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Bill targets special district transparency Campaign finance laws do not apply to special sanitation districts, even though commissionOn June 3, the State Senate ers and trustees oversee large passed bill S.1102A, which would budgets. Sanitation District No. require candidates 2’s 2021 spending for commissioners plan was nearly $12.2 of sanitation dismillion, with a tax tricts to file statelevy of just over $10 ments of campaign million, to provide expenditure and conservices such as gartributions, as there bage collection, recyare now no reporting cling and medical requirements for and hazardous waste these elections. disposal. If it becomes law, Sanitation Disthe bill, sponsored trict No. 2 commisby Sen. Todd Kaminsioners earn $7,500 sky, a Democrat from per year, with mediLong Beach, would cal and dental benechange election profits, and are respontocols for special sible for drafting and sanitation elections implementing local statewide, including ordinances and rules for Sanitation Disand regulations for trict No. 2, which waste and litter manc o ve r s B a l dw i n , aUStiN graff agement, but they Roosevelt, South Chairman, also manage all H e m p s t e a d a n d Sanitation District 7 a d m i n i s t r a t i v e , parts of Uniondale, financial and operaRockville Centre and tional duties of a Freeport, serving roughly 55,000 workforce of 60 full-time employresidents. ees, including preparing the The measure has yet to be annual budget and setting the voted on by the State Assembly, a tax rate. requirement before it can move Baldwin Sanitation Commisto Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his signature. Continued on page 15

By CriStiNa arroYo roDrigUez carroyo@liherald.com

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a Culture Jam with something for everyone The first annual Baldwin Culture Jam featured a car show, live music, a cornhole tournament, raffles and a mural painting event as as kickoff to a post-Covid summer. Story, Page 3.

Cuomo: ‘The emergency is over’ By CriStiNa arroYo roDrigUez carroyo@liherald.com

G o v. A n d r e w C u o m o announced in a coronavirus briefing on June 24 that he would not renew the state of emergency first declared last March. Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Covid-19 protocols will remain in effect, however. The announcement came nearly a week after Cuomo lifted

nearly all Covid-19 restrictions, including those for businesses, social settings, health screenings and cleaning and disinfecting because 70 percent of all adult New Yorkers had received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. Paul Lizio, owner of Grand View Auto Body in Baldwin, said he hoped business would pick up, as the pandemic hurt his shop, with profit margins dropping as much as 70 percent at the

height of the crisis. “With people moving,” Lizio said, “more business comes . . . The weather is also helping people to get out more.” As of Monday in Nassau County, nearly 80 percent of residents 18 and over had received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, and 65 percent of residents in total had one dose. Statewide, a little more than 11.4 million Continued on page 9

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Culture Jam tapped nostalgic pre-Covid fun graffiti-type art.” Chamber former co-president, Erik Mahler said that they wanted to do this On Sunday, June 27, Baldwin’s first event “to attract young people into Baldannual Culture Jam lured Baldwinites win, to visit and shop in Restaurant Row and their friends and family out of the and downtown Baldwin. It is vital to keep Covid quarantine blues and into a sunny the young people interested in our wonsummer with a variety of entertainment, derful community.” food, and drink in order to revitalize comWith the recent Downtown Revitalizamunity and business alike. tion Initiative $10 million grant from the Sponsored by the Chamber of Com- state, which would partially go to apartmerce and The Irish Pub, this all-day ment development aimed at young profesevent held at the parking lot of The Irish sionals and families, the chamber has Pub had vendors put up been vocal in its support for tables to promote their busiimprovements that diversify nesses for a fee and ChamBaldwin demographics and ber of Commerce members attract a younger base with were offered these promodisposable income. tional opportunities gratis, Along with live music, as the chamber centered the Baldwinites also enjoyed a “Get Back to Business” cornhole tournament and theme. raffles for hundreds of dolThe event began with a lars in gift cards to The Irish Car Show from 8 a.m. to Pub and Charlie’s Butcher noon hosted by the Baldwin and a new smoker to kick Hot Rod Association. Paul off some summer outdoor Lizio, one of the heads of grilling and drinking. this association stated, “We The owner of The Irish felt that adding the cars to Pub Shawn Sabel said, “The shawn saBel, the event would be a good whole reason why we are way to draw people outside Baldwin doing this is to show how and get together now that diverse how this community we are coming out of the is. We have Jamaican, Irish, pandemic.” and Mexican cooks, and Reggae and Rock Lizio was also cognizant that Covid is Long Island bands.” He added, “I can’t not entirely over and respected that wait to get back to normal life, and I autonomy of some to engage in precau- wouldn’t want to do that without the peotionary measures, adding to the inclusivi- ple of this community.” ty of this event. He said, “Car shows are a A portion of these donations will benegreat way for people to get out where they fit Hangout One Happy Place, a Baldwincan still socially distance if they would based nonprofit organization that gives like to.” teenagers and young adults with special From noon to 7 p.m. a live mural paint- needs a space to socialize and safely ing followed, which was curated by street engage in activities. artist and Baldwin High School graduate Founder and President of Hangout Poor Rupert. Artists showed off their One Happy Place for Autism Angela chops with colorful renderings as the pub- Lucas said, “It’s an honor that the comlic watched and engaged with them, espe- munity would do this for us. The reason cially younger Baldwinites. that we are so successful is because of the Poor Rupert said that his hope for this Baldwin community.” event is to create awareness around this Lucas also mentioned that the kids did type of artistry, “Street art and muralism not only attend the event, but also particibrings more positive things to a commu- pated in it, “The kids have a day to enjoy nity than any of the other negative things and be part of the event, selling tickets that people may have in their heads about and shirts. Baldwin embraces them.”

