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Four friends dedicate their Halloween to personal causes By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

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The pick of the patch Madison Williams, 2, of East Meadow, selected a pumpkin to paint last Sunday at Cipriano Nursery and Florist during its weekend fall craft session. Story, more photos, Page 8.

Lifelong best friends Lyla Meslin, Samantha Panzica, Ella Merkle and Ashley O’Connor have been planning their Halloween costumes since August. Each suggested a number of different ideas for a group theme, but they couldn’t agree on any of them. Then they brainstormed one that would give them more than just an outfit to wear while trickor-treating. The friends, all fifth-graders at Parkway Elementary School in East Meadow, will dress as OPI nail polish bottles. They will sport black hats and shirts to

represent the bottle cap, and each will wear a different colored tutu and pair of socks to resemble the nail polish. Each color they chose represents a personal cause, and on Halloween the girls will set up a booth and collect donations for their causes at Ella’s house, on Taylor Avenue in East Meadow, from 2 to 4 p.m. Lyla will wear red and raise money for the Marfan Foundation; Samantha choose purple, to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Association; Ella picked pink, for breast cancer, and will donate to the American Cancer Society; and Ashley will sport blue, and Continued on page 3

Communities rally behind a 97-year-old WWII vet By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

The Rev. Eugene Purvis sat on the front porch of his Freeport home and told stories about his service in World War II to a group of high school students, most of whom hope to serve in the U.S. military. One such story recounts the time Purvis was serving on the Pacific island of Saipan with the 20th Army Air Corps, when he was the sole survivor in his unit of an attack by Japanese bombers. Purvis, 97, the former pastor of the Naomi Temple AME Zion Church in Roosevelt, has a men-

tal scrapbook of similar experiences that shaped him. He shared it with the students, who were among roughly 60 volunteers from East Meadow and Freeport who visited him last Saturday to help clean his house and do some long-needed home improvements. Purvis is an active member of Freeport Cares, a community group that works with the school district and village to promote programs and activities for Freeport families. As he aged, members of Freeport Cares took turns caring for him and his wife, Sylvia. When the coronavirus pandemic hit, they delivered meals to the Purvises’ home and

discovered that it was in a state of disrepair. One member of Freeport Cares, Christine Waters, taught at Barnum Woods Elementary School, in the East Meadow School District, for 25 years, until 2017. She is now co-president of the East Meadow Association for Retired Teachers. Over the summer, Patrick Pizzo, the East Meadow School District’s assistant superintendent for business and finance, invited Waters to join a task force he was forming called the Economic Opportunity for All Youth Committee. One of its missions is to help young people find employment, mentorship

and apprenticeship opportunities. Waters connected the committee with Purvis, and Pizzo quickly began looking for ways to help the pastor and his wife. In August, Pizzo told the Promise of Hope Foundation, a Copiague nonprofit that offers families in need financial and emotional support, about Purvis. They installed a handicapped-

accessible bathroom on the first floor of the Purvises’ home and fixed some plumbing problems. Then, about three weeks ago, Pizzo wanted to organize an event for students to help clean the home, pave its driveway and do other renovations. He reached out to Jeff Rosenking, a former member of the East Meadow Continued on page 4

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Friends fundraise for causes this Halloween is still deciding on a nonprofit dedicated to autism awareness. Lyla’s uncle recently died of aortic dissection associated with Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder caused by a defect in the body’s production of certain connective tissue. Marfan syndrome can lead to a number of different medical issues like aortic dissection, in which the layers of the heart’s aortic wall tear or rupture. Samantha chose Alzheimer’s disease as her cause because of two personal connections to it: Her great aunt Louise has it, and her great-grandmother Eleanor died of complications related to it. Ella’s grandmother died of breast cancer at 58, three years before Ella was born. “I never actually got to meet her,” Ella said. “ I wanted to raise money for people who are going through the same thing.” While Ashley doesn’t have a personal connection to autism, she has long been passionate about autism awareness. The girls contacted nonprofits representing their causes, and each sent them bracelets to give to those who donate. Ella’s father works for PSEG Long Island, which donated personal protective equipment for them to use while collecting donations. And they reached out to OPI nail polish, which will put the girls’ cause on its website. To date, the girls have raised $500 by posting about their causes on Facebook. They showed off their costumes and shared their causes last Friday night at a party coordinated by East Meadow parents at the United Skates roller rink in Seaford. “What excites me the most is that I could help other people who had what my grandma had, and they could keep getting better,” Ella said.

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lyla meslin, far left, Samantha Panzica, Ella Merkle and Ashley O’Connor, all fifth-graders at Parkway Elementary School, are dedicating their Halloween costumes to four personal causes. The girls’ parents attended East Meadow High School together, but the girls became friends only after attending pre-kindergarten together. Now, they are all active in Girl Scout Troop 1457. Ella and Samantha are also cheerleaders, Ella and Ashley play basketball together, and Samantha and Lyla are competitive dancers. “They’ve been missing out on a lot this year because

of the pandemic,” Samantha’s mother, Randi Panzica, said, referring to their canceled Girl Scout activities, sports seasons and dance recitals. “It means a lot to them to be able to do this together,” she said. Anyone can contribute to their causes before Halloween by sending a donation to Randi Panzica via her Venmo account, @Randi-Panzica.

