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School election results Sewanhaka Central High School District budget Total: $215.7 million Passed by a vote of 2,352 to 1,101.
Sewanhaka capital reserve proposition A proposition to Sharon Earley Davis establish a capital reserve fund Elmont trustee for future capital improvements at district buildings, facilities, athletic facilities and fields. Passed by a vote of 2,344 to 969. Courtesy Sewanhaka Central High School District
robotics champs The Sewanhaka Central High School District Robotics Club was recognized with multiple awards at the Long Island Regional FIRST Tech Challenge Championship. Story, Page 7.
Supporting a worthy cause
Inaugural charity soccer tournament is a success By NAkEEM GrANt ngrant@liherald.com
With children stuck at home for most of the past year because of the coronavirus pandemic, Elmont Memorial High School Assistant Principal Dayna Sotirhos sought to find a way to keep children active while supporting a cause. Sotirhos, who is also an intramural coordinator for the Floral Park Soccer Club, said that the club was successful
in its fall and spring season, but she wanted to end the current season with a fun, charitable event. “With everything’s that’s going on with Covid, we wanted to give the children an opportunity to participate in a fun day,” Sotirhos said. “I feel for the elementary school kids, because at one point, most of them only met each other on the field.” She and her husband, Matt, who is also an intramural coor-
dinator for the soccer club, decided to host an inaugural charity tournament last Sunday at Floral Park Bellerose School, just north of Elmont. The event raised more than $2,800, and all proceeds will go to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, a nonprofit on Staten Island that aims to build mortgage-free “smart” homes for injured veterans and first responders. In addition, Continued on page 2
Elmont School District budget Total: $96.9 million Passed by a vote of 650 to 223. Elmont school board Challenger Sharon Earley Davis was Nancy Garlick elected with 525 votes. IncumElmont trustee bent Sheldon Meikle received 297 votes. Challenger Nancy Garlick, who ran in an uncontested race, was elected with 710 votes.
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the Floral Park Soccer Club held its inaugural intramural charity tournament last Sunday. Proceeds from the event went to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
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children who took part in the tournament donated nonperishable food to Our Lady of Victory Church food pantry in Floral Park to support those in need. “It was great work by our referees, volunteers and our intramural coordinators Dayna and Matt Sotirhos for making this event happen,” the club stated in a Facebook post. “And of course, a wonderful job to all our players and their families.” The tournament included raffle prizes, carnival-themed treats like cotton candy and popcorn,
and T-shirts for sale. Elmont High’s Key Club students earned community service hours by working at the event. “It always feels good to give back to others,” Sotirhos said. “We wanted everyone to have that positive feeling of giving back in a time of need. This charity tournament gave children the opportunity to connect with others in their community.” She also thanked Floral Park School District Superintendent Dr. Kathy Sottile for helping the club with the event. “She went above and beyond to make sure we had everything we needed to
make the event happen at Floral Park Bellerose School,” Sotirhos said of Sottile, “and has been a constant source of support for the Floral Park Soccer Club.” While this was the first charity tournament for the club, it hopes to maintain the momentum of supporting others going forward. “We’re happy that the Floral Park soccer program and their families can support such worthy causes to help our fallen heroes and struggling families in their time of need,” club President Steve McCaffrey said.
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Elmont native selected for prestigious program Michael Bailey, an alumnus of Elmont Memorial High School, has been selected for the Television Academy Foundation’s prestigious 2021 Summer Fellows prog ram. He is one of just 50 students chosen from across the c o u n t r y t o micHaEl BailEy take part in Elmont the program. Bailey is a 2021 graduate of Hofstra University who majored in music composition and minored in film, TV, radio and creative writing. He will be a Sound Fellow this summer through the Television Academy Foundation’s program. “I’m still in shock,” Bailey said in a news release. “I was chosen by the same people who vote for the Emmy Awards. I never thought one day I would be acknowledged by them in any fashion. I’m still pinching myself thinking this is a dream. I always watched TV when I was younger, and I still do, but it was only when I got to college that I learned that not only can it be studied but also pursued.” The Television Academy Foundation’s annual Internship Program usually provides 50 internships at top Hollywood studios and production companies to college students nationwide every summer. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Television Academy Foundation has had to re-imagine its internship program this year offering the 50 students selected from across the country a chance to either intern remotely or enroll as a Summer Fellow. T he Summer Fellows Pro g ram includes virtual one-on-one visits with
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Elmont memorial H.S.senior earns numerous amazon scholarships Elmont Memorial High School senior Liliann Ulysse has been awarded the Amazon Future Engineers scholarship for $40,000, as well as the Amazon Black Employee Network Scholarship for $20,000. Both scholarships recognize students for their exceptional contributions in the areas of computer science and engineering. Among her accomplishments, Ulysse was chosen as one of 20 Brown Scholars in the BridgeUP: STEM program in 2018. She had applied for the program to build her coding analytical skills. She also worked at the Spoken Language Group at Columbia University for two summers, in which she contributed to projects focused on detecting deception in videos and emotion in textto-speech programs. During the coronavirus pandemic, Ulysse continued to use her coding skills in unique ways, such as entering an app development competition. She and another student created Sourceable, a mobile app used to fact check the news. They presented their project at NY Tech Alliance High School Showcase. Ulysse plans to study computer science at Howard University in the fall. Courtesy Franklin Square School District; compiled by Nakeem Grant
professionals in a student’s field of study, online panels with leaders in the television industry, and customized seminars covering personal brand building and navigating the job market ahead. Fellows also become lifelong members of the Foundation’s alumni family giving them access to events and networking opportunities as they build their careers in the industry. Courtesy Television Academy Foundation; compiled by Nakeem Grant
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Elmont mEmorial HigH School senior Liliann Ulysse has been awarded the Amazon Future Engineers scholarship and the Amazon Black Employee Network Scholarship for her exceptional contributions in the areas of computer science and engineering.
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TrusTees NaNCy Howard, left, Emilio Grillo, Deputy Mayor Kathleen Baxley, Dr. Mohammed Ali and Mayor Fran Murray installed a complimentary sunscreen dispenser at the Recreation Center playground with preschoolers nearby.
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On May 3, the Village of Rockville Centre and Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital introduced Melanoma Awareness Month by installing the first of 12 complimentary sunscreen dispensers at the Rockville Centre Recreation Center. “We can’t thank Mercy Hospital more for doing this for us,” Mayor Fran Murray said. “It’s a wonderful gesture and it will save lives and help us understand more about melanoma.” All of the dispensers will be installed by Memorial Day at hubs of outdoor activities in the village, like Lister Park and the RVC Sports Complex. With summer approaching and vaccinations increasing, local fields are expected to be
filled in the near future. A 2017 New York survey found that 53 percent of those who do not wear sunscreen say it is because they forget about it. So, representatives from the village and Catholic Health said they hope that this project, which is done through Parr Ventures, will cut down on melanoma cases. “Melanoma is a very deadly disease unless you find it early,” said Dr. Mohammed Ali, an oncologist at the Catholic Health Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital. “It is very, very important to prevent sunburn.” Ali and Murray urged residents to use sunscreen to protect their friends and loved ones when getting out and enjoying the village’s assortment of fields, parks and playgrounds.
