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Residents rally on Juneteenth for freedom “The mask over the system is being pulled off, and people are seeing the truth.” Residents from across Long Elaine Margarita, of WillisIsland and New York City gath- ton Park, came to protest with ered June 19 at Freeport’s North- her daughters Emily and Julia east Park to celebrate June- Buckley. While Black Lives Matteenth and march in ter protests have support of the Black come and gone in Lives Matter movethe past, Margarita ment to end police said she believes brutality. Floyd’s death was a The event, orgaturning point, as evinized by the local denced by the conchapter of the Party tinued protests. for Socialism and “People are horriLiberation, had profied about what haptesters march pened, and it made throughout Freeport them take a look at as they chanted for what was going on justice not only for The reV. and made them George Floyd, whose want to change d e a t h i n M a y arThUr things,” Emily said. sparked ongoing MackeY Jr. “It’s important to protests, but also juscome out and to Mt. Sinai Baptist tice for local victims keep the movement of alle ged police Church going,” added Julia. brutality. The Rev. Arthur Rachel Hu, of the PSL, said Mackey Jr., of the Mt. Sinai BapFloyd’s death reopened people’s tist Church, in Roosevelt, said eyes to not only police brutality, the mixing of Juneteenth and but also the systems in place to the Black Lives Matter movekeep minorities across the ment was an important symbol nation and on Long Island this year, as it echoed the call for oppressed. equality for black Americans. “His death was the boiling As Mackey has done in previpoint that made people say that ous protests, he urged accountthey’ve had enough,” Hu said. Continued on page 16

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Senior eli eSpinal attended the Freeport High School graduation drive-in at the Nassau Veters Memorial Coliseum on June 20.

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Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the F ree por t School District held its 127th commencement for the class of 2020 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on June 20. Although the ceremony was atypical, students, fami-

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lies and educators said they enjoyed the opportunity to take part in the drive-in ceremony. “This year will always be remembered in history,” Freeport High School Principal Joseph Mille said. “You have made an indelible mark, and you’ll always be remembered in our minds and our hearts for your resiliency, for-

titude and resolve, and for that, I applaud you.” Along with speeches by administrators and local elected officials, the drive-in ceremony included a video presentation, which played a montage of the class of 2020. The video showed each student and played scenes from the small ceremonies the Continued on page 3

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Graduates, families fill coliseum lot continued from front page school held for the seniors in early June when the students were given their diplomas. Along with Superintendent Dr. Kishore Kuncham, class of 2020 valedictorian Sheilly Duque and salutatorian Rosa Medina also made speeches, praising their classmates for their accomplishments during a tumultuous school year. Duque and Medina confronted the hardships their school and community have faced over the past year. Duque said this was the year she came to understand the Black Lives Matter movement after protests erupted across the nation over the death of George Floyd. “I’d like to thank every single one of you who participated in the protests in Merrick, Freeport and across Long Island,” Duque said. “Thank you for setting an example, and I urge you to continue fighting for what’s right. I hope growing up in Freeport has shown you all the importance of supporting each other when our friends and their families are experiencing horrible treatment that we wouldn’t want to experience ourselves.” Looking back at her time at Freeport High School, Medina admitted she couldn’t recall her first day of school or even the start of her senior year. What she did remember, however, was the death of her former classmate Khaseen Morris, who was stabbed to death last September in Oceanside after he transferred to Oceanside High School. “His death had a profound impact on our school as grief thickened the air in the hallways,” Medina said. “I want to take this time to remember him.” Freeporters honked their horns in support of the students’ speeches.

PrinCiPal JosePh Mille congratulated his students on completing this hectic school year. While Kuncham sympathized with students and families because they could not hold a normal graduation ceremony, he said he felt hopeful for the class of 2020, calling members “changemakers.” “You are primed to become the leaders of your generation and to be the change our world needs,” Kuncham said. “And you have already started to lead. At times, life puts adversity in our path. Think of the skills and strengths you have g ained as you navig ate through an enormously challenging time in our history. It is important you continue to move forward while learning and growing from that experience.”

a video tribute to the class of 2020 was up on the screen at the coliseum. Graduate Gerson ventura enjoyed the ceremony with his aunts Ruth Serpas, left, and Alicia Romero.

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Class of 2020 valedictorian Sheilly Duque, left, salutatorian Rosa Medina and Class President Lesly-Hannah Guitierrez walked to the stage.

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New facial recognition technology has given Nassau County Homicide Squad detectives a possible face for the victim of a cold case homicide that occurred in Freeport on Nov. 4, 1982. Detectives said the remains of a young, female victim were discovered in a dumpster on North Main Street near the intersection of Mount Joy Avenue. The victim appeared to be in her teens,

or possibly in her twenties, and was between 5’-5’3” tall. She was found wearing a yellow heart pendant necklace with a green stone with the letter K in its center. Detectives ask anyone with information regarding this case to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-(800)-244-TIPS, or call 911. All callers will remain anonymous.

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Officers rescue hawk The Nassau County Police Department reported an animal rescue operation that happened today, at 6:20 a.m., in Freeport. Police said two Marine Bureau officers were driving to work this morning when they found a large bird stuck to the front bumper of a black Dodge Ram 1500 parked near the intersection of Merrick Road and Buffalo Avenue. When the officers stopped to inspect

the bird, they found it was a red-tailed hawk who was still alive. The officers were able to safely remove the hawk from the car and took it to the Nassau County Police Marine Bureau base in Bay Park. The officers notified the Volunteers for Wildlife group, in Locust Valley, and volunteers transported the hawk back to their base to treat the animal for its injuries.

Honoring a local hero Neighbors, friends and local elected officials gathered on South Ocean Avenue on June 18 to wish a happy 97th birthday to World War II veteran Rev. Eugene Purvis. “We’re honored to be commemorating a great Freeporter today,” said Mayor Robert Kennedy, who, along with State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, presented Purvis with a citation of recognition for his heroism and commitment to the local community. Purvis, who described himself as a “simple country boy,” was born in South Carolina in 1923. He joined the U.S. Military right before his 20th birthday, where he was enlisted into the 435th Aviation Squadron, a unit of African American soldiers within the 20th Army Air Corps. His unit served on the Pacific front on the island of Saipan, where they were under constant fire from Japanese bomber planes. Although Purvis and his fellow black soldiers faced discrimination during his time in the military, he said he never held any hatred towards anyone. He said that it was his faith in God, love for others and commitment to following the rules that led him to live a long and happy life despite any of the hardships he faced. “I never got angry at anybody,” Purvis said. “When you live long enough, you find the truths in life… and I do feel sorry for those who hate others.” Among his memories of the war, Purvis has strong recollection of his commanding officers instructing him to hide from the Japanese bomber planes whenever the alarms went off. Purvis said every time he heard that alarm, he would dive into a nearby foxhole, regardless of the number of false alarms that came throughout the days. He said the main reason he did so was because it was an instruction entrusted upon him by his commanders. Then one day, when the alarms rang, Purvis urged his friends in the unit to join him in the foxhole, but he said they had gotten tired of the false alarms and attributed this latest one to another dud. Purvis said his friends died that day in the bombing, and since then, his faith in following the rules was ironclad. After the war, Purvis moved to New York in 1946, and a few years later, he settled down in Freeport with his wife, Dr. Sylvia Purvis. The couple has spent their lives in service to others, including founding the

Children’s World Montessori School, a local, private montessori school for students in grades Pre-K through three. Purvis is also an active member of Freeport Cares, a community group that works with the school district and village to promote programs and activities for Freeport families. Freeport Cares President Kishore Kuncham, a long-time friend of Purvis, added that Purvis has yet to miss a single meeting of Freeport Cares in more than 20 years. “He is an inspirational presence and a great source of positivity,” Kuncham said.