Elected officials talk next steps in Nassau By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

Nassau County elected officials from three levels of government spoke about issues facing the county and where to go from here on the latest Herald Inside LI webinar, “Next in Nassau,” on Oct. 21. Michaelle Solages, assemblywoman in New York’s 22nd Assembly District; Dave McDonough, assemblyman in the 14th District; Tom Suozzi, U.S. representative in the 3rd Congressional District, and County Executive Laura Curran joined the Zoom call to discuss government services during the Covid-19 crisis. Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, moderated the conversation and delivered questions from viewers. Nassau County is holding steady at 1 to 1.5 percent of those tested being positive for coronavirus, Curran said. About 7,000 to 10,000 people are tested in the county per day. “We want to do everything we can to keep it that way,” she said. “We cannot go backwards. The thought of shutting down schools again, of shutting down business again … we have made too much progress to go back.” McDonough added that small businesses still need aid to fully recover from the economic downturn that began in the spring. “We’re losing small businesses every day that can’t afford to stay open,” he said. “The small businesses are the life-

blood of this nation and definitely the lifeblood of this state.” Suozzi noted that the Heroes Act, the federal stimulus bill currently being negotiated in Congress, would help communities recover economically from the pandemic. The bill would provide stimulus checks to individuals, increased unemployment benefits and an extension of the Payment Protection Program for small businesses. Suozzi wants to see the bill passed with $500 billion in state aid because that would help fund school districts. “Our economy will never recover unless we have a sense that the public feels it’s safe to go back in the water,” he said. “We need every state to have a program similar to New York state’s.” Currently, if small businesses or nonprofit organizations in Nassau County need financial assistance, they can visit BoostNassau.net to see what’s available. She also noted that the county’s Health Department has become more robust, adding more professionals to give guidance to communities, including businesses and school districts, on coronavirus safety precautions. Going forward, she has also submitted a county budget that does not increase taxes or cut programs, she said, by refinancing debt and making use of a surplus from 2019. In addition to food insecurity and businesses shutting down permanently, Solages found that child care centers were suf-

CloCkwise from near left: Skye Ostreicher, moderator, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, State Assemblyman Dave McDonough and Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages discussed government initiatives during the coronarvirus pandemic at a Herald Inside LI webinar on Oct. 21. Courtesy Herald Inside LI

fering — 35 percent of them have closed in New York, many of them on Long Island, she said. She is calling for universal prekindergarten for 3- and 4-year-olds in New York, as well as financial assistance to help child care centers recover. “We have to make sure we’re attracting young families,” she said, “and the only way we can do that is to make sure we have these programs.” All panelists emphasized the importance of working together, especially

across the political aisle. “This is not a game,” Suozzi said. “This is not about politics; this is not about the election on Nov. 3. There are people that are unemployed that can’t pay their insurance, that can’t pay their bills, can’t pay their everyday utility bills, their rent, their food bills.” To view a recording of this webinar or to register for future webinars, visit liherald. com/insideli.

Volunteers help clean WWII vet’s home continued from front page Board of Education who is also a searchand-rescue pilot for the U.S. Civil Air Patrol. Rosenking put Pizzo in touch with Capt. Mark Del Orfano, of the U.S. Civil Air Patrol’s Cadet Program, and Maj. Donald Moore, of Freeport High School’s Junior Reserve’s Officer Training Corps. “We ended up having an unbelievable response,” Pizzo said. “I thought we’d end up having at most 20 kids, and it was so much bigger. We got so much work done, it was overwhelming.” The 60 volunteers, from both groups, were three times as many as Pizzo had hoped for. Because of limited space, some of the students did military drills in the street while others were helping clean. “I’ve never seen such a diverse mix of people working together toward a common goal,” said Doug Green, of Freeport Cares, who has been taking care of the Purvises during the pandemic along with fellow members Bill Tetreault, Rod Wilson and Waters. Wilson also volunteered last Saturday, and said he was amazed by the response. “Many of these students will aspire to become the future pillars of a new, diverse society, which will be more just and fair for all,” Wilson noted. “You can just tell.” Some East Meadow business leaders rallied more volunteers for the cleanup, including Jim, James and Colin Skinner, of A&C Pest Management, and Richie Krug Jr., of Century 21 American Homes. Borrelli’s restaurant and the Bagel Place

donated breakfast and lunch. And A&C Pest Management and the Stasi Brothers, a pavement contracting company, donated supplies. Purvis chatted with the volunteers when they weren’t working. “It’s really important for these kids to get to talk to people like him,” said Del Orfano. “They’re aren’t many World War II veterans alive today.” Purvis enlisted in the military shortly before his 20th birthday, and joined the 435th Aviation Squadron, a unit of African-American soldiers in the 20th Army Air Corps. Although Purvis and his fellow soldiers faced discrimination, he said he never had any hatred for anyone. It was his faith in God, love for others and commitment to following the rules, he said, that led him to live a long and happy life despite the hardships he faced. “I never got angry at anybody,” he said. “When you live long enough, you find the truths in life . . . and I do feel sorry for those who hate others.” Purvis moved to New York in 1946, after the war, and a few years later he and Sylvia settled in Freeport. The two have spent their lives serving others, through their involvement in Freeport Cares and launching the Children’s World Montessori School, a local private school for students in pre-K through third grade. Promise of Hope, which is raising funds to hire a health care aid for the Purvises, set up a GoFundMe page that has raised $7,065 of its $50,000 goal. To contribute, go to https://bit.ly/3jBgnAl.

There were roughly 60 volunteers, many of them from the Cadet Program of the U.S. Civil Air Patrol and Freeport High School’s Junior Reserve’s Officer Training Corps.

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A group of volunteers, mostly from Freeport and East Meadow, helped clean the home of the Rev. Eugene Purvis, seated at right, a veteran of World War II, last Saturday.

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October has begun painting the leaves on the trees shades of red, orange and yellow, turning East Meadow into a lush, autumn landscape. Third grade students at Bowling Green Elementary School in the East Meadow School District studied signs of the changing seasons such as this by acting as nature documentarians.

