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VOL. 68 NO. 26

JUNE 25 - JULY 1, 2020

Turnout low in primary race to replace King

By TIMOTHY DENTON tdenton@liherald.com

J.D. Freda/Herald-Citizen

PROTESTERS KNELT TO honor the Black Lives Matter movement last Saturday, as more than 100 marchers assembled and marched peacefully through Wantagh and Levittown.

BLM protest comes to Wantagh

Peaceful march, first for hamlet, includes Levittown

By J.D. FREDA jfreda@liherald.com

“Peaceful protest. Peaceful protest. Peaceful protest.”

That sentiment reverberated through the streets of Wantagh and Levittown last Saturday as about 125 people marched in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

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The chant alternated with others in an antiphon of protest as marchers shouted “No justice, no peace!” “Black lives matter!” and “If we don’t get no justice, you don’t get no quiet!”

March organizers said they hoped the event would spark debate and underscore the morals and values they believe in without resorting

to any physical confrontation.

“Young people are called naïve,” Deana Davoudiasl (pronounced duh-voo-deeAZZ-uhl) said with insistently raised voice through a microphone set up next to the parking lot of the Circle M Diner on Wantagh Avenue, where the protesters congregated.

“Bring this energy to the votCONTINUED ON PAGE 3

Tuesday’s primaries contained few surprises, as former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump cruised to easy leads in the presidential contest.

In the 2nd Congressional District race to succeed Rep. Peter King, Democrat Jackie Gordon, a former Town of Babylon supervisor, and Bayport Republican Assemblyman Andrew Garbarino held comfortable margins over their respective challengers, Patricia Maher, the Democratic nominee in 2014, and Massapequa Assemblyman Mike LiPetri.

Turnout at the polls was exceptionally low, according to election workers in Seaford, Wantagh and Levittown. At press time, only 20,500 had voted in person, out of a total of more than 315,000 — or roughly 6.5 percent — of eligible

Preliminary results Democrats

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Nassau County election officials had not released results by 10 a.m. on Wednesday,.

By state law, counting of absentee ballots could not begin until seven days after June 23, the last date by which the ballots could be postmarked to count in the election. The state was waiting a week to ensure that all absentee ballots were returned and counted, said Bonnie Garone, counsel to the Nassau Democratic election commissioner.

It was unclear at press time what percentage of the electorate voted by absentee ballot, and how many such ballots were mailed in on Tuesday.

Garrone noted that counting of absentee ballots should be faster than in past years, as the Board of Elections now has a set of high-speed tabulation machines that should expedite the process.

Republicans

Jackie Gordon

7,310 Andrew Garbarino 5,749

Patricia Maher

2,529 Mike LiPetri

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Marching for tangible change in Wantagh

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CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE ing booths. They will never call us naïve again!”

Davoudiasl, of Rockville Centre, representing Young Long Island for Justice, energized the crowd before the march. She echoed the need for real, tangible change starting at the local level.

Organizers of the event included Erik Chevez, Alanna Bayarin and Sabrie Mozé.

Mozé, 23, who spent most of the march leading from the front, chronicled her upbringing in Levitt ow n a n d i n i t s schools. She attended Jonas E. Salk Middle School and General Douglas MacArthur High School. Her early childhood memories include being stereotyped for being black. Schools were the setting of more than one incident, ERIK CHEVEZ she said.

Protest organizer “One thing I want to change is a zerotolerance policy on racism,” said Mozé, of the Levittown Coalition for Change. “It should be a zero-tolerance policy, just like any [other] form of bullying is in our schools.”

Mozé didn’t just talk; she walked the walk — literally, with bullhorn in hand, challenging others to hear her voice and repeat her sentiments.

Like Mozé, Chevez, 26, a Levittown Coalition for Change colleague, grew up in Levittown and attended its schools. He is of mixed Latino-Arab heritage, and he, too, spoke of the racism and prejudice he had encountered.

“I’ve been asked about my green card since fifth grade,” Chevez said. “I was born in Rockville Centre. I really didn’t realize the level of racism I experienced here until I left.”

He described being followed by police officers at a concert when he was 15. He said he was grateful for social media and the spread of information and statistics he has seen during the past few weeks. For example, he recently learned about Black Wall Street and Juneteenth through the outpouring of information on social media.

