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LVCSD sues state over mask mandate ents who worried that they might be threatened at a board meeting. Contois has two chilThe Locust Valley Board of dren, ages 9 and 5, attending Education voted unanimously Locust Valley schools. Her on Aug. 30 to hire an outside grandfather died from Covidlaw firm, Hamburger, Maxson, 19, which she said was the reaYaffe & Martingale to file suit son why her children learned in New York Supreme Court remotely last year. “I was terriagainst New York state to fight fied to send my kids to school t h e s ch o o l m a s k after losing my mandate ordered by grandfather,” she the state De partsaid. “Not saying ment of Health. goodbye, holding T r u s t e e S h aw n his hand, seeing Steele did not him in the casket attend the meeting. …” The district Her children joined the Masswould be vaccinatapequa School Dised if that were postrict in filing the JASMINE sible, Contois said, lawsuit last Friday. but without that CONTOIS Several residents option she wanted complained about L.V. parent the mask mandate the mandate at at school, not only school board meetings on Aug. to protect them but also other 30 and 31, arguing that parents children, who may not be able should decide whether a child to fight off the virus. The issue should wear a mask in school. has caused a division among Others disagreed, though those parents in the school district. expressing the parental-choice “Locust Valley is pro-mask sentiment appeared to outnum- and Bayville is anti-mask,” ber those who supported the Contois said. “There’s a lot of mandate. Some residents said misinformation out there, but they didn’t attend the meetings if wearing a mask protects one because they were afraid to kid, why not wear it? Without voice their opinions. my kids, I’m nothing.” Jasmine Contois, of Locust Renata Solomou, who also Valley, said she knew of parCONTINUED ON PAGE 13

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Never too young to honor Sept. 11 victims Thomas Nolan, 4, was so moved by the Sept. 11 ceremony that without prompting he spontaneously saluted. A memorial service was held at Thomas Park in Locust Valley on the morning of the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001.

Democrats charge rights violation Claim their First Amendment privilege denied BY LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com

Democratic candidates running for Town of Oyster Bay supervisor and the Town Board complained on Wednesday that only they were “targeted” as violators of a town code at a festival last weekend, and not those running on the Republican ticket.

Amanda Field, who is running for supervisor, said that Democratic candidates’ First Amendment rights were denied when they were handing out literature at the Tobay Waterfront Festival, and were approached by town public-safety officers who told them to stop. Another officer asked them to put their

fliers away while in the parking lot, Field said. She could not do so because she didn’t have anywhere to put them. Yet another officer told the candidates to do the same. “We came to meet residents at the festival,” Field said, and added, referring to Town SuperCONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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RESIDENTS AND GUESTS gathered at the Sept. 11 Memorial in Oyster Bay for the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center.

Marking a 20-year anniversary of Sept. 11 in the hamlet

enator Jim Gaughran and former Senator Carl Marcellino hosted the 20th annual Sept. 11th Memorial Ceremony at the Western Waterfront 9/11 Memorial. Gaughran has committed to continuing Marcellino’s tradition in

FIREFIGHTERS FROM ATLANTIC Steamer, David Canales, Christopher Jaworski and Jason Penrod, presented the colors.

hosting the annual remembrance service to memorialize the names of Oyster Bay residents lost in the September 11, 2001 attacks. The memorial features a beam from the World Trade Center Twin Towers obtained by the Atlantic Steamer Fire Department.

ROXANNE GREEN, THE widow of Wade Green, who was at Windows on the World on Sept. 11, came to the Oyster Bay ceremony for the first time. Green’s name and photo were added to the memorial this year.

OYSTER BAY BOY Scouts from Troops 253 and 299 placed a rose on the memorial wall during the ceremony.

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Kerry Herschlein, 58, of Bayville, was arrested for operating a vessel while intoxicated and for reckless operation of a vessel on Sept. 6, in Bayville. Marine Bureau Officers Aboard Marine 11 responded to the shoreline at 18 Greenwich Ave. to assist the Town of Oyster Bay constable with Herschlein, who was operating a 1990 Sea Ray Boat. He had narrowly missed moored vessels

and was reckless, operating at irregular speeds. The constable was with Herschlein and his docked vessel when police arrived. After a subsequent investigation, Herschlein, was arrested without further incident. No injuries were reported. He was issued multiple navigation law and vehicle and traffic law violations.

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Celebrating a platinum anniversary Frank and Ruth La Bella, lifelong residents of Oyster Bay, are celebrating their 70th anniversary. They met when Frank was in the service when he was shipped to Germany. A retired police officer, he was the first law enforcement officer to arrive

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Rhiannon Li, Alice Zang, and Scout Chen interned at the Oyster Bay Historical Society this summer. They are sophomores at Syosset High School, they took part in archival activities over a six-week period. They photographed and cataloged artifacts in the society’s collection, joined in digitizing 100- year old cylinder recordings, helped to repair and stabilize WWI posters and got a general idea of the complexities of archiving. The interns also went on field trips to Raynham Hall, Sagamore Hill, and local historic cemeteries.

