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Ashanti attends RXR event

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Opioid lawsuit is first sign of accountability approximately $15.3 million of a $230 million settlement with the state by pharmaceutical manuNassau County has estab- facturer and distributor Johnson lished a revenue fund to help end & Johnson, which has been opioid abuse, officials announced accused of helping to fuel the opilast week. oid crisis in New York. With the The Special Revenue Fund settlement, Johnson & Johnson will bring Nassau avoided going to trial County “one step with several other closer to ending the opioid manufacturheroin and opioid ers. abuse epidemic,” In a statement on County Legislator its website, Johnson Rose Marie Walker, & Johnson said that who chairs the Legisthe settlement was lature’s Health Comnot an admission of mittee, said in a guilt, and that “the news release. money given will The funds will be provide New York, directed toward eduand all involved, cational programs to funding to help help addicts, Walker address any and all said. “We want to opioid-related issend a clear message LAURA CURRAN sues.” The company to the residents of said it had discontinNassau County that County executive ued making prescripwe are committed to tion pain medicadoing everything in tions in the U.S. our power to take on these drugs Last month, a class-action lawthat have ruined our communi- suit filed by Nassau and Suffolk ties, broken up families, and con- counties and state Attorney Gentinue to put our children in eral Letitia James convened in harm’s way,” she said. court in Central Islip for opening Daniel Schrafel, the communi- statements. The lawsuit accuses cations director for the Legisla- pharmaceutical giants including ture’s Democratic caucus, said Teva Pharmaceuticals, Amerithe county was set to receive CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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Courtesy Loggia Glen Cove No. 1016

Honored for her Italian pride Noemy Annunziata, of Glen Cove, earned the Loggia Glen Cove No. 1016 Dante Award for Excellence in Italian for her essay on what it means to be Italian. She spoke at an awards ceremony on July 7 and thanked Loggia President Tony Sclafani for the honor. Story, Page 5.

New life for abandoned condo project on Hill Street

BY JILL NOSSA jnossa@liherald.com

Nearly a decade ago, the land adjacent to Congregation Tifereth Israel, on Hill Street in Glen Cove, was cleared in anticipation of a new condominium development. But not long after several units were built in 2017, the developer, Landing Cove LLC, abandoned the project, leaving

the buildings half-finished, and the land became an eyesore.

Now, however, with a new developer, the first phase of the project has been completed, and several residents have even moved into their units at Breton Hills.

“This project here needed some loving care,” Joseph Iorio, a partner at the developer, Arcadia Asset Services, said, “and we’re very fortunate to have

been able to acquire it.”

Breton Hills, at 38 Hill St., is a 72-unit development of two-bedroom, two-bathroom units for people 55 and over. The previous development, Landing Cove, was also intended for that age group.

“Our firm looked at the property four years ago, when it was owned by a previous developer that just left the property,” Iorio CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

assau County is paying a painful price to heal the damage caused by the opioid epidemic.

Age-Friendly Center of Excellence GCH there for seniors

BY LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com

Frank Sabatino, 78, said he always enjoys celebrating Father’s Day with his family, but this year things did not go as planned. While enjoying dinner, he said, he suddenly felt an urge to stand up. And then he blacked out. An ambulance arrived in what seemed like three minutes, he said, and he was rushed to Glen Cove Hospital.

“They put me in a nice room right away,” said Sabatino, who lived in Glen Head for 43 years before moving to Glen Cove two months ago. “They kill themselves in this place running around taking care of you.”

When asked if he was surprised that the hospital had been recognized in December as an Age-Friendly Center of Excellence by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Sabatino said he “would go along with that without question.”

Being a senior citizen, he said, has its drawbacks. “There is a so-called prejudice towards us,” he said. “Not here. I have nothing bad to say about Glen Cove Hospital.”

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of Americans aged 65 years and older is expected to nearly double over the next 30 years, from 43.1 million in 2012 to an estimated 83.7 million in 2050.

GCH is working to expand its care for seniors holistically, said Dr. Usman Khan,

the director of geriatric medicine at the tions.”

IHI’s initiative is based on a series of hospital. “Our aim is to not only treat patients’ diseases but to address each practices focused on addressing four essenpatient’s goals and preferences, which took tial elements of care for older patients known as the 4Ms: a shift in our entire hospital ■ What Matters Most: culture,” he explained. “Our Know and align care with patient care is not just medipatient specific goals and care cal issues, but the patient as a preferences, including but not whole — their family situalimited to end-of-life care. tion, social situation, support — to try to do the best you can ■ Medication: Use of ageto provide them with the care friendly medication that does and support they need.” not interfere with what matThe hospital recently ters most to patients, mobility achieved Committed to Care or mentation.

Excellence recognition, which is the highest designation a ■ Mentation: Prevent, hospital can receive from the identify, treat and manage Institute for Healthcare dementia, depression and Improvement. delirium.

GCH received these acco- DR. USMAN ■ Mobility: Ensure that lades, first as an Age-Friendly older adults move safely to Center of Excellence and then KHAN maintain and function. the Committed to Care Excel- Glen Cove Hospital, lence as a result of its recogni- director of geriatric “Glen Cove Hospital has tion of the importance of gerialways been at the forefront of atric care and a restructuring medicine patient care and we are proud of sorts. to be part of this vital effort to “We structured our facility and the way provide every older adult with the best we approach our patients to make it bene- care possible,” said Kerri Anne Scanlon, ficial for their care,” Khan said. “We have a RN, the hospital’s executive director. “The team that does outreach in the community future of health care requires innovative at the Glen Cove Senior Center and our approaches that value older adults, skilled nursing facilities. We are here to address their unique needs and provide provide education and resources for our them with high quality care. Improving older population and answer their ques- the way we care for older adults can help

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e want the community to feel comfortable bringing loved ones to the hospital.

us achieve fewer avoidable hospital readmissions, better outcomes and more satisfied patients and families.”

Khan said it was difficult to reach seniors during the past year and a half because they were isolated due to Covid-19.

When the vaccine was available in December, many seniors were confused, he said, had misconceptions and were fearful.

“Many people did not know who to reach out to to answer their questions,” he said. “We reached out to skilled nursing centers and asked for a list of the seniors’ questions and we were able to answer them.”

To provide the highest level of care to older adults, Khan said nurses and nurse practitioner took part in an online education program to learn how to better take care of elder adults. This education began during the coronavirus pandemic and the learning efforts are ongoing.

“We want the community to feel comfortable bringing loved ones to the hospital,” Khan said. “Future plans include opening a Caregiver Center, which should open in the next couple of months and developing a Mindful Unit to treat patients with a cognitive disorder as well as a medical issue.”

Sabatino wasn’t aware of efforts being made by GCH to improve upon their care for seniors. He said they are doing fine now. “They are very efficient and they follow the rules,” he said. “The help is unbelievable here. I think they are on a roll.”

