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Parents want in-person graduation to 25 percent capacity.

Prior to Cuomo’s announcement, Hempstead Town SuperviWhile some Baldwin High sor Don Clavin last week sent a School parents of seniors said letter to Cuomo urging him to they appreciate the planned allow New York schools, colleges events to replace a traditional and universities to host in-perceremony, they are son graduation cerpushing the disemonies for the trict to host an inclass of 2020 if the person graduation academic instituceremony when it tions are able to is safe to do so. guarantee the well“These kids being of attendees. deserve to wear Clavin cited widetheir robes and spread public outwalk in to ‘Pomp cry by graduating and Circumstance’ seniors and parwith their friends,” ents that students said Karen Marwere not able to chese, whose son, adequately celeRonnie Marchesebrate their academSilano, is set to ic accomplishKarEN MarcHEsE graduate this ments with tradimonth. “They lost District parent tional ceremonies. so much. Let’s at State Sen. Todd least give them that.”

Kaminsky, a Democrat from G o v. A n d r e w C u o m o Long Beach whose district announced last Sunday that out- includes parts of Baldwin, also door high school graduations of urged Cuomo in a letter to allow up to 150 people would be the ceremonies to take place, allowed starting June 26, provid- with proper cautions. ed social-distancing guidelines “This is an encouraging step are observed. The announce- but it is still important to reach ment followed his directive a day the ultimate goal of having the earlier allowing houses of wor- entire class of 2020 graduating ship to begin holding regular services, which would be limited Continued on page 4

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HUNdrEds of pEoplE peacefully marched from the Baldwin Long Island Rail Road station to Merrick last Sunday to protest police brutality and the death of George Floyd.

Hundreds of protesters march from Baldwin to Merrick

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An estimated 500 people marched from the Baldwin Long Island Rail Road station on Sunday toward Merrick to protest police brutality and the death of George Floyd in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. The demonstration was peaceful throughout.

Nassau County police officers, who helped guide the

march, shut down parts of Sunrise Highway to make way for the protesters, who, from Baldwin to the Freeport Long Island Rail Road station, walked along the sidewalk chanting phrases, including, “No justice, no peace!”

Hundreds more then gathered at the Freeport station before continuing down Sunrise Highway to Merrick. Protesters also took a detour to the Nautical Mile.

At Freeport’s restaurant row, they took a knee for 8

minutes and 46 seconds, the time that Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd’s neck.

Then they made their way north to Sunrise Highway and west into Merrick, to the LIRR station there.

“I just wanted to lend my voice to the chorus of voices around the nation and the world,” said Baldwin resident Leah Sanders. “I couldn’t sit home, and I wanted to be a part of the movement — I Continued on page 3

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Residents protest police brutality on Sunrise wanted to be present. I’ve been donating and posting, but there’s nothing like physically being here.”

Many motorists passing by honked their horns and raised their hands in the air to show solidarity. The protest was one of at least 15 around Long Island planned for the day.

“We have to keep protesting and show them that black lives matter,” Baldwin resident Brandon Sanders said. “Because it’s not just one race that matters, or one thing that matters, it’s all of them. And they don’t realize that black lives matter, so we got to tell them. We got to keep telling them, and we got to do something about it.”

Before protesters began marching in Baldwin, NCPD Deputy Inspector Michael Holfester told a small crowd, “We’ re here with you, we Leah sanders believe in Baldwin resident you.”

A n d re a Neal, 22, of Valley Stream, organized the event after she saw videos of residents standing against Black Lives Matter protesters in Merrick last week.

Neal, who has attended several protests on Long Island and Manhattan, said she wanted to stand with the local residents and their peaceful protests.

“Things have to change,” Neal said. “I don’t want to see neighbors taunting each other. This is a peaceful protest, and it’s bigger than Floyd and the four officers in his case. This is about all the stories that have gone unheard and all those who have yet to find justice from police brutality.”

The protestors chanted Floyd’s name, along with other victims like Breonna Taylor and Tamir Rice.

I’nyaah Burrell, who grew up in Freeport, said she was pleased the protests were continuing this week. She said that while similar protests have come and gone in the past, these protests were here to stay.

“We’re not stopping until we see real change across all platforms of law enforcement,” Burrell said.

“Floyd’s death was a catalyst to bring to light all these injustices to everyone,” said Julianna Codispoti, of Bellmore.

“We’re already beginning to see some changes, so we have to keep going.”

G. Dewey Smalls, the vice president of the National Action Network Nassau County Chapter, said the movement’s growth is now worldwide, as is apparent by the marches of solidarity all over the world. He said he was especially moved by murals of Floyd painted throughout Europe and the Middle East.

While Smalls said the national movement was important, he noted that Freeporters also needed to look at local cases, such as that of Akbar Rodgers, a Freeport man who was captured on video being

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wrestled to the ground and punched and kicked by Freeport village police officers during his arrest in December.

“Why did we see this excessive force being used against him,” Smalls said.

“The officers involved have yet been brought to justice. It’s unacceptable.”

Freeport Village Police Chief Ray Horton said village and county police officers were guiding the protesters to ensure they could march peacefully and exercise their First Amendment right.

anabeLLa deziL with a homemade sign. nassau County and Freeport police helped guide protesters down Sunrise Highway, above left. peopLe of aLL ages took part in the protest.

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LoCaL residents waLked along Sunrise Highway to Freeport last Sunday chanting phrases including “No justice, no peace!”

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Petitions call for in-person graduation Continued from page 1 together,” Kaminsky said in a statement.

“Our students deserve recognition for their tremendous successes, and we cannot stop pushing until they celebrate this milestone together, in a safe and healthy way.”

Two petitions have been circulating in Baldwin urging the district to host an inperson graduation when safe. One garnered about 120 student signatures, a student said, and another, nearly 1,000 signatures from parents and neighbors.

“I specifically remember the excitement,” said Marchese, referring to her own Baldwin High School graduation years ago. “I remember the excitement of walking out there. It was wonderful.”

She said she and other parents and students wouldn’t mind if a ceremony was held next spring. And while she implored the district to host a traditional ceremony, Marchese also thanked district officials for planning events like Seniors Illuminated, where parents and students drove through the high school campus with their headlights turned off to see video clips of the class of 2020 projected onto the building’s walls set to music on the radio.

“Thank you for giving us something to enjoy and be happy with. I appreciate it,” Marchese said. “We all appreciate it. But just tell us that you will eventually give us

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Hundreds of graduating Baldwin seniors threw their mortarboards into the air at last year’s graduation. a real graduation. We need that. The parents need it, the students need it, we need it.”

Maritza Lopez, another parent of a graduating senior, also said she was grateful for the district’s efforts.

“We understand that their hands are tied and they’re doing the best they can under the most extreme circumstances, and we appreciate that,” she said. “But maybe, even if it’s up to a year from now,

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think about it. Don’t forget about our children. They worked so hard up to this point and some of them are very devastated. This was a culmination of 13 years of hard work since kindergarten. It’s just deflating for them.”

Lopez also recognized the challenges facing the district, noting that budget cuts may come into play, as well as the inevitable loss of state aid amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Parents and relatives also noted that neighboring districts, including Freeport and Oceanside, either set a tentative date for an in-person graduation or hosted an in-person graduation over the course of a few days.

“Baldwin has hesitated to secure this hallmark, coming-of-age moment for our students, and while the senior events they have put together have been lovely, nothing will replace the in-person graduation ceremony that these students deserve,” said Joseph Marchese-Schmitt, who graduated from BHS in 2012.

Sheryl Smalley, another district parent, urged the district to at least offer a tentative date where students would be allowed to walk across a stage.

