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South Side wins county baseball title By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

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THE CYCLONES CELEBRATED their first Nassau County baseball title since 1982 last Friday after topping Manhasset, 2-0, in the decisive third game of the Conference III finals.

On the bus ride back from Manhasset after South Side dropped the first game of the Nassau Conference III baseball championship series in heartbreaking fashion June 16, coach Tom Smith’s message to the Cyclones was, “Don’t think you’re unable to beat these guys.” Fifth-seeded South Side, which was one out away from elimination in the opening round, responded by blowing out the Indians 13-1 in Game 2 the following afternoon, and then rode the arm of junior Danny Russell to a 2-0 victory in last Friday’s deciding third game for its first county title since 1982. “We came out swinging at Barash [Field] and jumped on them early in CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

RVC St. Patrick’s Day March donates to small businesses By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com

Not being able to host a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Rockville Centre this year didn’t stop the village parade board from giving back. Instead, it hosted its first March for Small Businesses, and money continues to roll in three months after the holiday. “The parade that shares and cares” lived up to its name and then some by using roughly $40,000 it collected from residents to give back to small businesses struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic. The initial financial goal in March was $25,000.

Jackie Kerr, vice president of the Rockville Centre St. Patrick’s Day Parade Board, said she was blown away by the fundraising efforts. “It was a huge success, even better than we anticipated,” she said. “It’s remarkable.” Advance Formal Wear, Eden Total Skin Care and Brower Avenue Deli were the primary small business recipients, each given $5,000 in donations. Keith Linsalata, owner of Art Flower Shop, on North Village Avenue, nominated his friends at Advance Formal Wear. With large social gatherings impossible to hold over the past year, Advance Formal had very little to do. Art Flower Shop sold

green bows to support the formal wear store, accumulating a few thousand dollars before hearing about the March for Small Business initiative. “Nominating them was really a no-brainer,” Linsalata said of Advance Formal Wear. “They’ve always given back to the community with charities.” Real estate firm Daniel Gale Sotheby’s, in Rockville Centre, was the first to reach out to the parade board to see how it could help other local businesses. Monica Murray, a sales manager at the office, battled Covid-19 while coordinating the contribution effort and spreading the word about the March for Small Busi-

ness. “It made me realize how it can disrupt a business in town,” Murray said of the pandemic. “That was enlightening, and motivated us even more.” Murray and Sotheby’s bought more than $1,000 worth of bows from Art Flower Shop and put them on all the houses they sold in the village. They also gave out gift certificates for Kookaburra

coffee house and for slices of pizza from Gino’s at their open houses. Murray credited her agents, many of whom live in the village, with getting the word out about the need that had arisen among small businesses. As a result of the fundraising efforts, the board awarded funds to even more people than it set CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

RVC man charged in alleged scheme By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com

A Rockville Centre man was among five former National Grid employees who allegedly accepted bribes and kickbacks from companies that received millions of dollars in contracts from National Grid. According to a criminal complaint filed in Brooklyn on June 15, Jevan Seepaul, 36, of Rockville Centre, is among those being charged for alle gedly accepting cash, international travel and a recreational vehicle from the companies. T he others who were charged were Devraj Balbir, 33, of North Bellmore; Ricardo Garcia, 48, of Stroudsburg, Pa.; Patrick McCrann, 56, of Selden, and Richard Zavada, 65, of Hicksville, Seepaul worked at National Grid as a facilities manager between 2014 and 2017. “As alleged, the defendants made corrupt demands for bribes and kickbacks to line their own pockets and upgrade their lifestyles, while putting the contractors at risk of losing business if they did not comply,” Mark J. Lesko, acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said, according to a news release. “This office is committed to protecting the integrity of the bidding process and ensuring that businesses compete on a level, honest playing field.”

