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The Mount Sinai Heritage Trust held a food drive two Saturdays in a row, April 19 and 26, bringing in over 300 people dropping off north of approximately 3,000 items. The food is being donated to multiple places, including the Welcome Friends Soup Kitchen in Port Jeff, St. Anthony’s R.C. Church in Rocky Point, and VIBS, a Suffolk-based outreach group that supports women and children involved in domestic abuse situations.

“We’re an integral part of the community, and we do everything we can to support the community,” said Brad Feldman, the Heritage Trust Board vice president. Though they continue outreach, Feldman said the trust and the park is essentially running with no income. The normal fundraisers they host, including the Fling into Spring Carnival and even smaller events like the Easter event and comedy show had to be postponed. The trust is looking for additional volunteers and is accepting donations during this time. People interested can email contact@ heritagetrustmail.org.

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County Coronavirus has Outsized Impact on Communities of Color in Suffolk BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Black and Latino communities have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, and on Long Island where communities are as segregated as they are, much of it comes down to geography. COVID-19 cases in Suffolk County have an identifiable curve. Data on maps provided by Suffolk County show a darkening red on a path rolling from the eastern end of the Island toward the west, homing in on the western center of the Island â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wyandanch, Brentwood and Huntington Station. In such areas, data also shows, is also where many minority communities live. Data from New York Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Health maps shows the coronavirus has disproportionately harmed black and Latino communities. Brentwood in particular has shown 3,473 cases, or nearly 55 per 1,000 persons. New York State Education Department data shows the Brentwood school district, as just an example, is nearly 85 percent Latino and almost 10 percent black. Huntington Station, another example of a location with large black and Latino populations, has just over 1,000 cases, or 33 persons per 1,00 have the virus. As testing continues, those numbers continue to grow. Though data showing the numbers of COVID-19 deaths is out of date, numbers from New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Covid tracker website show the percent of black residents who died from the virus was 12 percent, higher than the 8 percent share of the overall Suffolk population. For Latino residents, the fatality percent was 14 percent, lower than their population of 19 percent. While whites make up 81 percent of the population, their proportion of residents confirmed with the virus is only 64 percent. If the white population were suffering the same proportionate death ratio higher than their overall population, then dozens more white people would have already perished from COVID-19. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not surprised by the information given,â&#x20AC;? said Brookhaven town Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station).

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact that Covid seems to prey on the most vulnerable â&#x20AC;Ś we need to be testing as much as possible, we need to be tracing, we need to make sure once we get that under control, we need to make sure people get treated.â&#x20AC;?

Either they were effectively let go, or they are working in jobs that if they tried to take time off, they would be out of a job. Instead, such workers, even in what has already been deemed â&#x20AC;&#x153;nonessential business,â&#x20AC;? are still going to work even in places where workers have already gotten sick. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were receiving calls of jobs they know the workplace has been infected, they continue to ask employees to come to work,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the option to say no, because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re basically forcing them and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to lose their jobs.â&#x20AC;? A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in early April found approximately 41 percent of Latinos have lost their jobs since the start of the pandemic, compared to just 24 percent white and 32 blacks being laid off or furloughed. This jives with research showing about 50 percent of people on the lower income scale have either lost their job or had to take a pay cut. Many who relied on their jobs to support their families have now lost them completely, and since many are undocumented, they have no access to any kind of federal assistance. In homes that are often multigenerational and cramped, workers out on the front lines come home and have very little means of sequestering themselves. SEPA Mujer also advocates for women in vio-

The COVID Hot Zones

Toward the beginning of April, Suffolk County established three â&#x20AC;&#x153;hot spotâ&#x20AC;? testing centers in Wyandanch, Brentwood and Huntington. Those sites quickly established a higher rate of positive cases compared to the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other sites, especially the testing center at Stony Brook University. A little more than a week ago, such hot spot sites were showing 53 percent of those tested were positive. On Tuesday, April 29, that number dropped slightly to 48 percent hot spot positive tests compared to 38 percent for the rest of the county. Though such testing centers didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t arrive until more than a month into the crisis, county leadership said plans for such sites developed as data slowly showed where peak cases were. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we started working with the IT department to find the addresses where these cases were, Southold was leading,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Gregson Pigott, the Suffolk Department of Health Services commissioner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then Huntington Station became the hot spot. Then Brentwood became the leader in cases, and to this day Brentwood has the most cases.â&#x20AC;? Suffolk County has also started plans for recovery after things finally start to open up. The Recovery Task Force is being headed by multiple partners, including Vanessa Baird Streeter, an assistant deputy county executive. The task force will need to provide aid, but Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) said there needs to be emphasis on addressing the glaring inequities, and put an emphasis on â&#x20AC;&#x153;coming back stronger.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no question the issue is we know there have been disparities,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The crisis like this is only going to exacerbate those issues and have those disparities grow.â&#x20AC;? But as it became clear to officials the virus was greatly impacting the majority of minority communities harder than others, said communities were watching day by day how the virus was upending

Suffolk County health services commissioner Gregson Pigott shares COVID facts in Spanish online April 8. Photo from Facebook video

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At 8:20 (20:20 military time) on Friday, May 1, districts will be turning on the lights and score board of their school football fields. The event is supposed to celebrate the sports teams in their 2020 season, with several schools planning live streams including comments from coaches. In addition to several videos that coaches and students have put together, homes throughout the Shoreham-Wading River Central School District are displaying ‘Home of a Wildcat Senior 2020’ lawn signs to share in the school spirit. The district is also promoting the NYSPHSAA Mental Health Awareness Week from May 4-8 with social media messages. Plans are also in progress to honor all athletes at the annual athletic awards event which will be held virtually in the coming weeks. “Our coaches are in contact with our athletes to help to maintain optimistic attitudes and keep physically active during this time,” said SWR Director of Physical Education, Health, Athletics and Nurses Mark Passamonte. Indeed, practicing at home has become the new norm. Players have taken videos and pictures of themselves in their workouts and practices and posted such things to their coaches and teammates in phone messages and online. But beyond the spring season, many still SPRING SPORTS Continued on A6