Parents added that the seniors’ class trip and prom were also canceled, although some parents are trying to organize an outdoor event to replace prom.

In a letter sent to Baldwin families dated May 29, Schools Superintendent Dr. Shari Camhi said she knows that some people are not entirely satisfied with the district’s planned graduation events.

“The inability to do an in-person graduation was not a decision made by the district,” she wrote. “This was a result of the executive order by Governor Cuomo.

Believe me, we are not happy about the whole situation.”

Camhi noted that education falls within the fourth phase of New York’s reopening plans, and that some districts identified possible dates if Cuomo allowed inperson graduation ceremonies. She added that Baldwin had not closed the door to the possibility.

“There will, no doubt, be restrictions on whatever is ultimately authorized,” she wrote. “Here are some of the factors that must be considered. Baldwin has over 400 students graduating this year. It is one of the larger classes in the county.

The summer months are extremely hot, and the temperature in the auditorium and on the field are even hotter. Graduation needs to be supervised. Teachers do not work in the summer, and administrators take their vacations during summer months. Many students are not around during the summer and will be leaving for college in August.”

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Sani 2 cleans up vandalized memorial in Silver Lake The monument memorializing Baldwin’s veterans in Silver Lake Park was recently found vandalized and in “deplorable” condition, Baldwin sanitary commissioner Jerry Brown said.

Litter, liquor bottles and human waste were found where flowers once stood honoring their sacrifice. Shopping carts were thrown about and found in the lake, he added.

Knee-high grass and weeds surrounded John J. Kedenburg’s memorial, which commemorated his bravery and sacrifice in Vietnam where he was awarded the nation’s highest award, the Medal of Honor, posthumously.

Brown said it had nothing to do with recent protests on Long Island.

The lighting fixtures were vandalized or not working properly, Brown continued, adding that it was “a sad and unacceptable treatment of this sacred spot that has been maintained and revered for generations dating back to World War I. Although out of their jurisdiction, Sanitary District 2 workers responded to complaints from residents after they reportedly received no response from the Parks Department.

After surveying the area, the sanitation workers decided to do what they could, Brown said. Manpower from Sani 2

was dispatched and removed the shopping carts from the area, which were partially submerged in the lake.

Burnt wood from a fire that destroyed the park bench was removed, as well as litter and garbage in the area. Sanitation workers also intended to spray weed killer around the monuments as of press time Monday.

Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé was notified of the condition of the park and was successful in having the Parks Department respond with manpower and mowers last week, Brown said.

“Our efforts were just a Band-Aid on a trauma wound,” Brown said. “We, Sani 2, are requesting a meeting with Legislator Mulé, Nassau County Executive [Laura] Curran as well as the commissioner of Nassau County parks who is responsible for the upkeep of our beautiful Silver Lake. We are requesting immediate attention, manpower and county resources to bring Silver Lake and the monument area back to its former beauty. We will also seek scheduled maintenance that will guarantee that this will not happen again.

We will also be seeking additional Nassau County police presence in the area. Sani 2 working for you.”

As of press time Monday, Brown said the county was handling the situation.

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More than a thousand people gathered across from Hempstead Town Hall to protest the death of George Floyd and others who died at the hands of police. They came to show solidarity and protest in the hope that the laws will change and people of color will be treated equally. Many signs listed the names of those who have been victims of violence.

Protest held at Hempstead Town Hall By chriStina daly Dozens of protests have taken palce across Long Island since the death of George Floyd, 46, on May 25. Shawn Fullerton and his mother, Belinda Watkins, a member of the Hempstead Chamber Board, held a rally outside of Hempstead Town Hall last Friday in the hope of bringing everyone together and changing the laws.

Belinda told the crowd, “I’m tired. I’m tired of telling my son it’s not safe to go outside. I’m tired of shedding tears. I’m tired.”

More than a thousand people gathered across from Hempstead Town Hall to protest the death of Floyd and others who died at the hands of police. They gathered to show solidarity. Many signs listed the names of those who have been victims of violence. Other signs stated, “It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody,” “No Justice, No Peace,” “Black Lives Matter,” “Silence=Violence,” “All lives can’t

matter until black lives matter,” “My skin color is not a crime,” “I can’t breathe,” “This is not a riot, this is a revolution” and “It’s not white vs black, it’s everyone vs racists.”

Hempstead Deputy Mayor Charles Renfroe, the Rev. Sedgwick Easley of the Union Baptist Church and Barbara Powell of the NAACP Hempstead Branch attended the protest outside of town hall.

As drivers went by, they honked and yelled in support, which was met with cheers by those gathered along the street.

One of the few young protesters at the event, 8-year-old Maleah Malone, said, “I care about black people, and I’m marching for them. They shouldn’t be treated this way.” Her mother, Shaunte Malone, she said her children would be the ones living in the world protesters were working to create.

Dorothy Goosby said it’s so important to get people involved. “I’ve been going through this, what they’re going through, my whole life,” she said.

Shawn Fullerton and his mother, Belinda Watkins, a member of the Hempstead Chamber Board, held the rally in the hope of bringing everyone together and changing the laws. “no juStice, no peace,” chanted Maleah Malone, 8, and her brother Kendrelle, 9, as they held their signs high. Their mother said they would be the ones to live in the world the protesters were fighting for.

During the rally outside of Hempstead Town Hall, Julia and Daniel Tellerman registered participants to vote.

ProteSter SteFanny cardona held her sign toward the police officers across the street who lined the sidewalks outside of Hempstead Town Hall.

What a little girl is teaching the word about racism sbrinton@liherald.com

Around 7:30 p.m. on June 4, I stood atop the Long Island Rail Road trestle in Merrick, looking out on the sea of people who filled Sunrise Highway as far as I could see, east and west. Officials later estimated the number of demonstrators who attended the Black Lives Matter protest at 3,000 to 4,000.

The next morning, I tried to imagine Sunrise Highway with 20 million people. Would they even fit along its 120.6 miles?

Twenty million was the number of Twitter users who had, as of Friday morning, watched a 15-second video I shot of 7-year-old Wynta-Amor Rogers, of Uniondale, marching beside her mother, Lakyia Jackson, at a different Black Lives Matter protest through Merrick and Bellmore, on Wednesday.

(The views climbed to nearly 23 million

by Monday.)

In the video, taken around 6:30 p.m., Wynta-Amor chants with the protesters, “No justice, no peace!”

Many among the thousands who commented on the post described Wynta-Amor as “fierce.” Yes, she was. Her hands moved to the beat of the chant.

Her fingers pointed furiously. At the end, she raised her fist, seemingly in anger. Her fiery spirit was evident in her eyes.

Wynta-Amor, it appeared, had fully inter nalized the emotion of the moment. She was breathing it in, living it.

I was live-tweeting the protest to chronicle it for the Heralds. When I posted the video, I never imagined it would go viral. By the time the protest ended two hours later, 25,000 people had viewed it. By midnight, a million had.

Thirty-six hours later, 20.2 million, and counting. People from all parts of the globe viewed it.

In effect, this little girl broadcast a central message of Black Lives Matter for all in the Twittersphere to see: We must have justice to find the lasting peace our society seeks.

Later on Wednesday, Wynta-Amor’s mom tweeted to thank me for the support that day. “We have to show our kids the right way,” Jackson said.

“Yes, Wynta-Amor,” she added, “mommy will help make your future better and all the rest of the kids in the world.”

Thursday morning, my wife said she went to bed the night before with Wynta-Amor’s words ringing in her ears.

She couldn’t escape them.

There was a certain melody to them, a righteous power.

