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Friday, April 21, 2023
Vol. 11, No. 16
KIDS GUIDE
AITKEN OPPOSED FOR ED BOARD
3RD DISTRICT LACKS REPRESENTATION
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State mascot vote to impact Manhasset Regents board unanimously bans Native American imagery in schools BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z New York’s Board of Regents unanimously voted to ban the use of Native American mascots, team names, logos and depictions Tuesday, a decision that will affect two local school districts, according to state officials. The state Department of Education released a memo Nov. 17 PHOTO BY SAMUELE PETRUCCELLI informing school districts that do fall under that category to adopt a The state’s Board of Regents unanimously voted to ban the use of Native American imagery in New York resolution to eliminate the names of all indigenous names, logos and schools.
mascots by the end of the 2022-23 school year. Schools in the Manhasset and Sewanhaka school districts sport the “Indians” title for their athletic teams. Efforts to reach state representatives or district officials for comment were unavailing. The resolution that Manhasset, Sewanhaka and other affected districts have to adopt under the new mandate requires them to “identify a plan to eliminate all use of the prohibited name, work, or mascot Continued on Page 46
Nassau police lack transparency: report BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z A 2022 study from the Vera Institute had Nassau County tied for the second-lowest score for police transparency in the United States with a ranking of 12 out of 100. Nassau County, according to the report from the nonprofit organization aimed at transforming the
criminal justice system, scored a 0 in every category except for an 81 in police contact information and a 100 in policies. The areas were judged on their data being “accessible,” “usable,” and “meaningful,” according to the report. “How data is provided should be determined in consultation with community members, especially
those impacted by the criminal legal system, to ensure that data is accessible and useful to the people most affected by policing,” Vera Institute officials said in their general recommendations from the report. Efforts to reach officials from the Police Department for comment were unavailing. The Vera Institute, a nonprofit
national research organization, analyzed police transparency in 94 cities and counties across the United States. Chicago received the highest score with a 70 and just 21 of the areas scored a 50 or above. The analyzed areas, according to the report, made up 25% of the entire United States population. The criteria used to measure the overall
transparency of police departments was collected by Vera between October 2021 and January 2022, according to the report. Transparency categories used to score the 94 areas were police misconduct complaints, instances of officers shooting firearms, use of force, arrests, 911 calls, traffic and pedesContinued on Page 47
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