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The day beings with brunch at 10:30 a.m., followed by a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Lunch will be served on the course, followed by cocktails and dinner on the outdoor patio. The evening winds down with a chance to win raffle prizes including wine and dinner, zip lining, and a whale watching cruise.

Movie at the Library Gold Coast Public Library Annex, 50 Railroad Ave., Glen Head, 2 to 4 p.m. Watch “French Exit” (2021) at the library. An aging Manhattan socialite (Michelle Pfeiffer), living on what’s left of her inheritance, moves to a small apartment in Paris with her son and his cat.

Wednesday, Sept. 22

Vintage Baseball Game Begining at 7:30 p.m. at john Maccerone Memorial Stadium in Glen Cove, join the City of Glen Cove for a night of baseball under the lights. Admission is free and concession stands will be open for refreshments. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Take-and-Make Kindness jar Paint and decorate a mini mason jar, then fill it with handwritten notes of kind words, positivity, and motivational quotes. Bring your jar back to the library to earn your Community Service Certificate for 1 hour of completed service. Kits will be available for pickup starting at the Bayville Free Library.

Saturday, Sept. 18 Deep Roots Farmers Market 100 Garvies Point Road, Glen Cove, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The weekly farmers market offers a selection of locally grown vegetables and eggs, fresh baked bread, honey, seafood and more.

International Coastal Cleanup Day Begining at 9 a.m. volunteers can report to Pryibil Beach in Glen Cove to assist in the cleanup efforts. Volunteers will collect data that will be used to educate the public, businesses and government agencies about the scale and consequences of marine debris.

Walk for Autism at Burns Park Registration for the event begins at 10 a.m., with the walk commencing at 11 a.m. The registration fee is $10 for individuals and $25 for families. All registrants will receive a T-Shirt and entrance to the post-walk tailgate party. The event will benefit Advantage Care Health Center’s Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism & Developmental Disabilities, one of the leading treatment and outpatient assessment programs for people with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Winter’s Edge Farmstand Saturday mornings through September, Winter’s Edge farm stand will be open at 62 Dubois Avenue, opposite Clifton Park in Sea Cliff from 10 a.m. until noon. Vege-

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Apple Festival—an annual tradition on Long Island since the 1950s—is set to proceed this year. On Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9 and 10 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Mill Neck will present the “Best of the Festival” as a Drive-Thru Grab & Go, making it safe and easy to take home your long-standing fall favorites during growing concerns over Covid-19. Get your items on-the-spot or preorder online after Labor Day. Selections include the top three New York State apples—Honeycrisp, Snapdragon and Jonagold—and two sizes of boxed prepacked festival must-haves, which include tasty apple butters, jelly and honey. This event fully benefits children and adults who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

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tables will be offered for free and there will be plants for sale. Look for postings and what is available on the Facebook page: Winter’s Edge Micro Farms.

Glen Cove Jr. Soccer Parade From 10 to 11 p.m. join Glen Cove Jr. Soccer teams as they walk through Glen Cove for the beginning of the Fall 2021 Season. Parents, Grandparents, family and friends are encouraged to stand on School Street in Downtown Glen Cove. Parade will finish at at John Maccarone Memorial Stadium. Teams will meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Middle School Horse Shoe.

Library in this virtual discussion about a number of Shakespear’s plays. This program takes place across five weeks. Register online at seaclifflibrary.org.

Monday, Sept. 20 Sacagawea Adventures Begining at 7 p.m. join presenter Martina Mathisen, an honorary member of the Lewis and Clark Heritage Foundation, will immerse you in Sacagawea’s life, her experiences and her incredible journey into the Louisiana Purchase. This is a virtual event; register online at oysterbaylibrary.org.

Sunday, Sept. 19 Sundays with Shakespeare Each Sunday at 5 p.m., join the Sea Cliff

Tuesday, Sept. 21 Buenos Aires and the Jewish Community Begining at 2 p.m. via Zoom. Buenos Aires was built to rival the great cities of Europe. It also has the largest Jewish community in South America. Jewish people farmed the land in Argentina before establishing farming communities in Israel. Join travel expert Sheila Taub and explore the beautiful old European architecture and discover why Jews were attracted to Argentina and how the community has both suffered and flourished. Register online at glencovelibrary.org

Planting Fields Foundation Golf Classic Enjoy a fun filled day of golf at the Mill River Club on Long Island’s Gold Coast.

