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Christina Foufas, Matt Yang and Molly Graff were named semifinalists in the 2024 Society for Science & Public Science Talent Search competition, sponsored by Regeneron.

Three Mepham students are named semifinalists in research competition

By RACHElE TERRANoVA rterranova@liherald.com

Wellington C. Mepham High School seniors Christiana Foufas, Molly Graff and Matt Yang and were recently named semifinalists in the 2024 Society for Science & Public Science Talent Search competition, sponsored by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. It is among the most prestigious science competitions for high school students in the United States.

Each was awarded a prize of $2,000.

Mepham will also receive $2,000 per student.

“This honor exemplifies the unwavering commitment to excellence and tireless efforts both they and their teachers display on a daily basis,” Heather Bizewski, a dis-

trict science chair assigned to Mepham, said.

Foufas, Graff and Yang dedicated years to science and research leading up to early November, when their projects were due. At Me pham, students in the three-year Advanced Science Research Program work under the tutelage of teachers David Kommor, Neeru Partap and Jeannette Spargifiore.

Students join the elective ASR program as sophomores, and begin their research. At the end of their junior year, they focus on entering and competing in science competitions nationwide, including Regeneron.

Graff, 17, who is originally from Wantagh, took a slightly different path on her way to ConTinued on PaGe 4

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NYU Langone unveils ambulatory care center

By NICOLE FORMISANO nformisano@liherald.com

NYU Langone designed its new ambulatory care facility with a goal in mind: Creating a one-stop destination for patients’’ medical needs. The hospital — at 1111 Franklin Ave., in Garden City — offers more than 30 specialties under one roof, intended to make the days of running between appointments and specialists a thing of the past.

“So, it’s no longer having the patient go to multiple places — the places come to them,” said Martin Chavez, chief of maternal-fetal medicine, at the Garden City center. “And it’s not so bad of a place to be when you need services.”

The new hospital encompasses an entire half-mile block — which some neighbors may remember as the old Bloomingdale’s store — making it the largest ambulatory care center on Long Island. The $170 million facility is the latest development in Nassau County’s goal of becoming a premier site for health care, said County Executive Bruce Blakeman.

“The county is investing a significant amount of money in marketing Nassau County as a destination site for medical tourism,” he said. “I believe this is very, very important for our economy. It is a jewel in our whole economic development of the region.

“That’s what’s so great, is to have a

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Fostering a collaborative environment was one of the most important design priorities, senior director Jean Marie Addeo said. The 300 doctors and 600 nurses and support staff work together to make patients feel comfortable. facility like this. So that people in this community who have a medical condition can get the high-quality, first-class treatment — I would say world-class treatment — here that you don’t find in many places across the world.”

The ambulatory care center expects 35,000 patient visits every month, NYU Langone officials say they want to deliver hospital care without an atmosphere of coldness or sterility. The center features floor-to-ceiling windows for natural light, colorful couches and coffee tables, and an outdoor garden.

“It makes a huge difference — you can see it in our patients,” Chavez said. “You can see it when our patients are able to come in and be in a comfortable environment as they wait.

“Whether it’s an exam room, an ultrasound room, a consultation room, it doesn’t matter. They feel at ease. They feel safe. They feel like it’s the level of care they deserve and expect.”

Experiencing illness or chronic health issues is stressful enough. The ambulatory care center is designed to remove the added challenge of juggling different spe-

cialists. Someone who is visiting a pulmonologist and discovers heart issues, for example, can now just head down the hallway to the cardiology department, rather than be caught in a cycle of referrals.

“It’s not only a wonderful environment for our patients, it’s a wonderful environment to be a clinician for patients as well,” Chavez said. “Now all I have to do is walk down the hall and I can get a consultation, or talk with a colleague about a complex patient.”

Balancing 25 consolidated practices and 32 specialties was no small feat, facility senior director JeanMarie Addeo said. She and other NYU Langone administrators had to figure out which departments should be separated, which should be neighbors, and which needed the most space.

The resulting flow has created a very collaborative environment. The 600 nurses and support staff even have something of a running competition, Addeo said: Memorize each of the 300 doctors’ names, specialties and floors so they can match any patient to any doctor.

Although the care center’s resources play a significant role in its success with patients, she added, the staffers are the real key to quality health care.

“I’m incredibly proud of this beautiful, wonderful facility,” Blakeman said.

“But more importantly, the people that work here that provide health care to our whole population.”

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Jewish pride at the core of Maccabi team

BELLMORE HERALD — February 8, 2024

By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com

This summer, 3,000 Jewish teen athletes from around the globe will get a chance to represent their country at the world’s largest Jewish youth sporting event. The JCC Maccabi Games offers Olympic-style sports competitions to youth athletes, and a group of 16-and-under Long Island teens will take to the international stage at this year’s games in Houston.

The team is comprised of 14 athletes — 13 from Long Island, and one from Brooklyn. Their hometowns include Bellmore, Merrick, Woodmere, Great Neck, Syosset and Commack, and on their high school and travel teams, they are all stand out players who compete at high levels of play.

Mark Rosenman, who is the team’s head coach, is originally from Seaford, and attended MacArthur High School. He’s long been involved in youth baseball, having coached travel teams for years. Right after the pandemic, he said Maccabi was looking for coaches, and he volunteered. The team’s other coaches are Danny Lackner and Kevin Baez.

Tryouts were held in September and October. All athletes who participate in Maccabi must be Jewish.

In total, 27 players tried out, and 14 made the final team. The team is now practicing throughout the winter at the Long Island Field House, an indoor facility in Hauppauge.

Across the country, regionally, Jewish community centers have a certain number of athletes allotted to them for the Maccabi Games and they decide what teams they want to field — and in the New York area, one of them is baseball.

On a group video call with several players, coaches and parents, the Herald spoke with them about what their experience has been like taking part in Maccabi.

For some players who were on the call, including Jake Bursztyn, who attends Syosset High School, Alex Demas, who attends John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, and Sam Swedarsky who attends DRS Yeshiva High School in Woodmere, this is their second year participating in the games with Rosenman as their coach.

“It’s really great to be returning with these guys, and the new kids too, obviously,” Demas said. “I go to school with some of these kids and I play with them — but I am really liking how this team is shaping up and it’s going to be looking good this summer.”

Rosenman said it is fascinating to see the players’ maturity levels when it came to discussing topics relating to religion — which is one thing that connects each of the players.

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A 16-and-under baseball team, comprised of 15 players from Long Island, and one player from Brooklyn, will take to the international stage at this summer’s 2024 JCC Maccabi Games, slated to take place in Houston. It is the world’s largest Jewish youth sporting event.

“This was a u16 team and they were sitting down for breakfast and the conversation that was going on at the table, for me, was fascinating,” he said of last year’s team. “It was probably better than any intellectual talk show. Sometimes, when you become and old guy, you say things like ‘I’m worried about the next generation.’ Watching theses kids — I’m not worried.

These kids, really, they get it. And it was eye opening for me.”

For players like Ian Yegidis, who attends Sanford. H Calhoun High School in Merrick, it’s their first year playing on the 16-and-under team. The age range of players on the team spans from 14 to 16, and for a lot of the players, it’s been fun to meet athletes from not only different schools, but also different grades.

“I used to play with some of these kids in little league, now we’re in different high schools, but it’s just good to be back with everyone,” Yegidis said. “And it’s more than just baseball this year, with everything going on in the Middle East. I think it’s a big thing that we do this. It’s important.”

The ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East has rocked Jewish communities around the world.

Meet the team

The team includes players on Long Island from Bellmore, Merrick, Woodmere, Great Neck, Syosset and Commack. All athletes who participate in Maccabi must be Jewish. Above, Coach Mark Rosenman speaks to team members at a January practice.

Zach Adelstein – No. 9 Dylan Baron – No. 23 Jake Bursztyn – No. 28 Alex Demas – No. 20 Toby Harris – No. 27 Hunter Kass – No. 44 Charlie Shapiro – No. 3 Daniel Stashower – No. 4 Ryan Steinberg – No. 10 Sam Swedarsky – No. 5 Ian Yegidis – No. 19 Derek Yormack – No. 13 Ryan Yormack – No. 35 Aaron Zacharia – No. 6

There’s been a rise in antisemitism, but also a push for Jewish unity and pride.

“We’re feeling it through our local communities and school and everything that’s been done to silence everybody,” Yegidis said. “And I think it’s awful that’s it happening.”

Swedarsky said his sister is in Israel, where she’s been aiding Israel Defense Forces soldiers. He also has family friends who are enlisted in the IDF and are on the front lines of the war right now.

“This tournament is you know, religiously, very big for me,” he said. “I just want to have a good run and support for everything that’s happening right now.”

“In the beginning of practice, when we finally finalized the team and we got together, I told them for me, this tournament is more than baseball,” Rosenman said. “It’s not about winning and losing — it’s about them being proud. They go to school, some of them, where antisemitism is on the rise. They’re looked at differently. When they’re all together, there’s a comfort level — they take pride in who they are.”

Some of the parents on the call spoke about what it’s like watching their sons take part in the competition — whether they are returning athletes, or it’s their first year playing.

Gus Demas, Alex Demas’ father, said Rosenman’s leadership is incredible. “Mark is a huge factor for all of these boys, coming back to play with a phenomenal coach, not only for baseball, but just for life in general,” he said.

Darin Shapiro, whose son Charlie was not able to be on the group call, said that the games help athletes understand their connection to Israel.

“Secular Americans who (don’t) have any connection to Israel are now kind of waking up and maybe understanding that there is a connection between all of us to the homeland,” he said. “I think it’s really going to hit home, and really make it special this year.”

The team has been fundraising in effort to offset the costs of travel, and has been very successful — drawing in $16,000. More information on the team, its players and their journey to the games which will take place in early August, can be found at MarkRosenman. com/TeamMaccabi.

“There’s something about this group,” Rosenman said. “They all lead by example, it’s not just one kid.

And I’m excited. I love doing this, and these kids make it easy to want to do it.”

Students learn crucial research skills in ASR research experience,” Graff s a i d o f t h e e x p e r i e n c e.

“When I go to college and do research in college, there are a lot of skills that I have now.”

