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Long Beach Middle School’s new greenhouse has created extraordinary opportunities for environmental education, hands-on learning and STEAM experiences, with many new initiatives in the works. The district formally unveiled the outdoor facility, in the school’s courtyard, with a ribboncutting ceremony on May 24. The vegetation includes tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, peppers, squash and radish plants, along with a Venus flytrap. Story, more photos, Page 22.

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By JAmEs BErNstEIN jbernstein@liherald.com

Long Beach Police Commissioner Ron Walsh has disclosed that he plans to initiate a first-ofits-kind-on-Long-Island program that will ask anyone who has any type of contact with a city police officer to offer feedback on the experience.

The president of the Police Benevolent Association, Brian Wells, said he opposed the plan, calling it “naïve.”

Walsh, a veteran of the Nassau County Police Department who left his position as chief of support in February to head the Long Beach department, said he

believed that the program, called CueHit, was necessary at a time when many communities are developing police-reform programs and officers in some communities have come under attack.

“This has never been done before” on Long Island, Walsh said in an interview on Monday.

“The technology was not available. We can now seek information from what I call our customers.”

“Anyone who has any interaction with a Long Beach police officer will receive a text message asking how satisfied or unsatisfied they were with the officer’s performance,” he said.

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Police commissioner “In today’s world, when law enforcement is under attack, it’s important for officers to know that the public supports them,” Walsh said. “I anticipate that this will be the result of the program.”

The information that is collected, he explained, will be used to help the department improve

its performance.

The commissioner informed the staff about his plan last Friday.

“I have been working very diligently to help increase the positive profile of the LBPD with our community and in finding ways to highlight our great work!”

Walsh wrote in a letter to officers. “It is with this in mind that

in the coming weeks Long Beach PD will be the first department on Long Island and one of the first 10 in NY State to roll out a new solution called CueHit,” which he described as “an automated community engagement and connection platform.”

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Early primary voting begins Saturday workers and providing them with benefits; and tackling Long Beach’s shaky finances.

Bendo is running on the Long Beach Democratic Committee ticket with Paulette Waithe, a Wall Street financial services professional, and Tina Posterli, president of the Long Beach Board of Education. The slate is supported by the Nassau County Democratic Party. Posterli was attending a school board meeting, and a statement was read at the forum on her behalf.

In response to questions from Myles and civic association Vice President Anissa Moore, all six candidates said they supported a civilian-complaint review board.

Bendo said that the city was about to put into place a plan that would give citizens who engage with the police the ability to provide the department with feedback on how they were treated. The department’s Police Benevolent Association may not like the idea, Bendo added, “but it will determine, do we need a civilian review board?”

Kevin Heller, who is representing the Long Beach United Party, said he supported such a board, but added, “We must listen to it.” His running mates, Leah Tozer and Bill Notholt, agreed, but all said they supported the Police Department, as did Bendo and Waithe.

“The short answer is yes,” said Tozer, a real estate broker in town, “But we must not forget our police do a great job.”

Roy Lester, a bankruptcy attorney, a former school board president and a mainstay at City Council meetings who is running on his own, said, “I do support this, even if it’s not needed.

“People would feel they have an independent body” to examine complaints, Lester added. He also noted his strong support for the Police Department.

A key issue was what to do about brownfields, and why an area of North Park has not been cleaned since pollutants were left behind by the former Long Beach incinerator. The area is also in a state economic opportunity zone, which grants developers certain benefits. The candidates were asked how North Park could benefit from the zone, but they did not appear to have precise answers.

Heller and all others called for a cleanup. The public, he said, needs to be better educated about the opportunity

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AnissA Moore, vice president of the North Park Civic Association, helped moderate Tuesday night’s debate. zones. “We have to tackle rezoning,” Heller said.

Notholt said it had taken too long for a cleanup, and that one must take place.

“Brownfields are a huge issue,” said Tozer. She called correcting the problem “environmental justice.” “The problem is, we don’t have any economic policies” in the city, she added.

Lester called it “an economic issue.” “The fact that it hasn’t been cleaned up in all these years is ridiculous,” he said.

Bendo said that some of the property in the area is not owned by the city, and that the incinerator is on a Superfund list, but that the federal government has been slow to get cleanup work going.

All of the candidates also expressed their support for more affordable housing in the city, and said they would favor changes in its zoning codes to encourage that. “The zoning codes need to be changed to allow for low-income

housing,” said Notholt, a retired director of wastewater operations in the city’s water treatment plant, where he worked for over 35 years.

“Zoning is everything,” said Tozer, adding that the city needed an improved downtown and affordable housing.

“If we’re not going to change our zoning and building codes, nothing will happen,” she said.

Waithe noted that she had lived in Section 8 housing in Brooklyn, and later became a homeowner in Long Beach.

“Zoning should reflect Long Beach’s diversity,” she said.

“It’s why I came here.”

Lester argued that “there is no such thing as affordable housing on Long Island.” He said that housing prices and rents have climbed exponentially, and that many people needed second incomes to afford to live on the Island. He called for more housing subsidies.

Bendo noted that at Arverne by the Sea, a development in the Rockaways, some residents are allowed to buy two units, one to live in and one to rent, to help pay mortgages or rent. That is something Long Beach might consider, he said.

“We can and should rezone,” Heller said, “but we have to act, not just speak.”

Moore asked how candidates would get North Park residents more involved in city government. “That’s easy,” Tozer said. “We have to reach out and say we need your help.”

Waithe called for more open dialogue with the area’s residents.

Lester said, “If you want more participation, you’ve got to make it easier,” and that virtual meetings have been helpful. “You can’t always ask people to leave their homes at night and in rainy weather,” he said.

Posterli said in her statement that she has been fighting for environmental justice and to “right-size” the budget, which she said had been “woefully mismanaged in the past.” She also noted that the school board this year had produced budget with no tax increase, and that she would take “a neighborhood approach” to the city’s problems.

The United Party candidates basically argued that they could do a better job of running the city. Bendo, however, said ”The city has a reputation for corruption,” and that in his time on the City Council, “We are fixing that.”

JCC opens new infant-and-toddler day care

By JAMes Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com

The full data from the 2020 U.S. Census has not yet been released, but experts who care for children in Long Beach and Oceanside say they are now seeing a baby boom.

Whether such a boom is related to the pandemic is impossible to say at this point, but in an attempt to fill what they see as a growing need, Friedberg JCC in Long Beach and Long Beach city officials cut a ribbon Monday to celebrate the recent opening of an infant and toddler Day Care Center at its Magnolia Center.

Three children are already enrolled even though the program has just opened.

About 27 are eventually anticipated to attend the center.

The center will be opened from 7 am to 7 pm Monday to Thursday, and from 7 am to 6 pm Friday.

Friedberg JCC at Magnolia will serve children 6 weeks to 2 years. Friedberg already has a facility in Long Beach, at National Boulevard, which serves toddlers to Pre-K.

But there is a need for more centers, said the rental of store fronts is expensive, said Irene Jimenez, program director at making day care centers for children difficult to open. the JCC who oversees all of The center at Magnolia is the Friedberg JCC child care opening just as employers are programs. starting to require employees At the JCC in Oceanside, to return to offices after a there are 40 slots for infants. year-long shutdown caused by Of those, 37 are already taken. the coronavirus pandemic.

Eight of those are children Ian Danby, chairman of the not yet born, and another Long Beach Chamber of Comeight are kids born between merce, said that the chamber February and May of this is working with the city to year. allow businesses to operate at “My room in Oceanside is in private homes. Elsewhere already at capacity,” said on Long Island, day care cenJimenez, “and some of these ters are located in private kids aren’t born yet.” homes.

Roni Kleinman, executive “This is a business,” Danby director of the JCC, welcomed said. “There are not a lot of city officials and others who infant and toddler centers. attended the opening. The city DonnA M. This is going to be a successful of Long Beach issued a business.” request-for-proposals for the GAyDen John McNally, executive building at 650 Magnolia, and City manager assistant to the city manager, the JCC won a bid now leases said discussions are underthe building from the city.

