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Facing challenges many others don’t Community leaders push for further support of Black-owned businesses By RoBERT TRAVERSo rtraverso@liherald.com
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Style and grace Selene Meera Ferdinand, 8, walked the runway in a blue floral dress during Elmont’s inaugural Youth Gift of Empowerment Fashion Show fund-raiser on July 31. More photos, Page 3.
During August, which is National Black Business Month, community leaders in Elmont and Franklin Square are calling for residents to support local Black-owned businesses. Alicia A. Ray, creative director of Black-Owned Long Island, a selfdescribed curated guide to these businesses, said that they build a sense of community and create jobs for local residents and others across Long Island. Formed in 2017 by a small group of business leaders and consumers interested in the challenges faced by Black business owners, the platform works to “find and support businesses and organizations that are owned and operated by black entrepreneurs and influencers
to continue to build wealth in the black communities on Long Island,” BlackOwned Long Island’s website states. Ray also emphasized a cultural element of Black-owned businesses: They help drive diversity and inclusion, expanding residents’ cultural horizons and making business owners feel like they belong on Long Island. The businesses, she said, work to “bring a different flavor to our economy and experiences as consumers on Long Island.” One major problem they face, Ray said, is that their owners often don’t receive the same level of capital that often keeps businesses afloat during hard times. Black-Owned Long Island endeavors “to recognize that, and do whatever we can to help accelerate and advance the Black community,” she Continued on page 2
Residents divided on a fourth round of stimulus checks By RoBERT TRAVERSo rtraverso@liherald.com
A fourth round of stimulus payments to boost the economy amid a spike in coronavirus cases, which has the support of some residents of Elmont and Franklin Square, is being pushed by millions of Americans and nearly two dozen members of Congress. Many Americans remain economically vulnerable because of the pandemic, which shut down several major industries that provide jobs for thousands of workers, despite three sets of stimulus payments administered by the federal government
since the health crisis began last year. “Yes, that would be nice for people,” Sabrina Adonus, of Elmont, said of the idea of another round of federal stimulus checks amid many Americans’ continuing economic struggles and the spike in Deltavariant coronavirus cases that began last month. Adonus, a health care worker, said that while her work has not slowed during the pandemic, the situation is different for those who work in industries that have seen downturns since last March. “I’m not saying that we don’t
need it, but we, on the first line, are always on the job,” Adonus said, adding that because of the economic downswing that began last year, some people remain unable to pay rent or provide food for their families. A survey conducted by the financial services firm TransUnion found that four in 10 people now have a smaller income than before the pandemic. “We have to think for others, and for those people with jobs who were really affected by [the pandemic],” Adonus said, “it would be nice.” Twenty-one U.S. senators, all
Democrats, signed a letter addressed to President Biden this March calling for recurring payments for eligible Americans. Additionally, an online petition that calls for a fourth round of stimulus payments — a check for $2,000 for adults — amassed over three million signatures last month. A separate effort from Democratic lawmakers in January pushed for $2,000
monthly checks until the pandemic ends. N o t eve r yo n e, h oweve r, believes that another round of stimulus checks would be beneficial. “I think enough is enough,” said Lisa DelliPizzi, president of the Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce. DelliPizzi emphasized the Continued on page 11
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of Black-owned businesses is to recognize and represent the 400-plus years of being said. “Like other businesses during the pan- disenfranchised in global, national and demic, Black-owned businesses are fight- local economies,” Ray said. Black-owned ing to keep their doors open and are oper- businesses, she added, often focus on the ating on limited resources,” Ray said. advancement of Black people, and have According to research conducted at the historically served as a way to mobilize University of California, Santa Cruz, and the community together to bring about change. a report issued by the National Bureau of Jon Johnson Sr., of Elmont, president Economic Research, 41 percent of Blackowned businesses, about 440,000, have of the Elmont Cardinals Sports Club, emphasized this point, argubeen shuttered by Covid-19, ing that business ownership compared with just 17 perand the advancement of cent of white-owned busiBlack Americans are tied nesses. together. “Black-owned busiRay, who described hernesses have been foundaself as a proponent of all tional to the Black commulocal, small businesses that nity for a very long time,” provide high-quality prodJohnson said, adding, “Sayucts and services, stressed ing that Black lives matter is that suppor ting Blackbeing able to speak about owned businesses doesn’t black ownership.” mean neglecting the needs There aren’t enough of other small businesses. Black-owned businesses in “The idea is not biased Jon JohnSon Sr. E l m o n t a n d Franklin against other business on Square, Johnson said, and Long Island,” the platform’s President, those that do exist are not website state. “Instead, our Elmont Cardinals frequented often enough by goal is to be a catalyst for Sports Club community members. Black-Owned companies Between February and and connect them with conApril of last year, Black business ownersumers that are interested in their busiship decreased by over 40 percent, accordness.” ing to a report released by the House of To help with that effort, Ray said, local governments need to allocate more funds Representatives’ Committee on Small for programs to help business owners Business. That was the largest drop in understand key concepts like the benefits any ethnic group in 2020. Johnson said that although Elmont of marketing. This, along with support from both the public and private sectors and Franklin Square are already diverse, and the broader community, will help with a “plethora” of Black-owned busiBlack-owned businesses “accelerate, nesses in the area — barbershops, halal grow, and keep their doors open,” she vendors and more — there should be more initiatives to boost fundraising for said. Historically, there is a key connection and awareness of them. To do this, networking is key, he said. between Black-owned businesses and the “Right now,” Johnson said, “we have to fight for civil rights. “The big significance fund these businesses.”
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Fashion show fundraiser in Elmont
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F ro m t u xe d o s a n d three-piece suits to elegant dresses fit for a princess, Elmont’s youth community showcased style and grace during the community’s inaugural Youth Gift of Empowerment Fashion Show fundraiser on July 31. Hosted by Selene Meera Ferdinand, the fashion show celebrated Elmont’s youth like never before. A local home was transformed into a runway, as parents lined up to watch their children walk down the catwalk. The event also featured raffled prizes and food for sale. -Nakeem Grant
Troop 294 scoUT and Dutch Broadway student Sherman Ferdinand, sported a crown as part of his outfit.
