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V.S. celebrates Juneteenth Demonstrations honor the end of slavery in the United States after the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. nalcindor@liherald.com With discussions of racism Valley Streamer Kira Mcmil- and police brutality at the forelan, 44, said she was protesting front of the national consciousfor her three black sons and ness, in Valley Stream, dozens daughter. gathered for two separate June“I don’t know if teenth celebrations I’ll ever stop worryand renewed calls ing when my kids for equality and leave the house,” she police reform. said, recounting One of those at how one son was Hendrickson Park arrested 10 years ago was Valley Stream for having a BB gun. resident Kristelle Police, she said, told Verneret, 23. her at the time they “I came here to be “ we re t r y i n g t o seen and to let them teach him a lesson.” know that we aren’t Mcmillan joined going to take this roughly two dozen lying down,” said other demonstraVer neret, who is tors, in the Hen- Kristelle black. “I don’t think drickson Park pool protests like this parking lot on June Verneret erase racism, but it 19, or Juneteenth, as Valley Stream brings it to the foreit has become front, and it allows known. people to become Juneteenth is a day of cele- informed that racism exists.” bration in the United States, recAfter Floyd’s killing, Valley ognizing the official end to slav- Streamer Joshua Tabb said, he ery in the country in 1865, with witnessed a number of protests the final holdout state, Texas, against racism and was moved agreeing to free its slaves. In to take part in one himself.

2020, however, the holiday has Tabb, who is also black, said he taken on a greater significance, coming less than four weeks Continued on page 10

By nicole alcinDor and Peter Belfiore

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Diners enjoyeD a meal at the Chicken Coop last Saturday night, when Valley Stream opened Rockaway Avenue to on-street dining.

Summer begins inValley Stream

What’s coming up as Covid-19 restrictions ease

By Peter Belfiore pbelfiore@Liherald.com

Eager to get out of their homes, more than 100 people flocked to Rockaway Avenue Friday and Saturday nights, as the village closed the thoroughfare to traffic and opened the street to tables and chairs for on-street dining.

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ised to repeat the practice every Friday and Saturday from 4 to 11 p.m. for the rest of the summer, as one of a number of new and returning features residents can expect as the coronavirus continues to upend virtually every aspect of everyday life.

It was a long time coming, a handful of diners and bargoers there said, after over

three months of lockdown, and Rockaway’s closure came a week and a half after Nassau County entered Phase 2 of the state’s reopening plan, which allows outdoor dining.

With Long Island continuing to meet its Covid-19 benchmarks, Nassau was slated to enter Phase 3 of reopening, and open up restaurants Continued on page 3

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came here to be seen and to let them know that we aren’t going to take this lying down.

‘A determination to lead by example’ For Father’s Day family, friends reflect on a dedicated Valley Stream dad

By Karyse Gocoul Valley Streamer Gerardo Cavalieri is many things. He is a coach, a community volunteer and an assistant Scouts BSA scoutmaster.

Most recently, he was elected a school board trustee for Valley Stream District 13 at the conclusion of the Board of Education race on June 17. But most importantly, according to family and friends, Cavalieri is a dedicated father.

“It’s never about him, it’s always about the boys and other children,” his wife, Irene, said.

Together they have two sons, Nicholas, 16, and Christopher, 10. She said he is a dedicated, decent and supportive family man. Her favorite memories of him involve his coaching of their sons in various sports. According to her, his efforts to sit on the District 13 school board, stemmed from his love of being a father because, for him, it’s all bout getting the best for everyone’s children in the community.

“He has a determination to lead by example with complete honesty,” Irene said, adding that her message to him for Father’s Day this year is to continue living humbly and being kind to others.

Christopher said his favorite experiences with his father are his coaching him in soccer and baseball, as well as serving as his assistant scoutmaster for Valley Stream Troop 109.

He made note of how much time he has spent supporting him and his brother.

Nicholas recalled Cavalieri’s efforts to help

him earn a spot on the Valley Stream District Rifle Team, taking him to West Point — a nearly two-hour drive — every Sunday to practice. Only a few students actually make the team after trying out, he said.

Irene said her husband often tells their sons, “I will take you anywhere I need to take you as long as you give your all.”

Ron Healey, scoutmaster for Troop 109 said Cavalieri is always on hand to assist.

“He’s very helpful and never hesitates to help,” he said. “He always jumps in when needed.”

The two, Healey said, try to lead by example for both their children and scouts, trying to instill in the children the values of the Scout’s Oath, which call for obedience, loyalty, honesty and bravery.

At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, Healey noted that Cavalieri was instrumental in organizing a parade with the scouts to celebrate the 100th birthday of World War II veteran and Malverne resident Julian Binetti in March as the dangers of the virus made it impossible for his family’s original birthday plans to take place.

Cavalieri said he is looking forward to making more of a difference in the community in his new role on the District 13 Board of Education. He said he has often volunteered in the district, but now he has the opportunity to be more involved to help the children and taxpayers in the district, and potentially bring some fresh ideas to the board.

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Valley streamer Gerardo Cavalieri with his sons Nicholas, left, and Christopher during a parade he helped organize with his Scouts BSA troop to celebrate World War II veteran’s 100th birthday.

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The Village haS planned a slate of drive-in movie showings at the Hendrickson Park pool parking lot. The first took place on June 12.

Valley Stream prepares for summer continued from front page to indoor dining, but at reduced capacity, on Wednesday, after the Herald went to press.

It also came roughly three weeks after Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced she was fast-tracking permits for local governments to close county roads, and place tables and chairs on the streets to bring at least some business back to Nassau’s beleaguered restaurants, which had been forced to switch to take-out only since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March.

Village officials said businesses are required to apply for permits to take advantage of on-street dining, but that fees would be waived.

“We have been working very hard to help our small businesses any way we can,” Trustee John Tufarelli said in a statement. “This pandemic has been very tough on them, and we continue to remind everyone to shop locally whenever possible.”

Summer drive-in movies

In addition to closing Rockaway on weekend evenings, the village has organized a schedule of drive-in movie screenings at the Hendrickson Park pool parking lot. The idea emerged after Lynbrook had organized similar events, according to Jimmy Fitanzo, director of recreation for the village. The move came amid continued uncertainty over whether village recreation programs would go forward as planned. The first screening took place June 12.

“We were trying to come up with some other things for the residents to do because 2020 has been pretty crazy, and we didn’t know what the summer recreation program schedule would look like,” Fitanzo said, adding that until recently, it was unclear whether the Barrett Park summer camp or village pool would open this year. The Valley Stream Chamber of Commerce provided a free bag of popcorn for moviegoers.

What’s returning, what’s canceled ■ Fourth of July fireworks: canceled ■ Village pool: returning, opening date TBA ■ Barrett Park summer camp: returning, begins July 6 ■ Summer concert series: returning, dates TBA ■ Classic car show: returning, dates TBA Check the village website, vsvny.org, for updates and sign-up information.

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The Village pool will be opening this summer. Although a date has not yet been set, village officials say they are aiming for early July.

The screenings are free and open to village residents only, and each show fits about 125 cars. The next one will take place July 3. To sign up, visit the village website at vsvny.org

Summer camp and the pool

After months of uncertainty, the Barrett Park summer camp is returning this year, albeit in a limited and modified format.

Registration has been reopened, and the program will begin July 6. Originally, 2020 was set to be the first year in which the long-running camp gave parents the option for a full-day program. Instead, only the traditional three-hour morning programs are available.

Because of social-distancing restrictions, campers will be divided into groups of no more than 10, and they will be required to wear masks in cases where six feet of separation cannot be

maintained.

Parents can sign their children up for individual days or weeks at the camp for $15 a day or $60 a week. More information is available on the village website.

Also in recreation, the Hendrickson Park pool will open this summer after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on June 11 that local municipalities would be allowed to reopen their pools and playgrounds at their discretion.

Village officials said they are aiming to open the pool in early July, but had yet to provide details.

Recycling returns

On Monday, recycling returned to the village after a nearly three-month suspension. With it came the village’s dualstream recycling schedule, with alternating days for paper and plastic, metal and glass, which were originally implemented in January.

Omni Recycling, the Westbury-based recycling firm the village contracts with, announced in late March that because of high coronavirus infection rates among its workers, it was further restricting the amount of non- or no-longer recyclable material it would accept without imposing additional fees.

In a March 26 letter sent to Sanitation Department Supervisor Brian Leavey, Anthony Core, president of the Westbury-based Omni Recycling, wrote that due to the manpower required to sort recyclable materials that have been contaminated, meaning they are mixed with items that are not or no longer able to be reprocessed, and a lack of protective gear for its workers, the company would only accept loads with zero contamination or otherwise impose an $80 disposal fee per ton. The village instead suspended recycling.

For more information on what is new this summer in Valley Stream, visit the village website at vsvny.org

Final 2020 school board, budget vote tallies the 2020-2021 District 13 operating budget failed to pass in the June 16 budget vote. As a result the district is required to adopt a contingency budget.

