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Long Beach City Council h e a r i n g s o n p ro p o s a l s t o increase off-street parking are normally yawners. But one such session Tuesday night — the outcome of which would effectively allow the opening of a shop called Tipsy Scoop, a purveyor of “alcohol-infused” ice cream — had council members reaching for the hangover pills.

The council approved the variance for Tipsy Scoop, 3-2, but only after a flurry of questions from residents at the virtual Zoom meeting.

Melissa Tvass, who owns two

Tipsy Scoop shops — one in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, and the other in Manhattan — applied for an off-street parking variance to open a seasonal shop at 891b West Beech St. Several council members said they were unaware that the shop would sell ice cream infused with alcohol, and raised immediate objections, saying they worried about the availability of the product to children in the West End, an area already populated by a number of bars.

Tvass said her shops also sell ice cream without alcohol, that her products all contain warning labels, that customers must show proof of age and that her

shops are not required to have a liquor license. Her employees, she said, are all 21 or older.

“We will be transparent,” Tvass said. “We are federal and state approved for formulas of our products.” Those products, she said, are sold in New York City’s Whole Foods stores, at the Beginnings in Atlantic Beach and in 7-Elevens in Hawaii.

Tvass created her brand for catering gigs. She opened her first Manhattan storefront in 2017. The alcohol content of her ice cream, she said, is up to 5 percent.

The kerfuffle started when Roy Lester, a candidate for a seat on the City Council in the June

22 primary, said he was “upset by serving [alcohol infused] ice cream when you put it into an ice cream shop. Nobody had any idea this involved alcohol.”

City Council President John Bendo and Councilman Scott Mandell said they had heard about the ice cream’s alcohol content just before the meeting.

Mandell suggested that the mat-

ter be tabled to give the council and the public time to consider the matter. But Tvass said she was hoping to open by Memorial Day weekend.

Council Vice President Karen McInnis objected to the motion to table, saying, “Two weeks is an eternity to a small business owner.”

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Marines ice Bulldogs for county championship

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Over 4 years, 3 county and 2 state championships

By Darwin Yanes dyanes@liherald.com

What could’ve been a lost season for the Long Beach varsity hockey team turned into a two week undefeated stretch that culminated into the Marine’s second consecutive Nassau County championship and third in that last four years.

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the hockey season was shortened to two weeks and started in April instead of the winter months.

The Marines, who only had about four practice sessions, took full advantage of the short season.

They put on impressive perfor mances in their first three games of the season, before facing a tough adversary in the Bellmore/Merrick Bulldogs in the fourth game of the season.

The Marines were down 2-0 in the third period keith caseY before junior Coach Jack Dodd put them on the scoreboard. Senior Shane Murphy followed with two late goals to seal the win for the Marines. However, that wasn’t the last time they would see the Bulldogs.

“That was probably one of the best games of the tournament,” Coach Keith Casey said. “I’ve been with the program for just about 15 years and that’s right up there in the top three or five games to be in.”

Casey and first-year coach Noel Henck ran the team this year.

Just two days later, a few hours after defeating the Syosset Varsity Hockey Team 4-3 in a tough battle, the Marines and Bulldogs faced off again in the final game.

The game was held at the Northwell Health Ice Arena at Eisenhower Park on April 25. The Marines went down in the second period, but senior Hunter Honan equalized on a power play. Just a few minutes later, senior Jack Gannon sealed the Marines’s third county championship with a winning goal.

“As long as we stayed five on five and rolled on three, we would be fine,” Casey said about the team’s strategy going into the final game. “These guys being so resilient, they never felt pressured or squeezed.”

Casey praised the core of seniors, who have been together since freshman year, which led the team to another championship. Graduating seniors Ronan Judge, Shane Murphy, Jack Ganno, Anthony “Nino” Scarpella, Hunter Honan and Kieran Byrne played their final game for the Marines.

Though the team lost the county championship in 2019, they have won the

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GraDuatinG seniors ronan Judge, far left, Shane Murphy, Jack Ganno, Anthony “Nino” Scarpella, Hunter Honan and Kieran Byrne after their final game for the Marines.

the final score of the game against Bellmore on April 25.

Jack Gannon anD Shane Murphy, captain and assistant captain, embraced and after the final buzzer, looked on as the team celebrated their championship. majority of their games. Casey attributed the success to strong defense and great goaltending by Byrne, who started since his sophomore year.

“It would’ve been really nice to have completed for our third straight state title,” Casey said. “This is probably one of our deepest and strongest teams that we’ve ever had.”

Though the state championships were canceled this year, parents and specta-

tors praised the team’s performance and effort.

“Watching my son and his teammates play hockey over the last four years has brought myself and my family so much joy with memories,” Colleen Murphy, whose son Shane Murphy is playing his final year, said. “I will never forget. Go Beach!”

Casey also praised his predecessors who built the program and set the expec-

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tations high.

“Long Beach is a strong program and we expect to contend for a county and state championship every year,” Casey said. Though he lamented the departure of the graduating seniors, Casey said that he believes the team is in good hands with the upcoming juniors.

“The future looks promising as always,” Casey said. “Every year we get freshmen that can’t wait to get into that mix.”

A City Council kerfuffle over ice cream continued from front page Bendo said the council should vote. He reminded council members that they were not voting to allow or disallow the shop, only on the off-street parking variance.

Bendo and council members Liz Treston and McInnis voted in favor of the variance; councilmen Michael DeLury and Mandell voted no.

“My biggest concern is opening a seasonal business when there is alcohol involved in an ice cream container,” DeLury said.

Judi Vining, executive director of Long Beach AWARE, a community organization that works to prevent alcohol and drug use among young people, said she was on the virtual meeting to serve as a resource to the council. The shop would “add another place to sell alcohol,” she said, and she questioned how the shop would be policed.

In other actions, the council, as expected, approved raising beach fees, but the fees will not be as high as originally proposed. City officials believe capacity on the beach this year can be expanded to as much as 75 percent, compared with the 50 percent capacity last year, when Covid-19 infection rates were much higher. The

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The CITy CounCIl Tuesday had a lengthy agenda, topped by an unusal hearing about a variance for a shop that sells “alcohol-infused” ice cream. more capacity on the beach, the more revenue is collected.

