C ELEBRATING E ASTER
The children at Faith Nursery School had a great time celebrating Easter. They colored Easter eggs, made Easter baskets, and the Easter Bunny seemed to leave eggs all over the building for them to find.
Forum planned on library renovation
On Wednesday, May 1 at 7 pm, the Board of Trustees of the Jericho Public Library will hold a forum on proposed renovations at the Library.
According to the Library, use of its space and services has been growing rapidly. It says that in the last two years the number of library visits has grown 9.6%
to 281,351. Total program attendance has grown 14.2% from last year, to 25,315. Proposed renovations include additional multi-purpose rooms, an expanded cafe, installation of fire sprinkler systems, replacement of leaky windows, renovation of second floor bathrooms to make them handicap accessible,
renovation of staff offices and expanded storage space.
The estimated cost of the project would be $9 million, which would be funded through a 20-year municipal bond.
The forum will take place in the Jericho Public Library theater.
Town explains new restrictions on vape sales
BY GARY SIMEONE
Tighter restrictions are coming to hookah lounges and vaping products being sold within the Town of Oyster Bay. The announcement was made at a press conference at the YES Community Counseling Center In Massapequa last Monday.
“The intent of this legislation is to keep these stores out of our downtowns and away from schools and parks to protect our children,” said Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino at the conference. “Recent studies have shown a troubling increase in the use of vaping products among our youth.”
One of the statistics he cited from the New York State Health Department, showed a 160% increase in the number of young people smoking e-cigarettes in the last five years.
“That’s a very frightening statistic. E-cigarettes pose a serious risk to young people and their dangers are extensive,” said Saladino.
The new restrictions include all establishments that sell vaping products to post signage warning of the dangers of e-cigarette use. All hookah lounges, smoke shops and vape shops opening within town borders will only be permissible to open in an industrial zone area.
“We are trying to keep them away from schools, from homes, from houses of worship in our downtowns. In addition smoke and vape shops and lounges will be restricted from opening 1,000 feet from a residential zone as well as a school, library, church, any place of worship, parks and playgrounds.”
Jay, the manager of Smoke Stax Tobacco Shop in Hicksville, said that these new restrictions would have a detrimental effect on his business.
“It will have an effect big time on my ability to make a living,” said Jay, who did not want his last name used. Hopefully this won’t put us out of business because products like soda and candy are not selling like they used to. There is a lot of competition out there.”
Saladino said that he hopes the new initiatives will protect young people and the overall quality of life in the Town.
The Town Board is expected to hold a vote on the new legislation in a town meeting in May.
K. of C. to hold Hawaiian Night
The Joseph Barry Knights of Columbus will hold a "Hawaiian Night" on Saturday, June 1, from 7 pm to 11 pm.
Doors open 6:30 pm.
Enjoy a Hawaiian Floor Show, DJ, hot buffet, open bar, dessert and tea or coffee.
Reservations are required. Raffles will be held.
$35 per person - Checks payable to "Joseph Barry K of C" must be received by May 25.
Absolutely no money will be accepted at the door.
For information, call 516-457-6190 or 516-433-0360
The Knights of Columbus are located at 45 Heitz Place, Hicksville.
Get rid of your unwanted items by placing an ad for them in our Classifieds! We have reasonable rates, and you’ll have prompt results! Call our Garden City office at 294-8900 for rates and other info.
Perspectives
in
Health
Free Community Education Seminar
FROM PREVENTION TO INTERVENTION
Ramesh Daggubati, MD, Associate Chief, Cardiology, at NYU Winthrop Hospital, will discuss the following topics related to heart health:
Know your numbers - BP, Cholesterol levels and HbA1C
Salt, alcohol, fats AND your heart
What are blockages and how are they treated?
A question and answer period will follow.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 7pm
NYU Winthrop Research & Academic Center 101 Mineola Blvd., Mineola (corner of Second Street)
Admission is free, but seating is limited.
Reservations are required.
Please call (516) 663-3916 to reserve your space.
Billy Joel, hundreds of volunteers clean up harbor
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and award-winning singer and songwriter Billy Joel attended and pitched in at the Town’s Annual Oyster Bay Harbor & Beach Cleanup initiative, which was hosted in partnership with the North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association (NOBBA) and the Friends of the Bay.
This important environmental initiative features Town employees and volunteers rolling up their sleeves and
working side by side to clean-up the beaches, harbor, and shoreline areas along Oyster Bay Harbor.
Each year, countless amounts of paper, food, plastics and other trash are discarded on beaches or dumped overboard from recreational and commercial vessels. Allowing this litter to remain on our shorelines will only lead to increasingly worse damage for the environment.
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From classes to lectures and concerts to movie screenings, there's never a dull day at your local library! Check this paper each week for fun and informative all-ages activities, all for free or cheap!
Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino and musician Billy Joel
Syosset-Woodbury Rotary welcomes Syosset school superintendent
Dr. Tom Rogers, Syosset school superintendent, and Matthew Fiasconare, business education teacher at Syosset High School, were guest speakers at a recent Syosset-Woodbury Rotary Club meeting. Dr. Rogers updated the club concerning student achievements in various student competitions, technology and coding programs, the school budget and tax cap, building security, redesign of elementary libraries, updating classroom furniture for interactive activities, online testing for State assessments, and Syosset Park.
Mr. Fiasconaco, the coordinator of the Worked-Based Learning Program at the senior high school, recounted the students’ experience in the Virtual Enterprise program. They formulated an imaginary business called “Astro Dough”, and progressed through the various levels of the competition, and earned third place in the world. Congratulations!
The Syosset-Woodbury Rotary meets at Lisbon Cafe, Jericho Turnpike, Jericho on Tuesday afternoons.
Nod Hill: Durable aluminum frame; elegant interlocking circle design.
Syosset School Superintendent Dr. Tom Rogers, Rotary President Moira Patterson and Syosset High School business teacher Matthew Fiasconare
Proceeds of run donated to NYPD widow
here at the check presentation ceremony are (left to right) David Lerner Associates Executive Vice President Martin Walcoe, David Lerner Associates Senior Vice President Alex Barnych, David Lerner Associates CEO David Lerner, GLIRC Executive Director Sue Fitzpatrick, Leanne Simonsen, NYPD Detective Rob McCormick (Det. Simonsen’s partner), David Lerner Associates President John Demosey, Nassau County Legislator Laura Schaefer, Nassau County Legislator Rose Walker and her grandson Brady Cromwell.
At a special ceremony held at David Lerner Associates Syosset Headquarters on the morning of April 16, GLIRC and David Lerner Associates were pleased to present a check in the amount of $2500 to Leanne Simonsen, whose husband, NYPD Detective Brian Simonsen, was tragically shot and killed in the line of duty on February 12th. Detective Simonsen was a 19-year veteran of
NYPD and was assigned to the 102nd Precinct Detective Squad.