On Oct. 9, they created telescopes and explored the school grounds to track other signs of the autumn season. The students tracked their findings in a journal before sharing them with their classmates. –Brian Stieglitz

Central Homes and the Fish Family Farm built up much of Valley Stream. The name Central Homes is derived from Central Avenue in that village. In East Meadow, David Weisbarth and his son-in-law Irving M. Newman bought large tracts of land from long-established farming families and quickly transformed the orchards and fields into suburban sprawl. Sections 1-3 were the original 1950 and 1951 Central Manor homes designed by architect Alwin Cassens, Jr. The $11,790 Beaumont model featured automatic kitchen equipment; the smaller $10,690 Arkansas model featured an expansion attic. Unlike Levitt houses built at the same time, Central Homes incorporated basements. Model houses were built at North Jerusalem Road and Wilson Avenue. Like other early 1950s developments in East Meadow, Central Homes highlighted G.I. Bill benefits: veterans could buy the homes with no down payment. Weisbarth and Newman built Central Manor Stores adjacent to the homes, and Nassau County built “New” North Jerusalem Road between the homes and the stores. (Ennabrock Road is the original North Jerusalem Road.) The county also built a larger-than-typical storm basin north of the new road, at the location of a former pond on the Raymond Fish farm Central Homes Section 4, built 1951, and Section 5, built 1953, were larger $16,500 split-level homes (Cynthia Dr., Andrea Rd., Chaladay and Harvey lanes). The northern part of the property, lands formerly of Samuel Seabury, was undeveloped as originally planned and sold to the East Meadow U.F.S.D. for the erection of the future Woodland Junior High School. Section 6 was

built across North Jerusalem Road, on an extension of Jackson Place in North Bellmore in 1954. These brick and stone homes were sold with the most modern Hotpoint kitchen appliances, a direct appeal to postwar women. Section 7, at Bellmore Avenue and Newman Road behind the old Seaman homestead, was marketed as Midlawn Development by David Weisbarth and Irving, Al, and Louis Newman in 1956 and 1957. Midlawn featured brick split-level houses costing $21,990 and $23,990, which was quite expensive for the time. The builders of Central Homes expanded their empire even further in 1956 and 1957 when Irving Newman, Hy Berchansky, Stanley Grogstein constructed $19,990 homes in Cynron Estates at Cynron and Karen lanes. Under Noble Homes, Inc., David’s father Jacob Weisbarth built Midland Gardens in the Midland Drive and Meadow Lane area in 1953. Like Central Homes, the $11,750 and $12,990 models had washing machines and expansion attics. Veterans could purchase homes with favorable terms – a 5% down payment. Midland Gardens had been the former Frawlick property and the home of the Melvin Family in the 19th century. The vast majority of homes built in East Meadow in the 1950s were planned and constructed by Jews. For families moving to East Meadow from Brooklyn and Queens, the existence of a Conservative synagogue within walking distance was a major draw. Therefore, several of the East Meadow developers of the Baby Boom era made sure to provide such a service for their current – and prospective – customers. Jacob’s son George (David’s brother) founded East

Meadow Jewish Center. As a result, several neighborhoods in East Meadow became predominantly Jewish. The lands on which Central Homes (sections 1-5) and Wenwood Oaks developments were built was the sizable Fish property, which also consisted of apple and peach orchards. Samuel Doty Fish (1832-1884) and his wife Elizabeth Emily (1838-1912) lived on the 100-acre North Jerusalem Road property prior to the Civil War. Fish was involved with the Queens County Game Protective Association (run by Joshua Barnum). The Protective Association formed in 1887 with the purpose of “enforcing the game laws of the State, to preserve land, and to stock the preserves with birds.” In 1889, the organization populated East Meadow area with quail brought from Tennessee. Samuel Doty Fish appears to be the descendant of Samuel Doty (1743-1823) and Catherine Baldwin (1745-1823), who moved to the area during the American Revolution. Doty’s ancestry, and that of the Sprague Family with whom they married, can be traced to the Mayflower and Plymouth Plantation. Samuel and Elizabeth Fish’s son George (1859-1946) and his wife Martha (1860-1953) raised several children on the farm after the Civil War. One of their sons, Raymond George Fish (1888-1970), married Mary Elizabeth Williams (1885-1958) and brought up his children on the same property. Both he and his son, Raymond George Fish, Jr., served in leadership positions in church and school matters. Like many of their neighbors, the Fishes became truck farmers. © Scott Eckers

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The original planned development in the Woodland area was Section 3 of O.L. Schwencke’s Hempstead Lawns at Lenox Avenue, Noble Street, and Irving Place, carved out of Anna W. Willis’s lands. As was typical with early 20th century projects, few lots were developed. Beginning in 1953, these empty spaces were built up by August H. Ihlefeld as Lenox Estates. Homes cost $12,490 and featured knotty pine cabinets and super-modern Formica work surfaces. Like other developments in the neighborhood, the Cape Cod houses were designed by Alwin Cassens, Jr., well-known architect of small single-family homes. He was the author of Ranch Homes for Today (1953), which has been regarded as a significant contribution to American mid-century modern design. Stock plans for the homes, complete with period-appropriate descriptions like “When You Settle Down” and “With a Homey Effect,” could be purchased by developers. Mr. Cassens is the namesake of the Carnegie Mellon University Memorial Fund in Architecture. The largest early development on the west side of Newbridge Avenue was East Hempstead Park by Powers East Hempstead, Inc. As the name suggest, this was the large farm of John Powers and family. After it was sold and subdivided in 1928, a numbered street system was established (First through Ninth streets, perpendicular with Powers Avenue). Seemingly due to confusion with the numbered grid developing a few blocks northeast, East Hempstead Park streets adopted new names in 1933. One of the largest builders in East Meadow was Central Developing Corporation, which previously

