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School camp brings out best in students

By REINE BETHANy rbethany@liherald.com

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ABoUT 50 CHIldREN in grades four to eight performed in a string orchestra.

A gentle Thursday morning in the roomy schoolyard of Caroline G. Atkinson Intermediate School provided a congenial setting for an exuberant performance by the children of the 2021 Summer Academy of Freeport Public Schools.

More than 200 youngsters in grades four to eight took part in the Summer Arts Program, which ran from early July to the culminating performances on July 29.

By performance time at 10

a.m., the students were sitting or standing in relaxed groups at either side of the designated performing space. Students and teachers alike wore jaunty pink and white tie-dyed T-shirts sporting the words, “Summer Academy ROCKS!” The students’ family members sat on low beach chairs or blankets facing the performing area. Some stood in the back of the crowd. Smartphones, ready to record the show, were everywhere.

Ruth Breidenbach, director of arts and community relaContinued on page 4

No shortage of fun at Waterfront Park Canoe Race

By REINE BETHANy rbethany@liherald.com

On Aug. 1, canoes once again sped away from the beach at Waterfront Park, careened through the water in a sweeping triangular path marked by two buoys and skimmed back to the beach while onlookers cheered from the dock above.

The occasion was the annual Freeport Canoe Race. Sponsored by the Freeport Chamber of Commerce, the Freeport Police Athletic League and the village, the race draws participants from inside and outside the village.

Kayakers, dedicated canoe enthusiasts and people who just

enjoy a beautiful activity on the water thronged to the dock for the fun.

This year, Mayor Robert Kennedy teamed up with Nassau County Legislator Steve Rhoads, who represents the 19th District, to capture the gold medal in the first heat.

“This was a very bipartisan event,” Kennedy said. “As you can see, Steve Rhoads, our Re publican le gislator, and myself joined together to win.

However,” he added, tongue-incheek, “I was in the rear of the canoe, steering to our first-place win.” The mayor is a Democrat.

“It was a thrill to be out on the water again with Bobby to

defend our title and help raise money for a g reat cause,” Rhoads said. “Freeport is the fishing and boating capital of our region, and after a tough year for all of us, the chance to compete in this annual tradition is just one more sign that Freeport is back and better than ever.”

The event was dedicated to Gary Williams, the late husband of Associate Village Justice Susan B. Lyons.

“For 25 years,” Lyons said, “Gary was the vessel pro running the boats that picked up the canoes” that overturned during the races. This year, their sons, Jack and Tucker Williams, both

worked the rescue boats in place of their dad.

Marianne Endo organized the race. Her husband, chamber member Lester Endo, has run Endo Electric, on Dock Road, for 43 years.

“Since I’ve been in charge, I’ve made it to be a fun family member amateur event,” Marianne said. “Years ago, they were

very emphatic about this race. If you came in first and were fooling around and got so excited that you dumped” — overturned — “they took your medal away. I like doing the canoes just to see people enjoy themselves.”

Marianne dropped the flags to signal the beginning and end of Continued on page 12

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Nine Nassau County students, including four from Valley Stream, one from Elmont, and one from Freeport, took part in this year’s Hofstra University High School Summer Journalism Institute, learning firsthand the ins and outs of the media industry.

The institute, which is funded by the Bernard and Sandra Otterman Foundation, aims to encourage diversity in the media. Almost all of the participating students came from communities of color.

The program, held at Hofstra’s Lawrence Herbert School of Communication in Hempstead from July 26 to 31, is headed both by Scott Brinton, executive editor of Herald Community Newspapers and an adjunct associate professor at Hofstra, and Mario Gonzalez, a Hofstra associate professor.

“The institute is just so much fun,” Brinton said. “It’s fast-paced — the week just flies by — but I really do believe the students come away with a much better understanding of the media industry and the potential career opporunities that it presents.”

The students spent the week working on the foundational elements of journalism, including writing articles, editing videos and meeting deadlines. They also explored a range of mediums, ranging from radio to print.

“I’ve always been very fond of radio, and this week I learned a lot about it, and I definitely will look into that as a career now,” said Hadia Choudhry, a junior at Crescent School in Hempstead and a Valley Stream resident.

“The institute showed that journalism isn’t just writing. It’s reporting, photography, videography, radio,” Divina Boko, a junior at Freeport High School, said.

The students also got to hear from a slate of speakers throughout the week, including:

Photos by Scott Brinton/Herald

hadia Choudhry, foreground, left, and Saher Din, both of Valley Stream, interviewed each other for biographies that they wrote at the recent Hofstra High School Summer Journalism Institute. At back were Mariam Faisal, of Queens, left, and Emaan Tehseen, of Valley Stream.

■ Michael Otterman, author and program coordinator for the Otterman Foundation, and a former Herald intern and freelancer.

■ Mark Lukasiewicz, dean of the Hofstra Herbert School of Communication and a former news executive at ABC and NBC. ■ Shawna VanNess, assistant managing editor for features at Newsday.

■ Karen Albert, Hofstra University Museum director.

■ Chris Vaccaro, Hofstra graduate journalism director and Altice vice president for digital news.

■ Mario Murillo, vice dean of the Hofstra Herbert School of Communication and community radio host and reporter.

■ Nakeem Grant, editor at Herald Community Newspapers and an alumnus of the Hofstra Graduate Journalism Program.

■ Bill Bleyer, a Press Club of Long Island Board member and former longtime Newsday reporter.

“I really enjoyed the guest speakers,” said Momna Choudhry, a recent graduate of Crescent School and a Valley Stream resident. “Hearing the different perspectives and different aspects of the industry was amazing and very informative.”

The week was an eye-opener for many of the students, as it introduced them to the numerous possibilities in the industry, and even convinced some to consider careers in media, according to a post-institute survey of the students.

“I like writing, and I’ve learned that journalism allows you to experience new and different things day to day,” said Emaan Tehseen, an Elmont High School freshman and Valley Stream resident.