Far Rockaway branch service to be suspended next weekend By maTTHew FerremI mferremi@liherald.com
Service on the Far Rockaway branch will be suspended in both directions for next weekend starting on May 22 due to a switch being replaced in Valley Stream, Long Island Rail Road officials said. The work began on Saturday, May 15 to Sunday, May 16 and will continue from Saturday, May 22 to Sunday, May 23. Heading west customers at stations Far Rockaway through Gibson will board buses or vans, and then transfer to westbound trains at the Valley Stream station. Buses will depart up to 30 minutes earlier than usual train times. Customers traveling east can board Long Beach-bound trains to Valley Stream and exit for bus service at the stations Gibson through Far Rockaway. Plan for up to 30 minutes of additional travel time. During the overnight periods, some buses will run between Far Rockaway and
Jamaica. Along the Long Beach branch, westbound trains will depart up to 20 minutes earlier than usual train times. Additionally, all eastbound and westbound Long Beach trains will stop at Valley Stream, Rosedale, Laurelton and Locust Manor. All eastbound and westbound trains along the West Hempstead branch will originate and terminate at Jamaica Station, and run express between Jamaica and Westwood Station (no stops at Valley Stream). There will be no train service to or from the St. Albans station. As an alternative, customers traveling from points west of St. Albans will board eastbound Babylon trains and detrain at Lynbrook, where a bus will take them west to St. Albans. Customers traveling from points east of Lynbrook will take a Babylon train to Lynbrook where they will board a bus to take them to St. Albans.
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Join the Elmont Library as garden writer Jessica Damiano, creator and 13-year host of The Great Long Island Tomato Challenge, will share a primer on growing great tomatoes at 12:30 p.m. Participants will leave equipped with all the knowledge needed to plant, prune, fertilize, maintain, troubleshoot and harvest home gardeners’ favorite backyard crop, in addition to the secrets of growing competition-worthy tomatoes.
The public is invited to attend the Elmont Public Library Board of Trustees’ monthly meeting at 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont. The public portion of the meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. The agenda calls for the board to meet in executive session at 7 p.m. Go to www. elmontlibrary.org for the link.
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Friday, May 21
Memorial Day Tribute Show with Linda Ipandema
Shred Day at the Elmont Library Come and properly destroy and recycle private information at the Elmont Library’s parking lot from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. All paper is accepted except black carbon sheets, plastic and cardboard. Shredding is on a firstcome-first-served basis.
Monday, May 24 Book discussion: The Good Lord Bird with Lee The Elmont Library invites residents to a virtual book discussion on “The Good Lord Bird with Lee,” at 2 p.m. Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856 — a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces — when legendary abolitionist John Brown arrives. When an argument between Brown and Shackleford’s master turns violent, Henry is forced to leave town — along with Brown, who believes Shackleford to be a girl and his good luck charm. Over the ensuing months, Shackleford, whom Brown nicknames Little Onion, conceals his true identity to stay alive. Eventually Brown sweeps him into the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, one of the great catalysts for the Civil War. An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, and told with McBride’s meticulous eye for detail and character, “The Good Lord Bird” is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survival.
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Shred Day at the Elmont Library Come and properly destroy and recycle private information at the Elmont Library’s parking lot on Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. All paper is accepted except black carbon sheets, plastic and cardboard. Shredding is on a first-come-first-served basis. Registration is required, and it will close one hour before class begins. A link will be emailed to participants before the program begins.
Online Program: Optimize Your Immune System Join Marie Ruggles and learn about science-based ways to protect yourself from unnecessary illness with the Franklin Square Library at 7 p.m. Now is the time to stock your kitchen pharmacy, to combat the common cole, flu and other viruses. The Franklin Square Public Library strives to create respectful and familyfriendly virtual experiences using online meeting program (such as Zoom or GoToMeeting). Please do not share any meeting links. Participants must be registered to be admitted into virtual programs. A library staff member will co-host to facilitate presentations. The
host may or may not, at their discretion, enable visual and chat participation. The library ask that all participants in library programs be mindful and polite. Guests who are disruptive or otherwise do not conduct themselves in a respectful manner will be removed. The library makes no warranties and/ or representations concerning virtual programs. Voluntary participation is an express consent on your part to waive any and all claims against the library which may result from said participation and hereby release and discharge the Franklin Square Public Library from any and all liabilities. For minimal disruption, the library ask that participants download the appropriate software onto their computer or mobile device before the program begins. It is advisable that people create a personal account to make their participation as seamless as possible.
Tuesday, May 25 Baking Coach: Raspberry Crumble Bars Learn how to make the delicious combo of raspberries and crumb topping from scratch with the Elmont Library. Those interested can register with their email to receive the recipe for this program, which will be posted on the Adult Services page at www.elmontlibrary.org on May 25. Registration to receive the recipe ends the day before program.
Wednesday, May 26 YA Tape Art Use painter’s tape and paint on a canvas to create geometric artwork with the Franklin Square Library. Pick up supplies on May 26. For teens in
Join the Franklin Square Library for a wonderful tribute to the country and to all of those who have served for the United States’ freedom, at 2 p.m. Registration is required. Registration end one hour before class begins. Registration is required, and it will close one hour before class begins. A link will be emailed to participants before the program begins.
HAvInG An EvEnT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to ngrant@liherald.com
County Executive Laura Curran proposed direct cash relief for homeowners in Nassau County. Voices for Elmont recently launched a community services scholarship for local scholars. The Floral Park Soccer Club raised more than $2,800 for the Tunnel for Towers Foundation. Stop & Shop donated $10,000 to Family and Children’s Association to honor Ray Wishropp. Send your letter to the editor to Nakeem Grant, at ngrant@liherald.com.