“There is little early child care on Long way with the chamber to allow some type Island’s South Shore,” said Kleinman. She of businesses to be operated from private

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his partnership addresses a critical need for our residents and is a win for the JCC, the city and the community.

homes, but added no firk decisions have yet been made.

“The city is pleased to partner with the JCC to bring trusted and affordable childcare services to our community,” said Long Beach City Manager Donna M. Gayden. “This partnership addresses a critical need for our residents and is a win for the JCC, the City, and the community.”

The JCC has been associated with the city of Long Beach for several decades, providing services for children and social services to families. It also provides services for children at the Lindell School.

The Friedberg JCC serves the entire South Shore community and will now operate five early childhood locations: two in Long Beach and the otherss in Oceanside, Lynbrook and Merrick/Bellmore.

To register or for more information about the program contact Irene Jimenez at ijimenez@friedbergjcc.org or call 516634-4167.

The Census Bureau is scheduled to release full data for national and state population changes and demographics in December.

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Schumer secures funds to dredge Jones Inlet Senator urges Army Corps to move forward with the project

By Darwin Yanes dyanes@liherald.com

Sen. Charles Schumer announced at a news conference late last week that $19 million was allocated in President Joseph Biden’s proposed 2021-22 budget to complete a project to dredge the Jones Beach Inlet.

At the news cnference at Point Lookout, Schumer, however, said the project could be pushed back until 2023 because of “red tape.” He urged the Army Corps of Engineers to “cut the red tape” adding that the project needs to be completed “asap” before the hurricane season. Local officials said the inlet hasn’t been dredged since 2014, which has created dangerous conditions for boaters.

“This is an ASAP project that has urgency for safety, climate and the economy,” Schumer said. “We depend here, on the south shore, on tourism and boating.”

He was joined by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky and Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin, along with local boaters who frequent the inlet. In May 2020, Kaminsky penned a letter to Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite of the Army Corps of Engineers, stressing “the near impossibility to navigate the inlet under certain weather conditions.”

Kaminsky wrote shortly after John Costa was killed after his boat overturned

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in rough waters in Jones Beach Inlet, off Point Lookout. The body of Joseph Sparacio, another passenger on the water vessel, was later found in Breezy Point.

“This is an emergency,” Kaminsky said at the news conference. “This needs to happen right away and there’s one person

that could make this happen for us and it’s Senator Schumer.”

John McMurray, who runs a charter boat business in Oceanside, said he tore almost every muscle in his arm in a boating accident on the Jones Inlet. He added that he was out of work for about three

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“People need to be able to safely come in and out of that inlet without fear of losing their vessel and without fear of injury or losing their life,” McMurray said.

HempsteaD supervisor Don Clavin gifted Schumer a life preserver at the news conference.

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Long Beach Tuesday honored the memory of Edna Buckman Kearns, who visited the city in 1913 seeking support for womens’ right to vote.

By James BernsTein and darwin yanes jbernstein@liherald.com; dyanes@liherald.com

On a warm day in 1913, Edna Buckman Kearns hitched up her horse-drawn suffrage campaign wagon and traveled from New York City to Long Beach, to raise support to gain women the right to vote.

Kearns, then 31 years old, had become one of the country’s best-known womens’ rights leaders, and her wagon, called the “Spirit of 1776,” was also a well-know sight in New York and in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Kearns lived in Rockville Centre and New York City.

The 19th amendment giving women the right to vote was approved in 1920, after tireless work by Kearns and others.

On Tuesday, a bit of Kearns’s spirit was revived in Long Beach. City officials and others put up a marker in Kearns’s name on the boardwalk at National Boulevard. The William G. Pomeroy Foundation, whose website says it is committed to supporting the celebration and preservation of community history, paid for and sponsored the plaque. The Foundation has awarded more than 1,400 grants for roadside markers and plaques nationwide.

Bob Keeler, a former Newsday editor, spoke on behalf of Edna Kearn’s granddaughter, Marguerite Kearns, who lives in New Mexico.

Keeler met Marguerite Kearns in 1978, when he was Newsday’s Albany bureau chief and she was working for the weekly Woodstock Times. Marguerite wrote a book about her grandmother, the just-published “Unfinished Revolution, An: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights.” Marguerite was unable to attend Tuesday’s ceremony.

“As a Journalist, I deeply admire Marguerite’s persistence in her reporting,” Keeler said. “As a grandfather, I love the

way she honors her grandmother.”

Kearns’s visit to Long Beach was noted by the New York Times, which published an article featuring the rights leader giving “a voiceless speech.”

The event was somber and at times light. Sarah Conway, 18, a senior at Long Beach High School, said from the podium that she and her parents are Irish immigrants who moved to Long Beach when she was three. She recalled during her early school years the 2008 ObamaMcCain presidential race.

“All we knew was that this was something important to adults, and that made it cool,” Conway said. “We couldn’t even spell politics then.”

“I ran home and told my parents I voted for Obama,” she said. “I told them I was the reason he won.”

She said she has since learned the importance of voting. “One vote does make a difference,” Conway said.

Long Beach city councilman Michael DeLury noted that Kearns’s movement “ultimately resulted in the ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S constitution on August 18, 1920.”

City Councilwoman Liz Treston got a cheer from the crowd when she said, “The women have voices and our voices matter.”

John McNally, executive assistant to the Long Beach City Manager, read a letter sent from Paulie Miller, executive director of the Pomeroy Foundation.

“Today you honor Edna Kearns and her associates in the Women’s Suffrage Movement with this national vote for women’s trail marker,” McNally read. “Now your community joins a select group from across the United States with Pomeroy Foundation markers.”

Kearns died in 1934 at the age of 51.

The suffrage wagon is now housed in the New York State Museum in Albany.

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events and activities

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by the pandemic, The Kapilian Trio is proud to present a celebratory American folk tribute. The virtual event will take place from 2-3 p.m. on Zoom, 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.

Monday, June 14

Long Beach Soup Kitchen 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.

Spark Joy: Declutter and Organize Your Home In this live decluttering workshop featuring certified Konmari consultant Shannon Huneycutt, you’ll learn all the necessary skills needed to maintain a tidy home for life. Visualize and create the space you’ve always dreamed about using the KonMari MethodTM of organizing. 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.

Farmers’ Market The Kennedy Plaza Farmers’ Market will be held at Kennedy Plaza in front of Long Beach City Hall every Saturday and Wednesday from 9:00am 2:00pm. For additional information, visit ligreenmarket.org

Arts in the Plaza Arts in the Plaza features handcrafted art by local artists including custom jewelry, unique handmade gifts, photography and fine art. The weekly art festival will be in Kennedy Plaza every Saturday from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. through October 30th. For more info visit artsintheplaza.comfacebook.com/ artsintheplaza1.

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The Joint Veterans Organization in cooperation with the City of Long Beach will hold a Flag Day Ceremony on Monday, June 14 at 1:30 p.m. The ceremony takes place at Veteran’s Memorial Park on Magnolia Boulevard and West Bay Drive. All are encouraged to join Veterans and City officials as they pay tribute to and celebrate the American Flag and all it stands for. Bring your tattered, worn or unserviceable U.S. Flags for dignified disposal by burning.

Thursday, June 10 NUMC Mammography Van Breast Cancer Screenings Legislator Denise Ford is hosting the Nassau University Medical Center Mammography Van to provide breast cancer screenings for women over age forty on Thursday, June 10, from 8:15am - 12pm in the Stop & Shop Plaza on East Park Avenue. Appointments are required and scheduled on a first come, first served basis.

For additional information and to make an appointment, please call (516) 571-6204.

Migraines & Other Headache Disorders They will discuss the most common forms of headache, review the current understanding of migraines, and

update participants on current treatments. 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.

Friday, June 11 Chair Yoga This popular virtual Chair Yoga class focuses on a full-body practice and will help strengthen your nervous system and reduce stress and stiffness.

