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‘They want that little piece of fun’ Band with Jack Black look-alike singer hits it big on social media By KAtE NAlEPINsKI knalepinski@liherald.com

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ACtor AND MUsICIAN Jack Black’s video reply to local rock band Adam and the Metal Hawks’ performance went viral and has attracted over 64 million views and 12.9 million likes on TikTok.

In early May, South Shorebased rock band Adam and the Metal Hawks covered AC/DC’s “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll),” and posted the video to social media platform TikTok. At the time, the band had one main goal: to have actor and musician Jack Black — who covered the track in the film “School of Rock” — post a video reply on the app. “We tried to incorporate either songs that he had covered or his songs,” lead singer Adam

Ezegelian, of Wantagh, said, “and we worked them into different formats for our TikToks.” Soon enough, a “public pressure campaign” was created on the app, as drummer Alex Hertler described it. The band’s social media following urged Black, the vocalist for Tenacious D, to post a video reply to it. “We went onto his most recent [TikTok] video, and every other comment was like, ‘duet@amhband right now,’” Hertler recalled with a laugh. Adam and the Metal Hawks’ sixth video attempt at a Continued on page 15

County opioid lawsuit: ‘the first signs of real accountability’ By MAllorY WIlsoN mwilson@liherald.com

Nassau County has established a revenue fund to help end opioid abuse, officials announced last week. The Special Revenue Fund will bring Nassau County “one step closer to ending the heroin and opioid abuse epidemic,” County Legislator Rose Marie Walker, who chairs the Legislature’s Health Committee, said in a press release. The funds will be directed toward educational programs to help addicts, Walker said. “We want to send a clear message to the residents of Nassau County

that we are committed to doing everything in our power to take on these drugs that have ruined our communities, broken up families, and continue to put our children in harm’s way,” she said. According to Daniel Schrafel, the communications director for the Legislature’s Democratic caucus, the county is set to receive approximately $15.3 million of a $230 million settlement with the state by pharmaceutical manufacturer and distributor John & Johnson, which has been accused of helping to fuel the opioid crisis in New York. With the settlement, Johnson & Johnson avoided going to trial with several other opioid manufacturers.

In a statement on its website, Johnson & Johnson said that the settlement was not an admission of guilt, and that “the money given will provide New York, and all involved, funding to help address any and all opioid-related issues.” The company said it had discontinued making prescription pain medications in the U.S. Last month, a class-action lawsuit filed by Nassau and Suffolk counties and state Attorney General Letitia James convened in court in Central Islip for opening statements. The lawsuit accuses pharmaceutical giants including Teva Pharmaceuticals, Amerisource Bergen, McKesson Corp, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Allegan

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to the countless families torn apart by this crisis, these funds will be used to prevent any future devastation,” she said. Opioid deaths on Long Island increased by 77 percent from 2013 to 2017, from 358 to 617, according to the New York-based Fiscal Policy Institute, a nonprofit research and education organization. A Continued on page 9

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For some, the word “pageant” may evoke the image of a beauty contest with participants consumed by a woman-versus-woman mentality. While the Miss Wantagh pageant got its start 65 years ago, pageant director Ella Stevens said the program is far from an old-school beauty competition. The Miss Wantagh pageant for Wantagh High Schoolers encourages young women to get involved in their community and work together, Stevens said. “Miss Wantagh is a team leader, but all members of the Miss Wantagh Court are responsible for doing things in the community when Miss Wantagh is called upon,” Stevens, the program director of 15 years, said. With parasols in hand, Miss Wantagh 2021 and the other five members of this year’s Court rode in the backseat of convertibles with the top down and paraded down the street on July 3 at Wantagh’s annual Independence Day parade, Stevens said. Angelina Masciak, 16, was formally named Miss Wantagh 2021 inside of Wantagh Elementary School following the parade. One of the main goals of this year’s winner is to promote the community-focused pageant. Maciak said she hopes to encourage middle and high school students to get involved locally by joining the Miss Wantagh Court. “Miss Wantagh should be something that more people know about,” Maciak said. “It’s great for college, and it makes you feel so good that you can give back to Wantagh.” For Maciak, claiming the title was a huge accomplishment: she’s wanted the label since she was a child, she said. “I’d go to the parades with my mom. Whenever I’d see Miss Wantagh in the parade in the convertible, I just wanted to be her,” Maciak said. Maciak was born and raised in Manhattan. When she reached elementary school, she moved to Wantagh with her family and has been there ever since. The senior-to-be was involved in the student council at Wantagh Elementary School. In middle school, she joined

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secoNd ruNNer-up sara Jacobs, Miss Wantagh 2020 Grace Masari, Miss Wantagh 2021 Angelina Maciak and first runner-up Erin Cunnane at the Miss Wantagh Pageant. the Class of 2022. She became involved in the Miss Wantagh Court in seventh grade when she joined the Junior Club, a mentorship program where young students shadow members of the Miss Wantagh Court to prepare them for the future if they decide to run for the pageant. “I was always involved in student council and I always liked helping people since I was little. I just liked volunteering and thought it was a great way to get involved in the community,” Maciak said. As an eighth grader, Maciak joined the Senior Club,

another Miss Wantagh mentorship program for incoming high school freshmen. She first participated in the pageant during her freshman year. Maciak currently serves as the president of student government at Wantagh High School and is a trustee in the school’s Key Club. She’s also a member of several honor societies, including: National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society and Foreign Language Honor Society. After senior year, Maciak said she plans to return to Manhattan and attend Hunter College. She’s interested in studying political science or accounting and finance. Down the line, she hopes to transfer to Columbia or Yale University for her Master’s Degree. This past year, Maciak partnered with Wantagh’s elementary, middle and high schools, as well as some Bellmore-Merrick schools, to write, collect and distribute letters to senior citizens. Maciak collected over 3,000 cards which were sent out to local senior centers on five separate holidays. Her grandparents in Manhattan partially inspired the card program, she said. In addition to continuing the card program, Maciak said she hopes to initiate a pen-pal program between middle and high schoolers and local seniors. If the program moves forward, she would create pairs based on similar interests and compatibility, she said. “I just think it’s nice for younger people and older people to learn from one another,” Maciak said. Although the pandemic spoiled the Miss Wantagh tradition of honoring local women at the Women of Wantagh, or W.O.W. event in 2020, members of the Court were this year able to recognize four nominees at the pageant and the crowning. “We didn’t want to go another year without honoring women in our community,” Stevens said. The Women in Wantagh ceremony will likely be on for March 2022. In coming months, the public can submit nominations for women in the community “that have gone beyond in their contributions,” Stevens said. After the nominations are narrowed down, members of the Court will honor one woman at an event during Women’s History Month in March.