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BY JILL NOSSA

jnossa@liherald.com

For the past few months, the Garvies Point waterfront development project has hit major milestones as new construction begins and other projects reach completion. The completion of the Beacon condominium project was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last month, an event that not only warranted the attendance of local elected officials but also caught the eye of Ashanti, a Glen Cove native who had the honor of cutting the ribbon.

“It’s amazing to see the success and how much Glen Cove has grown,” Ashanti said. “These buildings are beautiful. It shows the progression and love in the community. I’m happy to be back in my hometown to celebrate this.”

“I’ve built a lot of buildings,” Joe Graziose, RXR Realty’s executive vice president for residential construction and development said, “but here I am today celebrating one of the greatest moments in my career.”

Graziose said that one reason it felt so great is that the project was built in his hometown. “This has been a magical journey for us,” he said, “one that, for me, started 50 years when I was playing on this same ground we’re standing on.”

The area of a former industrial site along Glen Cove Creek has undergone a major transformation over the past several decades, dating to the 1970s when Glen Cove officials first sought developers for the polluted site. Legal and environmental problems got in the way of development, though the proposed construction did prompt the cleanup of the former Li Tungsten site, which was on the federal Superfund list of hazardous sites. The cleanup was overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency, and the dredging of the mouth of Glen Cove Creek began in the 1990s. The site was designated as a Brownfield Showcase Community in 1998, and the city received a federal grant of $1.4 million to clean up and redevelop the site.

According to Graziose, about 60 percent of the The Beacon’s 167 units have been sold, and the building has been open for about a year, but RXR decided to hold off on a ribbon-cutting until it could be done safely.

He acknowledged the various municipal leaders and elected officials who were present, noting that the redevelopment project is a “true public-private partnership’ relationship.

“None of this could have happened without government and the private sector getting together to work harmoniously on something that could turn out like Garvies Point,” Graziose said.

Graziose also stressed the fact that the company has hired Glen Cove businesses to aid in the construction of both Garvies Point and Village Square, including Maccarone Plumbing, Telstar Integrated Solutions and Eqwipt Glass and Mirror.

Mayor Tim Tenke said he was happy to see the buildings complete and reminded people that the redevelopment is intended to benefit the entire community. “The public amenities are here for everyone to

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ASHANTI AND MAYOR Tim Tenke cut the ribbon together. use,” Tenke said. “This is not an enclave, it’s open to the public.”

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran acknowledged that building new construction is not an easy process in the county. “This is an amazing day. We know that it is difficult to get things done here in Nassau County—we have to own that and we have to own the fact that it’s up to us to make it better, to make it easier, to make it more attractive,” Curran said.

“But we are finding more development coming here to Nassau County. This ribbon cutting is really a symbol that Nassau County is open to private development, we do work well with our municipal partners, you just have to keep pushing.”

Tenke and Graziose both referred to Congressman Tom Suozzi’s “vision” of a more vibrant waterfront during his term as mayor of Glen Cove in the 1990s. Under his leadership, the cleanup began, paving the way for redevelopment.

“People talk about the vision for this,” Suozzi said, “But vision doesn’t mean anything unless you make it happen and a lot of people did a lot of work…this is literally decades of work, hundreds of millions of dollars, tens of thousands of hours of hard work by the developers, government officials, team members. I’m grateful to the developers for sticking with it, for putting so much at risk to make this happen. It’s a great day for Glen Cove, and I’m happy to have played a small part in making it happen.”

RXR CEO Scott Rechler echoed that sentiment, noting that it was a team effort that took optimism and perseverance.

“The best compliment we get is from peo-

GRAMMY AWARD WINNING singer Ashanti spoke at the ribbon cutting for The Beacon at Garvies Point. ple who had anxiety about this being built, and when talk to them now they can’t say how happy they are to come down and enjoy what it’s all about,” Rechler said. “It helps diffuse the anxiety of change…it’s for the next generation to enjoy.”

The roads, bike paths and esplanade are now open for public use, as well as the

playground and the dog park. Other projects in the works include a new building on the water for Garvies Point Brewery, which will include a pub and is expected to open in March 2022; affordable housing units on Dickson Street, which broke ground earlier this month with an estimated completion date of spring 2023; and a 172 luxury rental unit project.

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First phase of Breton Hills completed A RIBBONCUTTING FOR the Breton Hills condo project on Hill Street took place June 25.

CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE said. “We got our funding people together and thought we could do something with it. We took it from where it was — which was really run down — to where it is today.”

To date, 52 of the 72 units have been built, Iorio said, and 27 have been sold.

Arcadia is now moving into the second phase of construction, and one major difference is that all of the units will have elevators, or the infrastructure to add them later for owners who want them.

“Some were too far along to put elevators in,” he said, “so, thinking ahead, we decided to provide them.

“The whole project has been really well accepted by the neighborhood,” Iorio added. “They see it as a breath of fresh air, and, more importantly, it’s something that my family has always wanted to do.”

Arcadia Asset Services is a 52-year-old, family-owned company based in Long Beach. It shares that family mentality with its clients, Iorio said, with the goal of making the residents of the complex happy. “All the people here have become a part of our family,” he said. “They come here, they want to have comfort, security, to know someone cares, and that’s what we bring to the table. We built it and we manage it.”

His nephew Tim Sullivan, a partner in the company who oversees business development and asset management, dis-

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covered the abandoned project serendipitously. While attending a lacrosse game in Rockville Centre, Sullivan said, he met an investor who mentioned that he was looking to sell property in Glen Cove.

“Prior to that, I’d been driving through Glen Cove, because I’d heard about all the development with RXR at Garvies Point and Village Square,” Sullivan said, “and I drove down Hill Street, and happened to notice an interesting property that had been fenced off and overgrown with weeds.

I [made] a mental note of it, so when I got the phone call, I jumped right on it.”

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Sullivan said he was introduced to the previous developers, and sorted through all the records he could find about the project for about a year before making an offer.

Arcadia went into contract in 2018 and closed on the property in June 2019.

At that point, they made some changes to the design. “We added a clubhouse, we redesigned the color scheme and we redesigned some of the newer buildings to make them friendlier to the population we’re targeting,” Sullivan explained. “This property has a long, storied history. At one point it was known as the Appleby Estate, and the remnants of the entrance to the estate are now in front of the temple. This area had a lot of trees on it, and we wanted to regenerate the tree line, so we put a lot of that back into the plan.”

The name Breton Hills is historic as well, Sullivan said, noting that he read up on the history of Glen Cove before closing on the project. “I wanted to pay homage to not only the city but the immediate area, which is in the Landing,” he said. “I had read something that struck a chord: The area where Morgan Park is had been known as Cape Breton prior to the founding of the city. Since we’re at one of the highest points in Glen Cove, and being that the topography here is a bit hilly, I took the name Breton and named it Breton Hills.”