Foufas, who is Mepham’s Class of 2024 valedictorian, investigated “Adapting to Pressure: The Bone Structure-Function Relationship in the Rabbit Talus.” The North Bellmore resident, 17, studied the talus, or ankle bone, of a New Zealand rabbit, and how the pressure in t wo d i f f e r e n t l o c a t i o n s impacts the structure of the bone.

Though she didn’t work directly with animals, Foufas found a study done recently at Stony Brook University on New Zealand white rabbits, and, with permission, utiCourtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District lized that data in her own each semifinalist completed graduate-level research, and will receive $2,000. mepham will also research and analysis. That included training artificial receive $2,000 per student. intelligence to differentiate bone from void space in Micro-CT scans, centered under the shinbone, due to ver- cells, from deoxyribonucleic acid, the a 3D imaging technique utilizing X-rays tical pressure, instead of closer to the molecule that carries genetic informatoes. tion for the development and functionto see inside an object slice by slice.

“Instead, we found they’re almost ing of an organism.

Like Graff, Foufas found that the equal,” she explained.

“We were able to Using statistical techniques, Yang results of her study were contrary to assume, for future research, that preprocessed his finds by separating out her hypothesis. She expected the internal, spongy structure of the bone to be although it’s overlooked, the tensions noise and irrelevant information from put on bone from ligaments and ten- what scientists can use to improve their dons, we should also be looking at those knowledge. instead of just focusing on forces of “It’s statistically significant,” he said.

Attorney advertising compression.”

“We’re still pretty far away from the Her results have implications for mass use of this technology, but I’m glad osteoporosis treatment and prevention.

I was able to contribute a little. I’m with Michael and Suzanne Ettinger Foufas’ mentor was Meir Barak of working on getting published right Attorneys-at-Law the bone biomechanics lab at Long now.”

Island University.

And Yang’s years of dedication to his Yang, 17, Mepham’s 2024 salutatori- research and hard work are paying off: an, studied the “MultiFormer: Single- He will attend Stanford University in Cell ATAC to RNA Prediction Frame- the fall. work.” He worked with mentor Yuying Graff and Foufas have not yet finalXie, of Michigan State University. ized their plans for this fall.

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becoming a Regeneron scholar. As a transfer student at Bellmore-Merrick, she didn’t join the program until last May, when Kommor agreed to take her on. While her classmates had been a part of ASR for almost two full academic years, Graff had just a few months to complete her research project.

Her project, “Think Fast: An Assessment of Cognitive Processing in Relation to Smartphone Proximity,” looked at how proximity to a smartphone impacts cognitive skills, including how fast someone thinks. Her project had two scenarios: one in which students put their phones face-down on their desks, and one in which Graff collected the devices.

Both groups of students were given math exams, and when Graff compared the results, she found the opposite of what she had predicted.

“I found that kids who (usually) have them taken away performed better during the smart phone face down condition than students who usually keep them,” she explained. “That’s where I had my statistical significance. My conclusion was that the hysteria over smartphones is kind of overblown; it’s not really as much of an issue as we perceive it to be.”

Her mentor was psychology professor Lillian Park, of SUNY Old Westbury.

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BRINGING LOCAL SPORTS HOME EVERY WEEK

SPOTLIGHT ATHLETE

HERALD SPORTS Junior Sean Gallagher, top, was runner-up at 108 pounds in last Saturday’s qualifier tournament and is one of 15 Colts headed to counties.

vAsilis tRiANtAfyllou North Shore Senior Basketball JANUARY 29, 2024 is a night Triantafyllou will never forget. He etched himself into the Nassau County and North Shore boys’ basketball record book by scoring his 1,000th career points in a victory over Lawrence. He reached the plateau in thrilling fashion with a last-second three pointer, giving him 40 points for the game. “Big V” as he’s called, ranks among the county’s scoring leaders at 22 ppg and has the Vikings in line for a high playoff seed.

GAMES TO WATCH Thursday, Feb. 8 Girls Basketball: Wantagh at Lynbrook .................5:15 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Island Trees at Malverne................. 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: West Hemp. at East Rockaway ....... 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Friends Academy at Lawrence ........ 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball: East Rockaway at West Hemp......... 7 p.m.

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Calhoun impresses in qualifier

By MARC BERMAN sports@liherald.com

Friday, Feb. 9 Girls Basketball: Westbury at Uniondale ................... 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball: V.S. Central at Long Beach.............. 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Manhasset at Hewlett................5:30 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Syosset at Oceanside .................... 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Hicksville at Freeport...................... 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: South Side at Kennedy .................. 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Baldwin at Plainview ...................... 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Plainview at Baldwin ....................... 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 10 Boys Basketball: Calhoun at Elmont .......................10 a.m.

Girls Basketball: G.N. North at Carey ......................10 a.m.

Boys Basketball: Long Beach at V.S. Central ...........12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: G.N. South at East Meadow .........12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Garden City at Sewanhaka ..........12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: MacArthur at Mepham .................12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Elmont at Calhoun.......................... 2 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Kennedy at South Side..............3:30 p.m.

Nominate a “spotlight Athlete” High School athletes to be featured on the Herald sports page must compete in a winter sport and earned an AllConference award or higher last year.

Please send the following information: Name, School, Grade, Sport and accomplishments to Sports@liherald.com.

The Calhoun wrestling team thought last season was a banner year. But now it is ready to top that.

At the Nassau County qualifying tournament hosted by Kennedy last Saturday, Calhoun outdid itself with a glorious showing.

Calhoun qualified 15 wrestlers for the upcoming Nassau County Division I championships that will be held this weekend at Hofstra.

Of those 15 qualifiers, three Colts took home titles – junior Bobby Bello (160 pounds), senior Dan Fauci (116) and junior Carter Tenenbaum (215).

It is the most county tournament qualifiers in coach Peter Marques’ six seasons in Merrick. In addition, Bello won the award for most pins (4) in the least amount of time.

“It says how much the program has grown over the years,’’ Bello said. “It’s the time and dedication the coach and players have put in. The community of wrestling has just blown up. It’s very positive.’’

Last season, Calhoun had two AllCounty wrestlers (a top-6 finish) in Ray

Adams and Andrew Foy. This season, the Merrick school is gunning for even more.

“Our goal is if we can get four guys if everything goes really well,’’ Marques said. “Last year we finished 10th as a team. We want to improve on that.’’

The best shot at an All-County grappler is Bello, a junior who didn’t place in the counties last year. Now he’ll go into the counties as a high seed.

“I just have to really wrestle tough and keep doing what I’ve been doing,’’ Bello said. “I have to keep my mental state right and keep training hard. All-County would be a huge stepping stone in achieving some of my goals.’’

Bello was a pin machine at the qualifier. “He’s a very good athlete and able to use his athleticism and speed,’’ Marques said. “He’s a very technical wrestler on the top position. He sticks to his game plan and does what he does well.’’

Bello gained revenge in The Finals with a pin on McArthur’s Mike Waters, whom he had lost to earlier this season. “I tried to get on offense quicker,’’ Bello said of the rematch. “I got a reversal and then I stuck him.’’

The 116-pound class became an All-Calhoun final with Fauci beating his team-

mate, Devin Nichols in The Finals. Both move on to Hofstra.

Tenenbaum’s first place became the most riveting as the match went into double overtime in the 215-pound class. In the second OT, Tenenbaum started from the bottom and notched a reversal during the 30-second period. In the next 30-second segment, with his opponent at the bottom, Tenenbaum kept him down.

The coach Marques believes Bello, Fauci, Nichols, Tenenbaum, junior Sean Gallagher (108 pounds) and Dom DiRico (108) are all All-County candidates.

Gallagher, Nichols, Nicholson, Jayce Joosten and DiRico each finished in second place in their weight classes to make it to the counties. James Chicco was a third-place finisher. Finishing fourth and eking in were Zach Gubba, Liam Lynch, Dylan Nichols, Michael Nicholson, Greg Katragis and Gianni Castiglia. All head to Hofstra.

And it gets even better for the Colts.

The lone female wrester who practices with the squad, Reese Adams, finished second last weekend in the girls individual Long Island Championships at 114 pounds. Her brother, Ray wrestles at Duke after being All-State at Calhoun.

Teaching scam identification to elderly residents

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State and nassau County elected officials spoke at a scam prevention seminar last month at the Levittown public Library. County Legislator mazi melesa pilip, far left, assemblyman John mikulin, Legislator thomas mcKevitt and assemblyman david mcdonough discussed the importance of identifying scams. your account has been hacked. These types of scams use fear as a tactic, she said, so the victim will be more likely to give up information. Any time an email or phone call claims to be your bank, Kristal said, it is important to call your bank to confirm with them.

Grandparent scams, according to Kristal, have become prevalent, preying on the emotions of the elderly. In these cases, a scammer will call up a grandparent and pretend to be their grandchild, claiming they are in jail and need

money for bail. In these situations, Kristal recommends sharing a password with family members. When a scammer pretends to be family, ask for the password and, she said, they’ll hang up, because scammers would rather move on to an easier target.

Scammers are using new technologies, such as artificial intelligence,” Kristal said, to make them harder to identify. AI is capable of cloning voices and images, which makes it easy for scammers to replicate a person’s voice

or likeness. All the scammer needs are a few words of your voice, or photos, which they can get from voicemails, calls or pictures on the internet.

Assemblyman John Mikulin said that his grandparents simply don’t answer the phone, because, they say, virtually every call is a potential scam.

Kristal explained that scammers are organized and operate like businesses.

They can use robocalls and “spoofing,” where they alter the caller ID, to act as legitimate organizations.

If your identity has been stolen, there are steps you can take, according to the county Office of Crime Victim Advocate, which offers services to victims and witnesses of a crime.

If you are a victim of identity theft, call the companies where the fraud occurred and freeze your accounts, and change logins and passwords. Check your credit reports, and report the theft to the Federal Trade Commission, either online, at idntitytheft.gov, or by calling its identify theft hotline, (877) 438-4338.

Finally, file a report with your local police department and update your personal information.

According to Kristal, victims of a scam will only be more vulnerable, because they’ve proven that they are susceptible to giving up their personal info. “If you’ve been the victim of a scam,” she said, the probability of them coming back to you is very, very high.”

