Post 246 honors the Four Chaplains
By ANDRE SILVA asilva@liherald.com
Members and friends of Baldwin American Legion Post 246 gathered on Feb. 1 for their annual Four Chaplains ceremony.
Local Boy Scouts; the Jones Beach and Fire Island Coast Guard Auxiliary; the Legion Riders, a veterans motorcycle club; Town of Hempstead Clerk Kate Murray and others joined the Legion at its Grand Avenue headquarters for the observance.
This year marked the 80th anniversary of Four Chaplains
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At chili cook-off, Irish Pub supports injured bartender
By ANDRE SILVA asilva@liherald.com
Samantha Berg, a bartender at the Irish Pub and a clerk at the Baldwin Public Library, was hit by two cars while crossing Merrick Road last November, and sustained several severe injuries.
Since then, Berg has been out of work and focused on recovery — and has faced mounting medical bills. To alleviate her financial challenges, more than 50 community members gathered at the pub’s fourth annual chili cook-off last Sunday to raise funds for her. The event was spearheaded by Susan Cools,
president of the Baldwin Board of Education and a real estate agent, and her daughter, Samantha Cools, who directs the Cools Team at Compass Realty, in Rockville Centre.
The cook-off was created and sponsored by the Baldwin Rotary Club in 2019, but the club disbanded in 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. The Coolses have since partnered with the pub to sponsor the event. This year their focus was on Berg, and Samantha Cools said they were able to raise just over $2,000, which will help cover her medical bills.
“It was by far our most successful event,” Samantha said.
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“It was the most crowded, and the most amount of chili submitted, which speaks to the fact that people are trying to get out and support their community again.”
Cools explained that as a resident of Baldwin, it’s important
to promote the community and its businesses.
The pub offered guests at the cook-off — who included library members, employees of local businesses and Annie Doresca, Susan Cools’s colleague on the school board — a free drink and unlimited chili tastings for a $20 donation, and a 50/50 raffle. The proceeds were donated to Berg.
Participants like Doresca had until last Friday to submit their spicy creations, and competed for a $200 cash prize donated by Renee Gonzalez, of the Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation in Freeport. Raffle participants, meanwhile, bid on baskets that contained prizes like a neon Bud Light NFL sign, glassware, CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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LEGIONNAIRE JOHN GALLO at Post 246’s Four Chaplains ceremony, which honored a handful of heroes of World War II.
It was the most crowded, and the most amount of chili submitted.
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Over 30 students named All-County Musicians
The Nassau Music Educators Association recognized over 30 Baldwin students as All-County musicians across the Baldwin School District last month.
The Nassau Music Educators Association named a total of 37 students from across Baldwin School District All-County musicians in January. The school district said students were selected based on their NYSSMA scores from last spring and represent the individuals who achieved the highest marks.
The Nassau Music Educators Association and its members are a dedicated group of teachers and educational professionals who believe in the value of a quality music education taught by qualified music educators.
Rehearsals for All-County performances began January 4, and the festival ran through January 15.
Over 15 high school students were recognized, including — Sanaa Cadet, playing Tenor Saxaphone, Christina Tephly and Kadence Blount, and Siu-Lin Sampson, as a vocal Altos, Joaquin Lopez as vocal bass, Brandon
Firth, as a baritone, Travis Brown and Ryan Clarke, as a tuba and sousaphone players, Daniel Figueroa and Jacob Wittemann, as a trombone players, Angelo Guerrero, as a french horn player, Laura Velasquez, Camdresa Davis, Jillian Cooke, Chelsea Panky, and Siu-Lin Sampson, as violin players, and Rachel Lyons as a cello player.
In the middle school, the association recognized —Emah Vaval, on the cello, Kelechi Ugbala, on jazz guitar, Sophia Lyons, as a violinist, Alfred Lee, playing the flute, and Conner McGinley, on the clarinet.
In the elementary schools, Aria Schoppner, Genesis Torres, Desean Brown, Liya Little, Ava Drinkwater-Louverture, Mia Jones, Gavin Sorensen, Cerai Ashybyand Summer James were recognized for children’s voice.
Additonally Mia Peou was selected for trumpet, Clay Caitlin and Lily Nelson, as violinists, Adam Kessba, as an alto saxophone player, Evan Dash, as a double bass player, and Nazir O’Neal, percussion.
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By ANDRE SILVA asilva@liherald.com
Over 150 students and mentors joined together for the Baldwin High School’s 22nd annual Mentoring Breakfast last month.
The Baldwin High School hosted the annual Mentoring Breakfast — a Baldwin tradition, where a total of 180 mentors and mentees from grades 9-12 gather to celebrate the mentoring program ilast January.
Through the Mentoring Program, the school district said the mentors, which include faculty, administrators and coaches, are trained by MENTOR New York — a New York based organization focused on fostering mentoring relationships for young people in the state — and make a four-year commitment to their mentees.
“The Mentoring Program is one of the best things I am involved in Baldwin,” said Darius Burton, Baldwin High School coach and physical education teacher, and mentor. “I love being able to touch students’ lives in a positive manner. This is why I became a teacher. To follow in my parents’ footsteps who were both educators.”
Burton’s mentee, David Polonia, added, “The Mentoring Program is one of the best programs in this school. Having a mentor like Burton to look out for you, not only in school but in the real world, is very important, and I’m happy that this
program provided me with that.”
The school district said high school students and staff attended the breakfast and appreciated the time spent with one another. One student mentee, Isabella Victoria, said she was grateful for the opportunity to participate in the program and cherished the mentoring breakfast.
“The event gives my mentor and I time to chat and catch up,” said Victoria. “It really helps to have a mentor, because this person will always support and guide me.”
The school district said mentors and mentees shared uplifting stories and laughs during the course of a continental breakfast in the cafeteria.
The breakfast was funded by small grants awarded to the high school from Bethpage Federal Credit Union and Ridgewood Savings Bank.
“We talk, we eat, and we laugh,” said Al Nardone, Baldwin High School teacher, about the annual event. “The mentoring experience is as much for the mentor as the mentee.”
To keep with tradition, the mentees wrote thank you messages to their mentors, which were handed out during the breakfast.
The school district said for the first time since the pandemic, the Mentoring Program would start this year with another Baldwin tradition — an annual Mentoring Dinner.
The event will take place in June at the
high school and allow mentors and mentees to once again, honor one another.
“The Mentoring Program is one that I believe every student at Baldwin High School should experience,” said Samari Walston, mentee, and student. “It allows
you to have an enhanced high school experience by traveling through the ups and downs of high school with someone who is more experienced than you. It’s like you always have a back-up partner on your side.”
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THE BALDWIN HIGH School hosted the annual Mentoring Breakfast — a Baldwin tradition, where a total of 180 mentors and mentees from grades 9-12 gather to celebrate the program in January
T he event gives my mentor and I time together to chat and catch up ISABELLA VICTORIA Baldwin student and mentee
BALDWIN SCHOOL STUDENTS and mentees, pose with their mentor at the Baldwin High School’s 22nd annual Mentoring Breakfast last month
Legion remembers Charles Walter David
Day, which is observed on Feb. 3, and celebrates four U.S. Army chaplains and their selfless acts aboard the sinking SS Dorchester, an Army transport ship, with hymns, stories and speeches by legion members.
Post Commander Stu Cohen led the ceremony, and told the story of the four men — Lieutenants George L. Fox, a Methodist chaplain; Alexander D Goode, a Jew; John P. Washington, a Catholic; and Clark V. Poling, of the Reformed Church in America — who were aboard the Dorchester in 1943. A torpedo from a German U-boat torpedo struck the Dorchester broadside on Feb. 3, and the vessel began sinking rapidly. According to the story, the chaplains led the crew in hymns and prayers to keep up their morale. While the crew waited to be rescued by nearby Coast Guard cutters, the chaplains gave away their gloves, and then their life vests, to scrambling crewman.
According to some reports, survivors of the Dorchester heard the chaplains praying as the ship sank. All four men died. Only 230 of the 904 men aboard the ship were rescued.
As part of his account, Cohen shared a brief PowerPoint presentation projected on the wall behind him. The title slide featured a tombstone and a caption reading, “Does anyone recognize this young man?” Cohen explained that the tombstone was that of Charles Walter David Jr., a U.S. Coast Guard steward’s mate first class who died in 1943.
David, Cohen said, who is buried in Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, was one of the lesser-known heroes of the sinking of the Dorchester. He was a cook on board the Coast Guard cutter Comanche, a large Black man who had joined the Coast Guard in 1941 after having difficulty finding stable employment at home. David, Cohen recounted, was one of the few men aboard the Comanche who dived overboard into the frigid Atlantic to help rescue members of the Dorchester crew.
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Spousal refusal is a legally valid Medicaid planning option in New York. By way of background, certain income and assets are exempt from Medicaid if there is a spouse. Generally, the spouse at home, known as the “community spouse” may keep about $3,700 per month of the couple’s combined income and up to about $150,000 of the assets or “resources”. Not included in those fgures are any other exempt assets, such as a home (up to about $1,000,000 of the equity only) and one automobile. The spouse who is being cared for in a facility is known as the “institutionalized spouse”.
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Once the “community spouse” invokes their right to refuse, and all of the other myriad requirements of the Medicaid application are met, the state Medicaid program must pay for the care of the institutionalized spouse.
After Medicaid has been granted, the county may institute a lawsuit seeking to recover the cost of care from the refusing spouse. Nevertheless, there are a few reasons why spousal refusal makes sense, even in light of this risk. First, in many instances, the county never invokes this right. Secondly, these lawsuits are often settled for signifcantly less than the cost of care provided. Thirdly, the payment to the county can sometimes be deferred until the community spouse dies. As one county attorney told us when agreeing to such an arrangement, “the county is going to be around for a long time”. Finally, even though the county may seek recovery, it is only for the Medicaid reimbursement rate and not the private pay rate. For example, if the private pay rate is $18,000 per month, which is what you would have to pay, the amount Medicaid has to pay is generally a quarter to a third less. The county may only pursue you for the amount they actually paid.
“Nowadays, in rescue operations, we have all these fancy suits to account for the temperature of the water,” Cohen said. “The truth is he was in his regular uniform, and was probably in a T-shirt.”
Cohen said David saved several men from the sinking Dorchester, including its executive officer, Lt. Langford Anderson — who survived and went on to tell the story of David’s actions. Although the story of the Dorchester often focuses on the story of the chaplains, Cohen said, David, too, deserves to be celebrated for his heroic actions.
