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Democrats select Bendo, Posterli, Lester By JAmEs BErNsTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com

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DEmoCrATIC PrImAry wINNErs, from left, Roy Lester, Tina Posterli and John Bendo.

Long Beach Democrats on Tuesday chose incumbent City Council President John Bendo and his running mate, Tina Posterli, to run for council seats in the November general election. The two ran with the support of the Nassau County Democratic Party. Roy Lester, who campaigned independently, was also elected to run for a third council seat, ending a messy primary conducted primarily on social media and characterized by candidates hurling charges of

incompetence and corruption at one another. A third candidate backed by the Nassau County Democrats, Paulette Waithe, was edged out of the race. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in Long Beach by a margin of about 3 to 1, so the winners of the primary appear likely to win in November. But Republicans have won seats on the City Council in the past. James Moriarty, the local Republican leader, noted Tuesday that the part had representation on the council from 2003 to 2014 and Continued on page 4

Feds to begin review of wind farm off Long Beach By JAmEs BErNsTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com

A $3 billion proposal to build what would be New York state’s largest offshore wind farm is taking shape, with plans to run an underground cable through Long Beach to a substation near the E.F. Barrett Power Station in Island Park. A precise location for the cable has not yet been determined. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will soon begin an environmental review of the construction and operation of what would be called Empire Wind, off Long Island’s South Shore. The review is

expected to take two years, and the project would need state approval as well. Work on Empire Wind would begin no sooner than 2023. Long Beach would not be involved in the approval process, but would help determine the location of the underground cable. The wind turbines would be about 15 miles offshore. The Long Island Commercial Fishing Association is strongly opposed to the project, claiming that fish, and fishermen, will be adversely affected. Equinor, a company based in Norway, has been awarded contracts by New York state, the first in 2019, to supply 816 mega-

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Citizens Campaign for the Environment watts of power to the state grid, connecting in Brooklyn. A second contract, for 1,260 megawatts, was awarded in January, for Long Island’s South Shore. Two offshore substations would collect the power, which would be routed by cables to one or more of several potential sites in Brooklyn. The Long Beach

cable would also be connected to an Equinor substation, and to the LIPA grid by way of a substation in the Island Park area. “We will continue to closely engage with federal officials, state regulators and a wide range of interested stakeholders as we work together in completing one of the largest offshore wind projects in the United

States,” Siri Espedal Kindem, president of Equinor Wind U.S., said in a statement. An Equinor spokesman, David Marks, estimated that the project would cost about $3 billion, and said it would be the largest wind farm in New York state. It would produce more than 2,000 megawatts of power, Continued on page 5

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Long Beach high School seniors were honored with awards recognizing their dedication to academics, the arts, athletics, community service and other areas during an outdoor celebration on the evening of June 7.

Class of 2021 Senior Scholarship Night Long Beach High School seniors were honored with awards recognizing their dedication to academics, the arts, athletics, community service and other areas during an outdoor celebration on the evening of June 7. This year’s Senior Scholarship Night, held on Alumni Field, continued an annual tradition by acknowledging members of the graduating class for their many achievements. Hundreds of awards were presented thanks to the generosity of local individuals, businesses and organizations. Family members came out to applaud the honorees, as did the district’s leaders and educators. Board of Education Trustee Anne Conway, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jennifer Gallagher, High School Principal Jeffrey Myers and Coordinator of School Counseling Kerry Fallon presented remarks. “In addition to a celebration of individual accomplishments of our students, the evening is a recognition of the school community as a whole,” Mr. Myers said. “Our community has a long history of coming together to support each other, and we all know that the challenges this year were no different. The students that we celebrate this evening have shown grit, great fortitude and persistence as they face many obstacles. On behalf of Long Beach High School and the district, we would like to wish the scholarship and recognition recipients the best of luck in their future endeavors.” A string quartet provided a musical interlude and Holly McAvoy and Jasmine Soriano performed the national anthem. Members of the Counseling Department presented an assortment of scholarships on behalf of local PTAs, teachers’ associations, government offices, civic groups and businesses. Several recognitions honored individuals who have touched many lives and left a lasting positive impact on the Long Beach School District and community. The High School Counseling Office coordinates this special event each year to honor as many seniors as possible. The Counseling Department extends it deep gratitude to the school and community for the many generous donations that make these awards available to graduating seniors.

This year’s senior Scholarship Night continued an annual tradition of acknowledging members of the graduating class. The high schooL Counseling Office coordinates this special event each year to honor as many seniors as possible.

