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Fort Salonga Estate Sees Renewed Interest from Developers BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A historic estate nestled in Fort Salonga for years has been drawing renewed interest from developers who want to build homes on the property. The Owl Hill estate, located at 99 Sunken Meadow Road, spans 27.63 acres and is the largest parcel of 1-acre residential-zoned land in Suffolk County. In 2017, the property was up for sale for the first time in more than six decades at the price tag of $6.45 million. The estate, which is the most expensive property in the hamlet, is owned by Manhattan resident Maya Ryan. Her family has occupied and maintained the house for more than half a century and currently uses it as a summer and weekend residence. Peter Hans, planning board director for the Town of Smithtown, said in an email the Town currently does not have any type of application for the property but detailed that they have met with several different prospective developers in the past year about how the estate is permitted to be developed. “The property is zoned R-43 (singlefamily residential, 1 acre min. lot size),” Hans

said in the email. “There are steep slopes on the property which would limit yield on future development. Additionally any developer that would like to subdivide the property would be required to cluster a large portion of the property, meaning that lot sizes would be made smaller than 1 acre so that the difference could be preserved as open space.” In 2017, the Town and the county raised a $1 million grant to be used to preserve a portion of the Owl Hill property for open space. Similarly, in an Oct. 2017 TBR News Media article, Owl Hill’s listing agent Kelley Taylor, of Douglas Elliman Real Estate, said she had seen a majority of interest from developers, including one evaluating the property as the site of a 55-and-older community. Corey Geske, Smithtown resident and scholar, said Owl Hill is a great example of beautiful architecture in the town. “In my opinion the estate in terms of historical importance is on par with Sagamore Hill,” she said. Geske said Edmund Wetmore, the first patent lawyer in the U.S., commissioned architect Henry Killam Murphy to design the estate home in 1907. Murphy was renowned overseas for his work in China, Korea and

history merits recognition to be established as a national historic landmark, as it’s linked to internationally and nationally known figures. Residents are concerned about increased development in the area as 2 miles to the west sits Indian Hills Country Club, the site of a potential 55-and-over housing development. The proposed project would call for the construction of 98 town houses, a new fitness center and an expanded clubhouse alongside the existing golf course. John Hayes, president of the Fort Salonga Property Owners Association, said he is worried Owl Hill estate is located south of Sunken Meadow State Park in Fort about what the potential addition of Salonga. Photo from Douglas Elliman Real Estate close to 100 homes at Indian Hills and further loss of green space could do to the character of the area. Japan. Some notable work includes designing “[Indian Hills] would no doubt be the the campus of the University of Shanghai. “Owl Hill is one of the finest rare examples largest development in Fort Salonga history,” of Henry Killam Murphy’s early work in the he said. “I feel like the blue collar, rural feel of United States and has been a cornerstone of the hamlet won’t be around for much longer. Who knows what will happen but it would be the community,” she said. The Smithtown scholar said the estate’s a terrible shame.”

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Police Say More Than 200 Sex Trafficking Victims Known But Have ‘Only Scratched the Surface’ BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Two mothers, one from Farmingville and the other from Merrick, may live on different parts of Long Island, but both had very similar experiences, watching their daughters abused in sex trafficking schemes that saw men use drugs to keep their children captive. Lisa Principe and Maria Francavilla spoke of their experiences Jan. 31 at a Suffolk County Police Department press conference in Yaphank to round off National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Principe said her daughter, Jenna, went to school at Wellington C. Mepham High School in Bellmore. She said her daughter fell in love with a man who ended up taking advantage of her in the extreme. She was gang raped at only 19 years old, as her “initiation.” She was kept in motels with a number of other girls as her pimps used her addiction to drugs to keep her under control. She would spend time in and out of jail, but as soon as she got out the traffickers were there to pick her up and bring her back into the fold. “They took her soul,” Principe said. Even after the men keeping her were arrested, Jenna would later die at 27 from an overdose at home. Though her hardship remains, she said she hopes new initiatives from the police will help combat the slew of sex trafficking cases happening all across the Island, targeting potential victims on the internet, in public places or even around schools. Jennifer Hernandez, the executive director of the nonprofit Empowerment Collaborative of Long Island, which provides trauma services for victims of human trafficking and other abuse, said they have worked with more than 160 victims of trafficking just this past year. “Most of which were born and raised right here on Long Island — in Suffolk County.” she said. Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart said the biggest misconception about sex trafficking is that it’s men piling people, mostly immigrants, into the back of trucks and taking them away. Modern sex trafficking happens to people of all walks, immigrants and native-born Long Islanders. Traffickers take vulnerable people, mostly young women, and use a combination of drugs, violence and other emotional manipulation

