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A home-grown PTA leader Shannon Necci loves her kids and the East Meadow community By MAlloRY WilSoN mwilson@liherald.com
East Meadow native Shannon Necci said she loves being a mom and being involved with her children, so it was no surprise when, in 2015, she joined the McVey Elementary School Parent Teacher Association, where she is now a co-president. Her oldest daughter, Olivia, now 11, was starting kindergarten at the time. While serving a s t h e M c Ve y Fifth in PTA co-president alongside Karen Baker, Necci is also the second vice president of the Woodland Middle School PTA, which Olivia now attends. Her younger daughter, Natalie, 10, is a McVey fifth-grader. Necci, 37, became the McVey PTA recording secretary in 2015, and moved up to corresponding secretary, vice president and president from there. “I never really thought about the PTA, but I always wanted to be married and have kids and be home with my kids,” she said. “When I joined, everyone was so nice and so welcoming, and it was
just like the perfect fit.” Jill Mallilo, who had encouraged Necci to join the PTA, said her friend is the best “worker bee” around, adding, “She’s a g reat asset to the PTA at McVey.” Necci grew up in East Meadow, and graduated from W.T. Clarke High School in 2002. She earned a degree in business management from Monmouth University in New Jersey in 2006, and a master’s in business education from Hofstra a series U n ive r s i t y i n 2007. “I loved my bu s i n e s s cl a s s e s i n h i g h school,” she said. “I loved that they could be different and fun.” After graduation, she taught business education in grades seven through 12 at H. Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square and Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School in Elmont until becoming pregnant with Olivia in 2010. “I really wanted to be home,” Necci said. “I was that mom who went to the mommy-and-
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Snow much fun Following last weekend’s nor’easter, which brought blizzard-like conditions to East Meadow, Angelo Dungca, 11, and his sister Andrea, 9, asked to be buried in the snow. More photos, Page 3.
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Disclose criminal case data By MAlloRY WilSoN mwilson@liherald.com
The Nassau County Police Department will begin issuing a daily report with pending criminal case data and bail status of those rearrested, according to an executive order signed Jan. 19 by County Executive Bruce Blakeman. New York state’s bail reform law, which sets most non-violent criminal defendants free while
they await trial or a plea deal, has been a hot topic since it took effect in early 2020, and less than a month into his term, Blakeman is pushing to rescind it. The county executive said the order would allow “residents to learn more about the potential threat reform laws pose to their safety.” Bail reform was passed, in part, to relieve overcrowding in jails. Brian Sullivan, the Nassau Correction Officers Benevolent
Association president, said that overcrowding has not been a problem at the Nassau County Correctional Center, on Carman Avenue in East Meadow, for decades, and he supports Blakeman’s order. For most of his 33 years at the jail, Sullivan said, he has not seen overcrowding. There was overcrowding in the 1980s and early ’90s owing to the crack Continued on page 9
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Kids could be seen running through the streets with their friends all decked out in jackets, gloves, hats and scarves.
There’s snow place like East Meadow Following the nor’easter that hit Long Island Friday night into Saturday, East Meadow residents braved the cold to enjoy the over a foot of snow that piled up in the area. In total, 14.9 inches fell in the area.
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JJ Maher, 7 and his sister Ireland, 6, loved the snow. reMy connolly, 4, couldn’t wait to get outside. Vienna Ghirardi, 5 months old, lays peacefully on the snow. oliVia VardaKis, 2 ½, enjoyed a tasting of the snow.
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Libraries speak out against state budget By MAllORY WIlSON mwilson@liherald.com
Members of the State Assembly and executives of the Levittown and Seaford public libraries gathered at a news conference at the Levittown facility last Friday to discuss Gov. Kathy Hochul’s state budg et plan, which was announced Jan. 18. In Hochul’s proposed $216.3 billion Herald file photo spending plan for 202223, $20 million would be THE EAST MEADOW Public Library just finished their concut from library con- struction last year. struction aid, from $34 that libraries provide.” million in the current Frank McKenna, director of the Seabudget to $14 million next year If the spending plan is approved by the ford Public Library said the cut to library State Legislature, it will take effect April 1. construction aid is “very disappointing.” “Libraries are education,” McKenna Assemblyman John Mikulin, of the 17th District, said that he had previously said. “We are always education. We serve been president of the Island Trees everybody from infancy to old age, why Library board, and knew firsthand how are we always cut?” McKenna said that the money is most important library construction aid is. “Libraries really are the [forefront] of definitely needed by libraries. Seaford our communities,” Mikulin said. “They Public Library just put a new roof in, he do so much for our children, they do so said, but the library still needs a new elemuch for our seniors and they do so much vator, a new HVAC system and a new for everybody in general with the pro- bathroom on the main level. “[The library] is over 60 years old, it’s grams that they have and the services
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ASSEMBlYMAN JOHN MIkUlIN spoke out against the cut to library construction aid. falling apart,” he said. “We need money.” State Assemblyman Ed Ra, who represents the 19th District, said that library funding is cut every year. “It’s no secret to anybody that utilizes our local libraries that just like any other building, they need upkeep, they need boilers, they need HVAC systems, they need to replace roofs,” Ra said. “…We stand with our local libraries in the push to restore this funding and increase funding for library construction.” While library construction funding would be reduced in the proposed state budget, Ra said that general library funding would increase by about $2 million, which he said was “welcome news.” “Most years in the past Governor Cuomo would actually cut it by about $2 million or $4 million,” Ra said. “We would then have to spend the budget process trying to claw back that money.” Steve Dalton, a trustee of the Levittown Public Library and a 10-year past member of the Nassau Library System Board, said that library construction aid
is critical for all libraries across New York State. “This is funding that goes to repair roofs, make energy-efficient upgrades such as HVAC upgrades…,” Dalton said. “A 60 percent cut, $20 million state-wide will have a direct negative impact on libraries from Baldwin to Buffalo.” Hochul, he said, should understand that this cut is “unacceptable.” Further, libraries will do everything they can to lobby state representatives to be their voice in the effort to change it. “It’s pivotal,” Dalton said. “Libraries are tired of being political pawns in the budget, where the governor cuts and the Legislature has to fight to restore.” The New York State Division of Library Development said that there are over $60 million in critical upgrades needed in the physical plants of libraries across the state, Dalton said. “The library construction aid will allow those libraries to address the infrastructure issues today,” he said, “not two years from now, four years from now, 10 years from now.”
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Di Scalfani was recognized for her positive mentality, great enthusiasm and dedication to the Meadowbrook school community and the East Meadow School District by the board of education. She thanked the board of education, administration, staff, parents and students for their support through the years. “The entire East Meadow family has provided such an impact on me over the course of my tenure,” Di Scalfani said. Danielle Lasher, assistant principal at Woodland Middle School, will succeed Di Scalfani as principal of Meadowbrook Elementary School. The district wished Di Scalfani a happy and healthy retirement and thanks her for her outstanding 31 years of service.
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Friday, Feb. 4 Easy exercise Join the East Meadow Public Library for virtual easy exercise at 10 a.m. Ann Rothman will lead this class. The Zoom link will be sent the morning of the class. To register visit https://eastmeadow.info/.
Sunset silhouette Join Pinots Palette at 2557 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow to paint in blacklight from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. This class is $42 per person. To register visit https://www.pinotspalette.com/eastmeadow/events.
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Easy exercise Join the East Meadow Public Library for virtual easy exercise at 10 a.m. Ann Rothman will lead this class. The Zoom link will be sent the morning of the class. To register visit https://eastmeadow.info/.
Purchase some Valentine’s Day Sweet Boxes to support students at W.T. Clarke. Each box cost $25. All treats provided by Entenmann’s Family Bakery in East Meadow. There are four different options. All orders must be placed by Feb. 8. Venmo @ClarkePTSA with which box you want and a cell phone number. Pick up is Feb. 12. For any questions contact Allyson Benowitz at (516) 841-3074.
Sweetheart gnomes Join Pinots Palette at 2557 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow to paint for Valentine’s DAy from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. This class is $42 per person. To register visit https://www.pinotspalette.com/ eastmeadow/events.
Thursday, Feb. 10 Chess club Chess club meets from 1 to 4 p.m. every Thursday at the East Meadow Public Library in the conference room in the lower level.
Join Pinots Palette at 2557 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow to paint for Valentine’s DAy from 1 to 3 p.m. This class is $42 per person. To register visit https://www.pinotspalette.com/eastmeadow/events.
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American Legion Post 1082 There will be an American Legion Post 1082 meeting at 11 a.m. at 294 Bellmore Rd., in East Meadow. New members welcome.
Acoustic Outlaws The Acoustic Outlaws will be playing at Whiskey Reds Sports Bar and Grill at 2552 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow stating at 8 p.m. Head down to enjoy some good food and good music.