Wantagh BOE reorganizes for new academic year By Kate NalepiNsKi knalepinski@liherald.com

Although school’s out for summer, Wantagh Union Free School District officials are preparing for the 2021-2022 academic year. The district held its annual reorganization meeting in-person last Tuesday, where newly elected Board of Education members were sworn into their positions. Following the appointment of district clerk Elaine McGuigan for the upcoming school year, new board member Anthony Greco was sworn in for an additional three-year term by McGuigan. At the meeting, the school board nominated and elected Mr. Greco as president of the board and trustee Laura Reich, who was not present at the meeting, as vice president. During his report, Superintendent John McNamara congratulated the Class of 2021 and matriculating students. He noted that he was grateful for the chance to celebrate their accomplishments, and referenced the prior year’s cancellations due to the pandemic. “We had some outstanding end of the year celebrations and it was really nice to

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elaiNe McGuiGaN is sworn in as District Clerk of the Wantagh Union Free School District for the 2021-22 school year by Superintendent John McNamara. resume a sense of normalcy for those events,” McNamara said. Following the Board’s approval of resolutions, resident Elizabeth Mugavero approached the microphone and asked about in-school mask mandates.

“Do you know anything about next year in terms of masks, vaccines, all that? I’m sure we’re all wondering about it,” Mugavero, who has two students in 10th and 8th grade, said. McNamara responded and said the dis-

trict had not received an update from the New York State Department of Health on mask policies since June. Public and private schools throughout the state were asked to return to in-person learning wherever possible and to keep students, teachers and faculty masked and socially distanced, according to a document from the New York State Department of Health dated June 7. At the meeting, McNamara said the district continues to adhere to those guidelines. As of July 9, the CDC relaxed its Covid19 guidelines: vaccinated teachers and students are no longer required to wear masks inside school buildings. However, its unclear at this time if the state will change its mandates to follow the CDC’s recommendations. The new regulations ask that students maintain 3 feet of distance in classrooms, though distancing is not required for fully vaccinated staff, students and faculty, according to the CDC. New records do not provide guidance for school districts or parents on how they will know if students or teachers are immunized. An additional comment from the school district was not available by press time Monday evening.

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toWn of heMpStead Clerk Kate Murray, left, Mount Sinai South Nassau Chief Medical Officer Dr. Adhi Sharma, Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, Supervisor Don Clavin and Receiver of Taxes Jeanine Driscoll at Hewlett Point Park in East Rockaway announced that free sunscreen dispensers have been installed at parks and pools throughout the town.

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Wantagh Middle School “Shark Tank Challenge” third place winner Layla Saka (left), first place winner Ava Padula and second place winner Macen Wood.

Middle schoolers create and pitch business startups By Kate nalepinSKi knalepinski@liherald.com

Wantagh Middle School students in Nancy O’Connor’s eighth grade business management class took the “Shark Tank Challenge” during a virtual conference last month. Based on the popular television show with the same name, students were required to create their own businesses and to pitch them to a panel of judges. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the pitches were offered virtually through Google Meet on June 10. Eight grader Ava Padula’s project, “DriVRs Edge,” took first place. Ava proposed a virtual reality drivers education business to the judges. In second place was middle schooler Macen Wood, with his concept of “Plus Power.” The business could distribute preworkout snacks and food to those in need. “The Good Store,” an eco-friendly shop that sells food, beauty, clothing and more, _________________

created by student Layla Saka, placed third. The “Shark Tank Challenge” is part of the student’s final project for the business management course where they conceptualize a business. In the course, students worked as “sole proprietors” or established partnerships, corporations or nonprofits with fellow classmates. Teams also determined the business ideas, names, logos, slogans and startup costs and funding were researched. The students created websites and completed analyses to determine their businesses’ strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The program encouraged students to get real-life business experience, O’Connor said. “This challenge allows students to gain knowledge about the free enterprise system,” O’Connor said in a press release. “They also learned that they can own their own business if they are willing to work hard and passionately.”

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Sunscreen dispensers come to Hempstead parks, pools Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital and the Town of Hempstead are making sunscreen available for free through dispensers at local parks and pools. MSSN’s chief medical officer, Dr. Adhi Sharma, recently joined with Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin, Clerk Kate Murray, Councilman Anthony D’Esposito and Receiver of Taxes Jeanine Driscoll at Hewlett Point Park in East Rockaway to announce the dispensers will be installed at the entrances to town parks and pools. This is the fourth summer that Mount Sinai South Nassau and the Town of

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community update Thursday, July 15 Strength, flexibility and balance exercise class Join the Wantagh library and instructor Barbara Gilmartin from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for a class with basic exercises using stretch bands. Participants will build muscles urrounding the joints while working on their coordination. Please bring some light hand weights. A class fee of $20 is due by check at time of registration.

Defensive Driving with Marty Hirschfield The Defensive Driving class is from 5:45-8:45 p.m. in the Community room and is open to all ages. $34 fee is payable at the time of registration. Contact ismith@wantaghlibrary.org

Friday, July 16 “Harry Potter” fun day Kids in grades K-5 can play Harry Potter-themed bingo and then make an edible polyjuice potion at the Wantagh library from 2 to 3 p.m. The event is held in the community room. Contact jmchugh@wantaghlibrary.org to register.