Wynta-Amor wasn’t the only one whose passion you could feel that afternoon. There were also 21-year-old Adriana Brutus, of Elmont, and her 24-yearold brother, Matt, who are black. They gave impassioned speeches at the Merrick Long Island Rail Road station, about a half-hour before I took the video of Wynta-Amor. “I’m scared every time I come outside,” Adriana said through tears.

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AdriAnA BrutuS, 21, of Elmont, a nursing student at NYU, said through tears that she does not feel safe leaving her own home.

ProteSterS At the June 3 demonstration marching on Sunrise Highway toward Babylon Turnpike.

Her words left me thunderstruck.

As it happened, I later learned, Adriana had been communicating via Instagram with my own 20-year-old daughter, Alexandra. They’re both NYU students.

Adriana is studying nursing, and Alexandra, business and technology management.

Why must Adriana be afraid all the time? I thought. What sort of society do we live in that she must worry for her life because of her color? My daughter has never felt that level of fear, nor has my 17-year-old son, Andrew.

As black people, Matt Brutus said, “We can’t buy property. They redline us.

They say you have to go to school here.”

BLM protesters aren’t saying they want to take anything from white people. They’re just saying they want an

equal shot at life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness — but that’s hard, if not impossible, for them when racism seems woven into the institutional fabric of our nation.

A number of Merrick and Bellmore residents stood on their stoops and on street corners applauding the protesters on Wednesday and Thursday. They cheered and banged on pots.

Now and again, though, someone called out, “All lives matter!” Sometimes the protesters ignored those shouts. Sometimes they chanted, “Black lives matter! Black lives matter!” louder and louder.

The all-lives-matter folks just don’t get it. The BLM protesters aren’t saying black people’s lives matter more than

anyone else’s. What they’re saying is, in the eyes of a society with a centuriesold history of systemic racism, black lives have never mattered as much as white lives — but they should. They must, if we are to live in harmony with one another.

To chant “Black lives matter!” is to affirm that the lives of black people do, in fact, matter. White people don’t have to proclaim their lives matter because they already do, according to society.

In the past, a black man could die by noose because he looked the wrong way at a white woman. The George Floyd case, a number of pundits have said, is a modern-day lynching, captured for all to witness on cellphone video. The question is, what will each of us do about it?

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WyntA-Amor rogerS, 7, marching during the Black Lives Matter protest in Merrick on June 3. The Herald’s video of her chanting, “No justice, no peace!” had more than 20 million views on Twitter as of June 5.

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StudentS at M.t.O. Shahmaghsoudi, School of Islamic Sufism in New York and New Jersey, donated food, personal protective equipment and cleaning products to Baldwin Bethany House residents on May 25.

Several StudentS caMe to the house to drop off the donations.

Graduating Baldwin High School senior Ronnie Marchese-Silano recently reflected on his time participating in the Molloy Business Boot Camp last year through Baldwin’s Future Business Leaders of America club.

He and his fellow students participated in many different businessrelated events, created their own products and marketed them. They also developed commercials for their products under the guidance of Mr. Greg Kelley.

Marchese-Silano recalled filling out an application and going on an interview as part of the program. He said he and his team made the “Lace Locker,” a tool that connects to shoe laces and holds knots in place. He also recalled making a lot of friends from different towns at various events and competitions.

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Baldwin high SchOOl senior Ronnie Marchese-Silano participated in the Molloy Business Boot Camp.

Islamic school donates to Baldwin Bethany House District hosts ‘Seniors 2020

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PhOtOS and videOS were projected onto the walls of Baldwin High School on June 4.

As a means to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the students at M.T.O. Shahmaghsoudi, School of Islamic Sufism in New York and New Jersey, donated food, personal protective equipment and cleaning products to the residents at Bethany House in Baldwin on May 25.

The effort was part of a global endeavor, and Bethany House representatives said the organization is so thankful to be a recipient of it.

Several students brought 100 care packages, which included canned chicken and tuna, chips, granola bars, juice, cereal and apple sauce. They also brought toilet paper, many other snacks and coffee.

The M.T.O. Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism, was joined by 34 other M.T.O. Centers across the globe as they marked the end of Ramadan by delivering thousands of food items and care packages to homeless people and veterans in need, VA hospitals and low-income frontline families.

Bethany House is dedicated to improving the lives of homeless women and children on Long Island. Its five residences provide safe, supportive, emergency and

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the dOnatiOnS included food, toilet paper and cleaning products. transitional housing and a comprehensive range of additional programs and resources to support families and return them to self-sufficiency.

Of those families who have remained at Bethany House for more than two weeks, 94 percent have successfully found permanent housing. Bethany‘s five homes are located in Baldwin, Bellmore and Roosevelt, and can service up to 85 persons nightly. For more information, visit www.bhny.org.

Soft, colorful lights emitted from the trees on the high school campus and no headlights were in sight during the Seniors 2020 Illuminated event that district officials set up as part of a series of events to replace a traditional graduation ceremony because of coronavirus.

Students and family members of the Baldwin High School class of 2020 were invited to drive through a “virtual graduation card” last week to experience a unique entertainment experience set to music on the car radio.

Photos and video clips from the school year were projected onto the high school building for all to see.

StudentS and faMily members drove through the “virtual graduation card” without headlights.

MSSN poll: Residents reluctant to return to normal Experts urge community to follow guidelines MSSN’s experts recommend that people remain vigilant and wear masks in public.

Hand washing is key, as is maintaining social distancing and avoiding unnecessary gatherings, even through the summer months.

These practices can help reduce a second surge.

lated hospitalizations and deaths decline, some 25 percent of poll respondents said they would still not visit an emergency room. Sixty-three percent said they would seek emergency care only if social distancing guidelines and sanitizing measures were enforced.

There is concer n among physicians about the impact of delayed medical care. For example, individuals with chest pain who avoided the emergency room could damage their heart muscle and cause additional blockages or, worse, a severe heart attack.

“People should not delay seeking care, including going to an emergency room if necessary,” . Sharma said.. “Visits to emergency rooms remain low compared to pre-Covid-19, which is an indication that people are delaying seeking treatment due to coronavirus fears. We have taken all necessary precautions, including deep cleaning and segregation of Covid-19 versus non-Covid-19 patients in our ER, so people should not put their health on hold. It’s more dangerous to sit home when you are experiencing serious symptoms.”

In every case of the poll, men are more willing than women to resume public activities, both with and without restrictions. Respondents under age 50, especially parents of children under age 18, are more likely to return to the workplace, go to the beach or a park, attend a religious service, eat in a restaurant/go to a bar, attend a sporting event and go to a movie than older respondents and those without children.

stances change. Only 3 percent of respondents reported that they do not wear a mask. “ Ve r y f ew a s p e c t s o f d ay - t o - d ay l i f e h ave remained unchanged during the Covid-19 era,” said Dr. Adhi Sharma, the hospital’s executive vice president for clinical and professional affairs and chief medical officer. “It is a positive sign that the vast majority of people remain reluctant to resume normal life post-Covid-19. The public health education that has been going on during the last two months has made a lasting impact, which is good. The virus is still out there and active. We must remain vigilant in our social distancing effort. There is good reason why we should not be returning to life as normal just yet.”

New York City has been the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. Long Island and Westchester Courtesy MSSN; compiled by Mike Smollins County also have been particularly hard hit.

This is Mount Sinai South Nassau’s second Truth in Medicine poll, sponsored by Bethpage, on the region’s response to coronavirus. The first poll, conducted February 5-9, found that 62 percent of respondents we re ve r y c o n c e r n e d about the coronavirus outbreak. However, at the time, residents saw Enjoy the best local news for your area with Herald Community Newspapers. the flu as a more serious Stay connected with the schools, high school sports, local government, shopping, dining and more! threat than coronavirus.

