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Church holds candlelight peace vigil ly personal. “Forty years ago, I was a young second lieutenant stationed in Germany as part of Seventy-five years ago last the divisional security detail at month, on Sept. 2, 1945, morn- a Pershing III missile site,” Garing-coated and uniformed offi- ner recounted last Saturday cials from the night, at a candleEmpire of Japan light prayer vigil in huddled together observance of the aboard the battleInternational Day ship USS Missouri, for the Total Elimianchored in Sagami nation of Nuclear Bay. They had come Weapons, promoted to meet representaby the United tives of the Allied Nations. powers and to sign The church the instruments of d r aw s m e m b e r s surrender, formally f ro m a c ro s s t h e ending World War II South Shore area, — a war that by including Wantagh, some estimates had Seaford, Bellmore cost as many as 100 and Massapequa. million lives. “A s I g a i n e d It was a war of s e n i o r i t y, I w a s firsts, including the THE REV. RON given higher securifirst deployment of ty clearances,” Garatomic weapons. GARNER ner continued, “and The bombs dropped Pastor, I had access to more by U.S. forces on Wantagh Memorial documentation Hiroshima and showing just how Congregational Nagasaki remain destructive these the only two such Church weapons are.” weapons ever used Garner, an active in war. member of Veterans for Peace, For the Rev. Ron Garner, pas- served for 11 years as an infantor of Wantagh Memorial Con- try officer, and learned during gregational Church, the issue of that time how many would die nuclear weapons remains highCONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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ALL FOUR TEAMS drew big cheers from a large crowd at last Saturday’s Beyond the Badge benefit in Baldwin Park.

Police benefit draws big crowd Beyond the Badge up to bat against suicide By J.D. FREDA jfreda@liherald.com

In September 2019, New York City Police Department Detective Chris Panetta, 42, and his wife, Nassau County probation officer and college professor Michelle Panetta, 34, created Beyond the Badge NY, a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating the stigma associated with mental health struggles in the law enforcement community, and combating the rise of suicides in the ranks. That month, they hosted a charity softball game in

Baldwin Park in honor of those who had died, their families and officers who felt as if life had dealt them an 0-2 count. The event last year drew a few dozen players and spectators combined, including two teams comprising a mix of active police officers and law enforcement supporters. Last Saturday, Beyond the Badge NY returned to Baldwin Park for its second annual Strikeout Suicide charity softball game, and this time there was a crowd of several hundred, with four teams

drawn from the ranks of the Nassau and Suffolk County Police Departments, the NYPD and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police, playing on adjacent fields — 60 officers in total. This year the event featured merchandise stands, a DJ and food. The opening ceremonies included the Nassau County Police Emerald Society Pipe Band and remarks by Michelle Panetta. “We realized that there needed to be a change, and change comes with us,” she CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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MILA GERALDI, DAUGHTER of New York City police officer Mike Geraldi, and Kristen Clifford, widow of NCPD officer Steve Clifford, threw the ceremonial first pitches.

Nonprofit gives back to fallen officers’ families CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE said. “Change comes with every single one of us. We often tell people, ‘If you need anything, reach out.’ Well, we need to stop reaching out and need to start reaching in.” In January, her husband’s longtime friend Nick Mencaroni, an NYPD officer, died of suicide. All 60 officers on the field, Michelle continued, were there in support of Beyond the Badge’s cause. She then announced the creation of the Nicholas Mencaroni Memorial Scholarship Fund, to provide financial support to high school seniors entering college. Then Panetta invited Mila Geraldi and Kristen Clifford to throw out the ceremonial first pitches. Geraldi is the daughter of NYPD officer Mike Geraldi, who died unexpectedly on Sept. 1 of a brain aneurysm while on the job. Clifford is the widow of Nassau officer Steve Clifford, who died by suicide in 2017, at age 35. “I think the main reason why everybody is here is there’s a big problem in law enforcement,” said Frank Bokrosh, an officer in the NCPD’s 2nd Precinct. “There is a huge stigma attached to suicide and mental health. There are a lot of people that work in this field that are afraid to get help because they’re worried about their careers, what people will think. They’re worried about people assuming they’ll be less of a cop if they do try to get help.” “This shows that we still come together,” said Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder. “There are members [of the police] that lose their life, not just in battles on the street, but the battles they take home. Breaking that stigma — this is what it’s all about.” In the first two games, the NYPD took on the NCPD, while the Suffolk County police and the Port Authority police faced off on another field. When Ryder led off with a hit, cheers of “Let’s go, Commish!”

could be heard from the NCPD dugout. A couple of minutes later, Ryder crossed home plate, scoring the first run of the day. Over the next few hours, softballs were flying, with some officers showing their power, scorching them deep into the outfield, to loud cheers, while others made flashy plays on defense, drawing more loud cheers. Afterward, all of the players signed bats and helmets that were given by Beyond the Badge to family members of fallen officers. “It was nothing short of amazing, truly,” Michelle Panetta said the following day, reflecting on the event. “Sixty officers all there to stop suicide. As much as we’re trying to raise awareness, we want to honor the memory of those we lost too soon, so to have those families in attendance meant even more to all of us.” Bridget Downes contributed to this story.

BEYOND THE BADGE Co-founder Chris Panetta, far left, Hempstead town councilman and former Port Authority officer Christopher Carini, Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder and BTB Co-founder Michelle Panetta. THE PANETTAS SPOKE before the games began.

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THE U.N. DEBATING the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2017. To date, 45 member states have ratified; five more are needed for it to become international law.

