Baldwin Herald 04-20-2023

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Autism Walk set for this Saturday

By KEPHERD DANIEl kdaniel@liherald.com

Members of Hangout One Happy Place will be walking for autism awareness on Saturday. The nonprofit organization, headquartered in Baldwin, serves as a safe space for children, teens and young adults with autism to socialize and take part in activities such as arts and crafts, games, karaoke singing, and dancing.

The walk will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at Baldwin Harbor Town Park, on Grand Avenue. The day will be all about the Hangout regulars, who will not only walk but also sell raffle tickets and crafts they’ve made, and perform.

Event organizers said the walk’s main pur-

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Honor Flight Long Island takes 47 vets to Washington

By KEPHERD DANIEl kdaniel@liherald.com

The veterans organization Honor Flight Long Island is planning to return to regularly scheduled semi-annual flights to Washington, D.C., after two years of pandemic-related restrictions. A flight on April 29 will take 47 veterans of the U.S. armed forces — among them Jeffrey Green, a 77-year-old Vietnam veteran from Baldwin — to visit the military memorials in the nation’s capital, meet with service branch representatives, make new friends and no doubt exchange

stories of life-changing experiences in the military.

The vets will take a free early-morning flight on Southwest Airlines from MacArthur Airport in Islip. Veterans and their guardians will visit the World War II, Iwo Jima, Korean War, Vietnam War and Air Force memorials in Washington as well as Arlington National Cemetery, where they will see a changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. They will return that night, and will be welcomed by the Nassau County Firefighters Pipes and Drums.

The participants will include two

World War II veterans, seven veterans of the Korean War and 38 Vietnam War veterans.

“What this flight really represents is a big hug to all our veterans from Honor Flight, their families and supporters, who make such flights possible,” said Bill Jones, president of HFLI, which is run by volunteers. Jones graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1972, and is an Army veteran.

Green served as a Marine Corps sergeant in Vietnam. A member of Baldwin’s American Legion Post 246, he was born in Brooklyn, the youngest of three brothers,

and was drafted at age 17. He said he had his fair share of memorable moments overseas. He was a helicopter door machine gunner, and recalled being shot down in North Vietnam. He also recounted a dramatic incident on the ground, when he faced a barrage of rockets.

“We got hit with 140mm rockets from seven miles out, and I got thrown about 50 feet,” Green said. He suffered a traumatic brain injury, and also battles post-traumatic stress disorder.

He remembered his difficult return home, in 1967, after his experience in Viet-

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HANgout oNE HAPPy Place regulars give their signature thumbs-up. From left were George Dvoyiatgis, Angela Lucas, Rishab Dhanjal, Danielle and Nancy Decclessis, Emily Cabot, Zoey Davison, John Saborio, Kiki Dunn’Charles, Nasib Fecu and Daniella Peralta-Santana.

Nonprofit creates a safe hangout for kids

pose is to give the teenagers and young adults with autism a chance to be the center of attention. The facility’s founder and president, Angela Lucas, worked with many of them during her 16 years in the special-education department of the Baldwin school district.

“It all turned into something beyond my wildest dreams,” Lucas said of Hangout One Happy Place. “Some kids may come every day. It’s like a place of love, where they all love each other.”

Lucas, the Herald’s 2020 Person of the Year, founded the organization in 2019. She said it is different from others like it, because she allows the participants to choose the activities they want to take part in. The facility also lends a hand to Baldwin as much as possible.

“We support everybody,” Lucas said. “We were at that Easter egg hunt, we hold food donations — anything there is, we’re there.”

Rishab Dhanjal, 21, who has autism, came to visit the organization last summer to check out the program, and has been there ever since, because, he said its environment makes all of the members feel like family.

“I’ve enjoyed coming, and I’m here every day,” Dhanjal said.

There are some 30 members who come throughout the week, and 12 volunteers. Lucas only has one staff member, her assistant, Daniella Peralta-Santana.

Zoey Davison, a junior at Baldwin High School, began volunteering at the beginning of the school year, after her guidance counselor found out about the opportunities at the facility. “I came in that day, and it was an immediate click,” Davison said. “I didn’t have to try to connect with anyone — they were all so welcoming and loving toward me. It was such a positive and open space for everybody. I’ve come every day that I could since then, and it never feels like I do any work.”

The Autism Walk is the organization’s biggest event of the year.

“It’s their time to shine,” Lucas said of the members. “They’re not walking with their families — they’re out in front, leading the pack. They’ll lead the Pledge of Allegiance. Somebody will play the piano, and they’ve been practicing dance routines.”

The Autism Walk has grown substantially since it began. Lucas said there were 200 people at the inaugural walk in 2019, and she predicted a huge turnout for this

weekend’s event, for which she had already received many donations and gift baskets, and sold lots of T-shirts. She said she was encouraged by the organization’s continued growth, and said the annual walk plays a crucial role in building a sense of community for those with autism.

“To have that acceptance — that’s the goal,” Lucas said. “This (growth) wasn’t something that was in the cards, but to see them all together shows there’s a lot of love with what the walk does.”

Kepherd Daniel/Herald Hangout founder angela Lucas dances with member Tommy Boyle.

Legislator recognizes community leaders

In observance of March as Women’s History Month, Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé honored four outstanding women for their contributions to the community and their steadfast commitment to the Fifth Legislative District.

Throughout the month, Mulé presented county citations to women who made a significant impact in their community through their activism, education, leadership and work in law enforcement.

Honorees included Freeport Police Department Community Affairs Officer Donnetta Cumberbatch; South Hempstead Civic Association President Laura Mallay; Baldwin Board of Education President Susan Cools; and 9/11 civilian responder and veterans and community advocate Meta J. Mereday.

“In their own distinctive ways, each of these outstanding women is making a tremendously positive impact upon our community and paving the way for a new generation of influential leaders in our society,” Mulé stated in a news release. “It was truly a privilege to spotlight Officer Cumberbatch, Laura, Susan, and Meta during Women’s History Month and thank them for all they do on a daily basis to make our community a better place.”

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Schoen to be honored for impact on education

For nearly 30 years, Robert B.A. Schoen, has made an impact on education from serving on the Baldwin Board of Education for more than 15 years and then expanding his influence as a Nassau BOCES trustee.

Schoen will be one of 15 honorees that will receive the 2023 Nassau BOCES Education Partner Award at an April 27 dinner. The annual recognition is for people and organizations that have what BOCES officials called “a profound effect on education in Nassau County.”

Raised in Baldwin and a graduate of the community’s high school, Schoen’s family history in Baldwin dates back more than 100 years and three generation of his family attended schools in the South Shore community.

He has served as the Board of Education president and vice president, as president of the Baldwin Foundation for Education and has been recognized for his service with the Baldwin Educational Assembly Award and the Bill St. George Humanitarian Award.

His service includes three terms as president of Reform Education Finance Inequities Today, a consortium of school districts that banded together to help ensure that they received a fair of the

available New York state education aid. Schoen was elected to the executive and serves as the group’s ex-officio.

Not one to law fallow, his work with what is called REFIT led Schoen to become a part of the Center for Educational Equity and then to become a vital member of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity that advocates to guarantee all students a sound basic education. He is also a part of the Safeguarding Sound Basic Education Task Force, which is dedicated to achieving the policy reformed needed to get students that sound education.

“There are so many example of Robert Schoen’s impact on public education that it’s hard to narrow them down,” his award nominator wrote. “His commitment to change and growth in education is unparalleled. He is devoted to improving public education by ensuring there are education opportunities for everyone, no matter their background or abilities.”

His leadership has also reached the state level as he was elected the Area 11 director the state’s School Boards Association. A position he continues to hold. He advocates on behalf of public education from the county to the state and federal levels. Schoen is also a member of the association’s State Legislative Network

and the National School Boards Association’s National Advocacy Institute.

As part of the Nassau Suffolk School Boards Association, Schoen has earned the group’s top honors, including the Distinguished Serve Education Partner Award. He is Nassau BOCES liaison with the Long Island Association and the Long Island Education Coalition, where he stumps for BOCES as a partner to local businesses.

Established in 1967 as a strategic partner with school districts, Nassau BOCES created this awards program to honor those who “Share its mission of ensuring a successful, challenging, caring and safe environment,” for student to achieve their fullest potential.

Schoen and the other award winners will be feted on Thursday, April 27 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. The international buffet dinner is at 6 p.m. Desert and award presentation two hours later. For tickets, go to NbEducationalFoundation.org.

Courtesy Nassau BOCES

LifeLong BaLdwin resident Robert B.A. Schoen will be among the honorees at the Nassau BOCES Education Partner dinner on April 27.

–Kepherd Daniel

Photos courtesy Office of Legislator Debra Mulé BaLdwin Board of Education President Susan Cools, left, was one of four women that County Legislator Debra Mulé honored for their impact on their communities.

CumBerBatCh, Left, the community affairs officer for the Freeport Police Department, was recognized by County Legislator Debra Mulé during Women’s History Month.

Honor Flight pays tribute to vets’ service

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nam. “When I came home, I was kind of messed up,” he said. “I came home and I didn’t fit into society. I drank quite a bit. I slept on the floor for over a year.”

Green and his wife, Helene, met in 1970, and they have been married since 1972 and have three sons. After his service, Green went back to school to become a teacher, graduating with honors from New York City Community College, now New York City College of Technology, in 1970, and finishing his degree at Brooklyn College, where he graduated magna cum laude.

He began teaching phys. ed. at Pershing Jr. High School, and eventually rose through the ranks to become an assistant principal, an assistant to the superintendent, superintendent of summer school and principal.

Green moved to Baldwin from Brooklyn in 1978, and after retiring in 2003, he volunteering in cooking, arts and crafts, and ceramics programs in the Baldwin School District.

While his experience in the war and after he returned was difficult, Green said, he is happy that veterans are respected today. “When we first came back, it was sad because nobody respected us,” he said. “People are very nice today. They’ll always come over and thank me for my service.”

Green went back to visit Vietnam in 2019 with the Greatest Generation Foundation and Harold G. Moore and Joseph Galloway, the Army veterans who wrote the book “We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young” detailing their time in war.

Green said he was looking forward to the trip to Washington and getting the chance to catch up with fellow veterans. “It’s always nice to get together with other veterans and have a lot to talk about,” he said.

“There’s always camaraderie between people. Especially when it’s your own service. When I meet other Marines, we have even more to talk about.”

If You Don’t Understand the Plan, You Don’t Have a Plan

So many people who come in to see us do not understand the estate plan they have or do not know what is in their current plan. Some of the reasons for this are (1) time has inevitably blurred their memories, (2) the plan may be written in legalese and was never properly explained to them, (3) they may have misconceptions and misunderstandings of what their plan is; and (4) their lawyer may have lacked the knowledge required to find the right solution for their family in the event of death and disability. To this we say, “if you don’t understand the plan, you don’t have a plan.”

Ettinger Law Firm developed a process, in use for over thirty years, to avoid these problems. First, we offer a free initial consultation to go over the pros and cons of having a will or a trust and the differences between revocable and irrevocable trusts. So many people have misconceptions about trusts based on what friends have said or what they have read on the internet. For example, many clients are afraid to create an irrevocable trust because they think they will lose control. We explain why that is incorrect and how you can still

change the trustee, change who you leave it to, take money out and even how you can revoke an irrevocable trust!

After the overview provided in the initial consultation, we give you a copy of our plain English book, “Elder Law Estate Planning”, and advise which chapters apply to your situation -maybe an hour or so of reading. We also invite you to watch the thirty minute estate planning video at trustlaw.com.

We arrange for you to come in about two weeks later for a second free consultation to have any remaining questions answered, draft an estate plan together with the new “knowledgeable” you and give you a written proposal. Once you accept, we arrange for the signing and completion of your estate plan two or three weeks later. From start to finish the process usually takes about eight weeks.

Finally, we call you in for a free review every three years to review your plan, refresh your recollection and update where necessary so your estate plan works when you need it.

Photos courtesy Jeffrey Green Baldwin resident Jeffrey Green was 17 when he was drafted to serve in the Vietnam War.

green was a helicopter machine gunner. the Baldwin resident will be among 47 veterans taking a one-day trip to Washington.

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MSSN to host memory screening on April 25

To help Long Islanders be proactive about their brain health, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America and Mount Sinai South Nassau will be hosting a free memory screening event on April 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. No advanced registration is required, and there are no minimum age or insurance prerequisites. Parking is available in the visitor’s lot.