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t got a bit quiet here in the summer, but it’s been picking up this fall. Every weekend, we offer pumpkin painting on Saturday and Sunday. Then, on Oct. 31, we’re going to offer pumpkin painting with Wanda the Witch, and everyone is welcome to dress in costume for a costume contest with prizes. We’ve gotten accustomed to the safety procedures in place, and we’ve been trying to accommodate the way each person might feel. Our garden center is a large space, and it’s been a nice getaway for some people. Anyone is welcome to come, walk around and look at the flowers. Some costumers have come here to just walk around and feel like they’re on vacation somewhere. It’s also nice to see parents come with their kids for the pumpkin painting, especially grandparents. I’ve seen a lot of that. During the week, I have special hours just for grandparents to come and shop without a crowd. This past weekend, the Girl Scouts came in for pumpkin painting too. Starting in November, every weekend we’re [offering] cornhusk dolls. We’re making them and reading about them to learn about how they came to be. So it will be a nice history lesson too. In December, I used to have the kids come in and decorate sugar cookies with Mrs. Claus. Instead, this year, we’re going to do a holiday craft outside. Hopefully the weather will hold up.

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’ve only been [at Maria Regina] since August. Before I came to Maria Regina, I was at St. Peter’s Prep [in Jersey City]. We’re at about 70 percent capacity in our early childhood program. We rely mostly on tuition and fundraisers, and the [Roman Catholic] Diocese [of Rockville Centre] subsidizes us, too. St. Peter’s is a Jesuit school that focuses on what’s called the "cura personalis"— the whole person. So we look at the emotional and social person, as well as the academic component. Social distancing is hard for kids, especially the small ones. They naturally want to be together. Older kids can take their masks off if the desks are socially distant and they’re working at their desks, according to [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] guidelines. It’s one of the unexpected positives. And we have sanitizing stations outside each classroom. The church has daily Mass, but our students aren’t allowed to mix with parishioners. They have their own special Mass once a month, on the first Friday of the month.

have held a lot of positions in the [American] Legion. At one point I was the financial adviser. This will be my third year as the commander. We’ve been allowed to open up for meetings now, but we have to keep all gatherings under 50 people. We are also sponsoring and hosting some blood drives. I was born and raised here in Seaford. I graduated from Seaford High School. My mother was born right here in Seaford in 1920. My kids are here. My grandkids are here. I have a lot of pride in this town. It’s a small town, but there is a lot of pride in it. That is why the Legionnaires were very pleased with Eric Uss starting Flags Fly High in Seaford. We are really looking forward to when we can open up the Legion at full scale. We would love to have 250 people again at some point. We like to have a day where we bring disabled veterans from hospitals and provide them with a meal, music and entertainment, a gift and transportation to and from the Legion. Things like that, we miss.

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Turnout heavy as early voting gets under way By ALYSSA SEIDMAN and TIMOTHY DENTON aseidman@liherald.com; tdenton@liherald.com

In one of the most closely watched elections in living memory, early voting got off to an energetic start on Saturday, with some polling stations across Nassau County reporting long lines and waits of an hour or more — as yet a far cry from the gargantuan wait-times reported in some states. With Election Day less than a week off, the local early voting location, at the American Legion Hall at 3484 Park Ave., in Wantagh, was busy, but well organized and orderly, although one voter, who preferred to remain anonymous, said the lines at the Levittown Town Hall, in Hicksville, were much longer. The lines and wait times at the Legion Hall resembled lines at Home Depot on an average day. Early voting will continue through Nov. 1, and voters may also drop off their absentee ballots at the boxes provided at each polling station. The process was introduced in New York State last year as part of a series of reforms intended to make voting easier for people who struggle to get to the polls on Election Day, and the change was both timely and serendipitous. Many feared the coronavirus would keep voters home on Nov. 3. Now, with balloting spread out across a two-week period, 2020 promises to have the greatest participation of any national election since 1908,

according to the League of Women Voters, who reported more than 60 million ballots cast nationally by Sunday night. The nine-day schedule offers 83 hours of early voting — 60 are required — including evenings and weekends through Sunday, Nov. 1 (see table). Registered voters may cast their ballots at any of the listed locations, but if they do not, they must vote at their regular polling places on Nov. 3, or by absentee ballot. Residents verify their voter registration on iPads, or electronic poll books, which have replaced physical poll books at each early-voting site and regular polling place. Using a stylus, poll inspectors assist voters in signing their names and confirming their identities. New York does not require any documentation as proof of identity. Once their signatures are approved, poll inspectors print ballots from a ballot-ondemand printer. “No matter where you go, you’re getting your ballot,” said James Scheuerman, the Democratic commissioner for the Board of Elections. Scheuerman also said that if residents submit their ballots during the early-voting period, it precludes them from voting on Election Day. “The poll pads sync up,” he said, “so after you vote, other poll books around the county, within one minute, will know that you voted, to guard against double voting.” Residents who have questions about the county’s early-voting procedures can visit

