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Lessons beyond the boxing ring “People ask me if I came straight from school and if I win the games,” she said as When Cleavon Wills grew she sometimes comes in with up in Hempstead after moving her cheer unifor m on. “It f r o m F a r Ro c k aw ay a n d would get hot sometimes but attending Uniondale schools, it’s just what I do and I’ve gotthe experiences he had grow- ten used to the feeling of it, its ing up inspired him to start normal for me now.” Her mother, Monique LasPrecision Boxing in his hometown. His goal was to give sic-Rivera, said Gianni went young people a place where through a challenging period from about second they could lear n grade until shortly more than how to before middle fight. school, when she Among the famibecame more withlies who train at drawn while dealthe Hempstead ing with problems g y m a re G i a n n i at school that her Rivera, 14, and her parents initially siblings, Eric, 24, did not know Nile-Asia, 19, and ClEAvon WIllS about. Paris, 12. Wi t h s u p p o r t Their father, Ed Owner Precision from a school counRivera, said the Boxing selor and Wills, her family’s involvemother said, ment in boxing began when he brought Eric to the gym for Gianni gradually regained her extra physical training while confidence. For Wills, also known as h e w a s p l ay i n g b a s e b a l l . Gianni and Nile-Asia watched Blacq Ninja, those lessons are their brother train and eventu- central to boxing. He wants ally wanted to try boxing young people to develop discithemselves. Gianni was 5 pline, focus and patience that extend beyond the gym. when she started. Once children begin trainNearly a decade later, boxing remains part of her routine. ing, Wills said, he asks parents After school at Academy Char- about their behavior at home ter School in Hempstead, and how they are doing in Gianni balances training with school. Like school athletes, cheerleading, dance and band, children must maintain good often heading to Precision Box- grades to continue training ing after her other activities. CoNtiNued oN paGe 5
By STACY DRIKS
sdriks@liherald.com
Courtesy Hempstead school district
Hempstead High School students wrote messages for the Grief and Gratitude Wall, including one that read, “Never forget those who lost their lives. God bless.”
Hempstead students turn remembrance into service Nearly 2,000 Hempstead High School stu- have siblings. When hands were raised dents marked the 25th anniversary of the throughout the auditorium, McKenzie gave the floor to Dawn Gonzalez 9/11 attacks by hearing from where he recounted her sister, people personally affected by Jenine who worked in Tower the tragedy and taking part in a Two and never returned home. service project benefiting New The two were not on speaking York homeless children in terms which was something she need. regretted and expressed the The Sept. 11 event was part cost of silence and lost time of the “Seeds of Service initiawith family cannot be replaced. tive,” organized by SERVENYS They later heard from SERand social justice agency chroVENYS founder Anthony “AJ” matic black in partnership Knight, a Navy veteran who with the Hempstead Union worked at Ground Zero after the Free School District. By the lAmonT JohnSon attacks. Knight discussed his end of the day, 800 winter relief President Board of work helping restore power at kits were assembled. Ground Zero and the health Students began the morning Education problems he later experienced with a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane struck the following exposure to toxins at the site. As a result, Knight received treatments for 9/11 World Trade Center’s North Tower. According to a press release on Sept. 12 related cancers and chronic obtrusive pulthe room shifted when award winning jour- monary disease. nalist Cat McKenzie asked students if they CoNtiNued oN paGe 4
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Hempstead concert closes out the summer series formers with Hempstead connections, including Meli’sa Morgan, JD Chuck Chillout, Dres, Keith Thompson, CL Smooth (Cory Penn) and DJ Belal. Ralph McDaniels hosted the event.
The end-of-summer concert was the finale of the Village of Hempstead’s series of free entertainment events. The event brought live music and dancing to Denton Green Park as
residents gathered to celebrate the community’s culture and togetherness. — Jeffrey Bessen
Tim Baker/Herald photos
Angela Stanley, left, director of community events, Ralph McDaniels, founder of Video Music Box and LaShawn Lukes, president, Hempstead Chamber of Commerce at the village concert.
The audience picked up on the musical artists’ vibes and danced to the music.
Special Ed and DJ Chuck Chillout from radio station WBLS.