Facing a Republican challenge in November Notholt and Kevin Heller. Bendo, a nuclear engineer, dominated again this year. the voting, according to results from the “Now we’re off to November,” Moriarty said Wednesday morning. “A lot can county Democratic Party. He took an happen. There will be an additional 8,000 early lead in the count, and garnered 1,072 votes. Postervoters” in the genli, a health care, eral election, environment and including Republinonprofit execucans and indepentive, had 860 votes, dents, he added. a n d L e s t e r, a n “We’re looking forattorney, a former ward to it. We’re Long Beach Board o p t i m i s t i c . We of Education preshope it will be a ident and a regular clean, issue-orientat City Council ed race.” meetings, had 833. Democrats Tozer, a wellcrowded into JJ known real estate Coopers on Park broker who had Avenue to await run before, collectthe results, which ed 590 votes, Heller we re p o s t e d a s had 564 and Nothsoon as polls olt, 453. closed at 9 p.m. The three Cheers rose when argued that Bendo B e n d o, Po s t e rl i and Lester were roy lester thanked supporters after his and current City Council members a n n o u n c e d t h e primary win. had failed in their winners. The Nasjob of running the sau County Board of Elections, however, may not make the city and bringing it back from the edge of a fiscal cliff, overspending on hiring a results official for a few weeks. Bendo, Posterli and Lester turned team of consultants to guide it back to back a challenge from a slate of candi- financial stability. On Wednesday morning, Tozer said dates calling themselves Long Beach United, which included Leah Tozer, Bill she had “run a good race. I got into it continued from front page

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John Bendo celeBrated at JJ Coopers after his win. late. We had no money and no political backing, and we were getting an onslaught of terrible criticism” from opponents. She did not close the door on running again. “I don’t close doors,” she said. “I go through them.” Democrats rejected Long Beach United’s arguments and chose to keep the city on its current course. Bendo stood solidly behind City Manager Donna Gayden in the hiring of consultants and other measures Gayden has taken to steady Long Beach’s finances. Speaking over the cheers at JJ Coopers, Bendo said, “I’m just very happy voters in Long Beach felt good about the path we were on and did not want to go back to the way we were.” He and Posterli had argued that previous City Councils had been corrupt and incompetent, particularly in allowing at least 10 city officials to depart with sizable payouts that were ultimately scrutinized by the state comptroller and the Nassau County district attorney. “All I can say is that the best people

won,” Lester said. “I’m honored and thrilled that Long Beach put its confidence in me,” said Posterli, who recently stepped down as president of the Long Beach school board. “I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and get to work in the fall.” “I’m very pleased with the results,” council Vice President Karen McGinnis said. “We must remember that the problems the city faces are grave.” She acknowledged that the primary had been ugly at times, and said she hoped to heal wounds and move the Long Beach party ahead for the challenges of the November election. The city faces a $131 million lawsuit from a developer, and continues to struggle to regain its financial footing. There were two major debates during the primary, one conducted by the Long Beach Library and the other by the North Park Civic Association. The primary was generally dominated by posts on social media, fliers stuck in mailboxes and ads in the Herald.

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is the change we need.” But in the tiny hamlet of Wainscott, in Marks said, adding that the Long Beach portion of the project would supply power the Town of East Hampton, a wind farm proposal has generated considerable conto about 800,000 customers, troversy. Last September, the while the Brooklyn portion East Hampton town board would supply 500,000 customapproved a proposal to lay a ers. cable from an offshore wind The Bureau of Ocean farm beneath the Atlantic Energy Management, which through Wainscott. The cable would oversee the project, would enter New York state said in an announcement that waters three miles south of Empire Wind would generate Wainscott’s Beach Lane. an average of 880 jobs per Residents opposing the year through 2027, during its project say the beach area is development and construcnot the town’s to give away. tion, with a peak of almost Bonnie Brady, executive 2,400 jobs, most likely in 2025. director of the Long Island In all, the bureau said, the Commercial Fishing Associaproject would include two offtion, called the Empire Wind shore substations, two offplan “a resource grab to beneshore electric cable routes, up fit a foreign corporation,” to three cable landfall sites, referring to Equinor. up to three onshore cable “They’re industrializing routes and two onshore suboceans that were never meant stations. to be industrialized,” Brady Long Island environmen- Siri eSpedal said. “I have reports that piletal organizations have been Kindem driving the wind turbines pressing for years for wind injures fish.” farms. Adrienne Esposito, President, She called for such projexecutive director of the Equinor Wind U.S. ects to be stopped. Farmingdale-based Citizens The Bureau of Ocean Campaign for the Environment, said she is an enthusiastic support- Energy Management will conduct three virtual public “scoping” meetings as part er of the project. “We are excited offshore wind could of a review of the Empire Wind project come to Long Island,” Esposito said earli- on June 30, July 8 and July 13. Registraer this week. “The goal is to replace dirty tion for the meetings can be found at: https://www.boem.gov/Empire-Windfossil fuel with clean energy.” “This is the future,” she added. “This Scoping-Virtual-Meetings. continued from front page

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Heralds honor Long Island’s top teachers By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com

