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Baldwinites land on police diversity board eola. She also spoke about the newly agreed-on body camera program, as well as the county’s Baldwinites Shajarah Wil- police reform plan, finalized in liams, a community affairs March, that comprised 16 recompolice of ficer, and George mendations, including a mentorSiberón, executive director of ing program and credit for forthe Hempstead Hispanic Civic eign-language proficiency.

Association, have been appointEven though a few committee ed by Nassau Counmembers have had ty Executive Laura professional expeCurran, another rience in hiring, Baldwinite, to the including attorney newly created NasMartha Krisel and sau County Police Williams, none has Diversity Commitformal education tee, which will seek or specialization in to improve diversipersonnel selecty in police hiring. tion, specifically The committee attracting and formed in reaction recruiting candit o t h e M ay 2 7 dates.

Newsday investigaIndustrial and dr. Harold tion of the lack of organizational psypeople of color in goldstEiN chologist Dr. Harthe county police Baruch College, CUNY old Goldstein, a department. The professor at the outlet found that of City University of 2,508 Black and 3,389 Hispanic New York’s Baruch College, has applicants who had taken the worked on various systems 2012 police test, only 36 and 89 involving public safety recruitapplicants were hired, respec- ment and selection, including tively. the New York City Fire DepartNassau of ficials plan to ment. Human resources “experts address three key areas in hir- should be involved in developing ing, including recruitment, test- the proper systems and in creating and training, Curran said at a June 3 news conference in MinContinued on page 11

By CristiNa arroyo rodrigUEz carroyo@liherald.com

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BaldwiN sENior HigH School was among the top 21 percent of the 18,000 schools across the nation that were ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

Baldwin High ranks among best in New York state

By CristiNa arroyo rodrigUEz carroyo@liherald.com

U.S. News & World Report recently ranked Baldwin Senior High School just shy of the top 25 percent of high schools in the state and in the top 21 percent in the nation, among 18,000 high schools across the country that the magazine rated. BHS jumped 60 places in the state ranking,

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The ranking reflected Baldwin High’s performance for the 2018-19 school year.

Schools were not ranked in 2019-2020 or 2020-21 because the coronavirus pandemic would have skewed the statistics used to decide the rankings.

BHS Principal Dr. Neil Testa said, “Receiving this prestigious accolade, especially during such a challenging

year, is yet another example of why Baldwin is such a special place to live and work.”

The rankings are based on college preparedness, including participation and performance in various 12th-grade assessments and graduation rates; however, U.S. News & World Report did not factor in Baldwin High’s dual-enrollment courses or its Academic Academies, a specialized Continued on page 9

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LGBTQ+ residents center Pride this month

By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com

When Baldwin resident Mathew Goberdhan was a freshman student at Potsdam State University of New York, he said he hid his sexuality for fear of being judged.

In 2013 he became more open about his sexuality and began dating another male student at his college. On many occasions, Goberdhan said he recalls when he would walk across his college campus, hand-inhand with his boyfriend, and many students would stare at them and scream, “faggot,” among many other discriminatory slurs.

After experiencing bullying on his college campus, during the same year, Goberdhan also came to find out about how members of a fraternity, which he was interested in joining, had banned him because he is gay.

Throughout this month of June, which is Pride month, 27-year-old Goberdhan said he cannot help but ponder about how far he has come after facing painful moments in his life following his decision to open up about his sexuality to his family, friends and college cohort.

“My friends from high school were very supportive of me coming out to them, but it was hard coming out to some of my family and to my college peers,” Goberdhan recalled. “My mom has been supportive and accepting of me being gay since the day I came out, but I haven’t had a good relationship with my dad ever since.”

The last time Goberdhan had contact with his father was seven months ago. His parents are divorced and, in the past, he would only see his father on the weekends when his father visited.

“My dad doesn’t really ask me how I’m doing anymore and when he does visit, my dad just sits there and we barely talk,” Goberdhan said. “There’s a huge disconnect. He doesn’t understand that this is me and my sexuality is not a choice.”

Despite facing adversity among peers and losing close family bonds, Goberdhan said he will always be proud to be gay.

This month of June, he said he plans to celebrate by attending different pride parades. Goberdhan hopes to spread further awareness to help members of the LGBTQ+ community who are struggling to express their identities openly.

“I think a lot more can be done to help the LGBTQ+ community with self awareness and self confidence, especially for those who are not out yet or are afraid to come out,” he said. There needs to be more resources and open dialogue should be available for those who are questioning their sexuality.

Goberdhan also thinks recognition of the LGBTQ community should not just be for one month every year because at the end of Pride month, “I will still be gay … years down the line, I will still be gay. The same energy should go into every month.”

For Baldwin resident Jarod Dimatos, 24, he said he has also experienced discrimination because of his identity as

Courtesy Jarod Dimatos Courtesy Malik Somers

BAldwiN resideNt MAlik Somers, who indentifies as gay, said he is glad Pride month exists. genderqueer or queer, which he claims is described as a slur reclaimed by the [LGBTQ+] community, a conglomeration of the gender binary and outside the gender binary.

Dimatos said he uses both “he” and “him” and “they” and “them” pronouns to identify himself. He has identified as bisexual, pansexual and he currently identifies as genderqueer.

“My identity and fluidity reign freely throughout my style, attitude and passion, and to be LGBTQ+, to be queer, is to possess survival and unique capabilities that those that are cisgender and heterosexual cannot access,” Dimatos said.

“I’ve experienced conversion therapy, lovely hospital visits and physical bullying. It is within my core belief that when people do not understand something it becomes a phobia, something they hate, which by definition is always irrational,” he added.

During Pride month, Dimatos said he plans to continue to participate in and support as many queer-led events and artists. He hopes to support local queer artists, drag performers, Black queer artists and Black drag performers.

“The importance of pride month is the conscious and aggressive reminder that LGBTQ+ people are still being very much oppressed today,” he said.

He said he will spend the remainder of June educating and exposing himself to drag culture, ballroom culture, queer etiquette, queer icons and queer fashion.

Dimatos hopes to attend various pride parades, as well.

“I speak only for myself, but I find extreme comfort in gay, bi, queer men, lesbian women, trans women, trans men, nonbinary folkx and anyone queer,” Dimatos said. “My experiences with my friends and family who are members of the LGBTQ+ is one that I find myself incapable of having with anyone that’s not queer.”

Baldwin resident, Malik Somers, 24, who indentifies as gay, said he is glad Pride month exists; however, he said, he finds the month does not stop discrimination against members of the LGBTQ+ community.

“I’m a Black, gay and proud man who supports and wants the LGBTQ+ community’s need for human rights to be heard and regardless of your sexual orientation, gender, and race, LGBTQ+ are human rights,” Somers said.