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Pastor leads church in anti-war vigil education or repairing our infrastructure or for disaster relief ” — for events in a first strike, as well as the details of the monumental humanitarian and like the coronavirus pandemic. Garner was followed at the lectern environmental by church member catastrophe such a Laura Mauer, who strike would ineviread excerpts from tably cause. Henry Wadsworth C u r r e n t l y, t h e Longfellow’s 1855 world’s nine nuclepoem, “The Song a r p o w e r s h av e o f H i aw at h a , ” arsenals totaling American Friends describing a prissome 13,400 weaptine environment Service Committee ons, Gar ner said. that even in Longafsc.org He went on to fellow’s day was describe U.S. plans rapidly becoming North Country Peace Group to update its own polluted. ncountrypeaceg@gmail.com arsenal, at an estiMauer followed @NorthCountryPeaceGroup mated cost of $2.4 with a reading trillion, over the from contemporary Peace Action N.Y. State next 30 years. poet Wendell Berpanys.org “That’s more ry’s “The Peace of than [$200 million] Wild Things.” Veterans for Peace a day, or $150,000 a “When despair macbica@camilobica.com minute — just an for the world grows unbelievable in me/and I wake amount of money,” in the night . . .,” he said. “Imagine what else we could do Mauer read, “I come into the peace of with that money. We could spend it on wild things/who do not tax their lives CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

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with forethought/of grief./I come into the presence of still water. Mauer was followed by local poet Sharon McDermott Cozzoli, who read her peom “Earth for Life,” which was written especially for the vigil. The intimate gathering included veteran activists like Marilyn ValenteBartkus, of Massapequa, who shared memories of the 1960s protests against the Vietnam War, and Manny Marino, of Seaford, whose number in the 1970 draft lottery was 10. Marino had to confront the same stark choices faced by many young men of his generation: serving in Vietnam — inevitable for someone with so low a number; applying for conscientious objector status; fleeing the country; or serving in some other capacity. He opted to joined the Army Reserve. “I served six years and eventually became a sergeant,” Marino said. His military experience was not particularly onerous, he conceded — Atlanta’s Fort McPherson, where he was stationed for part of his service, was renowned for its golf course, he said. “But I’m not against a specific war like Vietnam; I’m against all war.” Valente-Bartkus echoed Marino’s sentiments. She was initially overheard softly singing “Give Peace a Chance.” Active as an organizer for South Dakota Sen. George McGovern’s 1972 Democratic presidential candidacy, ValenteBartkus shared her discouragement at what she sees as an unraveling of many of the social gains of the 1950s and ’60s. “It’s like we’re back where we started,” she said. “The voting age was 21 in those days, so we didn’t have any voice of our own,” she said. “We had to convince our parents and their friends” — many of whom had lived through the sacrifices of the Great Depression and World War II. The vigil, which has been held annu-

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THE REV. RON Garner, of Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church, reflected on nuclear weapons at a candlelight prayer vigil last Saturday. ally since the Inter national Day’s inception in 2013, is in support of U.N. resolutions promoting global nuclear disarmament. The first would extend the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, originally negotiated between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in 1963, to states that have developed nuclear weapons since then. The second, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, was opened for signatures three years ago and has been signed by 45 nations. The resolution becomes binding in international law with signatures from 50 member states. The U.S. is not a signatory.

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Advocates seek justice for Breonna Taylor By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

Black women were front and center at the latest Black Lives Matter protest outside the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola on Sept. 24. The protest primarily sought justice for 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was fatally shot by a Louisville police officer in March. Officer Brett Hankinson was indicted on Sept. 23 on three counts of wanton endangerment for bullets that flew into a neighboring apartment. There were no charges in relation to Taylor’s death. One protester held a sign that read, “They charged the bullets that missed.” Others said, “Jail killer cops,” “Shut down racism and white supremacy” and “No justice no peace.” Another said “Defund the police” on the front and “Refund social services” on the back. Several local advocacy groups banded together to organize the rally, including the Long Island chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, LI United to Transform Policing and Community Safety, Nassau County Democratic Socialists of America, Long Island Black Alliance, NY02 Indivisible, Long Island Activists and Young Long Island for Justice. The protest began around 5:15 p.m. and led into a march about two hours later, after several Black Long Islanders spoke emotionally at the microphone. Nia Adams, a Long Island organizer, said she took the death of Taylor “very personally” — “the last 24 hours have been very hard for me,” she said. “The lesson that we are hearing out of Louisville is it is OK to break into a Black woman’s home,” she continued, “it is OK to murder a Black woman in her sleep, and it is OK to then attempt to slander and criminalize a Black woman after her death, and you will not be held accountable.” She added that Taylor’s death is not an isolated incident. “This is a culture that needs to change,” she said. “We need to … divest [from police departments] and reinvest in community solutions — into health care, housing and education. These are the things that matter. These are the things that keep us safe.” Shanequa Levin, founder of Women’s Diversity Network and member of LI United to Transform Policing and Community Safety, said she is “tired of having to give my kids ‘the talk,’” referring to the conversations Black parents have with their children to “teach them how to behave differently” when approached by a police officer. “I can’t take my Black skin off,” she said, shouting. “I can’t do that. I’m Black every damn day, and you see that as a threat.” Couple Devon Toney and Latoya Bazmore, community organizers from Brentwood, spoke about their own alleged experiences with police brutality. They said that they were beaten by Suffolk County police officers on the evening of Aug. 30 while hosting a barbecue at Ross Memorial Park in Brentwood for home-

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Many held signs in support of Black community members feeling hurt by the persistence of police brutality cases across the country.

shanequa levin, founder of Women’s Diversity Network and member of LI United to Transform Policing and Community Safety, vented her frustrations about how Black people are viewed in the United States. less, addicted and mentally ill community members. “I’m still traumatized by what went on that night,” Bazmore said, adding that she often sees people who are on the streets struggling being “brutalized by police.” Protest organizers made several demands, including dropping charges made against Toney that night; charging, arresting and convicting “all killer cops”; divesting from Nassau County police; reinvesting in community safety programs; and providing slavery reparations for Black citizens. Throughout the protest, the crowd took part in call-and-response chants, such as “Say her name, Breonna Taylor,” “When Black lives are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back” and “The people united, will never be defeated.” “All I want us to do is continue what we doing,” Bazmore said. “Don’t ever lose the fight in you.”

PeoPle of all ages, but mostly young people in their 20s and 30s, gathered outside a Nassau County legislative building in Mineola to protest the lack of charges against Louisville police officers for the death of Breonna Taylor. nia adaMs, a racial justice advocate on Long Island, spoke candidly about how the Breonna Taylor case has affected her emotionally.