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11:30 a.m. for Iyengar Yoga which encourages the spread of intelligence throughout the body, the growth of self-awareness, and the experience of the asana. Guests should bring a yoga mat, 3 thick blankets, 2 yoga blocks, and a yoga belt. All registration is in person only. This program will be held in-person at the Wantagh library.

The Seaford Public Library will welcome back its outdoor entertainment series, called “Entertainment for a Saturday Evening”, after a year-long hiatus due to the pandemic. The free concert series which has been ongoing for over 20 years, begins at 7:30 p.m. Just bring a beach chair. The “History of Rock and Roll” experience will take place on Saturday, July 24, and “The Traditions” will perform on Saturday, Sept. 18. Additional performances may be added.

Half Step Half Step, a Grateful Dead tribute band, will play at Seamans Neck Park in Seaford at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Town of Hempstead’s Free Summer Concert Series. Bring your blankets, coolers and lawn chairs for an evening of Dead tunes under the stars. For more information, call 516-489-5000

Adult night skate Adult night skate at United Skates of America will take place at 1276 Hicksville Road in Seaford. The session is runs from 7 to 10 p.m.

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“Harry Potter” party Kids in grades 6-12 can test their knowledge with Harry Potter Trivia then make a delicious Oreo truffle golden snitches and butterbeer from 4 to 6 p.m. The event is held in the community room. Contact jmchugh@wantaghlibrary. org to register.

Saturday, July 17 Saturday afternoon skate session Go skate and take pictures with fun characters at United Skates of America at 1276 Hicksville Road in Seaford. The session is from 12 to 1:30 p.m.

Summer poetry festival Join the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center for poetry from 12 to 3 p.m. Celebrate nature, the outdoors, and poetry! There will be five poetry

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features followed by an open mic. Participants should Bring a poem to read, bring a friend, bring family, and enjoy a safe, socially-distanced event. Located at Jones Beach State Park, West End 2, 150 Bay Parkway in Wantagh.

Guided tour of Bideawee The tours, led by Ray Cushmore, Chief Operating Officer and VP Finance and Administration at Bideawee, will feature famous dogs and other pets. The walk is free and is from 2 to 2:45 p.m. Bideawee is located at 3300 Beltagh Avenue in Wantagh.

Monday, July 19 Squadron meeting The Civil Air Patrol Squadron will cover

topics like leadership, character development, safety, physical fitness and diet and more at their meeting. The meeting is from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and is located at the Church of St. Jude at 3606 Lufberry Avenue in Wantagh.

Tuesday, July 20 United Skates of America’s free dinner night Free slice and small drink with every full price admission at United Skates of America at 1276 Hicksville Road in Seaford. The session is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Yoga and Meditation with Amanda Join Yoga instructor Amanda’s online class from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Wantagh library. Experience 40 minutes of vinyasa yoga and 20 minutes of deep, relax-

ing meditation. In-person reservations will be limited to 8 patrons. A class fee of $20 is payable by check only at the time of registration. Upon completing your registration, you will be emailed a link to join a Zoom session if you are attending class virtually.

Wednesday, July 21 Virtual Tai Chi Join Marvin Berg from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. for a weekly virtual Tai Chi at the Wantagh library. Tai Chi combines slowmoving with deep breathing and is beneficial in increasing body strength, balance, and posture. Upon completing your registration, you will be emailed a link to join a Zoom session.

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The local garden club will meet at Wantagh library from 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. Contact rlkjb@optonline.net with questions. The meeting will take place in the community room of the library.

HAVinG An eVenT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to knalepinski@liherald.com

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Wantagh Park offers free drive-in movies. Get free tickets at eventbrite.com. There is a blood drive at Wantagh library on July 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is a farmers market in the Seaford LIRR parking lot every Saturday from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Seaford Chamber of Commerce will hold its Fall Fest on Oct. 1 at 1 p.m. Check out free museum passes from the Wantagh and Seaford libraries.

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resources to all who seek them. I strongly 2019 FPI report stated that New York state support any effort that will maximize the had 1,681 deaths caused by opioids in 2013. benefits derived from these funds.” State Sen. Kevin Thomas said, “Drug By 2017, that number had grown to 3,224 — manufacturers and distributors continua 92 percent increase in only four years. ously chose to put profits over The lawsuit originally listhuman lives, creating and proed smaller pharmacies, like longing this public health criCVS, Rite Aid, Walmart and sis,” Thomas said. “After years Walgreens. Before the trial’s of struggle and anguish, we opening arguments, however, are finally seeing the first those smaller distributors had signs of real accountability settled. for the pharmaceutical indusIn 2019, Purdue Pharma try’s role in the crisis.” filed for bankruptcy. The cases “Nassau County is paying a against Purdue, Mallinckrodt, painful price to heal the damand Rochester Drug Cooperaage caused by the opioid epitive are now moving separatedemic,” County Executive ly though U.S. Bankruptcy Laura Curran said in a news Court, according to a press release. “We must ensure that release from the attorney genany settlement money is used eral’s office. support mental health and “For far too long, opioid Laura CurraN to addiction programs in an manufacturers have flooded effort to help residents and communities with powerful County executive families who have been affectand addictive narcotics with ed by substance abuse.” impunity, and the lethal addicWhile there is still work that needs to be tion crisis that it spawned continues to devastate families in Nassau County and done, Thomas said the settlement would across the nation,” County Legislator Josh “save countless lives across the nation, and Lafazan said. “That is why it’s so fitting for deliver crucial funding to strengthen opiNassau County to use these funds to deliv- oid prevention, treatment and education er life-saving treatment and recovery efforts across New York.”