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James enuf rufffin started painting his creation of a skull and Lou Defour, his artwork of a train during the live mural painting event.

from left, natalie Navarrete, Emily Orgill, Janah Frazer, sitting down, Jessica Martinez, Naseem Fecu, and Angela Lucas from Hangout One Happy Place had members help throughout the day. memBers of the Baldwin Hot Rod Association enjoyed the morning festivities of the Baldwin Culture Jam in the car show.

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When he walked out of his interview in late Jan 2019, Joseph Martin had no idea he would be the unanimous choice for new music director of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Baldwin. He had even less of an idea that his new job would begin just weeks before the nation was paralyzed into lockdown by the Covid pandemic. A graduate of LaGuardia High School for the Arts, Joe attended the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, majoring in Piano Performance. He got a scholarship for Collaborative Piano at the Manhattan School of Music where he sharpened his skills in vocal coaching and accompaniment by taking all the classes singers took -- and learning how to sing well himself. Different church jobs in Queens and Long Island finally led him to St. Peter’s where he was faced with the dilemma: how do you lead a choir when they’re not allowed to sing together? The initial thought of many singers faced with pandemic isolation was to do it via Zoom, but there turned out to be too much lag and voices couldn’t sync up. Joe solved the problem by having choir members submit recordings via their cell phones. He first made a recording to a click-track of a song’s piano accompaniment, then sang along with the piano, creating a separate recording for each vocal

part. He admits it was a bit of a challenge hitting the high soprano notes – considering he’s a bass. He then sent the tracks to choir members who sang along with the track in an earpiece as they recorded their part into their phones. Finally, Joe used his home studio equipment to mix all the choir parts together. Throughout the pandemic, he remotely “conducted” more than fifty choral pieces, which can be heard at St. Peter’s website www.stpetersbaldwin.org. Last month’s easing of pandemic restrictions brought great relief as the choir can once again rehearse in person and sing live from the choir loft for the Sunday service. But along with the joy has come a new bittersweet challenge as St. Peter’s pastor of 22 years, Rev. Edward Barnett, departs to begin a new call in Florida. In addition to composing original music, Joe will be looking to add to the choir and develop an enhanced music program for 2, 3 and 4 years-olds at St. Peter’s Early Learning Center this Fall. Enrollment for the pre-K is open now. A tour of the facility can be arranged by calling Maritza Lopez at (516) 223-1392. Sunday services at St. Peter’s are currently 8 and 10:15 a.m. The summer schedule begins June 27 with one service at 9 am.

Take care of your skin this summer break ■ When sunburn occurs, there are several ways to manage it. Cool baths or showers relieve sunburn pain. Use of moisturizers containing aloe vera or soy also help soothe skin irritations. Ibuprofen reduces swelling, redness and discomfort. If pain is severe and the skin is blistered or raw, or if a sunburn also has systemic symptoms seek medical attention.

Protecting the skin from the sun’s harmful ultra violet radiation: ■ Keep skin covered as much as possible when out in the sun. Wear sun blocking clothing and hats. ■ Know when the sun will be strongest and limit activities during these times and make sure skin is protected. A UV Index of 8 to 10 is very high and 11 is considered extreme. Skin can be burned within 30 min or less when the UV index is 8 or 9. ■ Use the proper sunscreen; be mindful of the differences between sunscreen, sunblock and suntan lotion. Use a sunscreen or sunblock product labeled with a Sun Protection Factor 30 or above. Reapply sunscreen after swimming, even if the sunscreen is waterproof. ■ Adults and children should use ample amounts of sunscreen to completely cover exposed skin. Use an appropriate amount of sunscreen for protecting the

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DurInG summer our skin is prone to sunburn, accidental burns, rashes and irritation from poisonous plants, and blisters from friction. face and neck specifically. ■ Parents should apply sunscreen thoroughly to cover their children’s exposed skin. The skin of children is very sensitive. Children’s sunscreen should be put on about 15 to 30 minutes before they go outside. ■ Apply sun protection each time before venturing outdoors and be prepared to reapply every few hours depending on length of time spent in the sun and product directions.

