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Town SCCC Students to See no Tuition Increase with New Budget Despite the loss of $2.7 million in State aid, there will be no tuition increase for students at Suffolk County Community College, according to the budget adopted by the College’s Board of Trustees on Thursday. The Board adopted a $206 million College operating budget at its monthly meeting for the 2020-21 academic year that includes no tuition increase and represents an $8.2 million reduction in expenses from 2019-20. “Promoting affordability for our students in the face of rising costs, job losses, a faltering economy and uncertainty has not been easy. Our goal has been and remains to maintain affordability and grow the quality of our academic programs, invest in the future, and continue to serve as a premier provider of higher education and workforce training and programs,” said Suffolk County Community College Board Chair E. Christopher Murray. “These goals have been and continue to be top priorities for this Board of Trustees.” College Board of Trustees Budget and Finance Chair Kevin M. O’Connor explained
that a series of fiscal belt-tightening initiatives were implemented including overtime reductions, staff reductions through attrition and not filling vacant lines. O’Connor also said the college would utilize $7 million of reserves to head off any tuition increase. “The board’s plan preserves the college’s core mission of delivering a high-quality, affordable education to students by implementing spending reductions college wide,” O’Connor said. “Raising tuition at this moment would not be in the best interest of our students and the community we serve.” O’Connor said institutional costs were targeted, including utilities, business travel, plant operations and maintenance and other consumables to achieve costs savings. “Keeping college affordable is among our highest priorities,” said Interim College President Louis Petrizzo, “the board has adopted a budget that puts our students’ needs first. This is the time to use reserve funds and they will serve as a bridge to the economic recovery.”
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Heritage Park Hit Hard by COVID-19 BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM During the spring and summer seasons, the community center at Heritage Park in Mount Sinai would see an abundance of residents stopping in to take a break from the park or to join in the plethora of events held there. That all changed with COVID-19, and with no indication on when it can reopen, members of nonprofit Heritage Trust, which oversees the park, say they may need to reinvent themselves in order for them and the center to survive. Victoria Hazan, president of the organization, said right now is usually their busy season at the community center. They would normally have a number of classes, events, parties and receptions held in the building. “We usually have tons of things going on during the week, there’s Zumba, country line dancing, cooking classes, the local church and civic association use the space as well,” she said. “Before COVID-19 we were booked solid through next April.” Renting out the community center space is a major revenue source for nonprofit and it helps pay for other expenses. Without that option, it will be tougher to be able to pay for rent and insurance payments. Since closing in March, the organization has refunded deposits back to planned renters. “Those issues just don’t go away, our insurance on the building is extremely high,” Hazan said. The organization was able to get a threemonth deferment of its mortgage payments, but that ends in July. Another funding avenue that the organization relies on is their regular fundraising events. This year they were unable to put on the annual spring carnival, one of the park’s main fundraising sources. That revenue from the carnival helps them host other events including the Christmas tree lighting and Halloween festival. Given the financial strains from COVID-19, the nonprofit may be forced to change how it operates. This year, the trust was planning to celebrate its 20th anniversary since its inception. Lori Baldassare, the founding director of the organization, said they have looked at consolidating with other local nonprofits, as well as
combining resources and staff. They have talked to North Shore Youth Council about possibly sharing some of the community center space. In addition, members are still trying to find creative ways to host some type of events for the time being. One idea would be a drive-in movie night or a virtual fundraising concert held at the community center, where only performers would be in the building and residents could watch from their homes. “Logistically it would be difficult to pull off but it’s something,” Baldassare said. “The community center fills a void for a lot of people.” The group hopes the community can come to their aid. One of the issues the trust has faced over the years is that residents don’t necessarily know how they operate and mistakenly think the Heritage Park is run by Brookhaven Town or Suffolk County. Brookhaven workers generously supply general maintenance of the baseball field and grass cutting to the park, but the center and playground are owned by the trust, and all other landscaping, such as the flower plantings, are all done by volunteers. Baldassare said it has been a messaging issue but hopes if people learn where the funding comes from and what they’ve been offering to the community, individuals would be willing to make donations. The two agreed that the trust may need to change how they operate post-COVID-19. “I don’t see us coming out the same way we were before coronavirus,” Baldassare said. “We can’t just think nothing will happen, we want to continue to provide a sense of place for the community and I hope we have a path forward to do that.” Hazan is concerned of how the community center will fare once the pandemic and shutdown is over. “I don’t foresee many people being comfortable at a big event like a wedding or reception,” she said. “There will probably be baby steps along the way.” Possible capacity restrictions could be another obstacle for the group. “Not a lot of people are going to want to rent out a place like the center with just limited capacity,” Hazan said. “We’re worried, we’ve worked so hard over the years to get where we are, and I would hate to see it go away.”