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Rallying for September schools reopening By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

Chants of “Classrooms not class Zooms” and “Classrooms are essential” could be heard through the crowd of roughly 50 parents and teachers from across Long Island who gathered on Franklin Avenue in Mineola to express their desire that schools reopen for in-person instruction in September. The “Rally To Reopen Schools in September” took place on June 20 in front of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative building. The event was organized by East Setauket residents Maria Sanders, Amalia Makroglou and Aristea Lucas. The three organizers are mothers of children in school, and Lucas works as an English as a second language teacher in the Sachem Central School District. Sanders noted that they chose Mineola as the rally location because it served as a “middle ground” location for attendees. “Back in April, Cuomo said that the schools would be closed for two weeks to help our medical infrastructure and flatten the curve,” Sanders said. “Now we’re in June, and we’re still questioning September. [Gov. Andrew] Cuomo needs to act and tell us that schools need to open in September.” Cuomo first closed all schools in the state on March 16 for two weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic. The governor continued to extend the closing, until on May 1 he announced that all schools would stay closed for the rest of the school year. The state has yet to release reopening guidelines. Oceanside residents Steven and Randi Weinberg attended the rally with their two children, Noah and Stella. Randi noted how Noah, who is entering second grade in the Oceanside School District, has not enjoyed the distance-learning experience. “He didn’t enjoy looking at the screen to learn and then having to turn to me for guidance,” she said. “I’m not a teacher;

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RAlly oRgAnIzERs, FRoM left, Amalia Makroglou, teacher Aristea Lucas and Maria Sanders spoke to the crowd about why it is important to reopen schools in September.

I’m trained to do something else. There’s also that boundary between being a mom and being a teacher that has been hard for me to follow.” Teachers in attendance included Carolyn Schwartz, a Rockville Centre resident who teaches English in the Baldwin School District. Schwartz said she believes a social divide will occur if distance learning continues. “You are creating the largest divide on the planet if this keeps going on,” Schwartz said of distance learning. “For me as a middle class mother, I can get my child a tutor. Others may not be able to do that, depending on their financial circumstances, and that may cause their children to fall behind in school due to that.” The dissatisfaction with distance learning extends to college for East Meadow resident Marie Lombardi noted her 20-year-old son decided to continue college outside the state because of the uncertainty whether school will reopen here in September. “My son just finished at Nassau Community and was set to attend Hofstra,” Lombardi said. “He decided to enroll at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut instead due to the u n k n ow n f u t u r e f o r schools in New York.” Sanders added that the importance of school is beyond education. “I recognize that some school districts have better distance learning than others, but school is much more than learning ABC’s and one, two, threes,” she said. “It’s social learning, emotional learning and THE RAlly To Reopen Schools in September was held building relationships. We outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative can’t teach them all of Building Mineola on June 20 to urge the state to reopen this in the comfort of our kitchens.” schools in September.

THE WEInBERg FAMIly, from left, Stella, Randi, Noah and Steven of Oceanside, said they hope schools reopen in September. THE EducAToRs In attendance included Long Beach speech therapist Tammy Neumann of Oceanside, left, and Baldwin English Language Arts teacher Carolyn Schwartz, from Rockville Centre, right.

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Nassau looks ahead to Phase Three reopening June 24 By scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

Nassau is on track to begin Phase Three reopening of businesses on Wednesday, June 24, according to County Executive Laura Cur ran and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. During the third phase, restaurants will be permitted to open for inside, inperson dining, provided employees and patrons wear masks, and six feet of social distancing is maintained between tables. Spas will also be allowed to reopen. Restaurants will only be permitted to reopen indoors at 50 percent capacity, according to the governor’s New York Forward website. The maximum number of people per table will be 10. Spas will also only be able to open at 50 percent capacity, with safety protocols. Waiting rooms will be closed. Seven New York regions have already entered Phase Three. Only Long Island,

New York City and Mid-Hudson have not. Cuomo said at his daily briefing Thursday that he was in a “happy-golucky mood” because New York had tested 68,000 people overnight and found an average infection rate of .9 percent — the lowest it had been since the coronavirus pandemic began in mid-March. New York City’s infection rate was 1 percent, while Long Island’s was .7 percent. By contrast, the infection rate had earlier reached 20 percent in New York City and 16 percent on Long Island. The number of Covid-19 deaths ticked up statewide overnight, from 17 to 29. The governor insisted that businesses must keep up coronavirus safeguards. He issued an executive order Thursday giving local authorities the power to immediately shut down businesses that do not maintain safety protocols. Bars and restaurants that do not can lose their liquor licenses.

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future, and we will continue to do all we can to provide the skills they need to be successful.” Voters also passed the $2.5 million Capital Reserves Proposition No. 3, 3,588 to 930, which would allow the district to spend the capital reserve funds on several renovations projects throughout the district. In the race to fill two seats on the district’s Board of Education, residents reelected incumbents Vilma Lancaster with 2,897 votes and Ronald Ellerbe with 2,739 votes. Voters also approved the Freeport Memorial Library’s estimated $6.5 million budget by 2,917 to 1,730.

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Kayson WalKer Won the sixth grade contest in Assemblywoman Judy Griffin’s annual Flag Day Art and Essay contest.

Residents in the Freeport Public School District voted to approve the district’s $188 million budget for the 2020-21 school year, by 2,754 to 1927, on June 16. Along with the district’s budget, voters approved raising the tax levy cap to 2.92 percent, the first time the district has increased the cap after lowering it for the past five years. Despite significant cuts from the state due to the economic impact of Covid-19, the budget allows the school to maintain its current staff and academic programs. “We are grateful to our community for their continued confidence and support,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kishore Kuncham “Our children are our

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State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin honored Kayson Walker, from the Caroline G. Atkinson School, along with five other students during her annual Flag Day Art and Essay contest on June 14. Local students were asked to convey the importance of the U.S. flag in their work, and Griffin would then select the top six entries to highlight. Walker won the sixth grade contest and received a flag and award certificate from Griffin. “The American Flag is an important part of our day-to-day life and represents freedom, pride and justice,” Griffin said. “My office received many submissions and I look forward to showcasing them throughout my office. I was so proud to host this wonderful event and look forward to many more submissions next year!”

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Herald sports Tiz the Law wins historic Belmont Stakes By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

With most of the sports world still idle in the midst of Covid-19, horse racing grabbed the spotlight last Saturday evening with the Belmont Stakes serving as the opening leg of the Triple Crown for the first time in history. And, for the first time since 1882, a New York-bred earned its way into the Belmont history books. In striking distance throughout the 1 1/8-miles, Tiz the Law cruised past pacesetter Tap It to Win down the stretch and was never threatened by closers Dr Post and Max Player on the way to a 3 ¾-lengths victory in the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes. “I was pretty confident by the time we hit the seven-eighths pole,” said Tiz the Law’s jockey, Manny Franco, who secured his first career Triple Crown race win. “He was so kind and relaxed for me,” he added. “He was so comfortable and never got keen, so I think that was the key.” Franco, 25, the New York Racing Association’s leading rider the past two years, has piloted Tiz the Law to all four of his graded stakes victories, including three in a row. “It means a lot to me,” he said. “This is my home track. I’ve been riding here for about six years already. One leg of the Triple Crown is the dream of any jockey. I’m happy with the opportunity that I have right now.” Owned by Sackatoga Stable and trained by Barclay Tagg, Tiz the Law, bred in the Empire State by Twin Creeks Farm, returned $3.60 on a $2 win wager, increasing his career earnings to more than $1.5 million. The final time was 1:46.53. “It’s tremendous [to win the Belmont with a New York-bred],” said Jack Knowlton, operating manager of Sackatoag Stable. “We buy New York-breds; that’s our game, and we don’t spend a lot of money. We’ve been with Barclay Tagg for 25

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JOckEY MaNNY FraNcO earned his first career Triple Crown race victory.