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Acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York National Grid was not named in the complaint, but all five men worked there. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and federal prosecutors have alleged that they solicited and accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, gifts, services and more between 2013 and 2020 from an unnamed contractor and affiliated companies to steer contracts to Long Island contractors. “We are aware of the announcement by the governor’s office,” National Grid spokeswoman Karen Young said in a statement. “National Grid has fully cooperated with and supported the U.S. attorney’s office throughout its investigation. We are conducting a thorough internal investigation and will be working with our regulator, the NYS Public Service Commission, to enhance our existing controls and to implement additional controls and recommenda-

tions where appropriate to help prevent a similar situation in the future. National Grid is committed to the highest ethical standards for our company and our employees. The alleged misconduct is unacceptable, we have zero tolerance for it.” Jeffrey Lichtman, an attorney for Seepaul, did not return a call requesting comment. According to the complaint, three of the men charged had the power to approve no-bid contracts valued at less than $50,000, and the ability to influence competitive bids for more expensive projects, including a $50 million contract. In addition to tens of thousands of dollars in cash payments, the alleged bribes and kickbacks included “more than one” recreational vehicle, hotel stays and international travel, home renovations and landscaping, as well as college tuition for one employee’s relative, according to the complaint. All of the men surrendered on June 17, and were released on bond after initial appearances in federal court in Brooklyn. National Grid operates the natural gas distribution infrastructure and owns and operates the largest power plants on Long Island, including those in Island Park, Northport and Port Jefferson. The company also operates electric utilities throughout the Northeast.

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Board raises money for local businesses out to. They included eight small business owners nominated for their work during the pandemic, each of which received $1,000. Josh Kleinman, who co-owns Brower Avenue Deli with his brother, Jason, said he was grateful for the donations, which have enabled him to cover part of the store’s rent. “Since we bought the place, we’ve been trying to be a part of the community,” Kleinman said, “and to see someone see that and appreciate that and pay it back is very nice. It makes you happy to be a business in a town like that, where the residents care about their businesses.” Vines & Branches, MacArthur Park Restaurant, Lucky Finds Boutique, the Hagen Kavanagh School of Dance, and the Glass Beauty Bar received additional money because of the success of the fundraiser. Given its runaway success, it’s possible that March for Small Businesses could return in tandem with the parade next year, but nothing has been decided on yet. For now, the organizers said they were excited to see how much good has been done over the past three months. Parade board member Ann Travers, who suggested the fundraiser, said she was surprised by how successful it was. “It’s way above and beyond what we expected,” she said, “and the donations are still coming in.” Courtesy Ann Travers

RVC’s July 4 fireworks show canceled By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com

Rockville Centre village officials had to cancel the annual Independence Day fireworks show scheduled for July 4 at Mill River Park because of new regulations and ongoing projects in the area. According to village spokeswoman Julie Grilli-Scully, the event was canceled because the Nassau County Arson and Bomb Squad changed the rules for the radius surrounding the spots where shells are shot off from, with the old radius being 210 feet and the new regulations now at 300 feet for a 3-inch shell. “That means there has to be a diameter of 600 feet around the spot where they shoot them off,” Grilli-Scully explained. “Most importantly, the fireworks cannot be shot off from the west side of the river bank anymore because of this radius change. The building adjacent to the turf field is within the 300-foot radius, so they cannot be staged there anymore.” She added that there are two major projects beginning this summer that will run down Lister and Barasch fields. The first is the Living with the Bay initiative to improve storm resiliency along Mill River, and the second is the Bay Park Conveyance Project, which will reroute treated effluent, or wastewater, from Bay Park to the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant on the Wantagh-Seaford border using underground pipes. With equipment being stored for the major projects in the area of the traditional fireworks show and the projects slated to conclude in September, the decision was made to cancel the event. “Because of these new regulations and the work being done in the area, the fireworks had to be canceled this year,” Grilli-Scully said. “The village looks forward to bringing the fireworks back in the near future.”

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THE ANNUAL FIREWORKS show at Mill River Park has been canceled this year due to new regulations for firework shows and ongoing projects in the area. Above, the celebration in 2019.