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High School seniors are normally under a lot of pressure come their last year of classes. It’s a time where students have to be thinking about where they want to go after graduation, what they want to do, all mixed in with a sense of finality to their grade school careers. For students involved in sports, it means the last season and the last chance they will have to take their team to county championships or maybe even states. Then on April 22, Section XI made the announcement cancelling the spring sports season. “After much discussion and consideration, the Athletic Council of Suffolk County has voted unanimously to cancel the spring sports season for 2020 at all levels,” Tom Combs, the Section XI executive director wrote in a statement. “The decision was not an easy one to make, however in what the world is experiencing at this time, it is the most prudent decision to make.” With the cancellation of the spring sports season due to the ongoing pandemic, those same students now see any hopes of making it to playoffs dashed. Some teams, like the Ward Melville baseball team, might have been looking at their best season yet after making it to Suffolk Coun-

cision was “totally out of their control.” Though he and other athletic directors understood why it was done. “At the end of the day, it’s very important because people are losing their lives, their jobs and the list goes on and on, “ Reh said. Mount Sinai girls lacrosse head coach Al Bertolone said his team has been “training every day since school closed,” and that he hosts video meetings with the team and individual groups daily. Though the news was hard, Bertolone said they had already participated in SWR Senior Xavier Arline, then a junior, plays a car parade that ran past Mather in a game against Mount Sinai last May. and St Charles hospitals, which The two teams will not get a chance for a included the entire varsity team, rematch this year. File photo by Bill Landon parents, a fire truck, local police and some alumni as well. ty championships last year. “As far as we are concerned the games might “Though we lost in the Suffolk County championship, the juniors were a big reason why they have been canceled but our team is still going got there in the first place,” said Ward Melville strong,” he said. They are planning another car parade for Sebaseball coach Lou Petrucci. “When we heard the news I talked to all the captains, and we talked to nior Day, May 14. Charles Delargey, the director of PE, health the seniors and juniors. They’re upset, but the spin we have to put on it is every time you play a base- and athletics at the Rocky Point school district, said the girls lacrosse team hosted a senior paball team you have to play it like it’s your last.” Scott Reh, the Mount Sinai director of athlet- rade for their 10 seniors last Saturday, and the ics, echoed the sentiment that the decision is go- boys lacrosse has plans to do something similar ing to most impact seniors, who he said the de- this weekend.

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son Playing the Game and Living Life: The Strovink Story BY RICH ACRITELLI DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

“As a major league scout for over 38years and the last 18 for the New York Mets, the Strovink family is without a doubt the finest players and people that I ever scouted.” So said longtime baseball scout Larry Izzo, who watched some of the best talent to emerge from Long Island to play in the major leagues. Izzo wrote the earliest scouting reports on Houston Astros Hall of Famer Craig Biggio from Kings Park, career hitter and Smithtown native Frank Catalanotto and over the last couple of years Ward Melville talent and pitcher Stephen Matz of the New York Mets. Izzo repeated several times how wonderful his relationship was with the Strovink family from Rocky Point over the last several decades. Armed with the ability to hit the ball over many different fences and a trademark smile, Eric Strovink and his two boys, Brennan and Kyle, always present a natural passion and respect for this game. As a kid growing up in the 1980’s, it was likely that when you read the local papers and Newsday about the prominent players in Suffolk County, Eric’s name was a constant presense. During his first season playing the game, he only made contact once and it seemed as if baseball might not be the sport for Eric, but through the guidance of his father who coached his earlier teams and a strong determination, Eric began hitting the ball consistently and became a feared player on the local fields and teams of Wading River. His talent was noted when Eric as a fifth grader hit a homerun 325 feet in a game. His father was not originally tied to the game, but he went to work at an early age, was an ROTC army officer after he graduated from college and was a noted photographer and film maker that worked on projects for Brookhaven National Laboratory and Grumman. But his father loved the game and believed in the importance of analyzing baseball statistics. It was this aspect of the game which allowed Eric to identify his own strengths and weaknesses and for him to closely watch the opposing pitchers. He also learned about the unique way of harnessing “visualization” from his dad, who taught his son how to properly concentrate about future playing situations. Eric always credited the devotion of his father for helping prepare him for the most stressful games. Always smiling, this 50-year-old physical education teacher from Mount Sinai School District vividly recalled his earliest moments of success on the diamond as if it just happened. After his varsity game was over, it was observed by his coach, mentor and friend Sal Mignano during an at-bat junior varsity game in Easthampton the explosive potential that Eric held. He was amazed at the past ability of the then-13-year-old to hit a homerun that com-

The Strovink family, including, from left to right, youngest son Kyle, dad Eric and oldest son Brennan. Photo by Christine Strovink

pletely surprised the older members of the varsity team. Mignano marveled at the strength of his former player and the extensive knowledge and motivation that Eric held in his early years. As a junior, Eric’s batting average was .465, where he drove in 45 runs and batted in and hit another nine homeruns. During his senior year, his average climbed to .516, and while pitchers attempted to throw around him, he was continually on base. He was a three-time all league, two-time all-county, featured as a Daily News all-star and was an all-state player. Along the way, he guided his team to many winning seasons in league, county, and capped it by achieving a New York State Championship title in 1987. Eric recalled the benefits of the visualization that his father taught to him and the lessons his good friend Keith Osik taught him about where they saw themselves in pressure game time situations. Izzo recalled Eric’s father and believed that “he was one of the kindest and sincerest parents that was extremely supportive, and he could always be seen taking pictures at the games with a high-powered camera.” Always with a genuine manner, Eric laughed that he was not even the best player within his own household. For a time, Osik lived with his family and he is considered a brother to Erik and an uncle to the Strovink kids. Osik was a phenomenal athlete and a dominant pitcher that was recognized as the best baseball player in Suffolk County through the Yastrzemski Award winner, while Eric was the runner up. These players were a dynamic hitting duo that saw Osik constantly reach base and Strovink drive him home numerous times during a game. Osik played at Louisiana State University and was later a professional ball player for several years with the Pittsburg Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, and Baltimore Orioles. Both Osik and Eric’s hitting skills tormented the best pitchers in state. Eric also demonstrated his athletic presence as a feared Suffolk County Wrestling Champi-

on at 215 pounds. Although he did not wrestle until the sixth grade, Eric held his own against all-state and national wrestlers like that of Adam Mariano from Comsewogue High School. And when he was not playing sports, Eric was a devoted thespian within his school’s drama program. He performed in an arousing performance as Tybolt in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Eric was motivated to further his baseball career in college where he garnered interest from the powerhouses of Clemson, Georgia Southern, Nebraska and North Carolina State. When a scout from Louisiana State University watched Osik during a high school game, Erik showed his own skills by hitting three homeruns. In 1988, this powerful tandem left the to play baseball within the deep south in Louisiana. At college, Eric was amazed about the vast amount of instruction that was given to each player through every part of this game. Always a student of this game, Eric always absorbed the intricacies of baseball information from this college and when he was an instructor for Mignano’s clinics and camps. For years as a coach, he constantly presented tidbits of wisdom to his players. “You can learn more baseball tips in one practice from Eric, compared to what others learn in a season,” Said Rocky Point’s athletic director Charlie Delargy. At LSU, he became good friends with pitchers Ben McDonald who played seven years for the Baltimore Orioles, and Russ Springer, a pitcher for 18 years who played for 13 different teams that included the New York Yankees. As Eric enjoyed attending LSU, he had to leave school and play closer to home. It was a hard time for him, as his mother was diagnosed with cancer and he wanted to be near his family. While he was dealing with this sickness, he played for a junior college in New Jersey and eventually made it to C.W. Post in Brookville. This was a bittersweet moment for him, as he dealt with the sickness of his beloved mother,