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Coaches talk high school, college sports delays By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

High school and college sports coaches on the latest Herald Inside LI webinar discussed how Covid-19 has affected their programs — including new recruiting methods, alternatives to competitive gameplay and staying positive through it all. The virtual panel was live-streamed on Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. and produced by RichnerLive, a division of Richner Communications Inc., publisher of Herald Community Newspapers. Herald Inside LI is a webinar series that aims to educate the community about navigating different aspects of life during the coronavirus pandemic. Local athletic coaches and officials joined the most recent conversation, including Chuck Priore, head football coach at Stony Brook University; Danielle Santos Atkinson, head women’s basketball coach at Hofstra University; Michael Rubino, head football coach and athletic director at Valley Stream Central High School; and David Viegas, director of health, phys. ed. and athletics in the Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District. Tony Bellissimo, sports editor of Herald Community Newspapers, offered opening remarks about the delay of fall sports because of Covid-19. “This has serious effects on schools and student-athletes,” he said, “especially the student-athletes in high school with an eye on playing at the next level.” Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, moderated the event and asked the panelists questions — first, about their reactions to the delay of high school and college sports. “It tears me apart to not see our kids and be at their games,” Viegas said, “but I think the focus had to be on getting us back into school, and now that we’re there, staying there, staying open.” The other panelists agreed that though it must have been a tough decision for university officials to make, health and safety must be the top priority. “We need to make the most out of it and figure out how to move this process forward,” Priore said. A big concern among high school athletes is losing game time that could be recorded and sent to college coaches, or

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CloCkwise from top left: David Viegas, director of health, physical education and athletics at Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District; Skye Ostreicher, Herald Inside LI moderator; Michael Rubino, head football coach and athletic director at Valley Stream Central High School; Danielle Santos Atkinson, head women’s basketball coach at Hofstra Universit;y and Chuck Priore, head football coach at Stony Brook University discussed how Covid-19 has impacted the college sports recruiting process on Sept. 23. that recruiters could attend to watch them play. However, the panelists each gave advice to those student-athletes looking to continue their sport in college. “We have learned different ways of recruiting and outreach,” Priore noted. This means using online platforms to connect with colleges, rather than in-person meetings, tours or visits with college officials at competitions. Both Priore and Atkinson said they use social media to learn more about prospective players. They also said that they would accept videos of players demonstrating their skills, even if they are not in a game and are recorded by a friend or family member. College tours are also available virtually, Priore noted, as well as a wealth of information about the schools. Now that

prospective student-athletes are diving deeper into Stony Brook’s online information, “I honestly think the kids that we’re recruiting are benefitting from knowing Stony Brook better,” he said. Priore added that being able to hop on a Zoom call for recruiting purposes has been advantageous for his football players looking to enter professional leagues. “Today, we had 32 NFL teams on a Zoom call with [our athletics officials], showcasing our kids,” he said. “We’ve never had 32 NFL teams visit our campus, so our kids got more exposure this year than they normally would.” For high school students, Atkinson encouraged Zoom calls for getting to know potential teammates and coaches at colleges. “They’re able to get on a call and

come face to face with our academic adviser, strength coach and student-athletes, which was a great change,” she said, “because that’s one of the most important things — who are the people that I’m going to be surrounded by during my time in college?” Rubino said that Twitter is a great place for high school students to present themselves to coaches, as well, by adding information about the student’s academics and sports background. “It’s about marketing yourself in the best possible light,” he said. “Let [coaches] know what class you are and make it as easy as possible for them to recruit you.” Although games are not being played, college student-athletes have already begun training in small groups within their teams, while following health and safety protocols, with practices on the horizon. The college coaches noted that during the shutdown, not all the players had access to a gym to continue conditioning before playing. Thus, they are still getting all players on the same page before they start playing in January. “We had to stay in small groups as a football program, social distance and wear masks indoors,” Priore said. “From a training standpoint, our kids have really benefited.” High school student-athletes, however, are mostly still waiting to practice with their teams. Coaches are formulating plans to make this happen in the future. The panelists noted that without competitive sports in the fall, there is plenty of time to focus on academics, as well as maintain relationships with college officials to get recruited. “It’s not canceled; it’s just postponed,” Viegas said. “They’ll get their opportunity; they just have to be patient.” The panelists acknowledged that for student-athletes, many of whom have played every year since they were young, the change in plans could be overwhelming. Atkinson encouraged coaches and parents to discuss mental health with their student-athletes and to shed a positive light on the situation. “Everyone is just trying to stay positive, follow the rules, wear your mask,” Rubino said, “and then hopefully in the next few weeks, we’ll start to see some high schools generate plans where we can follow [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] guidelines and get [teams] back together a little bit.”

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HERALD NEIGHBORS Landscaping business owner gives back for free By J.D. FREDA jfreda@liherald.com

In late August, a small group of Seaford Chamber of Commerce members met at Veterans Memorial Square just past the Seaford Long Island Rail Road station. Their goal was to pick weeds, some of which that had grown past the members’ waist, and to beautify the garden in the center of the square. They accomplished their goal, but member Donna Jebaily knew that it wouldn’t last long. “We had finally gotten the town to weed whack the area, and we went to bag it and get rid of them,” Jebaily said of the August cleanup. “But we knew that we were going to have to do it again in a couple weeks.” Then, the chamber thought about replenishing the mulch and weed barrier and sought some help. They contacted Nick Parson, Seaford High School Class of 2016, and owner of Palmatum Landscaping, for a price estimate. Soon, Donna said, chamber members returned to see that Veterans Memorial Square had not only had mulch added and a weed barrier, but that Parson had planted about two dozen new plants and shrubs free of charge. “He and one other worker did it on a Saturday. They spent the entire afternoon there,” Jebaily said. “We were very touched. … it was so out of control with the weeds, we didn’t know where to start.” Jebaily said that when she reached out to Parson, he said he just wanted to give back.

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VETERANS MEMORIAL SQUARE’S garden was reinvigorated for free by Seaford resident Nick Parson, owner of Palmatum Landscaping.

