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Unemployment remains high on South Shore have accounted for nearly 200,000 lost jobs in Nassau and Suffolk counties since the lockdown With the expiration of the began in mid-March, according weekly federal pandemic unem- to a report issued last month by ployment benefit last Friday, and County Executives Laura Curlegislation to renew the program ran and Steve Bellone. stalled in Congress, many in The official unemployment Nassau County may rate in Nassau and need to tighten their Suf folk counties belts another notch jumped from 3.4 peror two as the unemcent in February to ployment rolls con12.9 percent in June, tinue to grow. according to the U.S. And despite New Department of York state’s Phase 4 Labor’s Bureau of provisions for Labor Statistics, reopening now in which aggregates effect in both Seathe two counties. ford and Wantagh, The picture is likely businesses have not bleaker, however, bounced back to the URI BARASCH since the official extent hoped for. rate is based only on President, Many, like restauinitial unemployrants and entertain- U.S. Division, ment claims — the ment venues, have Adia Works so-called U1 rate — limitations due to and fails to capture social distancing the long-term unemguidelines that constrain their ployed or workers who are no ability to return to pre-Covid longer seeking jobs. It also fails prosperity, and some, like bowl- to account for those who are ing alleys, are prevented from “under-earning” relative to their reopening at all. experience, qualifications and Like much of the county, Sea- financial obligations. ford and Wantagh are heavily Some employers have comdependent on service jobs in plained of difficulties in restaffareas like health care, hospitali- ing, calling the $600-per-week ty and retail — three sectors that CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
By TIMOTHY DENTON tdenton@liherald.com
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Generals return MacArthur High School graduates, from left, Mackenzie Fielding, Kristen Heimink and Sofia Escobar celebrated their last day as Generals on June 27. Story, more photos, Page 3.
Candidates gather endorsements in 2nd C.D. as race heats up By J.D. FREDA jfreda@liherald.com
State Assemblyman Andrew Garbarino, the Republican candidate for the seat in the 2nd Congressional District, has been a candidate in four elections, and never lost. His perfect record led him to believe he had a surefire game plan for representing the South Shore. But this year is different for the Sayville native. Unlike previ-
ous campaigns, Garbarino, 35, hasn’t been able to go out and meet his potential constituents. He hasn’t been able to shake their hands or walk the campaign trail to ask them to support his campaign. In the June primary, it didn’t matter. He corralled almost 64 percent of the vote, effectively crushing the upstart challenger Michael LiPetri. “We performed well everywhere,” Garbarino said. “We didn’t lose a town. Whether it was
Islip, Babylon, Hempstead, Oyster Bay, we didn’t lose one town. It was good to come out of primaries with big wins in those areas, but also to come away with the endorsement of LiPetri.” With that endorsement, Garbarino has secured the support of every Republican and Conservative in the district. Many Suffolk County elected officials also announced their backing, and in CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
ven if [the pandemic bonus] gets renewed, it’s not a long-term solution.