The Herald Community Newspapers group held its first live Zoom awards show to honor Long Island teachers for their outstanding work inside and outside the classroom. The Herald Head of the Class Long Island Teacher Awards ceremony was hosted by the Herald and RichnerLIVE, presented by Bank of America and sponsored by Geico. Jordan Sabinsky, who teaches kindergarten at Searingtown Elementary School in the Herricks School District, won the Bank of America Rising Star Award. Nancy Aquino, who teaches second grade in the Baldwin School District’s Steele School, took home the honor for top elementary school teacher. Grace Dong-Janeo, who teaches at Hempstead Middle School, was the top middle school teacher. And Rebecca Rodriguez, a foreign language teacher in the East Rockaway School District, was the top high school teacher. Eric Feil, the Heralds’ director of business development, hosted the event, announcing the winners and interviewi n g t h e m a b o u t t h e i r a c h i e ve ments. “What a night this is going to be as we celebrate the top teachers across Long Island,” Feil told the online audience as the ceremony began. “We’ve all had a teacher in our lives who has made a lasting impact, who was truly special — whether they saw something in us that they brought out, inspired us, or gave us the confidence to go and learn something and apply something new to the world … Now, tonight, we are here to honor them.” Stuart Richner, president and CEO of Richner Communications, thanked viewers for joining in for the night and shared his view of the most influential teachers in students’ lives. “Even before Covid-19 and even before teachers were declared essential workers last August, we all knew just how essential they were … It has always gone without saying that our schools are the true heart and soul of Long Island,” Richner said. “Top educators motivate students in countless ways and create atmospheres of understanding, compassion and curiosity. The most influential teachers go above and beyond, and their impact is felt both inside and outside the classroom. The impact of a great teacher can last a lifetime.” Richner shared how he still fondly recalls the lessons that his sixth-grade teacher, Mr. Stuart Brock, taught about being confident and taking the lead, and always sticking up for those without a voice. When Richner first started holding discussions about the idea of honoring Long Island’s top teachers, he said he knew it would be vital to receive community input. The awards nomination process was open to the public and generated more than 300 nominees, from students, parents and teachers to local business owners. “Throughout the pandemic, we have seen our educators meet countless new

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JordAN SABiNSky, who teaches at Searingtown Elementary School in Herricks, won the Bank of America Rising Star Award.

challenges, and they are more deserving than ever of recognition for their passion, determination and dedication,” Richner said. “Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate a teacher and for sharing the moving stories about why you felt they should be honored.” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, of Baldwin, who served on the Baldwin Board of Education before she ran for the County Legislature, spoke directly to Long Island’s teachers at the awards ceremony. “I’ve got kids in school myself, and I know how hard you all have worked this past year and a half pivoting, learning new technology on the fly, making sure that kids got the knowledge, resources, information and preparation needed to succeed,” Curran said. “I am truly grateful for all of your work and a huge congratulations to all the winners and finalists tonight.”

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

Long Beach 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.

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.

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.

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

Monday, June 28

Registration is underway for the City of Long Beach Department of Parks and Recreation Fabulous 4th of July 4K Race and Children’s 1K Race. The race, in memory of Sgt. Sean Ryan of the Long Beach Police Department, will be held on Sunday, July 4, 2021 and is a great way to celebrate the start of summer. The 1K children’s fun run will begin at 8 a.m. and the 4K race will begin at 8:30 am. For more information, visit www.longbeachny.gov/races.

Strength Training & Ab Conditioning with Pat Cappeto This challenging workout is for active adults looking for a full-body workout. We will target multiple muscle groups, from your arms and abs to your calves and thighs. Improve functional activity for daily living by increasing your muscular strength, endurance, and range of motion! Feel free to bring optional light weights and exercise bands if you have them. The virtual event will take place from 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Long Beach Writers’ Circle If you’re a writer and want to join other local writers serious about the craft, then come join our Writers’ Circle on Monday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Thursday, June 24 Zoning Board Meeting

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The City of Long Beach Zoning Board will meet at City Hall on the 6th floor at 7 p.m.

Friday, June 25 Intergeneration Book Club: The Silent Wife Led by Outreach Librarian Joan Yonish, the Intergeneration Book Group will tackle the plight of wives struggling to escape from abusive spouses this Spring. This month we’ll be reading bestseller The Silent Wife by Kerry Fisher. Books will be available at the front desk 3 weeks in advance of the meeting or you can download an eBook on

your device. The virtual event will take place on Zoom from 2-3 p.m., visit the L.B. Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Annual Pride Shabbat On Friday, June 25 at 7:30 p.m., the community is invited to Temple EmanuEl of Long Beach (455 Neptune Blvd.) for their annual Pride Shabbat – followed by a dessert reception. They welcome a special guest speaker, award winning American Broadway performer and choreographer, Stephanie Klemons. Klemons is the associate Choreographer and original Dance Captain of the Broadway musical Hamilton, and was an original cast member and the Dance Captain of In the Heights and If/Then with Idna Menzel.

High School graduation on June 25. Digital beach passes on sale. Beach park opened May 29 on Weekends. Free concert series starts Juy 7. LIRR Parking permits on sale.