Members of the legion took part in a symbolic candle lighting, which involved a table with four chairs and four candles. Cohen called up four
legion members, who represented the chaplains. He introduced each of them, and then, one by one, they donned a life vest and were escorted to a chair at the table. The candles were lit as they sat down.
Then, in a final flag-folding ceremony, members of the state’s 11th Regiment Volunteers — a veterans group dedicated to supporting military families with funeral honors free of charge — folded an American flag and presented it to Town of Hempstead Clerk Kate Murray, concluding the ceremony — and bringing Murray to tears.
“I’ve gone to Four Chaplains ceremonies many times before — my father served in World War II,” Murray said. “Today’s ceremony was so poignant. I was so grateful to be presented the flag.”
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STU COHEN, COMMANDER of American Legion Post 246, led the ceremony, which featured speeches, prayers and hymns.
Today’s ceremony was so poignant. I was so grateful to be presented the fag.
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Baldwin gets 11 to counties
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Baldwin’s Kwasi Bonsu entered his senior year not only trying to match last season’s incredible wrestling accomplishments, but top them.
So far, he’s on the right path.
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A FOURTH-YEAR VARSITY bowler, Morris has earned a third All-County award and on Feb. 11 will try to repeat as Nassau’s individual champion. Last winter, she averaged 197 and earned AllState honors. So far this season, Morris has bowled 19 games over 200 and leads the county with a 210.4 average over 36 games. She rolled 18 consecutive strikes in a match Jan. 5, closing one game with 11 straight and starting the next with 7 in a row.
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Bonsu, who enjoyed a dominant junior campaign that saw him capture the Nassau County Division 1 title at 189 pounds and earn both the Ted Petersen Champion of Champions and Gary Ventimiglia Most Outstanding Wrestler awards, wants to be a factor at this season’s state tournament Feb. 25-26 at Albany’s MVP Arena.
“Winning the state championship is the only thing that’s going to fully satisfy me,” said Bonsu, who pinned his first three opponents in last Saturday’s qualifying tournament hosted by Kennedy before defeating Cooper LaRock of Herricks in the final by major decision, 11-2. “That’s my mission and I feel confident,” he said.
Bonsu, who split four matches at the state tournament last February, is one of 11 Bruins headed to this weekend’s county tournament at Hofstra. He’s ranked No. 1 in his weight class and it would be a stunner if he’s not part of Sunday’s Parade of Champions at 4 p.m. leading up to the finals.
“We went from four county qualifiers to 11,” Bonsu said. “I’m so proud of my teammates.”
In addition to Bonsu, Baldwin had three other qualifier finalists. junior Rodney Mills was runner-up at 215, junior John Wornian was runner-up at 152, and senior Jayson Rivera reached the title bout at 172 before taking a forfeit.
“Jayson has been battling a recurring injury and as soon as I knew he was going to be seeded for counties, we held him out of the finals,” Baldwin coach Jim Murphy said of Rivera, who won a 10-4 decision over teammate Paul Clement Jr. (third place) in the quarterfinals and pinned Roslyn’s Ryan Rosenberg in the semis in 60 seconds. “We want him as healthy as possible.”
Mills handed Kennedy’s Joshua Amiel his first loss of the season in the semifi-
nals, taking a 13-6 decision. Mills built a 6-1 lead after the first period and never looked back. He fell to MacArthur’s Benjamin Velasquez in the finals, 5-2, and will aim for a deep run in the county tournament and a top three finish which would qualify him for states.
“Rodney has benefitted from rolling around with Kwasi every day at practice,” Murphy said. “Hopefully he can get a rematch with Velasquez at the county tournament.”
Wornian recorded three pins en route to the title bout where he was pinned by MacArthur standout Paul Lichter.
Freshman Devonte Young (126) won four matches at the qualifier and reached the semifinals. “He was a soccer kid a few years ago and he’s been wrestling great,” Murphy said.
Another freshman, Frantz Byron, is headed to the county meet at 132 after a couple of clutch wins.
“Our lightweights were all young and held their own,” Murphy said.
Senior Jaylen Phillips (285) was another semifinalist last Saturday. “He wasn’t sure he was going to come back this season and now he’s going to the county tournament,” Murphy said. “It’s great to see.”
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It could be one of the largest private endeavors in Nassau County’s history — and already one of its most controversial.
The Las Vegas Sands resort company wants to develop the 80 acres of vacant land surrounding the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum — an investment that could well exceed $1 billion. While some have championed a new commercial center complete with a hotel, celebrity chef restaurants, a convention center and a live performance venue, it’s the casino element some aren’t sure is worth the gamble.
Like Hofstra University president Susan Poser.
“So many people in our community are expressing the idea that this is already a done deal, and therefore not understanding that we are at the beginning of a competitive and quite lengthy process,” Poser told the hundreds of people who packed her school’s Monroe Lecture Hall on Saturday.
Poser has made her opposition to the casino project no secret, writing in one published opinion piece that it was a “very bad idea.”
The New York Gaming Facility Location Board opened the window last month for the bidding of three downstate casino licenses. Four licenses are already available upstate. To be successful, a bidder must win approval from a local community advisory committee made up of appointees by Gov. Kathy Hochul, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, state Sen. Kevin Thomas, Assemblyman Edward Ra and Hempstead town supervisor Don Clavin.
Joe Harrison, for one, hopes a casino project at the Hub moves forward.
“For economic growth, it’s going to be a great thing for the area,” said Harrison, vice president for Local One Elevator Constructors. “We’re looking for families to stay and earn living wages.”
The gaming location board explained to those attending the forum how the application process would work. Las Vegas Sands, for example, would have to demonstrate positives in several categories that include local impact, workforce enhancement, and how it will ensure diversity.
Most of the attention, however, will be on economic activity and development. Anyone developing through one of these licenses must work to provide as much tax revenue for state and local governments as possible, and must prove the benefits of the specific site they want to develop. They must also already have expertise in developing and operating a quality gaming facility, as well
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as be able to have the project come to fruition in years, not decades.
Founded by the late Sheldon Adelson in the late 1980s, Las Vegas Sands is considered one of the largest casino companies in the world, although much of its holdings are now in Asia rather than the United States. It reports assets of well over $20 billion.
Local impact examines how such a development will help — or hurt — businesses immediately surrounding the project, as well as those nearby. Workforce enhancement examines how a developer would utilize the existing labor force in Nassau County, providing an estimated number of construction jobs and developing training programs that serve the unemployed.
One of those training projects is expected to be based at Nassau Community College, with Las Vegas Sands providing, in turn, internships and potential jobs.
That, Sands officials have said, could also help develop its diversity framework, which requires the company in its application to examine workforce demographics of unemployed minorities, woman and service-disabled veterans.
But it’s not neighbors Las Vegas Sands would have to convince, but Nassau’s community advisory committee. Without a thumbs up from them, it will be a hard no from the gaming location board. Approval requires a two-thirds majority.
John Kaman, Suffolk County’s deputy executive, said residents and institutions within the town and surrounding areas should understand one another’s needs, and the impact they have on one another.
“We need to make sure that everybody’s listening, everybody’s participating,” Kaman said. “If something like this was going to go forward or not depends upon what the larger community wants to see in their county, in their town, and their neighborhood.”
Geraldine Hart, who leads public safety efforts at Hofstra, worried about the potential increase in crime.
“There’s a number of criminal activities that are associated with human trafficking,” she said. “They include illegal drug sales, kidnapping, extortion, money
GERALDINE HART, WHO leads public safety efforts at Hofstra University, shared with a community forum over the weekend what she says are risks communities face when casinos — like the one planned for the Nassau Hub — are built. Hart gave an overview of many instances of human trafficking and auto accidents — including some she personally witnessed — she says have direct ties with casinos.
laundering, prostitution, racketeering and gang related crime.”
Hart also cautioned that the Hempstead Turnpike — one of the most popular roadways traveled in Nassau — was also designated the fourth-most dangerous road in the state last year based on average number of fatalities. Hart cited a Journal of Health Economics study claiming a link between casino expansion and alcohol-related fatal traffic accidents.
Neyrely Munoz, a sophomore majoring in television and film at Hofstra, says she’s also concerned about safety, but much closer to home.
“Near a campus with college students, it doesn’t sound like the best idea,” she said. “I feel as though that the women on campus will feel a lot less safe.”
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HUNDREDS ATTENDED A community forum at Hofstra University to discuss the fate of the Nassau Hub, and the potential for a casino to become part of the community there. It’s a plan that has garnered mixed reactions from neighbors, including from Hofstra and nearby Nassau Community College.
W e need to make sure that everybody’s listening, everybody’s participating ... the larger community wants to see in their county, in their town, and their neighborhood.”
JOHN KAMAN Suffolk County deputy executive
‘High School Heroes’ teach at Plaza Elementary
Aspiring teachers at the Baldwin School District’s Education Academy and Pre-Academy got the opportunity to teach young students at Plaza Elementary School last month.
Baldwin High School students in the Education Academy and Baldwin Middle School students in the Pre-Academy taught a full day of lessons to 10 elementary school classes, from kindergarten through third grade, as part of the “High School Heroes” event in January.
The event was sponsored by Junior Achievement of New York — a nonprofit organization aiming to educate students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy.
The school district said this was the first year the program was held in person, since the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and has partnered with Junior Achievement for New York for more than 20 years.
“We are very excited to have had our High School Heroes program in person this year,” said Dr. Gabriella Franza, Assistant Director of Instructional Programs.
As part of the High School Heroes program, representatives from the organization conducted two one-and-a-half-hour trainings covering lesson plans and other important aspects of teaching. The school district said participants studied time management, presentation and leadership skills, like accountability, and discipline. The high school students also had the opportunity to apply for college scholarships through Junior Achievement.
“This is the first year that our middle school pre-academy students and our high school academy students have been able to work together on their lessons for the elementary schoolers,” said Franza. “It is truly rewarding to see the collaboration of all grade levels in learning and having a shared experience in both skills development and social emotional literacy.”
This year, in addition to financial literacy, the lesson taught was focused on voting and civic engagement. For instance, during one of the classroom exercises, the elementary students received several “career” cards. They then connected the various vocations on a map, which taught these young minds how all the different professionals interact and work together to help a community function.
The school district said both the elementary and secondary students found the experience to be invaluable and appreciated that the district continues to partner with Junior Achievement.
