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William Ferro is the new library leader of the reasons why I wound up here: I was there for a long time, and while I’m still young, I felt William Ferro is a new face like it was time for a change. I at the East Meadow Public want to take on new responsibilLibrary, but the new director ities and new challenges.” has worked in libraries since he The board chose Ferro in was a sophomore at October to take over Hewlett High for longtime direcSchool, starting as a tor Carol Propaid page working beyahn. He officialhis way up to direcly started on Dec. 1. tor.

“East Meadow Ferro, 49, comes library is one of the t o E a s t M e a d ow co-central libraries with over 30 years at in Nassau County,” the Hewlett-WoodFerro said. “If I was mere library, having ever going to go anyserved as its direcwhere, this was at tor for eight years. WIllIAM FeRRo the top of my list.”

He grew up in the He got his start Director, E. Meadow Gibson section of as a page at the Valley Stream, and Public Library Hewlett-Woodmere never left. He met library at 16 behis wife, Maryann, cause his mother, who was at the library, and she is the studying for her master’s in assistant director of the Levit- English literature at the time, town Public Library. The two was always at the library. have three children who have “She was tired of her 16-yeargone through or are currently old son sitting on the sofa playin Hewlett-Woodmere schools. ing video games between jobs,” “I spent my whole career Ferro joked. “So that’s kind of there,” Ferro said. “I was in the what got me off the sofa, and I community, I lived in the com- went in and the job seemed munity, I went to school in the interesting, and it paid fairly community, I was raising my well for the time, so I was, like, family there. yeah, sure, I’ll take the job.”

“That’s also potentially one Continued on page 2

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No leashes required Senior residents of the A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility, in Uniondale, received new furry friends on Jan. 13. The animatronic pets make lifelike sounds and movements, and are meant to bring companionship. Story, more photos, Page 3.

Cleaning East Meadow’s water Federally funded mitigation project is under way

By MAlloRY WIlSoN mwilson@liherald.com

This is the first of two stories examining dioxane water-mitigation projects.

The Town of Hempstead has received $5 million from Washington to continue improving East Meadow’s drinking water.

The funding is part of the $1.7 trillion Omnibus spending bill passed by Congress last month.

Roughly $15 million was available to the 4th Congressional District, which encompasses East Meadow. Fourteen other locations in the district received funding for projects.

The money secured for East Meadow is earmarked for Part B of the East Meadow Dioxane Mitigation Project, according to a news release from former U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice’s office.

“These investments,” Rice said in a statement, “protect our

drinking water, expand vital safety net services delivered by local nonprofits, address the mental health and substance use crises, and provide critical job training for Long Islanders.”

The chemical 1,4 dioxane, used as a solvent, can be found in cosmetics, detergents and shampoos. It has also been found in drinking-water wells in the East Meadow Water District, which is Continued on page 4

f I was ever going to go anywhere, this was at the top of my list.

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Bringing decades of experience to the library Meadow library were overwhelming, Ferro learned that he really enjoyed Ferro admitted. “Just getting to know the job, especially the people. “I think the layout of the building, and meeting that developed one of my curiosities. I all of the staff,” he said. “It was unique love helping people and I love answer- to this situation. Just people from the community heard that ing questions,” he said. “I there was going to be a new enjoyed the day-to-day of director, and they would people just coming in and just come in and introduce saying, you know, can you themselves to me, it was tell me why this happened wonderful.” or where this originated?”

Jude Schanzer, the direcWhen it came time for tor of public relations and college, Ferro originally prog ramming for the wanted to be a physical edulibrary, said she finds Ferro cation teacher, and went to to be very smart and open Queens College, but once to new ideas. the curriculum focused “He always just oozes more on the sciences, Ferro kindness,” Schanzer said. said he was too squeamish “It’s unknown when there’s to go on. He switched to a a new director…for me, conhistory major, and graduatsidering what my job is ed with a degree in Amerihere, whether the new can history. He completed William Ferro director will be supportive his g raduate de g ree at Director, E. Meadow of new ideas, and he seems Queens College in library Public Library really supportive.” science.

Ferro said that he was “I was already working excited to really get into working at the in the library, so libraries were kind of already in my blood, whether I knew it EMPL. “The building is beautiful, it’s at that point in my life or not,” he said. all brand new,” he said. “We will be “I had a lot of people that I worked with meeting with the community to get a that encouraged me to go for library sci- sense of what they would like to see, ence and I’m grateful for that.” and anything they would like to His first couple of days at the East change.” continued from front page

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had a lot of people that I worked with that encouraged me to go for library science, and I’m grateful for that.

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William Ferro took over as director for the East Meadow Public Library on Dec. 1. He has over 30 years of experience in the library system.

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EAST MEADOW HERALD — January 19, 2023 Tim Baker/Herald photos

COuNtY ExEC. BRuCE Blakeman spoke about the animatronic pets that the seniors at the A. Holly Patterson Care Facility in Uniondale received rom the state department of aging.

Seniors at Patterson facility receive new friend

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

Seniors at the A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility in Uniondale — an extension of Nassau University Medical Center — received a new furry friend on Jan. 13.

Except these pets don’t need to be fed, walked, or cleaned up after.

The New York State Department of Aging donated animatronic dogs and cats to the facility. County Exec. Bruce Blakeman gave them out on Friday.

“This is something that’s very unique,” Blakeman said.

“These animatronic pets that behave like a live animal.

“It’s really an ingenious invention.”

The Patterson facility has over 550 beds in its building on Jerusalem Avenue. Along with senior services, the facility also offers post-hospital care including sub-acute rehabilitation, long-term rehabilitation, wound care, I.V therapy, dementia services and more.

“The nice thing about it is that here in a facility like this, where we really can’t have live animals, from the department of health perspective, this is a great substitute,” Blakeman said. “The people who are living here at the A. Holly Patterson center, they’re going to enjoy this, they’re going to have fun, they’re going to play with it, it’s going to help them with communication skills, it’s going to make them more comfortable.”

The dog, which looks like a Golden Retriever puppy, has puppy-like movement and sounds. The dog barks back when someone says something to it.

The cat, which has the features of a grey tabby cat, purrs like a real cat, along with making very realistic sounds. It open and closes its eyes, lifts its paw, opens its mouth and can even move and roll over. The pets even respond to touch.

“A. Holly Patterson serves a large community who are underprivileged,” Dr. Javida Rizvon, the medical director of the facility said, “And we are really very appreciative of this offer from the Office of Aging and our leadership, Mr. Blakeman.”

The animatronic pets are a great addition to the care of the facility residents who have gone through a lot of stressful situations because of the pandemic, added Dr. Rizvon.

She also mentioned that before the pandemic the facility used to offer live pet-therapy.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, studies

have shown that bonds formed between people and their pets has several health benefits. Decreased blood pressure, cholesterol levels, triglyceride levels, feelings of loneliness, anxiety, and symptoms of PTSD, along with better cognitive function in older adults, and more opportunities to socialize are all benefits listed on the site.

“It’s a great thing for these senior citizens that are here and the other people that are here for rehabilitation,” Blakeman said. “That they get something that will cheer them up and make a smile come to their face.”

DR. JAvIDA RIzvON, the medical director of the facility, spoke of the benefits these pets will bring the seniors. thE DOgS AND cats are very realistic with life-like sounds and movements.

New effort to rid drinking water of dioxane continued from front page part of the Town of Hempstead’s Water Department. In 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency classified 1,4 dioxane as “likely to be carcinogenic to humans by all routes of exposure,” based on finding evidence of carcinogenicity in animals that were purposely exposed to the chemical.

According to a 2019 Herald article, a report by the New York Public Interest Research Group found that Long Island’s drinking water had the highest traces of the compound in New York state.

