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Moore leads Juneteenth ‘teach-in’ event Some at the teach-in suggested building generational wealth through home ownership. One Anissa Moore, a leader in participant stressed the imporLong Beach’s Black community tance of “making sure children and a former president of the learn to read by the second City Council, posed a question grade. Education, education, last week about Juneteenth: education.” Another focused on “What should freedom look like the importance of respecting in 2020?” elders. Moore, who is Moore’s presentanow a deputy Nastion included a sau County execushort film and lective, led a “teach-in” ture on the history on June 9 at the of Tulsa, OklahoLong Beach Public ma’s so-called Black Library about the Wall Street, and life holiday that comfor African-Amerimemorates the day cans following in June 1865 when ANISSA MoorE emancipation. She slaves in Galveston, discussed their Te x a s, we r e i n - Deputy county exec. migration, and how formed by federal many used advertroops that the Civil tisements in newspapers to find War had ended and that they distant family members. The were free — two years after presentation also touched on President Abraham Lincoln the Black family, and the imporsigned the Emancipation Proc- tance of grandparents. lamation. The teach-in was attended by “ O u r t h e m e i s f a m i l y residents and public officials, reunion, educate, celebrate and including members of the Long heal,” Moore told the audience. Beach Juneteenth Committee. “And that is our focus this year, Juneteenth, also known as that we want to come together Emancipation Day, is considas a community so that we can ered the oldest African-Amerifocus on becoming one Nassau.” can holiday, and June 19 was The event sparked lively designated a federal holiday last responses. Continued on page 5
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ElAINE AND NorM Brodsky, who made a donation to acquire a second torah, looked over the holy scroll with Assistant Rabbi Yechiel Winfeld.
Chabad celebrates new torah
More than 100 attend, 10 months after vandalism By JAMES BErNSTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com
Rabbi Eli Goodman, of the Chabad of the Beaches, walked into his synagogue last August and was stunned to see that the ark had been vandalized, and two torahs and other religious items were missing. He immediately called the Long Beach police. In the days that followed, Goodman’s face was heavy with strain as he described his shock and feeling of loss for his synagogue and the rattled Long Beach community. But last Sunday, during a celebration at the synagogue attended by over 100 people, GoodLB
man’s strain was re-placed by a wide smile when he dedicated a new torah to replace one of those that was stolen. “This is like a wedding,” he told the gathering, explaining that the day marked the marriage of the new torah and the Chabad congregation. “Every drop of ink (in the torah) comes from the effort of everyone here.” Rain delayed plans to march through the streets with the new torah. But Goodman said that rain on a wedding day “brings good luck.” It was a joyous day at the Chabad, on West Walnut Street in Long Beach, with members of the congregation taking turns to inscribe Continued on page 9
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By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
The Ken Pribil Jr. Foundation raised $10,000 to suppor t angiosarcoma research at its Cocktails & Belmont III event on Saturday at RJ Daniel’s. The “Evening at the Races” benefit was the first held in three years because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Attendees took part in race-themed activities leading up to the 154th running of the Belmont Stakes. Funds raised will go toward the Ken Pribil Jr. Sarcoma Research Grant, which will honor Dr. Cristina Antonescu and her team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The funds fulfill the organization’s mission of commemorating the life of Kenny Pribil Jr., a 19-year-old from Rockville Centre who died from angiosarcoma in 2006, through annual grants that support sarcoma cancer research. “This was our first in-person event in the past three years and it was a massive success,” said Kevin Pribil, the foundation’s president of the Board of Directors and a 2009 South Side High School graduate. “We were so grateful to see our family, friends and supporters come together face-to-face to stand up to cancer. People have continued to battle cancer amid the pandemic, and it is critical we maintain awareness and support research efforts. We are proud to continue our partnership with Dr. Cristina Antonescu and her team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as they continue their research on angiosarcoma cancer and identify therapeutic targets.” The benefit featured a presentation from Mary Reed-Holman, the corporate and foundation relations officer for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, regarding the research being done by Antonescu and how partnerships from foundations are making a difference in the field of angiosarcoma research. She shared an article that Antonescu and her team published in the Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer, which is an indepth analysis of angiosarcoma patients who had been treated with immune checkpoint blockade inhibitors (a medi-
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ThE KEN PrIBIL Jr. Foundation raised $10,000 at its Cocktails & Belmont III event on Saturday to fund cancer research. cation that stimulates the body’s immune system). The research found that nearly 40 percent of patients derived a clinical benefit from the treatment. Two South Side High School seniors were recipients of the 2022 Ken Pribil Jr. Scholarship, and will receive $1,000 toward their college expenses. “We are very thankful to the corporate sponsors and families that have supported our foundation by contributing goods and services to the raffle at our event,” foundation board member Daniela Catuogno said. “This generous support has been inspiring and we look forward to continuing these partnerships as we fulfill our mission in years to come.”
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It’s time to nominate your Long Island Red Cross hero By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
Do you know a hero? Someone who took extraordinary action to save a life or perform an unselfish and extraordinary act for a family member, friend, co-worker or a stranger? An act that changed a person’s destiny, or made a community impact. If so, then submit that person’s name by Monday, June 20 to the AmeriCourtesy American Red Cross can Red Cross, giving them a chance to be honored at the 2022 Long Island THE AMERICAN RED Cross seeks submissions Heroes Among Us gala set for Thurs- to honor a Long Island hero at its Sept. 22 gala. day, Sept. 22. To be eligible, that person’s heroic or executive. “We are proud to shine a light courageous action needs to have taken on one of our exceptional neighbors from place between July 1 last year, and the end Nassau or Suffolk counties, an everyday of this past May 30. Nominees need to live hero — or a group of individuals who in either Nassau or Suffolk counties, and acted together — whose actions made a agree to complete a criminal background life-changing difference in someone’s life.” check administered by the Red Cross if Heroes are expected to be chosen by the selected. end of July. A preferred hero and two Those who move forward in the selec- alternate heroes will be selected, that way tion process will share their heroic story if one ultimately declines to be honored, on video, and receive the Heroes Award at organizers will reach out to the runner-up. the gala. They’ll also have a chance to talk The Sept. 22 gala begins at 6 p.m., at the to reporters, and gain some much- Oheka Castle, 135 W. Gate Drive, Huntingdeserved publicity for what they accom- ton. Individual tickets start at $400. plished. To nominate a potential Long Island “Long Islanders represent the best of hero, go to tinyurl.com/RedCrossLIHero. this country,” said Jose Dominguez, AmerTo purchase tickets or to become a gala ican Red Cross on Long Island’s chief sponsor, visit tinyurl.com/RedCrossGala. ________________
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SHINE’S, A POPUlAR tavern in the West End, has been in L.B. for the last 110 years.