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■ Individuals with lighter skin tones are more susceptible to getting sun burns and sun damage on their skin. People with darker tones are generally at lower risk because skin pigment works as a partial barrier to UV light. However, everyone can benefit from using sunscreen.

As we enter summer, parents and children need to prepare for exposure to skin hazards while enjoying sunny weather and outdoor activities. Long Island-Based Board-Certified Dermatologist Dr. Mark Halsey of Halsey Dermatology of Sag Harbor, NY is sharing his knowledge and recommendations for protecting one’s skin from the dangers and damage this summer.

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Town pledges to distribute 10,000 Narcan kits By RoBeRt tRaveRso rtraverso@liherald.com

The Town of Hempstead pledged to distribute 10,000 opioid antidote kits by the end of 2021 and announced increased funding and revamped programs at a news conference last Wednesday as part of a new effort to counter the rise in opioid-related deaths amid the coronavirus pandemic. Town Supervisor Don Clavin and Councilman Anthony D’Esposito spoke on the town’s new goal to distribute 10,000 kits of Narcan, a commonly used version of the medicine naloxone that blocks the brain’s opioid receptors and quickly reverses the symptoms of opioid overdoses. “Hempstead Town has an established record of fighting the opioid epidemic,” Clavin said, pledging to continue the town’s effort to end the opioid crisis. In a statement, the town reaffirmed its commitment to “winning the war against opioid addiction.” Opioid-related deaths have spiked amid the pandemic. According to the Town of Hempstead, opioid overdoses rose 34 percent between 2019 and 2020 in Nassau County for a total of 287 opioid-related overdoses. The pandemic has caused high levels of stress and loneliness for those who struggle with opioid addiction, which often leads to depression, anxiety and low selfesteem, according to local experts. In fact, a July 2020 study found that 75,000 so-called “deaths of despair” — caused by drug misuse, alcohol and suicide — can be attributed to the high levels of stress, isolation and unemployment brought by the coronavirus pandemic. “The effects of the opioid epidemic are tragic, and we are committed to increasing our efforts to beat the disease of drug addiction,” Clavin said. “I have confronted the results of opioid addiction first-

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the new goal was announced at a news conference last Wednesday by Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin and Councilman Anthony D’Esposito. hand, and the consequences of heroin and other opioid use are alarming and tragic,” said D’Esposito, a former NYPD Detective who has led the town’s public education and training initiative in the fight against opioid addiction. In 2017, Hempstead launched a Narcan distribution and training program that had distributed more than 6,500 Narcan kits as of this June. “I am pleased that we have made a positive difference in the opioid battle by presenting Narcan training and drug abuse awareness programs. I am prepared to increase our efforts to address the increase in opioid overdoses,” D’Esposito said, committing to further work to beat back the opioid crisis in Hempstead. The town’s new naloxone training programs will be

held by the town on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. at Town Park Point Lookout throughout July and August. The first sessions will take place on Saturday, July 10 and Sunday, July 11. Clavin and D’Esposito also announced additional funding to fight the opioid epidemic, which has devastated Long Island since the mid-2010s, killing nearly 200 people in Nassau in 2017 and 2018 alone. A portion of the town’s federal coronavirus pandemic relief funding will be directed toward drug awareness and treatment programs, officials said. “We’re going to redouble our efforts in the face of increased opioid overdoses during the Covid pandemic, and we are dedicated to winning the battle against opioids,” Clavin said.

Senator Kaminsky announces for district attorney By James BeRnstein Jbernstein@liherald.com

Todd Kaminsky, who was re-elected last November to a third two-year term in the State Senate, announced his candidacy for Nassau County district attorney Tuesday. Appearing in a dark blue suit despite the high heat, the 42-year-old Kaminsky stood outside the Nassau D.A.’s office in Mineola, flanked by his wife, the lawyer Ellen Tobin, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, and a host of other state and county officials, retired police officers, his parents and supporters from his hometown of Long Beach. Kaminsky was endorsed by the Nassau County Democratic Party late Friday afternoon. Nassau’s outgoing D.A., Madeline Singas, was confirmed as a judge on New York’s highest court this month, triggering an election in November. Joyce Smith is Nassau’s acting D.A. currently. “We begin our campaign for Nassau County district attorney today,” said Kaminsky, to cheers from a crowd of about 100 people. “We need steady, experience leaders” in the D.A.’s office, he said. Kaminsky, who was a state assemblyman before winning a seat in the State Senate in 2016, emphasized his law-enforcement experience in his speech. He has been criticized by Republicans for his support of a bail reform law that freed defendants awaiting trial who could not afford bail by limiting the number of crimes for which judges could set bail. The

