Syosset Advance (2/23/18)

FAMILY FUN NIGHT

On Friday January 26th, The Robert Seaman PTA hosted its annual Family Game Night. Families came out to enjoy this year’s new fantastic location at Round One in Hicksville. See page 6

Syosset CSD community supports facilities improvement plans

On Tuesday, Feb. 13, residents in the Syosset Central School District approved Proposition No. 1, the Facilities Improvement Plan, of the district’s bond referendum by a vote of 821 yes to 292 no. Residents also approved Proposition No. 2 of the referendum, the Enhanced Safety and Energy Efficiency Plan, by a vote of 909 yes to 204 no.

Syosset Woodbur y Chamber builds momentum, membership

BY RIKKI N. MASSAND

A record turnout for the Thursday, February 15 Syosset-Woodbury Chamber of Commerce meeting and the innovative educational setting that served as host brought community members, new faces and business opportunities to the forefront for an informational evening.

The Chamber of Commerce’s February General Meeting was held at Fusion Academy, a one-to-one private school for middle school and high school students with a decorative, calming education space located at 260 Crossways Park Drive, Suite A in Woodbury.

President of Syosset Woodbury Chamber of Commerce Charo Ezdrin, Esq. announced that in 2018, the 20-year anniversary of the Chamber, a new volunteer committee is being formed to work on coordinating the return of Syosset Street Fair, expected bigger and better than ever after skipping a 2017 date, as the marquee community day is scheduled for Sunday, September 30. After next month’s Chamber of Commerce board meeting more details are expected, as Ezdrin welcomed a large audience with several new Chamber members on hand.

numbers. The more volunteers we have, the more fun we have!” Ezdrin said at the February 15 event.

New Coordinator Helps Membership

The Syosset-Woodbury Chamber of Commerce also introduced Taylor Verdi, the new staff administrator and assistant to Ezdrin, at the February meeting. A recent Adelphi University graduate and business major, Taylor began working for Ezdrin Woods P.C. in Syosset and jumped at the chance to learn from her boss.

In just a few weeks since taking her position with the Chamber, Verdi’s role evolved under the mentorship of Ezdrin. Taylor’s responsibilities in organizing the 2018 StreetFair Committee, promotional methods, and renewing over 25 members of the Chamber are off to a fast start. Last week Verdi said she looks up to Ezdrin as a talented legal professional and a leader, and down the road she wants to follow in her footsteps and become an attorney. In Ezdrin’s office, Verdi also flourishes under the guidance of liaison Laurie Ann Ellul, who continues her dedicated work with the Chamber and organizing its events.

“The Board of Education and administration thank the community for their continued support,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Thomas Rogers. “The work included in both propositions will not only preserve the community’s investment in our schools, but will also address the items identified in our Five-Year Buildings Condition Survey, renovate our facilities and improve the quality of education for our students into the future.”

Proposition No. 1 includes remodeling science classrooms and research labs at Syosset High School; renovating the high school’s athletic complex, including replacing the athletic field and adding a new eight-lane track, relocating the softball field, and adding outdoor bathrooms and two additional tennis courts; addressing traffic safety issues at Baylis, Berry Hill, and

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“Syosset has held great street fairs in the past and we did not have one last year as we were really just trying to rebuild -- I am confident that 2018 will see a tremendous fair. Now is the time to really start planning it, and anybody who’d like to volunteer to help us, there’s power in

Frank S. Urso, real estate broker with Homes by Marra in downtown Syosset and founding member of the Chamber of Commerce in 1998, also spoke at the February 15 meeting.

“In ‘98 with 12 other local business

Caregiver suppor t groups of fered by NYU Winthrop Hospital

NYU Winthrop Hospital has the following two caregiver support groups that are free and open to the community: one is for Children of Individuals with Cognitive Impairment and the other one is for Parents of Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease. Specific details are as follows:

Sessions for Children Individuals of Cognitive Impairment will be held from 7:30 to 8:45 PM the following Wednesdays: March 21, May 16, and June 20, 1018. Location is NYU Winthrop Research & Academic Center, 101 Mineola Blvd, Mineola, NY 11501. The group is free, but reservations are required by calling

(516) 663-8220 or emailing LMartinez@ wnywinthrop.org

Sessions for Partners of Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease will be held from 10:15 to 11:30 AM on the following Mondays: February 26, March 12 & 26, April 9 & 23, and May 7 & 21, 2018, at the Winthrop Wellness Pavilion, 1300 Franklin Ave., Suite ML-5 in Garden City. The group is free, but reservations are required by calling (516) 663-8220 or mailing LMartinez@nyuwinthrop.org

For information on other support groups at Winthrop, please visit www.nyuwinthrop.org/resources/ supportgroups.

World marathon runner to speak at LI Running Club

The Greater Long Island Running Club is pleased to announce that the featured speaker at the Club’s Open General Meeting on Tuesday evening, March 20th will be Cara Nelson, who successfully completed the World Marathon Challenge of seven marathons on seven continents in seven days in January and February of 2018.

The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library, 999 Old Country Road in Plainview, starting promptly at 8:00 PM on the evening of March 20th, and the general public is most welcome to attend.

Here’s how Cara measured up:

Jan. 30 Novo, Antarctica 4:50:15

Jan. 31 Capetown, South Africa 4:41:49

Feb. 1 Perth, Australia 4:48:50

Feb. 2 Dubai, UAE 4:50:16

Feb. 3 Lisbon, Portugal 4:47:38

Feb. 4 Cartagena, Colombia 4:46:44

Feb. 5 Miami, Florida 4:37:23

Especially impressive from a run-

ning standpoint was the consistency of her efforts, completing all seven marathons within a range of thirteen minutes, as well as the fact that her fastest marathon was her final one of the seven. And she was back at her job teaching middle schoolers in East Hampton by February 7th!

Also on tap for the meeting will be the presentation of check to the Opening Word Program out of the proceeds of the December 2017 Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt Ho Ho Ho 5K Run and the presentation of a check to the John Theissen Children’s Foundation from the 50-50 raffle at the Club’s annual Dinner Dance.

Last, but definitely not least, we will be presenting Bill Benson’s son Don with the USA Track & Field Master’s Hall of Fame plaque. Bill, who was still participating in races until shortly before his passing in 2016 at the age of 96, was a great competitor and an outstanding human being.

Cara Nelson at the Antarctic Marathon on January 30th

Jericho resident is a star onstage

BY GARY SIMEONE

Ever since she was six years old, Jericho resident Rebekah Santiago Berger knew she wanted to be on stage in front of an audience. After going to the movies with her parents, she'd always mimic her favorite lines for days on end.

"Early on, both my parents and I knew what kind field I would be going into," said Berger, who is a junior at UConn. "I would parrot my favorite lines for days after seeing a particular movie, and at family events, my grandparents, aunts, and uncles, would always have me repeat their favorite ones."

Now as a junior in UConn's BFA (Bachelor Fine Arts) program, Berger is currently starring in the Tony award winning play The Crucible at the Connecticut Repertory Theatre.

She plays the character of Abigail Williams, who was part of the Salem Witch trials that took place during the 1600's.

"Abigail has been a dream to work on, especially with such an energetic, focused, and fun director like Paul Mullins," said Berger. "The Crucible is

great because it's such a timeless, and thought provoking show that continues to bring its classic ideas into the present day." Berger said that when she was in sixth grade, she performed in her first school play.

"It was in Alice in Wonderland, and I was cast as a flower. I think I had maybe five lines in the whole play." She said that experience of being on stage acting, sold her on what she hopes to be her future career.

"From that point on, my parents enrolled me in acting classes, and had me auditioning for shows at the Cultural Arts Playhouse in Syosset. It's been full speed ahead ever since." Rebekah has also appeared in plays including as the witch in Shrek the Musical, and in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying and West Side Story

She said she does not know what the future holds for her as far as acting but always tries to have a positive outlook.

"As for my future, I don't know what is ahead of me, but the business is constantly changing and I'm still not sure where I fit into it. All I know is that I'm truly meant to be here, and doing anything else would leave me completely and utterly unsatisfied."

New law will alter look of ‘zombie homes’

BY GARY SIMEONE

Last week, the Town of Oyster Bay enacted a new law that is meant to reduce the ever growing number of so-called, ‘zombie homes’ across Long Island. The law bans the use of plywood to cover the windows of doors of abandoned homes in favor of a polycarbonate (plexiglass) covering.

“I believe we are the first on Long Island to mandate the use of polycarbonate instead of plywood on the windows and doors of zombie homes,” said Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino. “The plexiglass covering will give a somewhat more attractive appearance to these dwellings instead of just slapping plywood over it.”

Town officials said that there are currently 110 of these zombie homes within its borders. The Town recently created a quality of life task force to help with this ongoing issue.

Changes to the Town code will include the banning of plywood on homes, the mandatory use of plexiglass

on windows and doors, and a clause that banks have to place $25,000 in an escrow account that the Town of Oyster Bay has access to.

“The money in escrow will give us the ability to determine if we should maintain or demolish the property and not have the taxpayers foot the bill,” said Saladino.

He added that changes to the Town code will also help to streamline the process of getting quicker results in the court to move on these properties.

“These zombie homes are a big problem for numerous reasons including reducing property values in the area, creating eyesores for the public and also abandoned houses can be used for squatters and people looking to get in trouble.”

Last year, two homes in Locust Valley were demolished after standing in a state of disrepair for decades. One of the home’s basements was found to be completely filled with water upon inspection by Town officials.

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Town “Employee of the Month” Polar Bear Plunge to support

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino (second from right), Town Councilman Thomas P. Hand (left), and Department of Public Works Commissioner Richard Lenz (right) recently joined in presenting a Citation to Kenneth Hamel (second from left) of Plainview, who works for the Town of Oyster Bay’s Central Vehicle Maintenance Division, in the Department of Public Works. Mr. Hamel was recognized as the Town of Oyster Bay’s January Employee of the Month. The recognition program is a new initiative designed by Supervisor Saladino to recognize outstanding members of the Town’s workforce who routinely go above and beyond the call of duty in the performance of their jobs. Kenneth performs an outstanding job in his department and rose to the occasion by exceeding demands placed upon during the January 4th, 2018 snowstorm that delivered 12 inches of snow to areas throughout the Town and its residents.