Memory screenings are quick (approximately 10 to 15 minutes), noninvasive, and consist of a series of questions to gauge memory, language, thinking skills, and other cognitive functions. They are similar to other routine health screenings, such as those for blood pressure, cholesterol, and skin checks. Screenings are administered one on one by a qualified professional, and results are confidential. The results are not a diagnosis, but a memory screening can suggest if someone should see a physician for a full evaluation.

“Annual memory screenings should be part of everyone’s health and wellness routine, regardless of whether you’re experiencing memory problems. Just as we regularly check other facets of our health, we need a checkup from the neck up too,” said Charles Fuschillo Jr., AFA’s president and chief executive officer. “We are pleased to work with Mount Sinai South Nassau to provide this free service to the community.”

“The information from the screening helps you and your physician take charge of your brain health and plan for and implement lifestyle changes as well as take advantage of treatments that will slow memory loss and the decline of thinking skills,” said Adhi Sharma, President of Mount Sinai South Nassau. “My colleagues and I strongly encourage residents to get screened and take advantage of this free and essential screening.”

Early detection of memory impairments is extremely important. Many different conditions can cause memory issues, including treatable or curable conditions such as vitamin deficiencies, thyroid disorders, urinary tract infections, sleep apnea, stress, anxiety, and depression.

Even in the case of a dementia-related illness such as Alzheimer’s, early detection can provide a greater opportunity to begin treatments that can help slow the symptoms of the disease, as well as take part in a clinical trial.

For more information about the free memory screening program on April 25, contact Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Community Education Department at (516) 377-5333 or the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America at (866) 232-8484.

–Kepherd Daniel

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Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside will host a free memory screening event in parnership with the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America on April 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the building’s atrium.

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East Meadow rallies past Baldwin

By toNY BellissiMo tbellissimo@liherald.com

After spotting Baldwin an eight-run lead after two innings of last week’s Nassau Conference AA-2 baseball series finale April 13, East Meadow relief pitcher Dom Steinmark quieted the Bruins’ bats while the Jets’ sticks stayed hot in the rubber game of the three-game set.

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a loNg stick midfielder who helped the Colts reach the Nassau Class B championship game last spring, Thomann leads Calhoun’s defensive effort and was Honorable Mention AllAmerican in 2022. The two-time AllCounty selection is headed to play at the University of North Carolina. “Peter is the heart and soul of the squad,” coach Jim Femminella said. “He has size, skill, speed and strength, and plays with an edge.”

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thursday, april 20

Baseball: Island Trees at Wantagh 4:45 p.m.

Baseball: Oceanside at Baldwin 5 p.m.

Baseball: V.S. South at Malverne 5 p.m.

Baseball: Long Beach at Mepham 5 p.m.

Baseball: South Side at Sewanhaka 5 p.m.

Girls Flag Football: Roslyn at Bellmore-Merrick 5 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Hicksville at Freeport 5 p.m.

Softball: Kennedy at Oceanside 5 p.m.

Softball: Calhoun at East Meadow 5 p.m.

Boys Tennis: Wantagh at Oceanside 5 p.m.

Girls Flag Football: Valley Stream at MacArthur 7 p.m.

Friday, april 21

Girls Flag Football: Westbury at Freeport 4:30 p.m.

Baseball: Floral Park at Hewlett 5 p.m.

Baseball: V.S. Central at West Hempstead 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Garden City at Calhoun 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Baldwin at East Meadow 5 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Oceanside at Mepham 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Seaford at Carey 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Elmont at Clarke 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: South Side at Wantagh 5 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Bethpage at Lynbrook 5 p.m.

Boys Tennis: Massapequa at South Side 5 p.m.

East Meadow rallied with four runs in the bottom of the third inning, six runs in the fifth, and eventually won it, 14-13, on senior Devin Lake’s RBI single in the sixth. Lake went 3-for-3 for a second straight game and also earned the save despite walking two batters in the top of the seventh. Senior Mike Feldman drove in four runs and senior Alex Rodriguez scored three times as the Jets improved to 3-2 in conference game and 5-2 overall.

“We really need to cut down on errors and walks, but the kids showed a lot of fight today coming back from a 9-1 deficit,” East Meadow coach Vinny Mascia said.

“We had a lot of kids hit the ball hard, but I think Steinmark was the star of the game. We were in a big hole when we brought him in to pitch and he held them down.”

Baldwin (1-5 in conference games, 1-6 overall) got a combined nine runs from its No. 2 through 4 hitters (senior Chris Stegmuller, junior Michael Jazylo and junior Mario Garcia) and rallied to tie the game at 13 with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth. Junior shortstop Giancarlo Estevez, in his first game of the season following a shoulder injury, had a bases-loaded clearing double in the top of the first.

“We’ve got a ton of underclassmen starting and making progress every day,” Baldwin coach Frank Esposito said. “We let this one slip away, but we’ll get right back at it next week against Oceanside.”

Jazylo, who reached base on all five plate appearances in the finale and scored four times, pitched and hit the Bruins to an 11-7 victory in a sloppy opening game of the series April 10. Both teams made seven errors. Jazylo pitched six innings and scattered eight hits with one walk and eight strikeouts with only one earned run. He also cracked a two-run double in the fourth inning for a 7-4 lead.

“He’s an elite talent,” Esposito said of Jazylo, who plays first base on non-pitching days. “He’s an impact pitcher and an impact hitter. He had a big year last year too.”

Garcia and senior Paul Battiata also knocked in two runs apiece in Baldwin’s first win of 2023.

The second game of the series was all East Meadow. The Jets blasted off with six runs in the top of the first and added eight

more runs in the second on the way to a 24-1 victory April 11. Lake had six RBIs, while senior Devin McQuillan and junior Kevin Canto drove in three runs apiece.

On the mound, sophomore Spencer Kemler proved tough to solve with a two-hitter and seven strikeouts over four innings.

“We’ve still got an awful lot of work to do,” Mascia said. “We have to throw more strikes and do a better job at catching the baseball.”

Donovan Berthoud/Herald photo JuNioR Michael JazYlo pitched and hit Baldwin to victory in the first game of last week’s Conference AA-2 series with East Meadow.

Baldwin neighbors, how does your garden grow?

Hopefully much improved after a dozen people attended and learned how to prepare a garden for a new growing season and the basics of backyard composting from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County at the Baldwin Community Garden, behind’s the community’s historical society on Grand Avenue on April 15.

Cornell Cooperative experts taught attendees how to do composting, a process that converts food leftovers,

unwaxed paper goods, coffee grinds, and many more items into compost to enrich the garden soil with vital nutrients.

“Many people are curious about composting but don’t know where to start,” County Legislator Debra Mulé stated in a news release, adding that was why she partnered with Cornell Cooperative to host the one-hour Saturday workshop.

–Jeffrey Bessen

Maureen Lennon/Herald photos Beth RiCCiaRdi, of the Cornell Cooperative Extension Program, shows community members the process of the composting barrel at the Baldwin Community Garden on April 15.

Sleepovers and sleepaway camp

Helping children deal with separation anxiety

By Anne Marie Albano, Ph.D.

Anxiety is a normal feeling for children about to start sleepovers or leave for camp, whether it will be the first time or even if they have done these things several times before. This uneasiness or apprehension can occur for many reasons.

Ready, set, go Preparing for an enjoyable summer experience

Summer is on the horizon. As kids prepare to finish up their school year, it is time to start thinking about summer camp! According to the American Camp Association summer camp attendance is exploding, with over 14 million campers each year.

However, heading off to camp is easier said than done. Especially when it comes to first-time campers or parents, there can be some understandable anxiety involved.

For many children, summer camp is also a time of significant emotional growth, development and transition. Parents often note that their children come home seeming older or more mature than before they left.

Although most children are excited about going to summer camp, for some, it can be a scary or anxiety provoking experience. In general, parents should not push or force kids to go to camp if they feel frightened or uncomfortable.

“Summer camp is more than a vacation for children,” says Bruce Muchnick, Ed.D., a licensed psychologist who works extensively with day and resident camps. “As a parent, there are a few things to consider to increase the opportunity for a rewarding camp experience for your child.”

Consider Camp As A Learning Experience

This is an opportunity for your child to explore a world bigger than his/her neighborhood and a chance for you and your child to practice “letting go.” Letting go allows children to develop autonomy and a stronger sense of self, make new friends, develop new social skills, learn about teamwork, be creative, and more. This time also allows parents an opportunity to take care of themselves so that they will feel refreshed when their child returns home.

Prepare For Camp Together

Decisions about camp — like where to go and what to pack — should be a joint venture, keeping in mind your child’s maturity. If your child feels a part of the decision-making process, his/her chances of having a positive experience will improve.

And follow the packing list like it is the 10 commandments, making sure that you pack all of the must-have items as well as leaving prohibited items at home.

Picking out comfortable clothing and shoes can go a long way in giving a child confidence when spending time away from home. Take your child

shopping and let them help pack, as it will foster excitement for their upcoming adventure.

When packing with a younger child, find a few items to send with your child that will remind them at home. This can help your child deal with homesickness. Also, talk to your child about dealing with anxiety. Assure them that the staff and camp counselors are there for their safety and enjoyment.

Acknowledge Concerns

As the first day of camp nears, some children experience uneasiness about going away. Encourage your child to talk about these feelings rather than acting on what you think his/her feelings may be. Communicate confidence in your child’s ability to handle being away from home.

Don’t be surprised if your child gets “homesick.” It’s a normal reaction to being away from family and friends, especially for the first time. Even kids attending day camp, may feel something akin to homesickness, having an “off” day when they don’t feel like going or participating.

Don’t criticize a child who feels homesick at camp. Telling them to “buck up” can sometimes make them feel worse. Instead, be supportive, reassuring and consistent. Tell them you understand that it’s hard to be away from home, and that you miss them, too. Try to focus on intermittent goals, like Visiting Day or special camp events. For most kids, episodes of homesickness pass within a few days.

Have Realistic Expectations

Camp, like the rest of life, has high and low points. Not every moment will be filled with wonder and excitement. Encourage your child to have a reasonable and realistic view of camp. Discuss both the ups and downs your child may experience. Your child should not feel pressured to succeed at camp, either. The main purposes of camp are to relax and have fun.

Most kids enjoy camp. They often look forward to returning year after year. Careful preparation and planning can increase the likelihood of a positive experience.

For the majority of children, it is a mingling of excitement and a little fear of the unknown. These children usually are easily reassured and attend a sleepover or enter camp with minimal upset. For other children, the “fear factor” is larger than the excitement, and tends to take on a life of its own. In this situation, the child could be questioning everything about the upcoming separation experience: “What if I get sick?”

What if no one likes me?” “What if the (other parents) counselors are mean?”

“What if something happens to you (Mom and Dad) while I’m gone?”

What does it feel like?

Some children experience physical symptoms when anxious including butterflies, cold or clammy hands, headaches, nausea, being hot or cold, or feeling faint. Others report feeling like they want to cry and hide. The thoughts that accompany anxiety tend to center around what can go wrong, which leads the child to worry more and potentially feel more physical symptoms.

What can a parent do?

Consider these practical first steps.

Allow your child to express his or her concerns, and answer the “What if” questions in a calm, coping-focused manner:“This is your friend who wants you to sleepover. You like each other.” “You’ve made friends at school, so I’m sure the camp will help with meeting friends while there.” “The counselors are chosen because of their good work with kids.”“The camp people work with hundreds of kids each year. They know exactly what to do and also how to get in touch with us if you need us.”

Make sure your child is informed about the camp and its activities. Focus your child on the camp activities he or she enjoys, such as swimming or baseball.

Attend any sessions with your child offered by the camp, prior to start of the session. Engage your child in the fun aspects of preparing for camp such as shopping for new clothes and picking out camp gear.

Help your child rehearse. Children can practice being away from home by sleeping over at the homes of friends and relatives.

What should parents avoid doing?

Avoid giving excessive reassurance, such as repeatedly saying, “You’ll be fine!” Too much reassurance causes anxious children to seek to discredit the parent’s opinion. Avoid telling your child exactly what to do. It is more useful to ask your child to come up with a realistic plan for how to meet new friends and find fun activities. Successful completion of the plan enhances the child’s feeling of control and accomplishment, and this will decrease anxiety.

Don’t ignore the problem by hoping it will go away by itself. Don’t be impatient (“You’re going and that’s it!”). Don’t allow the child to avoid the situation (“Okay, you don’t have to go.”).

What to should parents do if a child is homesick?

Let the counselors know prior to the beginning of camp that your child is anxious about being away from home and may become homesick.

Develop a plan detailing when your child can make phone calls home. In addition to regularly scheduled phone contact, calls can be earned by displaying positive coping skills as opposed to behavioral distress.