By Peter Belfiore pbelfiore@liherald.com

Valley Stream’s high school district and three elementary school districts have released the results of their respective June 16 school board trustee election and budget votes. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, voting was primarily handled through mail-in absentee ballots.

Perhaps most significantly among the results, District 13’s $55.3 million 2020-2021 budget failed to pass, with a final tally of 1,353 votes for the proposed budget to 1,522 against. It means the district is required to adopt a contingency budget, which according to State Education Department guidelines includes only “expenditures considered essential to maintain an educational program, preserve property and assure the health and safety of students and staff.” Additionally, it is required to maintain its tax levy at the same level as in the current year’s budget.

“The Valley Stream Union Free School District 13 Board of Education, central administration, teachers and staff would like to thank the over 3,000 residents who took the time to vote by absentee ballot this year during these unprecedented circumstances,” district officials said in a statement. “While we are disappointed by the results, our district remains committed to delivering a diverse and rigorous instructional program to the students of the Valley Stream UFSD 13 community. The Governor’s office has indicated that there is the possibility of a second budget vote in July.

As more information becomes available, we will inform the community. Right now we are looking at next steps relative to the budget and opening school for next year.”

Also in District 13, incumbents Frank Chiachiere

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and Patricia Farrell won re-election with 1,488 and 1,833 votes respectively. They ran against challengers Anthony Bonelli and William Freda who each received 1,274 and 914 votes respectively. Newcomer Gerardo Cavaliere won the seat of Sean Douglas, who did not seek re-election, with 1,430 votes. He ran against Michael Morin, who received 1,261 votes. Jennifer Oliveri ran unopposed for the seat of Vinny Pandit, who resigned in November, 2019. She received 2,324 votes.

In District 24, Melissa Herrera won the seat of Paul DePace, who did not seek re-election, in a four-way

race with 313 votes. She ran against Cristina Arroyo, Markus Wilson and Anthony Cruz, who received 220, 305 and 109 votes respectively. The district’s nearly $31 million 2020-2021 budget passed 724 to 404.

In District 30, incumbents James Lavery and C. Sandra Okafor ran unopposed for their seats and received 365 and 121 votes respectively. Its $38.3 million budget passed 446 to 277.

Additionally the Central High School District $126 million 2020-2021 budget narrowly passed 2,425 to 2,239.

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V.S. residents discuss the BLM movement In the wake of the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, the United States and the world abroad has remained divided in its perception of racism and police brutality.

In the United States, the Black Lives Matter movement has emerged as the leading voice protesting police violence against African American and Black people, as well as advocating for other systemic societal changes. Coming in the wake of George Zimmer man’s acquittal related to his 2012 shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin, Black Lives Matter exists as both a formal activist organization, and an informal slogan addressing racial inequality in America.

Continuing recent and ongoing discussions of race in America, and responding to a Herald social media inquiry, residents in Valley Stream discussed their views on the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as the slogan “all lives matter,” which some have characterized as a reactionary counternarrative.

Valley Stream resident, Anseer Khan, 35, who is black, said that he in the past had supported aspects of the phrase all lives matter. However, after Floyd’s death, he said his support for the Black Lives Matter movement grew.

“Supporting black lives does not mean that other lives are not important and I view all lives matter as a hypocritical hate group who are trying to marginalize the targeted community,” he said. “The people that support all lives matter do not actually support all lives and rights of all citizens. Systemic racism is why all lives matter cannot matter until black lives have equality.”

Valley Stream resident Eric Millings, 32, who is mixed race, but identifies as black, said that he was originally apprehensive in his support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and worried that it might alienate non-black people.

Over time, he said he has started to believe that the movement has become crucial to giving black people like himself a voice.

Millings recalled his mother, who is white, recounting to him during his childhood the racial slurs others had used to refer to him when he was not around, believing that she wouldn’t mind. He also recalled her warnings that some people might treat him differently because of the color of his skin.

Those discussions with his mother, he said, illustrated to him some of the ways racism exists in society, and that he now believes the Black Lives Matter movement is an essential tool to highlight that reality.

“All lives matter isn’t a real thing. It is just a way to pacify Black Lives Matter chants,” Millings said. “I think the white people that feel excluded by Black Lives Matter still have the option to identify with their chosen ideals, but Continued on page 7

still be on the right side of history.”

Village trustee Vincent Grasso, 47, who is white, he said he believes that Black Lives Matter is a statement or movement that should exist without retort, and should be wholly supported.

“Black Lives Matter is an incontrovertibly true statement and a fundamentally moral one. Racism has existed since the beginning of time. It exists today and it will exist tomorrow,” he said. “There is something primal, and primitive within our human nature that causes us to fear ‘the other.’”

Grasso said he believes that in cases

where people feel they have not done enough to fight racism, they can put themselves on a path to defensiveness.

“All lives matter has emerged as the shield deployed to protect from that shame,” he said. “Neither the response, or the shame, is necessary to commit to love and support our fellow human beings.”

While many Valley Stream residents said they have come to support the Black Lives Matter movement, others said they believed it could be exclusionary.

“All lives matter,” said Valley Stream

resident, Joseph Gavin. “Not just one group, but all.”

All lives matter; white, black and blue,” agreed, Eileen Farnan Sloane.

“All lives matter,” said Faziella Karim Lynn and later Jim Zabatta agreed.

For Valley Stream resident Ronnie Traina, who is white, he said that he supports the slogan all lives matter because he said to him it means supporting all races and religions.

“I don’t like it when someone tells me that I can’t say all lives matter like my freedom of speech is up for debate,” he said. “I don’t support any separate race

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Rallying for September schools reopening

By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

Chants of “Classrooms not class Zooms” and “Classrooms are essential” could be heard through the crowd of roughly 50 parents and teachers from across Long Island who gathered on Franklin Avenue in Mineola to express their desire that schools reopen for in-person instruction in September.

The “Rally To Reopen Schools in September” took place on June 20 in front of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative building. The event was organized by East Setauket residents Maria Sanders, Amalia Makroglou and Aristea Lucas.

The three organizers are mothers of children in school, and Lucas works as an English as a second language teacher in the Sachem Central School District. Sanders noted that they chose Mineola as the rally location because it served as a “middle ground” location for attendees.

“Back in April, Cuomo said that the schools would be closed for two weeks to help our medical infrastructure and flatten the curve,” Sanders said. “Now we’re in June, and we’re still questioning September. [Gov. Andrew] Cuomo needs to act and tell us that schools need to open in September.”

Cuomo first closed all schools in the state on March 16 for two weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic. The governor continued to extend the closing, until on May 1 he announced that all schools would stay closed for the rest of the school year. The state has yet to release reopening guidelines.

Oceanside residents Steven and Randi Weinberg attended the rally with their two children, Noah and Stella. Randi noted how Noah, who is entering second grade in the Oceanside School District, has not enjoyed the distance-learning experience.

“He didn’t enjoy looking at the screen to learn and then having to turn to me for guidance,” she said. “I’m not a teacher;

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RAlly oRgAnIzERs, FRoM left, Amalia Makroglou, teacher Aristea Lucas and Maria Sanders spoke to the crowd about why it is important to reopen schools in September.

I’m trained to do something else. There’s also that boundary between being a mom and being a teacher that has been hard for me to follow.”

Teachers in attendance included Carolyn Schwartz, a Rockville Centre resident who teaches English in the Baldwin School District. Schwartz said she believes a social divide will occur if distance learning continues.

“You are creating the largest divide on the planet if this keeps going on,” Schwartz said of distance learning. “For me as a middle class mother, I can get my child a tutor. Others may not be able to do that, depending on their financial circumstances, and that may cause their children to fall behind in school due to that.”

The dissatisfaction with distance learning extends to college for East Meadow resident Marie Lombardi noted her 20-year-old son decided to continue college outside the state because of the uncertainty whether school will reopen here in September.

“My son just finished at Nassau Community and was set to attend Hofstra,” Lombardi said. “He decided to enroll at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut instead due to the u n k n ow n f u t u r e f o r schools in New York.”

Sanders added that the importance of school is beyond education. “I recognize that some school districts have better distance learning than others, but school is much more than learning ABC’s and one, two, threes,” she said. “It’s social learning, emotional learning and THE RAlly To Reopen Schools in September was held building relationships. We outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative can’t teach them all of Building Mineola on June 20 to urge the state to reopen this in the comfort of our kitchens.” schools in September.

THE WEInBERg FAMIly, from left, Stella, Randi, Noah and Steven of Oceanside, said they hope schools reopen in September.

THE EducAToRs In attendance included Long Beach speech therapist Tammy Neumann of Oceanside, left, and Baldwin English Language Arts teacher Carolyn Schwartz, from Rockville Centre, right.

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Valley Stream reSident Anseer Khan said he supports the Black Lives Matter movement.