Although Somers was recently fully vaccinated against Covid, he said, for Pride month, he will not attend any pride parades because he does not feel comfortable around large groups of people due to the pandemic.

“I’m choosing to celebrate how far I’ve come, the person I am today,” he said.

“Without Pride month, the majority of Americans wouldn’t know the stories that are told about revolutionaries that worked, fought and died for the LGBTQ+ community.”

Courtesy Mathew Goberdhan

BAldwiN resideNt JArod Dimatos said he has identified as bisexual, pansexual and he currently identifies as genderqueer or queer.

MAthew GoBerdhAN, who came out as gay to his family and friends in 2013, said he is planning to celebrate Pride month by attending many pride parades.

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Baldwinites celebrate how far they’ve come and talk about how far we still have to go

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Baldwin holds 14th annual 5K Run Walk

JodI BRodsky, fRoM right, Elana Lederman, Richard Brodsky, and Avi Lederman celebrate the end of the run, which began in Bladwin, NY.

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win Park near Wolfson drive, participants began the 5K in three waves of runners starting at 8:30 a.m., with each group Long Islander Richard Brodsky has departing on 30-minute intervals with a been HIV positive since 1997, a brain can- four wave of walkers at 10 a.m. cer survivor since 2002, and “marathon Executive Director of Options for Comrunner for life.” Hosted by the city of Bald- munity Living, Yolando Robano Gross, win, the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation coordinated with staff and organization put on the 14th annual “5K AIDS Cancer members and accounted for about 40 parRun Walk” on Sunday, June 6, which also ticipants in the 5K. The Options for Comadvocated for COVID vaccinations and munity Living has programs that are speoffered virtual participation this year. cifically designed to help people with HIV Brodsky promoted this event to spread find affordable places to live. awareness about the COVID vaccine, he “We come out to this 5K every year to said, “I’m 68. I got to take my second Pfizer support Richard Brodsky and he supports COVID vaccine about two months ago, and us the rest of the year,” Robano Gross comsix weeks later, I ran my fastest marathon ments. “Last year, there was not one due to in the past 20 months.” His circumstances, but this year wife Jodi Brodsky and he finpeople left in waves to stay ished the Queens Marathon safe and it was a beautiful on April 10, 2021 at 3:59:36 day to support the cause.” and 4:12:16 respectively.

Participants walked west Jodi Brodsky echoes Richin Baldwin Park along ard’s call for everyone to get Grand Avenue until they vaccinated, stating that it is reached south of the tennis “the only way we are going courts on the western side of to get our country back to the park. Runners finished normal.” In Nassau county, within 20 minutes to an hour 54.77% of the total populaof the start of the 5K while tion has been fully vaccinatwalkers took about 60-90 ed whereas the total populaminutes to reach the western tion of New York State is at tennis courts.

47.5 percent.

Tarika James, MD Chief Richard adds, “If I can Medical Officer of Long take this vaccine without RIcaRd BRodsky Island FQHC, participant of having side effects, so many Brodsky Foundation the 5K says, “It was a beautiother Americans can too.” ful day to support such a He also claims that he is now worthy cause. It is great that the only person with both AIDS and Can- Richard Brodsky has an everlasting pascer to still run marathons in the world. sion for supporting research toward AIDS According to a study done by the CDC, and Cancer.” people above the age of 55 who have the Registration came with an orange perPfizer vaccine experience one or more sonalized dry fit t-shirt and AIDS and cansymptoms 70.6 percent of the time com- cer survivors participated free. All participared to people ages 18-55 at 82.8 percent. pants also received an assortment of gift To be conscious of COVID, masks had certificates to local Long Island restauto be worn before and after that event but rants and were entered into multiple rafdid not have to be worn during the 5K. fles. All participants also received a medal Social distancing was asked to be main- at the end. tained the entire time.

Proceeds of the 5K are “to benefit peoThe 14th annual Baldwin run walk ple living with cancer and HIV at Center brought in 205 registered participants with of AIDS Research & Treatment at Northwalk-ins and 16 virtual residents, or partic- well Health/North Shore University Hosipants that ran a 5K where they were locat- pital and its Client Advisory Board, Five ed, from 10 different states from as far Towns Community Center, and St. John’s away as Arizona.

Episcopal Hospital.” Donations are always People began arriving at the designated open, so please contact the foundation for starting area around 8AM to get ready for more information. their runs and walks. Starting in east Bald-

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Black residents reflect on BLM progress

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BALDWIN HERALD — June 17, 2021

By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com

Black Baldwin resident, Ashley Johnson, said she has experienced too many encounters of first-hand racism to count.

Although Johnson said it is too painful for her to mention the exact experiences in which she faced racism, she is glad the Black Lives Matter movement and protests in suppor t of the movement became more frequently disivy Bushelle, cussed and Resident understood by many people starting in June 2020, after George Floyd’s death went viral.

Now a year later, in June 2021, people everywhere reflect on how things have evolved since the Black Lives Matter protests of last year. Many Black Baldwin residents said that despite more widely spread awareness about the Black Lives Matter movement, racism has not stopped occurring.

“People want to be under the guise of helping the Black community by putting on performances on social media to make it seem like changes are happening, but

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Protests iN suPPort of the Black Lives Matter movement became more frequently discussed and understood by many people starting in June 2020, after George Floyd’s death went viral. nothing has changed,” Johnson said. “ At first there was a lot of passion behind the Black Lives Matter movement, but now that the media has died down on racial issues, not enough is being done for Black rights.”

Johnson said she hopes more nonBlack people would hold more conversations outside of social media to spread awareness about racism and she hopes more people would begin to view the lives

of Black men as equally as valuable as the lives of Black women.

“I’m proud and unapologetically me, and I wish more people would realize that it’s important for Black men and Black women to be recognized as being affected by police brutality,” she said. “I think more white people should have discussions off the phones with their families if they truly are allies.”

Black and Hispanic, Baldwin resident

Chrissy Samuels, who is a retired police officer, said this time last year she attended a Black Lives Matter protest in Baldwin because she wanted to show support for her Black son and husband.

“As a retired police officer, it is hard to hear about police brutality against Black people because I’m Black and I was a cop,” Samuels said. “I’m Black before I’m blue. I’m a Black woman before I’m a Continued on page 15

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Before retiring, Hofstra president reflects

By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com

The sun shone down on Hofstra University’s campus late last month as flowers were blooming in all their chromatic splendor. Dozens of graduates meandered about the campus in full cap and gown, stopping for photos at several iconic locations — the campus was alive, and the spirit of graduation was in the air.

Stuart Rabinowitz, the university’s president for the past 20 years, was reaching something of a graduation himself.