Mark LukasiewiCz, dean of Hofstra’s Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, addressed the students on the institute’s opening day, July 26. divina Boko, a Freeport High School junior, listened in on the talk given by Lukasiewicz. kristanna PetriLLo, of Lindenhurst, with Muhammad Suleman, of Valley Stream, listened in on the institute’s many lectures.

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First in-person school show since Covid continued from front page tions for Freeport Public Schools, welcomed everyone and introduced Christina Prisco-Buxbaum, coordinator of the Summer Arts Program and the program’s emcee. “Ms. Prisco,” as the students called her, brought Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kishore Kuncham to the microphone.

“I’m very honored to be here with all of you, and it’s great to see our kids performing today,” Kuncham said. He alluded to the total of 1,300-plus students who spent four weeks in the Summer Academy, noting that the students in the academic and STEAM programs were given time with the Sumer Arts Academy in addition to their academic work.

Then began a lovely 45 minutes of music and dance.

Music teacher Cathy Beck conducted a small string orchestra through a short piece, and then called more students to their places, until nearly 50 students stood in rows, each one with a violin, viola or cello. Beck’s broad, clear gestures carried them through about 15 minutes of memorized music.

Next, 30 band and percussion students performed on trumpets, trombones, flutes, clarinets, oboes, French horns, tubas and saxophones, accompanied by percussionists with tambourine, kettle drum and snare.

One of the string pieces and two of the band pieces were conducted with complete confidence by interns. They were Freeport High School students, and were among the 26 ninth- through 12th-graders who assisted the teachers throughout the Summer Academy.

A group of about 10 interns blasted their way through a high-spirited dance of their own choreography. Then they helped conduct about 100 children through choral singing, plus several dances full of shouts, leaps and fist pumps.

As the final applause waned, the children settled down on the grass for a professional performance by Napoleon Revels-Bey and the Rhythm Kings Ensemble, with Revels-Bey on drums, Daisy Schumake on congas, Bryan Carrott on vibraphone, Brent Benteler on bass and Marcus Persiani on keyboard. Not only did they get both students and parents up and dancing or playing percussion instruments, but also five of the brass students

Photos by Reine Bethany/Herald

contributed their talents to “C Jam Blues,” by Duke Ellington.

The importance of the Summer Academy went beyond the evident boost of skills in the performing arts.

“This summer was really important to us because any gaps of learning due to Covid got a chance for the students to catch up,” Breidenbacher said.

Additionally, she said, “Our beginners, our fourth-graders, got a month of daily instruction before the start of the 2021-22 school year, like a kickoff for the programs in the fall.”

“It was so wonderful to hear the students coming out of the classrooms,” Prisco-Buxbaum said. “I kept hearing, ‘That was my favorite class’ — after every class!”

Comments from the children were telling.

“Summer camp is really fun. I really enjoyed it, and I hope I can go next year,” said Khalani Dixon, headed for sixth grade for the 2021-2022 school year.

“It’s definitely a great experience, and I love it,” said Brianna Dean, who will start eighth grade at J.W. Dodd Middle School.

She said she focused mainly on chorus and theater.

“It was actually really fun. We could do so many things around. For example, we

A Five-student brAss ensemble accompanied Napoleon RevelsBey and the Rhythm Kings. more thAn 100 children danced outside the Atkinson School.

could do orchestra, or some people did dance,” said Tatika Cepeda, who will be a fifth-grader in September. “You can make so many new friends as well. And the interns are just so kind, as long as you’re obeying the teachers. Everyone just treats everyone amazingly.”

“I liked it. It was fun. I learned how to play my instrument, the violin,” said Ben-

jamin Poplardo, who will start fourth grade in September.

“It was great,” said Joseph Poplardo, a soon-to-be sixth grader who played the cello in the string orchestra.

“This year was truly unique,” Kuncham said. “Our administrators, teachers and student-interns did an outstanding job.”

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Crime watCh ■ A suspect was arrested on July 29 for grand■ larceny.■ The■ victim■ had■ called■ Freeport■police■officers■for■larceny■of ■a■ pocket■book,■and■when■police■located■the■ suspect,■provided■positive■identification.

■ A suspect was apprehended on July 31■for■intentional■damage■to■the■tires■of ■ a■victim’s■vehicle,■ placed■ under■ arrest without■ incident,■ and■ charged■ with■ criminal■mischief ■in■the■4th■degree.

■■ A■suspect■was■arrested■on■August■2■ when■Freeport■police■officers■observed■ that■ the■ suspect■ matched■ the■ description■of ■a■man■who■had■just■committed■ a■ robbery■ with■ a■ weapon.■ Officers■ recovered■the■weapon,■transported■the■ subject■ to■ Freeport■ Police■ Headquarters■for■arrest■processing,■and■charged■ the■ suspect■ with■ robbery■ in■ the■ first■ degree■ and■ criminal■ possession■ of ■ a■ weapon■in■the■4th■degree.■ ■■ On■July■28,■a■Freeport■police■officer■ completed■a■walk-in■report■of ■a■larceny.■■ The■victim■reported■receiving■a■notification■from■an■online■retailer■that■her■

information■ was■ compromised■ and■ that■ the■ sales■ representative■ would■ have■ to■ virtually■ link■ their■ computers■ together■ to■ correct■ the■ issue.■ Upon■ receiving■access■to■the■victim’s■computer,■ the■ unknown■ sales■ representative■ made■ withdrawals■ from■ her■ two■ bank■ accounts■ without■ her■ permission.■The■ victim’s■ bank■ accounts■ were■ subsequently■closed.■■■

On■ Saturday,■ August■ 14,■ All■ Saints’■ Episcopal■ Church,■ located■ at■ 2375■ Harrison■ Avenue■ in■ Baldwin,■is■holding■“A■Drive-By■ School■ Supply■ &■ Food■ Drive”■ from■ 10■ a.m.■ to■ 12■ noon.■The■purpose■is■to■collect■ school■ supplies■ and■ nonperishable■ food,■ which■ will■be■donated■to■the■Bethany■ House■ and■ the■ South■ Shore■Child■Guidance■Center.■ Rev.■Maxine■Barnett■and■ the■ congregation■ invite■ interested■ donors■ to■ drive■ by■ All■ Saints’■ Episcopal■ Church■ on■ August■ 14,■ and■ drop■ off ■ school■ supplies■ and■ nonperishable■ food■ curbside.■ Members■ of ■ the■ congregation■ will■ be■ there■ to■ accept■ donations■ with■ a■ smile■and■heartfelt■thanks.■ The■goal■is■to■help■families■ and■ children■ kick■ off ■ the■new■school■year■with■a■ full■ backpack■ and■ a■ full■ pantry.