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Cyclones’ wild ride ends with championship CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE Game 2,” Smith said. “That win gave us all the confidence we needed. We felt great going into the third game. After Danny walked a few early, he attacked all areas of the strike zone and was dominant.” Russell allowed two hits and struck out six. Junior T.J. Maher singled in the first and second innings and scored both runs — the first when senior Paul Mata was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, and the second on sophomore Sean Britt’s RBI single. Britt belted a three-run homer as part of the offensive fireworks in Game 2. “We never put our heads down,” said Maher, who in Game 2 was the winning pitcher and supported himself by hitting a grand slam. “We played team baseball every day. It feels amazing to be county champs.” Maher was dynamite on the mound again last Sunday, but the Cyclones’ season ended with a 3-1 loss to Newfield in a hard-fought Long Island championship game at St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue. Newfield pitcher Dylan Johnson carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and had 13 strikeouts. Maher, the Nassau Conference III playoff MVP, was equal to the task and allowed just one earned run in a completegame performance. “We left it all on the field,” Smith said. “It truly was an incredible run.” South Side was the streakiest team in Nassau on paper. The Cyclones won eight straight to start the season, then lost seven

in a row before taking the regular-season finale over Carey. They opened the playoffs against the Seahawks as well, and were on the verge of elimination when senior Jack Temple crushed a dramatic three-run homer to right center with two outs in the top of the seventh for an 8-7 victory. Sophomore Thomas McCarthy retired Carey in order in the bottom of the seventh. “I’m not going to lie, I was pretty anxious up there knowing it could be my last high school game,” Temple said of his season-saving at-bat. “It was pretty surreal. It was one of those hits that came off the bat hard. I wasn’t sure if it would go out, but I knew I hit it well.” The Cyclones swept top-seeded Roslyn in the best-of-three semis, 5-0 and 9-2, after losing twice to the Bulldogs during the regular season. In the series opener, junior Andrew Fingleton made his only start of the year on the mound and tossed four shutout innings, with five strikeouts. Senior Kyle Aromiskis and junior Danny Fuentes knocked in two runs apiece against Roslyn ace Hayden Leiderman. Aromiskis and sophomore Robert Pericolosi each had three RBIs in the clincher. “We were a much different team than what Roslyn saw during the regular season,” Smith said. “It was definitely a roller coaster ride. We came into the year with only three players with varsity experience. We didn’t handle adversity well until the playoffs, but the talent was always there.”

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SOUTH SIDE CATCHER Jack Temple tagged out Manhasset’s Teddy Mouhlas in the bottom of the third inning of last Friday’s deciding third game of the county finals. JUNIOR DANNY RUSSELL pitched a gem to help lead South Side to a 2-0 win over Manhasset last Friday for the Nassau Conference III championship.

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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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Monday, June 28 Discovery Summer Program The Center for Science Teaching and Learning Discovery Program engages children (ages 5-12) with hands-on investigations and experiments all summer long. Register at cstl.org. Camp starts at 9 a.m.

United Church hosts a celebration of LGBTQ+ Christians On June 27 at 9:30 a.m. to commemorate the end of Pride Month.

Phillip Guston with Professor Thomas Germano Professor Thomas Germano leads a discussion of American modern painter Phillip Guston and his work and messages. Register at RVC Library website for Zoom link. Starts at 2 p.m.

Chef Rob: Cooking and Baking Camp Chef Rob leads this cooking camp for the entire family. Learn how to make raspberry and strawberry tiramisu trifle and fresh corn, mozzarella tomato salad. Register at the RVC Library website. Starts at 7 p.m.

Meditation with MaryClare MaryClare Chiofalo leads this meditation class designed to help you destress, relax, and focus. Zoom registration available through the RVC Library. Starts at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 29 Chi Gong with Marianna Farina Farina’s exercise class returns for a session of ten classes. Registration required through the RVC Library on Zoom. Starts 10:30 a.m.

Yoga with Joe Certified yoga instructor Joe Cilmi leads the class designed to accommodate the needs of people who may have difficulty with more traditional approaches. Registration required. At the Rockville Centre Library, 12:15 p.m.

By the Book Sarah Siege leads a discussion of Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi. Zoom link available through the RVC Library website. Registration required, 7 p.m.

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Join moderator Michael Matuszewski and library staff member Rob Siegel in a discussion about what everyone is currently watching on television, through the Rockville Centre Public Library. The discussion will take place over Zoom and registration is required. The link will be emailed one hour prior to the 7:30 p.m. start time.

