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Borrelli’s still the place for Islanders fans cut. “We’re big Islanders fans, and we heard all the hype about Borrelli’s. It was too pricey to go Borrelli’s restaurant in East to the game, so we thought going Meadow, a relative stone’s throw to Borrelli’s was the second-best from the Nassau Coliseum, is a thing.” hot spot for New York Islanders Frank Borelli said that people fans. The restaurant, come to his restauopen since 1955, is rant because it’s packed with fans comfortable. “We whenever there’s a can fill up the resgame at the “ol’ taurant at 5 or 6 barn” in Uniondale. o’clock and still get Now, amid the NHL them to the game on playoffs, the restautime, so people have rant has been more always had the conficrowded than ever. dence in that,” he The Italian ressaid. “We’ve always taurant has televibeen the hot spot for sions set up in multiColiseum events in p l e l o c at i o n s t o general.” make it easy for Borrelli said he is patrons to watch the a dedicated Islandaction on the ice ers fan himself. “I’ve while they eat. been to all four StanLAURA CURRAN “I come here for ley Cups, and this Nassau County the atmosphere, I year people are comcome here for the executive ing to support the food, the entertainteam more than ment, and the fans,” e v e r, ” h e s a i d . diner Owen Pacifico said. “This “We’ve become the destination place is alive.” to watch the game. People watch Fans come from all over to the game here while the Coliseenjoy the food, the proximity to um is full.” the Coliseum and the company Borrelli’s has come a long of other Islanders fans. “This is way since the height of the coromy first time here,” said Kirk navirus pandemic. Last year Beddoe, who lives in ConnectiCONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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RYAN PINNIX, LEFT, a representative of the Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist System, helped Paul Kosiba, chief of the East Meadow Fire Department, use the Lucas, a mechanical device that can replace CPR.
E.M. Fire Department buys cutting-edge CPR devices By JULIA REMICK newsroom@liherald.com
The next time East Meadow firefighters respond to someone who needs cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, they will be able to use more than their hands. On June 13, the East Meadow Fire Department received four Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist System, or Lucas, devices, and the de par tment’s emergency response technicians learned
how to use them. The Board of Fire Commissioners secured a $90,000 county grant to fund the cutting-edge devices, which will be deployed in the department’s three ambulances as well as its medical squad vehicle. Having the devices will be important, EMFD Chief Paul Kosiba said, because fatigue can lead to lower-quality chest compressions during manual CPR. The Lucas is a lightweight machine that pro-
vides consistent, automatic chest compressions to a victim with no pulse and minimizes interruptions as well, which can also happen during manual CPR. The device is easy to use. A yellow backplate is placed under the victim and connected to the U-shaped device. As it operates, the Lucas emits a whirring sound, and a suction cup on the victim’s chest moves up and down as comCONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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When high school senior Hafsa Rehman steps up to the podium microphone as valedictorian of East Meadow High School for 2021 on Sunday, attendees will get to hear from a young woman endowed with something way beyond the academic ability to achieve the best GPA in her class. Hafsa brings to the role a reputation as a humanitarian, leader and role model to her fellow students, and an individual with the capacity to overcome personal challenges with courage and dignity to emerge as a leader in her community. “I’ve known Hafsa since she was in ninth grade, as her school counselor,” said Diane Greco, an 11-year veteran of the EMHS school system. “She’s just one of those students that stands out from the moment you meet them. Always smiling and always encouraging others, she has displayed character, passion and perseverance from an early age.” With an unweighted GPA of 98.75 (weighted 109.45) and 10 AP courses under her belt, the academic “tale of the tape” speaks for itself. Her many honors and awards attest to her leadership, including the Senator Kevin Thomas Award, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended Scholar, Scholar Athlete (20172021), Key Club (senior rep.), National Honor Society (board member), Math/Science Honor Society, English Honor Society and peer leader. Then there is the matter of the breadth and balance of the AP courses she took — chemistry, biology, physics, world history, U.S. history, government, calculus BC, statistics, language, literature, and multimedia IV. “I work with top kids all the time, but what impressed me about Hafsa is that she’s balanced,” said Jennifer Chaplin, a 25-year veteran teaching math courses at EMHS. “ She played a lot of varsity sports, was on the board of clubs, so many AP courses. Hafsa is incredibly well rounded; she hits every mark.” The youngest of four siblings to come through EMHS, 17-year old Hafsa is characteristically unassuming about
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HAFSA REHMAN WILL attend Northeastern. having been chosen valedictorian. “There are people who I respect so much who could have been valedictorian, the difference in GPA is only a few decimal points,” she said. “I would have been just as happy for them if one of them was selected.” The East Meadow resident, sees herself as a “regular student,” and that this is part of her strength. “I’m proof that you don’t have to be all brains or completely consumed by your grades,” she said. “I tell people ‘I do sports, I’m no different from you. If you put in the work, pay attention in class, you can do well academically and still do other things with your life.” “Obviously she’s extremely bright but Hafsa always worked hard, even when she didn’t have to, and she displayed great time management,” added Chaplin. “And she’s so kind to others — her presence in a class just lights up the room. Especially this year with all the challenges of Covid, she was always there, even for the teachers.”