Landing Cove’s plan didn’t have much in the way of amenities, Sullivan said, which was by design. “We call this commu-

nity ‘organically affordable,’ meaning you’re not going to be paying a million dollars for a unit here,” Sullivan said. “There’s no affordable restrictions on the units, but the original plan was to make prices somewhat affordable.”

Breton Hills has a clubhouse with a lounge and a patio with fire pits and a grilling station, as well as bocce courts and seating areas. The development, Sullivan said, is attracting not only Glen Cove residents who want to downsize, but also people from the South Shore and Queens.

Joanne and Joseph Lianca, of Franklin Square, were in the process of selling their house, intending to buy something smaller, when they learned about Breton Hills.

They closed on a unit and are hoping to move in in August. “It’s a beautiful complex,” Joanne said, “and I just fell in love with it when I saw it.”

Even Sullivan, who lives in Malverne, said he did not venture up to Glen Cove too often before. “I think that the people that we’re getting from the South Shore and the city are really discovering how unique Glen Cove is,” he said.

A ribbon-cutting took place at the property last month, where local officials and new residents celebrated the completion of the first phase. “Breton Hills is providing Glen Cove with a place that’s desperately needed here,” Mayor Tim Tenke said. “It’s taken a while to get done, but it’s been done right.”

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STUDENTS WERE AWARDED scholarships from Order Sons and Daughters of Italy Loggia Glen Cove No. 1016 on July 7.

Scholarships presented to seniors Order Sons and Daughters of Italy Loggia Glen Cove No. 1016 held a ceremony last week for its award and scholarship recipients. Honorees included John Stanco, Andrew Flood, Noemy Annunziata, Angelica Abbondandolo, Roarke Creedon, Lucas Castle, and Michael Morra. Glen Cove resident Annunziata was awarded the Loggia Glen Cove No. 1016 Dante Award for Excellence in Italian, sponsored by the Carrera family. Annunziata, 17, graduated from Glen Cove High School last month and will attend SUNY Binghamton in the fall; while she’s not decided on a major just yet, she said her goal is to go to law school after undergraduate She moved to the United States from Bologna, Italy, at the age of 8, and did not know English. “Being Italian is a big part of my life. The culture affects how you go about your every day life, and winning the scholarship that pertains to that part of your culture is really important and shows that there are people who care

about staying true to your culture. I was really honored.”

To earn the scholarship, Annunziata said, she had to write an essay on what being Italian means to her and how it’s affected her everyday life. Even though she’s not in Italy, she said, “it’s still all around” her. “It has the best music, the best food,” she said. “Really, what it means to be Italian is to be passionate about what you do and working hard.”

County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton attended the ceremony and thanked the lodge for recognizing the students’ achievements.

“Each of these students earned their scholarships through their academic achievements and commitment to embracing and celebrating their Italian heritage,” DeRiggi-Whitton said. “Thank you to Order Sons and Daughters of Italy Loggia Glen Cove No. 1016 for hosting a wonderful event that celebrates the accomplishments of impressive young people in our community.”

NEWS BRIEF Glen Cove to present Movies Under The Stars

Movies Under the Stars schedule Saturday, July 24 - Jurassic ParkMorgan Park 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 7 – Guardians of the Galaxy- Morgan Park 8:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 20- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off! - City Stadium 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 3- The Goonies- Morgan Park- 7:30 p.m.

Program, hosted at John Maccarone City Stadium. Field games will begin at 6 p.m., concession stands will be open, and the movie begins at 7:30 p.m.

“Movies Under the Stars” is sponsored

by The Waller Family, RXR, The Glen Cove Youth Board, and Hooked and Battered. “We hope to see everyone there.

Great things are happening in Glen Cove,” said Tenke.

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The City of Glen Cove is offering a series of free movies to residents this summer. Mayor Tim Tenke is inviting all Glen Cove residents to enjoy free family-friendly movies this summer. The “Movies Under the Stars” program was created to give Glen Cove residents an outdoor entertainment option in some of the city’s beautiful outdoor locations.

“After such a challenging year, we are so glad to see this come to fruition,” Mayor Tim Tenke said. “We wanted to offer something to our community that we could all enjoy together.”

Not only will families enjoy free family movies, but complimentary popcorn is also provided to complete the moviegoers experience. For the movies presented at Morgan Park, Hooked and Battered Concessions at Morgan Park will be open and offering their famous shaved ice and snow-cones. A kids combo meal will also be available for $5, which includes, chicken nuggets with french fries and a beverage of your choice.

The highlight of the series, on Friday, Aug. 20, is to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Summer Youth Employment

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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

COMMUNITY UPDATE Friday, July 16

Home Sweet Hive Hive Market and Maker’s Space, 100 Audrey Ave. Participants will learn about the fascinating cleaning habits of the hive “house bees” and then learn how to make easy and effective cleaning products for their own “home sweet hive.” They will go home with goodies for the kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, and living room. Cost: $20, includes all materials, take home products, and light snack. To register call 516-588-9400 or hivemarketob. com

Movie at the Library Gold Coast Public Library Annex, 50 Railroad Ave., Glen Head, 2 to 4 p.m. Watch “The Muppets Movie” (1979) at the library. Kermit and his friends trek across America looking to find success in Hollywood while a frog legs merchant is in pursuit. Room A will open at 1:40 p.m.

Live Music: The Cliff Hangers Every Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. through the end of August, residents can head to Sea Cliff Beach to enjoy live music by the water.

Wednesday, July 21

Downtown Sounds: Decade of Soul Every Friday for the rest of the summer, the Glen Cove Downtown Business Improvement District will host a free concert series in Village Square at the intersections of Glen, School and Bridge streets. Begining at 7:30 p.m. spectators can head to the square with their lawn chairs and enjoy live music every Friday until Aug. 27. For the full series lineup and live-stream of the event, head to glencovedowntown.org.

Saturday, July 17 Deep Roots Farmers Market 100 Garvies Point Road, Glen Cove, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The weekly farmers market offers a selection of locally grown vegetables and eggs, fresh baked bread, honey, seafood and more.

Wildlife Live Show 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the Oyster BayEast Norwich Public Library, children will listen to a reading of an animalbased book. Then, a wildlife educator will bring the topic to life by allowing participants to get an up-close view of several animal ambassadors including owls, turtles, hawks, opossums, squirrels, and snakes.

Music Under the Stars: Jim Morrison 50 Years Later A classic rock productions tribute to Jim Morrison. Begining at 8 p.m. residents can head to TOBAY Beach to enjoy live music every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday during the month of July.

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Movie: Tom and Jerry Begining at dusk, residents can head to Ellsworth W. Allen Town Park in Farmingdale to enjoy a movie night sponsored by the Town of Oyster Bay every Wednesday in July.