The EPA has a set amount of 1,4 dioxane recommended to be safe in water as 0.35 Adrienne parts per billion.

In July 2020, the esposiTo State Department Executive director, of Health formalCitizens Campaign ly changed the for the Environment standard from 5 to 1 parts per billion.

Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, said the Farmingdale-based advocacy group completed a study about what products the chemical was found in.

“We tested 80 common household products,” Esposito said. “We found surprisingly high levels of 1,4 dioxane in Tide laundry detergent, which had the highest level. It wasn’t just Tide, though, it was other laundry soaps and dish soaps too.”

The drinking water in East Meadow is safe, according to the town, and ever since the maximum contaminant level of 1 ppb was established, the town has been working to remove the 1,4 dioxane from the water. The method to remove the contaminant from the water is an expensive treatment. An advanced oxidation process uses peroxide and ultraviolet light to remove the chemical.

The next step is to put the water into granular activated carbon containers to

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he funding is extremely timely, because the cost of the advanced oxidation technology is expensive.

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The Town of Hempstead received $5 million through the Omnibus spending bill passed by Congress last month. remove any remaining hydrogen peroxide from the water. Once that process is done, the water is run through monitoring systems to ensure its safety.

When the new standard was set, water departments could apply for deferrals.

This gives them time to find enough resources to fund and start the mitigation process. The TOH water district did just that.

In a letter sent to residents in August 2022, the town explained why they applied for a deferral.

“When a public water system is issued a deferral, the water system agrees to a schedule for corrective action and compliance with the new MCLs,” the letter stated. “In exchange, the (state Department of Health) agrees to defer enforcement actions, such as assessing fines, if the water system is meeting the established deadlines.”

The water system is required to update the state and county Department of Health quarterly on the status of the projects. If deadlines are not met, the state can resume enforcement.

But according to Esposito, the clock is

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“The funding is extremely timely, because the cost of the advanced oxidation technology is expensive,” Esposito said.

“Time is running out. They can no longer receive any more deferral, because there will be no more extension provided by the New York State Health Department.”

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Sixth graders at Woodland Middle School in East Meadow went back in time as they celebrated Greek mythology during the school’s annual Festival Games on Dec. 16.

The Festival Games is a day of team building activities inspired by “The Lightning Thief,” the first novel in Rick Riordan’s “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series. It was designed as a day to celebrate teamwork and to participate in healthy competition between the four sixth grade clusters ruled by Ares (Cluster 1), Poseidon (Cluster 2), Athena (Cluster 3) and Zeus (Cluster 4).

Students worked together with their teams to transform their classrooms into cabins, each depicting their respective Greek god or goddess.

During the day, a variety of grade-level activities were planned, including, Capture the Flag and trivia games such as “It’s All Greek to Me,” “I Vaporized My Pre-Algebra Teacher” and “Olympian Family Feud.”

At the end of the games, Team Zeus was awarded a trophy for earning the most points.

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EMMANUEL DEPAS, LEFT, Marie Pereira, Judith Hospedales and Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages, gathered at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building the day before the 13th anniversary of the 2010 Haiti earthquake to raise awareness for new immigration policy.

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Migrating from Haiti, with a little support States can apply for someone in Haiti to come to America through an online application called the I-134A form, which gives It’s been more than a decade since an that sponsor a chance to provide a declaearthquake devastated Haiti, killing more ration of financial support. than 200,000 people, and leaving so many “They are basically asking you how more thousands homeless. To this day, the are you going to take care of this person Caribbean country continues you are legally sponsoring, to recover, all while facing the person who is now called other ongoing challenges the beneficiary,” said Marie such as limited access to Pereira, founder of the Haiti health care, as well as poverty, Immigration Project. “Do you political instability and viohave the financial resources lence. to take care of this person’s While a lot of political talk needs, from health to housing in Washington is focused on to clothing? Everything.” what’s happening at the U.SOnce the sponsor is Mexico border, Nassau Counapproved, the beneficiary is ty Legislator Carrié Solages required to submit their finhas joined immigration law gerprints and undergo an professionals to share details extensive background check. of an expanded program They also must be vaccinated under the Biden administrafor Covid-19, have a valid tion intended to provide legal passport, and proof they are pathways to America for a Haiti native, Pereira added. migrants from Haiti, Cuba, Those younger than 18 ELSIE SMITH Nicaragua and Venezuela as have to be accompanied by an Haitian Elmont well as war-torn Ukraine. adult who is their parent or “This is a positive develop- resident legal guardian. ment, and a humanitarian Judith Hospedales, an way to allow people to seek immigration law expert and asylum,” Solages said. “We have wit- formerly of the U.S. Department of Homenessed so many people risking their lives land Security, said with the influx of disin order to make it here in the United placed migrants in various states, the States.” administration is trying to cut back on This new policy allows up to 30,000 the issues migrants face when they arrive individuals from these four countries to to the border. come to the United States per month for a Many migrants are seeking asylum — period of up to two years —all receiving meaning they fear for their safety, or they work authorization. These individuals believe they could be harmed if they stay must have an eligible sponsor, and pass a in their home country — and want protecseries of vetting and background checks. tion from another nation, like the United To reduce overcrowding and wait States. times at U.S. ports of entry, those who are But there are many who may not qualilegal immigrants or citizens of the United fy for asylum status. In that case, they can

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his is something for a country that is suffering too much, and we have so much we can offer in this country.

Who can become a sponsor?

Anyone who has legal status to live in the United States can sponsor a Haitian immigrant to the United States by submitting a free I-134A application.

That legal status means being a U.S. citizen, green card holder, or someone with temporary protection status.

However, sponsors should be wary of trying to bring in strangers, said Judith Hospedales. The further apart apply for temporary protection status, more commonly known as TPS. This status is for certain individuals who cannot return to their countries of origin because of circumstances within the country, such as those same countries not having the resources or capacity to take back their citizens at that particular time.

Emmanuel Depas, immigration attorney, founder and first president of the Haitian American Lawyers Association in New York, said prospective sponsors must take this process very seriously. Solages emphasized the importance of working with professionals like Depas when going through the sponsorship process.

“You have to say ‘yes’ with caution and understand what you’re getting into,” Depas said. “In those two years, you’re going to have to support (beneficiaries) financially, socially and help them get them acclimated to U.S. culture.

“I implore you to develop patience throughout this process.”

The Haitian American population is one of the fastest growing demographics in Nassau County, Solages said, with many living in communities like Elmont,

the relationship between the sponsor and the person looking to come from Haiti, the more difficult it will be to prove that a person can be a suitable sponsor and financially responsible for the beneficiary.

To learn more, visit tinyurl.com/ SponsorHaiti.

– Ana Borruto Freeport, Uniondale, Valley Stream and Hempstead. According to the most recent census numbers, the total Haitian population was just over 850,000 nationwide, with nearly 155,000 living in New York alone.

Haiti itself has a little more than 11 million people.

Elsie Smith has lived in the United States for 52 years, spending the last decade in Elmont. She wants to sponsor six family members who now live in Haiti — a widower father, his sister and his four kids, whose mother passed away five years ago. The children had to stop going to school last September.

Smith is grateful for the humanitarian relief program as it will give these children better opportunities in the United States.

“This is something for a country that is suffering too much, and we have so much we can offer in this country,” Smith said, through tears. “I live in a house with six bedrooms all by myself — I will provide, (the father) can get his papers for work, and the four children can go to school.”

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Carey Senior Basketball a tWo-tiMe all-CoUNtY selection and last season’s Conference Player of the Year when she averaged 22 points per game, DeMeo joined elite company Jan. 7 when she scored her 1,000th career point. The milestone basket came in Carey’s win over Glen Cove and was part of a 28-point performance. She’s the third player in program history to reach 1,000 points and currently ranks second in Nassau County in scoring.