Valley Streamers discuss Black Lives Matter continued from page 5 as better than another. Everyone is equal.”

Traina said that while he believes that the Black Lives Matter movement is spreading awareness about injustices stemming from bad policing and police training, he doesn’t believe that George Floyd’s death was the result of systemic racism.

“What happened to Floyd is crazy . . .

It sounds premeditated not [caused by] systematic racism,” he said. “I don’t think anyone is at a disadvantage and everyone has rights under our Constitution, and free speech to talk about anything.”

As someone who supports the slogan all lives matter, Traina said he doesn’t think that makes him hateful towards the Black community. As a Valley Stream resident since 1955, he said he has witnessed the community become more

diverse over time.

“If I had any problems with our neighbors and neighborhood it would’ve been well known. My kids love it here, as do I,” he said. “I’ve never seen race or religion as a reason to not be kind to anyone.”

While most residents either supported or refuted the ideals behind Black Lives Matter, long time resident, Garrett Shaw, 37, said he is neither for or against movement or the slogan.

“Squabbling over whose skin tone is best is beyond petty. As a non-person-ofcolor, I do feel mildly disconnected from the Black Lives Matter movement because a lot of the ideas, thoughts and stories that come out of Black Lives Matter are things I have never directly experienced,” he said. “It’s difficult to put oneself into another’s shoes when the foundations are so foreign to one another.”

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Herald sports Tiz the Law wins historic Belmont Stakes

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

With most of the sports world still idle in the midst of Covid-19, horse racing grabbed the spotlight last Saturday evening with the Belmont Stakes serving as the opening leg of the Triple Crown for the first time in history.

And, for the first time since 1882, a New York-bred earned its way into the Belmont history books.

In striking distance throughout the 1 1/8-miles, Tiz the Law cruised past pacesetter Tap It to Win down the stretch and was never threatened by closers Dr Post and Max Player on the way to a 3 ¾-lengths victory in the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes.

“I was pretty confident by the time we hit the seven-eighths pole,” said Tiz the Law’s jockey, Manny Franco, who secured his first career Triple Crown race win.

“He was so kind and relaxed for me,” he added. “He was so comfortable and never got keen, so I think that was the key.”

Franco, 25, the New York Racing Association’s leading rider the past two years, has piloted Tiz the Law to all four of his graded stakes victories, including three in a row. “It means a lot to me,” he said.

“This is my home track. I’ve been riding here for about six years already. One leg of the Triple Crown is the dream of any jockey. I’m happy with the opportunity that I have right now.”

Owned by Sackatoga Stable and trained by Barclay Tagg, Tiz the Law, bred in the Empire State by Twin Creeks Farm, returned $3.60 on a $2 win wager, increasing his career earnings to more than $1.5 million. The final time was 1:46.53.

“It’s tremendous [to win the Belmont with a New York-bred],” said Jack Knowlton, operating manager of Sackatoag Stable. “We buy New York-breds; that’s our game, and we don’t spend a lot of money.

We’ve been with Barclay Tagg for 25

Courtesy Adam Coglianese/NYRA

JOckEY MaNNY FraNcO earned his first career Triple Crown race victory.

TIz ThE Law, the 4-5 favorite, became the first New York-bred to win the Belmont Stakes in 138 years.

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years, and I keep telling everybody, Barclay doesn’t get a lot of big horses, big opportunities, but when he does, he knows what to do.”

Tagg, who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in 2003 with Funny Cide, said his main concern leading up to the shortened Belmont was Tiz the Law’s 11-week layoff. But that proved a non-factor. “It looked to me like everything just went like clockwork,” he said. “That’s the way the horse likes to run and that’s the position the horse likes to be in. Manny knows the horse very well.”

Held without spectators and owners, and with limited media permitted to attend, Tagg thought the quietude was “very nice” and said the absence of crowd noise helped keep Tiz the Law calm, and it showed.

“About the five-eighths pole, my horse was so relaxed, so calm,” Franco explained. “From there, I knew I had so much horse to win the race. I didn’t want to move early. I knew I had the horse underneath. I was just waiting for the right time to move.”

Dr Post, trained by three-time Belmont winner Todd Pletcher, finished a lengthand-a-half ahead of Max Player for runner-up status. Both horses were making just their fourth career starts. The $1 trifecta returned $99.50. Pneumatic, Tap It to

TraINEr BarcLaY Tagg has mapped out future plans for Tiz the Law, who upped his career earnings to more than $1.5 million and is 5-for-6 lifetime.

Courtesy Adam Coglianese/NYRA

Win, Sole Volante, Modernist, Farmington Road, Fore Left and Jungle Runner completed the order of finish.

“He ran great,” Dr Post jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. said. “No excuse. He got beat by a good horse too. The winner is a nice horse, New York-bred and he ran great. My horse is improving. . . He just needs a little more time to figure things out.”

Linda Rice, trainer of Max Player,

said, “He got shuffled back a little after the break and had a wide trip through the turn, but he was still running on at the end of it. He hasn’t run in five months so it was a pretty good effort.”

Tagg said he will target the Aug. 8 Travers Stakes at Saratoga, followed by the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby and the Oct. 3 Preakness for Tiz the Law, who has five wins in six career starts.

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Under a blazing summer solstice sun, dozens of cars carrying union members and allies drove in a caravan from Hempstead to the Nassau Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola on Saturday morning to mark Justice for Janitors Day. Union flags fluttered from car windows, horns blared, and union chants hung in the humid air, but in the day’s speeches and commemorations, the mood of the 90-minute event shifted between joyful celebration and somber reflection.

Every year for the past 30 years, workers in cities across the nation have chosen a mid-June day for Justice for Janitors, which commemorates the events of June 15, 1990, when Los Angeles janitors were beaten by police as they peacefully protested for better pay, benefits and working conditions. The assault marked a turning point in the janitors’ organizing efforts.

Since then, more than 135,000 janitors, 71,000 security officers and 32,000 airport workers— predominantly Black and brown workers— have won unions across the country. That includes the members of the union that organized the Long Island caravan, 32BJ SEIU, a union with 800 members working on Long Island and 175,000 across the East Coast.

As speakers emphasized, this year’s Long Island commemoration fell one day after Juneteenth, which has taken on profound resonance with the global protests demanding an end to police brutality and a recognition that Black Lives Matter. It also comes during a pivotal moment in the deadly pandemic that has killed a high percentage of black, Latinx, immigrant and low-income workers, in part because of racial inequalities in the nation’s workforce.

“With great deliberation, Juneteenth celebrates the day that the last remaining slaves in this country learned that they were free, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation legally gave them that freedom,” said Lenore Friedlaender, assis-

tant to the President of 32BJ SEIU and head of the union in Long Island. “Juneteenth recognizes that freedom is not just a law, passed from on high. It has to be felt and lived in communities everywhere, and its fullness is not realized until it is a freedom lifted by justice. That means, as Dr. King emphasized in the last years of his life, racial justice cannot be won without economic justice, nor economic justice without racial justice.”

Nassau Coliseum cleaner and 32BJ member Elizabeth Florentino amplified that message in her story of losing her job early in the pandemic, and of the permanent losses now facing some 80 coliseum cleaners and over 100 security officers when the venue officially closes. “It’s a difficult time for people like me,” she noted. “Among black workers, the unemployment rate is almost 50 percent higher than it is among white workers.”

For those who remain working, the risk of catching the coronavirus is also higher among black, Latinx and immigrant workers than among white workers.

The day’s events concluded with a eulogy read for the families of six Long Island janitors who died from Covid-19, one of the highest per capita death rates among 32BJ’s ten districts. In total, the union has lost 130 members from Boston to Miami. On Long Island, all of those who died were either immigrants or people of color.

“Their humble origins did not stop them from forging a future in a new country, raising and supporting families, and being part of the workers’ struggle on Long Island,” said Jose Portillo, a 32BJ shop steward who cleans at the Samanea Mall in Westbury, as families of the fallen listened. “Today their lives are a reflection of what it means to be an essential worker -- to be on the front lines of battle for the safety and welfare of others, despite the risks to their own lives.”

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Juneteenth celebrations in Valley Stream continued from front page believed that Juneteenth should not be limited to celebrating the end of slavery in America, but should also be a day to demand change and unity.

“People are so divided on topics involving race relations,” he said. “I would like everyone to come together and stop fighting.”

Nicholas Moscato, 26, of Franklin Square, said he grew up in a predominantly white suburban neighborhood. Of Puerto Rican, Italian and Greek descent, he credited his parents and his diverse high school with teaching him acceptance of others. His upbringing, he said, motivated him to become involved in the Black Lives Matter movement and demand greater equality .

“People who choose to ignore history are bound to repeat it,” he said, noting he believes the United States was founded on racism. “Juneteenth should be the new Fourth of July, because it’s the day that people of all races can come together.”

Valley Stream North High School, Eisha Nasar, 18, who identifies as Pakistani American, agreed that Juneteenth should be recognized as a national holiday and perhaps replace the Fourth of July. She said sustained protests are vital to keeping race issues at the forefront, but should also lead to policy changes.