Hafsa agrees. “This year was hard for us with Covid. It strained some relationships and made it hard for us to develop our friendships and our social skills,” she said. “We haven’t been able to do a lot in groups, but I did get to tutor friends and peers, especially in math and science. And we all recognized all that it took for our teachers in the school, bouncing between virtual and live classes. So, we made a point of making goody bags for our teachers to show our appreciation.” As for time management, the EMHS valedictorian felt it clearly helped her with growing her skills. “I’m not the best at sports — I sat on the bench a lot, but sports was a big part of my school life, and I definitely learned from participating on school teams how to set a personal work schedule, and the importance of using my time well,” Hafsa said. “And honestly, sports made me more energetic for other school responsibilities.” It would be impossible to discuss Hafsa Rehman’s demonstrated attributes without noting the personal and family challenges she and her family faced this past year. The fact that her father was diagnosed with cancer during her junior year, and died in early June 2021, tested her courage in ways few high school students are asked to demonstrate. “Hafsa has handled the situation with her dad with such grace the whole year — with dignity and class,” Chaplin said.” “She never stopped confronting the full challenges of school,” Greco added. “It was more than impressive to me. I don’t think I could even have done that.” “I’m fortunate to come from a very supportive family,” Hafsa said. “My mom is a super mom, always there for me. My dad always encouraged me; he was the one that kept saying I could be valedictorian. And it’s partly because of him that, next year when I attend Northeastern, I plan to take up bioengineering as my major. This year with Covid we all came to learn about the importance of research sciences for vaccines, medical devices and more. But my father’s diagnosis brought into focus for me that there is a lot of science work to be done in cancer research. The field has jumped out at me as something I want to be part of.”
Device takes place of manual chest compressions CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE pressions are administered. “I think it’s great,” Kosiba said. “And anything to help us do our job better, it’s worth it.” Another benefit of using the device, he said, is that it frees up a firefighter so he or she can work a scene more effectively. Over a dozen members of the department were at the firehouse on June 13, familiarizing themselves with the device, which was demonstrated on a CPR dummy. The firefighters had questions. They asked about the device’s battery life, and the effect it would have on a patient’s ribs. The device has a battery that supplies 45 minutes of continuous compressions, Ryan Pinnix, a sales representative for the manufacturer, Stryker, explained. Compared with manual compressions, the same number, or fewer, ribs are broken when using the Lucas, he added. Communication is vital, Pinnix said. It’s important that during manual compressions, whoever is leading the rescue instruct the responder to pause the compressions to apply the Lucas backplate.
That interruption should be less than five seconds. “Even if it takes us a little while to get this device on, it’s OK,” Pinnix said, “because we’re still doing CPR on the patient.” The device is then snapped into the back plate to position the silicone cup above the victim’s chest. While this is being done, another EMT can continue with compressions. “As long as you can connect it, you can use the suction cup,” Pinnix said. “It’s going to work. It’s going to give you good compressions.” Robin Fitzpatrick, captain of the EMFD’s Rescue Company 5, said she saw firsthand, during her clinical rotation, how the Lucas can save lives. “The first time that I got a patient back was using this device,” she said. Exhaustion is common during manual CPR, Fitzpatrick said, leading to less effective compressions. “It’s definitely a more consistent way of delivering compressions,” she said, “and the save rate is a lot higher using this.” Sue Grieco/Herald
RYAN PINNIX, THE Stryker rep, demonstrated the new CPR technology, the Lucas.
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EMHS’s salutatorian: Her hard work paid off including AP Biology, that fueled her interest for the field. “I’ve always been interested in science With a curiosity for learning and pas- as a young kid, like experiments in classsion for science, Tashu Patel, 17, was rooms and things like that. They were named salutatorian of East always interesting to me,” she Meadow High School’s gradusaid, “and the more classes I ating class of 2021. took, I just loved learning “My friends, my parents, about science.” my guidance counselor, my For two summers Patel teachers,” Patel said. “everyvolunteered at Nassau Unione throughout my high versity Medical Center, workschool years have really suping in the maternity, pharmaported me, and helped me, cy and pediatric centers. and guided me, along my “Through my time there,” journey.” Patel said, “I really decided Sondra Polan, Patel’s Algethat I wanted to become a docbra II Honors and AP Statistor.” tics teacher, described Patel Throughout high school, as “curious, patient, consciPatel was involved in Key entious, and a thoughtful lisHorticulture Club, and SONDRA POLAN Club, tener.” While advising Patel Gender Equality Movement on two math research proj- Teacher, Club. She participated in the ects, Polan said she watched East Meadow AMC for three years and had Patel become more indepen- High School her art chosen to be displayed dent and self-confident. in the District Art Gallery in “She wasn’t like one of the spring and fall of her these kids who, you know, was all about freshman year. Patel is also a member of the grade and not sharing her knowledge, the National Honor Society, French Honor you know,” Polan said. “She is a great stu- Society and Math Honor Society. dent, and she will be successful no matter “All my clubs have shaped me as a perwhat she does.” son because I got to meet with people that Earning a GPA of 109.26 at EMHS, I normally wouldn’t see in all of my classPatel said she plans to study biochemistry es,” Patel said. “I got to make more in the honors program at Stony Brook friends and learn about other opinions University. It was high school classes, and viewpoints and I think that really
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impacted me as a person.” Through the Math Honor Society, Patel also spent time tutoring in the library for three years, which Polan said demonstrated Patel’s patience. “She was very inspiring as a student,” Polan said. “And I’ll always remember how patient she was with other students, and how patient she was with her classmates, and [that she is] a very great student.” Patel also enjoys reading and drawing. While hard at work studying, she said her 13-year-old sister Tushti leaves beautiful drawings of scenery or objects on her desk. Patel said this serves as inspiration for her own drawings, which she enjoys creating to relieve stress. One day during school, Patel headed to the office with her friend Hafsa Reham. When they arrived, they received the news that they were valedictorian and salutatorian. “When we got there and it was announced and I was really shocked at first,” Patel said. “And then as I got home I finally processed everything and I felt like all of my hard work over the years and everything really paid off.” When she first told her parents, Patel said they were confused at first by the meaning of salutatorian. After explaining to her parents, she said they celebrated over dinner. “I wanted to try my best in everything I did,” Patel said, “and I think it was my work ethic and my diligence that brought me to the top.” One of her favorite high school memories was STEAM night at Clarke Middle School when students volunteered to teach elementary school children about different science topics. “It was fun to just work with kids and see everyone come together and have
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TASHU PATEL IS East Meadow High Schools’ salutatorian for 2021. fun,” Patel said. With graduation day quickly approaching, Patel said she is both excited and nervous. Looking back at her four years of high school, Patel said time flew by. “I guess we’re moving on into the next chapter of our lives and while it may be nervous,” Patel said, “it’s also exciting that we’re going onto a new blank page.” In her journey to salutatorian, Patel said she has learned about time management. While she has made sacrifices to study and be involved in clubs, she said she realizes the importance of not stressing too much and having fun. “We’ve all, as a class of 2021, grown a lot, and I think it shows that we all have the strength to overcome whatever comes our way,” Patel said. “And I think this mindset will be especially helpful for all of us as we go on to college.”