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Gymnastics: Wantagh at North Shore ......................... 6 p.m Gymnastics: Massapequa at South Side ................... 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Port Washington at Baldwin ............. 7 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 20

Girls Basketball: Malverne at West Hempstead.......... 5 p.m.

Boys Swimming: So. Side/Lynbrook at Long Beach .. 5 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Lawrence at Clarke.......................... 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: V.S. Central at Oceanside ................ 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: East Rockaway at Seaford .............. 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: West Hempstead at Malverne ......... 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Baldwin at Port Washington ............ 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Seaford at East Rockaway ............... 7 p.m.

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

Girls Basketball: Oceanside at V.S. Central ................ 7 p.m.

saturday, Jan. 21

Boys Basketball: Jericho at MacArthur ..................... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: New Hyde Park at Mepham .......... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: G.N. North at South Side .............. 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Wantagh at V.S. North.................... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: North Shore at V.S. South.............. 12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: G.N. South at Long Beach ............. 12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Elmont at Sewanhaka ................... 12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: V.S. North at Wantagh .................... 12 p.m.

As far as East Meadow sees it, Allison Twible has merely returned from a leave of absence – rejoining a Jets girls’ basketball team that has solidified since the sophomore standout last held the keys as an All-Conference eighth-grade point guard.

Momentarily shaken last season by Twible’s transfer to Holy Trinity, East Meadow soon saw new leaders rise from its redrawn lineup, with former shooting guard Lindsay Solenski earning first-time All-County honors as a senior taking over for Twible, and then-sophomore Charlotte Viola named an All-Conference wing as the Jets made the Nassau Class AA playoffs for a school-record eighth straight season, going 7-5 in Conference AA2, 10-7 overall.

While the Jets, who returned four starters this season, grew tighter in Twible’s absence, the fourth-year-starting sophomore also grew over the course of her sojourn – three inches, to be exact.

Averaging a team-leading 14 points as AA2’s sixth-ranked scorer, the now 5-foot9 Twible has meshed seamlessly with her old mates, helping to spur East Meadow’s best start under 10th-year head coach Pete Olenik.

“It’s really great team chemistry that has carried us to such a positive start,” said Olenik, whose club sits a half-game out of second place at 5-2 in AA2, 10-2 overall. “It goes to show the overall confidence in the team concept, how they welcomed Allie back with open arms, allowing her to have a smooth transition.”

“They’re selfless players,” Olenik added. “It doesn’t matter who’s the top scorer or top rebounder. They all help and root for each other. A lot of familiarity and unselfishness.”

Helping Twible achieve a career-best 4.5 assist average, Viola and fellow junior guard Brooke Vislocky rank seventh and eighth in AA2 with 11.5 and 11.1 points per game respectively. Viola, the Jets’ leader last season with 28 3-pointers, is on pace to shatter her career mark with 23 treys to rank third in the conference.

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sophoMoRe allisoN tWiBle is leading the Jets in scoring at 14 points per game after returning to the program following one year at Holy Trinity. dence to take the open shot,” Olenik said.

“Allie as well, even though she’s more of a playmaker, she’s also a natural shooter.

The three of them are a pretty good triple threat.”

Fourth in scoring on the Jets (6.4 points per game), team leading rebounder Emily Pota (10 per game) set a seasonhigh with 15 points in East Meadow’s nonconference win against visiting Locust Valley Dec. 1., while fellow senior forward Emily Forrler scored a season-best 11 points in the Jets’ 62-39 stomping of nonleague foe Mepham in the opener.

In its lone true test besides a home league loss to unbeaten defending Long

Island champ and state finalist Baldwin Jan. 14, East Meadow rallied from a slow first half at Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK, outscoring the AA2 archrival 29-23 after intermission, but running out of quarters as the second-place Hawks coasted to win 57-40.

“Baldwin’s blowing up the conference,” Olenik said. “But we really think we can compete with Plainview. The last game we woke up in the second half and cut their big lead to seven. It’ll probably be us and them fighting for second place.”

In a rematch likely to decide postseason seeding, the Jets hosted the Hawks Tuesday after Herald press time.

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U.S. Rep. George Santos has faced stiff opposition from his colleagues since arriving at Capitol Hill at the start of the new year. It looks like he won’t have an easy time at home, either.

Republican leaders from across the county gathered at GOP headquarters in Westbury last week calling on Santos to resign immediately amid his trail of fabrications on his work and education history, as well as the growing questions surrounding how he financed his campaign.

In fact, those in attendance — led by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman — went as far as declaring they would not work with Santos. Instead, they would direct constituent issues to newly minted U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito or U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino. And if they can’t go there, local Republicans would reach out to U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer or Kirsten Gillibrand — both Democrats.

“I am joined here with my colleagues in calling on George Santos’s resignation, because he cannot serve anymore,” Blakeman said, calling the congressman a “pathological liar.”

“My office will have no interaction with George Santos or his staff until he resigns. “ D’Esposito — who joined Congress the same time as Santos — made it clear through a video link from Washington

that Santos is not fit to serve.

“I think that what’s most important as a public servant is treating the public with respect and gaining authority — something that all of you behind that podium have done,” D’Esposito said, referring to his fellow Republicans at the news conference. “George Santos does not have the ability to serve here in the House of Representatives, and should resign.”

State Sen. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick took particular issue with one of the claims Santos made during his campaign — that he was Jewish, and that he was descended from Holocaust survivors.

Investigations by a handful of news outlets have questioned those claims, not finding any evidence of his grandparents being anything other than Catholic, and finding no record of them being in Europe during the World War II era.

“It is a great stain on the Republican Party of Nassau County that he worked with us,” Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick said. “I am particularly offended also, as a representative of the Five Towns and the Orthodox community. What he did regarding his religious status was exceptionally offensive.”

But even as his fellow Republicans were delivering these calls for him to be removed, Santos told reporters outside his Washington office that he had no intention of leaving his position. He maintains that if the 142,000 voters who elected him decide he should go, then he

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NASSAU COUNTY EXECUTIVE Bruce Blakeman says his office will have no dealings with U.S. Rep. George Santos. will go — but they won’t get the chance to express that until 2024.

“George Santos has no business serving in Congress,” Hempstead town supervisor Don Clavin said. “On behalf of all the board members — and frankly, the 750,000 residents living in the Town of Hempstead — it’s time to go. He’s a national joke. He’s an international joke.

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Those were sentiments shared by Clavin’s counterpart in Oyster Bay. “George, I’m speaking to you,” town supervisor Joe Saladino said. “It’s time to step down.”

Santos has been under fire since a New York Times expose last month challenged pretty much everything he has said about himself throughout this recent campaign, and his 2020 unsuccessful run against Tom Suozzi. Everything from education, employment, philanthropic activity, and salaries simply don’t check out.

Nassau GOP chair Joseph Cairo has taken some heat through all this, with a number of people questioning how much he knew of Santos’ past, and why there wasn’t better vetting. Cairo believed the Republican establishment there had already checked out his claims.

“He’s disgraced the House of Representatives, and we do not consider him one of our congress people,” Cairo said.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy won’t personally take action to have Santos removed, saying it’s a decision voters should make. However, the congressman is under investigation at multiple levels — including potential criminal investigation about campaign finance.

Over the weekend, U.S. Rep. James Comer — the new House Oversight Committee chair — said if Santos is found to have broken campaign finance laws, he will be removed

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Sands casino coming to Nassau Coliseum?

THE LAS VEGAS Sands resort company is considering the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum property as a site for a new upscale casino. It’s championed

by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, but being met with cautious optimism by others, like County Legislature Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams.