Local businesses honored for centennial celebration that make Long Beach special.” Shine’s Bar was one of the two more recent businesses that earned the spotAs part of its ongoing celebration of light. The bar, which has been in the city Long Beach’s centennial, the city has for the last 110 years, is one of the oldest begun to focus on small busibusinesses in the city. nesses that date back decades. “Shine’s has a shared hisSeveral Long Beach busitory with Long Beach,” said nesses have been highlighted, Megan Casey, the co-propriincluding the Laurel Dinner, etor of the bar. “It’s been here which opened in 1923 at the forever and it hasn’t changed. Laurel Luncheonettte It connects to the city’s past Whitbread’s Sons Lumber comfortably. Long Beach is Company and Lindell Deli family.” have also been recognized. Lido Kosher Deli was the Whitbread’s has been in Long MEGAN CASEY most recent honoree, spendBeach since 1917 and the Lin- Co-owner, ing the last 40 years as a Long dell Deli for the last 50 years. Beach staple. Shine’s “We have been highlightThe city will continue ing the most longstanding shining the spotlight on local businesses over the past month,” said businesses, although the series will turn John McNally, the city’s spokesman. “We into a monthly spotlight from July have highlighted the businesses that are through the end of the year. The businesstied into the historic nature of this sum- es are recognized on the city’s website mer, but we also want to highlight others and on social media.
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Edward Nelson, of L.B., dies at 54
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Edward Patrick Nelson, 54, a retired lieutenant in Long Beach’s Fire Department, died Jun 12. He was president of Local 287 of the International Association of Firefighters. Nelson is survived by two sisters, Kathleen and Sandy and nephews Brian, Liam, Kairlyn, Kevin, Mary Sarah and Tess, and his former wide, Colleen. Services were to be held Thursday, at 11 am at St.Ignatius Marty Church in Long Beach. –Brendan Carpenter
EDWARD NElSON, FIREFIGHTER and union leader.
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Learning about Juneteenth at a ‘teach-in’
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year by President Biden. The teach-in was part of a series of Juneteenth-related events this month in Long Beach. Participants were given an informational booklet that included poetry, book recommendations and information about the holid ay, a n d t h e event included a lively questionand-answer session. “Rodeos, fishing, barbecuing baseball are aniSSa moore and just a few of the Deputy county exec. t y p i c a l Ju n eteenth activities you may witness today,” the literature read. “Juneteenth celebrates freedom and achievement, while also encouraging continuous self-development, self-determination and collective work and responsibility.” For years it was also common for African-Americans to make a pilgrimage to Galveston. “Juneteenth continued to be highly revered in Texas decades later,” the teach-in handouts read, “with many former enslaved and descendants making an annual pilgrimage back to Galveston on this date.”
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Another topic of discussion was African-American genealogy, and the Hempstead-based African-Atlantic Genealogical Society, a nonprofit created in 1994 by Joysetta and Julius Pearse. Julius Pearse researched his own family history, and discovered in the process that many people of color did not know that was possible. TAAGS became affiliated with the African American Museum in 1998.
Audrey L. Hadden, a member of the Juneteenth Committee, was the last to speak at the teach-in. “Let us cultivate our authentic selves,” Hadden said, “by defining ourselves, naming ourselves, creating for ourselves, speaking for ourselves, and accomplishing the goals that we have set for ourselves through the principle of self-determination.” She concluded with the words of the
Long Beach community leader Anissa Moore raised a series of questions about the meaning of Juneteenth. Some of thoSe who attended the teachin responded during a lively Q&A session. abolitionist and Underground Railroad legend Harriet Tubman: “Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
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Tom Suozzi ready to solve problems in Albany By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@liherald.com
Tom Suozzi’s path to the governor’s mansion won’t be an easy one — especially since he’ll have to win a June 28 Democratic primary that includes a popular incumbent, Kathy Hochul. But Suozzi isn’t deterred, convinced that Hochul is vulnerable thanks to a few missteps and what he says is a hard lean to the left since her ascension following Andrew Cuomo’s resignation. “Kathy Hochul was wrong for the job,” Suozzi told a team of reporters in the Herald Roundtable session. “She came in saying, ‘You know, I’m going to be a breath of fresh air. And there’s going to be the most transparent, most ethical government in the history of New York. I’m not going to be Andrew Cuomo.’” But then Hochul passed what Suozzi called the state’s “most secretive budget” in decades, which included what he described as a “billion-dollar” giveaway to the Buffalo Bills for a new stadium. “There was no public hearing,” Suozzi said. “It was the biggest giveaway in the history of the NFL.” The 59-year-old has represented a good portion of Nassau County as a congressman since 2017, and eight years as Nassau’s county executive, helping to quell a governmental financial collapse. He first took elected office in 1994, as mayor of
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u.s. rEp. ToM Suozzi says he’s leaving Congress so he can fix what’s broken in Albany — even if that means upending the incumbent governor from his own party, Kathy Hochul. Glen Cove, where he earned high marks for his environmental efforts in cleaning up old industrial sites. “Nassau County was rated the worstrun county in America when I got there,” Suozzi said. “I turned it around, and got it into the ‘A’ ranks. I left with the lowest crime rate in the history of Nassau County. I turned this county around. “I’ve been in Congress for five and a half years,” he added, “and I’ve given up Congress to run for governor because I just feel so strongly about what’s wrong with our state, and it needs to be fixed.” In fact, it’s Congress where Suozzi says
most of his preparation to take over as governor took place. He is vice chair of the House’s Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan group of 58 congressional members evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, with the hope of bringing about more bipartisan consensus. Among the caucus’s successes include President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan, Suozzi said, which made it through both chambers last year. Suozzi’s biggest focus in his primary challenge, however, is crime. He opposes the state’s cashless bail policy, and even took heat last month for tying bail reform
to the May 14 shooting in a Buffalo supermarket that claimed the lives of 10 people. Talking to the Herald Roundtable, Suozzi instead blamed Hochul for not enforcing existing “red flag” laws that would remove guns from those who authorities believed could threaten the safety of others. “It’s not been implemented,” Suozzi said. “We have to teach the cops. We have to teach the teachers. We have to teach the social workers, the mental health people. We have to teach the family members that we have this great tool, and we can take the guns away from people who are mentally unstable.” One recent study of congressional primaries showed that the chance of an incumbent being ousted in a primary is virtually nonexistent. But then again, this is New York, where incumbency doesn’t guarantee much of anything. “I do things to build relationships,” Suozzi said. “I won’t compromise my values, and I’m not going to vote for something I don’t believe in. And having been doing politics since I was elected mayor of Glen Cove in 1993, I know how to get stuff done.”