For■ further■ details,■ the■ church■can■be■called■at■516223-3731,■ or■ visit■ the■ church’s■website■(allsaintsbaldwin.org)■ to■ use■ the■ email■link.

Car fire ■■ Freeport■ police■ officers■ responded■ on■July■29■to■a■report■of ■a■car■fire,■and■ upon■ arrival,■ observed■ the■ Fireeport■ Fire■ Department■ extinguishing■ the■ blaze.■No■one■was■injured■and■the■cause■ of ■the■fire■did■not■appear■suspicious.

Unsecure premise ■■ On■ July■ 30,■ Freeport■ police■ officers■ responded■to■a■local■business■for■a■commercial■ alarm.■■ Officers■ observed■ the■ front■ door■ unlocked.■■ After■ officers■ searched■ the■ interior■ of ■ the■ premise,■ the■business■was■re-secured.

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events and activities

Thursday, August 5

peach melba with blackberry melba sauce that you can barbecue on your grill at home. This program has a limited registration of 20, and a nonrefundable fee of $10 is payable at the ASK Desk at the time of registration. Contact the ASK Department at (516) 379-3274 or email ask@ freeportlibrary.info.

Sunrise Highway at the Esplanade At 7 p.m., the singing duo, Sunrise Highway, will enchant listeners at the Esplanade on the Nautical Mill. Bring a beach chair, come a little early to buy comestibles from surrounding restaurants, and relax for an hour and a half in the breezes coming off Hudson Canal.

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Friday, August 6

Communicating effectively with your health care team This program is made available courtesy of Nassau Libraries Health share. For class descriptions and to register for the zoom link, please call Assemblyman Ra’s office at (516) 535-4095. You may also contact the ASK Department at (516) 379-3274 or email ask@freeportlibrary.info

Talking about literature At 12 noon, Sarah Siegel will lead a discussion of “Florence Adler Swims Forever,” a novel of family love and tragedy by Rachel Beanland. Join on Zoom. Contact Mary Robinson at (516) 379-3274 or mrobinson@ freeportlibrary.info

Drumming on the Mile!

A Summer Night Under the Stars Long Island-based company Black Legacy Partners, LLC presents ”A Summer Night Under The Stars,” an evening of outdoor dining, music and fun with family and friends. Gates open at 6 p.m. at Cow Meadow Park, with an 8:30 showing of Cedric the Entertainer’s film “Johnson Family Vacation.”

Tickets cost $10 per person and are available on eventbrite: https://blpsummerunderthestars2021.eventbrite.com

Saturday, August 7 Tai Chi At 10 a.m., join on Global GoToMeeting. Tai Chi is a traditional Chinese exercise renowned for its health and meditative benefits. Have water with you and wear comfortable clothing and sneakers. Contact Mary Ellen Cantanno at (516) 379-3274 or mcantanno@freeportlibrary.info.

Monday, August 9 Page Turners At any time 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., join the

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LiACF summer series continues Sunrise Highway will perform on Thursday, August 5, at the Esplanade on the Nautical Mile.

Sofa Safari Game Show, the interactive show that takes you on a safari without leaving your sofa! Contact the Youth Services Department at (516) 379-3274 or youthservices@ freeportlibrary.info.

Javascript for beginners From 5-5:30 p.m., Javascript will be explained. Even if you’ve never done any programming before, Javascript may be a great place to start because of its versatility. For grades 5 through 12. Contact the Youth Services Department at (516) 379-3274 or youthservices@freeportlibrary.info.

Tuesday, August 10 Counting storytime From 10-10:30 a.m, children ages 2 to 4 can join Miss Rose for stories and songs about the magic of numbers 1 to 10! Access the meeting through Global GoToMeeting. Contact the Youth Services Department, (516) 3793274, or youthservices@freeportlibrary.info.

BBQ at Freeport Memorial Library!

Please come at 6:30 p.m. and watch how pitmaster Collins creates a delicious coffee-and-pepper marinated steak, Mexican street corn, and grilled

Attic” at the Esplanade on the Nautical Mile at 7:00 p.m. Visit www.sparkleonstage.org for all the details.

Saturday, Aug. 14 All Saints Church Charity Drive All Saints’ Episcopal Church is holding “A Drive-By School Supply & Food Drive,” from 10 am to 12 pm to collect school supplies and non-perishable food that we will donate to our friends at Bethany House and South Shore Child Guidance Center. We invite you to drive by All Saints’ Episcopal Church located at 2375 Harrison Avenue in Baldwin and drop off your school supplies and non-perishable food curbside. Members of our congregation will be there to accept your donations with a smile and heartfelt thanks.

Help us to help them kick off the new school year with a full backpack and a full pantry.

From 6:30-7:30 p.m., professional drummer, George Schultze will conduct this participatory class and explain the benefits of drumming. Registration is necessary. Contact Maryellen Cantanno at (516) 379-3274, or email mcantanno@freeportlibrary.info.

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To schedule an appointment, visit: https://heartandhealth.com/freeportmemorial-library. You may also call the ASK Dept. at (516) 379-3274, or email ask@freeportlibrary.info.

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On Tuesday, August 3, the office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James released a report of its investigation into sexual harassment allegations against New York State governor Andrew Cuomo. The report stated that Cuomo had sexually harassed 11 or more women during the years 2013 to 2020.