— Andre Silva
BALDWIN HIGH SCHOOL students in the Education Academy and Baldwin Middle School students in the Pre-Academy taught a full day of lessons to 10 classes from kindergarten through third grade, as part of the “High School Heroes” event
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Photos courtesy Baldwin School District ASPIRING TEACHERS FROM the school district’s Education Academy and PreAcademy got the opportunity to teach students at Plaza Elementary School.
Sparkle on Stage announces lineup for new projects
By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@liherald.com
Sparkle on Stage, the local theater company located on the Nautical Mile in Freeport, is thrilled to announce an exciting lineup of new projects for the upcoming months. Under the guidance of its new Artist in Resident, Nicholas Ashe, the company aims to bring audiences a diverse range of productions that will entertain and inspire.
One of the most highly anticipated productions is a new musical adaptation of the classic novel “The Nutcracker, not just a Ballet…” The show will feature a dynamic score and an all-star cast and is sure to be a hit with both fans of the book and musical theater enthusiasts. Alongside the musical, Sparkle on Stage will also be presenting a series of one-act plays that will showcase the work of emerging playwrights. These plays will offer a fresh perspective on important social and political issues and will provide a platform for new voices in the theater world.
Ashe is a multi-talented performer based in Los Angeles, well-known for his role as “Micah” on the television series “Queen Sugar.” He began his career as “Young Simba” in “The Lion King” on Broadway and is also a community-oriented individual, the founder and artistic director of the Steam Train Scholarship which raises thousands of dollars annually for higher education in the arts. Ashe
has a passion for promoting diversity and inclusion in the theater world and has been a vocal advocate for the representation of marginalized communities on stage.
In addition to the productions, Sparkle on Stage is also hosting a talent competition called “Freeport’s Got Talent” where residents of Freeport and surrounding areas have the opportunity to showcase their talents and compete for a $1,000 prize. The event, produced by Ashe, is open to participants of all ages and tal-
ents, including music, poetry, and even fire eating, with proper safety precautions, of course. Submissions for the talent show will be accepted on the Sparkle on Stage Instagram page and email at sparkleonstage17@gmail.com. The top 10 performers taking the stage on Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. for a live performance.
In honor of Black History Month, Ash will also be producing a series of concerts and events, including a staged reading of the Broadway musical “Into the Woods,” featuring Robyn Workman as the witch
and local graduates and older residents returning to perform.
The upcoming season promises to be a memorable one for Sparkle on Stage as the company continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in the world of theater. With Nicholas Ashe at the helm, audiences can expect a season filled with thought-provoking, entertaining, and inspiring productions. So, mark your calendars and get ready for a truly sparkling experience with Sparkle on Stage.
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gift cards and mugs, courtesy of the pub, the Cools Team at Compass and their colleague at Compass Realty, Kelly Forman.
Bernice McCann, of Baldwin, took first place in the cook-off.
“We’re here to help her out,” Jessica McCarthy, a patron at the pub, said of Berg. “She can’t work and she needs to pay medical bills. She needs to feed herself. She needs to pay rent. It’s what you do. We’re a community. We take care of each other.”
Berg said she was hit by the vehicles on Nov. 3 while she was crossing Merrick Road after finishing a shift at the library, and was on her way to the pub, which is across the street from the library. A car headed west struck her and threw her into the eastbound lanes, where she was hit by another vehicle headed in the opposite direction.
Berg said she broke her left foot, shattered her right shoulder blade and fractured her skull in the accident, and spent five weeks in the hospital. She is still recovering, mentally as well as physically, she said.
“I’m lucky,” Berg said. “Most people don’t make it out of things like that.”
Shawn Sabel, the pub’s owner, reached out to her the day after the accident, Berg said, and asked her if he could dedicate the chili cook-off to her and turn it into a fundraiser.
“We’re here to raise a bunch of money,” Sabel said on Sunday, “and eat as much chili as we can.”
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DOZENS OF COMMUNITY members, including Baldwin Public library members, employees of local businesses and Board of Education trustees, gathered for the Irish Pub’s fourth annual chili cook-off.
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Creative advocacy
By Karen Bloom
WHERE WHEN
• Saturday and Sunday, noon-4 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Emily Lowe Hall Gallery, South Campus, Hempstead. For information and to RSVP, call (516) 463-5672, or visit Hofstra.edu/museum
“When We All Stand,” Hofstra University Museum of Art’s new exhibition, examines the collective power of the arts in society.
Curated by Alexandra Giordano — the museum’s assistant director of exhibition and collection — the exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility and influence.
“It highlights the vital role that artists have in activating democratic values that promise equality and freedom, encouraging civic engagement, and cultivating unity,” Giordano says. “Artists often lead the charge and expose truths that may otherwise be ignored. The artists in this exhibition take a stand and call out injustices through their art and activism on issues such as immigration, gender, reproductive rights, mass incarceration, voting rights, racial bias, gun violence, and promises unfulfilled. They all combine the making of art with public service that has a grassroots approach in the hope of mobilizing their communities and the nation to ignite movement, create awareness, and inspire others to stand with them.”
This exhibit, which runs through July 28, is in conjunction with Hofstra’s 13th presidential conference on the Barack Obama presidency coming up in April.
“We were interested in the idea that the artist has a civic responsibility,” says museum director Karen Albert. “The initial idea for this exhibition was inspired by an Obama Administration White House briefing that took place on May 12, 2009, where more than 60 artists and creative organizers met with administration officials to discuss the collective power of the arts to build community, create change, and chart a pathway for national recovery in the areas of social justice, civic participation and activism.”
To that end, unlike other recent exhibits that showcased the museum’s permanent collection, Giordano reached out to contemporary artists who loaned the museum their selected works. Some 36 pieces are on view — representing all media — from Emma Amos, Molly Crabapple and the Equal Justice Initiative, For Freedoms, Miguel Luciano, Michele Pred, Hank Willis Thomas, and Sophia Victor.
“The way our climate is now, this exhibit could not be more timely than at this moment,” Albert adds.
Among the highlights, she points to the series of prints from the collective For Freedoms. Their four large scale photos are based on Norman Rockwell’s 1943 oil paintings inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address that outlined what he considered the essential four democratic values freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. For Freedoms has interpreted these iconic works for our era.
“It’s the same composition,” Albert says. “From 1940s America, these (works) show what America is today, our diversity and what we look like now.”
As always the museum offers additional programming to enhance the exhibit experience. Upcoming events include an artist panel on Feb. 23, which examines the role of the artist as activist, and a gallery tour with Alexandra Giordano, March 16.
Pat McGann
Pat McGann is quickly rising as one of the sharpest stand-ups on the comedy scene. A relative latecomer to comedy, he began doing standup at 31 after realizing he was not very good at selling packaging. He hustled his way to become the house emcee at Zanies Chicago, where he distinguished himself as especially adept at working the crowd. A husband and father of three young children, McGann’s appeal stems from his quick wit and relatable take on family life and marriage. In 2017, McGann began touring as the opening act for Sebastian Maniscalco, moving with him from clubs to theater, to arenas, including four soldout shows at Madison Square Garden. McGann’s relatively short, but impressive resume, includes Montreal’s famed Just For Laughs Festival, Gilda’s LaughFest, The Great American Comedy Festival, and more. McGann still calls Chicago home.
Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. $40, $35, $30, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.
Yarn/Wire
Now in its 18th year, Adelphi University’s ‘new music’ series welcomes Yarn/Wire. The intrepid New York-based piano-percussion quartet has forged a singular path with endlessly inventive collaborations, commissions and performances that have made a significant contribution to the canon of experimental works. The quartet features founding member Laura Barger and Julia Den Boer on piano and Russell Greenberg, also a founding member, and Sae Hashimoto playing percussion. Barger is a frequent guest with many top American contemporary ensembles. French-American Den Boer performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. Greenberg is in demand with varied ensembles. Hashimoto, the newest member, contributes a unique approach to performance cultivated by her intensive classical training .
Friday, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. $30 with discounts available to seniors, students, alumni and employees. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City. (516) 877-4000 or Adelphi.edu/pac.
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Can art change the world? It’s a question that’s been at the focus of our collective culture for centuries. Now as society navigates the complexities of modern life, art as a path for social change is at the forefront of artistic expression.
Courtesy Hofstra Universally Museum of Art
Photos: Norman Rockwell’s celebrated ‘Four Freedoms’ are reinterpreted as photos by Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and the Wyatt Gallery.
Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Sculpture: Hank Willis Thomas, ‘Lives of Others,’ 2014, made from black urethane resin and standing 57 inches tall
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Art talk
Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture” live, via Zoom, Thursday, Feb. 23, 1 p.m. She’ll discuss the current exhibition, “The Big Picture: Photography Now.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program. Register at least 24 hours in advance to receive the program Zoom link. Also Feb. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.
On stage
Alan Doyle
Feb. 25
The prolifc Canadian singer-songwriter visits the Landmark stage, Saturday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m. From the moment he burst onto the scene in the early 1990s with his band Great Big Sea, Canadians fell in love with the pride of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, whose boundless charisma and sense of humor was eclipsed only by his magnetic stage presence. His infuence is now being heard in a new generation of artists as his solo work continues to endear him to roots music fans everywhere. That’s clearly evident on Alan’s latest EP “Rough Side Out, “which fnds him collaborating with Canadian country music superstars Dean Brody and Jess Moskaluke, while at the same time offering his own distinctive interpretation of contemporary country. $41, $37, $29. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.
Mo Willems’ popular The Pigeon comes alive on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Saturday, Feb. 11, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Sunday, Feb.12, 2 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 15-17, noon. Pigeon is eager to try anything, with the audience part of the action. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.
Platanos Y Collard Greens
See the romantic comedy about what happens when an African American and a Latina college student fall in love, presented by Nassau Community College Theater and Dance Department and the Africana Studies Department, Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 9-11, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 12, 2 p.m. Also Feb. 16-19, with talkback session with playwright David Lamb, immediately following fnal performance. Threaded by the culture of hip-hop, the lovers defend their relationship, as friends and family learn that this “food fght” calls for fusion instead of feud. Nassau Community College’s Mainstage Theatre, Garden City. Tickets $10; NCC students free with valid ID; $8 veterans, alumni, seniors 60+, students and NCC employees. For tickets/information, visit NCC. edu or call (516) 572-7676.
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Contraband
Sonny’s Canal House invites everyone to enjoy the band “Contraband” play classic rock, blues, and radio-friendly originals, Friday, Feb. 10, 8 p.m. Visit the restaurant at1 Jefferson Pl. in Baldwin. For more information call (516) 867-9833.