The check came out of the special Police Crisis Foundation that has been established out of the proceeds of the annual David Lerner Associates Police Appreciation 5K Run held every June in Eisenhower Park. This year’s Run will be held on Thursday evening, June 6th.
BCA to hear from schools candidates
The Birchwood Civic Association will be hosting a meeting featuring schools administrators and candidates for the Jericho and Syosset school boards on Tuesday, April 30 at 8:30 pm at in the faculty room at George Jackson School, 58 Maytime Drive, Jericho.
Candidates will introduce themselves and their platforms, followed by questions from the audience. Enter at the main entrance in the front circle. Proceed straight ahead and the faculty room will be on the right.
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Photos: Lobby, The Bristal at North Hills | Exterior, The Bristal at Garden City | Country Kitchen, The Bristal at Westbury
“Parkinson's Disease: An Update” at Winthrop
NYU Winthrop Hospital will offer a free community lecture for seniors, “Parkinson’s Disease: An Update,” on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at 1:15 pm. The program will be held at the Mineola Community Center, 155 Washington Avenue in Mineola, which is located one block south of Jericho Turnpike, between Mineola Blvd. and Willis Avenue.
Nora Chan, MD, Director of the Movement Disorders Program at NYU
Winthrop Hospital, will provide an overview of Parkinson’s Disease, review existing treatment strategies, and update attendees on new treatments and upcoming treatments. A question and answer period will follow the lecture.
Free parking is available in the lot adjacent to the building; metered lots (quarters needed) are across the street. Seating is limited and reservations are required. To reserve a space, please call (516) 663-3916.
Flower planting at Memorial Park
The Memorial Park at the corner of Underhill Blvd. and Jackson Ave.
RESIDENTS for a more beautiful Syosset will hold its annual flower planting at Memorial Park on the corner of Underhill Boulevard and Jackson Avenue in anticipation of the celebration of Memorial Day. Community members are invited to volunteer their time to assist in planting flats of annual
flowers in this garden. This event will take place on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 9:30 am. The rain date is Saturday, May 18. All interested community members should bring with them their trowels and garden gloves. For further information, call 921-7052.
Easter fun at Faith Nursery School
The children at Faith Nursery School had a great time celebrating Easter. They colored Easter eggs, made Easter baskets, and the Easter Bunny seemed to leave eggs all over the building for them to find.
The children waited patiently for the directions.
Rina found an egg with her name on it!
The Kangaroo class found eggs in the church.
The Bunny Class used their “ears” to help find eggs outside.
The Bunny class loved coloring eggs.
Liv was excited to be the first to find an egg.
Easter fun at Faith Nursery School
William is proud of his basket.
Ronan could not wait to see what was inside his egg.
worked hard at filling his basket with treats!
Play based learning at Long Island Children's Museum
Visitors to Long Island Children’s Museum know the value of play-based educational experiences. Fun, handson activities stimulate curiosity and keep children engaged in subject matter. Every day LICM presents these opportunities in ways that engage all types of learning styles.
stART (Story + Art)
Tuesday, May 7 and Thursday, May 9 from 11:30 a.m. – noon
Join us each week as we read childhood classics and introduce new favorites; followed by a take-home, book-inspired craft. This week we’re reading “My Garden” by Kevin Henkes. After the story create a garden of colorful “blooming” craft flowers to take home!
Ages: 3-5. Fee: $4 with museum admission ($3 LICM members).
Garden Hats
Tuesday, May 7 through Friday, May 10 from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
Buzz into the Museum this month to decorate your own buggy garden hat to wear home!
Ages: 3 and up. Free with Museum admission.
Music and Movement
Wednesday, May 8 from 11:30 a.m. – noon
Enjoy creative movement exercises and interactive sing-alongs that get little bodies moving to the rhythm.
Ages: 5 and under. Fee: $4 with museum admission ($3 LICM members).
Kids in the Kitchen
Friday, May 10 from 11:30 a.m. –noon
Little chefs use real cooking tools (with some help from adults) as we make easy, yummy, kid-friendly snacks
from start to finish. As they make their treat, kids gain experience measuring ingredients, following directions and building their vocabulary.
This week we’re making an allergy-friendly snack Chocolate Teddy Bear Toast. Ages: 3-5. Fee: $5 with museum admission ($4 LICM members).
Messy Afternoons
Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12 from 3:30-5 p.m.
We’ll be up to our elbows in oobleck, clean mud and slime … and we hope you’ll join us for the type of artistic activities that everyone l, but not one likes to clean-up after. Except us!
Ages: 18 months to 4 years. Free with museum admission.
Bejeweled Jewelry Boxes
Saturday, May 11 from 1 to 3 p.m. Come and celebrate Mom this May!
Use markers and sparkly gems to decorate a beautiful jewelry box for your special mom.
All ages. Free with Museum admission.
All activities are held at the Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Avenue, Garden City, NY. For the safety of our visitors, Adults are not permitted in the Museum without children; Museum visitors under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Museum Hours: Tuesday-Sunday from 10 am.-5 p.m. and most school holidays. Museum admission: $14 for adults and children over 1 year old, $13 seniors, FREE to museum members and children under 1 year old. Additional fees for theater and special programs may apply. For additional information, contact 516-224-5800.
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11 Neurological Surgery, P.C., Physicians Named to 2018 Castle Connolly List
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY(March 4, 2019) Eleven of the 23 physicians associated with Neurological Surgery, P.C. (NSPC) have been named to the latest edition of Top Doctors: New York Metro Area, an annual reference guide published by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a New York City research and information company.
The NSPC Castle Connolly “Top Doctors” are: Jeffrey A. Brown, M.D. (Neuropathic Facial Pain), Jonathan L. Brisman, M.D. (Neurovascular Neurosurgery), Benjamin R. Cohen, M.D. (Spine Surgery), Vladimir Y. Dadashev, M.D. (Spine Surgery), John A. Grant, M.D. (Pediatric Neurosurgery), Roger W. Kula, M.D. (Chiari Neurology), Sundeep Mangla, M.D.
(Endovascular Neuroradiology), Stephen T. Onesti, M.D. (Spine Surgery), John Pile-Spellman, M.D. (Endovascular Neuroradiology), Brian J. Snyder, M.D. (Pain & Parkinson’s Surgery), and Lee Tessler, M.D. (Brain Surgery).
“It’s a pleasure to congratulate our colleagues and partners for receiving this honor,” said Michael H. Brisman, M.D., the chief executive officer of Rockville Centre,
NY-based NSPC. “Our practice has provided patients from Long Island, and elsewhere, with the most compassionate and comprehensive brain, back, and neck care available for over 60 years. The selection of these eleven physicians to the 2018 Top Doctors: New York Metro Area confirms a tradition of clinical, and patientcentered excellence, at NSPC.”
For decades, Castle Connolly has been conducting a peer-
review survey to select the region’s top doctors based on the theory that medical professionals are best qualified to assess the qualifications of other practitioners. Licensed physicians vote online for those doctors they consider outstanding. A Castle Connolly doctor-led research team then counts the nominations and vets the nominee pool with the aid of a number of screens, including confirming board certifications and investigating disciplinary histories.