“I think events like this show solidarity in the community and momentum in the Black Lives Matter movement,” she said. “Black Lives Matter shouldn’t just be a trend, and we need to put more funds into helping our black brothers and sisters with mental health, social work, public health and education.”

After gathering at Hendrickson for roughly an hour around at around 1 p.m., the group headed east on Merrick Road.

Elsewhere, about two-dozen people had gathered in cars at the Valley Stream train station around noon, and readied to set out in a caravan. The demonstration was organized by the group The Right to Know Your Rights. Their destination was Westbury, where they met up with demonstrators from other neighborhoods.

“We’ re celebrating Juneteenth because it was the emancipation of slaves in Texas,” said 17-year-old Sofia Pestantez from Hewlett, as she wrote in neon-pink marker the names of black Americans killed by police. “But there’s still work that needs to be done.”

She noted that the 13th Amendment still allowed for slave labor in prisons, and that the Louisiana police officers who killed Breonna Taylor, a black woman fatally shot in March after they had entered her home unannounced, had yet to be charged in her death.

In particular, Pesantez said it was important to hold protests on Long Island, where issues of racism tend to go unspoken.

“I think it’s important to let people know that police brutality is still present on Long Island as well,” she said, adding that in the past 20 days, 120 people had been killed by police nationwide.

Wills Henriquez, 53, from Hempstead, said he had attended four protests over

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Franklin Square reSident Nicholas Moscato said he came to the protest in support of Black Lives Matter and Juneteenth.

roughly two dozen demonstrators met at the Hendrickson Park pool parking lot and marched east on Merrick Road. the past month with his son and daughter, most recently in Elmont and Lakeview.

“Right now everyone’s united in the cause and everyone gets it,” he said of the sustained demonstrations. “I really believe this time it’s different, if we keep at it, that is, and we’re going to make tremendous progress.”

As far as Juneteenth was concerned, Henriquez, who is black, said he appreciated the wider recognition it was receiving this year, noting that traditionally its celebration had been relegated to black media and audience circles.

“I’m happy it’s getting out,” he said, expressing hope that it might receive more official recognition.

His son, Jean-Paul, 21, echoed similar sentiments, saying he was there to show love and acknowledgement for the holiday.

“This is definitely a unique time in

our country’s history,” he said, adding that he could not recall a previous time when protests had driven the country’s president into a bunker for safety concerns, as was the case on May 31.

He, too, hoped for more federal recognition of Juneteenth, saying, “This is an important part about the country’s history.”

For Mcmillan, she said she regrets not reporting what she believes was her son’s wrongful arrest a decade prior, but saw the day’s demonstration as a way to rectify what had happened.

“Black lives are still not being treated as if they matter,” she said. “The situation with my son makes me more angry now because I didn’t do anything about it, but I’m here now. Today, I march for him.”

Valley Stream reSident Kira Mcmillan, top, said she came to the protest to march for equality.

Valley Streamer JoShua Tabb, above, said he believed Juneteenth should be a day to demand change and to unite.

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This has morphed into so much more than what we sought out to do when we first started the club. Our club has always strived to help people find employment after losing their jobs, but it’s not just about jobs anymore. It’s about getting the word out about people who need help getting back on their feet, and it’s about charities and new businesses opening.

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Not Just a Job, But a Career You aren’t looking for a job, you are looking for a career. Molloy is wellknown for having academic programs that will help you launch your career as a teacher or an accountant, a healthcare worker or a music therapist, a speech pathologist or a police officer, to name but a few. Our 10:1 student/faculty ratio means that you are more than a number to your professors. And as you consider more than 50 academic programs, our counselors will work with you to make sure you receive the maximum credit for classes already taken, so that you are assured of graduating on time.

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Izzah Rehman Matthew Reyes Marchello Sellitto Harjot Singh Anmolpreet Singh Samarvir Singh Elias Soares Aaron Solomon Michael St. Arromand Taylor Storey Hanson Tima Martinez Mackenzie Walker Devin Watson Aaliyah Williams Howell Road elementaRy ScHool 6tH gRade Zohaib Ali Aariz Altaf Afia Aswad Wilanne Augustin Jeremy Baez Francesca Delilah Bonilla Christian Braveboy Gavin Leon Brown Amyah Jolie Byas Sebastian Cadet Evan Carrera Mikail Chaudhary Sa’niyah Corbin-St. Arromand Ethan Marino Crowsley Abigail Rose Dalton Londyn Daniel Mark de Prado Angelina D’Souza Kayla Joy Duncan Sacelyn Fredlyn Elmine Jalain Edousima Epouta Samantha Estela Justin D Flores` Lia Frederique Christiana Emmaunella Fredriks

Matthew R. Gangaram Gabryella Gerry Garcia Jayden Sean Golden Naomi Rosalita Gonzalez Jaysean A. Goodson Armani Grey Jaylin Grey Kelly Nathaniel Griffin Jr. Ainesh Harnarain Jasmine Harrison Jason Hernandez Matthew Hunt Subhan Imran Sebastien Jean Tristan Jones Logan Marcel Joseph Jaspreet Kaur Navjot Kaur Alizay Khan Mohammad Ibrahim Khan Balla Konate Anthony Chaperon Lacombe Max La Serna Amanda Jasmine Lohier Tyler Malyah Jayden Fritz Martial Rohan Dani Mathew Daniel Michael Menjivar Kayla Olivia Miceli Victoria Julie Motroni Christian Xavier Mohan Rhys A. Morency Zady Maureen Munguia Aidan Alexander Munro Mikal Nyala Myers Syeda Taranbum Nabiha Gavin Nembhard Jahleel Anthony Peavy Alyssa Kai Phillips Andrew Daniel Poh Moreen Carla PierreAntoine Noah A. Purcell Bilal Ahmed Qureshi

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Milan Bhatti Domenico Borgese Colin Burke Nova Callahan Aubrey Cardiff Victoria Carmona Felix Michael Carotenuto Camila Carrillo Joseph Chevez Tobias Chillseyzn Ethan Chua Hannah Ciavarella Abigail Concepcion Alexandra DePrima Jonathan DiPietro Daragh Egan Jacob Espanol Angelina Fasulo Meridith Forte Aakash Francis Paul Fusillo Caleb Garcia Adriana Gopie Matthew Huskisson Frank Iwosa Emilia Jacob Ricardo JeanBaptiste Brian Jelovcic Sameer Karamat Gurmukh Kaur Harnoor Kaur Declan Kelly Isaac Khan Esperanza Koshy Ronen Laor Nicholas Laskowski Mila Lee Angela Lin Adriana Luisi Samantha Magapan Maeve Maguire James Marconetto Adam Mohammed Alina Mohan Jordan Morales

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Nicholas Nilsen Samuel Nozius Anthony Nuzzi Julia Nuzzi Sean Nuzzi Nwamaka Onyeike Elijah Ovadia William Ozo-Onyali Elijah Pagan Gabriella Perlaza Michael Persaud Ava Pires Michael Posillico Ariana Ramroop Cecelia Ramroop Jayda Rutledge Amarleen Singh Jasraj Singh Jessica Turcios Isis Vargas Anthony Vitucci Karim Waly Gebril Wanis WilloW Road ElEmEntaRy School kindERgaRtEn Retal Abdelsalam Edwin Abraham Hadia Aftab Rohan Afzal Samantha Airey Syed Hussain Ali Sherazi Emilia Allen Kylie Alonzo Muhammad Amin Andrei Andoy Ayleen Arichabala Emberly Avila Sumaiyah Azeez Kevin Babbar Shania Bacchus Aubree Betances Kennedy Bienne

Kai’lee Bienne Liam Binda Noel Bourne Alexandre Brisson Amelie Brisson Lailah Brown Devin Calderone Joseph Camacaro Christopher Cappello Micah Carpenter Dylan Castaneda Camilla Castillo Matthew Castillo Alexander Castillo Chloe Castro Lorenzo Centore Ariella Cepeda Ibrahim Chatta Abdulrehman Chatta Elina Chen Dylan Chu Matthew Collado Giuliana Cotrone Aliyah Cudjoe Matteo Cuenca Skyler Darnell Liam Dhanraj Sebastian Diaz Dylan Dominguez Jayna Duran Ariana Florenco Cydney Francois Juliana Fuchs Jospeh Galalzay James Gandara Issa George Lucas Gonzalez Aryan Goroya Arianna Hamilton Azeen Haque Ethan Harris Ethan Hernandez Cameron Ho Musaddiq Hussaini Mariam Ibraheem