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He also stressed not putting too much information on checks, such as a phone number. Scammers, McDonough said, recruit “cashiers” to buy copies of checks they receive, and will call the people who wrote them. Using the checking account and routing number, scammers will say they are with a check writer’s bank, claim the account has been hacked and ask for more personal information.

“You’re giving them all the information necessary for them to scam you and steal your identity,” McDonough said.

Manda Kristal, the program coordinator for financial abuse and exploitation at the Family and Children’s Association, a nonprofit organization that helps vulnerable people on Long Island, said that mail scams are common, and scammers will also claim to be charity organizations asking for donations. In those cases, Kristal suggested going to charitynavigator.org, which will verify if a charity is legitimate.

“There are lots of evil people out there, and they are constantly conniving and trying to take advantage of people.”

County Legislator Thomas McKevitt said.

Kristal said that phishing emails, in which scammers trick people into giving away sensitive information, will pretend to be your bank and message you that

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School district hosts inaugural STEAM expo Students in grade 6 throughout the four elementary school districts that feed into the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, as well as current middle schoolers, were invited to an interactive STEAM Expo on Jan. 31.

Held at Merrick Avenue Middle School, visitors tried their hands on activities such as coding a NAO Robot with Python, navigating Sphero bots, operating VEX robots, working with digital drawing and design, trying out a green screen and more.

Organized by Kennedy High School Science and District STEM Chairperson Rob Soel and Mathematics & Computer Science Chairperson Danielle Caliendo, teachers and administrators from the mathematics, computer science and science departments each had students on hand to demonstrate unique course offerings, clubs and other co-curriculars at the secondary level.

“Our goal was to create an interactive showcase of all Bellmore-Merrick STEAM-related programs, courses, and extracurricular activities, providing the sixth grade and middle school students with the opportunity to explore STEAM fields,” Caliendo said. “It was a great event to bring together the entire community from elementary to high school.”

Courtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District

Merrick Avenue eighth graders Sofia Magauco demonstrated how to control a NAO robot using programmed voice commands while Mathematics & Computer Science Chairperson Danielle Caliendo looked on.

Grand Avenue technology teacher Alan Pedisich looked on while a student operated a coloring robot.

Tyler Steinberg, Brianna Boland and Ryan Marr of BellmoreMerrick Broadcasting showed off the program’s green screen, giving visitors the chance to be weather forecasters.

Mepham Science teacher Diana Nigro, Calhoun science teacher and Robotics Club adviser Ed Catapano, Kennedy Science and District STEM Chairperson Rob Soel, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum Scott Bersin, science teacher and Robotics Club adviser Deanna Ocampo and Rob Tobia, a physics teacher at Calhoun and Mepham high schools.

Merrick Avenue Principal Katelyn Dunn, technology teacher Dan Stiglitz and eighth grader Sebastian Obregon at the drone station.

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Long Island is in dire need of volunteer firefighters.

Here in Nassau County, for example, just 6,000 men and women serve local departments — not enough to serve a county of nearly 1.5 million residents.

“It’s a crisis,” said Michael Uttaro, Nassau County’s fire marshal.

The county saw a large boost in volunteer firefighters just after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, reaching more than 10,000 strong at its peak. But that enthusiasm has since dwindled, Uttaro said, and protecting communities depends on those willing to step up and defend it.

“We had a little bit of a spike where people wanted to help their communities,” he said. “They were inspired and had feelings of patriotism. That has waned off. And it’s waned off significantly.”

But not all is lost. Edward Tase Jr., president of the Firefighters Association of the State of New York, believes it is up to local fire departments — and ultimately the state — to help fix this issue and raise volunteer numbers.

In fact, the state firefighters association is calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to properly invest in recruitment efforts.

Otherwise, the volunteer-based system that has always fueled Long Island may

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Donald Corkery, president of the New York State Association of Fire Districts, shares a study from the state firefighters association at the Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center in Uniondale, which found nearly half of New York residents are interested in becoming volunteer firefighters. eventually collapse, forcing both Nassau and Suffolk counties to move toward professional firefighters, like those in neighboring New York City.

And that could get expensive. The 80,000 volunteers who staff fire departments throughout the state save taxpayers $4.7 billion each year, according to a state firefighters association study. There are 179 fire departments on Long Island — more than 70 of them found in Nassau — with all but two being volunteer.

“We’re fighting with the government right now,” Tase said. “When you join as

a volunteer firefighter, you get a $200 credit on your state income tax. I’m pushing to get it to $800, and pushing for the state to understand the value that we provide.”

But volunteering comes with other perks and benefits beyond the income tax credit: breaks on property taxes, grants and scholarships for free or reduced college tuition, and even retirement benefits and service pensions.

“We need to do better and connect more with the communities we serve,” Uttaro said, adding that by having better

community connections, the county can not only grow its active volunteer roster, but also increase the fire department’s diversity.

Although Nassau’s population is becoming more diverse, those demographics aren’t always translating over into the community fire departments.

“We’re missing those folks,” Uttaro said, “and the opportunity to get them to join and let them know about the community they just moved into, and how they can help.”

Another state study found that nearly half of New York residents are interested in volunteering at their local fire department — something Uttaro says he wants to capitalize on.

More than “66 percent of the people surveyed said they would stop down at their local firehouse to get more information on volunteering,” the fire marshal said, “so now it is our job to roll out the welcome mat.”

Regina Cabrera found her way to volunteering for her local fire department in Patchogue. And despite what some might believe about doing this kind of work, there is still plenty of opportunity to still have a life outside of the fire station.

“I have a social life,” she said. “I go to church. I have a 9-to-5. I do a lot. But why not push yourself to do something? You don’t know what you’re capable of until you try.”

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Another year ahead for Bellmore’s businesses The Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores’ 2024 Installation dinner was an evening that celebrated businesses, community relationships and meaningful partnerships throughout the year. It took place on Feb. 3 at the Crest Hollow Country Club, a catering hall and event space on Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury.

The installation dinner honored several influential members of the Chamber of Commerce, including Jim and Marie Spohrer of Bellmore Automotive.

They were named the Chamber Members of the Year.

Paul Zuckerberg of the Bellmore Fire Department was named the Outstanding Community Person of the Year, while the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Steve Chernoff of Bellmore Stationary.

Gene Judd of Island Greenery, will remain president of the chamber for 2024.

Whether influential members of the community were being honored, or businesses that have gone above and beyond, the evening highlighted the good work of the chamber, and looked ahead to what’s to come. For more, visit BellmoreChamber.com.

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At the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmore’s annual installation dinner, several community members were honored. Above.

Hempstead Town Clerk Kate Murray; Jim and Marie Spohrer, the Chamber Members of the Year; Paul Zuckerberg, the Outstanding Community Person of the Year; Steve Chernoff, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award; Legislator Michael Giangregorio; State Sen. Steve Rhoads; Councilman Chris Carini and Chamber President Gene Judd.

Scott Rosenbaum and Ex-Captain John Scalesi, Lieutenant Mike Massaro, Ex-Captain Paul Zuckerberg, Ex-Chief Kenneth Noon and Chief Eric Ozechowski of the Bellmore Fire Department at the installation.

Gene Judd, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores.

Marie and Jim Spohrer of were named Chamber Members of the Year.

Steve Chernoff of Bellmore Stationery received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Paul Zuckerberg received the Outstanding Community Person of the Year Award.

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Host a celebration to welcome the Year of the Snake

By Karen Bloom Super Sunday weekend is upon us. And with it, the start of the Year of the Dragon, which arrives Feb. 10. Before everyone’s attention turns to the Big Game, why not partake of some more New Year’s revelry with an Asian twist? So take out the broom and sweep away the winter doldrums with a Lunar New Year gathering.

The dragon is the sixth year of the Chinese zodiac, which consists of 12 years (and 12 different animals) total.

A majestic and lucky creature in Chinese folklore, the dragon symbolizes bravery, creativity and innovation.

According to the Chinese horoscope, 2024 is a year full of potential and opportunities for personal growth, professional success and social impact. The dragon is also associated with one of the five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal or water.

Each element gives the dragon a different personality and destiny.

Actually the Year of the Wood Dragon, 2024 is also known as Yang Wood on Dragon, or Jia Chen. The fixed element of the dragon (chen) is Earth (Wu), which represents stability, honesty and loyalty. The variable element of the dragon in 2024 is yang wood, or jia, further representing growth, creativity and flexibility.

The wood dragon, according to the lore, is the most creative and visionary of the dragons. They are optimistic, ambitious and adventurous — ready to explore new ideas and challenge themselves. They are also generous, compassionate, and loyal to their friends.

Therefore, the Year of the Dragon in 2024 is expected to be a time of visionary leaders, innovators and problem solvers.

It’s also predicted to be a great year to start new projects, explore new opportunities, and create value for yourself and others.

Lunar New Year is all about spectacle, from those ubiquitous fireworks and dancing dragons, to an assortment of delectable food. That’s why it’s a holiday anyone can enjoy — and a great time to host a party.

From the décor and color scheme, to the food, Lunar New Year is rich in beautiful symbols. If you’ve got a round table, this is the time to use it, because it is a sign of wholeness.

Decorate it with red and gold accents to represent good luck and prosperity.

During Lunar New Year, the color red is everywhere.

People wear red, decorate with poems on red paper, and give children “hong bao” (or “lucky money”) in red envelopes.

That’s because red symbolizes happiness, abundance and good fortune. It also symbolizes fire, which according to legend, can drive away bad luck.

There are all sorts of symbolic foods, each associated with specific blessings or good luck. Noodles — in dishes such as Snake Alley Noodles — stand for longevity. Pork symbolizes wealth. A whole chicken? Completeness and prosperity.

Supplement the meal with other symbolic foods, such as pot stickers or spring rolls (said to bring prosperity because they resemble gold ingots); a bowl of tangerines or oranges

(their Chinese names sound like the words for “luck” and “wealth”); fortune cookies to go with dessert — you can even insert your own customized fortunes for the year ahead. For the ultimate in a customized fortune, make homemade fortune cookies and write creative fortunes to delight and amuse your guests.

And at the stroke of midnight, open your doors and windows to release the stresses of the old year.