Set an expectation for the phone calls, that they will be focused on the ways your child is trying to cope and have fun at camp, and not focused on crying and begging to come home.

Anne Marie Albano, Ph.D., is a Professor of Medical Psychology at Columbia University and Director of the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders.

Photo: Camp, like the rest of life, has high and low points. Not every moment will be filled with wonder and excitement. Encourage your child to have a reasonable and realistic view of camp.

Photo: With many kids and adolescents dealing with increased stressors anxiety due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the emotions of being away from home may be more complex than in the pre-pandemic years.

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There’s nothing kids look forward to more than vacation, especially summer vacation. But summer can also be a prime time for the “summer slide” when students forget the reading and math skills they learned during the school year, according to the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL).

Kids not exposed to ongoing summer learning, such as reading and solving math problems, can lose anywhere from one to three months of what they learned in the previous grade. When that happens, children start the next year playing catch up. If they suffer the slide continually in the early years, it creates a potentially life-long problem. We already know that children who are not reading proficiently by third grade tend to stay behind in future grades, and that they are four times less likely to graduate from high school.

The summer slide is especially devastating to children from low-income families. Summers without academic practice contribute to the big achievement gap that exists between disadvantaged kids (who qualify for free or reduced lunch) and their more advantaged peers.

That learning gap forces teachers to play catch-up when school starts again in the fall.

“Parents can play critical roles in ensuring children maintain their academic skills in reading and other subjects over the summer,” the NCFL emphasizes .”The key is to associate learning with fun activities.”

The good news is, there are many rewarding, enriching educational experiences for families to halt the summer slide. Reading is the single most impactful activity for children in the summer. A summer reading program helps maintain and advance reading and language comprehension from one grade to the next grade. Make it a family effort with siblings, parents and relatives devoting regular time to reading and reading aloud to young children.

Encourage Bright Spots

Parents and students often associate the summer with remedial classes. But encouraging your children’s interests and strengths is a great way to associate fun with learning. Try enrolling them in classes or camps that focus on their strengths and let them develop lifelong hobbies that are fun and good for them.

Be creative: A quick search online should yield a lot of great suggestions for creative, fun learning activities both online and off. For example, the nonprofit website Wonderopolis. org encourages children and parents to explore the things they wonder about with daily content, like “Why Do You Get Ice Cream Headaches?” or “How Can You Be a Human Compass?”

You and your children can also nominate your own “Wonder of the Day” on Wonderopolis. org by submitting your own curious question. You can even create your own video and include the link to it in your submission.

Let them run wild — in the library: Make a big deal out of frequent trips to the library where kids can pick out anything they want to read that is age-appropriate. Experts say reading four or five books over a summer will maintain reading skills, so long as the selections are challenging enough.

Plan learning adventures: Take excursions to museums, national parks, zoos or aquariums. Or try a hike that focuses on birds, plants or any special theme. Tie a book or educational program to the adventure (either before or after), so your child will connect real life to learning. Alternatively, you can expose a child to a new piece of music before a concert the whole family can enjoy.

Embrace Family Time

Enjoy excursions to museums, parks, local historical sites, the beach, etc. as a family. Challenge your child to think about what they learned from the experience by describing interesting details of what they learned or what they still want to know. Ask them questions

that stretch their thinking, such as “Why do you think that?” or “What would happen if…?”

Cook together and have the children reference the recipes and make shopping lists using their creativity and emerging writing skills, even if they are only able to draw pictures and “scribble”. Each one of these early steps prepares them for writing in school.

While at the grocery store, challenge your children to find items on the shelves by looking for the first letter in the title or a picture of the item. Ask children to guess how many pasta shells are in a box or ask them questions about what they notice – like the cold and warms parts of stores.

Whatever you do, make it fun and interactive. Your child will enjoy new adventures, especially if they are with the people they love most in this world their parents and families.

Photo: That break from the school year routine is great time to relax and let loose, but it’s still essential to keep kids’ minds working during when school’s not in session — and throughout the year.

Car crash in Baldwin turns deadly after drivers fight

A traffic crash in Baldwin late Saturday evening turned deadly, landing a Queens man behind bars.

Patrick Destine, 26, from the Hollis section of Queens, was reportedly driving a 2004 Infiniti G35, when he crashed with a 2003 Honda minivan at the intersection of Schuman Place and Forest Avenue just before 11 p.m., on Saturday.

According to reports, both Destine and the 54-year-old Honda driver jumped out of their vehicles and immediately began arguing. The verbal altercation turned into a physical one, with Destine putting the other driver on the ground, police said, and then repeatedly kicking him in the head. Once police arrived, Destine reportedly tried to run, but didn’t get far. The other driver suffered severe head trauma, and was rushed to a local hospital, where he died just after midnight. Police have not yet released his identity.

Destine is charged with driving while intoxicated and second-degree murder. He’s expected to be arraigned on Monday. Police are still trying to piece together what happened.

Anyone with any information is urged to contact Nassau County Crime

Stoppers at (800) 244-8477. All calls are confidential.

Nassau CouNty poliCe arrested Patrick Destine for alledgedly diving while intoxicated and second-degree murder after a two-vehicle crash in Baldwin on April 15.

Christina Daly/Herald file

D’Esposito introduces cops ‘bill of rights’

By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

He’s calling it the Law Enforcement Bill of Rights, a direct jab at what he calls the “defund the police” movement. And as a former cop himself, U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito says his new legislation introduced on Capitol Hill last week is exactly what police departments need to move forward in a new world.

The Republican lawmaker surrounded himself with officials from the local Police Benevolent Association union at their Mineola headquarters to share details of H.R. 285, which has already attracted a dozen GOP cosponsors — including U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino.

The bill, if passed, is intended to give privileges and securities to officers not offered before, D’Esposito says, such as the right to self-defense against physical threats and legal recourse if a civilian attempts to assault them. The congressman hopes other lawmakers will follow suit on the state level to create similar bills.

“It condemns calls to defund, disband, dismantle or abolish any police agency,” D’Esposito said. “It encourages dialogue between law enforcement and their communities to improve public safety, and engage all of the society’s stakeholders. And lastly, it respects the rights of police officers to carry out their duties, to protect our communities with integrity, and have essential protections during investigations.”

D’Esposito quoted a statistic from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund that found 224 law enforcement officers died in 2022. He also claimed many more are at risk of being hurt because of the “defund the police movement” in minority communities, where officers keep seeing “body bag after body bag removed.”

The most recent significant calls for police reform emerged following the death of George Floyd while being arrested by Minneapolis police officers in May

2020. One of the police officers was later found guilty of murder and manslaughter, and sentenced to more than 22 years in prison.

The number of officer fatalities in 2022 has remained slightly above levels in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s save the early 2020s, which included a large number of deaths related to Covid-19.

Thomas Shevlin, president of the Nassau County PBA, said it’s time to “get back to common sense.” He also called on politicians from both sides of the political aisle to support the bill.

Brian Sullivan, the president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, said that for years he and other law enforcement and court officers have been sounding the alarm about the harm of bail reform, discovery reform, and the implications of the reforms endangering not only officers, but society. He said the issue shouldn’t be seen as law enforcement against liberals, and that what matters is helping the general public

who is suffering because of previous litigation.

“We have a very low headcount,” Sullivan told the crowd that gathered for the news conference about the population behind bars. “What does that tell you? You see it in that the proof is in the pudding, the criminals are in the streets. We need to mobilize the base of the citizenry to support their law enforcement and realize what’s going on behind the scenes here.”

Sullivan cited the “insanity” of bail reform by offering an example he saw in the news recently where a Bronx judge, Naita Semaj, let the accused killer of a teenaged boy go free on his own recognizance without bail.

“The judge in the Bronx, because of what’s going on in this state, disregarded the cries and the pleas of not only the prosecutors,” Sullivan said, “but of the boy’s mother to hold this guy in jail.”

The bill was officially introduced April 10, and was immediately referred to the House Judiciary Committee.

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U.S. Rep. ANthONy D’Esposito introduces his Law Enforcement Bill of Rights legislation alongside local police and correction officer benevolent associations at the Police Benevolent Association headquarters in Mineola last week.

STEPPING OUT

Asbury Short Film Concert

The latest edition of the short film showcase has made its way back to Long Island. With a lineup of classic shorts from Asbury’s past combined with film festival winners currently on the circuit — and in many cases, featuring up-and-coming filmmakers — audiences can get a peek at these “smaller” films that don’t often get a big-screen showing. The eclectic mix of films offers a look at the best in short film comedy, drama and animation, highlighting emerging filmmakers along with seasoned directors. The fast-paced evening includes such stand-outs as ‘The Waiting Room,’ produced, directed and written by former Nassau County film commissioner Debra Markowitz. The multiple festival award-winning 12- minute dramatic comedy reunites a woman and her exhusband in heaven.

home of

As seen through the artists’ eyes

By Karen Bloom

Our spaces have taken on a new importance in recent years. “Home,” in all its variations, has inspired us — and renewed us. Heckscher Museum of Art explores the spaces we inhabit in its latest offering, “Raise the Roof: The Home in Art,” on view through March 2024.

Friday, April 21, 7:30 p.m. $15. Madison Theatre, Molloy University, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. (516) 323-4444 or MadisonTheatreNY.org.

STEPPING OUT

Home.

personalities and the values of the people who lived there.

Creative advocacy

“It’s a life-size piece that takes up an entire wall,” Bennett says. “It makes you feel immediately at home. “Everyone responds to it. They recognize the scenes and tell us it reminds them of their own house.”

The exhibit — featuring more than 50 works — reflects the many meanings of home, as it delves into how artists creatively define life at home.

“This exhibit came out of the pandemic,” says Justyce Bennett, the museum’s curatorial assistant. “The idea of home really shifted. It became our office space, our leisure place, our everything. The same thing happened with artists, it became their studios. Over the past four years, we’ve deepened our understanding of what home looks like.”

From that shift in how we live, an exhibit evolved.

“The majority of the artworks on view were created before the pandemic, demonstrating the central role that our homes have always played in our lives and in art,” says curator Karli Wurzelbacher. “In light of the recent pandemic, home continues to evolve. And we connect to this artwork with new eyes.”

The exhibit includes what Bennett describes as “old favorites” with never-before-seen works. “This show combines the tried-and-true with new art — the classics and recent additions to our collections”

Raise the Roof debuts significant works by contemporary artists such as Courtney M. Leonard, Kenji Nakahashi and Stella Waitzkin. Never-beforeexhibited photographs by Larry Fink, prints by Robert Dash, along with works by Romare Bearden, Salvador Dali, Olafur Eliasson, Miriam Schapiro, and Esphyr Slobodkina are also featured.

“She also remembered the artwork her grandparents had in that house, so it represents art in art — in a really cool way.”

Englishtown Project

By Karen Bloom

Centerport-based Pat Ralph, an artist with a longtime connection to the museum as a trustee collections committee member, is represented with “The Visit Home.” Bennett describes the piece, which shows a man reclining in his childhood home, as”bright and dreamy.”

Also of note is Robert Carter’s mixed media painting “Mama Taught Me Piano and Much More.” It’s a powerful maternal work that pays tribute to the role of mothers.

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.

“Robert also has a long history with the museum and this is only the second time it’s been on view,” Bennett says.

“We’re so happy to show his piece. It’s my personal favorite in the show.”

WHERE WHEN

• Now through March 2024

• Open Thursday through Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

• 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

• $5 suggested admission non-members; members and children under 13 free

• Heckscher Museum of Art, 2 Prime Ave., Huntington (631) 380-3230, or Heckscher.org

“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.

Visitors are immediately drawn to the exhibit’s anchor, Becky Suss’s large-scale painting “Living Room,” a recent acquisition (actually six paintings) that is based on Suss’s memories of her grandparents’ house in Great Neck. The array of artwork and objects she depicts captures the

Englishtown Project visits the Landmark stage with their dynamic tribute to a classic unforgettable concert. This all-star jam band commemorates one special concert. The group — featuring members of New Riders of the Purple Sage, Zen Tricksters, and Max Creek, recreates the legendary Sept. 3, 1977, show in Englishtown, New Jersey, which was headlined by the Grateful Dead, who had just completed its legendary Spring/Summer 1977 tour featuring a batch of new material from ‘Terrapin Station.’ They were joined by the Dead family’s New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the good-time, southern rock Marshall Tucker Band. This tribute extravaganza includes healthy ‘doses’ of selections from each band’s sets that day in a relaxed, festival-style program.