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Tea in the Garden at Planting Fields Enjoy summertime in bloom at Planting Fields by having a small variety of flavorful teas paired with individually bagged cookies outside in the Cloister Garden and aside the West Portico from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Guests will also have the opportunity to encounter one of the site’s unique architectural spaces that is part of the exhibition, Everett Shinn: Operatics, the 1915 Tea House in the Italian Garden. The space features murals and furnishings commissioned from Shinn by the Coes, who built a legacy of artistic patronage by supporting the modern artists of their time. Tickets are $30 for non-members ad $24 for members. Register at plantingfields.org.

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Every Tuesday evening during the summer, the streets of Oyster Bay are filled with classic cars and spectators for Oyster Bay Cruise Night.

Restaurants, shops, snacks and beverages, ice cream and shopping surround the collection of fun and interesting cars. Additionally, live music fills the streets with a band at every Cruise night. Also, weekly raffles and giveaways for children.

Each show starts at 5:45 p.m. and runs until dark.

Oyster Bay Market A bi-weekly food-driven family market hosted by the Oyster Bay Main Street Association from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. by the bandstand on Audrey Ave.

Part Three of a Five Part Job Readiness Webinar Series brought to you through a partnership with five local libraries. Learn how to implement job search techniques that every savvy job seeker should know.

This webinar helps job seekers create and commit to a job-hunting game plan that stimulates a more positive mindset, discovers more job leads, and reflects the best professional version of themselves while job-hunting. Presented by New York City workforce development professional Nakita Vanstory.

Tuesday, July 20 Music Under the Stars: Sir Elton

Thursday, July 22 Sunset Serenade: RiDe Every Thursday for the rest of the summer, the Sea Cliff Civic Association will host a free concert series in Clifton Park. Begining at 6 p.m. spectators can head to the park and enjoy live music every Thursday until Sept 2.

A tribute to Elton John featuring Lance Millard. Begining at 8 p.m. residents can head to TOBAY Beach to enjoy live music every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday during the month of July.

Seed Saving Introduction Beginning in the latter part of the 20th century, there has been a major shift to purchasing seed from commercial seed suppliers. This shift is leading to a reduction in North America’s diverse garden heritage for future generations.

This presentation will cover what seeds are, pollination, and the difference between heirlooms & pollinated seeds.

Participants will learn the basics needed to save their own seeds so that they too may reap the exciting benefits the original seed savers did. turday during the month of July. Register at bayvillefreelibrary.org.

Fitness in Village Square takes place every Saturday at 10 a.m. in Glen Cove.

The Oyster Bay Town Board will meet on Aug. 17, at 10 a.m.

Glen Cove Downtown Sounds free concert series continues every Friday at 7:30 p.m.

The Music Under the Stars concert series at TOBAY beach will continue through Aug. 4.

The Village of Sea Cliff Board of Trustees will meet on Aug. 2 at 6 p.m.

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INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS FROM each service group representing the administrators, Glen Cove Teachers Association, clerical, custodial/maintenance staff, food service, security, nurses, IT, central office staff, and the PTA council.

School district honors its frontline support The Glen Cove City School District Board of Education, educators and support staff members were all honored at last month’s board meeting at Glen Cove High School. Superintendent Dr. Maria Rianna thanked the board members who finished their terms and faculty for their commitment to the safety and health of students and staff throughout the Covid19 pandemic.

“The last 16 months have impacted us in so many ways,” Rianna said. “Despite the uncertainty that the pandemic

DR. MARIA RIANNA, Superintendent of the Glen Cove City School District, awarded Melanie Arfman, representing the administrators for the Glen Cove City School District for their commitment to students and staff during the Covid-19 pandemic.

DR. MARIA RIANNA presented Gail NedborGross with a plaque for her 13 years of service on the Glen Cove Board of Education.

brought, we were still called to serve our community and it would not be fitting if we did not acknowledge the work that has gone on this past school year from our dedicated faculty and board members, a few of which are departing from their positions on the Board. Our District will forever be grateful for your service and commitment to our students.”

Three individuals completed their terms on the Board of Education and were recognized for their distinguished years dedicated to serving the students of

the Glen Cove City School District. Gail Nedbor-Gross, Rose Sekelsky, and Mary Murphy were all honored for their time served on the Glen Cove City School District Board of Education. Sekelsky and Murphy were also given recognition for their devotion to the community as former teachers and administrators as well.

Individual members from each service group throughout the district were in

attendance to represent the administrators, Glen Cove Teachers Association, teacher’s assistants and monitors, clerical, custodial/maintenance staff, food service, security, nurses, IT, central office staff, and the PTA council. Each individual representing their group was given an award on behalf of the district for their outstanding service as frontline members during the Covid-19 pandemic.

NEIGHBORS IN THE NEWS Discussing important business Members of the Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce gathered for the monthly meeting held at The View Grill on June 30, which featured guest speaker Sen. Jim Gaughran.

The Chamber meets on the last Wednesday of each month at 12:30 p.m. Go to glencovechamber.org for more details.

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“While no amount of money will ever compensate for the thousands who lost their lives or became addicted to opioids across our state or provide solace to the countless families torn apart by this crisis, these funds will be used to prevent any future devastation,” she said.

O p i o i d d e at h s o n L o n g I s l a n d increased by 77 percent from 2013 to 2017, from 358 to 617, according to the New York-based Fiscal Policy Institute, a nonprofit research and education organization. A 2019 FPI report stated that New York state had 1,681 deaths caused by opioids in 2013. By 2017, that number had grown to 3,224 — a 92 percent increase in only four years.

The lawsuit originally listed smaller phar macies, like CVS, Rite Aid, Walmart and Walgreens. Before the

trial’s opening arguments, however, these funds.” those smaller distributors had settled.

State Sen. Kevin T homas said, In 2019, Purdue Phar“Drug manufacturers and ma filed for bankruptcy. distributors continuously The cases against Purdue, chose to put profits over Mallinckrodt, and Rocheshuman lives, creating and ter Drug Cooperative are prolonging this public now moving separately health crisis,” Thomas said. though U.S. Bankruptcy “After years of struggle and C o u r t , a c c o rd i n g t o a anguish, we are finally seepress release from the ing the first signs of real attorney general’s office. accountability for the phar“For far too long, opimaceutical industry’s role in oid manufacturers have the crisis.” flooded communities with “Nassau County is paying powerful and addictive a painful price to heal the narcotics with impunity, damage caused by the opioid and the lethal addiction epidemic,” County Executive crisis that it spawned conLaura Curran said in a news tinues to devastate famirelease. “We must ensure lies in Nassau County and that any settlement money is across the nation,” Coun- LEGISLATOR used to support mental ty Legislator Josh Lafa- JOSH LAFAZAN health and addiction prozan said. “That is why it’s grams in an effort to help so fitting for Nassau residents and families who have been County to use these funds to deliver affected by substance abuse.” life-saving treatment and recovery While there is still work that needs resources to all who seek them. I to be done, Thomas said the settlement strongly support any effort that will would “save countless lives across the maximize the benefits derived from nation, and deliver crucial funding to

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40 YEARS AGO, Long Island lost one of our neighbors who, Newsday called, “one of the most important Long Islanders of the 20th Century”.