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McDonough faces two challengers in 14th A.D. By ALYSSA SEIDMAN aseidman@liherald.com

In the race to represent the constituents of New York’s 14th assembly district, longtime Assemblyman David McDonough, a Republican from North Merrick, faces not one but two challengers for his established seat in Albany. Kevin Gorman, a Democrat from Wantagh who ran for the 10th A.D. in 2010, and Jake Gutowitz, a Libertarian from Wantagh, are vying for the post, as well. The Herald spoke with all three candidates about the issues facing residents today to ensure residents make an informed decision before heading to the polls. Editor’s note: Some of these answers have been shortened for brevity.

David McDonough, Incumbent

Kevin Gorman, Challenger

Jake Gutowitz, Challenger

Hometown: North Merrick

Hometown: Wantagh

Herald: The coronavirus pandemic has devastated our local economy, shutting down businesses and causing steep losses in revenue. What can you do to help the economy recover and get the funding to the people who need it the most?

Age: 83

Age: 69

Age: 23

Party: Republican, Conservative, Independent

Party: Democrat

Party: Nassau County Libertarian

Profession: Purchasing Supervisor

Profession: Software Engineer

Assemblyman McDonough: I am sup-

Family: Widower; three children, four grandchildren

Family: Single

porting the “Small Business Emergency Recovery Act,” which would immediately direct the state’s $890 million settlement reserve fund to small businesses, move tax deadlines for remittance and repurpose available tax credits to help existing businesses. Since March, I have advocated for small businesses and was among the first to call for regional reopenings, along with being a part of “Jump Start New York” to aid residents and businesses and provide economic recovery.

Kevin Gorman: Reforming our tax rates is the best way to for New York to recover and provide a boost to struggling small businesses and individuals affected by the coronavirus. If the very well-off contribute their fair share of tax revenue, we can give relief to middle-class working families, small businesses and individuals who so desperately need the state government to step up in this time of need.

Jake Gutowitz: I would propose a five-

year suspension of the New York state sales tax for all small businesses to provide relief and incentivize shopping. Over the course of the five years, businesses would be able to recover lost income and pay back the PPP loans they were forced to take to make sure their employees got paid. People would also, slowly, be trained to shop at small businesses, which would reinvigorate the economy on Long Island, where owning a small business gets harder each year. I would also propose a suspension of the state income tax for those with a salary less than the top 90 percent of New York salaries, effective immediately. This will provide neces-

Profession: New York State Assemblyman

sary relief to working class Americans and also extra income for people to spend at their tax-incentivized small businesses.

Herald: Housing affordability is one of the most pressing issues for residents, particularly millennials and seniors. What can you do to help bring economic relief to those struggling to afford to live on Long Island? McDonough: We need to stop the high out-migration that is hurting our economy and diminishing the tax base. We also need to provide incentives to encourage students to stay in New York after graduation. I co-sponsored legislation called the “New York State Diplomas to Home Ownership Program,” which encourages home ownership for young professionals by providing financial assistance with student loan debt equal to 10 percent of the purchase price of a property up to $15,000. To assist our senior citizens, I have cosponsored legislation that establishes a phased-in real property tax exemption for persons 80 or older. I have also cosponsored legislation to create a 25 percent increase on the real property tax relief credit for 2020 and generate permanent credit for both basic and enhanced STAR recipients. Gorman: Home ownership is a crucial component of building and maintaining our middle class, so affordable home loans and increased inventory of affordable housing for both renters and buyers is needed. Property tax relief

for seniors and middle-class homeowners is extremely important. When I am elected to the New York state assembly, I will work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to help Long Islanders obtain affordable living spaces and ease the heavy burden of housing costs in our region.

Gutowitz: I would propose legislation that would eliminate the ability of local governments to raise property taxes. Property tax relief would allow seniors to keep their homes, young people to buy new homes and landlords to lower rent, making housing affordable all around. I would also conduct a massive audit to identify wasteful spending in the budgets of local governments and provide official suggestions on how to decrease their spending. I would also propose legislation to break up the utility monopolies. Many other places in the country allow people to choose their utility provider — that choice generates competition and drives down the cost of utilities. After PSEG Long Island’s debacle during our most recent hurricane, it’s clear that there needs to be some competition in this area. Herald: If elected or re-elected, what are some of the issues you will address in the subsequent term? McDonough: I will continue to address

issues related to protecting our communities, supporting small businesses, job creation and retention, tax relief, improving our transportation infrastructure and government reform to

ensure efficiency and transparency.

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man is to represent and advocate for my constituents. The things that matter to them, such as the toxic Bethpage plume, are my first priority. It is vital that we clean it up as quickly as possible for our environment and hold those who caused the contamination accountable. Additionally, we need tax reform to help those affected by the pandemic and to properly fund our schools.

Gutowitz: New York needs an advisory council made up of full-time teachers to shape education policy. This will ensure that the people who know best about teaching our children are involved in the government’s efforts to create a better education system. I would also introduce legislation that would create a ranked voting system for New York state elections. Ranked voting provides more choices to the voters and allows more, less-heard communities to gain representation in government. Finally, I would like to introduce term limits to New York state, which would ensure that people with fresh ideas are constantly rotated into office. I also want to pass legislation that would eliminate the ability of elected officials to collect pensions from other political offices while collecting a salary as a politician. This would de-incentivize career politicians from “retiring” to a smaller public office and allow those who want to work for the common good in public office to do so.

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On Sept. 14, MTA released a memo stating that it would begin fining passengers $50 for failing to wear their masks on all New York City subways and buses, Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North trains. This new measure follows an executive order from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who had directed the MTA to develop a plan to increase mask compliance across their coverage area. According to the memo, “MTA officials reiterate that the rule is to ensure that customers are adhering to the best possible public health practices and to further improve upon current rates of mask usage,” according to MTA Headquarters. Just six days earlier, Seaford resident Celia Carlson returned to a commute she hadn’t made in months. Carlson is a New York City Public Schools counselor at Intermediate School 125 in Woodside, Queens. “I take the train into work five days a week, usually,” Carlson said. “But now, everyday, it has been getting worse and worse, and it gives me this anxiety about having to go on the train.” She said she had been taking the train daily to and from work and felt uncomfortable when seeing passengers, especially ones she considered rude, had not been wearing their masks while on the train. One group of passengers, dubbed the “construction crew” by Carlson, had made derogatory comments about her when she asked a conductor about moving to a different car where everybody was wearing masks. “Usually it’s a dream in the morning, when there are less people on the train,” she said. “But in the afternoons, it is very busy. And not everybody is wearing their masks,” she said. “There was an incident where there was a construction crew sitting nearby, all adult men, and they weren’t wearing masks and they were talking loudly with one another, and when the conductor came around, I very lightly asked if there was another car that I could go to where