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“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

Saturday, April 22, 8 p.m. $35, $30. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444, or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

Courtesy Heckscher Museum of Art

• Top left: Becky Suss, Living Room from the Collection of Ninah and Michael Lynne.

Top right: Pat Ralph, The Visit Home, 1983.

Bottom right: Robert Carter, Mama Taught Me Piano and Much More, 2007.

It’s where the heart is, where our lives unfold — and where imagination takes flight.

THE SCENE

May 7

Itzhak Perlman

The reigning virtuoso of the violin makes his long-awaited return, appearing on the Tilles Center stage. Sunday, May 7, 4 p.m. Experience his impeccable musicianship as never before. The intimate performance gives Perlman fans a deeply personal glimpse into his boyhood in Tel Aviv and New York, and the earliest years of his long and celebrated career. Enjoy an afternoon of music and storytelling as Perlman presents rarely seen archival photos and videos and shares memories, stories, and musical selections that you won’t hear anywhere else. On stage and performing with Perlman for this unforgettable afternoon is his longtime collaborator, pianist Rohan DeSilva, who’s been a constant presence by his side over the years. Tickets are $150, $100, $75: available at TillesCenter. org or (516) 299-3100. LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville.

April 20

Grand Baldwin Festival

The Community Coalition of Baldwin invites everyone to the Grand Baldwin Festival, Saturday, April 29, noon4 p.m. With music and art performances, and numerous Baldwin-based businesses showcasing their goods, taking place in the municipal parking lot behind Subway. For more information, visit GrandBaldwinFestival.com.

On exhibit

Nassau County Museum of Art’s new exhibition, “Eye And Mind: The Shin Collection,” highlights the extraordinary collection masterworks assembled by 31-year-old connoisseur Hong Gyu Shin, an internationally recognized figure in the global art world. He shares his treasures, including works by Whistler, Lautrec, Boucher, Daumier, Delacroix, Klimt, Schiele, Balthus, Warhol, de Kooning, Gorky and many other important names from art history provocatively juxtaposed with the painting and sculpture of our own time from both Asia and the West. On view through July

9. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Passion for Pride

Support PFY, a division of Long Island Crisis Center, at a 30th Anniversary Benefit celebration, Tuesday, June 13, 6-10 p.m. With drag bingo and performances by Ivy Stalls and Syn; also special guest honoree actor-authoractivist Maulik Pancholy. The event, honoring PFY’s 30 years serving Long Island/Queens’ LGBTQ+ communities, is at Westbury Manor, 1100 Jericho Turnpike, Westbury. For more information and tickets, go to tinyurl.com/pfyevent2023.

Breastfeeding Support Group

Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support and resources, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year) to the informal group setting. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required. Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 705-2434 to secure you and your baby’s spot. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org.

Autism Walk

Tai Chi classes

Join Tai Chi classes at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Mondays, at 11 a.m., Wednesdays, at 7 p.m., and Saturdays, 9 a.m. A small donation is optional to attend. 1375 Grand Ave., Baldwin. Any questions, email forevertaichi4you@gmail.com.

Day trip to the Catskills

SoHappy2Bfit, a member of the Baldwin Chamber of Commerce, invites all on a day trip to Resort World in the Catskills, Wednesday, May 31, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. To join, mail a check, cash, or Venmo a nonrefundable $50 fee; contact Sheila Clark at (516) 655-7967.

April 26

Baldwin Homemakers Annual Auction

The Baldwin Chapter of Homemakers invites everyone to their annual auction, Wednesday, April 26, starting at 7 p.m. Enjoy a night of raffles, coffee and snacks, at Baldwin Middle School, 3211 Schreiber Place. For more information, call (516) 341-1986.

AP U.S. History Prep

On stage

Back by popular demand, families will enjoy a musical adventure, ripped from the pages of Mo Willems’ beloved children’s books, on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Friday, April 21, 10:15 a.m. and noon; Sunday, April 23, 2 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, April 26-27, 10:15 a.m. and noon. Elephant and Piggie storm the stage in a rollicking musical romp filled with plenty of pachydermal peril and swiney suspense perfect for young audiences.

Cautious Gerald and playful Piggie share a day where anything is possible. Together with nutty backup singers, The Squirrelles, the comedic duo even gets the audience involved in the action. $9 with museum admission ($7 members), $12 theater only. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

Dancing into spring

April 22

One Happy Hangout Place holds an Autism Walk, Saturday, April 22,1 p.m., at Baldwin Harbor Park, 3232 Grand Ave. For more information contact (5516) 375-1102.

Having an event?

BOE Budget Hearing

Baldwin School District Board of Education holds its annual budget hearing meeting, Wednesday, May 3, at 8 p.m. at the District Office. 960 Hastings St.

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.

iInstructor Brian China, an experienced AP history teacher, offers an AP U.S. History prep course, Saturday, April 22, 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Learn strategies on answering questions, review rubrics, important exam concepts and how to earn all possible points. Class is held at Oceanside Lutheran Church, upper room, 55 Fairway Ave., Oceanside. Course fee is $125. Register at bit.ly/ APoceanside. Call (516) 216-0633 for information.

Adelphi Department of Dance students present their semi-annual dance showcase on the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center stage, Wednesday through Friday, April 26-27, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 29, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, April 30, 2 p.m. Dancers are working with guest artist Alberto “Tito” del Saz, artistic director of The Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance, to present “Four Brubeck Pieces,” featuring music from Dave Brubeck’s classic album “Time Out.” The performance also features choreography by dance faculty members Frank Augustyn, Orion Duckstein, Adelheid B. Strelick, and adjunct faculty Bivi Kimura. The show will be also livestreamed during the Saturday matinee and evening performances. Tickets are $30, with discounts available to seniors, students, Adelphi alumni and employees. Livestream access is $20. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City. (516) 877-4000 or Adelphi.edu/pac.

Parent Academy workshop

Baldwin school district holds Part One of the Parent Academy workshop, Thursday, April 20, at 7 p.m., over Zoom. The workshop is hosted by renowned coaching company Franklin Covey, creator of “The Leader in Me,” a leadership curriculum for K-12, based on a book by the same title as well as “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.” Join the workshop at FranklinCovey.Zoom. us/j/7164403920. The next two workshops will be May 1 and May 30..

It was enough fentanyl to kill 2 million people

By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com

Three kilograms of pure fentanyl might not seem like a lot. But as a powerful synthetic opioid that is at least 50 times more potent than morphine — that much fentanyl can kill. A lot.

That’s likely why the Nassau County Police Department and county officials are calling the arrest of Juan Cruz, who they say was holding all three kilos, a “historic seizure of pure fentanyl.”

“This is a story about triumph and tragedy,” Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said. Tragedy that young people are unwitting victims to peddled pills. Triumph in the form of stopping those pills from hitting the street.

The 50-year-old Cruz lives in the Bronx, but is said to be a citizen of the Dominican Republic. Police reportedly stopped him after Second Squad detectives received a tip that he was bringing the drug into the county last week, police commissioner Patrick Ryder said.

A single kilo of fentanyl has the potential to kill up to 500,000 people, according to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. Three times that could kill the entire population of Nassau County, with

enough fentanyl left over to kill 100,000 more.

“Fentanyl is cheap,” Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said. “It’s plentiful. And it’s coming into the county in droves.”

Cruz pleaded not guilty to felony counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a narcotic drug, as well as a traffic infraction for operating an unregistered vehicle. He is being held behind bars without bail.

Cruz was not known to Nassau detectives before his arrest Wednesday, Ryder said, but they now believe he is a “major dealer” operating in the county.

The drugs reportedly come from Mexico and South America — something Blakeman says supports his position of stopping immigration.

“It’s going to be a continuing problem unless we close our borders,” Blakeman said. “We have crime rings that are operating here from south of the border. They’re stealing cars. They are stealing catalytic converters. They’re doing organized burglaries. And of course, they are dealing in very, very, very dangerous drugs.”

Cruz reportedly made it harder for

police to identify him because he had burned his fingertips, they said, mutilating his fingerprints. Doing that was a way Cruz had hoped not to be deported again something officials last did in 2012. Because it’s an active investigation,

Donnelly said she was “extremely limited” on what she could comment on.

“What I will tell you is this,” she said. “Defendants like Juan Cruz are peddling this poison in our neighborhoods to our children.”

Roksana Amid/Herald NASSAu COuNty ExECutIvE Bruce Blakeman, far left, joined Nassau District Attorney Anne Donnelly, Nassau County Legislator Tom McKevitt, Nassau County Police Department commissioner Patrick Ryder, and county legislator Rose Walker to share news of what they described as a historic seizure of fentanyl.

Juan Cruz

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Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on January 9, 2020 and an Order for Extension of Time to Conduct Foreclosure Sale duly entered on January 9, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on May 4, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 1000 Howard Court, 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 54, Block 583 and Lot 22. Approximate amount of judgment is $447,979.56 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 001179/2017. 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.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTIFICACIÓN SOBRE LA ELECCIÓN ANUAL DEL DISTRITO, LA AUDIENCIA DEL PRESUPUESTO Y LA VOTACIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR BALDWIN UNION FREE CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK, PROGRAMADAS PARA EL 16 DE MAYO DE 2023

POR LA PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la audiencia del presupuesto de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Baldwin Union Free, ciudad de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, se llevará a cabo el miércoles 3 de mayo de 2023, en la sala de juntas del edificio administrativo sito en Hastings Street, Baldwin, Nueva York, ubicada en dicho distrito escolar, con el objeto de que se concreten los asuntos antes mencionados conforme lo autoriza la ley, a los fines ut infra:

1. La presentación y el debate del presupuesto previsto para el funcionamiento de las escuelas del Distrito para el año escolar que inicia el 1 de julio de 2023.

2. La presentación y el debate del presupuesto previsto para el funcionamiento de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin para el ejercicio fiscal que inicia el 1 de julio de 2023.

3. La concreción de otros asuntos similares conforme lo permita la ley.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la votación para la asignación de los fondos correspondientes para cubrir los gastos necesarios para el año escolar 2023-2024, la asignación para la biblioteca y todas las proposiciones debidamente presentadas ante la Junta de Educación para ocupar un puesto de fideicomisario de la Junta de Educación para el plazo desde el 1 de julio de 2023 hasta el 30 de junio de 2026, y un puesto en la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin para el plazo desde el 1 de julio hasta el 30 de junio de 2028 tendrá lugar en el gimnasio de Baldwin High School de Ethel T. Kloberg Drive, East of Grand Avenue, Baldwin, Nueva York, en el distrito escolar mencionado el martes 16 de mayo de 2023 entre las 7:00 a. m. y las 10:00 p. m.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que las siguientes propuestas se presentarán a los votantes en la votación del 16 de mayo de 2023:

PROPUESTA N.º 1

SE RESUELVE adoptar el presupuesto propuesto del Distrito Escolar Baldwin Union Free de la ciudad de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, estado de Nueva York,

para el ejercicio fiscal 2023-2024 por el monto de $157,758,542, y recaudar dicho monto mediante impuestos sobre la base del inmueble imponible del distrito escolar con posterioridad a la primera deducción de fondos disponibles de la ayuda estatal y otras fuentes.

PROPUESTA N.º 2

SE RESUELVE adoptar el presupuesto propuesto de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin para el ejercicio fiscal 2023-2024 por el monto de $4,928,288, y recaudar dicho monto mediante impuestos sobre la base del inmueble imponible del distrito escolar con posterioridad a la primera deducción de fondos disponibles de la ayuda estatal y otras fuentes.

PROPUESTA N.º 3

SE AUTORIZARÁ a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Baldwin Union Free a gastar la suma de $11,600,000.00 del Fondo de reserva de capitales para mejoras de las instalaciones establecido el 21 de mayo de 2019 con el fin de realizar los siguientes proyectos: (a) construcción/renovación de una cocina en Brookside Elementary School; (b) construcción/renovación de una cocina en Lenox Elementary School; (c) construcción/renovación de una cocina en Meadow Elementary School; (d) construcción/renovación de una cocina en Plaza Elementary School; (e) construcción/renovación de una cocina en Steele Elementary School; (f) construcción/renovación de una cafetería en Brookside Elementary School; y (g) construcción/renovación de una cafetería en Steele Elementary School. Todo lo anterior incluirá toda la mano de obra, los materiales, los equipos, los aparatos y los gastos imprevistos relacionados con estos.

