Students, staff and parents at Barnum Woods Elementary School donned red, white and blue on June 14 for the school’s muchloved annual celebration on the front lawn. There was no shortage of festively dressed kids in Denise DeMarco’s kindergarten class, above, and kindergartners Sal Santoro, near right, and Ayan Ramsook sported handmade flag crowns.
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By MALLORY WILsOn mwilson@liherald.com
W.T. Clarke High School Valedictorian Matthew Vo has always been interested in life sciences and biology. That’s why it’s no surprise that he will pursue bioengineering at Cornell University in upstate Ithaca this fall.
“It’s been a longtime interest of mine, just life sciences in general,” Vo, 17, said. “I remember when I was younger I always used to really love anything bio related.”
A longtime backyard gardener, Vo grows a lot of flowers and vegetables, and even though his parents tell him not to, he tries to grow apple and peach trees, too.
Philip Vo, Matthew’s father, said that his son has always tried to grow everything, ever since he was little.
“He just loves nature in general,” Philip said. “Every time he sees a plant, he tries to do research on that particular plant, and it’s just become his main interest.”
Philip said that they grow a
flowering plant from Vietnam in their yard that blooms every spring. They had the plant inside when they were living in Queens when Matthew was young, and it survived the move to Long Island.
Matthew said his love for plants grew as he spent his early life in an apartment in Queens, surrounded by buildings and concrete.
“I think I was drawn to plants just because it felt so different,” he said. “But I think that something just feels so right about (growing plants), like it’s the way things should be. (We) as a society (have) kind of lost that connection to nature a lot, and I feel like my love of plants just helps me maintain that connection.”
Bio engineering is a vast field, and Vo isn’t sure exactly what path he wants to travel, but he’s thinking it will have something to do with plants and agriculture.
“I personally feel like there’s not enough focus in those areas compared to human health care
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Four staffers from Herald Community Newspapers earned recognition last week for their work over the past year during the annual Press Club of Long Island awards dinner in Woodbury.
Reine Bethany, currently the editor of the Uniondale Herald Beacon, won third place in the government and politics category for her stories focusing on the Cleveland Avenue athletic field controversy in Freeport while she was editor of the Freeport Herald. Elected leaders from the village and the school district have been at odds over what to do with the green space, as plans for a distribution center there could bring millions of dollars into the community.
Ana Borruto, editor of the Franklin Square/Elmont Herald, took third place in the crime and justice category for her web story “Justice for Julio,” about residents in Hell’s Kitchen holding a vigil for a Bay Shore High School graduate while writing for GreaterLongIsland.com.
Borruto joined Herald Community Newspapers as a senior reporter last November, and was promoted to editor of the Franklin Square newspaper a short time later.
“Our whole editorial team has shown a knack for understanding their communities and following the stories vital to their readers,” Michael Hinman, executive editor of Herald Community Newspapers,
said. “Recognition from the Press Club of Long Island — itself a chapter of the esteemed Society of Professional Journalists — is greatly appreciated.”
Longtime Herald staffer Laura Lane was recognized as one of the best print reporters on Long Island as she picked up
a third place award in the Reporter of the Year category. Lane’s stories that contributed to the honor included one that talked about who cares for the caregivers at Glen Cove Hospital, how ex-interns led Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan’s congressional campaign, the limited options
facing refugees, and the funeral of famed Teddy Roosevelt impersonator James Foote.
Lane, who has been with the Herald for roughly 20 years, serves as senior editor for the Glen Cove Herald, Oyster Bay Herald, and Sea Cliff/Glen Head Herald.
Barely a year after he started working full-time at the Herald, Michael Malaszczyk placed second in the environment narrative category. His story, “New York state adds to South Shore Estuary Reserve Act,” was highlighted.
Malaszczyk began freelancing for the Herald in March 2022 while a graduate student at Hofstra University. He became a full-time reporter a few months later in charge of the Seaford Herald and Wantagh Herald, where he was since promoted to senior reporter. All while continuing to pursue his graduate degree at Hofstra.
“There are many dedicated and hardworking journalists on Long Island, and Herald Community Newspapers is proud to be a part of that community as well as the communities our papers serve,” Jeffrey Bessen, the company’s deputy editor — and a Press Club of Long Island board member — said.
The Press Club of Long Island was established in 1974 as an independent press club after a reporter was jailed for failing to reveal a source. It is now one of SPJ’s largest pro chapters. It has honored member media organizations with an annual awards presentation since 1982.
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June for Barnum Woods Elementary School means students and staff don their red, white, and blue and take time to learn about the American flag for Flag Day.
Celebrated every year on June 14, Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the United States flag. Barnum holds an annual celebration, which Principal Gregory Bottari believes to be one of the best ceremonies held across Long Island for the flag.
Parents were invited to attend, and the school’s band played a few songs. Students were seen displaying various forms of flag pride by holding small American flags, wearing paper crowns of the flag, and even dressed in the flag’s colors. United States Navy Officers served as the school’s color guard and lead the community in the Pledge of Allegiance
“As a school, it is important for us to celebrate Flag Day and to educate our students about the history and significance of our flag,” East Meadow School District Superintendent Kenneth Card said. “This day reminds us of the sacrifices of the brave men and women who have fought, and continue to fight, for our country’s freedom and values that our flag represents.”
Card encouraged students to continue to honor the American flag and work towards a better future for generations to come.
Flag Day has been a big deal at Barnum for many years, and Card has been in attendance for every single one, according to Bottari. With Card retiring this school year, it was a bittersweet celebration.
When Bottari spoke to the crowd, he mentioned the retirement of teacher Marissa D’Amico, and school nurse Daryle Abeshouse.
Abeshouse has been a special part of the annual celebration. Each year following the ceremony, students walk together as part of “Walk in the Woods,” the school’s annual health walk, started in 2013 by fifth-grade teacher Gene Vassel and Abeshouse. The beloved tradition consists of a double loop, roughly a mile, around the school.
Alisa Baroukh, the president of the board of education and former Barnum student, shared fun facts about the flag with the audience. According to Baroukh, when you raise a flag on a flag poll it needs to be done quickly and raised down slowly. She also shared with the crowd that there are six American flags located on the moon.
“Barnum Woods is a really special place and I am so thankful to have been here for as long as I was,” Baroukh
said. “I know that I am thankful for the flag and being able to live in the United States.”
Last year’s celebration was the first one after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. The school had a special brick and bench dedication ceremony in their courtyard. The bricks and benches were engraved and donated by community members. The idea was made by the Barnum Woods Planning Management Team back in 2019, but due to the pandemic, the group had to delay its plans until last year.
Some benches were dedicated to deceased alum, or those who died as a result of Covid-19. Other benches held welcoming and warm messages.
Staff members Ellen DiCocco and Anna Cangelosi, cousins known around Barnum as the “dynamic duo,” were the last speakers before the walk.
“The celebration of Flag Day keeps the patriotic spirit in all of us alive,” DiCocco said. “A sense of unity and pride is observed as the U.S. flags are seen flying on porches of houses, inside and outside of schools, buildings, and sporting arenas all over the nation.”
Afterwards, students excitedly jumped up to participate in the walk. Youngsters waved to parade-goers as the celebration came to a close.
“As John F. Kennedy once said, ‘Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country,’” Card said in his speech. “Let us all thrive to make our community and our country a better place by serving others and contributing to the common good.”
W.T. Clarke High School Salutatorian Shreejita Satpathy wasn’t afraid to try new things to see what piqued her interest. She was a member of numerous honor societies and clubs, holding a board position for many of them, which she said allowed her to see what she was interested in.
“I think the reason I joined everything was because I just have a lot of interests in general, and I kind of want to try everything,” Satpathy, 17, said. “I have this joke with my friends that I’ve been in almost every club here at least once even if it was just the first meeting because I wanted to see if I liked it. And then, if I do like it, I do pursue it for a while.”
Satpathy made her way through the East Meadow School District attending Meadowbrook Elementary School — after spending her first couple elementary school years in the Carle Place School District — and then onto Clarke Middle School.
She’s finishing out her high school career in the same building as middle school as second in her class with a weighted grade point average of 109.16. She will head to Pittsburgh come fall to
attend Carnegie Mellon University where she will be majoring in computer science.
“I’ve been interested in comp sci for a while, ever since the beginning of high school really,” Satpathy said. “I took a course on it and it really sparked my interest especially through hackathons and things like that, that I’ve done starting from eighth grade.”
The hackathons she participated in were through New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury. There, she learned that she not only wants to pursue computer science, but that she also wants to work with people.
“It was a small team and I didn’t know anyone there beforehand,” she said. “When I got to it, and started working with everyone, it was really, really interesting to me to work with these strangers, quickly become friends with them, and then have this goal that we had to reach in 24 hours.”
She’s not too sure what she wants to do in terms of a dream job, but she thinks she wants to work for a tech giant such as Google.
“Not only to be a programmer, but also work with a lot of people, hopefully in some kind of leadership position,” she said. “I really like trying to help people find their skill sets and seeing how they
work together with other people.”