A.G. James’s report read, in part: “Starting in December 2020, multiple women came forward with allegations that Governor Cuomo sexually harassed them. Over the course of the investigation, the investigators interviewed 179 individuals. Those interviewed included complainants, current and former members of the Executive Chamber, State Troopers, additional state employees, and others who interacted regularly with the governor. … After nearly five months, the investigators concluded that Governor Cuomo did sexually harass multiple women — including former and current state employees — by engaging in unwanted groping, kissing, and hugging, and making inappropriate comments.”

The question before state lawmakers is whether the findings constitute grounds for an impeachment trial. Both U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and President Joe Biden have called for Cuomo to resign.

Leaders at the state, county, and village

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LocaL and state officials expressed concern about the August 3 report that was issued from State Attorney General Letitia James. From left, Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, Assemblywoman Taylor Darling, Deputy Mayor Ron Ellerbe, County Legislator Debra Mulé, Trustee Jorge Martinez, and Trustee Eva Sanchez. levels reacted to the A.G. report.

Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy said that the report was “very concerning.

However, I believe all individuals suspected of an offense have the right to a fair trial, prior to passing judgment or demanding a resignation.”

Deputy Mayor Ron Ellerbe said, “I would concur with Mayor Kennedy’s statement.”

Trustee Jorge Martinez said that

impeachment proceedings would have to move forward.

“I think the Attorney General has put together enough information where the process [of impeachment] needs to begin,” Martinez said. “It hurts us, because it’s our state, our government. Now other things that should be going on are not going to go on, because now the Assembly has to focus on this process.”

Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé

attended a press conference given by Attorney General James’ office. Mulé’s understanding was that the women who had brought the complaints would have to press charges in the localities where the harassment occurred.

“Now that the report has come out,” said Mulé, “it’s very disturbing, and I think it’s time for Cuomo to resign.”

County Executive Laura Curran released a brief statement that said, “The Attorney General’s findings are clear. The Governor must resign immediately.”

Assemblywoman Taylor Darling (A.D. 18) was distressed about disruption of current legislative needs.

“I’m very concerned about our taxpayer dollars,” Darling said. “I want to make sure that we do all the due diligence needed to handle the [governor’s] situation appropriately, but also to make sure that we can get back to the work that we need to, because when situations like this happen, they take a lot of time away from our already heavy-need district.”

A statement from the office of Assemblywoman Judy Griffin (A.D. 21) said, “Today, I urged my colleagues to move quickly to conclude their investigation so we can vote on Articles of Impeachment. I am grateful for the multiple women who came forward with their allegations and I commend them on their courage to do so.

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“We love the community because they each canoe’s journey. She also gave out all work together to make it a better vilthe medals. lage,” Giannotti said.

“The most rewarding “Everybody’s been welthing was to put the medals coming, friendly,” DiSalvo on people,” Endo said. “They said, “more than anyplace bent their heads just like the we’ve ever been.”

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Sue Lyons noted that the Marianne’s son Kenny volCanoe Race began in 1972. unteered throughout the Lyons has been involved with races, helping contestants it since its inception, at varidepart and return to the startous times introducing other ing point, just as he and his activities such as whale boatsister and brother had been ing, wherein two-thousandhelped by volunteers decades pound dories thrash through earlier. Then he and his the waters with eight rowers school-age son Logan won the apiece, as well as kayaking, gold medal in the last heat. rowing and jousting.

“It’s my turn,” Marianne “It was a big Baldwin-FreeEndo said, “to give back to MariaNNE port competition,” she said, the community who helped “very tough and intense. But me when my kids were ENdo the main thing has always small.”

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On Monday, August 2, at a news conference at the Northwell Health Jones Beach Theater, County Executive Laura Curran announced that the n88 bus service from the Freeport Long Island Railroad Station to the theater has resumed.

Joining Curran were Ron Delsener, chairman of the New York Market for Live Nation Entertainment, and Jack Khzouz, CEO of NICE. The n88 is a Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) bus line dedicated specifically to the Tri-State Cadillac Concert Series at the theater. The bus starts running from the Freeport LIRR station to the East Bathhouse 90 minutes before each show, and continues until 90 minutes after the show ends.

“You’ll have plenty of time to get here,” said Curran, “you can hang out for a little while after, and you’ll have plenty of time to get back. So this is another step in our path back to normal.”

The first of the buses ran on Friday, July 30, for the concert featuring Lady A. The n88 is sponsored by Live Nation Entertainment to increase access to Jones Beach Theater from outside Nassau County.

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PRomoteR Ron DelseneR, center, County Executive Laura Curran, left, and NICE CEO Jack Khzouz announced the resumption of dedicated bus service from Freeport to Jones Beach for the summer/fall concert series. leave the driving to someone else, which is the best part of it,” Curran said. “And of course the Freeport train station is a real hub, easy to get to from the city, easy to get to from points east as well, from Suffolk County.”

Delsener thanked Curran and Khzouz for the partnership that created the n88, which carried 8,700 people to and from Jones Beach Theater concerts in 2019.

“We got a lot of people coming from the New York - Brooklyn area to take the

Long Island Railroad, which was a coup,” Delsener said. “But they would get off at Freeport, and they’d be in Never Never Land until we got the bus service. There’d be Ubers out there, and taxis, taking advantage of the people who got off the train, charging $50 to come here. But now it’s only two dollars and seventy-five cents each way.”

Bus fare can be paid using MTA MetroCards, or via the NICE GoMobile payment app,. Coins may also be used; bills cannot.

“We’re very proud to be part of the service again to the Jones Beach theater,” said Khzouz. “This is an iconic location, and it’s natural to come up with an innovative solution to traffic, helping support everybody getting back out and enjoying everything that Long Island has to offer.”

Masks are required for riding the N88, as on all public transportation. Proof of vaccination is not required. Masks will be provided for riders who did not bring their own. Greeters will help seat riders and provide event information. “[The n88] is going to run for all of the Live Nation - Jones Beach concert series,” said Curran, “right up to the October 2 closing show featuring the Jonas Brothers.”

