Last Thursday, as the culmination of a lawsuit that began in 2019, New York State Attorney General Letitia James distributed New York’s share of a historic multistate settlement secured from JUUL Labs Inc. for its role in the youth vaping epidemic. The settlement money will be put to use by counties and the Boards of Cooperative Education Services (BOCES) to pay for vaping education, enforcement, and research programs.
Following the establishment of Juneteenth as a federal holiday in 2021, commemorating the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, education efforts have grown throughout the community. “At the end of the day, this is something that should be taught because this is American history,” said Georgette Grier-Key, executive director of the Eastville Community Historical Society in Sag Harbor.
The Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center plans to highlight collaboration and commonality among nonprofits at this year’s It Takes Our Village cocktail party fund-raiser on June 29 at Mulford Farm.
At an East Hampton Town Board work session full of safety information for pedestrians, cyclists, and fire-pit lovers, the presentation that drew the most interest from the board was one on e-bikes, given by Lt. Chelsea Tierney of the East Hampton Town Police Department. “The biggest thing is that people just don’t know the laws,” she told the board.