The firm’s Top Doctors: New York Metro Area guide lists those whom Castle Connolly has determined to be in the top ten percent of the region’s physicians –approximately 6,000 in all.
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Upcoming Events at Jericho Public Library
Saturday, April 27th at 11:00 AM
Table Top Adventures… A Feast for Mother’s Day with Lucy Van Horn Cost: $3.00 per person (Non-refundable)
Space is limited
In this Table Top Adventure, Lucy will be making pork tenderloin, baked fish in a white sauce along with a salad and dessert. As always, there will be lots of tasting, Lucy’s tips and recipes to take home. .
Register online or at the Circulation Desk.
Sunday, April 28th at 2:00 PM Journey Around the World with Eranga & Prianga
This program is filled with music from many lands including songs in…Hebrew, Spanish, Greek, Italian and of course…English! Eranga and Prianga explain their journey across many countries where they discovered these songs and weave a story of how they found the human connection and finally ended up in beautiful America!
Tickets are required and are avail -
able at the Circulation Desk. Nonticket holders will be seated as space allows.
Monday, April 29th at 2:00 PM
Movie: “What They Had”
Bridget returns home at her brother’s urging to deal with her ailing mother and her father’s reluctance to let go of their life together. Starring Hillary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster.
Drama Rated R. 1 hour, 41 minutes.
Wednesday, May 1st at 7:00 PM
Jericho Public Library
Renovation Forum
The Board of Trustees invites you to join them for an informative, detailed presentation of the Proposed Library Renovation. Bring your questions! Stay for refreshments following the presentation.
Programs will take place at the Jericho Public Library: 1 Merry Lane, Jericho. For more information, go to www. jericholibrary.org
Health Update for Seniors
A Free Community Education Seminar
Parkinson’s Disease: An Update
Please join us as Nora Chan, MD, Director of the Movement Disorders Program at NYU Winthrop Hospital, provides an overview of Parkinson’s Disease, reviews existing treatment strategies, and update attendees on new treatments and upcoming treatments.
A question and answer period will follow the lecture.
1:15PM Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Mineola Community Center 155 Washington Avenue, Mineola
(One block south of Jericho Tpke., between Mineola Blvd. and Willis Ave.)
Admission is free, but seating is limited. Please call (516) 663-3916 for reservations.
Upcoming Events at Syosset Public Library
Friday, April 26
from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Paint Afternoon Fee: $15 per person
Presenter: Pamela Paredes, studio owner of Wine and Design Syosset
It's time to be inspired and spark your imagination! Pamela Paredes will teach you how to paint. You'll follow along and she will guide you through step-by-step instructions for painting your one of a kind masterpiece. This program is for anyone in grades 6 through adult. Refreshments will be served. Registration required. (No refunds & payment is due at registration). Payment can be made by cash or check payable to the Syosset Public Library or pay online with a credit card.
Friday, May 3 at 2:00 PM
Paul Newman: The Most Famous Blue Eyes in Movies
Presenter: Marc Courtade, executive director, Huntington Arts Council Paul Newman was an actor, director and entrepreneur with a film career that spanned 50 years. He is one of two people to win an Academy Award in a competitive acting category as well as the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. This talk will look at the life and work of Paul Newman as a tribute to his popularity, endurance, good looks and charm.
Programs will take place at the Syosset Public Library. 225 South Oyster Bay Rd. Syosset.
For more information, go to www. syossetlibrary.org
Yom Hashoah Remembrance Day
Seventh graders of Temple Or Elohim will lead a Yom Hashoah Remembrance Day service on Wednesday, May 1 at 7 pm. Holocaust survivor Gloria Glantz will tell her incredible story after the service.
Gloria was born in Wegrow, Poland, in 1939. She had a very loving, large family which included many uncles, aunts, cousins, two older brothers and grandparents. To save her life, her parents enlisted the help of a simple righteous Christian family. In her lifetime, Gloria has lived in four countries and on two continents, so her journey to America was a very circuitous and unusual one.
In her professional life as a teacher, she has made it a mission to see that the Shoah is not forgotten. She is the winner of a fellowship from the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, American Federation of Teachers, and Jewish Labor Committee to study the Holocaust and Resistance. She is also the 2002 recipient of the The Spirit of Anne Frank Outstanding Educator Award.
For more information, please contact Deborah Tract (Director of Education) at (516)244-9840.
Temple Or Elohim is located at 18 Tobie Lane, Jericho.
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April 26, 2019
A Day to Follow Whim and Whimsy in Venice
BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM
One of the smartest choices I make in preparation for a weeklong self-guided bike tour from Venice to Trieste to Istria (Slovenia to Croatia) is to arrive a day earlier. This gives me the unsurpassed luxury of spending a day wandering around Venice without a plan or an objective, just to follow whim and whimsy and take in the incomparable essence of this enchanting city. I am transfixed by Venice – the colors, the constant motion, the angles, the architecture, how you never know what you will see around any corner, how getting lost leads to new discovery. I have that cherished time to really focus on details.
Eric, my son who will be biking with me, will be arriving the next day, and I have made my way from Marco Polo International Airport to the Hotel Alexander on the mainland in Mestre by public bus (following the directions provided by FunActive, the tour company). I drop my bags and have most of the day to explore on my own.
The hotel that has been selected on the FunActiv tour (self-guided means that they have booked the inns and laid out the route, provide the rental bikes and support, ferry the luggage each day to the next inn) which I booked through
The graceful choreography of the gondoliers © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com
Biketours.com, is well located, just a short walk to a tram that comes frequently (they tell me where to buy the ticket, at a convenience store) and whisks me in comfort to the magnificent old city in 15 minutes.
Before I left the hotel, I had spotted a flyer about a new Leonardo Da Vinci Museum and am delighted when, serendipitously, I find myself right in front of it, next door to Chiesa di San Rocco, a church
where a concert is underway. I listen for awhile and then go into the Museum.
What distinguishes the Leonardo Da Vinci Museum is that it is designed as a laboratory for experimentation and curiosity – actually giving you insights into the mind of Leonardo da Vinci by bringing his manuscripts, schematics and drawings to reality. Engineers have recreated largescale models of Da Vinci’s inven-
tions from his own plans “created through the skillful craftsmanship typical of the Renaissance workshops” which you can touch and maneuver. Essentially, you get to play with DaVinci’s inventions –delighting children of all ages. The museum also exhibits DaVinci’s anatomical studies. A special space is dedicated to his main pictorial works including the Mona Lisa
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and Annunciation, reproduced using high-resolution backlight technology. (Open daily, Scuola Grand di San Rocco, www.davincimuseum.it).