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Two weeks after Governor Cuomo issued a first-in-the-nation executive order declaring gun violence a disaster emergency, he announced on July 21 that the state would invest $16 million to fund workforce training and job placement programs for at-risk youth in 20 cities most impacted by gun violence.

Nassau County will receive $900,000 to serve 180 at-risk unemployed, underemployed and out-of-school 18- to 24-year olds. Hempstead will receive $500,000 for 100 youth, because the state identified Hempstead and Uniondale as gun violence hotspots earlier this month. This brings the state’s total commitment to reducing gun violence to $154.7 million.

County Executive Laura Curran said she fully suppor ts the initiative.

“The county intends to support State Executive Order 211 on Gun Violence with additional American Rescue Plan funds for community violence intervention, such as summer youth employment opportunities in gun andrew violence hotspots,” she said.

The Nassau County Police Cuomo Department recently announced that, while major Governor crime are down across the board, gunshot incident numbers countywide are up. In 2020, with most people staying indoors because of the coronavirus pandemic, there were 68 shots fired.

This year so far, however, there have been 95 shots fired, a 39 percent increase.

From 2009 to 2019, NCPD had reported a reduction of 36.5 percent in firearmrelated violent crimes, as well as a decrease of 27.5 percent in shooting incidents involving injury, and 14.3 percent fewer shooting victims from 2014 to 2019.

The NCPD assembled a gun-suppression team last year, taking 40 guns off the street. In 2021, the team has surpassed that number. Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said during a July 1 news conference that the department had been working with federal partners on the issue of guns arriving in the county from areas down South, which he said was due to Covid-19.

“Gun violence is a public health crisis in New York state and across the country, and we’re attacking it with the same comprehensive, evidence-based approach we

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Dr. Chethan Sathya, director of the Northwell Health Gun Violence Prevention Center, called gun violence a public health crisis. “Looking at this issue as a public health crisis does two things: It helps us depolarize and depoliticize this issue…and it also helps us apply a public health model to combat this, just like we did for substance abuse, HIV, tobacco use and automotive collisions in the past.”

The Northwell Health Gun Violence Prevention Center is working to identify programs and strategies that may be effective. “Right now, no one knows what works and what d o e s n ’ t , ” S a t hy a s a i d , “because gun violence preve n t i o n re c e ive d l e s s research funding than any other leading cause of death in the past decades.”

He also emphasized there are many reasons for gun violence, and solving the crisis should be multi-faceted. “Gun violence disproportionally affects African-American youth, so by elevating racial equity and reducing disparities, then we can have an impact at curbing gun violence, as well as a multitude of other issues such as food insecurity and go on,” he said.

County Legislator Kevan Abrahams, a Democrat from Freeport whose district includes large portions of communities affected by gun violence, said, “Because I have seen firsthand how internships, mentoring and professional development programs can place young people on the path toward a brighter and more successful future, I’m especially excited to work with my colleagues at every level to ensure that we maximize the positive impact of this initiative.”

Laura Burns, of Rockville Centre, who is running for the County Legislature in the 6th District, and who has been a longtime advocate for gun-violence prevention with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, said, “Communities faced with the daily threat of gun violence require immediate and locally driven interventions — initiatives such as violence interruption programs, green spaces and youth programming help reduce gun violence.”

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an Order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the 15 day of July 2021 bearing the index number 429-21 a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Nassau County Clerk located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, grants me the right to assume the name of Edwin Elias Diaz Henriquez My present address is: 103 Grenada ave Roosevelt NY 11575 The date of my birth is: 12/03/2011 the place of birth is: Baltimore, Maryland USA the present name Edwin Elias Guevara Henriquez 126944 LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an Order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the 15 day of July 2021 bearing the index number 428-21 a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Nassau County Clerk located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, grants me the right to assume the name of Ana Bella Diaz Henriquez My present address is: 103 Grenada ave Roosevelt NY 11575 The date of my birth is: 10/3/2013. the place of birth is: NUMC Nassau County, New York, USA the present name is Ana Bella Guevara Henriquez 126943

LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AUDITING AND FINANCIAL COMPLIANCE SERVICES For THE FREEPORT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK The Freeport Community Development Agency is hereby requesting proposals from qualified firms of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) to conduct the annual audit of the finances of the Freeport Community Development Agency.

Specifications may be obtained at the Office of the Freeport Community Development Agency, 11 Richmond Street, Freeport, New York, 11520 or on the Village website, www.freeportny.gov/20/C ommunity-DevelopmentAgency 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 until 4:00 p.m.

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Wednesday, August 25, 2021 The Board reserves the right to reject any or all proposals received. In submitting a proposal, Vendors agree not to withdraw their proposal within forty-five (45) days after the date required to submit.

The Freeport Community Development Agency is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and does not discriminate against vendors on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability, marital status, familial status, veteran status or any other basis protected under federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances.

Jeanne Jordan Executive Director Freeport Community Development Agency VILLAGE OF FREEPORT Issue Date – August 4, 2021 127005

LEGAL NOTICE SITE PLAN REVIEW BOARD MEETING AUGUST 17, 2021 NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a Public Hearing will be held before the Site Plan Review Board on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at 7:00 P.M., in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Main Conference Room, 46 N. Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York, on Site Plan applications as they appear on the calendar; public comment invited.

The Board will meet at 6:00 P.M. in the Trustees Conference Room to discuss cases not requiring a public hearing; open to the public, no public comment.

INTERESTED PROPERTY OWNERS and other persons should appear at the above time and place to have questions answered and to voice opinions.

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LEGAL NOTICE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING - August 19, 2021 NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a Public Hearing with the Zoning Board of Appeals is scheduled for Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 6:00P.M. in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Main Conference Room, 46 N. Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York on the appeals and applications of cases as they appear on the calendar; residential applications that do not extend their prior nonconforming status may be called first; public comment invited. It is anticipated that the Board will adjourn the legislative session and enter into Executive Session until 6:30P.M. INTERESTED PROPERTY OWNERS and other persons should appear at the above time and place to have questions answered and to voice opinions.

