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Heartfelt return home for WWII vet David Marshall honored during football game

By KEPHERD DANIEL kdaniel@liherald.com

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World War ii veteran david Marshall was honored at halftime of the oceanside Homecoming game.

World War II veteran David Marshall was honored at halftime of Oceanside High School’s Homecoming game Saturday.

Marshall, a Baldwin resident since the 1960s, fought in the Army’s 84th Infantry Division, also known as the Railsplitters.

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Repurposing used uniforms to help students in need

By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com

Vanessa Osse ear ned the most prestigious award in Girl Scouts by making a sustainable impact in her community. As a result, more students at her former high school, Long Island Lutheran, now have access to items of clothing that comprise the school’s uniform.

“Uniform Collection” was the name of the project that Osse worked on at Long Island Lutheran, in 2021 and 2022, before she graduated that year.

For her Gold Award, Osse, 19, of Baldwin, developed a collection drive in which students at the

Brookville school could donate used uniforms, which were then repurposed and given to other students in need. She also created a system that made it easy for students to request uniform components that they need.

“My goal for this project was to create a collection drive for students that couldn’t afford unifor m components,” explained Osse, who’s now a sophomore at Emory University in Atlanta. “I was at a private school, and the cost of tuition was already high, and uniforms could place a further financial burden on families.”

Osse noted that she wanted to alleviate financial strain on

the students and families at Long Island Lutheran by creating this marketplace. Students would be able to both donate and request unifor m components, including shirts, sweaters, pants and skir ts.

She worked Vanessa osse with Principal Jessica Raba to advertise the project, and it became a huge hit in the school.

“I also collaborated with my

school again to make a Google spreadsheet to log all of the different uniform components,” Osse said, “as well as a Google form to help students request any sort of uniform components.”

She came up with the idea for the project after visiting a thrift store and seeing a Long Island Lutheran uniform shirt

on a rack. She recalled thinking that it was a shame that there wasn’t any way for old uniforms to be given back to other students who might need them.

“I definitely had some uniform components that I had never worn, just sitting in my closet, collecting dust,” Osse said.

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Debra Mule speaking at a press conference about how the sewage system and infrastructure in Nassau County needs a complete overhaul.

Minority caucus calls for immediate action on infrastructure and storm preparedness

By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com

In the after math of the historic storm that caused several inches of flooding in the area, Nassau County Legislators outlined their strategy for making the county more storm resilient.

Record-breaking rainfall tur ned Long Island roadways into lakes in a matter of hours on Friday, Sept. 29.

Legislators Josh Lafazan, Debra Mulé, Carrié Solages, and Delia Whitton discussed ways to strengthen Nassau County’s infrastructure at a press conf e re n c e l a s t T u e s d ay. T h e i r p l a n addresses ways that the county can better cope with these “hundred-year storms.”

Lafazan opened the conference by calling for a legislative hearing on infrastructure needs. He said that the public deserves to know the state of the infrastructure.

“We need to supplement our emergency alert system,” Lafazan said. “It’s

antiquated and it’s not in the 21st centu“We should be aggressive in workry.” ing with our partners in the Senate Using digital tools to reach all seg- and in the House to make sure we are ments of the population is something the beneficiary here in the county of that Lafazan would like to see imple- those dollars,” Lafazan said. “We, as mented. According to Lafazan, this past an island, have not adapted f ast storm showed that the EAS is not effi- enough to climate change and there’s a cient enough. He referenced significant cost to inachow the EAS did a poor job tion.” during the Hawaii wildfires Mulé spoke on how there and he is calling for a comneeds to be more resources plete upgrade to this system. to go towards the sewer sys“Secondly, we need to do a tem so that the sinkholes better job on drainage,” stop opening up. She said Lafazan said. “Drainage is that the county needs to the key in terms of making r e c e ive $ 1 . 5 b i l l i o n t o sure that our roadways are address the needs of the sufficient.” sewer system. Also, some of Lafazan noted that the the sewer lines got backed installations of newer and up on Sept. 29, which caused larger drainage systems Josh LaFazaN the flooding to be even need to be evaluated. He District 18 legislator worse. wants to use some of the “This is going to happen funding from the American Rescue Plan again and again and again,” Mulé to fix these drainage issues. Also, Lafa- said. “And we need to make sure that zan mentioned that there should be an this is addressed in the county’s capiaggressive plan to seek federal aid. tal plan so that our sewer lines do

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what they need to do and we don’t have to worry about sewage being where it doesn’t belong.”

Solages echoed Lafazan and Mulé’s statements on this issue as he explained that there needs to be funding from the federal level, to the state level, to Nassau county. He said that the county cannot afford to leave this money on the table, as the infrastructure and sewage system is very outdated. In Elmont, Solages said community members started to smell foul sewer smell due to sewage backing up onto the streets.

“We need our government to adapt,” Solages said.

Whitton explained that the funding is being dispersed slowly. She said it takes a lot of time for the money to go out, but said that the communities in Nassau County deserve better. Whitton, along with the other legislators, believe that repairting the infrastructure should be the priority.

“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to have this infrastructure movement,” Whitton said.

WWII veteran David Marshall recalls the Battle of the Bulge He is a member of the Oceanside Jewish War Veterans Post 717 and recently celebrated his 99th birthday.

Marshall has volunteered to speak to the history classes at Oceanside High School about his experiences during World War II, and has done so for the past 10 years.

“I felt I could give some of my knowledge and experience to these young men and women and maybe make a difference,” Marshall said. “In the end, the students say thank you, and they appreciate what I’m trying to do.”

Social studies teacher Todd Nussen started a Patriots Club years ago at the high school, where students honor veterans, connecting students and teachers about the importance of service. Nussen met Marshall at a Veterans Day ceremony — Nussen’s grandfather, who has since died, was in the same infantry division as Marshall during World War II. “We actually had a personal connection, not just a professional one,” Nussen said. “I’m excited to share his stories, share stories of my grandfather, and I’m excited to finally be able to honor him. From our standpoint, it really makes history come alive and connects students to history to teach them how important service is.”

Marshall speaks to students in the school’s world and American history classes and visits during the school’s Human Relations Day in the spring,

when students hear speakers from all different walks of life.

“Hearing from actual people and having a conversation is why we love having Mr. Marshall part of that day,” Nussen said. “When the students are hearing from somebody who was actually there, asking him questions and listening to his experiences, it’s a valuable experience, I think, for him and for the students.”

Marshall was drafted into the Army in 1943 during the middle of World War II. After training to become a field medic and then an engineer, he joined the 84th Infantry Division.

On his 20th birthday, he was sailing to the United Kingdom for training and two months later, found himself on Omaha Beach in November of 1944, just five months after the D-Day invasion.

That winter, his division became involved in one of the most important conflicts of the war — the Battle of the Bulge, World War II’s bloodiest and most costly battle.

During the battle, Europe experienced its coldest winter in 40 years, as Marshall’s infantry suffered with subzero temperatures, blizzards and waistdeep snow while fighting German aircraft and artillery.

Marshall’s infantry division aided in pushing back the German advance and liberating occupied towns. His division has been recognized for liberating several concentration camps and slave labor camps. However, Marshall recalled

experiencing a less-than-stellar return from war.

“I came back much differently than anybody else,” Marshall said. “I was stationed in France at the time, awaiting my time for evacuation, and the Red Cross gave me an emergency furlough and flew me home to New York, where I landed alone. There was no reception. I wanted to go home with my buddies. I wanted to go home on the ship and be welcomed. I wanted to be appreciated. I felt we deserved it, and I got nothing. I landed alone. I was discharged alone.”

Marshall, who fought 170 days in combat, has been honored numerous times since his return from service. He has been awarded the Bronze Star, the French Legion of Honor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the EuropeanAfrican-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, as well as a Presidential Unit Citation.

After the war ended in 1945 and his service was over the following year, he attended City College to study chemistry.

He met Terry in 1947, and they married two years later and had two daughters, Mona and Randy, and later six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Marshall moved from Queens to Baldwin, where he has lived ever since, and spent most of his professional life running a business that designed machinery for cosmetics companies.

Marshall now lives alone since his wife Terry developed dementia and is in a rehab center, but Marshall keeps busy,

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The crowd was packed and roaring at the Homecoming game. even at 99 years old. He exercises four times a week, does a lot of traveling with a veteran’s group, and gives public lectures. Later this year, he will visit Bastogne, Belgium.

Marshall has spoken at Calhoun and Wantagh high schools, and would like to speak to students in his hometown of Baldwin.

Marshall said he appreciates being recognized by Oceanside High School.

“It’s an honor to be honored,” he said.

“Oceanside is very into honoring veterans, so I visit Oceanside and I’m happy.

They treat me well.

“Every time I’m honored, I’m really very pleased, and I still wear my old (Army) uniform,” he added. “It fits and it’s in good shape, and I’m proud to wear it, so when I’m honored, they’re making up for what I didn’t get when I came home.”

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Baldwin Public Library, one of the few libraries in Nassau County offering the services of an onsite social worker, announces new re gular of fice hours for social work consultantations.

M o l ly M i s k i ew i c z a n d t wo inter ns, Karen Garcia and Tina Keeling, who have joined the team to assist her with the social work at the Baldwin Public Library throughout the week.

“With Karen and Tina on board, the library’s social work services are now more readily accessible, and we can advance even further in our ultimate goal of helping to better the lives of our patrons and community,” Miskiewicz said.

“Their help has also made it possible for us to begin exploring new pro g rams and g roups that are much needed.”

The social services team will be on hand to offer help to patrons with their social service needs

i n cl u d i n g h o u s i n g , l e g a l a i d , childcare, food insecurity, mental health, and more.

“There are so many individuals and families that are in need of resources and guidance, and it’s been a challenge trying to meet all needs as a solo practitioner,” Miskiewicz continued, adding, “ H av i n g K a re n a n d T i n a h a s already made a significant difference in how quickly we are able to provide services, and I’m confident that our work will only continue to improve.”

The social worker office at BPL is located across from the Adult Reference Desk.

The new hours are Tuesdays & Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Vir tual and phone appointments outside these hours may be available by request.