Saturday, June 26 Yoga for Health & Peace This advanced beginner Hatha yoga class is designed to strengthen and lengthen your muscles and free your mind. Instructor Stephanie Durso will guide you into each pose and provide alignment cues for holding the pose and breathing deeply. Most poses are performed on a mat, but there are some seated chair modifications available if desired. The virtual event will start at 10 a.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Harvey Weisenberg Exhibit Closing Join Harvey Weisenberg for the closing event for the Harvey Weisenberg: a Lifetime of Sea, Sand, and Service. The event will take place from 2-4

Build strength and flexibility along with a calmer mind in this gentle yoga class featuring certified RYT instructor Beverlee Bertinetti. Using a combination of seated and standing positions, you’ll learn balance, breathing, and focus like never before. Beginners are welcome, and this class is open to all. Please use a sturdy folding chair placed on a yoga mat and remember to wear comfortable clothing. The virtual event will take place from 11 a.m. to noon on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

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Last Friday night, Bruce and Abby Spanier sat at a table outside JJ Coopers on Park Avenue, celebrating their daughter Cameron’s 14th birthday. Six of Cameron’s girlfriends were at the table celebrating with her. “We’re feeling good,” Bruce Spanier said. “We haven’t really been out a lot’ during covid. “We stayed inside.” Abby Spanier, enjoying the evening out with her family and her daughter’s friends,, said she still felt “skittish.” “But with caution, we can proceed,” she said. But with summer a day away, and the relaxation last week of virtually all covid rules, the family decided it was damn time to go out. Much of Long Beach agreed. The restaurants in the Central part of town were crowding up before dusk, and the taverns and eateries on the West End had been filled much of the day, owners said. “We are happy to be open,” Matt Vascellaro, executive chef and owner of JJ Coopewrs, said. “We are expecting a great summer.” Like all other eating spots in Long Beach JJ Coopers struggled through the pandemic, resorting to filling take out, curbside deliveries and worries about revenues. But on this breezy Friday night, there were things to celebrate. Cameron Spanier, the birthday girl, who lives with her parents in Oceanside, said the pandemic had been a drag. “We stayed inside,” she said. “When I was little, I wanted school to vanish, and then during the pandemic, it did.” Turns out, that did not make her happy. But now, she said,. “I feel a lot better.” Her friend, Sam Kester, 14, of Long Beach, admitted to being a bit scared during the pandemic. But she added: “Things are getting better,” Sam said. Jodi Rauch and Gay Alexander, both teachers, were enjoying a drink at the bar at JJ Coopers. Like many others interviewed over the weekend, they said they are optimistic about the future, but remain cautious. ”I’m vaccinated,” said Rauch, who teaches in the Great Neck school district. “But I’m concerned about those who are not vaccinated.” “I’m just happy about the people who did get vaccinated,” she said. “That’s why we are able to go out.’’ “I feel safe here,” Alexander said. Both women said

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strollers on the boardwalk as Long Beach opened after more than a year of covid lockdown. they have been vaccinated. Carmen Kowalski, who lives in Tarrytown, thought she would take a drive down to Long Beach for the day. “I’ve been vaccinated,” she said. “But I’m stiil cautious. I take precautions. I follow the rules,” she said, as she sipped a drink at JJ Coopers bar. Kowalski, a coordinator at a health club near her home, learned about safety procedures through her job. At Shine’s, on the West End, a woman who identified herself only as Cathy, sat outside. She is, she said, an embalmer by trade waiting to take the exam to become a funeral director. “We’re estatic to be out,” she said. “Shine’s is shinning. The pool table is back. Happy hour is back.” Vascellaro, the JJ Coopers chef and co-owner, said he had found the pandemic rules confusing. But Gov. Andrew Cuomo said last week that covid restrictions are lifted immediately as 70 percent of New Yorkers aged 18 or older have received the first dose of their vaccination series. The state’s health guidance, including social gathering

limits, capacity restrictions, social distancing, cleaning and disinfection, health screening, and contact information for tracing—are now optional for retail, food services, offices, gyms and fitness centers, amusement and family entertainment, hair salons, barber shops and personal care services. “What New York has done is extraordinary,” Cuomo said in a statement. :”Not only do we have the lowest covid positivity rate in the United States of America, we have hit 70 percent vaccination ahead of schedule. We successfully deployed the weapon that will win the war, and New York led the nation.” Dottie Barriscale, a regular at Schine’s, will be 81 in September. She is retired, after 44 years, from the Long Beach Recreation Center. She has lived in the city since she was 16, she said. Now, she said, she runs a charity event for The Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians. Last year, the event hasd to be called off because of covid. But this year, she said, “I’m ready. I already sold 300 tickets.”

Temple Emanu-El to host a Pride Shabbat By Darwin Yanes dyanes@liherald.com

In celebration of pride month, Temple Emanu-El will hold its annual Pride Shabat this Friday, June 25 at 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Jack Zanerhaft started the event five years ago to promote inclusion and a sense of community for everyone. He has also implemented gospel and Latino Shabbats throughout his time as the spiritual leader of the temple. “It’s an important message because I think for too long religion hasn’t embraced this demographic,” Zanerhaft said. “Every person of every faith and religion should have a place to celebrate holidays.” The popular event will feature a key speaker, Stephanie Klemons, who is an award-winning Broadway performer and choreographer. Her work can be viewed in the popular Broadway play “Hamilton” and in the new film “In the Heights.” A dessert reception will follow the service, so guests can socialize. “This house of worship was a symbol of inclusion and diversity,” Zanerhaft said. “It’s a place where everybody can lovingly come together.”