All applications are nonconforming with zoning regulations herein specified for the districts in which they are located.

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Application #2021-12 19 W. First St., Residence A - Section 62/Block 061/Lot 223 - James Schmiemann - Maintain a 345.7 sq. ft. rear deck.

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Application #2021-14 - 6 Union St., Residence A Section 55/Block 361/Lot 20 - Hector Velez Construct a new 112.5 sq. ft. open front porch.

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Variances: Village Ordinance §210-6A, §210-48 Lot area, §210-47A Building Height, §210-51A Required yards, §210-172A(2)(A) Parking required.

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A. Mold is a living organism that, just like you and me, must eat and drink to stay alive. You’re looking for the source of moisture that keeps your mold alive, but it may be hidden in plain sight.

As I have often onte eeper explained, when looking for the moisture source, follow gravity and look to the highest points above the area where the mold occurs. Even the most well kept exterior can have the tiniest of openings where trickles of water get in. If you’re satisfied that the roof, siding, gutters and window-to-wall connections aren’t the problem, then look at the places where wires, pipes and chimneys penetrate or join the house. You may find that a cable coming through the wall wasn’t sealed, an electric meter has a conduit hole behind it, etc.

After having explored and sealed any of those areas, if the problem still persists, it may not be in plain sight after all, and you may have to do some digging. Before that, however, look for internal issues, such as the humidity level in the basement.

Determine how much of the time the dehumidifier has to run, and how much moisture the equipment is pulling out of the room. Are all of the basement windows closed?

Are cold-water pipes creating condensation, and do any of the joints of the pipes look corroded from a possible leak? I’ve even seen where the wrong kind of pipe hangers were used, causing a trade-off of electrons in dissimilar metals, called electrolytic action, which corrodes the side wall of the pipe, eventually opening up the pipe to leaking.

Then we come to the most extreme culprit, the hidden one that probably will take the most effort to resolve: the outside of the basement walls. Your home was built at a time when the masonry block industry was evolving from using real cinders from burned wood in manufacturing to becoming completely made of concrete, mainly because the consistency and strength were greater, and there was more control of the way the block was being made.

Unfortunately, almost nothing lasts forever, and the coating on the exterior of the foundation walls was a tar-like product that has probably turned to dust.

By digging in the area of the mold, you can confirm this, and then the exterior foundation walls would need to be “scarified” (cleaned) and re-coated. Good luck!

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Q. I have a home that was built in the 1920s, and I moved some shelves in my basement recently only to discover black mold on the wall. My basement is a little musty most of the time and I run a dehumidifier, so I was surprised to see such a buildup of mold. I keep the house in excellent condition, and there are no leaks anywhere that I know of. Can you tell me what to look for, since this mold is on the cinder block near Ask The the boiler, even though it’s Architect dry around the boiler?

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ack in the old days when people used to tell jokes, one of my favorite one-liners was, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you.” It always elicited a few laughs, but I made it clear that the role of government, dating back to 1776, is exactly that. In times of crisis, no private organization is going to step forward to help us weather a health scare or any other challenge. It’s the job of government to be there for us in times of need.

The more I think about it, the JERRY current attacks on the nation’s effort KREMER to battle the coronavirus pandemic and the persistent undermining of public health measures are a national disgrace, and history will record them as such. And the people who are the fomenters of “health hate” should be treated in the same way as the hundreds of people who were arrested for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The arrival of Covid-19 in January 2020 wasn’t the first time in the coun-

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try’s history that we asked our health professionals to provide relief and assurance. In 1918, the nation was decimated by the flu pandemic. In 2002, we had the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, scare. In 2004, America learned of the H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, which necessitated the destruction of millions of chickens to keep us safe.

In all of those cases, America turned to agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. We followed the media reports, looking for assurances that no serious illness would invade our homes and upset our daily life. During those times, people like Dr. Anthony Fauci and others stood behind lecterns with charts and graphs. They assured the country in measured words that the government was trying its best to protect us.

When the Covid-19 plague hit our shores last year, those two federal agencies were the first to alert us of a possible new virus that had developed in China. Did they get it right from the beginning? Not knowing how serious it

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was, they made a few miscalculations on the issue of masks and how quickly the virus might spread, but their job was made even harder by a president who didn’t want to talk about the coronavirus because it would interfere with his reelection plans. It was at that point that a life-ordeath challenge became a political football, and it remains one today.

Instead of one nation united, we have red and blue states fighting over mask requirements. We have so-called elected officials discouraging their constituents from getting vaccinated. We have media personalities such as Fox’s Tucker Carlson, who rails against vaccines even though, according to media reports, he has been vaccinated, as have most of the staff at Fox News. And then we have a variety of public officials mocking the doctors and the vaccine.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who sees himself as a possible president, is selling T-shirts making fun of Doctor Fauci.

In the meantime, Florida is now one of the states with the largest number of new reported Covid cases. To add to his arrogance, DeSantis is fighting with the

t’s too late in the game to expect there to be a united effort to stop Covid’s ravages.

cruise ship industry over its insistence on checking boarding passengers for symptoms of the virus.

Political stupidity when it comes to protecting the public isn’t confined to any party. It is hard to believe that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of a great political legend, is traveling around the nation, discouraging people from getting vaccinated. For many in the anti-vaccination movement, Kennedy is considered their No. 1 hero. His poor dad must be turning over in his grave.

It’s too late in the game to expect there to be a united effort to stop Covid from ravaging our country. Innocent people will continue to die as a result of raw politics. Families will continue to lose cherished members of all ages. There’s a lesson to be learned about politicizing disease, but it seems that no one who needs to hear it is willing to listen. The coronavirus scourge isn’t over, and there will be many more losers thanks to a handful of political losers.

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.

Where have all the human beings gone?

t’s been a long time since I took a pregnancy test, but it was the perfect application of what passed for high tech in its day: private, accurate and consequential. Today, as technology advances, we are pushed beyond our skill sets without the benefit of human helpers.