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On July 16, 1981 while thousands of his fans gathered in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow for one of his many free concerts to raise awareness of hunger, Harry Chapin died in an automobile accident on the Long Island Expressway. Forty years later, Harry Chapin’s legacy continues through the work of our organization.

For forty years, Harry’s fans continue to contribute to our work in many ways. His words about ending hunger still resonate with our staff, volunteers, donors and fellow musicians like Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel,Dee Snyder and Darryl ‘Run DMC’ McDaniels who have all supported Long Island Cares, Inc.-The Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank.

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Hummingbird Boutique will hold its first fashion show on Sunday, July 18 from noon to 3 p.m. The show, with up to 34 looks, will be staged indoors and outdoor at the Metropolitan Bistro at 39 Roslyn Ave. in Sea Cliff.

Inspired by the beauty of the village and its natural surroundings, the show's theme will be "Scenes from the Sea," and has acquired the support of a number of local businesses including Glowinskin Esthetics, Sarah Regan Interiors and other Sea Cliff businesses.

“As a small business in Sea Cliff, I understand the challenges we have all faced to stay open for the past year and a half, so I try to provide as much support for other local businesses and our community as possible,” said Jaime Glowinski, owner of Glowinskin Esthetics, one of the sponsors of the show. “I’m looking forward to being a part of this fashion show and future events.”

“I thought having it at a local venue would be exciting for the Sea Cliff community and inviting local businesses to sponsor the event would further strengthen the message of uniting small businesses together,” said Suzette LaValle, owner of Hummingbird.

“As a local entrepreneur, it makes me genuinely happy to help support new businesses. My hope is that this event brings a wider audience to the other local shops and our town in general,” said Christina Volz, a real estate broker with Compass, another sponsor of the event.

Tickets are available through eventbrite at $15 each, or at the door the day of the event. Each seat includes a complimentary cocktail and a swag bag, as well as a petite menu provided by Metropolitan Bistro.

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Founded in December of 2019 by LaValle, an expert celebrity stylist and fashion industry veteran, Hummingbird is an upscale women’s apparel and lifestyle boutique located in the village of Sea Cliff.

The show has been curated into four seaside themes inspired by the charm and beauty of Sea Cliff and its natural surroundings: the waves, the sunset, the dunes and the full moon. Each theme will be presented with its own unique music and feature looks styled by Lavalle presented on professional models who will weave their way throughout the bistro’s indoor space and outdoor garden.

LaValle has spent over 30 years in the fashion industry. Originally from Brooklyn, she began her career in her early twenties traveling to Paris regularly after she landed her first buying position, where she was featured in a New York Times article detailing the discovery of a new accessory that became all the rage. She went on to spend 12 years as a fashion stylist.

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FROM THE DESK OF NASSAU COUNTY LEGISLATOR DELIA DERIGGI-WHITTON

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LEGALNOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE GLEN COVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY CITY OF GLEN COVE will be accepting applications for Section 8 / Glen Cove Housing Choice Voucher Program. To be eligible, the household must meet the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) definition of a family, which includes a single person or group of persons residing together. The applicant must have a U.S. citizenship or meet eligible immigration status with supporting documentation. To qualify, an applicant family must meet all program criteria and must not exceed the following income limits: Family Size Maximum Income Family Size Maximum Income 1 $45,500 5 $70,150 2 $52,000 6 $75,350 3 $58,500 7 $80,550 4 $64,950 8 $85,750 This application period will begin at 9:00 am EST on Monday, August 16, 2021 and end on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at 5:00 pm EST. The online application will be available 24 hours a day. Applicants may use any computer, tablet or smartphone with internet access to apply. Applicants can go to public libraries for use of computer.

To apply visit: https://www.waitlistcheck.com/NY2675 APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ONLINE ONLY* 500 Applicants will be selected for the Section 8 waitlist using a random lottery process. Those selected will be assigned a position on the Waiting List using the following preferences: City of Glen Cove or Nassau County Resident (at the time of application).

Applicants who claim a disability and receive Social Security Disability or Supplemental Security Income, Elderly Applicants (62 years or older), Applicants claiming a classification as a victim of domestic violence.

Applicants claiming a veterans or disabled preference without SSD or SSI benefits or applicants claiming a homeless preference based on displacement by governmental action.

Applying does not guarantee a voucher. Those selected will be subject to eligibility screening and offered a voucher if eligible and as one becomes available. The household is required to lease a unit within the Glen Cove jurisdiction for one year. *This department will provide a reasonable accommodation to ensure the application process is accessible to all potential applicants, by calling (516) 676-1625, option 3, between 9:00 am EST and 3:00 pm EST during the application period.

126769 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICIA PÚBLICA LA AGENCIA DEL DESARROLLO DE LA COMMUNIDAD DE GLEN COVE estaran acceptando applicaciones para la sección 8 / es un programa de eleccion para las viviendas de Glen Cove. Para ser elegible el hogar debe cumplir con la definición de familia del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los Estados Unidos (HUD) que incluye a una sola persona o un groupo de personas que residen juntos. El solicitante tiene que ser ciudadano estadounidense o cumplir con el estatus migratorio elegible con documentos de respaldo. Para calificar una familia solicitante debe cumplir con todos los criterios del programa y no de exceder los siguientes límites de ingresos: Numero de Familia Maximo Ingresos Numero de Familia Maximo Ingresos 1 $45,500 5 $70,150 2 $52,000 6 $75,350 3 $58,500 7 $80,550 4 $64,950 8 $85,750 Este período de solicitud comenzará a las 9:00 am EST el Lunes 16 de Agosto del 2021 y finalizará el Miércoles 18 de Agosto del 2021 a las 5:00 pm EST. La aplicación en línea estará disponible las 24 horas del día. Los solicitantes pueden usar cualquiera computadora, tableto o teléfono inteligente con acceso al Internet para poder aplicar. Los solicitantes pueden acudir a las bibliotecas públicas para utilizar la computadora.

Para solicitar visita: https://www.waitlistcheck.com/NY2675 SOLO SE ACEPTARÁN SOLICITUDES EN LÍNEA * Se seleccionarán 500 solicitantes para la lista de espera de la Sección 8 mediante un proceso de lotería. A los seleccionados se les asignará un puesto en la lista de espera utilizando las siguientes preferencias: - Residente de la Ciudad de Glen Cove o del condado de Nassau (en el momento que aplique).