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More than 100 protesters, above, lined Veterans Highway in Commack to protest the continued closings of some New York businesses. At the rally, protesters confronted News 12 reporter Kevin Vesey, below right, about his report on the prior May 1 rally in Commack, while a retired dog groomer, below left, brought her dog to share a message. Photos by Rita J. Egan
Reopen NY Proponents Rally Once Again in Commack BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM
Many drivers were honking their horns at the intersection of Veterans Highway and Route 25 in Commack May 14, but it wasn’t due to traffic. More than 100 people rallied in front of the Macy’s parking lot in support of businesses deemed nonessential during the coronavirus pandemic opening up as soon as possible. While many were honking in support of the participants, a couple of drivers yelled disapproving comments out their windows. The Reopen NY rally was the second one to take place at the location this month with the first one held May 1. The May 14 event was posted on the website Meetup by Olivia M. who asked attendees to decorate their cars,
wave their flags and wear patriotic colors. Many held signs with messages such as “My constitutional rights are essential,” “My sons are not lab rats for Bill Gates vaccine” and “Cuomo to businesses: drop dead.” One large dog wore a sign that read, “Dog grooming is essential.” The dog’s owner, Debbie Wilson, who traveled from Freeport, said she was a dog groomer who came out of retirement to take care of some people’s pets. “Dogs need maintenance,” she said. “Grooming dogs is not a luxury. It’s a necessity. For the life of me, I’ll never understand why they shut down dog groomers.” She added it’s important to maintain many dogs’ ears and nails for health reasons and this is done while grooming. During the rally, News 12 Long Island reporter Kevin Vesey was filming participants with his smartphone live on Facebook. He had concluded interviews with his cameraman and was documenting the event for social media. While describing the scene, one woman confronted him saying she noticed he was wearing a mask which she said he didn’t do at the May 1 rally. Vesey responded he did wear a mask last time. The woman was quickly followed by another female, and both had megaphones. The duo was questioning him about his reporting of the May 1 Commack rally saying he was trying to paint the narrative instead of reporting it and said his report prompted people to call the May 1 protesters “murderers.” One man yelled that Vesey was not a real journalist but a “political operative.” As Vesey kept backing up, continuing to film them, about a halfa-dozen people kept following him aggressively, criticizing his reporting
and asking why his job is considered essential and theirs are not. During the verbal confrontation, a few police officers were standing nearby and evaluating the situation. The May 14 rally had a strong police presence, and before it started, an announcement by the Suffolk County Police Department was made to remind participants of the importance of wearing facial masks and social distancing. Across the street, a nurse took in the rally and said she was surprised by how many people participating, especially children who were there, were not wearing masks. “I guess they don’t know anyone who died from this,” she said. After the event, the Setauket Patriots, who were among the organizers, took to Facebook and apologized to Vesey for their fellow
protesters’ behavior. “We can tell you that the few who decided to harass you and try to prevent you from doing your job are not members or affiliated with the Setauket Patriots group in any way, shape or form,” the post read. “We were looking forward to you giving us fair coverage with what you documented when we first arrived. But as with all mass rally events, you will always get a few idiots to disrupt an otherwise peaceful, pleasant demonstration and they should have been removed by police.” At press time, Long Island still had not met the seven health metrics required by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to reopen the region. The state’s pause order was extended until May 28 for regions that didn’t meet the requirements to reopen May 15.
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SBU Infectious Disease Physician Answers Common COVID 19 Questions BY LEAH CHIAPPINO LCHIAPPINO@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The physical, emotional and financial strains that COVID-19 has thrust into our lives has left the average person physically and emotionally exhausted and overwhelmed. There has been a plethora of information for the public to absorb, and it can be bemusing. Dr. Sharon Nachman, chief of Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, answered some general questions about the spread of COVID-19, the future of the pandemic and how we can all stay safe as restrictions are lifted. Can you explain how COVID-19 spreads? COVID-19, like other respiratory viruses, spreads from respiratory secretions. However, it also spreads by touching things that are recently contaminated with respiratory secretions and then touching your face. So, if you sneeze on your hand and touch the doorknob, and if I come by and touch that doorknob and then touch my face, I will spread infection. If you touch the doorknob and don’t touch your face, because say you were wearing gloves and disposed of the gloves, it is unlikely that you will pass infection from your hand, which is clean, by touching the doorknob. Most of us, when we are around someone sick, think opening a window or being outside with them will help to prevent us from being infected. However, the general public has been told to wear masks or to social distance even when outside. Why is this? The idea behind social distancing and wearing masks is cutting down on how much virus theoretically could pass from somebody talking, sneezing or breathing onto another person. The idea of being outside is that there is good air exchanged. You’re not in a closed room, and by keeping 6 feet distance, even if I’m talking loudly and I am getting some virus in my breath, and it’s passing out of my mouth, it’s not getting close enough to you. It’s important to realize there are measures for the population with the idea being, we don’t know who was infected, who is at risk for getting severe disease or has underlying issues. It’s the blanket protection for everybody. There have been some conflicting reports on whether or not the virus can be spread in fresh air after the virus was found in stool stamples. Say somebody is walking down the street and sneezes and the next person is walking down the same street. Are they at risk? Do you believe that the virus is airborne? We know the virus is a respiratory pathogen. What you’re referring to is some people have looked at studies of stool and found pieces of virus in stool. How did it get there? Was it a virus that you swallowed? Was it a virus that went into your GI [gastrointestinal] tract and excreted out from your stool? There are lots of
Dr. Sharon Nachman, chief of Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Photo from Stony Brook Medicine