Information to identify the case: Debtor: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York EIN: 11-1837437 United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York Date case filed for chapter 11: 10/01/2020 Case Number: 20 - 12345 Official Form 309F1 (For Corporations or Partnerships) Notice of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case 10/20 For the debtor listed above, a case has been filed under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. An order for relief has been entered. This notice has important information about the case for creditors and debtors, including information about the meeting of creditors and deadlines. Read both pages carefully. The filing of the case imposed an automatic stay against most collection activities. This means that creditors generally may not take action to collect debts from the debtor or the debtor’s property. For example, while the stay is in effect, creditors cannot sue, assert a deficiency, repossess property, or otherwise try to collect from the debtor. Creditors cannot demand repayment from the debtor by mail, phone, or otherwise. Creditors who violate the stay can be required to pay actual and punitive damages and attorney’s fees. Confirmation of a chapter 11 plan may result in a discharge of debt. A creditor who wants to have a particular debt excepted from discharge may be required to file a complaint in the bankruptcy clerk’s office within the deadline specified in this notice. (See line 11 below for more information.) To protect your rights, consult an attorney. All documents filed in the case may be inspected at the bankruptcy clerk’s office at the address listed below or through PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records at https://pacer.uscourts.gov). The staff of the bankruptcy clerk’s office cannot give legal advice. Do not file this notice with any proof of claim or other filing in the case. 1. Debtor’s Full name: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York 2. All other names used in the last 8 years: Diocese of Rockville Centre 3. Address: 50 North Park Avenue, Rockville, NY 11570 4. Debtor’s attorney: Jones Day, Attn: Corinne Ball, 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY 11570, Phone: (212) 326 – 3939, Email: cball@jonesday.com 5. Bankruptcy clerk’s office: US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004-1408, Hours open: Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM (ET) – 5:00 PM (ET), Contact phone: (212) 668 - 2870. Documents in this case may be filed at this address. You may inspect all records filed in this case at this office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov. 6. Meeting of creditors: November 5, 2020 at 12 PM (ET), Location: The meeting of creditors will be conducted by telephone conference. The Office of the United States Trustee will provide dial-in instructions prior to the meeting. The debtor’s representative must attend the meeting to be questioned under oath. Creditors may attend, but are not required to do so. The meeting may be continued or adjourned to a later date. If so, the date will be on the court docket. 7. Proof of claim deadline. Deadline for filing of proof of claim: Not yet set. If a deadline is set, notice will be sent at a later time. A proof of claim is a signed statement describing a creditor’s claim. A proof of claim form may be obtained at www.uscourts.gov or any bankruptcy clerk’s office. Your claim will be allowed in the amount scheduled unless: your claim is designated as disputed, contingent, or unliquidated; you file a proof of claim in a different amount; or you receive another notice. If your claim is not scheduled or if your claim is designated as disputed, contingent, or unliquidated, you must file a proof of claim or you might not be paid on your claim and you might be unable to vote on a plan. You may file a proof of claim even if your claim is scheduled. You may review the schedules at the bankruptcy clerk’s office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov. Secured creditors retain rights in their collateral regardless of whether they file a proof of claim. Filing a proof of claim submits a creditor to the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court, with consequences a lawyer can explain. For example, a secured creditor who files a proof of claim may surrender important nonmonetary rights, including the right to a jury trial. 8. Exception to discharge deadline: If § 523(c) applies to your claim and you seek to have it excepted from discharge, you must start a judicial proceeding by filing a complaint by the deadline stated below. The bankruptcy clerk’s office must receive a complaint and any required filing fee by the following deadline. Deadline for filing the complaint: To be determined 9. Creditors with foreign address: If you are a creditor receiving notice mailed to a foreign address, you may file a motion asking the court to extend the deadlines in this notice. Consult an attorney familiar with United States bankruptcy law if you have any questions about your rights in this case. 10. Filing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case: Chapter 11 allows debtors to reorganize or liquidate according to a plan. A plan is not effective unless the court confirms it. You may receive a copy of the plan and a disclosure statement telling you about the plan, and you may have the opportunity to vote on the plan. You will receive notice of the date of the confirmation hearing, and you may object to confirmation of the plan and attend the confirmation hearing. Unless a trustee is serving, the debtor will remain in possession of the property and may continue to operate its business. 11. Discharge of debts: Confirmation of a chapter 11 plan may result in a discharge of debts, which may include all or part of your debt. See 11 U.S.C. § 1141(d). A discharge means that creditors may never try to collect the debt from the debtor except as provided in the plan. If you want to have a particular debt owed to you excepted from the discharge and § 523(c) applies to your claim, you must start a judicial proceeding by filing a complaint and paying the filing fee in the bankruptcy clerk’s office by the deadline. If you have any questions about this notice, please contact the Debtor’s Claims and Noticing Agent, Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC, at (888) 490-0633 (toll free from the U.S. or Canada), (503) 520-4459 (international), by email at RCDRockvilleInfo@epiqglobal.com, or visit https://dm.epiq11.com/drvc. 1107432

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www.nassauvotes.com. The Board of Elections has advised voters that some states have reported significant lines at polling sites. It is impossible to estimate voter turnout, so voters should be prepared. To ensure ballots are cast at legitimate polling stations or deposited in legitimate drop-off boxes, voters are advised to be attentive, and to report any suspicious activities or efforts to interfere with or disrupt voting immediately. If in doubt, or to report any issues, please call the Nassau County Board of Elections: (516) 571-8683 for English; or La Junta Electoral Condado Nassau en Español: (516) 571-1245.

VOTINg wAS OrDErLY but steady as thousands cast ballots throughout the county on the first day of early voting.

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In 6th Senate District, our choice is Kevin Thomas

evin Thomas hit the ground running when he took office in the 6th Senate District, and has proven himself to be a worthy asset to his constituents and the State Senate. He has tackled longstanding issues including housing discrimination, consumer privacy and oversight of education; attacked the coronavirus pandemic on multiple fronts to provide relief to all who are being affected; and is at the forefront of many quality-of-life improvements for district residents. Throughout the pandemic, Thomas, a Democrat from Levittown, has worked to bring testing sites to the district. He has secured funds for a number of food and PPE distribution centers. And he has hosted virtual town halls and webinars on a number of topics, including unemployment, mortgage relief, grant applications and story time for elementary school students. Thomas is addressing the issue of housing

discrimination — one that has plagued Long Medical Center, and we believe he has the Island for decades — by holding public heardrive and capability to do it. ings aimed at increasing accountThomas’s Republican challengability among real estate agents. er, Hempstead Town Councilman He authored legislation appointing Dennis Dunne Sr., of Levittown, a school monitor to the Hempstead has few ideas of his own and too School District, a needed improveoften defaults to his party’s talking ment to enhance student perforpoints. While he has said he would mance and graduation rates by probe willing to work with those viding state oversight of the disacross the aisle, he has not said trict’s fiscal and educational polihow he would achieve bipartisanship. We believe he has been a cies. He prioritizes the needs of his valuable asset to the town, and constituents as chairman of the encourage him to continue his Senate Consumer Protection Comwork there. mittee, and the New York Privacy Libertarian candidate Jonathan Act that he sponsored gives resiKevin Thomas Gunther has a keen understanding dents more control over their data of the issues, and fresh ideas on and privacy. how to tackle them. He should stay One of his main priorities movinvolved in politics, but the Herald’s enthusiing forward is to alleviate the decades-long astic choice in the 6th District is Thomas. financial challenges facing Nassau University