Photos clockwise from top: Maria Francavilla, left, and Lisa Principe speak about their daughters’ experiences Jan. 31; Francavilla and Principe’s daughters; Lt. Frank Messana of the police’s human trafficking unit speaks alongside commissioner Geraldine Hart. Photos by Kyle Barr

to control these women. There’s no single place, police said, whether rich or poor, that sex trafficking isn’t happening. The epidemic is tied to the opioid crisis that still rages in communities across the Island. Since October of 2017, the police’s human trafficking unit has leveraged 417 charges against individuals, with 186 she said were specifically related to sex trafficking. The police

has interacted with and identified over 220 women involved with trafficking since the beginning of the initiative, with the youngest one being only 12 years old. Still with those numbers, Detective Lt. Frank Messana, the commanding officer of the department’s human trafficking unit, said they have “only scratched the surface.” On Jan. 25, Kings Park man and alleged Bloods gang member Abiodun “Abi” Adeleke was sentenced to 25 years in prison for multiple counts of sex trafficking. He allegedly participated in this ring from 2014-18. Last year, Sound Beach man Raymond Rodio III was arrested for allegedly hosting a sex trafficking ring at his parent’s house on Lower Rocky Point

Road. Police and the county district attorney said he had preyed on more than 20 women over several years, most from Suffolk, with many floating in and out from the man’s basement apartment as his parent’s home located in a relatively middle-class neighborhood. Rodio had pleaded not guilty and was next expected to appear in court Feb. 4. Rodio’s investigation originally began in 2018 when an officer witnessed a suspected victim of trafficking in the alleged perpetrator’s car during a traffic stop. Hart said such awareness and education, for not only police officers but the general public, is doing much of the job of finding and arresting sex traffickers. In October 2017, police first piloted its human trafficking program, which then became permanent in 2018. The commissioner said in the year prior to the unit being formed, there hadn’t been any examples of sex trafficking arrests. In 2019, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office started a human trafficking unit to work inside the county jails. Undersheriff Kevin Catalina said the team of officers look to identify human trafficking victims within the jail. While women are in jail for a stint, officers can get them to “open up.” Many, he said, could not even identify they were victims of trafficking, instead thinking these people were their “boyfriends.” Francavilla had a similar experience to Principe. Her daughter, Tori, fell in with the wrong people early out of high school. She described it got to the point that her daughter was, “handcuffed to a bed and kept captive.” She would eventually help put the perpetrator away but, like Jenna, the opioid addiction followed her even after her traumatic experiences. She died when she was 24. Police said a person is at-risk or is already a victim of trafficking if they start to show behavior of chronically running away from home or having a history of unstable housing, demonstrates inability to regularly attend school or work, exhibits bruises or other physical trauma, withdrawn behavior, signs of drug or alcohol addiction, inconsistencies in their stories, inappropriate dress, a mention of a pimp, “daddy” or being “in the life,” suspected engaging in prostitution, history of pregnancies, abortions or sexually transmitted diseases, and looking as if they worked excessively long hours. Identifying such a person, a resident should call 911 in an emergency, or contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS (8477). People can find more information and resources at the ECLI at www.empowerli.org.