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Councilwoman Michele Johnson announce that residents looking for an opportunity to enjoy an exhilarating afternoon of fun and a chance to support a great cause should circle Sunday, March 18th, on their calendar in anticipation of the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County Inc. (CP Nassau) 14th Annual Polar Bear Plunge. The highly-anticipated benefit fundraiser features hearty and caring participants, affectionately known as “Polar Bears,” taking the plunge in the chilly waters off of the Town of Oyster Bay’s Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park, Beach and Marina in Oyster Bay. The festivities kick off at 1pm with the polar bears taking the plunge at 2pm.

Supervisor Joseph Saladino stated, “The Polar Bear Plunge is a unique charity event, and the Town of Oyster Bay is delighted to host the plunge at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park, Beach and Marina. Residents are welcome to participate, have fun, and plunge into the cold while warming their heart through

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this charitable fundraising event.”

The day’s festivities will include music, complimentary hot chocolate, coffee, tea, hot dogs, soup from local Oyster Bay establishments, raffles, and other surprises. An indoor assembly area will also be available for the event, which will be held rain, snow, or shine. The day’s proceedings will benefit the more than 1,500 children and adults with disabilities who participate in programs and receive services through CP Nassau, which has been assisting individuals with disabilities since 1948.

Councilwoman Michele Johnson stated, “This great program features brave souls taking the plunge into Oyster Bay Harbor to raise money for CP Nassau and its many outstanding programs and services. I invite all young people, families and senior citizens to join us on March 18th.”

For more information, visit http:// cpnassau2018polarbearplunge. kintera.org/faf/home/default. asp?ievent=1176980 or call (516) 377-2064.

“When

NYU Winthrop’s TAVR team replaced my heart valve, they gave me my life back.”

For John Elliott, sailing is living. He’s been on the water for most of his 91 years. In all three theaters during World War 2, as a merchant seaman, and for the last 70 years sailing out of the Rockaway Point Yacht Club.

But recently John was so fatigued and short of breath, he could only walk a few steps. His aortic valve was failing. A condition that could lead to heart failure, and death. His daughter, a nurse, told John about a minimally invasive valve replacement procedure called TAVR, or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. She took him to one of the country’s leaders in TAVR: NYU Winthrop Hospital. They replaced John’s valve through an artery in his leg. In no time at all, he was back to sailing off Breezy Point.

If you suffer from aortic stenosis, you may now be a candidate for TAVR. To learn more, call 1-866-WINTHROP or visit nyuwinthrop.org.

Robert Seaman Elementary School’s Family Night

BY DARLENE PERGOLA-APOLANT

On Friday, January 26th, The Robert Seaman PTA hosted its annual Family Game Night. Families came out to enjoy this year’s new fantastic location at Round One in Hicksville. Parents and students had a blast playing video and arcade games, eating pizza, and redeeming their game points for prizes.  Another wonderful event for all to enjoy!

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Town offers enrichment classes

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Councilman Joseph Muscarella announced today the Department of Community and Youth Services, Cultural and Performing Arts Division (CAPA) are offering exciting enrichment workshops for the Spring 2018 season, and registration for all applications is open from now until Friday, February 23rd.

“Whether you are an emerging artist looking to sharpen your skills, a homeowner looking to add a finishing touch to a room, or a resident looking for a new hobby, consider registering for these wonderful Workshop Enrichment Programs,” Supervisor Saladino said. “These workshops offer residents the opportunity to develop a new skill while having fun in the process.”

All of the courses will be held at the Syosset-Woodbury Community Center,

7800 Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury. Workshops include such topics as interior decorating classes, Zumba, summertime jewelry making, drawing fundamentals, oils & acrylics, and watercolor.

Councilman Muscarella added, “The Town is proud to offer a variety of enrichment classes for your enjoyment. Residents can learn about home improvements like bathroom makeovers or window treatments and aspiring artists can learn about drawing and painting. These workshops are a wonderful opportunity to broaden your horizons.”

To obtain a Spring Workshop Enrichment Program brochure or to obtain additional information on registration, please visit the Town of Oyster Bay’s website, www.oysterbaytown. com or call (516) 797-7900.

NYU Winthrop Hospital of fers Women’s Heart Lecture

NYU Winthrop Hospital’s “Inspiring Women” educational series will offer a seminar focusing on women and heart disease, “The Mind-Body Connection: Healthy Body + Healthy Mind = A Happy & Healthy Heart,” on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 7 PM. It will be held at the NYU Winthrop Hospital Research & Academic Center, 101 Mineola Boulevard, at the corner of Second Street in Mineola.

Speakers include Carole Filangieri, PhD, psychologist in the Department of Behavioral Health; Barbara J. George, EdD, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Lifestyle Medicine; Justine Lachmann, MD, director of the Congestive Heart Failure Program; and Mary Rzeszut, LCSW and clinical social worker in the Department of Behavioral Health. The seminar will also include a question and answer period.

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Healthcare professionals from NYU Winthrop Hospital will talk about the latest prevention guidelines related to a woman’s risk and treatment options, as well as the relationship between the mind and heart health. Women will learn to identify positive and negative lifestyle factors that influence their mental well-being, and become familiar with how to effectively manage stress for optimal heart health.

Admission is free and open to the community, but pre-registration is required. To register for the program, please call (516) 663-3916 or e-mail inspiringwomen@nyuwinthrop.org. For inclement weather or parking information, please call (516) 663-9761. For information about Inspiring Women events or other programs at the Hospital, please call 1-866-WINTHROP or visit www.nyuwinthrop.org

Town of Oyster Bay to host Ice Hockey All-Star Invitational

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Councilman Joseph Muscarella announce an All-Star Ice Hockey Invitational will take place on Saturday, March 10th at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage. The Invitational is comprised of three games and the participants will include the most accomplished players from the Middle School, Junior Varsity, and Varsity levels. The event will begin with the Middle School All-Star Game at 5:30 p.m. The Junior Varsity takes the ice at 7:15 p.m., followed by the Varsity at 9:00 p.m.

“The Town of Oyster Bay All-Star Ice Hockey Invitational showcases players ascending through the ranks, including those seeking to one day further their educations through athletics,” stated Supervisor Saladino. “This invitational is an exciting opportunity for these young athletes and the culmination of a season of hard work and dedication. Players feel a tremendous sense of pride wearing the jersey of an All-Star and skating alongside teammates and opponents who have been similarly honored.”

Tony DeMayo, President of the High School Hockey League of Nassau County, said the players really enjoy competing in the All-Star Invitational. “Playing in this game is the culmina-

tion of years of dedication to the sport and it is great to see the participants honored in this way,” DeMayo said.

“It’s always a pleasure to work with the Town of Oyster Bay, because they share our commitment to foster and promote, honesty, integrity, good sportsmanship, good fellowship, self-discipline, fairness, self-reliance, teamwork, self-confidence, leadership skills, and positive decision making through the sport of ice hockey.”

Admission is free. Residents are encouraged to help others by donating two canned goods, which will be collected at the event by Island Harvest as part of ‘Hockey Fights Hunger.’

Councilman Joseph Muscarella added, “The Town of Oyster Bay is looking forward to hosting these high level hockey contests. We are proud of these outstanding young hockey players and take pride in hosting this invitational at our outstanding rink, which serves as a perfect venue for these hockey contests. The Ice Skating Center has been named the best on Long Island for years and players get excited about playing here.”

For more information about the AllStar Ice Hockey Invitational, please contact the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center at 516-433-RINK or visit www.oysterbaytown.com.

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Year of the Dog celebration at JPL March 2018 Book Discussions

The following are the March 2018 book discussions at the Syosset Public Library:

TITLE SWAP WITH LIBRARIANS

Tuesday, March 6.  1:30 PM

Share tea, cookies and your favorite titles with the Readers’ Services Staff and we’ll share ours.  We promise you will leave with a list of good reads. Second Floor.

Free.  No registration required.

EVENING BOOK DISCUSSION

Tuesday, March 13.  7:30 PM

2018 Long Island Reads Selection: Spaceman by Mike Massimino

With Ralph Guiteau, Readers’ Services Librarian

Free. No registration required.

BOOK-TO-FILM DISCUSSION

Friday, March 16.  2 PM

Showing of the film The Glass Castle (2017) based on the memoir written by Jeannette Walls. This film is Rated PG-13.

With Lisa Hollander, Librarian Free.  No registration required.

AFTERNOON BOOK DISCUSSION

Tuesday, March 27.  1:30 PM

The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers

With Jean Simpson, Readers’ Services Librarian

Free.  No registration required.

All events are wheelchair accessible. For more information please see www. syossetlibrary.org

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Grandparents, parents, and children were treated to an incredible show performed by the NY Chinese Cultural Center to celebrate the Year of the Dog at the Jericho Public Library. The show featured music, dance, and incredible costumes as well as a beautiful rendition of songs on a two-stringed instrument called an erhu. This wonderful event was co-sponsored by the TD Bank and refreshments were provided by Whole Foods.

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Julianna Kirk, collage artist Mar. 5 – Mar. 28, 2018

Julianna Kirk’s collages will be exhibited in the library’s art gallery from Mar. 5 through Mar. 28. Open to the public.

After retiring from a career as a high school art instructor, Julianna became a faculty member at the Art League of Long Island in Dix Hills, where she teaches workshops in fused glass. She has been a member of the Long Island Craft Guild for 23 years and is currently the Glass Media Chair. Julianna Kirk has been exhibiting her art since 1995. Although primarily a glass artist, Julianna has recently been immersed

in collage making. The current library exhibition defines her current abstract focus with collage. “I truly enjoy the paper preparations and the process. It is so different from my work with glass. Collage is spontaneous and more immediate. I am free while playing with composition and color and giving structure to my unique handmade papers. 80% of them are created through repurposing my older art and prepping exclusive color/texture papers for every piece. In my quest to compose, there is something ironic about tearing material apart to create something orderly and attractive. This approach, though, yields a painterly result to the medium which I thoroughly enjoy.”

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Sunday, February 25th at 2:00 PM

That’s Amore! performed by Vincent & Emily Ricciardi - This powerhouse couple will sing 90 minutes of famous love duets and ballads featuring a wide range of genres including opera, Broadway, jazz and pop. Tickets are required. Non ticket holders will be seated as space allows.

Monday, February 26th at 2:00 PM

Movie: The Florida Project (Drama) - This is the story of a precocious sixyear-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times. Starring Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe. Rated R. 1 hour, 51 minutes.