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state sen. todd Kaminsky and his wife, Ellen Tobin, were surrounded by supporters as Kaminsky announced his candidacy for district attorney Monday. issue was raised in Kaminsky’s most recent election. He said he has since made adjustments to the law, adding several more crimes for which judges can set bail. “I will stack my record fighting violent crime against anybody’s,” Kaminsky said in answer to a question about the issue. Kaminsky worked as an assistant district attorney in the Queens County district attorney’s office, prosecuting domestic violence cases, robberies, shootings and other violent crimes. In 2008, he joined the U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of New York, in Brooklyn, as an assistant U.S. attorney, where he worked for six years.

There, he became acting deputy chief of the Public Integrity Section, prosecuting elected officials, including State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a health care network that he ran; Assemblyman Jimmy Meng for wire fraud for offering to bribe prosecutors to obtain a lower sentence for a businessman charged with tax fraud; and U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, for felony tax fraud. Kaminsky noted that he had also prosecuted drug dealer James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond, securing an indictment after Rosemond was captured by agents from the federal Drug Enforcement Agen-

cy after remaining a fugitive for a month. Two retired police officers, Tom Wilson, who served with the New York Police Department and Suffolk County Police Department, and Chris O’Connor, who was also with the NYPD and Rockville Centre Police Department, were on hand to endorse Kaminsky. They thanked Kaminsky for his bill that provides sick time to people who worked on the rescue, recovery and cleanup following the World Trade Center attacks. Kaminsky was also endorsed by Curran, who said he would be “a trusted partner in fighting street crime and political corruption” in Nassau. The three-term state senator is chairman of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee. He is likely to run on his environmental record, as well as his law-enforcement background. Kaminsky has pushed for reforms to the NY Rising system, licensing for mold removal companies and implementation of an information-sharing database in Nassau to help track abandoned properties. Kaminsky is a familiar figure at events in Long Beach. He is often accompanied by one or both of his children, Rafe and Rory. His wife mentioned that Kaminsky announced his candidacy for D.A. on Rory’s third birthday. Born and raised in Long Beach, Kaminsky attended local schools. He succeeded Harvey Weisenberg in the State Assembly in 2014. Weisenberg, 86, was on hand for Kaminsky’s announcement.

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this hands-on class, create and edit animated GIFs, stick figures and much more. Students may have a new external flash drive to save their work. To register, send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org and include your name, grade and a phone number. This event will be held online from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Community service programs with the library 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.

Creative Writing Camp Author Eileen Moskowitz-Palma is back this summer for four sessions where young writers grades 3 to 5 will create free-verse poems, a short story, and a short memoir. The last session will be a casual author Q & A and a book club discussion. Online or in-person registration begins Monday, June 28 and includes a copy of Eileen’s book. This event will run Wednesdays, July 7, 14, 21 and 28 at 1:00 p.m.

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Thursday, July 1 Town of Hempstead Board Meeting Public hearings are held on issues ranging from traffic regulations, proposed local laws, amendments to the town code, special exception petitions, and rezoning applications. At the conclusion of each meeting, the Hempstead Town Board remains seated to hear comment from citizens. This will take place at 10:30 a.m. at Hempstead Town Hall, located at One Washington Street, Hempstead, and will also be livestreamed.

Thursday night Car Show in Baldwin Park The Baldwin Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Baldwin/RVC Rotary Club in sponsoring the weekly Thursday Night Car Show in Baldwin Park. This event is free to the public, and is a great family friendly event. The Car Show takes place every Thursday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Chamber members will have the opportunity to participate weekly at the Thursday Night Car Shows for a nominal flat fee of $100.00 for the entire season. The public can come as many Thursdays, or as few Thursdays that they wish, for one flat fee. The Car Show runs through the end of Septem-

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Computer Animation Learn how to use your computer to create web-based computer animation. In this hands-on class, create and edit animated GIFs, stick figures and much more. To register, send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org and include your name, grade and a phone number. This event will be held online from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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Friday, July 2 Parks and Recreation Summer Concert Series Come out and enjoy our Village of Hempstead Parks and Recreation Summer Concert Series for the whole Summer. The events will take place at Kennedy Memorial Park from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. On July 2, the featured event is City Sound and Big Band. If you need more information you can contact Parks at 516-478-6247.

Firecracker cupcake decorating Make three cupcakes for the 4th of July. The kit provides all of the ingredients and you will have access to an instructional video. There is a limit of 24 par-

ticipants. To register send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org. We will get in touch with you to pick up your kit. This is an oline event for children in grades to 12. It will run from Wednesday, July 1 to Saturday, July 31.

