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Elaine Gross: We’re limiting legal refugees to white South Africans
By Elaine Gross Current federal policy limits legal refugee admissions essentially to white South Africans, specifically Afrikaners. Congressional candidates, including incumbents, on Long Island and beyond need to state whether they support this policy, which has existed without sufficient Congressional or public attention. The public has a right to know. On Jan.
Elaine Gross: We’re limiting legal refugees to white South Africans
By Elaine Gross Current federal policy limits legal refugee admissions essentially to white South Africans, specifically Afrikaners. Congressional candidates, including incumbents, on Long Island and beyond need to state whether they support this policy, which has existed without sufficient Congressional or public attention. The public has a right to know. On Jan.
The challenge of celebrating Black History Month
On Feb. 5, not long after Black History Month began, President Trump’s Truth Social account posted a video depicting former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes. In response to criticism from Republicans, the video was removed the next day, but with no apology from the president.
Elaine Gross: The challenge of celebrating Black History Month - Herald Community Newspapers
By Elaine Gross On Feb. 5, not long after Black History Month began, President Trump’s Truth Social account posted a video depicting former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes. In response to criticism from Republicans, the video was removed the next day, but with no apology from the president.
Beware when walking at night
Hi, Justo. I have seen so many dressed in dark clothes that may cause a dangerous situation. If you are walking, running or biking on roads in the dark, morning or night, please don’t dress head to toe in black, navy or any other dark color. Please wear light clothes, reflective or neon clothing or have a light to protect yourself or your kids. When walking on the streets, please walk against the traffic. The Key Biscayne streets are dark, even the crosswalks on Crandon are dark.
Opinion: Unequal resources in L.I. schools based on race
By Elaine Gross A report just published by ERASE Racism explores how equitably educational resources are available across school districts on Long Island – and specifically whether they vary depending on a district’s racial composition. The results are startling and should be the basis of discussion across the region. The implications for the Town of Hempstead are especially disturbing. A recent series begun recently by The Long Island Advocate found the same result.
Why is keeping the truth from students so politically appealing?
Eight states have passed legislation — and another 20 are considering it — to require that educators avoid teaching about the role of racism and oppression in American history. While the legislation is new, America long has suppressed some of the truth about race relations. Why is such censorship so politically appealing at a time when the truth is both readily apparent and so much more accessible?
LI needs more minority schoolteachers
This summer, Long Island school districts will be hiring new teachers to replace the more than 2,000 educators from Nassau and Suffolk counties who filed for retirement in 2020. While there is a growing consensus that districts should address the shocking shortage of teachers of color, there is less acknowledgment of the circumstances that caused and perpetuate this shortage.
Four milestones on the road to racial equity
By Elaine Gross Four milestones were reached in June on the road to racial equity. They recognize progress while underscoring the distance yet to be traveled. They came at the federal, state and county levels, and all have significant implications for Long Island. One was the designation of Juneteenth, June 19, as a national holiday.
Even in N.Y., a shameful legacy of housing discrimination to unravel
By Elaine Gross New York Daily News | Apr 06, 2021 at 3:00 PM (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) A sweeping lawsuit underscores a clear pattern of widespread housing discrimination by real estate agents in New York. While the suit, filed against 88 brokerage firms and landlords in New York City, has yet to be judged, the pattern is undeniable. It is long past time for the real estate industry to correct its injustices decisively.
New York State reinforcing Long Island's racial education gap
Racial disparities in education increased nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. In New York, those disparities were reinforced by the state Education Department’s failure to respond adequately to the crisis. Interviews with local school officials conducted by ERASE Racism reveal the dramatic implications on Long Island. New York State has the most-segregated schools in the nation.
Erase structural racism: 5 steps Joe Biden can take to make U.S. laws, policies more just
President Joe Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris as his vice president stands in stark contrast to former President Donald Trump’s stoking of white nationalism, which reached a new level with the armed insurrection on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol. While white nationalism has been a constant, often violent presence throughout American history, the recent sight of the Confederate flag flying in the Capitol underscores the reality that the threat of violent white supremacy is still present in America.