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Lacrosse at Seamans Neck The Town of Hempstead Lacrosse Academy began June 28 at Seamans Neck Park in Seaford. The academy, which has been operating for 17 years, offers lacrosse instruction to all Hempstead boys and girls ages 5 through 15. The program hosts weekly practices, one-on-one training and small group lessons. Joining in the fun recently was Town Clerk Kate Murray.

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Band with local roots returns to the stage By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com

Bellmore native Gabrielle Ross took to the stage at Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall in Wantagh on June 25. It was her first return to the local scene alongside her band, Whatever We Are, after a long performance hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic. Ross was joined by her bandmate Ian Biggs, a Connecticut native. Chris Barone and Flavio Lira filled the roles of percussion and bass, respectively — Whatever We Are does not have a permanent drummer or bass player; rather, it has musicians perform with them depending on location. Ross and Biggs both began their musical careers as solo artists, and Ross, now in her early 30s, said she had been performing at Mulcahy’s since she was 15. Roughly four years ago, the duo wrote and recorded their song “Limbo” and have been performing together since. Joining forces was a clean start for them artistically, allowing for their own styles to blend, they said, a point that is emphasized through their music. Their musical style is diverse — “genre bending,” according to Biggs — and features a blend of pop, rock, singer-songwriter and country, among other genres. They also write all their own music. Ross and Biggs both moved to Los Angeles early last year, right before the

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WhAtEVER WE ARE’s core members Gabrielle Ross and Ian Biggs, second and third from left, were joined on stage by Flavio Lira and Chris Barone. start of lockdown. This summer, they’re looking forward to performing again. “We’ve played a few shows,” Ross said, but this was their first time back at Mulcahy’s. “It’s normalcy and it’s exciting.” “We went from 0 to 100,” she added. In 2019, Whatever We Are had a successful year. The band went on a 32-city tour opening for R&B singer Witt Lowry.

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They toured performing their EP, also called “Limbo.” “We released our debut album ‘Don’t Go Home’ at the end of last year,” Ross said, noting that the band intends to tour and perform with the album moving forward. With her local background and longstanding ties to Mulcahy’s, Ross and

Biggs agreed that performing local is something that they both enjoy. They had just played in Biggs’s hometown, Woodbridge, Conn., the night before. “It’s always nice to play home shows,” Ross explained. “It’s really nice to have your friends come out.” On stage, the duo’s style is always consistent: They always wear all white. “We wear white to represent a blank canvas,” Biggs said during their performance. The show attracted a sizable crowd of friends, family members and other patrons, who were visibly excited to attend a live concert again. The atmosphere was fun and lively, and at the end of the performance, an encore was requested and gladly granted by Ross and Biggs. The band can be followed through social media on Instagram (@itswwamusic) or on its website, www.whateverweare.com, which is up to date with the latest performance and release information. Whatever We Are will be nearby throughout July and will perform at the Mercury Lounge in New York City July 29. The music is available on streaming services, including Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon Music. “We are very much about having an open mind and promoting love and acceptance,” Biggs said. “It’s who we are.”

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H.S. principal heads to Bellmore-Merrick By Mallory WilSon mwilson@liherald.com

Scott Bersin has said goodbye to the Seaford Union Free School District and will say hello to a new role in the BellmoreMerrick School District. After 12 years at Seaford High School – with nine of them as principal – Bersin will take on the role of assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District. Bersin has spent 25 years in education. Before he worked as the assistant principal at Seaford, he was a teacher for nine years and assistant principal for three years at Great Neck North High School. As a teacher, he taught social studies classes and coached boys baseball and girls basketball. “I think I always enjoyed working with young people, and I always enjoyed teaching,” Bersin said. “I spent a lot of years as a camp counselor in Merrick at Coleman Country Day Camp.” Education wasn’t always his intended career, Bersin said. He studied economics as an undergraduate at Binghamton University and later went on to Brooklyn Law School. He also worked as an assistant district attorney at the Bronx County district attorney’s office. He soon realized his intended path was education. He enrolled at Queens College to earn a teaching degree. By day, he

worked as a prosecutor. By night, he took classes to earn his degree. “I always wanted to work with young people; I just didn’t figure it out right away,” Bersin said. He said he was thrilled to take on the role as principal in the Seaford district when the opportunity presented itself in 2012, especially to help students during their education. “I was always really shocked at the importance of the principal’s role,” he said. “When you’re a young person going through school, you don’t see how leadership affects the learning experiences and school in general.” During his time at Seaford, Bersin said, he was able to offer a “richer education” to every student by developing academic programs, ranging from rigorous courses to lighter electives. “We were able to build programs in every single department for all different types of students,” Bersin said. “It was an exciting time in Seaford High School’s history.” At the Seaford High School’s graduation ceremony at the Tilles Center this year, Bersin was presented with an honorary diploma. “The way I see it, Mr. Bersin has always been a student’s principal,” John Striffolino, Seaford’s assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction and personnel, said at the ceremony. “The students have

always been at the center of his efforts and thinking. He thanked Bersin for the tremendous impact and influence he had on the high school’s program and students. During his time at Seaford, Bersin was largely involved in the Seaford 9/11 Memorial Committee and the Patriot Awards, which are monetary scholarships given to five graduating seniors in honor of fallen alumni. “The goals of this committee were so tremendous,” Bersin said. “It really struck a chord with me since I lost two very dear friends in the 9/11 attacks.” Marianne Pensa, one of three 2021 Honorary Award recipients, thanked Bersin at the annual Patriot Awards dinner last month for his devotion to the Seaford School District as he leaves Seaford, or the community’s “happy little green bubble,” for a new adventure. “I have had the pleasure of working closely with Scott during my time as PTSA president and on the Shared Decision Making Committee. Together, we were able to bring many of our visions to fruition,” Pensa said during the event. “It was a pleasure, Mr. B, and I wish you the best of luck.” Bersin said he took the role at BellmoreMerrick because he wants to have an even bigger impact on students and the community. “I will miss all of the relationships with the students and staff of Seaford High

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outgoing Seaford principal Scott Bersin spoke at the 9/11 Memorial Committee’s Patriot Awards last month. School where we are all very close,” Bersin said. “I look forward to building that in Bellmore-Merrick. Everyone here seems to have such a great outlook on the mission and on the school district. I’m excited to get involved and become a part of the family here.”