Hockey at Eisenhower Park The Sacred Heart Pioneers women’s hockey team will be playing the LIU Sharks women’s hockey team at the Northwell Health Ice Center in Eisenhower Park at 2 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 6 Sunday divine liturgy The Divine Liturgy is celebrated every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church at 369 Green Ave., in
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Monday, Feb. 7 Family baking Join the Baking Coach from the East Meadow Public Library virtually to make some delicious edible Olympic torches at 7 p.m. Register at www. eastmeadow.info.
The Plant Man Join Paul Levine, the Plant Man, either online or in the East Meadow Public Library community room from 3 to 4 p.m. to hear about nurturing palms and succulents. Register at www. eastmeadow.info.
Moon Palms Join Pinots Palette at 2557 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow to paint from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. This class is $42 per person. To register visit https://www. pinotspalette.com/eastmeadow/events
McVey might market The East Meadow Kiwanis will be collecting food at McVey Elementary School for those in need. Stop by to donate whatever you can.
Tuesday, Feb. 8 Kiwanis meeting East Meadow Kiwanis will meet at 7:15 p.m. in Borrelli’s Restaurant at 1580 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow. New members always welcome. Social distancing is enforced. For more infor-
mation, contact club president Jennifer Reinhardt at (516) 351-9891.Register at www.eastmeadow.info.
Senior rap Join the East Meadow Public Library either virtually on in the community room for senior rap at 12:30 p.m. Use this time to discuss with peers issues that are of concern. Register at www. eastmeadow.info.
Wednesday, Feb. 9 Game day Join the East Meadow Public Library for game day starting at 11:30 a.m.. There will be tables set up in the makers space downstairs.
Join Pinots Palette at 2557 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow to paint with your date from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The class will be creating Van Gogh’s love blossoms. This class is $45 per person. To register visit https://www.pinotspalette. com/eastmeadow/events
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Check out public ice skating at https://www.northwellhealthicecenter.com/publicskating. Check out who’s coming to Lucky’s Sports Cards and Memorabilia at luckysportscards.com. Check out Borrelli’s Valentine’s Day dinner specials at http://www.borrellisrestaurant.com/. Call Garden Social at (516) 750-5338 to check out their Super Bowl party options on Feb. 13. Check out the workshops that techspace CulturePlay has to offer on East Meadow Avenue.
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Nassau CouNty ExECutivE Bruce Blakeman recently signed an executive order requiring police to issue a daily report with pending criminal case data and bail status. Joining him were, from left, county Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, Chief Chris Ferro, Chief Lorna Atmore and County Legislator Denise Ford. said, “and everyone deserves to see the statistics.” Susan Gottehrer, chapter director of the Nassau County New York Civil Liberties Union, said there is no state data to suggest that bail reform has led to an increase in crime. “Pretrial detention is traumatic and sometimes deadly,” Gottehrer said. “It disrupts people’s lives and jeopardizes people’s jobs and housing and does nothing to
address the root cause of harm or prevent future harm.” Bail criminalizes poverty, Gottehrer continued. “There is a racial disparity component to it as well because the numbers show that most people who can’t afford bail are minorities.” “We need to fix policing, and we need to fix the criminal justice system,” she said. “And bail reform is a part of that.”
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cocaine epidemic, he said, but that was alleviated as use of the drug diminished. “The rolling headcount of the inmates in this jail should be between 1,400 and 1,700 inmates,” Sullivan said. “Going back to about two or three years ago, right before bail reform legislation, the count was trending down and was about 1,100 or 1,000 inmates.” The headcount is now at about 800, he said. Sullivan said he has a problem with letting those who are charged with crimes go before trial without placing them in rehabilitation, or diversion, programs for drugs and other offenses. “I’ve traveled to Albany to warn people about what’s going on here, and people weren’t believing us.” Legislators, he said, suspected that corrections officers did not want to see headcounts drop because that would mean less overtime pay for them. The list of crimes that no longer require bail includes stalking, assault without serious injury, burglary, many drug offenses, and some types of arson and robbery. Among the bail-eligible crimes are felony sex offenses, witness tampering or intimidation, and conspiracy to commit a felony, as well as any violent crime. People have become fed up with rising crime in the New York metropolitan area, Sullivan said, specifically citing gun crimes, anti-Asian crimes and subway crimes. “Something has to be done,” he
Shanequa Levin, convenor of Long Island United to Transform Policing and Community Safety, said bail was supposed to ensure that people return for their court dates. It was never meant to serve as a punishment for an alleged crime. “In this country, we are innocent until proven guilty,” Levin said. “. . . It’s not innocent until I can make cash bail.” Levin cited court data showing that since New York enacted bail reform in 2020, 503 people on Long Island were rearrested for violent crimes while awaiting trial on another criminal charge, while 34,741 people were not. “We need to focus on the fact that an overwhelming majority of those that were released and not assigned bail were not rearrested,” she said. “We should focus on how to change policing and not focus on people who would be out anyway if they could afford the funds.” “The bottom line is investing in communities is what fixes communities,” Gottherer said. “We need to let people know that their lives matter and that their communities are important.” Sullivan agreed that there is room for reform. “If there’s a reason somebody is committing a crime, whether it’s drug abuse or mental issues, that’s what needs to be addressed,” Sullivan said. “. . . We should go back and look at maybe starting programs for people, and maybe we should fund programs, and this should’ve been done first.”
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Mepham Senior Basketball AN All-coUNTy SElEcTIoN in two sports (basketball and softball) as a junior, Guerrero has nearly doubled her offensive production on the hardwood as a senior and ranked among Nassau County’s top 10 leading scorers at 21.2 points per game as of Jan. 27. Last spring, she helped the Pirates capture the Long Island Class A softball championship and started as second base. She’ll play softball at the next level at Stony Brook University.
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Girls Basketball: V.S. South at Lynbrook ................4:45 p.m. Boys Basketball: Westbury at Baldwin ....................... 7 p.m. Gymnastics: Massapequa at South Side ................... 7 p.m.
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Girls Basketball: East Rockaway at Malverne ............. 5 p.m. Girls Basketball: Clarke at Wantagh ........................... 5 p.m. Boys Basketball: Hicksville at East Meadow .............. 5 p.m. Boys Basketball: Roslyn at Calhoun................................ 5 p.m. Girls Basketball: Syosset at Freeport..........................6:45 p.m. Girls Basketball: Farmingdale at Oceanside ................... 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: Locust Valley at West Hemp. ............... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Herricks at V.S. Central ....................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Malverne at East Rockaway ................. 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: Roosevelt at Kennedy ......................7:15 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 5 Boys Basketball: Sewanhaka at Elmont ........................ 10 a.m. Girls Basketball: Mepham at MacArthur ....................... 12 p.m. Girls Basketball: G.N. South at Long Beach ................ 12 p.m. Girls Basketball: South Side at Hewlett......................... 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Lawrence at North Shore ................... 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Lynbrook at V.S. South ....................... 12 p.m.
Don’t call it losing out to a pair of old nemeses; call it finishing in the money. And clinching a hard-earned playoff spot for the eighth consecutive season. As breakout senior Lindsay Solenski gets more and more used to seeing her name comingled with the league’s elite, and forward Isabella Pota bounces back from a season-preempting ankle sprain in time for some postseason tune-ups, the East Meadow girls’ basketball team – at 6-3 in Nassau Conference AA2 (9-5 overall) – trails league co-leaders Baldwin and Plainview JFK by three games with as many left on its regular-season schedule. Still walking tall after a season full of trials – playoff passport now in hand after walloping Westbury, 78-51, Jan. 26 – the Jets, said head coach Pete Olenik, are not at this point too concerned with making up any ground. “We’re in third place and that’s where we’re going to stay,” said Olenik, whose club has gone 3-1 since losing at Baldwin (6-0 overall and AA2) Jan. 11. “We can’t move up, and we’re not moving down, so we’re finishing third. That’s it.” It was eagerly broached to the veteran coach that final league standings were not yet faits accompli; hypotheticals involving both the Bruins and Hawks collapsing to end the regular season permit the possibility of a Jets finish higher than third. “Yeah,” said Olenik, pondering a moment. “That’s not going to happen.” Perhaps not. But then again . . . In addition to league No. 3 scorer Solenski’s bankable 17.5 points per game, East Meadow has lately enjoyed increased production from guard Brooke Vislocky (10.1 ppg), whose 22 points in the Westbury win marked a season high for the sophomore, while fellow first-year starter Charlotte Viola (sophomore), second on the Jets with 12.6 ppg, has begun to draw increased attention – and expensive resources – from opposing defenses. It was Westbury’s employment of a boxand-one on Viola that created the conditions for Vislocky’s big night, which also saw Solenski capitalize scoring a season-
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SophomoRE BRookE VISlocky poured in 22 points on Jan. 26 as East Meadow rolled to a 78-51 home victory over Westbury. high 28. “What’s nice is that we have four options now, with Pota back,” Olenik said. “Westbury totally shut down Charlotte, but now we have three girls to score in her place. In that game it was Lindsay and Brooke that stepped up. Lindsay has been an absolute treasure this year. Brooke gets better and better each game.” Pota, who returned from her preseason injury to lead the Jets with 10 points in the Baldwin loss, continues to inch her way back into form, averaging 7.5 points
through five games, two of which saw her utilized only sparingly off the bench. “We brought Isabella back partially at first,” Olenik said. “It’s been difficult getting her stamina back, but she’s getting better each passing game.” Added Olenik: “With four scoring options we’re in good shape for the playoffs. I’d be happy to avoid Baldwin in the first round. But the girls are confident. They’re playing well. For now, all we’re looking to do is take two of our next three. Then we’ll see what happens.”