The Glen Cove Senior Center Rose Shoppe Boutique is open Mon - Fri, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Oyster Bay Town Board will meet on Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. The Sea Cliff Mini Mart scheduled for Oct. 3 has been postponed until October 2022 The North Shore Board of Education will meet on Sept. 23. Sea Cliff United Methodist Church’s thrift store is now open on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Begining at 1 p.m. at the Locust Valley Library community room, enjoy a movie at the library. This week’s movie is “The Father,” staring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman; rated PG-13.

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‘Move the Needle’ message employs fear of loss The Love Your Neighbor Project is offering lawn signs to residents looking to encourage their neighbors to “move the needle” and get vaccinated. The organization’s Move the Needle initiative was designed to gently encourage the community to get vaccinated by reminding them of everything they could miss if Covid cases continue to rise. “The fully vaccinated number was stuck at 66 percent in our community,” said Jamie Teich, founder of LYNP. “And so, being a community organization who tries to build community and reinforce the message of unity, I felt like this was an important place for us to step in and to do something.” His lawn signs target the 12 to 17 year old teenagers who recently became eligible to be vaccinated. He appealed to them with a reminder that in order for events like homecoming and prom to take place or even just socializing with friends to continue they needed to get the Covid-19 vaccination. In Oyster Bay, 74 percent of residents are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, compared to the New York state vaccination rate of 62 percent, and the national vaccination rate of 54 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On the North Shore, many people have been vocal in fighting against mask man-

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in Oyster BAy, 74 percent of residents are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, compared to the New York State vaccination rate of 62 percent. The Love Your Neighbor Project aims to further increase that percentage. dates and vaccinations. It’s an infringement on their constitutional rights, they say. Others say there’s not enough information about the vaccine. “I’m not vaccinated nor do I plan to be in the near future,” Elizabeth Davis, of Bayville said. “I have not had more than a slight cold in more than 20 years so I trust my immune system to do its job.” She worries about possible long-term side effects from the vaccine. “I believe it was rushed and that proper testing was not

done,” she said. “I am willing to leave my job if [mandated to get the vaccine].” Some people are annoyed by the growing pushback on vaccine mandates. “Sounds great, glad there is a vaccine mandate,” Robert Schenck, of Bayville, said. “The vaccine saves lives.” The Locust Valley Central School District recently joined the Massapequa School district in a lawsuit against the State of New York, claiming the governor’s recent implementation of a mask mandate in New

York schools is unconstitutional, and infringes on a child’s right to “due process.” The LYNP’s goal is to gently encourage unvaccinated residents to weigh the pros and cons of getting vaccinated to help them realize that the only way to get back to prepandemic life is to get vaccinated. “What was super important to us was that this was done in a judgment-free way,” Teich said. “I’m not trying to convince you that your beliefs are wrong.” People want children to stay in school, for everyone to remain healthy and that holidays are celebrated once again. In addition to providing lawn signs to residents, LYNP held a vaccination event on Sept. 12. “VAXapalooza,” a pop-up vaccination event, made Covid and flu vaccinations more accessible for the community. “The mission behind the Love Your Neighbor Project is accessibility, so the idea of VAXapalooza started to come up,” Teich said. “I wanted to do it Sea-Cliff style, so we had music and raffles and giveaways to make it fun.” The goal, he added, was to have people who may not have been willing before to get the vaccine. “We wanted to make this as comfortable and relaxed as it can be,” he said, “instead of walking into a sterile, stressful environment.” At the completion of the event, more than 40 members of the community received a vaccine.

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Distribution of leaflets denied, annoying the public CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE visor Joseph Saladino, “Saladino is using his employees to silence his opponents and prevent candidates from getting their message to voters.” Town spokeswoman Marta Kane said the Democrats were violating a town code. “The only candidates for public office distributing campaign materials were the Democratic slate, not Republicans,” Kane said. “Town codes are in place for over a decade to protect the public from annoying business and political solicitations during a family outing.” The town code includes a provision that requires people to refrain from causing others discomfort or inconvenience. It recognizes, however, that “leafleting is a respected tradition in American society and is a method of communication that has permitted citizens to spread political … messages.” Nonetheless, the code adds that the town has the “responsibility to protect its residents from undue interference and harassment in the exercise of their rights to private relaxation, contemplation and enjoyment of their use of town parks.” And those who distribute leaflets may not “endanger the safety of patrons or interfere with park activities.” Field said that although Saladino did not promote himself by distributing fliers, banners, signs, tents and recycling bins display his name. “The town code is unconstitutional, and has a history of violating civil liberties,” Field argued. “We see [Saladino’s] name everywhere, and millions of taxpayer dollars are being used for campaign mailers.” Kane disagreed, saying, “The Oyster Bay Democratic ticket supports defunding the police yet also believes they’re above the law. Candidates running for elected office should respect the law rather than break it.”