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years, and I keep telling everybody, Barclay doesn’t get a lot of big horses, big opportunities, but when he does, he knows what to do.” Tagg, who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in 2003 with Funny Cide, said his main concern leading up to the shortened Belmont was Tiz the Law’s 11-week layoff. But that proved a non-factor. “It looked to me like everything just went like clockwork,” he said. “That’s the way the horse likes to run and that’s the position the horse likes to be in. Manny knows the horse very well.” Held without spectators and owners, and with limited media permitted to attend, Tagg thought the quietude was “very nice” and said the absence of crowd noise helped keep Tiz the Law calm, and it showed. “About the five-eighths pole, my horse was so relaxed, so calm,” Franco explained. “From there, I knew I had so much horse to win the race. I didn’t want to move early. I knew I had the horse underneath. I was just waiting for the right time to move.” Dr Post, trained by three-time Belmont winner Todd Pletcher, finished a lengthand-a-half ahead of Max Player for runner-up status. Both horses were making just their fourth career starts. The $1 trifecta returned $99.50. Pneumatic, Tap It to

TraINEr BarcLaY Tagg has mapped out future plans for Tiz the Law, who upped his career earnings to more than $1.5 million and is 5-for-6 lifetime.

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Win, Sole Volante, Modernist, Farmington Road, Fore Left and Jungle Runner completed the order of finish. “He ran great,” Dr Post jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. said. “No excuse. He got beat by a good horse too. The winner is a nice horse, New York-bred and he ran great. My horse is improving. . . He just needs a little more time to figure things out.” Linda Rice, trainer of Max Player,

said, “He got shuffled back a little after the break and had a wide trip through the turn, but he was still running on at the end of it. He hasn’t run in five months so it was a pretty good effort.” Tagg said he will target the Aug. 8 Travers Stakes at Saratoga, followed by the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby and the Oct. 3 Preakness for Tiz the Law, who has five wins in six career starts.

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The groups also visited local delivery workers, above, for UPS and FedEx. The WoodWard ChildreN’s Center stopped by Gala Supermarket, in Freeport, top-right, to show their appreciation towards Gala’s work during the pandemic on June 11. They Cheered oN the medical staff at the Good Samaritan Hospital, right, in West Islip.

The staff and administration at Free por t’s Woodw a r d C h i l d r e n’s Center expressed their gratitude to those at the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic during their Thank You Day event on June 11. The g roup of well wishers visited the Freeport Post Of fice, Nassau County Police Department’s First Precinct, Gala Super market and Good Samaritan Hospital to cheer for them and present posters and cards thanking the organizations for their work in supporting the local communities. The WCC members also thanked local UPS and Fe d E x d e l ive r y workers.

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lthough he retired earlier in the year, the late James “Charlie” Mahoney, 62, of Freeport, returned to the frontlines to help combat the Covid-19 pandemic in Brooklyn in March. Taking no days off, Mahoney served as a pulmonologist and critical care intensivist at the University Hospital of Brooklyn. A few weeks into his return, Mahoney contracted the coronavirus and died on April 27. Mahoney was a beloved member of the University Hospital of Brooklyn and the Health Science Center at Brooklyn Foundation Inc. He was recognized by not only his peers, but also by his black students, who saw him as a mentor and figure to aspire to. Mahoney himself was a graduate of the University Hospital of Brooklyn, which serves a mostly poor, black community. The hospital is operated by SUNY Downstate Medical School, which Mahoney graduated from in 1986. In his honor, the Health Science Center at Brooklyn Foundation Inc., created a scholarship fund on GoFundMe in Mahoney’s name. The scholarship will provide tuition support to help African-American applicants attend SUNY Downstate Medical School. As of June 22, the Health Science Center at Brooklyn Foundation Inc. had raised more than $70,000 for the Dr. James Mahoney Scholarship Fund.

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t Molloy, we know you are tired and worried. The coronavirus has taken a toll on everyone. Most of all, though, we know you are confused. When you chose your college, you had a mental picture of exactly what your next four years would look like. Now you might be debating your original decision or possibly wondering if you need to look at a college a little closer to home. At Molloy, we understand your frustration and we are here to help you. We want to help you reach your academic goals, on the timeline that you always expected, so that you can launch your career. Now, more than ever, students and their parents are looking for an academic environment that offers the best fit and best value for the student and their tuition dollars. Molloy was recently ranked the #18 “value added” college in the U.S. by The Wall Street Journal, arguably the nation’s premier financial publication. Molloy also was ranked the #10 best value among Catholic colleges nationwide by College Values Online.

Not Just a Job, But a Career You aren’t looking for a job, you are looking for a career. Molloy is wellknown for having academic programs that will help you launch your career as a teacher or an accountant, a healthcare worker or a music therapist, a speech pathologist or a police officer, to name but a few. Our 10:1 student/faculty ratio means that you are more than a number to your professors. And as you consider more than 50 academic programs, our counselors will work with you to make sure you receive the maximum credit for classes already taken, so that you are assured of graduating on time. The College offers evening and weekend classes, many in online and hybrid formats, with accelerated schedules designed to accommodate

students’ busy schedules. Additionally, there are numerous online programs available during daytime hours as well. “We invest in student success and we challenge our students to succeed. Molloy students are committed to a value system that stresses a strong work ethic, resiliency, professionalism and leadership,” said President Bogner. “This is why they graduate, and why they get hired. We reach beyond the classroom and educate the entire person.”

residence hall, the College’s third. Some of Molloy’s newer offerings include an economics major, as well as a degree completion program that will enable returning students to easily earn their undergraduate degree. We know you have questions, now more than ever. At Molloy, we will help you find the answers. Visit molloy.edu to learn more. Molloy congratulates the graduating class of 2020!

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Ajani E. Baltazar Antonio Barcelo Diego E. Barcena Eduardo Barrera Karina L. Barrera Adriana L. Bautista Jaylyn B. Beeston Adrian P. Bell Arden A. Bello-Okanlawon Ethan A. Bello-Okanlawon Jose M. Benitez Argueta Natalia G. Benitez Argueta Alex Benitez Garcia Charryana M. Benoit Adrianna I. Beria Wycliffe A. Blake Ryan A. Blanco Angela S. Boholst Gavin M. Bonilla Jose R. Bonilla Justin Y. Bonilla Alvarez Juandy Bonilla Vicioso Leanna E. Bonilla-Rivas Shaniya V. Bonny Lordia A. Bossman Isabella Boubert Jerry Boubert Isryal L. Boucher Marley Z. Bowen Zhanae L. Boyd Abigail J. Brewster Daniel A. Brizuela Jalen R. Brown Jayden Brown Nyanna E. Brown Jayden Budhu Jasmine E. Buestan Mateo F. Bulerin Kumau A. Burns Kamâ€™ren E. Bussie Carlos F. Bustos Cubero Teresa J. Cabrera Alcantara Randy Calderon Espinal Jordy X. Campos James Canales Aguilar Diego A. Canelas Alyssa Caraballo Dominguez Stev N. Carbajal Martinez Andrew S. Carter