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Young women who don’t have the financial means to afford evening gowns and accessories for prom season needn’t worry this year, in small part thanks to a group of mothers from Wantagh. Prom Boutique, a nonprofit organization based in Garden City, is dedicated to supplying young women in need of gowns, outfits and accessories. Each year, the nonprofit hosts an event, which matches young women, who may not have the financial means to acquire formalwear, with one of the nonprofit’s nearly 3,000 dresses in storage. Recently, members of a Wantagh-based Facebook group donated over 100 evening gowns to the nonprofit after Prom Boutique volunteer Denise O’Neill, of Wantagh, shared the purpose of the nonprofit in that Facebook group. Prom Boutique is preparing to shift to in-person once again after operating virtually amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Run by volunteers, the daylong event offers young women the chance to find their dream dress for free. The teens are recommended for the program by their high school advisors. Founded in 1995 by Diana O’Neill, Prom Boutique is nearing its 29th year in operation. O’Neill, 65 of Garden City who is also the acting Executive Director of the Long Island Volunteer Center, said the nonprofit began after a woman visited the Parish Outreach at the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Roosevelt and revealed that she could not afford to buy her daughter a dress for her prom. Eager to help, O’Neill, a former instructor for Junior League of Long Island, pitched an idea to pull the formal dresses and accessories out of the Junior League Thrift Shop and host an event for the specific occasion.
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a variety of black high-heels and dresses were on display at a past event hosted by Prom Boutique. “These young women have worked so hard, they’ve stayed in school, are graduating with their class and there should be no reason that they can’t enjoy the celebration event which is a culmination of that experience,” said O’Neill.
The Junior League of Long Island hosted the event for a number of years, and in 1999, the Long Island Volunteer Center took over the event. O’Neill retired from the Long Island Volunteer Center in 2017 but later returned as the acting Executive Director during the pandemic. The foundation collects gently used and new gowns from local prom shops or from those willing to donate. Denise, Diana’s sister-in-law, said she is eager to continue collecting donation items and attending the annual event, even helping tailor the dresses if needed. “Seeing the joy on their faces – it’s like being their fairy godmother,” Denise said. The organization flourished after partnering with Nassau County Community College fashion, marketing and merchandising departments. Nassau Community College students began volunteering for the event in 2004. Fashion students practiced their stylist skills and helped each woman find her perfect dress and accessories to match. Nassau County Community College students later helped organize the event, placing dresses on mannequin displays and tailoring any dresses to make the perfect fit. Nassau Community College Marketing and Fashion Instructor, Whitney Glass, 37, described the event as “a well-oiled machine.” “I think there’s so many families that work so hard and going to prom is a huge expense and this is something that we can get the entire community involved with,” said Glass, of Merrick. “It’s something so simple that we’re able to do that just makes such a big difference in people’s lives and we’re all able to come together and do it.” To qualify for the program, high school students must be recommended by a guidance counselor or advisors. Prom Boutique is currently accepting donations but would appreciate donations of dress shoes, accessories and evening bags.
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Necci, an E.M. native, is a PTA veteran continued from front page me classes and had the playdates.” Since 2017, she has been a Woodland Middle School cafeteria monitor, a parttime job that she took so she could be close to home, which she said she loves. “I’m very happy with what I do now,” she said. “I get to wake up with my kids in the morning, I get to take them to school every day, and I pick them up and take them to their activities.” She also said that working at Woodland and being involved in the Woodland PTA allows her to help the school in different ways. “I’m able to help on a different level,” she said. “I see things at the school and SHannon necci and her husband, Ben, have two hear what the teachers or daughters, Olivia, top, and Natalie. Shannon is a fixture staff or students need.” in the East Meadow PTA. One of Necci’s favorite Baker said. “She’s always willing to lend PTA events is the gingerbread night, for which McVey students a hand and make sure everything goes as can come to school at night in their paja- smoothly as possible. Necci met her husband, Benjamin, 41, mas and decorate a gingerbread man around Christmas. Because of the coro- also an East Meadow native, in 2006 navirus pandemic, the event is now done through her brother, Kyle Roberts, because the two were friends. The Neccis during school. Baker described Necci as dependable. married in 2009. Benjamin is a Village of “She’s around as much as she can be,” Valley Stream santitation worker, and
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ball league, which he has done for five years. And the couple are on the EMBSA board. If that weren’t enough, Shannon is coaching volleyball for the St. Raphael’s Catholic Youth Organization. “We do so much, and it’s not like we drop our kids off,” Shannon said. “We are so involved, and I don’t even know how we do it all.”
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News brief On Jan. 31, Nassau County Legislature exercise their rights as Nassau County Minority Leader Kevan M. Abrahams, a property owners,” Abrahams wrote. “ResDemocrat, urged Nassau County Execu- idents should be immediately notified of tive Bruce Blakeman to immediately the extended deadline as part of the extend the deadline for resi‘Notice of Tentative Assessed dents to file assessment chalValue’ which must be issued lenges with Nassau County’s to property owners this Assessment Review Commisweek.” sion to Monday, May 2. The current deadline for In a letter, Abrahams residents to file assessment wrote that the extension is c h a l l e n g e s i s T u e s d ay, necessary due to the “myriad March 1. of economic challenges that Abrahams has served as a have been caused by Covid-19 Nassau County Legislator in and the ongoing disruption to the 1st Legislative District, the housing market because after winning his seat in 2002. of the pandemic,” said a press Kevan M. Abrahams When first elected in 2002, release. Abrahams was the youngest “It is, therefore, our shared legislator ever elected to the belief that an extension to the filing dead- Nassau County Legislature. Since his line, similar to the extensions provided in election, Abrahams has made the needs previous years and even predating the of the communities his top priority, in pandemic, is necessary to ensure that res- particular highlighting problems regardidents have a full opportunity to robustly ing the stabilization of property taxes.