Eric once again excelled in front of local fans by hitting 17 homeruns and driving in 50 runs to help his team win their conference. This was a painful time for Eric, while he played well, his mother passed away after a battle with cancer. While he dealt with this heavy loss, it was Izzo that wrote the scouting report on Eric that allowed him to be signed by the Texas Rangers to a free agent contract. Leaving CW Post and Wading River, Eric was sent to Port Charlotte, Florida. He earned $850 a month, lived with several different teammates and was a “starving” rookie within this league. Eric was on the field with ball players that were just drafted and were rehabbing from injuries. His time with this organization came to an end after the following spring training, after it was explained to Eric that while he was a solid player, he might not have the chance to reach the major leagues. With baseball behind him, he returned home to finish his college education, to coach wrestling at Shoreham-Wading River and to work for his father. By May 29, 1994, he married his high school sweetheart Christine and they looked to start a family of their own. Resembling his father, Brennen Strovink was also a dynamic figure within the Rocky Point High School baseball and wrestling teams. Always armed with a big smile and a can-do attitude, this 2014 graduate of Rocky Point was a three-year starter on the varsity team. Brennan immediately made his mark as a sophomore who attained a .370 average and led the county with six homeruns. As a senior, Brennen was a finalist for the Yastrzemski Award, and he was named most valuable player for his league. Many teachers and coaches enjoyed having Brennen in their classes, club’s and teams. These warm thoughts were echoed by his former baseball coach Andrew Aschettino, who said he was a “larger than life personality and incredible role model. My kids simply look up to him and I can’t think of someone better in that role.” Like his father, he was an aggressive wrestler who enjoyed the competitiveness of this sport. During his junior year, he took first place as a heavy weight in his league and was the runner-up as a sophomore. He wrestled extremely well through the difficult Eastern States Tournament where he placed sixth in the contest. While he established himself as one of the premier heavy weights, Brennan was unable to reach his goal of possibly being a county champion because of a necessary back surgery. As an all-state baseball player, Brennan received a scholarship from Division I Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. He was excited to hit against some of the best college pitchers in the nation, but after a year, Brennan suffered another back injury that led to a second surgery. Brennan had to stop playing baseball and for a STROVINK Continued on A6

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Continued from A5 brief time he came home and attended Suffolk Community College. At this moment, his grandfather believed that his lefthanded hitting grandson had the chance to change his luck by hitting righty. In an amazing accomplishment, Brennen resurrected his college career by learning how to hit from the right side of the plate. With his best friend Joseph Zabbara who was a college baseball player who was recovering from a serious arm injury, both young men had the opportunity to suit up for Hudson Valley Community College. With a positive mindset that enabled him to become a switch hitter, that old feeling of consistently making contact returned to Brennan as he attained an over .300 batting average. In a short period of time, his confidence returned, and he again faced pitching from the left side. When this happened, Brennan in his first eleven hitting lefty, he was on base with eight hits. Once this rejuvenation occurred, both Brennan and Joseph hit the road again as they enrolled into Limestone College in Gaffney, South Carolina. During his first at-bat for this school, he hit a homerun and was a fixture in the lineup as a first baseman and a designated hitter. Although he was in a different atmosphere, Brennan was nagged by reoccurring back injuries that made him make the permanent decision to stop playing. Always with a positive demeanor, Brennan was pleased with his time at Limestone where he was able to become a first base coach and attain a degree in physical education. Finally, Kyle is the youngest Strovink to continue the family tradition of playing this game hard and doing it with a smile. Like his dad and brother, Kyle was a dominant varsity player during the extent of his high school years. As a capable catcher, Izzo stated Kyle has a “major league arm” to quickly prevent base runners from stealing bases. With grit and determination, he handled the pitchers and challenges of this strenuous position. Like the two elder Strovink’s, he was a fierce competitor that opposing pitchers struggled to get out. As a sophomore, Kyle hit .392 with two homeruns. As a junior, his average climbed to .429 with four homeruns and eight doubles, and while he batted .349 as a senior, he was playing with a broken hand. Kyle was Rocky Point’s first All-American and one of his proudest moments was playing in front of a thousand local fans in the semi-finals set against Shoreham-Wading River. During the winter months, Kyle, like his brother and father, was a tough wrestler. Unlike the other males in his household, Kyle wrestled only for one full year and still he placed second in his league at 195 pounds. Though he had limited experience, Kyle pinned two all-county wrestlers during his senior year. Longtime assistant wrestling coach and a state champion Billy Coggins was always pleased with the progress. “Kyle was a rare athlete that you could plug into any sport and he would find a way

to succeed. He was an important factor that helped our team secure a county championship,” Coggins said. Always with a big smile, Kyle was the President of the Rocky Point Varsity Club where he made two speeches for the 9/11 and Veterans Day programs. This genuine young man shook the hands of the rescue workers, veterans and alumni and thanked them for their service to our nation. Like his brother, Kyle had the plans to play at Lamar University, but he decided to play at a junior college in Douglas, Arizona near the Mexican border. Kyle played in excessive, dry heat of 110 degrees — vastly different from the conditions at Rocky Point. At Cochise College, Kyle was 2,500 miles from home, and he wanted to transfer to play at the east coast school of the University of South Carolina at Lancaster. Right away, he enjoyed his head coach that still calls Kyle during special moments and holidays. After playing extremely well, Kyle was offered a scholarship to play ball at Limestone, where he was reunited with his older brother Brennan. Again, Kyle demonstrated his ability to hit with a commanding .308 average and he eventually became the clean-up hitter for this team through a shortened season due to the COVID-19 virus. At Limestone, Kyle continued to demonstrate his catching prowess in throwing out opposing runners through his impressive arm strength. During a pro-day scouting program, it was estimated that Kyle had an extremely quick release from home plate to second base that was only 1.8 seconds. Izzo was not surprised about this catcher’s abilities and he believes that Kyle is a “special player.” While Kyle has lost part of his season, he is pleased to be spending time with his family. Looking at the Strovink’s, it is easy to see why people are always drawn to their good will. Every year Kristine Strovink organizes a team community service trip to a soup kitchen, she helps run the Live Like Susie fundraiser baseball game against Mount Sinai and serves the team an annual breakfast. While this family is led by these likable big men, Eric credits the devoted role that his wife and daughter Katie play in running their household. Retired social studies teacher Brooke Bonomi loved to joke with the boys and talk sports with them on a regular basis. As the teacher that created the Live Like Susie Kindness Award Night, Bonomi enjoyedStrovink’s participation to help honor the character of Rocky Point High School students through the outstanding memory of Susie Facini. Bonomi glowingly stated that the “spirit of happiness runs deep in each Strovink. Their good cheer always inspires others to become better people.” Similar feelings towards this North Shore family has also been described the by the decades of respect that Izzo holds within these local ball players. This long-time major scout sums up the make-up of this family whom he considers to be the absolute best, saying “the way you play the game, is the way you’ll live life.” Rich Acritelli is a social studies teacher at Rocky Point High School and an adjunct professor of American history at Suffolk County Community College.