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There was so much fun, love, and laughter that not even a steady rain could put a damper on Mount Sinai South Nassau’s second annual Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Reunion held recently at the hospital’s administrative campus in Hicksville.

Children and their families enjoyed a wonderful afternoon filled with fun activities, great food, sweet treats, and adorable animals. The celebration included arts and crafts, a visit with Chase from Paw Patrol, a magic show, and live music. There was plenty of food and tasty sugary treats for everyone, including pizza, chicken meals, and wraps as well as donuts and ice cream.

When they weren’t eating, snacking and taking snapshots with Chase and Mount Sinai South Nassau staff, families and children were decorating picture frames, pumpkins, and painted stainedglass leave sun catchers, while listening to live music. Some children served as magician assistants, giggling to the tricks and having fun while being amazed.

In between the fun and food, families and children were thrilled by Steppin Out Ponies and Petting Zoo, feeding and petting the ponies, goats, sheep, and baby alpacas: Stewie and Harvey, as well as rabbits and ducks.

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WILL TOLLIVER Carey Senior Football WELL ON HIS way to a third straight All-County football season, Tolliver had a career night Sept. 22 while leading the Seahawks to a 41-29 victory at Long Beach. He scored five touchdowns, four rushing and one on special teams as Carey completed the first half of its Conference II schedule undefeated. Tolliver had touchdown runs covering 56, 5, 5 and 2 yards and capped his memorable performance with a 27-yard blocked punt return for a score.

GAMES TO WATCH Thursday, Oct. 12 Girls Volleyball: Lawrence at Clarke ........................... 5 p.m.

Football: Calhoun at MacArthur ................................ 6 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 13 Girls Volleyball: North Shore at Oceanside ................ 5 p.m.

Football: Farmingdale at Oceanside ......................... 6 p.m.

Football: Lynbrook at South Side .............................. 6 p.m.

Football: Kennedy at Hewlett .................................... 6 p.m.

Football: North Shore at West Hempstead ...........6:30 p.m.

Football: Uniondale at V.S. Central ............................ 7 p.m.

Football: C.S. Harbor at Malverne ............................. 7 p.m.

Football: New Hyde Park at Long Beach ................... 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 14 Boys Volleyball: Mepham at Long Beach............11:45 a.m.

Boys Volleyball: South Side at Garden City ........11:45 a.m.

Football: Syosset at Freeport..................................... 2 p.m.

Football: V.S. South at Seaford.................................. 2 p.m.

Football: Mepham at Carey....................................... 2 p.m.

Football: Floral Park at Wantagh................................ 3 p.m.

Football: East Rockaway at Locust Valley .................. 3 p.m.

Football: Mepham at Manhasset .............................. 2 p.m.

Football: Wantagh at Lynbrook .................................. 2 p.m.

Football: Long Beach at Sewanhaka......................... 2 p.m.

Football: Elmont at New Hyde Park ........................... 2 p.m.

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Tuan Nguyen led the Roslyn boys’ volleyball team to the county championship just two seasons ago. Now, he’s shaping the Baldwin girls’ program into instant contenders.

After a forgettable three-win season in 2022, the Bruins find themselves among the top half of the Conference 4 standings with a 7-2 mark, including a seemingly easy 25-11, 25-10, 25-8 sweep over winless Hempstead last Saturday. Kate Heuser led the way with eight kills and two aces and fellow senior co-captain Nyla McDermott added 5 kills and 3 aces.

It was a bounce-back win for Baldwin after losing to undefeated Farmingdale two days earlier.

Baldwin sits fourth in the standings entering this week’s action behind Great Neck South, Farmingdale and Roslyn, but may need to run the table against some stiff competition and get help from other schools in the final two weeks of the season since only the conference champion advances to the playoffs. Some of the tougher games remaining include Hicksville on Oct. 17 and season-concluding visits to MacArthur and Roslyn.

No matter the result, the Bruins are undoubtedly a team on the rise due to a simple solution by Nguyen.

“Back to the basics, serving and receiving,” he stated. “That’s the most important skill in volleyball. I’m really doing the basics with them right now.”

The Bruins’ most impressive win this season was a four-set triumph against Great Neck North on Oct. 2. They won the first set 25-18 and gutted out a 26-24 victory in the second before closing the match 25-20 in the final session.

“That, by far, is the biggest win so far,” Nguyen said. “They played well together and stuck to the game plan. We out-served them and received the ball and helped out on the defense.”

The team showed plenty of moxie earlier in the season against Valley Stream Central (6-2) on Sept. 13, battling back from a two-sets-to-none deficit

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Senior Nyla McDermott is one of Baldwin’s captains and a steady offensive contributor, including from the service line. before falling 15-5 in the last stanza for its first loss of the season following three straight 3-0 wins.

Heuser, an outside hitter, leads the team in most categories, including kills (51), blocks (10) and aces (22). She had 10 kills in Baldwin’s season-opening win at Uniondale on Sept. 6.

“She’s a well-rounded player,” Nguyen said. “She’s the most consistent in her killing, in serving, and defense-wise.”

The lefty McDermott has also been a consistent contributor from the right side with 25 kills, 15 aces and 8 blocks on the season while adjusting to a revolv-

ing door of setters, which is now solidified by experienced sophomore Mia Randazzo (25 assists.)

“I think she’s more consistent and she has a good sense of what a setter is all about,” Ngueyn explained. “I think she can fit this year.”

Junior Blaine Harding is the digs leader with 25 and one of the Bruins’ most athletic and aggressive players.

Sophomore Sabrah Folkes has shown “good control of the ball” at outside hitter, according to Nguyen, and junior Jadyn Culbreath has been a “good fit” as the middle hitter who thrives on defense.

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Jackson determined to stop Long Island ‘exodus’

By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com

Ben Jackson is not only concerned about the cost of living in his community, but also the cost of the fentanyl drug crisis. Those concerns prompted him to seek the Nassau County Legislature seat that would otherwise be held by Debra Mulé after redistricting from earlier this year goes into effect.

President of the Freeport Chamber of Commerce for more than two years, Jackson wants to use his time in Mineola to create a safer community for his family and neighbors.

“I just see that things could be better,” Jackson told reporters at a recent Herald Roundtable session.

“While I am walking around and talking to people, I hear concerns.”

Jackson started Ben’s General Contracting Corp., 43 years ago. He’s also on the board of Freeport for Veterans, and spends time working with Friends of Freeport, where he helps people impacted by different disasters like Hurricane Sandy.

Disasters like that cost the neighbors Jackson cares about money, which is why he says it’s vital to “hold the line” on property and sales taxes. Jackson deals with finances all the time — especially with his business — but also sees how the government just “throws money away.”

“I think with further research into where the tax money goes towards,” he said, “things can be done a bit more efficiently.”

People are leaving New York state — and Long Island — in massive numbers, with cost of living shouldering most of the blame. Jackson describes these departures as an “exodus,” which is why he

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Ben Jackson says he would ‘hold the line’ on taxes if he were elected to the Nassau County Legislature, but he would ensure critical areas like education and law enforcement continue to be properly funded. would focus on this particular issue if elected. If his children and mother are struggling to afford to live on Long Island, then he could only imagine what it’s like for others. That makes affordability a personal issue

for him.

“And once people leave, taxes go up,” Jackson said.

“You have fewer people paying sales tax and property tax, so I think the quality of life issues and the cost of living are two things that concern me very much.”

While he’s all for holding taxes exactly where they are now, Jackson also wants to ensure critical areas like education and crime prevention are properly funded. He described the Nassau County Police Department as one of the best police departments in the country. But with statewide bail reform laws put in place last year, he feels officers here have their hands tied behind their backs.

It’s not that reform isn’t needed, Jackson said. It’s just this particular take on bail reform is just too drastic.

“We need to allow our judges to judge,” he added.

With fentanyl overdoses on the rise, government must do more to combat drug dealers, Jackson said.

Although this issue is being fought on the federal level, Jackson still believes he should have a voice in this as a legislator.

While he praises the efforts Mulé has undertook since taking office, Jackson says more can be done.

That includes being more vocal about why drugs are continuing to cross the southern border into the United States, and how it can be stopped.

“I know I am not going to change the world,” Jackson said, “but I have to start somewhere.”

Mulé wants to finish revamping old infrastructure

By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com

From the Kellogg House renovations to the crumbling infrastructure in her district, Debra Mulé has set her priorities for a potential fourth term.

The Democrat currently represents the Nassau County Legislature’s fifth district, but after censusfueled redistricting, Mulé moves to the sixth district that encompass parts of Baldwin, Oceanside and Freeport.

The infrastructure issues hit Mulé’s district through a number of sinkholes, so she’s planning to work to get funding for underground piping through another term. Despite being in the minority, Mulé believes she can continue finding common ground among her colleagues from across the aisle to fix these urgent issues.

“What is happening is, we have aging infrastructure,” Mulé told reporters at a recent Herald Roundtable session. “So, sewer pipes are getting cracks in them, and the dirt that’s underneath the pavement is going in the cracks. And with nothing to hold up the pavement, you get sinkholes.”

Infrastructure in some places is about 80 years old, Mulé said. After a sinkhole opened on Grand Avenue in late June, Mulé sent letters to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, Gov. Kathy Hochul, U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman in the hopes funding these infrastructure capital projects would become a priority.

“There’s going to be sinkholes everywhere if we don’t take care of this,” Mulé said.

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Debra Mulé is on a mission to fix the nearly century-old roads and buildings, if she’s elected to continue serving in the Nassau County Legislature in a new district.

One way to tackle the issue is through something called the Complete Streets Project. A portion of

Grand Avenue received a complete redo of the road with new paving, paver stones, decorative lighting, and curb bump outs. This project, according to Mulé, will be completed within the next couple of weeks.

“I am very proud that I got this project through the legislature because there was a small, but vocal, minority who was against it,” she said. “But I persevered, and now the project is nearly completed.”

Another renovation project that has Mulé’s attention is the Kellogg House in Baldwin. It was once the home of Civil War veteran George Sumner Kellogg that became an antique shop not long after he died in 1918. It has been out of operation for the past couple of decades, however, and has become an eyesore to many.