Uziel GeorGe donned a three-piece suit at the fashion show.
News briefs Senator to hold school supply drive State Sen. Todd Kaminsky has organized a back-to-school supply drive to ensure that students who do not have access to necessary supplies are prepared for their first day of school. Suggested donations include new backpacks, No. 2 pencils, pens, notebooks, folders, crayons, colored pencils, rulers, safety scissors and binders. “Many students do not have access to the essential supplies needed to start the school year successfully,” Kaminsky said. “And we all know that when communities band together, great things happen.” Donations will be accepted until Sept. 3 and can be dropped off at Kaminsky’s district office, 55 Front St., Room 1, Rockville Centre. For more, contact Kaminsky’s office at (516) 766-8383 or kaminskypress@ nysenate.gov.
Mount Sinai mandates Covid-19 vaccine for faculty, staff Mount Sinai Health System, the parent system of Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside, today announced that all faculty and staff would be required to get the first shot of the vaccine by Sept. 13. Leaders at the largest health system in New York City made the decision amid increases in cases caused by the rapid spread of the Delta variant and as an added measure to protect faculty and staff. Dr. Kenneth Davis, president and CEO of Mount Sinai Health System, said in an internal message to all staff: “Over the past weeks and months, we have worked
hard to encourage every member of our Mount Sinai family to get vaccinated against Covid-19 to protect you, your patients, your coworkers, your families and your communities. We are grateful for those of you who got the vaccine . . .” “As a hospital, a school and a health care provider, we have responsibilities not only to each other, but to the communities we serve. And the right thing to do for our communities—and our Mount Sinai family—is to make sure we are all vaccinated against Covid-19. Vaccines are simply the best protection we have against this virus, and our patients deserve the best.”
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The magic of music Ever been angry, afraid, anxious, stressed? Of course you have, you’re human, after all! So what do you do when you’re feeling upset? Yes, speaking with your therapist can help. Yes, being with people you love can help. Yes, going for a run can help. But I’ve got a solution for you that’s always available, doesn’t cost anything and will quickly soothe your soul and heal your pain. Yeah, like what? A magic pill? Nope. It’s listening to music! Yes, music can calm your nerves, heal your soul and provide relief from anxiety, stress and tension. It’s a powerful medicine that can lower your blood pressure, distract your mind from pain and bring people together in a positive way. Here are three of my favorite songs I listen to whenever I’m in a funk. ■ Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds. “Don’t worry about a thing Cause every little thing’s gonna be all right.” As soon
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whole body sensation. And pay zero attention to how good your voice is or how well you move. Can’t remember the words to a song or having trouble finding a song with words that speak to you? No problem. Be creative -- become a song writer. Substitute your own words to the beat that matches your mood. Music paints a picture with emotional color. It can make onerous tasks feel like pleasant ones. Ask any kid who is singing the “Clean up, clean up” song while putting her toys away. With an upbeat melody and easyapadin going lyrics, cleaning up suddenly seems like fun! Have you been washing your hands for 20 seconds since Covid hit? I hope you’ve changed it from a chore to a bit of gaiety! It becomes so
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Curran gears up early for fall campaign By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com
Laura Curran has apparently decided not to wait until after Labor Day, the traditional beginning of fall political campaigns, to kick-start her drive for a second term as Nassau County executive. Curran, 53, a Democrat, held a rally on a sweltering Saturday afternoon outside the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola, where bottled water was handed out with blue campaign signs. The county executive announced her intention to run for re-election in May. After her 20-minute speech to about 100 supporters Saturday, Curran acknowledged that it is early to campaign. “The election is three months off,” she said. “But it’s important for people to know where we are going. We will be persistent to build back” after the pandemic. Curran said her fall campaign would focus on “fully funding” law enforcement, expanding access to mental health, developing multi-year plans for a balanced budget, supporting small businesses and promoting job growth. Her opponent in the fall campaign will be Hempstead Town Councilman Bruce Blakeman, 65, a Republican who lives in Atlantic Beach. Blakeman has run for several offices before, including for a seat in Congress. Blakeman has said his campaign will be all about taxes. Curran, who lives in Baldwin, worked as a reporter for The New York Daily News and New York Post and as an editor at Herald Community Newspapers and was a Baldwin Board of Education member before winning a seat in the County Legislature. In 2017, she defeated Republican Jack Martins to become the first woman to be elected Nassau County exec-
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Laura Curran spoke to about 100 supporters outside county office building on a sweltering Saturday afternoon. utive. On Saturday, Curran was endorsed by John Durso, president of the 250,000-member Long Island Federation of Labor. “I’m proud to lend my support to someone who is one of us,” Durso told the crowd. He said the federation’s support for candidates has not always been unanimous. “But this time,” Durso said, “it’s Laura.” Her friend and neighbor, Naala Royale, owner of a Rockville Centre restaurant, told the crowd that Curran “lives in a normal house, walks her dog and sometimes holds press conferences on her front lawn. For us, that’s
Laura.” In her speech, Curran outlined a series of programs on which her campaign would be based. One program includes fighting crime. She noted that she, Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder and other officials recently broke ground on a new $54 million, 89,000-square-foot police academy on the Nassau Community College campus in Garden City. She emphasized that Nassau was recently named the safest community in the United States by U.S. News and World Report. “That doesn’t happen by accident,” Curran said. It came about as the result of work by her administration, the police department and residents. But her veto of a bill earlier this month to give first responders the right to sue under the county Human Rights Law when they face harassment disappointed police union leaders, including Nassau Police Benevolent Association President James McDermott. Curran cited a new opinion by the office of state Attorney General Letitia James questioning the constitutionality of the bill. Under her administration, Curran said, the county had received its first positive bond rating from Wall Street in 15 years. Moody’s revised its outlook on the county to positive from stable while affirming its A2 rating, citing three straight years of improved financial results. Curran also said the county had recently reached a critical milestone in the Bay Park Conveyance Project with the County Legislature’s unanimous approval of a design-build contract with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Western Bays Constructors Joint Venture. The $439 million Bay Park Conveyance Project is designed to restore the ecosystem and water quality in the Western Bays by conveying treated effluent from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant to the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant’s ocean outfall pipe through underground tunnels.