Mehki Carter Jenny E. Castelan Allison Castellanos Diomaris A. Castellon Triana M. Castillo Lopez Isabella Castro Angel S. Cepeda Kendry A. Cepeda Lora Christopher N. Chacon Martinez Sulmi Chacon Velasquez Natalie A. Chamale Sterling E. Charles Giovanna M. Chavez Coronado Sonia E. Chavez Guevara Terrence J. Chery Gabriel A. Chicas Juan L. Chicas-Rivera Kayla Chin Karina M. Chiriboga Daniel J. Clark Aldonis A. Collado Anthony R. Collado Allania M. Coltes Jayla E. Corbin Mayson J. Cordon Jason Coreas Alexander R. Cornejo Jordan Coronado Genesis N. Cortez Abarca Darwin E. Cortez Garcia Kelsey O. Crews Manny Cruceta Daphne C. Cruz Kelvin A. Cruz Michael Cruz Elvin N. Cruz Amaya Renata Cuadros Garro Chaelle E. Darby Christine C. Davenport Daniella Davis Alexia D. De La Chase L. De Verteuil Brianna A. Dean Nicole DeLeon Jaelyn M. DeVargas Valeria J. Diaz Argueta Frewin Y. Diaz Baez Xiomara Diaz Martinez Henry Dominguez Bonilla

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Gia M. Leone Mia R. Leone Rennie F. Lewis Oscar A. Linares Darren D. Linares Portillo Nahomy Liz Rodriguez Raphael M. Lloyd Jazeth P. Loarte Armas Alexis L. Lopez Jeidi M. Lopez Kayla I. Lopez Josep J. Lopez Alvarenga Hector G. Lopez Aviles Franchesca A. Lopez Duran Ashlin D. Lopez Espino Jaqueline C. Lopez Galvez Ronald A. Lopez Rivera Delvis E. Lopez Sanches Misael Lora Waillyn A. Lora Paez Adrian J. Lovos Sharisse Lowery Natalia S. Luna Victorio Luna Ortiz Justin Luna-Rosario Ryanka C. Mairena Guzman Alyssa I. Majano Charlotte B. Manning Charly S. Marenco Quinteros Andrew X. Marmol Jason N. Marmol Nouel D. Marte Nolan Martin Daniel A. Martinez Gabriela V. Martinez Justin A. Martinez Justin Martinez Logan X. Martinez Mayra M. Martinez Sarah R. Martinez Gabriel O. Martinez Mejia Melina I. MartinezSegovia Mia A. Martini Antoine D. Mc Lean

Tamala J. McAdory Jada A. McBride Chase A. McCullough Delaani McKenna Zymir S. McNeil Jacob F. Medina Javien A. Medina Gill Deborah E. Mejia Mercy E. Mejia Deisy A. Mejia Mejia Jasmin Y. Mejia Suazo Diana M. Mejia Villalobos Joscelyn M. Melo Diego A. Mendez Melanie S. Mendez Wilson E. Mendez Cruz Christopher Mendez Martinez Cristian O. Mendez Portillo Leslie S. Mendez Soliz Maria M. Mendoza Luna Julia D. MendozaPineyro David J. Menjivar Andrew G. Menjivar Gomez Emmanuel Merino Rachil A. Mertens Valeria Meza Lamaya M. Middleton Abigail E. Miller Jose E. Molina Emerson A. Molina Hernandez Olga Y. Montero Plasencia Janise Mora-Contreras Amir T. Morales Diego D. Morales Olivia V. Morales Soarlin G. Morales Ariadne K. MoralesMartinez Fateema N. Moten Ricardo E. Moz Quintanilla Mariany N. Murcia Christopher J. Murudumbay

Kiara N. Napoles Gabriel M. Nathan Stphany G. Navarrete Sebastian J. Navarro Adriel J. Navarro Castellon Keyana M. Newton Chase J. Noboa Alani B. Nunez Ryan A. Nunez Angelica M. Nunez Dominguez Mary A. Nunez Dominguez Jhonniel Nunez Estrella Gabriella A. Nurse Matthew O’Connor Anuri E. Okike Henry J. Oliva Flores Danna E. Oliva Galeas Suleidi M. Oloroso Christian R. Olson Angel O. Omokeni Keila X. Ordonez Francine G. Orellana Portillo Jordy Ortiz Paez Milton Pacheco Wilson S. Pacheco Joel Paez Pichardo Jhoan S. Paniagua Fermin Allan J. Paredes Morales John R. Parker Josiah A. Patrick Reilyn G. Paulino Urena Kelvin Pena Arianny Pena Collado Jose D. Pena Peralta Anthony R. Pena Rivas Angel G. Pena Rodriguez Miguel A. Pena Vasquez Alessandra Peralta Denise Peralta Jonathan Peralta Nathaniel E. Peralta Nathalia D. Peralta Castillo Yerelyn A. Peralta Lopez Jolandy A. Peralta

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Jaiden Trotman Jason Turcios Maria C. Ulloa Ramirez Carlos A. Umanzor Angelina D. Urena Yosuel J. Urena Duran Edison Uribe Lamar Samanta Urrunaga Tejada Aiden M. Valery Sanai D. Vanable MaKayla M. Vance Rosmery N. Vanegas Almendares Jaslenee Vargas Anderson Vargas Rodriguez Kiara G. Vasquez Figueroa Daniel A. Vasquez Perez Adrian K. VasquezAcosta Amhari M. Vassell Destiny R. Ventura Yandel Ventura Brianna M. Veras Alcantara Karol S. Vicente Segura Carlos Y. Vicioso Vicioso Aldo A. Vigil Daniela M. Vigil Aleman Fanny L. Villamil Caceres Brian D. Villatoro Kayson N. Walker Jayden A. Westphal Enyah K. Whittaker Jaelen J. Williams Jah’nisha E. Williams Jeremiah S. Williams Rianna M. Williams Tyrel Williams Isabelle M. Wolford Tamia Wooden Analicia B. Wright Jonathan D. Wynn Tywan K. Yearwood Saniya T. Yellordy Diana A. Zacarias Carbajal Yorilenny Zapata Estrella Jorel J. Zayas

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Justin A. Sandoval-Moran Richard A. St Hubert Michael Andrade Chacon Daniel O. Bonilla Rodriguez Jayceon J. Clarke Jessica L. Collado Bertram E. Gunn III Natali A. Iriarte Valle Bryan J. Lobo Quinton J. Akbar Elisha D. Amaya Liam A. Amaya Portillo Arianna M. Arias Darian Fernandez Renee L. Figueroa Zah’Yair I. Herriot Cameron B. Hilton Adriel J. Lora Dominick A. Melgar Salmeron Mason C. Morgan Anthony W. Moz Gonzalez Camilla I. Palacios Yadiel D. Ramirez Alexander F. Thornton Rushane O. Bernard Samuel R. Bradley Elias Collado Baez Darwin M. Cruz Ezequiel Del Cid Romero Zendayah G. Gause Daqwinda M. Jackson Ciara L. Jackson-Fairley Liam M. Johns-Scott Javier V. Larios Esther A. Morales Ordonez Hailey M. Abreu Kendra M. Abreu Vicioso Morgan A. Clarke Sofia Collado Batista Samir R. Goris Duran Yohairy J. Guzman Herrera Julian A. Jean-Louis Kameena R. Jean-Louis Khloe J. Johnson Brian A. Lopez

Matthew A. Martinez-Segovia Olivia K. McLean Maximiliano Medina Jay-Quan R. Minto Valerie Morales-Ramirez Daniel A. Munoz Lillian A. Myers Kevin Perez Jaeden E. Powell Jeremy Ramos Clarissa M. Rodriguez Jhonniel Rodriguez Jake M. Romero Garcia Matan D. Sachakov Vince Sime David A. Benlulu Zuniga Reinna L. Brown Angie K. Campos Thiago Chavez Sofia Y. Chavez Quintanilla Annalise S. DeLaRosa Sophia Garcia Alejandra S. Guillen Milena I. Gutierrez Sebastian D. Harris Naomi J. Jimenez Ashely A. Mata Manchame Allison Morales Alexander Orellana Pinto Gabriel J. Perez Hernandez Axel Perez Morales Genesis N. Puntiel Ashley A. Puntier Daniel Ramirez Alana A. Rios Natalia S. Roberts Mia R. Rodriguez Ryan T. Valladares Keiry Vicente Liliana D. Auguste Angely N. Bonilla Reyes Sarah G. Ettlinger Ava G. Farrell Eva Esther Ferman Ethan Y. Flores

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I KNOW THAT THE CHOICES we make today will create the future that we are dreaming of. Hannah Walz, West Hempstead High School I HOPE THAT AS A NATION, we will be able to emerge from the political and economic turmoil we are currently experiencing having learned valuable lessons and grown as a result. I hope that the people and opportunities that I and other students in this graduating class will encounter in college help us reach our full potentials, rather than putting us on a bad path. Finally, I hope that I’m able to learn from whatever failures I’ll inevitably face in the future instead of getting discouraged and losing sight of my goal, since I have seen and heard of many individuals who let their shortcomings keep them down, and I’d like to avoid such a fate.