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Joseph Capolino Abraham Castillo Armaan Chaudhry Dillon Clayton William Cooper Nicolette Dellegrazie Marco DiCostanzo Annie Diep Kaleb Dyasi Carolina Figueroa Isabella Gabriele Matthew Gangi Sabrina Garufi Navjot Ghotra Mateusz Grabowski Izaiah Hill Craig Huffman Wardah Khizer Abigail Mathew Analiese Mathieu Micahi McCarthy Addison McGrath Bryan McKenna Naomi Mejia Ameenah Memon Justin Mennecke Laniaya Mercado-Cobbs Teri Murphy Anthony Muscatelli Xavier Myers Alex Nazi Alessia Nunnari Jonathan O’Reilly Ashley Orsano Isaac Permaul Aryana Phillips Giavanna Quagliata Hailey Quinlan Maarij Rashid Vincent Rienzie Milania Rivera James Romano Samantha Salnave Antonella Scarpa Noah Senat Reba Singh Dominick Verso

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Matthew Dhanraj Miguel Diaz Gutierrez Isabella DiClemente Kristina Dormeus DJermany Dorval Tess Drosman Yeiris Duran Tapia William Ehrlich Alaiham Elbarati Kaylee Elia Oluchi Erondu Ismael Fajardo Jahziel Fajardo Eric Faye Derek Feliu Kenneth Fishman Nasir Flood Anabella Flores Martinez Jonathan Floyd Ryan Foley Matthew Foster Joseph Gerbino Gabrielle Gewirtz Luke Giaconelli Lucca Goldberg Matthew Goldberg Devonte Gordon Amir Grant Lucas Grillo Danny Guaman Sarah Gutierrez Yosef Hassan Melvin Hernandez Aaliya Hernandez Sydney Hunt Timothy Hutchinson Quinn Imperial Hannah Indiviglio Azalfa Iqbal Crystal Ishmael Santiago Izurieta Nicholas Izzo Ahmed Jangda Vladjann Jean-Baptiste Inderpreet Kaur Avanpreet Kaur Shadab Khalid Sohab Khalid Uzair Khan Imtisal Khan Nicholas Koches Dargens Laine

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Jason Tapia Aiden Thompson Emily Vera Moreira Genesis Villalva Jayden White RobeRt W. CaRbonaRo elementaRy SChool 6th gRade Ceasar Aguirre Mariyah Akim Ekaterina Alaverdova Matthew Eddy Alexandre Melissa Alvarenga Matthew Arias Ananya Batra Jayden Bautista Aden Baveghems Alejandro Bohorquez Devonte Brown Christopher Calderon Naomi Castang Brianna Castro Brian Cole Natalya Contreras Chelsea Cummings Mariya Cuna Justin Daniels Yasmine Ebid Andre Fernandez Tyler Frazer Matthew Gonzalez Abrar Hafiz Henry Hernandez Jayla Hernandez Vanessa Herrera Robert Howard Abigail Inniss Tatiana Jones Djulio Joseph Eric Kaneev Nalinie Kemraj Markus Kreuzer Zamir Labranche Camille Laurent Tyler Laxton Zackareeh Lazare Aiden Leal Aaron Leal

Ky’mani Lewis Ali Mahmood Tamryn McKenzie Sade McLean Emely Mendez Amina-Sofia Mlih Valerie Amanda Morales Valeria Ortiz Gabriella Ortiz Shifa Paracha Nathan Patangan Gabriella Penafiel Sebastian Quezada Steven Ramos Celine Rogers Hansel Rosario Isaiah Samaroo Rachelle Sanassi Caitlyn Schultheiss Karishma Singh Vijay Singh Ethan St Fort Emani Sutton Quiana Sutton Joelle Torres Marvin Villalva Makai Villanueva Micaela Viscarra Chloe Walters Roger Wei Sara Zafar ShaW avenue elementaRy SChool kindeRgaRteneRS Damien Acevedo Anniyah Adeel Rahma Ahsan Kaiden Aljoe Hannah Andre Maia Arce Zaara Arfan Samia Arroyo Anaya Ashraf Azaan Aslam Elianna Attah Lilia Belizaire Bella Bonilla Andrew Brown

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Ashley Hercule Andrianna Holm Ryan Icart Zachary Jackson Ian Jagnanan Isaiah Jenkins Jonathan Johnson Kamahra Jolly Josiah Jordan Reilly Joseph Nedgy Jules Asma Kaukab Anjali Khan Suhan Kumar Antoinette Lashley Joanne Lazo Nicolas Lebron Vanessa Lemus Carrera Matthew Lok Mateo Lopez Kendall Lynn Ethan Marc Anisa Marson Bisma Matin Hillary Michel Leon Molina-Alert Joel Moronta Nawaf Musaed Hamza Nadeem Asher Nazaire Tuliesha Niranjan Araf Nokib Temidire Oladeji Sean O’Neil Katelyn Ortiz Olivia Paillere Dhiago Paz Alana Perez Santi Perez Yuleiny Perez Jonathan Persaud Mark Persaud Kelsey Pierre Saray Pinzon Zuri Pollard-Rumble Ethan Raby Tabinda Rahman Shalini Ramdeen Kaylan Ramirez

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ur main focus during this pandemic is to make sure that everyone has enough to eat. We have had food at the Community Center that has been donated

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Through Sasha Young and Gammy's Pantry, the center also currently serves as a Long Island Cares food donation site. We have been honored to partner with Long Island Cares to intensify each of our missions to reduce food insecurity, especially during this pandemic. Families can claim at least 20 pounds of food once a month at our food distribution sites We were also honored to receive a $30,000 grant from State Sen. Todd Kaminsky. The Five Towns Community Center is thankful to have the support of Senator Kaminsky as we have partner with local governments, our neighbors and other social service agencies to assist those in need, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. This grant will allow us to help people from a diverse spectrum dealing with food insecurity.

The Community Center is over 100 years old, and people in the community have a great deal of reverence for the community center. I want the legacy of that to continue. I think we’ve all done a great job of doing that during this pandemic by providing services to those in need. I hope we continue to be of assistance to those in need.

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Valley Streamers named ‘Student Stars’ State Sen. Todd Kaminsky named 28 graduating high school seniors in his district “student stars” recognizing them for their academic achievements and activism within their respective communities. In Valley Stream, Mishah

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“Mishah is an incredible young man and an exceptional student. He has dedicated his time while in high school to the Yachad organization that works with children with special needs,” Kaminsky said. “He is loved by all his peers and teachers because of his caring ways and treats everyone equally with respect and dignity. Mishah is unselfish and caring. He has made his school a better place. He is a terrific student who has won numerous awards, and is a member of the soccer, track and debate team.”

“Faiza has excelled in and out of the classroom, where she is an active member of the school community. She is genuine, kind, caring, and is known for her perfect attendance. She is an extraordinary young woman that has taken the most rigorous curriculum that the school offers,” Kaminsky said. “She is an excellent student excelling in math and computer science, taking AP courses. Faiza will be attending Farmingdale University in the fall.”

“Trinity is mature, motivated and responsible,” Kaminsky said. “She is an amazing student who excels in the classroom — a talented musician, dancer, seasoned varsity athlete.

Leadership skills exhibited are not commonly seen in people as young as her. She challenged herself with the most rigorous curriculum, taking several AP Classes. Trinity is truly an incredible student who will be attending the University of Pennsylvania on a scholarship.”

hannah Indiviglio

“Hannah is the valedictorian of her class,” Kaminsky said. “She is always humble, willing to help her peers, kind, motivated and responsible. Hannah has taken the most rigorous classes offered at the school and has excelled.

She has worked and volunteered at Camp Anchor as a counselor. Because of her experiences at Camp Anchor, Hannah is thinking of pursuing a career as a special education teacher. Hannah was co-chair of Spartan Mini- Thon, a dance marathon that raised over $15,000 for pediatric research. She is a Member of the National Honor Society.”

Justin cange

“Justin is a brilliant student and is ranked third in his class,” Kaminsky said.

“He has a keen interest in math, science and computers. Justin has researched and pushed himself to take free online course work from Stanford University and MIT in engineering. His goal was to build and expand the ‘It’s Academic Club’ at VSS. He dreams of taking the club to stem competitions at the state and national level. Justin works as an assistant counselor with children with special needs at a local beach club, where he exhibits compassion and patience.

He will attend Columbia University in fall to major in biomedical engineering.”

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with Section 103 of the New York State General Municipal Law, that the Elmont Public Library Board of Trustees, Elmont, New York 11003 will accept sealed bids at the Elmont Public Library, Business Office, 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont, New York 11003, on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at which time the bids will be opened and read aloud.

Bid: EPL 2020-3, Plumbing: Supply and Installing Sensor Flushometers The bid documents are available and may be examined at the Elmont Public Library, Business Office, 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont, New York between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

All bids must be submitted on the Bid Forms supplied by the Elmont Public Library and subject to all detailed specifications, terms and conditions stated herein.

The Elmont Public Library Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids in part or whole and waive any informality, and to accept the bid which is deemed most favorable to the interests of the Elmont Public Library, Elmont, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau.

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LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there will be a Public Hearing of the Board of Zoning and Appeals of the Inc. Village of Valley Stream, Nassau County, New York on Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.

