet we share with billions of others. It may seem ironic to some that the state motto of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s [R] Kentucky is “United We Stand, Divided We Fall.”

Ben Franklin, another Founding Father, understood that when he advised his fellow revolutionaries they would all hang separately if they didn’t hang together. Do we understand?

We had better. Pandemics, climate change and governance require us to do so.

Forrest McMullen South Setauket

The power of behavior Demolition at Northport The concept of recalling an activity, VAMC event or situation, back to its first-time occurrence, generally is something special. Examples may be a first time in an airplane, first day at school, riding a bicycle for the first time, meeting someone for the first time, etc., are usually pleasant and not to be forgotten.

After all my years of constant training as a mental health, psychology student and practitioner I have developed a concept or “product” that I feel I need to share.

I would like it to be received and understood in the manner in which I intend it. Behavior in the way I observe it, with every attempt to be nonjudgmental, is a “product” that each of us generate at any one given moment, that we are ultimately responsible for, in a similar manner that a company would develop their product. The ultimate quality of this product (behavior) is determined by each of us.

So, it’s important for us to consider developing a standard of quality behavior, as well as pointing out the quality of others’ behavior. Behaviors that project kindness, caring, respect, compassion, truth, caretaking, understanding, love, giving, etc., to me are certainly attributes worthy of developing within ourselves. To remain silent on allowing others to be made aware in a respectful manner that their behaviors are being received as hurtful or abusive, because they in turn are hurting themselves would be remiss.

In conclusion, in no way am I suggesting that what I am writing is necessarily simple to achieve, but certainly from my perspective, something worthy of consideration.

Paul Feinberg South Setauket

Northport VA Medical Center has continued the demolition project of Building 1 & 2 at Northport VAMC, a project that has been a focus of attention for many years is getting to conclusion as plan in the last year.

This project demolition is under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

A top-down approach is being followed starting at the roof and demolishing the building level by level with the use of hydraulic excavators equipped with grapple and shear attachments. Building components have been removed in sections and are safely lowered to the ground where they will be further segregated, cleaned, and stored. This process will be repeated level by level as demolition advances. Building debris are been continuously wetted by mechanical or manual methods for dust control. Now that Building 1 structure has been brought down to grade, USACE will begin substructure demolition.

As part of the safety plan, the USACE monitors the air quality with special equipment so no risk of contamination is outside the demolition area. As construction continues, we anticipate more construction equipment on our roads for the upcoming weeks and months that may delay traffic. During the demolition phases, road closures are anticipated, and advance notice will be provided. So far, the process has been smooth and with no impact in Northport operation thanks to the great planning and coordination of our staff and USACE. We all celebrate this major milestone for the future of Northport VAMC. Again, thank you for your understanding and cooperation with this and so many projects that we have concurrently happening on our grounds.

Northport VA Medical Center

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Applying the lessons from secondhand smoke to the current COVID reality

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ears ago, restaurants had smoking and non-smoking sections. Airlines reserved parts of the plane for people who smoked and those who didn’t.

How, after all, were people addicted to nicotine supposed to get through a meal or a plane ride, especially one that could take hours, without lighting up?

Society knew back then that smoking was harmful for the smoker.

We knew that each person ran the risk of lung, mouth and throat cancers, among others, D. None from inhaling the of the above toxins in cigarettes.

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF Slowly, we also started to learn about the dangers of second-hand smoke. People who didn’t light up cigarettes and cigars couldn’t simply move away from that smoke, especially

if they were in the same house, the same car, or even, for several hours, on a plane together.

Over time, health officials started to piece together the kind of information that made it clear that non smokers needed protection.

Slowly, restaurants and planes banned smoking. And yet, despite the years of nosmoking policies on planes, the flight attendants or the videos we watch before take off include threats about the consequences of disabling or dismantling smoke detectors in bathrooms.

We also knew, at great cost, that drinking and driving was enormously problematic. People getting behind the wheel after having a few drinks at dinner or while watching a sporting event with their buddies risked the lives of those in their own car, as well as anyone else unfortunate enough to be on the road at the time.

Groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Students Against Drunk Driving came together to fight against habits that put others at risk. While drunk driving still occurs throughout the world, the awareness of the dangers of drinking and driving and, probably just as importantly, the vigilance with which

police forces cracked down on people while they were driving impaired has helped to reduce the threat. In 2018, alcohol-impaired driving fatalities was 3.2 per 100,000, which is a drop of 65% since 1982, according to Responsibility.org.