In school, Satpathy said that she always tried to take the highest level of the courses that interested her the most, because it helped keep her motivated.
“My parents never forced me to do anything, they’re so supportive and encouraging,” she said. “Their whole take on school is basically do what you like, but things that you do like, make sure you do them diligently.”
Shreejita’s mother, Suchi Satpathy, said that she loved seeing her daughter try different activities to find what she wanted to do.
Outside of school, she participated in a science honors program at Columbia University where she could take courses like bio engineering, organic chemistry and others that weren’t offered at Clarke. She was also a National Merit finalist.
Sujit Satpathy, Shreejita’s father, said that seeing her accomplishments has made him proud. He mentioned a spelling bee competition that she competed in, and a math competition in second or third grade where she took home a first place prize.
In second marriage planning, a co-trustee is sometimes recommended on the death of the first spouse. While both spouses are living and competent they run their trust or trusts together. But when one spouse dies, what prevents the other spouse from diverting all of the assets to their own children? Nothing at all, if they alone are in charge. While most people are honorable, and many are certain their spouse would never do such a thing, strange things often happen later in life. A spouse may become forgetful, delusional or senile or may be influenced by other parties. Not only that, but the children of the deceased spouse tend to feel very insecure when they find out their stepparent is in charge of all of the couple’s assets.
If you choose one of the deceased spouse’s children to act as co-trustee with the surviving spouse there is a conflict that exists whereby the stepchild may be reluctant to spend assets for the surviving spouse, because whatever is spent on that spouse comes out of the child’s inheritance. Then what if stepparent gets remarried? How will the stepchild trustee react to that event? What if it turns out the stepchild liked the stepparent when his parent was living, but not so much afterwards?
Here is where the lawyer as co-trustee may provide an ideal solution. When one parent dies, the lawyer steps in as co-trustee with the surviving spouse. The lawyer helps the stepparent to invest for their own benefit as well as making sure the principal grows to offset inflation, for the benefit of the deceased spouse’s heirs.
The stepparent in this case takes care of all their business privately with their lawyer. The trusts cannot be raided. These protections may also be extended for IRA and 401(k) money passing to the spouse through the use of the “IRA Contract”. Surviving spouse agrees ahead of time that they will make an irrevocable designation of the deceased spouse’s children as beneficiaries when the IRA is left to the surviving spouse, and further agrees that any withdrawals in excess of the required minimum distribution (RMD) may only be made on consent of the lawyer.
When the trust terms are read the deceased spouse’s children are relieved by the protection that has been set up for them, have no concern about the stepparent’s having sole control of the assets and the relationship between them may continue to grow and flourish.
“She always wanted to try out every single thing” Suchi said. “We told her go for everything, try out everything, don’t just limit yourself or your learning. That’s why I’m proud of her.”
She’s a member of the National, math, social studies, and business and technology honor societies, and is president of the science and French honor societies.
She’s co-president for the schools’ Quiz Bowl club, co-president of the school’s DECA chapter, president of the Science Olympiads, a member of Key Club, and was captain for both of her Varsity Tennis and Varsity Badminton teams.
“From childhood she’s always been good,” Sujit said. “We expect she’s going to do something great.”
For college, Shreejita said that she is looking forward to seeing what opportunities the new area, campus, and people have to offer.
“Job opportunities, internship opportunities, but also just the opportunity to meet a lot of new people with different varied interests from around the world and just getting to know a lot of different people,” she said. “I’m just excited to see what all the new changes are going to be and who I’m going to be, what I’m going to do, how my life is going to change, and just where I’m going go from there.”
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there was no shortage of thrilling finishes and heartbreak on Nassau County high school athletic fields this spring, capped by a nearly 4-hourlong Long Island Class A softball championship game between MacArthur and Bayport. Here’s a recap of the 10 wildest postseason endings to the 2022-23 sports year.
1. Carey 6, Plainedge 5
Class A softball first round
The Seahawks trailed 5-1 in the top of the sixth inning but staged a comeback of epic proportions still down three with two outs and nobody on base in the bottom of the seventh. Caylee DeMeo had a two-run single and winning pitcher Lauren Peers followed with a towering fly that dropped between outfielders, bringing home the tying and winning runs.
2. Calhoun 6, Mepham 5
Class A baseball semifinal
The host Colts were down three runs and down to their last out in Game 3 with nobody on base in the bottom of the seventh before pulling out a win for the ages. A hit batter, a single, and a walk set the stage for Joey Goodman, who blasted a walk-off grand slam over the fence in left.
3. Calhoun 6, South Side 5
Class B boys’ lacrosse semifinal
Jayden Finkelstein had a hat trick and an assist and junior goaltender Mark Restivo made 13 saves to propel the Colts to victory. Jake Lewis, Braden Garvey and Shaun Walters also scored as Calhoun avenged a 10-5 regular-season defeat to the Cyclones.
4. North Shore 11, South Side 10
Class C girls’ lacrosse semifinal
The Vikings trailed by five goals in the first half before rallying and eventually winning in triple overtime on a goal by Kylee Colbert.
5. Garden City 7, Calhoun 6
Class B boys’ lacrosse championship
Garden City, which defeated the Colts handily, 16-8, April 21, had its hands full in the rematch on the county title stage and scored the decisive goal with 1:48 remaining off the stick of Carson Kraus. Lewis scored three times for Calhoun and had the potential tying goal nullified with seconds remaining due to a crease violation.
6. Garden City 9, Long Beach 8 Class B girls’ lacrosse championship
For the second straight year Long Beach fell a goal short of topping Garden City for the county title. A late goal by Garden City’s Kendal Morris with 2:41 left in the second half proved the difference. Delaney Chernoff had a hat trick and Delaney Radin added four points for the Marines.
7. Manhasset 13, North Shore 12 Class C girls’ lacrosse championship
The Vikings dropped an OT heartbreaker after leading 12-9 with less than six minutes remaining in regulation. Colbert had seven goals to finish the campaign with 101. Ava Bartoli and Daniela Martini scored twice apiece.
8. Seaford 1, Center Moriches 0 L.I. Class B softball championship
Scoreless in the bottom of the ninth, the Vikings captured their first Long Island crown in walk-off fashion on Kaitlyn Young’s bases-loaded single to left with one out to bring home Gabby Bellamore. Pitcher Skyler Secondino dominated in the circle with 15 strikeouts.
9. Babylon 6, Seaford 5 L.I. Class B baseball championship
One strike away from making more program history after winning its firstever county title, Seaford baseball was unable to shut the door against Babylon. The Phantoms scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to win it in unbelievable fashion after the Vikings plated three runs in the top of the inning.
10. Bayport 4, MacArthur 2 L.I. Class A softball championship
After defeating Clarke for the county championship in a series that went the distance, MacArthur gave everything it had in a marathon L.I. Class A title game before falling in 12 innings. The Generals tied it in their final turn at-bat on star pitcher Taylor Brunn’s RBI double.
By MALLoRY WILSoN mwilson@liherald.com
Stew Leonard’s, in East Meadow, was on a mission to help military families of those on active duty have a better Easter this year. Operation Easter Basket was an effort that the grocery store came up with to help military families have special meal for the holiday. Local volunteers — Boy Scout Troop 362, members of Girl Scout Troop 1315, American Legion Post 1082 and Veterans of Foreign War Post 2736 —
Prynne? And if so, who was she?
In Hawthorne’s book, Prynne is the woman who must wear the letter “A” for the rest of her life as a symbol of having committed adultery. In Albanese’s reimagining, Isobel Gamble, a young Scottish seamstress, comes to meet Hawthorne during the 1800s. The book dives into what it meant to be American in the 19th century, and how women were targeted for being different. “This is Hester Prynne finally tells her own story,” Albanese said. “This novel asks the question, was there a real Hester
And what would she tell us if she could?” This is Albanese’s third historical novel, and her first one set in America after her other two took place in Europe. Her first book, published in 2000, was contemporary; she switched to historical fiction because she liked reading those types of books, and that’s what was getting the best reception. Her first historical novel, “The Miracles of Prato,” coauthored with her friend Laura Morowitz and published in 2009, was well-received, Albanese said. So she took that genre and ran with it.
It’s been more than a market decision for Albanese. She said that doing research for her historical fiction books transports her back to being a student and spending hours at the library reading encyclopedia after encyclopedia to get the information that she needed for an assignment. “I always think about when I
school, in high school, we always had to write reports — and that my reports, then, as it would be now, consisted of physically going to the library and literally sitting on the floor with all my different books,” she said. “I love doing that, and I kind of feel like that’s what I’m doing when I Continued on page 2
The New York Republican State Committee, at its meeting on June 6, has elected Nassau County Republican Chairman Joseph G. Cairo, Jr. to the position of National Committeeman. Cairo is one of two New York Republican National Committeepersons from the Empire State. Cairo and New York’s National Committeewoman, Jennifer Saul Rich, along with New York Republican State Committee Chairman Ed Cox, will work collaboratively to elect Republican candidates at the local, state and federal level.