Andrew Giuliani says New York ready for change By MICHAEL HINMAN
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New York hasn’t backed a Republican governor since George Pataki was reelected for the second time some 20 years ago. But Andrew Giuliani is convinced the Democratic policies under longtime Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his successor, Kathy Hochul, have changed the viewpoint of many voters in the state, who are living with higher crime rates, historically high inflation, and ongoing coronavirus pandemic restrictions that even cost Giuliani a chance to participate in-person in a recent televised debate. “I love looking at every single independent poll that has not been paid for by a competitor of mine that either has us winning this race or is within the margin of error,” the 36-year-old former Trump administration official told a team of reporters at a Herald Roundtable session. “I think it’s been really a tribute to the fact that at the very beginning of the campaign, we focused on trying to meet with as many of the 2.9 million registered Republicans — and frankly, the over 10 million New York voters. It hasn’t exclusively been Republicans. It’s been conservatives and non-affiliated independents, and certainly any Democrats that are looking at voting Republican.” The son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Andrew Giuliani was first hired by President Donald Trump as an associate director of the White House public liaison office before being promoted to special assistant.
Herald Community Newspapers provided a chance for all of New York’s gubernatorial candidates to meet with a select editorial team to present their views and answer questions. The responses of the other candidates who took part in the roundtable sessions will be published next week.
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ANdrEw GIuLIANI Looks to be the first Republican to return to the governor’s mansion since George Pataki finished his third and final term in 2006. Like his father, Giuliani has focused much of his campaign on crime, lambasting the cashless bail system, saying he would do away with it the moment he was sworn into office. “On Day One,” he said, “I have pledged that I will sit down with Carl Heastie and Andrea Stewart-Cousins” — the speaker of the State Assembly and the State Senate majority leader — “and tell them very simply that unless there’s a full repeal of bail reform on my desk, I will not be funding their top priorities in our upcoming budget priorities.” As far as the state budget is concerned, Giuliani pledges to carve out $5 billion to be used solely at the discretion of local or county law enforcement. “Let’s say a
sheriff ’s office is not getting the resources they need,” he said. “They can tap into the state to get those resources. “Look, New York state leads the country in net out-migration, and that’s not just because of crime. But I do think that’s one of the main reasons why, under an Andrew Giuliani administration, we will look to curb that on Day One.” Giuliani would also try to oust Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, who has been tasked with investigating some of Trump’s business dealings in the state. As far as guns are concerned, however, Giuliani is not prioritizing stricter gun-control measures. Even after the May 14 mass shooting that claimed 10 lives in Buffalo, Giuliani says the prob-
lem is rooted in illegal guns — something law enforcement has failed to get under control. “When I think about the overall defunding of the police movement, one of the things that this does is it makes it tougher for police to proactively police,” he said. “To have the resources necessary to actually get some of these weapons out of the hands of the criminals that are actually doing most of the crime.” If Giuliani were elected governor, he would immediately face a heavily Democratic State Legislature that could curtail much of what he has planned. But that’s not something he expects to be a problem for long. “I do think both of these super-majorities will cease to exist in 2023,” he said of the Assembly and senate. “I look at the state senate (district) lines, and I’m very confident that we will win back seats in the state senate. And who knows? With the right guy at the top of the ticket, we may even challenge to win the state senate back.”
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Thursday, June 23
Library Board Meeting
Zoning 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.
There will be a zoning board meeting on the 6th floor of City Hall starting at 7 pm.
Preschool Storytime The public library will have a preschool storytime session in the program room from 2 to 2:30 pm.
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.
Mommy and Me Yoga Class The public library will have a mommy and me yoga class with Miss Nicole in the auditorium from 9:15 to 9:45 am.
Preschool Yoga The public library will have a preschool yoga class in the program room from 3 to 3:30 pm.
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; ask questions, 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. Please call the City Manager’s Office to make an appointment at (516) 431-7202 or email citymanager@ longbeachny.gov.
Friday, June 17 Historical Fiction Book Club The public library will have a children’s preschools readiness storytime workshop in the auditorium from 10:30 to 11:15 am.
Juneteenth Shabbat Temple Emanu-El will host a special Juneteenth Shabbat qith guest speake Donna Gayden starting at 7:30 pm.
Saturday, June 18 Juneteenth Oral History Poet, flutist and artist Abita Wilson will perform the oral history of Juneteenth through word, song and music in the public lbrary auditorium from 2 to 3:30 pm.
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Free beach yoga returns There will be free beach yoga, once again, with Irina. The yoga session will take place on the bech at Tennessee Avenue from 12:30 to 1:30 pm. Yoga for Health and Peace The public library will have a yoga session for health and peace in the auditorium from 10 to 11 am.
Father’s Day Vendor Fair The Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Father’s Day Weekend Vendor Fair at Long Beach Regional Catholic School from 10 am to 6 pm.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan Meet/Greet There will be a Hacksaw Jim Duggan meet and greet at The Wresting Universe, located at 266 East Park Ave., from 1 to 4 pm.
Free Beach Yoga Free Beach Yoga with Irina will be back on Tennessee Avenue and the beach from 12:30 to 1:30 pm.
Monday, June 20 Juneteenth Observed City Hall and the Magnolia Center will be closed in observance of Juneteenth. The Rec Center and Ice Arena will remain open. Buses will run on a holiday schedule.
Movie Monday The public library will have a movie monday showing the film “The Wife” in the auditorium from 2 to 4 pm.
Tuesday, June 21 City Council Meeting
The public library will have a children’s preschools readiness storytime workshop in the auditorium from 10:30 to 11:15 am.
Live Music The Anchor Tavern will have live music for dinner time with Kevin’s Band playing, starting at 9 pm.
Low-Impact Cardio The public library will have a lowimpact cardio class in the auditorium and on zoom from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.
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Resume Assistance The public library will offer free resume assistance at the adult reference desk from 1 to 3 pm.
Karaoke and Trivia Night The Anchor Tavern will have a “Boy Band” trivia night and karaoke night both starting at 8 pm.
There will be a City Council meeting on the 6th floor of City Hall and on YouTube starting at 7 pm.