The new proposed fees are: Resident families and their children who have not yet reached their 18th birthday on the first day of the season can purchase season passes for such families and children for $90. Non-resident families and their children who have not reached their

18th birthday on the first day of the season can purchase season passes for such families and children for $180. Resident children between ages 13 and 17 can purchase individual season passes for $25.

Non-resident children between 13 and 17 can purchase individual season passes for $50.

Resident adults between ages 18 and 61

can purchase season passes for $70. Nonresident adults between ages 18 and 61 can purchase season passes for $140.

The council also held the first of two public hearings on the proposed $93.6 million budget for fiscal year 2022, with a 6.3 percent tax increase for residents as the city faces rising pension costs and expenses, some due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Bendo said there had been “a big push” by the city to expand beach capacity.

Because capacity was limited last summer, the city lost about $1 million in revenue.

Kevin Heller, a candidate for a City Council seat, said that residents are being burdened by higher taxes and beach fees.

“I would ask the City Council to vote against this budget,” Heller said.

Lester and several others said the proposed budget was the most transparent they had seen.

City Manager Donna Gayden said, “We really scrubbed this budget,” and she noted that the city had hired a law firm and a financial restructuring firm to help it secure financial stability.

The council will hold a second budget hearing next Tuesday.

L.B. mother searches for a kidney for her son continued from front page New York City police officer in 2019 after he fell backward on the street and suffered brain bleeds.

Securing a kidney is no simple task. A donor must not only be the right fit, but is required to go through an extensive medical examination and a psychological evaluation. The need for kidneys is always acute.

According to the National Kidney Foundation, 90,000 people in the United States are currently on the national transplant waiting list for a donor kidney. In New York state, the wait for a new kidney is six to eight years.

The NKF reports that more than 661,000 Americans suffer kidney failure. Of these, 468,000 are on dialysis, and roughly 193,000 live with a functioning kidney transplant.

A diagnosis of kidney disease means that the kidneys are damaged and cannot filter blood the way they should. The damage can cause waste to build up in the body. Kidney disease can also cause other health prob________________

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lems, such as heart disease.

In the kidney transplant world, there is something called a swap. If a potential donor is not a fit with a kidney patient, the donor can have a kidney removed anyway, and it can be given to someone else who is a good fit. In exchange, the original patient is eligible for another kidney from someone else.

One person who was willing to donate a kidney to Patrick Delay was Angelina Van Doff, a massage therapist at Healing Oasis who has been a friend of Mary’s for years. Van Doff was not a fit for Patrick, but she

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plans to donate a kidney to someone who needs one.

That will make Patrick eligible for a kidney from someone else.

“Mary donated her kidney to her son years ago, and she’s a very healthy girl,” Van Doff said. “She can still have a glass of wine with us when we go out once in a while. I know if it were my son, she would do the same for me.”

Meanwhile, Patrick, a graduate of the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in upstate New Hyde Park and a chef at Salt Air, a farm-to-table restaurant in Point Lookout, manages a schedule that includes the three dialysis sessions per week.

He said he currently feels “great,” but the treatments leave him tired.

The mention of his mom brings a smile to his face.

“She’s a selfless person,” Patrick said. “If it was possible, she would give me her other kidney.”

Those interested in donating a kidney can visit columbiakidneytransplant.org.

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A few years ago, Sorensen, now 45, worked summers in special education for On Sunday, Mother’s Day, Jeanine Long Beach schools. She took some of Sorensen will be where she always wants her students surfing.

“I became more and more involved to be – surrounded by her family that includes two children, her husband, and with Surf For all,” Sorensen said. The water seemed to fulfill some in-laws. of the needs for children She likes to plant flowers with physical and mental on Mother’s Day, and eat dinchallenges, she said. ner at home with the family – “The water is sensory,” husband Timothy, son Lars, Sorensen said. “It gives a 13, and daughter, Fiona, 7. feeling of calmness.”

“It’s super nice,” Sorensen Cliff Skudin, president of earlier this week. “But every Skudin Surf, said Sorensen day should be Mother’s Day.” has become a valuable memThis Mother’s Day Weekber of the organization. end will be extra special. Sat“She spearheads the urday will be Fiona’s first Jeanine whole organization,” Skudin communion. said. “She’s an amazing perSorensen is an especially sorensen busy mom. She is a school Operations Director son. She’s the brains behind the operation.” psychologist at the Lindell Skudin said Surf For Al Elementary School in Long Surf for All expects to be fully open this Beach and has, for the last five years, been director of operations at summer. Last summer, the program was Skudin Surf For all, a non-profit that scaled back to a few groups.

Her two children, she said, are virtuworks with special needs children and adults, as well as those who have termi- ally always with her at Surf For All. Her nal illnesses or those who are living in son has been surfing since he was five underprivileged circumstances—even and is now a volunteer at Surf For all, wounded warriors participate in the and her daughter is learning to surf.

Her work day, she said is “demandannual summer program.

The organization is the non-profit ing,” and involves counseling children, arm of Skudin Surf, the family surfing and working with teachers and parents.

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on a recent Thursday at the Nassau County Police Academy in North Massapequa, recruits practiced arresting a suspect during a felony car stop, in which the vehicle that was pulled over had reportedly been used in a crime.

Photos by Scott Brinton/Herald

An arresting lesson in N.C. police work

By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

Part three in a photo series on the Nassau County Police Academy.

A Signal 15 comes in over the radio: A stolen vehicle used in a felony — perhaps a bank robbery, maybe a kidnapping — has been pulled over. Officers must quickly assess the situation: Is the vehicle occupant armed? Hostile? Ready to run?

With so many unknowns, officers are trained to follow step-by-step procedures to take the suspect into custody without a fight. The objective of this high-stakes, potentially deadly scenario is to “keep everyone safe,” Officer Arthur Zanelli, a Nassau County Police Academy instructor, said on a recent Thursday, just before academy recruits ran through a mock felony car stop. “You want [the suspect] to have his day in court.”

De-escalation, talking a suspect through the car stop with specific instructions that leave no room for error, is the key to everyone walking away unharmed, according to Zanelli.

The recruits practiced talking suspects through a stop, instructing them precisely how and when to leave their vehicle.

There were four recruits in two police cruisers, whose objective was to bring in two suspects in a single vehicle, one of whom ran off, while the other stayed and was captured.

It was a mock exercise, but the nervous tension was palpable as of ficers approached the vehicle, their dummy guns drawn. Communications is key in this scenario, Zanelli said, and the recruits called out to one another throughout the exercise.