Sunday, July 4 Old fashion ice cream sandwiches Whip up some old fashion ice cream sandwiches for the hot days of summer. The kit provides all of the ingredients and you will have access to an instructional video. There is a limit of 24 participants. To register send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org. We will get in touch with you to pick up your kit. This is an oline event for children in grades to 12. It will run from Wednesday, July 1 to Saturday, July 31.

Tuesday, July 6 Paint Party Paint step-by-step two dogs by a lake. The kit provides all of the supplies and you will have access to an instructional video. There is a limit of 20 participants. To register send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org. We will get in touch with you to pick up your kit. This is an oline event for children in grades to 12. It will run from Wednesday, July 1 to Saturday, July 31.

Wednesday, July 7 Computer Animation Learn how to use your computer to create web-based computer animation. In

The Baldwin Public ibrary will host Yoga for Beginners on Wednesday, May 12 at 9 a.m. via Zoom. Those new to yoga are encouraged to attend. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org. Yoga is known to have many health benefits, including improving strength, balance and flexibility; reducing back pain; inducing relaxation and improving sleep.

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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.

CDC’s Covid-19 guidelines still remain in effect people had received at least one dose, amounting to roughly 71 percent of the total population. The state is still warning its people to stay vigilant, as not everyone is yet vaccinated, including children 12 and under, and new Covid-19 strains continue to emerge, including the Delta variant. The state is expanding at-home vaccinations to include people of all ages, not only older adults. According to federal guidance, New Yorkers will still have to wear masks in large indoor venues, public transportation, homeless shelters, correctional facilities, nursing homes, health care settings and pre-K to grade 12 schools, though the state Department of Health has not indicated whether that rule will apply for summer school. Unvaccinated adults will have to continue to wear masks, as well. With the lifting of restrictions, the state once again prohibited alcohol to go, which had been permitted during the pandemic. Shawn Sabel, owner of The Irish Pub in Baldwin, said he didn’t push drinks-to-go during the pandemic. “We put 100 percent of our focus on food, and it elevated our menu,” he said, adding that the lifting of the 10 p.m. curfew on bars and restaurants is what has jump-started business recently. “I’m ecstatic,” he said. “It’s wonderful to come to work again since we are usually the last stop in everyone’s night.” Cuomo said New York now has the low-

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By the numbers NYS Covid-19 vaccination figures as of June 28: ■ Number of people statewide with at least one dose: 11,476,717 ■ Percentage of adults 18 and over: 71.9 percent ■ Percentage of total population: 59.7 percent Courtesy Safe Health Educators

On June 17, Richard Rattan, founder of Safe Health Educators in Baldwin, put up a permanent banner honoring essential workers at his location at 2400 Grand Ave. est infection rate in the country, and at the start of the pandemic, it had the highest rate. He attributed the precipitous drop in infections to New Yorkers doing their part, in particular essential workers, saying New Yorkers “were smart, united and did what they had to do throughout this entire pandemic.” The state is building a monument in Battery Park City to honor all essential workers, to be completed by Sept. 6. It will include a Circle of Heroes, composed of 19

red maple trees symbolizing the essential workers who carried New York through the pandemic, and an eternal flame engraved with, “Your spirit is still alive in us, and in our soul, and we will never forget.” Likewise, Baldwin has been celebrating its essential workers. On June 17, Richard Rattan, the founder of Safe Health Educators, put up a permanent banner at his location at 2400 Grand Ave., he said, “to honor our hometown heroes to thank them for their service to our community.”

■ Percentage of Nassau County residents 18 and over with at least one dose: 889,907 ■ Percentage of adults 18 and over: 79 percent ■ Percentage of the total population: 65 percent Source: New York State Department of Health

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The following Baldwin residents were among 802 SUNY Cortland students who earned President’s List honors for the Fall 2020 semester: Emily Metzguer-Schiro, majoring in Childhood Early Childhood Ed B-6, and Morgan Salmon, majoring in Childhood Early Childhood B6 WAIT. President’s List is a university-wide honor given to students based on their academic performance for each semester. Students who achieve grades of A- or better in each of their courses for a given semester will be designated a member of the President’s List. The university looks forward to celebrating those who have achieved President’s List for the Fall 2020 semester.