Kathleen Regan has been practicing yoga since 1993, and she has been practicing for even longer. The virtual event will take place from 9-10 a.m. on Zoom, visit the L.B. Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

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Saturday, June 12

Long Beach Memories: Special guest, author Mark Torres

Yoga for Health & Peace

Join the Long Beach Historical Society & the Long Beach Public Library with special guest Mark Torres, author of “Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: Dust for Blood” “Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: Dust for Blood” is the riveting, comprehensive and never before told true story about the migrant labor camps in Suffolk County from their inception during World War II, through their heyday in 1960, and culminating with their steady decline towards the end of the 20th century. The virtual event will take place from 2-3 p.m. to noon on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

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.

Sunday, June 13 The Kapilian Trio: A Celebration of Folk Music After more than one year of social isolation and uncertainty brought about

PBA president describes plan as ‘naive’ “Is this the only way” to get feedback?

Mulvaney asked. “It shouldn’t able to send out an automatic text mesbe.” sages to citizens, victims, witnesses and Wells, the PBA president, said, “It’s a more about case updates when we choose. The site can add information very naïve idea. Given the kind of enviabout services or referrals, quickly cre- ronment in which we work, you’re basically soliciting comate rules for automatplaints from people.” ed communications Most reactions, he re garding special said, would be posievents and g ather tive, but some would feedback from citinot be. zens we’ve recently “Some people interacted with and don’t like the answers more.” we give them,” Wells “CueHit was creatsaid. “Some things ed for law enforceare civil cases, some ment with the knowlare landlord-tenant edge that police offidisputes. People cers do an incredible aren’t always happy job serving the comw i t h t h e a n swe r s munity and citizens they get. are very satisfied “People have a lot with the service they of ways to make comr e c e iv e , ” Wa l s h Courtesy City of Long Beach p l a i n t s, ” h e s a i d . wrote.

Long BeAch PoLice Comissioner “They can call, email.

James Mulvaney, But at least they had an adjunct professor Ron Walsh. to take the first step.” at John Jay College Publicly, at least, of Criminal Justice in Manhattan who lives in Long Beach, Walsh has had an uneven relationship said that feedback from the public is a with the Long Beach PBA, which repregood thing. But, he added, the program sents the majority of the department’s may not provide a full picture. There 66 officers. In April, the association will be more feedback on more-active recorded a no-confidence vote in his officers than from less-active ones. leadership, criticizing his “geographic

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After every interAction with a Long Beach police officer, people will be asked to provide feedback on their experience. department. But Walsh defended his community-policing plan, and said he had a high regard for the city police.

The unionized officers have been working without a contract for several years.

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policing model,” which calls for assigning officers to posts on a longer-term basis and seeing to it that they become more involved in the community they patrol.

Wells said at the time that Walsh did not seem to respect the Long Beach

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Coming off the only defeat of his career, finishing fourth as the Kentucky Derby favorite, Essential Quality got redemption last Saturday when he edged past intense pacesetter Hot Rod Charlie down the stretch for a thrilling 1 1/4-length victory in the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes.

Sent off as the 6-5 betting favorite, Essential Quality triumphed for the sixth time in seven starts and provided trainer Brad Cox and jockey Luis Saez with their first career Triple Crown wins. Owned by Dubai-based Godolphin Stables, the Tapit colt completed the famed 1 1/2-mile “Test of the Champion” in 2:27.11 and paid $4.60 to win. Preakness winner Rombauer finished a distance third.

“With the Tapit on top we really thought he would get the mile and a half when given the opportunity,” Cox said. “We always thought he had the ability. After the Derby, you just have to see what it takes out of them. It’s a demanding race as well as the Belmont. We were watching him for a week or so. We put our heads together and felt like if we we’re going to keep him in training we might as well run him.”

In the winner’s circle, Godolphin President Jimmy Bell said Essential Quality, who last year won an Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old, has never run a bad race in his life. “He probably ran as good a race as he’s run in the Derby,” Bell added.

“We all wish sometimes to work out a better trip, but it wasn’t meant to be and that’s horse racing.”

It was an ideal trip for Essential Quality in the eight-horse Belmont, however. He broke clean from the No. 2 post and sat chilly in fifth place as Hot Rod Charlie set a blistering pace just ahead of Rock Your World, going 22.78 seconds in the first quarter and 46.49 for the opening half mile.

“He broke well, but it took four or five strides to get position going into the first turn,” Cox said. “I was a touch shocked. I thought we’d be a little closer on our own.

When we saw the opening quarter, I felt good. And then the 46 he was laying midpack and on the outside.”

Still in a comfortable spot as the hot pace continued through a mile run in 1:37.40, Essential Quality made a strong move coming out of the final turn as Rock Your World backtracked out of contention, setting the stage for a crowd-pleasing twohorse stretch duel.

“Luis did a good job of getting him into position,” Cox said. “Turning for home, we were pretty much on even terms with the leader. Hot Rod Charlie ran a tremendous race to hang around that late after doing most of the dirty work. Our horse really showed his talent and stamina.”

Essential Quality, who earned $800,000 to boost his career bankroll to more than $3.2 million, moved a neck in front of Hot Rod Charlie at the eighth pole and inched

Courtesy NYRA/Adam Coglianese

ESSENTIaL QuaLITY, TOP right, with jockey Luis Saez aboard, overtook Hot Rod Charlie down the stretch to capture the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes before a crowd of 11,238 last Saturday.

ESSENTIaL QuaLITY’S cONNEcTIONS, from left, Godolphin Racing President Jimmy Bell, trainer Brad Cox and jockey Luis Saez celebrated in the winner’s circle after capturing the Belmont Stakes.

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further away in the final strides as the 11,238 fans in attendance roared.

“It was a pretty nice trip,” Saez said.

“That’s what I was expecting, we knew there was going to be a lot of speed, so we tried to get a clean break and be right there.

I knew he was going to run his race at the top of the stretch. On the backside, he picked up the bridle and was moving pretty well, so I’m not going to try to take him

back and go inside when he was running pretty well.”

Jockey Flavian Prat, who returned to ride Hot Rod Charlie in the Belmont Stakes after piloting Rombauer to his Preakness win, said: “We had a good race. He was traveling well on the lead and he was really game today. It was a great effort. We had a lot of pressure, but I don’t think it would have mattered today. I’m really proud of

my horse.”

Contested without spectators in 2020 due to the pandemic and shortened to 1 1/8 miles as the first leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont was again held in front of fans (limited to approximately 12-percent capacity) and at its standard distance.

Rounding out the order of finish was Known Agenda, Bourbonic, Rock Your World, Overtook and France Go de Ina.

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I lost two students to Covid. They were 19 and 20 years old. One of them disappeared.

I sent him a not,e and he said he had been sick. When we went remote, he dropped out of sight. He was a good kid. He was a good student,. He would have gotten an A. One of his classmates called me and told me he had passed.

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enforcement. We were remote for much of the year. None of them brought up the two lost students. You don’t expect to lose kids to a disease. They may be preparing to be cops and the idea of danger or death is always out there, but it’s never discussed. A lot of the kids are from working-class families.

There may only be one computer in the home. A lot were not prepared for virtual learning. But the majority of them managed it. The pandemic changed everything. On top of that, you have kids transitioning from high school to college. In high school, a bell rings and you go to the next class. In college, you have a lot more free time, and you have to learn how to fill it usefully.

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eaching through the pandemic was challenging, but as teachers, we had to learn how to adapt our teaching styles and be creative to keep our students engaged. Our students are all at home, so we have been virtually welcomed into 22 different homes and backgrounds. So, it was important as a teacher to build a connection with not only our students, but with their families, as well.

The first-graders thrived with the interaction with one another. Through a pandemic that has been difficult, and virtually, that has been a challenge. But they are resilient, and we are using tools like Google breakout rooms to help them connect with one another, which has been amazing.