My motto, “Seize the day” (and waste no time) serves me well, because my first day is sunny, bringing out the colors of Venice – along with everyone else. Venice is unbelievably crowded with tourists– like Times Square but on a much, much bigger scale– and quite warm and humid. But I don’t mind and I find myself wandering down streets and alleys in neighborhoods (and they are really neighborhoods, where Venetians live) that are amazingly uncrowded and quiet.
I periodically take refuge in churches to get out of the heat and take a bit of a rest and often am pleasantly surprised to discover art and music.
One of the delights of Venice is that it is set up like a labyrinth of warrens, alleys, bridges over canals, so you are constantly surprised by the scenes that come into view as you walk about.
The most popular is the famous view from the Rialto Bridge at the center of the city where you literally have to wait your turn to get a photo.
The narrow alleys all of a sudden open up into the famous square of San Marco and I come upon the Basilica of San Marco with its ornate decoration. There is so much to see and do here
in the piazza, which remarkably has retained the same look as depicted in Renaissance paintings.
At San Marco, I stand on a bridge the gondoliers go under to get to the Bridge of Sighs – that famous place in the Doge Palace where prisoners would be taken to their cramped, damp cells, across this bridge with the last view of the open sky and their last breath of fresh air. It’s like rush hour of the gondolas. I admire the skill with which they deftly turn 90-degree corners and avoid hitting each other or smack into the pilings. The choreography of their floating dance is transfixing – I notice the oar lock the gondoliers use, shaped in such a way that they get a different
angle to control their stroke.
What really strikes me is that despite the crowds, how clean Venice’s streets are (though there is graffiti, more a reflection of political climate) and how fresh. This wasn’t the case when I last visited, 10 years ago.
I linger in the Piazza San Marco for a time, and am sitting on marble benches under an archway at the Doge Palace when I hear thunder. Last time I was here, the city was flooded – platforms mysteriously would appear on the streets that you had to walk over to avoid wading in six inches of water – a worrisome warning that Venice may at some point become submerged altogether with rising sea level.
No one seems particularly bothered by the thunder, not even the street vendors. I take the tram back to the hotel, and just before I get there, the thunderstorm starts.
The next morning is raining, but no matter. I hop the tram again, a five-minute walk from the Hotel Alexander through the neighborhood for the ride into Venice, and this time, after crossing over the bridge that provides entrance to the Old City (and apparently closes at night to those who aren’t living or staying here) go left at the fork instead of right. I walk over a bridge and see a sign pointing to the Jewish Ghetto and follow it. I come upon a group of Israeli tourists huddled under a passageway leading into the Jewish quarter as their guide gives her talk. I walk ahead and find the synagogue, where Sabbath services are just finishing, guarded by city soldiers who don’t let me in.
The last time I was in Venice, I happened upon Chabad gathering for Shabbat dinner and was invited in. The Chabad are actively repopulating European cities that emptied their Jewish communities during the Holocaust.
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Venice’s famous Piazza San Marco © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com
BY LOU THEODORE
WRITER’S CORNER
On the Hofstra 2018-19 basketball season
Here is part of what I wrote at the start of the Hofstra Men’s 2018-19 basketball season. “The 10/28 Newsday headlines blared away ‘Hofstra Targets NCAA: Wright-Foreman key to making March Madness” I disagree. WrightForeman and defense will send Hofstra to the Promised Land. The backcourt, led by superstar all-American candidate JWF, may be able to carry the club and overcome any deficiencies upfront…and this will be determined as the season goes forward.”
Well, what about the players this year? Superman (Justin WrightForeman) emerged as a star. My discussions with 7 NBA scouts suggest that he has a 25% chance of making it. His major drawback: physical size and body strength. I like his chances for two reason: backcourt drafts are preferred and JWF has continued to improve with each season. The rest of the team? Buie and Ray also continued to improve and Coburn was the most pleasant of all surprises. To top it all off, Taylor, the center transfer from Purdue, improved significantly as the season progressed; he proved a more than adequate replacement for
Rokas with his shot blocking and stellar defensive play, as well as his ability to make layups and foul shots. The team appeared unbeatable midway through the season.
And, what about the team’s performance this year? I’ll make this short. The club had what I would consider a turn-around year. They won the CAA Championship but failed to win the tournament, losing to Northeastern in the finals following a lackluster performance in their previous 5 CAA games. They closed the season out with a loss to a quality opponent in the first round of the NIT…an ultra-solid game in which they played great and could have won with a couple of breaks.
It is fair to conclude that the personnel was there for the team to go further. Here’s my analysis of reasons on why they didn’t.
1. How many teams that made the Sweet 16 played zone defense? If you answered hardly any, you’d be right. And, there is a reason why the better teams do NOT play zone defense. Over the years, only Syracuse’s zone has withstood the test of time, but they too have fallen by the wayside in recent years as more well-coached teams have
figured out how to destroy this defense. Hofstra, once again, committed to a zone defense this season and that, more than anything else, lead to their limited success. Case in point: During the CAA championship game between Hofstra and Northeastern, Mary (my wife) kept questioning why Northeastern was getting so many easy open shots while Hofstra struggled to get a good shot. I explained what happens when a team plays zone defense. Accept it – nothing can replace the intensity of an in-yourface man-to-man defense. NOTHING!!!
2. I keep repeating this after each season. You are inviting trouble when you commit to a 7-man rotation, with 5 players rotating around 4 positions. A successful team needs season-tested layers not only when players are in foul trouble but also at tournament time when confronting either a 3-game/3day or 4-game/4-day schedule.
3. Coach Mikalich and his staff have done a superb job in recruiting --- when it comes to offensive players. But defense is as important as offense, right? All coaches agree with this irrefutable statement, but few do anything about it. Bottom line: Recruit for defense as well as offense.
4. The object every season for any club in a mid-major conference is to win their tournament, NOT their conference. Iona College, with essentially mediocre seasons, has won the MAAC tournament the last 4 years in a row. Does Tim Cluess know something that other coaches don’t know? I believe he has figured out that the corrupt NCAA has stacked the deck against mid-major teams, and the only way to survive and prosper is to win their tournament. Bottom line: Play to win the tournament, NOT conference games during the season. How does a team do this? I discussed this very topic in the 2nd edition of my “Basketball Coaching 101” book.
I also noted earlier that this might be a do-or-die season for Hofstra since the club is top-heavy with seniors and only one freshman along with two sophs. But things have changed. My spies have informed me that Buie has been granted another year of stay (eligibility) and Jalen Ray – who continues to grow (physically) – has become as a quality guard/small forward with some defen-
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BY TOM MARGENAU
The ‘Burial Benefit’ That Won’t Bury You
About a month ago, I wrote a column explaining what family members need to do when a loved one who was getting Social Security benefits dies. I primarily discussed what might need to be done about returning the last Social Security check (depending on the timing of the death). I also used that column to help a surviving spouse know what possible widow’s (or widower’s) benefits might be due and how to apply for them.