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A majority of respondents in this poll said t h e y f e l t c o m fo r t abl e receiving medical care, going to an emergency room and retur ning to work, only if safety precautions were followed.

Fifty-two percent said they would go to a beach or park with social distancing and sanitizing practices in place.

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Two-thirds of Long Islanders and New York City residents would not attend a sporting event, watch a movie or ride mass transit because of Covid-19 fears as Long Island reopens, the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital public health poll shows.

Eighty-six percent of respondents said they would not shake someone’s hand, while most were still eager to have children return to school.

Seventy-one percent of respondents with children under the age of 18 said they will send their children back to school in the fall, although 52 percent will do so only with appropriate social distancing and sanitizing practices in place. Sixteen percent said they will not send their children back to school in the fall. A majority of parents believe remote learning has gone “very well” or “well.”

Concern about coronavirus returning in the fall is high. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 meaning “not concerned at all” and 10 meaning “extremely concerned,” the mean level of concern was 7.71. Concer n is higher than avera g e among Hispanic respondents, women and those 65-plus.

The Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll, sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union, is a quarterly survey of Long Island and New York City residents that aims to gather data about attitudes on key public health topics and help spur education to improve public health. The poll was conducted May 11-14 via landlines and cell phones with 600 residents in New York City and on Long Island. Poll findings are subject to a sampling error of plus or minus 3.9 percent.

The latest findings showed that the majority also is uneasy about flying on an airplane, eating in a restaurant, or going to a bar, the poll showed.

Despite 100,000 recorded deaths due to coronavirus nationwide, notably, 55 percent of area residents said they are either unsure (30 percent) or would not (25 percent) roll up their sleeves for a vaccine, if one were available.

In a previous Truth in Medicine Poll, sponsored

by Bethpage, conducted in early February before the height of the outbreak, 55 percent of respondents said they would get vaccinated compared to just 45 percent now. Respondents 65 and older remained committed to getting a vaccine, with 53 percent saying they would get vaccinated in both polls. This poll showed that interest in a vaccine also increased depending on whether or not the respondent was diagnosed with the virus or knew someone personally who was.

“It’s disturbing that there is reluctance about a potential vaccine,” Department of Medicine Chairman Dr. Aaron Glatt said. “However, we’re hopeful that as one is developed, tested, and proven effective, people’s attitudes will change, Although a vaccine is still some months away, early research shows promise that a vaccine could prevent a resurgence of Covid-19. Science is on our side. Right now, there is still too much unknown about a potential vaccine, and I assume that uncertainty is what we are seeing reflected in the poll results.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a phased reopening of Long Island’s economy. During Phase One of the reopening, Long Island and the MidHudson Valley may begin construction staging to prepare for resuming projects, curbside retail, manufacturing, agriculture and fishing. However, most residents made it clear they are not willing to resume their pre-pandemic activities, the poll showed. New York City is the only region to remain on New York’s Pause, Cuomo’s 10-point executive order to keep New York safe during the coronavirus outbreak, but it was due to start reopening June 8.

One-third of area residents polled have been diagnosed with Covid-19 or know someone who was. Nearly all respondents said they will continue to wear a mask to protect themselves until circum-

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Baldwin group shows off ‘hot rods’ Members of the Baldwin Hot Rod Association, in collaboration with the Baldwin American Legion Post 246, organized a car parade on May 25 that led to the veterans memorial in Silver Lake Park on Foxhurst Road, where a small ceremony took place.

The parade began at around 10:30 a.m. from Weir Street in South Hempstead, and featured military vehicles, classic cars and motorcycles.

“I wanted to get together with my car club and give everybody a Memorial Day,” said Steven Burke, one of the founding members of the Baldwin Hot Rod Association. “I wanted to show the community that hope still exists.”

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Steven Burke, one of the founding members of the Baldwin Hot Rod Association, helped organized a car parade for Memorial Day.

School district mistakenly mails out extra ballots

By Bridget downeS bdownes@liherald.com

There was recently some confusion in regards to the Baldwin School District budget and trustee ballots that were mailed out for the June 9 election.

A number of ballots — the amount of which were not known at press time on Monday — were mistakenly mailed to residents in neighboring communities, including Rockville Centre and Oceanside, according to Newsday.

In compliance with the governor’s executive order on school district elections, Baldwin School District representatives explained to the Herald, the district sent ballots to the list of names and addresses of registered and “qualified voters” provided by the Nassau County Board of Elections.

“We were very disappointed to learn after the ballots were mailed out that the list of ‘qualified voters’ the Board of Elections provided us did not meet those expectations,” district representatives said in a statement. “It has come to our attention that there were some gaps in this process, which led to the database provided by the County Elections officials including addresses that were not part of the Baldwin School District. As a result, we have put

extra emphasis on our already rigorous and thorough process of reviewing absentee ballots to only accept and count ballots from qualified Baldwin school district residents.”

This was the first time the district has conducted an election in this fashion, representatives said, adding that all returned ballots would go through the following process: — The address would be confirmed to reside within school district boundaries. If they are not, they will be logged and the exclusion will be checked by an on-site Board of Elections inspector.

— If the ballot is confirmed to be within the Baldwin School District, the voter will be logged into the elections software to confirm they are a valid, qualified voter. If they are, the vote will count. If not, they will be logged and the exclusion will be checked by a Board of Elections inspector.

“This all absentee-ballot election process is unprecedented and we are already taking steps to assure that the lessons learned in this process will be applied to all future school district elections,” said Robert Leonard, a spokesman for the school district.

“Our highest priority is providing the residents of our community with the ability to securely and confidently express themselves through our election process.”

News brief School election deadlines extended Military vehicleS, claSSic cars and motorcycles were featured in the parade. the Baldwin Fire Department old-fashioned truck made an appearance.

Saying “No New Yorker should have to choose between their health and their right to vote,” N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended the deadline for mail-in ballots in local school budget and school board elections, originally scheduled for Tuesday.

Hand-delivered ballots still must be received by 5 p.m. on June 9, according to

a news release, but mail-in ballots may be received until June 16.

In the same executive order, the governor allowed absentee ballots in the state’s presidential primary to be counted if postmarked no later than June 23.

This means voters may mail their ballots as late as the day of the election.

Nominate a senior for a Herald superlative How to enter Nominate your favorite graduating high school senior today at www. liherald.com/seniorsuperlatives or on Instagram (see @longislandherald for instructions).

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painting again, which was an activity that I enjoyed in my childhood. Not only does this give me an opportunity to express myself in a new way, it also allows me to prepare artwork for my future college dorm. I will look at these paintings on my wall with pride, knowing I turned an upsetting situation into a positive one.

And to be recognized as a Senior Superlative means a lot.”

Her father, Michael Stein, said “Adina has loved to paint and draw from an early age and has shown improvement the past few years. She has spent her free time during the quarantine period painting various art projects on canvas with plans to decorate her college dorm in the fall. Her cre-

ativity and artistic skills will complement her academic endeavors in the future.”

“We thought this was a fun way to honor these high school students who are graduating in extremely atypical times,” said Stuart Richner, president of Richner Communications and publisher of Herald Community Newspapers. “We would also like to thank the many businesses and organizations from the community that stepped up to sponsor the Herald 2020 Senior Superlatives to allow these graduating students to be recognized.”

Sponsors to date include Sacred Heart Academy, Oceanside Family Dental, Ritz Jewelry and Tim White Home Improvement.