The city is in talks about parking meters in the center of town. The beach will be open on weekends only through June 24. The school district’s 2022-2023 budget was passed by voters. Beach fees will be increasing for this summer. The celebration of the city’s centennial will be this summer.
A second torah has now been commissioned the final letters in the new torah, which was officially written by a scribe. A torah has over 300,000 characters, and if even one is in any way incorrectly drawn, that torah is considered unkosher and cannot be used. A new torah costs between $50,000 and $60,000, and takes about a year to write. The Chabad’s congregants contributed to pay for the new torah, at different levels. Some donated a few dollars, and others thousands, Goodman said. A second torah has been commissioned and will be complete next year. Norm and Elaine Brodsky, of Long Beach, donated funds for that torah. Brodsky, a highly successful entrepreneur, said he was happy “to provide light to a fine institution.” Assistant Rabbi Yechiel Winfeld sat before the new torah and helped members of the congregation fill in some of the final letters. The scribe for this torah was Chaim Gourarie. Goodman said it was the first torah Gourarie has written. “There are very particular [religious] laws about how this has to be done,” Winfeld said, referring to the writing of the torah characters. New torahs are written only about every few years, he said. “It’s not every day,” Winfeld said. On a table before him sat the new torah, a yad, used for pointing at particular letters when the scroll is read, a crown and jewelry used as torah decorations, all items sto-
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Rabbi Eli Goodman, spiritual leader of the Chabad of the Beaches, discussed the event with Long Beach police commissioner Ron Walsh. len during the break-in and vandalism at the synagogue. The day also included a ribbon-cutting to dedicate the new Norm and Elaine Brodsky Center for Jewish Life. Chabad of the Beaches merged about five years ago with Temple Beth El of Long Beach. The synagogue is officially known as Chabad of the Beaches Beth El.
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Phase One of a major renovation, including the building of the lobby and meeting area where Sunday’s celebration was held, has been completed. A second phase is to include a multi-purpose space, a library and classrooms. The dark day lsdy August was a distant memory as the focus turned to the present and the future. “For a lot of people,
this is a very emotional day,” said Winfeld. The day of the break-in, he said, “is in our memory. But as a people, we have been through so much. We’re not looking back. “My grandparents are Holocaust survivors, but I never saw them not smiling. Our action now is going forward.” The break-in took place Aug. 27, two weeks before the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashana. The vandalism sparked a speedy investigation by Long Beach Police and an exhaustive search by synagogue members who were joined by some local residents who scoured the waters and the beach. Long Beach Police Commissioner Ron Walsh attended Sunday’s ceremony and wrote one of the torah’s last letters. A few days after the break-in, a 23-yearold man, Hunter McElrath, was arrested and charged with burglary. Some residents told police they saw a man in the ocean wearing some of the religious jewelry. Police said McElrath was homeless. He pleaded guilty, was sentenced to six months in jail and probation and was ordered to stay away from the Chabad. No motive for the crime was ever established. But, Goodman said, “Today is all about the future. It’s about our ideals, which are kindness, decency and goodness.” When the rain let up, Goodman led a group of marchers along West Walnut to the boardwalk and back to the synagogue, singing as they walked.
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Neighbors iN the News Heading for the stars at LBHS Long Beach sixth graders recently participated in their annual rocket launch project The students each built a rocket in class and learned about the structure and function of rockets. A launch pad was set up by the baseball field behind the middle school where teachers, administrators, staff and students gathered to count down and cheer each other on. One of the rockets was even equipped with a camera to get inflight footage and data from the air regarding trajectory, speed and height, as well as other dynamic characteristics.
Next year, this section of study will reach new heights, as Long Beach Middle School will participate in the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education’s Student Spaceflight Experiments Program for the first time! The program will give students a chance to send a microgravity project to the International Space Station, where astronauts will perform the experiment and send the data back to our students to process and analyze.. This will be a district-wide endeavor, with many new and exciting opportunities being planned for the fall surrounding this project!
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a Long Beach soccer team, the “Tsunami’s,” were crowned champions of the 2022 Long Island Junior Soccer League Long Island Cup.
Youth soccer team crowned champs gle-elimination youth soccer tournaments in North America, is held in concurrence with the LIJSL spring season. Nearly 1,300 teams participated in this years Cup, across both boys and girl’s teams, in the U9 through U19 age groups. This year’s LI Cup Finals were hosted at the Half Hollow Hills Soccer Complex, in the Town of Huntington.
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LBhS StudentS are looking to the skies as they take part in a rocket launch program.
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Long Beach’s soccer club, “Tsunami’s,” were crowned champions at the 2022 LIJSL Long Island Cup. The team coached by Eric Lind won the championship game against the Babylon Fire 4-2 on June 12th, crowning them the Girls U9 Long Island Junior Soccer League LI Cup (Bronze) Champions. The competition, one of the largest sin-
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ThirTy Long Beach students took park, the largest group at the festival.
Future LBHS film-makers attend Locust Festival Long Beach’s future film-makers got to show their stuff at the 18th Annual Locust Valley Film Festival in mid-May. The Long Beach High School’s television production students were among seven Long Island high schools who took part in the festival at Locust Valley High School. Over 300 films were pre-selected by professional filmmakers to enter the contest. The Long Beach students
produced 13 of the 72 films that were screened by three judges. Long Beach took second place overall for Best Music Video: “You Make My Dreams” by Hall & Oates. “We had 30 of our television studio production students and IB filmmakers in attendance, which was the largest group at the festival, said Long Beach teacher Eric Krywe. “The fact that we produced nearly 20% of all the
films screened at the festival was out-standing,” he said. “It was nice that we took home some hardware with the second-place win of Best Music Video.” “Congratulations to Roger Boucher and others at Locust Valley for hosting a wonderful event,” Krywe said. “The best part of the entire day was the fact that we were all back in person, and the students can witness the reactions they’re looking for at specific moments in their films.