As he, too, walked through the campus, he was thoughtfully reflective on his tenure, under which Hofstra was transformed from regional school to the internationally renowned university that it is today.

While he will not completely depart from what he now calls “home,” Rabinowitz, 75, is set to retire from his position as president at the end of August. He assumed the post in 2001.

Before his official departure — and after avoiding some bees on the hunt for those colorful flowers — Rabinowitz sat with the Herald at Hofstra to reflect on his career.

“I really have always felt this is a special place,” Rabinowitz said. “I came here to teach law in 1972, and I thought I would only stay a year or so and move on — but I just fell in love with the place and the people.”

“So, it took me 50 years to leave,” he added with a laugh.

Rabinowitz did join Hofstra’s Law School faculty in 1972, then went on to become the dean of the School of Law

stuart Rabinowitz from September 1989 to June 2001, when he became president. He was chosen by the university’s board of trustees in December 2000.

The school went through myriad changes under his leadership. Among the new schools opened are the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine and the School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies, run in partnership with Northwell Health. The Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Peter S. Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs, and the School of Health Professions and Human Services are also additions.

The list goes on: Rabinowitz also

founded Hofstra’s National Center for Suburban Studies and the Center for Entrepreneurship.

“I think I had some ideas of what Hofstra needed to move on to the next level. I am a good imaginer of things,” Rabinowitz said. “And apparently, I have a talent of hiring really good people to implement those tasks. . . I never worried about hiring people that are smarter than me, or who might disagree with me — I encourage disagreement.”

Rabinowitz credited the university’s board of trustees with supporting his endeavors, no matter how far reaching they may have been. Sometimes it seemed to be “daydreaming,” he recalled, such as when they applied to host a presidential debate at the university.

“Well, three debates, they came to the conclusion that we were debate central,” Rabinowitz said.

Not every decision was an easy one, though. Ending Hofstra’s football team and, more recently, moving a statue of Thomas Jefferson, which originally sat in front of the heavily trafficked student center and received backlash from students who highlighted Jefferson’s history as a slave owner, were among them. The statue was moved to a less visible part of campus.

“There were difficult decisions and difficult times,” Rabinowitz said. “The thing I feel best about is that even on the decisions that are controversial, I never made a decision that I didn’t think was in the best interest of the university. I tried so hard every time not to let my personal views affect anything — and I really think

I was able to do that.”

Most important, students come first at Hofstra. “They are the reason we exist,” Rabinowitz explained. “That means you listen to students, treat them well, treat them with respect and give them a voice.”

“It’s like all the students and members of the community are my responsibility, even though they’re not,” Rabinowitz said, “which is why it’s really hard to be president. You feel every pain, injury and sadness — and you also are happy when they’re happy.”

Rabinowitz has also focused on the Nassau Hub, the commerce zone surrounding the university. As co-chair of the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council, he has influence over the project, but it has yet to come to full fruition.

The area around the Nassau Coliseum is still set to have residential and commercial spaces as part of the Hub. As co-chair of the council, Rabinowitz helped bring $727 million to 885 projects on Long Island since 2011. He also stays active as a member of the board of directors for Accelerate Long Island, and he has also served as a trustee of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities and on the board of directors of the Long Island Technology Network.

Rabinowitz could not find it in himself to completely say goodbye to Hofstra, however. In the fall of 2022, he will teach an undergraduate honors college course, Introduction to Constitutional Law. “I can’t completely leave — I would get the bends if I completely detached from the university,” Rabinowitz joked.

Open Nassau carries on amid the pandemic

By CRIstINA ARRoyo RoDRIGuEz carroyo@liherald.com

When Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman took office in 2018, he partnered with Nassau County Executive Laura Curran to open and modernize county finances. Investing nearly $1.3 million since 2019, his office launched a userfriendly data platform, Open Nassau, in which the public can access county records, report financial issues, and keep updated on smart audits and equity reports. The following interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.

Herald: What are the goals and motivations behind Open Nassau?

Jack schnirman: Culture change is what

we are looking to achieve. It’s not just about technology, it’s about bringing everyone on an equal playing field because everyone has access to the exact same information. Then we can have a conversation that is evidence-based and data-driven without anyone hoarding the information like how it used to be.

Before we did this program, county had a D+ in transparency by the Press Club on Long Island. It was all paper-based, it was a challenge to get numbers, you had to do all these foils, and there were conflicting num-

bers and conflicting views on the numbers.

Open Nassau became an organizing principle to get everybody to deal from a simple set of numbers.

Herald: When you were trying to implement Open Nassau initially, did you get a lot pushback from the current establishment?

schnirman: Not as much as you would

think. There was pushback based on that old-timey culture of holding information so close to the vest and using access to it as a way of safeguarding power. Culture starts from the top, so that culture change started directly from the top where you have the comptroller and the county executive on the same page.

Herald: Was the focus on equity issues a

purposeful and directed decision?

schnirman: Absolutely. One of the earliest

choices we made was in investing in a qualitative research unit. We started by tackling our demographics: who we are as the county population, how quickly we are diversifying, getting older, getting more diverse, and use that as an opening point for a conversation on equity.

Then, we asked the question: What’s the deal of living in Nassau County? We started highlighting the different affordability

challenges that folks face. Our formula was about identifying gaps, looking at best practices from around the country, and highlighting options on the policy side so we can remain competitive and be a place where people want to and can afford to live.

tions and frustration about how and why they could undo that kind of advancement.

Herald: So how do get from transparency

things faster, more transparent, more efficient, so that resources go where they need to go. The pandemic was an unforeseen, once-in-a-generation level crisis, and we saw the measure of our work. We made sure we were prioritizing getting the resources needed to the non-profits because if something suddenly dried up, the service would stop in that moment when it was needed more than ever.

to accountability?

schnirman: The honest answer is that we can’t do everything ourselves since that’s beyond the role of our office. We try to find folks to partner with, whether it be within government, and/or expert and advocacy organizations. Our worst fear is that we write these reports, make these recommendations, we make them graphically appealing, we put them on social media, and we push, we push, we push, and nobody pays attention and nobody does anything.

Herald: How are you ensuring the continuation of Open Nassau for the new comptroller?

schnirman: We are working around the

clock to make sure the work is sustainable and to make it as difficult or impossible to pull back from this kind of transparency.

If the next comptroller removes Open Nassau, for example, I would like to believe that they would face an awful lot of ques-

Herald: How does Open Nassau impact county residents?

schnirman: We do this work, we make

Herald: Did the pandemic help accelerate the implementation of Open Nassau?