“That’s another thing … we didn’t learn black history in school,” Chevez said. I didn’t have a single black teacher throughout my years of high school. Levittown is 88 percent white, which is an increase from 2012, when it was 83 percent white. I think there needs to be acknowledgement at administrative levels.”

The march proceeded down Wantagh Avenue, past MacArthur High School and Salk Middle School. The route was mapped out by organizers to pass a number of schools and administration buildings, to highlight the role of schools in both fostering and combating racism.

Nassau County police patrolled the march.

Some officers led the demonstrators through traffic by driving in front of or behind them, redirecting oncoming vehicles. Other officers walked in front of the group or alongside it.

At two intersections, the protesters went down on one knee, a gesture of solidarity with the BLM movement. The circle of participants filled the intersection, stopping traffic,

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I was born in Rockville Centre.

Photos by J.D. Freda/Herald-Citizen

PROTESTERS MARCHED THROUGH Wantagh and Levittown last Saturday in support of Black Lives Matter.

for just over a minute each time before continuing.

“We need to make our communities here on Long Island more integrated,” said protester Jeremiah Bennett. “Wouldn’t it be something [for] communities like Garden City and Hempstead — two towns that are right next to each other that are vastly different — if we could put those kids in schools together?

Build a park so both black and white kids from both towns can go there? … I want to see more integration.”

Along the way, some residents — some on foot, others in passing vehicles — vocally expressed their opposed to the protesters.

None of them marched along with the group for more than a few steps or made any attempt to disrupt the march before going back to the sidewalk, and there were no physical altercations.

“Do not engage. Record them,” organizers reiterated throughout the march. “Do not engage. This is a peaceful protest.”

DEANA DAVOUDIASL, ONE of the leaders of the march, had one of the most insistent voices.

POLICE BRUTALITY WAS a major focus of the demonstrators.

PROTESTERS BROUGHT A variety of signs and banners.

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Brooks: ‘We weren’t prepared at all’ for virus

By TIMOTHY DENTON tdenton@liherald.com

As more Seaford and Wantagh businesses open under the guidelines for Phase II, one nagging question remains unanswered: How safe are we, really?

In a conversation with the Herald last week, Seaford Democratic State Sen. John Brooks spoke to the issue, as well as the Black Lives Matter movement and the ensuing protests; school taxes; and what the near term might hold for the residents of his district.

“What do we know about the virus now that we didn’t know in March? Nothing,” Brooks said flatly. “What do we know about how to treat it that we didn’t know then? Nothing.”

The lack of new infor mation on Covid-19 was an obvious concern to Brooks, as New York joins other states in reopening its economic and social life. “I understand people’s frustration,” he said. “But in those states where they’ve reopened too quickly, we’ve seen signifiPEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED in front of the old Methodist Church across from cant spikes in new cases.”

Arizona, for example, logged more the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. than 10,000 new cases in the week ending last Sunday, according to the Centers for basic level of security for our citizens,” Disease Control and Prevention. In Geor- he said.

“Look, when we had 9/11 or [Hurrigia, the figure was close to 6,200 new cane] Sandy, the federal government cases. Florida had 11,600 for the week. stepped in and took the lead in helping Even California, whose handling of us recover from those disasthe virus has been among the ters,” Brooks said. “Now the most stringent and conservafederal government is telling tive, logged more than 22,000 the states, ‘You’re on your new positives that same own; it’s not our responsibiliweek, as the state began to ty.’” reopen.

In the short term, he said, Seaford and Wanta gh “Schools are still the big recorded no new cases in the question.” Local schools week ended June 12, but that chiefs Dr. Adele Pecora, in was no reason for complacenSeaford, and John McNamacy, Brooks cautioned. “We’re ra, in Wantagh, have said still learning about this,” he John Brooks they expect the state to cut said. “And we’re having to the foundation aid they make decisions and plans in the middle of this, even though we still receive as it digs deep to pay unemployment benefits and increased health care don’t know anything.

“The biggest take-away from this is costs.