Tuesday, February 27th at 7:00 PM

Understanding the Stock Market with Ron Goldberg - Learn and discuss different buying and selling strategies from a retired banker and experienced stock market trader.  Bring your questions regarding any stock that you may be interested in buying, selling or holding.  Ron will show you how to dissect all available information on the company (including graphs) to help you make a more informed decision. Register online or at the Circulation Desk.

Saturday, March 3rd

from 2:00 to 4:00 PM

Meet the Artist Reception – The public is invited to attend the opening reception of Joe Lewandowski’s Contemporary Photography exhibit on display in our Gallery during the month of March.

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Admission is free, but seating is limited. Reservations are required.

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Incidents that have occurred recently in the local area include:

Sometime between 6 p.m. on January 25 and 5:30 a.m. the next morning, a complainant has reported that unknown subjects tampered and damaged a Firesafe brand safe on Old Country Road in Mineola.

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Arrested and charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana were a 22-yearold man from Brooklyn and a 25-yearold man from Springfield Gardens. The arrests occurred at 4 p.m. on January 26 on Education Drive at the Nassau Community College parking lot in Uniondale.

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Driving While Intoxicated was the charge brought against a 34-year-old man from Franklin Square, when he was arrested at 2:10 a.m. on January 26 at the corner of Old Country Road and Merrick Avenue in Westbury.

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US currency and various tools were stolen from a vehicle on Huckleberry Lane in Oyster Bay at 5:30 a.m. on January 26.

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On January 26 at 4:31 p.m., two subjects were arrested and were charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana on Coleridge Rod and Cynthia Road in Uniondale. Arrested were a 35-year-old man from Levittown and a 41-year-old man from Roosevelt.

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Criminal Possession of Marijuana was the charge brought against a 32-year-old man from Elmont, when he was arrested at a parking lot on Stewart Avenue in East Garden City at 4:45 p.m. on January 26.

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At 5:20 p.m. on January 26, on Corporate Drive in Westbury, a man from Port Washington was arrested and was charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana.

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At Home Goods in Westbury, a 25-year-old man from Rosedale was arrested and charged with Shoplifting at 5:50 p.m. on January 26.

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On January 26, three subjects were arrested and were charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana at a parking lot on Merrick Avenue in Westbury. Arrested were a 21-year-old man from Freeport, a 20-year-old man from Roosevelt and a 19-year-old man from Roosevelt.

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On Esther Street in Franklin Square,

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two 18-year-old men from that town were arrested at 12:50 a.m. on January 27 and were charged with Unlawful Possession of Marijuana.

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A man from Lynbrook was arrested at 12:20 a.m. on January 27 at the corner of Chestnut Street and Woodfield Road in West Hempstead. He was charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana.

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An 18-year-old woman from North Bellmore was arrested at 2:15 p.m. on January 27 and charged with Shoplifting from Sephora in East Garden City.

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Between 9 and 11:20 p.m. on January 27, a victim’s vehicle was damaged by breaking the front right passenger window at the Dave & Busters’ parking lot on Old Country Road in Westbury.

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At the corner of Plymouth Road in Great Neck, unknown subjects damaged a gazebo by kicking out two spindles between 8:30 p.m. and 9:10 p.m. on January 27.

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At Saks Off Fifth in Westbury, a 72-year-old man from Hicksville was arrested and charged with Shoplifting at 6 p.m. on January 28.

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An unattended cell phone was stolen from a restroom at TGI Fridays in Westbury at 7 p.m. on January 28.

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At the intersection of Denton Avenue and Aladdin Avenue in Garden City Park, a 65-year-old woman from Greenvale was arrested and was charged with Driving While Intoxicated on January 29 at 5:22 p.m.

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At the Jericho Fire Department headquarters, a pocketbook was stolen from a vehicle between 9:20 and 9:44 p.m. on January 29.

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On Marcus Avenue in North New Hyde Park, a victim has reported that unknown subjects damaged his vehicle between 8:05 and 10 a.m. on January 30.

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At 2:20 p.m. on January 30, unknown subjects damaged a victim’s vehicle by keying it at the Jericho Quadrangle parking lot on Jericho Turnpike in Jericho.

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At 10:05 p.m. on January 30, on Warren Street in Uniondale, two 27-year-old men from Hempstead were arrested. Both were charged with

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A victim has reported that unknown subjects smashed the front and rear passenger windows of his vehicle at 9 a.m. on January 31. The damage occurred on Westbury Avenue in Carle Place. n

On January 31 at 5:15 a.m., a man from Port Washington was arrested on Northern Boulevard in Manhasset. He was charged with Driving While Intoxicated.

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At 6:46 p.m. on January 31, a 41-year-old woman from New Hyde Park was arrested on Glen Cove Road and Fairfield Avenue in Carle Place. She was charged with Driving While Intoxicated.

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At the corner of Jericho Turnpike and Villa Place in Garden City Park, a woman from Westbury was arrested on January 31 at 7 p.m. She was charged with Unlawful Possession of Marijuana.

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At 1:40 a.m. on February 3, a 28-year-old woman from Westbury was arrested on Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow. She was charged with Driving While Intoxicated.

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A 35-year-old man from Mineola was arrested and was charged with Driving While Intoxicated at 2:33 a.m. on February 3. He was arrested on Jericho Turnpike at Mineola Boulevard in Mineola.

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A backpack was stolen from a vehicle at the PGA Tour Superstore in Westbury between 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. on January 31.

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At 7:25 p.m. on February 3, a 34-yearold man from Brooklyn was arrested on Old Country Road in East Garden City. He was charged with Driving While Intoxicated.

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A 28-year-old man from Bethpage was arrested at 4:54 a.m. on February 4. He was charged with Driving While Intoxicated on the Long Island Expressway at Exit 38 in East Hills.

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Unknown subjects keyed a victim’s vehicle at the parking lot of Northwell Healthy on Community Drive in Manhasset sometime between 1:35 p.m. on February 4 and 10:30 a.m. the next morning.

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At Target, located on Corporate Drive in Westbury, a 20-year-old

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woman from Hempstead was arrested and was charged with Shoplifting on February 4 at 6 p.m.

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At 8 p.m. on February 4, a 22-yearold man from Manhasset was arrested and was charged with Shoplifting on Manhasset Avenue in that town.

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Sometime between 2 and 10 a.m. on February 5, a victim’s vehicle was keyed while parked on Clyde Street in New Hyde Park.

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On Northern Boulevard in Manhasset, a 22-year-old man from East Hills was arrested and was charged with Driving While Intoxicated at 3:35 a.m. on February 5.

n A victim has reported that unknown subjects keyed his vehicle as it was parked on Hempstead Avenue in West Hempstead, sometime between 7:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. on February 5.

n At 4:30 p.m. on February 5, a victim’s vehicle was keyed while parked on West Jericho Turnpike in Mineola.

n On Powells Lane at Jericho Turnpike in Westbury, a 63-year-old man from Santa Fe was arrested at 9:38 p.m. on February 5. He was charged with Driving While Intoxicated.

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Criminal Possession of Marijuana was the charge brought against a 24-year-old man from Westbury, when he was arrested at 9:57 p.m. on February 5 at the corner of 1st Avenue and Park Avenue in Westbury.

n At 10:05 p.m. on February 5, a 41-year-old woman from Brooklyn was arrested on Merrick Avenue in East Meadow. She was charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana.

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A 20-year-old man from Westbury was arrested at 10:55 p.m. on February 5. He was charged with Unlawful Possession of Marijuana when arrested on Kinkel Street and Prospect Avenue in New Cassel.

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A 58-year-old man from Bayside was arrested at Macy’s on Northern Boulevard in Manhasset at 3:20 p.m. on February 6. He was charged with Shoplifting.

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New York Historical Society Examines Rebel Spirits: Robert

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE, goingplacesfarandnear.com

Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy are tethered together in peoples’ minds, and not only because they both were assassinated within two months of each other in that fateful year of 1968. A new, remarkable exhibit that has just opened at the New-York Historical Society commemorates the 50th anniversary of those events, examines their conjoined legacy and makes some interesting discoveries: their lives had a kind of parallel trajectory, yet, they consciously steered separate courses, intersecting finally in death.

On view through May 20, 2018,  Rebel Spirits: Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr showcases 61 photographs and 30 documents and artifacts that reveal the relationship between these historic figures. The exhibit is based in part on  The Promise and the Dream, written by Vanity Fair contributing editor and New York Times writer David Margolick and produced by Lawrence Schiller for National Geographic Publishers. Schiller, a photojournalist who covered many of the significant events throughout the 1960s, conceived of the project and collected 21,000 photographs, sifting them down to 3,000, then 2,000, and ultimately, over the course of just three days, laid out the photographs that are presented much like a 20-page photo essay in Life Magazine, where Schiller worked, would have produced.

But in the course of gathering that material, an essential question arose: why were there so few photos of King and Kennedy together? The exhibit has just one where the two men were at the same event, with then-Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Another instance where they would have been together was when King testified to a Senate Committee which included Robert Kennedy, in which he stated that the millions of dollars that were

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The Vietnam War: 1945 – 1975, on view through April 22, 2018, is particularly timely in conjunction with the “Rebel Spirits.” © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

being sent to support the war in Vietnam should better be spent to revitalize America’s ghettoes (a photo is taken from behind King). Significantly, while Kennedy supported the idea of spending more in cities, he was forced for political reasons (like the fact that his brother, as President, dramatically escalated America’s role in Vietnam) to disassociate himself from King’s anti-Vietnam stance.

Margolick, who researched and wrote the book in a mere seven months time, started off with no

pre-conceived notion, but wanted to come up with some original construct about these two lions of American history.

Indeed, if news is the first draft of history, books provide the room for reflection and context.

The big idea of the book and the exhibit is that “Robert Kennedy was a political person and Martin Luther King Jr. a spiritual person; they respected

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one another but there was a limit how closely they could ally,” Margolick said at the press opening of the exhibit.

Indeed, the two men had reason to be wary of one another.

Robert Kennedy was at his core a politician from a political family; on top of that, his brother, as president, had made key decisions including significantly involving the US in war in Vietnam, and was skittish about making civil rights a key focus of his administration; as JFK’s Attorney General, Robert Kennedy had signed off on J. Edgar Hoover’s request to surveil King, whom Hoover was convinced was a Communist. But Kennedy also sent US Marshals to force school integration.

King, for his part, was a spiritual man for whom civil rights was not merely a political issue but a matter of everyday survival for millions of people who could be brutalized without repercussion under a Jim Crow regimen.

“They were initially war of each other,” Margolick said. “There was an enormous chasm which gradually shrank, but did not entirely disappear.”