Self-sufficiency is fine, but I miss having real human beings to answer questions or tell me that the bathing suit I’m checking out is going on sale next week. I miss having people who RANDI know more than I KREISS do about a problem.

When I go online to return an item, I must engage with a chat bot who has programmed answers. Round and round we go, with me having no way to tell Chat that my new shoe had a dead roach in the heel.

I had a foreshadowing of our new doit-yourself world some 25 years ago, when my snazzy Dell desktop ran amok.

One call led to another, until I reached a supervisor who said he would talk me

through the fix. “First,” he said, “get a screwdriver.” This did not sound cool.

“Now, take off the back of the tower,” he said. I really didn’t want to open the back of the tower, but I did, and moved the wires he told me to move, and it fixed the problem. The house-call service industry was in its death throes.

Last week I saw an ad for a cardio phone app that can alert you if your heart rate is too fast or too slow. How is that helpful? Will it tell you you’re having a heart attack? If you have chest pain and an erratic heartbeat and your phone tells you you’re OK, what do you do? This is the perfect scenario for a little bit of knowledge being a dangerous thing. I wonder if cardiologists are getting false alarms from patients who get false alarms from their wristwatches.

One cardiac patient offered this testimonial to his heart monitor: “This is an amazing little monitor! I recently began having heart palpitations in the middle of the night, and it’s very easy to just check my heart rhythm with my device to make sure I’m not having any serious arrhythmias. It has given me so much

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peace of mind!”

How is this OK? What if the dude is reading his gizmo wrong? What if the gizmo isn’t accurate? Why not just call your doctor? Actually, I know the answer to that. Answering services are understaffed. It’s hard to reach your doctor in the middle of the night. A trip to the ER is a drag.

One cardio app offers a “premium” subscription, which raises the question of what makes it premium?

Does it monitor you less rigorously if you don’t upgrade? Do you get a refurbished monitor if you look for a bargain?

Now we can also buy portable ECG monitors for under $100 that you can carry in your pocket and glance at from time to time to see if your heart is behaving. The proliferation of these medical devices, available to the public, makes my own heart race.

During Covid we all learned to do some things we had relied on experts to do before the pandemic. I’d never heard about an oximeter before 2020, but when my husband got the sniffles, I regularly checked his O2 levels to be sure it wasn’t

n airports, subways and stores, kiosks and registers go unmanned and unwomaned.

the virus. I cut our hair and figured out how to fix our TV because we couldn’t let a service person in. The problem is that now, even though we’re drifting back to normal, some do-it-yourself chores are here to stay.

I check out my own groceries because no one is at the registers. I check out my own purchases at the big stores, and I read my own lab reports on the patient portals because I want my results sooner rather than later. I book my own flights and make all changes online because I can’t get a human being to pick up.

All the work I’ve done in my life, aside from writing, which is a solitary endeavor, bonded me with other people in real time. I taught, I tutored, I lectured, and it was a way to nurture human connections.

In airports, subways and stores, kiosks go unmanned and unwomaned.

We are increasingly on our own, without micro-connections to humanize our days.

I see a time when virtual schooling could be universal. We will educate ourselves, order our food online, repair our own equipment and, heaven forbid, maybe operate on ourselves if the lesion is small and the instructions are good.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Law enforcement officials say that getting guns off the streets enhances public safety, and that reducing the number of guns generally leads to a decline not only in shootings, but also in other crimes.

The Nassau County Police Department recently noted that while major crimes like arson, burglary, homicide, kidnapping and rape were down across the board, gunshot incident numbers are ticking upward.

In 2020, when a majority of people remained at home as the coronavirus pandemic raged, there were 68 shots fired across Nassau. This year, with the county opening up again, there were 95 shots fired from January through the end of July, a 39 percent increase thus far.

From 2009 to 2019, the NCPD reported a reduction of 36.5 percent in gun-related violent crimes, and a 27.5 percent decrease in shooting incidents that resulted in injury. From 2014 to 2019, there was a 14.3 percent decline in the number of people shot.

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letters Opioid settlement is a big win To the Editor: State Attorney General Letitia James recently announced settlements with three of the nation’s largest opioid distributors related to their culpability in accelerating the ongoing opioid drug crisis on Long Island.

At a news conference announcing the settlements with McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said that the county’s total share of the settlements paid by the “big three” could reach as much as $86.8 million.

This announcement represents another giant step forward in our quest to end the devastating opioid drug crisis that continues to plague our society. The County Legislature’s Democratic minority is committed to working closely with Curran’s administration, public health experts and other key stakeholders to devise a strategic plan for applying these funds to amplifying and delivering the treatment, education and pre-

number this year, officials said.

To enhance the work being done by the police, the county has embraced the state gun violence initiative announced in July

by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who called gun violence a public health crisis. In making the announcement, Cuomo noted that there had been 26 shootings across the state over the Fourth of July weekend, including three on Long Island.

As part of the state’s new initiative, Nassau will receive $900,000 of a total of $16 million to help 180 18- to 24-year-olds who are unemployed, out of school and considered at risk of potentially becoming involved in crime. Another $500,000 will go to the Village of Hempstead to help 100 people in the same age group. Uniondale was also identified as a gun violence hot spot.

County Executive Laura Curran has said she supports Cuomo’s executive order. We endorse it as well. We believe the problem of gun violence should be seen more as a public health issue than as a recurring problem in only one portion of the community. As Dr. Chethan Sathya, the director of Northwell Health’s Gun Violence Prevention Center, noted, viewing the issue of gun violence through the lens of public health helps to depolarize and depoliticize it, and encourages the use of a public health model similar to the efforts to reduce traffic accidents, cigarette smoking, the transmission of HIV/

AIDS and substance abuse.

The more money and research that can be dedicated to gun violence prevention, the more likely officials will be to determine what works and what doesn’t, Sathya said.

“We can’t afford not to commit ourselves 100 percent to this effort,” the advocacy group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence group tweeted of the state initiative.

We agree. But it also needs the support of other organizations — groups that support guns, respect their responsible use and understand their power as a destructive force — every day, more than a hundred Americans are killed by guns, and 230 are shot and wounded, according to the nonprofit Every Town for Gun Safety.