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A couple of hometown heroes in the thoroughbred horseracing industry celebrated a memorable victory last Saturday after favored Mo Donegal, with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard, drew away down the stretch to capture the 154th running of the Belmont Stakes before a crowd of 46,301. The three-length triumph marked the fourth Belmont Stakes win for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher and first Triple Crown victory for Mike Repole, who coowns Mo Donegal with Donegal Racing and also co-owns runner-up filly Nest with Eclipse Thoroughbred. Nest, also trained by Pletcher and ridden by Jose Ortiz, overcame a stumble out of the gate to finish a clear second outkicking pacesetters We the People (fourth) and Skippylongstocking (third.) Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike was never involved and finished sixth in the eighthorse field. “First of all, it’s our family’s favorite race,” said Pletcher, who trained filly Rags to Riches [2007], Palace Malice [2013], and Tapwrit [2017] to Belmont victories. “Our kids grew up here and went to school here and we’ve always felt like it’s our hometown race. When we’re fortunate enough to win it, it adds some specialness to it. That hometown feel. That part of it is really cool.” Repole is a Queens native and a lifelong racing fan who in 2007 started his own thoroughbred ownership business, Repole Stable. His most accomplished horse to date, Uncle Mo, is Mo Donegal’s sire. “It’s a 40-year dream,” Repole said. “Coming to this track [Belmont] and Aqueduct, being a kid from New York, this is New York’s race. In 2011, I came in second with Stay Thirsty and I watched the replay 150 times. I will no longer watch that replay.” Mo Donegal was purchased in 2020 by Donegal Racing for $250,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Fifth in the Kentucky Derby in his previous start, he more than doubled his career earnings with Saturday’s victory to $1,511,800. “I want to thank all the partners of Donegal Racing. They’ve believed and today they’ve been rewarded,” said Jerry Crawford, owner of Donegal Racing. “I think this victory today shows that the sport is more accessible than they may realize. I can’t say enough for Todd Pletcher and Irad Ortiz, Jr. for the great job they’ve done with this horse.” We the People took command under Flavien Prat and led the field through splits of 23.99 seconds for the opening quarter-mile, 48.49 for the half, and 1:13.23 for six furlongs on the fast main track, with the Manny Franco-piloted longshot Skippylongstocking pressing from second position. Nest, who stumbled at the start, advanced up the rail down the backstretch
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FavOrITE MO DONEgaL, with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard, won the 154th running of the Belmont Stakes last Saturday before a crowd of 46,301. JOckEY IraD OrTIz Jr. and Mo Donegal co-owner Mike Repole, far left, shared a moment with the Belmont Stakes hardware.
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to stalk from third position to the inside of Mo Donegal as Skippylongstocking continued to pressure the pacesetter. Ortiz, Jr. gave Mo Donegal his cue approaching the quarter-pole and he advanced with a powerful move, surging outside rivals at the top of the lane and got the jump on Nest, who then angled outside and followed her stablemate’s path to complete the exacta. The winning time of the 1 ½ miles “Test of the Champion” was 2:28.28.
“Last time in the Derby, he didn’t have the best trip and he still got beat by [only] three lengths,” Ortiz, Jr. said. “I knew if I got a better trip, he could get there. When I asked him in the clear, he took off. He’s a nice horse.” Much of the hype leading up to the race was about Rich Strike, the 80-1 historic upset winner of the Kentucky Derby who skipped the Preakness. Jockey Sonny Leon said Rich Strike didn’t seem comfortable on
the Belmont surface and never found another gear. Said Rich Strike trainer Ed Reed: “We were hoping we could have been a little closer and our pace was slow. Our biggest change was deciding to stay a little off the rail and try to give him a good, open run where he could take off. The whole way, his head turned and he was trying to get to the inside. I guess we made a mistake not putting him on the fence.”
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Long Beach’s track and field programs completed a strong spring with a combined 20 victories and division champions for both teams. Coach Megan Grahlfs’ girls’ squad enjoyed an 11-2 regular season and followed up with clutch performances in the Division 2-A championships led by senior Katherine Almeida (triple jump champ) and sophomore Kirsten Lilly (pole vault champ.) “We had 11 county qualifiers and finished second in the division meet after winning it for the first time last year,” Grahlfs said. “It’s a great group of girls who are humble about their success.” Almeida, who was also runner-up in the long jump, won the triple jump with a top leap of 31 feet, 11 inches. Lilly won the pole vault at 7-feet even and finished in a threeway tie for sixth place in the Nassau Class AAA meet at 7-6. Sophomore teammate Mikella Gray placed third in the division meet. Sophomore Kayla Carney was the top hurdler and finished division runner-up in the 100- and 400-meter hurdles. She completed the 100 in 17.62 seconds and the 400 in 1:13.20. She also hit the board in discus, placing fifth. The Marines enjoyed plenty of success in relays, placing second in the division meet in the 4x100 with Lilly, seniors Nata-
lia Hakimzadeh and Sarah Munier, and junior Akya Alexander, as well as the 4x400 with Carney, seniors Almeida and Valentina Gonzales and junior Jewel Jones Jones, a county champion in the winter (1000m), competed in this spring’s state qualifier meet in the 2000 steeplechase after placing fourth in Class AAA. Senior Annelise Whelan was second in the division in the high jump, while seniors Jewel Jones, Samantha Addeo and freshman Gwen Serafin led the way in distance races. On the boys’ side, senior Henry Manueles won the division shot put championship with a throw of 39-11 and nearly earned All-County honors with an impressive top heave of 44-2 ½ at the Class AAA meet. “We had 26 underclassmen out of 40 kids and improved in the division meet by 27 points compared to last year,” said coach Greg Milone, who guided Long Beach to a 9-4 regular-season mark. Long Beach dominated the board in throwing events at the division meet. Manueles was also fourth in the discus, behind champ Alejandro Cabrera of Herricks and Marines’ senior Ethan Gish (second, 102 feet) and junior Max Green. Gish was also fourth in the shot put, with freshman Leo Muskin fifth. “Henry is a four-year thrower who’s come a long way under the guidance of assistant coach Dan Quinn,” Milone said. Another reason for the boys’ team’s suc-
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SOphOMOrE KaYLa CarNEY was Long Beach’s top hurdler and Division 2A runner-up in the 100 and 400 hurdle events. cess this spring was the pole vault. Senior Jacob Borelli, sophomore Gregory Milone and sophomore Ryan Allan finished 2-3-4 in the division meet. Borelli followed up with a big showing in the county meet, placing fourth in Class AAA with an 11-foot clear. Freshman Nickita Meinikov emerged in jumping events, placing second in the triple jump (38-10) and fourth in the long
jump (18 feet.) Sophomore Vincent Volpe was runnerup in the 400 hurdles (1 minute, 5.41 seconds) and just missed scoring in the county meet by finishing a solid seventh. Long Beach’s best finish among relays was its 4x400. It was third behind MacArthur and Mepham with senior Aaron Langston and sophs Milone, Volpe and Thomas Morelli.
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LoNg BEACh PoLiCE Commissioner Ron Walsh spoke at a press conference Tuesday announcing the arrest of Shaun Teemer.