Lucky Day Stir Fry

• 1/3 cup stir-fry Sauce • 1 large clove garlic, pressed • 1/2 pound fresh asparagus • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil • 1 medium onion, sliced • 1/2 pound fresh snow peas, trimmed • 1 large red bell pepper, cut into 1/2-inch strips • 10 to 12 ears canned whole baby corn, rinsed (optional) Combine stir-fry sauce and garlic. Cut asparagus crosswise into 2-inch pieces.

Heat oil in hot wok or large skillet over high heat. Add asparagus and onion; stir-fry 2 minutes. Add snow peas; stir-fry 2 minutes. Add red bell pepper; stir-fry 2 minutes. Add corn; stir-fry 1 minute.

Pour in stir-fry sauce mixture and cook, stirring, until vegetables are coated with sauce. Serve immediately.

Classic Fried Rice

• 6 strips bacon, cut 1/2-inch pieces • 1 egg, beaten • 8 green onions and tops, sliced • 4 cups cold, cooked rice • 1 tablespoon minced garlic • 3 tablespoons soy sauce Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp. Move bacon to the side of the pan; add egg and scramble. Move egg over and add green onions to the skillet; saute for about a minute. Stir in the rice, add garlic and soy sauce. Toss until mixture is well blended and heated through.

Snake Alley Noodles

• 3/4 pound uncooked spaghetti • 1/4 cup soy sauce • 2 tablespoons dry sherry • 4 teaspoons cornstarch • 1 pound ground pork • 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root • 2 cloves garlic, minced • 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper • 3/4 cup chopped green onions and tops • 1/2 pound cooked baby shrimp, rinsed and drained Cook spaghetti according to package directions, omitting salt; drain and keep warm.

Meanwhile, combine soy sauce, sherry, cornstarch and 1 cup water.

Stir-fry pork with ginger, garlic and red pepper in hot wok or large skillet over medium heat, until pork is cooked.

Add green onions; stir-fry 1 minute. Add soy sauce mixture; cook and stir until mixture boils and thickens slightly. Stir in shrimp and heat through.

Pour over noodles and toss to combine. Enjoy!

Relive those great R&B tunes of days gone by as some top R&B groups take the stage at Adelphi University’s Performing Arts Center for an evening of classic sounds.

Blue Magic, Black Ivory and The Legendary Blue Notes featuring Sugar Bear sing their greatest hits. The evening is hosted by ‘Big Murph’ of Classic Soul 107.5 FM’s ‘Murph in the Morning and Instant Classic Radio Show.’ Sing along to such favorites as ‘If You Don’t Know Me By Now,’ ‘I Miss You,’ ‘Don’t Turn Around’ and ‘Sideshow.’ The iconic Philly soul group Blue Magic — known for dreamy ballads and choreographed stage moves — peaked in 1974 with the Top 10 pop hit ‘Sideshow.’ Romantic, sensual, soothing and captivating are the words that describe Blue Magic’s musical talents. They reached Gold status with ‘Sideshow,’ their first million-selling hit single. Besides their exquisite vocal harmonies. they’re also known for their masterful storytelling choreography.

Friday, Feb. 9, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $45. Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City. Adelphi. edu/pac, or (516) 877-4000.

‘Easy come, easy go’ Queen-mania rocks on. Almost Queen is back with their homage to the beloved band. They don’t just pay tribute to the legendary band, they transport you back in time to experience the magic and essence of Queen themselves. The band — featuring Joseph Russo as Freddie Mercury, Steve Leonard as Brian May, Randy Gregg as John Deacon, and John Cappadona as Roger Taylor — consistently delivers a dynamic live performance showcasing signature four-part harmonies and intricate musical interludes. Their authenticity shines through in their impeccable attention to detail and genuine costumes, while their live energy and precision will leave fans of all ages with an unforgettable concert experience.

Saturday, Feb. 10, 8 p.m. $79.50, $69.50, $59.50, $49.50, $39.50, $29.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

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Friends of the Brothers visits the Landmark stage with their dynamic tribute to the Allman Brothers, Friday, Feb. 16, 8 p.m.

Their powerful celebration of the Allman Brothers, featuring musician closely associated with the original band, continues the brotherhood with passion, committed to the ideals of every night being special and unique. Guitarist/singer Junior Mack has fronted Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band for 12 years and starred in the acclaimed Broadway show “Lackawanna Blues.” Guitarist Andy Aledort played with Dickey Betts for 12 years, has recorded with Double Trouble and Band of Gypsys and toured with Experience Hendrix. Singer/guitarist Alan Paul is the author of “One Way Out,” the definitive, best-selling Allman Brothers Band biography based on 25 years of reporting on and interviewing the band.

Their first-hand experience with the Allman Brothers Band and their deep knowledge of the repertoire and the music’s roots and heritage allows them to play with an unrivaled depth.

They perform songs from every stage of the Allman Brothers Band’s career, backed by a band of inspirational, veteran players, including drummers Dave Diamond (Zen Tricksters, Bob Weir, Robert Randolph) and Lee Finkelstein (Tower of Power, Blues Brothers), bassist Craig Privett (Half Step) and keyboardist Mike Katzman (Leslie Mendelsohn, The Electrix). Hear songs from every stage of the Allman Brothers’ career, backed by a band of inspirational, veteran players. $33, $28. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

Welcome the Year of the Dragon at Long Island Children’s Museum, Saturday, Feb. 10, 12-2 p.m. Stop by to learn all about this special year, believed to bring an abundance of opportunities, wealth and luck for everyone. Make a dragon craft to take home. For ages 3 and up. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

Karaoke Night Tango Time Trivia hosts a free karaoke night at Elsie Lane Bellmore, Friday, Feb.10, 10 p.m.

The hosts will bring jokes and good music, while Elsie Lane is known for their great wings.

2819 Jerusalem Ave., North Bellmore. Visit Eventbrite.com/ freefridaykaraoke for more.

Art talk Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture” at the museum, Thursday, Feb. 15, 1 p.m. She’ll discuss the current exhibition, “Our Gilded Age.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the in-depth program and also participate in a guided exhibition tour following the lecture. Registration required.

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

Nassau County Museum of Art’s latest exhibition, “Our Gilded Age,” examines the appearances and the realities of an era that mirrors our own in many ways.

Like the nation’s economy, American art and literature flourished during the Gilded Age. The art of John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, Louis Comfort Tiffany and others adorned palatial residences designed

by Stanford White and Ogden Codman Jr., architect of the museum’s own quintessential Gilded Age mansion.

Drawing heavily upon the local literary history of Long Island, including William Cullen Bryant, Mark Twain (who named the Gilded Age), Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton and others, the exhibition will include paintings, fashion, decorative arts including period silver and china, photographs, manuscripts, first editions and other historic memorabilia.

The “Upstairs, Downstairs” approach to the life of a country house brings to life not only the storied conspicuous consumption for which the Gilded Age was infamous, but also the real lives of these many individuals who maintained the palatial estates where that lifestyle was enjoyed.

On view through March 10.

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

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‘Parallel Perspectives’ View Molloy University Art Gallery’s current exhibition, a duo exhibit displaying artwork of noted Long Island artists Holly Gordon and Ward Hooper. Various complementary paintings and prints are on view. Upon meeting, it became obvious that both Gordon and Hooper were deeply inspired

by Long Island’s fascinating environment and natural beauty.

Together, they toured the island and captured the same places, each interpreting the scenes in front of them through their distinctive artistic styles. Their creations not only influence one another but also blend unique aesthetics in their collaborative artistic journey.

Gordon and Hooper’s partnership yielded numerous accomplishments, one of which was the publication of their book “Parallel Perspectives: The Brush/Lens Collaboration.” Through Feb. 16. Kellenberg Gallery, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. Call (516) 323-3196 or email artgallery@molloy.edu for more.

Breast screening ‘Love Letters’ Plaza Theatricals continues its season with “Love Letters,” Sunday, Feb. 11, 2:30 p.m. Starring Kim and Chris Dufrenoy, this and imaginative theatre piece is comprised of letters exchanged over a lifetime between two people who grew up together, went their separate ways, but continued to share confidences.

Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner, both born to wealth, are childhood friends whose lifelong correspondence began with birthday party thankyou notes. Following the performance, the Dufrenoys share some favorite Broadway love songs! See it at the Elmont Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont. $40, $35 seniors. Elmont. For tickets, visit PlazaTheatrical. com or call (516) 599-6870.0.

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Love yourself on Valentine’s Day, with a breast screening at Mercy Hospital, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 1-4 p.m. Self-care is the most important gift you can give yourself on Valentine’s Day. Must be age 40 and over to book an appointment. 1000 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. Visit chsli.org/mercyhospital or call (516) 626-3729 for more information.

Comedy showcase Laugh the night away when Governor’s Comedy Clubs and GovsRadio.com presents some of the best comics on the circuit, at The Brokerage, Thursday, Feb.8. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; show begins at 8 p.m. $14 per person; must be 16 or over to attend. 2797 Merrick Road, Bellmore.

Visit Brokerage.govs.com for more.

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Cinderella, a zany Godmother, a trip to the royal ball, and a glass slipper continues to delight audiences everywhere. The most classic of all fairy tales springs to life in this Sunrise Theatre Company’s production of the classic tale, Saturday, Feb. 10, 11 a.m.; Sunday, Feb. 11, noon. Follow along in this fast-paced musical production as the ragged Cinderella meets up with the handsome prince looking for a bride. All tickets $15. Visit the Sunrise stage at The Showplace at Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore. For information/tickets, SunriseTheatreLI.com or call (516) 218-2782.

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Movie matinee

Enjoy a movie on North Bellmore Public Library’s big screen, Thursday, Feb. 15, 1:30-4 p.m. See “Loving,” the 2016 biographical romantic drama that tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, the plaintiffs in the historic 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia, which invalidated state laws prohibiting interracial marriage. Starring Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga, it was nominated for numerous awards.

Rated PG-13. 1551 Newbridge Road, North Bellmore. For more information, visit NorthBellmorelibrary.org

Enjoy a movie on Merrick Library’s big screen, Friday, Feb. 9, 1-4 p.m.