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Amid Low Coronavirus Cases, U.S. Aims to Keep It That Way BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM As the number of people infected with the new coronavirus climbs in China and countries limit travel to the beleaguered country, the incidence of infection in the United States remains low, with 11 people carrying the respiratory virus as of earlier this week. American officials stepped up their policies designed to keep the virus, which so far has about a 2 percent mortality rate, at bay in the last week. For the first time in over half a century, the government established a mandatory two-week quarantine for people entering from China’s Hubei Province, which is where the outbreak began. The United States also said it would prevent foreign nationals who are not immediate family members of American citizens from entering within two weeks of visiting China. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, called the viral outbreak an “unprecedented situation” and suggested that the American government has taken “aggressive measures” amid the largely expanding outbreak. The actions, Messonnier said on a conference call earlier this week, were designed to “slow this down before it gets into the United States. If we act now, we do have an opportunity to provide additional protection.” The number of deaths from coronavirus, which has reached almost 500, now exceeds the number for the sudden acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, in 2003. The number of infected patients worldwide has reached above 25,000, triggering concerns about a pandemic. More than 1,000 have recovered from the virus. The CDC, which has been coordinating the American response to the virus, has been testing potential cases of the disease. Symptoms include fever, coughing and shortness of breath. In New York, 17 samples have been sent to the CDC for testing, with 11 coming back negative and six pending. New York created a hotline, 888-364-3065, in which experts from the Department of Health can answer questions about the virus. The DOH also has a website as a resource for residents, at www.health.ny.gov/ diseases/communicable/coronavirus. “While the risk to New Yorkers is still low, we urge everyone to remain vigilant,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said in a statement. The CDC sent an Emergency Use Authorization to the Food & Drug Administration to allow more local testing during medical emergencies. Such an effort could expedite the way emergency rooms respond to patients who they might otherwise need to isolate for longer periods of time while they await a definitive diagnosis. By speeding up the evaluation period, the

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CDC would help hospitals like Stony Brook University Hospital maintain the necessary number of isolation beds, rather than prolonging the wait period in the middle of flu season to determine the cause of the illness. As for the university, according to its website, approximately 40 students have contacted the school indicating they are restricted from returning to the U.S. With university approval, the students will not be penalized academically for being out or for taking a leave of absence. Testing for the new coronavirus, which is still tentatively called 2019-nCoV, would miss a positive case if the virus mutated. In an RNA virus like this one, mutations can and do occur, although most of these changes result in a less virulent form. The CDC, whose website www.cdc.gov, provides considerable information about this new virus, is “watching for that,” said Bettina Fries, the chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine at Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. At this point, there “doesn’t seem to be much mutation yet.” In the SARS outbreak, a mutation made the virus less virulent. Fries added that the “feeling with SARS was that you weren’t infectious until were you symptomatic. The feeling with this one is that you are potentially infectious” before demonstrating any of the typical symptoms. Fries assessed the threat from contracting the virus in the United States as “low,” while adding that the danger from the flu, which has resulted in over 10,000 deaths during the 2019-20 flu season, is much higher. In the hospital, Fries said the health care staff puts masks on people who are coughing

to reduce the potential spread of whatever is affecting their respiratory systems. While Fries doesn’t believe it’s necessary to wear a mask to class, she said it’s not “unreasonable” in densely populated areas like airports and airplanes to wear one. Masks don’t offer complete protection from the flu or coronavirus, in part because people touch the outside of the masks, where viruses

condense, and then touch parts of their face. Even with the mask on, people touch their eyes. “The most important thing is to keep your hands clean,” Fries suggested. Fries believes the 14-day quarantine period for people coming from an area where coronavirus is prevalent is “probably on the generous side.” Scientists come up with this time period to establish guidelines for health care providers throughout the country. Fries suggested that the only way these precautions are going to work is if they are aggressive and done early enough. “Once the genie is out of the bottle” and an epidemic spreads to other countries, it becomes much more difficult to contain, Fries said. The best-case scenario is that this virus becomes a contained problem in China. If it doesn’t spread outside the country, it could follow the same pattern as SARS, which abated within about eight months. While there is no treatment for this new coronavirus, companies and governments are working on a possible vaccine. This, Fries estimated, could take about a year to create. Looking out across the calendar, Fries wondered what would happen with the Olympics this year, which are scheduled for July 24 through Aug. 9 in Tokyo. Athletes who have been training for years certainly hope the virus is contained by then. A similar concern preceded the 2016 Olympics, when Zika virus threatened to derail the games in Brazil.

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Suspect Sought in Credit Card Theft Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County police 4th Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who allegedly used a stolen credit card at a store in Kings Park in May. The man allegedly used a stolen credit card to purchase items at 7-Eleven, located at 655 Route 25A, May 23 at approximately 4:45 a.m. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about an incident can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220-8477.