L.B. police announce arrest in March shooting By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com
The Long Beach Police Department Tuesday announced the arrest of a 23-year-old man in connection with the shooting death in March of a Queens man after a dispute. Homicides are extremely rare in Long Beach. It had been six years since an event that resulted in a homicide, police said.
City Police Commissioner Ron Walsh said at a press conference outside City Hall, where the shooting occurred, that the gunman has been identified as Shaun Teemer. Walsh said that on Monday, “the Long Beach Police Detective Division came upon information and determined that Mr. Teemer was at 425 East Broadway, the location where the homicide took place.” “We waited for homicide squad, Nassau County Emergency Services and
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Bureau of Special operations to arrive and we converged upon the car and placed him under arrest,” Walsh said. Teemer was arrested at about 2 PM Monday. Teemer allegedly got involved in a dispute with an Uber driver, before following the driver inside the property and shooting him. Teemer was charged with seconddegree murder and arraigned Tuesday at Nassau County’s First District Court. The victim, Alberto Manuel Hernandez, 27, of Queens, was taken to a local hospital where he died on March 23. It is unknown if Teemer called for the car and the investigation is still ongoing. Walsh thanked the Nassau County Homicide Squad and Police Department for bringing the “investigation to a suc-
cessful conclusion.” He also said he wants residents to know they can “rest easier now.” “We’re hopeful that somehow this arrest can bring some sort of closure to the Hernandez family,” Walsh said. “This department has received a tremendous amount of community support and help not only to apprehend the subject, but also from the property owner.” The property owner, Vim Goyal, said he found out about the shooting from Walsh, who called him to tell him. He said he did not know Teemer or his family, who live in the area. Walsh spoke about Teemer’s criminal history, saying he has been charged in the past with three felonies, two violent, including robbery in the first degree with a firearm.
Former NYPD officer gets jail time for firing gun on beach A former New York City police officer from Long Beach was sentenced last week to up to four years in prison for firing several shots from an illegally possessed weapon into the ocean in Long Beach in March. The sentence was announced by Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly last Thursday. David Afanador, 41, was drinking alcohol on the beach with friends while firing the shots into the ocean. He pled guilty in March to criminal possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to one year and four months to four years in prison. Afanador “knew he could not legally possess a firearm, but still made the decision to drink with friends on the beach and recklessly fire a loaded gun several times into the ocean,” Donnelly said in a press release. “We hope that this message sends a message to anyone thinking about illegal-
ly discharging a weapon in Nassau County in the name of fun,”she said. Donnelly said Long Beach Police Officers responded to the call of several shots being fired near Franklin Boulevard and the beach. The police saw Afanador holding an alcoholic beverage with a Beretta pistol in a holster along with two loaded magazines, according to the release. He was with three other people. Afanador presented his NYPD Officer ID card, along with his driver’s license, to the officers. His ID card was marked saying “no firearms,” according to the DA office’s release. A co-defendant in the case, Jennifer Sonnick, also of Long Beach, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. Her case is pending. –Brendan Carpenter
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Q. We’re buying a house with multiple issues,
A. If you define “big deal” as having things to do, then, yes, there are things to do, and expenses to go along with each item. It will take months and several thousand dollars to rectify the permit and final inspections leading to certifications. The people advising you each have a different intent than you do. Consider that the outside onte eeper 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. Many people make the mistake of lumping the two time frames together in the hope of convincing themselves that this is no big deal. The deck, pool shed and garage conversion to living space all have very specific requirements under state building code. The general public assumes that codes for construction are local ordinances, but they aren’t. Construction regulations are based on the International Building Code, used by the majority of states. To get more specific, when I’m asked to look at conditions that may arise before a sale is complete, I see that about 90 percent of just the decks I look at do not comply with proper foundations or connectors from each wood part to the next, and beam spans are undersized for the allowable-size lumber, based on structural capability, even if they seem fine. I hope this helps with making things less of a big deal. Good luck!
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olitics is generally of little interest to the average citizen. Getting to and from work, taking care of family needs and trying to have a little joy is much more important. Most people don’t think of politicians as people, and the daily machinations of the political world often go unnoticed. But elected officials are human beings, and the system in which they live can be a very cruel one. The State Legislature recently approved new district maps that JERRY will play a decisive role in deterKREMER mining which candidate will represent you in Albany and Washington. For some of the incumbents, the new lines were pretty much the same as the districts they have represented. For a few others, however, the proposed maps are either the end of their political careers or the beginning of a life-or-death campaign for survival. On Long Island, there were two notable changes, both affecting Democratic incumbents. State Sen. John Brooks saw most of his current mid-Island 8th Dis-
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trict disappear, and had to decide whether to run for re-election in the newly drawn 5th District. At first he chose not to run, but then he did an about-face, and will run for the seat in the new district after all. Brooks is a dedicated official, and he fought successfully this year to get Gov. Kathy Hochul to give Long Island a massive increase in school aid — but the mapmakers don’t reward devoted public service. State Sen. Jim Gaughran currently represents the 5th District, which for now stretches from Glen Cove, in Nassau County, to Commack, in Suffolk County. Gaughran has been a Huntington Town Board member, a Suffolk County legislator, chairman of the Suffolk County Water Authority and a strong environmental advocate in the State Senate. He is respected by both parties. But the mapmakers eliminated most of his 5th District, and facing an impossible uphill battle, Gaughran decided to leave the political arena. The most notable change in the electoral map is taking place in Manhattan, where two long-serving members of Congress will now face each other in a primary contest. Under the old district
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lines, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney represented most of the Upper East Side, and Rep. Gerald Nadler represented the West Side, both for more than 25 years. When the maps were redrawn, Maloney and Nadler were thrown into the same district. Nadler suggested that Maloney run in an adjoining district, but since most of the new district is in her old territory, she declined to run elsewhere. This battle of two senior members, who have been good friends and hold major committee chairmanships, made me recall my own history on the subject of legislative reapportionment. Back in the 1970s, when new State Assembly district lines were drawn, my South Shore district was combined with that of the late Assemblyman Eli Wager, a friend and fellow Long Island Democrat. Wager and I attempted to resolve our dicey situation by proposing that one of us run for the State Senate. That compromise ended quickly when attorney Karen Burstein announced that she was running for the Senate. Imagine what it’s like when two elected officials who sat together in the same office, and have close family ties, are forced into a public battle for survival.
hen friends run against each other, there is rarely a happy ending.