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The Herald Community Newspapers group held its first live Zoom awards show to honor Long Island teachers for their outstanding work inside and outside the classroom. The Herald Head of the Class Long Island Teacher Awards ceremony was hosted by the Herald and RichnerLIVE, presented by Bank of America and sponsored by Geico. Jordan Sabinsky, who teaches kindergarten at Searingtown Elementary School in the Herricks School District, won the Bank of America Rising Star Award. Nancy Aquino, who teaches second grade in the Baldwin School District’s Steele School, took home the honor for top elementary school teacher. Grace Dong-Janeo, who teaches at Hempstead Middle School, was the top middle school teacher. And Rebecca Rodriguez, a foreign language teacher in the East Rockaway School District, was the top high school teacher. Eric Feil, the Heralds’ director of business development, hosted the event, announcing the winners and interviewi n g t h e m a b o u t t h e i r a c h i e ve ments. “What a night this is going to be as we celebrate the top teachers across Long Island,” Feil told the online audience as the ceremony began. “We’ve all had a teacher in our lives who has made a lasting impact, who was truly special — whether they saw something in us that they brought out, inspired us, or gave us the confidence to go and learn something and apply something new to the world … Now, tonight, we are here to honor them.” Stuart Richner, president and CEO of Richner Communications, thanked viewers for joining in for the night and shared his view of the most influential teachers in students’ lives. “Even before Covid-19 and even before teachers were declared essential workers last August, we all knew just how essential they were … It has always gone without saying that our schools are the true heart and soul of Long Island,” Richner said. “Top educators motivate students in countless ways and create atmospheres of understanding, compassion and curiosity. The most influential teachers go above and beyond, and their impact is felt both inside and outside the classroom. The impact of a great teacher can last a lifetime.” Richner shared how he still fondly recalls the lessons that his sixth-grade teacher, Mr. Stuart Brock, taught about being confident and taking the lead, and always sticking up for those without a voice. When Richner first started holding discussions about the idea of honoring Long Island’s top teachers, he said he knew it would be vital to receive community input. The awards nomination process was open to the public and generated more than 300 nominees, from students, parents and teachers to local business owners. “Throughout the pandemic, we have seen our educators meet countless new
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JordAN SABiNSky, who teaches at Searingtown Elementary School in Herricks, won the Bank of America Rising Star Award.
challenges, and they are more deserving than ever of recognition for their passion, determination and dedication,” Richner said. “Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate a teacher and for sharing the moving stories about why you felt they should be honored.” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, of Baldwin, who served on the Baldwin Board of Education before she ran for the County Legislature, spoke directly to Long Island’s teachers at the awards ceremony. “I’ve got kids in school myself, and I know how hard you all have worked this past year and a half pivoting, learning new technology on the fly, making sure that kids got the knowledge, resources, information and preparation needed to succeed,” Curran said. “I am truly grateful for all of your work and a huge congratulations to all the winners and finalists tonight.”
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Pinot’s Palette in East Meadow from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Social distance and masks must be maintained at all times. There will be a food and drink menu on site. Register for the $40 class at pinotspalette.com/eastmeadow.
“Opal Moonlight’ paint class Paint a full moon over the mountains at the East Meadow Pinot’s Palette, 2557 Hempstead Tpk, from 8 to 10 p.m. Social distance and masks must be maintained at all times. There will be a food and drink menu on site. Register for the $40 class at pinotspalette.com/ eastmeadow.
‘Jab We Met’ As part of the Bollywood Movie Night series from Nassau County, the film “Jab We Met’ will be playing at Lakeside Theatre in Eisenhower Park from 8:29 to 11:05 p.m. This film follows Aditya, a heartbroken tycoon, who aimlessly boards a train. He meets Geet, a highspirited girl who plans to elope with her lover, and finds himself pulled into her crazy life. Secure free tickets online at nassaucountyny.gov/parks.
Saturday, June 26 “Surviving and Thriving in Anxious Time” Join Claudine Aievoli, a licensed social worker, as she leads a session on dealing with anxiety, especially as the pandemic comes to an end. The event is taking place at 10:30 a.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church, 36 Taylor Ave., East Meadow.