We could’ve talked for years about making things more tech-based, but instead the crisis of the pandemic created the necessity to do them overnight. It was a sink-orswim moment, and success is not guaranteed when you have a county government that has not historically invested enough in technology infrastructure. It’s a testament to the workforce, to the innovation of our teams, and to the understanding that you can’t afford to fail. Those shifts were shockingly smooth.

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Tuesday, June 22

Community service programs with the library

St. Francis Health Van free screenings

Interested in being kind and earning community service credits? Take part in the Baldwin Public Library’s ongoing community service programs. Using art, thank a veteran — design a plaque to thanks veterans and visit www.baldwinpl.org to view a “Thanking Our Veterans” video. Or, using art, create a special card for a hospitalized kid. Create your own special card to cheer up a sick child. Visit the library website to view a video that will show you the different ways you can decorate your card. To register, send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org. Library staff will reach out to have you pick up your kit at the main entrance doors of the library.

Free health screenings including a brief cardiac history, blood pressure and a simple blood test for cholesterol and diabetes. Adults 18 and older. First come, first served. Last screening at 1:45 p.m.

Wednesday, June 23 Community Coalition of Baldwin

Thursday, June 17 Morning meditation with the library The Baldwin Public Library will host a meditation session on Thursday, June 10 at 9 a.m. via Zoom. Holly from the Kadampa Meditation Center will guide participants through this meditation practice. All are welcome to attend.

RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.

Tips and Tricks for the 2021 Mah Jongg Card with Donna MillerSmall Would you like to sharpen your skills with the 2021 Mah Jong card? Then this two-session class is for you! Donna will share helpful tips for dealing with the new card and offer winning strategies that will improve your game. Please rsvp to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. The meeting on June 17 will take place via Zoom at 7 p.m.

Baldwin Historical Society Trains in Bladwin Learn about the coming of the railroad to Long Island and how it affected Baldwin. Please rsvp to baldwinzoom@ baldwinpl.org for the password. The

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St. Francis Health Van free screenings for adults Free health screenings including a brief cardiac history, blood pressure and a simple blood test for cholesterol and diabetes. First come, first served. Last screening at 1:45 p.m. on June 22.

meeting on June 17 will take place via Zoom at 7 p.m.

Friday, June 18 Chair yoga and Silver Sneakers Classic Join the Baldwin Public Library on Friday, June 18 at 9 a.m. for chair yoga.

Instructor Augusta Berner will alternate classes and either guide this class utilizing a chair to perform yoga poses that are kind to the body or use weights and resistance bands (or substitutions on hand) to get your blood pumping!

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Literary book discussion with Christopher Woods Stalag 17 (1953) will be discussed.

William Holden, who received an Oscar for Best Actor, once again teamed up with Billy Wilder, long considered to be a top film director, for this movie. The drama with darkly comic overtones takes place in a German POW camp during World War II, where Holden as a hustler and suspected traitor must prove himself to his comrades. View the film at home; available on Kanopy (free streaming service - information on

access is available on the Library’s website). The DVD is also available for request by contacting 223-6228, x 145. The didcussion will be held in the Community Room at 7 p.m.

Concerned Parents of Baldwin The Concerned Parents of Baldwin is composed of parents whose children attend the Baldwin schools. The organization’s primary focus has been the recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to work with the district to present an annual assembly and poster contest in memory of Dr. King. At the assembly, Concerned Parents also grants Humanitarian Awards to Baldwin students who exemplify the ideas of Dr. King by actively participating in school and community outreach and demonstrating an awareness and sensitivity toward others. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m.

The leaders of the school- and community-based organizations have joined together as the Community Coalition of Baldwin (CCB) to assist one another for the greater good of Baldwin. They want to create a thriving downtown filled with social and recreational opportunities, aspire to academic success for community residents, foster a sense of family among the citizens of the Baldwin community and communicate and promote all success stories of the Baldwin community. Community Coalition meetings for the 2020-21 school year will be held at 7 p.m. Please call the Public Information Office at 516.434.6014.

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Original inhabitants of Baldwin were Native Americans known as the Meroke or Merrick.

The first churches were built in 1810 and 1872, and the first school in 1813.

According to the Census, Baldwin is 49% white, 37% Black, 3% Asian, and 11% +two/other races.

Support Baldwin Athletics and the high school Booster Club. Email baldwinboosterclub21@gmail.com.

For updated information about the Covid-19 pandemic, visit covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov.

Baldwin High boasts high graduation rates school-to-career program.

Superintendent Dr. Shari Camhi explained that because of these collegeoriented programs, along with the district’s future partnership with Nassau Community College in the fall, “many of our seniors will go on to their college of choice with college credits already on their transcript, which can ultimately lower tuition costs and lessen student loan debt.”

The U.S. News & World Report rankings are based on six criteria that not only address overall student performance and participation, but also equity for underserved students, which include Black, Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students, as defined by participation in a reduced-priced or free lunch program.

Baldwin High boasts a 97 percent graduation rate, 12 percentage points above the state average of 85 percent, making graduation Baldwin’s leading ranking factor. It placed 222nd in the state for graduation, putting BHS in the top 18th percentile in New York.

BHS was 276th in the state in number of students taking Advanced Placement exams and 295th in the number of students scoring at least a 3 on the exams, the passing grade that is the minimum score to receive course credit at many colleges. In total, 44 percent of Baldwin students took at least one AP exam, and 75

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Graduation rates for Black, white, and Hispanic students with and without honors, according to 2018-19 New York State Education Department data. percent of students taking exams scored at least a 3.

White BHS students were almost 1.5 times more likely to take AP exams than Black students, and Hispanic students were 1.2 times more likely. There was no statistical difference in scores among the racial groups of students who took the AP exams.

On state Regents exams, BHS landed squarely in the middle of the state results,

in the 50th percentile, in terms of exam performance and proficiency.

U.S. News & World Report stated, “In all 50 states, there is a very positive statistical relationship between the proportion of a student body that is Black, Hispanic and/or from a low-income household and a school’s results on state assessments.”

While there was no difference among races in the percentage of students graduating from Baldwin High, 64 percent of

white and 61 percent of Hispanic students graduated with a Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation, which means students scored a 90 or higher on all required state exams, versus 44 percent of Black students, according to New York State Education Department data.

In 2018-19, about 21 percent of the economically disadvantaged students in Baldwin were white, followed by 25 percent who were Black and 44 percent who were Hispanic.

Erase Racism President Elaine Gross called for an investigation into the racial disparities in AP exam enrollment at BHS, asking, “What have been the resources to help Black students throughout their education that prepare and encourage them to enroll in AP courses?

Are there institutional policies that would impede their enrollment?”