“RFK felt MLK a liability, he couldn’t get close.” There was that special night, when Robert Kennedy, who made a concerted effort to imbed himself into black communities when he realized he did not have more than a superficial understanding of issues, was in “black” Indianapolis for a campaign speech and gets notice that King has just been killed, and instead of rushing away, he spoke compassionately to the crowd. “That was a special night. Death was the only time Kennedy actually embraced [the idea] of King. Kennedy was dead two months

later. There was no time to carry torch of MLK.

“But even in limited time, Kennedy was reluctant to embrace King. The Kennedys were politicians King was a spiritual man. Kennedy considers the political implications of everything. Part of the purpose of this book is to examine and correct the revisionist idea that were together – really was there was always space between them.”

They also came from completely different worlds: Kennedy chose to take up the fight; the fight chose King.

Over the course of researching the book, Margolick said, “my point of view was constantly evolving. I wanted it to be as original as it could. I looked at newspapers no one had; primary documents not examined before. I came to realize the most precious thing was to talk to dwindling supply of people who knew both men – very few knew both: Andrew Young, William Vanden Heuval and some behind scenes intermediaries.

Margolick realized that an excellent source would be the photographers who photographed both – including Harry Benson, Steve Shapiro – who could even describe how differently they interacted with crowds.

“Both men had a sense of their mortality – they knew they were doomed.” One of the photographers, he thinks it was Harry Benson, said that when King was in a crowd, he would look it over carefully, mindful of his safety. He never stayed in one place longer than he had to.”

But, he adds, “Robert Kennedy didn’t care. He had a premonition of death but approached it differently. He told his security force he didn’t want precautions. There were reporters who never left

RFK’s side because they expected he would be assassinated and wanted to be there when it happened.”

Lawrence Schiller, who organized the project and curated the exhibit, was one of those photographers who helped document history beginning in the 1960s. He was assigned to Robert Kennedy and followed him for the last 40 days of his life. Schiller was at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles the night that Robert Kennedy delivered his last speech, tried to hurry out by going through the kitchen, where he was met by Sirhan Sirhan who shot him dead. (The portrait that opens the exhibit was taken by Schiller on board Kennedy’s plane en route to California just days before the speech.)

He was just 26 years old working as a photojournalist on a fateful day in 1963 when he was summoned from Los Angeles to Dallas after President John F. Kennedy was shot. He was in the police station when, as it happened, the police were booking Lee Harvey Oswald.

“The elevator opened to reveal Oswald, who was only 24 years old. It shocked me that evil could be in such a person – a kid my age had caused this tragedy.”

Schiller, who has several photos in the exhibit, called upon many of the photographers he knew who are represented, but there are many which had not been published before.

The exhibit is laid out chronologically for the most part, but in some cases “emotionally chronologically”, as when a portrait of Robert Kennedy, photographed on Feb. 26, 1962, with a movie slate, is juxtaposed next to a police mug shot of King from Feb. 22, 1956, upon which someone had scrawled “DEAD 4-4-68”; and in a case with artifacts, the Time

Magazine editions with each on the cover, is displayed. ”King’s ‘Man of the Year’ drove people crazy,” Schiller remarks.

Asked which photo was the most impactful, Schiller points to one of a man with a broom, sweeping the blood from outside King’s hotel room in Memphis, a photo which he said had never been published; another shows the hotel room. Schiller says that people came in and collected vials of blood to keep as a memento.

The exhibit starts with Rosa Parks and ends in a field after Kennedy’s assassination, where people are holding a sign, “So long Bobby.” Several of the photos don’t feature King or Kennedy at all, but provide context: the KKK, US Marshals, Freedom Riders, the march after Medgar Evers was assassinated in June 1963, just five months before JFK was assassinated, in eerie similarity to the one-two King-Kennedy assassinations.

There is great intimacy of the experience – the photos, which were printed all at the same time in the same lab from negatives and then scanned - are 8 x 10 and smaller, the room is compact, so you are close to the images, can easily read the captions and notes.

“The insight we came to early on emerged from the question: Why were there not more photos of the two together?” Margolick said. “The book tries to fill the gap, why there were no more photos of the two together. They kept apart. We are documenting, explaining the absence of something.”

One notable absence is a still photo of Robert F. Kennedy addressing a black audience in Indianapolis the night that King was killed, which in itself, says a lot.

“No one knew how important that

speech by Kennedy would be, the night MLK was killed,” Margolick said. “The event that became so important was so scantily covered, there were just two still photographers there from local papers. It was only a 6-7 minute speech, but there is no film of the entire speech.” But it was at that point that Kennedy most fulsomely embraced King. (A portion of the video is displayed.) There’s a monument in Indianapolis commemorating the event.

Born Worlds Apart

Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) and Robert F. Kennedy (November 20, 1925 –June 6, 1968) were born worlds apart—culturally, geographically, racially, financially, and politically—but by the time they were killed within months of each another in 1968, their worlds had come together. As their concerns expanded beyond civil rights (King) and organized crime (Kennedy), their ties deepened to encompass shared interests in supporting the poor and opposing the war in Vietnam. This unprecedented exhibition explores the overlapping paths of their lives through images taken by some of the most renowned photojournalists of the era, including Bob Adelman, Danny Lyon, Henri Dauman, Jacques Lowe, Spider Martin, Steve Schapiro, Lawrence Schiller, and Paul Schutzer, alongside original correspondence, publications, and ephemera.

“The year 1968 rocked the nation in many ways, but it would be difficult

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to point to anything that shocked and sickened Americans more that year than the senseless and tragic deaths of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.,” said Dr. Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of the New-York Historical Society. “Fifty years later, the legacies of Kennedy and King still reverberate. This timely exhibition underscores the two men’s lasting impact on our nation while drawing attention to the ways in which their lives intersected. ”

Exhibition highlights include images of King and his son looking at the charred remains of a cross the Ku Klux Klan burned outside his Atlanta home in 1960, King’s mug shot after being indicted for the 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Kennedy being swarmed by an adoring crowd during his 1968 presidential campaign. Also on view are posters reading “Honor King: End Racism!” and “I  Am a Man” that were carried in a Memphis march led by widow Coretta Scott King and her children on April 8, 1968, as well as a black and white “Kennedy/King” button worn by a New Yorker in memory of the two slain leaders.

An adjunct display showcases the bronze sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr.―one of five existing casts created by Harlem Renaissance artist Charles Alston (1907– 1997), on loan from the Community Church of New York.

Rebel Spirits is based in part on  The Promise and the Dream, written by David

Margolick and produced by Lawrence Schiller for National Geographic Publishers. The exhibition was curated by Lawrence Schiller, Cristian Panaite, and Marilyn Kushner. It was produced by Wiener Schiller Productions, Inc. in association with Susan Bloom International with support from Getty Images, The Jacques Lowe Estate, and Steve Schapiro.

Published by National Geographic and written by  David Margolick,  The Promise and the Dream: The Interrupted Lives of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin

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Luther King Jr. features an introduction by historian Douglas Brinkley. The book is available at the NYHistory Store. Several public programs will provide further insights into the exhibition and its time period. On March 6, eminent legal experts survey the evolution of the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretations of the 14th Amendment—in commemoration of its 150th anniversary—and civil rights throughout American history, highlighting landmark cases such See page D5

Meeting today’s technology up close and personally

BY CLAIRE LYNCH

I confess that as someone over the age of 50 I’ve found some of the new technology that we seem to be bombarded with on pretty much a daily basis to be a little confusing. Ok, I’ll say it - a little bit intimidating.

Having a round shiny metallic robotic machine vacuum throughout my house - automatically - while I sit comfortably ensconced on my couch watching TV or a good movie - is a far cry from how my mother, my sisters and I used our vacuum back in the 1960s when cleaning our house when I was a kid.

Sometimes it strikes me as “The Jetsons” magnified or as I like to think, to the 10th degree.

Before I started going to college out of state my parents got me my very own checking account - and this was in the days before ATMs - automated teller machines - and what we all used to call “teller beams” yes, I know it sounds funny kind of like “beam me up, Scotty.”

Much has changed technology-wise in the last 40 years and I’ll be the first to admit that the idea of mobile banking seemed so far out there that when I first heard the term and understood what

the banks here in the U.S. meant by it I found it kind of terrifying.

I really didn’t believe that I could deposit a check remotely by using an “app” and taking a front and back picture of the check to be deposited but here we are in the 21st century. For many people this is a simple routine and pretty much it’s a daily occurrence.

For me, it’s still very new. I had my reasons for bucking the “technology trend” as they say.

I always thought and felt that getting in the car here on Long Island and driving a mile to the bank wasn’t a big deal. It wasn’t such a hard thing to do. I could get some fresh air and do some other errands, too.

So I never tried using that mobile banking app until a friend challenged me on the idea of doing it and I thought, “Why not?” A week ago I tried it - but not before being given a good explanation of what is to me a new phenomenon.

We did a little tutorial as they say in the education arena, a little trial, a little practice run so I could see exactly how it should be done.

The simple reason is because I am one of those people who likes to see something before I attempt it. I don’t want to hear theoretical discussions

about the pros and cons of something new. I want to see how it works – and what’s advantageous about it.

I am a visual learner. An employee (who was about half my age) recently took the time to show me how to use the technology that really isn’t new anymore – it’s been around for several years – but to me, it’s new. It’s foreign, it’s different, it is an unusual concept for someone whose paychecks always used to be paper ones and who grew up before the age of personal computers.

As someone who was a kid in “The Jetsons” era - who watched with awe and excitement as the family members drove around in flying cars and life seemed so cutting edge, I thought fiction was fiction and I always had a healthy respect for make believe things. I never thought that they would come true.

Just to summarize for a minute, “The Jetsons,” which was produced by Hanna-Barbera, ran on TV in the 1960s during prime time on WABC TV and in the 1980s. The show was set in the year 2062.

It was cool – it was a little bit of healthy science fiction right on the TV screens in our living rooms. It has been more than 50 since “The Jetsons” started airing on TV and it seems as if not

a day goes by that someone isn’t using “The Jetsons” as a way to talk about the fantastic technological advancements that we are seeing today.

The family consists of Jane and George Jetson, the parents of teenaged daughter Jane and elementary school aged son, Elroy. Their dog is Astro who is very loveable and often seems to understand English when people speak to him.