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Opportunity to be recognized as “Nassau’s best” and to win $500 Richner Communications, publishers of Herald Community Newspapers, is now accepting nominations for the Herald 2020 Senior Superlatives. Nominations are currently open through Instagram (see @ longislandherald for instructions) and online at www.liherald.com/seniorsuperlatives until June 15. Winners will be published in the Herald’s commemorative Graduation 2020 section, presented by Molloy College, on June 25.

Parents, family, classmates and friends are encouraged to nominate graduating high school seniors for the chance to be crowned Nassau County’s Most Likely to Succeed, Most Likely To Cure Cancer, Best Artist, Best Athlete, and more. Students can even nominate themselves.

Additionally, each Herald 2020 Senior Superlative winner will be entered into a drawing for a $500 VISA gift card, presented by Herald Community Newspapers.

Adina Stein, a senior at George W. Hewlett High School, said, “This is a great way to be honored this year. Finding out that my senior year would be cut short was very upsetting to me. I realized I wouldn’t be able to have my last school spirit week, prom, a traditional graduation, and other fun events we have spent many years looking forward to. After realizing that I can use this time to work on my productivity and look forward to my college freshman year, I decided to try

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was watching TV with my grandchildren one day when we saw stories about people bringing in food and safety equipment to first-responders. And they said, ‘What about desserts, grandma? They have to have desserts, too.’

They were right. We wanted to make something sweet for them, so we started making cookies.

For the last four weeks, we’ve been baking cookies for first-responders. We start on Tuesdays and finish up by Thursdays. My grandson Elijah and granddaughter Elisha bag them up. We usually fit four per bag and make about 60 bags a week.

Then we go out every Saturday morning to deliver them to the local hospitals.

We’ve also baked cookies for the police department, because they’ve done a lot to keep us safe during this pandemic.

And we’ve had a lot of people in our neighborhoods who have lost someone to this illness, or who have been sick themselves and had a hard time recovering. We decided to bake for them, too. We want them to know that they’re loved.

All in all, we must have baked about 1,000 cookies so far.

When I was a little girl, my mother used to take me around Queens, where I grew up, helping others, so I wanted to do the same for my grandchildren. I want them to understand that they need to give back to their community.

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hen Long Beach decided to close the Recreation Department in March, we knew the coronavirus pandemic was here, and the chamber had to act on behalf of the business community.

We walked around sometime after and asked the businesses what they wanted. The restaurants wanted signs announcing they could offer pick-up service, so we arranged for signs.

We have an announcement page on our website, TheLongBeachChamber.com, and it has become a Covid-19 site. We post almost every day because things change almost every day.

We held a Zoom meeting in May to discuss the results of a survey we had taken of Long Beach businesses. The survey showed the businesses were eager to re-open, but they wanted to do it safely. We will be doing another survey in the next few weeks.

We must keep up because things change fast, and there are lots of gray areas. For example, the State of New York said beaches could be open, but not concessions. Their names were changed to kiosks, and they are now open. A lot of people worked to make that happen.

We talk on a daily basis with Long Beach City officials and the city's economic development department. We're trying to do the best we can to educate the businesses and do all we can for the businesses.

The reason it's all so important is that if we don't have open businesses in Long Beach, especially for the summer, those businesses will go away. As far as the chamber goes, I am really just a figurehead. I have a fantastic board that works tirelessly, with many of them having been on the board over the last three years with me building the chamber. Without them, the chamber would not be where it is .

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ovid-19’s ubiquitous wrath has left people across the world devastated, confused and scared.

My family has been no exception to its horrifying effects — I nearly lost my father to the virus.

Thankfully, due to the dedicated work of heroic front-line workers and the unwavering support of our community, he has since recovered.

In the midst of my family’s struggle, the rest of society was similarly tasked with coping with the pandemic’s resulting devastation.

But several community members, including myself, had the humbling privilege of simultaneously observing humanity at its finest.

By running a contact-free food drive in which donations were personally picked up from donors’ homes, I have witnessed communities, families and individuals come together to help total strangers in need. I have seen people give astounding monetary donations simply because a need existed that they were willing and able to fill. I have watched community members give their last box of pasta or canned good because “someone else needed it more.” Some of the kindest and most compassionate souls have contributed more than anyone could have anticipated, and, consequently, the amount of deliveries I have made to local food pantries are innumerable at this point.

Due to all of Nassau County’s willingness to donate, I have gassed up my truck more times in the past four weeks than in the past four months. As horrific as the pandemic has been, it has left me with unshakable faith in humanity’s grace, generosity and resiliency, and it is my hope that others may share in the same faith.

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don’t consider myself a hero. I consider myself a professional who has a responsibility to her community.

I am just one of the many front-line workers who feel equally dedicated to their duty.

As a critical-care registered nurse and qualified Spanish interpreter at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside, I have never experienced anything like the Covid-19 pandemic in my personal life or my entire 20-year professional career, 11 of which were spent in the Critical Care Unit. It began with one, then two critically ill suspected Covid-19 patients. Then, what felt like overnight, we converted multiple patient care units to critical care units to meet the specific and specialized care needed by the exponentially increasing number of critically ill patients admitted to the hospital.

The surge of patients was so rapid and persistent that the entire hospital staff – doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, respiratory therapists, medical residents, patient care technicians, technicians, transporters, unit clerks, food and nutrition staff, phlebotomists, engineering, security, managers and administrators – banded together to provide the non-stop, 24/7 quality, compassionate care and helped our patients to overcome this stubborn and vicious virus Our institutional directors, managers and educators were ever present working with us at our side to inform, instruct and implement new treatment processes, plans and therapies as we learned more about the virus, its many pernicious traits and its deleterious impacts on patients with underlying conditions.

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GETTING BACK TO OUR LIVES BEGINS WITH OUR HEALTH. To our fellow Long Islanders: For months, we’ve all endured a crisis that has reshaped our world. And, although our daily lives will be affected for some time to come, we’re beginning to move towards some sense of normalcy and optimism.

Along with the desire to protect lives, we all want to get back to living.

And living well starts with your health. Your total health.

That’s why we’ve instituted extensive safety measures throughout our hospitals and physician offices. There’s no need to ignore health issues or postpone procedures, because we’ve made it safe to get the care you need.

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Girls on the Run virtual 5K set for June 20

by Tony bellissimo tbellissimo@liherald.com

Girls on the Run Long Island, a physical activitybased positive youth development program for 3rd-8th grade girls, had 750 runners participate in its 5K run last fall and expected to surpass 1,000 for this spring’s event scheduled for June 20 on the campus of Hofstra University.

However, in response to Covid-19 and social distancing guidelines, the nonprofit organization will be holding its first virtual 5K to conclude its 10-week program for girls. Registration is free and open to all who wish to participate, said Doreen Dunne, Council Director.

“As we are adjusting to a new way of life for the time being, Girls on the Run continues to provide inspiration, support and joy to our communities and girls during this challenging time,” Dunne said. “In addition to transitioning to a Virtual 5K event, we have mobilized other strategies to drive our mission of inspiring girls to be joyful, healthy and confident.”

With options to complete the 3.1-mile distance at “your place, your pace,” kids and adults alike are welcome to sign up at no cost. The fee for each non-member of the GOTR program is normally $25.

By registering for the run at www.gotrlongisland. org/5k, participants will receive free downloadable goodies, such as a race bib to decorate and a finisher’s certificate. GOTR Long Island prize packs will also be raffled off, chosen from those who have registered, on race day.

More information and updates on activities can be found on GOTR Long Island’s social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (@gotrlongisland. This will include training for walking or running the 5K, indoor alternatives, and safety tips. The traditional Happy Hair, kid-friendly hair coloring, and Bling

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giRls on The Run holds two 5K runs each year and is going virtual this spring to adhere to social distance guidelines.