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Many Long Beach families celebrated graduations this past weekend. But the Kelleher family had them all beat – they celebrated three graduations. Mom, Elizabeth and daughters Sarah and Katie, all received degrees, this spring and they threw a party Sunday attended by about 40 people to mark the occasion. Elizabeth Kelleher received a master’s in nursing administration from the University of Phoenix; Sarah earned her bachelor’s in international studies from SUNY Cortland, and Katie got an associates degree in early childhood education from Nassau County Community College and plans to attend Molloy College in Rockville Centre in the fall. Mom got her degree in April and her daughters in May. But Sunday seemed a good day ti celebrate. “Irt was cool the way it all worded out,” “It wasn’t planned this way,” Mom said. “It just worked out this way.” She works as a nurse case manager at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside. –James Bernstein

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empowering our prosecutors to hold them contractors offered their services to hurricriminally accountable for stealing from cane victims and requested large down payments — only to renege disaster victims. Contractor and fail to do the work they fraud and attempts to prey on promised. Hundreds of homedisaster victims will not be owners across the South tolerated in New York — and Shore have been ripped off by this bill says that loudly and such practices, causing undue clearly.” stress and costing an exorbiUnder current state law, tant amount of money. home improvement contrac“We have been waiting for tors are not required to registhis for a long time. On behalf ter with the state, and the of the Sandy advocates I state does not mandate home ELizabEth would like to thank Senator improvement companies trEston for his work on carry insurance. Moreover, City Councilwoman Kaminsky sponsoring this bill. We were New York’s criminal laws unable to prosecute any of the make it a near-impossible feat to hold a fraudulent contractor account- contractors that stole millions of dollars able for taking money from homeowners from disaster relief victims. A contractor while failing to do the promised work. In could do half of the wall and leave the rest the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, shady of the house open to the salt air, snow,

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wind and pigeons and the district attorney was unable to prosecute,” said Long Beach City Councilmember Elizabeth Treston, a longtime advocate for Sandy victims. “This bill will also improve the contracting industry from those that give the great home builders a bad name. When future disasters happen to our area and homeowners are met with men and women that want to profit without doing substantial work to repair and rebuild District Attorney offices will finally be able to pursue the larceny charge.” Kaminsky’s bill will require home improvement contractors to receive a certificate of registration and carry insurance, making them accountable to customers. It will also reduce the burden of proof required of prosecutors to bring criminal fraud and larceny charges in instances of contractor fraud following a natural disaster.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Long Beach City School District, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, 11561 in accordance with Section #103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law, hereby invites the submission of sealed bids for: Bid #432A-2021 Specialty Provisions for delivery to schools as indicated. Bids will be received until 11:00AM, Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at the office of the Board of Education, Administration Building, 235 Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach, NY 11561, at which time will be opened by the purchasing agent. Bids and copies of the general conditions may be obtained at the Board of Education, address above, or requested by email from modonnell@lbeach.org. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any, and all bids or to award bids on a total award or item by item basis, whichever, in the opinion of the Board of Education, will be in the best interest of the School District. Board of Education Long Beach City School District Long Beach, New York 11561 Lori Dolan, District Clerk 126495 LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the 10th day of June, 2021, bearing Index Number 606839/21, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, NY grants me the right to assume the name of Chloe Selene Raziano.

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LEGAL NOTICE CASE NO. 2152 RESOLUTION NO.622-2021 Adopted: June 15, 2021 Councilman Blakeman offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AND SETTING ASIDE CERTAIN PARKING SPACES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE SOLE USE OF HOLDERS OF SPECIAL PARKING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE COUNTY OF NASSAU TO PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS. WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 608-2021, adopted May 25, 2021, a public hearing was duly held on the 15th day of June, 2021, at the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the proposed establishment and setting aside of a certain parking space for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons, in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, all as set forth in said resolution; and WHEREAS, after due consideration, this Town Board finds it to be in the public interest to establish and set aside a certain parking space for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, the following parking spaces be and the same hereby is set aside for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons: EAST ATLANTIC BEACH MALONE AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 150 feet south of the south curbline of Bay Street, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-123/21) ELMONT RANDALL AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 115 feet north of the north curbline of Rosser Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-116/21) HEWLETT FULTON STREET - south side, starting at a point 19 feet opposite the northeast curbline of Nassau Street, west for 20 feet. (TH-132/21) INWOOD BAYVIEW COURT - north side, starting at a point 242 feet north of the north curbline of Bayview Avenue, following the curvature of the road, east for 13 feet. (TH-114/21) OCEANSIDE OCEANSIDE ROAD - west side, starting at a point 68 feet north of the north curbline of Davison Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-141/21) ROOSEVELT LEE STREET - north side, starting at a point 190 feet west of the west curbline of Nassau Road, west for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-137/21) UNIONDALE LAWRENCE STREET - east side, starting at a point 784 feet south of the south curbline of