COMMUNITIES OF COLOR Continued from A3 lent domestic situations, and Maffei said its crisis hotline phone has been ringing daily. Bellone has told reporters the incidents of domestic violence are up 3.5 percent from early to mid April. At issue is the immigrant community’s trust in local government and law enforcement, and that same government’s ability to get the life-saving and virus-mitigating information to them. The hot spot testing centers now include Spanish-speaking translators, at least one per each, according to Pigott. Bellone also announced, working with nonprofits Island Harvest and Long Island Cares, they are providing food assistance to visitors at the testing sites. Brentwood is already seeing those activities, and Wyandanch will also start providing food April 30. When the first hot spot site opened in Huntington Station, Maffei said she had clients who were struggling to schedule an appointment. Though she suspects it has gotten better with more sites opening up in western Suffolk, true help to the community should come in the form of facilitating access to information. “We’re trying to do the best we can, but a lot of people don’t have access to the internet, don’t have Facebook,” Maffei said. Pigott related the county is providing multi-language information via their website and brochures at the testing sites, but community advocates argue there is a demand for such details of where people can get tested and how they can prevent infection, straight into the hands of people, possibly through mailings or other mass outreach.

How Minority Communities are Vulnerable

Medical and social scientists, in asking the first and likely most important question, “why?” said the historic inequities in majority minority populations are only exacerbated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Dr. Johanna Martinez, a physician with Northwell, is in the midst of helping conduct a research project to work out the variables that are leading to how the pandemic has deepened and exacerbated existing inequities. “It’s not something biological that is different between black and Latino people. It really is the historical inequities, like racism, that has led to the patients being marginalized,” Martinez said. “It is most closely linked to social determinants.” The links are plain, she said, in socioeconomic

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question what will happen in the summer, fall and winter. All agree it’s still too early to tell. For students participating in college sports, the National College Athletic Association said students graduating in spring will be eligible for collegiate scholarships as long as they still meet the course number requirements and show a 2.3 or higher GPA in those courses. The

status, level of education, the general neighborhood, and perhaps most importantly, one’s access to health care. Immigrant communities are especially likely to lack insurance and easy communication with doctors. It’s hard for one to know if one’s symptoms should necessitate a hospital visit if one also doesn’t have a doctor within phone’s reach. It also means an increased spread of the virus and a potential increased load on hospitals. “If you’re uninsured, the place where you’re going to get health care from is the emergency room,” the Northwell doctor said. “Right now, we’re trying to use telemedicine, but if you don’t have an established primary care doctor, you don’t have the ability to speak to the doctor of the symptoms you’re having and if this is something you can stay home for or go to the hospital.” Current data released by New York State has mostly been determining age, as its wellknown vulnerable people include the elderly, but Martinez’ data is adjusting for other things like comorbidities. Data shows that diabetes, hypertension and obesity put one at a higher risk for COVID-19-related death, and studies have shown poorer or communities of people of color are at higher risk for such diseases. “It’s almost like a double whammy,” she said. “It’s something that makes them even more vulnerable to a very serious disease.” Housing is also a factor. Once one leaves the hospital, or on recommendation from a doctor, it’s easy to tell people who are showing symptoms to isolate a certain part of the house, but for a large family living in a relatively small space, that might just be impossible. Whether Suffolk’s numbers detailing the number of confirmed COVID patients is accurate, Martinez said she doubts it, especially looking at nationally. Newsday recently reported, upon looking at towns’ death certificates compared to New York’s details on fatalities, there could be many more COVID deaths than currently thought. “We need more testing to see the prevalence in certain communities,” she said. Cartright, who works as a civil rights attorney, said these factors are what the government should be looking at as the initial wave of COVID-19 patients overall declines. “We know black people are dying at a disproportionate rate,” she said. “We need to look at how many people are living in the same household, how many people actually have health care, how many are undocumented who were scared of going to the emergency room. There are so many factors we need to be able to take a look at.” NCAA’s evaluations will not look at separate reviews of spring or summer distance learning during COVID-19 closures. The question whether the coronavirus will impact sports in summer and fall is still up in the air, but with coaches not even aware if students will be back in school by the end of May, that question is leaning heavy on the minds of school athletics. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said April 24 he would later be announcing whether schools would remain closed, but as of press time has not yet made the decision.

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LEGALS Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District 118 North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education, Mount Sinai U.F.S.D., Mt. Sinai, New York (in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law) hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on the following equipment, supplies and services: ARMED/UNARMED GUARD SECURITY BID #2020/21-2 Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained via email request to sreh@mtsinai.k12. ny.us. Bids will be received by fax 631-473-0905 or by mail to Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Attn: Business Office, 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766 until 9: 00 am on May 8, 2020 at which time and place all bids will be opened. Board of Education reserves the right to reject all or to accept part of any bid. Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education. By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 527 4/30 1x vbr Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District 118 North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, hereby invites sealed bids for: Electrical Contracting Bid

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com #2020/2021-7 Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained via email request to sreh@mtsinai.k12. ny.us. Bids will be received by fax 631-473-0905 or by mail to Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Attn: Business Office, 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766 until 10:15 am on May 8, 2020 at which time and place all bids will be opened. Board of Education reserves the right to reject all or to accept part of any bid. Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education. By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 528 4/30 1x vbr Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District 118 North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, hereby invites sealed bids for: Masonry Labor Bid #2020/21-8 Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained via email request to sreh@mtsinai.k12. ny.us. Bids will be received by fax 631-473-0905 or by mail to Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Attn: Business Office, 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766 until 10: 30 am on May 8, 2020 at which time and place all bids will be opened. Board of Education reserves the right to reject all or to accept part of any bid.

Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education. By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 529 4/30 1x vbr Notice to Bidders of Commercial and Industrial Companies for Professional Services for the Mt. Sinai School District NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, hereby invites sealed bids for : PRINTING SERVICES BID #2020/21-9 Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained via email request to lkrulder@mtsinai. k12.ny.us. Bids will be received by fax 631-473-0905 or by mail to Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Attn: Business Office, 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766 until 10:45 am on May 8, 2020 at which time and place all bids will be opened. Board of Education reserves the right to reject all or to accept part of any bid. Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education. By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 530 4/30 1x vbr Board of Education