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Playing with LEGOs Makes History Fun at Village Chabad BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Local children and their family members had some fun with plastic building blocks while learning about one of the oldest cities in the world. Using 70,000 LEGO pieces on a 20-by-20foot mat, members of Village Chabad in East Setauket created a replica of the Old City of Jerusalem Feb. 3. The LEGO model included many points of interest, such as the gate entrances to the city, the Tower of David, the Temple Mount, the Western Wall and more. Rabbi Shalom Ber Cohen, from Village Chabad, said the goal of the program was for those involved to leave the event with an admiration for the holy city. Village Chabad brought in architect Stephen Schwartz of New Jersey-based Building Blocks Workshops to lead the children, parents and grandparents in constructing the model. On the mat were lines to help guide the building efforts. While some sat on the mat constructing walls and towers, others on the sidelines started putting together the buildings, grabbing LEGO pieces from bins. During the program, Schwartz was constantly engaged with the children and adults, directing them to the proper location if

they went astray. Cohen said Village Chabad had heard about Schwartz’s work from different schools and institutions. The architect has also offered several programs that focus on the historical buildings in Stony Brook for The Ward Melville Heritage Organization. Schwartz said he has been conducting the LEGO projects for 25 years. It began when his daughter, an elementary school teacher in the Bronx, asked him to show her second-graders how a city is designed. “When I saw that with LEGO you could teach second-graders about zoning, and they understood it, I saw that this was an amazing teaching tool,” he said. Schwartz said in the past he has worked with LEGO pieces for different Jewish history programs, including Jerusalem, Masada, the Warsaw Ghetto and the world’s tallest LEGO menorah. The architect said the projects are usually completed in two hours due to working around a school’s schedule. The Village Chabad program ran from 4:30 to around 6:30. Schwartz said after every program he aims for a 15-minute educational tour. “I am an architect, so everything is exactly to scale,” Schwartz said. “The program gives

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Byron Derringer was in attendance Jan. 23 for the rededication of Post 833 in Smithtown. Above, in 2017, he was on hand to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross that was awarded to his great-grandfather James Ely Miller posthumously. Photo from Byron Derringer

The following day, Derringer and his wife presented a wreath at the memorial plaque to Captain Miller at the St. James Episcopal Church during a tour, sponsored by the American Legion, of historic places in Smithtown township related to the Miller family. The post is near neighbor to a nationally significant property listed in 2019 on the New York State and National Registers of Historic

Places, notably the Byzantine Catholic Church of the Resurrection, originally St. Patrick’s R.C. Church, and its Rectory on Juniper Avenue. During WW I, Frederick J. Wagner, a nationwide leader of auto racing and owner of the rectory and a farm called ‘Sunnybrook,’ also owned the barn that became Post 833. Corey Victoria Geske, of Smithtown, is an independent historian.

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personnel at bases around the world. The 100th Anniversary ceremony saw the Post 833 Hall filled with guests who received the post’s stunning journal that included a biography of Miller and far more than 100 expressions of good wishes and congratulations. American Legion colors of blue and gold were celebrated in the room decor, highlighted by gold satin table runners crossed at each table to symbolize Miller’s DFC. Vases of red “Flanders Field’ poppies at the center of each gold cross represented the sacrifice of Captain Miller’s life and all those American military personnel who lost their lives in World War I. Smithtown resident and WW II Veteran, James “Jim” Gouras, an active member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars and almost the age of the post itself, received a standing ovation from all of those present. Distinguished guests included Suffolk County Legislator Leslie Kennedy (R-Nesconset); Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy (R); American Legion 2nd Division Commander Roby Johnson; Deputy Inspector Mark Fisher of Suffolk County Police Department’s 4th Precinct; and Lt. Col. Larry Sullivan, Commander 102nd Rescue Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing of the NY Air National Guard.