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Notice is hereby given that I shall, commencing on February 15, 2022, 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 11, 2022 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 15, 2022 lien sale, Ordinance No. 175-2015 requires a $125.00 per day registration fee for each person who intends to bid at the tax lien sale. Ordinance No. 1752015 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 15th day of February, 2022 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 2019-2020 and 2020 - 2021 and/or County, Town, and Special District taxes for the year 2020 and 2021. The following is a partial listing of the real estate located in school district number(s) 3 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 2021/2022 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 2021/2022 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: 3 easT meadow Ufsd Name Parcel Group Lot Amount SCOUT 601 REALTY INC 39,814.34 45 H 02780 MEININGER MARGARET F TRUST 6,608.87 45008 00110 11-13 J&H NEW VENTURE CORP 23,875.09 45011 00220 22-24 DIVYA REALTY INC 29,256.54 45012 00510 51-52 IRIZARRY-THOMAS LIZA & 18,743.30 45236 00090 SCHIAVONE CHARLES & SHIRRIL 6,722.10 45338 00170 ELI CANTOR TRUSTEE ETAL 93,879.80 45339 00290 29 & 44 LODICE SAM & ANNA 16,235.03 45341 00070 GHADIYALI MUSTAFA AKHTAR & 5,191.22 45446 00050 48 POLO LANE INC 2,117.04 45461 00160 TRICARIO DONNA & JOSEPH 3,093.00 45495 00090 SUBURBAN PARK JEWISH CENTER 374.47 45515 00230 LEONE DONALD 2,318.68 50 E 0067UCA012000008 67 CA 120 UNIT 8 BALA ERDEM & SEFFAR GHITA 2,779.08 50129 00010 1-3 TORRES SALVADOR 9,005.17 50129 00620 PASHNICK ANDREW N 3,347.80 50155 05650 565-567 VASQUEZ CARLO & YESENIA 20,284.19 50174 00170 17-18,119
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Town of HempsTead scHool: 3 easT meadow Ufsd Name Parcel Group Lot Amount MARINO ANIELLO & MARION 2,037.48 50213 00100 10-13 ANSARI SHARJEEL 4,411.14 50225 00840 SACHS CELESTE 10,402.59 50244 01830 ZIMMERMAN GERALDINE TRUST 5,611.57 50323 01540 1927 PARK LLC 8,785.44 50325 00430 1925 LENOX AVE 1 LLC 7,897.59 50327 01940 194, 294 CHAN TUEN KOK & ZHANG MEI CHAI 2,561.21 50331 03170 PULEO SEBASTIAN & MARION 13,234.47 50332 05740 BUCHER ELISABETH A LIFE ESTATE 8,567.29 50340 0509UCA021900417 509 CA 219 UNIT 417 OCONNOR JOANN 9,822.91 50455 00020 BERG LENNIE HOWARD 9,492.05 50457 00140 PURGAR MARY 8,187.56 50464 00050 COSTEN ROLAND 5,609.52 50474 00150 HUHN THOMAS A & KAREN M 17,134.62 50478 00110 602 MERRICK AVE LLC 32,201.14 50516 00120 DEROSA ALFRED & ELIZABETH TRUST 10,594.14 50536 00080 PAIGE PATRICIA C & EDWARD J 18,697.44 51001 00250 25-28 KARAM JOOT LUBANA LLC 13,489.78 51002 02650 CALIENTE ARMANDO & DANIEL A 1,792.68 51017 05560 BAYPORT CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CORP 17,261.01 51018 00350 KLEIN KENNETH 2,017.38 51026 01820 Town of HempsTead scHool: 3 easT meadow Ufsd Name Parcel Group Lot STYLES JOHN & PAMELA 51047 01220 MAHER GEORGE F & EILEEN 51049 00930 93,94 GEOGHEGAN RODERICK & JANE A 51309 00010 GIACCONE CANDICE 51310 00310 COOPER CHRISTOPHER & SOSA DEBORAH 51477 00070
Amount 5,907.14 9,394.02 6,553.55 8,301.98 2,630.66
Town of HempsTead scHool: 3 easT meadow Ufsd Name Parcel Group Lot Amount SCOUT 601 REALTY INC 36,283.76 45 H 02780 RMBS REO HOLDINGS LLC 1,211.02 45 H 0279UCA015000129 279 CA 150 UNIT 129 SIAH BEE HIANG 1,688.35 45 H 0279UCA015000211 279 CA 150 UNIT 211 DREW FRANK 3,450.04 45 H 0279UCA015000232 279 CA 150 UNIT 232 PEREIRA ROSEMARIE 5,065.04 45001 00120 12-14 PEREIRA MANUEL & ROSEMARIE 5,471.63 45001 00640 DELMONACO GUERINO & SANDRA 14,383.17 45003 00620 62-64 PARRILLI JASPER N & PATSY 7,236.90 45008 00050 5-7 MEININGER MARGARET F TRUST 16,782.69 45008 00110 11-13 SALMERON PATRICIO & SONIA 8,208.62 45009 00700 LADA EDWARD & CHRISTINE 22,714.87 45013 00010 1,48
LIM SUNGAH & CHUN JOOYOUNG 45013 00570 IADEVAIA JOSEPH & VERONICA 45013 00690 MULLARKEY MICHAEL & JASVINDER 45017 00690 MONGELLI DOMINICK & MONGELLI MICHAEL 45020 00720 LIN MYO T & YI SU W 45029 00670 SPIEGEL MARY THERESA 45029 00710 DELORAINE MARY 45035 00220 22-23 & 48 WILKIE ROBERT & CHRISTINE 45040 03330 PAULISKI ALBERT R LIFE ESTATE 45232 00120 IRIZARRY-THOMAS LIZA & 45236 00090
13,899.38 20,132.97 5,688.62 1,846.04 4,396.33 10,624.01 4,920.31 13,623.34 2,211.81 16,292.20
Town of HempsTead scHool: 3 easT meadow Ufsd Name Parcel Group Lot SCHIAVONE CHARLES & SHIRRIL 45338 00170 ELI CANTOR TRUSTEE ETAL 45339 00290 29 & 44 LAU DIANE G 45340 00050 MANOS GEORGIA & DEAN 45341 00090 MUNDY BERNARD F & MAYER DIANNE 45343 00110 ANGUS GERALD 45343 00130 FIELMAN FREDERICK 45343 00220 MURPHY RITA P LIFE ESTATE 45386 00080 CRAIG KIM T TRUST 45395 00040 HALLETT RICHARD & AUDREY 45399 00270 ROSEN ERIC & LORRAINE 45399 03130 KINGHORN ANN M 45405 00080 MCNIFF CECELIA LIFE ESTATE 45405 00320 DAWSON NANCY A LIFE ESTATE 45407 00080 GALLUZZI PAUL & ANNA 45407 00140 CHOURAQUI LAURENCE & ANDREE 45408 00110 FMCDH REALTY INC 45417 00110 FALCONETTI ANN & VINCENT 45421 00040 REPETTO CARLOS 45422 00040 ZAYAS ALICE LIFE ESTATE 45424 00180 FULLER FR 45429 01120
Amount 6,509.98 84,689.46 8,270.28 13,660.75 2,635.30 2,530.68 5,462.68 12,601.55 6,942.87 9,449.85 3,109.41 2,913.42 1,678.22 9,915.35 9,825.79 3,897.82 10,932.72 2,555.44 10,877.07 11,621.23 687.11
Town of HempsTead scHool: 3 easT meadow Ufsd Name Parcel Group Lot STELLATO ANGELA M 45431 00250 AKHTER SHAHNAZ 45431 00280 BUGGY BRENDAN & BRIANNE LEE 45433 00190 FIELD MICHAEL 45443 00290 BUONOCORE JDJL 45444 00280 MONAHAN GERALDINE 45448 00040 SPINDELL BRYAN & MICHELLE 45453 00360 JACCARD TIMOTHY & AEDAN 45456 00070 48 POLO LANE INC 45461 00160 RIGAS JOHN & ALEXANDRA LIFE ESTATE 45468 00340 LIU ETAL KWO-HWEI 45469 00120 HAPPE JAMES & JOAN 45470 00490 ALTMAN LEONARD & MILDRED 45476 00240 JONGEBLOED ETAL GEORGE J 45487 00020
Amount 2,853.44 4,156.50 4,106.83 8,647.07 4,955.53 9,565.97 4,575.14 2,347.05 11,960.58 3,862.79 16,027.01 12,647.45 3,550.38 8,180.40
TRICARIO DONNA & JOSEPH 45495 00090 SHEIKH SHAHZAD 45508 00040 SUBURBAN PARK JEWISH CENTER 45515 00230 ORLANDO D DERICCO & M J 45519 00100 BERARDI ANTHONY & MARIA S 45524 00190 LEVINE LAURA (TRUST) 45540 00040 MOUSTAKIS B GASPARIS & ELIAS 45547 00250
17,054.36 4,056.42 18,388.15 22,409.16 19,130.42 1,260.12 22,648.38
Town of HempsTead scHool: 3 easT meadow Ufsd Name Parcel Group Lot Amount RODRIGUEZ AMELIA E 18,859.94 45550 00080 SIMON EVA LIFE ESTATE 16,847.30 45551 00320 WU VINCE Y & LAURA E 2,663.80 45557 00180 KOUYOUDJIAN SONIA LIFE ESTATE 3,992.82 45560 00030 DPASCALE RALPH 1,864.56 50 E 0066UCA001400047 66 CA 14 UNIT 47 RAFEEK RASHEED & TAJWATTIE 4,998.12 50009 00310 31-34 ORMAN REALTY LLC 30,960.60 50060 00930 ZIMINSKI RA 832.22 50065 02430 CHOPYK BRYAN & JANICE 4,529.82 50067 04130 DONOHUE PAUL C F & DIANA H 4,081.89 50067 09670 FISHER DANIEL 11,885.27 50068 00360 36-39 GOODMAN RALPH & IMELDA 3,414.40 50069 00510 SEMONELLA JAMES & MAY 12,961.30 50072 03670 TORRES SALVADOR 10,902.92 50129 00620 RAY HUA LLC 51,354.96 50160 00330 33-35 JENZEN ROBERT J & SONJA E 2,961.80 50179 02150 LAVERDA KATHLEEN M 3,065.60 50179 02500 RAY-MAR HOLDINGS LLC 41,252.35 50181 00140 14-16 NEW ISLAND DEVELOPMENT LLC 12,436.39 50183 00190 19-21 KNOTT GEORGE E TURST 4,424.07 50193 00560 HEV EUGENE & VIRGINIA 16,180.51 50195 00470 Town of HempsTead scHool: 3 easT meadow Ufsd Name Parcel Group Lot Amount CASSANO DOMENICO & ASSUNTA 3,444.64 50197 00260 26-30 ANTONIO JASON 5,274.60 50200 02610 261-263 SCHECHER LOUISE 14,095.26 50208 01420 PETRY BRIAN DOUGLASS & KERRY ANNE & 2,719.91 50211 00150 15-17 MARINO ANIELLO & MARION 6,459.84 50213 00100 10-13 MANTELL ABRAHAM & LIN 7,279.19 50213 00370 37-39 MODRAK CLAIRE LIFE ESTATE 3,566.92 50220 02200 YACEK JEAN LIFE ESTATE 3,409.59 50222 00440 VALLE JR JOSEPH TRUST 2,636.85 50223 00890 DELLAPINA CARLO 10,748.39 50232 00180 18-19 WU XIAONAN 3,985.98 50235 00370 37-39 J&A PROPERTY LLC 7,653.05 50246 00070 7,64-66 JOHANSSON CARL & AUDREY 4,580.10 50252 00020 2 & 343 CARBONE JAMES & DOROTHY 9,673.72 50252 03290 MACINKO JR WILLIAM & MARILYN 3,122.56 50299 04040 GEORGE BENCY & SANTHOSH 2,440.29 50299 04230