Due to public health and safety concerns related to COVID-19 and in accordance with the Governor’s Executive Order 202.1, the hearing will take place via videoconferencing.

The public can watch the live meeting through the Zoom App. Members of the public can ask questions and provide comments through the written chat section of the Zoom meeting.

Comments and questions can also be sent to the Board via email at jpiazza@vsvny.org before and the hearing. Plans and other materials

associated with any agenda item may be reviewed by making a request via email to jpiazza@vsvny.org On July 7, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. access the public hearing via Zoom at: https://us02web.zoom.us/ j/82355353927 and clicking on “Join a Meeting” and enter Meeting ID: 823 5535 3927. You can also call in to the ZOOM meeting at 1-646-558-8656.

Case No. 3964 Peter Toscano, 187 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Re: 187 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-904.B.3.a and Section 99-904.C.1 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to maintain accessory egress well structure and enclosed porch- as part of an application to maintain finished cellar.

Section 99-904.B.3.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires attached accessory structures to have a minimum side yard setback of 5 feet; whereas, proposed accessory egress well structure has a side yard setback of 1.0 feet at north side property line.

Section 99-904.C.1 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires dwellings to have a minimum rear yard setback of 25 feet; whereas, proposed rear yard setback of enclosed porch is 21.33 feet.

The subject premises is located on the east side of Horton Avenue, 105.54’ south of the corner formed by the intersection of Scranton Avenue and Horton Avenue known as No. 187 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. 3965 Subig Singh, 50 Hendrickson Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Re: 50 Hendrickson Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-1002.A.3, Section 99-1004.B.4.b and Section 99-1002.A.2 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to maintain accessory concrete surfaces in side and rear yard, and rear yard exterior stairway to cellar- as part of an application to maintain finished cellar.

Section 99-1002.A.3 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires a maximum rear yard coverage by aggregate building area of accessory buildings and structures of 30%; whereas, proposed rear yard

coverage by existing detached garage, proposed exterior stairway to cellar, and accessory concrete surfaces is 40.54%.

Section 99-1004.B.4.b of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream required detached accessory structures to have a minimum 2 feet side yard setback; whereas, proposed accessory concrete surfaces are located on the southeastern property line, no setback.

Section 99-1002.A.2 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires a maximum coverage of lot by aggregate building area of all buildings and structures thereon of 60%; whereas, proposed coverage of lot by all existing, and proposed buildings and structures is 70.43%.

The subject premises is located on the south side of Hendrickson Avenue, 147.68’ west of the corner formed by the intersection of North Corona Avenue and Hendrickson Avenue known as No. 50 Hendrickson Avenue, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. 3966 Subig Singh, 50 Hendrickson Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Re: 50 Hendrickson Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-1002.C.2, Section 99-1004.B.2.a, Section 99-1004.B.2.b, Section 99-1004.B.4.a, Section 99-1002.A.2 and Section 99-2203.D.2.b of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to construct a 2- story rear addition, and a 2nd story addition for a proposed change of use from single- family dwelling- to - two family dwelling, and construct an egress well in side yard.

Section 99-1002.C.2 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires two family dwelling uses to have a minimum lot area of 6000 square feet; whereas, proposed two family dwelling use is to be conducted on an existing lot of 5832.4 square feet.

Section 99-1004.B.2.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires two- family dwellings to have a minimum side yard setback of 10 feet; whereas, proposed side setback of 2- story addition, and 2nd story addition- to be used for a two- family use, is 5.5 feet, at south-eastern property line.

Section 99-1004.B.2.b of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires two- family dwellings to have a minimum aggregate width of both side yard setbacks of 20 feet; whereas, proposed aggregate width of both side yard setbacks of 2story addition, and 2nd story addition to be used for a two family use is 15.4 feet.

Section 99-1004.B.4.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires attached accessory structures to have a minimum side yard setback of 5 feet; whereas, proposed side yard setback of accessory egress well structure is 1.4 feet, at south- eastern property line.

Section 99-1002.A.2 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires a maximum coverage of lot by aggregate building area of all buildings and structures thereon of 60%; whereas, proposed coverage of lot by all existing, and proposed buildings and structures is 70.8%.

Section 99-2203.D.2.b of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires stacked parking formation of automobiles to provide an independent parking aisle or driveway on lot for each dwelling unit; whereas, stacked parking formation is proposed on lot for new two- family dwelling use, without an independent parking aisle or driveway being provided on lot for each dwelling unit.

The subject premises is located on the south side of Hendrickson Avenue, 147.68’ west of the corner formed by the intersection of North Corona Avenue and Hendrickson Avenue known as No. 50 Hendrickson Avenue, Valley Stream, New York.

Case No. 3967 Subig Singh, 50 Hendrickson Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Re: 50 Hendrickson Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Application for Final Site Development Plan Review/ Approval per Article XXVII of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream.

The subject premises is located on the south side of Hendrickson Avenue, 147.68’ west of the corner formed by the intersection of North Corona Avenue and Hendrickson Avenue known as No. 50 Hendrickson Avenue, Valley Stream, New York.

Dated: June 25, 2020 Robert V. Fumagalli, Village Clerk 122193

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AlBAtRoss FounDER ADAm Selden, 50, of Melville, has grown his business during the coronavirus pandemic by supplying personal protective equipment.

Courtesy Adam Selden

Quick pivot provides big results

By J.D. FREDA jfreda@liherald.com

Editor’s note: Quotes attributed to Adam Selden are from an interview on June 8, 2020.

Many businesses have been forced to scale back aggressively since March because of the global coronavirus pandemic. A few, however, have been forced to expand.

For Adam Selden, 50, of Melville, a quick pivot in business direction during a crisis has created new possibilities for Albatross Manufacturing. The brand Albatross Manufacturing (albatrossmfg. com) falls under Selden’s company, Quality Specialty Projects, which he founded in 2008. His company has distributed any number of items, but now it is focused on facemasks, which are in high demand these days.

“We had been doing some clothing and receiving government contracting, so we were working to supply products for those clients,” Selden said. “Our biggest was actually the Army.”

Selden secured a contract with the U.S. Army to supply their weight room and gym equipment for military fitness centers. He also worked closely with the American Red Cross, as his company supplied tarp materials for the foundation.

The Bayside, Queens native and University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus was candid in saying business started to drop off in mid-2019.

“We had a really bad seven months from August 2019 to, really, March 2020,” Selden said. “There was no federal funding, really, and we were working on government contracts.” He went on to say that the onset of the coronavirus pandemic provided an opportunity to jump-start his business.

“When this whole thing kind of got started, the Red Cross came to us and said we had to get started into looking into masks,” Selden said.

He and his business partner, Matt Delaney, of Manhasset, listened to that advice.

The pair scrambled to find manufac-

turers in China near the top of the year, but with the country facing serious pandemic restrictions, they were unable to secure a shipment immediately. Once the manufacturers were able to ship, though, Albatross received its first load, which it sent to the American Red Cross.

“Once we were able to, we switched over our company to do masks,” Selden said. “After we sent our first order to the Red Cross, we started taking orders for locals on Long Island.”

Selden, who had worked out of a Melville office with no warehouse to that point, then started shipping masks out of his home. After sending masks to roughly 8,000 homes, the Albatross founder knew he needed a new way to go about this.

With the help of Delaney, and the hiring of a few part-time employees, Albatross soon shipped hundreds of thousands of masks to residents across Long Island, with more than 100,000 of those coming to Nassau County.

Albatross even began donating masks to local fire departments and essential workers. “We would give the people at the gas stations masks; we donated hundreds of them,” Selden said.

The company has since expanded.

Selden said there are a few reasonable next steps, including distributing hand sanitizers, hand wipes and wall-mounted automatic thermometers to take the temperature of any person who walks past.

The demand to expand in product and volume has forced Albatross to look toward securing a warehouse in Plainview.

“If we get this, we are going to need inventory, and I plan on hiring a staff to do that,” Selden said. “We wouldn’t be able to do the business without it.

Because the way we’ve been operating, in the office in Melville, it’s just me and Matt.”

Selden said he would continue to build relationships with distributors to stimulate business growth and be able to reach more people.

Selden finished with, “When we first started this, I didn’t think it would be end up being our business. We wanted to just give these out to the people. Then it turned into the business.”

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More on insulation Q. I read your column about insulation, and wonder why foam insulation is better, why not everyone uses it, why it’s so expensive and whether there are different kinds. We just had insulation put in the walls between our family room and living room to muffle the sound when my parents play the TV too loud, and we noticed the package said R-15. What does that mean? Also, the label had tiny lettering saying there is formaldehyde in it.

Should we be concerned?

Ask The Architect

A. We live in an era when computers and science accelerate our knowledge and choices.

Unfortunately, with so many more choices, we can still use the wrong insulation without knowing. Basically, insulating isn’t just the material; it’s the molecular configuration that traps air in the onte eeper material. Foam has the highest resistance per inch thickness.

