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School buses set to activate side cameras In the hope of improving both driver and student safety, the village school district has taken Speedsters zipping through measures designed to deter stop signs and red lights in the motorists from violating traffic Village of Rockville Centre have laws and endangering students become a major concern, espe- as they get on and off buses. cially for parents of schoolchil- Superintendent Matthew Gaven dren, as they send said that all school their kids back to buses are now school after two equipped with stopyears of remote arm cameras learning and mask designed to catch mandates necessitatdrivers who fail to ed by the coronavistop for stopped rus pandemic. buses. The Town of “Pay attention to Hempstead is prostopped school viding the cameras, buses,” Mayor Franwhich snap photos cis Murray said at of vehicles that the Sept. 7 village ignore a bus’s board meeting. “We FRANCIS X. extended stop sign have an aggressive and pass it from the MuRRAy program where we front or rear. are watching these Rockville Centre “Once we ratify b u s e s w i t h o u r Village Mayor the agreement here Police Department. tonight, we will be So please stop and able to turn them pay attention to our crossing on,” Gaven said at the Board of guards as you pass schools in Education meeting on Sept. 8. September and all through the “We’re thankful to the Town of current year.” Hempstead for working with us According to the Police to make bus safety an issue and a Department’s website, there are priority.” three times as many fatalities A motorist who violates the among pedestrians boarding and law will receive a ticket in the exiting buses nationwide as mail. Based on the terms set by there are of bus occupants. Continued on page 4
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RABBI MICHAEl CoHEN of Central Synagogue of Nassau County, far left, and Rabbi David Lerner, of B’nai Sholom-Beth David, join Mayor Francis Murray, center, to pass a resolution aimed at combating antisemitism in the community.
Village law combats hate
Incidents of antisemitism prompt a resolution By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com
In light of reports of antisemitic propaganda popping up across South Shore communities, the Village of Rockville Centre passed a resolution pledging to combat antisemitism and to educate residents on ways to identify and report such acts when they occur. “Antisemitism, including harassment on the basis of actual or perceived Jewish origin, ancestry, ethnicity, identity, affiliation or fate, remains a persistent, pervasive, and disturbing problem in American society,” Mayor Francis Murray read from the resolution during the board meeting on Sept. 7. “Government offi-
cials and institutions have a responsibility to protect citizens from acts of hate and bigotry, including antisemitism, and must be given the tools to do so.” The announcement comes after numerous reports from residents of antisemitic literature that was distributed around the community. The resolution also comes just six months after resident Michelle Zangari made national headlines for a series of antisemitic remarks directed at a neighbor, claiming that a large menorah on their front lawn was an indication of plans to convert the home into a house of worship. The home is actually the Chabad of RockContinued on page 17
lease stop and pay attention to our crossing guards as you pass schools.