There’s always the technological aspect that can be challenging. Especially for first-graders,

it was not only teaching content, but teaching how to use certain tech tools. Each child learns in a unique way, and having to differentiate, adapt and individualize instruction through a virtual environment was a challenge.

One of the positive aspects of the program was that it gave the students an opportunity to work at their own pace.

I visited each student’s house, and they were able to see that I was a real person. I made it a point to get to know them, their like and dislikes, and I tried to use their likes in our curriculum to keep them engaged. I had a student who loved science, so I gave him the opportunity to do an experiment and teach us how to make ice-pops. This is a unique situation, and as 6- and 7-year-olds, they have thrived.

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s a dance instructor and student who graduated from Pat’s Dance Studio, I attend and enjoy my classes because it’s like a second family here. The fact that we get to see each other continuously nine months of the year, it feels like a ritual. It’s the gathering aspect, the communal aspect, the coming together. Plus, it’s fun.

For my older students, they enjoy the challenges, and for my younger students, seeing their smiles, getting their hugs, getting their little drawings and seeing them blossom in front of the mirrors, it warms the heart. Here, unlike sometimes in school, it’s about learning, but it’s also about fun.

This is a small social setting, so the kids grow confidence between themselves and from meeting different people from different

places, from private schools, public schools and even homeschool. For example, I have an insulin pump, and I had to explain it to one of the girls when she saw it. They demonstrated how much they appreciated the education, but I also appreciated their concern and embrace.

In the future, post-Covid, I will teach different classes which allows me to connect with all the children, which is the most important to me. Getting to know my students is a priority to me because that’s how I get to inspire them. With the timid ones, I see them growing out of their shell, and with the talented ones, I appreciate seeing their technique. It is the growth that most enjoy and aim for.

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I was one of the educators faced with the challenge of assisting teachers, staff, families and students with the abrupt shift to distance learning. I knew that being able to navigate the new technology was a priority to assist with the shift. Over the first few months, I took courses to become Google Trainer certified. I was able to expand my knowledge within the technology field and provide support to make the transition to this new way of teaching and learning less stressful for others.

The pandemic became a complete deterrent to our world as a whole, and has affected everyone socially, including me. Friends and family that I was able to see at any time, became a fearful and anxious experience. It was the fear of the unknown. Each day when I woke up, I wondered, when we would return to a school-filled building and hear the voices and laughs of our teachers and children?

Coming back in-person in September, jumping on the frontlines, with guidance and support from Superintendent Dr. Ann Pedersen, working alongside administrators, teachers, staff and students, we were able to begin the transition to normalcy, with some hope. The pandemic has made me reflect on the true meaning to “don’t take moments for granted.”

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Steps to a healthier you

f you’re like most men, you probably have a career plan and a retirement plan. And maybe even a plan for starting or providing for your family. But do you have a plan for keeping yourself healthy? While some health issues are beyond your control, there are several ways you can keep your mind and body strong and healthy.

June is Men’s Health Month — a good reminder for men to pay a little more attention to their health than usual. Start your healthy living plan today!

Hang out with friends and family You might think you’re too busy for a boys’ night out or lunch with your mom. But activities like these, which we so missed during the throes of the pandemic, may save your life. Research shows that social ties can help you survive health problems, make you happier, and even prolong your life. One study even found that social bonds can protect your physical health as much as quitting smoking. So, now, with vaccines in place, we can begin to reconnect with family and friends we’ve so sorely missed.

Eat a healthy diet Take-out food may be tasty and easy. And certainly throughout the pandemic, many of us turned to take out frequently, also comfort foods and snacking were a coping mechanism for many.

Now’s the time to get back on track and return to healthier lifestyle. If take-out is still your thing, be smart about the kind of quick food choices you make. Too many fatty foods and sugary drinks increases your risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. And you’ll risk packing on the pounds. Instead, work on eating more vegetables, fruits, lean proteins, and whole grains Break a sweat We all know how important exercise is: it can reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, colon cancer, and other health problems. It can also keep your weight down and sharpen your judgment. Plus, you will likely sleep better and live longer.

Even the most diligent guys may have been sidetracked during the pandemic. With stay at home orders and just general malaise, along with binge-watching TV, losing focus last year was understandable. But there’s no reason now not to pick up the pace and refocus on your fitness goals. So try to get at least two and a half hours of moderate-intensity activity every week. Even yard work counts!

Unplug and take a break Small amounts of stress can energize you and sharpen your ability to perform well. But too much stress over time can cause serious physical and mental health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, digestive problems, sleeplessness, and depression. To de-stress, get some exercise, meet up with friends and at long last take a break from the smart phone and computer screens.

Get the sleep you need It seems like there are never enough hours in the day.

As a result, at least 25 percent of Americans are sleepdeprived. Too little sleep is linked to obesity, accidental

trauma, heart disease, depression, and diabetes. It also puts you at risk of car accidents due to drowsy driving.

Sleeping seven to nine hours per night can improve your work performance, your physical safety and your body’s ability to fight disease.

Check your skin Men don’t usually pay attention to their skin, outside of shaving in the mirror. This June, spend a little time looking for new or unusual growths on your skin and help detect skin cancer in its early stages. Keep the “ABCD” rule in mind and be on the lookout for moles with the following characteristics: √ Asymmetry (one side is bigger than the other) √ Uneven borders (lines around the mole are jagged or uneven) √ Red or uneven color (moles should be one color, generally brown) √ Large diameter (moles shouldn’t be bigger than 6 mm, which is about the size of a pencil eraser) √ Pay attention to any moles that change in appearance, either in size, color or border.

If you have concerns about a mole, contact your provider or a dermatologist.

Lend a hand Studies have found that helping other people can decrease blood pressure, stress levels, and chronic pain. It can also reduce your likelihood of having depression and can even help you live longer. And helping others doesn’t have to be a big deal. You can donate to a fundraising drive, mow a neighbor’s grass or run a race for a charity.

Throughout Covid-19, neighbors — and communities — supported one another in ever greater numbers.

Let’s keep it going.

Limit alcohol Happy hour, hitting the bar and watching the ball game with your pals can be a fun time. But too much alcohol can lead to injuries, cancer, psychological problems, damaged relationships, and high blood pressure. Try to limit alcohol to two drinks — such as a bottle of beer or one and half ounces of hard alcohol—per day if you drink. Health providers recommend drinking even less.

Drink in moderation, if you drink at all. And be sure to always have a designated driver whenever you consume alcohol.

Schedule a doctor’s appointment Research shows that men are less likely to see a doctor than women, putting their health at risk and helping women generally outlive them by at least five years. One of the best ways to maintain your health is to see your provider at least once a year.

During your checkup, your provider will check your blood pressure, blood glucose levels and cholesterol, as well as recommend other screenings based on your age and risk factors. This appointment is also a great time to ask any questions or talk about any concerns you have about your health.

Above photo: Stay on top of your health guys. The sooner you do it the better.

That snooze matters Sleep well, live better It’s well-established that sleep is essential to our physical and mental health. But despite its importance, a troubling percentage of people find themselves regularly deprived of quality sleep.

Though there’s a wide range of causes and types of sleeping problems, expert consensus points to a handful of concrete steps that promote more restful sleep. For many, trying to implement all these strategies can be overwhelming. But remember it’s not all-or-nothing; start with small changes and work your way up toward healthier sleep habits, also known as sleep hygiene.

Create A Sleep-Inducing Bedroom Make your bedroom a place of comfort and relaxation. Though this might seem obvious, it’s often overlooked, contributing to difficulties getting to sleep and sleeping through the night.

Focus on maximizing comfort and minimizing distractions.

Use a high-performance mattress and pillow: A quality mattress is vital to making sure that you are comfortable enough to relax. It also ensures, along with your pillow, that your spine gets proper support to avoid aches and pains.

Choose quality bedding: Your sheets and blankets play a major role in helping your bed feel inviting. Look for bedding that feels comfortable to the touch and that will help maintain a comfortable temperature during the night.

