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VOL. 68 NO. 32
AUGUST 6 - 12, 2020
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Unemployment remains high on South Shore ity and retail — three sectors that have accounted for nearly 200,000 lost jobs in Nassau and With the expiration of the Suffolk counties since the lockweekly federal pandemic unem- down began in mid-March, ployment benefit last Friday, according to a report issued and legislation to renew the last month by County Execuprogram stalled in Congress, tives Laura Curran and Steve many in Nassau Bellone. County may need to The official tighten their belts unemployment rate another notch or in Nassau and Suftwo as the unemfolk counties ployment rolls conjumped from 3.4 tinue to grow. percent in February And despite New to 12.9 percent in York state’s Phase 4 June, according to provisions for the U.S. Department reopening now in of Labor’s Bureau effect in both Seaof Labor Statistics, ford and Wantagh, which aggregates businesses have not URI BARASCH the two counties. bounced back to the The picture is likely President, extent hoped for. bleaker, however, Many, like restau- U.S. Division, since the of ficial rants and entertain- Adia Works rate is based only ment venues, have on initial unemlimitations due to ployment claims — social distancing guidelines the so-called U1 rate — and fails that constrain their ability to to capture the long-term unemreturn to pre-Covid prosperity, ployed or workers who are no and some, like bowling alleys, longer seeking jobs. It also fails are prevented from reopening to account for those who are at all. “under-ear ning” relative to Like much of the county, their experience, qualifications Seaford and Wantagh are heavi- and financial obligations. ly dependent on service jobs in Some employers have comareas like health care, hospitalCONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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 5
ven if [the pandemic bonus] gets renewed, it’s not a long-term solution.