Seaford admins, BOE members appointed By Stephanie Banat knalepinski@liherald.com

After a year of navigating the pandemic, the Seaford School district held its annual reorganization meeting on July 7. The district will see some administrative and Board of Education changes come September after new officials were sworn in at the meeting. After High School principal Scott Bersin announced he was leaving the District to work within the Bellmore-Merrick schools, the District appointed former assistant principal Nicole Schnabel to principal. To fill her vacancy is newcomer Ralph Morey, who started as assistant principal on July 1. At the reorganization meeting, John Striffolino of Seaford was sworn in as the new District Clerk by outgoing District Clerk, Carmen Ouellette. Striffilino previously served as the District’s Assistant Superintendent for 11 years. Superintendent Adele Pecora described Striffolino as the type of co-worker who is “always available.” Pecora was reappointed as the Superintendent, who has served as the Superintendent for four years. She also serves as the Freedom of Information Officer in the district. Stacie Stark will replace Bruce Kahn as the new school board president. Stark previously served as a trustee for two full terms of three years each on the board. She has also served as the board’s vice

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in the 2021-2022 academic year, the Seaford High School leadership team will include Principal Nicole Schnabel, left, and Assistant Principals Ralph Morey and Jennifer Bisulca. president. She has two children that attended Seaford Schools. The Board also appointed a new vice president, two-year trustee Kevin Devlin, and a new vice district clerk, Andrea Parisi of Seaford. Parisi served as a trustee on the board for two years.

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I’m excited to announce that we booked the Tilles Center as the venue for our graduation ceremony next year as well,” Pecora said. The Superintendent also discussed a new initiative that the Board of Education has created for their elementary school students this summer: a series of “social, emotional, welcoming activities,” according to Pecora. “We realize the stressors that have occurred within the children’s lives and within their families over the past year, so we have camp-like experiences that we’re calling Summer Experience, in K through fifth g rade,” Pecora said. “We’ve received overwhelming support so far from the community.” The prog ram will be held from August 9 through August 20. Eight of the district’s teachers will be facilitating the activities. Caroline Schozer, assistant principal of Seaford’s elementary schools, will administer the program. Activities will include arts and crafts, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, or STEAM, and physical education activities. The second program the district is planning is called Anyone Can Save A Life. Administered by the district’s new High School Principal, Nicole Schnabel, the eight-session program includes a number of educational activities for students where students will be trained in CPR and AED.

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Making it big online, one TikTok at a time response from Black, posted May 27, was a mash-up of TikTok viral track “Dick,” by Doja Cat and StarBoi3, and the Tenacious D song “Kickapoo.” Two days later, a video response from Black appeared on bassist/ vocalist Ryan Daversa’s TikTok “For You Page,” a curated, algorithm-set series of videos on the platform. “My dad was in the other room downstairs, so I went to him and showed him the video, and he looks at me and goes, ‘You did it!’” Daversa said. He proceeded to notify the band via text message. Ezegelian said he tried to remain col-

lected when he heard the news. “I feel like I’m always kind of reserved when it comes to my reactions,” he said. “It’s like, we got Jack Black, now we need to jam with them in real life.” In the duet video, Black listens to AMH’s cover with a wide-eyed expression. Then he lip-syncs along to the track and tosses up the “rock on” symbol several times. Black captioned the video, “It’s time to pass the torch.” The video went viral — as of July 9, it had over 64 million views, 12.9 million likes and 78,600 comments. It also boosted Adam and the Metal Hawks’ TikTok pro-

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LEGAL NOTICE At a meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, held at the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, New York, on the 3rd day of August, 2021. P R E S E N T: Hon. Donald X. Clavin, Jr., Supervisor Dorothy L. Goosby Bruce A. Blakeman Anthony P. D’Esposito Dennis Dunne, Sr. Thomas E. Muscarella Christopher Carini, Council Members. ABSENT: Councilman Carini ------------------X IN THE MATTER - of THE INCREASE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE LEVITTOWN PARK DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK ------------------X WHEREAS, the Commissioner of the Town of Hempstead Department of Parks and Recreation, as the Representative of the Levittown Park District, has proposed an Improvement Project for the Levittown Park District, and has requested that the Town Board hold a public hearing regarding said improvements; and WHEREAS, said Commissioner has submitted to the Town Board an estimate of cost relating to said improvements; and WHEREAS, the Town Board has determined, pursuant to Provisions of the State Environmental Quality Review Act and Article 8 Part 617.5(c)(1) and 617.5(c)(5) the N.Y.C.R.R. that such increase and improvement is considered to be a “Type II Action” and does not have a significant effect on the environment and does not require an environmental impact

statement or any other determination under the State Environmental Quality Review Act; and WHEREAS, it is in the public interest that the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead consider the proposition herein set forth and to call a public hearing thereon; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED, that a public hearing be held by this Town Board at the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, New York, on the 3rd day of August 2021, at 10:30am o’clock in the forenoon of the day, on the increase and improvement of the Levittown Park District at an estimated maximum cost of $3,250,000.00 to be financed by the issuance of obligations of the Town of Hempstead. ALL persons desiring to be heard concerning the subject of the abovementioned hearing will be given an opportunity to be heard at the time and place aforesaid. Dated:Hempstead, New York July 5, 2021 ___________________ Donald X. Clavin, Jr., Supervisor ___________________ Dorothy L. Goosby ___________________ Bruce A. Blakeman ___________________ Anthony P. D’Esposito ___________________ Dennis Dunne, Sr. ___________________ Thomas E. Muscarella ___________________ Christopher Carini Members of the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead 126736 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Section 202-48 of the code of the Town of Hempstead entitled, “Handicapped Parking on Public Streets,” a public hearing