Once a suspect is handcuffed, then the Continued on neXt page

officerS practiced drawing their guns. The objective, police academy instructors said, is to avoid firing a weapon, to ensure that police, the public and the suspect all stay safe. officer arthur Zanelli, above ran recruits through their paces during the mock exercise. officerS muSt give suspects step-by-step instructions on how to proceed when exiting a vehicle during a felony car stop.

Recruits practice to make the perfect arrest detective work begins. Who is this person? Did he or she commit the felony in question? It might very well not be the bad guy, Zanelli noted. It could, for example, be a relative who had nothing to do with the crime in

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question, but that person must be treated as a suspect until proven otherwise.

The felony car stop, he noted, is among the most dangerous scenarios that a police officer might encounter in the field.

Photos by Scott Brinton/Herald

A recruit prActiced placing handcuffs on a suspect, who was played by an actual police officer for this exercise.

the tension of a felony car stop was palpable even during a mock exercise.

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New mural displays opening of summer

By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com

Nassau County and Long Beach officials, along with local business leaders, urged Long Islanders Tuesday morning to leave their homes, shop, and dine out - a day after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the lifting of almost all pandemic restrictions across the state.

The officials and business leaders took to the podium, at Riverside Boulevard on the boardwalk, in front of the Skudin Surf shop, an emblem of summer in Long Beach. They held a press conference one day after Cuomo and the governors of New Jersey and Connecticut said most covid era pandemic restrictions will be lifted May 19.

John McNally, executive assistant to the Long Beach City Manager, said the city will follow the state’s guidelines. But as with the state, the city will insist on maintaining social distancing and the wearing of masks.

He said Long Beach is waiting for word from the State Health JoHn BenDo Department as to the number of Long Beach City people that will be allowed on Council president the beach this summer.

Also at the press conference, Discover Long Island, Long Island’s largest tourism organization, unveiled an 8 feetby-10 foot mural called “The Long Beach Osprey Wings,”

by Kara Hoblin, an artist who lives on Long Island’s North Fork.

The colorful mural displays an osprey’s wings and smaller drawings of birds and other images of nature.

Hoblin said she has been working as a professional artist only for the last four years, but has been drawing since childhood.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said she was excited that the state will be largely re-opening.

“We’re encouraging everyone to come out,” Curran said. “Do your stay-cation here. Shop local.”

Kristen Reynolds, Discover Long Island’s president and chief executive officer, said Long Islanders should feel safe going out and dining out.

“It’s an incredible relief,” Reynolds said of the relaxation of most covid restrictions. She said in an interview that the tourism industry and small business has been hit the hardest by the covid pandemic. That includes many restaurants, bars, amusement parks and museums.

“We have to get back to supporting our businesses,” Reynolds said.

Some medical experts have cautioned that Cuomo and other governors are acting too hastily. While the number of infections on Long Island and in New York State is low, the number of people receiving vaccinations is

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e have to get over the Covid fatigue. The science says that we can do that.

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artist Kara HoBlin posed next to her winning art piece. declining, according to state officials.

Asked what would be done if covid cases spike, Reynolds said “We’re just going to have to monitor the data, make sure we’re wearing our masks and social distancing.”

Long Beach City Council president John Bendo echoed what many in the city have been saying for weeks. “We have to get over the covid fatigue,” Bendo said. “The science says that we can do that.”

Nassau County legislator Denise Ford, a Long Beach Republican said, “We want to keep out business here.

Shop till you drop.”

When asked for his reaction to the relaxation of covid guidelines, Cliff Skudin, president of Skudin Surf, said “Bring it on. It’s about time.”

But a press conference in Long Beach must include something out-of-the-ordinary. In this case, an elderly man jogged directly in front of the podium, without looking up or in either direction. Everyone watched him, but no one said a word. It’s Long Beach, after all.

Detail of one half of Kara Hoblin’s art piece depicting scenes on Long Island. nassau County exeCutive Laura Curran, fifth from left, Discover Long Island president Kristen Reynolds, sixth from left, lead a press conference Tuesday urging Long Islanders to leave their homes, shop and dine out.

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visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Library Board Meeting The Long Beach Public Library Board of Trustees typically meets on the third Monday of every month. Check the website for specific dates and times, www.longbeachlibrary.org.

Long Beach Writers’ Circle If you’re a writer and want to join other local writers serious about the craft, then come join our Writers’ Circle on Monday from 11 a.m. to1 p.m.

Long Beach Soup Kitchen

Public Speaking for Teens with Kyle Savage

The Long Beach Soup Kitchen, 140 West Pine Street, is open 6 days a week 11:15 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. They offer Hot and Cold Meals TO GO. They offer a full pantry with canned goods and fresh produce. Mondays and Thursdays. All are welcome.

Kyle Savage is an experienced theatre actor, director, and educator, with a dual masters degree in English and Education, bringing a passion for helping clients of all ages achieve their truest potential through public speaking.

The virtual event will take place from 7-8 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary. org for more information.

Meet The City Manager City Manager Donna M. Gayden will be holding “Meet The City Manager” virtual chat sessions. These meetings are an opportunity for residents to engage in a one-to-one dialogue with the City Manager; ask questions, share concerns, or express ideas on how to enhance the quality of life in our community. The virtual meetings will take place on Tuesdays from 2-4 p.m. Appointments are needed and are given on a first-come, first-served.basis. Please call the City Manger’s Office to make an appointment at (516) 431-7202 or email citymanager@longbeachny.gov. Information on how to meet will be provided after the appointment is confirmed.

Thursday, May 6 Special City Council Meeting City Hall, 1 W. Chester St. All meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the sixth floor.

Live streams of meetings available at www.longbeachny.gov.

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Youth & Family Services Senior Chat & Chew The City of Long Beach Department of Youth and Family Services invites Long Beach Senior Citizens to a “Senior Chat and Chew” on Tuesday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will take place at the Magnolia Community Center parking lot located at 650 Magnolia Boulevard behind the building. There will be food, music, activities, and more. CDC guidelines will be followed with limited attendees. You must register to attend. To register for the event, call (516) 7057390 or visit www.longbeachny.gov.