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While many may equate the stereotype of human trafficking to immigrant communities being shuttled around the United States, sex slavery — of women being coerced and then forced into prostitution — happens right in our North Shore communities. As difficult as it is to accept this fact, residents need to come to terms in order to help combat the problem. Last week, Suffolk County police held a press conference to discuss the threat, especially to young women, and the role drug addiction plays in the exploitation. It’s important to take note that some of these victims didn’t start as drug addicts. Many are fed drugs by their pimps to keep them helpless and dependent on them. We all know the general rules of safety in public to be wary of strangers trying to convince us to go to a secluded place. Other things to keep in mind are also the basics like to travel in groups at night or crowded events, don’t overindulge in alcohol while in public, be aware of your surroundings at all times, keep track of others in your group and never leave a drink unattended. If you feel you’re being followed in a store, try to find an employee, who will ensure someone walks out to your car with you. If you are not the person being followed by someone, approach the individual you feel may be in danger. It’s better to look like a fool if you’re wrong than to hear that a person was abducted. Act like you know the person being followed. Greet them loudly as you approach and then get as close as possible and whisper that you think they are being followed. But regarding sex trafficking, much of it is happening behind closed doors. Often young women around high school age — those going through an emotionally turbulent time — are targeted by men who manipulate them. While police officers described efforts to become familiar with the signs of sex trafficking, Long Islanders need to become more aware of just what sex trafficking looks like, and they need to become more willing to step up and call police if they have suspicions. Police describe women who are approached by men at public places, such as malls, parties or even schools. They endear themselves to the women, taking them out on dates and treating them like they are loved, before getting them addicted to drugs and using that addiction to control them. In public, or even amongst your family, if you notice young women with unexplained bruises or signs of drug or alcohol addiction, look for them disappearing at odd hours and speech mentioning a pimp, “daddy” or being in the “life.” Most victims of trafficking do not even understand they are being used in the way they are. Trafficking activities can also be spotted at hotels, where more and more employees are being trained to spot victims, but you should never hesitate to notify a manager if you notice signs such as various men coming and going from one room. (This is something to take note of, even in your neighborhood when it comes to a house.) Other signs are of a person allowing someone else to do the talking for them or a young woman with a much older man as her “romantic” partner. When it comes to voting, pay more attention to the judges elections. To save these victims, judges need compassion and to be able to spot when a person isn’t choosing to sell their bodies for money. They need to know what organizations to reach out to in order to help these victims. An African proverb says it takes a village to raise a child. Keep all young people under your watchful eye to protect them from these predators.

On Sunday, Feb. 2, a large group of concerned citizens gathered in front of Roger’s Frigate in Port Jefferson to express their outrage over the town’s highhanded threat to impose a fine of $2,000 per day on the building’s owner, George Wallis, for having the audacity to display a sign proclaiming “In Trump We Trust” on the front of the Frigate building. The happy crowd seemed to be in a festive mood and was blessed by fine weather, good fellowship and a salute from the P. T. Barnum as it left from the pier across the street, in the form of a loud blast from the ship’s horn and a wave from members of the crew standing on the bridge. We were also treated to a few wellchosen words from Roger Rutherford, the manager of Frigate, who thanked us for our support and explained that the purpose of the sign was to express his displeasure with the unnecessary and desperate Democrat attempt to impeach the president, for which he received numerous rounds of applause and cheers from the enthusiastic crowd. Following Rutherford’s remarks, we were pleasantly surprised by an unexpected visit from our great representative in Congress, Lee Zeldin [R-NY1]. Zeldin spoke eloquently about our

First Amendment rights, which guarantee free speech, particularly relating to political matters, and how it is entirely inappropriate for the Village of Port Jefferson to attempt to restrict them in this unconstitutional and unwelcome manner. He also enumerated many of the remarkable accomplishments thus far of President Donald Trump [R] and thoroughly denounced the ongoing Democrat impeachment fiasco, all of which was very well received by the cheering crowd. I found the prospect of a punitive fine for the exercise of free speech to be yet another example of the double standard so often employed by liberal politicians and their friends. A mere 200 yards or so from Roger’s Frigate lies Rocketship Park. This is now the home of a Peace Pole, which was recently erected with great fanfare by a happy group of our community leaders. At first, I thought this might have been inspired by the famous Pesky’s Pole, which is located at the end of the right-field foul line in Fenway Park in Boston and was so named because Johnny Pesky used to hit home runs that curved around it. But I soon learned that one of the sponsors of the Peace Pole is our own North Country Peace Group, and the significance of this

pole thus became clear. “Peace,” in this context, refers to peace by pacifism or peace by appeasement. This is the peace touted by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who promised “peace in our time,” contributing immensely to the imminent onset of World War II. It is decidedly not the “peace through strength” recommended by George Washington and employed by Ronald Reagan to hasten the welcome downfall of the oppressive Soviet Union. Thus, we are told that a Peace Pole in a public park is a wonderful addition to our beloved community, whereas a sign on private property favoring the achievement of peace by realistic means is not permissible and must be forcibly removed. In November of this year, voters will go to the polls to reelect Trump and Zeldin. Perhaps, at the same time, they will remember that we seem to have politicians who favor one type of speech while imposing large fines on speech of the opposite polarity with which they may happen to disagree. George Altemose Setauket Editor’s note: See TBR News Media’s website for Roger’s Frigate story.