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THE HARDEST TIMES MAKE for the strongest people. Although it feels like the world is falling apart at the seams, I’m confident in our ability to bounce back even stronger than before. I hope that by getting an education and getting a good job, I can help make the world a better place. Angelo Vergatos, Wellington C. Mepham High School

AS A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE in the middle of a pandemic, my hopes for the future are simple. I hope to be able to go to college in the fall knowing I’m safe so I can further my education. I hope to be able to hang out with my friends without social distancing or limiting the number of people. Basically, I hope that we can all move out of the difficult place we are in now and bring back a sense of normalcy to the world we live in.

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With a steady decrease in coronavirus cases, Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital began welcoming back visitors to the medical center last Friday, but under strict guidelines. While the hospital had welcomed visitors 24 hours a day before the pandemic, it is now following guidelines recommended by the state’s Department of Health, which means only one visitor per patient between 4 and 8 p.m. Visitors are not permitted to split the four-hour block among different visitors; only one person can come to see a patient each day. The hospital’s other visitation rules include: ■ Visitors must be 18 or older. ■ Visitors will be required to provide their names, the name of the patient they are visiting and their contact information. ■ Visitors will undergo a symptom and temperature check upon entering the hospital. ■ Visitation will be denied to anyone who reports significant exposure to or symptoms of Covid-19 within 14 days of the visit. ■ Thorough hand hygiene must be performed before entering and upon leaving the patient’s room.

cleaning and sterilizing all units and departments (as well as its comprehensive network of outpatient specialized health care centers). As of Friday, there were only 10 confirmed Covid-19 patients being treated at MSSN, and they were isolated from non-coronavirus patients. The Emergency Department is also screening patients seeking emergency treatment, so non-Covid patients and staff can be in a safe environment. Patients visiting the hospital for any procedure, oncology or infusion treatment, or surgery are required to undergo pre-procedure Covid-19 testing at a new drive-up testing site in the hospital’s Washington Avenue parking lot. The test must be performed no more than two days before the procedure. Though there are strict guidelines in place, Calderone said enabling visitors to come to the facility again was a major milestone for the hospital, and he urged residents not to put their health on hold. “It’s been three months since we’ve had visitors in the building,” he said. “It’s good for everyone . . . Emotionally, no one wants to be in a hospital where you can’t have outside visitors, so the connection with family and friends is critical to the healing process, and we recognize that and embrace it. We’re very excited to open up our doors again to the community.” For more information, visit mountsinai.org/SouthNassau.

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practice social distancing, check in when they arrive at the hospital and fill out their contact information on an iPad, so ■ Additional personal protective equipthat staff can conduct contact tracing in ment will be provided, if indicated. the event of a second wave of infection. ■ Once in the facility, the The hospital continues visitor must remain in the to monitor the coronavipatient’s room throughout rus pandemic, and its visithe visit, except when tor policy may be altered requested to leave by the as the need arises. The staff. new visiting rules are in effect to keep all patients Additionally, the Emersafe from infection. If a gency Room is not acceptvisitor has cold or flu ing visitors, and the symptoms, hospital Behavioral Health Unit is administrators said they only permitting visitors should stay home. from 6 to 8 p.m. Because “We recognize that there is a statewide ban on nursing home visitation Courtesy MSSN patients who have visitors generally do better and and the hospital’s Transi- RichaRd MuRphy, the make a faster recovery,” tional Care Unit is a president and CEO of Mount said Richard Murphy, the licensed nursing home, Sinai South Nassau hospital, hospital’s president and visitors are prohibited said staff were eager to CEO. “We are as [eager] as there at all times. reunite patients and families. our patients to reunite “This is visiting hours them with their loved in the post-Covid era,” ones. This is another said Joe Calderone, the hospital’s vice president of corporate communications, important step toward returning our hos“meaning it’s not going to be the way it pital to more normal operations. We was before Covid. Now, when you come to always operate with our patients’ needs the hospital, on order of the Health foremost in all we do, and having family Department, we have to collect people’s members present at the bedside is at the contact information, and when they come top of our list.” The hospital is taking measures to proto the hospital, a number of things are vide a safe and sterile environment for going to be different.” Calderone added that visitors must patients, visitors and staff, thoroughly ■ A surgical mask must be worn at all times; one will be provided if needed.

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PRotesteRs maRched thRoughout Freeport in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and in celebration of Juneteenth.

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Local protests continue for racial equality continued from front page ability in local policing as he asked for justice for Akbar Rodgers, a Freeport man who was captured on video being wrestled to the ground and punched and kicked by Freeport Village police officers during his arrest in December. “Juneteenth is a day of freedom, and we’ll make sure to continue moving forward, not backwards,” Mackey said. “We won’t stop protesting until those officers are arrested, charged and convicted.” Andrea Contreras and Gabby Negron, of Bay Shore, in Suffolk County, said they had never heard of Juneteenth until recent years, but they now understand its message of freedom for all, especially amid the Black Lives Matter movement. They added that they wanted to see the day recognized as a national holiday, an idea that is gaining support across the country. “Juneteenth is a holiday that needs to be celebrated,” Contreras said. “It acknowledges the oppression and liberation of black Americans.” Terrel Tuotso, of Hempstead, also joined the protest, despite having been arrested in a heated incident with police earlier in the week at a protest in East Meadow. Tuotso said Long Island needed to acknowledge and address its racist roots that caused it to be one of the most segregated suburbs in the country. “We need to examine ourselves and recognize that racism does exist here,” Tuotso said. “We shouldn’t shy away from it or deny it. It’s here.” Along with the Juneteenth demonstration, Freeporters also rallied outside Bracco’s Clam Bar, on the Nautical Mile, on June 20, to stand in solidarity with the more than 28,000 people who signed a petition to boycott the restaurant after one of the co-owners had made a remark online belittling the Black Lives Matter movement in early June. Joe Bracco, the owner, had earlier posted an apology on social media, saying his comments were “insensitive and poorly timed.” The following day, Freeport families marched again with the Cedarmore Corporation, a local nonprofit, in support of Black Lives Matter as part of a Father’s Day parade.

Residents fRom acRoss Long Island and New York City gathered at Freeport’s Northeast Park.

What is Juneteenth? While the 13th Amendment ended slavery in the U.S. in January 1865, not everyone was freed at the time of its ratification, as the Civil War still raged. After the war ended in May that year, word traveled slowly as Union soldiers, many of whom were black, marched into the former Confederate states to spread the news of the emancipation of slaves. Many living deep in the South were unaware of their emancipation for as long as two months after the war. Freedom for all finally came when 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, where they proclaimed 250,000 slaves in the state free on June 19, 1865. The newly freed people called that day Juneteenth, and it became a symbolic day of freedom and equality for black Americans. PRotesteRs called foR Juneteenth to be recognized as a national holiday to commemorate freedom for all.