Denton Park hosted the summer concert series finale on Aug. 28.
Known as CL Smooth, Corey Penn rose to fame in the 1990s as part of the duo Pete Rock & CL Smooth.
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H e m p s t e a d ’s s u m m e r c o n c e r t series closed out with a free, multiartist performance at Denton Green Park in the village. The Aug. 28 concert featured per-
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Cameron Ward, a junior, shared a reflection with the guest speakers.
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High school students hear firsthand accounts of 9/11 Continued from page 1
Students turned the day’s lessons about remembrance and resilience into service by assembling 800 winter care packages for children in need across New York. They also created a “Grief and Gratitude Wall,” posting reflections on Sept. 11, gratitude, courage and resilience. Some students wrote what stayed with them from the stories they heard and what resilience and courage looks like in their own eyes. “One student wrote: ‘Never forget those who lost their lives. God bless.’ Another wrote, ‘There’s someone out there who loves you.’” The event emphasized passing on the lessons of Sept. 11 to a generation of students born years after the attacks and encouraging them to support others through community service. Hempstead school district Superin-
tendent Gary Rush noted in the news release that the spirit shown in the Commons must be carried year-round. “Whenever traumatic events like that happen across the country, we band together the most,” Rush said. “We shouldn’t have to have traumatic events to maintain the way that we come together.” Lamont Johnson, president of the Hempstead Board of Education, praised the student effort: “Our young people carry real responsibilities on their shoulders every day,” he said in the release. “Hearing these survivors talk about preserving family bonds and pressing forward through illness resonated instantly. Johnson added, “They met that message with hard work, dedicating their day to lifting up other children in need.” — Stacy Driks
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Tyquian Brown, of Hempstead, trains at Precision Boxing, where he has used boxing as a way to remain active while living with multiple sclerosis.
Hempstead resident, Gianni Rivera, 14, has trained with Cleavon Wills since she was 5, while also participating in cheerleading and other activities at Academy Charter High School.
“I tell the kids and amateurs when you compete it’s about winning and losing because if you keep winning, you’ll never go back to the drawing board, you’ll never improve,” Wills said. “You have to take losses to learn what you did wrong, that you can do better.” Gianni said boxing has given her a
place to work through mistakes and frustration. “It gives me a pathway on where I can take it all and who I can trust with all my stuff,” she said. Precision Boxing’s impact, Wills said, also extends beyond discipline. Tyquian Brown began training at Precision Boxing shortly before the
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Covid-19 pandemic. He initially went to the gym in part because he had high blood pressure and wanted to improve his fitness. Brown was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2020 after a hospital visit following a car accident. Doctors eventually ordered an MRI and told him he had likely had the condition since he was a teenager. After his diagnosis, doctors encouraged Brown to remain active, and returning to Precision Boxing became part of that routine. “When I started going to Ninja’s gym, my whole body went through a kind of a transformation,” Brown said. “The doctor said what have you been doing? I said going to the gym.” Brown said he is now in remission, receives monthly infusions and continues to exercise. “This is what keeps me going,” he said. Wills also oversees the newly renamed Hempstead Community Boxing Gym at Kennedy Memorial Park, a free village program for children and adults. He said the renovated program enrolled 71 children within two weeks of opening June 1. For Wills, winning inside the ring is only one measure of progress. He wants the lessons learned there to follow his athletes into school, home and whatever they pursue next. “Everything is about self-control and improvement,” Wills said.
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with him. “They need to be carrying that discipline everywhere they go, not just in front of me,” Wills said. “The job is not to teach a child to respect you, the job is to teach the child to respect everyone and themselves — so if they’re just respecting you, you’ve failed.” Wills’ own interest in martial arts dates to childhood and the death of his father, Clarence Wills, who died Sept. 2, 1980. His father worked as a firefighter for the FDNY at Engine 1, across from Madison Square Garden. “They brought all the contents back to our apartment in Far Rockaway, Queens and there was a black karate uniform,” Wills said. “And I was like daddy did karate? I said I want to do that too — but a child losing their father you want to do everything they did.” Older boys in Far Rockaway eventually began calling him Black Ninja because of the martial arts moves he used while sparring, he said. He later changed the spelling to Blacq Ninja to distinguish the name in online searches. Wills chose Hempstead for Precision Boxing because he knew the community and saw a need for more outlets for young people. Wills said he wants young athletes to understand that losing is part of improving.