Avoid light disruption: Excess light exposure can throw off your sleep and circadian rhythm. Blackout curtains over your windows or a sleep mask for over your eyes can block light and prevent it from interfering with your rest.

Cultivate peace and quiet: Keeping noise to a minimum is an important part of building a sleeppositive bedroom. If you can’t eliminate nearby sources of noise, consider drowning them out with a fan or white noise machine. Earplugs or headphones are another option to stop abrasive sounds from bothering you when you want to sleep.

Find an agreeable temperature:

You don’t want your bedroom temperature to be a distraction by feeling too hot or too cold. The ideal temperature can vary, but most research supports sleeping in a cooler room that is around 65 degrees.

Optimize Your Sleep Schedule Taking control of your daily sleep schedule is a powerful step toward getting better sleep. : Set a fixed wake-up time: It’s close to impossible for your body to get accustomed to a healthy sleep routine if you’re constantly waking up at different times. Pick a wake-up time and stick with it, even on weekends or other days when you would otherwise be tempted to sleep in.

Budget time for sleep: If you want to make sure that you’re getting the recommended amount of sleep each night, then you need to build that time into your schedule.

Considering your fixed wake-up time, work backwards and identify a target bedtime. Whenever possible, give yourself extra time before bed to wind down and get ready for sleep.

Be careful with naps: To sleep better at night, it’s important to use caution with naps. If you nap for too long or too late in the day, it can throw off your sleep schedule and make it harder to get to sleep when you want to. The best time to nap is shortly after lunch in the early afternoon, and the best nap length is around 20 minutes.

Adjust your schedule gradually: When you need to change your sleep schedule, it’s best to make adjustments little-by-little and over time with a maximum difference of one to two hours per night6. This allows your body to get used to the changes so that following your new schedule is more sustainable.

Craft pre-bed routine: If you’ve a hard time falling asleep, it’s natural to think that the problem starts when you lie down in bed. In reality, though, the lead-up to bedtime plays a crucial role in preparing you to fall asleep quickly and effortlessly.

Above photo: A good night’s sleep is just as important as regular exercise and a healthy diet.

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Incisionless surgery addresses enlarged prostate in men with frequent urination

Reluctant to even consider very day for 15 years, surgery, Dr. Funk relied on Wantagh dentist Dr. Arnold prescription therapies to Funk, 70, battled the urge manage and treat his BPH, and the frequent need to urinate. which worked “to a degree,” he “I was always looking for a says. However, exasperated by bathroom and waking up three or the impact of BPH on his quality four times during the night,” said of life, in the fall of 2020 he the grandfather of three. “In fact, I took the advice of his urologist, joked that I was always the first Dr. Stanley Ring, to consult with one in the bathroom and the last Dr. Michael Herman, Director of one out.”

Urology at Mount Sinai South The symptoms were the result Nassau. of an enlarged prostate, or benign Dr. Herman recommended prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), which Aquablation, an incisionless generally affects men 50 and Aquablation is one of the surgery that combines the older. In the United States, there state-of-the-art surgical precision of a heat-free waterjet are over 12 million men under a techniques that Dr. Herman uses and robotic surgical technology doctor’s care for BPH, of whom to treat non-cancerous and to remove enlarged prostate two million are looking for cancerous prostate conditions. tissue. In clinical studies, men alternative treatment options. who had Aquablation had a very low rate of BPH is caused when noncancerous cells of the irreversible complications, such as incontinence, prostate divide to make more cells, forming a mass ejaculatory dysfunction, and erectile dysfunction. “I that restricts flow in the urinary tract. If left thought I should give it a try,” said Dr. Funk. “It untreated, BPH has the potential to lead to serious seemed to be better than other methods.” complications, ranging from urinary tract infections Dr. Funk had the procedure in November 2020 and stones in the bladder or kidney to urinary and, one week later, the sensation and sudden urge retention and kidney damage.

to urinate were gone. Today, he wakes up perhaps once a night and can go five to six hours without needing to use the restroom. “I absolutely would recommend this procedure,” says Dr. Funk. “It’s lifechanging.”

“Aquablation is a potentially life-transforming treatment for the thousands of men on Long Island and in New York City coping with the inconvenient, disruptive, and uncomfortable symptoms of an enlarged prostate,” said Dr. Herman. “Like Dr. Funk, patients eligible for Aquablation have been pleased with the results.”

Aquablation is just one of the potentially lifechanging state-of-the-art surgical techniques that Dr. Herman and Mount Sinai South Nassau Prostate Health use to treat non-cancerous and cancerous conditions in the prostate and urinary tract. Dr. Herman and the program’s surgeons also specialize in robotically assisted or laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery, radiosurgery, brachytherapy, cryotherapy, and active surveillance. The program also provides comprehensive education and counseling for patients and their primary physicians in prostate health.

Mount Sinai South Nassau Prostate Health is a service of the hospital’s Urology Program, which is ranked “High Performing” in U.S. News & World

Report’s Annual “Best Hospitals” rankings. Joined

by Dr. Herman, urologists at Mount Sinai South Nassau excel in diagnosing and treating problems involving the male and female urinary tract and the male reproductive organs. From alleviating BPH to treating cancer to restoring fertility as well as treating kidney stones and addressing incontinence, the care the hospital’s urology experts deliver touches all aspects of life.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call (516) 390-2850 or visit southnassau.org/urology.

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ave you ever imagined a day when Alzheimer’s was eradicated from the planet? I know I have. The recent findings of an experimental treatment found to completely eradicate Alzheimer’s in mice is taking us one step closer to making this a reality.

Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the loss of memory, difficulty with cognitive tasks, and the presence of amyloid plaques in the brain. These mysterious plaques are speculated to choke the brain of its memory and ability to properly function.

This recent report found that by slowly reducing the levels of certain enzymes (BACE1) in these mice that they can either prevent or reverse the formation of amyloid plaques in the brain. Many scientists conjecture that removing, or preventing amyloid plaques is the key to an eventual cure for Alzheimer’s.

While this research is important in helping scientist crack the Alzheimer’s code, we must proceed with caution. Despite the pharmaceutical companies spending Billions of dollars, not a single drug has been FDA approved for the treatment of Alzheimer’s and/or dementia. Thus, prevention is the

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Cardio Workouts Versus Weights Is your goal to lose body fat or simply gain muscle? Or is it a combination of both? If you

want to lose the extra weight, then cardio workouts are the thing for you. If it is big muscles that you are after, then add weights training to your weekly routine.

If you want to drop the weight and achieve better muscle definition, then your weekly program should include cardio workouts plus weight training.

The best types of cardio workouts for fat loss include ‘weight bearing’ exercise like fast walking, jogging, aerobics, football, soccer, tennis, squash, snow skiing and so on. Weight supported exercise like swimming and cycling are less effective in shifting unwanted fat stores.

For a safe and effective weight training program see a gym instructor or a personal trainer rather thandesigning your own. They can tailor a weights program to your needs and provide instruction on how to handle the weights correctly without injuring yourself.

Flatten The Spare Tire Carrying a spare tire (excess fat) around your middle is a burden on one of our most important internal organs — the heart. So, if you get rid of the bulge, you’ll be happy and your ticker will be over the moon too!

Try these strategies to deflate the spare tire.

Clock up some ‘incidental activity’ time.

This includes things like walking around the office, taking the stairs instead of the elevator and yard work. The more incidental activity you do, the more calories you will burn during the day. Remember — every little bit counts!

Block out some ‘me’ time. Make a one-hour appointment with yourself, three to four times a

week. And consider this appointment as important as any other work-related appointment or meeting. It’s important not to let other things override your exercise time.

Think Beyond The Gym We learned during the pandemic that there are

plenty of fitness alternatives to a gym workout.

Throwing a frisbee to your kids in the park or taking the dog for a walk or jog counts as physical activity. So if the gym is not your scene, try and think of what you really like doing and just do it.

The most important thing is to move your body, get the heart pumping and have fun while doing it.

Find an exercise buddy. An exercise buddy can help you get motivated and keep motivated.