I only briefly mentioned the one-time $255 so called “burial benefit” that is sometimes payable. I guess that was a mistake because I got lots of follow-up emails asking me about that penurious, yet popular, Social Security benefit. I confused why I was getting all those questions because I thought I had recently covered the topic. After checking my records, I learned that “recent” column was from 2011. (Time flies when you are having fun.) So it’s time, once again, to discuss the infamous Social Security “death benefit.”
It didn’t start out as a death benefit, per se; at least not in the context it is thought of today. It certainly was never meant to be a “burial benefit,” as many people call it.
As part of the thinking that went into the original Social Security act passed in 1935, Congress realized that many of the new Social Security taxpayers would die before they ever had a chance to collect benefits. Or they would die without having earned enough “quarters of coverage” to be insured for survivor benefits for any dependents. So they decided to compensate the families of a loved one who died with some form of reimbursement for the Social Security taxes that the deceased had paid into the system. They set up a one-time benefit they called the “lump-sum death payment” and it was originally intended to reimburse the family with an amount equal to 3 1/2 percent of the money the deceased had paid into the system.
It was supposed to be a temporary benefit; Congress knew that as time passed, most workers would be paying a sufficient amount of money into Social Security that they would be insured for survivor benefits. In other words, when a taxpayer died, the widow or widower (and any minor children) would get monthly benefits. So this lump-sum payout would no longer be needed.
And as often happens with government programs, once you start paying a benefit, it’s hard to take it away. Over the years, there have been any number of proposals to eliminate the lump-sum death payment. But as miserly as the benefit is, it’s a popular feature of the Social Security program. Politicians soon learned that to tamper with it meant an automatic loss in the next election. So the “temporary benefit” never went away.
But occasionally, Congress has made some relatively minor adjustments to the original law. In 1954, they capped the benefit at $255 -- and it’s remained at that level ever since. And in 1983, when politicians were looking for ways to save money in the Social Security system, they restricted the payment of the one-time death payment only to a “spouse who was living with the deceased at the time of death.”
And that’s where we are today. We have an essentially meaningless “death benefit” paid only to a widow or widower. Perhaps 50 years ago, $255 paid the cost of a funeral. Today, it barely covers the price of the flowers. If I were the king of the Social Security world, I would do one of two things. Either I would raise the death benefit to something meaningful, like say $2,500. Or I would simply eliminate it.
But I’m a columnist, not a king. So all I can do it explain the law and answer any questions you might have about it.
Q: My wife recently died. She was a homemaker all of her life so she was getting spousal benefits on my record. Everything went fine with stopping her Social Security checks. But I have two questions. When will I get the $255 death benefit? And will my benefit go up to give me credit for the spousal share that was being deducted from my checks?
A: I’m sorry, but the $255 death benefit is only paid on the account of someone who had worked and paid Social Security taxes. It sounds like your wife never did that because she was just receiving spousal benefits, not her own Social Security. And the money paid to a spouse is just an “add on” benefit. In other words, nothing was taken out of your retirement check to pay her. So your benefit rate will remain the same.
Q: My husband died 5 years ago, when I was in my late 50s. I don’t ever remember getting the death benefit. Was it automatic?
A: No, it’s not automatic. You must apply for the death benefit. I’m not sure, but it might be too late to file for it now. To find out, call Social Security at 800772-1213.
Q: My father died on Feb. 25. My parents were divorced, although they were still close friends. My mother applied for and started getting divorced widow’s benefits on his record. But I have two questions. Why did she have to return his February check? And why didn’t she get the $255 death benefit?
A: If you go back and read that prior column I mentioned earlier, you will learn why no one was due the proceeds of your father’s February Social Security payment. In a nutshell, it’s because Social Security benefits are not prorated. Because your father didn’t live the entire month of February,
the check for that month had to be returned. But there is an upside to that lack of proration. Your mother is going to get a divorced widow’s benefit for the whole month of February, even though she was a widow for only three days in that month.
As far the death benefit goes, the law says it can only be paid to a widow who
was living with the deceased at the time of death. I assume your divorced parents weren’t living together. So that’s why the $255 can’t be paid to her.
If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM
The Millennials plight in buying their first homes
BY PHILIP A. RAICES
Ihave been doing a lot of reading and research lately, about the increase in the percentage of millennials (the largest generation of potential purchasers in the history of the U.S.) that are living at home in the U.S. According to Business Insider magazine, and I quote:
“Nearly one in three millennials lives in their parents’ home.”
The US Census Bureau recently released a study on how young adulthood has changed between the 1970s and today. One of the main topics covered in the study was living situations. In 1975, a 57% majority of young adults aged 18-34 lived with a spouse, while just 26% of adults lived in their parents’ home. In 2016, only 27% of young adults lived with a spouse, while the proportion of 18-34 year olds living with their parents went up to 31%, becoming the most common living situation.
There are a number of reasons why this current trend is increasing and causing many millennials not to be able to purchase their first home, and I quote Zack Friedman, senior contributor to Fortune magazine:
1.) Student loan debt (44 million individuals strapped with 1.5 trillion loans).
2.) Rising housing costs and lack of affordability are outpacing stagnant and lackluster wages.
3.) 8%(one fifth of millennials) of borrowers for a home are denied due to lower than normal credit scores as well as too high debt/income ratios and also due to late or non-payments on student loans and credit cards as per the National Association of Realtors.
4.) Eight three percent of people twenty two to thirty five years of age with student debt (average amount owed $30,000 as per http:// www.studentloanhero. com and one fifth owe $100,000+ have not been able to save and buy their first home as per the National Association of Realtors (http://www. nar.com). Most important, these loans, which decrease F.I.C.O. (Fair Isaac Company) scores also making saving, next to impossible.
5.) For every $1000 increase in student debt, lowered the chances of homeownership one to two percentage points, during the first five years after their college education (as per three analysts, Alvaro Mezza, Daniel Ringo and Kamila Sommer, from the Federal Reserve division of research and statistics quoted from The Mortgage News Daily Newswire (http://www. mortgagenewsdaily.com) 2/5/19 as per columnist, Jann Swanson
Although our economy is very strong (but not for everyone), eighty five percent of student loan borrowers say, they are having great difficulty in saving for a home, and is forcing many to live or go back living with their mom or parents and delay their purchase, so they can save up more money for a down payment, as per the National Association of Realtors. Homeownership peaked in 2005 at 69 percent (45 percent of millennials 24-32 owned their homes) and then decreased to thirty six percent, mainly due to the heavy debt burden of their
student loans). This was the greatest drop among young adults to date. The majority of banks wanted debt/income ratios (student plus housing loans) to be at or below 36 percent, unless you were a doctor or professional with a higher income potential or living in higher cost areas, where they would push the debt/ income higher, as needed. More millennials are leaving urban areas where salaries tend to be lower to the cities or areas with higher potential earnings. According to Annie Nova on the personal finance team at CNBC in May of 2018, in the fifty larges metro areas, of 24-36 year olds, 23% lived with mom up from 13.5% in 2005. According to the Brookings Institute forty percent of student loans will be in default by 2023, if something drastic is not done today!