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If It becomes law, bill S.1102A will change election protocols for special sanitation district elections across New York state, including for Sanitation District No. 2, which serves 55,000 residents. said. Spurred by Nassau’s audit, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli published a research paper on special districts in the state in 2007, in which he highlighted how the only “structural checks” against lack of transparency and internal controls in Nassau’s special districts are the elections, which often suffer from low participation. In 2012, a group called Residents for Efficient Special Districts collected more than 5,000 signatures and launched a referendum to dissolve Sanitation District No. 2, which failed. In a 2013 interview, the group’s executive director, Laura Mallay, blamed the loss on local elected leaders, whom she said use special districts to provide jobs for supporters. “No one votes,” she said. “They are able to fly under the radar.” “Sunlight is the greatest disinfectant, and transparency is integral to preventing corruption,” Kaminsky said. As an example, he spoke about Oceanside Sanitation District No. 7, which in 2018 suf-

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irds have fascinated me since I was a boy growing up in Yaphank, in Suffolk County, in the 1970s. My parents spread birdfeed on our slate-covered cement patio in winter, and we would sit — my mother, father, brother and I — and watch the show from our kitchen as cardinals and house sparrows and blue jays descended en masse, scurrying to snatch the feed out from under one another’s beaks. I kept a journal, counting the different birds that landed. SCoTT My wife and I continued the traBRINToN dition with our two kids at our Merrick home, spending many Sunday morning breakfasts watching from our dining room as birds landed on our wooden deck, scurrying for breakfast before it was depleted. At one point, we joined the National Audubon Society, among other environmental groups. Now I’m ashamed to say that I had signed us up for the society, despite believing deeply in its mission to protect and preserve birds. The Audubon Society has done nothing nefarious. It is a top-rated nonprofit environmental organization with a worldwide reach. The trouble, I recently

learned, is this: The organization’s namesake, John James Audubon (1785-1851), was an unabashed racist who owned slaves. On June 13, The Washington Post published an article that blew my mind — “The racist legacy many birds carry” — examining the racism that was pervasive among many 19th-century ornithologists and noting the slave-holding past of Audubon, the most famous of all bird lovers. The largely self-taught artist is renowned for his masterfully rendered paintings of North American birds, which he compiled into his world-renowned tome, “The Birds of America,” published in 1827. His objective was to catalog all the birds of North America, which made him famous enough that his name is now synonymous around the globe with environmentalism. For goodness’ sake, there’s a city in Tennessee named for him. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minneapolis police last July, the Audubon Society published a series of articles on its website that looked critically at the organization’s namesake and his slave-holding past. In “The Myth of John James Audubon,” Audubon Magazine contributor Gregory Nobles wrote, “Audubon was . . . a slaveholder, a point that many people don’t know or, if they do, tend to ignore or excuse.”

To be clear, Audubon did not found the organization that bears his name. Harriet Hemenway and Minna B. Hall, of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, formed the national group in 1896 following the slaughter of millions of waterbirds, in particular egrets and waders, for their fine plumage, which was often used to adorn women’s hats. Only within the past year, however, has the organization really acknowledged the slaveholder that Audubon was. In the November-December 2004 issue of Audubon Magazine, Frank Graham Jr. examined the life of the society’s namesake in “Audubon’s Legacy: Where It All Began,” never mentioning that Audubon had held as many as nine slaves at one point in the early 1800s. Graham did note, however, that Audubon’s father, Jean Audubon, captained a French cargo ship that traded in rum, sugar and slaves on its “rounds from France to various Caribbean and U.S. ports.” The article contained one additional slavery reference. Alan Gehret, whom the piece described as a “walking encyclopedia of Auduboniana,” was quoted as saying, “Slave revolts threatened the planters in Haiti, and Jean Audubon wanted to take his children to France and raise them as French citizens.” That was it. If Gehret, a former museum curator

he first high-profile lover of birds was also an unapologetic slaveholder.

with the Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Pa., was such an encyclopedia of all things Audubon, how did he miss the fact that John James Audubon was a slaveholder? And imagine that — Gehret spoke of potential slave revolts as threatening white people — but failed to acknowledge the daily existential threats faced by Black slaves, who could have been flogged or hanged from a tree at a moment’s notice. Gehret’s statement is racist, intentional or not. There have been calls for the Audubon Society to change its name. I agree. It should be changed. That would be the only way I might consider rejoining in the future. Only through a name change could the group disassociate itself with its racist namesake, who, according to Nobles, dismissed the abolitionist movement in the United States and Great Britain. Why does all this matter? Simply put, we mustn’t worship racists and slaveholders. We mustn’t place them on pedestals. We must confront the twisted, demonic history that they represent. Confronting our nation’s racist past is not cancel culture. It’s the start of the healing process. 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.