Your Bib activities.

“Important to note is these are girls ages 8-11 who train for a 5K over the course of 10 weeks,” Dunne said.

‘We’re not a competitive running program but we encourage the girls to keep moving forward so our girls will run or walk the 5K and they all finish beaming with pride. It’s an incredible program that builds confidence through accomplishment.”

Participants are encouraged to share their race day photos and videos with GOTR’s social media platforms using the hashtag #GOTRLI5K. In addition to the virtual race, Girls on the Run has

created at Home lessons packaged in a new Power Up Kit which provides fun and interactive lessons that girls and families can do at home, designed specifically for girls in mind. These lessons aim to provide girls of all abilities with an opportunity to learn and grow, just as they would have at their scheduled practices. GOTR at Home lessons are available in an easy-to-follow written format so girls and their grown-ups can participate together and as a YouTube video series specifically for girls. These will be available for purchase June 15-Aug. 1 and shipped directly to homes. Please visit gotrlongisland.org for more details.

Proposed legislation would provide grants to businesses by melissA Koenig mkoenig@liherald.com

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AssemblymAn ed RA, at the lectern, proposed legislation allowing business owners to get marketing grants from the state. He spoke about it at a news conference on June 3.

A bill in the New York State Legislature would help small business owners better market themselves and promote their businesses, as Long Island’s economy begins to reopen.

Under the “New York First” bill, A10473, money from the State Department of Economic Development and the New York State Urban Development Corporation would be used to provide small business owners grants of up to $10,000 for marketing campaigns, consultation services and search engine optimization lessons. The business owners would have to apply for the funds, detailing how they would use the money and listing any additional business assistance services they receive. They would also have to identify the specific target audiences they are trying to reach, and explain how they would measure their success.

Additionally, local Chambers of Commerce, business improvement districts and other nonprofits that support local businesses could apply for the funding to create costeffective ways to encourage New Yorkers to shop local.

“We need to do everything we can to promote small businesses,” Assemblyman Ed Ra, a Republican from Franklin Square who introduced the bill in the State Legislature on May 22, said at a news conference last Wednesday, adding that the state already has the money set aside for economic develop-

ment.

That money could instead be used to promote the state’s “mom and pop” shops, he said, rather than the large online retailers that New Yorkers have been buying from, since Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued the New York on Pause order in March.

The order declared that all non-essential businesses would be closed statewide to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Only “essential” personnel, including health care workers, grocery store employees and pharmacists, were allowed to continue working.

But Kevin Hyms, president of the Ronkonkoma Chamber of Commerce who expressed his support for the legislation at the news conference, said, “All businesses are essential,” and Assemblyman Doug Smith, a Republican from Holbrook, noted that 95 percent of the businesses in New York are small businesses.

“Our communities are built on small business,” said Eric Alexander, of the Long Island Main Street Alliance. “Now is really the time to let the communities know it’s time to reopen.”

Long Island began to “un-pause” and reopen its economy on May 27, when construction, wholesale trade and retailers were allowed to restart operations for curbside pickup. If the number of deaths, hospitalizations and new Covid-19 cases remain stable or decline, professional services, finance and insurance, real estate and leasing companies could begin to reopen this week.

By Melissa Koenig mkoenig@liherald.com

As a mother of a young black son, Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages worries about his safety.

“It pains me to think that one day he walks out the door and he might not return, and not by the hands of an accident, but by the hands of a police officer,” Solages, a Democrat from Elmont, said at a rally on June 4 to gain support for legislation that would reform police practices throughout the state. “It hurts me to know that we all, in this great country, do not have access to peace, justice and liberty.”

The rally came a little more than a week after George Floyd, an AfricanAmerican, died at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis. Police Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes before he stopped speaking or moving, and in a video of the incident, Floyd could be heard saying he could not breathe and pleading for the officer to stop.

It is just the latest incident of police violence against black people in the United States. In 2014, Michael Brown Jr. was fatally shot by a white police officer in Missouri, and in New York, Eric Garner died after New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in a chokehold while arresting him.

Now, state officials are doubling down on their efforts to pass police reform legislation.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on June 5 that he would work with members of the State Legislature this week to pass a ‘Say Their Name’ Reform Agenda, including revising Section 50-A of the Civil Rights Law to allow for greater transparency of police officers’ prior disciplinary records, banning chokeholds, prohibiting false race-based 911 reports and designating the attorney general as an independent prosecutor for matters relating to the deaths of unarmed civilians at the hands of law enforcement.

Additionally, members of the state’s Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus have proposed a legislative package comprising a dozen bills that would increase transparency, create more oversight of police departments, ensure suspects get medical attention, establish strangulation as a crime in the state and ban police from using racial and ethnic profiling.

All of these bills are currently sitting

Photos by Melissa Koenig/Herald

MeMBers of The Valley Stream Presbyterian Church’s WANTED Project and elected officials gathered outside the Nassau County Supreme Court on June 4 to express their support of police reform legislation. in committees.

“This is not sexy legislation,” said Assemblyman Phil Ramos, a Democrat from Suffolk County who chairs the caucus said at a rally to increase support for these bills on June 4, “but these are things that are necessary to dismantle and take down that blue wall of silence.”

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Susan Gottehrer, director of the Nassau County chapter of NYCLU, “and it’s time for oversight and accountability.”

But in order to get these bills passed, she said, the legislators need to gain support in the State Senate. “If you are marching with protestors,” Gottehrer said, “you better be in legislating tomorrow.”

Nia Adams, a community organizer for the Long Island Progressive Coalition, added that the repeal of Section 50-A is “the least” state legislators could do, and said, “Today and tomorrow and every day, Black Lives Matter.”

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full repeal of Section 50-A of the state’s Civil Rights Laws. The provision makes all police officers’, firefighters’ and corrections officers’ personnel records “confidential and not subject to inspection or review” except by court order. “We don’t want to reform 50-A,” Solages said, “we want to repeal it.”

That law prevented the New York Civil Liberties Union from receiving records from the Nassau County Police Department it requested under the Freedom of Information Law. “It’s time for a real cultural change by and for the police, and for those who need their protection,” said

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Through the current health crisis, 27 by both the State Senate and Assembly would give industrial development small businesses and small not-for-profagencies more to support small busi- it organizations have been forced to nesses and nonprofit organizations pare services or shut down operations. during the coronavirus panThe result has been thoudemic. The measure needs sands of people unemployed to be signed by the governor. and communities devastatThe bill enables IDAs to ed. Current law limits IDAs of fer g rants and in-kind from providing loans and donations to small businessdonations to businesses es and small not-for-profit even though they are in desorganizations for personal perate need of short-term protective equipment and financial assistance to fixtures - like plexiglass remain viable. n e e d e d t o p r e ve n t t h e “I commend Senator spread of Covid-19. It authoKaminsky for leading the Todd Kaminsky rizes IDAs to provide up to way to give IDAs the ability $25,000 in loans to small to give grants and loans to businesses and small nonsmall businesses to help profits to help remain viable. Industrial them recover and reopen after this hordevelopment agencies help to foster rible pandemic,” Nassau County IDA economic development.