“We’re looking at a cut of at least 10 THE ARCHITECTURE OF the Covid-19 virus. that we weren’t prepared at all,” he added, despite experts’ repeated warn- percent,” McNamara told the Herald earenue after the school year has begun. lier this month. ings for several years that a pandemic of And the extent to which districts like Brooks, a former Seaford Board of some kind was likely, given the increasing mobility of the world’s population. Education trustee, acknowledged the dif- Seaford and Wantagh depend on proper“And not just from a medical perspective. ficulty of preparing balanced budgets in ty taxes for revenue was an issue before We weren’t prepared to provide even a the face of potentially large losses of rev- the coronavirus pandemic began. “I’d still like to see schools’ dependence on those taxes capped at 50 percent,” he said, while acknowledging that the curWantagh rent focus on the virus and civil rights issues made it an unlikely topic of debate anytime soon.

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Black Lives Matter

Brooks was one of 40 senators who voted in favor of legislation repealing Section 50-a of the state’s Civil Rights Law in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.

The bill, signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week, includes provisions outlawing the use of chokeholds; criminalizing race-based false 911 calls; and appointing the state attorney general the de facto special prosecutor in all cases in New York in which unarmed civilians are killed by police.

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Hempstead Town Hall on June 5 to protest

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Among its more hotly debated provisions, the bill also makes public any records of confirmed police misconduct — records that were protected by 50-a until last week. “It was an unbelievably emotional debate,” Brooks said.

Speaking of the protests that have taken place almost daily in South Shore communities, he recalled the civil rights marches of the 1960s. “I graduated from high school in 1968,” he said. “That was the year that Dr. King and Bobby Kennedy were both assassinated within [two months] of each other. There’s been some progress; of course there has. But then something like this happens.”

Brooks said some of his constituents called to complain about riots in Merrick. “I said, ‘what riots?’ What I saw were peaceful demonstrations with a handful of the kind of incidents you get in any large crowd of people. I didn’t see anything like a riot. All I saw was a few hecklers, and the [Nassau County police] commissioner down there in the middle of a peaceful march.”

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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;

Photos by Christina Daly/Herald

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.

MSSN reopens to visitors — cautiously msmollins@liherald.com

With a steady decrease in coronavirus cases, Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital began welcoming back visitors to the medical center last Friday, but under strict guidelines.

While the hospital had welcomed visitors 24 hours a day before the pandemic, it is now following guidelines recommended by the state’s Department of Health, which means only one visitor per patient between 4 and 8 p.m. Visitors are not permitted to split the four-hour block among different visitors; only one person can come to see a patient each day.

The hospital’s other visitation rules include: ■ Visitors must be 18 or older.

■ Visitors will be required to provide their names, the name of the patient they are visiting and their contact information.

■ Visitors will undergo a symptom and temperature check upon entering the hospital.

■ Visitation will be denied to anyone who reports significant exposure to or symptoms of Covid-19 within 14 days of the visit.

■ Thorough hand hygiene must be performed before entering and upon leaving the patient’s room.

practice social distancing, check in when they arrive at the hospital and fill out their contact information on an iPad, so ■ Additional personal protective equipthat staff can conduct contact tracing in ment will be provided, if indicated. the event of a second wave of infection.

■ Once in the facility, the The hospital continues visitor must remain in the to monitor the coronavipatient’s room throughout rus pandemic, and its visithe visit, except when tor policy may be altered requested to leave by the as the need arises. The staff. new visiting rules are in effect to keep all patients Additionally, the Emersafe from infection. If a gency Room is not acceptvisitor has cold or flu ing visitors, and the symptoms, hospital Behavioral Health Unit is administrators said they only permitting visitors should stay home. from 6 to 8 p.m. Because “We recognize that there is a statewide ban on patients who have visitors nursing home visitation Courtesy MSSN generally do better and and the hospital’s Transi- RICHARD MURPHY, THE make a faster recovery,” tional Care Unit is a president and CEO of Mount said Richard Murphy, the licensed nursing home, Sinai South Nassau hospital, hospital’s president and visitors are prohibited said staff were eager to CEO. “We are as [eager] as there at all times. reunite patients and families. our patients to reunite “This is visiting hours them with their loved in the post-Covid era,” ones. This is another said Joe Calderone, the hospital’s vice president of corporate communications, important step toward returning our hos“meaning it’s not going to be the way it pital to more normal operations. We was before Covid. Now, when you come to always operate with our patients’ needs the hospital, on order of the Health foremost in all we do, and having family Department, we have to collect people’s members present at the bedside is at the contact information, and when they come top of our list.”