Mother’s Day Craft Bags Join Miss Nicole & Miss Tanya for some fun crafting for a very special lady. Each Mother’s Day Craft Bag includes a colorable wooden #1 MOM bookmark, a Teacup Ornament and a colorable Mom Emoji Magnet.The virtual event will take place from 4:30-5 p.m on Zoom, visit the L.B. Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

FY 2022 Budget Presentation Join library Director Tara Lannen-Stanton for a presentation on the Library’s proposed Fiscal Year 2022 (July 1, 2021 thru June 30, 2022) budget from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Register to get event reminders. The School Board and Library Board Annual Budget Vote and Election will be held on Tuesday May 18, 2021. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Saturday, May 8 Yoga for Health & Peace This advanced beginner Hatha yoga class is designed to strengthen and lengthen your muscles and free your mind. Instructor Stephanie Durso will guide you into each pose and provide alignment cues for holding the pose and breathing deeply. The virtual event will take place from 10-11 a.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

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Monday, May 10 Gentle Yoga Build strength and flexibility along with a calmer mind in this gentle yoga class featuring certified RYT instructor Beverlee Bertinetti.Beginners are welcome, and this class is open to all. Use a sturdy folding chair placed on a yoga mat and remember to wear comfortable clothing. The virtual event will take place from 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Zoom,

Vaccines available at local walgreens and CVS. Saturday, May 9 is Mother’s day.

Spring hydrant flushing continues to May 15.

Board of Education meeting at 7 p.m. May 11 at the middle school.

2021 Summer Special Police Officer Program applicants should call (516) 705-7318.

Meet The Chicks Join Miss Tanya for a virtual meet and greet with the Long Beach Public Library’s 2021 chickens. The virtual event will take place at noon and 4 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary. org for more information.

Tuesday, May 11 Special City Council Meeting City Hall, 1 W. Chester St. All meetings are held at 7 p.m. Live streams of meetings available at www.longbeachny. gov.

Opthamology & You Learn about common issues affecting the eyes including: blurred vision, glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, and diabetes. The virtual event will take place from 7-8 p.m on Zoom, visit the L.B. Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

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Throughout the “Changing the World,” Teachers College Writing Unit, third graders explored ways that they can be changemakers and support positive movements through speeches, petitions and letters. Students in Mrs. Zimmerman’s third grade class wrote about environmental policies such as recycling and creating a cleaner environment in Long Beach. On Earth Day, students had the opportunity to meet with Senator Todd Kaminsky on Zoom to share their ideas and ask questions about how we can safeguard our environment for the future.

Kindergartners created innovative recycling projects using materials from home. They learned how items can be reused and repurposed as they designed and constructed inventions, which they presented in class and during a Zoom meeting.

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On April 30 — Arbor Day — a 93-yearold Uniondale resident named Ernest Catanese joined Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and New York State Sen. Kevin Thomas to kick off the new Nassau County Tree-Planting Campaign.

The location was the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Park in Uniondale. Curran started the day’s ceremony by thanking Catanese, saying, “Ernest Catanese and his wife are really the reason this park is here.”

In 2009, Catanese and his wife, Marie, won a five-year fight to turn the trashy northwest corner of Uniondale Avenue and Nassau Road into the flowering little park. The pretty, well-maintained space is only one of many civic projects that the couple had taken part in since moving to Uniondale in 1955. Marie died in 2019.

On Arbor Day, after thanking Catanese, Curran outlined the campaign, which aims to plant 500 trees in Nassau County during 2021. “As we speak right now,” she said, “of those 500 trees, we already have 207 in the ground. We expect to have 233 in the ground by the end of today, and by the end of Tuesday, 270.”

Evergreens will be planted in the fall.

Each new tree, Curran said, will yield “three to five times their initial cost in benefit to the community, so it’s not just

every accolade . . . She was an endless worker on this.”

Tree Advisory Board Chairman Lawrence Fernandez further explained the planting campaign: “We’re studying and putting together recommendations for trees that will grow in narrow sidewalk areas.” Trees die, he said, “because they’re living in a space that’s too small, or if they happen to do well, they break the sidewalk.” As part of the campaign, tree experts are inspecting locations around Nassau to deter mine which types of trees will best fit different surroundings.

For sunny MLK Jr. Peace Park, the board chose a Southern magnolia, native to King’s home state of Georgia. “This is a hardy Southern tree,” Curran said, “and I think it will carry forward that spirit of perseverance that is embodied by the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Paul Gibson, president of the Uniondale Community Land Trust, was asked

by Curran to add a few words. The UCLT rehabilitates blighted homes to create affordable housing, and said Gibson, “We preserve the trees that we can, and if we can’t, we plant new ones.”

The day’s ceremony concluded with Curran, Thomas and Catanese shoveling dirt into the prepared pit where the magnolia sat, its buds full with the promise of blossoms to come.

LONG BEACH HERALD — May 6, 2021

By Reine Bethany

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Crime watCh Arrests ■■ Anum■ E.■ Manwaring,■ 33,■ of ■ Brooklyn,■ was■arrested■on■May■2■on■the■unit■block■of ■ West■Park■Avenue■and■charged■with■operating■ a■ motor■ vehicle■ with■ a■ suspended■ license,■ broken■ glass,■ unregistered■ motor■ vehicle,■ no■ insurance,■ and■ no■ inspection■ certificate.

■■ Ryan■ J.■ Clark,■ 28,■ of ■ Atlantic■ Beach,■ was■arrested■on■May■1■at■Long■Beach■Boulevard■and■East■Park■Avenue■and■charged■ with■DWI. ■■ Miranda■ S.■ Lyles,■ 30,■ of ■ Hempstead,■ was■arrested■on■May■1■in■Hempstead■and■ charged■ with■ operating■ a■ motor■ vehicle■ with■a■suspended■license,■no■insurance,■a■ suspended■ registration,■ and■ leaving■ the■ scene■of ■a■property■damaged■accident.

■■ Christina■Gardrvits,■38,■of ■Long■Beach,■ was■ arrested■ on■ April■ 23■ at■ California■ Street■and■charged■with■DWI■and■leaving■ the■scene■of ■a■property■damage■accident.■ ■■ Julianne■ Hughes,■ 30,■ of ■ Baldwin,■ was■ arrested■ on■ April■ 20■ at■ Riverside■ Boulevard■ and■ charged■ with■ an■ active■ arrest■ warrant ■■ Joni■ G.■ Read,■ 58,■ of ■ Long■ Beach,■ was■ arrested■on■April■19■at■Lincoln■Boulevard■ and■East■Broadway■and■charged■with■DWI. ■■ Darion■ S.■ Torres,■ 24,■ of ■ Far■ Rockaway,■ was■ arrested■ on■ April■ 18■ in■ Mineola■ and■ charged■with■identity■theft■to■obtain■goods.