everyone was wearing masks.” Carlson reiterated that she was not trying to get the group in trouble, but rather was looking to relocate herself for personal safety and peace of mind. She said that the conductor replied to her in a volume that the other passengers nearby could hear, and she was taunted by the “construction crew.” Carlson said that, since Sept. 8, she has taken the same train each morning and afternoon and seen many of the same conductors. “Roughly eight to 11 different conductors,” she said. She said there are about three of them that she has seen walking around with a mask at their chin, and not covering their mouth and nose. She also said that she had not personally seen any fines handed out to passengers, but a few warnings have been given. A quote from the Sept. 14 LIRR memo strongly states that employees are taking this initiative seriously. “Our employees and customers have been doing the right thing with strong mask compliance.” said Phil Eng, LIRR President. “We need to stay vigilant to ensure that the curve stays flat on Long Island and between the Mask Force, the updates to our TrainTime app that empowers customers to control their commute like never before and unprecedented disinfecting, we are doing all we can to make riders feel comfortable and stay safe when taking mass transportation. We are in this together.” Carlson said she has faced some pushback on social media sites when posting photos of her commute where one could see passengers without masks. Carlson said it isn’t stray insults that upset her, but rather the anxiety of going in and out of her home with her three children and partner, after traveling twice a day on a commute where some passengers are not adhering to LIRR rules. “I don’t want to bring this home to my partner and children,” Carlson said. “I think I’m going to start driving in to work. I work in a New York City school building and the train ride home gives me real anxiety, more than being in the school building.”

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Harold Peterson, a longtime resident of Rockville Centre and Wantagh, was passionate about New York politics and spent the last decade of his life trying to instill change at the state level. He died on Sept. 23, 2020, at the age of 92, after suf fering a hear t attack. Known to friends and family as “Hal,” Peterson had a strong interest in the “dysfunction” in Albany and became a guest columnist for Herald Community Newspapers in August 2010, highlighting the problems that persisted in New York State government. Judy Ratner, who was executive e d i t o r at t h e t i m e, s a i d t h at h e approached her with the idea of writi n g a c o l u m n fo c u s i n g o n f i s c a l reform, and she thought it would be a topic of importance to readers. “I thought it was something everybody could agree on, and it was nonpartisan and made a lot of sense,” Ratner said. “His intent was to root out corruption and greed in Albany.” Peterson wrote more than three dozen columns between August 2010 and January 2015. “He was a real gentleman,” Ratner said. “He was always very pleasant to work with.” In April 2011, he launched his own website, www.ReformAlbanyNowRegistry.com — a source of information for those interested in working to restore the state to a path of fiscal responsibility. That spring, he spoke at the Rockville Centre Public Library, along with experts charged with the oversight of New York’s public authorities and state and local agencies to address the need for reform. At that time, he said state residents were in need of a “leaner, smarter, more efficient and affordable” state government, and that both taxes and debt would continue to rise unless something is done. Peterson continued to stay active in local politics until the end. Last week, he posted his final column on his blog taking Nassau County Executive Laura Curran to task for her proposed budget. The post is dated Sept. 21, just two days before he died. Peterson was born on July 25, 1928, to Fred and Evelyn Peterson in Ridgewood. According to the biog raphy posted on his website, he secured an entrance level job with the Standard Oil Company after high school working as a clerk in the coordination and economics department. He began taking evening classes at Columbia University until his Army Reserve unit was activated at the onset of the Korean War in 1950. He received a commendation for serving on the staff of a Brigadier General in the Corps of

Harold Peterson Engineering, and was discharged in 1952. He graduated from Hofstra University in 1955, earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration, and then joined the Executive Development Program of the New York Telephone Company. In 1984, Peterson was appointed director of internal audit o p e r at i o n s o f t h e n ew ly fo r m e d NYNEX Corporation, dealing primarily with new acquisitions and the standardization of auditing procedures. He retired in 1990 after 36 years before turning his attention to local issues. During retirement, he served on a special committee advising Nassau County’s Parks Department on the use of a newly built swim complex; assisted the director of the Rockville Centre Library in studying the deployment and use of computer resources; and joined the staff of Wester n Suffolk BOCES, lecturing in libraries throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties on the use of the Internet to build and manage investment portfolios. In 1956, Peterson mar ried Mary Ellen Stapleton. They enjoyed a happy life to g ether for nearly 60 years, according to their children, until her death in February 2016. The couple lived in Wantagh for 30 years, where they raised their children, then spent 21 years in Rockville Centre. They were the loving and devoted parents of Steven (Karen), Robert (Jann), Nancy (Steven) Onufrey and Kathleen (Raymond) Moore, adored grandparents of eight and great-grandparents of two. Peterson was reposed at Clair S. Bartholomew & Son Inc. in Bellmore. Funeral Mass was held Monday at St. Barnabas RC Church, Bellmore, followed by interment at St. Charles Cemetery, East Far mingdale. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to OneTreePlanted.org for $1 to pass his legacy forward.

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Harbor students using outdoor learning With the Covid-19 pandemic forcing schools to think outside the box, new methods of safe and fun learning are becoming the focus for schools like Seaford Harbor Elementary School. While it is mandatory that all students, faculty and staff wear protective masks when inside the school building, some students have gotten a change of pace from the inside of their classrooms. Recently, the Harbor School has been using periods of outdoor learning on days where weather permits. Kindergarten teacher Lindsay Ardito’s class used the covered outdoor learning area by socially distancing by marking safely distanced sitting spots on the school’s lawn with towels and mats. Ardito recently read “Bubble Gum Brain” by Julia Cook to her students while in an outdoor lesson. The students listened intently and then Ardito held a discussion period about the book and it’s central lesson — bending and stretching their brains by trying new things and having a “growth mindset.”