Westbury Boulevard, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-124/21) VALLEY STREAM SHERBOURNE ROAD east side, starting at a point 151 feet south of the south curbline of Cley Road, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-115/21) ; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall enter this resolution in the minutes of the Town Board and shall publish a copy of this resolution once a newspaper having a general circulation in the Town of Hempstead, and shall post a copy hereof on the signboard maintained by her, and file in her office affidavits of such publication and posting. The foregoing resolution was seconded by Senior Councilwoman Goosby and adopted upon roll call as follows: AYES: SEVEN (7) NOES: NONE (0) 126446

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Lifeguards honored with rescue boards The Long Beach Lifeguard Alumni Association dedicated five more emergency response rescue boards to honor lifeguards in front of the new patrol headquarters on June 19. The memorial boards were given to Sherman Brown, Assistant Chief Thomas, Teague Ryan Murphy, Captain Gene Fox and Jules “Julie” Levine. Last year, the alumni association honored Richard “Disco” DeLury and Rowy Delay.

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what it was like to make a payroll. Almost all of my colleagues understood that being an elected official required time and patience. Many of them who were committee chairs had a deep knowledge of their assigned subject, and their expertise was obvious during floor debates. I often found myself in awe at how a particular member had mastered a very complex area and could speak with such intimate knowledge about a pending proposal. Luckily, I had the chance to either listen to or be a part of floor debates that were challenging and sometimes combative. Because I eventually rose to be the chair of the Ways and Means Committee, I had the opportunity to learn the inside workings of state government, which was an experience that I cherish to this day. But sadly, today’s Legislature is no longer a carbon copy of the one I experienced. On the positive side, there are still many hard-working members who have a positive influence on the legislative process. They know what they’re talking about, and their many successes in creat-

ing new laws is proof of their effectiveness. The Long Island legislative delegation, headed by Sen. Todd Kaminsky, is a very effective group, and they display sanity and knowledge when they speak out on some important issue. That’s the good news about today’s Albany. But there’s also a very unsettling side to the changes that are taking place. Every person has the right to run for office, and if they can get a majority of the voters to support them, they will have the exciting opportunity to serve. From time to time, some new members become a positive force in the Legislature and succeed by doing their homework. But there are a growing number of new members who have no life experience, and are now in the public arena without a clue about what is expected of them. Some call themselves “progressive,” but their positions on vital subjects are far from progressive. New laws cost money, and there should be an understanding that the average taxpayer can afford just so much. The newcomers focus on finding ways to tax the people that they consider

growing number in the Legislature don’t have a clue about what is expected of them.

“rich.” They advocate punishing tax measures that are a message to New Yorkers that if you can relocate, now is the time. The number of residents and businesses that leave the state is rising at a staggering rate. States like Florida are welcoming these disenchanted people with open arms. I have had over a dozen conversations in the past six months with people who aren’t Jeff Bezos types but who are giving up on New York because they see what has happened and fully expect times to get even worse. It’s bad enough that so many people’s lives have been decimated by a year of Covid, and now they face punishing program after program that threaten their ability to survive economically. There is no magic formula to change the direction of state politics. Maybe an aroused public will take action on Election Day, but that’s probably wishful thinking. What some people call good change I call a calamity. 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.

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nce upon a time, a superspreader was a nifty tool for installing grout during a tiling job. Then we blinked, a virus leaped from a bat to a person and the world wobbled on its axis. Within weeks we crashed from a functioning society, with reasonable expectations for living full lives, to a dysfunctional country coping poorly with a global pandemic. In our new reality, superspreader has been repurposed to mean a social gathering where RANDI people sick with KREISS the coronavirus infect large numbers of other people. In the old times, you could buy a super-spreader for $31.88. And chances are it wouldn’t kill you. Covid-19 has transformed not just the way we live and go to work and school, how we shop and how we access medical care, how we travel and how we raise our children. The virus has hijacked our language. A mask is now universally recognized as a face covering to protect people from the coronavirus. The lowly cloth worn to

cover nose and mouth can also be a charged political statement. Not wearing a mask in a place where masks are mandatory is an act of defiance. Only two years ago, face coverings were pretty much associated with surgeons, Halloween or certain religious observances. Now we conduct our lives by where and how we wear our masks. We need a dictionary of the pandemic. What about the word refresh? You may think of a splash of cold water or running a comb through your hair, but I think of spending many hours for many days in a row trying to get appointments online for our vaccines. I would go to the designated site and then begin refreshing, over and over, hoping to land a shot. Eventually I did, after an unreasonable amount of repetitive key clicking. Before the pandemic, when I heard the world bleach, I thought of how much clothing I’ve ruined by splashing Clorox in the wrong places. But then, at the peak of the Covid surge around the country, there was the former president suggesting that people might inject bleach into their bodies to fight the virus. It was a singular moment in presi-

dential briefings; the lunacy of the suggestion prompted Dr. Deborah Birx, on the stage to one side of the president, to twist her face in a silent agony of disbelief. It erased for all time the notion that bleach is just bleach. Will anyone ever hear the words refrigerator truck again and not flash back to the grim parade of trucks repurposed as morgues and lined up outside New York hospitals? Perhaps the new word associations are a kind of PTSD. I was driving on a highway recently, and when a refrigerator truck pulled alongside, I instantly recalled the dark days of New York City in the grip of the virus. For all my life, Q has been the regal 17th letter of the alphabet. Now, Q, short for QAnon, is inextricably tied to the political fringe group that metastasized among millions of Americans, spreading false information about the pandemic and misinformation about the scientists on the front lines of fighting the disease. Not to mention that Q followers have challenged the results of the 2020 presidential election and supported the Jan. 6 insurrection at our Capitol. I cannot hear Q without feeling anxious for

ill you ever think of ‘mask,’ ‘refresh’ or ‘flatten the curve’ the same way?