Valentine’s Day Story and Crafts
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Baldwin Public Library invites children to celebrate Valentine’s Day, Saturday, Feb. 11, 11 a.m. With stories, songs and Valentine’s Day craft, in the Children’s arts and crafts room, 2385 Grand Ave. Register at BaldwinPL.org.
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Author talk
Emmy award-winning journalist and WCBS-TV anchor Mary Calvi visits Molloy University to discuss her book, “If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt’s First Love,”
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 7-8:30 p.m. Her novel is an indelible portrait of love, the heartache of loss, and how overcoming the worst of life’s obstacles can push one to greatness never imagined. $35, includes signed copy of the book. 1000 Hempstead Ave., Larini Room, 2nd Floor of Public Square Building, Rockville Centre. For tickets and information visit MadisonTheatreny.org or call (516) 323-4444.
Blood Drive
Legislator Mulé and the Baldwin Fire Department request blood donations, 2386 Grand Ave., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2-8 p.m. For information, contact Dmule@nassaucountyny.gov.
Items on The Scene page are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to thescene@liherald.com.
On exhibit
Photography’s ascent in the art world is an international phenomenon. Nassau County Museum of Art’s star-studded exhibition spans the historical roots of the medium. View works by Ansel Adams and his generation and the thrilling, large-format color works of such contemporary masters as Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, James Casebere and Gregory Crewdson, among others. From the documentary to the painterly, images bear witness to the times. On view through March 5. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.
Irie Alley Thursdays
The Baldwin Bowl and Lounge invites the community to dance and bowl every Thursday night to reggae and Afro beats at the bowling center, 2407 Grand Ave., 8 p.m.2 a.m. For information, visit BaldwinBowl.com.
Baldwin Civic Association Membership Meeting
The Baldwin Civic Association meets at Baldwin High School, Thursday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m., in Cafeteria A, 841 Ethel T. Kloberg Drive. For more information, call (516) 274-9008.
Family theater
The beloved fairy tale springs to life in a delightful musical romp, presented Plaza Theatrical Productions, Monday, Feb. 20, 11 a.m.; Friday, Feb. 24, 11 a.m.; Sunday, Feb. 26, noon. All the ingredients that have made this story a perennial favorite are here, including Cinderella, a zany Godmother, a trip to the royal ball, and a glass slipper. Tickets are $16. Visit the Plaza stage at The Showplace at Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore. For information/tickets, go to PlazaTheatrical.com or call (516) 599-6870.
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Notice is hereby given that I shall, commencing on February 21, 2023, sell at public on-line auction the tax liens on real estate herein-after described, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party-ininterest in such real estate shall pay to the County Treasurer by February 16, 2023 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges, against the property. Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 per cent per six month’s period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code. Effective with the February 21, 2023 lien sale, Ordinance No. 175-2015 requires a $175.00 per day registration fee for each person who intends to bid at the tax lien sale. Ordinance No. 175-2015 also requires that upon the issuance of the Lien Certificate there is due from the lien buyer a Tax Certificate Issue Fee of $20.00 per lien purchased.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Nassau County Administrative Code at the discretion of the Nassau County Treasurer the auction will be conducted online. Further information concerning the procedures for the auction is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at:
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Should the Treasurer determine that an in-person auction shall be held, same will commence on the 21st day of February, 2023 at the Office of The County Treasurer 1 West Street, Mineola or at some other location to be determined by the Treasurer.
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THE NAMES OF OWNERS SHOWN ON THIS LIST MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS OWNING THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT. SUCH NAMES HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE 2022/2023 TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLLS AND MAY DIFFER FROM THE NAMES OF THE OWNERS AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. IT MAY ALSO BE THAT SUCH OWNERS ARE NOMINAL ONLY AND ANOTHER PERSON IS ACTUALLY THE BENEFICIAL OWNER.
17 BALDWIN HERALD — February 9, 2023 JOHNSON D GUINE & JAMES 1,452.13 55345 00100 ROBINSON CE 7,887.91 55349 02190 MISS SHELLEY’S UPWARD PREP 1,514.48 55351 02230 HALL H GENE TRUST 6,672.92 55352 04820 482-483 WYNN JAMES H & MARY L 6,212.02 55359 00780 BESSON PATRICIA SMITH TRUST 409.44 55362 05350 535-536,549 SNAVE HOLDINGS LLC 4,087.67 55396 03700 370-371 ROBERSON JIMMY & DENISE GRAY 5,786.90 55407 01270 127-128 NEW DREAMS CONSULTING SERVICES 4,794.19 55410 00360 SIMMONS EARL & MARGIE 9,072.47 55410 01590 159,473 88-22 JAMAICA AVE CORP 14,074.74 55416 00490 LEWIS JR HERBERT & WHITT CEDRI 2,144.73 55419 00810 81-82 SAMUEL EMMETT 12,235.02 55421 01990 199-200 COLEMAN DIANA & FLORA 13,274.56 55421 02050 SHEPHERD ALFRED & ANNIE 4,682.31 55421 02060 BLUE ROCK CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC 11,995.08 55422 01740 174-175 JACKSON, SHANAI 2,235.82 55423 00040 SINGH AMRIK 999.82 55427 00110 11-12 BOWEN ADAM & AUDREY 879.88 55429 00570 BOWEN ADAM & AUDREY 11,955.12 55429 00580 58,59 RODNEY HUGH J & WYNTER 4,248.03 55431 00410 41-42 NICOLAOU SOTIRIS 6,615.62 55432 01330 133 WHEELER LONNIE E & BETTY 2,175.08 55435 02060 ACEVEDO JOSE M 11,835.17 55436 01920 192-193 NASEEM ZAKIR H 9,617.79 55438 05960 596 JACQUES SONIA J 4,013.93 55440 00310 31-32 JACKSON JOHN A & MATTIE 6,006.38 55440 01640 HANKINS GEORGE & PATRICIA 7,345.24 55442 02530 HARVEY BESSIE 7,233.32 55443 01240 124-125 GALDAMEZ SONIA E 4,913.37 55446 01350 SMITH T FAGAN & N 13,314.52 55449 00630 63-65 EVERETT RONALD M & ALICE 1,804.92 55453 00050 5,106 AMERICAN PROCESSING CORP 7,077.21 55454 00340 34,329 FUENTES CARLOS 12,274.96 55454 05050 ISLAND HOME BUYER CORP 6,207.93 55457 00130 13-14 US NATIONAL BANK 10,275.86 55459 02860 286-288 ROGERS DORIS 13,274.56 55459 02890 289-292 LOWE LE W MAHONEY JR, R 4,415.02 55469 00530 53-55 TELFORD KEN 12,274.97 55470 02150 BISHOP B & JACQUELINE ANN 2,137.15 55470 02180 JAMES, LE WILLIAMS ETAL, R & C 4,232.59 55470 02200 FRANCIS HEATHER TRUST 4,624.48 55471 02550 255-257,350 CHAPMAN MARJORIE 13,356.15 55476 00090 9,505 485 MERRICK ROAD INC 4,266.91 55476 02010 DAVID HERNANTE & DAVID WOLDY 8,647.05 55478 04190 419,421,424 URQUILLA JAIME & GRANADOS NORMA 6,906.45 55479 04540 454-456 RAMSEY MYRTLE LE 8,092.24 55479 05150 515-517 BELL JR CLYDE & IRIS 2,402.84 55480 05780 578-580 HENRY MARGARET D & EPHRAIM 847.17 55483 02370 237-238 33 GRAND AVENUE CORPORATION 14,554.33 55483 02510 251-254 AGUILAR FRANCISCO J MOJICA & 11,915.14 55489 00050 FUENTES CARLOS 4,747.34 55489 00210 21,102 ABRAHAM DENISE 9,436.20 55489 00230 SMITH ARLENE 9,679.36 55498 00930 93-94 BRISSETT BERYL A & 8,632.64 55498 02410 AMES MICHAEL & PITTERSON-JAMES 4,934.63 55498 02480 DIXON LESLIE & CLARIS 839.90 55499 00450 DIXON LESLIE & CLARIS 8,512.70 55499 01200 120-121 MAITLAND EDSON & YVONNE 13,354.47 55501 01560 156-158 SILVIE A A 8,148.63 55501 02960 MCKEN WAYNE 5,929.57 55509 00020 LEWIS CARRIE 10,955.52 55527 00110 CURRY HERBERT L & HALEY 11,271.51 55527 00200 LINDO MELISSA & MURCHISON OMAR 5,949.04 55545 00060 BLAKE CARMELITA 6,511.23 55545 00130 JENKINS STEVEN T & SANDRA A 11,315.39 55546 00010 GARRETT KENNETH & THELMA 2,531.90 55546 00290 GIBBS THEODORE & VALERIE 2,197.89 55547 00180 GARTH MARIA 11,515.28 55547 00220 CARTER WILLIAMS LLC 5,363.50 55548 00860 LIGHTNER BERNICE 5,987.93 55549 00340 PARKES NICHOLAS & BREWSTER-FORD 6,552.03 55550 00010 LORNA G PROPERTIES INC 12,394.96 55551 00070 BETTS ANNIE L 6,122.20 55555 00020 ADAMS HAROLD & EDITH Y 10,594.00 55555 00030 ADAMS R S & MARY A 6,571.49 55556 00200 HARRIS BEN 1,927.07 55557 00070 JEFFRIES LOUISE 1,974.07 55558 00150 15-16 Town of HempsTead scHool:10 Baldwin Ufsd Name Parcel Group Lot Amount OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP IN 4,272.47 1297010015 97 S9F00150 MARGETSON NIGEL & STEPHANIE 728.77 36 K0100450 CHARLES DARIO 15,838.82 36 M 00200 GURSANJ AUTO REPAIR LLC 6,327.99 36 N 02670 ABANG AUGUSTINE & AGNES 12,884.50 36099 02320 FERNANDEZ DANIEL&RAMIREZ BLAS F 16,835.53 36132 01960 196-198 RUIZ CATHERINE 14,845.85 36172 00250 25,126,128 SOUTH SHORE HOLDING GROUP LLC 4,735.17 36180 02020 803 N WILLIAM ST LLC 18,634.30 36181 01460 BHUTTA ENTERPRISES INC 18,542.10 36214 01540 TIBBS YVETTE E 2,169.09 36231 00870 87-88 Price Anthony J 5,767.09 36234 04410 GUERRIER J JEAN & WALKER 17,573.50 36235 04350 435-437 MCCRORY JAMES E 891.70 362360100320 ABRAHAM GHISLAINE 5,427.22 362870203080 308-312 FERNANDEZ INMER & SORTO-ORTIZ E 4,595.57 36326 00180 18,117 SAINT FORT JONATHAN Y 1,011.32 36328 04990 499-500 WILLIAMS HENRY 12,861.39 36329 01570 157,456 WARD COLIN & JOSEPHIN 15,697.43 36330 01120 LUBIN JENNIFER & OSNER JR 692.27 36378 01600