“I want to thank New York Republican State Chairman Ed Cox, as well as all of the members of the State Committee, for electing me to this position,” Cairo stated. “I am eager to work with Chairman Cox and National Committeewoman Jennifer Saul Rich to elect Republican candidates and advance the Republican agenda, which is being embraced by New Yorkers who want lower taxes, safe communities and the preservation of our suburbs.”
National Committeepersons interact with the Republican National Committee and create and maintain national party policies through the rules of the Republican Party, the Republican Party Platform and member-submitted resolutions. They also assist in raising and securing financial resources and support for Republican federal candidates.
At the same time, Cairo will work to continue his string of electoral successes at the state and local level. Indeed, the Nassau County Republican Committee worked with the State Republican Party to capture 4 of 5 Senate seats in Nassau County in 2022. Three of those seats were formerly held by Democrats. The Nassau GOP Team additionally won all 3 Congressional seats in Nassau County in 2022. The Nassau County Chairman
further enjoyed major victories in 2021, winning every countywide office including District Attorney, County Executive, Comptroller and County Clerk. The District Attorney’s Office had been held by Democrats since 2005. Cairo and his Republican organization also captured the Town of North Hempstead Supervisor’s seat, the Town Clerk and two Council seats in a major upset. Republicans had not held the Supervisor’s seat in North Hempstead in over 3 decades before Cairo engineered the 2021 upset. The Nassau GOP leader also ran races in 2021 that saw Republicans take control of the City of Glen Cove and dominate in the Towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay. Nassau Republicans increased their majority in the Nassau Legislature in 2021. Cairo indicates that the future looks bright for Nassau Republicans.
“Nassau County Republican Chairman Joe Cairo will be a great National Committeeman,” Cox observed. “He has demonstrated that he can raise funds and mount winning campaigns. I am eager to continue working with him as he serves in his new capacity.”
“I am excited to continue my work with a great State Republican Chairman, Ed Cox, to realize more Republican victories at every level,” concluded Cairo. “Republicans have the messages that are resonating with voters. We stand for lower taxes and we support our police. What’s more, we reject the Governor’s plan to dump high-rise apartment buildings in residential neighborhoods that are populated by single-family homes. Finally, we are offended by efforts by extreme Democrats who have taken control in Albany to wipe clean the criminal records of dangerous people. Neighbors stand with the Republican Party and our common-sense message of lower taxes and safer neighborhoods.”
When you were a kid, so many people commented on who you were and what you should be doing that their words undoubtedly affected how you viewed yourself then - and even now.
Maybe your big brother told you to “toughen up kid; you’re too sensitive.” Or, kids in school called you “a ditz.” Or, your mom’s criticisms kept reminding you that “you weren’t good enough.” Or, your dad constantly reminded you how “lazy” you were. Could those voices from many years ago still echo in your mind?
Yes, messages from another era can have sufficient staying power to undermine your self-worth, drowning out the positive voices you hear today. It’s likely that for each person who thought you were too sensitive then, there could be twice as many now who appreciate your sensitivity. Whoever though you could do nothing right then, I bet many more today admire your skills and knowledge.
So, the crucial question is: Whose voice will you listen to? I urge you to listen to the voices that help you develop confidence, build backbone, and bring a smile
to your face - the ones that are valid in today’s context.
Consider that for every aphorism, another one asserts the opposite. Which one is right?
■ “A stitch in time saves nine” or “Haste makes waste?”
■ “Opposites attract” or “Birds of a feather flock together?”
tive criticism in a helpful manner. “Try not to rush your words. Take your time, slow down, and it’ll be easier for people to understand what you’re saying.”
Person to PersonThese contradictory aphorisms may both be good advice - depending on the context. The same holds true for comments people make about you. For this reason, make sure that the voice you listen to is helpful at this time, in this context.
Linda Sapadin
Protect yourself from the openly critical voice that’s designed to humiliate you. “You’re such a loser. You slur your words and speak so fast that nobody understands what you’re saying.” Instead, pay attention to those that offer construc-
It’s also important to discover your own voice. When Eva’s mom said, “Don’t waste your money going to college; it’s too expensive and not that important for girls,” Eva instantly knew that she had to go. Once you free yourself from early childhood messages, your own voice emerges. You acknowledge that the other person’s way is not your way.
Yes, I know, it’s not easy to make a negative voice disappear just by wishing it away. In fact, the more you wish something isn’t there, the more you reinforce its presence, making it the elephant in the room. Hence, if you’re struggling with letting go of a negative voice, give credence to a positive person’s voice. Let’s do a simple exercise to reinforce this idea:
1. Write down the name of a person you look up to.
2. Write down what you hear him/ her saying to you.
3. Tell yourself why these words are important to you.
4. Now make those words your own. Say them to yourself whenever you need reassurance.
Congratulations, now you’re on track to letting go of messages that inhibit your growth and undermine your self-confidence. You’ve replaced them with messages that stimulate your growth and build your self-confidence. How fantastic that feels!!!
©2023
Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author specializes in helping people improve their relationships, enhance their lives and overcome procrastination and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.
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People come to Hope for Long Island Thrift Store for a variety of reasons, says its manager, Joe Scibelli. Sure, they’re looking to take home a treasure or two, but often they leave with so much more. Because Hope is the type of business where employees and volunteers tend to know their customers’ first names, there is feeling of responsibility to satisfy their needs, whatever they may be.
“Some customers talk about what’s going on in their lives — some are just looking for someone to talk to,” Scibelli said. “I love the social interaction with the customers, and they seem to love us. They tell me coming here is a nice escape.”
Hope, which is run by Oyster Bay’s North Shore Community Church, originally set up shop in the hamlet’s Buckingham Old Fashioned Variety Store in 2006, renting a portion of the store. But when the variety store closed in 2015, Hope moved to a larger space around the corner, on Audrey Avenue, behind the original location of the Oyster Bay Rail Road Museum.
North Shore’s pastor, the Rev. John Yenchko, had the idea of opening a thrift shop, having done so at his previous church in Philadelphia. All of Hope’s profits go to the church’s Benevolent Fund, which serves single mothers, youth ministries and community outreach programs.
“Hope for Long Island is offering, well, hope, for those who need help, and a shopping adventure for those who love a good bargain,” Yenchko said. “There is a delightful thrift store subculture on Long Island, and people are always looking for a bargain. They’re glad to donate their gently used clothing and household items when they know it’s going to a good cause.”
Seven of the nine people who work at the store are volunteers, one of whom is Barbara Groff, of Syosset, who said she is committed to organizing the racks of clothing and the wide variety of items on the shelves. A retiree, she said that volunteering at Hope is a great way for her to be with people, but it provides even more.
“Here I’m blessed to be a blessing to others,” Groff said. “To know that the money being raised is for those in need makes me want to be here.”
Doris Minogue, of Hicksville, a staff member who started out as a volunteer, feels much the same way. “For me, being here is a ministry for God,” she said. “And I hear a lot of interesting stories here, because people are interesting.”
Scibelli has been managing the store since last July, after Karen Connolly, who had been in charge since Hope’s beginnings, moved to Tennessee. Scibelli is a retired New York City program manager, and managed the A&P grocery store, Great Neck, in the 1970s.
He and his wife, Cathy, had donated to
Hope for years. When Cathy was diagnosed with cancer, Joe, who was depressed, wandered into the thrift store.
“Karen asked me what was wrong, and when I told her about Cathy, she prayed with me,” Scibelli said. “I had signed up to be a volunteer, and a couple of months after I stopped in, Karen called me up and asked if I could be a volunteer.”
When Cathy died in April 2018, Joe donated her clothing to Hope. He increased his volunteer hours, because he found that being at Hope was therapeutic. When Connolly said she was moving, Yenchko asked Scibelli to take over.
“He had huge shoes to fill when Karen moved,” Yenchko said. “We’re absolutely delighted that Joe is the new leader of our thrift store. He has a great background in retail, and even more than that, he loves serving people.”
Scibelli remains impressed by the variety of items that are donated. Someone once donated a Fender guitar, and someone else gave the store a piece of African art. An entire collection of vintage comic books was a recent gift.
“The nice thing is, things are being reused instead of landing in a landfill,” Scibelli said. “Thrift shops used to have a
bad connotation, that it was for poor people and sold garbage. There’s a whole community out there that go from one thrift shop to another. We even have tourists who have a free day and come here.”
High school and college students stop by, too. The clothes are cheap, so they save money, Scibelli continued. And people planning yard sales drop by as well.
The biggest change since Scibelli took over is the opening of the second floor. Once a storage area, it is now filled with racks of summer clothing. He also made cosmetic changes that included adding shelving units. And Hope is now on Facebook, where upcoming sales are posted.
“Sales have increased over the year as word of mouth about the quality of our store gets out,” Yenchko said. “Satisfied customers are Hope’s best advertising.”
The coronavirus pandemic helped sales, too, Scibelli said. “People are looking for deals,” he explained. “Our new customers are saying they have discovered thrift shops.”
Hope carries toys, books and household items as well as clothing. Scibelli said it sells everything from soup to nuts, adding with a smile that he has received cans of soup and hardware.