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

A touch of Las Vegas could soon make its way to Uniondale’s Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum with hotels, performance stages, and even a casino.

The Las Vegas Sands, a resort company founded by late billionaire Sheldon Adelson, wants to develop what it calls a “multibillion-dollar flagship hospitality, entertainment and casino project” at the former home of the New York Islanders off the Hempstead Turnpike near the Meadowbrook Parkway. But the acquisition of up to 80 acres of the site would require state approval.

“The plan would include a casino accounting for 10 percent of the total project, outdoor community spaces, four- and five-star hotel rooms, and a world class live performance venue honoring the legacy of live music at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum,” Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman shared on Twitter.

There also would be celebrity chef restaurants, convention space and ballrooms, along with a luxurious day spa, a swimming pool, and a health club.

“We strongly believe Long Island can be home to one of the region’s great entertainment and hospitality developments,” said Robert Goldstein, Las Vegas Sands chair and chief executive, in a news release.

Sands, which is worth more than $42 billion on the New York Stock Exchange, says it wants to collaborate with the surrounding communities to create a plan as a way to maximizes economic opportunity while protecting the quality of life. Part of that plan would include creating 12,000 construction jobs, and then employing 5,000 people.

But making such a collaboration work will require Sands to listen, County Legislature Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams said.

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“It is imperative for Sands resorts to conduct extensive community outreach, and then incorporate the feedback they receive into their proposal,” Abrahams said. That means not only talking to the people who live in the area, but also talking to officials at Hofstra University, Nassau Community College, as well as both Hempstead town and village.

Sands also needs to reach out to local fire departments, school districts, civic associations, chambers of commerce and others as a “necessary first step for addressing concerns and identifying opportunities.”

Scott Rechler is optimistic about a Sands development after nearly two decades of working to overhaul the Coliseum site.

“The plan envisioned by Sands is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create the kind of world-renowned entertainment and hospitality destination that has been

sought after by Long Islanders,” said Rechler, chief executive and chair of RXR Realty, in the release.

But not everyone shares that enthusiasm. Protesters have gathered outside the Coliseum opposing the casino component, which they say promotes multiple addictions. Others believe such a development would add to the existing traffic logjam while creating a blight on the environment.

And then there are people like Jay Goldmark from Woodmere who is OK with the plan.

“Surprisingly I have no absolutely no issue with them building a casino as long as they have absolutely no exemptions granted under any circumstances as far as any construction, sales or use taxes,” Goldmark posted on social media. “If they can afford to build for millions of dollars and fees etc., they surely can afford to pay the sales taxes. It will also create hundreds of jobs.”

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onster truck madness is back on Long Island this weekend when for two action-packed days at Nassau Coliseum. In this version, families can watch their favorite Hot Wheels trucks come to life when the Hot Wheels ‘Glow Party’ lights up the arena, Jan. 21-22.

While geared to the younger generation of monster truck fans, there is nothing tame WHERE about this version. You’ll still experience all WHEN the action of the 12-foot-tall, 10,000-pound machines will that bring audiences to their • Saturday and Sunday, feet, racing and ripping up a customJan. 21-22; times vary designed track full of obstacles to soar over • Tickets start at $40 adult, — or smash through — delighting onlookers. $24 child; $10 additional for A laser light show adds to the spectacle — Crash Zone (prices are subject to change); available at the trucks maneuver their way through their HotWheelsMonsterTrucksLive. stunts in a darkened arena. com or NassauColiseum.com Their names — Gunkster, Race Ace, Mega • Located at Nassau Coliseum, Wrex, Bone Shaker, Tiger Shark, Bigfoot and Uniondale Demo Derby — reflect the outrageous mix of racing and showmanship that enthrall both the drivers and their fans.

“Big trucks, big engines, crushing cars, hanging out with the fans, I love it all,” says Eric Steinberg, 22. “It’s an indescribable adrenaline rush.”

It’s clear Steinberg loves his job. In fact, he doesn’t describe his role as a “job.” It’s his passion — what he was born to do.

Like his fellow drivers, Steinberg became enthralled with the big trucks at a young age. Missouri-born and raised, he was 3 years old when he went to his first monster truck event. From that moment on he was hooked.

“I just knew this is what I wanted,” he says. “Monster trucks are amazing, and caught my attention more than anything else. I looked up to the drivers as my heroes. I remember how I felt and that helped me transition to being a driver.”

Determined to follow his dream, he enrolled in State Technical College of Missouri’s Automotive Technology HighPerformance Program. After his 2021 graduation, he hooked up with the Bigfoot team. Bigfoot, a name synonymous with the

After some scheduling delay — in part due to the pandemic — the renowned saxophonist makes his long-awaited appearance at the Madison Theatre with his quartet. The NEA Jazz Master, triple-Grammy Award winner and musical polymath with his stellar ensemble — pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Justin Faulkner — bring the brilliance that has made this quartet one of the most revered and influential in jazz. Marsalis is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras and sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead, but the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet. After more than three decades of existence with minimal personnel changes, this celebrated ensemble is acclaimed for its uncompromising interpretation of a kaleidoscopic range of both original compositions and jazz and popular classics.

Friday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m. $40-$95.

Madison Theatre, Molloy University campus, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. (516) 323-4444 or MadisonTheatreNY.org.

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monster truck world, was Steinberg’s entrée into the circuit. He debuted Gunkster, first created by Hot Wheels for its 2021 Monster Trucks Series collectibles, in 2022.

He’ll be in high gear with all his tricks, driving Gunkster through all the non-stop action, which includes a wheelie competition, long jumps, freestyle, and even motocross.

And if that is not enough, there’ll be a special appearance by the car-eating, fire-breathing transforming robot Megasaurus.

Steinberg encourages everyone to come to the Crash Zone pre-show, Saturday, at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., and Sunday, at noon. Crash Zone gives fans access to the arena floor where they can view of the trucks up-close and meet the drivers, get autographs and take photos and, of course, check out some toy versions of the big trucks.

“Fans love it,” says Steinberg. “The kids are excited to see the trucks before the show. It’s all for them.

For me, I always wanted to meet the drivers as a kid.

I always looked up to them as my heroes. And now I want to be that hero. Meeting the fans is truly special and encourages us.”

Top photo: Gunkster, driven by Eric Steinberg, and other popular trucks, including Tiger Shark, will thrill fans with exciting car-crunching feats as they fly more than 35 feet in the air. Three stories tall and weighing more than 50,000 pounds, Megasaurus — at left — roars into the arena ready to chomp.

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company welcomes the coming of spring, the Year of the Black Water Rabbit.

It’s a spectacular experience for all ages, combining traditional Chinese dance with modern flair.

The Red Lions dance to a hip hop beat. The Golden Dragon brings good luck and fortune for the coming year. The ensemble also showcases a contemporary dance work, ‘Ashes of A Dead Frog,’ choreographed by legendary Polish Choreographer Jacek Luminski that was commissioned by Nai-Ni Chen almost a decade ago. Guest artists from the Chinese Music Ensemble of New York provide traditional and contemporary music on classical and folk Chinese instruments.

Dancers, acrobats and musicians perform in festive costumes in red, gold, blue and purple colors symbolizing their prayer for a peaceful and harmonious New Year with plenty of prosperity and good fortune for everyone to enjoy and share.

Sunday, Jan. 29, 7 p.m. $52, $42, $32. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville.

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Feb. 23 Art talk Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture” live, via Zoom, Thursday, Feb. 23, 1 p.m. She’ll discuss the current exhibition, “The Big Picture: Photography Now.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program. Register at least 24 hours in advance to receive the program Zoom link. Also Feb. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

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Jan. 27

Friends of the Brothers

Friends of the Brothers visits the Landmark stage with their dynamic tribute to the Allman Brothers, Friday, Jan. 27, 8 p.m. Their powerful celebration of the Allman Brothers, featuring musicians closely associated with the original band, continues the brotherhood with passion, committed to the ideals of every night being special and unique. 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. 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.