Democrats said that by refusing to allow them to distribute fliers, Saladino is engaging in censorship. “He is always trying to stifle residents, not allowing them to have freedom of speech,” Field said. Saladino was not available to be interviewed for this story. Field and the Town Board candidates left the festival last weekend, she said, to avoid being ticketed. Field added that she had not decided whether she would file a lawsuit. “I felt threatened by the first officer, who was not kind,” she said. “I feel badly that employees of the town feel that they have to do this.” According to Field, when the public-safety officers were asked to cite the town code the Democrats were violating, they could not. “People working for the town were dispatched to get rid of us, but didn’t even know what we were doing that was wrong,” said Lisa Reinhardt, who is running for the board. Field, the commissioner of the Plainview Water District, said she mails only two newsletters per year to residents. Otherwise, she explained, she reaches them digitally, on Facebook or the water district’s website. “It’s very important to communicate with the public, and that isn’t done much here,” she said. The town, does not know how to reach its residents, she said, except by multiple mailings and affixing Saladino’s name to signs and buildings. “Every five mailers cost taxpayers $25,000,” said Reema Rasool, a Democrat running for Town Board. “There should be more outrage about the town using our taxpayer dollars for mailings and telling us that we can’t hand out materials at public event. The snack bars at the beach are named after [Saladino]. That’s too much for me.”

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CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE lives in Locust Valley, said she supported parental choice on masks in school. Her two children, who are 8 and 5½, didn’t attend the first two weeks of school because they didn’t want to wear a mask. They went back the third week, and told their mother they were very unhappy, she said. “In Locust Valley Intermediate, there is no air conditioning and it’s very hard to breath there,” Solomou said. “I experienced it myself. My son receives services [receiving speech therapy]. I’ve seen him regress since Covid. It’s difficult for him to understand facial cues, what people are saying, and wearing the mask hurts him behind his ears.” Solomou, who is originally from Venezuela, said the issue is not about winning or losing in so far as whether children must continue to wear masks in school. “We are having our rights violated,” she explained. “I think we are becoming a borderline socialist state.” Locust Valley School Board President Brian Nolan and other trustees said at the Aug. 30 meeting that it was troublesome that school districts had local control of the mask issue, and then, shortly before school started, it was taken away. Gov. Kathy Hochul said she would direct the Department of Health to issue the school mask mandate on her first day in office last month. The mandate was announced on Aug. 30. The cost of hiring a firm to pursue the lawsuit had not been made public at press time. Several calls to attorney Andrew Martingale, who is representing the district, were not returned. The district may have an uphill battle. In 1905, Massachusetts pastor Henning Jacobson refused to get a smallpox vaccine, citing the Constitution’s guarantee that a state could not “deprive any person of life, liber-

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AT BAYVILLE PRIMARY children are wearing masks in school to abide by a state mandate. The district has filed a lawsuit to overturn the mandate so parents can make their own decisions about masks in school. ty or property without due process of law.” His case went to the Supreme Court, which disagreed, ruling, 7-2, that one person’s liberty can’t deprive his neighbors of their liberty. “I think that hiring a lawyer for this is ridiculous,” Contois said. “Why should my tax dollars go to that? By the time this weighs out, we hopefully won’t need

to wear masks and will have wasted money. The money could be used for our kids instead.” Solomou said she supported the lawsuit, although she acknowledged that the issue was driving the community apart. “We were once a tight community,” she said. “I think we can work together.”

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BAYVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL Principal Allison Wasserman addressed the students and staff gathered for the Sept. 11th flag ceremony.

Bayville Elementary students honor Sept. 11 The children at Bayville Elementary learned about Sept. 11, 2001 in class and were also given an opportunity to personally honor those who died that day. None of them were born when terrorists flew two planes into the towers at the World Trade Center causing the death of nearly 3,000. Their lessons were about heroes, patriotism and how important it is to thank those who died trying to save others. Wearing red, white and blue, they sang patriotic songs, waived miniature flags and planted them into the ground to never forget.

