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Volume 199, No. 8 August 2020
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Joanna Austin
Publisher, Long Island Press
The dog days of summer are definitely here on Long Island, but the usual lazy hazy days of the
season have been replaced with anxiety-inducing uncertainty about what back-to-school will bring
amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic.
In our annual Back-to-School issue, a special supplement to our monthly Family & Education
section, we explore COVID-19’s impact on grade schools and colleges in the rapidly approaching
fall semester.
Our news section takes a look at how the racial justice protests that have spread across the nation and
LI since a Minneapolis police officer allegedly murdered George Floyd in May have sparked a series of
police accountability reforms in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
In Press Business, our business reporter Claude Solnik explores how the pandemic is impacting
those who recently graduated college and are entering the job market. He also brings us an interview
with Derek Peterson, CEO of Soter Technologies, which is on the forefront of vaping sensor
and COVID-19 detection tech.
In Press Health, wellness guru Michelle Gabrielle Centamore checks on the progress
of the coronavirus vaccine. And seasoned opioid crisis reporter Eden
Laikin takes us inside the region’s lone addiction crisis support service provider.
In a special edition of Press Home, we follow how the influx of New York City residents fleeing to the suburbs has increased competition
in a real estate market with already limited supply for middle-class homebuyers. And in Press Buzz, our reporters put together a
roundup of last-minute East End staycation destination ideas, plus new eats and drinks in the Main Dish food and dining pages.
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Enjoy!!
8 THIS MONTH
A roundup of the latest news on Long
Island. And a look at how Black Lives Matter
marches have sparked police reforms.
Inside cover photo by Mira Lerner. 12 COVER
Attorney Robert Sullivan of Sullivan Papain
Block McGrath Coffinas and Cannava
PC recalls his legal battles on behalf of 9/11
heroes. Cover photo by Matthew Kropp. 14 POV
Civil rights attorney Frederick K. Brewington
speaks to the historical significance
of the nation’s racial reckoning. And
reporter Shelly Feuer Domash reminds
readers why they should back the blue.
17 BUSINESS
How recent college grads are coping with
the pandemic’s impact on the job market,
Soter Technologies CEO Derek Peterson
touts his vaping detector and COVID-19
sensor, a look inside the recent Dime
Community Bank merger, and more. 27 HEALTH
Despite progress on the coronavirus vaccine,
questions remain. A look at the region’s
lone addiction crisis support service
provider. And how to avoid heatstroke. 33 FAMILY & EDUCATION
Kid-friendly food subscriptions for busy
parents, a virtual read-a-thon for a good
cause, how to avoid ticks, and trouble at a
local animal shelter.
41 BACK TO SCHOOL
How colleges are preparing for the
uncertainty of the fall semester. And
parents juggle many questions looming
in September. 55 HOME
How New York City residents moving to
Long Island are making the real estate
market even more competitive. LI’s top
realtors. And inside a Huntington Bay
home once owned by William Randolph
Hearst. 63 BUZZ
An insider’s guide to East End staycation
getaways, plus our Main Dish food and
dining section, Do This! Listings, and trip
down memory lane in Rear View.
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