You will both benefit from the partnership.

Make a schedule that works for you.

You’ve probably heard that it’s best to exercise in the morning to kick-start your metabolism for the day and help you sleep at night. You may have also read that your workout will be more productive if it’s done between 4 and 6 p.m. when your body temperature is highest.

The most important thing about your workout schedule is that it fits you. If you’re not a morning person, a workout plan that requires you to get up two hours early every day may not last. The same goes if you’re consistently “running on empty” after work — force yourself into an evening workout regimen and you’ll likely throw in the towel before long.

Find a time that works for you, whether in the morning, during your lunch break or in the evening, and stick with it.

Above photo: You’re ready to work out. Whether you let your workout routine lapse during the Covid-19 crisis or just recently gave up the recliner and set aside the bowl of chips to pursue a healthier lifestyle, take the one body you’ve been given and make it look and work its best.

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Yoga can improve stamina. Numerous studies have indicated the positive effects yoga can have on muscle endurance.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, have found that the regular practice of Hatha yoga provided a significant boost to chest and abdominal strength and endurance.

Such improved stamina can have a trickledown effect on men who practice yoga and also adhere to strength training regimens and/ or participate in competitive sports.

Yoga can help men maintain a healthy weight. The Harvard Medical School notes that researchers discovered that people who practiced yoga for at least 30 minutes once a week for at least four years gained less weight during middle adulthood than those who did not. That might be linked to additional research that found people who practiced yoga were more mindful eaters than those who did not, making them less likely to overeat, eat when sad or stressed or eat in response to certain cues, including the smell of food.

Fewer men than women may practice yoga, but that does not mean men cannot benefit just as much from this ancient practice.

Above photo: Sometimes in yoga’s recent history, a gender shift occurred. Yoga, which traditionally had been practiced only by men, began to be dominated by women. Today, an average yoga class will have more female than male students. However, don’t dismiss it.

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The popularity of yoga has grown considerably in the 21st century. But while women have embraced yoga en masse, men have been more hesitant to do so.

Although in the past few years, more men have decided to give it a try, anyone who has recently visited a yoga studio can attest that the participants in many classes remain overwhelmingly female.

That’s unfortunate for men, who can benefit from practicing yoga in myriad ways.

The misconception is that yoga is a lighter form of fitness training, better suited to women, may cause some men to miss out on the health benefits. One reason for this misconception is that yoga has become associated with flexibility rather than strength.

However, evidence shows that the mind-body practice can also be very effective in increasing overall strength and building muscle, making it a valuable part of any man’s fitness routine.

Yoga can protect against muscle imbalances. Yoga requires various muscle groups to work together to perform certain exercises.

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Yoga can improve flexibility. When performed correctly, various yoga exercises improve flexibility. For example, the big toe pose can help men and women lengthen and strengthen their hamstrings, while the downward facing dog pose stretches various areas of the body, including the shoulders, calves and arches. Yoga is not the only way for men to improve their flexibility, but it can be an effective supplement to exercise routines for men

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The range of vegetation is vast and includes tomato, cucumber, green bean, pepper, squash and radish plants.

Greenhouse boosts growth at LBMS Long Beach Middle School’s new greenhouse has opened extraordinary opportunities for environmental education, hands-on learning and STEAM experiences, with many exciting initiatives in the works. The district formally unveiled the outdoor facility, located in the school’s courtyard, with a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 24.

Members of the Board of Education, administration and faculty, along with students, united for the celebration. After Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jennifer Gallagher cut the ribbon, attendees toured the greenhouse and students described the experiences that its launch has presented.

Eighth graders germinated seeds of their choice, which they maintain during their science periods, and sixth and seventh grades will do so over the next few weeks. The range of vegetation is vast and includes tomato, cucumber, green bean, pepper, squash and radish plants, along with a Venus flytrap and much more.

“It’s a great way for us to connect to nature, to really help students learn about sustainability, global awareness and our responsibility as citizens for that,” said Long Beach Middle School Principal Lorie Beard.

The vision for the greenhouse was introduced several years back by middle school administrators and PTA leaders who actually fundraised for and donated the greenhouse itself and growing supplies. Technology teacher Brian Pross has been instrumental in launching the greenhouse program this spring. Science teachers in grades 6-8 have had students conducting extensive research on yielding successful crops and tracking the temperature and humidity through a digital app that connects to a thermometer.

Science TeacherS have students conducting extensive research on yielding successful crops and tracking the temperature and humidity through a digital app that connects to a thermometer.

In addition to expanding students’ horticultural knowledge, the greenhouse fosters interdisciplinary learning. Technology students utilized their lessons in torque and angles when they assembled the planting tables, which feature wheels for mobility and galvanized fasteners to prevent rusting. The district hopes to incorporate robotics through programming that installation of exhaust fans will require.

“We’ve talked about all different levels of growing and experimentation across the board, so we are excited about that,” said Dr. Paul Romanelli, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction. “This greenhouse is a

start, we are going to keep innovating and putting things in place.”

This summer, under the supervision of Science Director Cristie Tursi, faculty members will participate in curriculum writing to expand integration of the greenhouse into core subject areas.

Students will take the current season’s plants home to maintain, and the middle school is exploring farm-to-table opportunities and the possibility of donating produce that the future brings. The District hopes to expand the greenhouse program to their elementary STEM offerings with the purchase of “mini-greenhouses” for each elementary school.

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Upcoming Artists in Partnership celebrating Juneteenth.

Upcoming Arts in Partnership, Inc events Artists in Partnership, Inc. and the Long Beach Public Library proudly present a “Bit of the Barrier Beach Blues Festival” (via Zoom) on Friday and Saturday evenings, June 18th and 19th at 7:30 p.m.

On Friday, June 18th internationally and nationally acclaimed bluesman, Toby Walker, will delight us with his award winning, roots music fingerstyle guitar playing, songwriting, stories and singing.

Join us on Saturday, June 19th for Piedmont Blū z Acoustic Duo (Valerie and Benedict Turner), ambassadors of Country Blues music and the Piedmont style of fingerpicking. Their mission is to help preserve rural, east coast traditions by educating audiences about this unique aspect of African American culture through musical entertainment. The evening will include references and music to celebrate Jineteenth.

Register for these events on the Long Beach Public Library website: https:// longbeachlibrary.org (516) 432-7201

S t at e S e n . To d d Kaminsky announced t h at h e s e c u re d a $10,000 grant for the Long Beach Latino C iv i c A s s o c i a t i o n (“LBLCA”). The funding will enable the LBLCA to help residents apply for citizenship, and assist citizens obtain passports.

“The Long Beach Latino Civic Association is an integral pillar of our community,” Kaminsky said.

“This funding will help our neighbors become U.S. citizens, while also supporting the vital services this group provides for our KAminsKy witH families and seniors.”

“The immigrant families of Long Beach and Long Island face hardships that require safety net services that inform, prepare and protect them,” said LBLCA Executive Director Helen Dorado Alessi. “This grant made it possible to help 20 families in need of help! Help to become citizens, help to fight financial fraud and help to learn English. Senator Kaminsky, thank you for your compassion and

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Helen Dorado Alessi of the LBLCA. support for immigrant families in need.”

For more than 25 years, the LBLCA has provided an array of services to the immigrant community in Long Beach and beyond. Thanks to Senator Kaminsky’s grant, the organization will bolster its immigration and legal services, including the assistance it offers residents with passports, citizenship applications, and legal documentation.

Artists in Partnership, Inc. celebrates JUNETEENTH with a Zoom Family Event of story-telling, history and crafts with Ms. Anissa and Ms. Johanna on Saturday, June 19th at 11:00am. Event will include the reading of “Juneteenth for Mazie” and the making of a joyful musical shaker using the colors of the Juneteenth flag.

You must register with Youth Services at the Long Beach Public Library and pick up your craft kit- https://longbeachlibrary.org (516) 432-7201.

