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Aman Islam, 16, right, is a student at Valley Stream Central High School who has been advocating for gun safety since the Parkland shooting. He spoke on Jan. 26 at the “More Than a Moment” gun safety discussion at Oceanside Library.

Sen. Todd Kaminsky hosts gun safety forum at Oceanside Library

With Feb. 14 drawing near and marking the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. that left 17 dead, the nation’s legislators, students, parents and activists continue to fight for stricter gun policies. In New York, proposed gun reform laws could be passed in Albany as soon as this week, according to State Sen. Todd Kaminsky. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 1/31/19

Q: What should my school district be doing about school security and what can I do as a parent to make sure they are doing the right things?

A: When I served as a police lieutenant in charge of helping the schools in my community, I had to get the message through to everyone in the district that the most dangerous thing they could … more

By Lt. Joseph Pangaro, CPM | 12/3/18

As part of his campaign to spread acts of kindness, Tommy Maher donated food and other supplies to Veterans Place in Pittsburgh after the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue.

‘Country for a Cause’ to aid local man’s kindness campaign

Baldwinite Jessica Eckels recently wondered how she could help change the world for the better, and thought of Tommy Maher. Maher, of South Hempstead, has spent the past year visiting sites of … more

11/21/18

Student leaders of B’nai B’rith Youth Organization and members of Boy Scout Troop 214 lit candles in memory of the 11 people killed during a shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Oct. 27.

Hundreds mourn Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims at Rockville Centre vigil

“The people who speak are supposed to be here to try to comfort us,” said Rabbi Howard Diamond, who addressed members of his congregation and others during a vigil at Congregation B’nai Sholom-Beth David on Oct. 30. “. . . It’s very hard to be comforted. It’s very hard for me to be comforting.” more

By Ben Strack | 11/8/18

In the 4th Congressional District, send Rice back to Washington

To slash through the sea of partisanship that now engulfs Congress, strong proponents of bipartisanship and people of action are needed. more

11/1/18

Taylor Yon, 16, top, survived the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14. She and fellow survivor Zoe Gordon, 15, came to Stony Brook University recently for the Robert W. Greene Summer Institute for High School Journalists.

Inside the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting

Part seven in an ongoing series. Sixteen-year-old Taylor Yon found comfort in Pine Trails Park, virtually in the center of Parkland, Fla. There, she and her friends wandered its sidewalks, past its familiar playgrounds, ball fields and band shell, and lit candles for the dead. Afterward, they sat on towels on the ground and talked for hours, struggling to put into words, to understand, the massacre perpetrated by a one-time student of their school, whom the Herald is not identifying. more

By Scott Brinton | 8/2/18

South Side High School staff members Emily Santamarina and Tara McElynn practice applying tourniquets as part of the Stop the Bleed training administered by the Northwell Health Trauma Institute on June 21.

Rockville Centre police conduct first active shooter drill at South Side High School

Faculty at South Side High School watched as Rockville Centre Police simulated hunting down an active shooter while mock students laid across the floor with gruesome fake injuries as part of the … more

By Matthew D'Onofrio | 6/28/18

Robert Gaafar, a Rockville Centre resident who escaped the mass shooting in Las Vegas last October, told his story at a forum about gun violence at the Rockville Centre Public Library in April.

Rockville Centre gun violence survivors advocating for change, spreading kindness

Only days after escaping the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history, Robert Gaafar took a walk with his wife and two young children. He heard popping noises, momentarily transporting him from Rockville Centre back to the Route 91 Harvest Festival last Oct. 1, at which 58 people were killed and 851 injured. more

By Ben Strack | 6/7/18

Roughly 70 Hofstra University students took part in a march across campus on March 14 to call for stricter gun control.

Hofstra students march to end mass shootings

Editor's note: Melanie Haid is a freshman journalism major at Hofstra University. This piece originally appeared in the Hofstra Chronicle, the student-run newspaper. Exactly a month after the mass … more

By Melanie Haid | 3/29/18

Liz Dion, vice president of the Board of Education, voiced support for the walkout during a meeting on Feb. 28.

South Side students to participate in national walkout

South Side High School students will be among the thousands of teenagers expected to walk out of their schools on March 14 as part of a national movement to honor the victims killed in the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. and to raise awareness about gun violence. more

By Ben Strack | 3/8/18