- Solicitantes que reclaman una discapacidad y reciben Seguro Social por Discapacidad o Seguridad de Ingreso Suplementario, Solicitantes de edad avanzada (62 años y más), Solicitantes que reclaman una clasificación como víctima de violencia doméstica.

- Solicitantes que reclamen una preferencia para veteranos o discapacitados sin beneficios de SSD o SSI o solicitantes que reclamen una preferencia para personas sin hogar basado en el desplazamiento por acción gubernamental.

La aplicación no garantiza un bono. Los seleccionados estarán sujetos a una evaluacción de elegibilidad y se les ofrecerá un cupón si son elegibles y cuando hayar uno disponible. El hogar debe arrendar una unidad dentro de la jurisdicción de Glen Cove por un año. *Este departamento proporcionará un ajuste razonable para garantizar que el proceso de solicitud sea accesible para todos los solicitantes potenciales, llamando al (516) 676-1625, opción 3, de 9:00 am EST a 3:00 pm durante el período de solicitud.

126770 LEGAL NOTICE that a public hearing will District will discuss the Shore Central School NOTICE OF PUBLIC be held on Thursday, 2021/22 school DistrictDistrict, Central Office, HEARING DISTRICT-WIDE August 19th, 2021 at Wide Safety Plan located at 112 Franklin SAFETY PLAN NORTH 7:45pm at the North developed by the DistrictAvenue, Sea Cliff, New SHORE HIGH SCHOOL Shore High School Library Wide School Safety Team York 11579 between the LIBRARY located at 450 Glen Cove pursuant to date of this notice and 450 GLEN COVE AVENUE Avenue, Glen Head, New Commissioner’s the public hearing. The GLEN HEAD, NY 11545 York at which time and Regulation Part public hearing shall be THURSDAY AUGUST 19, place the Board of 155.17(c)(1) and (c)(3). held at the time and place 7:45PM Education of the North Such plan is available for stated herein.

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Nearly all the communities within and Cedar Creek Waste Control the 11th Legislative District are situ- Treatment Plants; and key upgrades ated along the shorelines of Hemp- to the bulkhead located along the stead Harbor, Manhasset Bay and Glen Cove Treatment Plant and Glen Long Island Sound. This makes our Cove Creek is being replaced to proefforts to reduce the levels of nitro- tect nearby waterways.

The county is also dedicating gen and other contaminants found within these bodies of water espe- resources to aid residents in areas outside of sewer coverage areas. cially important.

Too much nitrogen causes algae to SEPTIC (Septic Environmental Prog ram to Improve g row faster than Cleanliness) will proaquatic ecosystems vide grants to replace can process. Signifistandard or failing cant increases in algae systems with state-ofhar m water quality the-ar t alter native and food resources by wastewater treatment de priving fish and systems, which are other aquatic life of designed to provide a the oxygen they need cost-effective and envit o s u r v ive. E xc e s s ronmentally sound nitrogen can also conoptions for the thoutaminate our potable sands of businesses water by infiltrating Nassau County homeowners. Not only Long Island’s soleLegislator Delia are they better for the source freshwater DeRiggi-Whitton environment, they’re aquifer. m o re c o nve n i e n t Here in Nassau because they require County, we are continuing to explore and deploy natural fewer pump-outs.

Through a matching grant proprocesses to remove nitrogen and other harmful contaminants from gram presented in partnership with waterways, and I am proud to have New York State, eligible Nassau fought for and secured funding for County property owners can apply critical upgrades in District 11 an for up to $20,000 in grants toward the installation of nitrogen-reducing across Nassau County.

Crescent Beach in Glen Cove, for septic systems. Nassau homeowners example, has been closed for 10 years and small businesses that discharge due to bacterial contaminants that less than 1,000 gallons a day of wastehave been found in the estuary that water are eligible to apply. Visit flows onto the beach. County-funded www.nassaucountyny.gov/septicrepstudies revealed that a natural solu- lace for details, including a list of tion utilizing sea-grass plantings provisionally approved manufacturwould be feasible because of the way ers.

Since we live so close to the water they can efficiently soak up harmful bacteria without harming the plants and our drinking water is literally themselves. Thus far, enhancing beneath our feet, I will always plantings and re-routing some water remain vigilant in my oversight of flow to promote natural filtration has matters impacting Nassau County’s yielded positive results, and we are environment and wastewater manhopeful this will put Crescent Beach a g e m e n t i n f r a s t r u c t u r e. Yo u r insights are important, and I invite on the road to reopening at long last.

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ntil recently, I had never thought deeply how radical my parents were when I was a child. I’m not sure they realized it at the time.

In 1972, when I was 5, they put me on a big yellow school bus whose primary route wound through Gordon Heights, in Suffolk County, a nearly all-Black neighborhood that was developed

by Louis Fife in the 1920s. I was one of a handful of white children on the route. Two years later, my younger brother joined me on the bus.

Growing up in the tiny country SCOTT hamlet of Yaphank, a nearly BRINTON all-white community, I had no notion of the frighteningly seismic socio-political events that were breaking out across the country at the time, including an anti-desegregation movement that swept the nation, roiling cities from Boston to Los Angeles and too many points in between, including the Village of Malverne.

“This place was a virtual war zone in the late 1960s and early ’70s, where you had people standing in picket lines ready to kill each other over issues of integration,” then Malverne Schools Superintendent James Hunderfund told the Herald in 2019.

“There was a sense of separatism, and

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that was prevalent in other places, but it was rampant here.”

In Boston alone, 40 anti-desegregation riots and protests broke out between 1974, the year I turned 7, and 1988, when I was a junior and senior in college. Much of the sound and fury was stirred by a group called Restore Our Alienated Rights, or ROAR, led by its chair, Louise Day Hicks, who claimed she was defending white neighborhoods by pushing back against court-ordered desegregation school busing plans.

Yet my parents put me on that bus, appearing unworried, as if there were nothing out of the ordinary in this seemingly simple act of parenthood. All these years later, I’m happy and proud they did. It is why, in large part, I grew up to be an antiracist, one who works to eliminate racism in American society through words and actions.

I came to this realization when I recently read Ibram X. Kendi’s immeasurably hopeful book, “How to Be an Antiracist” (One World, 2019). In this compact 238-page text, which is one part instruction manual on how to live a life free of racial prejudice and one part personal remembrance and reflection, Kendi, 38, a journalist and university professor, dissects, point by point, the many and varied forms of bigotry while laying out his vision for a socially

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just society in which all people, regardless of skin color, can achieve equality and happiness.

“If we ignore the odds and fight to create an antiracist world, then we give humanity a chance to one day survive, a chance to live in communion, a chance to be forever free,” Kendi writes.

It isn’t surprising that my parents put me on that bus.