Sewanhaka Robotics Club wins awards at regional championship
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The Sewanhaka Central High School District Robotics Club competed in and won various awards at the Long Island FIRST Tech Challenge Championship. FIRST Robotics events are organized by the School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. and provide opportunities for students to learn and to think like engineers. Students design, build, code and operate robots to compete in a new game each year. This year’s game, ULTIMATE GOAL presented by Qualcomm, required students to build a robot to pick up foam rings from the floor and launch them into one of three different goals positioned on one side of a 12-foot by 8-foot field. The regional championship was held remotely this year. Students worked to develop their robot and run their remote matches from April 19-24. Scores from their matches were submitted by Saturday afternoon. Additionally, on April 24, the students delivered a fiveminute presentation to a panel of judges and responded to two separate Q&A sessions. On April 26, the Sewanhaka team was virtually recognized with the following awards: First Place Control Award, Second Place Inspire Award, Second Place Performance Award, Second Place Compass Award, Third Place Connect Award and Third Place Promote Award. Overall, the Sewanhaka team finished second out of 20 competitors from
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across Long Island. The team would have advanced to the World Championships in Detroit, Mich., if it had not been canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Students in the club represent all five high schools in the district. Courtesy Sewanhaka Central High School District; compiled by Nakeem Grant
In 2019, usIng its pre-programmed code, the Sewanhaka RoboPandas’ robot lowered itself from its lander and began scanning its target during the Autonomous Period of the course.
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‘Future of Space’ found at Cradle of Aviation former nasa astronaut William Shepherd opened the new exhibit at the Cradle of Aviation Museum May 10.
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William Shepherd, raised in Babylon, in Suffolk County, has strayed a bit far from his roots over the years: He has zoomed around the globe multiple times on the space shuttle as a NASA astronaut, and became the first commander of the International Space Station. If Shepherd, now 71 and retired from NASA and a Navy career, has learned anything from his space travels, it’s this: Something extraordinary — even alien life — could be out there. If aliens were to arrive here, the andrew Parton first thing they might see of us, President, Shepherd said in Cradle of Aviation an interview at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City last week, would be space junk. “My sense is that if there is ever some kind of crossing with another species, the first thing they would see would be stuff we discarded,” like the hundreds of usedup space communications or weather satellites still flying around. Shepherd’s mind was very much on space and the future last week. He traveled from his home in Virginia to be at the Cradle May 10 for the opening that day of its newest exhibit, “The Future of Space.” Shepherd spoke to the media, schoolchildren and at a dinner reception for invited guests that evening. He had donated his flight suits and other NASA gear he had collected over the years to the Cradle, which has included the items in its new exhibit. The exhibit, Shepherd said, is designed to stimulate minds, young and older, with what is to come in the cosmos in the decades ahead. The time was ripe, Cradle officials said, for such an exhibit. The most stunning of recent events took place Feb. 18, when NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars. Ingenuity, Perseverance’s helicopter, has made a number of flights on the Red planet since. Elon Musk’s Spacex, a privately held company, launched its Dragon spacecraft on March 2020, to resupply the space station. Other Spacex voyages are planned. And NASA is thinking of a return flight to the moon, aboard a vehicle called Artemis, with a planned launch in 2024. Artemis’s crew will include a woman and a person of color. They will be the first of their gender and race to step foot on the moon. Much of the enthusiasm for space flight waned after Americans first landed on the moon in 1969. It revived in the 1980s with the launch of the space shuttle, but after two shuttles exploded in flight, killing 14 astronauts, the shuttle program ended. But the success of Spacex and the Mars landing mark a new beginning, said
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Andrew Parton, the Cradle’s president. “The future is now,” Parton said in an interview. “There is going to be a lot happening in space.” In the interview, Shepherd said he does not see Mars as a “final destination” of the space effort. “We are trying to figure out where humans fit in the universe,” he said. “We won’t get any direct answers right away, but we will get some clues.” The vehicles that will travel to Mars in the future, Shepherd said, will likely be much larger than now, and the effort to get them there will be international. The exhibit itself takes up a large corner of the Cradle. It includes models of Spacex rockets, a 12-by-12 Martian landscape, complete with tiny hills, all designed by Rod Leonhard, a graphic artist and photographer, from Hewlett; an intricate model of the Space Station, which took two years for Matt Arnold, of Port Washington, to construct.
Part of the exhibit includes a 12-by-12 Martian landscape designed by a Hewlett graphics expert, Rod Leonhard.
The exhibit introduces augmented reality, an interactive experience in which objects that a model of the International Space Station, reside in the real world are designed by Matt Arnold of Port Washington, in a enhanced by computer-generated two-year effort. perceptual information. decades. It features dozens of famous A visitor can download an app to a cellphone and use AR to put images World War I and World War II aircraft of him or herself on Mars, or even “cre- built by Grumman and the Fairchildate and dance with little aliens on the Republic Corporation of Farmingdale, as planet,” said Leonhard, who demonstrat- well as general aviation models. It also has models of airplanes from the begined the technology for this reporter. Long Island played a large role in the ning of flight, balloons, components and early days of space flight. The biggest role gear by other manufacturers. And there is an original Lunar Module, LM-13, which belonged to Grumman Corporation of Bethpage, now Northrop Grumman, was intended for the Apollo 19 mission to which built the lunar lander that took Copernicus Crater in 1973. That mission Apollo astronauts to the moon. Grumman was canceled for budgetary reasons. “We’re going to honor the old, but celealso constructed the space shuttle’s wings. Dozens of subcontractors built brate the new,” said Jennifer Baxmeyer, electronics and other components for the the Cradle’s executive director. The plan is to build out the exhibit in years to shuttle. The Cradle honors Long Island’s come, adding what is new in space and achievements in aviation over the science, she said.