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Town Board considers traffic code changes The Oyster Bay Town Board’s Sept. 14 meeting addressed a number of topics including the addition of stop signs to dangerous intersections and building permits. Supervisor Joseph Saladino opened the meeting with remarks and a moment of silence in remembrance of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, with this past weekend marking the 20th anniversary of the tragedy. “Today we honor the brave men and women in uniform who defended and continue to defend our freedom, as well as all the NYPD, FDNY, Port Authority and all the special first responders who acted on that day and then the days that followed,” Saladino said. “We’ll never forget those incredible sacrifices [that were] made in service of others.” Saladino noted the significance of this year’s anniversary. “Twenty years have passed and these wounds will never heal, and we will always remember,” Saladino said. “That’s the most important and best way to pay tribute — to remember our loved ones, while teaching the next generation.” There were two hearings to consider amendments to the town’s traffic laws, including the addition of stop signs to dangerous intersections in Bayville. T he intersections af fected would include the intersections with West Harbor Drive, at both the entrance to West Harbor Beach Memorial Park and at Hillary Street. Stop signs would be added to West Harbor Drive both on the eastbound and westbound sides of these intersections. The amendments also included changes to existing “parking prohibited” signs and the addition of these signs to new areas. The area in which parking is prohibited on Summit Street in Oyster Bay on the south side, starting at the east curb line would be increased. Additionally, the changes include additions to no parking signs on Benjamin Street in Glen Head, prohibiting parking from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. on the west side of Glen Head Road. “The laws were generated as a result of complaints received by the town regarding traffic regulations on town roadways,” Karen Underwood, the deputy town attorney, said. Another hearing was called to discuss the issuance of a permit to allow live studio audience attendance at an existing television studio in Bethpage. Grumman Studios sits on a 30-acre site in the space formerly known as the birth of the Apollo Lunar Modules that placed man on the moon. Today, it is now home to some of New York’s biggest productions, including “Salt,” “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” and “The Sound of Music Live.”

“This studio has been a great neighbor in Bethpage and this would really help expand the footprint [of], and really put the Town of Oyster Bay on the map more than it already is,” Councilman Louis B. Imbroto said. At the close of the final hearing, the board proceeded with their regular action calendar, voting on a number of motions before bringing the meeting to a close.

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y wife called soon after 9 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, her voice measured but tense. I was halfawake, preparing myself for the day, while our then 1½-year-old daughter slept in the next room of our Long Beach apartment. “Turn on the TV,” Katerina said. There were the twin towers ablaze in fireballs, black smoke pouring from the structures. Like so many of us, I could only stare, mouth agape, in stunned disbelief. My wife was at SCOTT Lawrence Middle School, where she BRINTON teaches to this day. The teachers didn’t have a TV to know precisely what was happening, so she called me to find out. She was sitting with a colleague whose husband worked at the World Trade Center. I stuttered as I relayed what I was seeing. I can’t recall which station I was watching, but I remember the frantic, frightened voice of a telecaster in a helicopter that whirred from a distance above the twin towers. Then, suddenly, the unexpected happened at 9:59 a.m.: The south tower col-

lapsed. The image of its shiny metal exterior cascading down, and then a massive gray ash plume spiraling back up hundreds of feet into the air, was seared into my mind. It haunts my thoughts to this day. I gasped. Then I had to explain to my wife what had just happened, and she had to tell her colleague, who was overcome by fear and sorrow. As I write this 20 years later, a chill radiates up my spine into my brain. At 10:28 a.m., the north tower fell. We, as a nation, had just witnessed the mass murder of 2,606 people in the twin towers live on TV. I’ve been covering the aftermath of the attacks since that day. Last Saturday I photographed the Town of Hempstead’s moving 9/11 ceremony, held, as it always is, at Lido Beach Park, where people gathered by the Atlantic Ocean on the day of the attacks to catch a glimpse of the smoke plumes from the towers. NYPD Detective Vincent DeMarino, whose father, also Vincent, of Valley Stream, an NYPD officer who died in 2019 of brain cancer because of his time spent at ground zero, encouraged attendees to tell their stories of that terrible day. In doing so, we keep the collective memory of the attacks alive so we “never forget.”

And so, I tell my story here. After collecting myself, I readied my daughter and headed to my wife. As I drove on West Park Avenue through Long Beach on the way to Lawrence, I spotted the smoke plumes through a break in the houses, just as I was entering the city’s West End. The plumes were like giant ribbons stretching to the heavens. “My God!” I said to myself, realizing that nothing would ever be the same. My wife was released from her duties after the children were sent home, and we met up on a side street in Lawrence. I could see the fear and horror in her eyes. We realized we had no cell service, but I told her that everything would be OK. I wondered whether that was true. My wife drove our daughter back to our apartment, and I went to work just down the street at the Heralds’ office at the time, in Lawrence. From there I took dictation from reporters who had been dispatched to train stations along the Babylon and Far Rockaway branches of the Long Island Rail Road. They were interviewing survivors who had hurried out of Manhattan, white ash and sweat coating their dark business suits. They poured out of the trains like frightened war victims. I worked until 3 a.m. the next day to

’ve been covering the aftermath of the attacks since that awful September day.