Get your groove on at Salsa Latina Dance Studio, at 388 Merrick Avenue, in East Meadow every Thursday to learn how to Latin Hip-Hop dance with Matt at 6:30 p.m.

There is a free trial class for all new students. No partner, and no experience needed to enjoy this experience. Parking is in the back of the studio. For more information, contact Edwin at (516) 902-7368 or email edwinguerrero352@gmail.com.

Learn to salsa and bachata Head to Salsa Latina Dance Studio at 388 Merrick Avenue in East Meadow every Wednesday, for beginner salsa classes from 7:30 to 8:30, and beginner bachata from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. There is a free trial class for all new students.

There is no partner, and no experience needed to enjoy this experience. Parking is in the back of the studio. For more information, contact Edwin at (516) 902-7368 or email edwinguerrero352@gmail.com

Jan. 26 The Best of the Eagles Get into the Eagles’ groove when the tribute band visits The Paramount stage, Thursday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m.

With special guest Fleetwood Macked. This authentic recreation features individual bandmates taking on the persona of the original Eagles members. $39.50, $29.50, $19.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington.

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Ellen Allard Concert

Forest Bathing

Paint and sip Head over to Greene Turtle Sports Bar and Grille, Wednesday, Feb 8, 6:309:30 p.m., for a Valentine’s Day themed activity. 1740 Hempstead Tpke., East Meadow. $35 per person; a food and drink purchase is required. Any questions, call/text Erica at (631) 397-0099. For tickets visit tinyurl.com/vdaygt.

Take a meditative Forest Bathing walk, led by certified guide Linda Lombardo, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2-4 p.m. Based on the Japanese tradition of ShinrinYoku, a wellness practice developed in the 1980s, the walk, on the grounds of the former summer residence of Howard Gould and later Daniel and Florence Guggenheim, inspires mindful connections with the natural elements of the woods for a range of healthful benefits. $40, $35.

Pre-registration required. Sands Point Preserve, 127 Middle Neck Road. For information, visit SandsPointPreserveConservancy. org or call (516) 571-7901.

Having an event?

Items on The Scene page are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to thescene@liherald.com.

Photography’s ascent in the art world is an international phenomenon. Nassau County Museum of Art’s star-studded exhibition spans the historical roots of the medium. View works

by Ansel Adams and his generation and the thrilling, large-format color works of such contemporary masters as Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, James Casebere and Gregory Crewdson, among others. From the documentary to the painterly, images bear witness to the times. On view through March 5. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 4849337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Temple B’nai Torah in Wantagh will be welcoming Ellen Allard the weekend of Feb. 3 through Feb. 5. Ellen Allard is an award-winning performer, music educator, composer, and recording artist. The first performance will be on Feb. 4 at 6:30 p.m., 2900 Jerusalem Ave. Ticket information may be found at tbtwantagh. seatyourself.biz.

4H School Break Program Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau offers a February break program for kids at East Meadow Farm, Tuesday through Friday, Feb. 21-24.

Youngsters can participate in varied educational activities during school break, at 832 Merrick Ave., in East Meadow. Children in grades K-6 will explore environmental science, healthy living, agriculture, and S.T.E.M., while developing the soft skills that will help them succeed in life. It is both indoors and outdoors so participants must dress for the weather. (In the event of rain/ snow bring boots, snow pants and gloves) The activities for the week include: animals, cooking, arts and crafts, STEM, and more. To register go to tinyurl.com/4hemfarm.

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Step into activities pulled directly from the pages of Mo Willems’ books, during opening weekend of Long Island Children’s Museum’s new exhibit, Sunday, Jan. 22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., in residence through May 14. Step into activities pulled directly from the pages of Mo Willems’ books, make art inspired by his work, engage in dramatic play and learn about the rich social and emotional lives of the author’s characters. Interact with Willems beloved characters: best friend duo Elephant and Piggie, faithful companion Knuffle Bunny, and The Pigeon. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

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Lindamichelle Baron wrote her first poem when she was 6. And it was a hit piece, making fun of her cousin Gerard’s big ears.

“I have a cousin named Gerard, I think his ears are very odd.”

Upon hearing those words, Gerard grew out his hair to cover his ears.

With that first venture into slant rhyme, Baron discovered the thrill — and impact — of the written word. “That’s when I saw the power of poetry.”

Poetry has been embedded in Baron’s life ever since. She leaned on writing to support her through teasing in elementary school, and ultimately made a career through verse.

Now 72, she is the first poet laureate for the Town of Hempstead. Her mission is to bring poetry to every corner, including Malverne — where she presented previously — and West Hempstead — where she has yet to recite her poems.

“This is just absolutely amazing,” said Baron, the author of three poetry books and an associate professor at York College.

She was ahead of her time, throwing shade at childhood rivals decades before social media existed. She eventually developed poetry that inspires. Blessed with an infectious laugh and sense of humor and wonderment about the world,

Baron infuses verse into just about everything she does.

Poetry has been the constant throughout her life.

“People who know me know I’ve been in the community and library and organizations for decades,” she said. “They know my energy, my love of life and language and people — it’s all embedded in my poetry.”

A former New York City teacher, Baron became a professor who teaches aspiring teachers. And she insists her students understand poetry shouldn’t be relegated to English class.

“So much of what I taught used poetry,” Baron said. “Even if it was math.

Teachers would say they don’t have the time. You embed poetry into everything you do.”

Budget cuts cost Baron her city teaching job, leading her to become an educational salesperson until 1988. She made a name for herself throughout the tri-state area — not as a saleswoman, but for using rhymes to sell educational materials.

“I would use poetry in my presentations to teachers,” she said. “They saw that poetry can be used to extract contextual knowledge and get students to think critically. They kept asking me back.”

One of her books, “The Sun is On,” is recommended for middle schools by the state, and has sold more than 100,000 copies.

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LINDAMICHELLE BARON HAS been named the first poet laureate for the Town of Hempstead. She has written three poetry books, and spent a lifetime sharing the beauty of poetry with anyone willing to listen. backgrounds have embraced my poetry, and that makes me so happy,” Baron said.

“So much of my poetry has connections to my background as a woman of African descent, but it does capture everybody.”

Living in Hempstead village, Baron has read poetry to many local groups over the years. Her desire is to bring poetry to more than just students.

“Poetry should not be conceptualized as stagnant on the page,” she said. “My goal is to promote the power of poetry and enjoyment of the gift of poetry to the entire community.”

As the town’s first poet laureate, Baron really won’t change much, if anything.

She will continue to speak to children and adults at schools, libraries — pretty much anywhere and everywhere someone will listen to the beauty of poetry.

Town councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, who recommended Baron for the non-paying position, said the appointment would lead to a greater understanding of the positive power of poetry.

“Poetry is meaningful and beautiful,” Goosby said. “It’s a creative outlet that provides a way for people to express themselves.”

Baron will continue writing poetry as she always has, while paying homage to the many people who have helped her since she was young. Her father introduced her to Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks, and the family of a child she babysat for as a teenager gave her an album of Maya Angelou reciting poetry.

Baron hopes to inspire others to enjoy poetry by honoring those literary role models and her heritage. When she sees a child’s face light up as she recites a poem, she realizes she is achieving her ultimate goal of making poetry accessible.

“That makes me so happy,” Baron said.

“My poetry is for the entire community.”

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What I hope to see … in twenty-three I cited all the things to do in the new year two-o-twenty-two.