On May 12, the Board of Education adopted a new Equity, Inclusivity and Diversity in Education policy, which acknowledges that “racism, discrimination and marginalization of any people or groups of people, whether intentional or not, have no place in our schools.”

The board also edited an existing Recruiting and Hiring policy to include “recruiting, employing, supporting and retaining racially, ethnically and linguistically diverse – as well as culturally competent – administrative, instructional and support personnel.”

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Diversity hiring in the crosshairs after report and engagement and chair of the new ing monitoring and analytic systems to committee, told Newsday, “I think that track progress on diversity,” Goldstein he’s doing some soul searching and he’s looking at it.” said.

Nassau has been plagued with reports He further noted, “The leadership and regarding lack of transparthe culture . . . are key facency and discriminatory tors to sustainable success practices. In December last when it comes to impleyear, members of Long menting diversity as a key Island Advocates for Police goal for an organization.”

Accountability, which Indeed, the leadership of formed after the murder of the county police has been George Floyd, criticized a point of contention for the county’s pre-vetting of community civil rights public questions, failing to advocates. include key stakeholders, In response to the Newsand refusing to gather and day investigation, County release data.

Police Commissioner PatTracey Edwards, Long rick Ryder attributed the Herald File Photo Island NAACP regional lack of police of color to director, also condemned their “broken homes,” george siBerón, the county for approving a among other reasons, a exeCutive direCtor of contract that would prostatement he later apolo- the Hempstead Hispanic vide a 15 percent raise to gized for. Elaine Gross, Civic Association, has president of Erase Racism, been appointed to the new members of its Superiors Officers Association, raisand Theresa Sanders, pres- diversity committee to ing county costs by $39 milident of Urban League of address police hiring. lion from 2022 to 2025, withLong Island, said he perpetout community input—a uated racial stereotypes, shifting the burden from the department plan that was voted against by the only three Black members of the County Legto the victims of racial discrimination.

While members of the new police islature.

After a 2018 report by the New York diversity committee have condemned Ryder’s remarks, they have also given Civil Liberties Union, which showed that him the benefit of the doubt. Bishop Lio- the county police department had categonel Harvey, deputy director of diversity rized Asian American and Pacific Island-

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Bishop LioneL harvey, center, next to county executive Laura Curran, at lectern, who announced the creation of a new police diversity committee to address equitable hiring. ers as Y for “Yellow,” the department changed its data recording acronyms.

The police diversity committee is comprised of Harvey, Sanders, Dr. Jermaine Williams, president of Nassau Community College; Leslie Davis, president of Westbury NAACP; Jay Singh, a member of Asian American Affairs Council and Indian American Association; Toufique Harun, from Muslims for Progress; Gabriela Castillo, from the Nassau County Office of Legislative Affairs; and Martha Krisel, executive director of Nassau

County Civil Service. They will join Williams and Siberón to provide recommendations ahead of the next civil service exam in 2022.

“When we talk about building trust, to have law enforcement to look like the community is key,” Curran said. According to the census, the county is composed of almost a 60 percent white people, while the police department is 85 percent white.

Forty years ago, it was 95 percent white.

Williams and Siberón couldn’t be reached for comment.

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Baldwin Boy Scouts graduate to Eagle ranks Paul Bartolomea, from second to the left, Michael Cavanagh, Nehemiah Segure, Cordell Neely, and Robert Llompart achieved the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America, becoming an Eagle Scout.

Scoutmaster Larry Vodopevic, center, Councilman Anthony Esposito, far left, Councilman Christopher Carini, from right, and Hempstead Town Clerk Kate Murray awarded citations to five members of BSA Troop 824 on Sunday, June 14, 2020 at St. Christopher Church.

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S U N Y Canton reco g n i z e s D e s i r e e F. Forde of North Baldwin, NY for e a r n i n g Dean’s List honors during the spring 2021 s e m e s t e r.

Forde majors in Criminal Investigation.

“I join the college’s faculty, staff and administration in offering a heartfelt congratulations on Courtesy SUNY Canton yo u r h a rd ear ned success,” said SUNY Canton President Zvi Szafran in a letter to honor students. “You have the determination necessary to accomplish great things both in your education and in your future.” Dean’s List recognizes full-time students who earn a GPA between 3.25 and 3.74 on a 4.0 scale.

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(TH-162/21) WANTAGH McCLEAN AVENUE - west side, Starting at a point 358 feet south of the south curbline of Kinloch Road, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-149/21) and on the repeal of the following locations previously set aside as parking spaces for physically handicapped persons: ELMONT ESTELLE AVENUE - south side, starting at a point 43 feet west of the west curbline of Jacob Street, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-676/07 - 2/05/08) (TH-181/21) FRANKLIN SQUARE RINTIN STREET - east side, starting at a point 250 feet south of the south curbline of Fenworth Boulevard, south for a distance of 20 feet.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 1st day of July, 2021, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 197-13 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE and REPEAL “TRAFFIC REGULATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS” at the following locations: BALDWIN GRAND BOULEVARD (TH 184/21) West Side - NO PARKING 7 AM TO 4 PM SCHOOL DAYS - starting at a point 30 feet north of the north curbline of Jackson Street then north for a distance of 75 feet.

ALSO, to REPEAL from Section 197-13 “TRAFFIC REGULATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS” from the following locations: OCEANSIDE LAND PLACE (TH 373/05) NO LEFT TURN 2 PM TO 4 PM SCHOOL DAYS - all motorists traveling eastbound on Land Place shall be prohibited from making left turn onto Oceanside Road.

(Adopted 7/11/06) LAND PLACE (TH 373/05) NO LEFT TURN 7 AM TO 10 AM SCHOOL DAYS all motorists traveling eastbound on Land Place shall be prohibited from making a left turn onto Oceanside Road.

(Adopted 3/7/06) It may be viewed on the Hempstead website, at www.hempsteadny.gov ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard in person in accordance with applicable social distancing regulations, or real time telephonic communication, see instructions at www.hempsteadny.gov Dated: June 15, 2021 Hempstead, New York

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AnAbellA Dezil helD up a homemade sign at a protest that started at Baldwin Long Island Rail Road station in June 2020.

blACk bAlDwin resiDent Morgan Fields-Newton said in the summer of 2020 she attended about three protests.

A year since widespread BLM protests of June 2020 ContinueD from pAge 5 police officer. However, I think there are some good cops and some bad cops and there are more good police officers than bad.”

When the murder of George Floyd went viral, Samuels said it disturbed her and she could not finish watching the whole murder video. Although she said she feels justice was served with the Derek Chauvin trial verdict, she said she has noticed small changes occur since the Black Lives Matter protests of June 2020.

“The Black Lives Matter protests made other people of other races more aware of the dilemma that Black people face being in their skin,” she added. “I think a constructive way to handle racism is more education, to keep talking about it and more programs to combat racism.”