My father, the son of Christian missionaries, grew up in Africa, in the Congo. One of only a handful of white children in his village — the others were his siblings — he spoke Lunda, a Bantu language, before English. He was steeped in African art and culture and mysticism.

As an adult, he was a music teacher and visual artist, and African sounds and design concepts played a central role in his work throughout his life. He spoke of Africa only in the fondest terms, regaling family and friends with often humorous stories of life in the jungle.

My maternal grandfather was a drycleaner who set up shop in a Black neighborhood in Bellport, also in Suffolk, and I spent many afternoons behind his counter, playing hide-and-seek with my brother between the clothes racks. Grandpa, whose parents emigrated from Italy, greeted customers as though they were old friends, no matter their color.

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bram X. Kendi’s immeasurably hopeful book made me think of my parents.

reserves some of his best writing for the chapters describing his childhood. You can see and feel the streets he describes with a certain melodic beat, like a rap.

“We certainly weren’t imitating anything on the Ave — to the contrary,” he writes. “The wider culture was avidly imitating and appropriating from us; our music and fashion and language were transforming the so-called mainstream . . .

Fresh baggy jeans sagging down. Fresh button-down shirts or designer sweatshirts in the winter under our bubble coats. Fresh T’s or sports jerseys in the summer above our baggy jean shorts. Dangling chains shining like our smiles. Piercings and tattoos and bold colors told the mainstream world just how little we wanted to imitate them.”

In this beautiful book, we see a Black child come of age in a nation that is perpetually seeking to define him, cordon him off, suppress him, but we also see this child grow into a man who overcomes the odds, and who confronts not only the racism that is pervasive throughout our society, but within him — yes, he admits, a Black person can be a racist.

Only by confronting racism in all its forms can we find peace. “How to Be an Antiracist” does just that.

Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

Searching the heavens for common ground

just booked a reservation to see the next full solar eclipse. Call me an optimist; I expect to be there. Save the date: April 8, 2024. You can see it in all its glorious totality from Mazatlán, Mexico, along a narrow diagonal path that enters the United States near San Antonio and moves across the country to Maine and Canada.

I am embarrassed to say I missed the last big eclipse, in 2017, because I couldn’t find anyone who wanted to go to Nashville with me, where the viewing was expected to be RANDI superb. I mean, KREISS how shortsighted was that? I am in awe of astronomical phenomena, and that was possibly a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

I didn’t go, even though I had a hotel booked. Failure of what? Energy? Determination? I did see a sliver of the eclipse from my home in Woodmere, along with my mail carrier, who was stopped in his tracks, looking skyward through a sun filter. Very meh experience, eclipse-wise.

The world has turned since then. When the pandemic began and we were all shut down and shut inside for long periods of time, I started looking upward and outward for comfort and inspiration. I set up my Celestron telescope and learned how to use it properly. One dark night, I saw the surface of the full moon, with craters and geographical features I hadn’t seen before. Last Dec. 21, I saw the convergence of Jupiter and Saturn and could distinguish the rings of Jupiter in the telescope.

As the pandemic wore on and wore me down, I found a real freedom in the night sky, observing the constellations we all know. I watched the International Space Station fly by. I downloaded the NASA website so I could try to spot other space objects floating around overhead. One app visualized my own night sky at any given moment, based on my location as communicated through my phone.

This may sound elementary to those well schooled in astronomy, but across the span of my educational experience, astronomy remains a black hole. I have a passion and interest to learn what I can, but I feel

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frustrated by how difficult the discipline is.

I’m a word person, and astronomy is all about math and physics and chemistry.

Still, I’m determined to learn what is within my reach. Speaking of black holes, I’ve read the simplest descriptions of the phenomenon over and over, and yet I don’t get it, or the concept of an expanding universe, or gravitational waves, or dying stars.

So I let that go. I absorb what I can. I look at the night sky and know for certain that we are an infinitesimally small piece of the universe, and that other worlds and other beings are possible. I know that our daily gripes and strife and political conflicts are nothing in the cosmos. Whatever our thinking, our alliances and our behaviors, we have in common this minuscule life raft called Earth, and we don’t have it for long. Contemplating the galaxies that stretch for millions of light years in all directions makes me think we can do better with this transitory gift of life.

End of lecture. I am comforted by gazing upward, and I wish the same for you.

As part of my galactic journey, I just

missed the last big eclipse, but I’m planning to be looking up at the next one.

read “The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy’s Vanishing Explorers,” by astronomer Emily Levesque. It was much more fun than Stephen Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time,” which was pretty much a black hole to me, not that I can visualize “a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing — [not even] light, can escape from it.” (Wikipedia) Levesque has traveled to every far-flung spot on earth to book “observation time” on the most advanced telescopes in the world, which are always perched on remote, dark-sky mountaintops. She shares her adventures at the observatories in Chile, where the lively tarantulas almost took the fun out of the moment. She talks about the freezing cold at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, and the time a colleague thought he had discovered a new planet that turned out to be energy coming from a nearby microwave where someone was heating soup. She evokes the gorgeousness of the heavens and the privilege of being among those who roam the stars.

Read the book. It’s a great escape into a world most of us don’t know.

Then think about the Great Eclipse of April 2024. Save the date.

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

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We’re in the thick of summer — safety first!

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ummer should be a time of joy, spent hanging out at the beach and barbecuing in the backyard.

Too often, however, summer turns tragic when it needn’t. The American Red Cross offers the following guidelines to help you stay safe as the temperature climbs.

Know what to do in an emergency

During a heat wave

The American Red Cross first aid app offers emergency-response information in simple, easy-to-follow steps. Available for iPhone and Android devices, the free app gives you instant access to the information you need to handle the most common first aid emergencies. It also features videos, interactive quizzes and straightforward advice.

■ Never leave children or pets alone in enclosed vehicles.

Learn to swim

■ Stay hydrated by drinking plenty of fluids, even if you don’t feel thirsty. Avoid drinks with caffeine or alcohol.

■ Avoid extreme temperature changes.

■ Wear loose-fitting, lightweight, lightcolored clothing. Avoid dark colors, because they absorb the sun’s rays.

■ Slow down, stay indoors and avoid strenuous exercise during the hottest part of the day, usually in the afternoon, between 2 and 5 p.m.

■ Postpone outdoor games and activities.

■ Use a buddy system when working in excessive heat. Take frequent breaks if you must work outdoors.

■ Check on family, friends and neighbors who don’t have air conditioning, who spend much of their time alone or who are more likely to be affected by the heat.

■ Check on your pets often to ensure that they aren’t suffering in the heat.

LETTERS Yes, Audubon needs a name change To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Audubon Society confronts its racist namesake — sort of ” (July 1-7): I salute Brinton for his thorough analysis and ounce of bravery coming through in the Herald’s opinion pages. I think that his suggestion to change the name of the Audubon Society is proportionate, timely and overdue.