PROPUESTA N.º 4

SE AUTORIZARÁ a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Baldwin Union Free a gastar la suma de $1,195,000 del Fondo de reserva de capitales para tecnología establecido el 17 de mayo de 2022, con el fin de realizar los siguientes proyectos: (a) compra de iMacs para el laboratorio de tecnología y los estudios de arte de la escuela secundaria; (b) compra de Chromebooks; (c) compra de pizarras interactivas; y (d) compra de dos servidores de seguridad. Todo lo anterior incluirá toda la mano de obra, los materiales, los equipos, los aparatos y los gastos imprevistos relacionados con estos.

PROPUESTA N.º 5

SE AUTORIZARÁ que la Junta de Educación, conforme al artículo 3651 de la Ley de Educación,

establezca un Fondo de reserva de capitales denominado “Fondo de reserva de Capital 2023”, con el objeto de realizar las mejoras de capital en todo el distrito aquí descritas: las mejoras, renovaciones o modernizaciones de los espacios de aprendizaje y no aprendizaje (lo que incluye, entre otros, las mejoras, renovaciones o modernizaciones de los salones de clases, o bien los complementos de las instalaciones existentes); las renovaciones del auditorio, el gimnasio, la cafetería, la biblioteca y el centro multimedia; las renovaciones y reconstrucciones exteriores; las actualizaciones informáticas y tecnológicas; las actualizaciones del sistema de seguridad; las mejoras, renovaciones o modernizaciones del sistema de cañerías, electricidad o climatización; las mejoras, renovaciones o modernizaciones del rendimiento energético, incluida la instalación de mejoras, renovaciones o modernizaciones de la energía solar; las renovaciones exigidas para cumplir con los requisitos de la Ley sobre Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (ADA); las renovaciones de los preparativos vocacionales o para carreras; las sustituciones o compras de aulas portátiles; las sustituciones de los techos, las canaletas y los tubos de desagüe, de las ventanas, el hormigón o la mampostería, de los accesos de las entradas o las puertas interiores y exteriores; las renovaciones de los baños; la modernización del sistema luminario; las sustituciones de los suelos, las paredes, las calderas, los ascensores; las renovaciones de la carpintería; la compra de edificios o terrenos; las renovaciones y reconstrucciones del recinto; las mejoras, las renovaciones o modernizaciones de la cabina de prensa, los banquillos, los complejos de deportes; las mejoras, renovaciones o modernizaciones de las gradas descubiertas; las modernizaciones de los letreros; las renovaciones y reconstrucciones de las canchas de deportes; las renovaciones del área de juegos y de los vestuarios o casilleros; las sustituciones del sistema de horario o de altavoces; las modernizaciones del sistema de seguridad, las mejoras del sistema sonoro y telefónico; el saneamiento de materiales peligrosos; las renovaciones de los espacios de almacenamiento, mobiliario y equipamiento, incluida la compra de vehículos.

Todo lo anterior incluirá toda la mano de obra, los

materiales, los equipos, los aparatos y los gastos imprevistos relacionados con estos.

El monto máximo del Fondo de reserva de capitales antes indicado será de $25,000,000.00, más rentas de inversión. El plazo estimado es de 5 años; estos fondos se transferirán del dinero excedente, si corresponde, que haya quedado en los fondos generales, lo que incluye una suma que no supere los $10,000,000.00 perteneciente al presupuesto 2022-2023 y, a partir de allí, un monto anual de menos de $10,000,000.00 por cada año restante del plazo estimado. Tras el establecimiento y la financiación de dicha reserva, se indicará al supervisor de escuelas o a su designado(a) que deposite dinero de este fondo de reserva en una cuenta bancaria por separado que se denominará “Fondo de reserva de Capital 2023”. SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que la siguiente propuesta sobre bonos para la biblioteca será presentada a los votantes calificados en la reunión y elección anual del distrito:

PROPUESTA SOBRE BONOS PARA LA BIBLIOTECA SÍ NO PROPUESTA N.º 6 SE RESUELVE que la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin, en Baldwin, Nueva York (la “Biblioteca”), queda por la presente autorizada a implementar modificaciones y mejoras al edificio existente de la biblioteca (el “Proyecto”), lo que incluye la reconstrucción interior y la reconfiguración del espacio, el reemplazo del techo y las mejoras al sistema mecánico, todo según se describe sustancialmente en un plan preparado para la Biblioteca por H2M Architects & Engineers, con fecha del 27 de febrero de 2023, y que se encuentra archivado en la oficina del director de la Biblioteca y en la oficina de la Secretaría del Distrito Escolar Baldwin Union Free en Nueva York (el “Distrito Escolar”), y para gastar en él, incluidos el equipo original, mobiliario, maquinaria, aparatos y sitio auxiliar o relacionado, y otros trabajos necesarios en relación con dicho proyecto (el “Proyecto”), un monto que no exceda el costo total estimado de $ 11,600,000;

(b) que, por la presente, se vota un gravamen por un monto que no excederá los $11,600,000 para cubrir el costo del Proyecto, y ese gravamen se exigirá y cobrará en cuotas en la cantidad de años y en los montos que determine la Junta de Educación del Distrito

Escolar; y (c) que, en previsión de dicho gravamen, por la presente se autoriza a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar a emitir bonos del Distrito Escolar por un monto no superior a $11,600,000, y por la presente se autoriza un impuesto escolar para pagar el capital y los intereses de dichos bonos; y (d) que, por la presente, se autoriza la imposición y recaudación de un impuesto a la Biblioteca en cuotas en los años y montos que determine dicha Junta de Fideicomisarios como suficientes para pagar el capital y los intereses de los bonos de no más de $11,600,000 aquí mencionados, y que dicho impuesto a la Biblioteca compensará y reducirá en el mismo monto los impuestos escolares aquí autorizados.

Dicha propuesta sobre bonos para la biblioteca aparecerá en la boleta electoral usada para votar en la reunión y elección anual del distrito antes mencionada en forma sustancialmente similar a la anterior.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la votación se realizará en urnas digitales conforme lo dispone la Ley de Educación y que estará abierta desde las 7:00 a. m. hasta las 10:00 p. m. y el tiempo que sea necesario para que los últimos votantes presentes emitan el voto. Por medio del presente, se autoriza e instruye a la secretaria del distrito a imprimir las etiquetas de voto necesarias para dichas máquinas de votación en el formato que más se aproxime a los requisitos de la Ley de Educación. Se elaborarán tanto el resumen de la proposición del presupuesto como el texto de todas las proposiciones que aparecerán en la urna digital, como también una declaración detallada por escrito en que figure el monto que se exigirá para el año escolar 2023-2024 en concepto de gastos escolares, y en que se describan los fines y el monto de cada establecimiento. Asimismo, cuando se solicite, las copias de estos documentos se pondrán a disposición de todo tipo de contribuyente del distrito en cada edificio escolar del distrito donde se encuentre la escuela entre las 8:00 a. m. y 4:00 p. m. durante un período de catorce días con anterioridad inmediata a la elección del 16 de mayo de 2023, sin incluir los sábados, domingos, feriados ni la elección anual.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA también que la elección se llevará a cabo de acuerdo con las Normas para la Organización de

Reuniones y Elecciones adoptadas por la Junta de Educación.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que las nominaciones para los cargos de miembros de la Junta de Educación, a menos que por ley se disponga lo contrario, se realizarán mediante una solicitud firmada por, al menos, 25 votantes calificados del distrito, y las nominaciones para el cargo de miembro de la Biblioteca Pública, a menos que por ley se disponga lo contrario, se realizarán mediante una solicitud firmada por, al menos, 26 votantes calificados del distrito, presentadas en la Secretaría del Distrito entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. a más tardar 30 días antes, el 17 de abril de 2023, de la reunión o elección en que deba votarse por los fideicomisarios. En la solicitud, debe indicarse el nombre y la residencia de los candidatos. Se considerará que los candidatos que reciban la mayor cantidad de votos serán los electos para sus respectivos cargos. En el caso en que los períodos tengan distintas duraciones, el candidato que reciba la mayor cantidad de votos será el electo para el período más extenso. La Junta de Educación podrá rechazar una nominación si el candidato no es elegible para el cargo o declara no tener voluntad para tomarlo.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que toda proposición o consulta que deba hacerse sobre las urnas digitales debe presentarse por escrito mediante una solicitud firmada por, al menos, 62 votantes calificados del distrito y presentada en la Secretaría del Distrito entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., a más tardar 30 días antes, el 17 de abril de 2023, de la reunión o elección en que deba votarse por dicha consulta o proposición, pero esta norma excepcionalmente no se aplicará a las consultas o proposiciones que deban aparecer en la notificación publicada de la reunión ni a aquellas que la Junta de Educación tenga la potestad, conforme a la ley, de presentar en cualquier reunión anual o extraordinaria del distrito.

La inscripción también podrá realizarse en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito en el edificio administrativo de Baldwin durante los horarios de inscripción de los alumnos para el período escolar y de 8:00 a. m. a 3:00 p. m. en cualquier día lectivo en cualquiera de las escuelas del distrito hasta los cinco días previos a la reunión y elección escolares.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la inscripción deberá incluir (1) a todos los votantes

calificados del distrito, quienes deberán presentarse personalmente para la inscripción; y (2) a todos los votantes del distrito calificados previamente, quienes se deberán haber inscrito previamente para cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria del distrito que se haya realizado en cualquier momento en el transcurso de los cuatro (4) años (de 2019 a 2022) previos a la elaboración de dicha inscripción; y (3) a los votantes inscritos de forma permanente en la Junta de Elecciones del condado de Nassau. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la Junta de Inscripciones seguirá reuniéndose durante los horarios de la votación en la elección anual del distrito del 16 de mayo de 2023, con el objeto de elaborar una inscripción para las reuniones o elecciones del distrito que se lleven a cabo con posterioridad al 16 de mayo de 2023. Dicha inscripción debe incluir (1) a todos los votantes calificados del distrito, quienes deberán presentarse personalmente para la inscripción, y (2) a todos los votantes calificados del distrito, quienes deberán haberse inscrito previamente para cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria del distrito que se haya realizado en cualquier momento en el transcurso de los cuatro años calendario (de 2019 a 2022) previos a la elaboración de dicha inscripción. La inscripción deberá presentarse en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito escolar en el edificio administrativo, Hastings Street, Baldwin, Nueva York, donde se inspeccionará por intermedio de cualquier votante calificado entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 2:00 p. m. en cada uno de los cinco días previos al día establecido para la elección, salvo los domingos; los sábados, solo con cita. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que el formulario para los votos por ausencia para la elección del distrito escolar puede llenarse en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito. Se pondrá a disposición una lista de todas las personas para quienes deberían haberse emitido votos por ausencia en dicho lugar en cada uno de los cinco días previos al día de la elección, salvo los domingos; los sábados, solo con cita. La secretaria del distrito deberá recibir las solicitudes de voto por ausencia no antes de los treinta (30) días previos a la elección. Además, la secretaria del distrito debe recibir esta solicitud al menos siete días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se enviará por

PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES

Public Notices

correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al votante o a su representante designado. Al recibir una solicitud a tiempo para enviar por correo una boleta electoral por ausencia, la secretaria del distrito enviará por correo esta boleta electoral a la dirección indicada en la solicitud a más tardar seis (6) días antes de la votación.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que los votantes militares que no estén registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del distrito escolar. Los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del distrito escolar podrán enviar una solicitud de boleta electoral militar. Estos votantes pueden indicar su preferencia de recibir un registro de votante militar, una solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo postal, fax o correo electrónico en su pedido del registro, de la solicitud de boleta electoral o la boleta electoral. Los formularios de registro de votantes militares y los formularios de solicitud de boleta electoral militar se deben recibir en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 20 de abril de 2023.

No se escrutará ninguna boleta electoral militar a menos que (1) haya sido recibida en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito antes del cierre de la votación el día de la elección y cuente con una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o tenga un endoso fechado de recepción por parte de otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o (2) haya sido recibida por la oficina de la secretaria del distrito, a más tardar, a las 5:00 p. m. del día de la elección y esté firmada y fechada por el votante militar y un testigo de ello, con una fecha que establezca que no es posterior al día previo a la elección.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que esta Junta organizará una reunión extraordinaria a partir de allí en el plazo de veinticuatro horas tras la presentación ante la secretaria de un informe escrito de los resultados de la votación, que tendrá lugar en Baldwin Senior High School a los fines de examinar y tabular dichos informes de los resultados de la votación e informar los resultados. Por medio del presente documento, esta Junta se designa a sí misma como el grupo de secretarios de la votación con la función de emitir y escrutar votos conforme al artículo A, apartado 2B de la Ley de Educación 2019, en dicha reunión

extraordinaria de la Junta.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA, por último, que un Informe de exención fiscal sobre los bienes inmuebles de acuerdo con el artículo 495 de la Ley de Impuestos sobre los Bienes Inmuebles se adjuntará a cualquier presupuesto preliminar o tentativo, como también al presupuesto definitivo adoptado del cual forme parte. Este se publicará en los tablones de anuncios del distrito que se usen para avisos públicos y en el sitio web del distrito.