our democracy and our ability to have free and safe elections. How many of us were familiar with the term flatten the curve? And yet we heard that every day for months as scientists urged us to isolate and mask up to stop the awful surges of the pandemic. Those three words are changed forever in my mind. Even the word virus is heard differently. We have known viruses in our time, but this one quickly assumed Infectious Disease Hall of Fame status. We have protection from measles and polio and mumps. But for a long time, we were completely vulnerable to the Covid super bug. Once upon a time, a pod was thought of as a covering of a pea or a storage unit. Suddenly a pod became a small, safe group of family members or friends who socially distance together to limit exposure to Covid. The word even became a verb: to pod with a friend in the interest of mutual good health. Language is a living thing, evolving over time. The pandemic experience has co-opted our shared lexicon. It has appropriated words and led us to coin new ones to describe a time of profound loss and grief. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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plans that were formulated with public input. Plans had to be submitted to the state by this April. The governor gave the people a role in determining how they would be policed. There was much talk on the right of how such measures would impede police work and endanger officers. Quite the opposite, the legislation has only increased police transparency, slowly but surely building public trust. Tens of thousands of good police officers who do their jobs without incident had no problem with the state’s reform package. Improving police relations in communities of color could take years, if not decades. The sense of unease and fear that too many Black people feel toward police had been brewing since the creation of the nation’s first police department in New York City in 1844. It will take time to heal. New York state is, however, headed on the right path. At the same time, Nassau County and

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ov. Andrew Cuomo last June signed an executive order proclaiming Juneteenth an official New York holiday, on which state employees now receive a paid day off. It was the right move. On June 17 this year, President Biden signed a measure designating Juneteenth a federal holiday. That, too, was the right move. On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia, ending the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history, in which an estimated 498,000 soldiers died in battle. With the surrender of the South, slavery ended with the stroke of a pen.

But not quite. News of the emancipation of slaves did not reach Texas, a slaveholding state, until June 19, 1865. That day, Union forces arrived on Galveston Island to free Texas’s slaves, who rejoiced in the streets. Since then, Juneteenth — a blend of June and 19th — has been celebrated in Texas. It officially became a state holiday there in 1980, but as of 2019, only Texas had recognized it as a paid holiday for state employees. There were, astoundingly, 14 Republican members of Congress who voted against the measure to create the national holiday, saying that they objected to the use of “Independence Day” in the legislation, or that the nation didn’t need another federal holiday. (There are now 11.)

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the Police Benevolent Association at last recently reached an agreement to require officers to wear body cameras. We wonder why it took so long, particularly given that the Village of Freeport had adopted them as early as 2015 — the first municipality in New York to do so — and why county officers will be paid $3,000 annually to wear them. Wearing a body camera, after all, requires no extra effort, no additional work, on an officer’s part. We are pleased to see, though, that officers will be wearing them as early as this fall. Undoubtedly, we, as a nation, have a long way to go before we finally achieve a racially just society. We have seen unarmed Black men killed by police in other parts of the country in recent months. Each death is a tragedy that we hope and pray will not be repeated. The year since the death of George Floyd was a start toward reform.

letters Ranked-choice voting is my choice To the Editor: Re Jerry Kremer’s column “Ranked-choice voting? Not my choice” (June 10-16): Like Jerry Kremer, I consider myself somewhat old-fashioned in some respects, but unlike Mr. Kremer, rankedchoice voting is my choice indeed. It was hoped that the much-anticipated voting in New York City would proceed without problems or glitches, allowing the city’s primary voters to rank their choices for candidates and vote their consciences. Two RCV bills recently considered by the State Legislature would expand the system statewide and to general elections, not just primaries and special elections. Ranked-choice voting is gaining momentum and traction. RCV eliminates the “spoiler effect,” allowing voters to

There should have been no reason for dissent on this legislation. The United States did not truly become the “land of the free” until all of its people were free. Until that June day in 1865, they were not. The country should acknowledge that fact. A federal holiday forces us to confront our history. Last weekend, it was wonderful to see people across Nassau County gathering in parks to celebrate with song and food or in the streets to march, reminding us that we have many miles to walk before we achieve the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of a society in which “little Black boys and Black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.”

