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New county mask law raises concerns wouldn’t want to change that,” Blakeman said after signing the bill into law Wednesday Nassau County Executive mor ning. “But when people Bruce Blakeman signed the take liberties that hurt other Mask Transparency Act into people’s rights and abridge law on Wednesday, a controver- their constitutional rights and sial law that bans the wearing threaten them with violence of non-religious and non- those are situations that we can not tolerable and health-related face they’re not consiscoverings in public tent with the Unitspaces. ed States constituThe law, one of tion.” the first of its kind The Mask Transin the state, took parency Act has effect immediately. reignited the It aims to enhance debate over the balpublic safety by ance between pubpreventing people lic safety and indif ro m c o n c e a l i n g v i d u a l r i g h t s, a t h e i r i d e n t i t i e s, contentious issue particularly when that arose during they may be committing crimes. But DeBoRAh GoRDoN t h e c o ro n av i r u s pandemic. Propothe legislation has Glen Head nents of the law sparked significant argue that it will debate and concern help reduce crime by making it among residents. Blakeman said the law pro- harder for people to hide their vides police with another identities, while opponents fear resource allowing them to it could lead to unwarranted make a decision to g aug e stops and arrests. “Exceptions are in place for whether someone is engaged in health and religious reasons, a legitimate activity or not. “We do not want to abridge which were my concerns,” Dr. anybody’s right to free speech Stacie Locascio, of Glen Cove, and protest, that is a part of the said. “If you’re planning on fabric of our nation, and we Continued on page 7
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neighbors Stephen and ethan Melbinger, Larry Hoffmann and alfredo Martinez redirected stormwater at the corner of Chestnut Street and Woolsey avenue.
Glen Cove neighborhoods deal with chronic flooding By RoKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
Glen Cove businesses, parks and neighborhoods flooded after being pounded by heavy rainfall last week, but residents of Woolsey Avenue are no strangers to the phenomenon, having seen over two decades of flooding. Over the years, almost every significant rainstorm has brought with it rising water that inundates Woolsey Avenue itself, as well as nearby yards and basements. The storm on Aug. 6 was no different. As stormwater rushed from neighboring streets, the eight storm drains on Woolsey were quickly overwhelmed, leaving over a half-dozen homes
on the block dealing with flooding. According to First Street Foundation, a nonprofit organization that uses computer modeling and data to assess risk from climate change and storm events. About 1,438 properties, or 18 percent of the area, are at risk of flooding over the next 30 years. To protect their homes, neighbors used a combination of makeshift methods to divert water to storm drains as the rain fell. They used insulation and boards to redirect the flow, and even cleared storm drains with rakes to keep water from accumulating. “It’s gotten worse over the years,” said Randy Allen, a Woolsey Avenue resident whose house is in front of a storm drain. Continued on page 9
hat about the people without health insurance still wanting to protect themselves?