But now, as I review the list, I see the stuff I skipped and missed:

The good deeds That I left undone.

Unreserved Judgment

The dust I swept beneath the rug.

The loving folks I never hugged.

The tips I gave that were too small.

Old, loyal friends I didn’t call.

The thank you notes I never sent.

The rules I broke, the rules I bent.

Yes, Twenty-Two I let slip The pounds I gained and didn’t lose.

Good choices that I didn’t choose.

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Levittown 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 at https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 576/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, Plaintiff, AGAINST RUTH AGUILAR, et al.

Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on June 15, 2018.

I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on February 17, 2023 at 2:00 PM premises known as 2542 5th Avenue, East Meadow, NY 11554.

Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for Nassau County, and the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at East Meadow, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Section 51, Block 23 and Lot 13, 14 and 15.

Approximate amount of judgment $568,165.18 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #0003161/2013.

Lisa Singer, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 136722

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR HSI ASSET LOAN OBLIGATION TRUST 2006-2, Plaintiff, Against HARBANS SINGH BHARAJ A/K/A HARBANS BHARAJ, ET AL. Defendant(s)

Man arrested for East Meadow burglary A Hempstead man has been arrested for multiple burglaries and larcenies that took place in Nassau County between March and November 2022.

A c c o rd i n g t o N a s s a u County police, after a nine m o n t h i nve s t i g at i o n , Lameek Dean has been arrested in connection with crimes that occured on:

South Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck ■ Nov. 7, at a multi-tenanted building at 266 Jericho Tpk, in Floral Park

Dean was charged with two counts of burglary, three counts of grand larceny, and petit larceny.

He was arraigned on Dec. 20 at First District Court.

D e a n w a s p rev i o u s ly ■ March 28, at Bob’s One arrested on Oct. 23 in conHour Photo at 405 Plandome Lameek Dean nection to the following Road, in Manhasset crimes: grand larceny, crimi■ Aug. 11, at Paris Cleaners at 355 Mer- nal possession of stolen property, criminal possession of stolen property, fraud, rick Ave, in East Meadow and identity theft.

■ Sept. 17, at Golden Sun Spa at 11 He was released with no bail.

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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 1/25/23 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 71/23. LEVITTOWN Taulant T. Malaj & Marta Bodys, Renewal of grant to maintain pool & 6’ high fence in front yard setback on Heather La., N/W cor. Orchid Rd. & Heather La., a/k/a 338 Orchid Rd. 83/23. EAST MEADOW Marianne Marreale, Variances, lot area occupied, rear yard, maintain addition attached to dwelling., S/E cor. Franklin Ave. & 6th St., a/k/a 2044 Franklin Ave. ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550.

This notice is only for new cases in East Meadow &

CRIME bRIEfS

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 01/17/2019, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 1/30/2023 at 2:00 PM, premises known as 1316 Luddington Road, East Meadow, New York 11554, 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 East Meadow, In the Town Of Hempstead, County Of Nassau And State Of New York Section 50 Block 275 Lot 63 The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $815,457.24 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 610491/2017 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.

Mark L. Lieberman, Esq., Referee.

McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, 10 Midland Avenue, Suite 205, Port Chester, NY 10573 Dated: 12/8/2022 File Number: 382-0065ny LD 136388

A car was stolen from the Shell Gas Station at 865 Carman Ave., in Westbury on Jan. 8.

According to Nassau County Police, a 43-year-old man was pumping gas at the station around 8:50 a.m. when another man got out of a nearby gray Audi and entered the 43-year-old’s 2022 Mercedes and drove off towards Carmen Avenue.

The subject is described as being approximately 5 ‘8’ tall and having a thin build, wearing gray sweatpants, gray sweatshirt, black and white shoes and a gray mask. As he fled with the

man’s car, the gas pump nozzle still attached to the 2022 Mercedes was ripped off in the process.

Police say the car thief sped away in the Mercedes with another car behind him down Carmen Avenue until the Mercedes got into a minor accident at the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike.

The suspect then went west on Hempstead Turnpike after abandoning the car near Park Boulevard and the entrance of Eisenhower Park.

The investigation is ongoing.

Men arrested for selling products to minors Three men have been arrested during the “Project 21” initiative on Jan. 12, which targets the sale of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products to minors.

According to Nassau County Police, the Problem Oriented Policing Unit with the assistance of underage agents, arrested three men, including one from East Meadow.

■ Muhammad Sajid, 52, of 2060 Park Ave., inEast Meadow, was arrested for selling alcohol and tobacco products to a minor at Ali Baba, at 756 Main Street in Farmingdale. He is charged with prohibited sale of an alcoholic beverage and unlawfully dealing with a child.

■ Keven Carcamo, 22, of 551 Pinebrook Ave., in West Hempstead, sold tobacco products to a minor at Knockout 1

Smoke Shop, at 630 Wantagh Ave. in Levittown. He is charged with unlawfully dealing with a child, sale of age restricted products to a minor and violation of the public health law.

■ Sanjaykumar Patel, 41, of 8297 Country Pointe, in Queens Village, sold alcohol and tobacco products to a minor at Jelly Bean Convenience, at 3103 North Jerusalem Road in Levittown. He is charged with prohibited sale of an alcoholic beverage, unlawfully dealing with a child, unlawfully dealing with a child and sale of age restricted products to a minor.

They were issued Nassau County Appearance Tickets.

They are due back in court in Hempstead on Feb. 2.

Man arrested for robbery East Meadow hospital A Queens man has been arrested for a robbery that happened in East Meadow on Jan. 11.

According to Nassau County Police, Jordoni Dalrymple, of Laurelton, approached a female employee of Nassau University Medical Center around 11:25 p.m. and requested money from her. She informed him that she did not have any.

Dalrymple, 35, then became angry and eventually wound up grabbing the woman by her shoulders and shoving her into a fence. Dalrymple fled after the woman screamed for help.

Dalrymple was charged with attempted robbery and menacing.

He was arraigned on Jan. 12 in Hempstead.

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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!

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What Zina loves most is spending time with her grandson and watching basketball with her two boys. She moved to the Five Towns about 15 years ago and it has been nothing but home since day 1. One of her beliefs is that honesty, reliability, and being personable are essential when building trust with clients.

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Q. I wanted to add on to the den on the side of my house. The den has been there since 1930. The problem I’m having is that if I want to make the addition so that it’s in alignment with the current den, the side distance to my property line is too close, by 12 inches, according to my building department. They say that I have to match the code requirement that was adopted in 1938, so instead of having a straight wall going all the way back, I either need to make a jog in the wall or go for a zoning variance. It just doesn’t make sense. I’m not adding a monster-sized addition, just 10 feet by 10 feet on the side of my house, behind tall hedges. My neighbor doesn’t mind, so what can I do about this?

A. Not much, except decide whether you want a ridiculous-looking room with a jog in the wall or want to spend the money and time to go through the zoning variance process. When I see cases like this, I understand the intent of the law, but not the “spirit” of the law.

The intent is to prevent the construction of buildings too close to a properonte eeper ty line, based on historical catastrophes such as the London fire and the John Gandolfo & Barbara Gandolfo Chicago fire, both of which saw hundreds of lives Coldwell Banker lost and tens of thousands of buildings destroyed, American Homes mainly because of their closeness to one another 493 Atlantic Avenue and their ability to burn easily.

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ne of my all-time favorite comedians was Groucho Marx. He always had the right response to the question of the moment.

He used to say, “No matter what you ask for, the answer is no.” That describes the crazy new Republican majority in the House of Representatives.

For decades, the federal government has been providing funds for Social Security, Medicare, Homeland Security and the Department of Defense. Most rational people will tell you that these are crucial JERRY parts of the government, but variKREMER ous members of the new majority have targeted these programs for extinction.