Congress and the Senate need to devise some type of plan and partial solution as soon as possible, leading to lessoning the burden that these student loans have on those trying to save and purchase their first home. If not our housing market will slow down much faster without those new buyers and potentially lead to a much slower economy and will affect other related industries to slow too. Parents with any type of money to assist their children should do so, since we aren’t taking anything with us! (you can give $14,000 or $28,000 for husband and wife) per child per year as a gift, tax free, refer to your accountant for more advice)
Here are some ideas to help
millennials begin down the path of purchasing their first home:
According to Make Lemonade, (makelemonade.com how to build your credit scores) the best way to build credit is to understand that your credit score - particularly your FICO (created by the Fair Isaac Company) score - is based on the following components:
1. Payment history = 35%
2. Credit utilization = 30%
3. Account age = 15%
4. Inquiries = 10%
5. Credit Mix = 10%
A higher credit score can score your better rates on credit cards, private student loans, student loan refinancing, mortgages, auto loans and much more. Lastly, years ago and even today, many went out and took on a second and even third job (as many immigrants do today!). So if you want that “picket fence,” homeowner association Condo, or co-op then go secure another job or two to earn additional money to get out of your parent’s home. Just do it!
Philp A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute and a Certified International Property Specialist. Receive regular “free” updates of sold homes in your area and a “free” Comparative Market Analysis” of what your home would sell for in today’s market or search on: WWW. Li-RealEstate.Com He can be reached by email, at:Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate. Com, or by cell: (516) 647-4289.
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sive skills. Add to this that Pemberton, although short at times on defensive output, will emerge next season as a scoring machine. Also add to this the performance of Coburn this past season. I’m good at math and it seems that they will have an excellent starting 4 that may be devoid of a center. Hopefully, one of the transfers or one of the freshmen or a new recruit will fill
this void. Bottom line 1: a quality center could bring another CAA championship next year. Bottom line 2: playing man-to-man may insure 1. In any event, I’ve changed my mind and now believe that 2019-20 will be another good year. I return at the start of next season.
Visit the author at: www.theodorenewsletter.com or on his Facebook page at Basketball Coaching 101
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arrives and we have our orientation with a FunActive guide for our bike tour. I make my way to San Marco again, before walking back to the depot to get the tram back to the hotel, in time for Eric and the guide to arrive.
We spend about an hour with Anthony, the FunActive guide, actually hurrying him along because we are so anxious to get back to Venice so Eric can have some time there. Anthony persists: going over the day-by-day maps, pointing out sights we might look out for, and alternative routes we can take, and then fits us to the bikes we will be taking.
By the time we get to Venice in the afternoon, the rain has cleared. We return together to the Jewish Ghetto and wander from there. I let Eric take the lead so he can have that same delight in discovering Venice for himself.
It is important to realize that Venice is a place where people live (signs ask visitors to respect the residents), and coming in this way, through the Jewish Ghetto, we find many streets – very quiet streets – that are simply neighborhoods off the beaten tourist track. Laundry stretched across the canal.
Eric uses his tech prowess (and the AFAR app) to find a restaurant, which gives a purpose and focus to our wandering through the streets. We arrive at Al Portego just in time before all the tables would be reserved for dinner.
After dinner, we walk to San Marco, which is especially magical at night. I have saved visiting the Doge Palace for the evening (the Doge Palace and three other museums stay open on Fridays and Saturdays until 11 pm, last entrance at 10 pm) so that Eric could see it as well. But Eric is too exhausted after having traveled all day and heads back to the hotel.
I waltz in at 7:30 pm without waiting at all – such a contrast to the daytime when the lines are long and hundreds of people, including massive tour groups, funnel in at once. The ticket, I learn, is valid at all four museums and good for three months. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to take advantage, but the ticket is well worth it.
Priceless, in fact.
I find myself in these rooms – grand doesn’t begin to describe it – by myself or with at most five other people. All of us are breathless. No one speaks. The silence is thrilling.
The art work – monumental pieces by titans of the Renaissance – fill the massive walls and the entire ceiling. One room is grander and bigger and more gilded than the next, and at this hour, at this moment, it feels like all of this is for me and me alone.
Next: A Night Visit to the Doge Palace
(We booked our 8-day self-guided “Venice-Trieste-Istria” self-guided bike tour through BikeTours.com, a broker which has an excellent catalog of wellpriced guided and self-guided bike and bike/boat trips, mostly in Europe, and has very attentive counselors. Biketours. com, 1222 Tremont Street , Chattanooga, TN 37405, 423-756-8907, 877-462-2423, www.biketours.com , info@biketours. com).
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If you haven’t tried Chewy.com yet for your pet food and supply purchases, this is a great time to check them out. Last Hope is now part of their rescue program. For each new customer that makes a purchase, Last Hope will receive a $20 donation. Click on the ad below or go directly to the Last Hope page at https:// www.chewy.com/ rp/5941
Last chance to grieve your taxes
Oyster Bay Receiver of Taxes James J. Stefanich reminds taxpayers of their right to challenge their property tax assessment for the 2020-2021 property tax year. Grievances may be filed with the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission during the “grievance period,” which ends on April 30, 2019.
Receiver Stefanich stated, “Any taxpayer who feels an error has been made regarding their property assessment should take advantage of this opportunity to establish a correct and fair assessment value for their home. Any taxpayer who wishes to challenge their property assessment must complete the necessary forms and return them to Nassau County Assessment Review Commission.”
The Nassau County Assessment Review Commission is located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, NY, 11501. Assessment challenges must be post-
marked by April 30. To receive an application in the mail, or receive assistance over the phone, The Assessment Review Commission may be contacted at (516) 571-3214. Application forms are also on the Assessment Review Commission’s page of the County’s website at http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/ARC/forms.html.
Receiver Stefanich has made applications available at his offices located at Town Hall North, 74 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay and Town Hall South, 977 Hicksville Road, Massapequa. In addition, a grievance may be filed online through the AROW (Assessment Review On the Web) system at www. nassaucountyny.gov/arc/arow.
To challenge your own assessment, a free help video is available for viewing at: https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/1510/Assessment-ReviewCommission
“The Impact of Music on Memory and Mood”
Evidence shows that listening to music reactivates areas of the brain associated with memory, reasoning, speech, emotion, and reward. To learn how music may help you or a loved one, please join NYU Winthrop Hospital’s free program, “The Impact of Music on Memory and Mood,” on Thursday, May 9, 2019, from 2 to 4 pm. The program is being hosted by The Bristal Assisted Living and will be held at their Garden City location, 1001 Axinn Avenue.