Chair Richard Kessel stated in the “It is devastating to see many small same release. “IDAs all across the state businesses close in our communities have millions of dollars that can be putting thousands out of work,” State used to invest in the economy and help Sen. Todd Kaminsky, (D-Long Beach), a our downtowns. Nassau will certainly co-sponsor of the measure, said in a be part of this.” news release. “We need to make it easier for our downtowns to bounce back –Jeffrey Bessen and this bill will help jump-start the

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Since we have never replaced the toilet seat, I didn’t know that the seat was Ask The attached with hidden bolts Architect that can’t be loosened or taken off. After going on YouTube, I saw in an instructional video by Kohler, the maker, that with a special-order kit that includes a flat tool, new bolts and special expanding sleeves, which I would need to use with a bunch of drill bits, a screwonte eeper driver and a mallet, I could do this “simple” job.

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But in places like New York state, where housing costs continue to rise dramatically, housing stability is threatened for far too many, particularly families and individuals who rely on public assistance.

On any given day, more than 92,000 New Yorkers are homeless.

The gross inadequacy of housing subsidies is a critical factor in the rise of homelessness and housing instability. Long don Island is home to FRiedMan about 1,800 homeless households staying in shelters, while another 3,200 or so families and individuals struggle to get by on public assistance allowances that cover only 40 percent to twothirds of their monthly rents. These households are on the brink of becoming homeless, and most will find themselves facing eviction, having to double up with family or friends, or living in shelters or places not fit for human habitation.

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state, where, for example, more than 150,000 children experience homelessness over the course of the school year. Many of the more than 80,000 public-assistance households that struggle to pay their rents every month will constitute the next wave of families and individuals to lose their housing. These families will need to find shelters, hotels, tents, abandoned buildings, cars or sofas where they can spend a night, a week, a month, a lifetime after literally losing the roofs over their heads.

We have learned a great deal about the impact of housing instability and homelessness on individuals and families. Children who experience the intense stress of these hardships don’t do as well in school, and are more likely to have behavioral issues; adults are less likely to secure jobs and keep them, and more prone to mental and physical health problems; and families are often less able to succeed as cohesive units.

But it doesn’t need to be this way.

There is a solution in the form of legislation that has been pending in Albany for the past few years called Home Stability Support. HSS is a common-sense remedy

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to the homelessness crisis that is supported by 129 members of the State Assembly, 37 state senators, more than 100 faith leaders, including the New York State Council of Churches and the New York State Catholic Conference, as well as dozens of local officials and scores of human services agencies and other advocates.

The design is simple: HSS would bridge the divide between public-assistance housing allowances and reasonable rents in order to enable homeless and at-risk New Yorkers to leave or avoid the impermanent shelter system and secure stable housing of their own.

Critics of the bill point out that the state had no resources for a program like HSS even before the coronavirus pandemic. But with homelessness in the state at record levels, shelters are overcrowded, and it costs taxpayers billions of dollars each year to leave this problem unsolved. HSS would not only help our homeless neighbors and those at risk of becoming homeless to become stably housed, it would also contribute to neighborhood stability and benefit taxpayers by preventing evictions, helping those

ousing instability turns the lives of children and adults upside down.

fleeing unsafe homes and reducing the use of costly shelters.

Moreover, the pandemic has exposed longstanding systemic inequities: wealthy families have been weathering the crisis away from dense metropolitan areas, while low-income workers have lost their livelihoods or continue to be exposed to the virus. While some have been able to work from home, others have neither a computer nor access to the internet. For the rich, the pandemic presents investment opportunities never seen before, but for the poor, it means the total depletion of their savings.

Now that New York state is slowly coming back to life after the lockdown, it is critical that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders recognize the need to end the vicious cycle of homelessness for families.

Almost everyone in the Legislature agrees that Home Stability Support would be the immediate solution to our statewide, cyclical homelessness crisis. Now it’s now time for Cuomo to ensure that the post-pandemic comeback isn’t built on the backs of low-income communities.

Don Friedman is a former managing attorney of the Long Island office of the Empire Justice Center, a statewide legal services and advocacy organization for low-income New Yorkers.

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on’t go changing to try and please me . . . Don’t change the color of your hair.”

—Billy Joel

Why would women stretch out on their backs with their hair floating behind them in vats of lye? Apparently, in the 1600s that was the price of beauty for fashionable women in Venice. It was what one did on the Rialto to bleach one’s hair into “golden” locks.

I mention this because my husband and I recently had “the talk.”

There are lots of pandemic-fueled talks going on now Randi in America, and while this one kReiSS started in a jokey kind of way, with a slow burn, it quickly ignited. The accelerant was oldschool ageism.

I realized we were talking about identity.

I asked him if he liked my hair, which has been growing in gray since I decided not to risk Covid-19 by going to a hair salon. (As businesses open, I realize this

is now my personal choice.)

Yes, it is a loaded question from spouse A to spouse B. Of course, just by asking, I’m making his opinion of my appearance important. And it is. As an older, pretty traditional couple, that has been the way we roll. We tell each other if a sweater looks too worn or pants are too tight.

We accept opinions on new shoes or eyeglasses. We have an actual agreement that we don’t say anything negative about each other’s appearance before we go out for the evening, but upon returning, we are allowed to say, “Burn that shirt.”

When I asked about my going gray, he said, “I like your hair dark.” Well, I liked it better when my hair was dark, too, but it can’t get dark unless I go to a salon, or color it at home, which is a project I am not taking on. Besides, why should I? Why was I hitched to a wagon that dragged me to a salon every eight weeks for a “touch-up”?

When I said I didn’t plan to change my hair, he said, “Well, OK, but I like it better the other way.”

“Well, OK,” I said, “I liked it better when you had wavy black curls and rip-

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pling muscles in your arms.” The double standard suddenly popped out in high relief. Why is it OK for him to have gray hair and not think that it diminishes him in any way, and I have to dye my hair in order to “improve” my appearance when I start to show signs of aging?

If the pandemic had not struck, confining us to home base and prohibiting socializing, I probably would have continued to color my hair indefinitely.

But now? I’m done. Every eight weeks I’ll go to the theater instead, for the same money, should the theaters ever open again. Meanwhile, stuck in the house, I’m getting comfortable with the me in me. I’ve outgrown that woman with highlighted hair and ritualized applications of makeup.

While we’re at it, let’s burn the bra. I see my husband’s eyes scan my upper torso and I know what he’s thinking. I go for it: “I’ve decided not to wear a bra anymore.”

“I noticed,” he says. “Don’t you think your clothes look better when you wear a bra?”

“My clothes would look better on a mannequin with Barbie Doll measure-

probably would have continued to color my hair indefinitely. But now? I’m done.

ments,” I say, “but I am an imperfect human woman, and bras are uncomfortable, and I don’t want to be pinched and wired into place anymore.” I mean, why don’t fat guys wear Spanx?

I know some men color their hair, but most don’t, whereas some 70 percent of American women color theirs. The selfimprovement industry comprising hair coloring, makeup and dieting has been largely aimed at women. We have been all too willing to believe that we aren’t thin enough or pretty enough or sexy enough in our own skins. Especially as we get older, it’s big business to convince women to cover the evidence of aging by dyeing hair, applying more makeup and submitting to surgeries.

This is a very old story, but it has been made new again by the coronavirus, which reminds us what is important in our lives. In the age of masks, it is unmasking us.

When your partner asks what you think of her going without makeup, a bra or hair color, or he asks if he can forgo the haircut, there are only eight acceptable words to utter: “I love you just the way you are.”

Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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don’t understand how you can see that murder on videotape and not be outraged. I said from Day One, I share that outrage.

letters D.A.: Reforms are greatly needed To the Editor: The horrific murder of George Floyd has moved millions of Americans to action, seeking to end systemic racism and mistreatment by law enforcement and a fairer criminal justice system. These issues are not new to our country, our community or to me as district attorney.