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file. But the group had already gained widespread popularity on social media, even before Black was involved. They’ve attracted over 2.5 million followers on the app since they established the account in January. They’ve garnered over 28.1 million video likes and, as of last week, are certified on Instagram with over 650,000 followers. “Just to have this insane amount of followers … I’m just so thankful,” Daversa said. “When we had 2,000 across the globe, that was crazy enough to me. So we’re just really thankful that all our work, and all our smart work, is paying off.” Ezegelian is known to some as a finalist on “American Idol.” In 2015, at age 20, he made it to the Top 16 of Season 14. Prior to Ezegelian’s joining the group in 2015, Daversa, Hertler and guitarist John Barry were the Metal Hawks. “We were definitely more on the metal side on the rock spectrum,” Hertler said. “When Adam came in, he kind of has that punky kind of voice, which is very rhythmic. So we shifted more toward hard rock.” Not to mention, Ezegelian is a Jack Black look-alike — which may have motivated the band to seek the actor’s response on TikTok, Hertler said. “From Day One of hopping on TikTok, every other comment would be like, ‘He sounds so much like Jack Black,’” said Hertler. “And whenever we [covered] Tenacious D, it did super well, because … well, he’s basically Jack Black.” “Besides that, we’re just Tenacious D fans in general,” Daversa added. Ezegelian said the band members have different musical influences, but they all come from rock. “For myself, I’m more of a classic rock [listener]: AC/DC, Aerosmith, Guns N’ Roses,” he said. “Rock

music has that energy that we’re trying to bring as a band. The driving rhythms, the high-energy performance and the fun, especially, is what we’re trying to bring. Rock just fits that perfectly.” AMH hasn’t performed in person, Ezegelian said, since it blew up on TikTok, but the group does a musical live stream on TikTok each week, which typically pulls in an audience of 2,000 or so. “We definitely have the eyes, but now we need to see them in person,” Ezegelian said. While the coronavirus pandemic has been full of tragedy, Daversa said, it gave the band the opportunity to expand on social media. “I’m not going to sit here and glorify a pandemic, but if it wasn’t for Covid, I don’t think we would’ve hopped on TikTok when we did,” he said. “I don’t think we would’ve had the original songs coming out as soon as we did, and we would’ve grown at the rate we have.” From quarantine, AMH also recorded a music video for an original track, “Strain.” The group uploads roughly three videos to TikTok each week, ranging from classic rock covers to the “Pokemon” theme song. Many of its videos posted to TikTok within the past month have over a million likes. “We’re just always trying to have fun in our videos,” Ezegelian said. “That’s why we have such a large following — they want that little piece of fun, that serotonin boost, in their day, and that’s where we come in.” The group has a couple of shows on the horizon, but dates have yet to be finalized. For now, Daversa said, Adam and the Metal Hawks plan to post more videos to TikTok. The group is currently recording new music at DCity Studios in Huntington, and aims to have a single out late this summer.

AdAm And the Metal Hawks comprises guitarist John Barry, left, bassist/ vocalist Ryan Daversa, top, vocalist Adam Ezegelian, of Wantagh, and drummer Alex Hertler.

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ntil recently, I had never thought deeply how radical my parents were when I was a child. I’m not sure they realized it at the time. In 1972, when I was 5, they put me on a big yellow school bus whose primary route wound through Gordon Heights, in Suffolk County, a nearly all-Black neighborhood that was developed by Louis Fife in the 1920s. I was one of a handful of white children on the route. Two years later, my younger brother joined me on the bus. Growing up in the tiny country SCoTT hamlet of Yaphank, a nearly BRINToN all-white community, I had no notion of the frighteningly seismic socio-political events that were breaking out across the country at the time, including an anti-desegregation movement that swept the nation, roiling cities from Boston to Los Angeles and too many points in between, including the Village of Malverne. “This place was a virtual war zone in the late 1960s and early ’70s, where you had people standing in picket lines ready to kill each other over issues of integration,” then Malverne Schools Superintendent James Hunderfund told the Herald in 2019. “There was a sense of separatism, and

that was prevalent in other places, but it was rampant here.” In Boston alone, 40 anti-desegregation riots and protests broke out between 1974, the year I turned 7, and 1988, when I was a junior and senior in college. Much of the sound and fury was stirred by a group called Restore Our Alienated Rights, or ROAR, led by its chair, Louise Day Hicks, who claimed she was defending white neighborhoods by pushing back against court-ordered desegregation school busing plans. Yet my parents put me on that bus, appearing unworried, as if there were nothing out of the ordinary in this seemingly simple act of parenthood. All these years later, I’m happy and proud they did. It is why, in large part, I grew up to be an antiracist, one who works to eliminate racism in American society through words and actions. I came to this realization when I recently read Ibram X. Kendi’s immeasurably hopeful book, “How to Be an Antiracist” (One World, 2019). In this compact 238-page text, which is one part instruction manual on how to live a life free of racial prejudice and one part personal remembrance and reflection, Kendi, 38, a journalist and university professor, dissects, point by point, the many and varied forms of bigotry while laying out his vision for a socially

just society in which all people, regardless of skin color, can achieve equality and happiness. “If we ignore the odds and fight to create an antiracist world, then we give humanity a chance to one day survive, a chance to live in communion, a chance to be forever free,” Kendi writes. It isn’t surprising that my parents put me on that bus. My father, the son of Christian missionaries, grew up in Africa, in the Congo. One of only a handful of white children in his village — the others were his siblings — he spoke Lunda, a Bantu language, before English. He was steeped in African art and culture and mysticism. As an adult, he was a music teacher and visual artist, and African sounds and design concepts played a central role in his work throughout his life. He spoke of Africa only in the fondest terms, regaling family and friends with often humorous stories of life in the jungle. My maternal grandfather was a drycleaner who set up shop in a Black neighborhood in Bellport, also in Suffolk, and I spent many afternoons behind his counter, playing hide-and-seek with my brother between the clothes racks. Grandpa, whose parents emigrated from Italy, greeted customers as though they were old friends, no matter their color. Kendi grew up in Queens, and he

bram X. Kendi’s immeasurably hopeful book made me think of my parents.