Mount Sinai Union Free School District North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education, Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Mount Sinai, New York (in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law) hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on the following equipment: MOUNT SINAI ATHLETIC (Field Maintenance) PAINT BID #2020/21-1 (ALL BIDS MUST CONFORM TO EXISTING ORDERS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL REQUIRED DESIGN AND COLORS TO EXACTLY MATCH OUR EXISTING INVENTORY. NO SUBSTITUTIONS) Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained via email request to sreh@mtsinai.k12. ny.us. Bids will be received by fax 631-473-0905 or by mail to Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Attn: Business Office, 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766 until 9:15 am on May 8, 2020 at which time and place all bids will be opened. Board of Education reserves the right to reject all or to accept part of any bid. Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education. By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 531 4/30 1x vbr Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The Board of Education, Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Mount Sinai, New York (in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law) hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on the following equipment: MOUNT SINAI GROUNDS (ASPHALT) MAINTENANCE BID #2020/21-13 (ALL BIDS MUST CONFORM TO EXISTING ORDERS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ( NO SUBSTITUTIONS) Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained via email request to sreh@mtsinai.k12. ny.us. Bids will be received by fax 631-473-0905 or by mail to Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Attn: Business Office, 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766 until 11:45 am on May 8, 2020 at which time and place all bids will be opened. Board of Education reserves the right to reject all or to accept part of any bid. Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education. By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 532 4/30 1x vbr Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education, Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Mount Sinai, New York (in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law) hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on the following equipment: MOUNT SINAI GROUNDS/

FIELD MAINTENANCE BID #2020/21-14 (ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER/PLAYGROUND MULCH) (ALL BIDS MUST CONFORM TO EXISTING ORDERS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ( NO SUBSTITUTIONS) Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained via email request to sreh@mtsinai.k12. ny.us. Bids will be received by fax 631-473-0905 or by mail to Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Attn: Business Office, 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766 until 9:45 am on May 8, 2020 at which time and place all bids will be opened. Board of Education reserves the right to reject all or to accept part of any bid. Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education. By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 533 4/30 1x vbr Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education, Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Mount Sinai, New York (in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law) hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on the following equipment: MOUNT SINAI GROUNDS/ FIELD MAINTENANCE BID #2020/21-3 (TOP SOIL, BALLFIELD CLAY, FINE SAND, ROCK SALT) (ALL BIDS MUST CONFORM TO EXISTING ORDERS UNLEGALS con’t on pg. 8

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 7 LESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ( NO SUBSTITUTIONS) Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained via email request to sreh@mtsinai.k12. ny.us. Bids will be received by fax 631-473-0905 or by mail to Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Attn: Business Office, 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766 until 9:30 am on May 8, 2020 at which time and place all bids will be opened. Board of Education reserves the right to reject all or to accept part of any bid. Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education. By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 534 4/30 1x vbr Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education, Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Mount Sinai, New York (in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law) hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on the following equipment:

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com quest to sreh@mtsinai.k12. ny.us. Bids will be received by fax 631-473-0905 or by mail to Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Attn: Business Office, 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766 until 10:00 am on May 8, 2020 at which time and place all bids will be opened. Board of Education reserves the right to reject all or to accept part of any bid. Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education. By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 535 4/30 1x vbr Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education, Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Mount Sinai, New York (in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law) hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on the following equipment: MOUNT SINAI GROUNDS/ FIELD MAINTENANCE BID #2020/21-14 (SAND SWEEPING W/MATERIAL TO BE DUMPED ON SITE)

MOUNT SINAI ATHLETIC UNIFORMS, EQUIPMENT AND PLAQUE BID #2020/21-5

(ALL BIDS MUST CONFORM TO EXISTING ORDERS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ( NO SUBSTITUTIONS)

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Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained via email request to sreh@mtsinai.k12. ny.us. Bids will be received by fax 631-473-0905 or by mail to Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Attn: Business Office, 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai,

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New York 11766 until 12: 00 pm on May 8, 2020 at which time and place all bids will be opened. Board of Education reserves the right to reject all or to accept part of any bid. Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education. By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 536 4/30 1x vbr Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education, Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Mount Sinai, New York (in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law) hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on the following equipment: MOUNT SINAI GROUNDS/ FIELD MAINTENANCE BID #2020/21-15 (STORM DRAIN CLEANING & MATERIAL REMOVAL) (ALL BIDS MUST CONFORM TO EXISTING ORDERS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ( NO SUBSTITUTIONS) Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained via email request to sreh@mtsinai.k12. ny.us. Bids will be received by fax 631-473-0905 or by mail to Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Attn: Business Office, 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766 until 12: 15 pm on May 8, 2020 at which time and place all bids will be opened. Board of Education reserves the right to reject all or to accept part of any bid.

Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education.

Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District 118 North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS

By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK

The Board of Education of the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, hereby invites sealed bids for:

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Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District 118 North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, hereby invites sealed bids for : Sanitation Bid #2020/21-11 Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained via email request to sreh@mtsinai.k12. ny.us. Bids will be received by fax 631-473-0905 or by mail to Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Attn: Business Office, 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766 until 11:15 am on May 8, 2020 at which time and place all bids will be opened. Board of Education reserves the right to reject all or to accept part of any bid. Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education. By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 538 4/30 1x vbr

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Board of Education reserves the right to reject all or to accept part of any bid. Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education. BY ORDER OF THE: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 539 4/30 1x vbr Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District 118 North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, hereby invites sealed bids for : Commercial Irrigation Bid #2020/21-12 Specifications and Bid Forms

may be obtained via email request to sreh@mtsinai.k12. ny.us. Bids will be received by fax 631-473-0905 or by mail to Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Attn: Business Office, 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766 until 11:30 am on May 8, 2020 at which time and place all bids will be opened. Board of Education reserves the right to reject all or to accept part of any bid. Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education. By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 540 4/30 1x vbr Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District 118 North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education, Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Mount Sinai, New York (in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law) hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on the following equipment: IN-CAR DRIVERS EDUCATION Bids will be received by fax 631-473-0905 or by mail to Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Attn: Business Office, 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766, until 12:30 pm May 8, 2020 at which time and place all bids will be opened. Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all or to accept any part of any bid. 542 4/30 1x vbr LEGALS con’t on pg. 9

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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT CHANGE OF BID OPENING DATE Schedule: 21-01 In-Car Drivers Education BID PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED TO OPEN ON May 1, 2020 @ 2:30 P.M. WILL BE POSTPONED. NEW BID OPENING DATE WILL BE AS FOLLOWS: 2:30 P.M. PREVAILING TIME ON MAY 19, 2020 BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED, PUBLICALLY OPENED AND READ ALOUD AT THE ROCKY POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE, 90 ROCKY POINT-YAPHANK RD., ROCKY POINT, NEW YORK. Vendors wishing to publicly view the bid opening must wear a face covering to gain entry. Due to the uncertainty of carrier service, now and in the future, it is strongly encouraged to mail the bid a week before the bid due date or hand deliver the bid on the date due, beginning at 9:00am. The contract documents, including specifications may be requested by emailing the Purchasing Agent at dhoffman@rockypoint.k12. ny.us. Any bid submitted will be binding for SIXTY (60) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to accept that bid which in its judgement is in the best interest of the School District. BY ORDER OF THE: Board of Education Rocky Point Union Free School District At Rocky Point, Town of Brookhaven