■■ Jamiece■ C.■ Hopper,■ 23,■ of ■ Long■ Beach,■ was■ arrested■ on■ April■ 15■ at■ the■ 200■ Block■ of ■ East■ Park■ Avenue■ and■ charged■ with■ operating■a■motor■vehicle■with■a■suspended■license■and■registration.

■■ Ashraf ■ H.■ Abaza,■ 60,■ of ■ Long■ Beach,■ was■ arrested■ on■ April■ 14■ at■ the■ 800■ Block■ of ■East■Broadway■and■charged■with■operating■ a■ motor■ vehicle■ with■ a■ revoked■ license■ and■ unregistered■ vehicle,■ no■ license,■ and■ driving■ left■ of ■ pavement■ markings.

■■ Joseph■A.■Minnieer,■30,■of ■Island■Park,■ was■ arrested■ on■ April■ 14■ at■ Long■ Beach■

Boulevard■ and■ East■ Pine■ Street■ and■ charged■with■fleeing■an■officer■in■a■motor■ vehicle,■ criminal■ possession■ of ■ stolen■ property,■ unauthorized■ use■ of ■ a■■ motor■ vehicle■ without■ owner’s■ consent,■ operating■ a■ motor■ vehicle■ with■ a■ suspended■ license,■ no■ license,■ reckless■ driving,■ and■ eight■motor■vehicle■infractions.

■■ Krystle■ R.■ Rochard,■ 38,■ of ■ Long■ Beach■ was■arrested■on■April■13■on■the■unit■block■ of ■ Tennessee■ Avenue■ and■ charged■ with■ DWI■with■a■previous■conviction.

■■ Ashley■ Imani■ Neal,■ 21,■ of ■ Valley■ Stream,■ was■ arrested■ on■ April■ 12■ on■ the■ 200■ block■ of ■ West■ Chester■ Street■ and■ charged■ with■ operating■ a■ motor■ vehicle■ with■a■suspended■license■and■registration,■ no■license,■and■operating■a■motor■vehicle■ without■insurance.■ ■■ Ahmad■R.■Woodruff,■42,■of ■Long■Beach,■ was■arrested■on■April■8■on■the■400■block■of ■ East■Broadway■and■charged■with■criminal■ possession■ of ■ a■ controlled■ substance■ and■ criminal■ possession■ of ■ a■ controlled■ substance■narcotic■drug■with■intent■to■sell.■ ■■ Julio■ Enrique■ Ramirez-Zepeda,■ 20,■ of ■ West■Hempstead,■was■arrested■on■April■7■ at■ Riverside■ Boulevard■ and■ East■ Broadway■ and■ charged■ with■ operating■ a■ motor■ vehicle■ with■ a■ suspended■ license■ and■ a■ windshield■tinted■violation.

■■ Sean■ Galligan,■ 54,■ of ■ Long■ Beach,■ was■ arrested■ on■ April■ 5■ on■ the■ 1000■ block■ of ■ West■Beech■Street■and■charged■with■a■DWI. ■■ George■ Buzzetta,■ 28,■ of ■ Long■ Beach,■ was■ arrested■ April■ 5■ at■ Delaware■ Avenue■ and■ West■ Park■ Avenue■ and■ charged■ with■ operating■a■motor■vehicle■while■impaired■ by■drugs.

■■ Chase■D.■Morrison,■26,■of ■West■Hempstead,■was■arrested■on■April■1■on■the■unit■ block■ of ■ East■ Park■ Avenue■ and■ charged■ with■ operating■ a■ motor■ vehicle■ with■ a■ revoked■license,■DWAI-drugs■with■a■prior■ conviction,■ fleeing■ a■ police■ officer,■ an■ active■ Nassau■ County■ supreme■ court■ bench■ warrant,■ and■ fifteen■ traffic■ infractions.

People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.

Poppy Power Project for Memorial Day 2021 It’s■Memorial■Day■again■and■ the■ Girl■ Scout■ Cadets■ of ■ Troop■ 2178■ wanted■ to■ do■ something■ special■ to■ commemorate■ the■ occasion.■■ They■ had■ read■ the■ poem■“In■Flanders■Fields”■that■ was■ written■ by■ Lieutenant-Colonel■ John■ McCrae,■ a■ surgeon■ fresh■ from■ the■ horrors■ of ■ war,■ who■came■upon■a■recent■battlefield■ in■ the■ midst■ of ■ WWI■ in■ 1915.■■ What■ he■ saw■ so■ moved■ him■ that■ he■ jotted■ down■ his■ thoughts■ and■ feelings■ of ■ this■ ground■that■was■both■a■resting■ place■ for■ soldiers■ who■ gave■ their■lives■in■battle■and■a■place■ of ■splendid■renewal■and■beauty.■■ In■ that■ sacred■ meadow,■ white■ crosses■ gleaming■ in■ the■ sunshine,■ rose■ from■ the■ earth■ in■ homage■to■the■untold■sacrifices■ and■suffering■of ■the■bodies■that■ Christina Daly/Herald lay■lifeless■beneath.■■Among■the■ crosses■ in■ the■ bright■ light■ of ■ PoPPies will be sold ahead of memorial day. day,■ red■ poppies■ grew■ straight■ and■ tall.■■■ To■ anyone■ who■ has■ The■ girl■ scouts■ in■ collaboration■ with■ read■the■poem,■which■speaks■in■the■voice■ the■ VFW■ are■ working■ to■ make■ a■ mini■ of ■ those■ who■ died■ in■ battle,■ the■ striking■ Flanders■ Field■ on■ the■ grassy■ median■ in■ imagery■ stirred■ in■ your■ mind’s■ eye■ and■ front■ of ■ VFW■ Post■ 1384.■■ They■ will■ be■ heart■ stays■ with■ you■ forever.■■ Read■ the■ making■3■foot■metal■and■plastic■poppies■ poem■ I■ share■ with■ you■ now■ and■ remem- to■display■from■May■16■through■Memoriber■ all■ those■ brave■ men■ and■ women■ who■ al■Day.■■Each■poppy■will■have■a■laminatpaved■ the■ way■ so■ that■ we■ can■ follow■ in■ ed■dedication■to■a■military■person■living■ freedom■and■liberty. or■ deceased■ of ■ your■ choice.■ Donations■ are■ $20■ per■ poppy.■ Their■ “■ Poppy■ Power■ In Flanders Fields Project”■ information■ and■ order■ forms■ are■ available■ at■ the■ VFW■ Post■ 1384■ and■ In Flanders fields the poppies blow at■ our■ annual■ ‘Drive■ Up■ Poppy”■ distriBetween the crosses, row on row, bution■on■Saturdays■in■May■at■the■interThat mark our place; and in the sky sections■ in■ front■ of ■ Post■ 1384.■ All■ donaThe larks, still bravely singing, fly tions■ will■ go■ towards■ the■ training■ of ■ a■ Scarce heard amid the guns below. service■ dog■ for■ a■ disabled■ veteran.■ We are the Dead. Short days ago Please■order■as■soon■as■possible.■Let’s■do■ We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, what■ we■ can■ to■ support■ their■ effort■ to■ Loved and were loved, and now we lie support■our■veterans!■■■ In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