The Jetsons live in the Skypad Apartments in Orbit City, in a future with the trappings of science fantasy depictions of American life in the future, such as robot maids, flying saucer-like cars, jetpacks and moving sidewalks.

All of the apartment buildings are set on giant poles which look like Seattle’s Space Needle. Buildings in the Jetsons’ era were not near the ground. These “floating cities” could be raised below or above the clouds as a way of dealing with the weather.

George Jetson works at Spacely’s Space Sprockets which is a manufacturer of “sprockets” and other hightech equipment. His job title is “digital index operator.” George would regularly complain about his three-hour

Author David Margolick, Dr. Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of the New-York Historical Society, and Lawrence Schiller, photojournalist and curator of “Rebel Spirits: Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.” © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

Working While Getting Disability Benefits

BY TOM MARGENAU

Q: I am 57 years old and getting Social Security disability benefits. I understand I can work and make $46,000 and still keep my disability checks. But how much can I make when I reach age 62?

A: I’m afraid you’ve really got things mixed up. The $46,000 figure you cite applies to retirees in the year they turn age 66. And nothing is going to change when you turn 62. So let me back up.

The only reason you are getting disability benefits in the first place is because you have been deemed to be unable to work. Or to put that another way, you are not getting Social Security disability just because you have a physical or mental impairment. You are getting those benefits because that impairment keeps you from working. That inability to work is the key to your eligibility for disability benefits.

So, on the one hand, you shouldn’t be working at all. On the other hand, there are all kinds of work incentives built into the disability program that allow you to try working while still collecting your disability checks -- at least for a while.

Those incentive provisions fill up about a 100-page book that the Social Security Administration produces. So there is no way I can explain all of them to you in this column. But I can summarize the main provisions.

As a general rule, you can work for up to nine months, making as much money as you can, and still keep getting your benefits. However, after those nine months, if you are still working and if you are making more than about $1,200 per month, there is a pretty good chance your disability checks will stop. If you want more information, go to http://www.socialsecurity.gov and under the “Publications” link look for the pamphlet called, “Working While Disabled -- How We Can Help.” It is an abbreviated version of that 100-page book I mentioned earlier.

Many people getting disability benefits, and apparently you, too, think that something happens with your Social Security checks when you turn age 62. That’s wrong. However, when you reach your full retirement age, which would be 67 in your case, you will be automatically switched from the disability program to the retirement program. But the money amount you are getting stays the same; your disability benefit rate equals your full retirement age benefit rate.

What will change once you reach age 67 is your ability to work. At that point, you will be considered a retiree and not a disabled person. And some-

one at full retirement age can work and earn as much as he or she can without losing any Social Security benefits.

Q: I’m on disability. If I win the lottery, can I keep my disability check?

A: It depends on the kind of disability benefit that you are getting. The Social Security Administration runs two disability programs. So far in this column, we’ve been dealing with one of them -- Social Security disability benefits. The other program is Supplemental Security Income disability. Unlike Social Security, SSI is a welfare program.

So if you are getting Social Security disability benefits, you could win a million dollars in the lottery and you’d still keep getting your disability checks.

But if you are on SSI and you win the lottery, your SSI payments would stop almost immediately.

Q: I am getting SDDI. When can I go on regular SSI?

A: You’re mixing up your acronyms, and so, I’m afraid, you’re mixing me up, too. As I explained in the prior answer, there are two different disability programs. The Social Security disability program is sometimes known as SSDI. That stands for Social Security disability insurance. And confusingly, the Supplemental Security Income disability program is often shortened into SSID.

And to further complicate this alphabet soup mess, many people think that “SSI” stands for Social Security income. Again, it doesn’t. It stands for that federal welfare program called Supplemental Security Income.

So, having explained all that, let me decipher your questions. You said you are getting “SDDI.” There is no such thing. My hunch is that you are getting SSDI, or Social Security disability benefits. And then you asked when you can “go on regular SSI.” I’m sure you meant to be asking when your disability benefits will be converted to retirement benefits. And as I explained in the previous answer, that will happen automatically when you reach your full retirement age.

Q: I’m on Social Security disability. How do I get a ticket to work?

A: The Ticket to Work program is just one of the many work incentive provisions built into the SSDI and SSID programs. It is way too complicated to explain in this column. And to be honest, I don’t fully understand how it works myself. But I can steer you to someone who does. You can call the Ticket to Work hotline at 866-968-7842.

Q: My wife is 60 years old and has been getting a Social Security disability check for many years now. It’s only about $850 per month. I

turn 66 next month and plan to apply for my retirement benefits then. I am estimated to get $2,640. Can my wife file for spousal benefits on my record?

A: Not quite yet. She has to be 62 years old before she qualifies for spousal benefits. So in a couple years, she

can file for dependent wife’s benefits on your account. At that age, her disability benefit will be supplemented up to about one-third of your retirement rate. If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net.

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New York Historical Society

as Brown v. Board of Education. On April 23, scholar Randall Kennedy discusses the Supreme Court and Martin Luther King Jr. On May 21, journalist Chris Matthews sits down to explore the rebel spirit of Robert Kennedy.

Vietnam War

The New-York Historical Society has a variety of fascinating exhibits, some short term and some ongoing.

The Vietnam War: 1945 – 1975 on view through April 22, 2018 is particularly timely in conjunction with the “Rebel Spirits.” Featuring interpretive displays, digital media, artwork, artifacts, photographs, and documents, the exhibit provides an enlightening account of the causes, progression, and impact of the war. Spanning the duration of U.S. involvement in Indochina, the narrative incorporates perspectives covering both the home and the war fronts. Displays touch upon the Cold War, the draft, military campaigns initiated by both sides, the growth of the antiwar movement, the role of the president, and the loss of political consensus. The exhibition explores themes of patriotism, duty, and citizenship. Key objects include a troopship berthing unit, interactive murals, vibrant antiwar posters, artwork by Vietnam vets, a Viet Cong bicycle, the Pentagon Papers, and news and film clips.

Gallery of Tiffany Lamps

Step into the Gallery of Tiffany Lamps, a permanent exhibit which is the centerpiece of a newly designed fourth floor, and you are aglow in light and beauty. The exhibit features more than 100 illuminated Tiffany lamps from N-YHS’s spectacular collection displayed within a dramatically lit jewel-like two-story space (the glass staircase is exquisite).

The presentation is breathtaking, and so insightful: it was only in the last decade that it was learned through a series of letters that some of Tiffany’s most famous and prized lamps, featuring nature imagery like wisteria, dragonflies, spider webs, were designed by Clara Driscoll, who headed the Women’s Glass Cutting Department of some 45-55 young women (mainly 16-17 year olds who would work until they went off to be engaged).

The collection comes from Dr. Egon Neustadt. an Austrian immigrant enamored with all things American, who purchased his first Tiffany lamp in 1935 for $12.50 (by then, Tiffany Lamps were no longer in favor, the company closed, Tiffany went bankrupt in 1932 and died in 1933) and went on to amass the largest and most comprehensive Tiffany lamp collection ever assembled. The docent explained that he bequeathed half his collection to the N-YHS and half to the Queens Museum. She points out what would have been the most valuable lamps: the wisteria would have sold for $450; the cobweb for $500, at a time when you could buy a brand new car for that amount. On the mezzanine level, you

not only can look down onto the lighted lampshades, but can try your hand at designing your own.

The redesigned fourth floor also offers exhibitions and interactive media that explore American history. Themed displays in the North Gallery present a variety of topics—such as slavery, war, infrastructure, childhood, recreation, and 9/11—offering unexpected and surprising perspectives on collection highlights. Touchscreens and interactive kiosks allow visitors to explore American history and engage with objects like never before. When I visit, a docent is discussing the Industrial Revolution with high school students.

Women’s Rights & Social Activism

A new Center for Women’s History enables visitors to discover hidden connections among exceptional and unknown women who left their mark on New York and the nation with the multimedia digital installation, Women’s Voices, and through rotating exhibitions in the Joyce B. Cowin Women’s History Gallery. Objects from the Billie Jean King Archive are also on view.

Hotbed, a special exhibit on view through March 25, 2018, is about Greenwich Village in the early 20th century, when it was a hotbed of political activism and social change—where men and women joined forces across the boundaries of class and race to fight for a better world. At the heart of the downtown radicals’ crusade lay women’s rights: to control their own bodies, to do meaningful work, and above all, to vote. Celebrating the centennial of women’s right to vote in New York and on view in the Joyce B. Cowin Women’s History Gallery,  Hotbed  features immersive installations and more than 100 artifacts and images—drawn from New-York Historical’s archives and several private collections—that bring to life the neighborhood’s bohemian scene and energetic activist spirit.

Collecting the Women’s Marches, on view through June 3, 2018, documents January 21, 2017, when hundreds of thousands rallied at the Women’s March on Washington for diverse issues including women’s rights,

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Meeting today’s technology up close and personally

workdays at Spacely Sprockets, where his main responsibility was to repeatedly push one button on a large computer.

Jane Jetson is a homemaker. The idea of having Rosey the Robot as the family’s maid and housekeeper looked pretty nifty. Rosey cooked, cleaned and helped the fictional characters get dressed.

The Jetsons used the technology around them so unabashedly at a time in this country, the 1960s, when we, the average Americans, didn’t have cell phones, personal computers, fax machines, flat screen TVs, microwave ovens, remote controls for our TVs or even keyless entry to our cars.

I never used a key fob to unlock my car doors until I was 40 years old. On the TV show, the Jetsons seemed delighted by what technology could do for their whole family.

As I saw all of the things that technology could do for us or would do in the future I was impressed. Of course as a seven-year-old child I didn’t know what might materialize and what might not but I was still impressed. And I liked to dream. Who didn’t?

Part of me was skeptical about “The Jetsons” technology and yet part of me was excited about the infinite possibilities. One thing about the TV show was that it got many of us Americans talking about the future.

As writer Matt Novak pointed out in smithsonianmag.com on 9/19/12, the creators of “The Jetsons” weren’t the first to dream up these futuristic inventions. Virtually nothing presented in

the show was a new idea in 1962, but what “The Jetsons” did successfully was condense and package those inventions into entertaining 25-minute blocks for impressionable, media-hungry kids to consume.

And though it was “just a cartoon” with all of the joking around and parody that you would expect, it was based on very real expectations for the future. I think the question was when would such technology have such a direct impact on our daily lives?

All it took at the time was one amusing and thought-provoking TV show to get us suburban kids – on Long Island and across the country – thinking about all of the infinite possibilities when it came to technology.