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com Suffolk County, New York By: Debra Hoffman Purchasing Agent DATED: April 30, 2020 543 4/30 1x vbr ADVERTISEMENT INVITATION TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Rocky Point Union Free School District at Rocky Point, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York hereby invites sealed bids for: 9:30am Schedule No. : 21-06 Electrical Services 12:30pm Schedule No. : 21-04 Phone System Maintenance 12:45pm Schedule No. : 21-05 District NEC Telephone System-Adds, Moves & Changes 1:00pm Schedule No. : 21-02 Lexmark OEM Toner Cartridges & Supplies 1:30pm Schedule No. : 21-03 Food Service Refrigeration Repair as specified in the contract documents. Bids will be received until the prevailing time posted above, on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at the District Administrative Office, 90 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York 11778, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Vendors wishing to publicly view the bid opening must wear a face covering to gain entry. Bid title should be clearly marked on each envelope, along with the date and time of the bid opening. Due to the uncertainty of carrier service, now and in the future, it is strongly encouraged to mail the bid a week before the bid due date or hand deliver the bid on the date due, beginning at 9:00am. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any

and all bids or to accept that bid which in its judgment is in the best interest of the School District. Any bid submitted will be binding for Sixty (60) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education. The contract documents, including specifications may be obtained between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M., Monday through Friday by emailing the Purchasing Agent at dhoffman@rockypoint.k12.ny.us, beginning Thursday, April 30, 2020. BY ORDER OF THE; Board of Education Rocky Point Union Free School District At Rocky Point, Town of Brookhaven Suffolk County, New York By: Debra Hoffman Purchasing Agent DATED: April 30, 2020 LEGAL ADVERTISING 544 4/30 1x vbr NOTICE TO BIDDERS Public Notice is hereby given that separate sealed bids for 2020 FIRE ALARM SYSTEM REPLACEMENT project will be received until 11:00 AM prevailing time on May 19, 2020 at the Administrative Offices at the ROCKY POINT UFSD, located at 90 ROCKY POINTYAPHANK ROAD, ROCKY POINT, NY 11778, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Contractors wishing to publicly view the bid opening must wear a face covering to gain entry. The work shall be as follows: CONTRACt #1 – FIRE ALARM SYSTEM REPLACEMENT SED # 5 8 - 0 2 - 0 9 - 0 2 - 0 001-014 JOSEPH A. EDGAR SCHOOL 5 8 - 0 2- 0 9 - 0 2- 0 - 0 0 5 - 0 3 2 ROCKY POINT MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL 5 8 - 0 2- 0 9 - 0 2- 0 - 0 0 6 - 0 1 9 FRANK J. CARASITI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Complete digital sets of the Contract documents may be obtained online (with a free user account) as a download for a nonrefundable fee of Forty Nine Dollars ($49.00) at the following website www.jagplanroom. com under ‘public projects’ beginning on May 4, 2020. Optionally, in lieu of digital copies, hard copies may be obtained directly from Island Digital Reprographics 200 Broadhollow Road Suite One Farmingdale New York 11735 (631-753-3000) upon a deposit of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars for each complete set. Checks for deposits shall be made payable to the ROCKY POINT UFSD All bid addenda will be transmitted to registered plan holders via email and will be available at the above referenced websites. Any bidder requiring documents to be shipped shall make arrangements with the printer and pay for all packaging and shipping costs. Plan holders who have obtained hard copies of the bid documents will need to make the determination if hard copies of the addenda are required for their use, and coordinate directly with the printer for hard copies of addenda to be issued. There will be no charge for registered plan holders to obtain hard copies of the bid addenda. The bid deposit shall be refunded to each Bidder only if the plans and specifications are returned, in good condition, with no handwritten notations thereon within (30) calendar days after the bid opening date. All deposits shall be forfeited to the School District after the (30) days have elapsed. ANY PERSON OR CORPORATION WHO FAILS TO SUBMIT A BID SHALL FORFEIT THEIR HARD COPY PLAN DEPOSIT IN ITS ENTIRETY. Each Bidder must deposit, with their sealed bid, security in an amount not less than 10% of the base bid and all Alternate Bids in the proper form subject to the conditions set forth in the Instructions to Bidders (Page 3). Attention of the Bidders is specifically directed to the minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract, as

well as to other provisions set forth in the bidding documents. Bidder will also be required to show, to the satisfaction of the ROCKY POINT UFSD that they are carrying Workers’ Compensation Insurance as required by law and all other Insurance in amounts not less than that specified under the General Conditions. Performance Bonds and Labor/Material Bonds, as called for in the General Conditions are a requirement of each contract. The ROCKY POINT UFSD reserves the right to reject any or all bids submitted, to waive any informality or irregularity in any bid, and/ or to accept any bid in whole or in part and/ or to award or not award the contract, if in the opinion of the ROCKY POINT UFSD, the best interest of the SCHOOL DISTRICT will thereby be served. This invitation is an offer to receive bids for a contract. The successful Bidder will be required to execute a formal contract in the form contained in the Contract Documents. All bids received after the time stated in the Notice to Bidders will not be considered and will be returned unopened to the bidder. The bidder assumes the risk of any delay in the mail or in the handling of the mail by employees of the SCHOOL DISTRICT. Whether sent by mail or by means of personal delivery, the bidder assumes responsibility for having its bid deposited on time at the place specified. Each Bidder shall agree to hold their bid price for (45) days after the formal bid opening. Per Article 8, Section 220 of the New York State Labor Law, every contractor and sub-contractor shall submit to the SCHOOL DISTRICT within (30) days after issuance of its first payroll, and every (30) days thereafter, a transcript of the original payroll record, as provided by this article, subscribed and affirmed as true under penalties of perjury. The SCHOOL DISTRICT shall be required to receive and maintain such

payroll records. The original payrolls or transcripts shall be preserved for (5) years from the completion of the work on the project. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting uncertainty with regard to (a) when the Owner’s schools will be in session during 2020, (b) what restrictions, if any, will be applicable to construction activities in the Owner’s facilities due to State, Federal or Local orders, laws, regulations or rules related to the COVID-19 pandemic (including but not limited to social distancing, cleaning and disinfection requirements) and (c) the duration of any restrictions imposed on construction activities, the Owner may modify the construction schedule set forth in the Contract/Bid Documents. Similarly, restrictions, if any, that will be applicable to construction activities in the Owner’s facilities due to State, Federal or Local orders, laws, regulations or rules related to the COVID-19 pandemic (including but not limited to social distancing, cleaning and disinfection requirements) may cause the Owner to have the construction work commence later than June 27, 2020. By submitting a bid, the Bidder acknowledges and agrees that there shall be no additional compensation paid for schedule modifications caused directly or indirectly by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bidder further acknowledges and agrees that the sole remedy for any schedule modifications or delays caused directly or indirectly by the COVID-19 pandemic shall be an extension of time, if warranted. BY ORDER OF: BOARD OF EDUCATION ROCKY POINT UNON FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 90 ROCKY POINT – YAPHANK ROAD ROCKY POINT, NY 11778 KELLY WHITE DISTRICT CLERK 547 4/30 1x vbr

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SOUNDVIEW ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING Prompt* Reliable* Professional. Residential/Commercial, Free Estimates. Ins/Lic#57478-ME. Owner Operator, 631-828-4675 See our Display Ad in the Home Services Directory