Jackie■Ervolina Auxiliary■Senior■Vice■President VFW■Post■1384

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A. As I often must say, you need permits, but I also know that it’s a licensed professional’s job to provide a legal service.

As people who are not enforcers, we professionals walk a fine line, trying onte eeper to prepare what can be filed for doing work legally, with you, the property owner, the responsible party to follow the law. It’s always a concern when clients are pricing out the penalties for getting caught instead of intending to do things the prescribed way, but because government has placed a remedy for the problem that isn’t as extreme as the loss for being patient, you’re opting to follow the penalty route instead. You would rather ask for forgiveness instead of permission.

That being said, the system of getting government approvals leaves most people wondering why they ever tried to do the “right thing.” Yes, there are multitudes of requirements, and to do the project correctly requires at least five or six lengthy stages — planning, plan review, plumbing review, electrical, plumbing and building inspections, and often the need for resubmitting documents or reinspection. The system of approval is arduous enough, but then it gets even more complicated when you don’t phrase questions properly after waiting 40 minutes on your third phone attempt.

The permit fees vary from $100 for smaller projects, like decks or sheds, to a few thousand for second-story additions where the first floor is nearly gutted. In your county there are over 70 building departments, and all require plans to be given full review and inspection, whereas New York City has one department in each borough, and “self-certification” to prevent the logjam of waiting months to get a permit. With self-certification, the architect or engineer submits documents, taking responsibility instead of the building department, a system I have always questioned because it means that you, the consumer, are completely in the hands of the same person who prepared plans, kind of like the fox guarding the henhouse. The second-party independent government review is reduced in that system.

Fines are usually a few hundred dollars to $1,000 for the offense in your community, while New York City charges $1,000 per day or more for offenses, as a comparison. I see work done without permits every day, and too often see missing components, like connectors or reduced insulation, etc. That penalty is worse than a court can assess. Good luck!

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covered the Bellmore-JFK High School Homecoming parade in the fall of 2004, photographing the revelers and floats as they headed from the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station off Sunrise Highway to the Bellmore Avenue school. It was a sunny day, full of carefree teenagers.

I could never have imagined then that day would haunt me still.

All journalists who’ve been in the profession a while have stories they can’t shake. You might think you SCoTT had locked them away at the back BRINToN of your brain, but they reappear without warning, leaving you in a state of disbelief or sadness or anger. Thinking back on that Homecoming parade leaves me feeling all three.

Covering the recent West Hempstead Stop & Shop shooting, in which 49-yearold Ray Wishropp, a father of seven from Valley Stream, was killed and two others were injured, sent the memories of that parade streaming back.

That day, I snapped photos of Carol Kestenbaum, a 17-year-old JFK senior, as she drove the Homecoming king and queen in her white convertible. A little

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more than two years later, Kestenbaum was shot dead while studying education at the University of Arizona. She had warned a friend that the young man she was dating seemed unhinged.

The 22-year-old found out about the warning, killed Kestenbaum and her best friend, Nicole Schiffman, another Kennedy High graduate who was studying journalism at the University of Maryland, and then took his own life. Schiffman had come for the weekend to celebrate Kestenbaum’s 20th birthday.

They were among the tens of thousands of Americans who have died in a perpetual cycle of gun violence in this nation. I held back tears when I covered their funerals on a cold winter day in 2007. They were buried side by side at New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon.

I knew Carol’s mother, Rita Kestenbaum. In 1999, she won a seat on the Hempstead Town Board. She lost it in the next election, but remained active in local politics for years after that. At the JFK Homecoming parade, she walked behind her daughter’s car from the train station to the school, beaming with pride.

Her daughter was the first person I knew to die of gun violence. Her death leaves me feeling unsettled to this day, understanding how suddenly and sense-

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lessly a life can be taken in this country.

Wishropp was a Stop & Shop manager.

Nassau County police said his alleged killer, a 31-year-old Hempstead man, had sought a transfer to another supermarket.

When he didn’t get it, he left the store, but returned 40 minutes later and started shooting.

I’m a runner. Last Saturday, I ran to the top of the giant hill at the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick, where there’s a human sun clock dedicated to Carol Kestenbaum. You stand in the middle of the circle, where a rectangular stone block forms the centerpiece of this hallowed ground. The 12 months are marked on it. On a sunny day, if you stand on the month you’re in and raise your hand straight to the sky, your shadow will point to a number from one to 12, giving you the approximate time of day.

“The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time,” reads the plaque in honor of Kestenbaum.

I sat enjoying the 63-degree weather on a sunny, windless day. The azure sky stretched out before me, with wispy cirrus clouds high above. I could hear the creaky windmill to my left spinning, its moving blades forming a frenetic shadow on the seashell-coated path before me. In a grassy patch to my right, a family — a mother and father, their children and the

he deadly Stop & Shop shooting took me back to a Bellmore Homecoming.

kids’ grandparents — had spread out a blanket to sit and talk and laugh.

It all felt so normal, peaceful, a world away from the chaos of gun violence that had erupted at the West Hempstead Stop & Shop April 20 and in Arizona all those years ago. Kestenbaum, who wanted to become a teacher, would have loved the sound of children at play, I imagined.