Artists in Partnership, Inc. in collaboration with Arts in the Plaza present a musical tribute in celebration of Juneteenth on Saturday, June 19th at noon, Live in the Plaza, featuring Anissa D. Moore and the NEHEMIAH MOVEMENT, followed by Shaquan Fuller and friends.

They will be followed up by an afternoon of music featuring local musician and songwriter, Dave Kellan.

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Volley For Heroes tournament To kick off the “Volley for Heroes” Tournament at Town Park Point Lookout, participants gathered with local officials and event organizers and sponsors for a special ceremony at the town’s 9/11 Memorial in remembrance of 20 years since the events of September 11, 2001. Officials from LEO Weekend joined with Town of Hempstead officials to dedicate the tournament name in honor of the late NYPD detective and advocate for 9/11 victims, Luis Alvarez.

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The people advising you each have a different intent than you do.

Consider that the outside items each have issues that range from zoning to construction correctness in order to pass for permits and for final certifications. For example, the municipality has regulations on the size of a shed, the area of the lot that all sheds and decks can cover and how close the pool, shed or deck can be to a property line. In each municipality there are several zones designated for different kinds of uses and sizes of properties.

There will be a difference between types of properties based on width and street front length, the allowable area you can cover and heights.

A zoning variance request, which is a request to “vary” from ordinances if the deck or shed is not compliant, adds considerably to the time it takes to get a permit, possibly several months. Building permits aren’t instantaneous, and can take one to two months in smaller villages and three to four months in larger towns — if the volume of applications coming into the building department is lower.

In a bustling economy, it can take much longer, and the time in a building department should be added to the zoning variance time.

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Which brings me to the discussion about the voting system that’s going to be used in the New York City mayoral primaries JERRY on June 22. For the first time in the KREMER city’s history, voters will be asked to participate in a process known as “ranked-choice voting.” Long Islanders might think that what goes on in the city is none of their business, but I learned during my service in Albany that when New York City sneezes, Long Island catches a cold.

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In ranked-choice voting, you can rank the candidates in your order of preference, instead of choosing just one. You get to rank five candidates. If any candidate receives 50 percent or more of the first-choice votes, he or she will be declared the winner. If no candidate earns 50 percent, the counting will continue in rounds. Your first-choice vote will be skipped over to your second choice, and your other votes will be counted until there are just two candidates left, and the one who gets the most remaining votes is the winner.

According to the brochure provided by the New York City Board of Elections, you must carefully follow its rules.

Can you vote for just one candidate? Yes, but then your vote means nothing in the next round. Can you vote for your favorite candidate more than once? No; you can’t give the candidate you like best multiple votes. Can you declare all of your picks first choices? No. If you do that, your ballot won’t be counted at all. The

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When will the final vote tally be released? It will probably take several weeks, because absentee and military ballots must be counted as well. That’s the system, according to the board.

There’s no doubt that there will be mass confusion on Primary Day. If you wait to vote on June 22, the lines will be long, and voters will be agitating over how to cast valid ballots.

The Board of Elections did a terrible job in last year’s presidential election, so there is reason for worry.

How did New York City get into this mess? The 2019 election took place during a very quiet voting year. There were no serious contests, and the vast majority of voters stayed home. The Working Families Party and progressive groups decided it was the year to get voters to approve ranked-choice voting. With a small turn-

here’s no doubt that there will be mass confusion on Primary Day in the city.

out, the new system was approved by over 70 percent of voters.

Supporters of the system will tell you that Alaska and Maine use it for local elections. Some 20 cities around the country also use it. Their officials will tell you that it’s a great way to get more choices on the ballot in any year, especially a year with a mayoral election, when the turnout is large. The New York City election is a test case for the progressive groups who hope to make this a statewide system.

As we approach Primary Day, there are a trio of candidates who are leading the field. One of them could emerge as the winner depending on how the election is conducted. As I said, I like the oldfashioned way. A slate of candidates, and the one who gets 51 per cent is the winner. So let’s hope that whoever wins is someone who is highly capable and knows how to take on a very difficult job.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column?

JKremer@liherald.com.

Are we immune to Texas-style xenophobia?

here is a trifecta of trouble deep in the heart of Texas: Gov. Greg Abbott, the Texas legislature and the Texas Board of Education.

Last week they joined forces to launch a number of conservative initiatives that could be heading to a community near you soon. My concern is that these initiatives are seeded with a brand of xenophobia and racism that is spreading nationwide.

This is a cautionary tale, because what happens in Texas doesn’t stay in RANDI Texas. I wrote KREISS about this over a decade ago, when the state used its massive buying power (it has some five million schoolchildren) to influence how the nation’s history books would be written. At the time, the Texas school board consulted no historians, sociologists or economists before creating more than 100 amendments to the social studies curriculum.

It decided, unilaterally, to focus more on the military, Christian values, modern Republican office holders and American enterprise (while banning the word “capitalism”). Specifically, it chose to note the

contributions of George Wallace, Lester Maddox and Phyllis Schlafly. Texas could do that because it was buying more social studies books than any other state, and the publishers of those books were willing to consider alternative facts.

In January, The New York Times analyzed the most widely used textbooks in Texas and California, the most populous state. Dana Goldstein reported that while social studies books generally covered the same history, the content “diverges in ways that reflect the nation’s deepest partisan divides.” She said there were hundreds of differences between the Texas version of the textbooks and the California version, some subtle, others “extensive.” That’s crazy.

Last week the Texas legislature passed the most restrictive anti-choice law in the land, making abortions illegal any time after a heartbeat is detected, which could be just six weeks after conception, before most women know they are pregnant.

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Last week, Texas also took aim at “critical race theory,” the concept that racism is systemic, not just a collection of individual prejudices. Critical race theory, as I read it, urges educators to help students see how racism in America has affected education, law, entertainment — in fact, every facet of our national life.

The concept has ignited cultural wildfires. People are reacting — not thinking, not listening, just pulling hot-button words like “reparations” out of the air.

Part of the problem is the actual language of the initiative. Critical race theory is not an easily accessible term. But it suggests finding common ground and creating equal opportunity and acceptance where there has been bias. It suggests it isn’t enough to right the historical wrongs; the wrongs must be acknowledged.

Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis demanded that the state Board of Education kill this race initiative. “If we have to play whack-a-mole all over this state, stopping this critical race theory, we will do it,” he said.

I see this as a teachable moment for those of us not fully aware of the toxic

here are too many differences in history texbooks in Texas and California.

effects of racism manifested during our lifetime. I don’t think I completely understand critical race theory, but I do understand that it will shine a light in some dark corners of American history.

America’s story is threaded with racial bias. Does anyone seriously question that we would move forward more effectively if we all move together? Does Texas really think it can suppress its nonwhite majority in coming elections?

Activism begins at the school board.

Whether or not Texas-style conservatism heads our way, whether or not our local districts bring critical race theory into the curriculum, serving on a school board keeps us informed and offers a platform for our views.

South Africa confronted apartheid.

Germany acknowledged the Holocaust.

We Americans have a tragic history of racism that began with slavery and has never ended. We cannot be afraid to look at our own past.

I recently came across a photo from the 1940s of a young boy of 8 or 9 drinking from a “colored” water fountain in North Carolina. That is the definition of systemic racism, and proof that racial bias and the American legal system have been intertwined during our ongoing fight for equality in the United States.

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

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he Central Long Island Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, an international nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to protecting the world’s oceans, recently constructed an “ocean-friendly garden” at Pennsylvania Avenue and Ocean Beach Park in Long Beach, with knee-high, solid-wood pine planter boxes for tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and herbs and paver paths surrounded by mulched beds.

Mulch will be created in the garden’s composter, essentially a plastic box with long slits where dead plants can decompose into rich soil.

The project is a demonstration garden, intended to inform the public about what’s possible in the small space of the typical Nassau County backyard. If you’re

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els to soar and town authorities to shut down shellfishing.