FINE SANDING & REFINISHING Wood Floor Installations Craig Aliperti, Wood Floors LLC. All work done by owner. 28 years experience. Lic.#47595-H/Insured. 631-875-5856

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Editorial Love Thy Neighbor

As the number of COVID-19 cases rise in minority communities at a higher rate than primarily white areas, North Shore residents may think those numbers don’t affect them, but they do. The members of these communities are our co-workers, our restaurant workers, our laborers, our neighbors — whether they live next door or in the next town. The pandemic has made it glaringly obvious many of our society’s problems, among them the disparities minorities face on Long Island. A good deal of information coming out about coronavirus cases shows that black and Hispanic Americans are dying of the disease at rates higher than Caucasians. In Suffolk black residents make up 13 percent of those who have died from the virus and Latinos 14 percent. These numbers are high considering black Americans make up just 8 percent of Suffolk County residents. Latinos are approximately 19 percent of the population, but the number of cases among the immigrant community is likely very undercounted, as crucial information about the virus has had a harder time reaching non-English speakers. Many from these communities work “essential” jobs in service and blue-collar industries, many of which pay a lower income overall. This can lead to poor or no health care, which would hinder someone from visiting a doctor when they become sick. It also means many who would rather stay home lack a choice but to go out and work, potentially bringing the virus home to their families. While Suffolk has identified areas where higher populations are testing positive for COVID-19, and in turn are extending testing in those areas, more can be done for these populations. This virus has reminded us that our health care system needs an overhaul — and that these populations are at greater risk due to higher cases of heart disease and diabetes. While it may be too late to make major changes during this pandemic, there are small things we can do right now. For one, this is no time for one to worry about a person’s immigration status. During a pandemic, as health care professionals and elected officials try to manage the storm, everyone who is currently in the U.S. needs to know they can go to a hospital with no questions asked to receive the care they need. There also needs to be a way to provide alternating housing for those who come down with the virus, whether that means opening up hotel rooms or college dorms. There are many, right here on Long Island, who live in crowded apartments and houses. Situations like those make it difficult for someone to isolate themselves from others to prevent more infections. For those living in houses with multiple generations, this also presents a huge danger to vulnerable populations like the elderly. Personal protective equipment has been in short supply throughout the country, and it’s up to elected officials as well as business owners to ensure that their employees have the proper amount of gloves, masks and other gear to do their jobs. It shouldn’t matter whether they’re on the front lines at hospitals or cleaning bathrooms in a medical facility, serving as home health aides, delivering groceries or working the fields. There is always more we can do for our friends and neighbors. One day this pandemic will pass but let’s hope the lessons we’ve learned, especially about those who have suffered because of inequities, will stick with us and inspire us to do better.

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Letters to the Editor

Bankruptcy of State is Not the Answer The fight against the coronavirus is unlike any battle our county, state and country have ever faced. Our entire way of life flipped on its head seemingly overnight because of a pandemic that swept the globe. That’s why it’s critical we rise to meet this challenge not as Republicans, not as Democrats, but as Americans in a non-partisan manner to deliver for those who need it most. In Suffolk County, everyone in and out of government didn’t just talk the talk, we walked the walk, working to deliver the resources our brave health care and other front line workers need to fight coronavirus on the ground in our communities. In just the last month alone, working with everyone and anyone from the White House to Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D), I’ve worked together with these partners to deliver over 1.2 million pieces of Personal Protective Equipment, including surgical masks, N95s masks, face coverings, gowns and more. Our health care workers are putting their health and safety on the line and have earned nothing less than everything they need to do their jobs safely and effectively. When it comes to allocating federal funding for these hospitals and health care facilities, we must drive appropriated funding to the hardest hit medical providers, like those in New York, and better factor in revenue losses and COVID-19 expenses

when further deciding on funding formulas. Following my direct advocacy to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of HHS started driving CARES Act funding specifically to our hard-hit hospitals., In addition to funding for our local hospitals, Suffolk County received $257 million in federal funding for coronavirus related expenses. As one of the country’s hotspots, this will go a long way in alleviating costs for local government, but there’s more we can do to drive desperately needed funding to our communities. This includes adding flexibility on how this funding is spent in order to help the county government best survive this pandemic. Funding also should be driven directly to smaller local governments as well. Currently, Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Aid is 75 percent federally funded and requires a 25 percent non-federal contribution. This unprecedented time must be matched by an unprecedented commitment from the federal government, and it must cover 100 percent of FEMA Disaster Aid. At a time when our local resources are at a breaking point, the federal government must continue stepping up to the plate. That’s why I’m also advocating for the Department of Treasury and Federal Reserve to expand access to what is called the Municipal Liquidity Facility. The Municipal Liquidity Facility helps

states and localities deal with budgetary stresses caused by the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus, by allowing the federal government to purchase up to $500 billion in short-term notes for these localities. This injection of $500 billion allows states and localities to continue to finance the delivery of essential services for their residents despite current budgetary shortfalls. Currently, a county must have over two million residents to qualify for the Municipal Liquidity Facility, and with Suffolk County’s population currently estimated at 1.5 million, I’m urging the federal government to lower this requirement to over one million residents so Suffolk County can utilize this support. Additionally, as Congress negotiates additional coronavirus response legislation, it’s important to very strongly consider that our states and local governments hardest hit — like we have experienced in the worst way in New York — are desperate for additional federal resources to finish the battle against coronavirus. Bankruptcy is not the answer. Federal support is critical in this effort. Every level of government has continued to work together to deliver for Suffolk County, and we’re not slowing down. Ensuring we continue to partner in a non-partisan manner will ensure we emerge stronger than ever on the other side of this battle. U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1)

In these scary and unprecedented times it is hard to imagine what life will be like once we are able to move freely amongst our peers again. Every day I wake up, trying to remember what day of the week it is, and prepare myself for another day of “distance learning” for both me and my daughter. Together we work on our respective tasks and then we move on to what has become our new routine of playing outside, going for walks, painting and creating uplifting messages to write in chalk at the end of our driveway. Around 11:30 a.m. I prepare myself for Gov. Cuomo’s daily briefing, and I watch and listen intently to what our tireless leader has to share. For those who are too ignorant to grasp the severity and reality of this global pandemic and can only find complaint and ridicule in the length of our state-wide shutdown, I ask you to take a good long look at what is happening in New York. I’m not asking too much, I don’t want you to

acknowledge that this is affecting the entire world, I just want you to glance beyond Trumpian rhetoric and look at the numbers. I want you to recognize that the U.S. has surpassed every country in the world with cases of this horrific virus, that New York has far exceeded the numbers of any other state in our union and that Suffolk County currently has more cases than 45 states. I want every New Yorker, whether a Cuomo fan or not, to yield to the fact that he has handled this situation with nothing less than grace, empathy, intelligence, fortitude, patience and a humanity that is sorely lacking in the current federal administration. Every day we are given a detailed, informative update on our current situation from the man leading our state. He is not trying to punish us or impede upon our rights, he is trying to keep us alive. Yes, our economy is faltering. Yes, our kids are not getting the same level of education that they would receive in

their classrooms. Yes, we can’t go out gallivanting to our hearts’ desires, but we have the capacity to come out of this stronger than ever before. We have fearless health care workers and other essential employees doing the work that I do not envy. They are putting themselves out there so we don’t have to and people would rather complain about being kept home then say thank you, and I’ll see you when it’s safe again. Those who are determined to remain misinformed and oblivious to our reality I ask you to, just once, think about the millions of other people who would like to come out of this on the other side. When the virus is in check, and we can resume some sort of normalcy you can put Fox News back on and enjoy, but for the sake of everyone else, put it on PAUSE, stay home, stop the spread and save lives. New York Tough! Stefanie Werner East Setauket