Then a loud shot rang out, I believe from the gun range just across the Meadowbrook Parkway in Freeport, piercing the quietude, an eerie reminder that guns are never far away in America.

As I ran down the hill to head home, I heard three more pops of a gun in rapidfire succession. Then again, and again.

The shots continued as I ran out of the park. I had heard them many times before while at the preserve, but had never paid much attention to them. Now I wanted them to just go away, never to be heard again.

I only wish our elected leaders at the federal and state levels might sit in Carol Kestenbaum’s circle, soaking up the normalcy of everyday life and imagining this young light of the world extinguished in a heartbeat.

How would they vote on gun-control legislation then?

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.

Why are young girls mean to one another?

ime-travel with me. The year was 1957. We had just moved to Cedarhurst from Queens, and it was the first day of class at Number Three School on Broadway. I slid into my chair in Mrs. Haggerty’s sixth-grade classroom, and knew I would fall out of the same chair, dead, in a minute if I couldn’t get away from the stares and whispers of the other girls.

After a few minutes of mounting distress, I burst into tears, thus condemning myself to an entire school year of teasRANDI ing and ostracism KREISS and bullying. You can’t cry. It just feeds the frenzy. In 1957 there was no counseling, no help, just day after day of preteen hell.

I was actually one of the few, possibly the only, sixth-grader in America to get the “black spot” from a clique of girls in the class. Do you know your “Treasure Island”? The pirates passed a piece of paper with a black spot on it to someone about to be killed. So, did It make it better that I was the target of a literary group of

mean girls? When I opened the folded-up note left on my desk and saw the black spot, I knew I was doomed.

I wasn’t your regulation kid. I couldn’t help that. The other girls were consumed with “American Bandstand,” a daily live TV dance show out of Philly.

They followed that program, and the real-life teens who appeared on the show, with a devotion I could neither fathom nor fake. I just wanted to come home after school, cut up a few oranges and retreat to my room with a book.

Reading “Gone With the Wind,” I consumed a small grove.

Eventually I made friends and kept friends and got married and had children and then grandchildren. What is a troubling issue in my granddaughters’ lives?

Mean girl power plays, cliques and the popularity drama humming beneath the radar of most parents and teachers. Girls are still forming exclusive groups in elementary and junior and senior high school; they are still finding someone to be “it”; they are still causing other girls enormous emotional stress and anxiety.

And it is mostly girls. Boys interact in entirely different ways. Of course, there

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are bullies and guys’ cliques, but girls seem to deploy meanness in more creative and devastating ways.

I asked a few of my friends if they remember if they were mean girls in school, and every one of us recalled whether we were in the cool, mean group or with the uncool outsiders. And everyone who copped to being mean acknowledged that they knew it was wrong, but they were afraid that if they didn’t join the power clique, they would become a target. Pretty savage equation, isn’t it? Meanness equals survival.

In the decades since I survived the black spot, psychologists, educators and parents have studied the relationships among young girls and defined the behaviors and the interactions. But the meanness still exists in the whispers and the pacts to leave someone out and the comments on someone’s unacceptable clothes or habits or affect. There are attempts at discussion groups and sensitization groups and psychological services in the schools, but the toxic comments have leapt to the internet, where it is so much easier to target a classmate, anonymously and persistently.

hen I opened the note and saw the black spot, I knew I was doomed.

“Mean Girls,” the show and the movie, was hilarious, intuitive and sharp in its send-up of the popular girls who reigned supreme at a typical American high school. The production, which was, first of all, entertainment, glossed over the real pain young girls feel as victims of a meangirl power surge.

Rosalind Wiseman, author of “Queen Bees and Wannabes,” urges parents to look at their own behavior, how they talk about neighbors or friends and the capacity they model for accepting people into their circle.

Other suggestions she offers: Stay engaged with your child. Realize it isn’t only other kids who are the mean girls.

Contact the school and calmly convey your concerns. Band together with other parents to discuss the issues.

I’m not sure what to say to my own granddaughters. Perhaps remind them to keep talking to the trusted adults in their lives. Perhaps remind them that they are surviving a once-in-a-generation pandemic with courage and grace, and they can survive this, too. Look at me. I got the black spot 64 years ago and I’m still here. I don’t even remember the names of the girls who tried to ruin my sixth-grade life.

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

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For goodness’ sake, get vaccinated

e’re steadily getting there — herd immunity, when a minimum of 60 to 70 percent of Americans will be vaccinated against Covid-19. As of press time this week, about 34 percent of New Yorkers had been fully vaccinated, a number roughly equal to the national percentage.

That’s good, but not necessarily great.

Here’s why: Officials at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the vaccination rate has slowed in recent weeks, and if the percentage of inoculated Americans continues to drop each week, we may be unable to reach herd immunity by summer’s end.

That would be bad. So much of what we held dear during pre-pandemic times — the ability to work and earning a living, visit family members and friends, take in a ball game or concert — hangs in the balance.

Mercifully, we have seen a major drop in the number of infections across New York state over the past month. That trend, officials said, is due in large part to widespread vaccination of New Yorkers. It also may partly be a function of the slowing spread of the virus as warmer weather sets in. Officials had predicted that winter would bring the highest levels of infection and death, and it certainly did, peaking on Jan. 8, when the U.S. saw 259,564 new Covid-19 cases.

Following that peak, health officials said, we would see a decrease in cases, with summer predicted to bring the lowest levels of infection since the pandemic erupted here in March of last year.

Already we have seen the overall infection rate across the state fall below 2 percent, with only the Finger Lakes and western New York seeing rates slightly above that figure.

The infection rates in the Capital

Walk in or schedule an appointment All New York state mass vaccination sites are now open to eligible New Yorkers ages 16 and over for walk-in vaccinations on a first-come, first-served basis. Walk-in appointments are reserved for first doses only, with second doses to be scheduled automatically after administration of the initial shot. All vaccine providers are encouraged to allow walkin appointments for those eligible.

People who would prefer to schedule Region and Southern Tier have already fallen below 1 percent, with Long Island not far behind, at 1.4 percent.

All of this, of course, is excellent news. But will it lead to vaccine complacency, with unvaccinated New Yorkers falsely believing that the virus is gone for good, leading them to think they don’t need the shot?

To be clear, even if we see the positivity rate drop below 1 percent — as it did last summer — the virus will not be gone unless we reach herd immunity. Unless a substantial majority of the state is vaccinated, we will risk the possibility that the virus will lurk among us and return with a vengeance, as it did this past winter.