See “Oppenheimer”t the acclaimed biopic, now up for many Academy Awards.

It stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist credited with being the “father of the atomic bomb.” Rated R. No reservations necessary. 2279 Merrick Ave, Merrick. Visit MerrickLibrary.org for more.

Theater presentation Lantern Theatre performs “Couples’ Calamities,” at North Bellmore Public Library, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2-4 p.m. Laugh and cry as you explore the calamities of romantic relationships, in this theatrical compilation of Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite,” “Miss You” by David Auburn, “Post-Its” by Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman, and ‘Chocolate” by Frederick Stroppel.. No registration required. 1551 Newbridge Road, North Bellmore. For more information, visit NorthBellmorelibrary.org or call (516) 785-6260.

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Notice is hereby given that I shall, commencing on February 20, 2024, sell at public on-line auction the tax liens on real estate herein-after described, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party-ininterest in such real estate shall pay to the County Treasurer by February 15, 2024 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges, against the property. Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 per cent per six month’s period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code. Effective with the February 20, 2024 lien sale, Ordinance No. 175-2015 requires a $175.00 per day registration fee for each person who intends to bid at the tax lien sale. Ordinance No. 175-2015 also requires that upon the issuance of the Lien Certificate there is due from the lien buyer a Tax Certificate Issue Fee of $20.00 per lien purchased.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Nassau County Administrative Code at the discretion of the Nassau County Treasurer the auction will be conducted online.

Further information concerning the procedures for the auction is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/526/County-Treasurer Should the Treasurer determine that an in-person auction shall be held, same will commence on the 20th day of February, 2024 at the Office of The County Treasurer 1 West Street, Mineola or at some other location to be determined by the Treasurer.

The liens are for arrears of School District taxes for the year 2022 - 2023 and/or County, Town, and Special District taxes for the year 2023. The following is a partial listing of the real estate located in school district number(s) 7, 4 in the Town of Hempstead only, upon which tax liens are to be sold, with a brief description of the same by reference to the County Land and Tax Map, the name of the owner or occupant as the same appears on the 2022/2023 tentative assessment roll, and the total amount of such unpaid taxes.

ImporTanT THE NAMES OF OWNERS SHOWN ON THIS LIST MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS OWNING THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT. SUCH NAMES HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE 2022/2023 TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLLS AND MAY DIFFER FROM THE NAMES OF THE OWNERS AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. IT MAY ALSO BE THAT SUCH OWNERS ARE NOMINAL ONLY AND ANOTHER PERSON IS ACTUALLY THE BENEFICIAL OWNER. Town of HempsTead scHool:4 norTH Bellmore Ufsd

Name Parcel Group Lot LOMBARDI PETER 50277 00530 KAYOUM SOPHIA L 50277 00650 KASTENBAUM DENISE R 50283 02390 MCCANN BRENDAN P & MARGARET 50294 02080 DEVLIN EDWARD T & MARGARET 50298 00520 52-53 DRIMMER BRYAN 50304 01020 WEINSTEIN PHYLLIS LIFE ESTATE 50379 00030 BROCHHAGEN RUDOLPH & THERESA 50502 00140 CORDARO PETER & OLIVE 50504 00120 LIN DUNSEN & LIU LILY 50592 00070 LIN DUSEN & LIU LILY 50592 00200 VOLCKENING JR GEORGE E 50596 00350 MILLISYS D ESTREMA & CHRIS 50596 00420 SCAROLA CARMELA LIFE ESTATE 51062 00760 DIENER MARK SCOTT & EILEEN 51062 00770 GRIMES SEAN P 51291 00100

Amount 10,823.35 3,208.75 2,321.57 9,547.90 18,494.53 22,535.07 5,260.52 2,112.03 6,179.18 4,044.22 3,100.65 3,071.46 2,371.93 20,572.43 16,604.12 4,905.95

BENSON RICHARD & LYDIA 51317 00380 1076 OLYMPIA ROAD LLC 51331 00010 FUSCO PAUL & JANET 51348 00050 SUTPHIN ANTHONY 51444 00160 DI LEO JAMES & KATHLEEN 51506 00020 FIORILLO LORENZO & ANGELA 51523 00760 CARLSON JOHN & JANE 56 A0105910 WEINMAN ROY A & MYRNA 56 L 00140 BANAS DENISE 56 R0100150 SHEVLIN PAULA A & JAMES K 56 S0500590 KRAFT JONATHAN 56 S0600270 RIISKA CHARLES LIFE ESTATE 56 S0600980 ADDEO ROSA & MICHELE 56 S0607960 ADDEO MICHAEL & ROSIE 56 S0607970 797 ECHEVARRIA GABRIEL 56010 01040 104,819-820 EXECUTIVE RENTALS NY INC 56025 03960 396,397 BATISTA MELIZA & CONTREAS BRAUL 56025 13080 AVENA VINCENT 56035 12010 FOSTER IRENE 56117 05530 GOETZ GERHARD R & INGE 56142 00040 WARD MARILYN 56143 01050 105-106 1894-1906 NEWBRIDGE RD LLC 56145 02260 1894-1906 NEWBRIDGE RD LLC 56145 02270 1894-1906 NEWBRIDGE RD LLC 56145 02280 WALLIS JUDITH A TRUST 56151 03110 311-312 BEDELL KATHY 56152 03410 341-342 SELL RICHARD 56207 01260 ALVAREZ STELLA 56216 00770 HARGROVE RONALD & KAREN 56221 02270 DISOMMA KATHRYN LIFE ESTATE 56229 00950 AHRENS WILLIAM & MARILYN 56236 00460 46,218-220 JAKE & NATE LLC 56253 04300 BROWN DAVID A & GINA 56255 03260 326-329 MAIORANA SUSANNE B 56338 09030 DAVIS JAMES & CONNIE 56363 00930 93-94 PARKER LEE NORA 56367 02340 CHUI JENNY PUI-CHUN 56368 00010 MABRY JR FRANK 56368 00450 ROMANO JOSEPH 56376 00070 7-8 LAURELLI RICHARD & DOROTHY 56385 01290 129-130 CONNOLLY BERNARD 56390 00970 97-98 BEGLEY ERIN 56405 06130 613-614 BURKE JOHN F LIFE ESTATE 56408 03000 BOGLIONE LISA E 56441 00170 MCCOY SUSAN A 56458 00340 MCCOY EDWARD T LE 56458 00610 MAHER TIMOTHY J 56459 00210 GOGAS MICHAIL & VALERIE 56459 00390 MAHER M & E 56459 03160 WINCKELMANN JAMES & TRACEY 56459 03180 DURELS ROBERT J & DAWN S 56467 00150 JUNGE LUCILLE & KATHY 56470 00080

17,866.69 7,391.39 4,003.74 2,703.89 5,004.59 904.91

21,180.43 4,410.88 2,287.19 15,427.94 4,613.94 8,676.10 2,212.09 363.02 5,616.52 21,679.45 2,925.02 5,219.21 11,339.68 8,129.22 2,089.80 30,483.88 30,666.02 18,157.35 11,263.24 7,267.02 28,419.22 4,748.16 7,349.67 14,350.42 1,705.36 28,254.76 16,380.11 8,092.46 14,724.86 9,494.44 2,622.31 2,219.40 2,382.41 2,396.81 4,728.41 18,141.25 13,967.31 8,849.31 16,737.04 904.90 4,060.68 7,922.81 438.10 2,698.05 6,712.99 10,519.86

MORGANI TRUST 56471 00010 PELUSO MARIE 56477 00300 AVENA VINCENT 56478 02420 242 DE MEO CARMINE & MARY 56479 00070 7-8 LANGER BENJAMIN 56491 00250 AHRENS THOMAS & DENNIS 56491 00810 AHRENS THOMAS 56491 00820 DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBU 56491 01180 118 VIEW REALTY LLC 56509 00090 9 VIEW REALTY LLC 56509 00220 GUZMAN OMAR & GUZMAN JASMIN 56513 02340

1,542.14 8,697.08 25,871.07 2,841.38 13,889.83 6,342.11 10,395.90 4,099.72 10,052.25 4,225.66 3,778.67

Town of HempsTead scHool:7 Bellmore Ufsd Name Parcel Group Lot CCG REALTY HOLDING CORP 56 W 12550 1255-1258 POWELL MURIEL LIFE ESTATE 56160 00450 45,46 BELLMORE REALTY LLC 56161 01470 BELLMORE REALTY LLC 56161 01560 156 PACHECO, KEVIN 56162 00260 KENDER KEVIN & SARAHANNE 56162 01150 115-119 HONG KENT & JOSIE 56203 01020 SAUNDERS TIMOTHY MICHAEL & 56206 02230 KALMAN ROBERT 56206 02520 MATARAZZO ANGELO & MARGE 56226 00070 KS MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC 56273 00400 40-41 KSPS MANAGEMENT LLC 56273 00420 42-43 TIMONEY DANIEL P 56282 02240 224-225 SMITH CAROLINE 56283 01090 SINGH SATVINDER 56317 06540 654-657 C S BARTHOLOMEW & SON INC 56333 01610 C S BARTHOLOMEW & SON INC 56333 01620 162-164 C S BARTHOLOMEW & SON INC 56333 01650 165-166,169 GABRIELLE VINCENT III 56336 00400 ZALUTSKY TMIMA 56336 00510 51,70 STRYKER KATHE & PATRICK 56339 03110 2741 BROADWAY REALTY LLC 56340 00030 3-4,14,17 RITACCO TRUST 56342 00040 HARGRAVE TERRY 56350 01300 130-131 RAND JAMES & DEBORAH 56352 00460 46-47 PRESTIGIACOMO CHARLES 56352 00560 SOMDAT ENTERPRISES INC 56352 00600 NG KAM MING & YUK WONG 56353 01250 LEONE FRANK 56354 00470 47-48 OHARE JAMES & JACQUELINE 56483 03320 332-333 FLUM STUART & BARBARA 63027 00310 FERRARO LEBRO & MAZIE 63029 02820 282-283 KEPHART ETAL PHYLLIS 63037 02240 224-225 HARVEY VICTORIA 63195 00410 41,338,340 BVJS ENTERPRISE LLC 63199 14520 WILENKIN MARK & HELENE 63200 01190 INCORVAIA GIUSEPPE 63200 01250