Stay up-to-date with current affairs and discuss what’s on your mind with facilitator Richard Skolnik, through the Rockville Centre Public Library. The discussion will take place over Zoom and registration is required. The link will be emailed one hour prior to the 10:30 a.m. start time.

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Wednesday, June 30 Simply Stronger Enhance strength and flexibility in this popular exercise led by highly motivational, certified instructor Marilyn Bunger through the Rockville Centre Library, 9:30 a.m.

Read and discuss Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse. Register at the RVC Library website for Zoom link. 7 p.m. start.

Evening Yoga with MaryClare MaryClare Chiofalo leads this meditation class designed to help you destress, relax, and focus. Zoom registration available through the RVC Library. Starts at 7 p.m.

Thursday, July 1 Yoga with Joe Certified yoga instructor Joe Cilmi leads the class designed to accommodate the needs of people who may have difficulty with more traditional approaches. Registration required. At the Rockville Centre Library, 2:45 p.m.

RVC Board of Trustees Briefing Meeting The RVC Village Board of Trustees will meet for a briefing meeting via Zoom at 6 p.m. link on rvcny.gov.

Wagons Ho! with Kate Beckman Join Kate Beckman and discover how it felt to ride in a pioneer Conestoga wagon. This program will take place on Zoom. Register at the RVC Library website. Event starts at 7 p.m.

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The Irish-American Building Society has its golf outing at the Rockville Links June 24 at 8 a.m. St. Agnes Cathedral is hosting the American Guild of Organists for a concert on June 24 at 7:30 p.m. Shiloh Baptist Church hosts a licencing service of Bro. Marshall Washington on June 25 at 7:30 p.m. Wine & Design is hosting a virtual painting class on southern magnolias on June 25 at 8 p.m. The Rockville Centre Farmers Market returns to railroad parking lot 12 from 7 a.m. to noon on July 4.

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Mercy Hospital donates 22,000 pounds of food On June 17, a team from Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital donated more than 22,000 pounds of food to a variety of local nonprofits in an effort to combat food insecurity on Long Island. Thanks to a grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, Mercy employees and volunteers assembled and distributed 1,200 bags of perishable and nonperishable food items to 10 Nassau County-based organizations. The intention is that each family receives two bags (a perishable and nonperishable), which contains enough food to feed a family of four for a week. “The communities we serve are an extension of who we are at Mercy; therefore, I am extremely grateful to Mother Cabrini for allowing us to provide food access to families who might be struggling to put food on the table,” Mercy Hospital President Peter Scaminaci said, according to a release. “With food insecurity on the rise, given the current climate, I am hopeful that initiatives like this one will help us to continue to combat the issue locally.” Each family will receive 37 pounds of food: nonperishable items such as pasta, beans, granola, rice and more, and perishable items such as fruits and vegetables. As an added bonus, families will also receive disinfecting wipes.

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SISTERHOOD OF CONGREGATION B’nai Sholom-Beth David of Rockville Centre hosted an Evening of Light on June 15. Attending were, from left, CeCe Freidman and Co-Presidents Linda Schwartz and Alyce Goodstein.