different hypotheses. No one is saying that the virus that they found in stool is replicating virus. No one is saying that when they took that virus and put it into a viral media, it grew. PCR [polymerase chain reaction] testing is testing for snippets of the virus’ DNA, or in this case RNA [ribonucleic acid]. It’s a good way of saying there was virus there, but it doesn’t translate into “that virus is contagious.” Can you explain how a facial mask helps to slow the spread of the coronavirus? A facial mask is a great barrier between you and the next person. If I’m wearing a mask, and I am infectious and I breathe into my mask, the facial mask is a barrier to prevent the virus from getting past the mask to the next guy. If I am infectious and wearing a mask and you are wearing a mask, the virus is [in theory] not passing my mask. If potentially, the virus is passing my mask, but you are wearing a mask and standing 6 feet away, none of the virus gets from the air to you and from the mask into you. This gives multiple layers of protection. One layer is I have the mask on, the second is we’re standing 6 feet apart, and the third is you’re also wearing your mask. Why is the recommended distance 6 feet? There are lots of interesting studies that have looked at how far these size droplets can spread. Every virus has a storybook to it. A viral particle that is a little heavier, spreads a shorter distance. A viral particle that’s a little lighter can spread out in the airwaves even further. The measles, for instance, can spread up to 60 feet away, and even after you go out of a room, it is still floating around in the room a couple of hours later. This virus is a bit of a heavier a particle, so it drops down quickly and doesn’t stay in the air. Can you explain how someone who is asymptomatic can spread COVID-19? Symptoms and having virus in your nose are not a one-to-one relationship. For example, let’s say I have the flu. I may have a little bit of a runny nose, or nothing, but I go to work and give all of my colleagues, who I’m breathing
close to, the flu. They don’t know where they got it from because they look at me and say, “You had no symptoms, of course you came to work.” COVID-19 is the exact same scenario. We have lots and lots of people who have been infected by the virus and have no idea that they were infected because they are in fact well. This is true for children, as well as adults. More often children are asymptomatic, but we have seen quite a few adults that we’re getting positive testing for that say, “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I feel fine. I never lost my taste of sense of smell and taste. I never had a runny nose. I never had a cough, and I certainly never had a fever. Asymptomatic just says to you, “Good news, you got this infection and it’s sitting in your nose,” but it does not correlate with how sick you are. What is the extent that you think the number of deaths would have been higher if stay-athome and social-distancing orders weren’t put into place and why? I can’t calculate that, but I can tell you it would have been extreme based on the number of people who came into the hospital who had no underlying immune issues, and they had no reason to think they would ever get hospitalized. Those numbers were high. We expect to see patients that have multiple comorbidities [additional conditions]. When they get a respiratory illness, we’re not so surprised. We did see more of them then I would have expected, but what we also saw is absolutely young, healthy adults, who in their lives have never been to a hospital. They take no medication. They are perfectly well, and they also got COVID and came in. I’m scared to think of how much worse this could have been because it was really pretty bad. Do researchers believe this is the type of virus that once you get it or are given a vaccine you’ll be immune, or will it be like a herpes virus that it hides in the body and can be triggered in the future? Or will this be like the flu where it will be advised to get a new vaccine every year? The answer is that I don’t know. Anything I say would be complete guesswork because I really don’t know. It’s more important to say, “I don’t know” then to put out ideas that I don’t have a basis to stand on right now. I think that we need the time. We need to put the work in, and then we need to look back and ask, “What did that change? What changed? How did it change?” I’d prefer to be cautious. We hear about viruses mutating and sometimes they can reappear and infect people worse than before. What are your feelings on a second wave of the virus? Is it possible to mutate and be weaker than before? We need the time to find out. These are just guesses. Do I think there will be a second wave? I’m certainly cautious that there might be a second wave. When will it hit? I don’t know.
What are the background demographics of who will get it and how sick they will be? Again, we don’t know. We have to think about it. We have to be looking for it. We have to be in close observation of populations across the country for it. We need to be prepared for what we are going to do if it does happen. Many historical accounts suggest that after the 1918-19 Spanish flu, society permanently altered. Do you foresee permanent societal changes, such as eliminating handshaking, post-COVID-19? Every year society changes. It’s both big and little things, from cellphones to pandemics. I think this will have a big impact, but we are still too close to understand what it will be. As the warmer weather hits and restrictions are lifted, people will be eager to get out. Is it safe to go to the beach or a friend’s house? With warmer weather, it will be nice to be out. I hope people do continue to maintain social distancing. I think over the summer some families may decide to cohort together, after they are tested to prove that their behaviors are acceptable. Getting tested would be the gold standard, but we also need to think about ongoing risks like going shopping vs. staying isolated for the days and weeks before mingling. A fourteenday isolation period would be keeping in line with the guidance that is out there. How does a virus like COVID-19 change into an inflammatory syndrome that has been seen in some children? What symptoms should parents be aware of regarding their children? Are there any extra precautions parents should take to protect their children? I think that the book of what that syndrome is has not been written. I think we’re all cautious. The best first line of defense is if a parent thinks their child has unusual signs and symptoms, they should start with their pediatrician or family doctor. They can say exactly what is going on with their child, how they are looking, and then step further. I think running to the emergency room when all [the child] has is a fever or no symptoms is probably not appropriate at this time. We don’t know. Is this syndrome only with COVID-19? Is it after getting better from COVID-19? There are too many unknowns. People, including the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization, are looking at these cases. I think we’ll have more information in the next month. We are thinking about it, we are working [on it], and we are very cautious with these children, because they are quite sick. However, the vast majority of kids who have had COVID-19 have been asymptomatic or had a mild illness that is nothing like this inflammatory illness. I think the inflammatory disease strikes the very, very few. We don’t know why. We’re trying to understand exactly when it hits, who it hits and why it does so.