Amount 54,346.17 11,077.64 5,131.36 620.30 17,645.05 14,888.62 30,301.13 14,260.64 5,342.08 3,482.21 10,687.83

AMERICAN PROCESSING CORP. 63221 00010 116 CLUBHOUSE LLC 63221 00030 BELLMORE CLUBHOUSE REALTY LLC 63221 00040 LFG REALTY LLC 63221 00050 GIACOPELLO P 63222 00230 NICOLA ANNAMARIE 63223 00030 EGGELING PWD 63223 00220 SHAPIRO ANN 63224 03340 PEARSALL MARGARET TRUST 63226 00200 DOMORAD ALEKSEY & ILONA METSAR 63228 00090 NEARY LORETTA LIFE ESTATE 63228 00120 FILIPPELLI THERESA 63262 00170 BENSON MARCELLUS D 63263 00980 COSTA RICHARD & PATRICIA 63266 01300 130-131 MCHUGH FRANCIS 63266 01360 136-137 INSARDI PHILIP & CAROL 63266 01920 192-193 LEIGH LANA 63266 01940 194-195 ROSS JULES & EVELYN 63284 00580 DORFMAN BART & ELISABET 63287 00120 FRAINA AMALIA LIFE ESTATE 63287 00280 CUTTITTA PETER & DESIREE 63310 00140 THEODORAKATOS VASILIOS & GRASIM 63312 00180 LOSIK STEVE 63330 00160 COHEN BARRY & JILL 63337 00060 BERLAND JESSE J & BERLAND GINA 63337 00230

1,812.20 2,531.69 14,017.43 54,252.90 4,702.52 7,053.69 6,299.16 13,266.53 3,950.43 2,577.99 4,955.39 16,895.49 7,037.66 2,355.04 11,950.19 23,543.36 20,665.30 6,887.52 19,063.80 4,737.34 9,878.18 14,607.66 48,675.71 3,023.90 4,177.45

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TERMS OF SALE

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Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldier’s and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts.

1,841.28 4,474.42 31,519.01 75,790.94 15,258.54 363.02 21,836.10 405.36 38,101.67 338.77 25,124.32 15,131.82 7,771.11 446.80 1,836.41 1,661.95 7,699.27 2,985.13 7,724.82 16,328.01 3,309.87 13,014.56 13,142.06 25,286.43

However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased.

The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/ or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA), 12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et. seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) receivership.

The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed.

The rate of interest and penalty which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount from which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to pur

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chase be of no further effect.

Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale.

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Furthermore, as to the bidding,

• The bidder(s) agree that they will not work with any other bidder(s) to increase, maintain or stabilize interest rates or collaborate with any other bidder(s) to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the random number generator in the event of a tie bid(s) on a tax certificate. Bidder(s) further agree not to employ any bidding strategy designed to create an unfair competitive advantage in the tiebreaking process in the upcoming tax sale nor work with any other bidder(s) to engage in any bidding strategy that will result in a rotational award of tax certificates.

• The tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) bid, will be arrived at independently and without direct or indirect consultation, communication or agreement with any other bidder and that the tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) to be bid, have not been disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder, and will not be disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder prior to the close of bidding. No attempt has been made or will be made to, directly or indirectly, induce any other bidder to refrain from bidding on any tax certificate, to submit complementary bids, or to submit bids at specific interest rates.

•The bids to be placed by the Bidder will be made in good faith and not pursuant to any direct or indirect, agreement or discussion with, or inducement from, any other bidder to submit a complementary or other noncompetitive bid.

•If it is determined that the bidder(s) have violated any of these bid requirements then their bid shall be voided and if they were the successful bidder the lien and any deposits made, in connection with, said bid shall be forfeited.

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This list includes only tax liens on real estate located in Town of Hempstead. Such other tax liens on real estate are advertised as follows: Town of HempsTead Dist 1001

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES INC. MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-5 Plaintiff, Against KEINO M. KORPELA A/K/A KEINO KORPELA; KOSTANTINA PASCULLO; ET AL Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 11/15/2023, 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 2/20/2024 at 2:00PM, premises known as 2597 South St. Marks Avenue, Bellmore A.K.A. South Bellmore, New York 11710 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 Bellmore (Unincorporated Area) In The Town Of Hempstead, County Of Nassau And State Of New York.

Section 0063 Block 00230-00 Lot 00003 The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $649,489.06 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 611459/2022 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.

Peter Kramer, Esq.,

Referee. (516) 510-4020 MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC, 10 Midland Avenue, Suite 205, Port Chester, NY 10573 Dated: 12/6/2023 File Number: 17-302209 CA 144343 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE AS SUCCESSOR

BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-AQ2, Plaintiff AGAINST NEIL ASTROW, ANDREW J. WEILAND, MD, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered March 9, 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 February 20, 2024 at 2:00PM, premises known as 915 IRIS DRIVE, NORTH BELLMORE, NY 11710. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at North Bellmore, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 50, Block 529, Lot 6. Approximate amount of judgment $834,093.39 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #007647/2016.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County

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Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities.

Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office. Upon request, information can be made available in braille, large print, audio tape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 ext. 13715.

Dated: February 07, 2024

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THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER MINEOLA, NEW YORK

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”. Mark Ricciardi, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 16-003740 78814 144266 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. ERIN BEGLEY, et al, Defts.

Index #616380/2022.

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered August 2, 2023, I will sell at public auction on the North Side Steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on March 7, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. prem. k/a Section 56, Block 405, Lot 613-614. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. RON FERRARO, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Drive, Great Neck, NY. #101105 144656 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 5-2024 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held January 23rd, 2024, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the

proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 5-2024, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 5-2024, amending Section 202-1 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at various locations.

Dated: January 23, 2024 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY 144780 LEGAL NOTICE CASE NO. 21527 RESOLUTION NO.82-2024 Adopted: January 23, 2024 Councilmember Muscarella offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AND SETTING ASIDE CERTAIN PARKING SPACES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE SOLE USE OF HOLDERS OF SPECIAL PARKING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE COUNTY OF NASSAU TO PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN OTHER LOCATIONS, WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY, SET ASIDE AS PARKING SPACES FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS. WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 77-2024, adopted January 9th, 2024, a public hearing was duly held on the 23rd day of January, 2024, at the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the proposed establishment and setting aside of certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically

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handicapped persons, in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, all as set forth in said resolution; and WHEREAS, after due consideration, this Town Board finds it to be in the public interest to establish and set aside certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, the following parking spaces be and the same hereby is set aside for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons: BELLMORE NEWBRIDGE ROAD - west side, starting at a point 113 feet north of the north curbline of Howell Street, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-587/23) ELMONT LEHRER AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 70 feet south of the south curbline of Steele Street, south for a distance of 17 feet.

(TH-581/23) SUN AVENUE - south side, starting at a point 89 feet east of the east curbline of Meacham Avenue, east for a distance of 16 feet.

(TH-585/23) (NR) FLORAL PARK 239TH STREET - west side, starting at a point 39 feet north opposite the northeast curbline of Ontario Road, north for a distance of 13 feet.

(TH-583/23) FRANKLIN SQUARE NORBAY STREET - north side, starting at a point 465 feet west of the west curbline of Scherer Boulevard, west for a distance of 22 feet.

(TH-586/23) NORTH BALDWIN KINGSTON AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 39 feet south of the south curbline of Schuman Place, south for a for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-461/23) ; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall enter this resolution in the minutes of the Town Board and shall publish a copy of this resolution once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the Town of Hempstead, and shall post a copy hereof on the signboard maintained by her, and file in her office affidavits of such publication and posting.

The foregoing resolution was seconded by Councilmember Goosby and adopted upon roll call as follows: AYES: SIX (6) NOES: NONE (0) 144783

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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 2/14/2024 at 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. 119/24. BELLMORE - 308 Bedford Ave Corp. d/b/a Lunchbox Brewing Co., Special exception for place of public assembly & amusement; Waive offstreet parking & special exception to park in Res. “B” district (proposed microbrewery in existing building)., W/s Bedford Ave., 101.89’ S/o Wilson Ave., a/k/a 308-312 Bedford Ave. S.E.Q.R. determination not made.

129/24. BELLMORE 2255 Centre Avenue Group, LLC, Waive offstreet parking; parking in the front yard setbacks on Royle St. & Centre Ave. & in the clear sight triangle with insufficient maneuvering aisle (existing office bldgs.)., N/E cor. Centre Ave. & Royle St., a/k/a 2255 Centre Ave. S.E.Q.R. determination not made.

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 Bellmore 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 ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 4-2024 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held January 23rd, 2024 , by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 4-2024, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 4-2024, amending Chapter 202 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “REGULATIONS & RESTRICTIONS” to limit parking at various locations.

Dated: January 23, 2024 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY 144779

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Part Time & Full Time. The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team! This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business.

H i s t o r i c a l l y, r e p o r t e r s w h o h ave launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry. Salary range is from $20K to $45K To apply: Send a brief summary in the form of a cover letter describing your career goals and what strengths you can bring to our newsroom, along with a resume and three writing samples to mhinman@liherald.com LOGISTICS ANALYST: ALPI USA Inc. seeks a Logistics Analyst in Valley Stream, Nassau County, New York. Bachelor's degree in International Business or Operations and Supply Chain Management required. Knowledge and Proficiency in Cargo Wise, Microsoft Office (Access, Word, Excel, and Power Point), Trade Map, SAP Business and Management software.

Qualified applicants may submit resume directly to Michael Laurence Carkin, Chief Operating Officer, via email to michael.carkin@alpiusa.com MAILROOM/ WAREHOUSE HELP Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for a FULL-TIME & PART-TIME mailroom/warehouse helper in Garden City.

We are a busy print shop looking for motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duties in the shop. Forklift experience is a plus and heavy lifting is required.

Hours vary, so flexibility is key. Salary Ranges fromo $16 per hour to $20 per hour.