He is highly complimentary of the volunteers who have made Hope a success. Last Friday night, the store was robbed. “One of the volunteers called today and said, ‘I’m going to replace the money stolen,’” Scibelli marveled on Tuesday. “We are definitely more than four walls here.”
Hope accepts gently used clothing, DVDs, books, toys, glassware and household items. Located at 98A Audrey Ave. in Oyster Bay, it is open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (516) 800-2871 or email hopethrift@nscc.live.
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or human genetics and medicine,” he said. “Even though those are important, I still feel like agriculture is vital especially in a world where there’s climate change going on and different pressures on crops and the agricultural systems.”
In school, Vo is affectionately known as “the plant guy,” according to Shreejita Satpathy, the Class of 2023 salutatorian.
“I remember in elementary school, maybe fourth or fifth grade, (Matthew) identified poison ivy on the playground,” Satpathy said. “That was so cool, because he was in elementary school and he was just a little kid, and none of the adults knew what it was or anything.
Shreejita Satpathy Salutatorian“Everyone knows he’s really good with plants.”
Vo made his way through the East Meadow School District starting out at Meadowbrook Elementary School before heading to Clarke Middle School and finishing out his high school career in the same building with a 109.84 weighted average.
He is the secretary of the National Honor Society as well as the science and Spanish honor societies. He is a member of the social studies, English and art honor societies as well. He participates in the school’s DECA chapter, competes with the Quiz Bowl club, is the president and editor of the school’s literary magazine, Reflections, and does the stage lighting for the theater department and for concerts.
Vo is a varsity tennis player, a National Merit finalist,
and co-founder of the Research Mentorship Organization, which aids middle school students in learning how to do research.
“It kind of stems a lot from, like, my experiences as a middle schooler in research,” Vo said. “Looking back, I felt that even though we did get a good foundation and were taught a lot, there were some things that we felt could be possibly explained differently or in more detail.”
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In college, Vo said, he is looking forward to the freedom of exploring what he wants to do and how he can pursue those opportunities.
“I’m definitely looking forward to actually working in research, possibly with some professors in areas that interests me,” he said. “But, also just connecting with other people who may perhaps share some of my experiences or some of my interests.”
Courtesy Matthew Vo Matthew Vo, far left, got involved in many clubs and activities at Clarke, such as the DECA chapter, with Matthew Chavez, center, and Sehej Chhabra.e veryone knows he’s really good with plants.
They don’t just want to pause rent increases in rentstabilized apartments in Nassau County. They want to go back to 2021, before the Nassau County Rent Guidelines Board allowed 2 percent increases on one-year leases, and 3.5 percent on two-year leases.
Those tenants along with politicians supporting them banded together at the Hempstead Town Hall last week to issue those demands, which were set for a final vote on Wednesday after the Herald’s publication deadline.
The rent guidelines board is responsible for imposing rent caps on rent-stabilized apartments in the county, a quarter of which are in Hempstead. Rent stabilization was implemented in 1962 to help prevent the displacement of low- and middleincome residents from excessive rent increases in an effort to provide affordable housing.
Buildings offering rent-stabilized units are typically larger properties built before 1974 that are privately owned and operated.
“Democracy is a participation sport, and it’s essential that people go out and voice their concern,” Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages said.
Last week’s demonstrations were organized by the Long Island Progressive Coalition, Working Families Party, and Nassau Democratic Socialists of America.
Jeremy Joseph, an advocate and organizer with DSA, claims tenants weren’t notified about the open hearings regarding raising their rent.
“We knocked on a lot of doors, we put up flyers in buildings,” he said. “By the next day, almost all of those flyers were taken down by landlords because they don’t want their tenants to come out and speak their minds.
“Every year landlords show up because it’s their job to know about this. They want to raise the rent as much as they can, but they don’t tell the tenants.”
Landlords seeking another raise in rent due to infla-
tion and because they say they want to use the extra money to help upgrade poor conditions of the buildings they own. Richard Rush, a landlord whose real estate firm owns and manages various apartments throughout Nassau, said the buildings “require a lot of repairs and maintenance to upkeep, and landlords should be incentivized to maintain their buildings for the benefit of the tenants.”
But Darinel Velasquez, an advocate from New York Communities for Change, says it is absurd landlords need to feel incentivized in order to provide an inhabitable space to their tenants.
“Landlords have been making consistent profit every year while failing to maintain and upkeep the buildings they own,” he said.
Data compiled by the tent guidelines board reveals the consumer price index surged by nearly 4 percent in the metropolitan area over the past year through April. Meanwhile, Nassau landlords saw their income grow nearly 3 percent, but their expenses expand wider at nearly 4.5 percent between 2021 and 2022.
However, tenant advocates are questioning the credibility of this data, claiming it was developed by landlords and lacked independent auditing. Landlords, however, say the data inflates their income by incorporating earnings from non-stabilized units, which they say are considerably more profitable.
The state’s housing and community renewal division has found the average rent for a rent-stabilized apartment in Nassau County was $1,474 per month in 2022, resulting
AssemBLywOmAN mIChAeLLe sOLAges tells the Nassau County Rent Guidelines Board it should carefully consider the impact any rent increase would have right now on tenants working through the same inflationary pressures as landlords.
in a profit of more than $360 per month for landlords.
Joseph calls this new attempt to raise rents to nothing more than landlord greed, who place profits over people and already charge more than market value for their other non-stabilized properties.
“The problem with treating housing like a commodity is that its value outpaces our wages,” he said.
Some tenants shared with the rent guidelines board their issues with their landlords, while they as tenants continue to struggle financially.”
Some tenants claimed they were pressured into signing leases without reading them, having their rent randomly raised, and even charging upward of $150 per month for parking.
That has forced some residents, like Melissa Devone, a 62-year-old battling lung cancer, to park three blocks away from her apartment after chemo treatments because she simply cannot afford that additional monthly expense.
Tenants also claimed rodents run rampant through many units, mold, a lack of security and sense of safety, lack of maintenance and upkeep, and an overall lack of quality living.
Although the vote was expected to happen this week, some organizations do offer free legal resources for tenants who might find themselves in an untenable situation. Long Island Housing Services is a private, non-profit fair housing advocacy and enforcement agency serving Nassau and Suffolk counties. They can be reached at LIFairHousing.org.
Democracy is a participation sport, and it’s essential that people go out and voice their concern.
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Journey
back in time to 1960s Detroit and the birth of the Motown sound, when Motor City Revue visits the Landmark stage, Friday June 30, 8 p.m. This 11-piece tribute band will have you dancing and singing along to the songs immortalized by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The Supremes and countless others.
From Hitsville to Soulsville, they’ll perform it all, with a passion and delivery of the true Motown sound that is undeniable. Their ability to match the vocal harmonies and instrumental mix that distinguished the original recordings is not to be missed. Everyone will be humming along to these iconic tunes that defined a generation, in this authentic recreation of the great era that revolutionized the music industry. $47, 42, $38. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.
Plaza Theatrical continues its season with “All About Joel: A Billy Joel Tribute,” Sunday, June 25, 2:30 p.m. David Clark’s piano playing, lead vocals and an eerily similar stage look to the Piano Man delights audiences, while engaging everyone. Come hear all your favorite tunes including “Just the Way You Are,” “New York State of Mind,” “Piano Man,” and so many more. It’s performed at Plaza’s stage at the Elmont Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. $40, $35 seniors. Elmont. For tickets, call (516) 599-6870 or visit PlazaTheatrical.com.
Nassau County Museum of Art’s exhibition, “Eye And Mind: The Shin Collection,” highlights the extraordinary collection masterworks assembled by 31-year-old connoisseur Hong Gyu Shin, an internationally recognized figure in the global art world. He shares his treasures, including works by Whistler, Lautrec, Boucher, Daumier, Delacroix, Klimt, Schiele, Balthus, Warhol, de Kooning, Gorky and many other important names from art history provocatively juxtaposed with the painting and sculpture of our own time from both Asia and the West. On view through July 9. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.
Not only does Sands provide world-class integrated resorts, but their three-pillar Corporate Responsibility Commitment has also been recognized on the 2022 Dow Jones Sustainability Index and named one of “America’s Most Responsible Companies” in 2023 by Newsweek.
The commitment represents Sands’ unique approach to addressing the issues most important to the business, communities and key stakeholders through three pillars: People, Communities and Planet.
Through this commitment, Sands looks to be the employer and partner of choice for team members, suppliers and guests; aims to keep its regions strong through corporate giving and partnering with local groups and organizations; and aims to minimize its environmental impact through its building design and development, operations and events.
Sands ECO360, its award-winning global sustainability program, is aligned with internationally recognized frameworks such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a specific focus on the objectives most relevant to Sands operations in the areas of energy, water
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Through the program, the company guides its environmental impact and promotes sustainable practices through three core areas of focus:
Building design and development: Sustainability is built into the resorts from start to finish, beginning with smart design and integrated technology to reduce future impact in operations. Throughout construction, practices are implemented that preserve resources and mitigate harm to the local ecology. The approach incorporates sustainability into the entirety of buildings’ life cycles.