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High school football camps kick off Aug. 23 By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com
Three months and three weeks after Massapequa, Garden City, Manhasset and Wantagh captured Nassau football championships, all 53 programs in the county will start preparing for a new season Aug. 23. All scrimmages, two regular-season games, one round of playoffs and the Long Island championships were eliminated this past spring as the 2020 season was delayed six months. It’ll be back to the eight-game grind and eight playoff teams per conference this fall. Conference IV, which has 13 teams, will begin the season one week before the rest of the county and all but three of its schools won’t have the benefit of a scrimmage. A handful of games, including West Hempstead at Malverne, are set for under the lights on Friday, Sept. 3. A full schedule will kick off the following weekend, with the majority of games taking place Saturday, Sept. 11. Garden City, which has captured five straight Conference II titles, is the only defending county champion seeded No. 1 in its respective conference. Massapequa is No. 2 in Conference I behind Oceanside, Manhasset, the reigning Rutgers Cup champ, is ranked sixth in Conference III, while Wantagh is seeded second behind Plainedge. With Wantagh’s jump to III, North Shore earned the No. 1 seed in IV.
10 Games To Watch Sept. 18 Sept. 24 Oct. 2 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 9 Oct. 23 Oct. 23 Oct. 23 Oct. 30
MacArthur at V.S. Central Plainedge at South Side Carey at Elmont Massapequa at Oceanside South Side at Wantagh Clarke at Seaford Carey at Baldwin MacArthur at Garden City Wantagh at Plainedge Calhoun at Mepham
Garden City opens against an unfamiliar opponent. Baldwin, in Conference II for the first time, visits the Trojans on Sept. 11. Massapequa travels to East Meadow, Manhasset visits Bethpage, and Wantagh hosts Valley Stream North.
Five teams switch conferences
Of the five programs taking on new conference rivals this September, more than half joined Conference II: Baldwin, Herricks and Glen Cove are seeded No. 9, 10 and 13, respectively. It’s the first time Baldwin will not play in the top conference. Wantagh is back in its longtime stomping grounds of Conference III, which includes South Side again after the
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Notable coaching changes
For the first time since the late 1980s, someone other than Stephen Carroll is leading Baldwin as its head coach. Frank Chimienti, former head coach at Valley Stream Central and an assistant at Freeport for the past five seasons, has taken over the helm and is thrilled about the energy displayed by the Bruins during summer workouts. “It’s not like I’m taking over a program in need of a rebuild,” Chimienti said. “Baldwin has such a great tradition and there’s a lot of talent around.” Making their head coaching debuts in September will be Frank Baglivo at Clarke and Kevin O’Hagan at East Meadow. A former assistant under Rob Perpall at Seaford, Michael Corcoran returns to lead the Vikings.
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a library board meeting at 7 p.m. 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 7pm. Go to www.elmontlibrary.org to view the agenda. Contact Adult Reference at 516-3545280 x223 or reference@elmontlibrary. org for the Zoom meeting link.
Online Program: Baseball History Discussion Group Join Elmont Memorial Library and Steve King for a discussion at 7 p.m., the topic of which is baseball history. The discussion will focus on famous players and teams from post WWII to the 1960s. Register at the library’s website, https://www. elmontlibrary.org.
Friday, August 27
Virtual Lecture: Herb Gardening with Bea Helft, Cornell Cooperative Extension Join the Franklin Square Library, Bea Helft and Cornell Cooperative Extension for a virtual-only lecture at 7 p.m. on how to describe herb plants as well as their uses and how to grow them. Herbs that are suitable for Long Island will be discussed, too. Registration ends one hour before class begins. A link will be emailed to you before the program begins. Register at the library’s website, https://www. elmontlibrary.org.
Friday, August 20 Library Book Sale Join the Franklin Square Library for a book sale to be held in the library’s parking lot between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Contact Circulation at (516) 354-5280.
Saturday, August 21 BBQ Adventures with David Tillery of RMD Food Adventure Join the Franklin Square Public Library and David Tillery of RMD Food Adventure for a day of BBQ demonstrations and sampling Beginning at 12 p.m. in the library’s parking lot. Registration is required. Elmont Library Cardholder only. Limited space. Contact Adult Reference at 516-354-5280 x223 or reference@ elmontlibrary.org
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Just Dance The Franklin Square Public Library is holding a virtual dance class on Tuesday, August 24 at 3 p.m. and licensed certified yoga instructor and meditation coach Karen Taylor Bass for a virtual chair yoga class at 1 p.m. Experience classic asanas (postures), meditation, music and chanting at a class that is suitable for all levels and will help participants with stretching and breathing. A chair with no wheels is required. Registration is required, and Zoom information will be emailed to you before the class as long as you register up to one hour before the program begins. Register at the library’s website, https://www.elmontlibrary.org.
Virtual Book Discussion: Eleanor in the Village by Jan Jarboe Russel with Librarian Phil Join the Franklin Square Public Library and librarian Phil for a discussion at 2 p.m. of Jan Jarboe Russel’s book on Eleanor Roosevelt, “Eleanor in the Village.” Contact Adult Reference at 516-3545280 x223 or reference@elmontlibrary. org for the Zoom meeting link.
Online Program: Zumba Join Elmont Memorial Library and Kristen Fonte for a virtual Zumba workout between 5:45 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Register at the library’s website, https://www. elmontlibrary.org.
Tuesday, Aug. 24 Dance Around the World with Lauren Join the Franklin Square Public Library at 3 p.m. for a dance class on Zoom. In this class, you will Learn the easy steps and rhythms to dances including Latin, African, Balkan, Middle Eastern and more, and discover different cultures. Wear shoes/sneakers that glide, and bring a water bottle and 2 lightweight scarves (if available). Registration is required. Registration ends one hour before class begins. Link will be emailed to you before the program begins. Please join class 10 minutes before start time. Contact Adult
Reference at 516-354-5280 x223 or reference@elmontlibrary.org for the Zoom meeting link. Note: Participant accepts any potential injury associated with this class by proceeding through the link or entering using meeting ID. Please consult with your physician before beginning this or any other exercise class. As with any exercise program, if at any point during the class you begin to feel faint, dizzy, or have physical discomfort, you should stop immediately and seek medical attention.