Air entrapment keeps cool or warm molecules from directly slamming against the next air molecule and transferring temperature. By computersimulating configurations, engineers and scientists have formulated better ways to slow transfer, keeping us warmer or cooler and our rooms quieter, but only if the right material is installed the right way.

Among the many kinds of insulation are fiberglass, cellulose fiber and polyisocyanurate foam.

R-value refers to resistance. The higher the number, the greater tested resistance to thermal loss capability. If you use the wrong type or install incorrectly, it won’t accomplish the job. Foam insulation can be rigid boards or liquid-applied. Depending on the chemical composition, when the compressed liquid foam contacts air, it reacts or oxidizes, developing open- or closed-cell configurations. Less costly open-cell has half the ability to trap air as closedcell, and is soft and spongy, while closed-cell, which contains greater amounts of dense foam, will harden, trapping more air in smaller, closer cells, also forming a water barrier.

All insulation must be uniformly and fully installed, or cold air will get in. Most installations are incomplete, with gaps where cold air gets through. A non-uniform application can’t be expected to act uniformly. A quarter-sized gap is like leaving a window open, according to the Department of Energy, which funds, studies and regulates how much insulation you were supposed to have, according to the building code.

Sound insulation works differently, does a different job and is configured differently. Did I mention that it’s different? No matter how much educational material is available and considering, with most adults having the entire world at their fingertips on their cellphones, installers often can’t get the concept right. You have thermal R-15 insulation in the family room walls instead of sound-rated insulation, so you don’t have the sound reduction you thought you would get. It’s possible to get waterbased or inert insulation instead of toxic, formaldehyde-containing insulation and the thermalresistance(R) insulation should be replaced with sound-rated batting or even better rigid insulating board that goes on the outside of the wall studs, under finish sheetrock, to avoid sound vibration transfer through the wall studs.

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hen it comes to race relations, there is no doubt that we are at a crossroad. Events dictate what our conduct must be going forward, and there is no doubt that the recent killings of unarmed black men have forced America to come to grips with the fact that many of our fellow citizens suffer because of ingrained racism. President Trump has admitted that there is some systemic racism, but he doesn’t have the mind or heart to acknowledge that it is rampant in this country, and little has been done to bring it to a halt.

JeRRY In my years in kReMeR the Assembly, I learned a lot about racism from my colleagues, who told chilling stories about their sons or daughters being singled out for arrest just because the color of their skin invited different treatment. They spoke about failed health care systems that contributed to a higher mortality rate among black children. They spoke of overcrowded school classes with inferior teaching and a lack of basic supplies. While these stories were chilling, nothing they said prompted any dramatic action by the state.

A lot of us in office tried to find ways to help children of all kinds with pre-kindergarten programs, funding to reduce child mortality and extra state aid for school districts in heavily minority communities. But looking back over the years, these actions were a drop in the bucket, and didn’t really make a dent in the system that shortchanges millions of people.

If anything has forced us to confront the issue of race, it’s been the invention of the cellphone. It is showing us how minorities are abused on a daily basis in many different ways, including police officers shooting unarmed black men in the back. That’s recorded testimony to systemic abuse.

The demonstrations in the streets of this country and around the world bring out millions of young people of all races who are willing to speak out about conditions their elders have ignored. Police shootings that once were an occasional story that faded with time now go viral within minutes. The assault on a crowd outside the White House so the president could have a photo op showed how tone-deaf the leaders of this country are on issues of equality.

The questions we now face is, what do we do to uproot this ugly system?

I understand the opposition to statues that glorify public officials who were slave-

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holders or generals from the South who fought for slavery. Most are symbols that no longer belong in the public space. Doing away with the Aunt Jemima syrup brand or Uncle Ben’s Rice is pure tokenism, and doesn’t help a minority student get a job or stop a racial profiling incident. Congress and local governments around the U.S. have to come up with programs that defuse the tensions racism causes.

If you listen to the debate going on about banning chokeholds and a national system of reporting police conduct, you can see that there is still deep-rooted racism that dates back to the Civil War. There are probably some senators whose forebears were slaveholders, and growing up in a racist system has poisoned their hearts.

Take a trip down to Richmond, Va., and you’ll see statue after statue glorifying generals who fought for the South. Elsewhere, some of our military bases do the same.

The two houses of Congress have to come together to pass laws that attack the problems that the policing of minorities creates. The suggestion that police departments be “defunded” is an overreaction by a relatively small number of people who don’t understand the challenges that law enforcement faces every day, but those departments have to be reorganized to deal

ongress must attack the problems that the policing of minorities creates.

more effectively with spousal abuse and rape allegations.

Policing in America hasn’t changed enough in the past 50 years. A commission appointed by President Barack Obama produced a road map for fairer policing, but federal law enforcement ignored its recommendations.

Now, in a very short period of time, local governments have sprung into action, passing laws banning chokeholds and acting against policemen who have serious disciplinary problems. Incidents captured on smartphones showing the use of unnecessary force have resulted in firings and suspensions. The New York State Legislature has passed a series of bills to address faults in the policing systems. Only time will tell whether they are all appropriate.

There is no doubt that passing new laws, firing rogue cops and funding important programs to stop racism are all important steps forward. Unfortunately, you can’t legislate what’s in people’s hearts. We can only hope that more open eyes will change enough people’s thinking to make a difference in the years ahead.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

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ou probably haven’t read “Teaching as a Subversive Activity” by Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner.

“What is it that students do in the classroom?” the authors ask. “Well, mostly they sit and listen to the teacher. Mostly they are required to believe authorities or at least pretend to such belief. It is practically unheard of for students to play any role in determining what problems are worth studying . . .”

“Teaching as a Subversive Activity” was published in 1969. The war in Vietnam was Randi ablaze. The antikReiss war movement in the United States was galvanized, and militants were taking over university offices, bombing draft offices and picketing ROTC buildings. In the midst of this civic unrest, when it seemed as if the country was so divided it might never come together again, Professors Postman and Weingartner wrote their book, which was called a “no-holds-barred assault on outdated teaching methods.”

They were two obscure and uncelebrat-

ed professors who taught at Queens College during the Vietnam War years. As it happens, I was a student in Weingartner’s class in secondary school education in 1968. I studied with him that year, and then took another class with him while working on my master’s degree in education, all at Queens College. The background noise was Vietnam 24/7. In fact, during the worst of the protests, students commandeered our dean’s office and threw his furniture out the window onto the quad.

I was a bystander to the drama, just trying to get my degree and get on with my life as a newly married woman and a newly hired English teacher.

I never forgot Weingartner’s class and his “subversive” approach to education.

He and Postman were captivating and provocative, and although many of their suggestions proved to be impractical, we knew inside that they were right. They were right to say that schools needed to stop the rote teaching and testing. Their emphasis on critical thinking and process was spot on. They said schools needed to do away with grades, tests, textbooks, courses and full-time administrators. They said teachers should be more like life coaches

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(although the term didn’t exist at the time) and not authority figures.

I thought about Weingartner’s theories all the time I taught English. I was a good teacher, but we were constrained by a stagnant system in which students passively listened to teachers present “course content.”

Now, in the midst of a global pandemic, we accomplished the unthinkable: We shut down the nation’s schools and changed how kids learn.

Postman and Weingartner taught before the internet and devices and virtual teaching. It’s hard to know what they would make of this. They might be glad kids were liberated from the classroom, but their vision of educating children was more dynamic than sitting down with screens. I remember Weingartner telling us future teachers to get our kids out of the classroom and into the world, where they could experience art and music and literature firsthand, with us along as guides.

Our school shutdown is a unique opportunity. If we can do that — and we did — why can’t we task our best and brightest with making learning a process and not a product, as David Hill proposed in an arti-

t took a pandemic to shut down the nation’s schools and change how kids learn.

cle in Teacher magazine in 2000?

Teachers, Weingartner said, should ask provocative questions. “What bothers you most about adults?” “How would you distinguish good from evil?” “What are the most dangerous ideas floating through our lives today?” “Why do you think so?”

The professors encouraged students to be creative and tolerant, and to learn to deal with ambiguity and failure. They encouraged teachers not to be in the business of giving answers, but to let students think through problems on their own or in peer groups.

This problem-solving approach to teaching has found traction in recent years. But too much dead wood anchors our education system. Too many classroom experiences are based on lesson plans and note-taking and tests. “Don’t plan a lesson,” the professors wrote in their book. “Confront your students with some sort of problem that might interest them. Then allow them to work the problem through without your advice or counsel.”

We are at a tipping point in education because of the pandemic, and we have an extraordinary opportunity to improve the public-school experience for our students and teachers. We could make some lemonade from this lemon.

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

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Why we must commemorate Juneteenth

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n April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia, ending the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history, in which an estimated 498,000 soldiers died in battle. With the surrender of the South, slavery ended with the stroke of a pen.