Attendees will explore how to improve mood with music as they hear from speakers Robin Lombardo, CTRS, CDP Regional Director, MusicandMemory.org; Alicia Lazarto, Family Caregiver; Kirby Veevers,
Adjunct Associate Faculty, Hofstra University and Jean Zebroski, Director of Volunteer Services at NYU Winthrop Hospital. The speakers will also address how music can improve the dynamic between caregivers and care receivers, how to make a meaningful playlist, and more. A question and answer period will be included. The program is supported by The Judith Haas Wellness Fund and is free-of-charge. Refreshments will be served. Pre-registration is required. To register or for more information, please contact Linda Martinez, LCSW, Winthrop Geriatric Medicine Associates at (516) 663-8220 or email linda.martinez@nyulangone.org.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing of the qualified voters of the Syosset Central School District, Nassau County, Syosset, New York will be held in the Auditorium of the South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, New York, in said District on Monday, May 13, 2019 at 7:45 p.m., prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items.
1. To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money that will be required for the 2019-2020 fiscal year.
2. To discuss all the items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by voting machines at the Budget Vote and Election to be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.
3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the School District’s budget and the Syosset Public Library’s budget for 2019-2020, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. prevailing time beginning Tuesday, May 7, 2019 except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the Office of the District Clerk, South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, New York and at the Syosset Public Library, 225 South Oyster Bay Road, Syosset, New York between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Friday, beginning on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. In addition, a copy of said School District budget will be available on the District website and to any resident in the District at each schoolhouse in the District in which school is maintained, during regular school hours and on days when
school is in session, other than Saturday, Sunday or holidays.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report, prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Board of Trustees of the Syosset Public Library will hold a public hearing for the purpose of discussion of the expenditure of funds and the budgeting thereof on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. at the Syosset Public Library. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election, will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, in the three (3) Election Districts, described below, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting machine upon the following items:
1. To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2019-2020 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.
2. SHALL the Board of Education of the Syosset Central School District be authorized to expend the sum of (a) $2,000,000 from the Security Capital Improvement Program 2018 Reserve established on May 15, 2018; (b) 942,521.00 from the 2014 Capital Reserve Fund established on May 20, 2014; and (c) $2,000,000 from undesignated unreserved fund balance, less funds anticipated from the District’s Smart Bond allocation in an amount not to exceed $1,197,042 for the purpose of installing ballistic doors District-wide, all of the foregoing to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental costs related thereto.
3. To elect three (3) members of the Board of Education for three (3) year terms commencing July 1, 2019, and expiring on
June 30, 2022.
4. To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education for the balance of an unexpired term commencing May 21, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2020.
5. To adopt the annual budget of the Syosset Public Library for the fiscal year 2019-2020 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the School District.
6. To elect one (1) member of the Library Board of Trustees for a five (5) year term commencing July 1, 2019 and expiring on June 30, 2024.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education and member of the Library Board of Trustees shall be filed with the Office of the District Clerk of said School District in South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, New York, not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time on Monday, April 22, 2019. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Office of the District Clerk; must be signed by at least 47 qualified voters of the District (representing 2% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election of the Board of Education); must state the name and residence of each signer and, must state the name and residence of the candidate. Vacancies on the Library Board of Trustees shall be considered separate specific vacancies. A separate nominating petition is required to nominate a candidate to each separate specific office. Such nominating petitions shall describe the specific vacancy upon the Library Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Office of the District Clerk; must be signed by at least 47 qualified voters of the District (representing 2% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election of the Library’s Board of Trustees); must state the name and residence of each signer and, must state the name and residence of the candidate.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required, either pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special District meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register.
The Board of Registration will meet on the following dates: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. H.B. Thompson Middle School Friday, April 12, 2019 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Syosset High School
Monday, May 13, 2019 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. South Woods Middle School for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law; to add any additional names to the register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which times any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared. The register so prepared pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk at South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on Thursday, May 16, 2019, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. prevailing time, each day prior to the day set for the election, except Saturday, May 18, 2019 will be 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and closed on Sunday, and at the polling place(s) on the day of the vote. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of
Registration will meet on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at each of the three (3) separate election districts to prepare the register of the School District to be used at the Budget Vote and Election to be held in the year 2020 and any special District meetings that may be held after the preparation of said register (not including the election on May 21, 2019), at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register provided that at such meeting of said Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school election for which said register is prepared, or any special District meeting held after May 21, 2019. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots are available on the District website and also are obtainable during school business hours from the Office of the District Clerk at South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, New York. To obtain a ballot by mail, completed applications must be received by the Office of the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election. To obtain a ballot in person, the completed application must be delivered to the Office of the District Clerk no later than the day before the election, Monday, May 20, 2019. Absentee ballots must be received by the Office of the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. A list of persons to whom the absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the Office of the District Clerk on and after Thursday, May 16, 2019, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, each day prior to the day set for the election and on May 21, 2019, the day set for the election, except that hours for inspection on Saturday, May 18, 2019 will be 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and the Office of the District Clerk will be closed on Sunday, May 19, 2019. Any qualified voter may object to the voting of the ballot
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Continued from page 17 upon appropriate grounds by making his/her challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with Section 2035 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said election, must be filed with the Office of the District Clerk of the Board of Education at South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, New York, not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Monday, April 22, 2019, except as to a question or proposition required by law to be stated in the published or posted notice of the meeting which shall be filed in sufficient time to permit notice of the proposition to be included with the Notice of the Public Hearing, Budget Vote and Election required by Section 2004 of the Education Law; must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to Office of the District Clerk; must be signed by at least 118 qualified voters of the District (representing 5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election of the Board of Education); and must legibly state the name of each signer. However, the School Board will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any proposition the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, which is unlawful, or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition, or where other valid reason exists for excluding the proposition from the ballot. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Election Districts have been established in the School District. The boundaries of the Election District are as follows: Election District 13: Residents who live in the Robbins Lane and South Grove elementary school attendance zones will vote at Robbins Lane Elementary School, 157 Robbins Lane, Syosset, New York.
Election District 22: Residents
who live in the A.P. Willits and Baylis elementary school attendance zones will vote at H.B. Thompson Middle School, 98 Ann Drive, Syosset, New York. Election District 23: Residents who live in the Walt Whitman, Berry Hill and Village elementary school attendance zones will vote at Syosset High School, 70 Southwoods Road, Syosset, New York.
Ms. Francine Benjamin, District Clerk
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NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWMBS, INC., CHL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH TRUST 2006-18, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 200618, Plaintiff AGAINST SUN KYUNG LIM, SEOK KI MIN, et al., Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 15, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on May 14, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 49 COLONY LANE, SYOSSET, NY 11791. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 15., BLOCK 134, LOT 48. Approximate amount of judgment $766,778.21 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 16-001657. WAYNE HENRY WINK, JR., ESQ., Referee
Gross Polowy, LLC
Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221
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NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau
BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NA AS TRUSTEE FOR WAMU MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006AR18 TRUST, Plaintiff against THANWAR K. PUNJABI, et al Defendants
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered December 17, 2018, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom), in the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 on May 14, 2019 at 11:30 AM. Premises known as 20 Tulip Lane, Syosset, NY 11791. Sec 15 Block A Lot 2302. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Muttontown, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $1,761,623.27 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 009635/09.