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Brookhaven Task Force Aims to Prepare Businesses for Reopening BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM As Long Island continues to take steps toward reopening and some sense of normalcy, municipalities are aiming to help small businesses and their financial futures. The Town of Brookhaven has created a post-COVID-19 task force for economic recovery in an effort to revitalize the downtown areas and help small businesses affected by the pandemic, many of which are receiving no income at all during this time. The Small Business Recovery Task Force is made up of business owners, chamber of commerce representatives, business experts and other officials. Barbara Ransome, executive director of the Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce, said the task force gives them the opportunity to come together and be on the same page on how to help these small businesses. “We all have similar concerns and it’s important that we rally together and have a unified plan,” she said. The task force has continued to comply with feedback from local business owners. A complaint they have brought up is the state’s process of phasing in business reopenings.
Ransome said the state’s plan favors big box stores. While large retailers like Target and Walmart have been able to stay open, smaller merchants, who sell many of the same products, have been forced to close. “Those businesses don’t have that ability right now [to reopen],” she said. Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) and the Suffolk County Supervisors’Association has sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) calling on him to come up with a consistent way of judging businesses. “They could come up with a formula that could be based on square footage of a business and safety measures,” she said. The group has also called on elected officials to help with insurance coverage issues. Educating business owners, merchants and customers on social distancing and other best practices is another area the task force is focusing on. “It’s all our responsibility to make sure we are on the same page,” said Charlie Lefkowitz, the president of the Three Village Chamber of Commerce. One idea they’ve proposed is creating a public service announcement in coordination with the town. Lefkowitz said it would inform the public on safety measures, social distancing compliance and other information. They would also use it as an opportunity to send out a positive message of unity.
“The hardest thing we will have to figure out is how we are going to social distance,” he said. “We are trying to help these main street and small businesses.” In addition, the task force is looking at ways to ease the reopening process for owners. Capacity and the number of customers a business can serve could play a huge role in how they do so, given the state’s COVID-19 guidelines. Lefkowitz said he has been working with the town officials on a way to allow business owners to temporarily extend their store space either by permits, tweaking town code or drafting new legislation. “Some businesses might be able to use walkways and put merchandise outside, or they could set up a tent outside in the parking lot,” he said. The chamber of commerce president has a draft legislation proposal that would increase the floor area ratio of a business, which would help in making more selling space. Lefkowitz said restaurants were just one type of business that could benefit from increase in space. “They can be more efficient with indoor and outdoor space,” he said. “Whatever the capacity is, you may have customers that might not feel comfortable going inside.” Long Island has taken steps toward reach-
ing Phase 1 of Cuomo’s New York Forward plan for reopening its economy, meeting five of seven benchmarks required by the state. The governor’s plan to reopen consists of four phases which include different categories. Restaurants are in Phase 3. Michael Ardolino, a past president of the Three Village Chamber of Commerce, said businesses will be facing different challenges when they reopen. “How will places like beauty salons and barbershops fare when everyone is in close proximity to each other?” he said. “These owners will want to be able to get their business going.” Ardolino said he could envision a scenario where those types of businesses take a certain number of customers by appointment only. “We will continue to monitor all businesses and may have to plan for what might be a new business climate,” he said. Owners hope business reopens sooner rather than later, with summer close by. “As the warmer weather gets closer it will be challenging to keep people at bay,” Ransome said. “We have to continue to push government leaders, need to continue to make these phases and hit these benchmarks so we can reopen. We don’t want to be going backward instead of going forward.”
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LI State Vets Home Expands Help to Veterans at Home
BY RICH ACRITELLI DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Kindness, devotion, hard work, and determination; these are the words to describe the loyalty that the Long Island State Veterans Home at Stony Brook has toward its patients. While the COVID-19 pandemic has made their mission immensely difficult, this facility is carrying out its responsibilities to support our local veterans at this nursing home. This staff has adapted to the hardships of this virus, and they are finding different ways of helping many elderly veterans who have served in practically every military branch. The vets home has created a multi-faceted program that helps people from Riverhead to Massapequa. Leading the way is Jean Brand, the Program Director of the Adult Day Health Care Program, with their efforts based in Stony Brook and in the homes of these older populations who rely on the services. Even before the coronavirus changed operations, staff members have provided assistance in cooking, bathing and nutritional aid that allows for breakfast and lunch to be served along with taking home a meals for dinner. They also provided rehabilitation for physical and speech therapy programs. As the veterans ages range from the mid 60s to over 100 years old, the staff’s devotion also allows the older counterparts to take a brief break in handling the rigors of treating their loved ones. From the start of the day, the state nursing home provides transportation to bring citizens that served from World War II, Korean and Vietnam to Stony Brook. Due to this current pandemic, the programs are now more home based. Although these were necessary changes, according to Brand, the organization is finding new ways to help these older citizens. Through a home delivery program, several meals a week are organized and distributed to the elderly. Brand and her staff are currently preparing food that is non-perishable and easy to eat. Deliveries also include necessary items that have been difficult to purchase such as toilet paper, masks, wipes, paper towels and soap. They have also sent home word puzzles and and other games to help keep their minds sharp and to pass the time, as many of these veterans that are spending numerous hours in their houses. With many longterm relationships built up at Stony Brook, the staff misses these familiar faces and their stories of service of defending our nation during many trying times. Many of these men and women are considered family members to the staff. The entire staff, through expertise and professionalism, has for many years attended to the many diverse needs of these men and women. They have implemented telehealth