LIRR Has a Different Definition of On Time Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng announcing that his on-time performance for train arrivals is the best in three years was far from credible when you look at the criteria used for his assumptions. Here is what he neglected to mention. What about all the canceled and combined trains due to periodic power

outages, signals, broken rails and other problems? These result in overcrowding and standing in the aisles. Claiming that on-time performance is improving was misleading. Any train arriving within 600 feet of a Penn Station platform or other final destinations within 5 minutes and 59 seconds is considered

“on time.” For many LIRR commuters who have to arrive at work on time, their bosses would not be happy. The LIRR definition of on time is like a teacher giving students a passing grade by rigging the results. Larry Penner Great Neck

Zeldin’s Comments Are Demeaning I have been watching the impeachment of Donald J. Trump with great interest. I have also noted some disturbing behavior exhibited by my representative, Lee Zeldin (R-NY-1). Zeldin is an ardent Trump supporter, eager to defend his most obvious and flagrant abuses. Like Trump, Zeldin has been using Twitter and Facebook to demean and insult opponents and disseminate false information. He repeats lies, calling impeachment “a sham, rigged, based solely on hearsay.” He pretends that calling Trump to account for his lawlessness is “ripping the country apart.” When a journalist

asked him to name corruption pursued by the Trump administration other than Biden and CrowdStrike, he could not. Instead, he called the journalist “a Schiff shill” who insulted her audience for asking the question. Zeldin has plenty of time to appear on Fox News both day and night, tweet, carry two Facebook pages where he shadow bans, show up in Port Jeff to call its mayor a “far left anti-Trumper” while cheering a building owner who brazenly broke the Village’s sign ordinance but never has time to hold a town hall at night, when working people can attend.

He flits from firehouse to restaurant during the day where his audience sports gray and white hair. It has been over three years since Zeldin engaged people of all political persuasions within his district. I want to know why he supports dismantling federal regulations that protect our air, water and land and cuts to Social Security and Medicaid and votes against our SALT deductions, to name a few. I consider all this cowardly and unbecoming of a representative of all the people. We deserve better. Cristina Bono East Setauket

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Opinion

Misdirected Fear of New Virus Is Not Acceptable

ear can be a great motivator. Fear of failing a test can lead someone to study harder, to pay attention in class and to do whatever is necessary to learn the material. In many movies, the lead character has to face his or her fears to accomplish something. Luke Skywalker from the “Star Wars” ﬁlms had to face his father, Darth Vader, to become D. None a Jedi. Fear, however, of the above can also bring BY DANIEL DUNAIEF out the worst in people, especially when that fear is misplaced and misdirected. Last week, the University of California’s Tang Center, in Berkeley, listed a set of normal reactions to the new coronavirus

on its Instagram account. Among other reactions, like feeling anxiety, worry or panic, the school suggested that xenophobia, or “fears about interacting with those who might be from Asia” was also normal. The Instagram post went on to add that having “guilt about these feelings” was normal, too. Chances are, if you’re feeling guilty about a feeling, it’s probably misdirected and uninformed. Amid an enormous backlash from alumni at the school, whose current freshman class is about 43 percent Asian, the university has since apologized and taken down the post. The school hopefully learned, and also offered a valuable lesson. People in the United States are no more likely to contract a virus that currently has a 2 percent mortality rate from an Asian person than they are from anyone else who is snifﬂing and coughing. In fact, at this point in the year, someone near you who is sneezing, coughing or looks sick is exponentially more likely to have the ﬂu. Yes, the vast majority of the almost