produce a paper. I remember stepping out of the office onto the empty sidewalk on Central Avenue around midnight and staring into the black sky. I heard F-16 fighter jets streaking overhead. They flew low, but I couldn’t see them. I felt drained and hollow. I was unprepared for the sense of sorrow that I — and the nation — would feel in the coming years. I reported on 13 funerals and memorial services in the months after Sept. 11, training my camera’s zoom lens on the grieving family members and friends of the victims. I hated shooting photos of those in such deep mourning. Now, though, my sense is that those pictures are an important part of history. They are documents that tell us about the price of terrorism. They show us, in no uncertain terms, why we must, as a nation, work toward world peace. I have reported on those annual ceremonies ever since. At last Saturday’s, I could hear the anger and sorrow of the family members and friends of 9/11 victims as they spoke. There is no peace that can come from such an attack, only acceptance. Never, ever forget. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@ liherald.com.

Season of fire and flood slips into September

t has been a season of extremes, but after the floods and the fires and the winds and the Covid surges and the ICUs getting slammed and the little ones getting sick, and the heat waves searing the country, north, south, east and west, one drumbeat persists: Get the vaccine. Wear a mask. Take a booster. It’s easy and necessary. I can’t offer wiser words than these. If everyone who could have gotten the Covid-19 vaccine had done so, thousands of lives would have been saved. FamiRANDI lies would have KREISS avoided devastating illness and loss and broken businesses. But there being no percentage in looking back, there is still opportunity for people who have been reluctant to step up now and make themselves and their families safer from the virus. As autumn spins into view, we are clearly in the crosshairs of various unprecedented forces, meteorological, medical, political and cultural. I don’t know anyone who isn’t feeling anxious. Please, if you are among the sanguine and

secure, let me know your secret. The meteorological stressors seem an apt metaphor for the general distress of observing our country in the clutches of destructive forces: a defeated president who won’t go away, a clutch of sycophants who will sell their souls for another year in office and, unbelievably, millions of folks who feel so angry and disenfranchised that they would rather risk a tussle with Covid — or possibly a fatal encounter with Covid — than get an inoculation that will keep them safe. The difference is that, unlike the random violence of tornadoes and floods that have plagued us this summer, the political disturbances in the field have intentionality. The past administration targeted climate change initiatives and women’s rights and diversity. For four years we suffered a vacuum of moral leadership; the center frayed, and we haven’t yet repaired the damage that was inflicted on our departments of justice and state and housing and health. President Biden, love him, hate him or ignore him, is pushing against a tide of irrational vitriol that would overturn a legal election and let chaos reign. In the

name of “freedom,” people are rejecting a vaccine that can save the lives of the children they love. Somehow this all intertwines with the catastrophic weather we have endured this summer. When nature goes wild, some part of us knows to hunker down and ride it out, because when the storm passes, the sun will shine again. Order will be restored. But on the political front, there is no such guarantee. We are not done with hurricanes this season. As The Weather Channel warns: “We may still expect storms bringing exceptionally high waves … The sea may be white with driving spray; visibility very seriously affected…” It goes on to say that even large vessels may disappear for long periods of time in the deep troughs between the heaving seas. A fearsome description. But such storms can be survived. More frightening is our current political and pandemic cyclone. Our ship of state is also disappearing into deep troughs, and who knows if it can rise again? We must not take our eyes off this prize. Everything, including the actual weather, is conspiring to distract us from monitor-

lease, if you’re among the sanguine and secure, let me know your secret.

ing the attacks on voting rights and women’s rights. We need energy and focus to stay vigilant. We cannot do any of the important work that needs to be done unless we get the vaccine available throughout the country. Our hospitals and medical teams need relief, and we can help return to some normalcy if we get inoculated. If we get our kids inoculated. On the weather front, how many 500year storms do we need to survive before the anti-science refuseniks realize it is still within our power to curb the emissions and toxins that affect our climate? The storms, the pandemic and the politics seem pulled into a tightening vortex, playing out here and now. My sense is that our time, this particular time and place, autumn 2021, will stand out in history. It will be important, someday, to have the story of these troubling days set in print. What we can’t know, or even surmise, is how this unsettling season will evolve. The hurricanes will eventually blow out to sea. We will pick up the pieces. But after this season of political madness, who will remain standing? Each of us can do something: get the vaccine, wear a mask and, when it’s time, vote as if our democracy depended on it. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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ore than 80 percent of Nassau County adults have received at least their first dose of a Covid19 vaccine. That’s excellent. Overall, about 68 percent of Nassau residents who are eligible for the vaccine — that is, anyone over age 12 — are now fully vaccinated. That’s good, but not great. Not great because that leaves 30 percent — a sizable number — who are yet to complete their vaccination regimens. And here’s the thing: Not all communities are equal in the race to vaccinate as many people as humanly possible. The vaccination rate is just above 50 percent in Cedarhurst, Elmont, Freeport, Inwood, Lawrence, Mill Neck, Old Westbury and Uniondale. In other communities, it actually falls below 50 percent. In the 11549 ZIP code of Hempstead, it’s 26