Friday, July 2 “Spring Mountain’ paint class
“Sunset Romance’ paint class Paint a sunset romace at the East Meadow Pinot’s Palette, 2557 Hempstead Tpk, from 5 to 7 p.m. Social distance and masks must be maintained at all times. There will be a food and drink menu on site. Register for the $40 class at pinotspalette.com/ eastmeadow.
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Emcon East Meadow Public Library Fest Join the East Meadow Public Library for an online animefest at 1 p.m. There will be a Q&A with voice actors Cissy Jones and Kritzia Bajos. The event is hosted by Mark Torres, from It Came From The Radio. Call (516) 794-2570 and ask for programming to register. who are not athletes. To register, visit eastmeadow.info. For more information, call (516) 794-2570.
Paint Among the Cosmos Take a trip to the stars by painting a star filled sky at Pinot’s Palette in East Meadow from 7 to 9 p.m. Social distance and masks must be maintained at all times. There will be a food and drink menu on site. Register for the $40 class at pinotspalette.com/eastmeadow.
Monday, June 28 Easy exercise This exercise class will be given virtually every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. Register once to access all the classes. Ann Rothman leads this class that is good for those
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Tuesday, June 29 Tai Chi On Tuesdays at 11 a.m., instructor Man Cheng will be holding a virtual halfhour Tai Chi class. After participants get some moves under their belt, they will be able to join his larger group for longer sessions. Register at eastmeadow. info or call the East Meadow Public Library at (516) 794-2570.
cocktails of the night, as well as food specials and great prizes. On June 22, the theme is Long Island. Make a reservation sooner than later. For more information, call (516) 750-5338.
Many discover health benefits as well as newfound energy, mental clarity and stress relief through Falun Dafa. For more information, visit eastmeadow.info or call the East Meadow Public Library at (516) 794-2570.
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Crochet club The East Meadow Public Library’s crochet club is meeting weekly on Zoom at 7 p.m. Bring a light color skein of yarn and a size G, H, I or J crochet hook. Register at Eastmeadow.info. For more information, call (516) 794-2570.
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Every Tuesday at 7 p.m. is trivia night at Garden Social, 1964 Hempstead Tpk. There will be drink specials, including $5 Bluepoint Toasted Lagers and $12
Falun Dafa is back and will take place virtually every Wednesday at 7 p.m. Falun Dafa is an easy-going, relaxing, meditative exercise similar to Tai Chi.
The East Meadow Kiwanis club will meet at Borrellis restuarant at 1580 Hempstead Turnpike, at 7:30 p.m. New members are always welcome. Social distancing: Covid vax card or Excelsior Pass. Please wear mask when not eating. For more information, contact club President Lisa Hallett at 204-2284.
Thursday, July 1 “Fly Away’ paint class
Paint a beautiful mountain at the East Meadow Pinot’s Palette, 2557 Hempstead Tpk, from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Social distance and masks must be maintained at all times. There will be a food and drink menu on site. Register for the $40 class at pinotspalette.com/ eastmeadow.
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E.M. Kiwanis Reverse Raffle Tickets are on sale now. Call (516) 204-2284 for more information. Look out for summer movies and concerts from Nassau County. Tickets: nassaucountyny.gov/parks. Taylor Swift tribute band Fearless will be at Speno Park on July 7 at 7:30 p.m. East Meadow and W.T. Clarke High School graduations will take place on June 27. East Meadow School District last day of school is on June 25.
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For Borrelli’s, Barstool Fund was a lifeline CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE Borelli actually considered closing, because he was running out of options when it came to paying his employees and staying in business. Luckily, David Portnoy, founder of the digital media company Barstool Sports, created the Barstool Fund to help save struggling businesses during the pandemic. Portnoy announced the fund last December. Businesses could participate by emailing their stories to Barstool. Borrelli’s son, Frankie Borrelli, is a friend of Portnoy’s and the cameraman for Portnoy’s well-known pizza reviews, called “One Bite,” that he puts on YouTube. “We are going to donate half a million dollars and we have come up with a plan,” Portnoy said on Twitter on Dec. 17, when he officially launched the Barstool Fund. Borrelli’s was its first recipient. According to the fund’s website, it has raised more than $30 million and helped 411 businesses. One of the main ways it raised funds was by selling merchandise from the businesses it supported. And 100 percent of the proceeds from those sales went to saving other businesses. “My son showed me the video on Twitter, that Dave was announcing the Barstool Fund and that Borrelli’s was going to be the first recipient,” Frank said. “Dave used to always ask Frankie how the restaurant was, and he would tell him that we shut down and we couldn’t sit anybody.” Beth Borrelli, Frank’s wife, said he was shocked when he received the money from the fund. “We had no idea we were going to receive it,” she said. “We would’ve been closed if it wasn’t for Dave Portnoy.” One of the fund’s stipulations was that a benefiting business was paying its employees. In the video announcing the fund, Portnoy said that this requirement
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BORRELLI’S RESTAURANT IS packed when there’s an Islanders game at the Coliseum. for restaurants was inspired by Frank Borrelli. Portnoy was inspired by how Borelli had kept people on his payroll during tough times. “The fund saved my employees by not putting them on unemployment,” Frank said. “It kept us going with payroll for four months, and we were able to reinvent ourselves with catering and outgoing orders and doing pizza kits.” With the Barstool Fund’s help, Frank said, the restaurant was able to help out locally as well. Borrelli’s donated food to outreach programs such as the Mary Brennan INN, and sent food to hospitals. The fund has certainly raised the res-
taurant’s profile. “For the last 40-something years we’ve been a hot spot for Islanders fans, but we’ve gotten more popular now,” Borrelli said. “We get recognized nationwide now. People all over the country are flying in just because of Dave and the Barstool Fund coming to try Borrelli’s pizza. There’s not a day that goes by that someone will come in looking for my son Frankie or myself.” County Executive Laura Curran described Borrelli’s as “a Nassau County institution.” Its history, she said, has become intertwined with the Islanders. “Countless families have stories of their hockey night either starting or end-
ing at Borrelli’s,” Curran said. “It’s a warm and inviting hangout that is uniquely Long Island. I have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for Frank, his wife, Beth, and their son, Frankie, for all the work they have put into the restaurant and all the happiness they have provided to our community over the years.” “I’ve been working here since I was 10 years old,” Frank said. “I just enjoy working here in general. It’s not a problem to get up and go to work. It’s a fun atmosphere once everything is going right. It’s a reward to put smiles on people’s faces and do the right thing.”