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money to aid small businesses and the unemor 15 years, Kathleen Rice has worked ployed. hard to serve the public, first as the Rice, who is passionate about social justice, Nassau County District attorney and said greater police transparency and then as a member of Conimproved community-police relagress, and she deserves another tions are vital to maintaining strong term representing the 4th Concommunities. In Congress, she has gressional District. Though her advocated for the proposed George opponent, Douglas Tuman, Floyd Justice and Policing Act, showed a commendable desire to which, if passed, would address a serve in Congress, Rice is the wide range of police practices and more well-rounded, experienced law enforcement accountability candidate. issues. It also calls for enhanced If re-elected, Rice said her top police transparency and misconduct priority would be to help local data collection and seeks to elimibusinesses, hospitals and schools nate discriminatory police practicrecover from the coronavirus panes. demic. During her tenure, she has Rice said banning chokeholds and already assisted in helping pass Kathleen rice improving police training would programs to help all of the above also be priorities of hers. She is not financially, and she said she plans a proponent of defunding the police, to continue to fight for them in but she said programs also need to be created Congress in her next term. to foster better community-officer relations in Rice is right when she says the virus should Nassau County. She also said she believed not be a political issue — and should not be Nassau County Police Department personnel treated like one. She has vowed to secure more

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should reflect the diverse community that they serve. Rice said she understands the potential for wind energy to help meet the nation’s power needs, and she would work to pass stricter gun control laws, create a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, that would secure borders while offering a chance at freedom, and enact 12-year term limits for members of Congress. Tuman said he was motivated to run to change the perception of the Republican Party and to be an accessible and transparent representative, all of which is admirable. He also presented a data-driven idea on how to distribute Covid-19 recovery funds. Though Tuman’s passion and willingness to jump into the political rings are commendable, he did not offer full-fledged plans to solve many of the major problems facing the 4th Congressional District, and he has no political experience. For all that Rice has done in the past and all that she can accomplish in the future, we urge voters to return her to Congress.

hough he is completing only his first full term, State Assemblyman John Mikulin boasts significant accomplishments and has been a strong advocate for his constituents in the 17th District. The Herald encourages voters to return him to office. Mikulin, 32, a Republican from Levittown, has represented East Meadow, Seaford, Wantagh, Bethpage, Farmingdale, Massapequa and Uniondale since winning a special election in 2018. This year, faced with the unprecedented challenge of the coronavirus pandemic, he pushed for the reopening of local businesses, calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow outdoor dining at restaurants — and later, to reopen bowling alleys. Mikulin cosponsored legislation that would make state grants available to small businesses through their chambers of commerce. That financial relief would guarantee that those businesses could get back on their feet and

become profitable again, he told our editorial board. He added that he hoped the Assembly would pass the bill before the end of the year, but if not, he would keep pushing for it if he were re-elected. Mikulin was critical of placing Covid-19 patients in nursing homes, which put elderly residents of those homes in danger, he said, adding that emergency hospitalization sites such as the Javits Center and the USNS Comfort should have John Mikulin been used more efficiently. Mikulin is particularly proud of his attention to his constituents’ quality-of-life issues, especially in recent

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months. His office helped many people navigate an unemployment benefits system that was overwhelmed by the sheer number of those who had lost jobs and desperately needed it. The cleanup of the underground Grumman plume — which has been in the news since his childhood — has been a major focus for Mikulin. Working with his fellow legislators, he helped secure more than $500 million for an effort to clean up and stop the migration of the plume of toxic chemicals from the aerospace engineering giant’s former plant. He pledged that, if re-elected, he would see that the project continues, and that Grumman is held responsible. Mikulin’s opponent, Mark Engelman, did not reply to the Herald’s requests for an interview. Given Mikulin’s accomplishments in Albany in a relatively short time, he has our enthusiastic endorsement.

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Re-elect John Mikulin in Assembly District 17

EAST MEADOW HERALD — October 29, 2020

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October 29, 2020 — EAST MEADOW HERALD

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Supporting small businesses boosts Nassau

he coronavirus pandemic forced the world to hit the pause button. It brought our local and regional economies to a screeching halt, and resulted in a sharp rise in unemployment. Businesses that were hit hard during the shutdown were forced to rethink their operations at a time when resources were scarce. I am proud of the role the Nassau County Industrial riCHArD DevelopKesseL ment Agency has played — and continues to play — in our county’s recovery. The IDA’s mission is to promote the economic welfare and prosperity of Nassau County. We do this by assisting existing businesses so they can stay in the county, and by working to attract new businesses. In both cases, our objective is to increase the county’s tax base and create job opportunities for our residents. Every transaction the IDA completes is carefully thought out, and is made to ensure that we create chances for our economy to develop. Contrary to opposing beliefs,