Online Program: Tai Chi Join Elmont Memorial Library and Elaine Fleischman to learn some basic Tai Chi during a class between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. Register at the library’s website, https://www.elmontlibrary.org.
Thursday, Aug. 26 Library Board Meeting Join the Franklin Square Public Library for
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Local charity Rescuing Families revealed last week a home it rebuilt for a Hempstead family. NFL lineman Marco Rivera is an Elmont native. The Franklin Square Public Library is offering 15-minute tech-related help classes on Aug. 28. On Mondays at 11 a.m., Elmont Memorial Library holds a “Coffee Chat with Librarian Staff.” Send your letter to the editor to Nakeem Grant, at ngrant@liherald.com.
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Some say a fourth round of stimulus checks would help contInueD from front importance of compassion amid the economic devastation that many have faced, and said she supported the first and second rounds of stimulus payments, but she stressed that pantries, charities, other nonprofits and government agencies should begin to play a bigger role in supporting workers and families in need during this later stage of the pandemic. Stimulus checks would slow a return to economic normalcy, she said. “It makes it too easy for people — it’s a crutch at this point,” she said. “I don’t think the stimulus check, in the future, in the long run, is going to help.” Those who favor further aid, in the form of either a onetime check or recurring payments, argue that direct stimulus payments are what is needed to boost the economy and propel struggling American families forward. “I think that if there was a stimulus check, it would definitely be a positive thing,” said Rachel Pollas, of Elmont. “There’s still a lot of people out of work, so I think it definitely would be beneficial.”
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On Aug. 10, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran vetoed bill 187-21 that would increase protections for all first responders, including police officers, auxiliary police officers, corrections officers, paid and volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians, by imposing civil penalties of up to $50,000 per incident against anyone who assaults, menaces or harasses current and former members of this protected class. Before her decision, Curran reached out to the Attorney General Letitia James’s office for guidance on whether the bill “strikes the proper legal balance between the government’s responsibility to protect its uniformed personnel and its duty not to interfere with the ability of the people to exercise their civil rights legally without fear of penalty.” Curran first commended first responders, including police who supported the bill. “I’m proud of the dedicated first responders who’ve made Nassau the safest county in America,” she said, “and I continue to stand firmly with the brave men and women of law enforcement, and against any efforts to ‘defund the police.’“ In her statement, Curran cited the attorney general’s advice: “The guidance provided by the New York state attorney general raises issues about the constitutionality of the proposed law, which would inhibit
residents’ rights to free speech and protest. The proposed bill is well-intentioned, but should not come at the costs of the basic First Amendment freedoms that we all enjoy as Americans.” The attorney general’s letter, drafted by Rick Sawyer, special counsel for hate crimes, echoed County Legislator Siela Bynoe and Legislator Carrie Solages’s words when they voted against the bill on Aug. 3, saying the measure, if it were to become law, could be used to “chill protected speech.” Nassau County Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President James McDermott, who is to retire Sept. 1, issued a statement: “We are very disappointed in the actions of County Executive Curran vetoing a piece of legislation that was created in direct response to the increase in discrimination and violence toward our membership in the last few years.” The County Legislature’s Republican majority echoed McDermott in its own statement, which read, “It’s unfortunate that the county executive has vetoed this bill that would help to deter the assault, menacing and harassment of police officers and other first responders.” The county has not provided comprehensive data on the number of discriminatory or violent incidents that NCPD members have been subjected to. Both Curran and NCPD Commissioner Ryder had touted last year’s civil rights protests in the county as largely peaceful, with one officer
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to vote. The bill’s sponsor, Legislator Joshua Lafazan, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, responded to the veto, saying, “As a lawmaker, I, of course, respect the opinion of New York Attorney General Tish James. Therefore, I respect the county executive’s decision to veto this bill based on the AG’s guidance and will not vote to override County Executive Curran.” Republican lawmakers said they would formally receive Curran’s veto at the Legislature’s next meeting Sept. 27. The majority would then have 30 days to schedule a vote, which would land about a week before the Nov. 2 election, when Curran and all 19 county legislative seats will be up for election.
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Opioid settlements and special fund to fight epidemic Recently, I joined my colleagues in the Nassau County Legislature in approving more than $100 million in settlements with pharmaceutical companies that helped fuel the heroin and opioid epidemic. The settlements are part of a class action lawsuit now underway in federal court in Central Islip that was initiated by Nassau and Suffolk counties and New York state during Nassau’s previous administration against manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies seeking to recover for the untold damage resulting from the opioid epidemic. Significantly, this money will be put into a special revenue fund created by the Legislative Majority to make sure every dollar received from these settlements will go toward prevention, treatment and education programs specifically targeting opioid abuse. Without the special fund, the settlement proceeds would be placed into the county’s general fund, where they could be spent for purposes wholly unrelated to the opioid crisis. I recall when the state promised that lottery proceeds would go toward education, only to have the state engage in a shell game where education received little to no benefit. In recent years, we have made significant
progress in the battle against opioid abuse. The progress was due to the dedicated efforts of community leaders, law enforcement agencies, our Health Department, healthcare professionals and others. Unfortunately, during the pandemic, opioid abuse has increased, including, tragically, overdose deaths. Obtaining these settlements and ensuring that these funds are fully dedicated toward fighting the opioid epidemic will go a long way toward winning this battle. While the recent settlement involves a number of opioid manufacturers and pharmacies, four major defendants remain, and the trial is continuing, so there may be some additional funds beyond the recent agreements. As the lawsuit moves forward in court, I will provide any further updates of significance. In the meantime, we are prepared to ensure that as soon as any settlement funds are received, they will go toward funding the key programs to help address the opioid challenges we face moving forward. Gaylor is a county legislator for Legislative District 6, which comprises Malverne, Lynbrook, North Lynbrook, Valley Stream and portions of Rockville Centre, Hewlett, Franklin Square and Woodmere.