The hospital is taking measures to proto the hospital, a number of things are vide a safe and sterile environment for going to be different.”

Calderone added that visitors must patients, visitors and staff, thoroughly ■ A surgical mask must be worn at all times; one will be provided if needed.

cleaning and sterilizing all units and departments (as well as its comprehensive network of outpatient specialized health care centers). As of Friday, there were only 10 confirmed Covid-19 patients being treated at MSSN, and they were isolated from non-coronavirus patients. The Emergency Department is also screening patients seeking emergency treatment, so non-Covid patients and staff can be in a safe environment.

Patients visiting the hospital for any procedure, oncology or infusion treatment, or surgery are required to undergo pre-procedure Covid-19 testing at a new drive-up testing site in the hospital’s Washington Avenue parking lot. The test must be performed no more than two days before the procedure.

Though there are strict guidelines in place, Calderone said enabling visitors to come to the facility again was a major milestone for the hospital, and he urged residents not to put their health on hold.

“It’s been three months since we’ve had visitors in the building,” he said.

“It’s good for everyone . . . Emotionally, no one wants to be in a hospital where you can’t have outside visitors, so the connection with family and friends is critical to the healing process, and we recognize that and embrace it. We’re very excited to open up our doors again to the community.”

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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.

Courtesy Joe Labozzetta/NYRA

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.

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, assistant 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 work-

ers 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.

Frank Soults is the senior communications associate for 32BJ SEIU.

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THIS YEAR’S RALLY also included a eulogy read for the families of six Long Island janitors who died from Covid-19.

The calls that interrupt

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By LAUREN LEV Whether best of times or worst of times, I am always astonished how our memory can hold an exact moment, down to the slightest detail, and keep replaying it for reference, even when you’d think you’d prefer to forget.

First, there was those three missed calls noted on my phone’s lock screen on Saturday morning. By their very existence I knew that something wasn’t right. With an elderly parent with balance and mobility issues, no random call from medical staff can be good. So with intent and immediacy there I was, calling my mother’s doctor while standing in the shampoo aisle at Wal-Mart.

Alas, it was not the hair care section that had all those cool products to enhance hair. It was not even the women’s shampoo section with the heady fragrances, organic ingredients and designer packaging. This was a phone call to clarify my mother’s health while standing in the men’s shampoo section, trying to remain positive next to the eleven different shades of grey and navy blue bottles that were with or without conditioner. And there I was, already running those familiar next steps in my mind: emergency room, admittance, surgery, recovery, rehab and hopefully home. It turned out she needed them all.

With an elderly parent there is always an underlying hum, a feeling of

high alert that cannot be erased from the day to day. But given the pandemic and its victims, racial injustice and its victims and the unknown days that stretch out in front of us, Mom’s condition is different and its issues are carefully navigated by phone, given the skill and compassion of dozens of healthcare workers who I know only by name.

Funny, this all started off as just another morning in which I thought the toughest job was going to navigate the “one direction” aisles and find paper towels and peanut butter. Instead, I had to mentally step back into a routine with which I am unfortunately familiar so as to insure essential decisions are made for my mother’s safety.

I don’t know what is tougher to accept: getting and making those calls (and their residual results and memories) or realizing that there is a “go-to” process that kicks in instantly for incidents like these. I don’t regret or resent, but sometimes I’m sad. I wish it could be a little easier, say like picking out the right bottle of shampoo.

A contributing writer to the Herald since 2012, Lauren Lev is an East Meadow resident and a direct marketing/advertising executive who teaches marketing fundamentals as well as advertising and marketing communications courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology and SUNY Old Westbury.

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Seaford Fire Department reopens for training Since mid-March, the Seaford Fire Department been focused on keeping up to date on the latest practices and techniques via videos and virtual lessons. All hands-on training in the department’s firehouses was suspended to adhere to social distancing guidelines.

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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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One of the biggest challenges was trying to maintain infection control, which includes making sure the staff has personal protective equipment to make sure that they were safe and could go home safely to their families.