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he Florida state Board of Education recently banned the teaching of critical race theory because all topics taught in Florida schools must be “factual and objective,” and CRT asserts that “racism is embedded in American society and its legal systems in order to uphold the supremacy of white persons.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, an early contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, denounced CRT because, he said, it teaches children “the country is aLan rotten and that our institutions sinGer are illegitimate.” Teaching CRT is also banned in Tennessee and Idaho. In response to this assault on history, school districts across the United States are racing to report that they teach critical thinking, not critical race theory, although it is unclear whether the opponents of teaching U.S. history, with all its warts, inconsistencies and systemic racism, understand the distinction. In a joint statement, the American Historical Association, the American Association of University Professors, the American Federation of Teachers, the Anti-Defamation League, the National Council for the Social Studies and 75 other educational organizations denounced a string of legislative propos-

als across the country that “target academic lessons, presentations, and discussions of racism and related issues in American history in schools, colleges and universities.” They charged that the bills infringe on “the right of faculty to teach and of students to learn”; “substitute political mandates for the considered judgment of professional educators”; and are designed to prevent an “honest reckoning with all aspects” of America’s past. In some circles, vehement opposition to CRT has become the new code phrase for rallying white opposition to full rights and citizenship for AfricanAmericans. During the Civil War, white racists and anti-war Copperhead Democrats accused abolitionists and Republicans of promoting miscegenation, race-mixing leading to biracial children that would eventually replace the white race. In a 1981 interview, Lee Atwater, a Republican consultant and confidant of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, explained how coded language worked. Because you could no longer openly use racially offense terms, “you say stuff like forced busing, states’ rights and all that stuff,” but the people you are appealing to know exactly what you mean. When Reagan ran for president, he attacked “welfare queens” driving around in Cadillacs. A television ad for Bush associated his Democratic opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Michael

e shouldn’t just think of the history of white supremacy in the past tense.

LeTTers chose the candidates they actually prefer without fear of giving an advantage to candidates who are considered totally unacceptable. The system tends to give better representation to women, ethnic minorities and other groups that are traditionally under-represented in our political system. There is less fear of splitting votes among similar candidates by gender, ethnic group or ideology. RCV elections also tend to be more civil, producing less caustic, negative campaigning. Candidates are motivated to avoid alienating voters who might give them a ranking that might actually elect them as the votes are transferred to them from losing candidates. Rankedchoice voting is more likely to result in a deeper discussion of the actual issues rather than personal attacks. Ranked-choice voting is not old-fashioned, though it was used in the 1930s and ’40s for City Council general elections in New York City, Yonkers and Long Beach. For many, these elections exemplify a gold standard for democratic participation in the electoral process — RCV was combined with proportional representation, giving many groups and

Dukakis, with Willie Horton, a Black man convicted of murder who committed other serious crimes after taking part in a release program. The controversy over CRT erupted in Commack when members of a group called the Loud Majority disrupted two public meetings, interrupting Board of Education members and speakers in the audience, including students who were trying to explain how they felt slighted in a curriculum that ignored who they were. Instead of silencing the disruptors or requiring them to leave, board members and district officials kept trying to explain the curriculum to people who were not interested in listening. Kimberlé Crenshaw, who teaches law at UCLA and Columbia University and was an early proponent of critical race theory, described it as “an approach to grappling with a history of white supremacy that rejects the belief that what’s in the past is in the past, and that the laws and systems that grow from that past are detached from it.” In the 1990s, social scientists and educational researchers began to employ CRT as a lens to understand the persistence of race and racism. It became controversial when then President Trump denounced CRT as part of his response to The New York Times’s 1619 Project. To rally his supporters during his re-election campaign, Trump declared, “Critical race theory is being forced into our

children’s schools, it’s being imposed into workplace trainings, and it’s being deployed to rip apart friends, neighbors and families.” As a former high school social studies teacher, I embrace the effort by the National Council for the Social Studies to promote critical thinking based on an evaluation of evidence. I find CRT to be an important lens for engaging students as critical thinkers, and I believe it helps teachers involve students in a broader discussion. The European Enlightenment is often known as the Age of Reason, because Enlightenment thinkers tried to apply scientific principles to understand human behavior and how societies work. Many of the earliest Enlightenment thinkers were from England, Scotland and France, but the idea of using reason and science spread to other European countries and their colonies. In the U.S., Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are considered Enlightenment thinkers. Some historians, including me, point out that the Age of Reason in Europe was also the peak of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, when millions of Africans were transported to the Americas as enslaved laborers for plantations. Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies.

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political parties a true voice in government, proportional to their actual voting strength in their communities. The RCV/PR systems of that earlier, progressive time did much to eliminate — for a while — the entrenched bossism of political machines. The reform was unfortunately eliminated by the Red Scare movement of McCarthyism. JIM BRoWN Secretary, Green Party of Nassau County

Are we really that racist, Randi? To the Editor: I totally disagree with Randi Kreiss’s column “Are we immune to Texas-style xenophobia?” in the June 10-16 issue. She repeats the rubbish that America is a terrible racist nation. That is not true, and she knows it! How could Barack obama have been elected two times, and how could our current vice president, Kamala Harris,

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be in office if Randi is correct? She is mouthing the lies of the Democratic Party and helping them capture total power in our country.

I urge her to wake up and reconsider her position! JAMES G. CoLLINS Floral Park

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