Town of HempsTead scHool:8 RoosevelT Ufsd Name Parcel Group Lot Amount OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP IN 1,404.23 1297008013 97 S9F00130 644 BROOKSIDE AVE INC 3,146.30 36158 00010 GREY AVAL CARL 7,681.71 36159 02600 BLOUNT SARAH L & SMALLEY GARY 8,015.35 36161 01280 WILSON DOROTHY J 2,126.29 36162 00450 45-46 WELLS FARGO BANK NA 8,482.26 36163 00440 44-45 MTGLQ INVESTORS LP 12,274.97 36166 00410 BOXLEY JAMES & IVY 3,617.48 36168 03020 CCK PLUS FIVE CORP 31,651.55 36169 00010 1-5 BARNETT BUFORD & GWENDOLYN 13,874.32 36522 00110 PARHAM JR ARTIS 15,113.75 36523 00550 PARHAM EDWARD & BETTY 11,458.85 36524 00130 13,17 EDWARD TRUST DOREEN E 11,671.30 36530 00950 HORTON LATOYA F 11,515.29 36531 00020 PADILLA BLANC N & INTERIANO ROG 2,235.82 50311 00240 24-25,123,226 OSORIO MARIA & WILFRED 8,271.60 50513 00190 19-20 GAFFNEY ORLANDO 11,795.20 50513 00240 STEVENS ARTHUR & MERLESE 9,992.08 50513 00350 FRANCISCO FENCE CORP A NEW YORK 9,124.87 50513 00450 BROWN GEORGE & DOROTHY & 10,715.66 55 K 00580 BROWN CHRISTOPHER & BROWN CHRIS 8,872.54 55 L 00330 33-35 SEALS RICHARD 5,657.29 55 L 03390 339-340 POWELL JANE LIFE ESTATE 5,158.04 55 L 07500 LAWSON MARCIA 6,658.44 55067 04210 421-422 GRANDBERRY TANISHA 10,391.89 55129 13420 1342-1345 WOODARD YVONNE D 12,235.02 55151 0122A 122A,122B,123-124 CHICAS JOSE & LORENA 6,357.50 55286 00620 62-63 PRICE KERRY ANN 10,595.73 55290 02610 FAIR CHARLES & MARY 424.85 55291 02770 FIELDINGS L L 9,752.15 55291 06340 634-635 FIELDINGS LEVI & LULA 999.82 55291 06360 636-637 FURHAD ZAFAR 4,995.93 55291 06570 657-658 ROSE LINDA 8,792.58 55297 03710 371-373 WISDOM RUPERT & AUDREY 4,334.11 55298 07580 758-759 ROMERO CHARLIS & AMAURI 3,139.22 55299 02080 208,219,225 TOP GRADE REALTY INC 8,436.65 55301 03310 331-333 UMANA SEBASTIAN & ZOILA 10,711.75 55301 03390 339-340 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 12,430.79 55303 09470 947-949 WILMINGTON NATIONAL ASSN 4,341.61 55304 11520 1152-1153 369 BABYLON TPKE PROPERTY LL 2,658.46 55305 15070 CHIOVARO VITO & EDITH 11,675.24 55306 14500 1450-1451 DTAYLOR PROPERTY BUSINESS LLC 12,594.80 55307 13710 1371-1372 JEFFERS EDGAR A & ANNIE W 12,977.71 55308 12960 1296-1297,1341 LINDSEY VALERIE & MARGARET 3,249.30 55311 09710 971-972 MARTIN JULIAN & ROXANNE 5,870.90 55313 03120 312-315 ALL BUSINESS CONSULTANTS INC 13,394.51 55315 01370 137-140 CRUMMELL LILLIAN MARIE 5,715.63 55316 02760 276-277 ALFORD WILLIAM 7,392.13 55316 02910 291-292 WEBB JR HAROLD W. & JACQUELINE 8,959.57 55321 01410 141-143 GOODWIN HERBERT & ELVESSA 10,595.73 55322 01080 108-109 LAMAR ALFRED R & HAZEL 11,675.24 55327 04880 488-489 GRAHAM GEMROY & ETHLYN 4,591.30 55329 03960 396-397 LEGACY HOMES REALTY LTD 15,113.73 55330 02330 233-234 CAREY JENNIFER 6,837.33 55330 02450 245-246 WARNER MIKE O 12,594.80 55330 02710 271-272 VERGI EVANS 10,835.59 55332 00640 64-66 DEFER ROBERT R 7,821.88 55334 06080 FITZGERALD ROSEMARY 8,027.85 55334 06210 VAUGHN VERA 12,514.84 55335 00240 JOSEPH LENNOX & YVETTE 5,761.65 55336 00260 26,127 SMITH HENRY 10,862.22 55336 00410 41-44 ZAIDIVAR LUIS & BONILLA JOSE 18,592.63 55336 01470 147-148 KATMAC LLC 3,498.97 55340 00780 ENGLISH EARL & MARY 3,387.18 55340 01000 100-101 HUNTER ERNESTINE & HENRY W 999.83 55340 01620 HUNTER ERNESTINE & HENRY 8,872.54 55340 01630 CHEN STEVEN & WATT JEANETTE 2,531.90 55342 00470 SIMEONA LE HELEN DOWNES, MARY 6,853.76 55343 00320 Continued on next page
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Public Notices
during the period in which a lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/ or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA), 12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et. seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) receivership.
The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed.
The rate of interest and penalty which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount from which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase be of no further effect.
Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale.
Furthermore, as to the bidding, • The bidder(s) agree that they will not work with any other bidder(s) to increase, maintain or stabilize interest rates or collaborate with any other bidder(s) to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the random number generator in the event of a tie bid(s) on a tax certificate. Bidder(s) further agree not to employ any bidding strategy designed to create an unfair competitive advantage in the tiebreaking process in the upcoming tax sale nor work with any other bidder(s) to engage in any bidding strategy that will result in a rotational award of tax certificates.
• The tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) bid, will be arrived at independently and without direct or indirect consultation, communication or agreement with any other bidder and that the tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) to be bid, have not been disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder, and will not be disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder prior to the close of bidding. No attempt has been made or will be made to, directly or indirectly, induce any other bidder to refrain from bidding on any tax certificate, to submit complementary bids, or to submit bids at specific interest rates.
•The bids to be placed by the Bidder will be made in good faith and not pursuant to any direct or indirect, agreement or discussion with, or inducement from, any other bidder to submit a complementary or other noncompetitive bid.
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MCLAUGHLIN ELIZABETH 6,571.37
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GIBBS DONALD & BEVERLY 17,163.96
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TERMS OF SALE
Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldier’s and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts.
However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased.
The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced
•If it is determined that the bidder(s) have violated any of these bid requirements then their bid shall be voided and if they were the successful bidder the lien and any deposits made, in connection with, said bid shall be forfeited.
This list includes only tax liens on real estate located in Town of Hempstead. Such other tax liens on real estate are advertised as follows:
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SALAZAR SUZANNE 17,013.65 36382 02430 WHITE JOANNE & LEMIEUX BETTY LO 14,200.14 36384 01760 BUILT 4LIVING LLC 9,838.92 36388 00170 17-18 HINES JR EDGAR D & BARBARA 6,478.64 36388 01560 KADRIU EDLIRA & ZUNA EDI 14,938.06 36389 02860 MYKOLIW LE S MYKOLIW,MIKE 11,369.56 36402 00430 43-44 DEVIS JEAN-RENE 5,577.34 36413 03640 364-365 BAEZ AMERIS D & MABERLIZ 4,512.72 36418 00500 50-51 1901 GRAND REALTY LLC 15,866.93 36424 02460 FAVE REALTY INC 33,194.60 36424 02530 GUIFARRO YONY ABRAHAN 3,755.39 36437 01470 TD BANK NA 4,560.05 36438 04500 450-451 GRAND BALDWIN CORP 3,837.19 36438 04810 JEAN-FRANCOIS WILFRID 1,785.26 36450 01570 JEAN-NOEL RAMSES & MARIE B 18,588.24 36459 04800 HALE CHARLES & KIMBERLY 9,168.43 36491 00470 GALLAGHER LE M & J GALLAGHER, I 14,951.69 36499 00410 LINTON JULES 16,368.23 36518 00200 CHANNER DAWN A 13,040.65 36521 00150 BREWINGTON ADRIENNE 489.21 36521 00290 SMITH SHARON 8,924.46 36521 00440 JUST RLTY HOLDINGS CORP 24,473.64 36523 00660 GALLETTI MARCIA & GALLETTI LORI 2,096.12 36523 00800 GRANT KAREN V 1,050.75 36526 00140 MCCOMBS R RODRIGUEZ & J E 6,177.90 36528 00090 BERTRAND CLIFTON 6,757.81 36528 00140 GORNAIL GARY & KARLENE 6,498.22 36530 00920 ALLWOOD CHUKWUKA & ORRINGTON 6,088.54 36534 00330 BLAKE JANET 12,672.34 36537 00080 GRANT TRUST 3,161.15 36544 00230 OMOKOKU ELIZABETH 8,204.75 36547 00090 MILBURN 882 CORP 16,328.20 54 B 07120 712,811 SYNERGY 792 ATLANTIC LLC 68,304.41 54 N 43230 816 ATLANTIC AVE LLC 8,371.75 54 N 43240 SYNERGY 792 ATLANTIC LLC 4,487.22 54 N 43280 LIN SUK 4,453.74 54 N 4329UCA00780 4329 CA 78 UNIT 14 WYNN KENNETH & WYNN STEVEN & 15,728.56 54009 04840 VASELEADES JOANNE 13,699.12 54010 01010 LAURORE CHRISTLORME 334.29 54014 00450 LAURORE CHRISTLORME 2,643.02 54014 06820 682-683 KUPISZ ALISON 14,061.75 54022 01030 103-105 LOGAN PATRICK TRUST 4,358.88 54022 01790 179-180 DOWER ROY 4,347.06 54029 04650 ELIE EVEILLARD JUDITH 323.69 54030 01970 197-198 IANONO WEST REALTY CORP 16,659.90 54032 08400 DONNER ALBIN & DORIS 13,600.49 54036 00120 JACILLA III JOHN A 4,483.57 54039 00270 27-28 AGARA CHRISTOPHER AGAM & JOYCE 12,234.21 54041 00790 79-80-81 CURRIE HONORA SMITH 11,049.93 54045 00670 67-69 RUSSELL DWAYNE & REBECCA 8,296.41 54100 02020 BERROUET IMMACULA & MARIO A 513.02 54100 02250 ALLIED REAL ESTATE INVESTORS CO 21,217.32 54101 02350 TRC GRAND HOLDING CORP 42,725.57 54102 00190 PEKICH PETER A & MEDCOR HOLDING 406.48 54104 04240 PEKICH PETER A & MEDCOR HOLDING 406.48 54104 04250 VARGAS ANGEL 2,205.51 54108 01270 HORSFORD CAMILLE M 5,940.36 54195 0139UCA00120 139 CA 12 UNIT 14 DANIEL JR WILLMOTH & ENA PAULIN 9,495.47 54195 0139UCA00120 139 CA 12 UNIT 23 VELASQUEZ ALEIDA 10,293.45 54217 00170 17-18 WONSCAPE INTERNATIONAL LLC 6,015.60 54219 04400 MORPEAU ADRIEN (JR) & ALEXIS & 8,824.36 54219 