“The Kellogg House, which is the only designated historic house in Baldwin, has been looking terrible for a long time,” Mulé said. “This became my new priority.”

The roof, windows and exterior already have been replaced or restored, and now Mulé wants to focus on the interior. Once that’s done, Mulé plans to work with the county to find possible community uses for the Kellogg House.

And then there’s the Oakwood Beach Club, something else that many have described as an eyesore in Baldwin Harbor. The beach club has been out of business for more than a decade, and crime has grown on the Milburn Avenue property. If re-elected, Mulé says she’ll focus on making it right.

“There are environmental concerns on this property because it is on very sensitive land,” Mulé said. “It’s 3 acres of waterfront property, so it really could be quite stunning — and something special.”

Osse plans to expand collection drive to other schools Because she organized the project at a time when in-person activity was limited, she wasn’t able to give out too many uniforms, but she managed to collect around 60 articles of clothing for her project. She was presented with the Gold Award last December.

“Each of the Girl Scouts who earned their Gold Award this year showed fortitude, diligence and enthusiasm in creating and executing a plan to act on a societal issue,” Randell Bynum, the chief executive of Girl Scouts of Nassau County, stated in a June press release.

“We are very proud and impressed by

each of them for reaching their goals and leaving a legacy with their communities. Their dedication is evident and their hard work has touched countless lives. This year, we had Girl Scouts addressing real-life issues such as environmental justice and sustainability, mental and emotional wellness, gender equality in sports, and more. We commend each of them for their important work.”

High school Girl Scouts like Osse begin their Gold Award journey by identifying a civic or social issue that is important to them. Next, they build a team to help them with the project, with

M

y goal for this project was to create a collection drive for students that couldn’t afford uniform components.

Vanessa Osse Girl Scout, Troop 2315 the mission of creating a positive impact in their community. The projects are

designed to be sustainable, so they can continue long after the scouts that create them earn their awards. Osse’s project is being carried on by Long Island Lutheran’s National Honor Society, which is continuing to collect and repurpose uniforms.

“I did reach out to other students and other schools that also have uniforms, and I described my collection drive,” Osse said, “and they mentioned that they wanted to implement something similar with their schools.”

She says she plans to continue addressing causes that she cares about in her community.

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Baldwin High School ranked one of the best schools in country Baldwin Union Free School District announced that for the fourth consecutive year Baldwin High School was among the “Best High Schools” in America, according to the U.S. News & World Report.

Additionally, out of 1,325 high schools in New York State, Baldwin High School ranked no. 249, moving up nearly 100 rankings from the previous year’s standing at No. 340.

The U.S. News “Best High Schools” rankings include data on nearly 25,000

public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Of those schools, approximately 17,680 were ranked based on six factors focused on their performance on state assessments and how well they prepare students for college.

The rankings encompass traditional high schools, as well as charter, magnet and science, technology, engineering, and math-focused schools.

According to U.S. News, the rankings are based on state education data col-

lected from the 2020-21 academic year and six indicators of school quality, including college readiness, reading and math proficiency, underserved student perfor mance, colle g e cur riculum breadth and graduation rates.

College readiness, which counts for 30% of the overall score used to determine the school’s final ranking, specifically measures participation and performance on Advanced Placement, AP, and International Baccalaureate exams. Of note, this does not include dual enroll-

ment or college-level courses that many high schools, including Baldwin, offer today.

“Having access to a strong high school program is paramount for students as they face an ever-changing world,” says Liana Loewus, managing editor of education at U.S. News, in a release. “Making data on our high schools available helps parents ensure their child is in the educational environment that best sets them up to thrive.”

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Oktoberfest returns at the Baldwin Community Garden The Baldwin Civic Association’s 5th Annual Oktoberfest took place last Saturday afternoon.

The event featured food, games, and beer tasting. Local craft beer brewers were featured including Lithology, Long Beach Brewing Company, South Shore Craft Breweries, Barrier Brewing, and Jones Beach Brewing Company. The event ended with a stein holding contest.

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Oktoberfest 2023 kicks off with three members of the Baldwin Civic Association. Robin Ananicz, Rob Weisser and Erika Hall.

Joseph Eberhart drinking his brew in his Stein, which was originally from Germany.

Joseph Eberhart with his daughter Shea dressed up to celebrate this year’s Oktoberfest at the Baldwin Community Garden.

Eric Alexander, Jessenia Mendez, Marguarette Grasing, and Willy Zambrano, members of the Baldwin Community and other surrounding areas, having a good time at Oktoberfest.

Karen Mathisen and George Figueroa in their festive Oktoberfest attire. They love this time of the year and love to celebrate the Baldwin Civic Association’s Oktoberfest.

Lester Hayes, Paulette, and Paul Lalljee drinking a few different flavors of brew from Manny Coelho of Lithology.

Jeanine Driscoll hosts tax forums

brief essay explaining the reasons for your nomination, as well as an example of how your candidate has made a difference in public education in Nassau County. Winners will be announced in January 2024 and honored later that year at a special gala sponsored by the Nassau BOCES Educational Foundation on May 7, 2024, at the Crest Hollow Country Club. Visit NBEducationalFoundation.org for more information.

The Nassau BOCES Educational Foundation provides grants used to support specialized activities that are often beyond the

scope of Nassau BOCES’ operating budget.

Grants have funded iPads for classroom use, adaptive tools and therapy programs for special education, master classes and mentoring artist programs for the Long Island High School for the Arts, and a library, and wellness classes for the Adult Learning Center.

A vital regional resource, Nassau BOCES offers state-of-the-art programs for learners of all ages and abilities as well as cost-effective services for school districts and municipalities. We empower students to achieve their maximum potential in

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Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes Jeanine Driscoll greeted Luana Schilling of North Baldwin and Delva Brown of Roosevelt during a Town of Hempstead Taxpayer Forum on September 20, 2023 at Baldwin Park.

Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes Jeanine Driscoll greeted Baldwin community members during a Town of Hempstead Taxpayer Forum.

The forum occurred on Sept. 20 at Baldwin Park. Receiver of Taxes Driscoll explained how residents can lower their property tax bills by applying for tax exemption programs, and also provided an overview of new payment features, paperless billing, payment reminders, tax discounts and more.

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alternative, artistic, outdoor, special education, virtual, and career and technical environments. We offer adult education programs that are vital to improving the Long Island regional economy. In addition, our technology services form the backbone of many school districts’ infrastructures. As the county’s educational leader in implementing the state’s reform efforts, we are helping to shape the future of education. To learn more, visit www.nassauboces.org, like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

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Entry format: Please use an 8 1/2 by 11 inch piece of unlined paper All entries should have the student’s name, age, address, telephone number, email, grade and school printed on the back. Design can be reflective of all religious holidays. Entries will not be returned.

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Nominations are now being accepted for the Nassau BOCES Education Partner Awards, which recognizes those who have made a measurable impact on public education in Nassau County.

If you know an individual or organization that has made a significant contribution to education, now is the time to honor their efforts. Nominations are due by Friday, November 10 to be considered for the 2024 award.

For over 17 years, Nassau BOCES has recognized those exceptional individuals and organizations that share its commitment to empowering students of all ages and abilities to achieve their maximum potential. Over 181 Education Partners have been named and commended for their outstanding support of, and influence on, public education.

Education Partners come from all walks of life and have included families, educators, coaches, businesspeople, superintendents, journalists, medical professionals, volunteers, legislators, college professors, and retirees. The award is open to anyone who has made a significant contribution to education, from pre-school to adult education.

Nominations can be made in any of the following six award categories: Education partner, which is open to all, Nassau BOCES employees, organizations, school board members, students, and teachers.

It is easy to make a nomination. Visit NassauBoces.org/nominate. You can complete the online nomination or download a form to email. You will need to include a

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Thousands expected for breast cancer walk cshaw@liherald.com

A wave of pink will wash over the South Shore this weekend, bringing awareness to breast cancer.

Jones beach will see thousands walking for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer on Sunday. Hosted by the American Cancer Society and presented by Teachers Federal Credit Union, the walk is anticipated to be one of the biggest in the country, expected to attract more than 60,000 participants, raising more than $2 million.

According to Katie Schafer, executive director for the Long Island region of the non-profit organization.

“It really just brings together all walks of life here on Long Island,” said Katie Schafer, executive director for the cancer society’s local region.

The event, celebrating its 30th anniversary, sees all sorts of participants come together to raise awareness and fund research for breast cancer. Companies, families and cancer survivors all unite to make a difference at Jones Beach, Schafer said, because the disease is all too familiar.

“Everyone you talk to knows somebody who has been diagnosed with breast cancer,” she said.

Joanne Ameruoso is someone who knows all too well. Her grandmother, aunt and mother all died from breast

cancer. The Merrick resident was angry after her mother’s death in 2013 because her mom refused to seek treatment and did not tell her about the disease until a few days before she died.

“My mom passed away from breast cancer because she was afraid of it so much that she chose to ignore it when she discovered it.” Ameruoso said.

K n o w i n g h e r f a m i l y h i s t o r y, Ameruoso sought to get genetic testing.

She was negative for the BRCA gene, which puts women at a much higher risk. But when her doctor told her she was a ticking time bomb due to her family history, Ameruoso took preventive measures.

“I’m not going to be another victim of this breast cancer,” she said.

Ameruoso underwent a double mastectomy in 2016. In the process, she learned she had Lynch syndrome, an inherited genetic disorder that increases risk for several cancers, including stomach, colon, liver, brain, skin and endometrial. Acting early showed Ameruoso how important it is to get screened and research family genetics.

“We have to stay educated,” she said, “because, God forbid, you find out when it’s too late.”

Ameruoso has been an advocate for breast cancer awareness for more than 20 years now. She has participated in breast cancer walks and even wrote a memoir, “Faith Over Fear,” about how

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Walkers place tokens on the turning point fence at last year’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk.

More than $2 million is expected to be raised for this year’s walk, taking place on Jones Beach.

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her mom’s fear of breast cancer became her fight. The book — written while she was coping with her mother’s death — aimed to help women overcome the fear associated with cancer.