So, we are pleading with those who are on the fence about whether to be vaccinated to get the shot. This is truly a matter of life and death for thousands of your fellow citizens. Beyond that, all of our livelihoods depend on our ability to earn a living in a thriving economy. Our economy will not be fully rid of the current governmental constraints until the virus is at last vanquished.

letters Thanking the City Council To the Editor: We, the members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Tri-Parish Council, want to acknowledge and thank the City of Long Beach for its decision to upgrade nine sanitation workers to full-time employment with health benefits. We look forward to the remaining, eligible sanitation workers receiving the same consideration in the near future.

We are a lay Catholic organization dedicated to helping our neighbors in need and to advocating for social and economic justice. One of our concerns has long been the hardships faced by our dedicated sanitation workers. We realize that the City of Long Beach is facing financial difficulties. However, it is right and just when workers fulfill the responsibilities of their jobs that they be paid an equitable wage.

an appointment at a state-run mass vaccination site can do so on the Am I Eligible app or by calling (833) 6974829. They may also contact their local health department, pharmacy, doctor or hospital to schedule an appointment where vaccines are available, or visit vaccinefinder.org to find information on vaccine appointments near them.

Source: Office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo

State vaccinations by the numbers Total doses administered: 15,643,329 Doses administered over the previous 24 hours: 93,940 Doses administered over the previous seven days: 1,208,303 Percentage of New Yorkers with at least one dose: 46.5 Percentage of New Yorkers with completed vaccine series: 34.9 Statistics as of Sunday, May 2. Source: New York State Department of Health

Each of us will play a small but integral part in defeating the coronavirus.

Winning the war will depend on whether average New Yorkers cast aside their lingering doubts and political allegiances and get the shot, which is free and accessible to anyone over age 16.

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t was recently reported that a group of Rockville Centre parents accused a high school social studies teacher of criticizing police during class, and wanted her to be reprimanded.

The district superintendent, without referring to the specific incident, wrote to parents, “Lessons and activities that create divisiveness or that marginalize anyone have no place in our schools.”

The teacher did not attack police officers or call for police departments to be defunded. To aLan engage students in a discussion sinGer about police actions after the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, she shared statistics about police killings of Black men.

The superintendent is right that no lessons should marginalize a racial, ethnic or religious group, but it had better be OK to “marginalize” neo-Nazis and white nationalism. If the superintendent’s policy were implemented, that would mean eliminating from discussion any controversial issue that might challenge students to think, like women’s reproductive rights, racism in American society, climate change denial or citizenship opportunities for Deferred Action

for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients. It would allow a small group of parents to censor the curriculum, intimidate teachers into silence and cripple students’ education.

The irony is that the Rockville Centre teacher was following guidelines outlined in the New York state social studies framework. An essential component of social studies education is teaching students to “respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives; synthesize comments, claims and evidence made on all sides of an issue, and resolve contradictions when possible; and determine what additional information or research is required to deepen the investigation or complete the task.”

The Rev. Dr, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at South Side High School in March 1968. Would he be banned today because his ideas on racism, militarism and poverty would make certain parents uncomfortable?

Other cases involving teachers’ rights and responsibilities have recently been in the news. In San Clemente, Calif., a fourth-grade teacher was investigated after she took part in the Jan. 6 protest at the Capitol in Washington. She was temporarily suspended, and then reinstated after an investigation found no evidence that she acted illegally in Washington or

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Thank you for this important step you have taken to support economic justice.

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Keep up the vaccinations To the editor: Last week Nassau County reached a vital milestone in our quest to defeat the pandemic: Half of the county population had received at least one shot, including two-thirds of adult residents.

I am proud of the collective effort being made by the Nassau Department of Health, hospitals and community partners to get shots into the arms of residents. If we keep up our vaccination progress, we will save more lives, get our economy fully reopened sooner rather than later and enjoy a normal summer. We can do it, Nassau!

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that she brought her political views into the classroom. I think her conspiracytheory politics are crazy, but she has the right to be a teacher. The same principles that protect her also protect the teacher in Rockville Centre.

The Oneonta City School District upstate has a somewhat different issue that officials there are trying to sort out. Former students reported that a middle school social studies teacher gave them the finger and screamed obscenities when he drove by residents protesting the police shooting of a young African-American man. This case is difficult, because the teacher was acting, no matter how reprehensibly, as a private citizen. The district is now investigating him to determine whether there is evidence that his political views creep into his teaching, with students reporting that in lessons on the Civil War, he denied slavery played any role.

If the accusations about his teaching are substantiated, he is directly contradicting the state framework that reads, “Westward expansion, the industrialization of the North and the increase of slavery in the South contributed to the growth of sectionalism. Constitutional conflicts between advocates of states’ rights and supporters of federal power increased tensions in the nation;

attempts to compromise ultimately failed to keep the nation together, leading to the Civil War.” In a joint statement, the president of the local chapter of the NAACP and a school board vice president said, “We are disheartened to hear of the allegations that an Oneonta City School District teacher drove by the demonstration in Muller Plaza on Sunday, yelling obscenities and flipping off the crowd . . . While people have the right to disagree with the demonstrators, it is important that those who work for the OCSD remember that while they are entitled to their opinions, they represent the district, and their actions reflect on their competency in the classroom.”

The teacher is entitled to due process, but it appears he should have been investigated a long time ago. School administrators need to examine his lesson plans and monitor his teaching. If the district finds that racism not only shapes his politics, which is his right, but also affects how he teaches, he should be removed from the classroom, and the state should suspend his teaching certification.

Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies.

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New York is making progress on infections To the editor: Last week, the statewide Covid-19 positivity rate dropped to 1.49 percent, falling below 1.5 percent for the first time since Oct. 28. every single day, New York state is moving forward in the race between the infection rate and the vaccination rate.

More New Yorkers are getting vaccinated and hospitalizations are declining, which is good news, but we need New Yorkers to stay vigilant to ensure that we don’t lose any of the progress that we have made.

Washing hands, wearing masks and staying socially distant are critical behaviors that each of us can practice, individually and in our communities, to slow the spread. In the meantime, New York is continuing to make the vaccine more accessible, and opening more popup sites. Spring is here, and we’re making progress, but there is a way to go before we reach the light at the end of the tunnel.

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