When asked why they would seek to end one of these key programs, the individual Republican members would answer, “Because I don’t like it.” The idea that many members of the new majority want to bring government to its knees should be a warning sign to every American.

The Republican effort to dismantle American government is nothing new to political observers. Hundreds of Republi-

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can candidates who have run for Congress have campaigned on the promise to make government smaller. They made it a point never to explain which programs they were after, because they knew specifics would kill them.

Eliminating programs goes along with the entire package of rules that were just adopted by the House of Representatives under the leadership of its new speaker, Kevin McCarthy.

McCarthy has wanted to be speaker for over a decade.

In 2015 he lost the job to John Boehner, and Boehner gave it to Paul Ryan. This year, for McCarthy, the speakership was now or never.

To avoid never, he agreed to a set of rules changes that at best could be described as insane. At the top of the list is a rule that will allow any one of the 435 House members to make a motion to take away the speakership from McCarthy.

Another rule allows members to single out any federal agency and vote to eliminate its budget. Because the House is empowered to craft the government’s spending plan, this rule could wipe out the entire budget of the Defense Department or the allocation for Medicare, with little or no debate in the House. The

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Democratic Senate will no doubt vote against such changes, but that would leave the country without a budget.

What spells more trouble is a requirement that any increase in the debt ceiling must be matched by reductions in federal spending, which could target Social Security and Medicare. What is the next ugly byproduct of McCarthy’s failure to give into the far-right mob?

Spending limits, counterbalanced by cuts in programs, would create the possibility that Congress would default on its requirement to pay the nation’s debt. A debt default could lead to a global meltdown and a downgrading of America’s credit rating. The Republican House majority threatened debt default under President Barack Obama, but in the end, the Republicans came to their senses and approved the borrowing to keep the government functioning.

Apparently, rules changes weren’t enough for the 20 or so fringe House members as McCarthy sold his soul. In addition to giving in to them on rules, he agreed to appoint them to key committees, including the powerful Rules Committee. In effect, the group of 20 will have more power than the other 202 members

wenty fringe House majority members have more power than the other 202.

of the House majority.

It is important to explain the significance of the appointment of troublemakers to the Rules Committee. The committee has the authority to do virtually anything during the course of consideration of a measure, including deeming it passed. It can rewrite parts of a bill, or the entire measure. House members such as Lauren Boebert, of Colorado, can hold the committee hostage. It’s a recipe for disaster.

Some readers might call these observations partisan, but any student of government will tell you that all of these changes are a recipe for disaster. As an example of the thinking of this power cluster, Rep. Jim Jordan, of Ohio, was asked why he favored cuts in the Defense Department, and he answered that there are too may generals in the military, and we have to get rid of many of them.

When all of these so-called reformers announced their plans, I thought of the word “clowns,” and then the song “Send in the Clowns” popped up in my thinking. Clowns are funny, but not this group of them.

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.

Playing hide-and-seek with top secrets

magine my surprise when I opened my toaster oven to slide in a meatloaf and found a bunch of classified documents inside. Wow, I thought, secret docs are really popping up all over the place.

The papers were in a folder that said Top Secret, so I read them immediately.

Showing up in my oven makes them mine, right? Also, I took the extra precaution of declassifying them by chanting the order of the planets according to their distance from the sun, even Pluto, which is officially a nano planet. I RANDI mean, I don’t want KREISS to break any laws.

Just a few months ago, everyone was talking about a former president possessing bundles of classified documents, which he or someone close to him stuffed in various cabinets and closets in and around Mar-a-Lago, his golf club and happy place. The Justice Department, not known for leaping into action, actually raided the premises — that’s how worried it was that secrets may have fallen into the hands of spies. The former prez said

the documents were his because, well, just because. His team resisted turning them over, although the law demands that important papers get returned to the government after a president leaves office.

People wondered if spies were hanging around Mar-a-Lago, hoping to read our nuclear codes over the dessert buffet. Or maybe someone was thinking about selling information to the other side, a kind of monetizing of the outgoing presidency.

A special counsel was appointed by the DOJ to investigate the case of the purloined papers. Think: a kind of Wizard of Oz operating behind a screen.

Starting in early November, more secret documents were discovered, this time in offices and homes owned or formerly occupied by President Biden. He said he was surprised that classified material turned up under his watch, and his people did move with alacrity to give the paperwork back to the proper authorities in the government. Still.

Who is minding the store? How do secrets get passed around and land in somebody’s garage? A second special counsel was appointed. Now we have two

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wizards.

Let me retreat a bit. After all, I did lose my most precious Covid-19 vaccine card just a week after I got the jab in January 2021. I awoke in the middle of the night and couldn’t remember where I had put it for super-safekeeping. I began to toss the room and the closet.

After two days of misery, I tried to contact someone at the vaccine location. Someone there told me I had to appear in person, and even then I might not be successful. So I started all over again, searching my room and closets and, in case I really misplaced it, the fridge and the inside of my sneakers. On Day 4 I found the card exactly where I had put it originally, in a drawer. So I understand these lapses, but my vaccine card isn’t a nuclear code.

Biden apparently set down some papers and then forgot where they were, or when they needed to be returned to the government archives. More likely, he didn’t think about it all, and it was his staff that messed up.

Not so much with the other guy, who claimed possession of what were clearly classified papers and hired lawyers to

ell, I did a better job of hiding my diary from my sister when I was 12.

fight the government’s request to return the papers to safekeeping.

I once forgot to turn off the stove.

Another time, I misplaced the code for my bicycle lock. Nearly every day I forget why I jumped up to run upstairs.

But shouldn’t the Secret Service, Homeland Security, the FBI, the president’s briefers and the CIA do better?

Hell, I did better hiding my diary from my sister when I was 12. No way MI-5 or the code breakers of Bletchley Park would have stashed spy secrets under a cushion.

I was surprised, but not really shocked, to find the eyes-only documents in my toaster oven. How to get rid of them? Roast? Convection bake? Air fry? I tried them all, and now I have a pile of ashes in my oven that I probably have to bake into another meatloaf, for security reasons.

This may not be the end of the story.

All the president’s men and women somehow thought it was OK to store spycraft information in POTUS’s sock drawer or the ottoman at Camp David. Our government, bless its confused leaders, apparently subscribes to a special protocol for keeping secret documents secret, known as L.G. That would be Loosey Goosey.

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

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ew York has lost Oyster Bay. Well, more accurately, the state has lost 300,000 people — the town’s population — in just a sin-

gle year.

Only California lost more people from domestic migration in the past year, and it wasn’t by much. But at least according to census numbers, New York can only watch as an average of 820 people move to another state. Each day.

Those are the kinds of numbers you’d expect from a state that’s struggling financially. But New York is anything but. In fact, it’s hard to find a time when New York was more prosperous. It’s just a prosperity that far too many people can’t afford to take part in.

“Over the last 10 years, our state had created 1.2 million jobs, but only 400,000 new homes,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in her recent State of the State address.

Without a robust supply of homes, prices remain high. That’s great for developers and landlords, but bad for everyone else.

The simple fact is, if our family members, friends and neighbors can’t afford to live in our communities, they’ll find a neighborhood where they can.

“Many forces led to this state of affairs,” Hochul said.

“But front and center are the local landuse policies that are the most restrictive in the nation. Through zoning, local communities hold enormous power to block growth.”

There are certainly benefits to such power, like preserving neighborhoods’ suburban single-family feel. But that feel isn’t cheap. The median sales price of homes in Nassau County in 2021 was $620,000, according to the state’s taxation and finance department. Outside New York City, the closest counties are Rockland, at $550,000, and Suffolk, at $510,000.