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Gina and Vinny Centauro, co-founders of the Franklin Square-based charity Rescuing Families that reconstructs houses for families in need, are not used to being on the receiving end of help. On August 5, the Central Nassau County Rotary Club delivered three boxes of tools, donated by community members, to Rescuing Families. On June 10, the charity suffered a devastating setback when $25,000 worth of its power tools were stolen overnight from a Hempstead home Rescuing Families was renovating at the time. “It was a generation of tools,” Vinny said in a previous Herald story. “We’re contractors for 15 years … grandparents, dad’s tools; everything was totally wiped out. We lost everything.”
“We’re not used to being rescued,” Vinny said, adding that the gesture by the community and the rotary club is especially helpful following the June robbery. “The rotary club has always supported our cause,” Vinny said. He added that Rescuing Families is extremely appreciative of the donation by the community. “The Central Nassau County Rotary Club placed a collection box for tool donations at the West Hempstead Public Library last month to help the Rescuing Families charity in Franklin Square,” a statement released by the Rotary Club explained. “The community always responds to people’s needs; they are sympathetic and supportive in short time,” Youngfert said, complimenting the generosity of local residents, who donated the boxes of tools on short notice.
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LEGAL NOTICE CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, NASSAU COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO:Joseph Triano Donato Forlenzo RoseMarie Piazza Clara Ramos Grassi & Co. Jasper Surety Attorney General of the State of New York and any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and next-ofkin of the said GERARD TRIANO, deceased, and if any of the said distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose names and/or places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained A petition having been duly filed by Public Administrator of Nassau County, who is domiciled at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501, United States. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on September 8, 2021, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why the account of Public Administrator of Nassau County, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the estate of GERARD TRIANO, should not be judicially settled.
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“We thought it would be great to assist them in a time of need,” said Bill Youngfert, co-president of the organization. Youngfert, who deemed the connection between the rotary club and Rescuing Families a “partnership,” added that the goal of the rotary club is to boost local organizations like Rescuing Families, whose events it has supported in the past. In a previous Herald story, Gina said that the community has been especially supportive since the robbery. The people in the community are very generous, but they’re even stepping up more than they previously have because of the hardship and hearing that it affected us,” she said. Earlier this month, Rescuing Families completed and presented the latest house it renovated to the Hempstead family that lives in the home. The next family the charity is planning to reconstruct a home for, the Arcillas family, is from Elmont. Kelly Arcillas, was diagnosed with autoimmune encephalitis in September 2019 and has not been home since, has one wish, according to Rescuing Families: to spend Christmas with her family in their home. Kelly has lost almost all
of her vision and is paralyzed from the waist down and dependent on a motorized wheelchair, ventilator and gastronomy tube. Being able to bring such joy & comfort to the families we help is such an incredible feeling for us and our team,” the charity wrote in an August 5 Facebook post. Eighty-five percent of the charity’s funding comes from the yard sales Rescuing Families holds. The next charity yard sale, which are held at 1010 Lewiston Street in Franklin Square, is set to take place over the course of two separate weekends, between both August 21 and August 22 as well as August 27 and August 28. Donations of funds and tools are also appreciated, Gina and Vinny said. To schedule an appointment to donate funds or goods for the organization’s next yard sale, call (516) 697-9403, or visit the charity’s website, https:// www.rescuingfamilies.org/. “Our charity is not a huge charity,” Vinny said in a previous Herald story. “The community is what drives us. We’re not getting funding from corporations; we’re getting funding from our neighbors.”
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CentRal nassau County Rotary Club co-President Bill Youngfert, center, delivered three boxes of tools donated by the community to Rescuing Families co-founders Gina and Vinny Centauro.
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395 Serena Rd, NEW! 5 BR, 2 Bth Col on O/S Property. Updtd EIKs. 3 BR Main Level, 2 Upstairs with OSE. SD#14. Possible M/D with Proper Permits. Near All ................................................................................................ $799,000 1610 Hilary Ct, BA, Beautifully Gut Renovated 4600 Sq Ft Colonial in Cul de Sac. 5 BR, 3.5 Bth with Full Fin Bsmt, 2 Car Att Gar. SD#20. Tax Grievance Filed ..............................................................................REDUCED! $1,279,999 1390 Broadway #102, BA, 2 BR, 2 Bth Coop in Luxurious Hewlett Townhouse. LR/DR, Updtd Kit & Office/Den, Elevator, 24 Hr Drman, Valet Pkg, Pool. Priv Storage Area. Great Location Near Shops & Trans .........REDUCED! $349,000
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2808 Willard Ave, BA, NEW TO MARKET! 3 BR, 2 Bth Split on 1/4 Acre in Cul De Sac. LR, FDR, EIK, Den & FBsmt. Att Gar. Low Taxes. Oceanside SD. Won’t Last............................................................................................ $629,000
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ou’ll find lots of natural light in this center hall colonial that features an elegant entryway with a 20’ high ceiling. French doors connect the formal living room to the cozy den, which has a fireplace, bay window and more French doors that take you to the backyard retreat. The eat-in kitchen has a bay window overlooking the inground pool. There’s a formal dining room and a bonus room off the kitchen. Upstairs you’ll find the primary bedroom with en-suite bathroom and walk-in closet, plus 2 additional bedrooms and a spa bathroom. This home also boasts a new gas boiler and a new roof! Don’t miss this one!