reserves some of his best writing for the chapters describing his childhood. You can see and feel the streets he describes with a certain melodic beat, like a rap. “We certainly weren’t imitating anything on the Ave — to the contrary,” he writes. “The wider culture was avidly imitating and appropriating from us; our music and fashion and language were transforming the so-called mainstream . . . Fresh baggy jeans sagging down. Fresh button-down shirts or designer sweatshirts in the winter under our bubble coats. Fresh T’s or sports jerseys in the summer above our baggy jean shorts. Dangling chains shining like our smiles. Piercings and tattoos and bold colors told the mainstream world just how little we wanted to imitate them.” In this beautiful book, we see a Black child come of age in a nation that is perpetually seeking to define him, cordon him off, suppress him, but we also see this child grow into a man who overcomes the odds, and who confronts not only the racism that is pervasive throughout our society, but within him — yes, he admits, a Black person can be a racist. Only by confronting racism in all its forms can we find peace. “How to Be an Antiracist” does just that. 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.

Searching the heavens for common ground

just booked a reservation to see the next full solar eclipse. Call me an optimist; I expect to be there. Save the date: April 8, 2024. You can see it in all its glorious totality from Mazatlán, Mexico, along a narrow diagonal path that enters the United States near San Antonio and moves across the country to Maine and Canada. I am embarrassed to say I missed the last big eclipse, in 2017, because I couldn’t find anyone who wanted to go to Nashville with me, where the viewing was expected to be RANDI superb. I mean, KREISS how shortsighted was that? I am in awe of astronomical phenomena, and that was possibly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I didn’t go, even though I had a hotel booked. Failure of what? Energy? Determination? I did see a sliver of the eclipse from my home in Woodmere, along with my mail carrier, who was stopped in his tracks, looking skyward through a sun filter. Very meh experience, eclipse-wise.

The world has turned since then. When the pandemic began and we were all shut down and shut inside for long periods of time, I started looking upward and outward for comfort and inspiration. I set up my Celestron telescope and learned how to use it properly. One dark night, I saw the surface of the full moon, with craters and geographical features I hadn’t seen before. Last Dec. 21, I saw the convergence of Jupiter and Saturn and could distinguish the rings of Jupiter in the telescope. As the pandemic wore on and wore me down, I found a real freedom in the night sky, observing the constellations we all know. I watched the International Space Station fly by. I downloaded the NASA website so I could try to spot other space objects floating around overhead. One app visualized my own night sky at any given moment, based on my location as communicated through my phone. This may sound elementary to those well schooled in astronomy, but across the span of my educational experience, astronomy remains a black hole. I have a passion and interest to learn what I can, but I feel

frustrated by how difficult the discipline is. I’m a word person, and astronomy is all about math and physics and chemistry. Still, I’m determined to learn what is within my reach. Speaking of black holes, I’ve read the simplest descriptions of the phenomenon over and over, and yet I don’t get it, or the concept of an expanding universe, or gravitational waves, or dying stars. So I let that go. I absorb what I can. I look at the night sky and know for certain that we are an infinitesimally small piece of the universe, and that other worlds and other beings are possible. I know that our daily gripes and strife and political conflicts are nothing in the cosmos. Whatever our thinking, our alliances and our behaviors, we have in common this minuscule life raft called Earth, and we don’t have it for long. Contemplating the galaxies that stretch for millions of light years in all directions makes me think we can do better with this transitory gift of life. End of lecture. I am comforted by gazing upward, and I wish the same for you. As part of my galactic journey, I just

missed the last big eclipse, but I’m planning to be looking up at the next one.

read “The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy’s Vanishing Explorers,” by astronomer Emily Levesque. It was much more fun than Stephen Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time,” which was pretty much a black hole to me, not that I can visualize “a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing — [not even] light, can escape from it.” (Wikipedia) Levesque has traveled to every far-flung spot on earth to book “observation time” on the most advanced telescopes in the world, which are always perched on remote, dark-sky mountaintops. She shares her adventures at the observatories in Chile, where the lively tarantulas almost took the fun out of the moment. She talks about the freezing cold at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, and the time a colleague thought he had discovered a new planet that turned out to be energy coming from a nearby microwave where someone was heating soup. She evokes the gorgeousness of the heavens and the privilege of being among those who roam the stars. Read the book. It’s a great escape into a world most of us don’t know. Then think about the Great Eclipse of April 2024. Save the date. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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letters Yes, Audubon needs a name change To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Audubon Society confronts its racist namesake — sort of ” (July 1-7): I salute Brinton for his thorough analysis and ounce of bravery coming through in the Herald’s opinion pages. I think that his suggestion to change the name of the Audubon Society is proportionate, timely and overdue. I have a feeling that he will face a great deal of opposition, name-calling and resentment from political bodies and individuals, but I am with him all the way. AMNoN TISHLER Bellmore

Getting back into the city To the Editor: I look forward every week to reading Randi

The best way to safely enjoy the water is to learn how to swim. Enroll your family in age-appropriate Red Cross water-orientation and learn-to-swim courses. Basic water safety rules are part of these classes. You’ll learn how to tell if a swimmer is in distress or drowning, and how and when to call for emergency help. You’ll also learn how to help someone in trouble in the water while keeping yourself safe. To find classes for you and your family, contact your local aquatic facility.