Fecha: 10 de marzo de 2023 POR SOLICITUD DE Baldwin, NY LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DISTRITO ESCOLAR BALDWIN UNION FREE CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK

Pamela M. Pratt, secretaria del distrito 138348

2. Presentation and discussion of the budget for operation of the Baldwin Public Library for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023.

3. Transactions of such other business as is authorized by law. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that the vote upon the appropriation of necessary funds to meet the necessary expenditures for the school year 2023-2024, the library appropriation, and on all propositions duly filed with the Board of Education, to fill one vacancy for Trustee on the Board of Education for a term commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring June 30, 2026, and to fill one vacancy on the Board of Trustees of the Baldwin Public Library for a term commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring June 30, 2028, shall be held in the gymnasium of Baldwin High School Ethel T. Kloberg Drive, East of Grand Avenue, Baldwin, New York, in said School District on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, between the hours of 7:00AM and 10:00PM. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that the following propositions will be presented to the voters at the May 16, 2023 vote:

PROPOSITION NO. 1

RESOLVED, that the proposed Budget of the Baldwin Union Free School District of the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, for the fiscal year 2023-2024 in the amount of $157,758,542 be adopted, and the amount be raised by tax upon the taxable property of the School District after first deducting the monies available from State Aid and other sources.

Construction / Renovation of a cafeteria at Brookside Elementary School; and (g)

Construction / Renovation of a cafeteria at Steele Elementary School, all of the foregoing to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental costs related thereto.

PROPOSITION NO. 4

SHALL the Board of Education of the Baldwin Union Free School District be authorized to expend up to $1,195,000 from the Technology Reserve fund established on May 17, 2022 for the purpose of performing the following projects: (a) Purchase of iMacs for HS Tech Lab and Art Studios; (b) Purchase of Chrome Books; (c) Purchase of Interactive Boards; and (d) Purchase of two security servers, all of the foregoing to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental costs related thereto.

PROPOSITION NO. 5

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ANNUAL DISTRICT ELECTION, BUDGET HEARING AND VOTE OF BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU STATE OF NEW YORK, TO BE HELD ON May 16, 2023

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the budget hearing of the qualified voters of the Baldwin Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, will be held on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at the Board Room of the Administration Building, Hastings Street, Baldwin, New York in said School District for the transaction of such business as is authorized by law including the following purposes:

1. Presentation and discussion of the budget for the operation of the district schools for the school year beginning July 1, 2023.

PROPOSITION NO. 2 RESOLVED, that the proposed Budget of the Baldwin Public Library for the fiscal year 2023-2024 be adopted, in the amount of $4,928,288 be adopted, and the amount be raised by tax upon the taxable property of the School District after first deducting the monies available from State Aid and other sources.

PROPOSTION NO. 3

SHALL the Board of Education of the Baldwin Union Free School District be authorized to expend up to $11,600,000.00 from the Capital Reserve fund #4 established on May 21, 2019 for the purpose of performing the following projects: (a)

Construction / Renovation of a kitchen at Brookside Elementary School; (b)

Construction / Renovation of a kitchen at Lenox Elementary School; (c)

Construction / Renovation of a kitchen at Meadow Elementary School; (d)

Construction / Renovation of a kitchen at Plaza Elementary School; (e)

Construction / Renovation of a kitchen at Steele Elementary School; (f)

SHALL the Board of Education, pursuant to Education Law section 3651, be authorized to establish a Capital Reserve Fund known as the “Capital – 2023” Reserve Fund for the purpose of performing the District-Wide capital improvements: instructional and noninstructional space improvements/renovation s/upgrades, (including but not limited to classroom improvements/renovation s/upgrades and/or additions to existing facilities), auditorium renovations, gymnasium renovations, cafeteria renovations, library/multi media center renovations, exterior renovations/reconstructio n, computer/technology upgrades, security system upgrades, plumbing improvements/renovation s/upgrades, electrical improvements/renovation s/ upgrades, HVAC improvements/renovation s/upgrades, energy efficiency improvements/ renovation/upgrades, including the installation of solar power, improvements/ renovations/upgrades, renovations required for compliance with ADA requirements, vocational and career preparation renovations, portable classroom replacement and/or purchase, roof/gutter/leader replacement, window replacement, masonry/concrete replacement, interior and exterior door/entry ways replacement, toilet room renovations, lighting upgrades, floor replacement, wall replacement, boiler replacements, elevators, carpentry renovations, purchase of buildings/ land, site renovations/reconstructio n, press box/dugout/ field house improvements/ renovations/ upgrades,

bleacher improvements/renovation s/upgrades, upgrades of signs, athletic field renovations/reconstructio n, playground renovations, lockers/locker room renovations, public address/clock system replacement, security system upgrades, sound system upgrades, telephone system upgrades, hazardous material remediation, storage space renovations, furnishings and equipment, including the purchase of vehicles, all of the foregoing to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental cost related thereto. The maximum amount of the aforesaid Capital Reserve Fund shall be $25,000,000.00 plus investment income. The probable term is to be 5 years; the funds are to be transferred from surplus monies, if any, remaining in the general fund including a sum not to exceed $10,000,000.00 from the 2022-2023 budget and thereafter in an annual amount of not more than $10,000,000.00 for each remaining year of the probable term. Upon the establishment and funding of said reserve, the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee shall be directed to deposit monies of this reserve fund in a separate bank account to be known as the “Capital –2023” Reserve Fund.

NOTICE IS FURTHER

GIVEN that the following Library Bond Proposition shall be submitted to the qualified voters at the Annual District Meeting and Election:

BALDWIN PUBLIC LIBRARY BOND

PROPOSITION YES NO

PROPOSITION NO. 6

RESOLVED That the Board of Trustees of the Baldwin Public Library, Baldwin, New York (the “Library”), is hereby authorized to construct alterations and improvements to the existing library building (the “Project”), including interior reconstruction and space reconfiguration, roof replacement and mechanical system upgrades, all as substantially described in a plan prepared for the Library by H2M Architects & Engineers, dated February 27, 2023, which is on file in the office of the Library Director and in the office of the District Clerk of the Baldwin Union Free School District, New York (the “School District”), and to expend therefor, including the original equipment, furnishings, machinery, apparatus and ancillary or related site and other work required in connection therewith (the “Project”), an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of

not to exceed $11,600,000;

(b) that a tax is hereby voted in the amount of not to exceed $11,600,000 to pay the cost of the Project, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by the Board of Education of the School District;

(c) that in anticipation of such tax, the Board of Education of the School District is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the School District in an amount not to exceed $11,600,000, and a school tax is hereby authorized to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds; and

(d) that a Library tax is hereby authorized to be levied and collected in installments in such years and amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Trustees sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the not to exceed $11,600,000 bonds herein referred to, and such Library tax shall offset and reduce by like amount the school taxes herein authorized. Such Library Bond Proposition shall appear on the ballot used for voting at said Annual District Meeting and Election in substantially the foregoing form.

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NOTICE that the voting shall be on voting machines as provided by the Education Law and the polls will remain open from 7:00AM until 10:00PM and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots. The District Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to have the necessary ballot labels printed for said voting machines in the form corresponding as nearly as may be with the requirements of the Education Law. The condensed form of the budget proposition and the text of all other propositions to appear on the voting machine and a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the school year 2023-2024 for school purposes, specifying the purposes and the amount for each will be prepared and copies thereof will be made available, upon request, to any taxpayer in the district at each school building in the district in which school is maintained between the hours of 8:00AM and 4:00PM during the period of fourteen days immediately preceding said election of May 16, 2023, excluding Saturday, Sunday, and holidays, and at such annual election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election shall be held in accordance with the

Rules for the Conduct of Meetings and Elections adopted by the Board of Education.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the nominations for the office of members of the Board of Education unless otherwise provided by law, shall be made by petition subscribed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District, and nominations for office of member of the Library Board, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be made by petition subscribed by at least 26 qualified voters of the District, filed in the office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 8:00AM and 4:00PM not later than the 30th day, April 17th, 2023, preceding the meeting or election at which the trustees shall be voted upon. Such petition shall state the name and residence of the candidates. Candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be considered elected to their respective offices. Where terms are of different length, the candidate receiving the highest vote shall be elected to the longest term. A nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his unwillingness to serve.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition or question to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 62 qualified voters of the District and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 8:00AM and 4:00PM, not later than the 30th day, April 17th, 2023, preceding the meeting or election at which such question or proposition shall be voted upon, except that this rule shall not apply to those questions or propositions which are required to be stated in the published or posted notice of the meeting or to those propositions or questions which the Board of Education has authority by law to present at any annual or special meeting of the District.

Registration shall also be permitted in the office of the District Clerk at Baldwin’s Administration building during the hours of enrollment of children for a school term and also from 8:00AM to 3:00PM on any school day at any of the District schools not later than five days preceding the school meeting and election.

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NOTICE that the register shall include (1) all qualified voters of the district who shall personally present themselves for registration; and (2) all previously qualified voters

of the District who shall have been previously registered for any Annual or Special District Meeting or election held or conducted at any time within four (4) years (2019-2022) prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Board of Election of the County of Nassau.

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NOTICE that the Board of Registration will further meet during the hours of voting at the Annual District Election on May 16, 2023, for the purpose of preparing a register for District meetings or elections to be held subsequent to May 16, 2023. Said register shall include (1) all qualified voters of the District who shall present themselves personally for registration, and (2) all qualified voters of the District who shall have been previously registered for any annual or special District meeting or election held or conducted at any time within four calendar years (2019-2022) prior to the preparation of said register.

The Register shall be filed in the Office of the District Clerk of the school district at the Administration Building, Hastings Street, Baldwin, New York where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter between the hours of 9:00AM and 2:00PM on each of the five days prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, and on Saturday by appointment only.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that application for absentee ballots for the school district election may be applied for at the office of the Clerk. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the Clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election, except Sunday, and on Saturday by appointment only. Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the election. Furthermore, such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or his/her designated agent. Upon receiving a timely request for a mailed absentee ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address set forth in the application by no later than six (6) days before the vote.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district. Military

voters who are qualified voters of the school district may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail in their request for such registration, ballot application or ballot.

Military voter registration forms and military ballot application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2023. No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is (1) received in the office of the District Clerk before the close of the polls on election day and showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government; or (2) received by the office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is associated to be not later than the day before the election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that this Board shall convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot, to meet at the Baldwin Senior High School for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the result of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law 2019-a, subdivision 2b at said special meeting of the Board.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website.

Dated: March 24, 2023

BY ORDER OF Baldwin, NY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK

Pamela M. Pratt, District Clerk 138316

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC, V. WANDA CRAFT.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated December 12, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC is the Plaintiff and WANDA CRAFT is the Defendant. 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 May 9, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 38 ALLERS BOULEVARD, ROOSEVELT, NY 11575: Section 55, Block 330, Lot 237 & 238: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT ROOSEVELT, IN THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 001898/2013. Christina

D. Jonathan, 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.

138563

2:00 PM. Premises known as 5 Church Street, Baldwin, NY 11510. Sec 54 Block 481 Lot 423. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Baldwin, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $387,480.45 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 007909/2005. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Ellen Durst, Esq., Referee SPSJN209

138565

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC. ASSET-BACKED

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES

2007-OPX1, Plaintiff AGAINST ANCILLA

BLACK, ET AL.,

concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Mark S. Ricciardi, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 17-002259 75468 138525

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU, US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR CMALT REMIC 2007-A3-REMIC PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, TRUSTEE, Plaintiff against STANLEY SMITH, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered September 20, 2006, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 8, 2023 at

Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered January 18, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 9, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 881 LORENZ AVENUE, 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, Town of Hempstead, County Nassau and State of New York, Section 54, Block 38, Lot 182 & 183. Approximate amount of judgment $331,289.13 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #002599/2017. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety

2007-A3, Plaintiff, vs. MOHAMED EL GAMMAL, ET AL., Defendant (s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on November 17, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, on the north side steps,100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York on May 10, 2023 at 2:30 P.M., premises known as 1112 JACKSON PLACE, BALDWIN, NEW YORK 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: 54, Block: 356, Lot: 838-840. Approximate amount of judgment is $688,988.33 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 009776/2014.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Referee.