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Town of HempsTead scHool: 3 easT meadow Ufsd Name Parcel Group Lot Amount ZIMMERMAN GERALDINE TRUST 5,687.96 50323 01540 BAUER MARTIN & CECILIA 22,435.47 50328 01360 SHARMA AMIT & KUMAR ASHOK 32,298.16 50328 02640 NASSAU CULTURAL CENTER 970.27 50332 00850 85-88 PULEO SEBASTIAN & MARION 11,638.79 50332 05740 IPPOLITO MARGARET M 4,363.51 50340 0509UCA021900216 509 CA 219 UNIT 216 BUCHER ELISABETH A LIFE ESTATE 10,711.14 50340 0509UCA021900417 509 CA 219 UNIT 417 2350 HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE LLC 19,618.35 50363 00020 HSBC BANK USA NATIONAL ASSN TRU 17,616.73 50388 00560 FLANNERY JR JAMES W & MARIE R 2,406.42 50403 00170 PHILLIPS ROGER & KATHRYN 12,051.36 50404 00230 SAJNACKI BENJAMIN & MARILYN 10,516.78 50441 00120 LANGONE RUTH G (TRUST) 7,179.30 50443 00120 BERG LENNIE HOWARD 6,684.56 50457 00140 LIN DA & LIN RONG 2,359.01 50459 00280 EAST MEADOW MEDICAL REALTY LLC 5,981.88 50465 00040 COSTEN ROLAND 11,730.63 50474 00150 SHELLEY PLACE LLC 4,755.17 50478 00070 HUHN THOMAS A & KAREN M 15,112.15 50478 00110 JARA LE ROD JARA,GRACE 16,858.46 50484 00010 GRIZZEL RAY W III & GRIZZEL JOHN S 5,724.50 50494 00200 Town of HempsTead scHool: 3 easT meadow Ufsd Name Parcel Group Lot Amount BHNV 1 REALTY CORP 3,900.47 50507 00180 MCENTEE MICHAEL & ROSARIA 401.59 50512 05500 602 MERRICK AVE LLC 26,861.89 50516 00120 T/U/W STORCH PHYLLIS & STORCH GERALD 1,884.89 50520 00250 GREENBERG L E E MILLER,S WEISS,H 9,973.87 50533 00320 DEROSA ALFRED & ELIZABETH TRUST 8,994.96 50536 00080 TODER SCOTT & BONNIE & BENSAID BARBARA 2,988.92 50551 00290 ALVAREZ ANTONIO & EMERITA 327.83 50570 00620 NUZZOLESE JOSEPH 2,900.86 50575 00020 GODOY SILVIA 6,705.24 50581 00040 GIORGIO GREGORY & ELISA 20,986.69 50585 00020 ZACKER JOSEPH & THEADORA M TRUST 2,623.16 50601 0005UCA0251003765 CA 251 UNIT 376 READER MORRIS & BERNICE 341.37 51001 00210 BUILT RIGHT CONTRACTING SERVICES CORP 38,404.59 51004 00830 ROME TRUST 3,466.11 51008 00150 BRAATEN ALLEN & DEBRA 5,354.59 51017 02580 CALIENTE ARMANDO & DANIEL A 8,096.89 51017 05560 DELISO MATHEW 7,764.94 51017 05590 559-562
Town of HempsTead scHool: 3 easT meadow Ufsd Name Parcel Group Lot KLEIN KENNETH 51026 01820 Q STATE OF NEW YORK 51045 05500 CACKOWSKI JOSEPH & MARGARET 51046 01710 JAFRI IFFAT & SYED ALI 51046 01840 STYLES JOHN & PAMELA 51047 01220 MAHER GEORGE F & EILEEN 51049 00930 93,94 AMRE LLC 51271 00470 CELLA LE J DEFEO ETAL,C 51274 00080 GEOGHEGAN RODERICK & JANE A 51309 00010 GIACCONE CANDICE 51310 00310 GRUBER BRIAN 51314 00180 CAMBRIA TR MARY P 51431 00040 EMPIRE HOMES CONTRACTING INC 51442 00210 SILVEIRA TRUST 51468 00050 FREEMAN JOHN & BURRUANO JOSEPH 51479 00020 SINGH GURPREET 51480 00020 2789 JERUSALEM LLC 51522 00230
Amount 11,549.55 354.45 12,705.37 8,564.60 15,346.08 5,476.93 41,174.01 1,655.22 10,730.23 15,527.14 3,822.29 9,619.19 13,128.61 3,273.62 16,523.30 16,211.96 33,362.00
TERMS OF SALE Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldier’s and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts. However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased. The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/ or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA), 12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et. seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) receivership. The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed. The rate of interest and penalty which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount from which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase be of no further effect. Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and
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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. 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 District
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC, Pltf. vs. LIGIA PADILLA, et al, Defts. Index #438/2013. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered July 31, 2014, I will sell at public auction on February 28, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. on the north side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY prem. k/a 2625 Beech Street, East Meadow, NY a/k/a Section 51, Block 429, Lot 1 a/k/a Lot No. 1, Block 429 on a certain map entitled, “Map of Post Meadowbrook, Section No. 4, East Meadow, Nassau Co., N.Y., surveyed by Sidney B. Bowne, Civil Engineer and Land Surveyor, April 20, 1951” and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau on July 25, 1951 as Map No. 5263. Approx. amt. of judgment is $394,529.42 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the auction. GEORGE P. ESERNIO, Referee. THE MARGOLIN & WEINREB LAW GROUP, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 165 Eileen Way, Ste. 101, Syosset, NY. #99070 129352 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU BEI WANG, Plaintiff against- JOHNNY XING LIU A/K/A EN HUI LIU, Defendant. Pursuant to a certain Interlocutory Judgment in the above-captioned partition action dated November 4, 2021 and entered on November 9, 2021, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the north side steps of the Nassau
County Supreme Court Building, located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York 11501 on March 14, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. the premises situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, known and designated as Section 50, Block 234, Lot 72 as shown on the Tax Map of the County of Nassau, said premises being known as 2245 7th Street, East Meadow, New York 11554. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Interlocutory Judgment under Index Number 602458/2020. Evan D. Van LeerGreenberg, Esq., Referee Law Office of Matthew S. Porges 32 Court Street, Suite 904 Brooklyn, New York 11201 Phone: 718-673-2578 Attorney for Plaintiff Dated: January 11, 2022 129260 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com
LEGAL NOTICE CASE NO. 7179 RESOLUTION NO. 153-2022 Adopted: January 25, 2022 Councilwoman Goosby Offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION DETERMINING PARCELS BENEFITED BY CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALK AREA IN; BALDWIN, BELLMORE, EAST MEADOW, EAST ROCKAWAY, ELMONT, FRANKLIN SQ, FRANKLIN SQUARE, HEWLETT, INWOOD, LIDO BEACH, MERRICK, NORTH BALDWIN, NORTH BELLMORE, OCEANSIDE, POINT LOOKOUT, SEAFORD, UNIONDALE, VALLEY STREAM, WANTAGH, WEST HEMPSTEAD, WOODMERE