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Parents mixed on vaccines for youth By Mike SMollinS msmollins@liherald.com
The availability of Covid-19 vaccines for children and teens ages 12 to 15 has been met with mixed reviews by local residents. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for that age range on May 10, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention green-lighted it on May 12. Hours later, Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave it the OK. While elected officials and hospitals across Long Island have begun hosting news events to administer the first dose of vaccines to children and teenagers, some parents have expressed concerns about inoculating their children in response to an inquiry on an Oceanside community Facebook page. Sandee Mcphee was one parent who said she was opposed to it. “I’m totally against the cheesy, pushy marketing of a medical treatment,” she wrote. “There was no high risk in this age group. They are also not testing to check on antibodies beforehand.” Chris Lindsley said he also did not plan to vaccinate his son. “I’m not risking his health when Covid is not a threat to him,” he wrote. Dina Person said she did not favor vaccinating people in that age group, and noted that players and staff of the New York Yankees were fully vaccinated, but the team dealt with a Covid-19 outbreak last week. Eight players tested positive for the virus, seven of whom were asymptomatic. “We will not be getting it for our children,” Person wrote. “I just worked all year in a school where Covid was not Courtesy MSSN spread through school and the very few iSland Park reSident Grace Moran received her vaccine alongside her mother, Margaret Moran, and Town of Hempstead Councilman teens who did get it had very mild symp- Anthony D’Esposito. toms and recovered quickly. The Covid numbers are down, and we just saw on cinated people at most indoor and out- Hempstead, and has administered more the news that the people fully vaccinated door places. than 2,000 Covid-19 vaccinations since it with the Yankees still got Covid.” Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in began operation in late March. The priJoe Glavin offered a different perspecOceanside has also continued to operate mary mission of the unit is to deliver tive, noting that the only its “Vaxmobile,” extending vaccinations to eligible residents, while Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital’s way to return to normal is its efforts to now vaccinat- eliminating barriers such as transportato vaccinate more people. Emergency Department walk-up ing those ages 12 to 15. On tion, mobility, language or health, and to “Stop with the nonentrance is now located at the hospiThursday afternoon, MSSN bring vaccines directly to hard-hit comsense,” he wrote. “Get the tal’s Washington Avenue entrance. staff started giving the Pfiz- munities, as well as other areas. Appointshot or probably be locked Emergency walk-up patients will have er-BioNTech vaccine to ments are not required, and the mobile out of college and other the option of valet parking, which is some of the newly eligible unit is handicapped-accessible and activities. Just saying . . . free of charge for Emergency youths at St. Mary of the staffed with a bilingual clinical team you’ll be screwed when you I s l e Ro m a n C a t h o l i c from MSSN. The interior of the unit Department patients only, by proceedwant to do something.” Church in Long Beach. includes a private exam room, computering to the valet booth or self-parking Paul Florio wrote that he Among them was Grace their vehicle in the parking lot. ized clinical work stations, medical testwas confused why so many Moran, 13, an eighth-grader Outpatients will be required to selfing and lab technologies, as well as people were determined to at Lincoln Orens Middle park and enter through the designated secure storage areas. get the vaccine themselves, School in Island Park, who but refused to allow their The “vaxmobile” continued onto the entrance. said she was thrilled to children to be inoculated. De La Salle School in Freeport on Friday. receive her dose. “What gets me is that all With vaccinations increasing, the num“I’m very excited to be people that feel the vaccine getting the shot today,” she ber of Covid-19 cases at the hospital has is a must now turn around have their eligible youths vaccinated. said, according to a news steadily decreased. As of Friday, there and say, ‘No way my kid is laura Curran “Nassau County is leading the way in were nine coronavirus patients at MSSN. release from the hospital, getting it,’” he wrote. “If it’s getting residents vaccinated, and I’m In addition to the hospital’s mobile Nassau County noting that she was not nerthat important for parents proud that we’ve now gotten seven out of vaccination efforts, Nassau County offivous about the immunizato get it, why not the kid? I executive tion because she “believes cials said they planned to inoculate 500 10 adults vaccinated,” Curran said in a would think it goes hand in high school students a day through Sun- statement. “However, in order to soundly in science.” hand.” The mobile vaccination unit was day, and were taking appointments on the defeat this pandemic and return to norAs the vaccine continues to become funded via the federal CARES Act county website. County Executive Laura mal life, we need as many people as possiavailable to more people, the CDC has Curran spoke in favor of the CDC easing ble to roll up their sleeves — including through a grant issued by the Town of relaxed masking guidelines for fully vacmask restrictions, and urged residents to young people.”
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Neighbors iN the News Franklin Square Little League held a special celebration during this year’s opening day festivities on May 1 at Rath Park. The league dedicated a bench to Daniel Pastore, of Franklin Square, who died in March 2020. A member of Franklin Square Little League, Pastore went on to play baseball
at Nassau Community College. Town officials, family relatives of Pastore, and State Assemblyman Ed Ra were among the people to attend the bench unveiling. Courtesy Town of Hempstead; compiled by Nakeem Grant
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HempStead town CounCilmen Tom Muscarella, standing, second from right, and Bruce Blakeman visited the Elmont Senior Center on May 5 to check out the operation of the Vaxmobile.
Covid-19 vaccines at Elmont Senior Center The Vaxmobile, which was provided by the Town of Hempstead and Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital made its way to the Elmont Senior Center on May 5. Town officials provided nearly $700,000 in federal CARES funding to Mount Sinai South Nassau for the purchase of a mobile vaccination unit, which is now being deployed throughout the town. Fully stocked and ready to hit the road, town officials hope that the Vaxmobile will shatter the transportation, language and technological barriers associated with the vaccination distribution process.
With a mission to deliver vaccinations directly into the hardest-hit communities, the unit will serve as a substantial catalyst to the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines. The Vaxmobile was financed with federal CARES Act funding that was distributed to the Town of Hempstead, to be used to assist town businesses, organizations and residents impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.. Courtesy Town of Hempstead; compiled by Nakeem Grant
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Franklin Square little League dedicated a bench to Daniel Pastore, of Franklin Square, who died in March 2020 during the league’s opening day ceremony on May 1. Town officials presented a certificate of recognition to Pastore’s family.
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elcome summer! It will look and feel a bit different from last summer as we begin to emerge from the pandemic. This past year sure was tough on everyone and it also forced many of us to re-think family outings, vacations or even easy ways to entertain the kids while at home. For some, this summer will offer more opportunities for kids outside the home. But other families may be more cautious about forging full steam ahead. Still summer beckons. Kids are ready to jump in the pool, play outside (and sleep in!), while parents are eager for barbecue dinners and easy-going evenings on the patio. Taking advantage of warm temperatures, outdoor activities and time together as a family is certainly appealing, but what happens when the boredom sets in and amusement parks and road trips are the main requests? Summer can be a respite, but also a conundrum if you’re trying to find activities to keep your family entertained. According to a NerdWallet and Harris Poll survey, families tend to ramp up spending when warm weather hits. Parents of kids ages three to 17 plan to spend an average of $471 per child on summer activities. The majority of parents with children younger than 18 — more than 80 percent — who plan to take a summer vacation, spend an average of $2,256. But summer isn’t just about opening up your wallet. There are plenty of ways to enjoy the season to everyone’s benefit — without spending fortune. Turn passions into summer projects Let’s face it, when it comes to summer and kids, free time can eventually turn into boredom. Try positioning summertime as an opportunity to pursue different, out-of-the-box interests, hobbies or projects that there isn’t time for during the school year. “Help your kid identify a passion project for the summer,” says Cherie Lowe, personal finance author and blogger. For example, a child who loves history at school might enjoy building a medieval castle from cardboard recycling as a budget-friendly summer activity. For budding artists, try mimicking the masters in an outdoor window painting contest at your home. Bonus: Once the masterpiece is complete, you can have fun washing off the paint and get sparkling clean windows in the process! To get ideas for a project, Lowe suggests looking for library books, finding online videos,
using social media or talking to friends who could be subject matter experts on a chosen area of interest. If it’s super hot and your family has a passion for water and DIY projects, look for water-based activities to cool down. One fun example: “Build your own sprinkler,” Lowe says.“For about $10 you can buy PVC pipe to construct an elaborate sprinkler for the backyard. We’ve done this and added to it each year,” Lowe says. Tap into area parks Sunshine and warm weather encourage people of all ages to get outdoors, and local parks are an excellent resource. To take advantage of what our parks have to offer and create a “parks plan” to guide you. Make it your goal to explore parks that may be unfamiliar to you, even consider a day trip to a park on the North Fork for example. Host themed potlucks with family and friends You might be tempted to eat out more during the summer months, especially now to show support for the restaurant industry hardhit by the pandemic, but it’s also the season to fire up the grill. Enter the potluck: Planning communal outdoor gatherings with neighbors, friends and family and sharing in food and games can be an enjoyable summer activity, to supplement dining out. Especially since we missed out on that sort of socializing last summer, it will take on a renewed appeal this year. Make your summer potluck dinners even more memorable by planning them e neighborhood events, celebrations or recreational backyard sports tournaments. You could also create theme nights such as “eating around the world,” where everyone brings dishes from different countries. Have fun with a cause Summer doesn’t have to be about selfentertainment. Families can also find gratification and summer fun by volunteering their time. Choose a cause or activity that suits your family’s interests, ages and lifestyle. For example, nonprofit building or renovation projects or volunteering at a community garden can be inspiring, memorable and skill-building. n Above photo: With a little imagination you can schedule a whole season of appealing activities to suit you and your family.