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Long Beach $750,000 W. Walnut Street. Colonial. Westholme section. 3 bedroooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Partial finished basement. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops. Formal dining room. Spacious backyard entertaining space. Walk to beach and boardwalk, near schools, shopping, dining, LIRR. Taxes: $9,423.93
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Hewlett Harbor $1,090,000 Wateredge Place. Split Level. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, Cathedral ceilings. Formal dining room. Den/family room. Master bedroom suite with his and hers closets. Secluded property with water view. Security system. Taxes: $27,426.80
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East Rockaway $718,000 Grant Avenue. Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Partial finished basement. Updated kitchen with granite countertops. Home office. Park-like backyard. Taxes: $14,820.56 Elmont $680,000 Baylis Avenue. Split Ranch. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Finished basement. Eat-in kitchen. Formal dining room. Master bedroom with Jacuzzi tub. Den/family room. Enclosed sun room with large deck. Near shopping and transportation. Taxes: $14,563.67
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A. Living near a onte eeper shoreline, with dynamic high- and low-tide water movement, means taking greater precautions to make construction last longer and perform better. First, there’s the base, way below the floor slab, which must allow water to run through it to avoid collapse. The base is made of compacted stones that allow water to flow between so they don’t form an obstruction, working kind of like a filter. I generally design such a base with landscape filter cloth beneath it, to keep individual stones from sinking when the natural underground current of tide water rises and withdraws, pulling the ground material with it as it flows in and out. I rarely, if ever, see this done, and can assure you that if I’m not standing over the work when it’s being carried out, workers will ignore this “crazy” design, hence a reason for failure. Everyone is an expert, as I am sure you’ve come to know, but ignoring ground and soil dynamics makes it a gamble as to what you’re going to get. It isn’t reassuring when someone says they do this all the time, especially if they can’t give technical reasons for what they do. Floor slabs, just like beams, should be designed for the concentration of the loads they will carry, not just general practice, especially because the steel reinforcing is part of the formula. If the concrete or the reinforcing is undersized for the load, it will, in correct terminology, yield, or give way, not necessarily completely fail. The coating and placement of steel is extremely important. Except for major roadway and transit construction, I rarely see it done to legal standards. Most often, uncoated, rusted steel is placed randomly or tied in ways that defy the reason it was prescribed. If uncoated steel is too close to a surface, it corrodes faster as salt water gets sucked like a sponge into the concrete, allowing steel to wet and dry in a cycle guaranteed to rust. You’re right to be concerned. Good luck!
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Q. I’m wondering if our garage floor, which was completely removed and replaced with a new concrete floor, is strong enough for our cars and my pickup truck. We did it to get rid of the old floor, which was cracked and had sunk. Our mason told us he does this all the time, but it just seems like the floor is too thin and could break. Is there any way to know if it’s strong enough? It’s 4 inches thick, very flat and they put wires in, not thick Ask The rods, that crisscross in a grid. Architect Also, the wires were rusted when they went in and I wonder how long they could last, especially because we live in a development along one of the canals on the South Shore, and after what happened in Surfside, Fla., we aren’t as confident.
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n the early morning of April 28, I tiptoed into my dew-coated backyard in Merrick to watch as an orange sun slowly migrated upward, sending its rays streaming through the hundreds of flower-covered branches on the three cherry and two apple trees that my wife and I planted nearly 20 years ago when we first moved in. It is a glorious moment that I await each year, when I can stand and breathe in the sheer beauty of those life-sustaining flowers, all white and pink. Each is such a tiny, SCoTT seemingly insignificant thing. CollecBRINToN tively, however, these flowers constitute a powerful force. This is the natural world reborn in what was once a virtually lifeless suburban backyard. When my wife and I moved in, our yard was all lawn except for a handful of hydrangea, holly and Japanese yew bushes, two scrawny dogwood trees and one ornamental cherry around the edges. In the early years in our home, we ripped out about half of the lawn to make way for many more trees, bushes and flowers, a number of them native species. We wanted to recreate, in a sense, the back-
yards that we knew as children. I grew up in rural Yaphank, in Suffolk County, surrounded by a dense forest of white pine and oak trees. My wife was raised in Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, but spent many days in her family’s village of Rajdavitsa, amid cherry orchards full of wildflowers. We wanted trees through which squirrels and birds could scurry and construct their nests. We wanted a natural habitat. Two decades later, I’m proud to say that we have one. The cherries that we planted are more than 20 feet tall, and the apples, over 30 feet. All were purchased as one-foot bare-root saplings for a couple dollars each from the Arbor Day Foundation. We also planted four arborvitae, three maples, two white pines, two dwarf Alberta spruces, a Japanese maple, many more hydrangeas and hollies, boxwoods, barberries, red osier dogwoods, butterfly, raspberry and blackberry bushes, forsythias, fountain and maiden grasses, euonymuses, lilies, lilacs, hostas, black-eyed Susans, peonies and purple cone flowers, among others. Where once there was no wildlife, now we have bees and butterflies and birds — red cardinals, blue jays, European starlings, grackles, house sparrows, Baltimore orioles and my wife’s favorite, mockingbirds. We’ve even had birds build nests in
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our trees, including a robin and a mourning dove. I love that. There are also squirrels, which eat our apples and, occasionally, our tomatoes, as well as raccoons and opossums here and there. This year we certified our yard as a Wildlife Habitat with the National Wildlife Federation. We started the simple process by answering a few quick questions: Does your yard provide shelter and food for wildlife? Is there a water source from which wildlife can drink? Are you committed to natural yard maintenance, without the use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers? Then you pay a fee — certification is a fundraiser for this nonprofit environmental organization. Finally, NWF sends you a beautiful green metal sign, which we staked in our front yard’s center bed for all our neighbors to see as they’re out walking their dogs or jogging by. The sign sends a message that our yard is a safe place for wildlife. Between 1982 and 2001, 34 million acres of open space, an area the size of Illinois, were lost to development — roughly four acres per minute, or 6,000 acres a day. More than 10 million of those acres were covered over to make way for houses, buildings, lawns and pavement between 1982 and 1997, according to the U.S. Forest Ser-
here once there was no wildlife, we now have all that we hoped for.
vice, which projects that America will lose another 26 million acres to development by 2030. Each of us has a choice: We can leave our yards as lawn and pavement, or start planting to restore at least some of what has been lost. Collectively, we could reshape suburbia from a traditionally wildlife-averse landscape to a habitat that welcomes wild creatures of all shapes and sizes. The family from which we purchased our home were the original owners of the house, which was constructed shortly after World War II. It was among the first homes built in the area. The couple, in their early 80s when we bought it from them, spoke of a time when farmland stretched from the block just north of us to Merrick Road. That plot is now a shopping center. South of our home was covered by wetlands — what people in the mid-20th century thought of as swamp. It’s now all homes, the wetlands filled in to construct row upon row of split-level ranches, many double or triple their original size. We cannot undo the past. We can, however, commit to a more sustainable future. To learn more about how you can certify your yard with the National Wildlife Federation, go to nwf.org. 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.