04450 ALADA EMMANUEL 22,871.35 54219 04620 462,464 & 466 GARZILLI ERNEST P & DENISE 1,986.76 54220 00260 SNL BALDWIN REALTY LLC 14,375.75 54275 02210 FARM POINTE NEW YORK LLC 5,857.35 54275 02270 FARRELL JEFFREY L 16,618.80 54277 00040 BJL BALDWIN LP 8,533.27 54279 03080 DIPISA GIUSTO & LUISA 4,264.21 54284 01250 125 SIDOTI SALL & ROSALIE 1,141.80 54339 00630 63-64 JOSEPH DELCASSE & MONICA 2,291.87 54344 00270 27-30 C & LJ INTERNATIONAL TRADE CORP 10,128.44 54345 00190 19-20 TANNA SURESH 4,987.56 54346 03050 WILMINGTON TRUST NATIONAL ASSN 20,294.80 54348 00250 25-26 TANTILLO ROBERT 17,982.26 54351 01590 159-162 CRUTCH ADRIEN D & KENNETH E ( S 12,986.08 54352 03350 POTENZA ROBERT 26,238.84 54352 03430 FONSECA DEVELOPMENTS LLC 22,462.66 54357 08310 134TH BUYERS GROUP LLC 20,940.56 54357 08370 KOETTER HEINZ & HELGA 20,900.62 54358 07860 786-789 RANDALL THOMAS LLC 11,300.68 54360 06940 694-697 MOORES OF BALDWIN LLC 11,604.51 54360 10630 1063-1069 CASCIOLA BENEDICT 11,531.26 54360 12000 CARDINAL BARBARA 24,701.61 54364 04490 BALDWIN HARBOR MARINE CENTER IN 52,848.97 54364 04520 HAQUE KHURSHID 7,690.59 54367 04970 497-501 KAER KEVIN R 13,145.64 54370 00330 33-34 SPERO DEAN 10,048.96 54370 08290 ELIZABETH 1130 ST CORP 19,510.70 54372 02430 GLEN JAMES D & JUDITH A 4,609.79 54374 12780 1278-1280 CALI RICHARD A 15,959.20 54378 15290 1529-1532 PELLEGRINO KEITH & KEITH JR 3,069.04 54388 20580 2058-2060 TOMLINSON CHRISTOPHER A & 1,015.10 54395 24840 RIA RE HOLDINGS LLC 10,556.64 54396 01310 KEMRAJ NIRMALA LIFE ESTATE 5,625.06 54398 00320 32-35 LOCKE ANTHONY 13,330.15 54401 05000 500,2825-2826 TUMINELLO ALICE 1,698.34 54405 30780 WILLIAMSON EVERTON & BLIDGEN JE 2,205.51 54413 02060 BARONE JOSE & MIRTA 1,969.47 54414 01340 BROWN ROBERT & DOROTHY 11,294.34 54415 00590 59,2960-2961 SULLIVAN BARBARA 26,844.35 54432 00950 POTENZA ROBERT 14,806.12 54432 01380 HEINS JOHN 16,084.36 54434 00500 50-52 ARTHUR ST HOLDINGS LLC 6,588.17 54434 00530 53-54 ILLIGASCH WALTER J 8,973.75 54435 01180 118-119 KELLY THOMAS J & MARION 6,549.94 54465 01080 108-109 AYALA HERMINZUL & RENDON MARCO 18,219.26 54465 01100 110-111 94-31 RICHMOND PROPERTIES CORP 16,362.64 54466 00090 L & L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP 2,963.33 54470 08340 1923 GRAND AVE INC 9,486.60 54470 08410 1923 GRAND AVE INC 15,348.66 54470 08420 GOSINE-RAMDYAL INDIRA & GOSINE 4,079.61 544720400500 RODMAN HARRY R & RUTH 2,116.59 544720500110 RULAND KAREN 11,761.93 54536 30820 3082-3083 OUTLAW LEON & SABRINA 4,493.04 54548 00020 VONKIEL THEODORE 10,060.93 54551 00040 DRUMMOND DERRICK & DEBRA 24,169.21 54551 00100 WILSON GLORIA 19,089.22 54551 00910 WADE ALVIN 12,747.46 54552 00150 SHAPIRO LE J SANDS ETAL,RENEE 3,023.30 54558 00190 CITIBANK NA TRU 19,733.68 54558 00370 PAUL MICHEL & YASMINA 22,923.87 54561 00130 GRAMMONT RAYMONDE 5,439.55 54563 00010 SIMONS MIRIAM 19,925.81 54563 00080 WEISSMAN ALAN & BARBARA 7,238.69 54564 00050 TAVEL JEROME & BARBARA 1,986.76 54573 00080 JOSMA ERLYNE 10,737.66 54575 00100 ARCPE 1 LLC 17,665.81 54579 00090 SCHEIGE CONRAD & GERTRUDE 7,267.33 54580 00020 AUGUSTIN GERALD & SURIN-AUGUSTI 5,151.74 54580 00090 3443 BERTHA DR CORP 17,942.49 54580 00170 BARNES ROHAN 18,449.88 54582 00300 CITIBANK, N.A. 26,475.37 54584 00140 LASHLEY THALIA 2,194.00 54586 00030 MAZZAGLIA NANCY 17,474.90 54586 00140 WEST SUSAN 11,796.83 54587 00040 LEMKE PAMELA 15,260.94 54588 00060 NEW ISLAND DEVELOPMENT LLC 20,433.25 54589 00190 MAYERS NIGEL
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Town of HempsTead Dist 1001 FIVE TOWNS JEWISH HOME NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEW YORK TREND NEWSDAY UNIONDALE BEACON Dist 1002 FIVE TOWNS JEWISH HOME NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY UNIONDALE BEACON Dist 1003 EAST MEADOW BEACON Continued on next page Continued from previous page HBAL - 2
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT
COUNTY OF NASSAU, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. JOHN TAYLOR A/K/A JOHN W. TAYLOR III, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOMARCEL TAYLOR A/K/A
JOMARCEL M. TAYLOR, ET AL., Defendant(s).
Pursuant to an Amended Order Confrming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on December 24, 2015, as amended by an Amended Order Confrming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on May 27, 2022, and a Short Form Order duly entered on July 20, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola 11501, NY on March 7, 2023 at 3:00 p.m., premises known as 59 Woodland Estates Drive, Baldwin, NY 11510. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 36, Block 547 and Lot 68. Approximate amount of judgment is $379,201.26 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index # 007762/2013. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.
Charles J. Casolaro, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No.: 212719-1 137019
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT.
NASSAU COUNTY. L&L
ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. BIBI RAMZAN, et al, Defts. Index #612845/2021.
Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered April 11, 2022, I will sell at public auction on the North Side Steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on March 7, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. prem. k/a Section 36, Block 534, Lot 30. Sold subject to terms and conditions of fled judgment and terms of sale and the right of the United States of America
to redeem within 120 days from the date of sale as provided by law. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the sale.
RUSSELL S. BURMAN, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY.
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LEGAL NOTICE
REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiffagainst - MARIE AMBROISE, et al
Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on October 30, 2019. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 “Rain or Shine” on the 14th day of March, 2023 at 2:00 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Baldwin, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.
Premises known as 3051 Grand Avenue, Baldwin, NY 11510.
(Section: 0054, Block: 00409-00, Lot: 00075)
Approximate amount of lien $467,106.06 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled judgment and terms of sale.
Index No. 613132/2018.
Brian J. Davis, Esq., Referee. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 Tel. 347/286-7409
For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832
Dated: December 15, 2022
During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale.
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU
Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff
AGAINST
Charles Gioe; Danielle Gioe; et al., Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale
duly entered March 2, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on March 13, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 889 Milburn Court, North Baldwin, NY 11510. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Baldwin, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 54 Block B Lots 806 & 807. Approximate amount of judgment $301,178.30 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index# 001173/2017. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed
Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”
Anthony Russo, Esq.,
Referee
LOGS Legal Group LLP
f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC
Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff
175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624
(877) 430-4792
Dated: December 2, 2022 137216
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU
Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Michael Bailey; Karen Bailey; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered November 30, 2017 I, the undersigned
Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on February 22, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 3500 Steven Road, Baldwin, NY 11510. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Baldwin Harbor, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 54 Block 581 Lot 25.
Approximate amount of judgment $529,402.98 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index# 004841/2016. The auction will be conducted
pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”
Malachy Lyons, Jr., Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792
Dated: December 14, 2022 74534 136708
LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU
EMIGRANT BANK F/K/A
EMIGRANT SAVINGS
BANK, Plaintiff -againstSTEPHEN J. KING, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on November 3, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on February 27, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.
ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, known and designated as Section: 54 Block: 283 and Lot: 116 All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction.
Said premises known as 2715 CENTRAL AVENUE A/K/A 27-15 CENTRAL AVENUE, BALDWIN, NY Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment and Terms of Sale.
Index Number 604243/2020.
JOHN G. KENNEDY, ESQ., Referee Terenzi & Confusione P.C. Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 401 Franklin Avenue, Suite 304, Garden City, NY 11530 {* BALDWIN HE*}
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT:
NASSAU COUNTY.