Another big change for us was that there were no visitors allowed in the hospital, so our roles as nurses changed a little bit. I like to think we’re always at the bedside and advocating for our patients, but given that there were no families, we were trying to be that lifeline between families and patients. We were doing a lot of FaceTimes and had iPads donated to the hospital to connect families and patients.

It was scary for a lot of us because we didn’t really know what to expect — this was unprecedented, and the number of patients coming in just kept growing. We’re definitely on the backside of the curve now, which we’re very grateful for, but it was challenging.

It was also very emotional for us. I can’t imagine dropping off your most important person at the hospital and not knowing what the outcome will be. That’s something that as health care workers we will always carry with us.

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We started raising money, mostly using Facebook, and set up our drivethrough for the first time on May 6. BG Deli, which is down the road, has been providing sandwiches, and we’ve been adding apples, chips and water.

There are so many people that are hungry. There was an old man who was a veteran who stopped by two weeks ago. He said he was embarrassed to ask for a meal. I told him that he shouldn’t be — that he served our country and he’s a hero — and he started crying. It was very heartbreaking.

At the end of each day, I deliver the leftover food to places like the Brittany House in Hempstead. We’ve given meals to Nassau University Medical Center too, and last week I dropped off about 50 meals to the Northport Veterans Agency.

I reached out to the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless to let them know what we’re doing, and they put me in touch with the Brittany House. Now they sometimes send volunteers here to help us give out the food.

We have a traffic sign inviting anyone who needs to come by for free meals. It’s also says thank you to essential workers. Nobody signed up for this. But we’re here and we’re strong united.

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When you chose your college, you had a mental picture of exactly what your next four years would look like.

Now you might be debating your original decision or possibly wondering if you need to look at a college a little closer to home.

At Molloy, we understand your frustration and we are here to help you. We want to help you reach your academic goals, on the timeline that you always expected, so that you can launch your career.

Now, more than ever, students and their parents are looking for an academic environment that offers the best fit and best value for the student and their tuition dollars. Molloy was recently ranked the #18 “value added” college in the U.S. by The Wall Street Journal, arguably the nation’s premier financial publication. Molloy also was ranked the #10 best value among Catholic colleges nationwide by College Values Online.

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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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residence hall, the College’s third. Some of Molloy’s newer offerings include an economics major, as well as a degree completion program that will enable returning students to easily earn their undergraduate degree.

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Class of 2020 Wantagh Middle School grade 8 James Ackermann Shane Adams James Ambrosino Kenneth Annunziata Dean Armstrong Raghav Arora Isabella Astaiza Isabella Aviles Shawn Bailey Alexander Barberio Katie Bardak Aidan Bardi Vito Barretta John Barry Isabella Bartilucci Allison Beatty Olivia Belling Nicholas Benedetto Joshua Berlin Justin Bifone Bethany Boland Alex Bonanno Jonathan Bono Eleftherios (Cooper) Boudouris Kelsey Bowden Taylor Boyle Jack Brady Andrew Braun Gianna Bruno Benjamin Burkhardt Elaina Buscemi James Byrne Kevin Byrne Gina Canestro Thomas Carlo Zachary Clark Anthony Clem Joseph Clem Amaya Clement Julia Cocchiola Luke Cocchiola Samantha Colucci Amanda Combs

Kyle Conklin Peter Conlin Thomas Conway Amanda Coppola Samantha Cortes Giuseppe D’Amato Stephen D’Amato Jack Dankenbrink Amanda Deedy Louis DeLuca Richard DeRupo Frank Desiderio Charles DeStefano Jaiden Diaz Nicholas Diaz Sienna Diglio Dominic DiMatteo John Michael Divella Luke Donofrio Gabrielle Edelman Casey Escobar Vincent Farino Alexander Fasano Hunter Fasano Ryan Ferrara Anthony Figlozzi Kadyn Fiorello Sara Fioribello Paul Fontana Jack Friedfertig Grace Fulton Nicole Garfinkel Kendell Garrett Collin Gercken Giuliana Giacometti Thomas Giglia Molly Graff William Greaves Madelyn Hartmann John Paul Haubeil Christopher Heisler Sari Heller Zachary Henglein Alessandra HermesBevans Sean Hill-Hotz