the IDA does not reduce businesses’ taxes. Let me explain. When you invest in a property, its value goes up and, therefore, so do its taxes. The IDA restructures tax payments for businesses looking to invest in our economy in what are called payments in lieu of taxes, or PILOTs. A drastic increase in property taxes due to an initial investment could make an investor walk away. What the IDA does is take away the immediate shock of increased taxes caused by the investment by gradually increasing taxes over the course of the PILOT term. At no point are less taxes collected than what was previously being paid on the property. Take the recently approved Superblock project in Long Beach as an example. The property — which will soon be home to more than 400 units of much-needed housing, and will create jobs and stimulate local business activity — has sat vacant for more than 40 years. If it were to stay vacant for the next 25 years, it would generate $7.4 million in taxes. The developer received a 25-year PILOT to make a $360 million investment, which will end up

generating more than $23 million in taxes over the course of the agreement. This doesn’t include the positive economic impact that will be generated by those who move into the new housing units as they spend money in the community. Everything the IDA does is in the name of economic development — growing the tax base and generating jobs. A new set of needs emerged during the pandemic, as businesses were now required to spend money retrofitting operations and purchasing supplies they’d never needed before. The IDA stepped up to aid local businesses and downtowns, and thus the Boost Nassau program was born. Early in the pandemic, we launched an ad campaign with our sister organization, the Local Economic Assistance Corporation, to promote shopping local and the importance of doing it safely. We also partnered with County Executive Laura Curran and Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin to deliver thousands of personal protective equipment kits to small businesses to ensure that employees and their customers could work and shop safely.

he county’s Industrial Development Agency has helped out at a crucial time.

Providing the PPE kits gave our struggling small businesses the physical resources they needed to remain open, while removing the financial burden of having to pay for those supplies. Assisting small retailers and local downtowns is new to us, for the simple reason that, up until recently, state law prohibited us from doing so. Curran and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky worked tirelessly to get legislation passed that gave IDAs the temporary authority to issue grants and loans to small businesses. Through the New York Forward Loan Fund program, in partnership with the Nassau County Office of Community Development, more than $520,000 has been lent to small businesses in sectors that include construction, electric, painting, health, beauty supply and gas. These loans have helped businesses retain 18 jobs and led to the creation of six more. And we’re just getting started. While our day-to-day lives look different these days, one thing has stayed the same: The Nassau IDA has worked, and continues to work, to ensure that businesses and our economy are supported through this pandemic and come out strong once it is over. Richard Kessel is chairman of the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency.

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Please, Governor Cuomo, reopen comedy clubs To the Editor: I re c e n t ly w ro t e t o G ov. Andrew Cuomo in the hope that he would consider allowing Long Island comedy clubs to reopen. I had read that he believes live entertainment could be a cause of Covid-19 spread. For seven weeks over the summer, however, the Nassau County fire marshal, fire inspector and Health Department allowed Governors Comedy Clubs to open after touring our facilities and reviewing our safety procedures, which far exceed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Not one case of the virus was traced back to our three venues in those seven weeks. Our clubs have operated in our communities for more than

30 years. We have known our comedians since they were starting out (some are very famous now), our families work in the clubs, and the same customers come back night after night. We are part and parcel of the Long Island landscape. I am asking Governor Cuomo to trust in our ability to continue to run the same great and safe establishments that we always have, while implementing Covid-19 safety measures. I have sent our safety protocols to the governor’s office, and I was told that his office received not only our protocols, but also a ringing endorsement from Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, who toured our facilities. The governor has stated that an entertainer can spew respiratory droplets from the stage. We, however, have encased all our stages, including our outdoor stage on our patio, in floor-to-ceiling Plexiglas, and our closest table is nine feet from the per-

former. If a comedian were to come out onto one of our stages with a running hose and point it at our customers, no one would get wet. The governor has also objected to “funneling,” in which everyone in an establishment leaves together. In the weeks when we operated, though, we tapped the tables that could leave, one at a time, and announced that protocol before the show to avoid a crowd of patrons leaving at once. Our clubs are closed now. We have no source of income to offset our rent, property taxes and utilities. I would settle for breaking even, because at 50 percent

capacity, you can only break even, at best, but that would at least keep our doors open and people working, and we would stay relevant in our community. We used to hold fundraisers for severely ill children, those suffering from chronic diseases, public servants, first responders and front-line workers, which cannot we do at the moment. Comedy clubs, I believe, are needed now more than ever. JAmES DOLCE Owner and operator, Governors Comedy Clubs Levittown

CorreCTion An editorial in the Oct 15-21 issue of the Herald, “Breast screening still a must, despite pandemic,” listed an incorrect web address for the Adelphi NY

Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline. The correct address is https:// breast-cancer.adelphi.edu/. We regret the error.

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s I watch the final days of the election campaign, I keep thinking about the words of writerphilosopher George Santayana, who said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” The aphorism can be applied to four presidents, including Donald J. Trump. Lyndon Johnson was by any measure a president who had a major impact on American history, with the passage of the Civil Rights Act and other significant laws. But Johnson ignored the swirl of negativity that the pubJeRRY lic felt about the kReMeR Vietnam War. By the time he faced re-election, our country had lost over 250,000 soldiers, and the war ended his political career. George H.W. Bush was a patriot and a statesman when he was elected president. He paid great attention to foreign policy, and successfully ousted Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces from Kuwait. He also removed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega from power.