We have seen large, peaceful protests across Nassau County that showcase the diversity of our communities dedicated to justice, alongside the professionalism of our law enforcement agencies, working under challenging circumstances.

As the county’s chief law enforcement official, I believe this is an important moment to listen to those voices in our community calling for change, to reflect on how we can improve and to affirm our commitment to do better.

I wanted to share with you what action we’re taking in my office, how we’re working with our law enforcement partners to better serve the public, to announce my sup-

Meadowbrook.

We seem in this nation to be in a perpetual cycle of violence against people of color, followed by protests that at times turn violent, as they did in major cities around the country last week. It’s time that we end that cycle.

Over the weekend, Gov. Andrew Cuomo renewed his call for enactment of the “Say Their Name” reform agenda, saying that police have to do their jobs, but do not have the right to abuse those they police, and that society will no longer tolerate delayed justice.

The Say Their Name agenda would: ■ Make public prior disciplinary records of law enforcement officers by reforming Section 50-a of the state’s Civil Rights Law. ■ Ban chokeholds by law enforcement officers.

■ Prohibit false, race-based 911 reports and make them a crime.

■ Designate the attorney general as an independent prosecutor for matters relating to the deaths of unarmed civilians caused by law enforcement.

We fully support passage of this legislation, and we call on the State Legislature to act on it immediately.

“Police have to do their jobs, protect public safety,” Cuomo said. “There’s also police abuse. There’s abuse of power. Protesters — most of the protesters are peaceful — they are indignant. It is righteous indignation. I don’t see anybody who can see the Mr. Floyd video and not be indignant. I don’t understand how you can see that murder on videotape and not be outraged. I said from Day One, I share that outrage.”

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he largest pandemic in 100 years gave us a crash course in public health. We quickly learned the epidemiological concepts of “flattening the curve, the risk of exposure, asymptomatic carriers, incubation periods, and why we must quarantine.

Even though everyone may not have understood these concepts, we all learned what to do: isolate and minimize contact with others to stop the spread of the coronavirus. This was enforced here through Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “New York State on Pause” — even marTine if you wanted to HackeTT go to school or a bar or a movie, you couldn’t because of the policies that closed them all for the sake of the public. Individuals had to sacrifice for the greater good.

Eventually these policies, and changes in behavior, worked. On Long Island, the percentage of people testing positive for Covid-19 has dropped from 20 percent to 2 percent over the past six weeks. The number of daily deaths in New York City

dropped to zero last week for the first time since March. Nassau and Suffolk were among the hardest-hit counties in the United States, and we have been meeting the metrics of declining hospitalizations and deaths, and are moving toward reopening.

We also learned that even though a virus cannot be seen by the naked eye, we can see its effects on the body. We understand that this invisible agent can be spread without the knowledge of those who have it, and that it can be deadly.

The same is true for police brutality and its root cause, structural racism.

Invisible to some and supported by many who are unaware of its impact, the overwhelming police presence in communities of color takes a continuing toll on people of color.

Just as electron microscopes made it possible for viruses to be visible 90 years ago, police brutality is now visible is cellphone documentation that is viewed and shared on our myriad screens. The shocking and deeply disturbing video of George Floyd’s death as a direct result of a Minneapolis police officer’s knee on his neck made it painfully clear how racism

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icroscopes have made viruses visible, and cellphones allow us to see brutality.

LeTTers port for pending legislation to promote trust and accountability, and to remind every Nassau resident that our doors and our hearts are open to all those we serve.

Please continue to share your ideas with me. I am listening.

■ My office will partner with the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University to analyze comprehensive charging and case disposition data to identify racial disparity and bias, and publicly report the findings of that review as well as any corrective action warranted.

■ We will also address the appearance of a conflict by seeking the appointment of a special prosecutor for all new cases in which police officers are credibly accused of criminal conduct in the course of their duties.

■ We will expand and enhance annual mandatory implicit bias training for all staff, and review our training curriculum to ensure that anti-bias education is an ongoing component.

■ We will continue our work to recruit and promote prosecutors, investigators and staff that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.

■ We will expand our Community Councils, which already include our African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, South Asian American, Faith Leaders, Student and Community Partnership Program advisory councils to

and law enforcement violence intersect.

The fact that Floyd’s autopsy revealed that he also had Covid-19 the month before he was murdered further connects the vulnerability of black people to public-health threats. The protests that followed across the United States and the world demanded an end to systemic racism.

The American Public Health Association states that racism structures opportunity and assigns value based on how a person looks. The result is conditions that give an unfair advantage to some and unfairly disadvantage others. Racism hurts the health of our nation by denying some people the opportunity to attain their highest level of health.

We know that in Nassau and Suffolk counties, Covid-19 deaths have disproportionately affected black residents. In 2018, the APHA also recognized that law enforcement violence was a publichealth issue. Racism and injustice have resulted in the deaths of more people than the 110,000 that Covid-19 has caused thus far in the U.S. We have seen that public-health solu-

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tions can work to reduce the virus’s toll.

However, just talking about what to do — wearing masks, social distancing, disinfecting — does not work unless those recommendations are followed rigorously. tinue t Without conscious and vigilant action, ty is th Covid-19 would continue to spread and larly fa cause sickness and death. But as we wait on pub for a vaccine and the building of herd immunity, we may one day gain control of the virus, and live our lives without thinking too much about it.

There is no similar one- or two-shot solution to an unjust societal system.

Eliminating the public-health problems of police brutality and systemic racism will require public-health-sized solutions: consistent monitoring; education about how structural racism, especially on Long Island, came to be a force in our schools, communities and health care system; policy changes; and changes in citizens’ behavior and attitudes.

Police brutality, and the underlying causes of systemic racism, require the 3,200 o same unprecedented level of action and gle to g ances t resources we used to address the pandemic. We are all connected, whether we thirds househ see it or not. homele Martine Hackett is an associate professor facing family of public health at Hofstra University. places Thi

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ensure broader geographic representation of Nassau’s communities.

Many jurisdictions, including New York City, have established civilian oversight boards to provide independent review of complaints against police officers. These boards investigate and recommend discipline for officers accused of misconduct, refer potential criminal conduct for possible prosecution, and use tools like mediation to help improve relationships and trust between law enforcement and the public. To promote transparency and independence, we encourage Nassau County to establish a civilian police review agency.

We encourage the Legislature to increase juror pay from the antiquated rate of $40 per day to $150 per day to promote more diverse and representative juries. For those who are self- employed, rely on tips or hold multiple part-time jobs, the cost to serve is simply too high.

Legislation is pending to repeal Section 50-a of the New York State Civil Rights Law, which shields the personnel records of police from disclosure. Greater transparency regarding police misconduct and discipline is important to improve policies and oversight and promote public confidence. I support significant reform to Section 50-a. However, police officers do dangerous work. The overwhelming majority do their jobs with courage and integrity. And repeal that does not afford protection of officers’ personal information could endanger officers

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and their families.

As we work to address police misconduct, it is important to be mindful of the essential role law enforcement plays in protecting our communities, and the difficult and often dangerous situations officers face. Post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, substance abuse and other conditions, exacerbated by work stresses, necessitate the ready availability of mental health services to ensure that officers can continue to safely perform their jobs.

Officer suicides have occurred at an alarming rate in recent years, and wide-

spread protests and broad-based criticism will undoubtedly compromise morale. It is important that policymakers engage with law enforcement leaders and rank-and-file officers to ensure that as we move forward to address wrongdoing, we create an environment that sup-quickly ports the good work of the thousands of school police officers who serve the people of I rea Nassau County with professionalism andty. integrity every day.

I ask has bee MADELINE SINGASnot to r Nassau County district attorneysalon.

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