Resort management and operations: The heart of Sands’ environmental strategy focuses on establishing responsible practices that drive efficiency. They accomplish this objective by continually enhancing processes, incorporating the latest technologies and leveraging sustainability best practices to improve performance, all with seamless integration to ensure an exceptional guest experience.
Meetings, events and entertainment: Shaping modern meetings, events and entertainment offerings means curating experiences with environmental responsibility, wellness and community engagement in mind. Sands’ holistic approach integrates these principles into planning and execution to ensure we foster sustainability every step of the way.
Sands has proactively been working with the community to understand the environmental sensitivities of the area. Their commitment to sustainability issues across their existing portfolio is impressive and we are excited to see that dedication demonstrated in the plans they are developing.
Throughout the entire community engagement process, Sands has demonstrated their commitment to reducing their carbon footprint by incorporating renewable energy solutions and environmentally responsible design. Sands has also emphasized prioritizing sustainable operations, including emphasizing the wellbeing of their employees and partners.
1999: A tribute to its famed namesake city, The Venetian Resort Las Vegas opened with great fanfare – singing gondoliers, sounding Poopets and a flutter of white
2007: The group’s vision would again transform a region. Seeing the potential to overcome Macao’s space challenges by filling the bay between the Coloane and Taipa islands, the group’s foresight led to the Cotai Strip and opening of The Venetian Macao, the world’s largest inhabited building at a time.
2008: Torging ahead with the success of The Venetian Macao, we continued to recognize the ever-changing needs of affluent travelers, who were seeking new levels of sophistication, attentiveness and privacy.
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doves. Photo: The $1.5 billion resort became a resounding success. Fortune wrote that it led to “the overall renaissance of Las Vegas itself” 2004: The company went public, and opened their first property in Asia, Sands Macao in Macao (SAR,) China. Photo: Seeing opportunity in Asia before others, the group opened Sands Macao, the first Las Vegas-style casino in the region and the first American-based hospitality development in Asia. Photo:Also that year, Sands opened The Palazzo in Las Vegas, which displaced the Pentagon as the largest U.S. building at the time and delivered a stunning combination of understated luxury and groundbreaking design. Photo: They opened The Plaza Macao, which is home to the exclusive Paiza Mansions, the Four Seasons Hotel Macao, The Shoppes at Four Seasons and an array of award-winning dining options. 2009: Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem opened, empowering the Eastern Pennsylvania region to overtake New Jersey as the gaming center of the Eastern United States. Photo: Located on the site of the historic Bethlehem Steel Works, the resort brought economic opportunity to the former steel town. They set their sights Singapore with $5.6 billion investment that became the iconic Marina Bay Sands, a national landmark in Singapore. Photo: In eight months, Marina Bay Sands posted an industry-record $600 million operating profit. Within a year, Singapore tourism had increased by 20% and the economy expanded by 15%.2012: Sands Cotai Central began opening in phases and was completed in 2015 with the opening of The St. Regis Macao, Catai Central.
2016: The Parisian Macao opened in September 2016. It was the crown jewel of Mr. Adelson’s vision to recreate the excitement and success of the Las Vegas Strip on the
2019: They completed the $1.3 billion sale of Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem to Wind Creek Hospitality.
2019: They announced a $2.2 billion expansion in Macao, including plans to upgrade and rebrand the Sands Cotai Central as The Londoner, our latest European-themed property.
2021: They announced the sale of The Venetian Resort Las Vegas to focus on their investments in Asia and development of emerging markets and geographies.
2023: Sands announces its intention to pursue the development of a multi-billion-dollar flagship hospitality, entertainment and casino project on the site currently home to the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Sands ECO360 works to minimize environmental impact and lead the way in sustainable building development and resort operations through three key initiatives:
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Sands’ dedication to preserving the planet’s natural resources is not only a promise—it’s an area of consistent leadership in the hospitality industry. Sands continuously evolves initiatives in their key areas of focus to address emerging trends, incorporate the latest technologies and environmental practices, and foster even greater environmental stewardship.
• Energy efficiency — Design buildings that conserve electricity and deploy new technologies to reduce energy consumption during ongoing operations
• Renewable energy — Seek out renewable energy solutions, including on-site solar thermal and solar photovoltaic systems and renewable energy credits
• Transportation — Transition guest shuttle buses to electric and clean-fuel sources and leverage carbon offsets for hard-to-decarbonize air and ferry travel
• Water efficiency — Upgrade fixtures and systems, enact water conversation policies and encourage sensible water usage
• Water reuse — Increase use of non-potable water for landscaping, restrooms, cooling towers and other uses
• Ecosystems — Partner with regional water champions to reinvigorate biodiverse ecosystems, increase resiliency, engage communities and leverage water technologies
• Single-use disposables — Replace single-use products with sustainable alternatives and transition to reuse models where possible
• Packaging — Reduce the environmental footprint of primary, secondary and tertiary packaging in our operations
• Sustainable food — Source eco-friendly ingredients and provide sustainable cuisine in restaurants through menu offerings curated with the planet and biodiversity in mind
• Building development and renovation — Integrate energy-saving technologies and environmentally friendly products and materials
• Resort operations — Explore sustainable options for incorporation in our business processes and the guest experience
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• Food waste — Tackle one of the largest waste streams through prevention, donation and diversion
• Construction waste — Responsibly handle construction waste from new developments, remodels and renovations
• Operational waste — Recycle wherever possible and find opportunities to reduce waste generation
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Sands’ holistic approach curates experiences with environmental responsibility, wellness and community engagement in mind when it comes to planning and execution.
Sands leads the way in award-winning sustainability Photo provided by Sands Photo To maintain sustainability, Sands builds its resorts with smart design and technologies meant to reduce future impact and implements practices that preserve resources and mitigate harm throughout construction.Get your game on at a weekly bingo game at East Meadow Beth-El Jewish Center, in East Meadow, starting at 6 p.m. Prizes, progressive games, bell jar prizes and refreshments will be provided.1400 Prospect Ave. Proof of vaccination is required. For information, contact (516) 483-4205
The JULIETS are back playing Mahjong and cards at Congregation
Beth Tikvah, located at 3710 Woodbine Avenue in Wantagh every Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Masks are optional, as well as a contribution of $5 per person. For more information email mahjonggCBT@yahoo.com or call (516) 785-2445.
Farmers market
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau will be back with their farmers market starting July 8, through October. Located in Eisenhower Park at Field 8, the CCE-Nassau Farmers Market serves a wide variety of individuals from throughout the county. Their fresh food comes from numerous different vendors.
Radio Flashback rocks
Eisenhower Park, Saturday, 24, 8 p.m. Highlighted by their 4-part harmonies, this is a classic rock tribute to the music, the artists and the experiences everyone fondly remembers. Bring seating. Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow. For information, visit NassaucCountyNY.gov.
Catch up with classmates from East Meadow High School Class of 1988. The reunion will take place at RC Dugans, Saturday, July 15, 3 to 8 p.m. 2314 Hempstead Turnpike in East Meado. $100 for access to buffet and open bar; $50 for access to buffet and soft drink bar. Contact Roni Kaufman at (516) 652-4419 for information and to reserve.
Stroll Old Westbury Gardens with Gabriel Willow, a New York Citybased urban naturalist and environmental educator, Saturday, July 8, 7:30-9:30 p.m. He will lead a walk through the gardens to listen and look for bats while discussing bat ecology and conservation. All ages are welcome. Space is limited and reservations are required. Rain date is Saturday, July 15. 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information contact (516) 333-0048 or visit OldWestburyGardens.org.
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.
Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year) to the informal group. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required. Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 705-2434 to secure a spot. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org.
Forever Simon and
The cover band performs, Saturday, June 24, 7 p.m., at The Seasons. 1475 Front St., East Meadow.
Salsa Latina Dance Studio, offerso Latin Hip-Hop, Thursdays.388 Merrick Ave. Contact Edwin at (516) 9027368.
For many years visitors to Westbury House at Old Westbury Gardens asked what was beyond the first floor corridor. Now beyond the door and discover “secrets of the service wing,” during a 60-minute guided tour, Friday, June 23, noon; Sunday, June 25, 1:30 p.m.; Monday, June 26, noon, Wednesday, June 28, noon; Thursday, June 29, noon and 1:30 p.m. Be introduced to the intensive labor required to create the lifestyle experienced by the Phipps family and their guests; tour the many rooms that were “behind the scenes” to create the formal dining experiences of early 20th century. Visit corridors to the butler’s pantry and silver cleaning room then descend the 17 steps to the kitchen, scullery, and wine storage rooms located on the ground floor. Reservations required. 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information contact (516) 3330048 or visit OldWestburyGardens.org.
There is absolutely no fee or other charge in New York State when you make “pre-arrangements”. Moreover when you pre-fund those arrangements through the Pre-Plan Trust there is no additional expense in establishing the trust account. A trust account that remains under your control and your funds are FDIC insured.