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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 03, 2022 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER MINEOLA, NEW YORK 1162305 IN THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NY, ADOPTING PROPOSED ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE COST THEREOF AND CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON. WHEREAS, pursuant to the following Resolutions adopted by the Town Board: TOWN BOARD RESOLUTIONS DATE 6365 9/6/2016 7179 2/21/2017 581 4/24/2018 6365 4/2/2019 6365 11/12/2019 NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS DIRECTING THEM TO CONSTRUCT OR RECONSTRUCT SIDEWALK AREA ON : AMBROSE CT, ARCADIA AVE, ARDEN RD, BARBARA ST, BEDFORD AVE, BONNIE DR, CARNATION AVE, CHURCH AVE, CLAYTON RD, CLEARMEADOW DR, COLONY ST, COLUMBUS AVE, COURT ST, DEBRA PL, DEWEY ST E, FENIMORE AVE, FENWORTH BLVD, FREEMAN AVE, GARNER PL, GOLDENROD AVE, HAMILTON AVE, HAMPTON RD, HANCOCK ST, HARRIS AVE, HUNGRY HARBOR RD, IVANHOE DR, JEFFERSON ST, KEW AVE, LAGOON DR W, LAKEVIEW RD, LINCOLN ST, LINDEN BLVD, LINKS DR W, MCDONALD AVE, MEADOW RD, MINEOLA AVE, MONACO AVE, NOEL AVE, NORTH BLVD, ORIOLE AVE, PARK AVE, PENINSULA BLVD, ROCKWOOD AVE, SKILLMAN AVE, SUNSHINE AVE, WADLEIGH AVE, WARREN ST, WILLIAM PL WHEREAS, the owner(s) who were so notified had failed to construct or reconstruct sidewalk area as required by such Notice and the Town Board has caused said sidewalks to be constructed or reconstructed; and WHEREAS, such construction or reconstruction was completed by the Town at
the Total cost of $39,186.50 and which sum includes appropriate administrative fees, which amount has been paid by the Town of Hempstead, pursuant to resolution adopted by the Town Board, subject to assessment against the property benefited thereby pursuant to Chapter 181 (Part 1) Code of the Town of Hempstead, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the actual and completed cost of the construction and reconstruction of sidewalk area on the property hereinabove be assessed against the parcels benefited thereby pursuant to Chapter 181 (Part 1) Code of the Town of Hempstead, is hereby determined to be $39,186.50 and, BE IT FURTHER he parcel(s) listed in the assessment roll be attached hereto and made a part hereof under the heading “PARCELS BENEFITED” are the lots and parcels especially benefited by the said improvements as they appear on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the assessment roll attached hereto is hereby made a part hereof and shall constitute the completed assessment roll for such improvements under Chapter 181 (Part 1), Code of the Town of Hempstead and that the figures under the heading of “ASSESSMENT” on the same line with the said lot designations, is the amount assessed against said lots or parcels and that under the headline “PAID”, and the Receiver of Taxes shall indicate the parcels of land for which assessments shall not have been paid before the return thereof to the Supervisor and that such assessment roll be forthwith filed with the Town Clerk; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the assessment hereunder may be paid in one installment without penalty or interest, or at
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IllEGIBlE GRAffITI lAST week at the Seaford Long Island Rail Road station. ThE SEAfORd lOnG Island Rail Road station location after workers cleaned up the graffiti.
Photos courtesy Councilman Chris Carini
Graffiti, vandalism an issue at train stations By MARIA CESTERO mcestero@liherald.com
Following a number of complaints from community members, Hempstead Town Councilman Chris Carini, members of a local task force and Long Island Rail Road officials cleaned off graffiti at the Seaford and Wantagh Long Island Rail Road stations. Carini said he heard from multiple Seaford residents on Jan. 19 about the graffiti at Seaford station, between Sunrise Highway and Brooklyn Avenue. The graffiti was removed on Saturday. “It shows a breakdown of the com-
munity,” he said. “It’s terrible to look at Community Civic Association Presiand it’s an eyesore. … It’s a problem dent Joe Baker, 72. Described as the “eyes and ears” of the community by throughout our communities.” both Carini and Baker, the There has been vandaltask force is focused on preism at neighboring Bellventing the spread of grafmore, Merrick and Baldwin fiti, and removing it as stations as well, which led soon as possible. Residents to a mass cleanup effort are encouraged to report over the weekend, run in graffiti and/or send photos conjunction with LIRR of it to Carini’s office. staff. A lifelong resident of Carini said he has seen ChRIS CARInI Merrick who lives in his graffiti at LIRR stations for childhood home, Baker said ro u g h ly t h e p a s t e i g h t Town councilman he was eager to get years. Last year he helped assemble a volunteer graffiti task force. involved, because he loves his communiOne of its members is South Merrick ty. “My personal resolve has always been, ‘look good, feel good,’” he said. “If the community doesn’t look good, people aren’t going to feel good about it.”
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the option of the payer, in five (5) annual installments with interest thereon, if the benefit is in excess of $100.00; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Board meet at the Town Board Room (Pavilion) of the Town Hall on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to hear and consider any objections which may be made to said assessment roll; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk publish at least once not less than ten (10) or more than twenty (20) days before the time above specified, for said meeting in a newspaper published within the Town of Hempstead, a notice that said Assessment roll has been completed and that at the time and place above specified the Town Board will meet and hear to consider any objections which may be made thereto. The foregoing resolution was seconded by Councilmember D’Esposito And adopted
upon roll call as follows: AYES: SIX (6) NOES: NONE (0) NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALK AREA ON: AMBROSE CT, ARCADIA AVE, ARDEN RD, BARBARA ST, BEDFORD AVE, BONNIE DR, CARNATION AVE, CHURCH AVE, CLAYTON RD, CLEARMEADOW DR, COLONY ST, COLUMBUS AVE, COURT ST, DEBRA PL, DEWEY ST E, FENIMORE AVE, FENWORTH BLVD, FREEMAN AVE, GARNER PL, GOLDENROD AVE, HAMILTON AVE, HAMPTON RD, HANCOCK ST, HARRIS AVE, HUNGRY HARBOR RD, IVANHOE DR, JEFFERSON ST, KEW AVE, LAGOON DR W, LAKEVIEW RD, LINCOLN ST, LINDEN BLVD, LINKS DR W, MCDONALD AVE, MEADOW RD, MINEOLA AVE, MONACO AVE, NOEL AVE, NORTH BLVD, ORIOLE AVE, PARK AVE, PENINSULA BLVD, ROCKWOOD AVE, SKILLMAN AVE, SUNSHINE AVE,
WADLEIGH AVE, WARREN ST, WILLIAM PL In the TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK, and of meeting to hear and consider objections thereto. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 181 (Part 1) CODE OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead has prepared and filed with the Town Clerk of said Town, the completed assessment roll for the construction or reconstruction of sidewalk area on: AMBROSE CT, ARCADIA AVE, ARDEN RD, BARBARA ST, BEDFORD AVE, BONNIE DR, CARNATION AVE, CHURCH AVE, CLAYTON RD, CLEARMEADOW DR, COLONY ST, COLUMBUS AVE, COURT ST, DEBRA PL, DEWEY ST E, FENIMORE AVE, FENWORTH BLVD, FREEMAN AVE, GARNER PL, GOLDENROD AVE, HAMILTON AVE, HAMPTON RD, HANCOCK ST, HARRIS AVE, HUNGRY HARBOR RD, IVANHOE DR, JEFFERSON
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Baker, who is also a member of the M e r r i ck C h a m b e r o f C o m m e rc e, explained that graffiti and other acts of vandalism discourage visitors from buying homes or businesses in the area. He applauded Carini’s efforts to improve the community. Carini said that he had helped install more cameras on station platfor ms for vandalism surveillance. “They keep putting it up,” he said. “We’ll keep taking it down.” Chris Schneider, 41, a board member of the Wantagh Seaford Homeowners Association, joined the task force around the time of its foundation. He and Carini worked on community cleanup efforts before Carini was elected to the town board.