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MULTI MEDIA ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENT Inside Sales Looking for an aggressive self starter who is great at making and maintaining relationships and loves to help businesses grow by marketing them on many different advertising platforms. You will source new sales opportunities through inbound lead follow-up and outbound cold calls. Must have the ability to understand customer needs and requirements and turn them in to positive advertising solutions. We are looking for a talented and competitive Inside Sales Representative that thrives in a quick sales cycle environment. Compensation ranges from $33,280 + commissions and bonuses to over $100,000 including commission and bonuses. We also offer health benefits, 401K and paid time off. Please send cover letter and resume with salary requirements to ereynolds@liherald.com Call 516-569-4000 X286

Richner Communications, One of the Fastest Growing Media, Event and Communications Companies on Long Island is Seeking a Sales/Marketing Candidate to Sell our Print Media Products and our Digital, Events, Sponsorships.

Earning potential ranges from $33,280 plus commission and bonuses to over $100,000 including commissions and bonuses.

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Management Analyst wanted by 3W Auto Accessory Inc. in Oceanside NY. Must have a bachelor's degree in Management, Economics or other business-related major. Duties: Conduct research and gather relevant data on the organizational procedure and management and identify potential problems or improvements; Review documents and financial records to design new SOP or management system; Design and improve processes to achieve operational excellence and define customer performance metrics; Prepare, implement, and manage customer SOPs and internal manuals; Lead the company's management on critical initiatives with a focus on continually improving performance, productivity, and cost. Yearly Salar y will be $73590 to $80000. Mail Resume to 3W Auto Accessory Inc., Attn: Qi Zhou, 3401 Lawson Blvd, Oceanside, NY 11572.

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Bricks, too, require workmanship

Q. Why do bricks fall off a wall? I live in a brick house, and was concerned when I saw in the news recently that a whole side of condos in Suffolk County just collapsed on cars. The report said it was under investigation, but we rarely hear the answer to what they found. What could cause that, and is there anything I can do with my brick house?

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A. The expression that something or someone is “built like a brick house” obviously didn’t apply in this case. You never think of brick as a weak or precarious material applied to buildings, but because brick is not structural, but rather cosmetic, attached to the rest of the face of a building with thin strips of metal from behind, if not done onte eeper correctly, the result can be just like what you saw in that news story.

Unfortunately, there’s little you can do about your wall’s hidden conditions unless you open them. Sadly, there are many workers who have never had formal training in the proper application of construction materials. I noted over the years, as a volunteer mentor in several high schools, that school curriculums reduced or eliminated classes in industrial arts, automotive repair and construction technology and replaced them with computer technology and preparation for a college education.

I realize this is a general statement that educators could debate and grade me on, but the simple fact is that because little or no training qualifications are required to get a contractor’s license and no formal construction education is required, poor workmanship and bad decisions, with no basis in engineering or science, are a daily occurrence, especially in residential construction. Not that everyone does a poor job, but quality control is based on pride and vigilance, not on uniformity, like you find with other skilled professions, where oversight and responsibility is strict and rampant, as in the medical field.

Anybody can argue anything, but public safety should be everyone’s job, and that wall was either missing the wall ties, they were spaced too far apart, they weren’t the right kind, the wall had no spacing behind to allow trapped water to flow out, or the backup material wasn’t correctly waterproofed and thus deteriorated. It’s important that even a brick wall is handled correctly from start to finish. We hear people protesting daily for freedom from regulation, but isn’t it your right not to be subjected to a brick wall collapse that was avoidable?

I speak with building and homeowners daily, and find that most, if not all, have a reasonable expectation that the work they’re paying for will be, as they often say, “perfect” or something close.

When that level of expectation isn’t met, the customer is generally upset. Since the industry places responsibility on the wrong people, such as inspectors, engineers and architects instead of the last person to touch the construction, the problem is perpetual. Good luck!

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he Price is Right!! This home has it all! There are 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, a spacious living room, dining room and huge country eat in kitchen. The den, has sliders to the patio and yard and it also has a laundry as well as a 2 car attached garage. This home boasts gleaming hardwood floors plus the location has access to the bay and Sound Side Beach. Asking $569,000!

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orget scary movies or the end of the world — what scares almost all of us the most, by far, is getting a voicemail from a family member, telling you to call back right away because “it’s important.”

My 90-year-old father did that last week, a message I got on my phone as I was walking from what had been an enlightening and productive meeting with a school superintendent.

The last several months had been MICHAEL filled with diffiHINMAN cult calls like this. My mother’s cancer. My stepmother’s passing. Learning that a former colleague is gravely ill.

I couldn’t begin to imagine what this call might be about. Not wanting to stress as I dialed my dad’s number, I calmed myself by joking under my breath that my parents probably went

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out and got married.

“Dad, it’s Mike. What’s wrong?”

“Nothing’s wrong. But I wanted to let you know your mother and I got married.”

This wasn’t my imagination. This was actually coming from the other end of the line.

“Wait, what? When?”

“What time is it now?”

My dad paused for a moment. “Oh, about an hour ago.”

Since my stepmother died, my parents had reconnected. My dad moved from Florida back to where I grew up in Pennsylvania late last year to be closer to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. And my mom happened to already be there, with room in her house for him to live.

Although they divorced in 1998, my parents remained friends. They didn’t have to co-parent or anything — all their kids were grown. But even in the worst of times, if two people truly love

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each other, can anything really keep them apart?

That’s a mystery of love — one of many. And it was no coincidence, I’m sure, that all of this took place on the lead-up to Valentine’s Day. Not much is known about Valentine, except that he lived and died during the third century, ministering to persecuted Christians in the Roman Empire — if you can believe what Wikipedia shares. But so much of Valentine’s story is obscured by legend, and it’s really not clear what led our culture to revere him.

More than 200 years after his death, Pope Gelasius I established a Feast of St. Valentine to take place on Feb. 14, to honor his martyrdom. Centuries later, Geoffrey Chaucer — the English poet who brought us “The Canterbury Tales” — wrote about Valentine in his poem “Parlement of Foules,” linking

ecades after calling it quits, my parents decided to remarry.

him to romance and lovers for what is believed to be the first time.

Love happens to be the language many of us — if not all of us — relate to the most. The power of love can build new worlds or destroy them — and do just about everything in between.

The famed radio psychiatrist Dr. David Viscott once said, “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.”

And 20th-century philosopher Rabindranath Tagore described love as “an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.”

My parents woke up one morning last week and decided between breakfast and buying some groceries that they would give marriage another go, decades after they called it quits.

Love is indeed an endless mystery.

But as long as it continues to bring people together — like it did my mother and father once again — keeping it a mystery is worth the price.

Michael Hinman is executive editor of Herald Community Newspapers. Comments? mhinman@liherald.com.

The great Albany debates are long gone

aving served in the Assembly for 23 years, I can’t avoid comparing the Legislature of my days and the current one. So much has changed, a lot of it for the good. There are now such things as electronic voting, immediate access to pending legislation, a modern sound system and many other changes that make legislating so much faster, easier and smarter.

During my years of service there were rolltop desks, no microphones available for debate, and every bill that had been JERRY introduced was in a pile of papers KREMER under your desk.

In a typical year, upward of 14,000 bills were introduced, so there was little or no chance that every one of them would be given special consideration.

But one of the things missing from the current legislative process is what I call the great debate. For countless years, a handful of members would stand out in the crowd because of their ability to debate legislation with passion. Their arguments would make the

chamber go silent. From time to time, you really could hear a pin drop.

So many of the laws that the current Assembly and Senate are considering for revision were passed years ago, after hours and hours of intense argument.

Issues such as crime, housing, fiscal reform, integration, education, transportation, health and other hot topics were argued back and forth, with sometimes heated and often memorable speeches, before the debate was finished. I was fortunate enough to sit through many of those debates, and on a number of occasions, I wasn’t reluctant to enter the fray with some of my own very heartfelt views.

Which brings me to the subject of Assemblyman George Michaels. Michaels was a quiet, focused member from an upstate community that was predominantly Catholic. He wasn’t known for stirring floor speeches, and was conservative on most issues.

When it came to the issue of abortion, Michaels had signed a pledge with his local county party officials that he would not support any repeal of the state’s archaic abortion laws. For most of the 1970 legislative session, abortion was not under consideration anywhere,

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including New York. But in early March 1970, while members were negotiating budget matters, upstate Ithaca Republican Assemblywoman Constance Cook introduced a bill to repeal a law passed in 1832, which was an outright ban of abortion.

Cook was joined by liberal Manhattan Assemblyman Al Blumenthal. At the time, Republican Perry B. Duryea, of Montauk, was the Assembly speaker. Duryea was considered fairly conservative on most issues, and the Assembly was under Republican control.

On or about April 2, 1970, the Cook-Blumenthal bill was reported to the floor for debate. On April 9, the debate commenced. It consumed over five hours, and was emotional, yet informative. When the final roll call began, most of us in the chamber were convinced that the bill had no chance of passing.

The chamber fell totally silent as the final tally was taken and the clerk announced that the bill had been defeated, apparently by one vote. The exhausted members rose and were about to leave the chamber when Michaels asked for the attention of the speaker. He stat-

handful of legislators once stood out because of their ability to debate with passion.

ed that he wished to reconsider his vote.

“I know that this is the end of my political career,” Michaels said. “Prior to coming to Albany, I had spoken with my close family, and I pledged that I would not be the deciding vote on such a historical issue. Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, I wish to cast my vote in the affirmative.”

Within seconds, Speaker Duryea also voted “yes,” and the bill passed. Within days, the Senate approved the bill as well, and the repeal of the ban on abortion was signed into law by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller.

If you are interested in this particular issue and the drama surrounding it, there is a new documentary, “Deciding Vote,” that gives you a bird’s-eye view of that event.

Regrettably, there haven’t been those kinds of debates in the years since, and most of the current oratory is flat.

Maybe a few great debates will grace the floors of the State Legislature in the future, but the real debates of the past are long gone.

Jerry Kremer was an Assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years.

He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? jkremer@liherald.com.

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How are you doing, Long Island?

t was a simple question: “How is everybody doing?”

For any of us on social media, this is a question we see a lot. But in this particular case, it wasn’t just anyone asking.

It was Elmo. You know, the famous childlike Muppet who has been a “Sesame Street” staple since 1985, and who created a mad rush in the late 1990s for toys that encouraged kids to tickle him.

