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Leaders urge Gov. Cuomo to resign duct.” “I think it’s an awful thing,” Amandine Bourne, 17, who will On Tuesday, a nearly five- be a senior at Oyster Bay High month-long investigation by School this year, said of Cuomo, state Attorney General Letitia “using his power like that, abusJames came to a close. It found ing these poor women.” that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexualJames’s announcement was ly harassed 11 followed by calls for women who are curCuomo’s resignation rent or former govfrom nearly every er nment workers, state elected leader violating state and and the governors of federal law. Cuomo, surrounding states. who has been fundA few hours after raising for his rethe findings were election campaign released, President next year, has mainBiden joined in, saytained his innocence ing the three-term and has said he gover nor should would not resign. resign. “I’m not a big fan U. S . S e n a t o r s of Cuomo,” said Charles Schumer Mark Bruderman, and Kirsten Gilliof Bayville. “I don’t brand were also CHARLES believe him. And I quick to comment. d o n ’ t l i k e h i s LAVINE “Today’s report from demeanor and char- State assemblyman the New York State acter. He’s been Attor ney General accustomed to getsubstantiated and ting things his way.” corroborated the allegations of State Sen. Jim Gaughran, of the brave women who came forNorthport, said he found the ward to share their stories — attor ney general’s findings and we commend the women for “credible and deeply troubling,” doing so,” they said in a joint and added, “I thank the women statement. “No elected official is who bravely spoke out about the governor’s reprehensible conCONTINUED ON PAGE 4
BY LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
Courtesy LVCSD
Learning soccer 101 Recent Locust Valley High School graduate Teegan Rowe played defense against kindergartner Anastasio Pappas at the Locust Valley Summer Recreation Program. More photos, Page 7.
Hot stuff at Nassau fire camp Teens learn the basics as they consider a career BY LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
Khadeejah Memon is 14. Five feet tall and weighing 107 pounds, the East Norwich resident said she has her heart set on becoming a New York City firefighter. She joined the East Norwich Fire Department juniors two years ago, after attending an assembly led by the firefighters at the James H. Vernon School. “It seemed like a really exciting thing to do,” Khadeejah said. “I always liked the idea of helping
people, and to save lives would be amazing.” Being a junior firefighter has been a great experience, she said, but attending Camp Fahrenheit 516, at the Nassau Fire Service Academy in Old Bethpage, has been even better. “We did live burns and cut up a car,” she said. “I can’t do that at juniors.” Twenty-eight teens, ages 14 to 17, took part in the five-day camp July 26-31, a scaled-down version of the more intense two-week camp for probationary firefighters, which is also run by Nassau
County fire instructors. The camp is 40 percent classroom learning and 60 percent handson training. Participants conduct drills on the last two days, including putting out a warehouse fire. Omek Kumar joined the East Norwich F.D. juniors when he was 13. Now, at 15, he’s the treasurer, and said he enjoys learning new things, Being a junior satisfies his curiosity, he said, and so did attending the camp. What surprised the Oyster CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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he details provided by the victims are repugnant. This is a difficult day for the people of the state of New York.