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A. Sometimes trying to make things simpler makes things more complicated. Not filling in all the blanks means that if the blanks are ignored, just like a student with a half-answered test paper, you’re going to fail in onte eeper your objective, which is to get the permit, get the plumbing, electrical and final building inspections and get the final certificate of completion. Although you may think this involves just making a few calls, what it really involves, if done legally and correctly, is accurate measuring, drawing and code documentation. What does that mean, and why do you need all that? The original dormer permit, more correctly described as an “addition to the second floor,” was handled as an unoccupied shell (from the drawing you emailed me). That typical ploy was done to avoid paying taxes since it was considered storage by your town, which granted the permit, and your county, which taxes you for the character of the building. By not being habitable space, like bedrooms, it was believed that the taxes would be lower, which they may have been until the house was reassessed. Building officials, if they review your expediter’s documents consistently with their safety requirements for a habitable second floor in 2020, not the 1970s, will require that the window openings meet current, larger sizes. Had the addition been previously approved as habitable space, or if the reviewing plans examiner allows the windows under a code for existing buildings, you may be able to avoid putting in larger windows before you can get a sign-off and sell. In a quirky twist of logic, since the house plans don’t show any insulation, you may be required to meet the current New York State Energy Code, dictated by federal energy mandates. That means more insulation than would even fit in the small rafters — undersized, according to the current code, for the addition. You may be of the belief that an expediter, whom you believe will get this done more quickly and without meeting all the requirements, can get around all this, but they don’t, really. Expediters still need an architect’s or engineer’s signature and seal on plans, because expediters aren’t legally responsible if things are incorrect. Architects, unlike most other professions, are regularly circumvented, and nobody, officially or unofficially, says anything. Barbers no longer pull teeth instead of dentists. Would you do the same with lawyers, doctors or even airline pilots? Would you want to? Good luck!

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y soul is aching. As the Covid-19 death toll surpassed 200,000 last week, we mourned Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of America’s greatest daughters — an incredible mind with a voracious appetite for learning, a fearless, indomitable advocate for women’s rights and, quite simply, a good and decent human being, with an oldschool sense of politeness that enabled her to deliver a penetrating verbal jab without personal insult. Her death at age 87 came only two months after the SCOTT passing of U.S. Rep. BRINTON John Lewis, who was 80. Together they represented a particular brand of leadership: strength obtained not through bullying, but through the depth of their moral conviction, their sense of justice and their commitment to telling the truth under all circumstances. Each helped create a more equal society and a more perfect union, though they would likely say their work was far from over at their deaths. That would explain why they continued working through the pain of terrible illness. Surely they will go down in the annals of history as truly monumental figures. Their lives should serve as models for our own.

Lewis spoke of “good trouble,” agitating not simply for the sake of agitating, but to move the “arc of the moral universe,” as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called it, further toward justice. For both Lewis and Ginsburg, advocacy meant always speaking their minds, telling the truth as they saw it, without reservation, no matter the reaction, and the reaction was often harsh, brutal even. Lewis was beaten more than once during the 1960s civil rights movement for marching peacefully. Both were ridiculed, mocked. Yet always they maintained their composure. For both, a deep and abiding religious faith — Ginsburg, Judaism, and Lewis, Christianity — informed their responses. They showed love and understanding toward even the most vehement of their detractors. Lesser leaders might have thought of their critics as enemies, but not Ginsburg and Lewis. To them, their detractors were people who needed persuading, and they held out the hope that, with enough time and patience, those critics might realize the error of their ways. The nation could learn a lesson or three from Ginsburg and Lewis. For decades, our political system has become increasingly partisan, to the point that people hate others without ever having met them, for no reason other than they belong to another

political party. As a society, we no longer take the time to reflect on the possible merits of one another’s positions. We assume hostile intent. That must end. I know that’s a big ask in the middle of the most contentious presidential race in memory, but we should, at least, try, if only to honor the memories of Ginsburg and Lewis. That doesn’t mean we cannot disagree with one another’s positions. That doesn’t mean we cannot criticize candidates’ policy platforms, or their records. We can. We should. There is no greater exercise of one’s civil liberties than to speak and write freely, as is one’s First Amendment right. We should, however, train our slings and arrows on policies and practices, not on people. All liberals are not communists, any more than all conservatives are corporate raiders and robber barons. We should never throw around such invective in our political discourse. We should, like Ginsburg and Lewis, assume that those on the other side of the political aisle love their country, too, until proven otherwise. And we should be prepared to forgive those who trespass against us. I was reminded of this last week. I recently wrote a column titled, “A maddening take of two presidencies,” criticizing President Trump’s response to the corona-

he nation could learn a lesson or three from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Lewis.

virus pandemic and comparing it with President Obama’s approach to battling the H1N1 flu pandemic early in his first term, noting that Trump admittedly lied to the American people about the deadliness of the Covid-19 virus, while in a speech at the start of H1N1, Obama laid out the facts, calmly and truthfully. Five letters from Trump supporters came fast and furious, with three asking why I hate America, and one, as expected, calling me a communist. Three were unsigned. Their vociferous nature shouldn’t have surprised me given how heated the presidential race is, but it did. I was inclined to cry, not at the letters themselves, but at the state of our politics. I thought, my goodness, these writers have no idea who I am — the proud son of a World War II Navy veteran, a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer who taught English and American democracy for two years in the Republic of Bulgaria, a formerly communist nation, and an Eagle Scout who learned right from wrong at the earliest of ages. As a Peace Corps volunteer, I swore allegiance to the U.S. Constitution in the garden of the American ambassador’s stately residence in Sofia, Bulgaria, in August 1991. That sacred document guided me then, and it guides me now as a journalist. 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.