John Hodne Ryan Horowitz Catherine Ibrahim Lucas Immel Mario Innella Patrick Iskander Kyle Ivey Logan Jaramillo Maya Jurman Mackenzie Kelly Morgan Kelly Sierra Kenny Adrian Khan Casey Kissinger Jessica Konecky Emily Korotki Kevin Kramer Sophia Kranis Mandy Krauss Thomas Lagomarsino Elle Lang Leonard LaRosa Ramy Latif Thomas Leake Maylani Lee Meghan Lee Tiffany Lee Maya Lembo Melissa Lento Lauren Lerch Anthony Lerro Nyla Lester Meghan Libby Eva Loughman Patrick Lucey Emilia Lupo Nico Maciak Sarah Magoloff Julia Maniscalco Paige Martin Sofia Martinez Jake Martini Maggie Massari Emily McGeown Kristopher McNamee Jake Mendolia

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Aimee Grace Ambrosio Aaron Michael Aponte Brianna Lynn Arnold Payal Arora Priyanka Arora Alexandra Grace Avena Biana Badame Mark James Banschback Christina T Barbarino Megan Beard Jack Carter Benedetto Kyle Joseph Benedetto Matthew Elias Berlin Morgan Faith Berman Jake Bennett Boden Garrett Edward Bollinger Vincent F Bongarzone Despina E Boudouris Brianna Breslin Ceili Anne Brown Edwin Vincent Buhler Jack Thomas Burdewick Grace Buscemi Elizabeth Jordan Byrnes Anthony Joseph Calabrese Andrew Cammarata Andrew Stephen Capasso Jonathan C Caradonna Ryan Thomas Carlo William Carr Paige Taylor Carman Brianna Joann Carroll Kelly Anne Casey Jacob Aaron Chan Abigail Agnes Colaco Michael Coney Kayla Conklin Nicholas Patrick Conklin William Connors Grace Kathryn Conway Claudia Paige Corbett Paige Morgan Crandall Alexa Loren Crespo Olivia Renee Cruz Juliana Lucia Cupelli Thomas Andrew Curan

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Wantagh ElEmEntary Michael Amodio Salvatore Ansaldi Isabella Arias Mason Arredondo Jayden Astrup Max Avena Savvas Avgousti Raymond Azzariti Teagan Barry Kate Benkovic Kyler Biesma Grace Bifone Chase Birnstill Cole Blaney Maxwell Burkhardt Emma Bush Madelyn Carroll Max Catok Makayla Clark Matthew Como Lillian Conaghan Kylie Coners Alexis Cook Morgan Crespo Jonathan Cutrone Anthony D’Amato Shane DeVito Nicolette Edelman Sonia Esposito Sophie Fairbanks Avery Ferrara Caroline Feyrer Kara Fisher Ryan Flavin Patrick Forthofer Mia Frankel Robert Friedmann Jenna Fucarino James Fulton Benjamin Furer Lauren Furer Ashley Gadell Leia Gallegos Daniel Giacobello Jay Godhwani Olivia Haines

Madison Herman Charlotte Heron Mairead Hill-Hotz Jack Horowitz Mckayla Hyland Hayley Ivey Ellen Jablonski Giselle Jefts Peter Kanellis Nicole Kelly Haylie Kissinger Soha Kulsum Victoria Kurz Ryan Laibach Giacomo LaRosa Michael LaRosa Jonathan Lembo Colin LePorin Nicholas Lerro Jake Levinn Peter Libranti Joseph LoPiccolo Joseph Lupo Olivia Maniscalco Kayla Mannix Kerry McHugh Alyson Miller Jr., Ronald Mines Camryn Mitchell Emily Modica Sofia Monniello James Morale Kaitlyn Moran Brendan Murray Gianna Muscarnera Camryn Naus Dylan Nerses, Nicholas Nuzzi Catherine Odell Lucy Olore Ella Perfetti Morgan Pfaff Mary Powers Daniela Putrino Violet Radzicki Peter Raiano Nicholas Rapuano