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ummer is fast approaching — and while we’re not back to “normal” just yet, we’re looking forward to a more relaxing, less stressful season as we start to emerge from the pandemic. We all want to have fun — even if we’re staying close to home. Families surely want to pack more play into your day. And there are plenty of ways do to just that. These ideas aren't just for the kids — they're fun and engaging activities for the whole family. After all, grown-ups need time to play, too. So set aside school, work and stress; turn your attention on ways to play with kids this summer. √ Build a toy car racetrack out of old boxes, paper towel rolls and other repurposed materials. √ Make a target with chalk on a blackboard or the sidewalk, and then throw wet sponges at it until it disappears. √ Set up a glow-in-the-dark ring toss.Use dollar-store glow necklaces or bracelets as rings. √ Organize a massive water gun battle. √ Or maybe your kids prefer a water balloon war. Fill them up before starting and keep them in buckets. Make sure the kids wear their swimsuits. √ Have a hula-hoop contest — see who can keep the hoops spinning longest and who can twirl the most hoops. √ Learn a fun new skill as a family: Try juggling, skateboarding, French braiding or whatever strikes your fancy. √ Grab your camera and take photos of plants and animals using different filters and frames, and then compare the results. √ Paint the sidewalk with water. See how fast the sun makes your art disappear. √ Get some pots and pans for drums, dress up and have a parade. √ Catch fireflies in a glass jar and watch them shine before letting them fly away. √ Go on an alphabet treasure hunt. See if you can find things that begin with every letter in nature. √ Create your own pop-up playground from old cardboard boxes, fabric pieces and other recycled materials. √ Draw a game board on the sidewalk and make up the rules. Kids can
become life-size pieces in a game of your own invention. √ Host silly relay races. Have the kids hop on one foot, walk backward, gallop like a horse, skip — the more ridiculous the challenge, the better. √ Create a short stop-motion film using dolls, stuffed animals or action figures. There are lots of apps that make this easy. √ Go through your recycling bin to see what you can turn into a boat. Add sails and decorations, and then float it in pool, river or tub. √ Have a car wash for your toys, bikes and scooters. Make sure to get really wet! √ Play flashlight tag. While the other players hide, whomever is "it" must find and "tag" them with the beam while saying their names. √ Host a fancy tea party for your stuffed animals. √ Go on a neighborhood wildflower walk—do some research in advance so you can identify some of the blooms. √ Rifle through the dress-up bin and have a photo shoot with your little princess, pirate or superhero. √ Indoor campout: Set up a tent in the living room, make oven s'mores, turn off all the lights and download a campfire app for your tablet. √ Set up a scavenger hunt in the backyard or local park. Give the kids maps or clue sheets for extra fun. √ Put on a show! Make up your own or adapt one of your favorite books, movies or TV series. Craft sets and costumes for extra fun. √ Head to the beach and build an enormous sand castle. √ Play a rousing game of themed charades — see what kinds of wacky themes you can come up with. √ Organize a family game night and pull out old standards like Monopoly, Scrabble and Pictionary. Winners can earn points to cash in for small prizes or extra scoops of ice cream. √ Collect items from nature and make a collage. Add paint or leave it au naturale. n Above photo: Document your world. Turn your eye to what’s happening all around you.
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or many of us, some of our fondest memories of growing up come from camping with our families. You just have to smile when you recall the fun of jumping into a cool lake on a hot summer day, chasing fireflies under a starry night sky, or making S’mores around an open campfire. For nature lovers, perhaps nothing is more enjoyable than packing up the camping gear, traveling to a favorite campsite and getting away from it all while sleeping under the stars. Such an experience can be transformative, turning first-time campers into lifelong enthusiasts. Even if you’re not a hardcore outdoors person, you can enjoy some special bonding time outdoors with the kids. Spending some nights out under the stars makes for a beautiful and peaceful summer activity. You don’t need a big cabin or a camper, either. You can do a lovely trip in a simple tent. Today’s modern tents are a lot nicer than the ones you may be used to. They can be divided into rooms, have hightech, waterproof and wind-proof fabrics, and connections for lights and fans. Sleeping Capacity: Choose a tent with plenty of room for you and your family. You may consider increasing your tent capacity by at least one person if you or your family are people of size, are claustrophobic, toss and turn at night, need more room to sit or sleep comfortably, or if you’ll be with small children or dogs. Types Of Tent: Cabin-style tents have near vertical walls to maximize peak height and livable space. Some cabin tents may also have awnings and vestibule-style doors that make them more like a house than a tent. Dome tents stand up better to storms with a tall part in the center and walls that slope down to the ground. It reduces the space inside the tent, but it’ll stand up in high winds.