Drunk driving remains a public health threat, with advertisements encouraging people not to let friends drive drunk and organizations like MADD continuing to fight to reduce that further.

While risking the potential for false equivalence, the current pandemic presents similar challenges, particularly regarding wearing masks. Yes, masks are a nuisance and we thought we were done with them, particularly in the early part of the summer when the infection rate declined and vaccinations increased.

With the Delta variant raging throughout the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends masks for anyone indoors and for those in larger, outdoor settings, regardless of their vaccination status.

Now, living without a mask and drinking or smoking are not the same. Drinking and smoking are riskier activities adults engage in

and that are not a basic necessity, like breathing.

At the same time, however, people opting not to wear masks because they don’t want to or because that was so 2020 are risking more than their own health. They are sharing whatever virus they may have, in some cases with people whose health might be much more at risk.

When I’m sweating at the gym, I find the masks uncomfortable and distracting. I do, however, continue to wear them because they are a way to protect other people in the room.

I hope I don’t have COVID-19, but I can’t be sure because I have been vaccinated and I could be an asymptomatic carrier.

Students, many of whom can’t receive the vaccine, are better off learning at school than at home or, worse, in a hospital bed. If you’re not wearing a mask for you, consider putting one on for everyone else.

Together, we can and will get through what seems like a viral sequel no one wanted. Until there’s a better way, consider wearing a mask to protect others. If people could do it during the Spanish Influenza in 1918 and 1919, we can do it, too.

Cautionary words for older adults ... and the rest of us

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n advertiser was chatting with me the other day and mentioned that he was going down to South Carolina for his father’s surprise 80th birthday. “It’s going to be a surprise for him?” I asked, clenching my teeth. “Totally,” he said with a big smile.

“My brother and his wife and children are coming from St. Louis, my sister and her family from Denver, nieces and nephews from California. We haven’t been together like that in a long time.”

I was quiet. “What’s wrong?” he asked, Between noticing the pause. “Oh, you and me it sounds wonderful to

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF be with family and at such a terrific occasion,” I answered. “But ...”

“Yes?” he encouraged. “May I tell you a quick story?” I asked. He nodded. I proceeded to share the following.

We were once invited to a surprise birthday party that a good friend was giving for her husband. She left the basement door open for us all to gather while the couple finished dinner upstairs. After some minutes, she quietly slinked down the carpeted stairs, and in a stage whisper told us that her husband had fallen asleep on the sofa, so she was going to call to him to come down. When he did, she suggested, we could then yell “Surprise!” She also had some sparklers that she would set off as he began his descent.

There were probably 30 of us in the basement, and we eagerly agreed.

“Honey!” she yelled. Then louder, “Honey!!!”

“Uh, what?” came the groggy response.

“Come downstairs! Now!” “Coming!” he yelled back, and as we readied ourselves, we could hear his footsteps above rushing to the stairs. The sparklers started to go off.

Then there was a thud. Another thud. And to our

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growing horror, we realized he was falling down the steps. We waited helplessly until he landed in full view on his bottom, his trousers around his ankles. Someone weakly yelled “surprise.”

He slowly looked around his basement at all our faces, as the last of the sparklers subsided, then at his wife. who seemed suddenly stricken.

“What the hell….?” He had opened his pants belt and top button after a sumptuous birthday dinner, and when he jumped up from the couch, they had dropped to his feet, tripping him as he reached the head of the stairs.

It was at this point that my husband leaned over and whispered in my ear, “Promise you will NEVER make me a surprise party!”

Our friend did survive his unexpected celebration and went on to enjoy many more unsurprising birthday parties, but then he was only 40 at the time. Imagine if he had been 80.

Then again, I give further evidence that surprise parties can boomerang even at a younger age. My middle son was turning 16, and a couple of his friends secretly came to me

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to ask if they could stage a surprise party at our house. I enthusiastically joined in the plot. They would leave school early and beat my son home.

Quickly they would decorate the living room, which was not immediately observable from the entryway and hide there until he arrived, ready to greet him.

All went according to plan. My son came in the door, said “hello,” dropped his heavy backpack on the floor and continued into the house. His buddies jumped out from the living room doorway as he walked past and yelled “Surprise!” at the top of their lungs.

He stopped in his tracks, turned pale, teetered for a moment, then ran for the bathroom sink and threw up. It definitely put a damper on the occasion.

The advertiser had listened to my stories, then said he would prepare his father somewhat by telling him that something nice was going to happen shortly. It wouldn’t exactly ruin the surprise but would relieve a little of the shock. I look forward to hearing how it all went.

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