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More women are leading businesses than ever before, and Bank of America is on the forefront to support those efforts, whether across the country or here on Long Island.
Bank Of America has been named the presenting sponsor of the inaugural Women’s Executive Summit, set for Monday, Aug. 7 at The Crescent Beach Club in Bayville.
Hosted by Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLive, the WE Summit highlights how every business around the world is undergoing salient changes to the way they operate, no matter what industry they’re in.
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From technology use and investment. To skill development and cultural barriers. To equal pay and going hybrid — or fully remote. Every organization must adapt, or run the risk of being left behind.
As we navigate this time of pivotal change, the 2023 WE Summit brings together thought leaders, innovators, and barrier-breaking women for conversations
“We are excited for the opportunity to partner with Bank of America at the Women’s Executive Summit,” Amy Amato, executive director of RichnerLive, said in a release. “Since the pandemic, the work space has evolved dramatically, and we are bringing thought leadership together to help navigate these uncharted water.”
For more information on how to be a part of the Women’s Executive Summit,
2nd annual HERALD 2023
in Healthcare Awards will recognize and honor deserving individuals, institutions, facilities and healthcare groups whose dedication and commitment have made a difference in the health and well-being of others.
The East Meadow School District is proud to announce that eight high school students earned medals in the annual Al Kalfus Long Island Math Fair at Hofstra University.
East Meadow High School student Karolina Bajda and W.T. Clarke High School students Umme Hani Bootwala and Bayli Pham earned gold medals. Additionally, W.T. Clarke High School students Alexander Babwah, Charlotte Huang, Noah Olivares and Tara Visvanathan earned silver medals while Ruhi Patwal earned a bronze medal.
The Al Kalfus Long Island Math Fair is an annual competition sponsored by the Nassau County Association of Mathematics Supervisors. The competition invites students in grades 7-12 to conduct independent research on a math topic that interests them.
The district congratulates all of the mathematicians who earned medals in this year’s Math Fair.
Seven W.T. Clarke High School students earned medals in the annual Al Kalfus Long Island Math Fair at Hofstra University.
It was a celebration of 30 years proving service and guidance to the young LGBTQ community of Long Island, and it was a celebration in style.
PFY — formerly known as Pride for Youth — raised thousands of dollars for its Long Island Crisis Center programs last week during its annual gala at Westbury Manor.
Special guest at this year’s event was Maulik Pancholy, the openly gay actor many would know for his roles in the NBC sitcom “30 Rock” as well as the children’s series “Phineas and Ferb.”
maulik Pancholy, acTor from shows like ’30 Rock’ and ‘Star Trek: Discovery,’ shares why organizations like the Long Island Crisis Center’s PFY group are so important to helping the LGBTQ community. The gala at Westbury Manor raised tens of thousands of dollars for PFY’s programs.
“I think the gala is going to be a time for us to kind of get together and reflect on where we have come as an agency, where we need to go as an agency, and really honor the pioneering leadership and spirit that has laid
the groundwork that has made PFY what it is,” PFY director Devon Zappasodi told the Herald ahead of the event.
The organization was originally intended for young people, but grants have allowed PFY to expand to serve anyone who identifies as LGBTQ on Long Island and in Queens.
The crisis center operates a 24/7 hotline for people with mental health crises, and PFY was formed in 1993
after former executive director Linda Leonard noticed an influx of calls from members of the LGBTQ community.
“They were actually getting a lot of calls on the hotline for folks who were looking for LGBTQ services, such as counseling … or support groups,” said Tawni Engel, the crisis center’s associate executive director. “There was nothing like that that existed at the time.”
Anyone seeking more information or help can visit LICCPFY.org.
Photos courtesy Jonah Murdoch
The sTaff from Long Island Crisis Center’s PFY group that focuses on the LGBTQ community of Long Island and Queens, gather for a group picture during the organization’s annual gala last week at Westbury Manor, celebrating 30 years of the program on Long Island.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF NASSAU UMB BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR LVS TITLE TRUST XIII, Plaintiff, v. ANNA CABA, FRANCISCA CABA, JUANA CABA, ET AL. Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE
TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on October 13, 2022, I, Janine T. Lynam, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on July 13, 2023 at The North Side Steps of The Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, County of Nassau, State of New York, 11501 at 2:30 PM the premises described as follows: 2216
1st Street East Meadow, NY 11554 SBL No.: 50213-4,5,6 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York. The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 002950/2014 in the amount of $579,919.39 plus interest and costs. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System’s COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 139969
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COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NASSAU - REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC, Plaintiff, -againstRODERICK J. GEOGHEGAN JR., AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF RODERICK J. GEOGHEGAN, SR.; ANY AND ALL KNOWN OR UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHER PARTIES
CLAIMING AN INTREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE ESTATE OF NICHOLAS TUMMINELLO; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; MEADOWBROOK ENDOSCOPY CENTER; GASTRO OPERATING COMPANY, LLC; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING ON BEHALF OF DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW
YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CHRISTINE M. TUMMINELLO; NICHOLAS CHARLES TUMMINELLO; “JOHN DOE #1 through JOHN DOE #10” said names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, intended to be possible tenants or occupants of the premises, or corporations, persons, or other entities having or claiming a lien upon the mortgaged premises, Defendants - Index No. 600501/2022 Plaintiff Designates Nassau County as the Place of Trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated in Nassau County. To the above named DefendantsYOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. That this Supplemental Summons is being filed pursuant to an order of the court dated May 1, 2023.
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COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF THE HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE LOAN ASSETBACKED TRUST SERIES INABS 2005-C, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES INABS 2005-C, Plaintiff - against - THOMAS A. BOHM, et al Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on April 17, 2018.
Attorney for Plaintiff(s)
McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC, 7 Wells Street, Suite 205B, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered January 21, 2016, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on July 19, 2023 at 2:00 PM.
American Family Care, the nation’s leading provider of urgent care, recently named Dr. Victor Politi as Medical Director of AFC Urgent Care Long Island.
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NOTICE-
YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME
I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 “Rain or Shine” on the 13th day of July, 2023 at 2:30 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at East Meadow, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Premises known as 351 E Meadow Avenue, East Meadow, (Town of Hempstead) NY 11554.
Premises known as 424 Wellington Road, East Meadow, NY 11554. Sec 51 Block 274 Lot 24. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buidings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at East Meadow, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $500,125.24 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 001916/2011. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”
Before becoming Medical Director on June 3, Politi worked as an administrative leader and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Nassau Health Care Corporation. Politi also served as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the DSRIP, where he organized the formation of and led Nassau County’s DSRIP Performing Provider System.
With his experience in the field, Urgent Care looks to Dr. Politi to lead them into a future to grow and expand their services. Aside from his new position, Dr. Politi holds various executive positions in the healthcare and medical industry. He is the Medical Director of the Physician Assistant Program at Touro University and Medical Director of the School of Allied Health Professions at
“I am honored to join American Family Care and work alongside a tremendous team of dedicated healthcare professionals,” Dr. Politi said. “AFC is one of the region’s leading urgent care providers and I will work to advance and uphold the brand across Long Island, providing quality care and efficient medical attention.”
At AFC Urgent Care, patients are seen for acute illnesses and trauma including minor surgical procedures with minimal wait times. Health care services are covered by most insurances, including Medicare, and are provided at a fraction of the cost as compared to an emergency room or hospital visit. AFC Urgent Care of Long Island has four fullservice urgent care centers with locations in East Meadow, Farmingdale, West Islip, and Patchogue. For more information, visit AFCUrgentCare.com.
Filed: May 31, 2023
- If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable David P. Sullivan, J.S.C. Dated: May 1, 2023 Filed: May 3, 2023. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 912 Winthrop Drive, East Meadow, NY 11554. Dated: March 19, 2023
Greenspoon Marder LLP, Attorney for Plaintiff, By:
Meir Weiss, Esq., 590 Madison Avenue, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10022
P: (212) 524-5000 F: (212)
(Section: 50, Block: 420, Lot: 11) Approximate amount of lien $700,839.68 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 012937/09. Janine Lynam, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 400 Meridian Centre Blvd, Ste 200 Rochester, NY 14618 Tel. 585/760-8218 For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 Dated: May 18, 2023 During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale.
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME
COURT NASSAU COUNTY
ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff against JAMES J. ALIPERTI JR, et al Defendant(s)
Robert F. Harper, Esq., Referee NY2022-00064 140163
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Old Town Hall, 350 Front Street, Room 230, Second Floor, Hempstead, New York on 6/28/23 at 9:30 A.M. & 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:
-- THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 417/23. EAST MEADOW - Shelly A. Satenstein, Variances, lot area occupied, construct bi-level wood deck, a portion of which is to be reconstructed attached to dwelling., S/s Cleveland Ave., 105’ W/o Dewey Pl., a/k/a 1460 Cleveland Ave.
THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 P.M 426/23.