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thiS year’S rally also included a eulogy read for the families of six Long Island janitors who died from Covid-19.

Six local janitors remembered at rally By Frank SoultS Under a blazing summer solstice sun, dozens of cars carrying union members and allies drove in a caravan from Hempstead to the Nassau Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola on Saturday morning to mark Justice for Janitors Day. Union flags fluttered from car windows, horns blared, and union chants hung in the humid air, but in the day’s speeches and commemorations, the mood of the 90-minute event shifted between joyful celebration and somber reflection. Every year for the past 30 years, workers in cities across the nation have chosen a mid-June day for Justice for Janitors, which commemorates the events of June 15, 1990, when Los Angeles janitors were beaten by police as they peacefully protested for better pay, benefits and working conditions. The assault marked a turning point in the janitors’ organizing efforts. Since then, more than 135,000 janitors, 71,000 security officers and 32,000 airport workers— predominantly Black and brown workers— have won unions across the country. That includes the members of the union that organized the Long Island caravan, 32BJ SEIU, a union with 800 members working on Long Island and 175,000 across the East Coast. As speakers emphasized, this year’s Long Island commemoration fell one day after Juneteenth, which has taken on profound resonance with the global protests demanding an end to police brutality and a recognition that Black Lives Matter. It also comes during a pivotal moment in the deadly pandemic that has killed a high percentage of black, Latinx, immigrant and low-income workers, in part because of racial inequalities in the nation’s workforce. “With great deliberation, Juneteenth celebrates the day that the last remaining slaves in this country learned that they were free, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation legally gave them that freedom,” said Lenore Friedlaender, assis-

tant to the President of 32BJ SEIU and head of the union in Long Island. “Juneteenth recognizes that freedom is not just a law, passed from on high. It has to be felt and lived in communities everywhere, and its fullness is not realized until it is a freedom lifted by justice. That means, as Dr. King emphasized in the last years of his life, racial justice cannot be won without economic justice, nor economic justice without racial justice.” Nassau Coliseum cleaner and 32BJ member Elizabeth Florentino amplified that message in her story of losing her job early in the pandemic, and of the permanent losses now facing some 80 coliseum cleaners and over 100 security officers when the venue officially closes. “It’s a difficult time for people like me,” she noted. “Among black workers, the unemployment rate is almost 50 percent higher than it is among white workers.” For those who remain working, the risk of catching the coronavirus is also higher among black, Latinx and immigrant workers than among white workers. The day’s events concluded with a eulogy read for the families of six Long Island janitors who died from Covid-19, one of the highest per capita death rates among 32BJ’s ten districts. In total, the union has lost 130 members from Boston to Miami. On Long Island, all of those who died were either immigrants or people of color. “Their humble origins did not stop them from forging a future in a new country, raising and supporting families, and being part of the workers’ struggle on Long Island,” said Jose Portillo, a 32BJ shop steward who cleans at the Samanea Mall in Westbury, as families of the fallen listened. “Today their lives are a reflection of what it means to be an essential worker -- to be on the front lines of battle for the safety and welfare of others, despite the risks to their own lives.” Frank Soults is the senior communications associate for 32BJ SEIU.

Sacred Heart Academy named Maggie Maier and Margaret O’Connell as co-valedictorians for the class of 2020. Michela Giura was named as Sacred Heart’s cosalutatorian. Maier, of Atlantic Beach, was a student at Long Beach Catholic before she attended Sacred Heart Academy. An accomplished student athlete at Sacred Heart, Maier had an outstanding cross country and track and field career at the school as she was named a two-time AllLong Island runner for cross country and captain for the varsity cross Country/ track and field teams. In addition, Maier was part of Sacred Heart’s math team, National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, and Science Honor Society. Maier will continue her cross country and track and field career at the University of Pennsylvania this fall. Her major is undecided. A Rockville Centre resident, O’Connell attended St. Agnes Cathedral School before she arrived to Sacred Heart. O’Connell is a National Merit Commended Scholar and a member of the National Honor Society, the Math Honor Society and the Science Honor Society. She was also the Speech and Debate varsity extem-

poraneous captain. O”Connell was captain of the varsity swim team and varsity badminton team at SHA. O’Connell will study civil engineering at the University of Notre Dame this fall. Giura, of New Hyde Park, attended New Hyde Park Memorial before she arrived to SHA. Giura was the co-captain for the varsity track and field team and was named the Most Valuable Runner. Giura also played soccer as an all-conference goalkeeper and received the Most Improved Award at the 2019 Fall Sports Awards Dinner at Sacred Heart. In addition, Giura should be commended for her outstanding work in academics and service. She is an Advanced Placement scholar and National Merit Commended scholar. She was involved in the Mission Club and Chamber Chorus all four years at Sacred Heart. Giura is a volunteer counselor-in-training at Camp Abilities Long Island, an athletic camp dedicated to modifying sports for children with visual impairments (not affiliated with Sacred Heart). Giura will study accounting at the University of Notre Dame this fall. Courtesy Sacred Heart Academy; compiled by Nakeem Grant

News brief Relay for Life donates to St. Chris pantry Baldwin’s Relay for Life has been collecting non-perishable food items for the St. Christopher’s Church food pantry since May 20. The food drive was the brainchild of Jennifer Scarduzio, and the group dropped off their donations on June 12. The pantry, coordinated by Outreach Director Julia Santiago and located at 11 Gave Ave., is open every Tuesday from 12 to 3 p.m.

“Being that Baldwin’s Relay for Life has been postponed, this is our way of giving back to the community,” said Abby Melendez, a cancer survivor who volunteers for the American Cancer Society and organizes the Relay for Life event. Organizers are currently working on putting together a virtual Relay with a tentative date of Aug. 22. Those who are interested can follow the Facebook page “Relay for Life of Baldwin NY.”

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hen it comes to race relations, there is no doubt that we are at a crossroad. Events dictate what our conduct must be going forward, and there is no doubt that the recent killings of unarmed black men have forced America to come to grips with the fact that many of our fellow citizens suffer because of ingrained racism. President Trump has admitted that there is some systemic racism, but he doesn’t have the mind or heart to acknowledge that it is rampant in this country, and little has been done to bring it to a halt. JeRRY In my years in kReMeR the Assembly, I learned a lot about racism from my colleagues, who told chilling stories about their sons or daughters being singled out for arrest just because the color of their skin invited different treatment. They spoke about failed health care systems that contributed to a higher mortality rate among black children. They spoke of overcrowded school classes with inferior teaching and a lack of basic supplies. While these stories were chilling, nothing they said prompted any dramatic action by the state.