The program started March 20, and to date has delivered 511 meals, donating to anywhere between eight to 11 registrants per day. Delivering as far west as Babylon and east as Ridge, a whole day could mean a 90-mile round trip. Photos clockwise from top left: Bob Saccullo, 77 of St. James, a Vietnam army disabled vet, has attended the program for two years; Daniel Hetzel, ADHC Office Manager and Beth Schaeffler, a recreation therapy specialist, about to head out on deliveries; Fred Ahlm, 72 of Centereach, a vietnam army vet receives aid; Anne Pritz, 94 of St. James and spouse of Eugene, a now diseased WWII army veteran who use to attend the program; Frank Sidoti, 94 of Patchogue, a coast Guard veteran, shows his appreciation to the vets home in a letter. Photos from LI State Veterans Home
to boost morale and at the same time to safely utilize social distancing initiatives to keep a watchful eye on the health of their patients. Although sending home food is a primary function of this program, many of these telephone calls are keeping the lines of communication open, and range from a simple hello to necessary inquiries about serious ailments. Brand spoke about a unique program that was created to connect the patriotic stories of national service to the students of today. The Long Island Museum has worked with the vets home through a pen pal project which has younger men and women reach out to veterans to learn about their lives. Even as this has been tough period, this idea has developed relationships between different generations. Young people have seen and heard the examples of service by our senior population. This writing programs has also allowed younger students to identify the various issues that impacted the mobility and health concerns that have widely plagued older populations. Not since the days of the 1918 Spanish Flu has our nation had to handle a health crisis of this magnitude. The numbers of the people that have been impacted are still staggering, but the efforts of places like the Long Island State Veterans Home continue to adapt and overcome many of these medical challenges that still pose a major concern to this country. This homecare program has completely shown the determination of longtime staff members like that of Brand and her fellow workers to help their patients before, during and after this sickness is finally subdued. Rich Acritelli is a social studies teacher at Rocky Point High School and an adjunct professor of American history at Suffolk County Community College.
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The provision in many insurance policies was instituted little less than two decades ago after the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, epidemic of the early 2000s. It is only now, almost 20 years later, that owners filing claims learn of the provision despite them having paid premiums for years. There is a combined bill in the New York State Assembly and Senate to require companies to accept current interruption claims. WMHO submitted a public letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) April 22 requesting he supports the Assembly and Senate bill. “An insurance policy is a contract between the insured and the insurer that clearly spells out those conditions covered and excluded,” the letter reads. “In recent years, because of severe losses, insurers have added exclusions to their policies, slowly diminishing the very purpose of insurance.” The state Assembly bill is being sponsored in part by Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) and Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor), and there is a concurrent bill in the state Senate. It would require insurance agencies to cover businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, and would renew any policy that would have
covered businesses during shutdown if they expired in the meantime. New York is just one state of seven which is proposing bills to mandate coverage. “Insurance is controlling risk, that’s what insurance companies do,” Englebright said. “What we’re saying is risk transfer needs to occur with this type of policy in a more predictable manner and a more eligible manner than the fine print currently allows.” The bill is still in the Assembly Insurance Committee, but Englebright, a ranking assemblyman, said it is picking up widespread support in the Democratic-controlled state Legislature. He added he does not believe what insurance companies say when they argue accepting businesses claims would bankrupt their agencies. “What we’re saying is to do business in our state, we in the state government do have the power to make sure contracts are fair and equitable,” Englebright said. Multiple local government and industry groups have come out in support of such a bill. The Long Island Builders Institute released a letter supporting the legislation, saying that if a business has been paying for its insurance, it should honor the claims. Mitch Pally, CEO of LIBI, said the insurance companies denying these claims will only create a deeper hole in the economy, which will be an even greater burden to the insurance companies if they go under and no longer can pay their premiums. He also predicted dire consequences to many businesses if claims continue to be denied by June 30 “because the people who bought them didn’t assume their business can be interrupted by something that doesn’t apply [to the insurance].” The Brookhaven Town Board and Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) also signed a letter asking Cuomo to throw his support behind the bills.
Federal Efforts
There is a bill currently lingering in the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, co-sponsored by Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY3) that would require insurance companies in the future from denying company’s claims based on a pandemic, but even that has seen “tremendous pushback from the insurance industry,” he said during a Zoom call hosted by Discover Long Island May 19. “It’s very controversial — I’m getting the crap kicked out of me by certain people.” Suozzi, who was appointed by President Donald Trump (R) to the economic reopening task force, said he did not believe anything regarding interruption insurance will see the light of day in some of the large stimulus bills Congress is currently working on. Some policyholders nationwide have sued their insurance companies for denying their claims. A barbershop owner in San Diego has created a class action lawsuit against his poli-
Shops in the Stony Brook Village Center are just a few of the many who found their interruption insurance claims were denied by insurance agencies. State lawmakers say insurance companies should honor those claims. File photo
cyholder, Farmers Insurance Group, for denying his claim under such virus damages provisions. Several other class-action lawsuits have been filed in the past month and a half against several other insurance companies. Though such lawsuits take months if not years to get going, and especially with many court systems largely shut down from the pandemic, it will be a while before any cases see a judge. “By the time those lawsuits get done, those businesses will be out of business,” Pally said.