For Ameruoso, it is important to be proactive in raising awareness.

“This is a time for us to come together and really show the people working behind the scenes all year long to continue the fight against breast cancer and all cancers,” she said.

Breast cancer walks have made significant monetary contributions to

research and breakthroughs for treatment medications such as tamoxifen and trastuzumab, more commonly known by its brand, Herceptin.

“Since 1993, we’ve seen a 42 percent reduction in cancer mortality,” Schafer said. “And that is just because of walks like these.”

The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk at Jones Beach will take place at Field 5, with a rolling start between 7 and 10 a.m.

For more information — and to register — visit ACSEvents.org.

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Multi-faceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is one of his generation’s pivotal figures in music. Enjoy his jazz stylings when he brings his talents to the Landmark stage. A recognized prodigy, Cohen began Suzukimethod piano instruction at age 3.

His playing quickly became a mature melding of musicality and technique.

Downbeat observed that his nimble touch and harmonic vocabulary indicate he’s above any convoluted technical showmanship. In constant demand, he leads his namesake ensemble — the Emmet Cohen Trio — and is a vibrant solo performer.

Possessing a fluid technique and extensive repertoire, Cohen plays with the command of a seasoned veteran and the passion of an artist fully devoted to his medium. He headlines regularly at Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Village Vanguard, among other prestigious venues.

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By Karen Bloom

mmersive art experiences continue to shake up traditional perceptions of “art.” Now Claude Monet, the beloved transformational Impressionist, gets the Van Gogh treatment (which has enticed visitors in various forms since 2021).

“Beyond Monet: The Immersive Experience” gives guests a glimpse into the emotions and perspectives of the leading figure of Impressionism. Created by the same team that brought “Beyond Van Gogh” to Long Island, it’s full of infinite potential for wonder, and sheds new light on what the world thought it knew about Claude Monet.

The experience showcases more than 400 of Monet’s iconic classics, including “Water Lilies,” “Impression, Sunrise” and “Poppies at Argenteuil.”

“Beyond Monet,” which opened Oct. 7, has settled into the same space at Samanea New York — the By retail/ Karen Bloom WHERE entertainment complex that was formerly the site of the Mall at the Source in Westbury — that just recently housed the Can art change thelatest world? a question WHEN Van Gogh exhibit. This showcaseIt’s was again created

by French-Canadian visual designer Mathieu St-Arnaud, ••Now through Jan. 2 noon-4 that’sexecutive beencreative at the focus of our collective Saturday and Sunday, director and founder of Montreal’s Normal • Sundays 11 a.m.-6 p.m. (last p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, Studio, with his team of multimedia specialists and artists, entry 5 p.m.); Wednesday culture for centuries.

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•(last Emilyentry Lowe6 Hall Gallery, digital technology with the artworks enhances light and hues, p.m.); Friday and navigates the complexities of modern life, South Campus, Hempstead. allowing visitors to completely immerse themselves in the Saturday, 11 a.m.9 p.m. (last For information entry 8 p.m.) and to RSVP, accompanied by a livelychange soundtrack. is at the art asimages, a “Through path for social • Tickets available at or visit call (516) 463-5672, cutting edge technology, Beyond BeyondMonet.com Hofstra.edu/museum Monetof is redefi ning what art means to people,” says Justin forefront artistic expression.

• Samanea New York, 1500 Old Paquin, Paquin’s exhibitions and theatrical president. “It has Country Road, Westbury elevated artwork to the next level, allowing us to form new “When We All Stand,” Museum Art’sjust new relationships withHofstra notableUniversity masterpieces that of were notexhibition, examines possible in of previous the collective power the artsyears.” in society.

InAlexandra the process our relationship to these assistant artists —director in this case, Monet — is forever changed.

Curated by Giordano — the museum’s of exhibition and all-encompassing experience combines projection, music and sound effects in a collection The — the exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility andoriginal influence. re-imagining of role Monet’s including the artist’s “It highlights the vital that treasured artists havecreations, in activating democratic valuesown thatthoughts and words into the narrative and musical score. promise equality and freedom, encouraging civic engagement, and cultivating unity,” “When you stand inside ‘Beyond Monet,’ you truly feel like you are part of Monet’s Giordano passionate says. “Artists often charge and expose that may otherwise be Fanny Curtat, quest forlead thethe effervescent beauty oftruths the world,” says art historian ignored. The artists in this exhibition take a stand and call out injustices through their art perspectives to who consulted on the project.“Experiences like these create fresh and original and activism on issues such as immigration, gender, reproductive rights, mass incarceration, interact with art in dynamic and fascinating ways.” voting rights, racial bias,atgun violence, combine thefront making It’s a look Monet’s art and freedpromises from itsunfulfi frameslled. thatThey putsallthe observer and center, of art withincorporating public serviceboth that still has and a grassroots in the400 hope of mobilizing theiralive, appear, and moving approach images. Some masterpieces come disappear, ow across multiple surfaces,create the minutia of details enveloping heightened communities and theflnation to ignite movement, awareness, and inspire othersvisitors’ to stand withsenses. them.”The show is projected on every surface around you, making you feel as though you have stepped directly into aJuly painting.

This exhibit, which runs through 28, is in conjunction with Hofstra’s Monet’s art appears disappears, guests’upsenses and allowing them to 13th presidential conference on theand Barack Obama heightening presidency coming in April.

“We were interested in the idea that the artist has a civic responsibility,” says museum director Karen Albert. “The initial idea for this exhibition was inspired by an Obama Administration White House briefing that took place on May 12, 2009,

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Friday, Oct. 13, 8 p.m. $48, $43, $38. Jeanne Rimsky 13 Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

become one with his expressive brush strokes and blurred shapes and colors that capture the natural light and forms of the impressionist style of painting.

“You’re immediately immersed in a fantasticalPat McGann Pat McGann is quickly rising as one ephemeral landscape,” Curtat says.

We may think we know Monet, but accordingoftothe sharpest stand-ups on the comedy scene. A relative latecomer Curtat, that’s not necessarily so. comedy, he began doing stand“This is an opportunity to go beyond the mythtoand uptoat 31 after realizing he was not the easy beauty of his works,” she adds. “We tend very forget how radical and challenging his painting was at good the at selling packaging.

Blazin’ pumpkins hustled his way to become the time. He’s so widely known, but there’s somethingHe almost The Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze Chicago, deceptive with that level of notoriety — especially house when emcee at Zanies is back at Old Village an artist is so famous that they are overlooked. This is a he distinguished himselfBethpage where as Restoration.

The Halloween-themed unique opportunity for people to not only see more facets adept at especially working the event which of his work, but learn more about just how radicalcrowd. his A husband and— father ofhad its start in the Hudson Valley at Van Cortlandt work was for the period. three young children, McGann’s Manor in Croton-on-Hudson — “Today, we may take for granted these ‘easy’ appeal stems from his quick wit more contemplations, but they were scandalous when they and relatable takefeatures on family lifethan 7,000 illuminated, hand-crafted jack o’ were first unveiled. He went on to open the door to andsomarriage. In individually 2017, McGann displayed much — not just in terms of the progression of artbegan history, touring aslanterns the opening act throughout the restored village. but also in terms of subjective vision and freedom for of Sebastian Maniscalco, movingThe pumpkins are carved into elaborate sculptural expression.” with him from clubs to theater, displays Different elements — scenes — take visitors on to arenas, including four that sold-light up the night, creating a family-friendly experience.

Monet’s journey and the themes that comprised his out shows at Madison Square Visitors strollshort, the immersive pumpkin life’s work. After entering the Garden Gallery, the Garden.

Prism McGann’s relatively trail, past 19th-century buildings and transports everyone into the exhibit’s biggest feature area. but impressive resume, includes Taking inspiration from Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris — Montreal’s famedthrough Just Forhistoric Laughsbarns, fully enveloped in a fall wonderland, complete the designated home of Monet’s masterpieces —Festival, guests Gilda’s LaughFest, The with an all-original can freely roam the Infinity Room to absorb the artist’s Great American Comedy Festival, soundtrack, synchronized bright and colorful paintings. and more. McGann still calls lighting, and special Monet’s stunning imagery encompasses everyChicago surface home. effects. New this year: Go ‘under the sea’ with a giant pumpkin-octopus. of the room. It is a haven for awakening the senses as by a$35, ‘gourd-geous’ the ebb and flow of the artwork is accompanied by the Feb. 11,Be8 wowed Saturday, p.m. $40, mythical Montauk mermaid. Meet the rhythm of Jean-Sébastien Coté’s original symphonic score. $30, $25. The Paramount, 370 Minions-like (800) friendly Pumpkin Pals.

“I’m so excited for people to understand thatNew whatYork Ave., Huntington. or Ticketmaster.com or carving every And watch pumpkin we take for granted (now), was incredibly new at 745-3000 the ParamountNY.com. night. time,” Curtat says.

It’s the 19th century meeting up with the 21st century Now through Nov. 5. Tickets start in another compelling artistic journey. at $19 and must purchased in Courtesy Paquin Entertainment advance. Old Bethpage Village Monet’s masterpieces come to life through projection Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp technology that uses over 4 trillion content pixels in the Road, Old Bethpage. For tickets and multi-dimensional projections. information, visit PumpkinBlaze.org.

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On exhibit View the landmark exhibition “Modigliani and the Modern Portrait,” at Nassau County Museum of Art. Devoted to the way that Modigliani powerfully re-defined the art of portraiture, the show includes his masterworks along with paintings and drawings by his Parisian contemporaries (Picasso, van Dongen, Laurencin). Modigliani’s enduring influence on artists even in our own time is shown in a selection of Contemporary paintings by such important figures as David Hockney, Eric Fischl, Elizabeth Peyton and others. The exhibition is being curated by Dr. Kenneth Wayne, founder of The Modigliani Project, which authenticates paintings and drawings (two of the works in the show have been recently approved by the committee). Through Nov. 5.

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

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Familis are invited to a fangtastic night filled with eerie surprises, gallery trick or treating and a monster-led dance party at the annual Halloween celebration, Saturday, Oct. 21, 6-9 p.m.