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A. Depending on which way the wind blows, literally, you need to assess the types of storms and the typical direction that storms come from in your area. In the Midwest, storms generally come from the Southwest. In the Northeast, there are nor’easters and southwest storms. Nearer to the Atlantic and Pacific onte eeper oceans, storms head from offshore toward land. Florida can get hit from three directions. What you’re mainly interested in is wind resistance, but keep in mind that you may need to plan to be higher off the ground if you’re in a floodplain. The higher above ground you need to be, the greater the wind speeds will be. It’s best to develop a centrally located room with indirect air ventilation, made of either steel-reinforced poured concrete, steel-reinforced concrete panels or steel-reinforced concrete block. Plain steel can also be used, but the cost may be greater to connect everything. Brick isn’t a structural material, and individual bricks can easily be stripped and hurled like very large bullets by high winds. The more aerodynamic the surfaces of the safe room structure are, the more it will deflect missilelike materials. A round safe room is safer. Just don’t get frustrated if someone tells you to go stand in the corner. The indirect ventilation shaft can be a steel or cast iron pipe turned downward. The point is that you want a durable, indestructible pipe located away from water, gas or electric lines that, if ruptured, could kill occupants who thought they were protected. The vent should also not be pointed directly into the wind. It’s advisable to have an engineer or architect who has training in such safety issues work with you on the specifics. Building code boards have avoided setting standards, even though groups such as the American Society of Civil Engineers have been asking for standards to be addressed. It may eventually come to that, but for now there are no specific standards, mainly because different building associations lobby against them, since standards and required safe rooms would add significantly to the expense of renovations and new homes. When you consider that structural metal connectors and hurricane-resistant windows are already in the code, plus the latest increases in shipping and manufacturing costs, home construction is getting further and further out of reach of the average prospective consumer. Just adding more surface material to your floors, walls and ceilings isn’t going to help you in severe storms. Good luck.
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he strangest clock in the world isn’t a clock. Rather, it’s a simple drawing of one, composed solely of black lines and dots against a white background. The hour hand is pointed straight up, in the 12 o’clock position, and the minute hand is only seconds away from meeting it at midnight. If the two hands merge as one, the world ends in a “civilization-ending apocalypse.” As I write this, the clock is at 1 minute, 40 seconds to midnight. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, ScoTT started by Albert Einstein and the bRINToN University of Chicago scientists who helped build the first atomic bomb during World War II, came up with the Doomsday Clock as an urgent warning to humanity that we must reverse course and move away from nuclear proliferation before we blow ourselves to smithereens, taking the rest of life on Earth with us. The clock is reassessed and reset each January. It marked its 75th anniversary on Jan. 20. With only 100 seconds to midnight, we have never been closer to annihilation than we are now — not even during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, according to the distinguished panel of scientists, which
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includes 11 Nobel Prize laureates, who have recalibrated the clock this year. The Doomsday Clock has become something of a cultural icon, referenced in novels by Stephen King and Piers Anthony, songs by the Who and the Clash, and comics such as “Watchmen” and “Stormwatch.” It should not be taken lightly, however, and it certainly shouldn’t be seen as the fictional imaginings of mad scientists. It is intended to give us a realistic assessment of our chances of survival as a species. What the clock tells us — screams at us, really — is that we must get it together before it’s too late. We must unite behind a common mission of saving ourselves from extinction. That means dispensing with wild conspiracy theories, ancient superstitions and internecine feuds and seeking science-based solutions to some of the most urgent questions and problems that our species faces, including the continuing nuclear arms race, the climate crisis and out-of-control viral invaders, a.k.a. Covid-19 and all of its many variants. Here’s what the scientists wrote in the news release announcing this year’s Doomsday Clock: “U.S. relations with Russia and China remain tense, with all three countries engaged in an array of nuclear modernization and expansion efforts — including China’s apparent large-scale program to increase its deployment of silo-
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based long-range nuclear missiles; the push by Russia, China and the United States to develop hypersonic missiles; and the continued testing of anti-satellite weapons by many nations. If not restrained, these efforts could mark the start of a dangerous new nuclear arms race.” Yes, while the coronavirus pandemic has been roiling the world, the planet’s three nuclear superpowers have been steadily ratcheting up their arsenals with new, ever more deadly technologies. The military industrial complex lives, even as people around the globe are falling ill and dying of disease by the millions. You would have thought a global pandemic would bring people together behind a common cause — survival. Instead, we are more divided than ever, and rich nations continue to play a dangerous game of geopolitics. Witness what’s happening in Ukraine these days, with Russia amassing tens of thousands of troops and armaments on the Eastern European nation’s borders, appearing ready to invade for no good reason other than, it seems, Russian President Vladimir Putin wanting to assert his power and regain a modicum of the glory his nation lost with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Interestingly, 1991 was the year that we were furthest from annihilation over the past three-quarters of a century, when the
hile a wellknown clock nears midnight, we ratchet up nuclear arsenals.
Doomsday Clock was at 17 minutes from midnight after President George H.W. Bush and his Soviet counterpart, Mikhail Gorbachev, signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty to significantly reduce the number of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles in their stockpiles. As I write this, 8,500 American troops are reportedly headed to Eastern Europe, possibly to Bulgaria, where I served in the Peace Corps, Romania, Hungary and Poland, presumably as a signal to these NATO allies that the U.S. has their back. Ukraine is not a NATO member, so the U.S. is not obligated by treaty to defend its borders if it is attacked. I find it mind-boggling that Putin would bring Europe to the brink of yet another war at any time, let alone amid a worldwide pandemic. His posturing is the very definition of craven. In the U.S., we really must work to eradicate the coronavirus so we can move on to the other pressing issues of survival. We have all the tools that we need to beat Covid-19 except the political will. The clock, though, continues to tick. Now, not later, is the time to put aside our differences for the sake of humanity — for the survival of our species. Science tells us so. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@ liherald.com.
Babies or bulldogs: What’s a couple to do?
hate to even appear to disagree with the pope, but not everyone wants to have children these days. Early last month, according to America magazine, a Jesuit publication, Pope Francis made a casual comment about people wanting to have pets rather than children. Boom! He unleashed a dogfight in the public square. The press went wild. The New York Times said, “Pope Scolds Couples Who Choose Pets Over Kids.” CNN blared, “Opting for pets over children is selfish RANDI and ‘takes away KREISS our humanity,’ says Pope Francis.” According to the Jesuit review, the press sensationalized the pope’s remarks that day. It assured readers that he appreciates the grace of loving a pet, but like most religious leaders, he encourages people to be fruitful and multiply. The puppy issue is a kind of red herring, pardon the cross-species metaphor. There’s the decision whether to have kids, and there’s the cultural sideshow of replac-
ing babies with puppies. Apparently, American women are choosing not to have children in increasing numbers, having nothing to do with pets. Raising a child to age 18 can cost upward of $250,000 (pre-inflation). More women want to move along unimpeded in their professions, and rise in the business world without other responsibilities. Many couples are worried about bringing children into a world fraught with conflict. The other factor playing out in our society is the humanizing of our pets. It seems to follow that if you decide not to have kids but want an outlet for your nurturing genes, a dog is a great idea. But it gets crazy, with dog strollers and individualized diets and dogs welcomed at restaurants and shops and on airplanes. Young dog owners devote the same time and attention to their animals that, in another time and place, they might have dedicated to children. Thus the papal comment on pets. With the new dogs-as-kids paradigm, many 20- and 30-somethings travel with their pets, staying at a growing selection of dog-friendly properties. The W Hotel in
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New York, like other high-end places, isn’t just pet-friendly, but downright petobsessed. Bring Luke the Lab to the W and he’ll get his own bed, food, water bowl, leash, birthday cake and poop bags. I don’t have to enumerate the ways in which kids are way more trouble than dogs, do I? From teething to toilet training to teaching them to walk and talk, to braces and curfews and weed and sex: what a bother. This is not to mention tutors and religious school and the preteen years, followed by the teen years, followed by the pre-adult years, which last until age 45 or so. I speak from long experience. My dog always listens when I talk. She has never caused me a sleepless night. When I give her a haircut, she doesn’t slam the door and say she hates her life. When I give her chicken for the 60th time, it’s all good. My kids are 47 and 50. My dog is 4. As I curl into my chair at night, who’s right there, snuggled into my lap? Not my kids, for sure. My girl Lillybee never considers “moving on.” She has spurned numerous suitors, threatening to bite any hound that comes too close. The Virgin Queen, as we
pparently, more American women are choosing not to have children.