percent; Greenvale, 35 percent; and Roosevelt, 48 percent. In any number of other communities, the rate hovers in the 60 percent range. Compare that with the rate in the 11020 ZIP code of Great Neck, where it’s 80 percent; Jericho, 78 percent; Plainview, 78 percent; the 11040 ZIP code of New Hyde Park, 75 percent; Mineola, 74 percent; Port Washington, 74 percent; Williston Park, 74 percent; Merrick, 73 percent; and Syosset, 73 percent. It becomes clear, based on these statistics, compiled by the federal and state governments, that there is a wide disparity in vaccination rates between many of the county’s more affluent communities and its low-income neighborhoods. County health officials must ask why people in working-class areas have fallen so far

behind in being vaccinated. Do they not have the time to get their shots because they are working three jobs? Do they lack access to health-care facilities? Is transportation a problem? Is English a barrier? In certain communities, Cedarhurst and Lawrence in particular, religious conviction may play a role, and Jewish spiritual leaders from throughout the Five Towns recently released a video, which is at times serious and others humorous, encouraging their congregants to get vaccinated. We applaud that effort. Such targeted campaigns are clearly needed in any number of neighborhoods throughout the county. The race to achieve herd immunity — when 75 to 80 percent of all county residents have been vaccinated — will be won one community at a time.

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And don’t forget your flu shot this year

ith all the highly necessary talk about the Covid-19 vaccine, it would be easy to overlook the flu shot, which each of us should get every year, but only about half of us do. With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, it’s more important than ever to get a flu shot this year. Then, if you do get sick, you can rule out the flu. Even if you do get the flu after receiving the shot, it’s likely to be a mild to moderate case, not the type that can knock you off your feet and send you to the hospital. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 12,000 to 60,000 people died of the flu in the U.S. each year between 2010 and 2020. That doesn’t come close to the more than

650,000 deaths caused by the coronavirus pandemic since March 2020, but it is still a heavy death toll. Everyone 6 months of age and older should get a flu shot every season, with rare exceptions, according to the CDC. People with underlying health complications should be particularly vigilant about getting the vaccine. Throughout the pandemic, we have seen how those with medical conditions are far more likely to succumb to a virus. September and October are the best time to be vaccinated against the flu, the CDC says. Ideally, everyone should be vaccinated by the end of October. Flu vaccines are offered in many doctors’ offices and clinics, as well as at many pharmacies and urgent-care cen-

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LETTERS Honoring those we lost on Sept. 11, which ‘seems like yesterday’ To the Editor: Many of us have our own stories that carry the memory of one or more of the 2,977 family members, friends or neighbors taken from us in an inexplicable act of hatred 20 years ago. Those of us old enough to remember Sept. 11, 2001, know that evil exists because we saw and felt it, and many continue to live and suffer with its effects. As President George W. Bush said in his address to a joint session of Congress on Sept. 20, 2001, we were “a nation awakened to danger and called to defend freedom.” Sept. 11 seems like yesterday, yet the calendar tells us that the memories and the scars are now 20 years old. It’s stunning to think that there is a generation of Americans who have no memory of that day other than what they have seen on video or learned

ters. You need a flu vaccine every year for two reasons. First, your immunity protection from vaccination declines over time, so an annual inoculation is needed for optimal protection, according to the CDC. Second, flu viruses are constantly changing. The composition of flu vaccines is reviewed annually by CDC officials, and is updated to protect against the viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming flu season. It takes about two weeks after your shot for antibodies to develop in the body and provide protection against influenza virus infection. That’s why it’s best to get vaccinated before flu viruses start to spread in your community.