- 429/23. LEVITTOWNThomas Gillen, Variances, side yard, side yards aggregate, maintain rear roof over, 1-story addition & garage conversion to living space, all attached to dwelling; Special exception to maintain shed higher than permitted, exceeding
Ahead of Memorial Day this year Calvary Lutheran Church, located at 36 Taylor Ave., in East Meadow, held a special service on May 28. During their 10 a.m. service, tributes were given to those who gave their life for freedom. The altar was decorated with a wreath and two floral displays. At the end of the service, attendees sang God Bless America.
horizontal maximum & with lot area occupied variance; Variances, side yard, percentage of rear yard occupied, construct deck attached to pool; Variance, lot area occupied, construct front roofed over porch attached to dwelling., W/s Bobolink La.,100’ N/o Kingfisher Rd., a/k/a 114 Bobolink La.
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 & 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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Q. We need some advice on how to pick a contractor. Our neighbors down the street are going through a tough time with delays, seemingly shoddy work that didn’t pass inspection and extra costs for things they didn’t want or expect. Do you have any suggestions on how to interview a contractor, and what to ask about or look for in their proposal? We want to avoid what our neighbor is going through.
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A. If it were up to me, I would ask them to drive me around to look at their work. This helps in many ways. One, you have more conversation and maybe a little less sales pitch while they’re navigating the streets. Two, you can tell a lot about a person by the way they drive, such as whether they obey the laws. If they blow through every stop sign, cut people off or otherwise drive recklessly, you’ll realize right away that they have little regard for others and won’t follow regulations, or your interests.
People who don’t follow basic rules we all have to live by aren’t going to do things for you as much as for themselves. If they tell you “you don’t need a permit,” give you a ridiculously low number compared with others or confidently tell you they will have the work done way before you expected, be concerned. If their proposal doesn’t spell out the process and the materials to your satisfaction, at least with milestone breakdown numbers — such as windows and doors, $40,000, concrete work, $30,000, etc. — and you feel that they’re evasive when you ask questions, then move on.
I recommend that the payments be organized by those milestones, since you can see that all the concrete work is done and write a check, or confirm that all the windows and doors are installed and make a payment, instead of guessing when 30 percent of the work has been completed or wondering why they need to get paid every Friday when nobody has been there for two weeks. It may be obvious to say that you need to feel that what the plans show is what you want, and you have to feel confident that this person and their team can give you what you need.
I often get calls and end up acting as adviser and therapist to spouses who are now arguing with each other about how unhappy they are instead of sitting the contractor down with a third party, like a building official, who usually won’t tolerate the excuses. Many inspectors don’t have the time or the patience for a contractor who is creating code or safety violations, since it can reflect on the official who lets the work be approved with cut corners. One inspector recently told a contractor who was falling short of the regulations that the official gets audited and will not accept work that can be questioned later on by an auditor.
You need satisfaction. More on licensing, insurance and experience in upcoming columns. Good luck!
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Last week I was at two events that, in very different ways, encapsulated significant aspects of my life. The first was in Washington, where I was invited to testify before the House Intelligence Committee, along with four other retired members of Congress — two Republicans, Frank LoBiondo and Ileana RosLehtinen, and two Democrats, Jane Harman and Jim Langevin, who had also served on the committee. Except for a few fleeting hours in February, this was my first time back in Washington since late December 2020, just days before my retirement.
The chairman of the Intelligence Committee, Republican Mike Turner, and the ranking member, Democrat Jim Himes, wanted our perspective on what the committee’s current focus should be, and on the need to restore bipartisanship, which has been sorely lacking over the past six years. In my testimony, I stressed the necessity of not losing sight of the continuing threat of Islamist ter-
rorism. None of us wants to experience another 9/11, and the terrorists are in many ways as lethal as they were on Sept. 10, 2001.
I also joined my former colleagues in strongly urging bipartisanship. The committee is a vital component of our national security, and should not be politicized.
Besides testifying, I met with Long Island Representatives Andrew Garbarino, Anthony D’Esposito and Nick LaLota and joined Speaker Kevin McCarthy at a meeting in his office with elected officials from Northern Ireland. I also ran into various congressmen, Capitol Police officers and reporters I knew from my days on the Hill. And I went to my old haunt, the Dubliner, to have dinner with staff members from my office and the Homeland Security Committee.
Being back in the halls of Congress with current and former members brought back 28 years of memories encompassing victories, tough losses and challenges as well as meetings with presidents and world leaders. While I made the decision to retire from Congress and turn the page, I never regret
even a day that I was fortunate to be there. Those were almost three decades of unparalleled moments that I had never imagined I would experience.
Back on Long Island two days later, I relived different, but equally meaningful memories. Several times a year, Tom Dewey, my Brooklyn Prep classmate and a Fordham Hall of Fame track coach, organizes a get-together of a group of guys I hung out with during my high school years, just blocks from fabled Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Meeting at the Valbrook Diner in Valley Stream with Tom, Charlie, Allen, Johnny and Jackie is like going back in time. For better or worse, no one has changed. There’s the same banter, sarcasm and stories, with no one allowed to take himself seriously. In the past few years, we’ve been joined by retired Nassau County Police Department Detectives Jim Skopek and Melissa Zimmerman, who were on my security detail when I was in Congress and fit right in. Before his days as a Nassau cop, Skopek was an NYPD officer patrolling the Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, neighborhood where these guys grew up.
Zimmerman’s classic moment last week was when she asked my old friends what they thought of my recent successful cancer surgery, and she was met with blank looks, grunts and smirks. Not a hint of sympathy or concern.
Behind all this tough-guy talk, though, there is genuine friendship and loyalty, as well as a real knowledge of life and reality. These guys have all done well, but never brag about it. I’m not one of those guys who say the good old days were perfect or so much better. But during these diner reunions, I’m struck by the true authenticity of these guys — an authenticity I sense is diminishing in today’s world.
During my years in Congress and politics, I was known for not backing down or caring about what was said about me. This thick skin — or thick-headedness — was in many ways attributable to the street smarts I learned from these old friends. It’s reassuring to see nothing has changed.
All this interconnection of experiences came together for me again during those few days last week. Thanks for the memories.
Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Ishould point out that this is a really open letter, because my dad died four years ago.
I write because I have so much to tell him. My dad, who would have been 101 last week, loved his time on earth; he so enjoyed the rhythm and small pleasures of his days.
Every morning he woke up thinking about his first cup of coffee, and he prepared it with all the exquisite ritual of a Japanese tea ceremony. He moved slowly, and the making of the coffee could easily take 15 minutes.
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Once it was brewed, he filled his cup to the very brim and sloshed it all over the floor before he got to the table.
“Why do you have to make the cup so full?” my mother said pretty much every day for 72 years.
I like to think he’s with my mom, who died two years ago. They were married so long that they walked, talked, ate and laughed with a special kind of synchro-
ny. Hard to tell where one left off and the other began.
Dad would have been gripped by the public drama of the impeachment hearings. He died the day Donald Trump got elected, and although I’m not suggesting cause and effect, he did say,
“I can’t believe I lived to see this day,” before he succumbed to a major heart attack at 97.
He would read the newspapers at the breakfast table as breakfast lingered into lunch in his last years. He read the best parts out loud to my mother, and she was his cheerleader, damning the folks he saw as the bad guys and taking into her heart, like family, the leaders he loved. Their fierce loyalty to the Dems, going back to FDR, was part of what kept them chugging along. They cared. They followed the news. They talked back to the TV.
some time, couldn’t we, reassuring ourselves that no, the United States of America would never elect a man like Donald J. Trump, and then we did. Dad, it’s worse than we feared, but I believe in our better angels, and I’m patient. I know our country will right itself. I’ll keep you posted. Promise.
You missed the coronavirus. Missed Roku. Missed cauliflower pizza crusts.
So, Dad, I’m sorry you missed this state of affairs, this unraveling of our government and erosion of our moral center, because you would have found it fascinating, even if it depressed the hell out of you. Mostly I miss commiserating with you about it all. We could go on for
You missed the coronavirus. Missed Roku. Missed cauliflower pizza crusts.
You knew about Amazon but you missed letting it rule your life. You and Mom went to stores, right? Well we hardly do that now, because if you need anything, from the 4.0 readers you wore to rare Ethiopian pistachio nuts, you can order them online and Amazon will get them to you in hours, or days at most.
You missed some terrific books, Dad. We spent a lot of time talking about what we were reading, and even in your last months, when you were kind of dreaming your days away, you still held a book in your lap because it felt familiar. You kept saying you wanted to learn how to use a Kindle.
You missed the great-grandkids get-
Randi is on a brief leave. This column was originally published Feb. 20-26, 2020.
ting braces, and learning to drive, and several mitzvahs. You missed that we bought a new vacation house. I gave some thought to the idea that you might not be able to find me, but I suppose your travel rules are different. In my old place, I used to see the occasional heron on the beach or a dolphin in the surf and imagine it might be a kind of visitation.
I did see an unseasonal robin the other day that gave a wicked shake of its wing as it landed on a naked branch, and I confess, I thought of you.
Mostly, Dad, I hate the idea that you aren’t in the world, in the light, in the realm of sunrises and sunsets, just a phone call away, at the Thanksgiving table.