But not quite. News of the emancipation of slaves did not reach Texas, a slaveholding state, until June 19, 1865. On that day, Union forces arrived on Galveston Island to free Texas’s slaves, who rejoiced in the streets. Since then, Juneteenth — a blend of June and 19th — has been celebrated in Texas.

It officially became a state holiday in 1980, but as of last year, only Texas recognized Juneteenth as a paid holiday for state employees.

Last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed

an executive order proclaiming Juneteenth an official New York holiday, on which state employees will receive a paid day off, starting next year. It was the right move.

If you think about it, June 19, 1865, was effectively the day when all Americans were at last free. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution applied to all white people, but not to all black people. Millions were held in bondage, beaten and defiled into subservience. According to the 1860 census, there were 4 million slaves in the U.S., accounting for 12.9 percent of the country’s total population of 31 million.

For centuries, the U.S. held Fourth of July celebrations — as well it should have — but rarely, if ever, did we recognize that the hard-fought freedoms won during the Revolutionary War did not apply to millions for 76 years after the Constitu-

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ext week, the Herald Community Newspapers will publish the Declaration of Independence and a likeness of the American flag.

The Declaration will appear here, on our Editorial Page, as it long has during the week of the Fourth of July, and the flag will appear in the center of the paper.

We encourage families to stand on their stoops and front lawns and read the Declaration together, as messengers did across the 13 colonies in 1776.

For 39 years, the Merrick Historical Society, led by President Lawrence Garfinkel, gathered on July Fourth at the Merrick Library and the Long Island Rail Road station to read the Declaration. All from the community and beyond were invited to attend, and the event attracted

many families with small children.

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, however, the society decided against the public reading, and is instead encouraging people to read the Declaration with their families at home. What a wonderful idea, we thought. What better way to learn about and teach our history — about the very moment our nation was conceived — than by reading the Declaration, line by line.

If you do so, take a photo and email it to us. Check Page 4 for details on how.

The Signing of the Declaration ushered in an entirely new era in history, when colonies would rebel against their sovereign, in our case the mighty British Empire.

That rebellion brought forth a new era in government, when democracy — rule by

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tion took effect.

Juneteenth — celebrated in Texas with cookouts, rodeos and street fairs — reminds us of that horrid reality, at the same time that it celebrates the victory over the evil of slavery.

We must remember and reflect on our nation’s long history of enslavement if we are to understand our present-day systemic racism — and someday soon, we hope, overcome it.

The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day unleashed a wave of hundreds of peaceful protests and a handful of riots. It was clearly an inflection point in our history, a moment that, it appears, will move the needle further toward freedom and justice for all, regardless of skin color. New York, we are pleased to say, is playing a leading role in that movement.

letters Defunding police isn’t an answer To the Editor: The actions of the Minneapolis police officers implicated in the death of George Floyd were sickening and disgusting. The officers were fired and criminally charged, and I pray that justice will be served in this humiliating chapter in our nation’s history.

In the wake of this shameful incident, demonstrations continue to take place in large cities, suburban areas — both wealthy and economically disadvantaged — and ethnically and racially diverse neighborhoods. Some rallies have been marked by violence, vandalism and looting, while others have been peaceful and respectful. As a father, former police officer, current local elected official and former civic leader, I believe the most dangerous proposal that has come forth in response to Mr. Floyd’s death is the call to defund the

the people — began after thousands of years of monarchial rule in Europe and around the globe.

Thus began the great American experiment, as we like to call it.

For sure, it has been an imperfect experiment. As noted in the editorial above, not all were freed by the American Revolution that followed publication of the Declaration. Millions remained enslaved for the better part of a century.

The American experiment, however, has moved steadily toward greater freedom and justice for all people. It is up to our generation now to carry the mantle forward and form a more perfect union than that which we were given by working to eliminate systemic racism in all its forms.

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Here’s how: First, stay connected. Call ost people don’t like going to your doctor’s office and ask about the the doctor. The truth? Even options for a visit. There are two comdoctors don’t like going to mon options: the virtual visit, conducted doctors. And now, in the time by video chat or phone, and the traditionof the coronavirus, people’s willingness al in-person visit. In either case, many of to see their doctor is at an all-time low. the same rules apply. Come prepared to It’s not a surprise, considering that the pandemic has many worried not only ask questions and complete any required tests (like blood work) that are needed to about themselves, but also about catchmake the time with your phying Covid-19 and bringing it sician the most beneficial for home to their loved ones. both of you.

Still, while you may tell yourIf a virtual visit is the self that the crisis is a good right option for you, ask your reason not to see your physidoctor’s office for any special cian, it’s a mistake that could instructions. What technoloprove costly to your health gy is needed? Will a smartand well-being. phone or laptop work best? Do Whether you suffer from you need to download an app an illness that requires testor program? Will the doctor ing and close monitoring, or anika call or send a website link via have symptoms that are new, saGar text or email? Make sure the it’s important to continue to battery for your phone or see your doctor. With Covidcomputer is fully charged and 19 widespread, the best way that, if the consultation takes places durto access health may seem unclear at ing the day, you sit facing a window or first, but just as you continue relationplace a lamp in front of you so the doctor ships with friends and family by followcan see you clearly on his or her screen. ing safety protocols, your relationship If an in-person visit is the right option with your doctor is one that can also be for you, ask your doctor’s office for any maintained safely.

Letters police.

Defunding police in response to a violent and disgraceful death in Minneapolis that involved bad law enforcement officials would have only negative consequences for the public, including the promotion of chaos and lawlessness.

Redirecting funds away from police departments would reduce the number of police officers on our streets, lead to increased 911 response times and make Nassau County less safe. During my time as a New York City police officer and Town of Hempstead councilman, I have been committed to government’s primary responsibility to keep residents safe and protect property.

The events of the last few weeks have underscored the need for allocating police resources to preserve our communities as safe and desirable places to live and raise our families. Instituting new programs, incorporating technology, expanding community outreach and exploring innovative ideas to improve policing should be priorities, as opposed to slashing police funding.

In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to shrink the NYPD budget.

The city’s police commissioner has disbanded the plainclothes anti-crime units, which were instrumental in transforming Gotham from one of the most dangerous cities in America to one of the safest. It is illogical and dangerous to disband plainclothes anti-crime units while homicides and shootings have gone up.

Defunding the police would also take resources away from community-policing initiatives when we need to enhance the relationship between police officers and

community members. Nassau learned its lesson on the negative impacts of making cuts to community policing a few years ago. After cutting Problem Oriented Policing units, Nassau’s administration acknowledged the adverse impacts of this ill-conceived policy decision. Indeed, the county reversed course and restored its POP units. Clearly, Nassau’s impressive and responsive police force is one of the reasons that the county boasts one of the lowest crime rates among all major suburban areas in the nation.

George Floyd’s horrible death rightly focused the attention of the nation on the extremely few bad police officers who wear uniforms. However, any call to defund police officers would not effectively address this problem.

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One more thing: If you don’t have a from the door when you arrive to make sure you don’t have to wait in the waiting primary-care doctor, it’s important to area. If you have a fever, cough or cold, find one who can help you on your health going f or otherwise aren’t well, please let the journey. Ask friends, family members or the rec office know so proper precautions can be your insurance provider for recommen- have fo taken to care for you. Remember to wear dations. The best time to meet a new doc- the fac a face covering and follow the social-distor is before you fall ill. This gives your suffer b tancing rules of the office, doctor the chance to underwhich will require you to be stand who you are and how he six feet away from others and can help achieve your goal: to be in an area with fewer than be the healthiest version of 10 people. Wash or sanitize you. your hands both before and Remember, although many after the visit and when you things have changed as a arrive back at home. And result of the virus, we’re in once you’re at home again, this together. Relationships put your clothes in the launremain essential — and that dry. includes your relationship Maria No matter which option is with your doctor.

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CHRISTOPHER CARINI Hempstead town councilman, 5th District Carini served as a police officer with the NYPD, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department and the Port Authority Police Department for 22 years.

Let business owners reopen To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Thank you very much, but I prefer to remain alive” (Jun 18-24): Kreiss is entitled to her opinion, and common sense certainly dictates that one must be cautious during the coronavirus pandemic.

Sherbet skies and silent sands — Long Beach

I don’t know Kreiss’s age or financial stability, but I think the owner of the bridge club is entitled and smart to open his establishment.

My family has two medical professionals, and we have a cancer survivor in our household, so I don’t treat medical issues in a cavalier manner. However, we must try and restore some sense of normalcy and let businesses operate and allow people to earn a living. This will allow mort-

gages, rent, utilities, taxes and food to be paid. It will also allow people the opportu-and mi nity to recoup savings lost during the lastoffices, ROTC three-plus months.

This nightmare is an unknown. Peopleunrest must use their intellect and choose howwas so er agai they return to a normal day-to-day life. gartne PHIlIP KIRKa “no-h Sea Cliff teachin The

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