Alexander Sklavos, Esq., Referee Roach & Lin, P.C., 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 185, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff 138546

LEGAL NOTICE

AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF THE RESIDENTIAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES TRUST VI-A, Plaintiff, vs. HENRY FLORES, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on December 21, 2017 and an Order Extending Sale Deadline and Other Relief duly entered on January 31, 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, NY 11501 on May 16, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 596 Terrace Place, Baldwin A/K/A North 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 389 and Lot 291. Approximate amount of judgment is $347,876.08 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 002401/2015. 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.

*Peter H. Levy, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No.: 212634-1

*This Notice of Sale amends a previous version that listed Leland Lewis Greene, Esq. 138722

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR RMAC PASSTHROUGH TRUST, SERIES 2010-3H, Plaintiff, vs. ANITE PICHONOT, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on September 6, 2016 and an Order Appointing Successor Referee duly entered on October 6, 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, NY on May 16, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 620 Grant Avenue,

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 234 and Lot 147. Approximate amount of judgment is $657,329.80 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 004091/2014. Cash will not be accepted. 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.

Mark S. Ricciardi, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff

138720

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

U.S. BANK N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC., SERIES 2005-9, Plaintiff, Against CAROL GRIMM, DANIEL GRIMM A/K/A DANIEL W. GRIMM, et al.

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 2/23/2023, 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. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 5/22/2023 at 2:00 PM, premises known as 471 Baldwin Avenue, North Baldwin, NY 11510 and described as follows:

ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Baldwin, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York

Section 54 Block 002 Lot 541 & 542

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $570,737.80 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 007916/2015

If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction.

Ellen Durst, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, 10 Midland Avenue, Suite 205, Port Chester, NY 10573 Dated: 3/27/2023 File

Number: 17-300301

LD 138882

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. HICKORY TSF LLC, Pltf. vs. YONY ABRAHAN GUIFFANO, et al, Defts. Index #606159/2022. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered March 9, 2023, I will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on May 22, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. premises k/a 851 Stanton Avenue, Baldwin, NY 11510 a/k/a District 10, Section 36, Block 437, Lot 147. Approximate amount of judgment is $3,781.93 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If property social distancing cannot be maintained, or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the auction.

JANE P. SHRENKEL, Referee. BRONSTER, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 156 West 56th Street, Ste. 703, New York, NY 10019. File No. 720233.011#100274

138872

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU NYLNV CORP., Plaintiff AGAINST MICHAEL GILLETTE, NASSAU COUNTY PUBLIC

ADMINISTRATOR AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ETHEL M. GILLETTE, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered April 12, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 19, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 34 PROSPECT STREET, ROOSEVELT, NY 11575. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Roosevelt, Town of Hempstead in the County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 55., Block 292, Lot 615. Approximate amount of judgment $239,578.38 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #008545/2012. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. The Referee will not accept cash at sale, only Certified or Bank checks made out to the Referee will be accepted. David Howard Rosen, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 00-305098 75739 138833

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RECEPTIONIST - FULL TIME

Receptionist (full-time) needed for Publisher and Self-Storage Facility located in Garden City. The ideal candidate should have excellent communications and customer service skills, be professional, dependable and have reliable transportation. Candidate should have computer knowledge and working knowledge of MS Office. Candidate MUST be reliable, punctual and be able to work a CON-

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Monday and Wednesday 8am to 4pm

Tuesday and Thursday 8am to 6pm Friday 8am to 5pm

Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Answering phones and greeting customers, assisting new customers by showing storage facility options and pricing, collecting payments from customers, contacting customers for late payments, applying payments and updating the customer files /data base and other general administrative responsibilities on an as needed basis. Hourly pay, plus eligible for Holiday Pay, PTO, Medical, Dental, 401k with company matching, plus other benefits. Qualified candidates should email their resume, cover letter and salary requirements. No phone calls please. Job Type: Full-time.

Salary: $15.00 /hour Email your resume to: careers@liherald.com

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CIRCULATION ASSOCIATE

Full Time/Part Time Richner Communications, publisher of Herald community newspapers has an excellent opportunity for a FT/PT Customer Service Clerk in our busy Circulation Department. Basic customer service and administrative responsibilities include: heavy computer work, answering phones, making phone calls, entering orders, faxing, filing, etc.

STRONG knowledge of EXCEL a must! Knowledge of DATABASE maintenance or postal regulations a big plus. Qualified Candidates must be computer literate, able to multitask, dependable, reliable, organized, energetic, detail oriented and able to work well under deadlines.

For consideration, please send resume & salary requirements to: careers@liherald.com

DRIVERS WANTED

LIBRARY CIRCULATION CLERK P/T,

Up to 17 hours per week at the Baldwin Public Library, depending on Library’s needs. May include mornings, afternoons; includes at least 1 evening per week, rotating Saturdays. This is a non-competitive Civil Service position. $15.50 / hour.

Please send resume to: dkelly@baldwinpl.org, by August 5.

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EDITOR/REPORTER

The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team!

This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry.

To apply: Send a brief summary in the form of a cover letter describing your career goals and what strengths you can bring to our newsroom, along with a resume and three writing samples to mhinman@liherald.com

Looking for an aggressive self starter who is great at making and maintaining relationships and loves to help businesses grow by marketing them on many different advertising platforms. You will source new sales opportunities through inbound lead follow-up and outbound cold calls. Must have the ability to understand customer needs and requirements and turn them in to positive advertising solutions. We are looking for a talented and competitive Inside Sales Representative that thrives in a quick sales cycle environment. We offer salary, commission, bonuses, health benefits, 401K and paid time off. Will consider part time. Please send cover letter and resume with salary requirements to ereynolds@liherald.com

Call 516-569-4000 X286

Richner Communications, One of the Fastest Growing Media, Event and Communications Companies on Long Island is Seeking a Sales/Marketing Candidate to Sell our Print Media Products and our Digital, Events, Sponsorships. Salary, Commission, Eligible for Health Benefits, 401k and Paid Time Off.

Will Consider Part Time.

Please Send Cover Letter and Resume with Salary Requirements to rglickman@liherald.com or Call 516-569-4000 X250

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PRESS-ROOM/WAREHOUSE HELP

Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for a FULL-TIME Pressroom/warehouse helper in Garden City. We are a busy print shop looking for a motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duties in the shop. Forklift experience is a plus and heavy lifting is required. Hours vary, so flexibility is key. Email resumes or contact info to careers@liherald.com

Open Houses

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Are windowstriple-pane worth it?

Q. We’re planning to replace our old windows, and are doing research online to make sure we make the right decision. I saw that there’s an option for “triple pane” windows instead of double panes. It appears to be much more money, but the writer of one article says it’s well worth it. Are you familiar with triple panes, do we need permits to change our windows and is it worth the expense? We’ve lived in our current home for five years and plan to be here for the rest of our lives, hopefully a long time, while we raise our family. What do you think?

A. I could simply say that you get what you pay for, but I’m certain you need more of an explanation, since you’ve taken the time to investigate and educate yourself. In your investigation, I’m sure you saw engineering data, lots of comparative numbers and U-values, the rating acronym for glass unit values. The lower the U-value, the better the insulating value of the glass.

Because the majority of heat or cool transmission or loss of energy is through the windows, while the walls, floor and roof are more insulated, it’s most important to do something to prevent losing all that energy you’re paying to create. Whether it’s your air conditioning or your heat, the outside of your house, referred to simply as the “envelope,” is of critical importance to insulate, especially with ever-rising energy prices. While most building departments don’t require a permit for changing out the windows “in kind,” meaning in the same size and location, some will require a permit for any little thing, like sanding your floors or adding closets, and I’m not kidding, so it’s best to check their rules online, or call your local building department directly.

Another thing to be aware of is that changing windows can trigger fire safety escape rules, referred to as egress windows, and most up-anddown, or double-hung colonial windows don’t meet the requirement if you don’t have at least one window in every habitable room with a size of 5.7 square feet. The window must have a clear escape opening of 20 inches in width and a minimum height of clear opening of 24 inches. Remember that a large fire rescuer must be able to save you.

Triple pane is a great value, because you’re always losing costly energy, so the return on investment, especially if this is your long-term home, makes it well worth it. Windows lose the most energy at the edges, so the type of gasket joining the windows to the frame is critical. The most effective frames have insulation blocking, not just a thermal break in the frame. A thermal break is usually a thin gasket between the outside and inside frames. Adding insulation, instead of leaving open air spaces in the frame, saves more energy, so it’s important to look for.

with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.

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‘The Things They Carried,’ and the lessons they taught

I’m known as a surly crank. I’m blunt but honest, satirical yet sympathetic. I can be both acerbic and considerate.

In my 20s, I was called “curt and condescending” in an employee evaluation. My parents laughed. I wore it like a medal.

Time hasn’t tempered my temper.

So when Vietnam War veteran Carl Johnson of West Hempstead told me that an Army lieutenant — a “real schmuck” — was the reason why it has been hard for him, as a civilian, to go along to get along, I knew I had met a fellow crank.

Johnson said the lieutenant’s ineptitude resulted in the deaths of Johnson’s three best friends in combat one day in 1970. “That lieutenant really screwed me up mentally,” Johnson recalled, “with the ability to tell the difference immediately whether somebody was really sharp, and someone I wanted to work for, or not.”

On April 27, 1970, while Johnson was on jungle patrol, one of the soldiers near him was shot. Johnson was the

radio operator, and he asked the lieutenant for orders to radio the captain. “He’s frozen,” Johnson said of the lieutenant. “We’re laying on the ground and he can’t talk because he’s so shaken.”

When Johnson had time to reflect on the battle, he realized his platoon shouldn’t have been on point that day. But because the lieutenant was what the soldiers called “shake ’n bake” — a noncommissioned officer who wore his lieutenant bar visibly despite the danger of being identified by snipers — he put the platoon in danger.

“He was a jerk, to put it mildly,” Johnson said. “He’s the reason my three buddies got killed.”

When he came home, there were no parades or bands greeting him at the airport. Johnson earned a degree from Adelphi University, and shifted jobs over the years. “Sometimes I would get in trouble,” he said. “My wife says it’s hard for me to take orders.”

Johnson got married, raised children, and learned how to cope with his grief. He became active in veterans organizations, and continues to help his fellow veterans — even those he meets by chance. He has spent decades volunteering with veterans groups. He initiat-

ed and researched a Vietnam War Memorial at Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, his alma mater, to honor nine of its graduates who were killed in Vietnam.

He talks about his war experience as a cathartic and therapeutic way of coping.

A few years ago, Johnson was asked by a Sewanhaka student to speak to her AP literature class. The class was reading the Vietnam War novel “The Things They Carried,” by Tim O’Brien — a book about the possessions soldiers kept with them and the emotions they grappled with.

Johnson agreed, of course, to help teach the students about the meaning of service to country.

Johnson prayed in Vietnam, and carried a Bible he passed on to his grandson, who is now enrolled in the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He said the war made him a flag-waver. He tears up when he sees the flag.

As I sat in the dining room of the Johnsons’ home, I heard earnest concern in Carl’s voice as he talked about the country he defended with literal blood, sweat and tears. He spoke of fractured friendships because of his political beliefs. One friend got up and walked

away after Johnson made a political comment.

Carl and I talked about how the Pledge of Allegiance isn’t required in school, and how kids don’t salute the flag. We agreed on the meaning of the quote often attributed to Voltaire — “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” — even though we realized we aren’t cut from the same political cloth.

We agreed that the pervasive divisiveness in the country is dangerous, though we likely disagree on the causes of that divisiveness.

Carl and I share an inability to suffer fools and a love of country. We agreed that if there is a way to repair the deep divide between Americans, it begins with being able to find things that we have in common.

At a time when every comment is scrutinized through a political prism, it was refreshing to be able to have an honest and respectful conversation with someone with different views.

Carl defended my right to disagree with him. I do so with profound respect, and an inability to ever repay his debt of service.

Mark Nolan, the editor of the Lynbrook/ East Rockaway Herald and Malverne/ West Hempstead Heralds. He taught high school English for 11 years. Comments? mnolan@liherald.com.

Living the life between alone and lonely

Last week, a woman described as an “extreme athlete” emerged from a cave in Spain after 500 days in total isolation. A human being — in this case, Beatriz Flamini, a 50-year-old woman — had voluntarily descended into a 70-meter-deep cave when she was 48 and popped out a year and a half later.