Courts at Merrick Road Park undergo renovations By ANNA DEGOEDE newsroom@liherald.com
Residents may have noticed torn-up pavement and construction vehicles in Merrick Road Park’s recreational courts. The project to repave the courts, which began on June 9, is expected to conclude by the end of June, according to town officials. Those who utilized the courts prior to the renovation can expect to return to few changes aside from the new paving. The layout of the courts will remain the same, with two basketball courts and four tennis courts, three of which include pickleball courts. Additional changes residents can expect to see in the park include a new concrete walking path and a new sitting area at the front entrance of the Merrick Golf Course, town officials said. “Renovating the courts at Merrick Road Park will make the experience safer and more enjoyable, especially for our basketball, tennis and pickleball enthusiasts,” Councilman Chris Carini, a Republican from Seaford, said.
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A virtual commemoration for Juneteenth our history, our culture, and where we are American slaves being freed in Texas after “and is viewed by some as America’s secthe Civil War. The Senate on June 15 ond independence day.” right now as a nation.” It’s a celebration of what African Amer- passed a bill for Juneteenth to become a The event included an award ceremony On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, icans experienced and what they continue federal holiday. And the House voted the to honor those who are important in Black New York State Senator Kevin Thomas to experience today, he continfollowing Wednesday to pass history on Long Island. Among these indiand New York State Assemblywoman Tay- ued. “It’s about having the the legislation. On June 17 viduals included Julius Pearse, one of the lor Darling came together to celebrate same rights as everyone else President Joe Biden signed long-time directors of the only African Juneteenth in a virtual commemoration. and I don’t think were there legislation marking June- American museums in the region, which County Executive Laura Curran was in yet,” he added. “We are still teenth a new federal holiday. was renamed in May of 2021 to the Julius attendance as well. “Education is one of the and Joysetta Pearse African American fighting for those rights.” Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebest tools we have to combat Museum of Nassau County. Among the “Juneteenth really reminds brated commemoration of the emancipa- us that the work is not done,” bigotry so this establishment other honorees were distinguished memtion of slaves in the United States. Presi- Curran said. “This is a process of Juneteenth as a federal hol- bers of the community. dent Abraham Lincoln issued the Emanci- and it takes time and it is iday is a very important step,” “We must have a reordering of our pripation Proclamation in 1863, but it was not incumbent upon each and Rice said. “We need to imple- orities of how we are going to make a more until Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, every one of us who is here ment specific policy changes equitable United States and it starts at the Texas on June 19, 1865, that the states now to continue the struggle Senator Kevin Thomas to address the systemic racism ground level. It starts with local legislators learned that slavery had been abolished. and continue to make positive and injustices that still take like yourself,” said Travis Nelson, one of Now, the day is a reason to celebrate. change and that is something we are com- place in this country every day.” the honorees. “It requires someone to “Juneteenth is a celebration of the end mitted to doing in Nassau County.” “The struggle has turned into some- choose courage over complacency.” of slavery,” Thomas said. “It’s a celebraThis year’s Juneteenth celebration thing more,” Thomas said. “This is imporThere was a half-time performance tion about freedom, it’s a celebration of marked the 156th anniversary of African tant to celebrate and people are forgetting showcasing talented African Americans where we came from and what we went on Long Island including a performance through. It’s about the history of the Unit- by Uniondale High School’s Rhythm of the ed States.” Knight show choir and a spoken word perThe Juneteenth celebration kicked off formance. with an opening invocation by Reverend “Thank you to all of our guests today Tristan Salley followed by the Pledge of and our honorees for being there to fight Allegiance led by Thomas. The event’s for all of us. It’s not just the congresswomagenda was committed to educating view- en and the assemblywomen and the senaers about Juneteenth and the history of tor and the mayor but it’s all of you” said communities in Texas, and the celebra- the mistreatment of African Americans Senator Thomas in closing remarks. “You ear Great Book Guru, on Long Island. are the community; we are nothing withThere were many celebrations tions soon spread throughout the south. Now a national holiday it has tradition“Juneteenth has become the most wellout you, and your fight in the community, planned this year for Juneteenth. ally been observed throughout known celebration for the ending of slavhowever small it is it is part of a bigger I’d like to learn more the nation with readings of ery in the United States,” Thomas said, picture.” about it. Do you have a book the Emancipation Proclamayou might recommend? tion, the singing traditional –Seeker of Knowledge songs such as Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, readings of Dear Seeker of Knowledge, African-American writers, street fairs, rodeos, historical “ O n Ju n e t e e n t h , ” by reenactments and family Annette Gordon-Reed is the reunions. Gordon-Reed’s book book for you. In a series of enumerates all this but