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2005-NC1 ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, Pltf. vs. ALISON KUPISZ, et al, Defts. Index #7427/2012. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Feb. 5, 2019 and order appointing substitute referee dated March 24, 2022, I will sell at public auction on the north side front steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court,
County police report missing teen
The Nassau County Police Department said Statchina Pierre, a 15-year-old Baldwin High School student, was reported missing in Baldwin last January.
The Police department’s Missing Persons Squad said Pierre went missing on Jan. 31 at approximately 3 p.m. They said she was last seen leaving Baldwin High School.
Detectives said Pierre is as a black teenage girl — she is four foot nine inches tall, 90 pounds, has brown
eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing a brown and orange flannel shirt, blue jeans, and a pink scarf. Police said her destination was unknown.
Detectives request anyone with information on her whereabouts to contact the Nassau County Police Department Missing Persons Squad at (516) 573-7347 or call 911. All callers will remain anonymous.
— Andre Silva
Public Notices Public Notices
100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on February 28, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. prem. k/a 2164 Grove St., Baldwin, NY 11510. Said property located at the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of Brooklyn Ave. with the westerly side of Grove St., being a plot 75 ft. x 125 ft. Approx. amt. of judgment is $619,491.71 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of fled judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the auction. MARK RICCIARDI, Referee. MARGOLIN, WEINREB & NIERER, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 165 Eileen Way Suite 101, Syosset, NY. #100037 136843
LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MASTR ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2006NC2 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-NC2, V. TONYA HUBBARD A/K/A TONYA K HUBBARD, ET AL.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated November 14, 2022, and entered in the Offce of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MASTR ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2006NC2 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-NC2 is the Plaintiff and TONYA HUBBARD A/K/A TONYA K HUBBARD, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH
SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on February 28, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 1535 MATTISON ST, NORTH BALDWIN, NY 11510 A/K/A 1535 MATTISON AVE, BALDWIN, NY 11510: Section 36, Block 482, Lot 142, 143, 244 & 341: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN BALDWIN, STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NASSAU Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index # 611424/2018. George Esernio, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.
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LEGAL NOTICE
SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS-SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NASSAU- MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC., Plaintiff, -againstNASSAU COUNTY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR; LORI J. MILLMAN AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF GERTRUDE SCHEIGE;
DEBORAH S. SHEIGE AKA
DEBORAH GOLDMAN AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF GERTRUDE SCHEIGE;
GARY E. SCHEIGE AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF GERTRUDE SCHEIGE; UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF GERTRUDE SCHEIGE, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specifc lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and
intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NASSAU COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; and JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE #1 through #7, the last seven (7) names being fctitious and unknown to the Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint; DefendantsIndex No. 002905/2016
Plaintiff Designates Nassau County as the Place of Trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated in Nassau County. To the above named Defendants-YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days
after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. That this Supplemental Summons is being fled pursuant to an order of the court dated December 14, 2022. NOTICE-YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME - If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who fled this foreclosure proceeding against you and fling the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable David P. Sullivan, J.S.C.
Dated: December 14, 2022
Filed: December 16, 2022. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 3408 Carey Lane, Baldwin, NY 11510.
Dated: December 14, 2022
Filed: December 23, 2022. Pincus Law Group, PLLC., Attorney for Plaintiff, By: George J. Weissinger, Esq., 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, New York, NY 11556 (516) 699-8902
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Nailing down the permits
Q. We completely rebuilt in 1996, and are ready to retire and sell. Our real estate agent told us they checked our permit records and it was never signed off. Although it’s a long story, our first contractor went to jail and destroyed our original permit papers. The second contractor never got a plumbing permit or electrical sign-offs, even though they had people do the work. Is this going to be a big problem to get everything signed off, because we want to sell within the year to take advantage of the market right now? What can you advise?
A. Sounds like you went through a lot. Most people tell me they could write a book about their experience. You need to see your building department records and get copies of the signed and sealed plans. Many municipalities keep records either in paper form, which you may have to pay for copies of, or microfilm or computer files.
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Then speak with your inspector to find out what they think needs to be done. Most will be very helpful, and allow for the process to continue, asking you to hire a plumber to get a permit, which involves your notarized signature so you know it’s being done. In way too many cases, the plumber or contractor says it was done when it really wasn’t, so most municipalities require the owner’s signature on permit applications so the building department and owner are aware that the process is being done and is not false.
The plumber needs to see your bathrooms, kitchen, heating equipment and any other plumbing to be sure it meets the plumbing code (and building code). The same process must be done with an electrician, but most building departments ask for a certification from a private agency, not your electrician, since most building departments don’t have an electrical inspector. The reason for this is that one of the two leading causes of fire is electrical (the other being use of the kitchen) so your local government wants nothing to do with the liability for fire safety.
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You’ll find that almost everyone in this process wants to avoid responsibility as much as possible. You may have to either call for an inspection agency yourself or, if you suspect that there could be questionable electrical work, hire a licensed electrician to inspect and correct before hiring an agency to detect, if you elect. The private agency charges a few hundred dollars, usually, depending on the number of rooms and outdoor items, like air conditioning condensers, pool equipment and landscape lights, which must also be inspected. After all this is done, you may be able to get a final inspection and a sign-off and certificate from your building department, unless … your building department makes you get plans and a new survey redrawn and updated to the most recent code, which is complicated, time-consuming and expensive — in the thousands of dollars — before you can get a final inspection. Allow plenty of time.
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“Icouldn’t bear the thought of people being horrified by the sight of my son,” Mamie Bradley, the mother of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a Black kid from Chicago who was tortured and murdered by white racists in Mississippi in 1955, told the press at the time.
“But on the other hand, I felt the alternative was even worse,”
Bradley continued. “After all, we had averted our eyes for far too long, running away from the ugly reality facing us as a nation. Let the world see what I’ve seen.” Bradley had refused to close the lid of her son’s coffin.
What Bradley had to say then has echoed through the decades, and helped inspire America’s civil rights movement.
Her words are still relevant today.
I’ve heard many people say they “can’t look” at the televised footage of the Memphis police beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old who died a few
days after he was brutally assaulted by five police officers, who have been charged in his death. The footage has been shown and re-shown. And you could say that seeing it once is enough.
And I agree. But I know of others who refuse to look at all.
Many are the same people who refused to look at the images of the police as they suffocated George Floyd in 2020. They also didn’t want to look at the flag-draped coffins of American service members who had been killed in Afghanistan or Iraq.
The first Bush administration banned photos or video of the caskets of dead returning veterans. That decree wasn’t overturned until the Obama administration.
Some ask why we should look at any of it. What good does it do? To some, it’s similar to the almost unavoidable glances at an auto accident that attracts rubberneckers. Common decency should overcome the morbid desire to slow down to a crawl.
But it’s unacceptable to refuse to look at the images of Floyd as he lay gasping for breath, or of Eric Garner, who died in a prohibited police choke-
hold in 2014, or of Nichols as he was beaten.
In 1955, what Bradley saw was the horribly battered body and the crushed face of her son, who had traveled to the small town of Money, Mississippi, to spend a summer with his sharecropper great-uncle Moses Wright.
WAfter work one night, young Emmett and some friends stopped at a grocery store. Accounts vary, but some say that Till whistled at the store’s white cashier, Carolyn Bryant. In the early-morning hours of Aug. 28, Roy Bryant, Carolyn’s husband, and J.W. Milam, Bryant’s half-brother, broke into Wright’s home and dragged Till out.
He was severely beaten. One of his eyes was gouged out. His nose was so bent out of shape, his mother said, that it resembled an S. Then he was taken to the Tallahatchie River, where he was shot in the head. His body was dumped into the river.
Wright reported the kidnapping to the police the following day, and Bryant and Milam were arrested. The only way police were able to identify Till was by
a monogrammed ring he wore that had belonged to his father.
At the funeral, relatives asked Bradley to close the casket, but she refused. Photos of her son’s body appeared in Jet magazine and the Chicago Defender, two of the most important Black publications in the United States.
Bryant and Milam were acquitted by an all-white jury that deliberated for only four hours. Years later, the FBI extracted a deathbed confession from Milam’s brother, Leslie, who admitted his own involvement. By that time, however, Bryant and J.W. Milam were long dead.
Till’s mother’s decision to let the public see what had been done to her son still resonates today.
Those who ask why we should look at any of these disturbing images say, what good does it do? The footage of Floyd, Garner and, now, Nichols, is more than painful to watch, I agree. But the cameras don’t lie. They force us to see things we don’t want to see, but must see. When we turn away, we are lying to ourselves about the reality of what happens so often to members of minorities in this, our America.
James Bernstein is editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments? jbernstein@ liherald.com.
Hot love, cold love, new love, old love
These days, when my husband and I share affairs of the heart, there is usually anesthesia and a sameday procedure involved. For us, Valentine’s Day, the fire sale of romantic love, doesn’t speak to a 55-year relationship. Heart-shaped cakes, red roses, pink balloons and chocolates have become cheap (although not inexpensive) symbols of love. We subscribe to a more expansive view of love that includes authentic moments, nourishing memories and new experiences in the world. We learned during the pandemic that a brilliant TV movie or a sighting of a comet in a dark sky can trigger the same endorphins as “love.” It all counts. One of the unintended consequences of living in the time of Covid-19 is an impatience with posturing and a desire for genuine emotion. Let’s sift through the dross of recent weeks for the gold nuggets. Think for a moment of the intense super-joys that give value to your days — the gifts that Hallmark and
Godiva cannot confer.
These past few weeks, I have been leading a book discussion group. I do this all the time, but suddenly this year the group is intensely wonderful. The people in our circle jelled. The talk is fast, funny and wicked smart. Maybe it seems odd to think of this meet-up in terms of love, but we need all the love we can gather, and we each get to define our own experiences.
Other random love bombs:
Last week I caught a glimpse of the green-hued comet that last visited earth in prehistoric times. It was a momentary sighting, but I thought to myself, “Be still my heart” when I spotted the ball of dust and ice that won’t swing by this way again for 55,000 years. What a show.
Two weeks ago, I saw “Shades of Spring,” a new ballet choreographed by Jessica Lang. During a fairly dull week of subpar weather, a week I would give a C+, the evening of dance was a breakout moment. The performance captivated every sense and held our attention until the last bow. It was love.