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Thomas Dillon Caitlin Donahue Veronica Familio Michael Fanizzi Katie Fox Sarah Garbowski Peyton Garrett Peter Gifford Gianna Giglio Zachary Gould Meghan Hochman Kylie Hoffman Emily Horowitz Charlotte Ieva Cassandra Kelly Ryan Kelly Olivia Khan Maggie Kurz Isaiah Jackson Jackson Lehrer Martin Lindquist Shayna Loughman Brad Loveland Andrew Lycoyannis Briana Manolio Samuel Mendolia Juliana Messina Brody Meyers Margaret Mills Ryan Mundy Casey Naus Jack Naus Jason Newbert Samantha Nilsson Hannah O’Brien Emmett Reilly Matthew Reilly Liam Reynolds Sean Reynolds Skyanna Rothhaupt Mathew Rudnicki Alexis Schoenfeld Natalie Sherman Thomas Taggart Jack Walsh Emily Williams Matthew Zampini

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Carly Rose Corsitto Frank Anthony Cozzolino Samantha Mary Dachille Madison Erica Dalton Michael Anthony D’Amico Damon Andrew Daskalakis Victoria Lee DelPrete Jessica Mary Delsignore Christopher James Demino Ryan Patrick Demino Emily F. DeVito Matthew Robert Diana Nicholas DiCanio Matthew Anthony DiLemme Isabella M. Diodati Paige Linda Donovan Melissa Donuk William E. Duggan Lindsay Taylor Eiseman Emily L. Espinel Leila Rose Fatscher Mia Lynn Fatscher Justin Finn Dominique Rose Fiorenza Danielle Fisher Robert J. Fowler Francis Thomas Gagliano Julia S. Galante Hailey Elizabeth Galison Brooke M. Gallo Ashley Elizabeth Gankiewicz Penelope Ella Gardner Kimberly L. Garneau Giannamarie C. Gianni Jordan Faith Gilbert Robert M. Graff Vanessa Marie Grieco Joseph K. Haering Jake Michael Harwood Pablo I. Hashem Alexander A. Kapilevich Matthew Dean Karounos Miranda Catherine Kelly Katelyn Kern Joshua Kirshenbaum Jolie Kistinger Jack Edward Knox Jessica Ann Kofod Daniel J. LaFemina

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Erwin Ajpacaja Ryan Allen Jake Anzelone Michael Anzelone Erin Augusiewicz Alisha Avila Jason Aviles RAD-Gabriella Barnjak AD Paulina Barnjak der/ Sophia Barnjak Daniel Barone Kishauna Barrett Amanda Beadle Angelina Belgiorno Adriana Bertoncini Liza Bhatti Waleed Bhatti Ava Bisogno Jacqueline Bodycomb Shannon Boll Lauren Bowers Cody Bracher Arianna Brinkley Taylor Broderick Angelina Brodie Connor Brown Alyssa Buran Isabella Buran Harrison Caico Kieran Calderaro Aidan Calvacca Ava Cancelino Louis Cannata Anthony Cannella Anthony Cantore Gabrielle Caporaso Brianna Carnival Michael Casalaspro Caleigh Catapano Serra Celikkol Jeffrey Cesario Justin Cettina Junny Chen Justin Chin Christopher Chirico Ryan Ciborowski Serafina Codignotto Madden Coppola

Grace Costello James Cuccias Kyle D’Aniello Ryan D’Orio Ava Daly Cole DePaolis Ashley Diaz James Dillon Angelia Dominguez Jackson Donner Luke Donovan Gabriella Doris John Dugan James Durso Jake Duryea Emily Falletta Hailey Falta Hailey Fatscher Angelina Fernandez Samantha Ferrara Jimmy Flores Gianna Foglia Shayla Fox Riley Froese Arianna Garcia Kevin Gil Ethan Goldberger Jacqueline Grimaldi Jillian Gross Derek Gustavson Jessica Haering Umika Hathiramani Scott Heaslip Charles Herman Katherine Hoehn Christina Hornacek Taron Hunanyan Anthony Janes Raymond Judge Vienna Kalischer Lucas Kanellopoulos Cassandra Kelly Jack Kelly Jake Kirshenbaum Kathryn Kofod Zachary Krenn Jake Krupka Rebekah Larson