OPINIONS

ears ago, my wife and I walked onto a Martha Vineyard’s beach with my Cornell University advisee and his parents, only to be confronted by a white man asking where we thought we were going. My advisee’s father, a professor at a prestigious medical school, who was African-American, replied, “I could ask you the same. I own this beach.” That wasn’t my first experience with racism, but it highlighted how education, expertise and wealth can be denied by the color of one’s ROBERT skin. My first memoSCOTT ry of how race can distort reality is of when a friend and I were wrestling on the sidewalk on Third Avenue in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on the way home from school. We were having fun, but a passerby told us to stop. “Blacks and whites shouldn’t fight,” she said, instead of just saying that kids shouldn’t fight. My neighbor and I were simply playing, and unlike that lady, we could see each other merely as friends. I’m not colorblind. I see color and shades of color, but I try to see people for who they are as individuals. This is called

respect. When I was at camp as a 9-yearold, I remember small signs that lined the paths. Each said, “Others,” meaning think of others, welcome others, respect others. We put similar signs around the Adelphi University campus when I was president. Respect is a two-way exchange. Racism denies respect. Racism rejects the humanity of another person or group. We should understand that demands for respect and dignity are not demands for privilege and standing. We should teach in our schools and houses of worship, and certainly in our homes, that others should be respected even when they look different from us. Respect is different from tolerance. Tolerance is passive acceptance. Respect is an active engagement with another person as an equal. Respect requires action, while tolerance requires no commitment. In our society, many people grow up in communities lacking diversity because of decades of laws and regulations that, even when overturned, had set a foundation for segregated housing and divided communities. Yet the children who grow up in these towns and villages will most likely one day supervise, or be supervised by, or be a neighbor of, someone of a different

s a Black friend and I wrestled on a sidewalk long ago, a woman admonished us.

LETTERS in school. One of the enduring lessons of that day was that we must never be afraid to recognize evil for what it is, call it by name and be willing to fight together as one against it. It is that lesson that makes the events unfolding in Afghanistan so alar ming and disheartening to watch, as some of the very organizations responsible for the horrors of that day celebrate our haphazard withdrawal. What have our leaders forgotten? But those of us old enough to remember Sept. 11 also remember that goodness exists. That must be recognized, too. We remember the heroes who rushed toward danger to save thousands of lives, giving their own lives in the process or now suffering from 9/11-related illnesses. We see that goodness today in our first responders, health care workers and so many others these past 18 months, in ways large and small, as we have tried to help one another through this unprecedented fight against Covid-19. Patriot Day, 9/11, is important as our opportunity to “never forget” the evil inflicted on so many, and at the same time, embrace our capacity for good. It is our opportu-

ethnic or racial background. If they don’t learn the value of respect for others in their homes or schools, where will they? In 1944, the Carnegie Corporation funded research by Swedish Nobel Laureate Gunnar Myrdal to study race relations in the United States. In his report, entitled “An American Dilemma,” he noted the contradictions of American democracy. The “dilemma” refers to a nation torn between allegiance to its highest ideals and awareness of the cruel realities of racial discrimination. The U. S. military was still segregated in the 1940s. Myrdal was quoted as saying that Americans “of all national origins, regions, creeds, and colors” hold in common “the ideals of the essential dignity and equality of all human beings, of inalienable rights to freedom, justice, and opportunity.” And yet, he said, these ideals were compromised by the pervasive violations of the dignity of Black Americans by public policy and private privations. The legacy of slavery and restrictive covenants robbed Black people of wealth and opportunity. They were denied G.I. Bill benefits given to white veterans, which created much of the white middle class and ensured home ownership, the bedrock of American economic wealth.

FRAMEWORK by Joe Abate

nity to honor those we lost through service to people, but just as important, to take the time to make sure that our children and grandchildren understand what happened that day and why it is important that we must respect one another and be vigilant and united in defense of our values and way of life. God bless the lost and the families left behind. May God bless those we continue to lose and those suffering from 9/11-related illnesses. May God bless our military, police and first responders who keep us safe and protect our freedom. And may God continue to bless the United States of America. STEVE RHOADS Nassau County legislator

CORRECTION The author of last week’s column “In celebration of teachers” was misidentified. The column was written by Robert A. Scott, not Alan Singer.

Lighting up the sky in tribute — Lower Manhattan

Schools were segregated. There was a systematic denial of respect, opportunity and equal access before the law. A modern-day Myrdal would find many of these same dilemmas today. Housing and school segregation persist, restrictions on voting are flourishing, systemic racism is common, and respect as people and as citizens is refused to Black Americans. The history of racial discrimination is being denied even as it continues by those who deny it. Mutual respect is essential to social cohesion and civil discourse. To deny the humanity of millions of our neighbors is to limit our nation’s capacity to fulfill its ideals. These are difficult times. My hope is that, even in times like these, families, clergy and teachers will prepare children with the basic values of civility, sincerity and respect for others. We should each know that we are the “other” to some, and that others deserve the respect that we believe is due to us. Our national values — freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, democracy itself — will wither without mutual respect. Dr. Robert A. Scott is president emeritus and university professor emeritus of Adelphi University and author of “How University Boards Work” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018; Eric Hoffer Awardee, 2019).

OYSTER BAY HERALD — September 17, 2021

Reflections on race, racism and respect

September 17, 2021 — OYSTER BAY HERALD

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