All you can eat? Amid a tenacious virus, not so much.
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f there’s one thing that is quintessentially American, it’s the all-you-caneat, stuff-yourself-till-you-die buffet. Now, as the Delta variant spreads, shutting down buffet venues across the country, many folks are missing the opportunity for unrestrained gorging, which is a kind of sport coast to coast. This is a small grievance, to be sure, considering the misery that Covid has wrought, but it’s one of the pandemic lifestyle changes that bite. Like not being able to see your doctor in person or having RANDI to move your book KREISS group online or canceling your plans to see friends or family. With Covid unbound, we have to carefully consider whether to dine out, unless it is a well-spaced outdoor setting. Dozens of buffet restaurants have gone belly up, and the rest are struggling to create safer dining opportunities. Not that buffets have ever been the healthy go-to choice for a meal. The basic idea is that you can abandon any reasonable eating habits you may have acquired and just shovel in as much food as you want to with-
out anyone saying “enough.” In fact, some folks have taken to competing at a few of the big buffet emporia to see if they can get kicked out for eating too much. No such thing. You. Cannot. Eat. Too. Much. No one wants to be reminded that there has always been a direct path from the buffet line to the IV line in the E.R. We Americans want our super-sized meals, damn the glucose and cholesterol readings. If you dine out at a traditional restaurant, it gets awkward to order three desserts, but a buffet makes it not only possible but easy. Now, with Covid, buffet restaurants are struggling to survive, except in the South, where Texas, Georgia, Louisiana and Tennessee vie for the best attendance award. There is guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “Avoid offering any self-serve food or drink options, such as buffets, salad bars and drink stations. This limits the use of shared serving utensils, handles, buttons or touch screens and helps customers to stay seated and at least 6 feet apart from people who do not live in their household.” Right. In Florida, where masks are a sign of weak-minded liberalism, many buffets are
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still in business. Oh sure, there may be a server behind the dessert bar, helping you to the pie, but you’re jammed in with a million other unmasked people. Historically, Las Vegas has always offered the biggest, cheapest buffets. If you were willing to leave your life savings at the roulette table, the hotel was willing to feed you into a coma. The Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace was the ultimate food experience for thousands of tourists. According to a review, it served more than 3,000 people a day across nine stations, featuring hundreds of items including nigiri sushi, dim sum, rotisserie chicken, 12-hour roasted American wagyu, paella, lobster bisque, snow crab legs, chicken and waffles, gnocchi, pizza, deviled eggs, pho, miso soup, Penang curry, cheeseburger sliders, soba noodles, poke, foie gras PB&J, oysters on the half-shell, shrimp and grits, pozole, tofu, General Tso’s chicken, avocado toast, peppercorn-crusted prime rib and more. According to its website, Caesar’s has reopened its buffet after making renovations and (one would hope) installing safety measures to avoid serving up a superspreader for dessert.
n Florida, masks are a sign of weak-minded liberalism, and buffets survive.
I don’t want to come off as a buffet snob. I’ve put in my time at the bacon station at many breakfast buffets. On the road, a cheap hotel buffet was an acceptable choice. You could always find something to eat. Here on Long Island, private tennis, golf and social clubs drew new members to their opulent buffets. I loved being a guest at these places, which offered delicious food and the all-you-can-eat ethos, although with more savoir faire than a Golden Corral. Buffets have been so abundant and ubiquitous that people learned to brainstorm the most effective methods of getting the best choices of expensive cuts of meat and seafood without wasting stomach space on the dinner rolls. My own son-inlaw nailed down the tactical approach to buffets years ago: Eat protein first. Don’t bulk up on salad. Go to the lobster and the shrimp and hold off on the carbs. No one ever made any profit on his buffet dinners. Now most buffets are the stuff of nostalgia. My most memorable one was a lunch for President Ronald Reagan when he and Nancy visited Temple Ohr Torah in North Woodmere. The centerpiece was a bust of the president, done in chopped liver. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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o the climate deniers, we say this: Wake up. July was the hottest in the past 142 years, since humans started recording climate data, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. July had previously been the hottest month ever recorded in 2016, 2019 and 2020. What we are seeing now is climate change play out in real time, as predicted by scientists dating back to the 1960s and the administration of President Lyndon Johnson. As a nation, we have largely ignored the crisis, pretending it wasn’t happening, hoping the scientists had got this one wrong. They didn’t. We can see that now. We can see it in the massive wildfires that have consumed swaths of the American West and southern Europe. California and Colorado may be on fire, but so are Italy and Greece. No fewer than nine wildfires are now ravaging California. Exacerbated by extreme drought, the Dixie Fire has burned since July 13 and scorched more than half a million acres in Plumas and Butte counties. Need we say more? The climate crisis is particularly worrisome for Long Islanders. We, after all, live on an island surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Long Island Sound, which are predicted to rise because ice shelves in Greenland and Antarctica are melting into the seas, causing water levels to rise, inch by inch, foot by foot, over decades. The 195-member United Nations International Panel on Climate Change recently released its sixth Assessment Report, offering the consensus findings and opinions of thousands of the world’s leading climatologists. The warnings are dire. When the IPCC began its work 33 years ago, it built some small level of doubt into its reports that maybe, just maybe, humans weren’t the cause of the Earth’s rapidly rising temperatures. Not anymore. In its most recent report, issued only weeks ago, the IPCC stated, “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.” As a result, the report continues, “Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred.” Climate change works like this: We humans burn fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — to generate electricity and heat our homes and businesses. We also burn gasoline — which is made from oil — to power our cars, buses and trucks. That produces lots of carbon dioxide, the main driver of climate change, which traps infrared heat that is radiated into
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space from the Earth’s surface, warming the entirety of the planet. On average, human activities send 40 billion tons — tons — of carbon into the atmosphere each year. And here’s the thing: Despite our growing knowledge and awareness of the climate crisis, that volume of carbon continues to increase. Between 2014 and 2016, amid negotiations over the Paris Climate Agreement, carbon emissions leveled off, giving us some hope that perhaps we might be headed in the right direction. But those emissions started to rise again in 2017, the year President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement, and they continued to increase in 2018 and 2019, before falling last year during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, when everyone stayed home, according to The World Counts, a website that
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tracks carbon emissions. That we could, in fact, reduce our emissions dramatically during the pandemic should be cause for hope — not celebration, but hope. We are capable of limiting, even reducing our carbon output. We can seek and find alternatives to the old ways if we resolve to do so. The continued warming of the Earth through the middle of the century is all but inevitable, according to the IPCC report. Ensuring that climate change does not continue past that point is, however, possible. “Strong and sustained reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases would limit climate change,” the report states. Now, not later, is the time to commit to those reductions.