Patrick Leahy Michael LoBasso Sarah Lochner Gerneil Lorne Angelo Maffettone Tyler Malek Mariana Martinez Mia Marzini Georgia Masterson Brad Matrai Kevin McCarthy Jack McClernon Theodore McComiskey John McCormick Brady McGowan Reina McGrath Charley McNeilly Jonathan Melendez-Ventura Christian Melgar-Quintero Mikko Minerva Anthony Molinaro Jack Montagano Luis Montes Colleen Moody Tyler Morris Brendan Murphy Michael Murphy Timothy Navin Christina Necco Erik Nicholaysen Lily O’Brien Devin O’Donnell Erin Ortiz Sophia Parisi Hannah Perry Justin Pineda Alexandra Podesta Hannah Polley James Price Nicholas Protopsaltis Nicholas Pupa Frank Pyryt Dylan Quinn Jake Quinn Ashley Rauch Jack Revere Anthony Rich Cassidy Rosen

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Hunter Pitkowsky

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Jonathan St. Surin

wantagh High School

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from 3377 Long Beach Rd. oceanside, NY 11572 (516) 766-0732

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Stony Brook commit’s crowning achievement Seaford High School Class of 2020 member Jason Linzer first started in track in middle school. He was an eighth grader. He joined because he “thought he was good at tag,” and five years later, Linzer has compiled a steadily successful running career where he has been consistently ranked as one of the best longdistance runners on Long Island. He is also committed to run outdoor track and cross country at Stony Brook University.

Recently, Linzer earned the T. Redmond McKenna Memorial Award from the Nassau Track & Field and Cross Country Officials Association. The most recent piece of hardware recognizes the standout senior’s athletic accomplishments, as well as his qualities of leadership and sportsmanship.

Linzer was unaware of his nomination for the award until representatives of the Officials Association showed up at his house to present him with his plaque.

“I found it interesting [that] one of the officials thanked me for what I had done for track and field,” he said, “because I never really thought about it that way. I always thought about what track has done for me.”

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“It was a good way to end it, although I didn’t know it in the moment,” he said.

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WANTAGH HIGH SCHOOL student actors John Sileo, left, and Kyra Orgass were nominated for the 2020 Roger Rees Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress for their performances in Rent School Edition, held in November 2019

Wantagh thespians earn prestigious award Earlier in the school year, Wantagh High School’s theatre department put on a production of “Rent: School Edition.” The production garnered praise for its excellence in the youth theatre world and won 2020 PlayBillder Award as part of the Roger Rees Awards for Excellence in Student Performance.

The theatre program’s success was acknowledged during the live stream of the awards ceremony. The PlayBiller Award, presented by Broadway actor Andrew Barth Feldman, of “Dear Evan Hansen,” recognizes school theater programs for their comprehensive and engaging marketing plans, including Broadwayquality playbills or programs.

The department will receive a free PlayBillder license, a copy of the commemora-

tive program and a $500 stipend for the high school’s computer department to generate future playbill programs.

Wantagh Theatre adviser Heather Naughton thanked the Roger Rees Awards committee for their recognition of the program. She said that the ad sales in the theatre program’s playbill generate about $10,000 annually, which helps support future performances.

Previously, Wantagh High School thespians Kyra Orgass and John Sileo were nominated for the 2020 Roger Rees Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress for their performances in “Rent: School Edition,” which Naughton directed. Sileo played the part of Roger Davis, an HIV positive songwriter and musician. Orgass played his girlfriend, Mimi.

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state of my present address are Wantagh, New York; the month and year of my birth are April 1931; the place of my birth is Brooklyn, New York; my present name on my Birth Certificate is Marie Fiorentino.

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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.

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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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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-

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.

Mark July Fourth by reading the Declaration

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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

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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Going to the doctor in a Covid-19 world

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can reduce fear and anxiety about seekspecial instructions before you head to the office. Some may ask you to call them ing medical care.

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.

CARNEY right for you, make sure you call the doctor’s office to folDr. Anika Sagar is a primary low up or schedule other care physician for adults and appointments, and remember to keep the an assistant professor of medicine at the colleag doctor up to date on how you’re feeling. their so Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ If at any time you feel ill, let your physiNorthwell Health. Dr. Maria Carney is a for arre cian know right away. geriatrician and palliative medicine phy- skin in By having a plan and a strategy, and sician for older adults, and a professor of spoke a exercising control of the situation, you contrib medicine at the Zucker School. among crowde ing and these s said pr state.

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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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