One example is mobile banking. Part of me was a little timid about approaching this new territory. Part of me was afraid to delve into these new “techie things” because what if they don’t work, what if I’m not comfortable using them and so on. My “what if” list tends to go on and on.

Over the years technology has developed and most of the people I know have welcomed what technology can do. It does help us in so many ways. Various inventions save time.

Smart phones and texting are other good examples. The English major in me can argue that those texting shorthand words - those texting and chatting words such as b4 for “before,” we r for “we are,” AFK for “away from keyboard,” BTW for “by the way,” TTYL for “talk to you later,” etc. - are not helping today’s kids with their spelling but so

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what.

I’m all for expediency. And I hope that when they are not texting and chatting they are working on their spelling, writing and researching skills. That would be nice.

I am not off the technology grid - I am very much in it because I am open to new things even if that does entail asking younger people how to work the technology. That’s fine with me because I like seeing their enthusiasm for sharing it, seeing their intelligence and focus, I like seeing their knowledge being put to work.

Some people might say that as an English major I should be put off by this texting slang, should be chagrined, that I should protest and wave a banner around promoting proper English because I am after all someone who still says, “That is for whom?” and “If I were to …” as in, “If I were to order a triple decker ice cream cone …” (not “If I was …”).

But why be a language purist when our times are changing? I see the benefits of this new technology and I am impressed by this younger generation who I see using their drones and riding on their hoverboards.

My friend, Mickey, and I were talking recently about the many changes that affect our daily lives and basically he said why go kicking and screaming into the Technology Age when you can simply be glad and see what’s good about it?

We spent a while talking back and forth about all of the changes we have seen during our lifetimes and he added, “We didn’t grow up using personal com-

puters and tablets and chrome books but they are available now. Things have changed. It’s a whole different world today. Most of these technological developments help make our everyday lives easier. Let’s embrace them.”

I nodded in agreement and couldn’t help but add that I have phone contacts on my cell phone but I rarely use them because I like to enter the person’s phone number manually. I find that it helps me to remember their phone numbers and that is a good exercise in building my “mental muscle.”

Another example is this – I like looking things up on the world wide web and searching for a particular subject until I’ve found it but I still enjoy picking up an encyclopedia or an atlas or a book and poring through the pages until I’ve found what I’m looking for.

I like holding the volumes in my hands and just browsing. It’s a small thing. It is one of life’s little pleasures. Sometimes when looking into one subject I will digress and read about another subject and what’s wrong with that?

I’ve been a browser for many years – someone who uses Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome to search for things on my computer – not necessarily someone who takes their time looking or glancing around at things in stores, shopping malls and so on.

Browsing is great. So is this new technology that surrounds most of us and when given a chance these days, when friends ask me, “Are you in?” I smile broadly and proudly say, “Yes!”

New York Historical Society Examines Rebel Spirits: Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

racial equality, and the environment. Counting more than 500 sister marches across the United States, it was the largest single-day protest in the nation’s history. As part of its History Responds program, the New-York Historical Society collected a range of artifacts, including signs, sashes, pussyhats, and colorful props, to document the moment. One year later,  Collecting the Women’s Marches highlights some of the political and visual themes that emerged, as well as the efforts of individuals and groups that worked behind the scenes. An adjunct display of protest clothing by Olek (Agata Oleksiak), an artist who works in crochet, and Brick x Brick, a public art performance group, is also on view. It is odd to have an exhibit of a major historic event so recent, and to actually have been there.

New York through the Lens of George Kalinsky on view through June 3, 2018 is an amazing photo exhibition of some of New York’s most iconic cultural moments over the past 50 years as captured by George Kalinsky. Serving as Madison Square Garden’s official photographer, Kalinsky has turned truly memorable moments-sporting events, legendary performances, and notable occasions-into lasting images that have defined the city. Among the quintessential photographs on view are Pope John Paul II hoisting a sevenyear-old child onto the Popemobile in Madison Square Garden, Bill Bradley celebrating a New York Knicks victory, Sloane Stephens winning the 2017 US Open, and Jesse Orosco falling to his knees on the mound as the Mets won the 1986 World Series.

Collector’s Choice: Highlights from the Permanent Collection, ongoing: Since 1804, the New-York

Historical Society has been welcoming to its collection some of the most esteemed artworks of the modern world. Collector’s Choice: Highlights from the Permanent Collection showcases a selection of paintings that reflect the individual tastes of several New York City collectors who donated their holdings to New-York Historical. Joining Picasso’s  Le Tricorne ballet curtain are featured American and European masterpieces spanning the 14th through the 21st centuries from Luman Reed, Thomas Jefferson Bryan, and Robert L. Stuart, including colonial portraits of children, marine and maritime subjects, and an installation showcasing recently collected contemporary works.

Hours: Tuesday – Thursday: 10 am – 6 pm; Friday: 10 am – 8 pm; Saturday: 10 am – 6 pm; Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm  Admission: Adults: $21; Teachers and Seniors: $16; Students: $13; Children (5–13): $6; Children (4 and under): Free.

The museum has a pay-as-you-wish policy on Fridays from 6-8 pm. Check the website for special events and lecture.

New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West (at 77th Street), New York, NY 10024, www.nyhistory.org, (212) 873-3400.

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Lunar New Year Festivities Get Underway in Chinatown NYC:

BY KAREN RUBIN

The 2018 Lunar New Year festivities got underway in Chinatown, in Lower Manhattan, with the traditional Firecracker Ceremony and Festival to welcome he Year of the Dog. Thousands lined Sara d. Roosevelt Park on Friday, February 16, to be thrilled as some 600,000 explosions were set off to ward off bad spirits.

Along the warren of streets through Chinatown you could see groups of lion dancers - performers who mimic a lion’s movements in a lion costume to bring good luck and fortune – entreating shopkeepers and celebrants for treats and tips.

At the Lunar New Year, Chinatown becomes a fantastic street party with vendors, food and festivities, and heritage and ancient traditions on view: decorations like lanterns feature the color red which is a symbol of good luck in Chinese culture; many wear traditional Chinese costumes with colorful silks to represent joy and good fortune. Many visit Chinese temples to pray for good luck and burn incense sticks.

The celebrations conclude with a fabulous Lunar New Year Parade through Chinatown on Sunday, February 25, beginning at noon, a colorful panAsian procession that incorporates Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Malaysian, and even Hispanic floats and cultural performances. Arrive early if you want to get a good spot. Some halfmillion people line the route.

Welcoming Year of the Dog

Lunar New Year Celebration, Chinatown, NYC  © Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

Through the 10 days of celebration, people honor household and heavenly deities, as well as their ancestors, and devote the holiday as a time for family to come together. Children expect get treats.

“Lunar New Year is the liveliest and most important celebration in Chinese culture and Chinatown is the place to experience it!”

New York City’s Chinatown, two square miles in lower east side of Manhattan, is the largest Chinatown in the United States and the site of the largest concentration of Chinese in the western hemisphere. Manhattan’s Chinatown is also one of the oldest ethnic Chinese communities outside of Asia.

The  Museum of China in the Americas (MOCA)

offers a walking tour that takes visitors through Chinatown to learn about holiday traditions and customs observed by Chinese households. Witness how the neighborhood transforms itself in preparation for the New Year and discover the characteristics that make this holiday unique.”

Tours are conducted in English and are led by MoCA docents with personal or family roots in the neighborhood. In case of inclement weather, tours will be held in the galleries. Advance reservations are required. For information and reservations call 212619-4785 or purchase tickets online,  www.mocanyc. org. (Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre Street New York, NY 10013, 855-955-MOCA).

For more information, visit www.chinatown-online. com

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Volunteers for our cat program are always greatly needed. There are openings on shifts for weekdays and weekends that accommodate any schedule. Please attend our next kitten/cat volunteer orientation being held Sunday, March 11th at 3:00 PM.

All orientations are held at our adoption center located at 3300 Beltagh Avenue in Wantagh. Learn more about our cat program, tour the adoption center and find out how rewarding the volunteer experience can be. Volunteer orientations are typically held the second Sunday of each month. Schedules may change due to holidays so check our website for updates. Reservations are not needed, but if possible, please fill out and email back a completed volunteer application in advance to volunteer@lasthopeanimalrescue.org or fax to 631-760-5534

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Clipping pet item coupons for Last Hope is a great and easy way to give your support. Every coupon we receive helps to defray our costs, particularly for dog and cat food. They can either be dropped off at our adoption center at 3300 Beltagh Avenue in Wantagh, or mailed to Last Hope, PO Box 7025, Wantagh 11793. Please share our need with your friends and family. Thank you!

Visit http://lasthopeanimalrescue.org to read about Last Hope’s programs and to see the fabulous array of fantastic felines eagerly awaiting adoption into their forever homes!

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 2004-19 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 200419, Plaintiff AGAINST

KYUNG-AH KIM A/K/A KYUNG A KIM, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated December 05, 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 March 06, 2018 at 11:30AM, premises known as 30 SCHORARIE COURT, JERICHO, NY 11753. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Jericho, in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 11, Block 378, Lot 41. Approximate amount of judgment $579,845.04 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index #146487.

Peter Bee, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC

Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 SYO 4140

02/02,09,16,23

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SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY

Bayview Loan Servicing, Plaintiff against Allison Siegel, as Executor of the Estate of Harold Siegel, et al Defendants

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, NY 11590 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered November 3, 2017 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on March 6, 2018 at 11:30 AM. Premises known as 12 Otsego Place, Jericho, NY 11753. Sec 11 Block 469 Lot 14.

ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Jericho in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $389,788.64 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 9833/2014.

Nicholas Ferrar, Esq., Referee QIBJN022 SYO 4141

02/02,09,16,23

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST

JENNIFER GALLOW AKA

JENNIFER GALLO AND NEIL

GALLOW, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated December 05, 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 March 13, 2018 at 11:30AM, premises known as 289 ELLEN PLACE, JERICHO, NY 11753. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Jericho, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 12, Block 535, Lot 0011. Approximate amount of judgment $468,961.38 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index #15-006537.

Scott Farrell Guardino, Esq., Referee

Gross Polowy, LLC

Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

SYO 4143

4X 02/09,16,23,03/02

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, AGAINST MICHAEL G GALLIGAN, et al.