For many other Black residents who participated in Black Lives Matter protests in June 2020, they said they find few

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changes have occurred to put an end to racism and racially motivated police brutality.

Black Baldwin resident, Morgan Fields-Newton said in the summer of 2020 she attended about three protests because she viewed the police brutality as becoming out of hand. She said her mother and stepfather have both been stopped and profiled by the police officers before.

“It is scary because my whole family is Black or brown, and I pray for them every time they walk out the door because you can never be too sure about their safety and It makes me beyond angry … how much more pain do people have to endure until others realize racism is wrong?”

Fields-Newton said.

“Nothing has changed since last summer, and the resentment towards Blacks is stronger than ever,” said Black Baldwin resident Ivy Bushelle. “I believe the Black Lives Matter Movement is not enough.”

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LEGAL NOTICE PROBATE CITATION File No.: 2021-1851 SURROGATE’S COURT NASSAU COUNTY PROBATE CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO:William Cliffdale Klemm Kelleyanne Tully F/k/a Kelleyanne Klemm Anthony James Klemm Unknown children of William C. Klemm, Jr., deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence.

A petition having been duly filed by Joseph Lilli who is domiciled at 110 Spruce Street, West Hempstead, New York 11552 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at the Nassau County Court House, 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501, on July 21 , 2021 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of WILLIAM C. KLEMM, JR. lately domiciled at 884 Jefferson Street, Baldwin, New York 11510 admitting to probate a Will dated July 19, 2017 , a copy of which is attached, as the Will of WILLIAM C. KLEMM, JR. deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [ X ] Letters of Testamentary to Joseph Lilli State any further relief requested: ___________________ Dated: Attested and Sealed, 5/26 , 2021.

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A. You can choose your neighbors and you can choose your friends, but you don’t get to choose your family, right? Every once in a while, I get a call from a representative of a group of concerned citizens who want some use to just disappear, but you have to consider what the use is, and whether that use has been previously approved with permits onte eeper and certificates of completion at that location. If the use has previously been approved, with zoning variances or straight permits, then your recourse is limited.

It’s not uncommon to see people show up — or lately, log in — to a zoning hearing to voice their opposition to an established use such as a restaurant that wants more seating, or a new use that was formerly retail, and many other combinations or changes. As to whether you can do anything, I can only say that the specifics of the proposed use would need to be understood. For example, if the restaurant that has closed was previously approved for a specific number of seats, and the proposed restaurant goes in with the same status — under normal circumstances, the conditions remain the same and, except for any minor improvements, such as kitchen equipment, removing a wall or changing the seating configuration — then the only approvals needed are permits that do not require any contestable review, as would be the case in a zoning hearing.

Noxious fumes and fire safety are another matter, and you can make a complaint that may be addressed to some extent by examining the use of equipment to minimize the fumes, but consider that fumes from a restaurant are part of the mechanism of cooking and ventilation. Also consider that you, apparently, chose to live next to a commercial establishment. It did not choose to locate next to you; you chose where to live.

I have witnessed, in public hearings over the years, seemingly reasonable people step up to the microphone and blurt out the most unreasonable statements about how, for example, their neighbor’s renovation will cause noise and dust, so shouldn’t they be told they have to turn their homestead into a small park for everyone else to enjoy? My favorite one was the couple who were hell-bent on getting the railroad to either stop running by their house or change the train schedule so they could listen to the birds without interruption. I don’t think the board of the railroad changed the schedule, but I’m sure they had a good laugh. With relatives like that, I’ll stick with my friends. Good luck!

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Last Nov. 8, I was kayaking in Emory Creek in Freeport, just north of the Narrows, when I spotted what I thought was a chunk of garbage floating in the waterway and paddled over to collect it. I was headed north, back to the Albany Avenue boat ramp, after two hours on the water. Suddenly the garbage jerked, as if it were alive.

“What the…?” I blurted out. Were Scott my eyes deceiving me?

BRINtoN As I approached, I realized it wasn’t garbage, but a river otter, the first one I’d ever seen in the wild — or anywhere. I slowed my paddling, hoping to sneak up close enough for a quick photo. I stroked all of three times when the otter lifted its head slightly and dived headlong underwater, its back forming a perfect U as it plunged, like some mythical sea serpent of yore. I waited a few minutes to see if it might resurface, but it vanished.

I came away feeling grateful to have seen this beautiful creature, if only momentarily.

River otters are indeed rare on Long Island.

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Seatuck teamed up with the nonprofit Peconic Land Trust on May 20 to present a webinar on “The Re-wilding of Long Island,” about how any number of creatures — including river otters — are making a comeback thanks to conservation programs, so I had to tune in. In addition to Bottini, it featured Emily Hall, Seatuck’s conservation policy advocate; Kelly Hamilton, a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation wildlife biologist; and Enrico Nardone, Seatuck’s executive director. Arielle Santos, its wildlife conservation policy program coordinator, moderated.

River otters disappeared from Long Island in the early 1800s. They were protected by the International Fur Seal Treaty of 1911, however, and further safeguarded in the U.S. by the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. No longer hunted, they are

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rebounding. It’s not clear when, precisely, river otters returned to Long Island, but a 2008 study by Bottini confirmed their presence here, and a subsequent study 10 years later found that their range was expanding.

Bottini identified 150 potential sites where otters might live on the Island, and narrowed their presence to three confirmed locations: Mill Neck/ Oyster Bay, the Nissequogue River and Peconic Bay. By 2018, they were found in 10 spots.

River otters are amazing creatures. They can hold their breath underwater for up to eight minutes, which might explain why I didn’t see the otter resurface — I had waited two or three minutes before I continued paddling on my way last November. They are also among only 10 or so animals besides humans that employ tools: They use rocks to smash open crustaceans’ shells to get to the meat inside.

I was pleasantly surprised to learn that not only are otters returning to Long Island, but bald eagles are as well — there are now 21 nesting pairs here, Hamilton said. They had nearly gone extinct during the 1960s because of the ubiquitous use of DDT, a now-banned pesticide that caused their offspring’s shells to thin and crack open before the chicks were fully developed. The mother bird would crush the eggs when she sat on them to warm them. From the 1940s to the

’ve glimpsed a river otter, and the silvery aquatic carpet of a school of river herring.

’60s, 675,000 tons of DDT were sprayed across America, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The increase in river herring on Long Island is promising as well, Hall said. The river herring is a silvery fish that was once so plentiful that when schools of it made their way upriver, they turned the water silver. We haven’t reached that point yet. One night in the fall of 2019, however, my son, Andrew, and I returned to the Albany Avenue boat ramp after kayaking Emory Creek. The sun had set only a short while earlier. The moon was full, causing an abnormally high tide that inundated part of the boat ramp parking lot. Andrew waded into the water to the edge of the bulkhead, and for no particular reason, shined his headlamp into the creek.