But while Bush claimed numerous successes abroad, he failed to focus on the American economy, which was in rapid decline. His most fatal declaration was, “Read my lips: No new taxes.” In the middle of his term, the Congress passed a tax increase, which Bush signed into law, and he lost his bid for re-election. President George W. Bush had many accomplishments during his tenure. He pushed through a $1.3 trillion tax cut and was responsible for the No Child Left Behind Act. He delivered the Partial Birth Abortion Act for the conservative wing of the Republican Party. We remember his “war on terror” after the Sept. 11 attacks. But history is not always kind, and a few significant mistakes blemished Bush’s record and stuck in the minds of the public. His invasion of Iraq in 2003, based on the claim that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, turned out to be an unforgivable political mistake, and Bush botched the response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as well. It is now voters’ turn to decide wheth-

er they will give President Trump four more years. He can point to the economy before the coronavirus pandemic began, and his success in getting many conservative judges appointed to the federal courts. These claims are politically appealing to different wings of the Republican Party. But Trump can’t escape his bungled handling of the Covid-19 virus. Just like George H.W. Bush was forced to eat his promise of “no new taxes,” Trump will likely regret repeatedly saying that the virus will disappear, “like magic.” As of this week, the death toll in the U.S. has passed 225,000, and there has been no comprehensive federal response. The president continues to insist that his travel ban on visitors from China was somehow a turning point in the battle against the coronavirus, but he can’t escape his own words in interviews with Bob Woodward, when he acknowledged knowing how serious the virus was but publicly downplaying it. Each day, it seems, more stories emerge about Trump’s attempts to muzzle public health experts. His wild sug-

hile more people are dying each day, Trump says we’re ‘rounding the corner.’

gestions about the use of disinfectants and hydroxychloroquine to “cure” the virus have undermined his public standing. His insistence on holding large rallies with largely maskless crowds has alarmed many of his own supporters, who are going to great lengths to avoid the virus. While political polls are never a perfect barometer of the public’s feelings, an incumbent politician who ignores voters’ concerns about something as serious as Covid-19 does so at his peril. While more people are dying each day, Trump is telling the nation that “we’re rounding the corner” on the virus. He claims that the majority of the country likes his tweets and his handling of the government, but the pandemic is the No. 1 concern of the nation, and there is no way to escape its potential impact on his Election Day fortunes. If he loses, Covid-19 will be in the first sentence of his political obituary. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Vote your mind, your heart and your soul

hen I was in third grade, Mrs. Heller told me I needed to grow an “elephant” skin because I cried when someone said something mean to me. So it was ironic to be an opinion writer in the time of Trump. I’m thinking of the reader who took the time to write to say that I was ugly and probably had no friends. She got all that from my political views. What can I say? It’s been an interRAndi esting four years. kReiss This is my last column before the election, and I don’t imagine I’ll change any minds this week, one way or the other, but I keep hoping I might. I spend my 750 words to offer one person’s considered views on this, the most critical election of our lifetime. An opinion column doesn’t have to present both sides of an issue. For example, if we’re discussing separating babies from their parents at our southern borders, a straight news report might include details about the great

numbers of migrants moving north and the difficulties faced by border agents. But as an opinion writer, my mind leaps to historical metaphors, to other crimes against children and families perpetrated by other governments wielding clubs rather than compassion in the face of human suffering. I recall that we Americans have a troubled past of separating Native American children from their families, and if the arc of justice bends toward enlightenment, then we must shudder at the images of infants and babies in cages in facilities run by the United States of America. The news last week that some 545 children have never been reunited with their parents puts a pin in it for me. In his lingo, Donald J. Trump has sullied the American “brand.” From his first day in office, he shamed himself and our country in the eyes of the world. An easy and epic liar, he said what worked in the moment, truth be damned. At times he has seemed out of control, snapping and biting not only at his perceived enemies, but at the country’s own loyal and diligent public servants in the FBI and the CIA and the

CDC and all the other agencies that have kept us safe through the years. There are two tracks to follow: what Trump says and what he does. They are often not the same, which has contributed to the chaos within his administration and frankly, within us. He promised to clean up politics in Washington, and proceeded to empower compromised and sometimes corrupt deputies and lackeys. He said he loved clean water and air, and proceeded to disembowel the Environmental Protection Agency and deregulate the industries that contribute to pollution. He said that no one since Lincoln had been better for American Blacks than he has. But he turned his back on every single initiative to empower them, increase minority voting and acknowledge the injustices of decades of racism in this country. We know the list goes on of the discordance between what he says and what he does. The catastrophic exception has been Covid-19. Early on, he said it was no big deal, and he followed through. He. Did. Nothing. There was no plan, no organizing of resources, no testing when we

ow ironic it is for a once thinskinned thirdgrader to be an opinion writer.

first needed it, and most important, no honest discussion with the American people about the deadly challenge ahead. What he said about the coronavirus in January and February was that it would go away. Last week, as Joe Biden and the president stood at their respective lecterns for the last debate of the campaign, this nation was mourning the loss of more than 220,000 Americans who had died of the virus. Never in the history of this country has one president been so directly implicated in the massive death and suffering of our people. He has been inept in the face of pandemic, willfully misleading and woefully ignorant. If Biden wins, he will get to work and do the job, and I trust he will bring together teams of our best and brightest to restore decency and competency to government. We need relief from this ongoing travesty. We need to reboot the great natural and political and personal resources that abide in this country. We need to lick our wounds and move on, with new leadership. Vote early. Don’t give up on this country. Don’t give up on democracy. Let the best man win. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

EAST MEADOW HERALD — October 29, 2020

Will a virus end a presidency?

Hempstead Town, Northwell Health Expand COVID-19 Testing October 26 - 30

Echo Park

399 Nassau Boulevard, West Hempstead 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

To register please call (516) 821-2500 Open to Town of Hempstead residents ages 8 and over.* *(Ages 8-17 must have parental consent.)

A public health program presented by the Town of Hempstead in collaboration with Northwell Health. Donald X. Clavin, Jr. Supervisor

Council Members

Kate Murray

Dorothy L. Goosby • Bruce A. Blakeman Anthony P. D’Esposito • Thomas E. Muscarella Christopher Carini

Jeanine C. Driscoll

Town Clerk

Receiver of Taxes

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