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A Red Cross water safety poll released in 2013 showed that nearly half of Americans said they had had an experience in which they were afraid they might drown, yet more than half planned to engage in activities that would put them at risk of drowning over the summer. Members of the Aquatic Sub-Council, part of the Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council, have developed the Circle of Drowning Prevention and Chain of Drowning Survival protocols to raise

awareness of the most important steps swimmers can take to reduce the number of preventable drownings. The Circle of Drowning Prevention shows the layers of protection that can help prevent potential drownings: ■ Pay close and constant attention to children you are supervising in or near water. ■ Fence in pools and spas with adequate barriers, including four-sided fencing. ■ Learn swimming and water-survival skills. ■ Make sure children, inexperienced swimmers and boaters wear U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets, and always swim in areas watched by lifeguards. The Chain of Drowning Survival illustrates the steps you should take when you spot someone in distress in the water: ■ Recognize the signs of a struggling swimmer, and shout for help. ■ Rescue and remove the person from the water without putting yourself in danger. ■ Call emergency medical services. ■ Begin rescue breathing or cardiopulmonary resuscitation if necessary, and use an automated external defibrillator, or AED, if available. ■ Transfer care to advanced life support if needed. For more, go to www.redcross.org.

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une was National Homeownership Month. For many, homeownership is a part of the American dream that is proving to be increasingly difficult to attain. Long Island home prices have hit historic highs for the second year in a row, reinforcing a 2019 report from New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli that found that nearly 40 percent of Long Island homeowners could not afford their homes. Homeownership should not be a luxury few can afford. Long Island’s niCoLe JeAn skyrocketing prices and a CHristiAn home longstanding history of redlining and housing discrimination make homeownership even more challenging for Black people and other people of color. This nature of division was a deliberate choice, and is built into the foundation of Long Island. In 2019, Newsday’s “Long Island Divided” explored the stark segregation and injustices on the Island, noting that 90 percent of Black residents live in just 62 of its 291 communities. Long Island’s racist past did not happen in a vacuum. The state and federal governments had an equal role in instituting racist housing policies. The Federal Housing Administration was a significant player in ensuring that Black Americans stayed out of white suburbs. Communities across the country were developed with the help of the FHA on the condition

that homes would not be sold to AfricanAmericans. Levittown was one of these communities, and it remains nearly allwhite today. Strategic segregation across Long Island set a precedent for the housing bubbles that we see today. Affordable housing on Long Island is often segregated in its own “community” or “development,” becoming a cluster lacking the integration or diversity that is the strength of any suburban community. There is also a stigma attached to the term “affordable housing,” which have been code words to refer to people of non-white descent or of lesser economic means. Yet another difficulty of homeownership on Long Island is a lack of standardized funding from New York state that would ensure affordability. The affordable housing resources that do exist are parceled out in a nonstructured way to local municipalities and some wellknown nonprofits, both of which operate using a business model that favors “profit” or “project completion” over sustained affordability that diversifies communities. Not only is homeownership on Long Island prohibitively expensive, but communities of color are often not afforded the same resources that are allocated to predominantly white, affluent communities. Ideally, all Americans would have equitable access to affordable homes, good education systems and other resources that allow communities to thrive. It is obscene that this is not the standard or even the norm in the U.S., let alone here

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on Long Island, home to “America’s first suburb.” In a proclamation during National Homeownership Month, President Biden said the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development would “advance affordable and sustainable homeownership” throughout the country and break the deep-rooted barriers that have prevented so many people of color in the U.S. from becoming homeowners. These barriers, alongside the economic hardships created by the coronavirus pandemic, are keeping many from the opportunity of homeownership. The Uniondale Community Land Trust is working hard to provide this resource in its community. Instead of creating a separate neighborhood of affordable housing, in Uniondale the goal is to integrate affordable housing within the existing neighborhood. With 225 community land trusts across the country, this affordable housing model allows residents to renovate and sell homes at lower-than-market prices while retaining ownership of their land

ffordable housing’ have been code words to refer to people of nonwhite descent.

through 99-year ground leases. This model helps create permanent affordable housing and gives community members agency over how their towns can grow and thrive. U-CLT is working diligently to build a project pipeline to provide homeownership opportunities for families making 60 to 80 percent of the area median income. As of 2020, the AMI in Nassau County was $126,600. The goal is to help provide fair, equitable housing here. Having access to stable, quality, affordable housing helps people become part of diverse communities, find and keep jobs, lead healthier lives, and take better care of their children. There is no question that opportunities to own homes make a serious positive impact in people’s lives. Creating sustainable, affordable housing is an excellent way to ensure that all can become homeowners in their lifetimes. Homeownership does not need to be unattainable. Current homeowners should be able to afford their homes. Providing people and communities with the resources they need to flourish must be a priority everywhere. Nicole Jean Christian is executive director of Uniondale Community Land Trust. To learn more about its efforts, go to www.uclt.org or email info@u-clt.org.

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Letters Kreiss’s column in the Herald, and enjoyed none more than “Five-day tour of the Big Apple’s thrills and chills” (July 1-7), about her trip to Manhattan with her daughter and grandchild. I totally relate, having recently ventured back into Manhattan, most recently visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art and MOMA. I hope Randi caught the Alice Neel exhibit at the Met. I was unfamiliar with Neel, but wow, what a creative and gifted artist — from her earlier work of Communist party leaders, to motherhood, to people of color, to the architecture of her beloved Harlem and so much more. And, of course, all the wonderful art at MOMA. Sadly, somehow we missed Van Gogh and Calder, but will definitely go back sometime soon. But I have tickets to immersive Van Gogh, which I’m really looking forward to. Living in Long Beach — and really, anyplace on the Island — it can at times seem, if you let it, like a chore to go into Manhattan, but once there, I quickly realize everything I love and have missed

about the city. There’s nothing quite like that energy, and it feels so great to see it coming back. I just love walking around, taking in the sights and sounds. The streets seem to be as busy as ever. And once theater reopens, I believe Manhattan will be back 100 percent. Thanks to Randi for her oh-so-relatable columns, putting into words much of what I’ve felt, thought and experienced during Covid. LORRAINe CIeRI Long Beach

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