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The American Property Casualty Insurance Association has said if governments required the companies process these claims, it would mean companies would have to process over 30 million businesses suffering from COVID-19-related losses. APCIA President David Sampson was quoted on Twitter saying requiring so would “significantly undermine” their abilities to cover such things as wind damage, fire or other losses. The industry as a whole currently sits on an $800 billion surplus, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. That business group released a report May 15 with statements from 50 experts from the Wisconsin School of Business insurance panel that if local governments force insurance companies to accept the claims, it will “threaten the solvency of the insurance industry.” Though the report is sponsored by the association through its independent research division, most experts on the panel largely agreed the private marketplace could not handle all the losses with the current surplus in the industry. Though in that same study, some experts, 13 percent of the 50, argued the industry could be able to handle the claims, depending on how federal legislation was enacted. Industry lobbyists have said the federal government should be providing help, but one example of small business aid, the Paycheck Pro-
tection Program, which was supposed to help keep many small shops in business, has been mired in problems since its inception, and many owners are simply refusing to use the funds fearing they will have to pay back the money long term as a loan. The Washington Post reported last month that insurance associations and business groups are hiring lobbyists specifically to play out this fight in Washington, D.C. What some are hoping for is some kind of middle ground, a place where insurers and the federal government’s interests meet. One suggested draft bill, the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020, would pay agencies losses when those exceed $250 million and capped at $500 billion over the calendar year, though that bill would only cover future pandemics, and more insurance companies have come out saying it should be the federal government which needs to handle such calls for aid, according to The Wall Street Journal. Suozzi said he agreed most insurance companies would be “wiped out” trying to cover interruption claims during the pandemic, but also put stock in a public-private partnership, including the possibility of using the infrastructure of the insurance industries to funnel money back into these businesses. “The bottom line is there’s no relief right now — it’s not going to solve anybody’s problems right now — and I don’t want anybody to get their hopes up,” the congressman said. “But it’s something I’m conscious of and other people are working on it — we just don’t know what the right answer is yet to get it done, because there is so much incredible pushback from the other side.” In the meantime, Pally said it’s best for businesses to continue writing their state and federal officials. Rocchio suggested that owners, despite the fact some agencies are advising not to bother to file a claim, should apply anyway should anything change in the near future.
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Letters to the Editor
Why the Media Is Essential A Bone to Pick with Two Letter Writers At a recent rally, protesters of the lockdown asked why a reporter’s job was deemed essential when theirs weren’t. The question is a fair one, even though the way it was posed at a May 14 rally in Commack had reporters fearing for their safety. Dissatisfied with the way News 12 Long Island’s Kevin Vesey reported a previous rally that took place May 1, protesters began to approach him aggressively as he took video footage with his smartphone for Facebook Live, which quickly went viral over the internet. First, there were two women with megaphones and then a few others joined in the shouting match. Vesey’s response was to keep backing up as he answered them calmly and continued recording. One of our editors was also reporting on the scene and was on hand for the confrontation, moving in closer to hear the protesters’ concerns. It was concerning the way the small crowd questioned “who was essential” with such anger. With distrust in the media growing for years, exacerbated by constant “fake news” remarks, there seems to be less and less places safe enough for local reporters to simply report the news. If our reporter could have answered the question posed by the angry protesters and interrupted Vesey’s replies, she would have told them that if the media wasn’t deemed essential during this time, elected officials would only communicate with the public if they felt like it. They could put out whatever information they wanted to without being challenged. President Donald Trump (R) did not calm the situation when he took the viral video of Vesey being confronted and lauded the small band of protesters, giving them and others the green light to their anti-free press rhetoric and intimidation. What should happen if Trump’s words result in violence toward journalists? What if that violence was directed at one of our members at our local newspaper? If we weren’t deemed essential, there would be no one there to ask the questions that are on people’s minds. You see, journalists are not creative writers. We don’t decide what we want to write every day and then make it up as we go along. We attend press conferences, we conduct interviews, we research — and we ask the questions that we believe are on our readers’ minds. And when those in our coverage area have something to say, we print their letters to the editors, and we cover their events and rallies as best as we can. We do everything in our power to get the facts straight and to represent both sides of an issue if people on each side are willing to talk. The Setauket Patriots, one of the organizers of the protests, apologized to Vesey for his treatment, saying they hope the reporter will offer fair coverage of the group’s events. That is what reporters set out to do. Though we are forced to recognize we are human, and sometimes we make mistakes, a rally in Commack, New York, is not a place for such tense conflict. No reporters on such a scene should be fearful for their safety. We are there to relate what is on protesters’ minds in their own words. While it’s understandable that people are in distress about their livelihoods, Vesey should have been approached in a less aggressive manner and with respect to personal space, especially when he obviously tried to respect the health of the people around him by wearing a mask and trying to keep 6 feet away. Americans ask that the media be fair; we ask the same of Americans. Letters … We welcome your letters. They should be no longer than 400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste. We do not publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone number and address for confirmation. Email letters to kyle@tbrnewsmedia.com or mail them to The Times of Middle Country, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733.