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he Smithtown School District will restrict the use of 34 BrainPop instructional videos in classrooms because they introduce topics like Black Lives Matter and human sexuality. The restriction is in response to a couple who complained at the district’s July Board of Education meeting that the videos were biased against conservatives and “no more than a call for revolution, for our young people to protest,” according to Newsday. A BrainPop spokesperson responded via ALAn email that “we created the video on sinGer the Black Lives Matter protests to provide parents and educators a resource for explaining the protests and movement in kid-friendly terms. The video, which features a cartoon robot named Moby, “doesn’t call for or encourage a revolution.” BrainPop videos discuss over a thousand topics in math, science, social studies and English. They are used in almost three-quarters of U.S. school districts. Not coincidently, there were also complaints about BrainPop at a July school board
meeting in the Three Village School District. A speaker charged that the videos had “BLM all over it, along with Pride and videos that say if you’re white, you’re basically an oppressor.” You can watch the nine-minute offending BrainPop Black Lives Matter video on You Tube. In the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump carried every election district in Smithtown, some by over 30 percentage points, earning Smithtown the nickname Trumptown, New York. Smithtown also returned Lee Zeldin to Congress. Zeldin, one of the most conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives, voted against establishing a commission to investigate what happened in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, supported Trump’s claims that the election was somehow stolen from him and asked the Supreme Court to overturn the result. In May, Smithtown voters elected three conservative candidates affiliated with the pro-Trump group Long Island Loud Majority to the Board of Education. While it’s unclear whether the group represents a majority of Long Islanders, it is definitely loud when disrupting school board meetings, at which members often
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he campaign in Smithtown against diversity efforts first drew attention in January.
LeTTers People have a right to choose To the Editor: Re Jerry Kremer’s column “The political losers are killing your neighbors” (Aug. 5-11): I am amazed, and want to know what planet Kremer comes from. First it was Trump derangement syndrome, and now it’s Republican derangement syndrome. He says the so-called health haters should be treated the same way as people who were arrested on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6. Kremer speaks of Dr. Anthony Fauci, who flipped-flopped from day one, saying you have nothing to fear from Covid-19, starting with no masks. Then it was masks. Then it was two masks. Kremer mentioned conservative Fox host Tucker Carlson, who rails against vaccines. Last time I looked, we had freedom of speech in this country, but apparently, only if you agree with the left, according to Kremer. Then there’s Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, whom Kremer tries to smear because he did an amazing job during the coronavirus pandemic while other governors fiddled. Notice that Kremer never mentions California, New Jersey and New York, all states controlled by Democratic administrations, which were disaster
attack staff and student speakers. They have also been accused of propagating anti-Semitic tropes. During the school board campaign, the group circulated a newsletter attempting to connect opposition school board candidates with George Soros, a progressive and a Jew who has been targeted by anti-Semitic forces in Europe. The Smithtown campaign against Black Lives Matter and diversity efforts first drew public attention in January, when parents complained about the speaker at the district’s Family Literacy Night. Broadway actress Diamond Essence White read a children’s book called “Not Quite Snow White.” White, who is Black, is an outspoken supporter of Black Lives Matter. Smithtown Superintendent Mark Secaur apologized to protesting parents for the invitation to a “polarizing” personality. After the Long Island Loud Majoritybacked candidates were elected to the school board, the district’s assistant superintendent for instruction and administration, who had guided its diversity and equity efforts as a member of the district’s Equity Team, resigned. She had been criticized by parents and LILM,
which argued that diversity and equity were really subterfuge to promote critical race theory. The push to take over local school boards is part of a long-term strategy of the conservative group American Legislative Exchange Council to reshape American education and society by taking control of local governing bodies. Opposition to critical race theory has replaced opposition to the 1619 Project as the main mobilizing point for conservatives across the country. In response to the assault on CRT and the 1619 Project, the Zinn Education Project is organizing teachers to pledge to “teach the truth” and participate in Days of Action. It also provides sample lessons. In Smithtown and other Trump-supporting communities across the U.S., however, school boards and frightened administrators apparently don’t want teachers to “teach the truth.” 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. Follow him on twitter at https://twitter.com/AlanJSinger1.
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areas during the pandemic. Governor Cuomo sent elderly patients to their deaths by executive order, placing them in nursing homes while a hospital ship stood empty and the Javits Center was vacant of patients. Nor is there mention of former President Barack Obama’s 60th birthday bash, a super-spreader event in the making, as the liberals would say. Democratic politicians and supporters flew in on private planes, causing a huge carbon footprint, but people like me are the problem. So, yes, politicians are killing your neighbors by trying to suppress people’s right to choose and make their own decisions about themselves and their families. MICHAEL APPICE Westbury
Pulling out is a mistake To the Editor: I subscribe to perhaps 90 percent of President Biden’s programs, but pulling out all troops from Afghanistan is a terrible mistake. We are talking about only several thousand troops — and our action has prompted allied nations to withdraw their troops as well. Over the past several years, the existence of this limited military presence
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has permitted the education of girls, many of whom would otherwise not have had this schooling opportunity. Without this presence, the Taliban will pull these girls out of school. They will be forced into early marriage, become teenage
mothers and doom their chances of being a meaningful part of the Afghan social fabric. BOB PRAVER Glen Cove
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