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered February 7, 2017

I the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom) in the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on March 13, 2018 at

LEGAL NOTICES

11:30 AM premises known as 3 STAFFORD AVENUE, WOODBURY, NY 11797

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Woodbury, at the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 14, Block 18 and Lot 2 Approximate amount of judgment $1,124,413.32 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #9793/11

JOHN O`GRADY, ESQ., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff – 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 SYO 4145 4X 02/09,16,23,03/02 SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 20052, Plaintiff, AGAINST VALMIRO L. DONADO, et al. Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered April 22, 2016

I the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom) in the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on March 13, 2018 at 11:30 AM premises known as 73 CONVENT ROAD, SYOSSET, NY 11791

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 15, Block 75 and Lot 40 Approximate amount of judgment $850,736.16 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #12603/08

HARRY GEORGE, ESQ. , Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff – 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747

SYO 4146

4X 02/09,16,23,03/02

PUBLIC HEARING

CALENDAR

NOTICE OF PUBLIC

MEETING BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 246, Article III, Section 246-18-E of the Code of the Town of Oyster Bay, notice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals has scheduled a public meeting, which will take place in the Town Hall Meeting Room, Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, New York, on MARCH 1, 2018, at 7:00 P. M., to consider the following appeals: BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

APPEAL NO. 18-70

SYOSSET

PAUL SOREN: Variance to allow existing deck having less rear yard setback than permitted by Ordinance.

N/s/o Hillvale Rd., 635 ft. W/o Village Rd., a/k/a 20 Hillvale Road, Syosset, NY

APPEAL NO. 18-71

SYOSSET

BIREN DHULIA: Variance to allow existing 6 ft. high fence exceeding maximum height across side/front yard than permitted by Ordinance.

SW/ cor. of Birchwood Park Dr. & S. Oyster Bay Rd., a/k/a 115 Birchwood Park Dr., Syosset, NY

APPEAL NO. 17-516

SYOSSET

BRIAN JUNG: (A) Variance to allow existing swimming pool, filter and heater in front yard.

(B) Variance to allow existing 6 ft. high fence exceeding maximum height across front yard than permitted by Ordinance. (C) Variance to allow existing shed having less setback than permitted by Ordinance.

SW/ cor. of Michael Rd. & Birchwood Ct. E., a/k/a 17 Michael Road, Syosset, NY FEBRUARY 19, 2018 BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK SYO 4150 1X 02/23

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY. HUDSON CITY SAVINGS BANK, Pltf. vs. HELDER S. MOLINA, et al, Defts. Index #001613/13. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Feb. 8, 2016, I will sell at public auction on Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY, prem. k/a 34 Rosanne Dr.,

Woodbury, NY a/k/a Section 15, Block 175, Lot 86 on a certain map entitled, “Map of Pine Hollow at Woodbury, situated at Woodbury, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, NY, owned by Pine Hollow Building Corp., 136 Woodbury Road, Woodbury, NY, surveyed Teas, Barrett, Lanzisera & Frink, Consulting Engineers & Land Surveyors, dated April 17, 1980”, and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau on August 8, 1980 as Case No. 8846. Approx. amt. of judgment is $890,554.10 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

JANE SHRENKEL, Referee. COHN & ROTH, Attys. for Pltf., 100 East Old Country Rd., Mineola, NY. #94126

SYO 4151

4X 02/23,03/02,09,16

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that an order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the 3rd day of January, 2018, bearing Index Number 17/003895, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York grants me the right to assume the name of William Ricaurte. The city and state of my present address are Syosset, NY; the month and year of my birth are October, 1988; the place of my birth is Mineola, New York; my present name is William Koutrakos. SYO 4152

1X 02/23

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation of PARE CONSULTING, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on February 1, 2018. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY is designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to P.O. Box 205, Oyster Bay, NY 11771. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

SYO 4153

6X 02/23,03/02,09,16,23,30

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation of VELOCIN, LLC. Arts of Org filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 12/11/17. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY is designated for service of process and shall mail to: 28 Macarthur Avenue Plainview NY 11803 Purpose: any lawful purpose.

JNJ 7862

6X 01/19,26,02/02,09,16,23

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County Of Nassau

M&T BANK SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO HUDSON CITY SAVINGS BANK, FSB, Plaintiff AGAINST

Andrew L. Hochfelder a/k/a Andrew Hochfelder, Patricia Hochfelder, et al, Defendant

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 6/14/2017 and entered on 6/28/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Courtroom of the Supreme Court Mineola, 100 Supreme Court Drive, The Calendar Control Part (CCP), Mineola, NY on March 20, 2018 at 11:30 AM premises known as 72 Rockland Drive, Jericho, NY 11753. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Nassau, State of New York, SECTION: 11, BLOCK: 470, LOT: 13. Approximate amount of judgment is $1,082,506.38 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 009879/2013.

Richard T. Kerins, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS

WEISMAN & GORDON LLP

53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706

JNJ 7866

4X 02/16,23,03/02,09 PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 246, Article III, Section 246-18-E of the Code of the Town of Oyster Bay, notice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals has scheduled a public meeting, which will take place in the Town Hall Meeting Room, Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, New York, on MARCH 1, 2018, at 7:00 P. M., to consider the following appeals:

BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

APPEAL NO. 18-69

JERICHO

JIANG LIU: Variance to construct new dwelling partially on existing foundation exceeding maximum building coverage, gross floor area, having less roof pitch and average side/front yard setback than permitted by Ordinance; also encroachment of eaves and gutters.

SE/ cor. of Dewey St. & Leahy St., a/k/a 100 Dewey Street, Jericho, NY

FEBRUARY 19, 2018 BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK JNJ 7868

1X 02/23

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, VENTURES

TRUST 2013-I-H-R BY MCM CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, ITS TRUSTEE, PLAINTIFF, V. NAZIHA BOULMAROUF, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on January 23, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom) in the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on March 27, 2018 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 22 Saratoga Drive, Jericho, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 11, Block 453 and Lot 17. Approximate amount of judgment is $1,409,879.65 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 018588/2010.

Brian Carmody, Esq., Referee Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., Attn: Jackie Halpern Weinstein, Esq., One Battery Park Plaza, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff JNJ 7869 4X 02/23,03/02,09,16

Town installs LED lighting in Town Halls

Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Councilwoman Michele Johnson announced today that taxpayers will save $1.4 million through the installation of energy efficient light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs and fixtures at its Town Hall facilities

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Councilwoman Michele Johnson today announced that taxpayers will save $1.4 million through the installation of energy efficient light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs and fixtures at its Town Hall facilities. The Town recently completed the conversion of bulbs to LEDs in Massapequa’s Town Hall South and is currently converting both buildings at Town Hall North in Oyster Bay.

Supervisor Saladino stated, “The Town of Oyster Bay is deeply committed to lowering energy costs and saving taxpayers' money through the conversion of bulbs to LEDs. Fixtures and bulbs in Town Hall South are now energy efficient and will help save a more than a half million dollars. In the months ahead, we will be installing the same type of lighting in Town Hall North in Oyster Bay to up this savings to $1.4 million.”

Over the past several months, more than 240 bulbs and 680 lighting fixtures were converted to LED in Town Hall South. Material costs for the project were fully-funded by PSE&G Long Island. This conversion is anticipated to save taxpayers a minimum of $686,000 over the life expectancy of the new LED bulbs.

Councilwoman Johnson stated, “The Town has placed a premium on efficiency and affordability with respect to its lighting at both its offices and outdoor venues. We want energy efficient lighting solutions that provide the highest quality light and cost efficiency. This new light-

ing system provides us long-term durability, which means less maintenance and stock.”

With the LED project complete at Town Hall South, the Department of General Services began converting 365 fixtures and 138 bulbs to LEDs in office space at 74 Audrey Avenue in Oyster Bay.  Once completed in March, the department will begin converting hundreds of bulbs and fixtures lighting at 54 Audrey Avenue in Oyster Bay. Material costs for these projects at Town Hall North will also be fully-funded by PSE&G Long Island.

In additional to energy efficiency and savings achieved at Town facilities, the Town of Oyster Bay Highway Department has saved millions of dollars by replacing bulbs on State, County, and Town roadways as well as bridge underpasses and parking lots. The Town maintains 21,036 lighting fixtures. The Saladino administration has committed to replace 1,200 bulbs annually, and will no longer utilize high pressure or low pressure sodium bulbs on roadways by 2024.

LEDs are extremely energy efficient and consume up to 90% less power than older bulbs. Since LEDs use only a fraction of the energy there is a dramatic decrease in power costs. Also, money and energy is saved in maintenance and replacement costs due to the long LED lifespan. Among the benefits these lights provide include light disbursement with optimal uniformity and quicker on/off capabilities. The lights are also eco-friendly and will result in a reduction of CO2 emissions.

2018 SUMMER CAMPS AT THE MUSIC ACADEMY

Musical Theatre Summer Day Camp

2 Sessions: July 9th–20th & July 23rd–August 3rd (Weekdays)

- Learn from our world-class faculty

- Each child receives individual attention including voice coaching, acting and choreography skills

- Camps culminate in a full concert with a live pit band

- Attend master classes, and much more!

- Conveniently held at the Garden City Unitarian Church

- Open to kids ages 8–17

Telly Leung, Broadway’s Aladdin, will be conducting a master class at our summer theatre camp!

ROCK BANDS SUMMER DAY CAMP

July 23rd–27th

- Each student plays in a rock band

- Each band is coached by our world-class faculty members

- Campers prepare for a concert on Friday night

- Open to all instrumentalists and vocalists

- Conveniently held at the Garden City Unitarian Church

- Open to kids ages 8–17

Jericho Middle and High School POPS concert

BY SUSAN HEILIG

On January 31st, Dr. Gately, Jericho Middle School Principal, welcomed families to an evening concert. This was a "Rock Can Roll" event, and the families brought perishable canned items to donate for local food banks.

The Jericho Middle School 6th-grade chorus, under the direction of Clare Hussey and accompanied on the piano by Shannon Gillespie, performed "Home", "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", and "Best Day of My Life".

The Jericho Middle School 7th-grade chorus, with Ronald Verderber as conductor, opened with Choral Highlights from Sing which included "I'm Still Standing", "Set It All Free", "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing", "Hallelujah", and" Faith". The soloists for this collection were Madison Grady and Lauren Marchand. Shannon Gillespie accompanied on piano.

The next song was "Can't Stop the Feeling" from Trolls. Gianna DeVellis and Fredi Schneider were the soloists.

The Jericho Middle School 8th-grade chorus, with Ronald Verderber as conductor, was up next, performing "Candle on the Water" from Pete's Dragon and "How Far I'll Go" from Moana Accompanist Shannon Gillespie was on piano, Joseph Connors was the percussionist, and Emilia Cortale was the soloist.