There could be only one winner, and for 60-plus days we battled each other with every ounce of energy. On primary night, I was declared the winner by a margin of 1,800 votes, but the bitterness lingered for a number of years. When colleagues are pitted against one another, there is rarely a happy ending. Luckily, months later, I got a call from then Gov. Hugh Carey, asking whether it was OK with me if he appointed Wager to the State Supreme Court. I encouraged Carey to make that move, and two elections later, Wager won a 14-year term on that court, where he served with distinction. No one can predict who will win the battle between Representatives Maloney and Nadler, but when it’s over the public will have lost one great public servant. The redrawing of district lines is required by law every 10 years. It primarily involves a juggling of constituent numbers, and is a heartless process. Sadly, there are few happy endings when the final vote count is announced, which is what makes this process so cruel. 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.
Is our democracy becoming a royal pain?
s it too late to bring back King George III? We had all the right intentions in 1776, and a terrific starting lineup, but we seem to be making a mess of this experiment called democracy. Lately I’ve been thinking that everything British is better. Well, not everything (Boris Johnson) but many things. Maybe not the food. Still, God Save the Queen. You have to love a woman who embraces stoicism as her reason for being. Her Majesty does everything the old-fashioned RAnDi way, and with such KREiss grace. She even wears a tiara with aplomb. She is heroic in her steadfast devotion to duty. No matter how the world turns, no matter the dalliances of her children or her in-law kids, she embraces tradition with dignity and, I imagine, personal sacrifice. Democracy is so messy and divisive, but there is real comfort in the elaborate ritual of royal pomp. As evolved as I am as a woman in the 21st century, I would still enjoy a spin in a Cinderella carriage. With footmen, of course.
How sweet it would be here and now in America to have a royal figure to maintain some decorum as so many elected officials run off the rails. I’m telling you, we just didn’t think the whole 1776 thing all the way through. Part of my escape over the Pond includes immersion in World War II novels and nonfiction. Literature featuring British history has all the elements of reallife thrillers. This month I listened to “In the Garden of the Beasts” and “The Splendid and the Vile,” both by Erik Larson, and “Munich,” by Robert Harris, all superb nonfiction accounts of the days and months leading up to and into World War II. The Brits had an uphill fight to beat back the Nazis. They were blessed with a brave and self-sacrificing queen and a once-in-a-lifetime prime minister in Winston Churchill, who inspired his people with soaring rhetoric and unflappable courage. I keep thinking about the Londoners during the blitz, not knowing how it would end but getting up every morning to drag bodies out of the rubble and then go to work. The high-mindedness of it all
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contrasts painfully with the skeevy machinations of today’s American politics. Half the people running for office can’t compose or articulate a proper English sentence. When I turn on the telly, it is to mysteries and thrillers on BritBox or Acorn TV. The stories presume some intelligence on the part of the viewer. No one shoots anyone in British police procedurals. They chase one another up and down buildings and across the countryside, but you rarely see a weapon other than a bloody knife. The writing is nuanced, which means every other word isn’t a four-letter one. Characters sometimes quote Shakespeare. British TV actors look like real people. That’s key. They have wrinkles and messy hair, lumpy bodies in shabby clothes. You see very few scantily clad women; when you do, they usually have a compelling story, something beyond their cascading curls and rising flesh. The character actors are especially talented, commanding their scenes without affecting cheap technique or $200 hairstyles. They look like regular people, which is the idea of acting, isn’t it?
ow sweet it would be here to have a royal figure to maintain some decorum.
One of my favorite series is “Midsomer Murders,” which has been on the air so long that the actor playing the main character, the village detective, retired from the role and passed it to his younger onscreen “brother.” Every episode features a ghastly murder in a village of 150 people. They just don’t run out of bodies. And it isn’t so much a whodunit as a walking tour of the village eccentrics, all of whom are played by marvelous actors. In my escape to the United Kingdom, I include Irish novels, many of which are gems, little-known literary sleepers like “The All of It” and “Northern Spy.” For some reason, books about the Troubles and the lives of the people of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland just pull me in and pull me out of my worries. In general, the Queen and her subjects elevate the conversation, any conversation, unlike here in the States, where incivility and aggressive ignorance are increasingly common. In one of the big production numbers in the show “Hamilton,” King George sings a solo to the American rebels. “You’ll be back,” he warns, “soon, you’ll see. You’ll remember you belong to me…” It has taken 246 years to come to this point, but maybe he was right. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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here is seemingly no place safer than home, but schools are supposed to be the next best thing. A place to learn about the world, to learn about one another. To grow. To mature. Really, a place to blossom. Not too long ago, parents sent their children to schools without a second thought — worried only about grades and the occasional bully. Now it’s lockdown drills. Secured classroom doors. Constant vigilance by those who we have otherwise tasked to teach. And these words won’t make any of that better. Because if there is anything we have learned from Uvalde, from Parkland, from Sandy Hook, it’s that we can never do enough to protect our most precious resource: our children. But that doesn’t mean we can’t try. And it’s time for a much broader approach — the kind only the Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association can lead. It’s so sad that we, as a country, can even say this, but there is a lot of experiential data available on how vulnerable our schools are to those intending to inflict harm. Yet we can’t dwell on why
that information exists. We must use it to prevent those tragic stories we read about and watch from elsewhere from ever landing at our front door. The school boards association doesn’t have the authority to demand, of course. But it can certainly advocate — something it’s been doing since 1959 for more than 100 school districts across Long Island. Sure, most of that has been on the financial end — schools are always starving for money, thus making funding at all government levels a priority. But that doesn’t mean the organization can’t pursue school safety as well. And it’s not that our local school districts aren’t trying — they are. The knowledge and skills to effectively fortify a school from a shooter are not something that can be piecemealed, however. It requires centralized planning — not as big as New York, but at least as big as Long Island. The school boards association has the infrastructure to help lead that planning, and even effect real change. The group can start by pushing for an audit of every single building, every sin-
gle door, every single window in Long Island schools. How are campuses accessed? How are visitors controlled? How can those campuses keep weapons off their grounds, without making them feel like prisons? Some ideas that have been promoted elsewhere include video cameras outside every exterior door with direct feeds to a security officer. Classroom door locks that can be activated by a teacher. Even bulletproof glass. Sure, these measures are designed to prevent the symptoms of this overall issue, not the issue itself. But they are measures that will help keep our children safe today, and buy time for more expansive measures like gun control, assault weapon bans, and addressing the emotional needs of a school — and a community — right down to identifying signs that lead to a potential tragedy, and stopping it before a shooter’s plans are realized. We can’t just talk and do nothing. We need to take action, and we need to speak with a unified voice. If we don’t, that next tragedy we read about could very well be our own.