Five-day tour of the Big Apple’s thrills and chills

f you’re going to jump in, then jump. That was my thinking during these post-vaccine weeks when I suggested a five-day stay in Manhattan to my California kid and her kid. We hadn’t seen each other in many months. On one hand, it was counterintuitive to stay in the Big Apple amid reports of untidy streets, menacing street people and closed venues. It made sense, though, to throw support and money to the city we love, and also benefit from lower hotel rates. We would pick a hotel and do all the RANDI sites we could fit in KREISS to the time we had. She would fly into JFK. A foreversuburbanite, I would actually sleep in the city that never sleeps, which makes sense because I never sleep anymore. We did it, last week, and I’m here to tell you that we took a big bite of the Big Apple, and it is still delicious. We saw the city, not as longtime New Yorkers, or commuters, which we have always been, but as visitors. In midtown, the tourists were

surging. The Empire State Building, which had a line around the block by day, looked brilliant at sundown, its spire blazing into the sky. Restaurants in Tribeca and Soho featured blocks and blocks of outdoor seating. The romance of the city felt real and familiar. My main impression: It’s a dog’s life. Our four-legged friends are everywhere, from the Bowery to Brooklyn, on the streets, in restaurants and in our hotel. I expect every city across America is experiencing the all-dogs-all-the-time phenomenon following the worst of the pandemic, when we craved the comfort of fluffy fur and puppy breath. We stayed at Hotel 50 Bowery, with views of the Manhattan Bridge, and it was perfect, since we’re kind of downtown people. I know the Chinese community suffered during Covid, but the area is surging back, street markets are open, with piles of mangoes and cherries and every variety of lichi and bok choy on display. Everyone wears masks, and although masks were optional in our hotel, most travelers chose to stay safer.

We walked many miles every day. We trekked over the Brooklyn Bridge to Dumbo, walked through Tribeca, strolled through Little Italy every night for dessert, and ate outside nearly every meal because we were blessed with early-June balmy days and nights. We took the subway uptown to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, where people are coming back in droves. More than the art itself, being part of going to a museum, and sharing the viewing experience, was uplifting and restorative. This is who we are, I thought, not denizens of lonely and isolated places. The city is coming alive again, but it isn’t there yet. All the boarded-up restaurants and stores, from downtown to uptown, offer testament to the suffering of this past year and a half. The eateries that have opened are packed, but most of them still have a way to go. Service is uneven, everyone is “newly hired” and most places still need more help. Many are only semi-open. But there’s a new and hopefully enduring spirit of generosity for those who are learning the

e took a big bite of a city that’s coming alive again, but isn’t quite there yet.

business and those who are slowly bringing their businesses back to life. We went to the immersive Van Gogh experience downtown on Vesey Street. It was stunning and dreamy and felt completely safe. We wore masks and lay on the floor and let the flickering projected images of Van Gogh’s paintings wash over us. The next day we saw “Starry Night” at MOMA. We walked around the Battery for hours, with thousands of other visitors. The Statue of Liberty and the Verrazzano and the sails of boats in the Hudson offered the perfect backdrop. The greenery of the Battery and the benches throughout the trails offer a peaceful place for a walk or a timeout. Of course, it was a dog show as well, with every size and shape pup walking their humans along the paths. Strolling toward our hotel from the Battery, we stopped at the 9/11 Memorial. It has been 19 years, and I have never been able to bring myself to the site. But something is changed now. We are emerging from a season of epic suffering, and it felt cathartic to honor the memory of others who were lost in our great city. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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The Declaration of Independence was first published on July 6, 1776, in a newspaper, the Pennsylvania Evening Post. We are proud to commemorate that high point in American journalism by reprinting that historic document.

hen in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. e has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at

places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness of his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws of Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislature. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their acts of pretended legislation: For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing taxes on us without our consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our Government: For suspending our own legislature, and declaring themselves invested with Power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy of the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free People. Nor have We been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. e, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our Sacred Honor.

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our milestones were reached in June on the road to racial equity. They recognize progress while underscoring the distance yet to be traveled. They came at the federal, state and county levels, and all have significant implications for Long Island. One was the designation of Juneteenth, June 19, as a national holiday. As the White House Proclamation states, “On Juneteenth, we recommit ourselves to the work of equity, equality and justice.” ERASE Racism is eLaine dedicated to that work, and the Gross nation still has a great deal to accomplish. In another milestone, the Biden administration acted decisively to advance fair housing when it announced on June 1 that it was taking steps to address racial discrimination in the housing market. Those steps include forwarding to Congress the administration’s proposed interim final rule on the legal duty to affirmatively further fair housing. In the words of the White House, the steps will “align federal enforce-

ment practice with the congressional promise in the Fair Housing Act to end discrimination in housing and will collectively provide the legal framework for [the Department of Housing and Urban Development] to require private and public entities alike to rethink established practices that contribute to or perpetuate inequities.” The mandate to affirmatively further fair housing by actively proposing policies and practices to eliminate housing discrimination is contained in the Fair Housing Act of 1968. But the federal government’s commitment to that mandate was undermined substantially by the Trump administration. President Biden is undoing that damage, but the federal government’s commitment to fair housing should not vary from one administration to another. That commitment is core to addressing racial inequity. As the Center for American Progress states, “For centuries, structural racism in the U.S. housing system has contributed to stark and persistent racial disparities in wealth and financial well-being, especially between Black and white households. In fact, these differences are so entrenched that if current trends continue, it could