Arrive at the Museum in your most creative and dazzling costume (adults too) and stop at activity stations throughout museum for themed-craft projects and more. Get ready for some mysterious encounters as you enter the unknown in the “Outta This World Spooky Space,” where guests can explore an imaginary planet. Show off your spooktacular dance moves on our Monster Mash Dance Floor and then pump up your energy by making a gooey snack to sink your teeth into. Stop by the LICM Theater for Uncle Vlad’s Pumpkin Patch. Uncle Vlad returns with more stories and songs to share with his nephew Chad, and his fellow friendly creatures of the night. The theater add-on features puppet artists Kyle Mahoney, Sebastiano Ricci, Carrie Heffernan and Austin M. Costello. Tickets required. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City.

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Nassau County Museum of Art welcomes those interested in improving their art skills or those who simply want to explore their creativity to participate in one of their many stimulating classes.

The fall schedule includes Watercolor Florals: Beginner to intermediate levels (adults and teens 16+), Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Nov. 2-Dec. 14. $300, $270 members. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. For information and to register visit NassauMuseum.org or call (516) 484-9338.

The South Shore Audubon Society welcomes all to join its members for a bird walk, at Point Lookout Town Park and Lido Preserve afterwards, Sunday, Oct. 15, starting at 9 a.m. Walk leaders, other birders and nature enthusiasts are happy to share their knowledge and experience with you.

Bring binoculars. The group will meet in the southeast corner of the large parking lot on the south side of Point Lookout Town Park, (closest to the private homes of the village of Point Lookout and the beach), then walk east along the beach toward Jones Inlet. After returning to the parking lot, drive west on Lido Boulevard to Lido Beach Passive Nature Preserve on the north side of Lido Boulevard to walk through the bay marsh. To register, text your name and contact information to (516) 467-9498. Also text regarding questionable weather conditions.

For more information, visit SSAudubon.org.

The Great Giveback: Baxter’s Pet Pantry Participate in the public library system’s community service initiative. This year, the Baldwin Public Library has decided to give back to Baxter’s Pet Pantry, throughout October. Patrons are requested to donate 5-10 pounds of dog and cat food; canned dog meat; kitty litter; treats; new toys: food for all pets, included, but not limited to reptiles, fish, ferrets, and hamsters. All donations must be new and unopened. Donation drop boxes will be located in the Library’s lobby. 2385 Grand Ave. Visit BaldwinPL.org or call (516) 561-8216 for information.

Having an event?

Masquerade Ball Benefit Gala Enjoy the spirit of the season at a Howloween Masquerade Gala benefiting Freeport-based Bobbi and the Strays animal rescue, Thursday Oct. 26, 7 p.m.-12 a.m., at Russo’s on the Bay. $125 ticket price includes four-course dinner, dancing, entertainment and raffles. All funds raised support sheltering and medical needs of the rescued dogs and cats.162-45 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach. For information, call (917) 2139840 or (718) 845-0779.

Sunday Music Long Island Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra performs, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2-3:30 p.m., at Baldwin Public Library.

The orchestra is comprised of mandolins, mandolas, guitars, mandocellos, string bass, drums, and accordion, playing Latin and Italian tunes. 2385 Grand Ave. Tickets required. Visit BaldwinPL. org or call (516) 561-8216 for information.

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.

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Westbury House Tour For many years visitors to Westbury House at Old Westbury Gardens asked what was beyond the first floor corridor. Now beyond the door and discover “secrets of the service wing,” during a 60-minute guided tour, Friday, Oct.13, noon-1 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 15, 1:30-2:30 p.m. and 3-4 p.m.; Monday, Oct. 16, noon-1 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 18-19, noon-1 p.m. Be introduced to the intensive labor required to create the lifestyle experienced by the Phipps family and their guests; tour the many rooms that were “behind the scenes” to create the formal dining experiences of early 20th century. Go along the corridors to the butler’s pantry and silver cleaning room then descend the 17 steps to the kitchen, scullery, and wine storage rooms located on the ground floor. Reservations required. 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information contact (516) 333-0048 or visit OldWestburyGardens.org.

Spooky Fest is back A Halloween experience not to be missed, Spooky Fest is an outdoor adventure perfect for families who don’t want to be scared — or maybe just a little. Join in the fun at the Center for Science, Teaching and Learning, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday throughout October. Along the way in the updated and beautifully lit up, Enchanted Walk you will see dinosaurs, aliens and friendly witches, costumed characters and more.

Get your fortune told, make a craft and danceg with the Halloween DJ, along with face painting and the new Amazing Glow tent. For those who want to get a little scared, venture into the Dino Woods. Be on the lookout for the Zombie Robotic Dinosaurs. 1450 Tanglewood Road, Rockville Centre. Visit CSTL.org for more information.

The Great Book Giveaway The Great Book Giveaway is back! In honor of The Great Giveback, Baldwin Public Library will once again hosts a great big giveaway of books and other items, Saturday, Oct. 21, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come find a new title or uncover some old favorites! And don’t forget to grab a Baldwin Public Library bag or bring one of your own. 2385 Grand Ave. Visit BaldwinPL.org or call (516) 561-8216 for information.

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Health care pros honored at Herald

By PARKER SCHUG pschug@liherald.com

It’s an event that’s not just about recognition, but about celebrating — and giving heartfelt thanks — to those who have been “guardians of Long Islanders’ well-being.”

Those were the words of Amy Amato, executive director of RichnerLive, to kick off the second annual Herald Long Island Excellence in Healthcare Awards.

It was not only cocktail, dinner and dessert, but a night of awards, handed out by ABC-7 investigative reporter Kristin Thorne at The Heritage Club at Bethpage on Sept. 27. A portion of ticket proceeds — as usual with RichnerLive events — went to a local charity. For this event, that recipient was Mental Health Association of Nassau County.

Tara Buonocore-Rut, president and chief executive of CenterLight Healthcare Pace, was among the recipients.

“It’s such an honor, it’s really not an honor for me,” she said. “It’s an honor for my team and all the work that we do to care for the elderly.”

Edwin Chavez/Herald photos Ann Cella, chief nursing officer at St. Francis From St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center and Catholic Health — bottom row, from left, honorees Ann Cella and Novlet Hospital & Heart Center, was humbled by her Davis with their guests. award.

“I feel like I’m almost not in the same league as all of these people,” she said.

Carol Gomes, chief executive and operating officer at Stony Brook Hospital, says health care is not an industry of individuals, but rather of the collective.

“I’m so glad that health care has prominence in the public eye,” she said. “I don’t really consider this really an honor for me, but rather, it’s health care as a team sport.”

Jay Itzkowitz, department chair of emergency medicine for Mount Sinai South Nassau, says his Excellence in Healthcare award is “all about what we can do to help the community and patients,” while Colleen Merlo — chief executive of the Association for Mental Health and Wellness — says awards like this help bring to light issues that might remain in the dark otherwise.

“People are really struggling with their menTim Baker/Herald tal health right now,” Merlo said. “To be able to Cristina Cellucci from Mount Sinai South bring attention to the fact that there are services Nassau, with RichnerLive chief executive available is really important to me.”

Honoree professor Chad Bouton and his patient Keith Thomas.

Stuart Richner.

Jeffrey Reynolds, president and chief executive of the Family & Children’s Association, hand. everybody knows what everybody’s doing. We’re sort commended his employees.

“I’m so proud of Chad,” Thomas said. “He’s been of like semi-competitors. But not when we all get “While I’m here accepting the award, they’re out in nothing but nice to me and my family, and my friends.” people’s homes helping sick kids, and helping seniors,” together.”

Peter Igarashi, dean of Renaissance School of MediThe Herald Long Island Excellence in Healthcare he said. cine at Stony Brook, was also honored in the educaAwards were sponsored by Mount Sinai South Nassau, Kerri Anne Scanlon, executive director of Glen tional category.

Northwell Health, New Horizon Counseling Center, Cove Hospital was honored for her leadership.

“I think it’s a recognition of all the hard work that Long Beach Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, The “To be recognized in what you do and love means the faculty and staff at Stony Brook Medicine does,” Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation and Nursing Centhe world,” she said. he said. ter, Catholic Health’s St. Francis Hospital & Heart CenAmy Silva-Magalhaes, chief operating officer of Chad Bouton, vice president of advanced engineerter, CenterLight Healthcare Pace, Stony Brook MediThe Bristal Assisted Living, was celebrated by her coing — and director for bioelectronics in medicine at cine, Mental Health Association of Nassau County, and workers. the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research — was the New York State Nurses Association.

“I know I speak for many of us here, we certainly named innovator of the year.

Other sponsors included St. Joseph’s University don’t do it alone,” she said. “It takes a great team “I always say we do the work we do for our New York, the New York Institute of Technology’s Colbehind the scenes to be able to support us.” patients,” he said. “Our patients are the pioneers. They lege of Osteopathic Medicine, Theralympic Speech, David Battinelli, the executive vice president and are doing new studies that have never been done Family & Children’s Association, Speech Language physician-in-chief at Northwell Health — and dean before. They’re quite brave.”

Place, Options for Community Living Inc., the Nassau and professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at HofOne of Bouton’s patients, Keith Thomas, was in County Medical Society, The Bristal Assisted Living, stra/Northwell — was one of the six educational speattendance. He had been paralyzed from the chest Genesis Fertility & Reproductive Medicine, Cold cial award recipients. down following a diving accident in 2020. Bouton Spring Harbor Laboratory, the Stroke & Brain Aneu“It’s our local community, so it’s one thing to be served as investigator of the clinical trial, which has rysm Center of Long Island, FirstNet Built With AT&T, honored,” Battinelli said. “But it’s really more imporrestored feeling and movement to Thomas’s arm and and Always and Forever Rose Floral Arrangements. tant to be out with everybody else and make sure

To view the full list of honorees and photos, visit RichnerLive.com/2023healthcare/

Edwin Chavez/Herald photos

The FirstNet Built With AT&T team, from left, Daariat Brooks, Evelisis S. Valentin, Magdalonie Paris-Campbell, and Michael Jones.

Tim Baker/Herald photos

Honoree retired Chief Master Sgt. Edward Schloeman, far right, and his guests.