To help make the state initiative work, the Department of Labor will join forces with local workforce development boards and their networks of community partners to provide job training, certification and career placement services. In addition, gun violence intervention and prevention strategies will be coordinated by the state’s Division of Criminal Justice Services and the Office of Victim Services.

We also call on the National Rifle Association and all other legitimate regional and local gun organizations to join the battle against gun violence by using their influence to help ensure that that violence can be reduced to the point where the state’s program is no longer needed.

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here has been a fixation on comparison throughout the coronavirus pandemic. First came the comparison of cases, the seismic shock of northern Italian coronavirus news that woke up the world to the severity of the virus. Inevitably came the comparison of death rates, from China to the United Kingdom to the U.S. and, slowly, everywhere in between. As we have watched countless graphs of data ebb and flow over the past 16 months, only one measure has shed light on a JeMiMA potential end: vaccination rates.

DenHAM Having experienced the entirety of the pandemic as a college student at Georgetown University, I have been surrounded by variations on the question, “When will this end?” I have not had an in-person class since early March 2020, when my peers and I all assumed that Covid could not possibly last longer than a few weeks. How naive we all were.

Naivety aside, however, I soon began to acclimatize to the world of virtual education in a different time zone, in my hometown of London. Amid the “Zoom

fatigue,” shaky Wi-Fi and the irony of feeling detached from friends but claustrophobic with family, reminding myself that all these would hopefully bring this bizarre way of life to an end seemed like a good enough incentive. Cue the coronavirus vaccine.

I first heard of the inoculations early this spring.

Finally, thoughts of socializing with my friends on campus, meeting my professors to continue conversations outside lecture halls and being late to class because I had to run down a hallway, not because my Wi-Fi was intermittent, began to piece together as a realistic future. Six months after the vaccine rollout worldwide, however, this phase of the pandemic has caused, as much as quelled, a general feeling of anxiety. Hesitancy about the vaccine has perhaps provided a more interesting point of comparison than numbers and charts. It is certainly a topic that has produced an unprecedented emotional response on both ends of the spectrum.

While I can only speak from the experience of being predominantly surrounded

by American and British college-age students, the viewpoints I have heard on the vaccine very quickly offer insightful indicators of people’s political and cultural standpoints. Nonetheless, they present

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couldn’t wait to be late for class because I had to run down an actual hallway.

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KeVAN ABrAHAMS Minority leader, Nassau County Legislature

Entertainment venues will get grants To the editor: Ninety-four Long Island live-entertainment venues will receive a total of more than $51 million from the federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grants Program.

Since the pandemic began, I have been a strong advocate for the establishment of the relief program, rallying with venue operators across New York in calling for relief for live venues.

The SVOG program was initially plagued by technical challenges, which have since greatly improved. In Congress, I routinely advocated for improvements to the program. My efforts were successful, and the Small Business Administration has now approved 9,884 grants nationally, including 1,142 in New York. Grants will continue to be distributed on a rolling basis.

On March 22, 2020, non-essential businesses in New York shut down. Their

something deeper, and more interesting, than a political affiliation: whether individuals believe their singular actions can help reduce the global devastation of the virus. Moreover, they have highlighted for me where my generation perceives it stands among all this mess.

Like many of my contemporaries at Georgetown, I was eager to get the shots.

While I was double-vaccinated by late May, life remained fairly similar for the vaccinated and unvaccinated in the Washington area during the early vaccine rollout. But it became clear that there were tangible benefits for vaccinated people early this summer.

From less social distancing to optional mask wearing, it allowed experiences that resembled a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy.

On the other side of the pond, the U.K. saw a hasty vaccine rollout in late winter that eclipsed any American efforts. Unfortunately, this initial success has crumbled amid our confusing “traffic light” travel rules, spiraling virus cases and declining trust in the government’s handling of the situation as we edge into a possible fourth wave. While the root of these issues can be pinned on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s reluctance to ban travel from places where the Delta variant originated until it

was deemed too late, there is something to be said about the link between vaccine rates and incentives.

Unlike the U.S., the U.K. did not employ an incentive scheme for vaccines. This promoted the realistic message that a vaccine wasn’t a quick fix to the complexity of the pandemic, but provided an important step in a return to normalcy. However, I have seen an unprecedented and surprising hesitancy toward the vaccine among younger people over the summer in the U.K. “I won’t get that sick, I don’t need it,” “It’s too much of an effort” and “It’s too new to trust” are some of the sentiments I’ve heard repeatedly. While I sympathize with these concerns, the general lack of motivation is disturbing.

Vaccine hesitancy is a direct comparison that can be made across generations, political affiliations and nationalities.

However, almost everyone offered the vaccine has also had to question whether they want to take accountability for the trajectory of the virus. Undoubtedly, the short-term consequences and potential side effects must not be underestimated.

But this stage of the pandemic also presents a perhaps once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: become a key stakeholder in the global fight against the coronavirus by being vaccinated.

Jemima Denham is an intern at the Heralds this summer, working remotely from her home in London.

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reopening and recovery has been uneven ever since. I’m relieved that the Small Business Administration heeded our call to improve and expedite the approval process to deliver this critical aid to impacted businesses as soon as possible. Local businesses like these contribute too much to the spirit and culture of our communities and economy for us to do nothing.

The SVOG program was established through the bipartisan Covid-19 relief package passed last December. As a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, I was part of the bipartisan coalition of lawmakers who crafted the framework that the relief package was built on. I also helped secure additional funding for the SVOG program through the American rescue Plan, to total over $16 billion in grants for shuttered venues in order to keep businesses afloat and workers on the payroll.

The American rescue Plan also instituted a fix to ensure that shuttered venues that received Paycheck Protection Program loans after Dec. 27, 2020, can also receive Small Venue Operators grants, as long as the grants are reduced by the amount of PPP funds provided. Applying for both grant programs was previously prohibited.

TOM SUOZZI U.S representative, 3rd District

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