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Spirits were bright at ‘Evening of Light’ Traditionally, the color pink signifies a imagined as a garden, with bright pinkreturn to health. It is also the color of joy clothed tables, pink flowers and the bright and the female aspect of life. On June 15, outfits of women who had become accusthe Sisterhood of Congregation B’nai tomed to staying home in gray sweatSholom-Beth David of Rockville Centre pants. Light desserts were served, from celebrated health, joy and female friend- healthy fruit to “lightly” decadent frozen yogurt provided by ships with an “Evethe Hewlee Yogurt ning of Light,” a Truck from Hewlett return to normalcy S t a t i o n Yo g u r t , after more than a sponsored by Lisa year of illness and and Dr. Lawrence isolation. Mack.Musical M o re t h a n 7 5 entertainment was women came out to provided by guitarenjoy a night laughist Russell Breiter, ing with and hugwho customiz ed ging friends and popular songs to the family members, delight of the many of whom they crowd, including have not seen in swapping out “West months. Virginia” for “Rock“It was wonderful ville Centre” in his to actually see rendition of John faces,” Sisterhood Denver’s “Take Me member Lisa Ber- ESTHER BAUM OF the Israel Defense H o m e, C o u n t r y man said of the pre- Forces, spoke at the event. Roads.” dominantly maskAmong the other free crowd. Other members concurred, including Helene highlights of the evening were a rendiParsons, who said it was “nice to be with tion of “Hatikvah” (“The Hope”) by Canpeople again,” and Maxine Geller, who tor Alexandra Weiser, and an inspiring said she was “so excited” when Gov. presentation by Esther Baum, granddaughter of synagogue members Andrea Andrew Cuomo lifted mask restrictions. “Connection is so important and, and Dr. Alan Baum. Baum is now a “lone although we Zoomed together during the soldier,” which is defined as one who has pandemic, there is nothing like being no immediate family living in Israel, for together in person” Sisterhood Co-Presi- the Israeli Defense Forces, or IDF, in Israel. She discussed her work in the search dent Alyce Goodstein said. The synagogue’s parking lot was re- and rescue division and what life is like

CANTOR ALEXANDRA WEISER sang for guests. for her there, adding that she has met other lone soldiers from the U.S., as well as those who came from Argentina, South Africa, Russia and other countries. During a question and answer session, Baum said that among the most important things she learned were “resilience” and “independence.” She added that she anticipates coming back home to study animal science at the University of Maryland and encouraged everyone to visit and support Israel. The evening was capped by the installation of the new and returning Sisterhood officers, including new Co-President Linda Schwartz, taking over for Ethel Oppenheimer, who will stay on as vice president of membership and data man-

ager. Schwartz was also recently honored by the Women’s League for Conservative Judaism as a Woman of Achievement. Sisterhood Co-President Alyce Goodstein announced that new members were always welcome, and that exciting programs were planned for the coming year, including a membership dinner, author talks, fundraisers and lectures. She added that the popular mahjong and canasta game nights would return in October. For more information, call (516) 7644100 or email cbsdboffice@gmail.com. Courtesy the Sisterhood of Congregation B’nai Sholom-Beth David; compiled by Mike Smollins

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been creating various virtual videos. Some can be found along with information on its Facebook page: South Shore Symphony. Wayne Lipton, RVC Guild for the Arts member and South Shore president, said he is looking forward to the new outdoor shows. The orchestra members said they hope to return next year when the Rockville Centre fireworks and annual concert resume in July 2022. “Thanks go to the Village of Rockville Centre for allowing us to play on the Green this summer and to Molloy College for helping us with the sound and technical support.” Lipton said. “It is exciting to return to live performance for musicians and audiences alike.” Weather permitting, Lipton said, the ensemble hopes the shows will be a way for attendees to have a picnic and to enjoy the start of their July summer weekends. There are no rain dates scheduled. The group encourages attendees to bring chairs and blankets starting at 6 p.m. There will be food trucks available on July 16 and 30. The Village Green is between Lee and Morris avenues, on the north side of Maple Avenue. Parking is on the surrounding streets. No masks are required for the outdoor concerts, but guests are asked to maintain appropriate social distancing so that all can enjoy the music. All ages are invited.

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he general public has little or no idea how government works. Citizens may go to a town, city council or village board meeting, but they’re usually there for a brief visit about some neighborhood issue, and after that there’s no longer any contact with the world of elected officials. Most of my service has been in state government, having spent 23 years in the State Assembly. When I contrast the State Legislature of my years to the current one, I must confess I have JERRY mixed emotions. When I arrived KREMER in Albany in 1966, and through all the years that I was in office, the makeup of the Legislature was what I think the founding fathers would have approved. There were insurance agents, teachers, bankers, undertakers, merchants and former athletes, and there was even a legislator who drove trotting horses at night. They all had some things in common, which were either prior public service or they knew

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.

Covid-19 took so much, even our words

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

Juneteenth comes to Nassau County

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.

FRAMEWORK by Christina Daly

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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