Dr. Mark C. Drakos, Hospital for Special Surgery.

Flora R. Bienstock, center, and the New Horizon Counseling Center team and guests at the photo booth.

Honoree Carol Gomes, of Stony Brook Medicine, saying a few words at the podium.

Dr. Kimon Bekelis, right, from Catholic Health and the Stroke & Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island.

Event host, WABC-7’s Kristin Thorne.

Dr. Peter Igarashi, far right, from Stony Brook Medicine.

The team from the Mental Health Association of Nassau County.

The team from one of the event’s Platinum Sponsors, New Horizon Counseling Center.

Honoree Dr. David Battinelli, right, from Northwell Health.

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Long Island Healthcare Awards gala

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-6, Plaintiff, Against PATRICIA HIGGINS, JANET BEZMAN-IDEMA A/K/A BEZME IDEMA, ET AL. Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 2/15/2023, 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 on 11/6/2023 at 2:00 pm , premises known as 719 Jay Way, 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 563 Lot 4 The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $1,204,802.27 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 605546/2018 This Auction will be held rain or shine.

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.

For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832.

Malachy P Lyons, Esq., Referee.

SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Dated: 9/1/23 File Number: 32356 SH 142275 LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU INDEX NO: 617703/2022 D/O/F: 12/15/2022 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Property Address: 958 Pacific Street, Baldwin, New York 11510 Plaintiff designates Nassau County as the place of trial.

Venue is based upon the county in which the property is situated.

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF PPT-1 TRUST, Plaintiff, -against-

JAIME I. PATINO, if living, and if she be dead, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributes or successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributes and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; ALVARO TORRES, JR.; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendant(s).

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. David P. Sullivan, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, entered Sept. 28, 2023 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office.

THE OBJECT OF THE ACTION is to foreclose a mortgage recorded in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on May 28, 2019 in Liber 43459, Page 476, covering premises k/a 958 Pacific Street, Baldwin, NY 11510 a/k/a Section 54, Block 395, Lot 50.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered, and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect

your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The following notice is intended only for the defendants who are owners of the premises sought to be foreclosed or who are liable upon the debt for which the mortgage stands as security.

YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE AWARE: (1) that debt collectors, in accordance with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq., are prohibited from engaging in abusive, deceptive, an unfair debt collection efforts, including, but not limited to: i. the use or threat of violence; ii. the use of obscene or profane language; and iii. repeated phone calls made with the intent to annoy, abuse, or harass.

(2) If a creditor or debt collector receives a money judgment against you in court, state and federal laws may prevent the following types of income from being taken to pay the debt: 1.

Supplemental security income, (SSI); 2.

Social security; 3.

Public assistance (welfare); 4.

Spousal support, maintenance (alimony) or child support; 5.

Unemployment benefits; 6.

Disability benefits; 7.

Workers’ compensation benefits; 8.

Public or private pensions; 9.

Veterans’ benefits; 10.

Federal student loans, federal student grants, and federal work study funds; and 11.

Ninety percent of your wages or salary earned in the last sixty days.

TO THE DEFENDANTS, except JAIME I. PATINO: The Plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action.

TO THE DEFENDANTS: JAIME I. PATINO: If you have obtained an order of discharge from the Bankruptcy court, which includes this debt, and you have not reaffirmed your liability for this debt, this law firm is not alleging that you have any personal liability for

this debt and does not seek a money judgment against you. Even if a discharge has been obtained, this lawsuit to foreclose the mortgage will continue and we will seek a judgment authorizing the sale of the mortgaged premises.

Dated: Sandy J. Stolar, Esq. Margolin, Weinreb & Nierer, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 165 Eileen Way, Suite 101 Syosset, New York 11791 516-921-3838 #100829 142291

PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Old Town Hall, 350 Front Street, Room 230, Second Floor, Hempstead, New York on 10/18/23 at 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. 627/23.

BALDWIN Maurizio & Chrystie Modica, Maintain pool equipment not permitted in the side yard., W/s Loft Ave., 100’ N/o Bedell St., a/k/a 2434 Loft Ave. ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550.

This notice is only for new cases in Baldwin within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction.

There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available a t https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 576/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff AGAINST JEAN RENE DEVIS AKA JEAN-RENÉ DEVIS, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered February 23, 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 November 13, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 1844 BROWNING STREET, 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 of Nassau and State of New York, Section 36, Block 413, Lot 364, 365.

Approximate amount of judgment $442,503.81 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #001531/2017.

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 concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Oscar Prieto, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 16-006526 78125 142440 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-2, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-2, Plaintiff AGAINST BAC REALTY, INC.; SELCUK KANDEMIR; AYANNA HUDSON, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered August 31, 2023, 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 November 13, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 3367 HARBOR POINT ROAD, BALDWIN, NY

11510. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Baldwin, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section: 54 Block: 352 Lot: 347. Approximate amount of judgment $1,289,227.25 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #002520/2017.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2.nycourts.gov /Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Keith Lavallee, Esq., Referee FEIN, SUCH & CRANE, LLP 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, NY 14614 SPSJN381 77889 142398 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. Search by publication name at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU THE BANK FO NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWMBS, INC., CHL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH TRUST 2006-15 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-15, Plaintiff, Against DEBBIE GRAY-LEON, JEFFREY LEON, “JOHN DOE #1” (REFUSED NAME), “JOHN DOE #2” (REFUSED NAME), “JOHN DOE #3” (REFUSED NAME), Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 09/13/2023, 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 on 11/15/2023 at 2:00 pm , premises known as 849 Schuman Avenue A.K.A. 849 Schuman Place, Baldwin A.K.A. 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 at Baldwin, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Section 36 Block 99 Lot 239

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $799,561.25 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 602983/2020 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.

This Auction will be held rain or shine.

Ronald J. Ferraro, Esq., Referee.

Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY 10504 Dated: 9/20/23 File Number: 7752785 SH 142444 To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR GSMPS MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2001-1, Plaintiff, v.

MAXIMO A. MACARIO, MIRIAM J. MACARIO, ET AL. Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on May 17, 2018, I, Ronald J. Ferraro, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on November 14, 2023 at Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Ct. Dr., County of Nassau, State of New York, 1at 2:00 PM the premises described as follows: 44 Warwick Road Island Park, NY 11558 SBL No.: 43-31-377 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Island Park, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 015498/2013 in the amount of $319,315.95 plus interest and costs.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System’s 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.

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 142442 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Revelation Unlimited, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 11/8/2022.

NY Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: Revelation Unlimited, PO Box 1477, Baldwin, NY 11510 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

141659 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 October 24, 2023 at 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 141997 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

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News briefs

BALDWIN HERALD — October 12, 2023 Herald file photo

To help community members learn about fire prevention the Baldwin Fire Department will host an open house on Sunday.

Public Notices Fire prevention event returns

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK (BROOKLYN) Green Mountain Holdings (Cayman) Ltd.; Plaintiff v.

Roy Jemmison, et al; Defendants Attorneys for Plaintiff: Hasbani & Light, P.C., 450 7th Ave, Suite 1408, NY, NY 10123; (212) 643-6677 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on 9/7/2023, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder in the EDNY-Brooklyn, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

On October 19, 2023 at 1:30 pm.

Premises known as 820 School Drive, Baldwin, NY 11510 Section: 36 Block: 508 Lot: 3 All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Baldwin, County of Nassau, State of New York.

As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale.

Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale.

Approximate amount of judgment: $307,841.29 plus interest and costs.

Case Number: 2:23cv-02988-BMC Susan E. Rizos, Esq., Referee 141995 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU M&T BANK, Plaintiff against SEYMOUR PLAISIR, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on May 2, 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 “Rain or Shine” on the 24th day of October, 2023 at 2:30 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Baldwin, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Premises known as 1540 Coolidge Avenue, Baldwin, NY 11510.

(SBL: 36-433-131) Approximate amount of lien $575,841.67 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 615449/2018.

Brian J. Davis, Esq., Referee.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 Tel. 347/286-7409 For sale information, please visit Xome.com

Dated: August 17, 2023 During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale.

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LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, v.

SHERIECE CAMPBELL A/K/A SHERIECE MARIA CAMPBELL A/K/A SHERIECE M. CAMPBELL, ET AL. Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on November 15, 2022, I, Brian J. Davis, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one

parcel at public auction on October 24, 2023 at North Side Steps of Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Ct. Dr., County of Nassau, State of New York, at 2:00 PM the premises described as follows: 3512 Daniel Crescent Baldwin, NY 11510 SBL No.: 54-588-7 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Baldwin Harbor, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, and State of New York.

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 612931/2018 in the amount of $600,989.66 plus interest and costs.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System’s 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.

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 141999

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The Baldwin Fire Department will be hosting a fire prevention open house on Sunday, October 15 at 1 p.m.

This event will take place in conjunction with National Fire Prevention Week. The theme for this year’s Fire Prevention Week is cooking safety. The fire prevention demonstration will occur at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Lorenz Avenue.

“We haven’t had this event in three years because of Covid,” Tom Ryley, chairman of fire prevention bureau of the Baldwin Fire Department, said. “So this is the first time we’re doing this since 2019.”

There will be fire prevention demonstrations and cooking safety tips.

Oil burner fires and a fire extinguisher will be shown at the event. Also, the fire department will be cutting open a car.

According to Ryley, the fire department has been receiving a lot of calls lately about senior citizens falling so senior fall prevention is one of the main things that will be discussed.

“Our first aid company is going to be setting up a stop and bleed demonstration,” Ryley said. “We’re also going to be hoping to have some literature there for senior citizens like home safety and fall prevention.”

Ryley mentioned that the fire department picked the location on Grand Avenue so people who see it driving by might stop to attend the open house. In previous years, this event has garnered

anywhere from several dozen people to almost 100 people and Ryley said he hopes this year will have a good turnout.

“We’re gonna have a stove and we’ll demonstrate some cooking,” Ryler said.

“The winter is coming up so we will have a mock open oil burner.”

One of the firetrucks will let kids shoot water from the hose, as well as let them climb into the truck.