We Have the Capacity to Come Out of This Stronger

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Opinion

An Interview with an Evasive Subject: Me

am a journalist, which means I know a tiny bit about numerous subjects, but I am out of my depth once the questions dive below the surface. Oh, sure, I can play the journalistic game, where I throw around some terms, but I’m certainly not qualiﬁed to answer the best questions I could ask. Nonetheless, given the quarantine and the difﬁculty of getting people who are D. None informed, funny, or of the above funny and informed BY DANIEL DUNAIEF on the phone these days, I’m going to interview myself about the state of the world. Question: How do you think we’re doing? Answer: Well, that kind of depends. If we’re talking about humans in general, I would say we’re struggling. We were struggling before,

but this virus has pushed us deeper into our struggles. Question: Are we any better off today than we were yesterday or maybe last week or the week before? Answer: Yes, yes we are. Question: Do you care to elaborate? Answer: No, no I don’t. Question: Come on! You can’t just ignore me. I need to know. Answer: No, you don’t. You’ll read what I write and then you’ll move on to the comment section of other articles, where clever people share their witticisms. Question: Wait, how do know about the satisfaction I get out of some of the better comments? Answer: Are you really asking that question? Question: No, let’s get back on topic. If we’re better off today than we were yesterday or last week, will that trajectory continue? If it does, are we going to be able to live our lives with a new normal that’s more like the older normal, or will we have to wear masks and practice the kind of safe distancing

that makes people long for the days when Jerry Seinfeld was annoyed on his show by a “close talker,” who, in the modern era in New York, would probably get a ticket for his close talking habit? Answer: You had to pander with a TV reference, didn’t you? Don’t answer that! Anyway, yes, the trajectory looks better than it did, but there’s no guarantee it won’t change. You see, it’s a little like the stock market. Just because a company’s past performance is solid or impressive doesn’t guarantee anything about its future. Question: Right, right. So, do you think my kids will ever get out of the house again? Answer: You buried that question down low, didn’t you? Well, yes, I think they will return to a version of school that may also be different, but that also has some similarities to what they knew. Question: Oh, good. Wait, so, you don’t really know, do you? Answer: I do know that schools are pushing hard to solve the riddle, the conundrum, the enigma, the total ##$@!$ fest that has

become the modern world. I know that parents the world over would like to go to the bathroom without someone following them into the room. I know that people would like to talk on the phone without worrying that their kids are listening, that people need adult alone time, and that the Pythagorean theorem isn’t going to teach itself. Question: What does the Pythagorean theorem have to do with anything? Answer: It’s out there and it’s on the approved list of things to learn. Are we almost done? Question: Yes, so what do you think about the election? Answer: I think it’ll happen in November and it’ll be an interesting opportunity to exercise our democratic rights. Question: Who do you think will win? Answer: An old man. Question: Which one? Answer: The one who yells at us through the TV. Question: They both do. Answer: Then I’m going to be right.

Two Poets as Bookends for the COVID-19 Months

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t’s May, it’s May, the merry month of May!” according to the Elizabethan poem by Thomas Dekker and then twisted a bit to “lusty month of May” by “Camelot’s” Lerner and Loewe. I’m willing to believe them, if you are, and there are a couple of items of good news that we can celebrate in our war against the novel coronavirus as the month begins. First is the unexpected progress coming from the Between University of Oxyou and me ford toward a vacBY LEAH S. DUNAIEF cine. Despite the earliest hopes for such an effective halt to the COVID-19 pandemic involving a 12 to 18- month timetable,

which would suggest toward the end of 2021, it turns out that scientists at Oxford’s Jenner Institute are way ahead. They have been holding previous clinical trials against an earlier coronavirus that are proving harmless to humans. Having cleared that major hurdle, now they can go to the head of the international race. They will be holding trials involving over 6,000 people with their new vaccine toward the end of the month. Not only do they want to show that the vaccine is safe but also that it works. Then, “with an emergency approval from regulators, the ﬁrst few million doses of their vaccine could be available by September — at least several months ahead of any of the other announced efforts — if it proves to be effective,” according to an article by David D. Kirkpatrick that appeared on the front page of this past Tuesday’s The New York Times. There is evidence from the National Institutes of Health’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana that this new Oxford vaccine may indeed work. It has been in a limited animal trial there and found to protect against COVID-19.

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Other scientists at Oxford “are working with a half dozen drug manufacturing companies across Europe and Asia to prepare to churn out billions of doses as quickly as possible if the vaccine is approved. None have been granted exclusive marketing rights, and one is the giant Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest supplier of vaccines,” according to the Times. The idea of having several is to obtain billions of doses quickly and to avoid anyone making a lot of money from the pandemic. There are a couple of American companies that are also doing research, along the same lines as Oxford, of altering the virus’s genetic material and conducting small clinical trials. They too must demonstrate both safety and effectiveness. The same goes for a Chinese company. Another avenue of defense against COVID-19 is the use of blood plasma from the disease’s survivors on other desperately ill patients. Again, according to another article in Wednesday’s The New York Times by Audra D.S. Burch and Amy Harmon, the treatment may work. This involves ﬁnding survivors, with the same blood type as the ill patient, who will

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then volunteer to donate blood. The plasma in that blood, now termed convalescent plasma, is then injected into the gravely ill patient in order to bolster the patient’s immune system with new antibodies, “giving him more soldiers in his body to ﬁght this war,” said Dr. Leslie Diaz, an infectious disease specialist at the Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center in South Florida where there was such treatment administered. Initially to ﬁnd such a donor, a frantic search was launched on social media that discovered an appropriate donor some 80 miles away. There is now a national program overseen by the Mayo Clinic, with the approval of the Food and Drug Administration, to use this experimental treatment on 2500 patients in U.S. hospitals. It should be said, however, that it is not clear whether having antibodies that are not their own would ultimately help or harm patients. This is only an experimental treatment under study. So as we leave April behind, we should salute the American writer, T. S. Eliot, who began his 1922 landmark poem, “The Waste Land” with the words, “April is the cruelest month.” A hundred years earlier, he knew.

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