I have a feeling that he will face a great deal of opposition, name-calling and resentment from political bodies and individuals, but I am with him all the way.

AMNON TISHLER Bellmore

Getting back into the city To the Editor: I look forward every week to reading Randi

The best way to safely enjoy the water is to learn how to swim. Enroll your family in age-appropriate Red Cross water-orientation and learn-to-swim courses. Basic water safety rules are part of these classes. You’ll learn how to tell if a swimmer is in distress or drowning, and how and when to call for emergency help. You’ll also learn how to help someone in trouble in the water while keeping yourself safe.

To find classes for you and your family, contact your local aquatic facility.

Water safety tips

A Red Cross water safety poll released in 2013 showed that nearly half of Americans said they had had an experience in which they were afraid they might drown, yet more than half planned to engage in activities that would put them at risk of drowning over the summer.

Members of the Aquatic Sub-Council, part of the Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council, have developed the Circle of Drowning Prevention and Chain of Drowning Survival protocols to raise

awareness of the most important steps swimmers can take to reduce the number of preventable drownings.

The Circle of Drowning Prevention shows the layers of protection that can help prevent potential drownings: ■ Pay close and constant attention to children you are supervising in or near water.

■ Fence in pools and spas with adequate barriers, including four-sided fencing.

■ Learn swimming and water-survival skills.

■ Make sure children, inexperienced swimmers and boaters wear U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets, and always swim in areas watched by lifeguards.

The Chain of Drowning Survival illustrates the steps you should take when you spot someone in distress in the water: ■ Recognize the signs of a struggling swimmer, and shout for help.

■ Rescue and remove the person from the water without putting yourself in danger.

■ Call emergency medical services.

■ Begin rescue breathing or cardiopulmonary resuscitation if necessary, and use an automated external defibrillator, or AED, if available.

■ Transfer care to advanced life support if needed.

For more, go to liherald.com/summersafety.

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une was National Homeownership Month. For many, homeownership is a part of the American dream that is proving to be increasingly difficult to attain. Long Island home prices have hit historic highs for the second year in a row, reinforcing a 2019 report from New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli that found that nearly 40 percent of Long Island homeowners could not afford their homes.

Homeownership should not be a luxury few can afford.

Long Island’s NICOLE JEAN skyrocketing prices and a CHRISTIAN home longstanding history of redlining and housing discrimination make homeownership even more challenging for Black people and other people of color. This nature of division was a deliberate choice, and is built into the foundation of Long Island. In 2019, Newsday’s “Long Island Divided” explored the stark segregation and injustices on the Island, noting that 90 percent of Black residents live in just 62 of its 291 communities.

Long Island’s racist past did not happen in a vacuum. The state and federal governments had an equal role in instituting racist housing policies. The Federal Housing Administration was a significant player in ensuring that Black Americans stayed out of white suburbs. Communities across the country were developed with the help of the FHA on the condition

that homes would not be sold to AfricanAmericans. Levittown was one of these communities, and it remains nearly allwhite today. Strategic segregation across Long Island set a precedent for the housing bubbles that we see today.

Affordable housing on Long Island is often segregated in its own “community” or “development,” becoming a cluster lacking the integration or diversity that is the strength of any suburban community. There is also a stigma attached to the term “affordable housing,” which have been code words to refer to people of non-white descent or of lesser economic means.

Yet another difficulty of homeownership on Long Island is a lack of standardized funding from New York state that would ensure affordability. The affordable housing resources that do exist are parceled out in a nonstructured way to local municipalities and some wellknown nonprofits, both of which operate using a business model that favors “profit” or “project completion” over sustained affordability that diversifies communities.

Not only is homeownership on Long Island prohibitively expensive, but communities of color are often not afforded the same resources that are allocated to predominantly white, affluent communities. Ideally, all Americans would have equitable access to affordable homes, good education systems and other resources that allow communities to thrive. It is obscene that this is not the standard or even the norm in the U.S., let alone here

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on Long Island, home to “America’s first suburb.”

In a proclamation during National Homeownership Month, President Biden said the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development would “advance affordable and sustainable homeownership” throughout the country and break the deep-rooted barriers that have prevented so many people of color in the U.S. from becoming homeowners. These barriers, alongside the economic hardships created by the coronavirus pandemic, are keeping many from the opportunity of homeownership.

The Uniondale Community Land Trust is working hard to provide this resource in its community.

Instead of creating a separate neighborhood of affordable housing, in Uniondale the goal is to integrate affordable housing within the existing neighborhood.

With 225 community land trusts across the country, this affordable housing model allows residents to renovate and sell homes at lower-than-market prices while retaining ownership of their land

ffordable housing’ have been code words to refer to people of nonwhite descent.

through 99-year ground leases. This model helps create permanent affordable housing and gives community members agency over how their towns can grow and thrive. U-CLT is working diligently to build a project pipeline to provide homeownership opportunities for families making 60 to 80 percent of the area median income. As of 2020, the AMI in Nassau County was $126,600. The goal is to help provide fair, equitable housing here.

Having access to stable, quality, affordable housing helps people become part of diverse communities, find and keep jobs, lead healthier lives, and take better care of their children. There is no question that opportunities to own homes make a serious positive impact in people’s lives.

Creating sustainable, affordable housing is an excellent way to ensure that all can become homeowners in their lifetimes.

Homeownership does not need to be unattainable. Current homeowners should be able to afford their homes. Providing people and communities with the resources they need to flourish must be a priority everywhere.

Nicole Jean Christian is executive director of Uniondale Community Land Trust. To learn more about its efforts, go to www.uclt.org or email info@u-clt.org.

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LETTERS Kreiss’s column in the Herald, and enjoyed none more than “Five-day tour of the Big Apple’s thrills and chills” (July 1-7), about her trip to Manhattan with her daughter and grandchild. I totally relate, having recently ventured back into Manhattan, most recently visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art and MOMA. I hope Randi caught the Alice Neel exhibit at the Met. I was unfamiliar with Neel, but wow, what a creative and gifted artist — from her earlier work of Communist party leaders, to motherhood, to people of color, to the architecture of her beloved Harlem and so much more. And, of course, all the wonderful art at MOMA. Sadly, somehow we missed Van Gogh and Calder, but will definitely go back sometime soon. But I have tickets to immersive Van Gogh, which I’m really looking forward to.

Living in Long Beach — and really, anyplace on the Island — it can at times seem, if you let it, like a chore to go into Manhattan, but once there, I quickly realize everything I love and have missed

about the city. There’s nothing quite like that energy, and it feels so great to see it coming back. I just love walking around, taking in the sights and sounds. The streets seem to be as busy as ever. And once theater reopens, I believe Manhattan will be back 100 percent.

Thanks to Randi for her oh-so-relatable columns, putting into words much of what I’ve felt, thought and experienced during Covid.

LORRAINE CIERI Long Beach

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