she short essays, Gordon-Reed, a Maybe it’s a function of a digital soci- tate to the kinds of people who stand comalso illuminates the role Texas Pulitzer Prize winning historiANN ety that gives people easy access to create fortably in their own skin, those trying has played in the struggle for an, relates the story of June DIPIETRO alternative characters and avatars. Maybe not so hard to be noticed, liked or recogracial equality. There have 19, 1865, the day Major General been horrific missteps, but the it’s always been more convenient to omit nized as much as living their lives on their Gordon Granger announced author reveals a strong affec- that which is not comfortable in our bios own terms. I like them primarily because the end of slavery in Texas, the state where she was born and her fam- tion for her flawed home state. A challeng- and allow us to shed identities as easily as they don’t say what they are going to do, ing but ultimately rewarding look into our we shed skin cells. And maybe the whole but simply do it. They are often the achievily had lived for generations. point is to play up distinctions when it ers who barely get acknowledged, menThis slender volume (140 pages) is a nation’s history. Recommended! suits the situation. tioned in thank you speeches history of the holiday but also a history of But I always wonder, if the with the line, “Thank you to Texas from the 1500’s until the present. Would you like to ask the Great Book Guru whole is truly the sum of its those whose names are too The first celebrations of Juneteenth date for a book suggestion? Contact her at parts, what must it take to feel many to list.” But they are back to 1866. 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he general public has little or no idea how government works. Citizens may go to a town, city council or village board meeting, but they’re usually there for a brief visit about some neighborhood issue, and after that there’s no longer any contact with the world of elected officials. Most of my service has been in state government, having spent 23 years in the State Assembly. When I contrast the State Legislature of my years to the current one, I must confess I have JERRY mixed emotions. When I arrived KREMER in Albany in 1966, and through all the years that I was in office, the makeup of the Legislature was what I think the founding fathers would have approved. There were insurance agents, teachers, bankers, undertakers, merchants and former athletes, and there was even a legislator who drove trotting horses at night. They all had some things in common, which were either prior public service or they knew
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what it was like to make a payroll. Almost all of my colleagues understood that being an elected official required time and patience. Many of them who were committee chairs had a deep knowledge of their assigned subject, and their expertise was obvious during floor debates. I often found myself in awe at how a particular member had mastered a very complex area and could speak with such intimate knowledge about a pending proposal. Luckily, I had the chance to either listen to or be a part of floor debates that were challenging and sometimes combative. Because I eventually rose to be the chair of the Ways and Means Committee, I had the opportunity to learn the inside workings of state government, which was an experience that I cherish to this day. But sadly, today’s Legislature is no longer a carbon copy of the one I experienced. On the positive side, there are still many hard-working members who have a positive influence on the legislative process. They know what they’re talking about, and their many successes in creat-
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ing new laws is proof of their effectiveness. The Long Island legislative delegation, headed by Sen. Todd Kaminsky, is a very effective group, and they display sanity and knowledge when they speak out on some important issue. That’s the good news about today’s Albany. But there’s also a very unsettling side to the changes that are taking place. Every person has the right to run for office, and if they can get a majority of the voters to support them, they will have the exciting opportunity to serve. From time to time, some new members become a positive force in the Legislature and succeed by doing their homework. But there are a growing number of new members who have no life experience, and are now in the public arena without a clue about what is expected of them. Some call themselves “progressive,” but their positions on vital subjects are far from progressive. New laws cost money, and there should be an understanding that the average taxpayer can afford just so much. The newcomers focus on finding ways to tax the people that they consider
growing number in the Legislature don’t have a clue about what is expected of them.
“rich.” They advocate punishing tax measures that are a message to New Yorkers that if you can relocate, now is the time. The number of residents and businesses that leave the state is rising at a staggering rate. States like Florida are welcoming these disenchanted people with open arms. I have had over a dozen conversations in the past six months with people who aren’t Jeff Bezos types but who are giving up on New York because they see what has happened and fully expect times to get even worse. It’s bad enough that so many people’s lives have been decimated by a year of Covid, and now they face punishing program after program that threaten their ability to survive economically. There is no magic formula to change the direction of state politics. Maybe an aroused public will take action on Election Day, but that’s probably wishful thinking. What some people call good change I call a calamity. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.