A lot of us in office tried to find ways to help children of all kinds with pre-kindergarten programs, funding to reduce child mortality and extra state aid for school districts in heavily minority communities. But looking back over the years, these actions were a drop in the bucket, and didn’t really make a dent in the system that shortchanges millions of people. If anything has forced us to confront the issue of race, it’s been the invention of the cellphone. It is showing us how minorities are abused on a daily basis in many different ways, including police officers shooting unarmed black men in the back. That’s recorded testimony to systemic abuse. The demonstrations in the streets of this country and around the world bring out millions of young people of all races who are willing to speak out about conditions their elders have ignored. Police shootings that once were an occasional story that faded with time now go viral within minutes. The assault on a crowd outside the White House so the president could have a photo op showed how tone-deaf the leaders of this country are on issues of equality. The questions we now face is, what do we do to uproot this ugly system? I understand the opposition to statues that glorify public officials who were slave-

holders or generals from the South who fought for slavery. Most are symbols that no longer belong in the public space. Doing away with the Aunt Jemima syrup brand or Uncle Ben’s Rice is pure tokenism, and doesn’t help a minority student get a job or stop a racial profiling incident. Congress and local governments around the U.S. have to come up with programs that defuse the tensions racism causes. If you listen to the debate going on about banning chokeholds and a national system of reporting police conduct, you can see that there is still deep-rooted racism that dates back to the Civil War. There are probably some senators whose forebears were slaveholders, and growing up in a racist system has poisoned their hearts. Take a trip down to Richmond, Va., and you’ll see statue after statue glorifying generals who fought for the South. Elsewhere, some of our military bases do the same. The two houses of Congress have to come together to pass laws that attack the problems that the policing of minorities creates. The suggestion that police departments be “defunded” is an overreaction by a relatively small number of people who don’t understand the challenges that law enforcement faces every day, but those departments have to be reorganized to deal

ongress must attack the problems that the policing of minorities creates.

more effectively with spousal abuse and rape allegations. Policing in America hasn’t changed enough in the past 50 years. A commission appointed by President Barack Obama produced a road map for fairer policing, but federal law enforcement ignored its recommendations. Now, in a very short period of time, local governments have sprung into action, passing laws banning chokeholds and acting against policemen who have serious disciplinary problems. Incidents captured on smartphones showing the use of unnecessary force have resulted in firings and suspensions. The New York State Legislature has passed a series of bills to address faults in the policing systems. Only time will tell whether they are all appropriate. There is no doubt that passing new laws, firing rogue cops and funding important programs to stop racism are all important steps forward. Unfortunately, you can’t legislate what’s in people’s hearts. We can only hope that more open eyes will change enough people’s thinking to make a difference in the years ahead. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Let’s end classroom education as we know it, they said

ou probably haven’t read “Teaching as a Subversive Activity” by Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner. “What is it that students do in the classroom?” the authors ask. “Well, mostly they sit and listen to the teacher. Mostly they are required to believe authorities or at least pretend to such belief. It is practically unheard of for students to play any role in determining what problems are worth studying . . .” “Teaching as a Subversive Activity” was published in 1969. The war in Vietnam was Randi ablaze. The antikReiss war movement in the United States was galvanized, and militants were taking over university offices, bombing draft offices and picketing ROTC buildings. In the midst of this civic unrest, when it seemed as if the country was so divided it might never come together again, Professors Postman and Weingartner wrote their book, which was called a “no-holds-barred assault on outdated teaching methods.” They were two obscure and uncelebrat-

ed professors who taught at Queens College during the Vietnam War years. As it happens, I was a student in Weingartner’s class in secondary school education in 1968. I studied with him that year, and then took another class with him while working on my master’s degree in education, all at Queens College. The background noise was Vietnam 24/7. In fact, during the worst of the protests, students commandeered our dean’s office and threw his furniture out the window onto the quad. I was a bystander to the drama, just trying to get my degree and get on with my life as a newly married woman and a newly hired English teacher. I never forgot Weingartner’s class and his “subversive” approach to education. He and Postman were captivating and provocative, and although many of their suggestions proved to be impractical, we knew inside that they were right. They were right to say that schools needed to stop the rote teaching and testing. Their emphasis on critical thinking and process was spot on. They said schools needed to do away with grades, tests, textbooks, courses and full-time administrators. They said teachers should be more like life coaches

(although the term didn’t exist at the time) and not authority figures. I thought about Weingartner’s theories all the time I taught English. I was a good teacher, but we were constrained by a stagnant system in which students passively listened to teachers present “course content.” Now, in the midst of a global pandemic, we accomplished the unthinkable: We shut down the nation’s schools and changed how kids learn. Postman and Weingartner taught before the internet and devices and virtual teaching. It’s hard to know what they would make of this. They might be glad kids were liberated from the classroom, but their vision of educating children was more dynamic than sitting down with screens. I remember Weingartner telling us future teachers to get our kids out of the classroom and into the world, where they could experience art and music and literature firsthand, with us along as guides. Our school shutdown is a unique opportunity. If we can do that — and we did — why can’t we task our best and brightest with making learning a process and not a product, as David Hill proposed in an arti-

t took a pandemic to shut down the nation’s schools and change how kids learn.

cle in Teacher magazine in 2000? Teachers, Weingartner said, should ask provocative questions. “What bothers you most about adults?” “How would you distinguish good from evil?” “What are the most dangerous ideas floating through our lives today?” “Why do you think so?” The professors encouraged students to be creative and tolerant, and to learn to deal with ambiguity and failure. They encouraged teachers not to be in the business of giving answers, but to let students think through problems on their own or in peer groups. This problem-solving approach to teaching has found traction in recent years. But too much dead wood anchors our education system. Too many classroom experiences are based on lesson plans and note-taking and tests. “Don’t plan a lesson,” the professors wrote in their book. “Confront your students with some sort of problem that might interest them. Then allow them to work the problem through without your advice or counsel.” We are at a tipping point in education because of the pandemic, and we have an extraordinary opportunity to improve the public-school experience for our students and teachers. We could make some lemonade from this lemon. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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n April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia, ending the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history, in which an estimated 498,000 soldiers died in battle. With the surrender of the South, slavery ended with the stroke of a pen. But not quite. News of the emancipation of slaves did not reach Texas, a slaveholding state, until June 19, 1865. On that day, Union forces arrived on Galveston Island to free Texas’s slaves, who rejoiced in the streets. Since then, Juneteenth — a blend of June and 19th — has been celebrated in Texas. It officially became a state holiday in 1980, but as of last year, only Texas recognized Juneteenth as a paid holiday for state employees. Last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed

an executive order proclaiming Juneteenth an official New York holiday, on which state employees will receive a paid day off, starting next year. It was the right move. If you think about it, June 19, 1865, was effectively the day when all Americans were at last free. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution applied to all white people, but not to all black people. Millions were held in bondage, beaten and defiled into subservience. According to the 1860 census, there were 4 million slaves in the U.S., accounting for 12.9 percent of the country’s total population of 31 million. For centuries, the U.S. held Fourth of July celebrations — as well it should have — but rarely, if ever, did we recognize that the hard-fought freedoms won during the Revolutionary War did not apply to millions for 76 years after the Constitu-

Mark July Fourth by reading the Declaration

ext week, the Herald Community Newspapers will publish the Declaration of Independence and a likeness of the American flag. The Declaration will appear here, on our Editorial Page, as it long has during the week of the Fourth of July, and the flag will appear in the center of the paper. We encourage families to stand on their stoops and front lawns and read the Declaration together, as messengers did across the 13 colonies in 1776. For 39 years, the Merrick Historical Society, led by President Lawrence Garfinkel, gathered on July Fourth at the Merrick Library and the Long Island Rail Road station to read the Declaration. All from the community and beyond were invited to attend, and the event attracted

many families with small children. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, however, the society decided against the public reading, and is instead encouraging people to read the Declaration with their families at home. What a wonderful idea, we thought. What better way to learn about and teach our history — about the very moment our nation was conceived — than by reading the Declaration, line by line. If you do so, take a photo and email it to us. Check Page 4 for details on how. The Signing of the Declaration ushered in an entirely new era in history, when colonies would rebel against their sovereign, in our case the mighty British Empire. That rebellion brought forth a new era in government, when democracy — rule by

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tion took effect. Juneteenth — celebrated in Texas with cookouts, rodeos and street fairs — reminds us of that horrid reality, at the same time that it celebrates the victory over the evil of slavery. We must remember and reflect on our nation’s long history of enslavement if we are to understand our present-day systemic racism — and someday soon, we hope, overcome it. The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day unleashed a wave of hundreds of peaceful protests and a handful of riots. It was clearly an inflection point in our history, a moment that, it appears, will move the needle further toward freedom and justice for all, regardless of skin color. New York, we are pleased to say, is playing a leading role in that movement.