I have a bone to pick with two letter writers, Francis G. Gibbons, Sr. (“Idiocy of Some Youth During Coronavirus”) and Larry Penner (“Cuomo Overstates NY’s Funding Inequalities”) in the May 14 TBR News Media newspapers. The reckless youths protesting social-distancing policies in COVID-19 hotspots like Miami and Suffolk County, callously endangering the rest of us, are indeed idiots, but they are right-wing idiots, like the right-wing militia types carrying assault rifles who stormed the Michigan Legislature and hang Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) in effigy (“These are very fine people”, said President Donald Trump (R), who also tweeted “Liberate Michigan!”). How does that lead to an attack on young supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), supposedly seduced by “Bernie’s free giveaways?” Sanders’ main issue is “Medicare for all,” that health care is a human right, not a
commodity you buy if you can afford it. If Mr. Gibbons had lived in such a country, or even in France or Great Britain (with rightwing governments), he would have been spared much anguish and struggle, if not the pain of losing the companion of his life. Medicare is paid for by payroll deductions (I’ve been paying since 1965). Adding “for all” would indeed require tax revenue, just like all public services, best paid for by progressive income taxes on us old folks and everybody else (that’s solidarity: in Republican President Eisenhower’s day, the top marginal income tax rate was 91 percent, now it’s 37 percent; the capital gains tax was 25 to 30 percent, now it’s 15 to 20 percent). Sanders’ other big program is free tuition to public universities. Most of us accept that preK-12 is a universal public good to be paid for by everybody. But somehow many have been gaslit into believing that in this high-tech era
post-high-school education is a market commodity that benefits only the customer, so of course he/she should pay what the market will bear. Likewise, Mr. Penner is correct that a richer New York should normally pay a poorer Kentucky’s Medicaid bills, ditto downstate for upstate; that’s solidarity, why we’re the United States, and Cuomo’s claim is a ploy. But Trump and McConnell aren’t interested in solidarity. Unlike every other national leader, who committed their central governments to obtain and distribute the necessary anti-COVID-19 test kits and other resources, Trump to this day won’t do it (remember “I take no responsibility at all”?), making a few, usually publicityrich, gestures. Can you imagine Franklin Roosevelt telling governors to find their own tanks to buy? Arnold Wishnia Setauket
In Praise of Congressman Lee Zeldin There’s an old expression that goes, “actions speak louder than words.” Nothing highlights that saying more than something like the COVID-19 crisis. Whether literally on the ground on Long Island or in D.C., Suffolk County has greatly benefited from the actions of Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY1). He has been a driving force behind the delivery of more than one million pieces of personal protective equipment, most of it without charge, to frontline medical heroes and other courageous
essential workers. Zeldin has also been instrumental in getting over $250 million in desperately needed federal funding for our county. While doing these things the congressman has offered a helping hand to local leaders of both parties. Republicans and Democrats alike are glad he’s “looking out for” their constituents and been grateful for the generous aid. Those constituents would include minorities. While some people may “have friends in the black and brown
community,” Lee actually lives, and has lived for years, in a racially diverse area. He bought a house within few blocks of where grew up, started a family and enrolled his twin daughters in the same public schools he attended. I want to thank Congressman Zeldin for the swift, decisive actions he’s taken on behalf of his suffering neighbors in Suffolk County and Congressional District 1. Joanne Tereshko Setauket
Feds Should Encourage Medical Innovation
As the owner of an oral surgery practice, I am acutely aware of the dangers posed by the COVID-19 virus, as well as the economic impacts for business owners and everyday citizens. Instituting public policy that balances safety and prosperity is challenging, but critical, to restarting the economic engine that has made America a world leader in so many respects. Ensuring that our hospitals and medical providers have adequate funding to maintain their level of readiness is perhaps the single greatest action that Congress can take to aid in safely reopening our country. Congress has the opportunity and ability to put frontline
health care workers at the forefront of the COVID phase 4 stimulus. Our doctors and nurses need all the funding they can get. While the CARES Act was a step in the right direction, we must continue where we left off and send more financial support to the front lines. The federal government should also encourage medical innovation by supporting the biopharmaceutical industry. We will find effective treatments for COVID-19, and perhaps a vaccine, if we allow the unparalleled ingenuity of America’s biopharmaceutical companies to bring their resources to bear. Many of the proposals being considered by Congress
would devastate the very foundation that nurtured this exceptionalism. Just as we did during 9/11, we are asking a professional sector of our society to see us through. In the days following Sept. 11, first responders and armed service members led the recovery and justice efforts. During the era of the coronavirus, doctors, nurses and health care workers are the heroes this nation is depending on. Congress must set them as priority number one in the COVID phase 4 stimulus package. Dr. Keith S. Fisher, DDS Middle Country Oral Surgery & Implantology
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Opinion
A Salute to the Fallen Heroes of Today This Memorial Day
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he weapons and uniforms are different, but the goals are the same: to protect the interests of Americans everywhere and to save lives. Every year, Memorial Day presents an opportunity to honor the men and women who served our country in the military, as we appreciate their courage and sacrifice during battles against a range of enemies. This year, we have a large group of people who are D. None laying their lives of the above on the line for the BY DANIEL DUNAIEF benefit of society. They are the first responders, who arrive at the homes of people stricken with symptoms of a disease that can
make breathing difficult, that can give them a fever for days or even weeks. They are the nurses who not only take the pulse and blood pressure of their patients, but also provide a human connection when those with the virus can’t have friends and family visit. They are the doctors who use the best medicine at their disposal to provide comfort until a new standard of care is developed or a vaccine is created. They are also the police and fire rescue teams that set aside their personal concerns about interacting with members of the community who might be sick to help strangers and the family members of those strangers. Without these health care workers prepared to help in the struggle against a virus that never takes a weekend off or for which chicken soup, sleep or a hot shower are inadequate to ameliorate the symptoms, Long Islanders would be struggling on their own, infecting each other, and dying at even higher levels.