Returning to Long Island’s segregated schools
By Elaine Gross As the new school year begins, students, teachers and parents are understandably focused on the immediate issue of how schools are reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic. But the pandemic doesn’t let us off the hook. Long Island’s schools are highly segregated and becoming more so, and it is time that we addressed that, too. Long Island is one of the 10 most segregated metropolitan regions in the nation, and the problem is on the rise.
Don’t spend money to accommodate rude bicyclists
Dear Mayor & Council I walk almost every day on Crandon Boulevard. I see the bikers riding in the bike lanes and riding outside of them. I don’t think painting the lanes green will make any difference to the bikers safety. Many times they are riding two and three abreast, not paying attention to the cars next to them. Also if it is one rider, they like to ride on the line. Unfortunately, many of the riders are rude and don’t pay attention to anyone else on the street.
NY's police reforms don't go far enough
New York has enacted new laws to reduce some excessive police practices, including outlawing chokeholds and making transparent the disciplinary records of police officers. These are positive steps, and some people have suggested the ongoing protests after the tragic death of George Floyd at the hands of police can now end because they have succeeded. But needed changes have not been implemented nor have they extended to the cause of police brutality toward Black people. That is structural racism.
Reimagine Education in New York - Without Segregation
The Place for New York Policy and politics Developed in conjunction with Joomla extensions. (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) Governor Andrew Cuomo has called rightly on New Yorkers, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, to reimagine education. We should reimagine it without racial segregation. The novel coronavirus’ path of destruction has starkly illuminated the structural racism that underpins so much inequality in America.
Underlying America's unrest is structural racism
The senseless and horrific death of George Floyd has sparked protests and unrest across America. Some individuals have tried to undermine otherwise peaceful protests by injecting violence and thereby distracting public attention from the core issue at hand. That issue is structural racism, which goes back to slavery but remains ingrained in America’s civic fabric.
5 Steps to Properly Combat Housing Discrimination in New York
The Place for New York Policy and politics Developed in conjunction with Joomla extensions. (photo: Edwin J. Torres/ Mayoral Photography Office) The landmark report on housing discrimination on Long Island recently published by Newsday requires action by government and the real estate industry in the region but also in Albany and statewide. The rampant discrimination revealed is not limited to Long Island and displays a dramatic failure by New York State government that must be corrected.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo must put some teeth, and funding, behind enforcement of Section 8 and disability income discrimination
Over half a million New Yorkers depend on government assistance or other forms of non-wage income to pay for housing. Historically, these individuals have been denied housing because of their source of income, such as Section 8 vouchers or disability benefits, to pay for housing.
Slamming the courthouse door on equal access to housing
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has proposed a rule that undermines the enforcement of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 — a mainstay in fighting housing discrimination. The implications for Long Island are significant, because structural racism in housing is central to our region being ranked one of the 10 most racially segregated metropolitan areas in the United States.
Imagining a better future for Long Island
Bob Keeler: A Better Long Island for All Keeler is a former Newsday reporter and editor. It’s time for our local leaders to lead the way to the future with a strong dose of regional thinking Perhaps the most difficult attitude to nurture in Long Islanders is regional thinking. Despite the best efforts of the Long Island Index and Newsday, the Long Island newspaper, regional thinking remains a still-desirable but still-distant goal.
A Not-So-Quiet Revolution in Land-Use Law? Scaling Up the Zoning Process
Home About Introduction Discussions by David Schleicher, Roderick M. Hills | March 2019 Although disagreements over housing and zoning tend to be vituperative, there is one fact about which everyone seems to agree: We have a full-blown crisis of housing affordability that has harmful effects on the economic and social welfare of the country as a whole and particularly on poorer citizens.
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