25,000 cases of the coronavirus — with about 3,200 critical — are located in China and, yes, many countries, including the United States, have taken strong steps to limit the possibility of turning this epidemic into a pandemic, causing the virus to spread to two or more continents. Where someone’s ancestors come from, or where they themselves were born, is much less relevant than where they themselves have traveled in the last two weeks. And, on top of that, even if someone — Asian, Caucasian, African American, Native American or otherwise — has been to Asia in the last month, if that person has been back in the United States for more than two weeks without showing any signs of illness, then he or she falls into the same category as anyone and everyone else with whom we ride the Long Island Rail Road, sit in a movie theater or stroll through a mall. The mandatory quarantine period for people returning from Wuhan, the Chinese center of the outbreak, is two weeks. Fear of this virus shouldn’t encourage any

of us to avoid people with a speciﬁc heritage because the virus doesn’t care about the small genetic differences that create races. It only seeks the receptor in our cells that allow it to get inside and cause respiratory infections. So, how do we manage our fear of the virus? We tackle it the same way we do our fear of getting a ﬂu. We wash our hands regularly, we try not to touch our face, and we don’t shake hands with anyone who has a stuffy nose or is coughing. We can also boost our own immune system by getting enough sleep and eating the right foods. The coronavirus, for which there are currently no treatments or vaccines, has generated a steady drumbeat of horrible news, from the number of people infected to those who have died, which has climbed to almost 500 but with more than 1,000 recoveries. Fear of the virus can be and is healthy, motivating countries to protect their citizens and limiting the spread of the virus. The fear, however, of any group will never be “normal” and certainly isn’t acceptable.

As residents listened for the results of the Iowa caucuses, the first indication of voter sentiment in a presidential election year, the new app relaying the results that the Iowa Democratic Party planned to use broke down, and those trying to log in or download it had no training for the task. Fortunately, there seems to be paper backup for the votes, but it takes time for the voting cards to be counted by hand. According to partial returns so far, still only 71 percent, former Vice President Joe Biden is trailing the other three leaders: Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and the youngest candidate at age 38, has a slim and unpredicted lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders followed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Even as people await the final results, the scene is now shifting to the second voting site and the first primary in the nation, that of New Hampshire. Back in Washington, the vote in the Senate to impeach the president was another historic and unprecedented news item. The partisan wrangling in the House and Senate between the two major parties has been constantly on display throughout the impeachment hearings the past months. The drama was put forth with an eye to the coming

elections and promises a hard and bitter ﬁght from now until November. A little bit of relief was provided by the annual football contest, the Super Bowl, this past Sunday evening. For those who watched, the fourth quarter provided much excitement and an intensity that blocked out even the loudest grim news. Three cheers for the 24-year-old quarterback, Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs, who brought his team back from defeat and became the youngest winner of both a Super Bowl and a regular season NFL (2018) MVP award. Then there is Harvey Weinstein and the trial that, for me, is too much in the news. The constant stream of rape details that are being eagerly reported is a nauseating backdrop for the aforementioned news. There will undoubtedly be a movie. Speaking of movies, the Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are coming this Sunday, and they should provide distraction from the heavier events. And isn’t it interesting to learn from a recent news article, that there are probably more than 10 million American nudists? See, you can ﬁnd happy news if you just try.

A Most Dramatic Week

his was the week that was. And what a week of atypical news it was. Let’s start with the coronavirus and its progression toward a pandemic. The global death toll stood at 492 as of Wednesday morning, according to NBC News, and conﬁrmed cases top 24,000 in mainland China. More than 185,000 people are currently under medical observation, Chinese health ofﬁcials said. Hundreds of U.S. nationals were removed from lockeddown Wuhan and have arrived in the Between United States, as two more rescue you and me planes landed at BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF Travis Air Force Base in Northern California. Passengers will be quarantined for 14 days before being released. So far, there have been

11 cases in the U.S. Trailing China with confirmed cases are Japan with 35, Singapore with 28, Thailand with 25 and South Korea with 19. But the virus has definitely spread beyond Asia and has been found in Germany, France, Britain, the United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Finland and beyond. There are even 10 passengers with the virus from a cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan. Another cruise ship, with 3,600 aboard, has been quarantined in Hong Kong. While there is talk of work on a coronavirus vaccine, health professionals agree it will take up to a year before such a vaccine would be available to the general public. A traditional news event with an unusual twist was the president’s State of the Union address Tuesday night in the House of Representatives that had voted to impeach him. Extreme partisanship was on display at the start when President Donald Trump (R) did not shake hands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) — second in the line of succession to the highest office next to Vice President Mike Pence (R). Then the speaker tore up a text of the speech as the cameras were rolling immediately at the end of the president’s talk.

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