“We look forward to an event like this because it’s one of the only times a year that we can be in front of the community where we’re not putting out a fire or taking someone to the hospital or for any other bad reason,” Ryley said. “So we usually host an event like this, if we can, for the people to see us in a good way.”

Ryley said he is hoping the weather will cooperate, as it will have to be rescheduled if there is rain. He said that there is no rain date as of yet, but will play it by ear. Ryley also plans for this event to occur again next year.

FIRE PREvENTIoN oPEN HousE: • When: Sunday, October 15 at 1 p.m.

• Where: Parking lot at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Lorenz Avenue • What: Demonstrations of fire prevention safety • Who: Baldwin Fire Department • Why: National Fire Prevention Week — Ben Fiebert

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A. Continuing from last week, the design of how a building will look is sometimes decided by the building owner, and sometimes the owner lets the architect be artistic in creative and inventive ways. Unfortunately, not all architects are given the opportunity to create as much as they would like to, because either local governments won’t onte eeper allow it or the owner wants something particular.

Some communities have special committees, called boards, to look at the architect’s design and then create parameters for what can be done.

Sometimes this is a good thing, and sometimes the architect doesn’t have any choice but to change the design to something less daring, challenging or artistic. That’s why people travel away from where they live to see special buildings in places where the buildings are thought of as works of art instead of just average.

In some communities, the architect can only use certain materials, so the new building matches the ones around it, and some areas require that the building be raised higher to prevent being flooded.

It’s possible to use the same materials in different ways, but some community governments don’t encourage this. The outside appearance is sometimes very fancy and artful, and the materials chosen may have symbolic meaning, such as the opera house that looks like a series of sails on sailboats next to the harbor in Sydney, Australia, or a power plant with a roof that doubles as a ski slope in Copenhagen, Denmark.

In some places you can see several buildings that stand in an area like works of art in a gallery. If you walk along the Highline in Manhattan, for example, it’s like walking through an art gallery, where you can see many artful and experimental uses of concrete, wood and steel.

Unique buildings, the ones intended to be unusual on purpose, are often much more expensive to build, and that’s another reason why you only see unusual designs in special places, where the cities and towns want to have them. Columbus, Indiana, home to Cummins Engines, is a city that has many unique designs, but only because the local government wants to have their city be a home to special buildings. In some communities, such as Italian towns and cities, the buildings are very old, but are not allowed to be changed on the outside because it would change the character of the places where tourism is their number one means of income.

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he removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House of Representatives, led by perennial malcontent Matt Gaetz, was disgraceful, and will have lasting negative implications for Congress and the nation.

A vote to remove a speaker during his or her term of office is virtually unprecedented.

The last time it was attempted was in 1910, over a century ago, and that vote was unsuccessful.

Speaker Joe Cannon was not removed. In fact, pETER during my 28 years in ConKinG gress, my office was in the Cannon House Office Building, named after Speaker Cannon. History can be its own reward.

The speaker of the House is second in line to succeed the president. He or she heads a powerful arm of government, and is elected by a vote of the entire House. Throughout our history, the tradition has been that the majority party votes at a party conference to select its candidate for speaker, and the minority party does the same. Both candidates are then nominated on the floor of the House. When the full

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House votes, no matter how close the inter-party vote is, the candidate of the majority party is elected speaker. This reflects the will of the American people to have the House run by someone the majority party has selected.

To remove the speaker — to “vacate the chair” — is such an extraordinary action that it should be based on criminal conduct or serious acts of moral turpitude by the speaker.

It should not be a political decision. Yet that’s exactly what happened last week, when eight far-right Republicans allied themselves with 208 Democrats to remove McCarthy, who had the support of 96 percent of Republicans.

This was strictly a power play by Gaetz and his gang of hostage-takers.

There isn’t one significant issue that these eight outliers have in common with the 208 Democrats and their minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries. This was a defeat for tradition and a victory for Gaetz and his unbridled ambition and lust for national publicity.

Gaetz accused McCarthy of conspiring with Democrats because McCarthy forged a bipartisan coalition with them to keep the government open after the Gaetz crowd refused to support Republican legislation to prevent a shut-

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down. This was an obvious ploy by Gaetz to set McCarthy up for failure. If McCarthy hadn’t passed bipartisan legislation to keep the government open, Gaetz would have accused him of poor leadership. When the speaker did the responsible thing, Gaetz virtually accused him of collaborating with the enemy. This is the ultimate hypocrisy, because Gaetz gave congressional Democrats power and influence they would not have had otherwise.

I’ve known McCarthy since he was first elected to Congress in 2006. I saw him work his way up through various leadership positions, and have always been impressed by him. Most important, he always kept his word to me. As speaker, he overcame massive political obstacles to get serious legislation through the House.

The reality is that Democrats control the White House and the Senate, while Republicans have a small majority in the House. Keeping that majority together required the skills of a juggler and a magician, plus extraordinary patience. The 221 House Republicans constitute a wide variety of philosophical and geographic views and beliefs. For instance, a Republican from rural Mississippi would have a

evin McCarthy’s removal was strictly a power play by a gang of hostage-takers.

very different agenda from a blue-collar conservative Republican representing suburban Long Island. It was McCarthy’s arduous and unenviable task to find common ground while accommodating these disparate agendas. (Let me commend Long Island Representatives Andrew Garbarino, Anthony D’Esposito and Nick LaLota for always taking their jobs seriously by working with McCarthy to get results for their districts and our region, and not grandstanding or taking cheap shots.)

McCarthy has decided not to run again for speaker. I certainly can’t blame him, though his talents and abilities will be sorely missed. I don’t in any way envy his successor. Not only will he or she have to work with a razor-thin majority, but now that the unwritten tradition of not removing a speaker for personal political aggrandizement has been shattered, the next speaker will also have to operate under the constant threat that a disgruntled minority of the majority might conspire with the minority party to create chaos.

Congress won’t be the same. Thanks for the terrific job, Kevin, and doing what you could to preserve sanity!

Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security. Comments? pking@liherald.com.

Once more, Israel goes to war

ike everyone in our community and all right-minded people in the world, I am horrified by the heinous terrorist attacks that occurred in Israel beginning last weekend. The deliberate, premeditated slaughter of hundreds of civilians, on one of the holy days of the Jewish year, by a genocidal terrorist group is beyond description in words.

We know that in wars fought in civilian areas, civilians are, unfortunately, killed. But to specifically plan for the wholesale, deliberate HoWARD murder of famiBREssLER lies in their homes, concertgoers and others, and the kidnapping of old people, children and women to use as bargaining chips or psychological warfare props boggles the civilized mind — and thrills only the diseased one.

This attack was a terrible blow to Israel and Jews worldwide. It is reminiscent to me of the Yom Kippur War. I was too young to understand what was happening when that war began in October 1973, but I remember the sense of fear that hung over the adults around me, and the nervous prayers led by my kindergarten teachers. That same feeling of desperately needing but not being able to access information, because of the holiday, afflicted me last weekend.

Everyone was adding bits of information they had picked up from newspapers or messages conveyed by neighbors, and the news just kept getting worse. Our enemies had wounded us, and more pain was likely to come. But unlike the war 50 years ago, I do not truly fear for Israel’s survival. She is strong, and if our enemies were looking to capitalize on the disunity that

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has racked Israel for many months, they may have scored a blow, but they have badly miscalculated, because when the threat comes from without, the core within hardens.

This past Shabbat, Shemini Atzeret, we read Kohelet. And Kohelet instructs us that there is a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to wail and a time to dance. But what happens when those things need to be done at the same time?

Simchat Torah is always a time of rejoicing and dancing, singing and glorifying. But this Simchat Torah was also a time to weep and wail. So our celebrations were tempered and our vigilance heightened, but we did dance. And we did sing. Because to do otherwise would be to allow our enemies to take even more than they already have. And for what they have taken, we will extract a price.

here is a time for war, and a time for peace. One day it will be time for peace.

There is a time to kill, and a time to heal. Unfortunately, we are now forced to do the former, and in the process we are doing the latter.

There is a time to wreck, and a time to build. Now we will wreck the infrastructure and, we hope, the leadership of our enemies, and continue to build our homeland.

There is a time to rend, and a time to mend. We rent our spiritual clothing these past days, and hopefully we are mending our people.

There is a time to love, and a time to hate. We are showing our love to our brothers and sisters, and venting our hatred on those who seek to destroy our brothers and sisters.

There is a time for war, and a time for peace. Now is the time for war.

One day it will be time for peace.

Howard Bressler, an attorney who lives in West Hempstead, is the author of “Wrong Conclusion, No Resolution: United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334’s Erroneous Conclusions on the Legality of Israeli Settlements in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem.”

BALDWIN HERALD — October 12, 2023

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In Israel, war ends politics, diplomacy as usual

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amas’s Saturday-morning assault on Israel was more than just a shocking demonstration of barbarism. The toll of Israeli dead and wounded — not to mention those kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip by these murderers — is sickening. And it should alarm and enrage civilized people everywhere.

The full extent of the horror on the southern border — coupled with a barrage of thousands of rockets and missiles fired at Israeli villages, towns and cities — is yet to be determined. Nor can we be sure what will follow after the first day of what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rightly characterized as a “war.” And whether it will spread to include Iran and its Hezbollah terrorist auxiliaries in Lebanon.

But we do know this: It is an event that changes the Middle East. All the rules that have governed the way Jerusalem deals with its terrorist foes and their Gaza stronghold since it fell under Hamas control in 2006 — in which the Israeli government and military have always sought to limit the conflict — must now be thrown out.

Above all, it must be an end to politics and diplomacy as usual in Israel, the diaspora and the West.

Whatever strategies and tactics that the Jewish state adopts as it seeks to reassert control over its border, rescue those held hostage, and punish those responsible for these crimes, some basic principles must govern the response to these events.

The first is that the Jewish people, and those who care about Israel, must unite.

After a year of political division and a culture war that threaten to tear Israeli society asunder and undermine its economy and security, those arguments must cease — there and elsewhere. The magnitude of this crisis is comparable to that of Israel’s wars in 1948, 1967 and 1973, and so must be the response of those who claim to be Israel’s friends and supporters.