To afford a home like that, you’d have to

make at least $45 an hour — nearly three times the minimum wage. A typical salary in New York pays a little less than $25.

But you can’t work in New York if you can’t live in New York. And with the dearth of truly affordable housing, that just isn’t happening. It’s not that our local government officials don’t want affordable housing. It’s just that many don’t like the best way to create such housing: apartment buildings.

“Between full-on bans of multifamily homes, and onerous zoning and approval processes, they make it difficult — even impossible — to build new homes,” Hochul said. “Think about that. People want to live here, but local decisions to limit growth mean they cannot. Local governments can — and should — make different choices.”

Those choices need to begin here.

Between 2010 and 2018, the governor said, counties like Nassau granted fewer building permits per capita than virtually all suburban counties across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Northern Virginia and Southern California.

“With less supply, demand drives up prices,” Hochul said. “And who gets squeezed? Middle-income families and low-income families.”

Yet, not to fear, Hochul has a plan to fix it. She calls it the New York Housing Compact, and its intent is to build 800,000 new homes in the state over the next decade, setting “clear expectations for the growth we need, while at the same time giving localities plenty of tools, flexibility and resources to stimulate growth.”

Doing that requires downstate localities like Nassau to increase their housing stocks by 3 percent every three years. That can happen through redevelopment of dilapidated sites like old malls and office parks, incentivizing new housing production, or simply updating zoning rules.

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letters Next week, a nationwide focus on school choice To the Editor: You likely don’t need me to tell you that children all over the country are suffering the academic consequences of the pandemic, and New York is no exception.

A 2022 survey revealed that 52 percent of American families were looking for a new school. To put it in personal terms, in a classroom of 25 students, 13 families are not satisfied with the education their children are receiving.

A great K-12 education for every child is no small undertaking, and we know there are many learning environments that help different students achieve their potential.

Every child is different — with different abilities, personality and needs. In a place like New

In return, Hochul said, the state will offer new funding for schools, roads and sewers while removing some of the bureaucratic barriers standing in the way of new housing.

But failure to meet these goals on Hochul’s timetable means facing the governor’s mighty concrete fist. Albany will override local authority, and implement what she calls a “new fast-track approval process” to get home construction under way.

That’s one step too far. Forcing such change by trampling local government not only makes a bad mess worse, but also sets a bad precedent for the kind of power the governor wields over these communities.

What the concrete fist needs is a velvet glove in the form of incentives, as well as good education on what properly planned housing can bring.

There is a constant fear of city encroachment on our suburban way of life, but even a good suburb finds room for everyone from every walk of life.

How often do we hear friends talk about how much they enjoy visiting the vibrant town centers of places like Rockville Centre, Long Beach and Farmingdale? All of that is thanks to multifamily housing done right — not just for those who don’t necessarily make a lot of money, but for our young neighbors, who are just starting out in the world, and our older neighbors, looking to downsize and enjoy a simpler life.

This can happen by shining light on these successes, and how housing diversity grows neighborhoods rather than destroying them.

But let’s do it without the threats, without the negativity. Let’s provide the right incentives to make housing more affordable in our communities, and show why our Nassau County neighborhoods are indeed the best places to live.

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ne thing I should have learned from my 28 years in Congress and the 15 years before that in the maelstrom of New York politics and government is that political life is very tough and all-consuming — especially at the national level.

Now that I’m away from the incessant turbulence of campaigning, and can wake up in the morning knowing I can go back to sleep and not have to worry during the day about prying reporters or angry constituents, I am increasingly aware of peter how unnatural the political world can kinG be — and usually is.

This was reinforced for me during a recent meeting and subsequent radio interview with former Vice President Mike Pence. The meeting was in the fifth-floor Manhattan office of the Red Apple companies headed by John Catsimatidis, one of New York’s most successful entrepreneurs and business leaders. Among John’s companies is 77WABC Radio, which has

become a major political force in New York.

(Full disclosure: I am a 77WABC contributor and co-host, and consider Mike Pence a good friend.)

The meeting with the former vice president was the latest of many that Catsimatidis has had with prospective national and statewide candidates and political heavyweights. Joining him were a number of executives, staff members and Sid Rosenberg, who hosts the station’s most popular show.

It went well from the start. Though his questions about a possible presidential candidacy were probing, Catsimatidis made clear his admiration and respect for Pence. As did the participants. Pence’s demeanor was calm and relaxed, and his answers were thoughtful and coherent.

Following the 50-minute meeting, John, Mike Pence, Sid Rosenberg and I took the elevator down to the 77WABC studio on the second floor to record interviews with Sid for “Sid and Friends,” and with John and me for “Cats at Night.” On both floors, there were the

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e should claim credit for his contributions while disclaiming Trump’s excesses.

Letters York, families need the flexibility to choose the school that will set their child up for success — whether it’s a traditional public school, a public charter school, a public magnet school, a private school, online learning or home-schooling.

If it’s been a while since you had school-aged children, you may not realize just how different the landscape of options is than it was even a decade ago.

A 2022 survey by the Harris Poll revealed that since the pandemic, home-schooling and public charter schools were the first and second most popular options for parents who decided to switch their children’s schools.

What’s more, some six in 10 parents said their children were happier with the change.

On the other hand, interest in open enrollment in traditional public schools, as well as magnet schools, remains high. Private s ch o o l ch o i c e p ro g r a m s h ave expanded in many states in the last few years, and learning pods and micro-schools are a new and growing option.

But time is of the essence. Due to the explosion of education options in many places, application deadlines often fall as early as

requisite photos with staff members, studio workers and technicians. Mike Pence handled it all with smiles and good humor. Then he was off to his next engagement with his four staff assistants.

All of this sounds calm and rational. But think of how many times Mike Pence must go through this drill. How many business and political leaders, how many special-interest advocates and former politicians must Mike Pence meet, and how many radio and television interviews must he do, realizing that one word or expressed thought taken out of context could endanger — or even torpedo — his possible campaign?

How many big cities, suburban centers and small towns must he visit? How many early mornings and late nights will he have?

How will he keep to his endless schedule? I couldn’t help but notice the understandably tense looks on the faces of the Pence assistants trying to keep him at least reasonably close to his schedule without offending anyone at these meetings, while thinking about how they

January for the next academic year.

The upcoming National School Choice Week — Jan. 22-28 — will streamline things for parents through a national public awareness campaign and thousands of events hosted by schools around the country.

Parents who have chosen a school they love can also empower others by sharing their own experiences.

All families can help their kids achieve academic success.

The first step is to choose the perfect school fit, and the best way to do that is by being aware of the local options and regulations.

To lear n about the academic alternatives in New York, parents can visit SchoolChoiceWeek.com/ new-york.

While parents in New York and across the country are exploring and choosing schools next week, I hope they can count on all of our support.

would explain his lateness at the next meeting, and the meetings after that.

Mike Pence’s real challenges, though, as he thinks through a presidential run, are: ■ Figuring out how to claim justifiable credit for his real contributions to the Trump-Pence administration while disclaiming the Trump excesses — particularly the shameful events of Jan. 6, 2021, when Pence acted with courage and honor.

■ Understanding how, in a time of political anger and rage, such a sharply divided nation can be persuaded to get behind a candidate of experience, knowledge and calm demeanor.

These challenges must be met while enduring the exhausting rigors of endless travel, interminable meetings, raising campaign funds, and unexpected news stories about the latest misadventures of Donald Trump. It won’t be easy.

It will certainly be difficult. But I, for one, hope that Mike Pence stays in the arena, perseveres, and makes the run.

Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security. A version of this essay previously appeared in The Hill.

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SHelBY DOYle Nashville, Tennessee Doyle is vice president of public awareness of the National School Choice Awareness Foundation.

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