Covid-19 took so much, even our words
nce upon a time, a superspreader was a nifty tool for installing grout during a tiling job. Then we blinked, a virus leaped from a bat to a person and the world wobbled on its axis. Within weeks we crashed from a functioning society, with reasonable expectations for living full lives, to a dysfunctional country coping poorly with a global pandemic. In our new reality, superspreader has been repurposed to mean a social gathering where RANDI people sick with KREISS the coronavirus infect large numbers of other people. In the old times, you could buy a super-spreader for $31.88. And chances are it wouldn’t kill you. Covid-19 has transformed not just the way we live and go to work and school, how we shop and how we access medical care, how we travel and how we raise our children. The virus has hijacked our language. A mask is now universally recognized as a face covering to protect people from the coronavirus. The lowly cloth worn to
cover nose and mouth can also be a charged political statement. Not wearing a mask in a place where masks are mandatory is an act of defiance. Only two years ago, face coverings were pretty much associated with surgeons, Halloween or certain religious observances. Now we conduct our lives by where and how we wear our masks. We need a dictionary of the pandemic. What about the word refresh? You may think of a splash of cold water or running a comb through your hair, but I think of spending many hours for many days in a row trying to get appointments online for our vaccines. I would go to the designated site and then begin refreshing, over and over, hoping to land a shot. Eventually I did, after an unreasonable amount of repetitive key clicking. Before the pandemic, when I heard the world bleach, I thought of how much clothing I’ve ruined by splashing Clorox in the wrong places. But then, at the peak of the Covid surge around the country, there was the former president suggesting that people might inject bleach into their bodies to fight the virus. It was a singular moment in presi-
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dential briefings; the lunacy of the suggestion prompted Dr. Deborah Birx, on the stage to one side of the president, to twist her face in a silent agony of disbelief. It erased for all time the notion that bleach is just bleach. Will anyone ever hear the words refrigerator truck again and not flash back to the grim parade of trucks repurposed as morgues and lined up outside New York hospitals? Perhaps the new word associations are a kind of PTSD. I was driving on a highway recently, and when a refrigerator truck pulled alongside, I instantly recalled the dark days of New York City in the grip of the virus. For all my life, Q has been the regal 17th letter of the alphabet. Now, Q, short for QAnon, is inextricably tied to the political fringe group that metastasized among millions of Americans, spreading false information about the pandemic and misinformation about the scientists on the front lines of fighting the disease. Not to mention that Q followers have challenged the results of the 2020 presidential election and supported the Jan. 6 insurrection at our Capitol. I cannot hear Q without feeling anxious for
ill you ever think of ‘mask,’ ‘refresh’ or ‘flatten the curve’ the same way?
our democracy and our ability to have free and safe elections. How many of us were familiar with the term flatten the curve? And yet we heard that every day for months as scientists urged us to isolate and mask up to stop the awful surges of the pandemic. Those three words are changed forever in my mind. Even the word virus is heard differently. We have known viruses in our time, but this one quickly assumed Infectious Disease Hall of Fame status. We have protection from measles and polio and mumps. But for a long time, we were completely vulnerable to the Covid super bug. Once upon a time, a pod was thought of as a covering of a pea or a storage unit. Suddenly a pod became a small, safe group of family members or friends who socially distance together to limit exposure to Covid. The word even became a verb: to pod with a friend in the interest of mutual good health. Language is a living thing, evolving over time. The pandemic experience has co-opted our shared lexicon. It has appropriated words and led us to coin new ones to describe a time of profound loss and grief. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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plans that were formulated with public input. Plans had to be submitted to the state by this April. The governor gave the people a role in determining how they would be policed. There was much talk on the right of how such measures would impede police work and endanger officers. Quite the opposite, the legislation has only increased police transparency, slowly but surely building public trust. Tens of thousands of good police officers who do their jobs without incident had no problem with the state’s reform package. Improving police relations in communities of color could take years, if not decades. The sense of unease and fear that too many Black people feel toward police had been brewing since the creation of the nation’s first police department in New York City in 1844. It will take time to heal. New York state is, however, headed on the right path. At the same time, Nassau County and
Juneteenth comes to Nassau County
ov. Andrew Cuomo last June signed an executive order proclaiming Juneteenth an official New York holiday, on which state employees now receive a paid day off. It was the right move. On June 17 this year, President Biden signed a measure designating Juneteenth a federal holiday. That, too, was the right move. On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia, ending the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history, in which an estimated 498,000 soldiers died in battle. With the surrender of the South, slavery ended with the stroke of a pen.
But not quite. News of the emancipation of slaves did not reach Texas, a slaveholding state, until June 19, 1865. That day, Union forces arrived on Galveston Island to free Texas’s slaves, who rejoiced in the streets. Since then, Juneteenth — a blend of June and 19th — has been celebrated in Texas. It officially became a state holiday there in 1980, but as of 2019, only Texas had recognized it as a paid holiday for state employees. There were, astoundingly, 14 Republican members of Congress who voted against the measure to create the national holiday, saying that they objected to the use of “Independence Day” in the legislation, or that the nation didn’t need another federal holiday. (There are now 11.)
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the Police Benevolent Association at last recently reached an agreement to require officers to wear body cameras. We wonder why it took so long, particularly given that the Village of Freeport had adopted them as early as 2015 — the first municipality in New York to do so — and why county officers will be paid $3,000 annually to wear them. Wearing a body camera, after all, requires no extra effort, no additional work, on an officer’s part. We are pleased to see, though, that officers will be wearing them as early as this fall. Undoubtedly, we, as a nation, have a long way to go before we finally achieve a racially just society. We have seen unarmed Black men killed by police in other parts of the country in recent months. Each death is a tragedy that we hope and pray will not be repeated. The year since the death of George Floyd was a start toward reform.
LETTERS Ranked-choice voting is my choice To the Editor: Re Jerry Kremer’s column “Ranked-choice voting? Not my choice” (June 10-16): Like Jerry Kremer, I consider myself somewhat old-fashioned in some respects, but unlike Mr. Kremer, rankedchoice voting is my choice indeed. It was hoped that the much-anticipated voting in New York City would proceed without problems or glitches, allowing the city’s primary voters to rank their choices for candidates and vote their consciences. Two RCV bills recently considered by the State Legislature would expand the system statewide and to general elections, not just primaries and special elections. Ranked-choice voting is gaining momentum and traction. RCV eliminates the “spoiler effect,” allowing voters to
There should have been no reason for dissent on this legislation. The United States did not truly become the “land of the free” until all of its people were free. Until that June day in 1865, they were not. The country should acknowledge that fact. A federal holiday forces us to confront our history. Last weekend, it was wonderful to see people across Nassau County gathering in parks to celebrate with song and food or in the streets to march, reminding us that we have many miles to walk before we achieve the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of a society in which “little Black boys and Black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.”