The porch: not just a place, but a place in time

early 50 years ago, we bought our house in Woodmere because it had a back porch. The seller was very clever. She whisked us through the front of the house and straight out to the porch, where she was sipping coffee and reading a book, as pink and white magnolia blossoms tapped against the screens. It was love at first sight. Our porch is our summer place. The pine walls let in the first chill RANDI winds of autumn, KREISS so our porch season is limited. The limitation adds to its charm, since we begin thinking in April about the many dinners we will enjoy alfresco once summer comes. It is my favorite room in the house. Although we have perfectly good beds and couches inside, a porch nap, with the overhead fan stirring the air, is dreamy. These warm autumn mornings, I drink my Bustelo brew and read the newspapers in my back porch, looking

out at the garden and listening to the birds and thinking how lucky I am to have a place that brings me such peace. Sitting out there moves me out of the house and into the day, quietly, the way I like to begin. From the porch I can barely see any other homes; the privacy is complete. When I sit out there, I notice things. Last week I saw cardinals sweeping back and forth across the yard and watched, day after day, until I spotted their nest nearby. I see other things, too, that aren’t there anymore, like my little kids screaming and jumping in and out of a kiddie pool. In recent years, community developers have started building new “old-fashioned” towns in an effort to recreate one of the most precious pieces of Americana — the small, hometown neighborhood. The new communities have clean, narrow streets, variety in the home styles, built-in green space and — most important — ample porches. The builders might as well save their money. Architects may erect nostalgic wraparound porches in darling Disneyesque communities, but there undoubtedly

will be more Pelotons than rockers on those porches, and more cellphones and TV’s than pitchers of lemonade. There is such a thing as porch culture, and I advocate strict adherence to its traditions. You simply cannot fake an oldtime porch. Our porch has no TV and no electric light. In the evening, if we have dinner there, we experience the gradual fading of the day. We light candles. This has led to a remarkable phenomenon, which I refer to as porch therapy. In the glow of the candles, as the sun fades and the moon rises, people who sit in our porch are given to personal revelation. The mood invites intimacy, and we have heard, and told, our share of secrets. The essence of porch culture was captured eloquently in an old favorite novel, “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” by Rebecca Wells. She writes of four girls growing up in Louisiana in the late 1930s and early ’40s, and at one point she talks about their porch life: “An afternoon of iced tea and idleness. Those Ya-Yas aren’t going anywhere . . . They are lazy together. This is comfort.

n new ‘oldfashioned’ towns, more Pelotons than rockers on the porches.

This is joy . . . Not one wears a watch. This porch time is not planned. Not penciled into a DayRunner. . . . People took porches and porch time for granted back then. Everybody had porches; they were nothing special. An outdoor room halfway between the world of the street and the world of home. . . . And in the evening when the sun went down, the fireflies would light up over by the camellias, and that little nimbus of light would lull the Ya-Yas even deeper into porch reveries. Reveries that would linger in their bodies even as they aged.” According to the website This Old House, “In American literature, the porch is a stage where the symbolism is often as thick as the summer air — a transitional space between the cocoon of home and the cacophony of the outside world.” Another perfect example is the porch in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” For me, an ideal summer day begins with breakfast on the porch, includes a spell of reading and inevitably a nap, and then dinner with cicadas chirping their song into the twilight. Here we are in October, and that song feels ever more precious. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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e have to wonder what President Trump has against giving people more time to fill out the U.S. census, particularly given that it must be tallied amid the global coronavirus pandemic, making inperson interviews difficult, if not dangerous. But Trump apparently wants the census over with sooner rather than later. The census was scheduled to end on Oct. 31, but in August, the U.S. Census Bureau suddenly reduced the time frame by a month. Last Thursday, however, U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh, in northern California, issued an injunction requiring the Census Bureau to continue tallying people through the end of October, according to NPR. The Trump administration filed an appeal in federal court Friday.

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Koh said that the administration’s shortened census time frame was likely to produce errors in the count. We agree. We say this: Complete the census ASAP. No one, regardless of status, should be afraid to fill out it out. Federal law prohibits the Census Bureau from sharing any information it collects with any other government agency. Its sole purpose is to count the number of people living in each state to apportion the correct number of U.S. representatives to the states and allocate the proper amount of federal funding to them. According to the Census Bureau, you should be counted where you were living and sleeping most of the time as of April 1. If you’re responding for your home, count everyone who lives and sleeps there

Restoring tax fairness for Long Islanders

n December 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, pushed by President Trump throughout his first year in office. The act limited the deduction for state and local taxes — previously unlimited — to $10,000. That section of the legislation alone cost middle-class taxpayers on Long Island and other hightax areas thousands of dollars, and in some cases, more than that. Thanks to intrepid reporting by The New York Times, we now know what Trump paid in federal income taxes that year — $750. The year he was elected, he also paid $750. For 10 of 15 years before that, he paid nothing. That is to say, while Trump was hurriedly ramming through a tax measure with little public debate, he was benefiting from a vast array of loopholes to evade paying his fair share of federal income

taxes. Ask yourself how much you paid in federal income taxes those two years — likely thousands more, if not tens of thousands more. Should you not be entitled to a deduction as basic as the one previously offered for payment of state and local taxes? We have editorialized on the unfairness of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act before — and we will continue to until it is addressed. Essentially, the measure forces taxpayers on Long Island and in other high-tax areas to pay taxes on the state and local taxes they have already paid. The deduction was originally enacted to ensure that taxpayers would not be charged twice. The act also nixed deductions for unreimbursed employee expenses, tax preparation fees and other miscellaneous deductions, according to the Tax Policy Center

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most of the time. That includes children, foster children, roommates, and any family members or friends who are living with you, even temporarily. If someone is staying with you because of the pandemic, however, they should be counted where they usually live. This includes college students, who should still be counted at school. If they live in student housing, the college will count them. If they live off campus, they should respond for their off-campus addresses. Completing the census takes no more than 10 minutes, and you can do so securely online at www.2020census.gov. To reach the U.S. Census Bureau for help, call (844) 330-2020 for English speakers and (844) 4682020 for Spanish speakers. Representatives are available daily from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

LETTERS Stay vigilant, New York To the Editor: Covid-19 remains a force to be reckoned with throughout the country and around the globe, and we cannot drop our guard. While our numbers remain relatively flat, we continue to closely monitor the data daily, as always. I urge New Yorkers to keep wearing masks, maintaining social distance and washing their hands, and local governments must continue to enforce state public health guidance. By staying vigilant and smart, we can beat the coronavirus together. Last weekend, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 1,604 establishments in New York City and Long Island, and observed nine establishments that failed to comply with state requirements. One was in Queens, and eight were in Suffolk.

at the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution. In short, the act eliminated some of the only deductions that middle-class Long Islanders had depended on in the past, while the president employed a litany of deductions available only to the rich — the rich who, we might add, sustained business losses. Congress should have already rescinded the poorly considered SALT provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but it hasn’t. Democratic representatives like Tom Suozzi, in Glen Cove, and even members of the president’s own party like Republican Peter King, in Seaford, who is retiring at the end of the year, have spoken out, calling for a restoration of the SALT deduction. Ensuring that happens, however, will require sustained pressure on Congress and the White House.