The final group to perform was the Jericho High School Chorus with Ronald Verderber as conductor and accompaniment by Shannon Gillespie on piano and Joseph Connors on percussion.  The group opened with a medley from The Phantom of the Opera The soloists for this medley were Shelby Levine, Jonah Khorrami, Amanda Luoing, Brenneen Yu, and Allison Koeppel.

The second song performed was "The Human Heart" from Once on this Island with Sabrina Benayoun as soloist.

The group closed with "You Will Be Found" from Dear Evan Hansen with soloists Jacklyn Yeh, Jason Lee, and Shruthi Shekar.

Mr. Verderber thanked the Central Administration, Jericho High School and Middle School Administration, our Curriculum Associate for Fine & Performing Arts, Kathryn Behr also with the entire music faculty for their continued support of the Jericho Music program.  He also thanked Mr. Marsh and the AV Club for their setting up and running the light and sound board for the concert.

Jeriocho Middle School 7th Grade Chorus

Jericho Middle School 8th Grade Chorus

Dr. Gately welcomes concert goers

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Syosset Woodbur y Chamber builds momentum, membership

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people we got together and said there are some interests in starting a Chamber of Commerce. We had the opportunity to work with the late Legislator Judy Jacobs, who was a big supporter of starting the Chamber. We technically started in full effect on January 1, 1999 and it is amazing how much we have grown and we now have a president who has the exuberance of Charo, bar none. Everyone is going to benefit by it. I hope all of you encourage businesses to join our Chamber of you have, and let’s keep this Chamber growing,” he said.

Ezdrin congratulated Urso and fellow Chamber members on the 20th year of the organization and said there will be a special event for the occasion. Chanbir Kaur, branch manager of BNB (Bridgehampton) Bank at Woodbury Road and Jericho Turnpike and immediate past president of the Chamber of Commerce, thanked the business community for turning out and commented on the planning for Street Fair’s return. She managed preparations for the event from 2012 until 2016.

“Please raise your hands and help us as Street Fair is one of the toughest events the Chamber does. Any help would be terrific, whether that’s ahead of it or on September 30 from 6 a.m. to set up or 6 p.m. to clean up. Sign up, call Taylor and I am sure we’d love to hear from you,” Kaur said.

Novel School Concept

Next, the hosts of February’s meeting delivered news and information about a welcome addition to the education base and resources available to residents of Syosset-Woodbury, Jericho, and nearby Long Island communities. With many families in the area focused on their children’s educational experience and strong academic achievements, Fusion Academy offers multiple opportunities for students, some of whom have struggled and been discouraged by the traditional school settings and some of whom rank among the strongest in their class. The Woodbury location now has 45 full-time students and the max amount is set at 55 to keep up its unique 1:1 instruction levels, teachers and students meet and go over coursework in a small, comfortably designed and officelike classrooms, and the space features a Homework Cafe.

Woodbury features the only Fusion Academy in Nassau or Suffolk counties and its website, FusionAcademy. com, lists area campuses in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Westchester; Fairfield and Greenwich in Connecticut and Cherry Hill, Princeton, Montclair and northern New Jersey. The first Fusion Academy was opened in Solana Beach, California. The Woodbury location is New York State approved; the franchises in New York and New Jersey are fully-accredited through the Middle States Associa-

tion of Colleges and Schools.

Tiffany Belferder is Fusion Academy’s Head of School in Woodbury. She earned both her bachelor’s in Art Therapy and master’s in Clinical Art Therapy at Long Island University before working in art therapy with North ShoreLIJ, Holliswood Hospital and Brookdale University Hospital. She’s worked at the Woodbury Fusion Academy since the 2013-2014 academic year. On Thursday evening February 15, after the school’s hours as students had left for the day, she addressed the Syosset-Woodbury Chamber of Commerce audience and explained how concepts of public speaking are introduced to Fusion students:

“Statistically more people are afraid of public speaking than of death. Especially for a 14 to 16-year-old who may have been bullied, speaking in front of a full classroom can be completely debilitating to them. Having the 1:1 relationship with a teacher can really make you build confidence and feel successful about speaking on topics you know really well. Our students might ‘teach’ the classes. That develops in such a way that they are confident to come out and present in a small group of peers and teachers. Often times that sparks them, and one student went from classroom to classroom to explain the dangers of generic palm oils,” Belferder explained.

Allyson Taylor Schwartz, director of Admissions and Outreach for Fusion Academy, led the presentation at the Chamber’s February meeting and played a video for attendees to hear directly from students, parents, and faculty who have been very positively impacted by the school’s programming and unique approach to learning and academic environs. Schwarz explained Fusion Academy as the go-to for students and families when traditional school is not working for a variety of reasons: anxiety, depression, learning differences or (as the Winter Games, Pyeongchang 2018, is the prime current event of February) if students could be star athletes training for the Olympics.

Schwartz says there will be future Olympians graduating from Fusion Academy because they attend the Woodbury instead of traditional school for its flexible schedules. For example, an athlete might train from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. and then attend Fusion Academy from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Schwarz also introduced the Director of First Impressions, Victoria Weitgenant, who has a key role at the school, noted within the “culture conscious and individualized” effort. Schwartz told attendees, many of whom live and work in the high-performing Syosset and Jericho school district boundaries, that even if a student in high school in one of the districts or at a private high school, Fusion Academy can benefit them. She said some participants are “top-of-their class, AP students” just attending to get a competitive edge. She noted with

unique delivery, the ability to do deepdives on subjects kids are interested in helps their learning and academic achievement.

“We have lots of later afternoon and evening students that come in for what we call Class For Credit, for students looking to enhance their transcript so that they get admission to their dream college while being fully-enrolled. We have over 300 courses on this (Woodbury) campus and we have students taking everything from French, German, Japanese and Hebrew to American Sign Language (ASL), and for example with that and some world languages we go up to Honors Level V -- there’s no other local high schools that go up to that level in ASL. For example if a student maxes out at Syosset High School with their studies in maybe Level IV they can continue here. This is really a leading middle and high school for all students, not just students who are uniquely struggling or not fitting in at their school,” Schwartz explains.

Belferder mentioned one 10th grade student currently at the school who is “twice-exceptional” and completing the Calculus II course now. “Next school year while he will be full-time with us he will be taking college courses at Adelphi, at the age of 16, while completing English and History in which he’s taking standard classes,” she said.

Ezdrin asked if the school is affordable for families that live in Nassau County and their child may have trouble in public schools. Schwartz says Fusion Academy is accessible for everyone and its tuition model is flexible, as each student receives an individualized rate of tuition.

“The reason for that is because everything is per-course, per semester and we also offer hybrid models. For a family that may not be able to have their child attend Fusion full-time because tuition is a barrier, the student can stay enrolled in Syosset, Jericho or other private schools that may be less expensive and they can attend classes there. However if they need the one-onone attention or that particular class not offered at their high school, we have some students who get enrolled in online credits that are less expen-

sive, and they’ll come here for certain classes. It becomes a matter of just how many classes you take and if you’re coming in for tutoring,” she said.

Fusion Academy operates yearround and Chamber attendees were presented with gift baskets that included information on summer programs. Several high-performing area students have already signed up for advanced classes in July and August. One unique class offered for teens is a Life Skills class, where students learn about maintaining their personal budget, how to balance a checkbook, and the ways to shop for an apartment or home.

Schwartz noted that there is a full recording studio at the Woodbury location and students can learn how to make music, with Fusion Academy’s Arts program offering instruction on electric drums, guitar, bass, deejaying, post-production and voice lessons.

“We welcome all students to come here, not just those who need to be here but students who can benefit from our Class for Credit model and tutoring or NYS Regents Exam prep,” Schwartz told the Chamber membership.

The neighbor of Fusion Academy is Men on the Move, located at 150 Crossways Park Drive West in Woodbury, and at the February 15 Chamber meeting their brand new self-storage and moving headquarters of 50,000 square feet and set to expand was noted as the host venue for a spring gathering. Members of the Chamber of Commerce and their guests will be invited to tour the facility and learn about the company’s services.

Chamber Hosts March 6 Networking at Hurricane Grill

President Charo Ezdrin reminded the heavy turnout for the February 15 about the upcoming event “Wing-der-ful Networking” at Hurricane Grill and Wings, 275 Jericho Turnpike, set for 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6, when the Syosset Woodbury Chamber of Commerce next meets. Quesadillas, chicken wings and pub fare plus beer, wine and margaritas will be available for attendees to enjoy while celebrating the growing business community.

Facilities improvement plans

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Walt Whitman Elementary Schools and Syosset High School; enclosing walkways at the South Grove Annex and the high school for enhanced security; installing air conditioning in all classrooms throughout the district and in the auditoriums at Harry B. Thompson and South Woods middle schools and Syosset High School; and replacing the weight room at Syosset High School to include additional bathrooms, locker rooms and a security corridor.

Proposition No. 2 will utilize an ener-

gy performance contract to replace furnaces at Baylis, South Grove, Village and Willits elementary schools; install solar panels on five schools for energy efficiency; install energy management systems in all schools; install a cogeneration unit to generate electricity for heating and hot water at Syosset High School; replace lighting fixtures with more efficient LED lighting; and install a cogeneration unit as an emergency backup generator at South Woods Middle School.

12 Evon Drive, Syosset

Sold Price: $760,000

Date: 12/27/2017

3 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths

Style: Colonial

# of Families: 1

Lot Size: 70x155

Schools: Syosset

Total Taxes: $15,268

MLS# 2974691

18 Leonard Road, Syosset

Sold Price: $607,000

Date: 02/07/2018

4 beds, 2 Full baths

Style: Exp Ranch

# of Families: 1

Lot Size: 60x102

Schools: Syosset

Total Taxes: $11,523

MLS# 2960894

44 Preston Lane, Syosset

Sold Price: $565,000

Date: 01/10/2018

3 beds, 1 Full/1 Half baths

Style: Ranch # of Families: 1

Lot Size: 75x127

Schools: Syosset

Total Taxes: $13,862

MLS# 2968940

16 Dorcas Avenue, Syosset

Sold Price: $490,000

Date: 11/28/2017

3 beds, 1 Full baths

Style: Cape # of Families: 1

Lot Size: 50X102 Irreg

Schools: Syosset

Total Taxes: $12,470

MLS# 2962263

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