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he Florida state Board of Education recently banned the teaching of critical race theory because all topics taught in Florida schools must be “factual and objective,” and CRT asserts that “racism is embedded in American society and its legal systems in order to uphold the supremacy of white persons.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, an early contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, denounced CRT because, he said, it teaches children “the country is ALAN rotten and that our institutions SINGER are illegitimate.” Teaching CRT is also banned in Tennessee and Idaho. In response to this assault on history, school districts across the United States are racing to report that they teach critical thinking, not critical race theory, although it is unclear whether the opponents of teaching U.S. history, with all its warts, inconsistencies and systemic racism, understand the distinction. In a joint statement, the American Historical Association, the American Association of University Professors, the American Federation of Teachers, the Anti-Defamation League, the National Council for the Social Studies and 75 other educational organizations denounced a string of legislative propos-
als across the country that “target academic lessons, presentations, and discussions of racism and related issues in American history in schools, colleges and universities.” They charged that the bills infringe on “the right of faculty to teach and of students to learn”; “substitute political mandates for the considered judgment of professional educators”; and are designed to prevent an “honest reckoning with all aspects” of America’s past. In some circles, vehement opposition to CRT has become the new code phrase for rallying white opposition to full rights and citizenship for AfricanAmericans. During the Civil War, white racists and anti-war Copperhead Democrats accused abolitionists and Republicans of promoting miscegenation, race-mixing leading to biracial children that would eventually replace the white race. In a 1981 interview, Lee Atwater, a Republican consultant and confidant of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, explained how coded language worked. Because you could no longer openly use racially offense terms, “you say stuff like forced busing, states’ rights and all that stuff,” but the people you are appealing to know exactly what you mean. When Reagan ran for president, he attacked “welfare queens” driving around in Cadillacs. A television ad for Bush associated his Democratic opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Michael
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e shouldn’t just think of the history of white supremacy in the past tense.
LETTERS chose the candidates they actually prefer without fear of giving an advantage to candidates who are considered totally unacceptable. The system tends to give better representation to women, ethnic minorities and other groups that are traditionally under-represented in our political system. There is less fear of splitting votes among similar candidates by gender, ethnic group or ideology. RCV elections also tend to be more civil, producing less caustic, negative campaigning. Candidates are motivated to avoid alienating voters who might give them a ranking that might actually elect them as the votes are transferred to them from losing candidates. Rankedchoice voting is more likely to result in a deeper discussion of the actual issues rather than personal attacks. Ranked-choice voting is not old-fashioned, though it was used in the 1930s and ’40s for City Council general elections in New York City, Yonkers and Long Beach. For many, these elections exemplify a gold standard for democratic participation in the electoral process — RCV was combined with proportional representation, giving many groups and
Dukakis, with Willie Horton, a Black man convicted of murder who committed other serious crimes after taking part in a release program. The controversy over CRT erupted in Commack when members of a group called the Loud Majority disrupted two public meetings, interrupting Board of Education members and speakers in the audience, including students who were trying to explain how they felt slighted in a curriculum that ignored who they were. Instead of silencing the disruptors or requiring them to leave, board members and district officials kept trying to explain the curriculum to people who were not interested in listening. Kimberlé Crenshaw, who teaches law at UCLA and Columbia University and was an early proponent of critical race theory, described it as “an approach to grappling with a history of white supremacy that rejects the belief that what’s in the past is in the past, and that the laws and systems that grow from that past are detached from it.” In the 1990s, social scientists and educational researchers began to employ CRT as a lens to understand the persistence of race and racism. It became controversial when then President Trump denounced CRT as part of his response to The New York Times’s 1619 Project. To rally his supporters during his re-election campaign, Trump declared, “Critical race theory is being forced into our
children’s schools, it’s being imposed into workplace trainings, and it’s being deployed to rip apart friends, neighbors and families.” As a former high school social studies teacher, I embrace the effort by the National Council for the Social Studies to promote critical thinking based on an evaluation of evidence. I find CRT to be an important lens for engaging students as critical thinkers, and I believe it helps teachers involve students in a broader discussion. The European Enlightenment is often known as the Age of Reason, because Enlightenment thinkers tried to apply scientific principles to understand human behavior and how societies work. Many of the earliest Enlightenment thinkers were from England, Scotland and France, but the idea of using reason and science spread to other European countries and their colonies. In the U.S., Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are considered Enlightenment thinkers. Some historians, including me, point out that the Age of Reason in Europe was also the peak of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, when millions of Africans were transported to the Americas as enslaved laborers for plantations. Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies.
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political parties a true voice in government, proportional to their actual voting strength in their communities. The RCV/PR systems of that earlier, progressive time did much to eliminate — for a while — the entrenched bossism of political machines. The reform was unfortunately eliminated by the Red Scare movement of McCarthyism. JIM BROWN Secretary, Green Party of Nassau County
Are we really that racist, Randi? To the Editor: I totally disagree with Randi Kreiss’s column “Are we immune to Texas-style xenophobia?” in the June 10-16 issue. She repeats the rubbish that America is a terrible racist nation. That is not true, and she knows it! How could Barack Obama have been elected two times, and how could our current vice president, Kamala Harris,
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be in office if Randi is correct? She is mouthing the lies of the Democratic Party and helping them capture total power in our country.
I urge her to wake up and reconsider her position! JAMES G. COLLINS Floral Park
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