There it was, a giant mass of silvery fish streaming northward. “Whoa!” I exclaimed.

It was an extraordinary sight. I’m now convinced the fish were river herring.

The re-wilding of Long Island, to me, demonstrates the necessity of federal and state environmental regulations — and local conservation efforts undertaken by vital groups like Seatuck (seatuck.org) and the Peconic Land Trust (peconiclandtrust. org). They need and deserve our support.

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

On the road with a priest, a knight and a monk

fter 15 months, hundreds of miles, 800 pages and 40 hours of audio, I listened to the closing words of my book this week, and it was good.

Early in the pandemic, I experienced the kind of deadening boredom and restlessness that can unravel the human spirit.

So I pushed myself outdoors to walk.

No matter the weather, no matter the temptations of the couch and the TV, I walked.

After some weeks, the thoughts that accompanied me RANDI were not helpful. I KREISS tended to perseverate on medical, political and existential threats. So I decided to listen to a very long book with my newly purchased AirPods, and that’s how Ken Follett’s “Pillars of the Earth” saved my life. Well, that’s an overstatement, but the book, all 40 hours of it on Audible, kept me reasonably sane.

The only other Follett book I had read was the breakout thriller “The Eye of the Needle.” I chose “Pillars” because it was

unreasonably long and because the reader, John Lee, got rave reviews. I wanted a deep, authoritative voice in my ear, an English narrator who would add authenticity.

I had strict rules for myself. I would only listen to the book — no contemporaneous reading. I would allow myself to listen only when I was walking, thus the builtin motivation. And when I was listening, I wouldn’t take phone calls or allow other distractions. I only listened when I walked alone.

In an afterward, Follett explains how he came to write this doorstop of a book, an epic piece of historical fiction, and his story is unique. He grew up in a family that adhered to a Puritanlike religious ethic. As a young lad, he became enthralled with the building of cathedrals, an odd fascination for a kid, especially since it was paired with an interest in medieval architecture.

He began writing thrillers, and all the while kept researching the story of the great cathedrals of England. His publishers wanted him to keep churning out bestsellers, because he had a real knack for it and they liked a sure thing, but he decided to write a big book on the building of a fic-

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tional cathedral in England between the years 1135 and 1170. It took him more than three years, which is nothing, because it took 30 years to build a cathedral in those times.

The building of the grand churches over decades is the infrastructure of the book. But it isn’t all flying buttresses and knaves and arches. The human story drives the narrative. The tale begins with a priest, a knight and a monk who witness an illegal hanging, and it flows out from there in all directions and over decades, with characters questing and crusading across the world. Follett creates dozens of characters whose stories pull us into the drama of life in medieval villages, castles and emerging towns.

I walked day after day, with Tom Builder and Prior Philip, Jack Jackson, Ellen the witch, Bishop Waleran Bigod, Aliena and Johnny Eightpence and even the ill-fated Thomas Beckett. Like a Woody Allen of Medieval times, Follett intertwines his characters with authentic historical figures we’ve only met in history books. Beckett, for one, leaps to life with a dignity and grace he may or may not have exhibited in

iving me something more healthy to focus on during my daily perambulations.

real life.

Villains abound. Heroes get pierced through with swords. Women sacrifice youth and beauty to honor oaths to dictatorial fathers. Lovers are thwarted by religion and plague and just bad timing.

Babies are born to and abandoned by desperately poor itinerant workers, and they are found and raised by good-hearted monks to become servants of God. I’m telling you about this now because it’s just possible that you’ll need to walk your way through a troubling time, and a really long book can make the journey easier. It was impossible to think any bad thoughts while I was listening my way through “Pillars of the Earth.”

We are all in a better place now, but a worrier is a worrier. So I still walk, and just today I began “The Long Ships,” by Swedish writer Frans G. Bengtsson. Published in 1941, it recounts the adventures of Viking Rode Orm in the late 10th century.

This is a find. I look forward to my morning walk. After listening to live news this evening about Covid spikes, galloping Trumpism and political paralysis, it’s downright comforting to hear bloody sagas of Viking hordes raiding and sacking the known world.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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t’s nearly summer, and the boating season is now upon us. That means speedboats and personal watercraft roaring along our coastline. That’s OK, as long as they’re outside the designated no-wake zones in the saltwater wetlands that hug the shoreline, particularly on the South Shore, between the barrier islands and Long Island proper. The trouble is, too many people disregard the zones, causing widespread destruction of the wetlands.

If you’re one of these people, cut it out.

The wetlands provide critical “environmental benefits.” They act as breeding grounds for countless birds, fish and shellfish. At the same time, they soak up waves during hurricanes and tropical storms.

Without them, the South Shore would have taken a far greater beating during Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and, most recently, Tropical Storm Isaias last year.

The wetlands comprise hundreds of mudflat islands that are held together by fields of Spartina marsh grass. As boats thunder through the narrow channels between the mudflats, they send waves crashing against their sides, slowly, steadily eroding them. Stop off at most any mudflat island in a South Shore boat channel and you’ll find the telltale signs of wave-action erosion.

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letters A critical look at critical race theory To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Are we immune to Texas-style xenophobia?” (June 10-16): I was surprised to read that Kreiss equated the pushback against critical race theory with what she called “Texas-style xenophobia.”

Half the column was a diatribe on initiatives by Texas conservatives that had nothing to do with the subject, but laid the foundation for why any opinion of the Texas legislature must be bigoted and wrong. Kreiss implied that those leading the charge against critical race theory are right wing, racist and Republican, and are influencing the ignorant against the advancement of civil rights. In fact, the pushback is bipartisan, and many who were initial supporters have changed their minds after seeing the actual implementation in school curriculums.

I am one of them and a lifelong Democrat

ing whole swaths of Spartina grass floating out to sea. Eventually, all that’s left is a sandy beach, which might look pretty but is easily washed away in a big storm.

When you find only rocks and pebbles, you know the demise of a mudflat island is near.

Development through the centuries has caused massive loss of wetlands, despite their vital functions and benefits. A study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1990 found that the acreage of wetlands across the contiguous United States, both saltwater and freshwater, had decreased by 53 percent, from 221 million acres to 104 million. In fact, many South Shore communities were built in the 1950s and ’60s, atop wetlands, before the federal Clean Water Act of 1972 protected them from dredging and filling.