Then there is Rachel Maddow. She
makes my Mondays, which are the only days she’s on the air at MSNBC with commentary about the dreaded news. An investigative pit bull with a smile on her face and a crisp sense of humor, Maddow helps mitigate the despair I feel after an intemperate eruption from Marjorie Taylor Greene. Maddow’s wit is dead on, and she is rigorous in her craft. I would not want to be in her sights, but I love being in her audience.
My life would be different, and less joyful, without Lillybee, our 5-year-old Coton. I don’t need to explain this to dog lovers. And I can’t explain it to non-dog-lovers. We celebrated her birthday Feb. 1 with a heavy spoonful of shredded pork in her kibble. I heard her whisper, “Be still my heart.”
I love our expanding daylight, which translates to elevated moods, for me and everyone else. There is just no boogying to the 4:30 p.m. Sunset Blues. The happy dance must wait for the sun to travel closer, and it is, by the minute, and I love it.
Another love bomb in my life is pasta al dente, still the most delicious, cheap-
est meal in America. When I’m ready to take on some carbs, a half-box of pasta with olive oil, parsley and garlic is sublime. Anytime we lust for linguine, we have this, right here in all our lives, and it is an affair of the heart as much as the belly.
Great books are the red roses that never fade. Consider the books I talked about this month: “The All of It,” by Jeannette Haien; “The Glass Hotel,” by Emily St. John Mandel; “Lila,” by Marilynne Robinson; and “Drag your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead,” by Olga Tokarczuk. The joy of disappearing into a book, giving up one’s grounding in time and space, is a gift. Then to talk about it with like-minded readers? Enchanting.
Wordle and Spelling Bee, my twin obsessions, have the best words. For the uninitiated, these are New York Times daily word games. And they’re like crack. You can’t stop. When you figure out the puzzle, the rush is unmistakable and familiar: love.
From the ridiculous to the sublime: I embrace my friends on Valentine’s Day and every day, don’t you? They can love anybody, and they choose you, and me. Hold them close, every precious one.
Copyright 2023 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
25 BALDWIN HERALD — February 9, 2023
RANDI KREISS
Even a comet in a dark sky can trigger the same magical endorphins.
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JAMES BERNSTEIN
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Getting what you pay for in the classroom
When we think of the most influential people in our lives growing up, we’re likely to point out our parents, some members of our extended family, maybe even a religious leader or two.
But no list is complete without teachers. It’s a role so important in our development that we spend nearly 13,000 hours of our childhood in front of teachers — whether we’re learning long division, the Civil War, natural selection, Newton’s laws of motion, or even where, exactly, New York is on the planet.
Education is vital, and we depend on teachers more than anyone else to deliver it. Yet when it comes time for us to show our gratitude for their extraordinary contribution to our lives, we instead focus on debates on whether teachers are overpaid, underworked and demanding just too much.
It’s not that exploring whether teachers are appropriately compensated isn’t important — in the public sphere, at least, it’s taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars that pay their salaries. However, such discussions must be done in a way that not only provides an accurate and complete look at educator salaries, but also still respects the essential role teachers fill.
A recent analysis conducted by Newsday found that more than half of all teachers on Long Island — 31,000 of them — are making at least $100,000 a year. A handful of them earned even more — upward of $300,000 and even $400,000. Numbers, we assume, we should be outraged about.
LETTERS Why ‘Santos, for better or worse’?
To the Editor:
Assemblyman Chuck LaVine’s letter, “It’s Santos, for better or worse,” which appeared in last week’s issue, has me perplexed. The black cloud that U.S. Rep. George Santos finds himself under is clearly his doing, and his alone. If I were a constituent of his, I would welcome a call or email from another representative who understands our Long island issues.
While Lavine said he appreciated Rep. Andrew Garbarino reaching out, the tone in his reply was less than respectful. It seems that Lavine is up to his old tricks by attempting to cast shade on an otherwise respected member of Long Island’s congressional delegation, as well as the Nassau Republican Party. Here’s a concept you might not be familiar with, Chuck: Instead of bickering, try working together, for the people
But those specific large amounts were anomalies, not the norm. Three teachers — two with more than four decades in the classroom — retired from the Central Islip school district with a mountain of sick days for which they were due compensation. These are teachers who were in the classroom nearly every day, providing consistency for their students and saving their district the need to hire substitutes.
Making this more atypical is that Central Islip has a rather unique — and far more generous — benefits package compared with other districts on Long Island.
On average, however, teachers on Long Island made a little more than $110,000 per year. That’s what the Empire Center for Public Policy told Newsweek, pointing out that that average is higher than any other region in the state, and higher than average salaries in other states. Three of the 11 school districts with the highest wage earners were in Nassau County — Jericho, Great Neck and Syosset.
Teachers have built-in holiday breaks —including the entire summer. They are done teaching by early afternoon. Their jobs aren’t physical. Who hasn’t heard these cries about teachers whenever discussions about compensation crop up?
But we also cannot forget that teachers take work home with them. They are there after school, many times giving an extra hand to our kids, helping them get the most out of their educational experience through sports or other extracurricular activities.
And while some might argue that
teachers make up for lower pay than their private-sector counterparts with better benefits, even that can be a tricky mound to stand on. A 2021 report from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College concluded that while teachers might earn the same as those with similar educational backgrounds in the private sector, ongoing across-the-board benefits cuts through pension reform means that new teachers have a far bleaker economic outlook than their more experienced colleagues.
That’s bad. “Uncompetitive compensation may make it harder to recruit highquality individuals into the teaching profession,” the report stated. Low-quality teachers — or worse, simply not enough teachers — means potentially low-quality education.
For a country struggling to keep up with many of our international competitors, an educational system in decline will only make the situation worse.
The United States already falls below the global average in math test scores, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
That put us well behind Singapore, Macao, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. And while our children’s science scores are higher than the global average, the United States remains behind Singapore, Macao, Estonia, Japan and Finland.
We must keep our public schools costs under control — absolutely. But just like anything else, we get what we pay for. And if we pay for high-quality teachers here on Long Island, we’ll continue to get them.
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A useful way to enshrine a name we’d sooner forget
“Make lemonade out of lemons” is a saying ingrained from an early age in students across the country to teach perseverance in the face of adversity. In essence, when we’re faced with a bad situation, we navigate the circumstances to imagine a positive outcome.
When it comes to U.S. Rep. George Santos, it’s far easier to imagine a steady stream of lemon juice squirted directly into our eyes than successfully following this elementary maxim. Each new day seems to bring a new Santos lie with it, one more outrageous than the next. From a fake resume to a fake address to a fake religion and more, Santos remains as defiant as ever in the midst of his fictional masterpiece: the most sophisticated web of lies ever created in the history of American politics.
The good news is that people of good conscience all across New York state’s 3rd Congressional District, regardless of political affiliation, are exasperated by the Talented Mr. Santos, and have had enough. Calls for him to resign ring out from the headquarters of both the Nassau Republicans and county Democrats. But being outraged isn’t a solution to our Santos problem.
Santos is an issue for the nation, but let’s not forget that he is a problem of our local creation. Therefore, the burden lies with us here in the 3rd District not just to destroy Frankenstein’s monster, but also to ensure that the next George Santos is barred from ever getting his, or her, name on the ballot.
In the meantime, what Santos — the long-lost brother of fake German heiress Anna Delvey? — has shown us is that guardrails to prevent charlatans and liars from running for office simply don’t exist in the 21st century.
That’s why I’ve proposed the
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My grandparents never talked about the Holocaust
To the Editor:
Great op-ed by Daniel Offner, “We must remember — and teach — the Holocaust (Jan. 26-Feb. 1), about his childhood memories of his grandmother, her history and what she went through.
I can really relate to it, but on my side, my grandparents would never, ever talk about what they lived through in Europe, while they raised their five children (my mom and her four siblings). The only piece of information I know is that all five of them were born in different countries while the family kept running from country to country to try and avoid Hitler. I know my grandparents were in camps, because they both had numbers on their arms, but they never, ever talked about it.
MICHAEL GILLER West Hempstead
Honor Damar Hamlin by learning CPR
To the Editor:
Last month on “Monday Night Football,” we all witnessed a horrific event when Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac
arrest on the field. Cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the world. Each year, more than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the United States. Almost three out of four of them happen at home.
If you’re called on to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation, you will likely be saving the life of someone you love. The members of our community need us. Our children need us. Our neighbors need us. Our co-workers need us.
The American Heart Association recognizes this need, and has a plan to help. You can be the difference, by learning CPR to save a life. The American Heart Association is committed to being the leader in resuscitation science, education and training.
This month — American Heart Month — the American Heart Association is specifically focused on helping people learn the life-saving skill of CPR, and we want every family and home to have someone who knows it. With the help of local supporters, we can help more of our community be prepared when called on in an emergency.
I encourage you to Be the Beat by learning CPR to be the difference and save a life. To find a class near you, visit cpr.heart.org.
DR. LAWRENCE KANNER Chief of cardiology, and director of electrophysiology/arrhythmia Services Mount Sinai South Nassau
GEORGE Package here in Nassau County, a series of laws named for Mr. Santos: Get Egregious Officials Removed from Government Elections. It features several proposals to keep people like Santos from ever getting elected in the first place. They include:
■ Mandatory background checks for all candidates, just like any employee of any company is subjected to.
■ Barring anyone with an open foreign arrest warrant from holding office.
■ Making it a misdemeanor for a candidate to lie about his or her education, employment history, address or income sources.
The GEORGE Package would not be a guarantor against politicians lying to get elected. It would, however, offer voters more peace of mind that they have an honest choice between two candidates, and assurance for those voters that if candidates don’t play by the rules, they, like us, will be held
accountable.
When James Madison created the framework for the Constitution, never in the wildest dreams of our founders did they envision needing laws like the GEORGE Package on the books. But just as the Constitution is a living document, our governments also must continue to evolve with the times.
And in the age of George Santos, when many politicians take an ends-justify-the-means approach to elevate lies over the truth and perpetrate fraud against the voters in order to win elections, these safeguards are needed now more than ever to protect our democracy.
My hope is that versions of the GEORGE Package pass in Mineola, in Albany and in Washington. If they do, voters across the state will be able to breathe a collective sigh of relief that no matter which candidate wins, no one who is as morally reprehensible as George Santos will be representing them.
Santos may be the lemons, but the GEORGE Package would be our lemonade. Let’s drink up.
Josh Lafazan is a Nassau County legislator representing the 18th District.
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We must ensure that the next George Santos is barred from getting his, or her, name on the ballot.
JOSH LAFAZAN
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