letters Defunding police isn’t an answer To the Editor: The actions of the Minneapolis police officers implicated in the death of George Floyd were sickening and disgusting. The officers were fired and criminally charged, and I pray that justice will be served in this humiliating chapter in our nation’s history. In the wake of this shameful incident, demonstrations continue to take place in large cities, suburban areas — both wealthy and economically disadvantaged — and ethnically and racially diverse neighborhoods. Some rallies have been marked by violence, vandalism and looting, while others have been peaceful and respectful. As a father, former police officer, current local elected official and former civic leader, I believe the most dangerous proposal that has come forth in response to Mr. Floyd’s death is the call to defund the

the people — began after thousands of years of monarchial rule in Europe and around the globe. Thus began the great American experiment, as we like to call it. For sure, it has been an imperfect experiment. As noted in the editorial above, not all were freed by the American Revolution that followed publication of the Declaration. Millions remained enslaved for the better part of a century. The American experiment, however, has moved steadily toward greater freedom and justice for all people. It is up to our generation now to carry the mantle forward and form a more perfect union than that which we were given by working to eliminate systemic racism in all its forms.

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Here’s how: First, stay connected. Call ost people don’t like going to your doctor’s office and ask about the the doctor. The truth? Even options for a visit. There are two comdoctors don’t like going to mon options: the virtual visit, conducted doctors. And now, in the time by video chat or phone, and the traditionof the coronavirus, people’s willingness al in-person visit. In either case, many of to see their doctor is at an all-time low. the same rules apply. Come prepared to It’s not a surprise, considering that the pandemic has many worried not only ask questions and complete any required tests (like blood work) that are needed to about themselves, but also about catchmake the time with your phying Covid-19 and bringing it sician the most beneficial for home to their loved ones. both of you. Still, while you may tell yourIf a virtual visit is the self that the crisis is a good right option for you, ask your reason not to see your physidoctor’s office for any special cian, it’s a mistake that could instructions. What technoloprove costly to your health gy is needed? Will a smartand well-being. phone or laptop work best? Do Whether you suffer from you need to download an app an illness that requires testor program? Will the doctor ing and close monitoring, or anika call or send a website link via have symptoms that are new, saGar text or email? Make sure the it’s important to continue to battery for your phone or see your doctor. With Covidcomputer is fully charged and 19 widespread, the best way that, if the consultation takes places durto access health may seem unclear at ing the day, you sit facing a window or first, but just as you continue relationplace a lamp in front of you so the doctor ships with friends and family by followcan see you clearly on his or her screen. ing safety protocols, your relationship If an in-person visit is the right option with your doctor is one that can also be for you, ask your doctor’s office for any maintained safely.

Letters police. Defunding police in response to a violent and disgraceful death in Minneapolis that involved bad law enforcement officials would have only negative consequences for the public, including the promotion of chaos and lawlessness. Redirecting funds away from police departments would reduce the number of police officers on our streets, lead to increased 911 response times and make Nassau County less safe. During my time as a New York City police officer and Town of Hempstead councilman, I have been committed to government’s primary responsibility to keep residents safe and protect property. The events of the last few weeks have underscored the need for allocating police resources to preserve our communities as safe and desirable places to live and raise our families. Instituting new programs, incorporating technology, expanding community outreach and exploring innovative ideas to improve policing should be priorities, as opposed to slashing police funding. In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to shrink the NYPD budget. The city’s police commissioner has disbanded the plainclothes anti-crime units, which were instrumental in transforming Gotham from one of the most dangerous cities in America to one of the safest. It is illogical and dangerous to disband plainclothes anti-crime units while homicides and shootings have gone up. Defunding the police would also take resources away from community-policing initiatives when we need to enhance the relationship between police officers and

community members. Nassau learned its lesson on the negative impacts of making cuts to community policing a few years ago. After cutting Problem Oriented Policing units, Nassau’s administration acknowledged the adverse impacts of this ill-conceived policy decision. Indeed, the county reversed course and restored its POP units. Clearly, Nassau’s impressive and responsive police force is one of the reasons that the county boasts one of the lowest crime rates among all major suburban areas in the nation. George Floyd’s horrible death rightly focused the attention of the nation on the extremely few bad police officers who wear uniforms. However, any call to defund police officers would not effectively address this problem.

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Going to the doctor in a Covid-19 world

can reduce fear and anxiety about seekspecial instructions before you head to the office. Some may ask you to call them ing medical care. One more thing: If you don’t have a from the door when you arrive to make sure you don’t have to wait in the waiting primary-care doctor, it’s important to area. If you have a fever, cough or cold, find one who can help you on your health going fo or otherwise aren’t well, please let the journey. Ask friends, family members or the rec office know so proper precautions can be your insurance provider for recommen- have fo taken to care for you. Remember to wear dations. The best time to meet a new doc- the fact a face covering and follow the social-distor is before you fall ill. This gives your suffer b tancing rules of the office, doctor the chance to underwhich will require you to be stand who you are and how he six feet away from others and can help achieve your goal: to be in an area with fewer than be the healthiest version of 10 people. Wash or sanitize you. your hands both before and Remember, although many after the visit and when you things have changed as a arrive back at home. And result of the virus, we’re in once you’re at home again, this together. Relationships put your clothes in the launremain essential — and that dry. includes your relationship Maria No matter which option is with your doctor. CarneY right for you, make sure you call the doctor’s office to folDr. Anika Sagar is a primary low up or schedule other care physician for adults and appointments, and remember to keep the an assistant professor of medicine at the colleag doctor up to date on how you’re feeling. their so Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ If at any time you feel ill, let your physiNorthwell Health. Dr. Maria Carney is a for arre cian know right away. geriatrician and palliative medicine phy- skin in By having a plan and a strategy, and sician for older adults, and a professor of spoke a exercising control of the situation, you contrib medicine at the Zucker School. among crowde ing and these s said pr state.

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CHRISTOPHER CARINI Hempstead town councilman, 5th District Carini served as a police officer with the NYPD, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department and the Port Authority Police Department for 22 years.

Let business owners reopen To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Thank you very much, but I prefer to remain alive” (Jun 18-24): Kreiss is entitled to her opinion, and common sense certainly dictates that one must be cautious during the coronavirus pandemic.

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I don’t know Kreiss’s age or financial stability, but I think the owner of the bridge club is entitled and smart to open his establishment. My family has two medical professionals, and we have a cancer survivor in our household, so I don’t treat medical issues in a cavalier manner. However, we must try and restore some sense of normalcy and let businesses operate and allow people to earn a living. This will allow mort-

gages, rent, utilities, taxes and food to be paid. It will also allow people the opportu-and mi nity to recoup savings lost during the lastoffices, ROTC three-plus months. This nightmare is an unknown. Peopleunrest, must use their intellect and choose howwas so er agai they return to a normal day-to-day life. gartne PHIlIP KIRKa “no-h Sea Cliff teachin The

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GETTING BACK TO OUR LIVES BEGINS WITH OUR HEALTH. To our fellow Long Islanders: For months, we’ve all endured a crisis that has reshaped our world. And, although our daily lives will be affected for some time to come, we’re beginning to move towards some sense of normalcy and optimism. Along with the desire to protect lives, we all want to get back to living. And living well starts with your health. Your total health. That’s why we’ve instituted extensive safety measures throughout our hospitals and physician ofﬁces. There’s no need to ignore health issues or postpone procedures, because we’ve made it safe to get the care you need. The new summer is here. Now is the right time to refocus on your greatest asset of all—your health. Just know that, at Catholic Health Services, we’re here for Long Island and, most of all, we’re here for you. Sincerely, The Catholic Health Services Medical Staff

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