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ecently, a unique mobile rally and car parade commemorated the 33rd anniversary of the closure of Willowbrook Psychiatric Hospital on Staten Island. Opened in 1947, Willowbrook was, by today’s standards, a horrific institution that warehoused people with developmental disabilities, mental illnesses or any other condition that made them look, act or learn differently. For those unfortunate enough to have been born with or develop a disability or mental illness during that era, placement at Willowbrook HARVEY a life of WEISENBERG meant neglect, abuse and horrifying, inhumane conditions. I have my own personal horror story of how mentally disabled people are treated. When I married Ellen, she had a son, Ricky, who could not speak or cry and who is now blind. I married Ellen because of the love she had for Ricky, who eventu-

ally had to be placed in a special school, Wassaic, in upstate New York. That broke our hearts. A few weeks after we left Ricky there, we went back to visit him. He had lost half his body weight, was wearing four diapers and had a black tongue. We took him to a pediatrician, who cried when he saw Ricky’s condition. He was later placed in another facility, where he was put in a steaming hot tub and scalded. Ricky is now 62 and living in a group home, where I visit him often. But I can never forget his wretched treatment, or what it did to him — and to all the members of his family, who love him. The unconditional love for a developmentally disabled child is like no other love imaginable. Thankfully, we have evolved far from that unenlightened time, and have become a more empathetic human race. On Long Island alone, there are about 5,000 people with developmental disabilities living in smaller group homes and

receiving care that far exceeds anything we could have hoped for in the past. But these changes didn’t come about by accident. The strides forward in the treatment of our special children and adults came only after a lengthy, wellfought battle, beginning with a recognition of this population as human, deserving of basic considerations. That fight continues today. Organizations and individuals have taken on the challenging role of caring for and housing people with developmental disabilities who can no longer be cared for at home. It is the state’s responsibility to adequately fund those organizations and to ensure that these vulnerable people are cared for and protected, and have some quality of life. Over the past several years, it has seemed as if state funding for this priority has been anything but a priority. Caregivers who choose a career in nurturing and providing basic care to our special people are so underpaid that they are

he fight for this often forgotten population of special people continues today.

LETTERS Of the 84,770 test results reported to New York state on Saturday, 866, or 1.02 percent, were positive. GOV. ANDREW CUOMO

Trump perpetuates unfair housing To the Editor: The Discriminatory Effects Standard (commonly known as Disparate Impact) of the federal Fair Housing Act prohibits unjustified policies or practices that have a disproportionate adverse effect (disparate impact) on protected class members, even if those policies or practices were not motivated by a discriminatory intent. The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development states that the new rule “. . . still recognizes disparate impact as a viable theory of discrimination.” But it carefully and thoroughly sets such a high bar for plaintiffs seeking to use a disparate impact claim that, in reality, with this new rule, the Discriminatory Effects Standard is effectively neutered. Thus, HUD has taken another disgraceful and mean-spirited step to dismantle fair housing protections. When this new rule was first proposed last year, ERASE Racism and other civil rights advocates warned that it would likely sanction discrimination and perpetuate racial segregation. The final rule is even more damaging than we thought. The new rule dramatically shifts the burden of proof to the plaintiff in housing discrimination cases and makes it much harder to bring cases to court. It aids defendants by

forced to work second jobs. What has happened to the progress we made and the empathy we gained? We are living in a time when fast-food workers are paid more than those who bathe, feed and dress those who can’t do it for themselves. If this trend continues unchanged, we will certainly slip back to a time that we must vow never to return to. Willowbrook closed in 1987 — not that long ago, and certainly well past the time when we all should have known better about what gives us our humanity and how it is inextricably tied to how we treat the most vulnerable among us. If you agree with this and understand this message, please let your voice be heard by making sure Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to make our special people a priority in the state budget. We all know times are tough and spending is tight. But we simply can’t afford to return to one of our darkest hours. Cuomo can be contacted at https://www.governor. ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form, or by phone at (518) 474-8390. Harvey Weisenberg, a longtime resident of Long Beach, served in the State Assembly from 1989 to 2014.

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neither requiring nor encouraging data collection. How convenient. No data, no proof. Perpetuating segregation has been removed from the text as a component of the Discriminatory Effects definition. Long Island is still one of the most racially segregated metropolitan regions in the country. That fact should not surprise anyone. Real estate agents and brokers recently testified at a joint hearing of three State Senate committees that they had not discriminated based on race against prospective homebuyers of color, despite undercover videotapes capturing discriminatory actions against people of color. ERASE Racism’s own lawsuits captured similar behaviors, in which white people were shown apartments and encouraged to apply, while black people were not, and were thus denied housing. Disparate Impact is one of the few tools available to combat systemic racism that is perpetuated by governments and businesses. HUD’s new rule on Disparate Impact is a major step backward in fighting housing discrimination. It removes an important standard that has been used in key cases on Long Island and across the nation to combat residential discrimination. In a famous housing discrimination case in Huntington, for instance, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld use of the Disparate Impact standard. A recent federal District Court ruling in Garden City showed that the use of exclusionary zoning ordinances reinforced residential segregation. With this new rule, the Trump administration is substantially undermining fair housing. It is depriving opponents of housing discrimination of an important and vital tool. ELAINE GROSS President, ERASE Racism

A titmouse packs away a sunflower seed for the season to come — Wantagh

CORRECTION An article in the Sept. 24 issue, “Canine companions provide essential services,” Luke Tordy was incorrectly identified as a junior at Want-

agh High School. He attends MacArthur High School. The Herald regrets the error.

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Cuomo needs to fund the developmentally disabled

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