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letters Abortion is more than just personal To the Editor: In his letter “Abortion is personal — a pandemic is not,” last week, Eugene Artemyeff precisely states the universal error of those who, in defense of abortion, claim that a woman has the right to do as she pleases with her own body. He concludes that “abortion is a personal experience that physically affects that person and no one else,” that the physical aspects of that decision start and stop with only the woman involved. I cannot understand how the rights of the developing fetus, the unborn, can be so overlooked and disregarded. The unborn is not part of the mother, but, genetically, a new and unique individual, and abortion ends its existence. Killing another person cannot but equate with murder or manslaughter. Of course there will never be agreement as to when abortion is justified, but if the life of the mother-to-be is threatened by the pregnancy, it would be. Less objectively, perhaps, abortion would be a legitimate recourse in cases of rape or incest, although by the end of the second trimester, that option should have been decided on one way or the other. Thus, it is a question of when, in the course of a pregnancy, abortion might
be justified. It is not a yes-or-no issue, regardless of how the extreme position holders would portray it. But for a fetus, particularly a viable fetus, to have its life ended is inconsistent with our belief in life as a society. I am always amazed at how often the right to life of the unborn is never even raised in the abortion debate. That the pandemic presents a challenge that
requires members of society to act in a mutually respectful and considerate way makes sense. But even if a “society” involves just two people, mother and unborn, respect and consideration should be just as warranted and forthcoming, particularly when one holds the life of the other in her womb. ROBERT RUBALSKY East Rockaway
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ur country mourned the tragic events of a school massacre — again. But the day after the shooting at Uvalde, school life here at North Shore Hebrew Academy High School in Great Neck went on as usual. From Monday through Friday, my routine remained unchanged: I woke up, ate my breakfast, grabbed my backpack and kissed my parents goodbye before I hopped on the bus to head to school, my home away from home. My school friends and I don’t have to make a conscious effort to Ilana walk in the shoes your average GREEnBERG of American student. It’s not hard for us to understand and sympathize with the victims of the horrific tragedy in Texas and feel their grief. What we can’t wrap our heads around is why it is so hard for our country to actually do something — anything — to stop this horror from happening again and
again and again, I am not fooled by my seemingly sheltered Long Island upbringing in Nassau County, the safest community in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. The unfortunate reality is that the shooting in Uvalde could have happened anywhere. The statistics are staggering. More innocent children die from irresponsible and unregulated guns than from car accidents, according to Sandyhookpromise.org. Sixty-eight percent of school shooters used guns that were accessible in their homes. At any time, one or more of the 4.6 million American kids who live in a home with a loaded gun can bring it to school and use it to end lives. School-aged children like me have enough to worry about. We’re exposed to harmful vape smoke and all types of drugs. We’re warned against the dangers of drinking and texting while driving. We battle bullying, and mental health problems, and Covid. And yet, gun violence has become the leading cause of death
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was taking a chemistry test, and started thinking about someone firing a gun.
lEttERs The Supreme Court was political long before the leak To the Editor: Re attorney Ronald Rosenberg’s op-ed piece “A leaking Supreme Court puts us at risk (May 26-June 1): I respectfully disagree. I think it is the Supreme Court itself that puts our democracy at risk. Mr. Rosenberg writes that the leak of a draft decision on Roe v. Wade “sought to politicize part of our democracy that was deliberately set above and beyond politics by our founders.” The Supreme Court is above and beyond politics? That’s news to me. In fact, today’s court may be the most politically partisan branch of our government. When then candidate Donald Trump promised to appoint only judges that would outlaw a woman’s right to choose, that wasn’t political? Of course it was. And look what it got us: Neil Gorsuch, who was opposed by just about every civil and human rights organization in the U.S.; Brett Kavanaugh, whose “I liked beer” whine at his confirmation hearing is now a YouTube favorite, and Amy Coney Barrett, who served as a handmaid in an extreme religious organization. Then there was Mitch McCon-
among young people. News outlets covered the heartwrenching days that followed the shooting in Uvalde, but I fear the world has already become desensitized and diverted its short attention span to newer headlines. But for me, I suspect that no matter how long ago or comparatively distant the shooting took place, there will always be this constant, gnawing anxiety clawing through the depths of my subconscious, that something like this could happen to anyone — to my young brothers, to my friends and teachers, to me. I have an enduring fear, knowing that no school building is completely impervious to a safety breach. Recently I was taking a chemistry test when my mind drifted, and a thought suddenly came to mind: If a student next to me were to start firing a gun, how would the security guard all the way at the front of the building stop him? My peers and I have been trained in the event of a shooting to scan a class-
room and think, where would be a good place to hide? Our doors have automatic locking mechanisms, so when a student returning from the bathroom innocently knocks at my classroom door, I have to look to my teacher for reassurance that our lives aren’t in danger and that the person that we’re about to let into the room doesn’t want to kill us. When I ask my 7-year-old brother what he learned in school, he brings up safety drills, in which the phrase, “Stop, drop and roll” has been replaced by the instructions to “Hide, don’t make noise, and don’t open the door to anybody, not even the principal, who might have a gun to his head.” When the world encountered a global pandemic, we came together to tackle the problem as best we could. Schoolchildren are now living through their own national crisis, but as our cries echo in the classrooms, the rest of the country stays silent. When will we wake up from this living nightmare? Ilana Greenberg is a freshman at North Shore Hebrew Academy High School in Great Neck.
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nell, denying even a hearing for Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland. That wasn’t political? McConnell said that a new appointment to the court shouldn’t be made only eight months before the next election. Later he allowed Coney Barrett, a diehard Republican who had never tried a case to or argued an appeal, to be confirmed in a Republican senatorsonly vote just a week before Election Day 2020. No politics there, right? The truth is that we have ended up with a Supreme Court that is an arm of the Republican Party. Its decisions have consistently espoused the GOP’s political principles — or, rather, the lack of them. These rulings were made by unelected judges with lifetime jobs, and they include decimating voting rights, gutting the Clean Water Act, permitting the proliferation of handguns and assault rifles and diminishing a woman’s right to choose. I do not argue with Mr. Rosenberg’s contention that the founders were well intentioned when they tried to create a Supreme Court that would be above and beyond politics. But it seems today’s court verifies the aphorism “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” JOHN TURCHIANO Long Beach
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