We all think about loved ones who have passed. Some write letters or post to websites for the departed. It all helps.
Many find that Shakespeare offered wise counsel to those who grieve when he wrote, “Give sorrow words.”
Copyright 2023 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
In one memoryfilled setting, I was testifying. In another, I ribbed old friends.
it might not be easy to discuss the Greek playwright Euripides and the Dutch philosopher Erasmus in the same breath, especially considering they walked the earth 2,000 years apart. But they did have a shared philosophy, and it’s one all of us are familiar with: money talks. Especially in politics.
When it comes to government, if you want to make a splash, all you need is to flash — some green. The loudest voices in a campaign, or in any discussion, really, are typically those with the deepest pockets. Even running for local office can cost thousands of dollars, with that total easily hitting six digits for state office, and far more if you want to go to Washington.
Over the years, however, New York has worked hard to level the playing field. New York City, for example, has offered candidates a matching public-finance option for years. Anyone not taking large special-interest donations can qualify for public money, allowing their voice to be just as loud as anyone else’s, no matter how much anyone has raised. The option is intended to keep big business and heavily funded political movements away from lawmakers, while ensuring that taxpayer investments are returned to communities through campaign expenditures.
Lawmakers in Albany have paid attention as well, writing legislation that would provide matching funds to any Assembly candidate who raises at least $6,000 from 75 different donors in his or her district, and to any State Senate candidate who raises at least $12,000 from 150 donors.
Statewide candidates would see a
Dear Congressman D’Esposito:
match of $6 for every $1 of qualified donations. Assembly members and senators would see matching qualified donations ranging from $12-to-$1 to $8-to-$1.
Candidates would still have to campaign. They would still need to win support. But this law would help ensure that that support isn’t drowned out by opponents with massive campaign war chests, funded by special interests.
Everything was looking good for the proposed bill until the final week of the legislative session. Then lawmakers apparently had a chance to take a closer look at it, and suddenly remembered something really important: They have to run for re-election. The candidates with the deep pockets whom this law would weaken? It’s them, the incumbents. The politicians who already have a built-in advantage simply because they have “Assembly member” or “Senator” in front of their name.
So, those very lawmakers revisited the new law, and introduced some changes. Instead of raising $6,000, Assembly candidates would have to raise $10,000, from 145 donors, to qualify for matching funds. Senators would need to raise $24,000, from 350 donors.
Candidates wouldn’t need to win just some support — this is an exceedingly high bar.
In fact, the only people who would actually benefit from this bill, S.7564, if Gov. Kathy Hochul signs it into law are the very incumbents this kind of campaign finance reform is intended to humble by preventing them from winning races
before they even start, simply because of how loudly money talks. If this revised bill becomes law, the voice and reach of the incumbents would be stronger — and further — than ever before. Not only would they have the big money of special interests, but they’d have taxpayer money backing them as well. And anyone challenging them? Well, good luck.
The reworked legislation easily passed the Assembly and Senate, but fortunately, not with the help of many of our local representatives. State Sens. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, Jack Martins and Steven Rhoads voted against it, as did Assembly members Jake Blumencranz, Ari Brown, Brian Curran, David McDonough, John Mikulin, Edward Ra and Michaelle Solages.
State Sen. Kevin Thomas was a “yes” on the bill, as were Assembly members Taylor Darling and Charles Lavine.
All are Republicans except for Solages, Thomas, Darling and Lavine.
A representative democracy mandates leaders who truly represent the people. If someone believes they can represent them better, they deserve to have every opportunity to prove it. The matching-campaignfunds program could have been a great start, helping this particular democracy achieve those goals.
But if the governor signs this monstrosity into law, not only will the potential gains of the earlier law be erased, but the entire democratic process will take 10 giant steps backward.
Hochul must do the right thing, and veto S.7564.
While New Yorkers choke on fumes from Canadian wildfires fueled by climate change, it’s worth highlighting the role that Republicans are playing in making the problem worse. House Republicans, including my own representative, Anthony D’Esposito, brokered a debt ceiling bill that advances construction of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline and makes it easier to build fracked-gas pipelines. This dirty deal will increase profits for the fossil fuel industry while increasing air pollution and wrecking our climate.
The dangerous air we are breathing now is only the beginning — we must reverse course and move off fossil fuels. As a grandfather and a member of Food & Water Action, I urge D’Esposito to stand up for Long Islanders, not the fossil fuel industry. And as a Long Islander, I urge my neighbors to remember the Republican dirty deal at the ballot box. JOSEPH M.
all of us owe an immeasurable debt of gratitude to the heroic men and women who lost their lives while protecting our country as members of our nation’s armed forces.
our end to care for them when they come back home.
Across the country, fewer than 50 percent of returning veterans in need receive any mental health treatment. An estimated 250,000 veterans are unemployed and in need of work. And with 68,000 of them homeless, there are 5,000 veterans here in Nassau who are at risk of homelessness.
■ The right to be supported in the community, in such organizations as VFWs and American Legions.
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Americans recently commemorated Memorial Day — a sobering occasion that reminds us that freedom is never free, and that in a perilous world, we sleep safely at night precisely because of those servicemen and women who are fighting for us.
After our collective pause to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice, it behooves us to take the next step by renewing our commitment to taking care of veterans right here in Nassau County.
Some 67,000 of the 16.5 million veterans in the United States call Long Island home. And there’s no denying that while these heroes have upheld their end of the contract to protect and serve the nation, we haven’t adequately fulfilled
Those statistics should shock the consciences of every American and provide clear evidence that this moment requires immediate action. That’s why I have proposed the creation of a 21st-century Veterans’ Bill of Rights that would ensure that none of them are ever left behind in Nassau County.
Such a bill would reaffirm the fundamental rights for veterans that must be protected:
■ The right to dignified housing.
■ The right to gainful employment.
■ The right to be protected from discrimination.
In addition, the Veterans’ Bill of Rights would formally commission a study to identify where resources are needed to best serve our veterans, and recommend additional investments ranging from new technology to advancements in health care, and more. Once completed, the study’s findings would be presented at a public hearing of the County Legislature’s Veterans Committee.
My office has already taken important steps toward fulfilling the tenets of the Veterans’ Bill of Rights. In January 2022, the Legislature unanimously passed the Hiring Our Heroes Act, a measure I sponsored that exempts veterans and active-duty service members from county civil service exam fees. Not only does removing a financial burden of up to $200 from eligible applicants incentivize their return to the civilian workforce, but it also recognizes how veterans’ leadership, military experience and ability to perform under pres-
To the Editor:
As my first legislative session came to a close, I was struck by just how out of touch Albany Democrats are with the needs of New Yorkers. The concerns about rising crime rates and a struggling economy, both of which make it more difficult for many to live, work and thrive in our communities, are at an all-time high. To combat this, my State Senate Republican colleagues and I introduced a plan to Rescue New York, which fell on deaf ears. We will continue to fight for common-sense, realistic solutions to the hardships faced by families and business owners.
During the 2023 legislative session, Albany’s misplaced priorities came in the form of new laws and policies that exacerbate our hardships instead of relieving them. The budget was a month late and spent a record $229 billion, more than $8 billion over what was spent last fiscal year. It included new taxes on businesses and individuals, and provided no relief for middle-class families and struggling small businesses; rather, it allocated $1 billion for transporting and housing illegal immigrants instead of directing funds to struggling New Yorkers.
Instead of focusing on why New Yorkers are leaving the state, a bill was passed that moves all local elections to even years, over the objections of local communities and boards of election. The justification was to increase voter turnout, yet it excluded New York City, where voter turnout is the lowest in the state.
Additionally, “Clean Slate” legislation was passed allowing the records of violent criminals to be sealed while ignoring the rights of law-abiding victims. In addition, the overriding theme of the legislation passed this session was an erosion of parental rights and an increase in government control, both of which will continue to destroy the New York
by Tim BakerThis legislative measure builds on the Dignity for Our Heroes initiative, another legislative package that I sponsored and passed in 2019 that protects veterans from discrimination in housing and employment, and convened the Nassau Commission on Ending Veteran Homelessness.
While I take great pride in these earlier measures, they should be viewed as a foundation to build on. We must not cease in our efforts until every veteran in the county has access to the resources they need to meet their health care, housing and workforce needs. And it is imperative for all of us to approach this issue with compassion and care, so that we can continue chipping away at harmful stigmas that dissuade our heroes from seeking the assistance they need and deserve.
These men and women have always had our backs, and it is imperative for us to always have theirs. Please contact your legislator and ask them to support the Veterans’ Bill of Rights. And I ask you to never forget our fallen heroes, or our veteran heroes at home.
we know and love.
We deserve better than one-party rule that places political aims above all else. There’s still so much work to be done, but Senate Democrats, who hold a supermajority, continue to disregard New Yorkers’ needs. I will continue to fight for a safer and more
affordable New York while standing up for our values and working to restore balance, accountability, and common sense to our state government. PATRICIA
too many who have come home lack housing, jobs and mental health care.