Pay attention to tent floor length. Look for a floor length of more than 90 inches if you’re camping with anyone more than 6 feet tall. Also consider the number of doors. More than one door will keep you from climbing over each other in the night if someone has to get up for a bathroom break or rises early for fishing, hunting or hiking. Tent Materials: Look for higher-denier fabrics on your tent, which are more ruggedthan lower-denier fabrics. This is especially true for outer parts like rain flies and canopies. You’ll also want to pack a few extra repair kits and seam tape to keep your tent waterproof in case of rain. Look for mesh panels set into the doors, ceilings and walls of the tent for adequate ventilation. The panels should be set up to take advantage of cross ventilation in the tent. Camp Like A Pro Parents who have never before taken their children camping may benefit from employing a few strategies to make the trip as fun as possible. Make a trial run in the backyard. A night camping in the backyard won’t be exactly the same as a night in the woods, where wildlife, and particularly insects, may be less welcoming hosts. But a backyard camping night can acclimate children to their sleeping bags and their tents. A fun night sleeping under the stars in the backyard also may make kids more enthusiastic about an upcoming camping trip in the woods. Go over safety early and often. Use every opportunity to explain camping safety measures to youngsters in advance of your trip. Emphasize the importance of staying together in the woods, and teach youngsters how to identify potentially harmful plants like poison ivy, making sure they know to avoid coming into contact with these and other poisonous plants. Contact your local parks depart-
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of reading can earn your child one ticket, which he can then trade in for 30 minutes of screen time. Lead by example. Make reading a part of your own summer routine. One of the biggest factors that determine if a student will be a lifelong reader is seeing someone in their family set that example. Keep lots of reading material around the house and focus on reading more than other distractions. When reading, ask your child lots of questions. Reading lots of different books, silently or aloud, with someone else helps children build phonic skills and read fluently. But, talking about books, answering questions, and re-telling stories helps a child develop their ability to understand language. Make a “Summer Fun Journal.” Combine your child’s favorite summer activities with writing prompts. Have your child pick out or craft a summer fun journal, and when you take them to their favorite restaurant, or on a trip to Grandma’s, they can write a short entry in their journal afterwords. Prompt your child to use academic concepts when talking about the things they love. If your son or daughter is dying to tell you about the levels he just beat in his game, ask him to “explain” the level, and “describe” the “main character,” or ask her to “retell” the story of a movie or favorite show Read everything, everywhere. Have your child read billboards, signs, and pamphlets. If you go on a trip to a theme park, have your child be responsible for the map and have them read the rules and names of rides. n Above photo: The key to success with summer reading is to help make the reading part of the fun — making the library an exciting destination and combining literacy skills with the things your children already love. It’s possible to keep the focus on learning while enjoying the relaxed summertime pace.
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The New York State Assembly last week passed corresponding legislation to a Senate bill that would open a path for creation of a public water authority to replace New York American Water’s Nassau County operations. The le gislation takes a dif ferent approach than the Senate version to easing rate increases for ratepayers, however, which activists said may be illegal. The Assembly’s legislation proposes capping both future rate increases and rates for expenses that have already been incurred. The Senate’s bill, alternatively, aims to eliminate a special franchise tax that the private company is obligated to pay. NYAW passes those additional costs on to its customers, driving up rates beyond levels seen in public water districts, which the company’s detractors have criticized. The bill would form a North and South Shore Water Authority to take over NYAW’s Nassau County operations, and would cap rate increases at 2 percent. The quick passage of the legislation was a response to a fast-approaching 26 to 30 percent rate hike on May 1, which has now been incurred by ratepayers. On April 26, activists from
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A. Somebody named Murphy once said, “Whatever can go wrong will go wrong.” Someone named Stein responded to that by saying, “Murphy was an optimist!” You can now quote Leeper’s Law: The act of simplifying often leads to further complication. In the process of trying to make things easier, you may have unanticipated problems onte eeper that can surprise you. I started writing this column because I saw people making the biggest investment of their lives without truly understanding the process or what to expect. Documentation and planning shouldn’t be taken for granted. Part of a licensed professional’s job is consumer protection, on top of combining artistic needs, structure, function and systems. From your perspective, we need to only provide the planning for the affected areas. That seems simple enough. But then things get more complicated, because our plans are reviewed by so many others who all have their particular point of view. Building officials see your home or business differently than you do. Years ago, when everything was done with paper and pencil, we submitted plans and they got reviewed at face value, such as only looking at the room you want to add. Then computers compiled information that allowed officials to quickly locate the whole property history and possible illegal uses that were previously recorded. After a while, it became a regular assumption of government that people were all trying to get away with something most of the time, and the extra level of scrutiny led to officials asking for more and more information, mainly because some owners ruined trust for everybody. You are automatically under suspicion for illegal two-family use, illegal sheds, decks, pools and fences, or the lack of a permit for your air conditioner or finished basement or attic. Add to that the zoning information, “clear sight triangle” to avoid blocking drivers from seeing across your property, energy code analysis for even your simple addition, plus light and ventilation charts to show your window changes and there you go, not so simple anymore. Simple would be great, if it were also reality. Your home may have had a violation that was never cleared from a suspicion of a former owner who rented the basement, or a long-term house guest who caused a neighbor to secretly report you, without any need for proof. It happens more often than you imagine, and then things get complicated just proving that there’s no illegal use, or you have to hire a professional to produce plans for more than you expected. You could start out simply, but be prepared for the rest. Good luck!
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s I made my way along Bay Parkway, headed to Jones Beach Field 3 on a recent Wednesday, I more than half-expected the worst. I anticipated a mile-long line and a five-hour wait, during which I would be spoken to brusquely by exhausted state government employees. At the end of it all, I would have a needle stuck in my arm. So I was pleasantly surprised when I arrived at Field 3 at 7:50 a.m. for an 8:00 appointment, and there was no line. A National Guardsman, dressed in SCoTT olive green fatigues with an olive green BRINToN mask, met me at the gate, asked whether I had an appointment and waved me through to a check-in post, where I showed my ID. That was it. I was in. No hours spent idling in line. I was about to receive the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, is 95 percent effective in preventing Covid-19. As it turned out, the vaccination experience was nothing like what I’d half-expected. I marveled at the assembly-line efficien-
cy with which doses were administered by friendly government employees. Lines of orange cones led me to a large white tent that fit four cars at a time. There were a half-dozen or so such tents. The entire operation looked like a cross between a giant car wash and a fast-food eatery, with lots of military personnel directing traffic. I pulled up to my slot. I was asked a series of simple questions. I showed my ID again. I was told to pull down my sleeve, and I was injected. Then I was told to pull over to a waiting area and sit for 15 minutes to check for a reaction. Feeling nothing out of the ordinary, I drove home. End of story. I returned three weeks later for the second dose, feeling good. I was waved through the check-in. Just as I was about to pull my car into the big tent, a man hurried over to ask if I’d been checked in. “No,” I responded, a little timidly. He removed four cones and asked me to pull over, and I thought, OK, here we go. As I had half-expected at the outset, I’ll be waiting here for hours until someone lumbers over to let me through. As it turned it, I waited two minutes before someone arrived with a tablet in hand. He asked me to show ID. That was it. I pulled back in line, and 20 minutes later I
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was, as they say, fully vaccinated. Neither time did I even feel the pinch of the needle as it entered my arm. Clearly, after having injected so many hundreds of people at this point, the vaccinators are highly skilled at the fine art of delivering a pain-free shot. Neither time did I experience any significant side effects from the inoculation, either — only a little tiredness. Feeling confident I was safe from the coronavirus, I recently headed to New York City for the first time since December 2019. My wife and I went with our daughter to check out the apartment she’ll be living in during her senior year at NYU. (They, too, are vaccinated.) It was a momentous occasion. Like hundreds of thousands of college students across the country, Alexandra had spent the previous 15 months cooped up in her bedroom, staring at a computer screen, disconnected from all the wonderful vibrancy that a young person can feel studying and living away from home. Suddenly, because of the marvels of modern science, there was hope that she wouldn’t continue to miss out on the full “college experience” before she graduates. Suddenly, there was hope for us all. Riding the Long Island Rail Road was an
o hourslong waits. No brusque, exhausted state employees. And no side effects.