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She had spoken to no one, had no showers, heard no other human voices (aside from auditory hallucinations), and spent her time reading, knitting and exercising. She said she lost track of time after two months. That was 16 months ago!

According to the BBC, she was monitored by researchers, but no one made contact.

What if everyone on earth had been wiped out by a virus or an asteroid while she was underground? But that’s a different movie, I guess.

Was this purely an endurance challenge, pushing the boundaries of experience to an extreme? Or did it also suit her on some level to disappear and be alone,

buried away from the world?

We’ve heard cave survival stories before. In 2010, 33 miners spent 69 days trapped underground before being rescued from a copper and gold mine in Chile. In 2018 the whole world witnessed the rescue of an entire team of teenage Thai soccer players trapped in a flooded mine. The thing is: These people all wanted to get out. Their entrapment was horrific. The Spanish spelunker shut the door on the world.

Some of us want to turn down the noise and enjoy being alone. But 500 days in a cave?

What would make a person choose this challenge? I can only recall the time my kids were 6 and 4, and they were both heaving with a nasty stomach virus and my husband was on a business trip and it was snowing and the dog came back from the groomer with fleas. No question, I would have dived into the cave thing. In a heartbeat I would have been underground, knitting sweet little nothings and reading books.

Sometimes I want to escape a large gathering where there’s just too much noise and chatter signifying nothing. But a cave? For 500 days? One hopes this extraordinary feat may yield good data. When it comes to isolation, I see people

divided into camps, determined most probably by genetics. My husband, for example, does not like being alone. As soon as he finds himself in a room with no possibility of immediate plans, he turns on the TV, cranks up the iPhone and flips open the computer, preferably all at once. Lots of noise. Chatter to the level of chaos.

My hunch is that people who need people all the time and in big numbers often partner up with people who get easily overwhelmed by too much talk and socializing. I don’t know why. But caves are a unique challenge.

Fifteen years ago, we were on a driving trip in the Lascaux area of France. I persuaded my husband, who is awfully good-natured about these things, to join me on a tour of one of the caves that have prehistoric drawings. One problem was that the tour was in German, but I thought, how difficult can that be? Lots of German words are similar to English. I told my husband I thought I could translate.

We were a group of about 20 (18 Germans, two Americans). We descended 40 steps into a dark, narrow passage. I heard

the sound of the massive wooden doors slamming shut at the top of the stairs.

“I’m out of here,” I said to my husband.

“You can’t leave,” he said. “I can’t speak German.”

But I was on automatic pilot, in the grip of a panic attack. I ran up the stairs and banged on the door until someone opened the vault. My husband was stuck on the tour, and got to see the petroglyphs, but the spiel? Nein!

The cave woman in Spain said her experience was “excellent” as she stepped into the light. I want to hear more of her story, to know what it was like without having to do it myself.

Apparently, some of us just want to mix it up, go out to a bar, invite 20 people for dinner, and some of us want to turn down the noise and enjoy being alone.

But a cave for 500 days? Nein.

Much has been written about loneliness and isolation, and its effects on teenagers and older people locked down by the pandemic. Perhaps the significant factor is choice. What feels like loneliness to many is the peace of aloneness to others.

Thoreau had his cabin in the woods, and he said that nothing was as companionable as solitude.

Copyright 2023 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

Carl Johnson prayed in Vietnam, and carried a Bible he passed on to his grandson.

Lithium-ion batteries pose a real threat

Buyer beware. Many of today’s most popular electronics — including Tesla cars, e-scooters and smartphones — are powered by lithium-ion batteries, due to their ability to store large quantities of energy in a small space.

If used correctly, these products are harmless. Many are laboratory tested to be safe, and have functions that can detect when they have received enough juice to hold a charge.

It’s a modern marvel to use the internet from almost anywhere in the world using a portable device and the push of a button, or travel to work without the impact of harmful carbon emissions. But no product is without its faults. As more and more of us come to rely on these batteries for energy, the potential for fires — and in some instances, even explosions — increases.

The growing popularity of micromobility products like electric scooters and bikes has created some concern, particularly in New York City, where, in the past year, more than 200 fires were started by lithium-ion batteries, killing six people and injuring nearly 150 others. But the trend extends beyond the boroughs.

Last September, a woman died in Hempstead in a fire caused by a lithiumion battery. Another home burst into flames in Rockville Centre in January.

“It has absolutely been a problem here on Long Island,” James Hickman, Nassau County’s assistant chief fire marshal, said. “With lithium-ion batteries,

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Randi goes to Mars!

To the Editor:

What a cruel joke Randi Kreiss played on me (I cannot speak for others) as I read her op-ed, “It’s a go for the voyage of a lifetime” in the March 30-April 5 issue.

I was filled with glee as she announced that her chances of going to Mars were excellent. I was almost weightless as I read that she made it through psychological and psychiatric screenings at the space center last spring. I grabbed a table to hold myself down and read on.

Food allergies? Gastrointestinal disorders? I knew Randi would soar over those obstacles. Have you read any of her recipes?

I smiled as I read that she’d received permission to go public with the information about her trip to outer space. I wondered how many hundreds, or thousands, of Herald readers would have highly recommended that she be taken on this Mars mission. Or to the moon.

I thought of Randi putting together green salads as she discovered lichens on the Martian sur-

when they fail, they burn very quickly, and very hot . . . and will ignite nearby combustibles.”

The biggest concern about the batteries, according to fire officials, is the use of after-market batteries and chargers. They are typically not manufactured to the same safety standards as name-brand products.

In order to prevent such fires from occurring, Nassau County firefighters recommend purchasing batteries and chargers from reputable companies, and always following their safety instructions. If they need to be repaired, make sure they are returned to the manufacturer, and only use the battery designed for the device.

It is important not to store electronics near anything that could catch fire or help a fire spread. This includes leaving laptops or other electronic devices on a bed. Even under the best circumstances, these products will get warmer, because the heat from the battery doesn’t have a chance to dissipate. That’s why, in the event that something goes wrong, it’s safer to keep them away from household items that are easily combustible.

And with summer approaching, it is highly recommended not to store any electronics in direct sunlight. Not only can this damage a device and cause it to fail, but it can trigger a chemical reaction known as a “thermal runway,” where the temperature of the battery increases faster and faster until it catches fire.

Another safety tip is to make sure not to charge electronics near your front

door. This could cut off an entrance and exit in the event of an emergency.

Damaged lithium batteries are extremely volatile. They emit harmful gases that can speed up the spread of a fire, and in some cases even reignite one, making it challenging to extinguish.

“Sometimes we’re our own worst enemies,” Hickman said. “We have to charge everything these days.”

While the batteries themselves can be a fire hazard, plugging in too many devices at once — overloading the power supply — can exacerbate the danger. Surge protectors can be helpful in keeping this from happening, but they, too, can be ineffective if they’re off-brand or counterfeit. Plugging in certain electronics — particularly portable space heaters — is a leading cause of fires nationwide.

The National Fire Prevention Association recommends that you stop using a battery at the first sign of odor, change in color, overheating, change in shape, leaking or odd noises. If it is safe to do so, move the device away from anything that can catch fire and call 911.

To properly dispose of a lithium battery, do not put it in the trash. Take it to a battery recycling location, or contact community officials for proper e-waste disposal instructions. A number of retailers also accept these batteries for disposal, like select Home Depot, Walmart and Macy’s stores, according to state officials. Visit Call2Recycle.org/locator for more.

For more safety tips on lithium ion batteries, visit NFPA.org, or contact your local fire department.

Time to give the Five Towns some respect

Long Island is made up of hundreds of communities that proudly proclaim their famous past and any special historical facts that would attract new homeowners. The Five Towns has always stood out as an affluent and well-respected region in southwestern Nassau County. But its political status has been overlooked.

According to Wikipedia, the informal grouping of Cedarhurst, Hewlett, Inwood, Lawrence and Woodmere has been called the Five Towns since 1931. The name was born when Community Chest groups, organized for charitable giving, banded together to form the Five Towns Community Chest. Over the years, all manner of organizations have embraced the Five Towns designation. Many other local communities have, too, including Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor, Hewlett Neck and Woodsburgh. Ask any residents of North Woodmere what geographic conglomerate they’re part of, and they’ll

claim the name Five Towns as well.

There is lots of fascinating history associated with the area. Many buildings there date their origins to the early 1920s, when developers built summer homes in Hewlett. Alexander Cartwright, a Woodsburgh resident, published the first rules of baseball in 1845 for the New York Knickerbockers. Mobster Arnold Rothstein opened a casino in Hewlett Harbor in 1916. Between 1937 and 1941, the Five Towns hosted the professional Negro league baseball teams the Black Yankees and the Brooklyn Royal Giants.

Some real estate brokers eager to associate themselves with the Five Towns named their enclave West Lawrence, as distinct from Far Rockaway. Over the past 20-plus years, a large number of Orthodox families have been attracted to the Five Towns, which has caused a major jump in real estate values. Anyone who has followed the history of the area can attest to the fact that “Back Lawrence,” as it was once called, has been home to many wealthy bankers and developers.

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face, and mixing them in white plastic trays filled with NASA-green pasty spacecraft foods as her fellow astronauts looked like they’d just bitten into lemons. Remember guys: In space, no one can hear you scream.

Other pleasurable visions came to mind, but they all crashed to earth when I read, “Happy April Fools’ Day.” Randi, you had me over the moon for you. I have to thank you for that.

JOHN SCHULTz Oceanside

Every vehicular mistake, caught on camera

To the Editor:

I thought now would be a good time to update you on the latest and greatest in regard to Nassau County’s ongoing venture into dystopia. A few years back, I was advocating against red-light and speed cameras. Let’s repeat upfront: Nobody is advocating for lawlessness. That’s why we have police officers. I said good luck regaining a right you’ve given up, so let’s fight for it.

The silence was deafening.

So what do you say we update where our local surveillance state is today? I do so hope you’re enjoying those $150 redlight tickets. The actual fine is $50, but ya

gotta love those added fees. It seems that in 2015 and 2016 (the only years I could find numbers for; I didn’t do a deep dive), Nassau pulled in, get ready for it, $82.2 million of our money. Were you then surprised to see that that time you didn’t make a complete stop on red before turning at 3 a.m. on a completely empty road got you another $150 bill? Fun stuff.

We’re getting our pockets picked for millions. But did you really think that was going to be the end of it once the powers that be saw the money they were raking in? You’re better off trying to take blood away from a vampire.

So, to update, have you checked out a school bus lately? That’s right, they now have cameras on the sides, and should you pass one with its stop signs deployed, wait by your mailbox for the $288 bill.

But wait, there’s more. Now there are proposals for not only speed cameras, but license plate-reading cameras on the Southern State Parkway as well. And you wonder why our children can’t move away from here fast enough?

Heck, the absolute least they could do would be to install countdowns clocks underneath every traffic light where there’s a camera, to give us half a chance of avoiding a ticket — and getting rearended!

I don’t want to be an I-told-you-so, but who are we kidding? I told you so.

FRED GEFEN Woodmere

census figures, the legislative district lines of the Five Towns have been redrawn, and elections for the Assembly, State Senate and Nassau County Legislature have been dramatically impacted. Once upon a time, the Five Towns was treated with the greatest respect by government mapmakers. Sadly, however, it has been carved into many pieces, and it no longer has the political clout that it once claimed.

power base. The Herald Community Newspapers, now read across Nassau County and beyond, were born in the Five Towns.

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I recall many political names that were connected to the Five Towns. Presiding Supervisor Palmer D. Farrington, along with U.S. Rep. Herbert Tenzer, Town Councilman Eugene Weisbein, State Sen. Karen Burstein and Assemblyman Eli Wager were among its prominent elected officials. In the mid-1960s, Barbara Boxer deserted the Five Towns for California and eventually became a U.S. senator.

From 1972 to 1989, I had the honor of representing the Five Towns in the State Assembly. I knocked on hundreds of doors as a candidate, and attended dozens of events sponsored by the Community Chest and other worthy charities. I viewed the Five Towns as an important

The reason for this walk down memory lane is to lodge an informal protest that no current local elected official has ever aggressively fought to keep the Five Towns as one political unit. The Assembly and Senate district lines, as well as the County Legislature, have been crafted with no respect for the historical identity of these very closely knit communities. This isn’t some form of snobbism; just a commentary on why people who want your vote don’t speak out at the time when new voting districts are created.

We should hope that in 2030, when the next federal census takes place, some dynamic local official will take up the cause of once again making the Five Towns into one united political region. Its great history deserves some extra respect.

Jerry Kremer was an Assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? jkremer@liherald.com.

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