The act did not, however, protect them from boaters, who are left largely to govern themselves. Yes, there are county and town bay constables to enforce no-wake zones, but the wetlands, measuring tens of thousands of acres, are hard to police: In the Town of Hempstead alone, there are 17,000 acres of wetlands and 180 miles of coastal waterways to patrol. The constables are also often taken away from environmental enforcement by drunken boaters, who pose an immediate threat to other people.

One recent citizen-science survey of the world’s wetlands, conducted by the World Wetland Network, the Society of Wetland Scientists, the Cobra Collective and the International Union for Conserva-

tion of Nature, found that wetlands have decreased across the globe by 87 percent — that is, they are on the brink of disappearing from the face of the earth.

We cannot allow that to happen. Wetlands have been part of Long Island practically from the time it formed 10,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, as a 118-mile-long glacial deposit. Whether we realize it or not, we desperately need them. They deserve our protection.

We would love to hear our town officials speaking out more on this issue, given that they are entrusted with the protection of wetlands, along with state Department of Environmental Conservation officials. Educating the public on the importance of wetlands should be a top priority.

You might consider joining a group like the Freeport-based Operation SPLASH (Stop Polluting Littering and Save Harbors) on the South Shore, or the Oyster Bay-based Friends of the Bay on the North Shore, whose mission is protecting our coastal waters, including the wetlands. Both organizations regularly conduct cleanups, which are critical, given the astounding amount of garbage that makes its way into our waterways and wetlands.

And again, if you’re a boater, please, please pay attention to and obey the nowake zones. You’ll be doing an enormous service to everyone who lives in one of our coastal communities, along with the many wild creatures who inhabit the wetlands.

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he recently completed census became controversial because of political interference, but the results are still important. This is especially true when it comes to the national birthrate and regions with population growth and decline. Long Island is a region in decline. What can we do about it?

The once-every10-years census produces a demographic profile of the nation broken down by age, gender, education, national origin, ethnicity, family status and employment, among other roBerT a. elements. It also produces populasCoTT tion estimates and charts the changes in births, deaths and migration. The data can be sorted by demographic characteristics as well as by geographic region. Income data is collected by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis. Together, they provide substantial information for community and economic development.

Census data helps government agencies at all levels as well as private employers forecast economic growth, fiscal demands and service opportunities. Businesses use census results to decide where to build factories, offices and stores.

Census results also provide the basis for apportioning the 435 seats in the House of

Representatives among the states, and the allocation of more than $675 billion per year in federal funding for schools, hospitals, roads, public works and other vital programs.

One key focus of the census is the nation’s birthrate. In 2017, the total fertility rate in the U.S. was 1,765.5 per 1,000 women, 16 percent below what’s considered the rate needed for the population to replace itself, 2,100 births per 1,000 women. After a decline during the Great Depression followed by the baby boom after World War II, the fertility rate has hovered for four decades at just under that replacement rate. It currently stands at 1.9 births per woman.

It’s estimated that by the 2030s, the number of Americans over age 65 will exceed the number of those under 18. The Social Security Administration’s working assumption is that there should be three covered workers per recipient for the system to be stable. In 2000, there were 3.4; today there are about 2.3. By 2030, the estimate is that there will be 2.0. This imbalance can be addressed by raising the wage base limit on Social Security payroll deductions, now $142,800; providing incentives for families to have more children; and improving our immigration system.

According to the Long Island Association, the number of births in Nassau and Suffolk counties fell by almost 20 percent

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from 2000 to 2016, and the number of people 19 and younger fell by 7.5 percent. The causes of decline include a “birth dearth” and out-migration due to job opportunities elsewhere and the cost of housing here.

Long Island’s population growth of 0.7 percent is lower than the average 1.2 percent in other metropolitan-area suburban counties. In the meantime, the median age of NassauSuffolk’s workforce continued to rise last year, according to Newsday.

The consequences of a decline in the young population are manifold for our country and our region. A rising ratio of retirees to new graduates means that funding for pensions and health care will likely result in less support for education. We will need to be concerned about who will start new businesses and who will staff existing ones. Will elementary school buildings become homes for retirees no longer able to live alone? Who will run for school boards, town councils and other civic offices?

Another consequence is representation in Congress. In the 1940s, New York had 45 members of the House; it now has 26 due to the state’s declining population.

Where will we find the scientists and engineers to conduct the world-renowned research at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, Brookhaven National Labs and Stony Brook University, among other

t won’t be long before Americans over age 65 will outnumber those under 18.

LeTTers from New York. The history of racism in America needs to be told and acknowledged.

In spite of Kreiss’s partisan characterization, few on both sides of the political aisle would disagree. What we do disagree with is the damaging reverse racism, political ideology, anti-Semitism and historical distortions that have taken over critical race theory in places like California.

In the first draft of California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, the state’s version of critical race theory, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement for Palestine was included as an important social movement against apartheid in Israel, according to a recent article in Tablet Magazine, which describes itself as a “new read on Jewish life.” A list of 154 influential people of color did not include Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., U.S. Rep. John Lewis or Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, though it included violent revolutionaries.

There was even a flattering description of Pol Pot, the communist leader of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, who was responsible for the murder of a quarter of the Cambodian population during the 1970s, according to the article. Islamophobia was mentioned as a kind of oppression, but anti-Semitism was not. Similar issues have shown up often when critical race theory is applied.

Which of us, Ms. Kreiss, is “reacting —

venues? These engines of knowledge and prosperity require native-born and immigrant scholars to continue their mission of advancing knowledge and its applications.

While it can be argued that a decline in global population could be good for the environment and the sustainability of natural resources, my immediate concern is with our region.

Historically, nations have sought to manage, or at least stabilize, population growth by encouraging, while managing, immigration. Immigrants comprised about 13.7 percent of our population in 2019, but the growth in immigration has slowed. Restrictive policies have resulted in a drop in the number of international students, scholars, entrepreneurs and others to staff and serve our businesses and communities.

We need a plan for population renewal and dynamic development as well as environmental sustainability. The census and related reports provide the data needed to help us get started with a comprehensive approach. We can work to stall out-migration, improve in-migration and restore a productive immigration system. Such a plan will not only support population growth, economic and community development and the environment, but can also lead to the strengthening of democratic institutions through increased civic participation.

Robert A. Scott is president emeritus of Adelphi University and the author of “How University Boards Work” (Johns Hopkins Press, 2018, Eric Hoffer Awardee, 2019).

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not thinking, not listening, just pulling hotbutton words . . . out of the air,” to quote you?

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1984 may be upon us today To the Editor: As the tearing down of monuments and statues, rewriting history and changing names of buildings named after historic figures continues under the growing cancel culture, it reminds me of George Orwell, who wrote, “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”

Orwell’s vision of 1984 may soon become today’s reality.

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