At the same time, people who work in other fields have been vital to the ongoing functioning of our society in the midst of the pandemic. The people who deliver packages and the mail have connected us to an outside world we can’t visit. They travel through our neighborhoods, wearing gloves and masks and bringing everything from Mother’s Day cards for the mothers and grandmothers we dare not visit lest we are an unsuspecting carrier of the deadly disease, to the paperwork we need to sign. Those who work in grocery stores stock the shelves with the necessities and luxuries we snap up every week, as we continue to feed families huddled in our homes. Bus drivers and transit workers enable first responders, grocery store clerks, and others to get to and from their jobs. In addition to accepting their normal responsibilities, these people also go to their jobs in a new normal that requires many of them to wash their clothing and shower before they interact with their family, which some of them only do while wearing masks.
Some of them have died in the line of duty. They have made the ultimate sacrifice because their difficult jobs haven’t provided them with an immunity from a virus that threatens everyone. This Memorial Day, we should honor the fallen from past wars, the soldiers who fought in Europe 75 years ago, the ones deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, those who trudged through the jungles of Vietnam, and the patriots who ensured our freedom during the founding of the country. We should also honor the fallen victims of the virus who were on the front lines, armed with personal protective equipment such as gloves, gowns and face coverings. When we wave our flags and honor those who gave their lives, we should pray for and thank the heroes of the last few months as well. They put themselves in harm’s way and inspired the rest of us with the same kind of courage we celebrate each year from our armed forces.
The True Story of a Female French Resistance Fighter
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ere is a script for the next Academy Award-winning film whenever we get back to making and viewing movies. It has all the right elements: white-knuckle suspense, bad guys, good guys, some who were both, Nazis, women of courage, men of valor, Charles de Gaulle, a love story, Auschwitz, a close family, children, heartbreak, resilience and especially a tale that truly happened. What’s it about? It is the life of Between Cécile Rol-Tanguy you and me before and during BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF WWII. You probably never heard of her. I hadn’t until I read her obit. She died earlier this month at the age of 101 in Monteaux, 130 miles from Paris. Born Marguerite Marie Cécile Le Bihan April 10,
1919, she was the daughter of Francois, an electrician who served in the French Navy and was a co-founder of the French Communist Party (PCF) in 1920. Cécile was raised in a highly politicized family that frequently hosted foreign communist agitators on the run from Italy, Germany and eastern European countries. As a communist, her father was arrested for the second time by the Nazis in 1943 and was sent to Auschwitz, where he died. Cécile dropped out of school in 1936 and got a job with the Comite d’ Aide a la Espagne Republicaine, an organization helping the Republicans against Franco in Spain, and there she met Henri Rol-Tanguy, who was 11 years her senior and a fellow communist. He volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War, returned wounded in 1938, and they married in 1939 when she discovered she was pregnant. Sadly, she lost the baby girl in June 1940, two days before Paris fell to the German army. Shortly thereafter her father was arrested for the first time, and her husband, Henri, joined the French Resistance (Forces Francaises de l’Intérieur, or FFI). Cécile too worked for the resistance, and when she gave birth to a second girl, Henri asked
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her to work elsewhere and leave the baby with her mother in case both of them were arrested. She refused. They were separated during the war and were forced to hide their identities and their relationship, only communicating using code names. Cécile would adopt disguises and frequently change her hair style. She moved around Paris often hiding guns, grenades and clandestine newspapers in the baby’s stroller. She worked to set up a command post in an underground shelter, from which the couple received and distributed information and orders. Henri continued to move about the city, but Cécile felt confined to the headquarters, sending out communiques. Then Aug. 19, 1944, the couple published and distributed a pamphlet calling the citizens of Paris to arms for a general mobilization, and, on Aug. 25, Paris was indeed liberated by the French division of the Allies’ army. In the underground, she said she could not hear the bells but she and the other women there celebrated by having a pillow fight. Her husband went on to become an officer in the French Army, and while she was initially recognized for her efforts, Cécile felt that the
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many other women who had participated in the French Resistance at great peril to their lives were not. After the war and throughout the rest of her long life, she represented and advocated for recognition of the role of women in the French Resistance. After 63 years of marriage, Henri died in 2002, and in 2008, Cécile was asked to become the Grand Officer of the Légion d’Honneur. Reluctant at first, she accepted the great distinction in the name of all the women resistance fighters whom she said were too often forgotten by history. Cécile Rol-Tanguy died May 8, remarkably on the exact day of the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe, known as VE Day. As she went along, giving lectures and interviews during her last years, she continually stressed the importance of fighting for one’s freedom. She wanted future generations to receive that message. Fortunately, she lived long enough to see the reopening of the Musée de la Libération de Paris moved, in August 2019, to Place DenfertRochereau, the location of the underground from which she and her husband launched the insurrection that helped in the liberation of Paris.
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