take more than 200 years for the average Black family to accumulate the same amount of wealth as its white counterparts.” New York state also took significant steps in June to address racial discrimination in housing, as the Legislature approved seven bills to that end. Among other actions, the legislation doubles the maximum fine imposed on real estate brokers and salespeople who violate the law, and adds a surcharge to the licensing fee paid by real estate brokers and salespeople; directs funding from those sources to be used by the attorney general for fair housing testing and other grants to local agencies and nonprofits to fight housing discrimination; requires additional training for the licensing of brokers and salespeople and renewing those licenses; and establishes that all state and local agencies that administer state housing programs, and all organizations that receive state housing funds, are obliged to “affirmatively further fair housing.” All seven bills were recommended in the Senate majority’s investigative report on fair housing and discrimination on Long Island, issued in January by Senators

rom the federal recognition of Juneteenth to a Fair Housing Task Force on L.I.

Letters Clearing the air To the Editor: I was misquoted in the article, “Baldwin High ranks among best in the state” (June 17-23) when it was stated, “Erase Racism President Elaine Gross called for an investigation into the racial disparities in AP exam enrollment at Baldwin High School.” I did not call for an investigation. Furthermore, during my conversation with with the reporter on this story and the follow-up email that I sent to her, I made it clear that Erase Racism could not confirm her data. She asked if we knew about any national data on the subject matter, and we supplied appropr ate research. In light of the research, in response to her question about wha t might be the cause of such a gap, we also offered some questions she wo uld need to be able to answer herself in order to formulate a cause for the gap that she was reporting. There was no call for an investigation because we did not do any research identifying a gap. If we had completed such research, our first step would not have been to call for an investigation in a newspaper article like this. ELAINE GROSS President, Erase Racism

Brian Kavanagh, James Skoufis and Kevin Thomas — all committee chairs — following an extensive inquiry and two public hearings, at which I was invited twice to testify. All three senators deserve great credit for leading this initiative. Enactment and implementation of the legislation will ultimately determine its impact. Long Island remains one of the 10 most racially segregated metropolitan regions in the U.S., and Suffolk County has taken an important step to address that. Its Fair Housing Task Force, of which I was a member, presented its report to the County Legislature on June 16. The report recommends new protections in Suffolk County human rights law; increased support for the Suffolk County Human Rights Commission, including funding for fair housing testing and increased funding for administrative law judges; and other recommendations, findings and determinations, including the creation of an advisory rating system for real estate licensees. These are important developments at all levels of government. Further action is needed to implement these changes, and with time we can measure their impact. The United States, New York and Long Island still have a long way to go to achieve racial equity. Elaine Gross is president of the Syosset-based civil rights organization ERASE Racism.

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Brinton knows his local wild places To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Suburban Long Island getting wilder by the day” (June 17-23): I enjoyed and was encouraged by this terrific and informative column covering what is wild on Long Island. What was wonderful was how Brinton made the column personal. I enjoyed the history of people and places that have made the Island a destination, and was thrilled with Brinton’s inclusion of the many talented folks who continue their good work to preserve its environment. My wife, Karen, an actress, and I, a musician, have been involved with the Seatuck Environmental Association from its beginning in the 1980s. Karen facilitates the Long Island Nature Writers there. Enrico Nardone, Seatuck’s executive director, is the very gift the place needs to survive. Wildlife biologist Mike Bottini, Seatuck conservation policy analyst Emily Hall and state wildlife biologist Kelly Hamilton, all mentioned in Brinton’s column, are fabulous about using their time, energy and talents. Long Islanders should know them. The Island is blessed with an abundance of natural resources that deserve to be saved and protected. I believe Brinton’s column served to highlight that. I volunteer with the North Shore Land Alliance, which, through stewardship, manages 15 nature preserves on the North

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Shore. Humes Preserve, where you can find blue birds, Iselin Preserve, where there are owls, and Cushman Woods are home to the wild. The Herald should each week highlight not just Garvies Point Museum and Preserve in Glen Cove or Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, but also celebrate the many other beautiful places with an article of the quality of Brinton’s column. KEN KRUMENACKER Sea Cliff

CorreCtion The article “Baldwin High ranks among best in the state” (June 17-23) contained an error when it was stated that Erase Racism President Elaine Gross had called for an investigation into the racial disparities at Baldwin High School on New York State Regents scores. She did not call for such an investigation. Rather, she had said further study would be needed to determine the causes of such disparities, and it was up to the reporter to conduct such an inquiry. We regret the error.

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