Like many of the characters we grew up with on the children’s education series, Elmo has his own account on platforms like Instagram and X, formerly known as Twitter. He follows just a dozen people — other characters like Cookie Monster, Big Bird and Oscar the grouch — but Elmo is followed by more than a half-million people.

Many of his posts are birthday wishes to his Sesame Street neighbors like Bert’s best friend, Ernie, or sharing how much he enjoys his life in his fictional neighborhood.

But Elmo also cares about those who take the time to read his occasional posts.

So it was no surprise when he let everyone know “Elmo is just checking in!”

And more than 200 million people saw it, with a large number of celebrities, other kid-themed characters, and even President Biden chiming in.

But it was the everyday people — like us — whom Elmo noticed first.

“Elmo, I’m depressed and broke,” one follower replied.

“My dog passed away three weeks ago,” another follower shared. “Me and my fiancée are still grieving. Prayers would be appreciated.”

“I really, really try to be happy and

Need help?

There are always resources available to you, 24/7 — many of which will allow you to maintain your anonymity and not cost you anything.

■ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-8255 ■ Long Island Crisis Center: (516) 679-1111, or dial 988 ■ Nassau County Behavioral Health Awareness Campaign: (516) 227-8255 ■ New York State Office of Mental Health: (877) 846-7369, or text 467369 ■ Crisis Text Line: from a mobile phone, text the word “HOME” to 741741 strong at work,” someone else said. “But sometimes it’s just too much, Elmo. I’m struggling.”

After years of a crushing pandemic, ever-increasing polarization in politics, and wars raging overseas, we as a society have had better days when it comes to mental health. A gallup poll surveying more than 5,000 people in all 50 states revealed that depression is on the rise, especially in women and young adults.

Women may have been hit extra hard, gallup research director Dan Witters told ABC News at the time, because many were forced to leave work and return home when their children were forced to attend school remotely. Also, many

Letters Suozzi is the right choice To the Editor: I endorse Tom Suozzi. As a congressman, mayor and Nassau County executive, he has represented a proud tradition of service. He championed better health care, gun safety laws, a reduction in the cost of prescription drugs, fair tax policy, and protection of our natural resources, such as the Long Island Sound.

However, the challenges the voters in the special election on Feb. 13 now face include national controversies. We are challenged by a Republican-majority Congress that doesn’t take action on immigration policies, and which holds hostage aid to our allies. We are challenged by referendums on a woman’s right to choose and a worker’s right to strike.

These national and local issues can be solved by representatives like Tom Suozzi, who have a calm voice and an open mind, and will most certainly steer us to solutions.

JANET RIgER Great Neck

women were on the front lines of the pandemic in our health care facilities, seeing firsthand the horrors Covid-19 brought.

Combating these feelings isn’t easy, but it is possible. The Long Island Crisis Center, for example, tackles this through its “Better Can Happen” campaign. The organization describes it as a grass-roots movement that “works to spread hope and highlight simple ways” for people to help make Long Island a better, friendlier place to live and work.

It does this through five primary tenets: Know better, feel better, say it better, do better and give better. That means knowing the signs of depression or even suicidal thoughts — which you can learn more about at LongIslandCrisisCenter. org/bettercanhappen. Seeking help when you need it through resources like simply dialing 988. Finding ways to talk about mental health without attaching a stigma to it. And, of course, donating time and money to keep these services going, whether it’s with the crisis center or a number of other fantastic organizations in our community.

More often than not, it starts with a simple question we don’t ask each other enough: How are you doing?

“Wow! Elmo is glad he asked,” the Muppet said on X several thousand replies later. “Elmo learned that it is important to ask a friend how they are doing. Elmo will check in again soon, friends! Elmo loves you.”

Just when we think we’re too old to learn something from a show that defined our childhoods, Elmo shows we have so much to learn. And we can begin by simply asking, “How are you doing, Long Island?”

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he history of America’s relationship with the indigenous peoples who lived here before the arrival of European settlers has been fraught with sugarcoating, obfuscation, and downright ignorance.

On Long Island — where so many of our communities still bear the names of the native tribes that were here for millennia — that history continues to remain hidden and untaught, despite the fact that numerous municipalities still claim to “honor” the legacy of these tribes through school wiLL team and village sHeeLine logos that feature stereotypical headdresses and depictions of Native Americans.

Before the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano first saw what would become known as Long Island in 1524, there were tens of thousands of indigenous peoples living here, largely in peaceful co-existence among 13 tribes along the coasts of the island. These were the Canarsee, Corchaug, Manhasset, Marsapeague, Matinecock, Merrick, Montaukett, Nesaquake, Rockaway, Secatogue, Setauket, Shinnecock and Unkechaug.

They inhabited the land for more than 10,000 years, and were expert fishers and clammers who relied on the abundant fish, lobsters, clams and even whales to supplement the food they got through

hunting and the harvesting of corn.

The various tribes had different names for the island they called home: Paumanok, Lepanehoking, Sewanhacky and Wamponomon — the last two referencing the abundance of wampum, or shells, from local clams used for decoration or currency.

The tribes themselves were closely related to several different nations from the surrounding land, with the majority of the western Long Island tribes speaking Algonquian dialects. The Algonquian people, at their height, stretched up and down the northeastern United States and into Canada. Their people, traded goods and culture traveled from Lake Superior to the Long Island Sound.

The indigenous people of eastern Long Island spoke a Lenape-Munsee dialect, showing their connection to the Lenape communion, a group of hundreds of tribes stretching from delaware to the Hudson Valley.

Through their Lenape heritage, the eastern Long Island tribes were linked to the Powhatan Federation, famous for the daughter of one of their chieftains, Pocahontas, and their relationship with the Jamestown colonists.

In addition to the sustenance they acquired from the animals and crops of the region, the various tribes were also accomplished artists and musicians, particularly with the use of wampum shells for decorative pieces, and weaved elabo-

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rate and finely made clothing and blankets. They also made ornamental pottery, stamped with decorative designs, and traded these goods across the Sound and along the East Coast.

Since the beginning of white settlement on Long Island, roughly 90 percent of native people have been killed — either intentionally or incidentally — by colonists, through everything from violence to disease to loss of native wildlife and land displacement. The majority of tribes disappeared from Long Island before the Revolutionary War, and in the centuries since, a number of American historians have attempted to whitewash the presence and impact of Native Americans here. despite this, they still played a key role in Long Island’s early history, particularly in the close relationship between the Montaukett and the English settlers of what is now Suffolk County. When Long Island became a center for the whaling industry in the 18th and 19th centuries, many natives were hired for their bravery, strength and long history of whaling in their respective cultures.

A Shinnecock man named Eleazar was the first Native American to enter Japanese territory while serving as a crewman aboard the whaling vessel Manhattan, which anchored in Tokyo Bay while on an expedition in 1845.

Nowadays, there are only two reservations for indigenous tribes on Long Island

t’s our duty, as Americans and as human beings, to honor native tribes’ heritage.

Letters The blame lies with the Palestinians To the Editor: For many years, the Palestinian Arabs have played the victim card, and now they have the new audience they crave because their old friends have gotten the message. Their new audiences is the Americans, who are gullible, ready to listen and repeat their lies and distortions.

They don’t want you to know they’re pariahs in much of the world, and especially among other Arabs.

They accuse Israel of being like the Nazis, but it was the Palestinian Arabs who were Hitler’s allies.

They won’t tell you that Kuwait, who had given them sanctuary, banished 250,000 of them after the Kuwaitis discovered that the Palestinian Arabs’ sympathies were with Saddam Hussein.

The Jordanians, whose country was carved from the “Palestine Mandate,” controlled the West Bank for years.

They didn’t create a Palestinian state then because they knew what terrible neighbors they would be.

After its 1967 victory, Israel pleaded with Egypt to take back control of Gaza. No way! was the very fast response.

Lebanon will not permit Palestinian Arabs to leave the 12 functioning refugee camps on its land. It will not let them assimilate into its culture, fearing how disruptive they are.

— the Shinnecock Reservation, in Southampton, and the Poospatuck Reservation, in Mastic. The descendants of many of the tribes still live throughout the United States, forced to occupy reservations as far from their homeland as Oklahoma.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of native Long Island history and culture.

The best way to honor them and their legacy is by educating ourselves on their history and finding ways to support the descendants of these tribes, whose land we now live on.

Anyone interested in preserving and honoring native culture can promote and patronize indigenous-owned businesses and places that educate on the history of the local tribes — such as the Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum, in Southampton — and support increase funding for local school districts to include academic courses and cultural opportunities so our children understand the peoples who lived here before their ancestors.

While we may not have been taught much about them, the native tribes of Long Island are an integral part of our communities’ history. It is our duty — as both Americans and human beings — to not only honor their heritage, but also to uplift their voices and educate ourselves on their proud history and tradition.

Both because it is the right thing to do, and because there is still so much for us to learn.

Will Sheeline is a senior reporter who writes for the Glen Cove, Oyster Bay and Sea Cliff/Glen Head Heralds. Comments? wsheeline@liherald.com.

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The Palestinian Arabs have started war after war, lost them all and are still crying “Foul!” They charge Israel with apartheid in the West Bank, but conveniently disregard the fact that their prospective charter calls for an Arab country where no Jews would be allowed.

On Oct. 7 they beheaded children, raped women, killed participants at an outdoor concert, slayed 1,200 innocents and took more that 200 hostages. But they say they themselves are the victims — of genocide, no less.

They make no connection between the attack on innocent Israelis and the fact that Israel has a right to defend and protect itself.

We know they are manipulative and delusional, using the U.N. as their GoFundMe, but it has gotten out of hand.

They Palestinian Arabs don’t want a state. That takes effort, labor, brains, determination, guts and responsibility. Israel and the U.N. built most of the housing in Gaza, and the U.N. provides food, fuel and other necessities, while the Palestinian Arabs contribute nothing.

They claim no knowledge of the hundreds of miles of sophisticated tunnels beneath their streets, homes, hospitals, mosques and schools. They were shocked!

Until they knew it was time for them to call for a ceasefire.

Their former allies know the deadly games they play.

How long will it take the Americans to wise up? The clock is ticking.

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