existential experience. On the way home, I paid close attention to the whir of the train speeding across the landscape, the way the sunshine streamed through the car windows, the loud beep before its doors automatically closed, the frenetic chatter of excited passengers, many of them likely having visited the city for the first time in months. Last spring, as the pandemic raged, I shot a photo essay on the emptiness of the LIRR. I counted a handful of riders that May day. People kept to themselves, seemingly afraid. If they hadn’t had to be there, they wouldn’t have been. It felt surreal, post-apocalyptic. Never had I seen the LIRR so empty during rush hour on a weekday. Riding the LIRR this May was celebratory, joyful. The world had not ended. Human ingenuity had prevailed. We mustn’t get ahead of ourselves, I know. We have a ways to go before our society can return entirely to our pre-pandemic ways. And the sooner each of us commits to being vaccinated, the sooner we’ll arrive at that happy place. So, if you haven’t already done so, get the shot. It’s a lot easier than you might expect. 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.
From one end of the pandemic to the other in a sheet pan
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ome folks say that the wheel was the greatest invention ever. Others point to the printing press, the internal combustion engine or the light bulb, but I think that during the pandemic, the ordinary sheet pan changed our lives forever. My tongue is only partially in my cheek when I say that the basic 14-by-20-by-1inch pan has transformed my day-today routine. You can buy two pans for under 30 bucks. And then you can give away most of your other pots and pans, especialRANDI ly the large, heavy, KREISS hard-to-clean roasting pans. Paula Zuccotti, a London-based expert on consumer behavior, attempted to document the things people turned to during the pandemic. She asked contributors from around the world to photograph their lockdown essentials. Thousands of people sent her photos of the objects that got them through. They ranged from watercolor paints to stuffies to the usual devices, to some unusual devices, to musical instruments, garden trowels, yarn, VR headsets, paddles, running shoes, hand-tied flies, live plants and herbs of all
kinds. If I knew about the project, I would have sent a photo of my sheet pan. During Covid-19, as my husband says, if I didn’t cook it, we didn’t eat it. Meal planning and preparation was a diversion. Eventually, though, it felt burdensome to think about food even though that was all there was to keep us busy and reasonably healthy in our isolation. Somewhere along the way I remembered the two sheet pans I’d bought. When I went online for recipes, I realized I was late to the party; apparently the sheet pan craze has been rocking for some time, and people have been using this super-easy method to cook everything from scrambled eggs to filet mignon. Even babies are cashing in on the boom, with Mom and Dad preparing entire meals of diced chicken or meat, veggies and maybe some polenta baked on one sheet and enjoyed for a few days. The sheet pan is really the repurposed jelly roll pan of old. But now my pans hold our entire dinner. The preparation is minimal and the cleanup is, well, one pan. One of the best things about the ascendency of the sheet pan is that it doesn’t matter if you’re left or right, liberal or conservative, vaccinated or not. It’s possible that both Liz Cheney and Kevin McCarthy use sheet pans to cook. It’s possible that Dr.
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uring Covid-19, as my husband says, if I didn’t cook it, we didn’t eat it.
■ 3 pints grape tomatoes, halved ■ ¼ cup olive oil ■ 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar ■ 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced ■ 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon dried oregano ■ 2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
■ 4 pieces thin-sliced, skinless, boneless chicken breast, or 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts (about 1 pound) ■ 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ■ 10 ounces fresh mozzarella, thinly sliced into rounds ■ ½ small red onion, thinly sliced into rounds ■ ½ cup peperoncini (about 3 ounces), thinly sliced Preparation: 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Toss
tomatoes, oil, vinegar, garlic, 1 tablespoon oregano and 1 teaspoon salt on an 18-by-13 rimmed baking sheet. 2. Cut chicken into slices. 3. Season chicken on all sides with pepper and remaining 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon oregano. Add chicken to tomato mixture. Roast until chicken is almost fully cooked through and tomatoes are starting to burst, 8 to 10 minutes. Arrange mozzarella rounds over chicken and tomatoes. Return to oven and roast until cheese is melted and chicken is fully cooked through, 2 to 4 minutes. Top with onion and peperoncini. Another recipe, for baked feta cheese pasta, went viral on TikTok and turned out to be worth every bit of the hype. When I prepare fish, I love that I can cook a piece of salmon, the asparagus, butternut squash and the roasted potatoes all in one sheet pan. If I want to separate the fish, I just put it in a little aluminum foil boat right on the sheet with the other parts of the meal. Then I lift it out when it’s done and leave the veggies in for a few more minutes. What object helped you through this past year? I would love to hear from you. Someday there will be a museum of the pandemic. Get your entries ready. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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his week, the nation will mark the first anniversary of the death of George Floyd at the hands of exMinneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murder, among other charges. Never has the death of an unarmed Black man at the hands of police reverberated so loudly and so powerfully here on the streets of Nassau County. Protests that in the past were largely confined to big cities came to our suburban streets last June — and rightly so. It was critical that the protests play out across the country, in all sorts of neighborhoods, to send a clear message that Floyd’s death was unacceptable and that we, as a nation, are demanding change. Sadly, however, killings of unarmed Black men have continued since Floyd died. That is why we need the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to be signed into law. The measure passed the House of
How to contact your senators You can email Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at https://www.schumer.senate.gov/ contact/email-chuck. Email U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand at https://www.gillibrand.senate. gov/contact/email-me. Representatives, but has yet to pass the Senate. The bill would: ■ Lower the criminal intent standard — from willful to knowing or reckless — to convict a law enforcement officer for misconduct in a federal prosecution.