fondly refer to her, has made us her life’s work. Her devotion is undiluted by conflicting loyalties or hobbies or obsessions with travel or exercise. Can’t say the same for the kids. In the puppy-vs.-tiny human debate, in this time and place of pandemic and peril, going with a pet seems reasonable for all the reasons I mention. But the pope takes a longer and broader view, and at the end of the day, which may come at any moment, he’s right. The future of humanity doesn’t depend so much on a new litter as on a new generation. And according to the Jesuit magazine, it’s part of the pope’s job description to urge his flock to have more babies. The magazine suggests, “There is more to the Pope’s comments than what you read in the headline. It was an offhand comment (about pets), but it also reflects something he believes. And whether you like it or not, the church is probably always going to have an opinion about your personal life and your family. It’s kind of how we do things. And it’s O.K. to wrestle with that and engage with that. That’s all part of the fun.” Between the lines are the epic debates of our time. Still, I appreciate the magazine’s nonconfrontational approach to one of life’s most consequential decisions. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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.S. Sen Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, last week called on Congress to provide $7 million to fund evidencebased training programs to reduce implicit bias in maternal health, and $25 million to establish a program to deliver integrated health care services to pregnant women and new mothers that will reduce the inordinately large number of maternal deaths among Black non-Hispanic women. It is an urgent issue, including here in Nassau County, one that the Herald first called on government officials to address in 2019. We are pleased to see that Gillibrand has taken up the cause. Three years ago, the Herald undertook a year-long series examining racism in Nassau. We led with an exposé on issues of maternal health faced by Black women throughout the county. In particular, we looked at the group Birth Justice Warriors, founded by Hofstra University Professor Dr. Martine Hackett and the Rev. Dr. Nellie Taylor-Walthrust, a pastor and the director of outreach services for the North Shore Child Family Guidance Center, a nonprofit mental health agency with offices in Roslyn Heights, Manhasset and Westbury. Among the central issues that Birth Justice Warriors is working to address is infant mortality, which is a leading indicator of a community’s well-being, according to the Nassau County Department of Health’s 2016-18 Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan. When children are dying in high numbers at birth — the start of life — there are probably myriad
letters Bail-reform misperceptions To the Editor: Re the editorial “Bail reform law still needs more tweaking” (Jan. 20-26): The Herald perpetuated a false narrative created by opponents of the law. Contrary to statements designed to sway the public, judges are not prohibited from setting cash bail for someone arrested for gun possession. The repetition of this misperception, common among candidates and police officials, contributes, if not causes, the “high degree of electoral support” for reforming the law. As made clear by the new law, Criminal Procedure Law 510.10(4), cash bail can be set for any qualifying felony enumerated in Penal Law Section 70.02. That section includes the felony offense of possession of a loaded firearm, a Class C violent felony. While it is true that cash bail is not mandatory for such a charge, it is also true that it never was.
other health concerns in a community. In the majority of white communities across Nassau, the infant mortality rate ranged from 0 to 3 in 1,000 births in 201416, according to the state Department of Health. Meanwhile, in most communities of color, the infant mortality rate was three to nine times that. In its annual rankings of healthiest counties in New York, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, working with data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ranked Nassau the second-healthiest of the state’s 62 counties this year. When that data is broken down into individual ZIP codes, however, a disturbing pattern is made clear in communities of color, Hackett said: Babies there are significantly more likely to die during or shortly after birth than in predominately white communities. County officials identified nine communities of color and communities with large minority populations — Elmont, Freeport, Glen Cove, Hempstead, Inwood, Long Beach, Roosevelt, Uniondale and Westbury — with measurably greater health concerns than nearby white communities. Nassau is the 13th-wealthiest county in the U.S., with an average annual household income of around $93,000, according to census data. “The affluence of the county as a whole masks the needs of these severely underserved selected communities,” the county’s report states. Taken as a whole, the infant mortality rate in these communities is “nearly double that of the rest of the county,” the report continues. The knee-jerk reaction is to blame the
discrepancy on a discrete factor like income level, according to Hackett: Women with fewer financial resources are unable to afford the same level of care that women of greater means can. But statistics tell a more complicated story. How, for example, does one explain Elmont, a solidly middle-class community of color with an annual average household income of $94,353, above the county average? It has the second-highest infant mortality rate in Nassau. Access to health care alone “is not sufficient” to explain the disparities in health outcomes, Hackett said. Bias and systemic racism also play their parts, she believes. Clearly, issues of implicit bias, and at times outright racism, come into play, even in the medical field. It’s time that the federal government study and address them so all of us can better understand the psycho-social complexities of the doctor-patient relationship that can determine maternal health outcomes. February is Black History Month. Historically, there is a great deal of mistrust in Black communities of the medical field because of past wrongs, not the least of which was the infamous “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” from 1932 to 1972, when Black sharecroppers with the venereal disease were left untreated to see what would happen, even after penicillin, a cure for syphilis, was widely available after 1945. The only way to build trust in Black communities is to address their issues head-on, with science-based studies and programs, as Gillibrand has proposed. Congress thus should appropriate the funds that the senator seeks.
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ost New Yorkers want the same thing: a safe, affordable place to raise a family, one where our children can play outside without worry. Many of us commute to New York City, and felt safe for a period in “America’s safest big city,” thanks to the hard work of the New York City Police Department and the “broken windows” model of policing. The broken windows theory holds that visible signs of crime and civil disorder encourage further CHristopHer crime and disorder, including seriCarini ous crimes. The theory suggests that policing methods that target minor crimes such as graffiti, public drinking, trespassing and fare evasion bring an atmosphere of order and lawfulness. This model took New York City from the murder capital of the country in 1970s to record low crime rates in the early ’90s, creating a renaissance and a booming metropolitan area. New York was back, and home prices skyrocketed in Nassau County. The county’s crime
rates plummeted, and our close proximity to the city made Nassau the place to raise a family. The media at the time praised our law enforcement, our elected officials had their backs, and if you wanted to be elected district attorney, you had to be tough on crime. But something changed, and the media, and some elected officials, turned. We had grown used to our safe neighborhoods, and many forgot, or were too young to remember, the high crime of yesterday. A new movement was on its way to change our system. The first step was not enforcing low-level crimes. Some elected officials ran successfully on the platform of less enforcement. Next up were changes in Albany in criminal justice reform, often referred to as “bail reform.” This law took away judicial discretion in setting bail for misdemeanors and “non-violent” felonies, including stalking, assault without serious injury, burglary, many drug offenses, and even some kinds of arson and robbery. Stripping judicial discretion was a major shift. Judges could no longer set bail for these charges, nor could they
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e face a crime wave that many fear could move east from New York City.
Letters It is also inappropriate to refer to those arrested but not convicted as “of fenders.” Though it may not be popular, there is still a presumption of innocence when bail is first set. While there may be legitimate reasons to revisit the bail statute, it is irresponsible to repeat the lies that are used to gin up public outrage. JAY K. GoLDBerG Woodmere Goldberg, a criminal defense lawyer in New York, was previously a first deputy bureau chief in the Kings County district attorney’s office.
Read on, Randi! To the editor: I really enjoy randi Kreiss’s column when I can get my hands on the Herald, and I especially loved “Greatest hits from this month’s read-a-thon” last week. I moderate a book club and belong to many others, and randi touched on something we who love to read are going through as well. I am
determine the suspects’ risk to the public or the likelihood that they would repeat the crimes. Albany passed this legislation without input from law enforcement professionals, judges or district attorneys. Lawmakers went even further, passing changes that many consider witness intimidation. What’s more, with changes in discovery laws, prosecutors must now provide to the defense the names and contact information of victims and witnesses. The defense is free to contact them, including victims of sexual assault and witnesses to gang violence. Do you doubt this causes victims and witnesses to no longer want to cooperate out of fear or intimidation? Soon the movement demonized the brave men and women of our law enforcement. Calls to “defund the police” began. It became reality when Mayor Bill de Blasio passed a budget that gutted the NYPD budget by $1 billion and disbanded the department’s plainclothes anti-crime units. The result was virtually instantaneous: Violent crime skyrocketed. Shootings, carjackings and homicides rose fast. Now we are faced with a national crime wave that has also affected New York City, not long ago that safest big city
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trying to shy away from choosing/reading books that touch on the pandemic or remind us of something similar. I find my attention span wanes or my brain gets cluttered, for whatever reason. Between Covid and turning 55 next week, I guess I’m starting a “new phase” in life. I find that picking shorter books, or books that move quickly, is helpful. Not so much of a commitment on our part, and we can move on to the next thing. An author named Marie Benedict writes historical fiction, focusing on the women behind famous men. We read “The Mystery of Mrs. Christie,” a novel about the days Agatha Christie went missing in 1926. It was a shorter book with chapters that weren’t too long. I also find short stories are good for when we can’t stand anything too complicated. I would love to know what randi and her group are reading, and I look forward to her next column. JANeT CArforA Franklin Square
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in America, but where many no longer feel safe. It feels like the Gotham of old. Many are concerned that the crime wave could move east, to our backyard. So how can we fix this? We start by electing tough-on-crime district attorneys like we did last election cycle. We must send elected officials to Albany who will demand the repeal of “bail reform,” return judicial discretion and allow victims of crime to feel protected again. We also must send representatives to Washington who will stand up for our law enforcement and change the national narrative. We must all stand up for our police officers. The anti-law enforcement, pro-criminal agenda must end. We must fund and defend our police, not defund them. We must provide the tools, funding and public support to the police to help them do the job of protecting us. It takes someone special to place him or herself in harm’s way for the benefit of others. We must defend those who protect us. The time is now, and together we can turn this around. Christopher Carini is a Town of Hempstead councilman representing the 5th District. He served for 22 years as an officer with the NYPD, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department and the Port Authority Police Department of New York and New Jersey.
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