It may be difficult to imagine the current politically fractured, more heavily assimilated Jewish community of the United States, that is far more alienated from Israel than it once was, coming together as it did during those days. But nevertheless, that is the model that the Jewish world and sympathetic non-Jews must follow. It must be clear to the world that when Israel is under attack and Jews are being murdered, the solidarity of the Jewish people and decent people everywhere with Israel must be unquestioned.

Second, there must be no tolerance or acceptance of the usual narratives and biased media coverage of the conflict, which focus more on Israel’s responses than on Palestinian terrorism itself, and which often seek to demonize the Jewish

state’s justified measures of self-defense.

Those who seek to wipe Israel off the map — whether by terrorism or political means — are engaging in a global attack on the Jewish people. The rising tide of antisemitism that is sweeping across the world in recent years is driven in large part by anti-Zionist propaganda. Anything that seeks to legitimize the goals of the terrorists to destroy Israel must be rightly labeled not just as hateful, but as a form of antisemitism that must not be normalized or allowed to be represented as part of mainstream opinion in the West.

If Hamas cared about the safety of the Palestinian Arabs languishing under their tyrannical Islamist rule in Gaza, they would not have started this war. They will, no doubt, continue to use the people under their control as human shields. That is a tragedy, but worries about the suffering of Palestinians caused by Hamas’s actions cannot be allowed to color the responses to efforts to save Israeli hostages and take out the terrorists and their military infrastructure.

The civilized world must fully support Israel’s counterattack. Any talk of proportionality or the need for restraint on the part of Israel as it copes with this assault on its citizens should be rejected.

Such bloody terrorism is not a natural response to Palestinian frustration or an effort — as Hamas falsely asserts — to prevent harm from being done to the mosques on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.

When Hamas talks about ending the “occupation,” it is not speaking about pushing Israel back to the 1967 armistice lines, or complaints about Jews living in the heart of their homeland in Judea and Samaria or Jerusalem. As far as Hamas and other Palestinian groups are concerned, “occupation” refers to the existence of Israel within any boundaries.

Their goal is not freedom for their people. If that was what they wanted, the Islamists, as well as their supposedly more “moderate” opponents, would have accepted any one of the compromise peace offers extended to them in the past. What they want to do is to kill Jews and eliminate the Jewish state.

Sadly, such sentiments are also part of mainstream Palestinian political thought and culture. The shameful scenes in which Palestinians have been shown celebrating terrorism and exulting over the dead bodies of murdered Jews or hostages must not only not be forgotten, conclusions should be drawn about what this means in terms of the future of the conflict and what the goals of diplomacy should be.

Any reporting about this war that doesn’t make that clear isn’t merely biased against Israel, but constitutes an adoption of terrorist talking points that legitimize

their wrongful insistence on continuing their century-old war on Zionism that has become inextricably tied up with Palestinian national identity.

Third, Hamas and its allies must gain no political or diplomatic benefit from their crimes.

The current imperative for American foreign policy, and that of other nations, must be to ensure that this unprovoked and appalling tragedy is not exploited by the forces that have launched this war.

Any discussion in the current context of redoubled efforts to resurrect a two-state solution to the conflict — that Palestinians have repeatedly rejected over the past decades — must end. On the contrary, the existence of the terrorist-run independent Palestinian state in all but name in Gaza is proof that such a plan is a guarantee of more suffering and bloodshed.

Hamas — no doubt acting with the knowledge and support of Iran — seeks to derail the widening circle of peace in which Arab states have embraced normalized relations with Israel. This war is clearly, at least in part, a response to efforts to involve the Palestinians in negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Israel. The Jewish state’s burgeoning alliance with the desert kingdom is the result of rational assessments of the national interests of both Middle Eastern countries and their mutual fears about Tehran’s quest for regional hegemony and a nuclear weapon.

This war is a reminder that the Palestinians must no longer be allowed to hold Arab nations hostage to their intransigent refusal to accept the legitimacy of a Jewish state.

There will be time enough in the days and weeks ahead to fully assess how much responsibility those who have sought to appease both the Palestinian terror organizations and Iran must bear for this tragedy.

The same is true with respect to assigning blame for what can only be termed a catastrophic failure on the part of Israel’s security establishment.

But for now, the priority must be to ensure that Israel’s borders are protected, its people’s safety ensured, and that those responsible for these criminal acts are severely punished and no longer able to launch attacks on the Jewish state with impunity. Any other response from individuals, organizations and their leaders, politicians or governments is unacceptable.

May God watch over the people of Israel and those tasked with their defense. May their efforts be victorious. And may the hateful enemies of the Jewish state be made to understand that their crimes and evil intentions will no longer be tolerated by the civilized world.

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wenty years ago, I became one of the more than 4 million women in America who are breast cancer survivors. As I reflect on this milestone, my heart is brimming with gratitude and a renewed drive to raise awareness about the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in women in the United States.

At age 36, I discovered a lump in my breast as I was traveling with family to St. Kitts for a birthday celebration. As soon as I got home, I scheduled a doctor’s appointment sieLA A. to embark on further exploration.

BYnoe Following a mammogram, a sonogram and a needlestick biopsy, my worst fears were realized — it was breast cancer.

The discovery added a great deal of uncertainty to a particularly active chapter of my life. At the time I was working full-time as the assistant executive director of the North Hempstead Housing Authority, and studying for a master’s in public administration at LIU Post.

Amid this personal adversity, however, my thoughts turned to softening the impact of this news for my friends and

loved ones. When it came time to break the news to my family, I put on my bravest face and told them, “I have a plan in effect, and everything’s going to be all right.” But despite my confident presentation, there were many hurdles.

After I started a course of chemotherapy early in treatment, I was treated for a rare allergic reaction that sent me into anaphylactic shock. Later I was hospitalized with neutropenia, a serious condition in which my neutrophils — a type of white blood cell — dropped to dangerously low levels. As my support circle reassured me that I would rebound, my thoughts turned to the Bible, and Jeremiah 29:11.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” the Lord declares. “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

I soon learned that those plans included a tremendous groundswell of love and support. One of the examples I will always carry with me is the generosity of my family and friends — and my colleagues at the North Hempstead Housing Authority. As a relatively new employee, I had accrued only a small amount of sick leave, and it was being consumed quickly amid my treatment. But Loreen, Dolly,

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Frann and Susan donated their time off to ensure my continued care and give me some much-needed peace of mind. I will be forever grateful to these women — my friends for life — for their generosity.

After completing chemotherapy and radiation, I finished my master’s, continued my advocacy for affordable housing in 15 years at the helm of the Huntington Housing Authority, served on the Westbury Board of Education, and since 2014 have been blessed with the humbling privilege of representing the residents of Nassau County’s 2nd Legislative District.

All of this was made possible by the love and support of my friends and family, the expertise of outstanding medical professionals, and the practices that led to prompt detection and treatment. For Black women, that is especially crucial. According to the American Cancer Society, we are more likely than white women to develop breast cancer before age 40, as I did. Furthermore, Black women have the highest death rate from breast cancer among any racial or ethnic group. A large factor in that sobering statistic is the fact that one in five of us develop triple-negative breast cancer, which tends to grow and spread faster, has fewer treatment

options, and usually has a worse prognosis.

Given these troubling statistics and the prevalence of this disease on Long Island, advocacy has been a significant part of my life as a survivor. My office will partner with NuHealth to bring the Nassau University Medical Center breast cancer screening van to the Lakeview Public Library, at 1120 Woodfield Road in Rockville Centre, on Oct. 26, and to Magnolia Gardens, at 899 Broadway in Westbury, on Nov. 2.

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three years ago. To the best of my knowledge, it was never completed and made public.

Free will need to meet with and develop a working relationship with the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York office. FTA plays a critical role in funding the LIRR capital program. And he must continue leading the LIRR to a state of good repair for the existing fleet, stations, signals, interlockings, track, power, yards and shops.

The FTA, Albany, other funding agen-

cies, commuters, taxpayers, transit advocacy groups and elected officials at the local, county, state and federal levels all wish him success in his new role.

iven its prevalence among Black women, I’m now all about advocacy.

Siela A. Bynoe, of Westbury, represents Nassau County’s 2nd Legislative District.

Letters For LIRR’s new interim president, there are new challenges ahead To the Editor: Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Janno Lieber’s appointment of Robert Free, the Long Island Rail Road’s senior vice president of operations, as interim LIRR president last month made sense. There was no way Acting LIRR President Catherine Rinaldi could give her full attention to this critical full-time position. There were never enough hours in the day while Rinaldi was also serving as Metro-North Railroad president.

Promoting from within the LIRR management team makes sense. Rather than wasting time and money on a national search for a new LIRR president, Lieber should promote from within. Besides Free, there are a number of other very capable senior executives, including Executive Vice President Elisa Picca, Senior Chief Engineer Ed McGoldrick, and several others who could easily step in to fill this position full time. They, like Free, already have a good understanding of the LIRR’s organization, staff, operations, facilities and customers needs. Any of them would be able to hit the ground run-

ning with little need for on-the-job training.

There are a number of issues facing management that recent Presidents Phil Eng and Rinaldi did not resolved. They include overtime abuse; out-of-control pensions; fare evasion; periodic cancellation and combining of trains due to signal, power and other problems in the East River tunnels and at Harold Interlocking, Jamaica Station and other locations; and several new union contracts. Some of these have gone on for far too long.

Amtrak will begin repairs to the four East River tunnels in 2024. This will result in the removal of one tunnel at a time from service. With access to only three tunnels, Free will need to develop a new Penn Station service plan. It should keep to a minimum the number of combined and canceled trains during this multiyear construction period.

Free may need to become more familiar with plans for capital projects and programs in coming years. This should include a briefing by MTA headquarters staff assigned to complete the MTA 20252044 Twenty Year Capital Needs Plan. He should also be briefed on the status of previous promised, but unfulfilled, commitments by Eng and Rinaldi. That should include the critical potential for electrification of all diesel territory branches.

This feasibility study began under Eng

LARRY PENNER Great Neck Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer and a former director of the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office of Operations and Program Management.

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