Ocean-friendly gardens are based on three central tenets: conservation, permeability and retention. Conservation means planting non-invasive, drought-resistant plants that require relatively little watering, so we draw less water from our aquifers — ancient stores of water hundreds of feet below the surface — thus conserving them for future generations. The mulched paths are permeable, drawing water into the ground rather than allowing it to run off into the bays.

No one’s saying you should rip out your entire lawn. The basic concept is this: Fill your yard with many plants and trees that will keep water in rather than sending it out. Future generations will thank you.

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in Long Beach, stop by and take a look. We should all pay close attention to this garden.

If enough of us adopt the practices employed here, we could make a big difference in protecting the environment. The garden is laid out in such a way as to prevent rainwater from running off into the surrounding environment. If this were a backyard, it would stop rainwater from running into local streets and down into our storm drains and bays.

As rainwater sloshes over our streets, it picks up contaminants like dog feces, motor oil and all manner of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, and sends them straight into the bays. That’s why, during a downpour, there’s often a deluge of fecal matter in our bays, causing bacterial lev-

Decries L.B. United Party tactics To the Editor: It is said that desperate people will resort to desperate actions, but that doesn’t change the outrage I feel (along with many others I have spoken to) about an awful flier used by the Heller-Notholt-Tozer team in recent days.

Racial pandering, lies, half-truths and slander are all highlighted in their new campaign materials. As a proudly diverse community, we should be shocked and appalled by the decision-making of these candidates.

What could motivate this illicit decision?

Again, desperation. The old “club” that ran Long Beach into the financial ground wants to get back into power.

You know this group: the ones who made up their own rules about how to run municipal government so they could line their pockets and those of their friends. The ones who have brought the city to the edge of financial ruin. The ones who have faced scathing criticism from the New York state comptroller and the Nassau County district attorney.

The current city leadership and staff have accomplished more in the past 18 months than in at least the prior four years.

This council is working to resolve decades-long lawsuits, and instead of denial or obfuscation, facing our fiscal problems head-on by bringing in professionals to help us fix them. In other words, action and accountability.

That’s something that the old “club” members didn’t want in the past, and certainly don’t want in the future. We can’t step back in time to the costly antics and unprofessionalism of the past; there is simply too

much at stake. Please remember to vote in the Democratic primary on June 22.

KAREN MCINNIS Vice president Long Beach City Council

State keeps pushing on vaccinations To the Editor: New York state’s “Vax and Scratch” program, which provides free state lottery scratch-

off tickets to those 18 and over, with a grand prize of $5 million, extended into this week at 10 state mass-vaccination sites. The participating sites will be open through Friday, June 11.

The program will not impact education funding.

A robust vaccination program is a vital cornerstone of New York’s efforts to rebuild our economy, and the state is implementing creative strategies to convince residents and families to get vaccinated for Covid-19. This potential $5 million grand prize for getting vaccinated is the latest salvo in our campaign to persuade New Yorkers to take the shot, and we’re extending it to give even more people a chance

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ur brave firefighters risk their lives every day to keep our communities safe. The least we can do is protect them from dangerous, cancer-causing chemicals.

The same goes for our children. We must do all we can to keep them healthy and foster their growth. Ensuring that they don’t come into contact with hazardous chemicals that can cause serious intellectual and developmental disabilities is a no-brainer.

That’s why I sponsored the Firefighter and ToDD Family Protection a bill that kaminskY Act, would ban toxic flame retardants in mattresses, furniture and electronic enclosures in New York. Our first responders and children are simply too valuable to be sold out to chemical companies.

The statistics are scary: a study by New York University found that exposure to flame retardants among kids resulted in serious IQ loss over a 15-year period. Worse, according to Dr. Leonardo Trasande, the study’s lead researcher, once a child is exposed to these toxins,

the damage is irreversible.

Flame retardants evaporate from products such as furniture and mattresses, and attach to dust participles. When children play on the floor — or simply breathe in their homes — they are in jeopardy of being exposed.

That is not a risk worth taking. We cannot gamble with our kids’ health.

As if flame retardants aren’t toxic enough, during a fire, these chemicals become even more dangerous, combining with other substances to produce potent compounds. They can seep into firefighters’ protective gear and penetrate their breathing masks, putting our first responders at grave risk of contracting cancer.

And the hazards of flame retardants for firefighters don’t end when they make their way out of burning buildings. These toxic chemicals stick to firefighters’ gear and come back with them to their fire stations and homes, exponentially increasing the potential for exposure.

Cancer poses a serious threat to our firefighters, accounting for nearly twothirds of all line-of-duty deaths between 2002 and 2019. Firefighters have contract-

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hey stick to firefighters’ gear and come back with them to their stations and homes.

LeTTers at a winning ticket.

Second prize is $50,000, and third prize is $20,000.

The ticket, which is sold by retailers across the state for $20, will be given free to those 18 and older who take their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or the singledose Johnson & Johnson vaccine at a state site, including Jones Beach Field 3.

Beginning April 29, all state mass-vaccination sites opened for walk-in appointments, a continuation of efforts to make it easier for New Yorkers to get vaccinated.

Additionally, all vaccine providers are encouraged to allow walk-in appointments and eliminate other barriers for vaccinations for eligible New Yorkers.

The State Department of Health requires vaccinating facilities to report all vaccine administration data within 24 hours. The vaccine administration data on the dashboard is updated daily to reflect the most up-to-date metrics in the state’s vaccination effort.

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Cuomo should pay his own bills To the Editor: You can judge a person’s character by the company they keep. Did you receive an invitation to Governor Cuomo’s latest

ed cancer at an alarming rate, and face a 14 percent greater risk of death than the general public. Studies have found that firefighters face double the danger of developing mesothelioma than civilians.

That’s why unions representing volunteer and New York City firefighters alike have endorsed my bill. Our firefighters are willing to risk their lives and to have our backs day in and day out.

It’s time we had theirs, and took this small step to keep them safe.

Flame retardants are harmful to our environment as well. Electronic disposal is one of the most rapidly growing waste problems in the world, growing by 21 percent in just five years.

When e-waste containing flame retardants is sent to a landfill, incinerated or even recycled, it creates a serious hazard as these chemicals escape into our water and soil.

What’s more, flame retardants do little to actually stop fires and stem their spread. After conducting rigorous experiments, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission concluded that “fireretardant foams did not offer a practically significantly greater level of open flame safety than did the untreated

foams.” There is no good reason why these potentially cancer-causing chemicals should continue to be added to products in our state.

Corporate chemical manufacturers and their lobbyists have employed dubious tactics — including fabricating quotes in news stories — in a brazen effort to protect their products at the expense of our children and first responders. This shows their desperation and the growing strength of our efforts.

My bill would prohibit the sale of furniture, mattresses and electronic enclosures that contain flame retardants. It would also ban custom upholsterers from adding retardants to existing products.

By stemming these likely carcinogens, we can make significant strides in protecting the health and safety of our children and firefighters.

Thirteen other states have already taken similar actions to protect their citizens, as has the European Union. It is time we acted, too. With just a few days left in the legislative session in Albany, it is imperative that the Legislature act on this critical bill to protect the health of our kids and first responders. They deserve nothing less.

Todd Kaminsky represents New York’s 9th Senate District and chairs the State Senate’s Environmental Conservation Committee.

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campaign fundraiser, to be held in New York City on June 29? One ticket is only $10,000, or two for $15,000. You can enjoy rubbing shoulders with New York state’s 1 percent, favorite pay-to-play and Democratic Party elite. Cuomo already has $16.8 million in cash on hand to run for a fourth term.

Like most ordinary New Yorkers, I can’t afford the price of a ticket. I am willing to park limousines, bus tables, mix drinks or check coats, though.

Cuomo is currently under investigation for potential scandals related to nursing home deaths, sexual harassment and his multi-million-dollar book deal. He has hired outside legal counsel, at a cost of $2.5 million, at government expense.

Why not use some of the proceeds from his upcoming fundraiser and current campaign kitty to pay for his legal representation rather than pick the pockets of taxpayers to foot the bill?

LArrY PENNEr Great Neck

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