Karl C. Seman, Esq., Referee SPSNY282
Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, NY 11590
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SCHOOL BREAKFAST EXEMPTION
The Syosset Central School District intends to request an exemption for the 2019-2020 school year from the requirement to establish a breakfast program in each elementary school building. This exemption request is being made to NYSED Child Nutrition for all elementary schools: Baylis, Berry Hill, Robbins Lane, South Grove, Village, Walt Whitman and Willits. The district welcomes any comments or concerns from the public regarding this issue. Please forward any comments in writing to the Assistant Superintendent for Business, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, NY 11791.
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Musical performances at local libraries this spring
The Town of Oyster Bay Distinguished Artists Concert Series will host multiple musical performances throughout the month of April and May 2019 at local libraries throughout the Town.
“The Distinguished Artists Concert Series provides free musical and dance programs for the enjoyment of our residents,” said Town of Oyster Bay Councilman Steve Labriola. “I encourage residents to take advantage of these wonderful performances offered by the Town for free at local libraries.”
Upcoming performances for April & May 2019 include:
• Rubber Soul on Sunday, April 28, at 2:00 pm in the Hicksville Public Library – A Tribute to the Music of the Beatles.
• Eastbound Freight Bluegrass Band on Sunday, May 5, 2019 at 2:00 pm in the
Bethpage Public Library – A Traditional 5-Piece Bluegrass Band Performing Uniquely American Art Form.
• Barry Manilow Tribute on Saturday, May 18, at 7:30 pm in the Syosset Public Library – performed by Lydia Sabosto & Richard Fisichello. TICKETS REQUIRED. Call (516) 921-7161
• Just Sixties on Sunday, May 19, at 2:00 pm in the Hicksville Public Library – “The Stories, the Songs!” A Multi-Media Restrospective of the 1960s with Sing-Alongs & Trivia Quizzes.
The Distinguished Artists Concert Series is sponsored by the Cultural and Performing Arts (CAPA) Division of the Town of Oyster Bay’s Department of Community & Youth Services. For further information, please call (516) 797-7900 or visit www.oysterbaytown.com.
THE VIEW FROM HERE
Working past 65
BY BOB MORGAN, JR.
Far more people are continuing to work after age 65. There are significant causes and effects of this change, many positive, some not so positive.
At the outset, let me say that the point of this column is not to express an opinion about whether people should not retire at 65, or even earlier for that matter. So much of the decision is personal, depending on such things as family situations, the worker’s health, whether the worker can afford to retire and how much the worker enjoys his or her job. I am in the age group under discussion and still working, but your mileage definitely may vary.
The number of older workers has increased sharply. In 1987, 19.9% of people 65 to 69 worked in 1987, while 33.1% did in 2018. And the raw numbers are also increasing, since 35 percent of the adult population in the United States is now over 55.
Of course, a percentage of people are working because they have to. According to research by New School professor Theresa Ghilarducci, the typical worker in the bottom 50 percent of the income distribution, earning less than $40,000 a year, has no retirement savings. Since living on just social security is not very pleasant, many of these individuals feel required to remain in the work force.
On the other hand, many college graduates are remaining employed. According to a Bloomberg report, the biggest jump in employment among older workers has been in the ranks of the college educated. The percentage of all employees over 65 with at least an undergraduate degree is now 53 percent, up from 25 percent in 1985.
There are numerous causes for the increased number of workers staying employed after 65. Of course, one legal reason is that, with just a few exceptions, mandatory retirement is generally illegal nowadays under age discrimination rules.
But there are many other causes. On the negative side, I suspect that the need of some older workers for employment income may relate in part to the replacement of defined
benefit retirement plans providing monthly benefits with 401(k) account balance plans, which can get depleted quickly if not managed prudently. However, more positive factors include increased longevity and generally better health and quality of life among older people (as just one example, hip replacements have improved life for many). Also, the number of jobs requiring taxing manual labor has declined.
Of course, the widespread tendency of college graduates to stay employed may also suggest that there are now more white collar positions available that people are find more interesting and lucrative than the jobs on offer in previous generations. Bloomberg reports that the rise of college-educated workers has increased this group’s inflation adjusted income up to an average of $78,000, compared with the 1985 figure of $48,000.
One fortuitous result of the rise in older workers is that it may serve to cushion the effect of problems with the so-called Social Security trust fund. It was just announced this week that the trust fund, which actually just holds government debt, would be running a deficit (payments would exceed payroll taxes) starting in 2020 and that the system will be unable to pay full benefits starting in 2034. While shoring up the system up will be difficult, the increased income received by seniors may have the effect of offsetting projected cuts in benefits.
On the negative side, while jobs are pretty plentiful now, one can easily image that when the next recession comes, and it will, the increased number of older people in the workforce may produce generational conflict with younger people who may feel their job prospects or opportunities for advancement are blocked.
As I said earlier, I don’t think there is a one size fits all solution on when to retire, and I also don’t think that the increasing number of older workers particularly calls for a government response. But it is a phenomenon definitely worth watching.
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Total Taxes: $40,788
Sold Price: $1,309,500 Date: 12/11/2018
5 beds, 3 Full/1 Half baths
Style: Colonial # of Families: 1
Lot Size: 71x113
Schools: Jericho
Total Taxes: $19,491
MLS# 3003059
Sold Price: $915,000
Date: 03/28/2019
4 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths
Style: Colonial # of Families: 1
Lot Size: 82x127
Schools: Jericho
Total Taxes: $14,009
MLS# 3095742
Syosset | $1,235,000 | 4-BR, 3.5-BA | Web# 3112549 Contemporary colonial. Great flow and large bright rooms..
Anne Fishbein O: 516.921.2262 M: 516.241.4263
Barbara Drucker O: 516.921.2262 M: 516.241.0505
Jericho | $999,998 | 4-BR, 2.5-BA | Web# 3098658
Bright colonial with many updates on park like property.
Linda Freedman O: 516.921.2262 M: 917.743.2724
Woodbury | $748,000 | 3-BR, 3.5-BA | Web# 3110712
Expanded and renovated split level. Oversized flat property. Anne Fishbein O: 516.921.2262 M: 516.241.4263
Barbara Drucker O: 516.921.2262 M: 516.241.0505
Syosset | $1,188,000 | 5-BR, 3-BA | Web# 3110720 Stunning new construction offering superior craftsmanship. Linda Freedman O: 516.921.2262 M: 917.743.2724
Jericho | $935,000 | 4-BR, 2.5-BA | Web# 3116594 Stunning E. Birchwood splanch updated and move in
| $728,000 | 3-BR, 3-BA | Web# 3117327
Birchwood Park split with an open floor plan. Close to all. Mark Leventhal O: 516.627.9285 M: 516.330.8001
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