■ Limit qualified immunity as a defense to liability in a private civil action against a law enforcement officer. Qualified immunity generally grants government officials performing their jobs immunity from civil lawsuits. ■ Grant administrative subpoena power to the Department of Justice in patternor-practice investigations, which examine patterns or practices of excessive force and biased policing by law enforcement officers. How none of these measures is on the books as part of federal law now is confounding, particularly after all that has transpired over the past year. It’s about time that the Senate acts on the legislation — and passes it. We urge our readers to write to their senators in support of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
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Nassau is on the way to a full reopening
assau County has been slowly, surely returning to normal life following 15 months of trying restrictions intended to contain an out-of-control virus, and we can say with certainty that those restrictions saved lives. This week the county will take a giant leap forward in the ongoing effort to reopen its economy. The capacity restrictions on businesses, from retail stores to fitness centers, were to be lifted on Wednesday, so we expect crowds will return to shops and amusement parks, and we hope business will boom. At the same time, indoor social gatherings of 250 people will be permitted,
up from the current 100, and outdoor residential gatherings of up to 500 will be allowed. All good news for couples seeking to marry in June. We have seen how life is getting back to the way things were. Long Island Rail Road cars are filling up, and so are our parkways. Traffic jams are back. So are lines to be seated at popular restaurants. Never in your life did you think you would be thankful for the day that heavy traffic and standing-room-only cars on the LIRR were back, but that speaks to the upside-down nature of the coronavirus pandemic, which altered our reality. What is making all of this possible are
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letters The time for action is now To the Editor: As our region recovers and reopens from the pandemic, we need to ensure our transportation infrastructure is up to the task. With more Long Islanders returning to work in Manhattan each week, it is imperative to ensure we get the safe and dignified commutes we deserve. Key to that is fixing the East River Tunnels — four tubes that connect Queens to Penn Station — which every LIRR train passes through. Superstorm Sandy flooded them with millions of gallons of saltwater that left these tunnels in a precarious state of disrepair. A report from the State Comptroller found that the number of trains delayed or canceled because of problems stemming from the tunnels increased 72 percent after Sandy, accounting for a significant number of the railroad’s on-time performance problems.
the Covid-19 vaccines. As of press time, Nassau County officials were reporting that some 70 percent of residents here had been vaccinated. That is excellent news, because it means we should, at the very least, be able to achieve herd immunity at the local level by summer’s end, and perhaps much sooner. We encourage readers to post photos of themselves on social media receiving their vaccine inoculations. Spread the message far and wide: The vaccines are safe. They are effective. And once you’re vaccinated, you are largely free to return to life as you knew it.
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oom and other online video conferencing applications are exposing the underlying racism that infects American society, including in its schools. A Jersey City high school science teacher was recently suspended after students videoed racist rants in which he insulted AfricanAmerican students in his class who defended the Black Lives Matter movement. A teacher in Palmdale, Calif., got into trouble when she thought a Zoom meeting with a parent was aLan over and launched into a racist rant sinGer accusing Black people of always lying. She was suspended and then resigned. A Georgetown University professor resigned and another was fired after they were caught on a video disparaging Black students. The entire Board of Education of the school district in Oakley, Calif., resigned
after a board meeting at which they cursed when describing parents. Twothirds of the children in this district are Latino. A white police officer upstate in Albany either forgot to turn off his body camera or accidentally activated it before launching into an anti-Black racist rant. He was suspended without pay, and his department has started the procedure to terminate him. The Albany police department is also accused of systematic racism. Between July 9, 2019, and July 9, 2020, 97 percent of the people ticketed or arrested in the jurisdiction for marijuana-related offenses were Black. The police chief and a patrolman in Hamilton, Ga., were removed after body camera footage showed them making racist comments about slavery and the mayor of Atlanta, who is a Black woman. They made the comments just before going on patrol at a Black Lives
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Letters Yet, Amtrak, which owns and operates the tunnels, has done nothing, preferring to wait until 2024 to tackle this critical issue. That is unacceptable. The time for action is now. It should not take a tragedy to fix these dilapidated tubes. I have called for Amtrak to repair the tunnels using “in-service refurbishment,” saving commuters time and money. Rather than requiring a complete shutdown –– which is what Amtrak wants –– “in-service refurbishment” would mean repairs occur only on nights and weekends. This technique is not just a pipe dream, it was successfully used on the L train to complete that project early and under-budget, while averting major service disruptions. On May 7, the Senate held a hearing on this issue and I pressed Amtrak executives to act swiftly, harnessing this bold and aggressive strategy to deliver real results for commuters. As Long Islanders return to the LIRR, it is time for Amtrak to prioritize New York. TOdd KAMINSKY Senator, 9th District
Let’s rethink Covid guidance To the Editor: Last week we heard a groundbreaking announcement from the federal Centers for disease Control and Prevention that those who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, indoors or
Matter rally. An assistant to the local mayor commented, “I’m not sure if he was stupid enough — obviously he was stupid enough — not to know it was still working and that he still had it on. The words just rolled out of their mouths. There was no hesitation.” Neither racism nor tech trouble is new during the pandemic; as with police misbehavior, educator misbehavior is just becoming easier to expose. In 2018, a Florida teacher was videoed telling a student from Haiti that she was from a “third-world island country where they don’t have doors.” In 2019, a photo of four teachers and an elementary school principal from Palmdale, Calif., laughing while holding up a noose was posted on social media. Teachers and police officers are entitled to due process, but on-the-job racist rants must be grounds for immediate dismissal, with no second chances. This is not a freedom-of-speech issue, but rather an issue of disqualifying behav-
ior. Racists cannot be police officers or teachers. There are more than 3.5 million kindergarten to 12th-grade teachers and 800,000 police officers in the United States. These videoed incidents involve a minuscule number of teachers and police officers. The greater problem is school boards and state legislatures that seek to whitewash American history by ignoring or minimizing the role racism in the past and present has had and continues to have in shaping this country, and police departments that target African-Americans. Conservatives disparage “cancel culture,” but they are the ones who want to ban teaching the underside of American history and protect misbehaving police officers. 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 the editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AlanJSinger1.
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outdoors, in almost all circumstances. The science is clear: The Covid-19 vaccine works, and that is how we return to normal life. I am proud that Nassau is leading the way, with 7 in 10 adults now vaccinated, and we will continue getting shots in arms so we can save lives and return to normal life. We are ahead of the curve. The CdC’s announcement also underscores the need to revisit New York state guidance for schools, including for hybrid learning, masks, graduation and proms. We must address the devastating impact the pandemic has had on the well-being of our children, who deserve to have a normal education and get their lives back as soon as possible. Our high vaccination rate and declining Covid-19 infection rate call for new state guidance based on an updated evaluation of risk and benefits. LAURA CURRAN Nassau County executive
An earmark by any other name To the Editor: Members of Congress just can’t get enough pork to bring back home. On a bipartisan basis, they have resurrected the old “member items,” previously known as “Congressional earmarks.” Both democratic and Republican Congress members believe it is one way to assure re-election in 2022. Congressional earmarks have been rebranded under a
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new title, “community project funding” requests. It is the equivalent of putting lipstick on a pig. Federal civil servants want to make sure dollars are spent on eligible projects that are shovel ready, completed on time and within budget, with taxpayers receiving the full benefits. They have the inde-
pendence and technical expertise to do a better job of distributing funds and protecting the interests of taxpayers in avoiding any waste, fraud or abuse than members of Congress. LARRY PENNER Great Neck
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