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Hempstead resident Carrie Deehan was named as a board member and pro g ram chair of the Commackbased Social Media Association, “a trade association focused on social media and digital communications for business,” as noted on its website. The group states its mission, “to set the standard for all ethical, legal digital marketing practices.” Deehan, a business development manager at Better Home Health Care in Rockville Centre, has a diverse background in marketing, communications, and project management. She has held various roles across multiple industries, consistently driving growth and enhancing brand presence. In her most recent position, Deehan leads in developing and executing comprehensive marketing strategies. Previously, she was the regional director at Vision Homecare Services, responsible for opening and managing a regional book of business which includes: PR/Marketing and community outreach to continually increase revenue; ongoing employee recruitment, scheduling, HR and consulting. A graduate of Marist University, Deehan earned a bachelor’s in com-
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LEGAL NOTICE SUMMONS AND NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU NASSAU FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION F/K/A NASSAU COUNTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, -againstMOSES BERNARD PHILLIPS AS PROPOSED ADMINISTRATOR AND HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA A. PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA PHILLIPS A/K/A PAT PHILLIPS, MARC ANTHONY PHILLIPS A/K/A MARC A. PHILLIPS, JR. A/K/A MARC ANTHONY PHILLIPS, JR. A/K/A MARC A. PHILLIPS AS PROPOSED HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA A. PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA PHILLIPS A/K/A PAT PHILLIPS, DERON MULLEN AS PROPOSED HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA A. PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA PHILLIPS A/K/A PAT PHILLIPS, MICHAEL PHILLIP HOBBS A/K/A MICHAEL P. HOBBS AS PROPOSED HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA A. PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA PHILLIPS A/K/A PAT PHILLIPS, MAHOGANY NELSON AS PROPOSED HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA A. PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA PHILLIPS A/K/A PAT PHILLIPS, GREGORY HOBBS A/K/A GREGORY HOBBS PHILLIPS AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA A. PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA PHILLIPS A/K/A PAT PHILLIPS, JALEISA McPHERSON, GUARDIAN OF MINOR HEIR J.A.P., MINOR HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA A. PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA PHILLIPS A/K/A PAT PHILLIPS, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA A. PHILLIPS A/K/A PATRICIA PHILLIPS A/K/A PAT PHILLIPS, if living and if they be dead, any and all persons who may claim as devisees, distributees, legal
representatives, successors in interest of the said defendants, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HSBC BANK AS SUCCESSOR THROUGH ACQUISITION OF HOUSEHOLD BANK SB NA, LVNV FUNDING LLC, NASSAU COUNTY TRAFFIC AND PARKING VIOLATIONS AGENCY, CITIBANK NA, CAVALRY SPV I LLC, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, LG FUNDING LLC, Defendants. INDEX NO. 605258/2026 Plaintiff designates NASSAU County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the situs of the real property. To the above named Defendants YOU 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 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) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the summons; 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. Commencement of this lawsuit does not affect your rights as set forth in the validation notice. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME 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 (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: July 7, 2026 TERENZI & CONFUSIONE, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff BY: Jacqueline M. Della Chiesa 401 Franklin Avenue, Suite 304 Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 812-0800 The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage covering: 64 Fairview Boulevard, Hempstead, NY 11550 JUDGMENT IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $54,228.95 plus interest. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1(800) 342-3736 or visit the Department’s website at http://www.dfs.ny.gov. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER SECURITIZATION SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 1, 2006 STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-BC2, Plaintiff, AGAINST FRANTZ MARCELLUS, MARIE CHARLESTON, et al. Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on May 22, 2026. I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on October 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM premises known as 91 Acacia Avenue, Hempstead, NY 11550.
Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for Nassau County, and the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Hempstead, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 36, Block 79 and Lot 162. Approximate amount of judgment $447,859.93 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #604498/2018. Howard Colton, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 162082 LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR BNC MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-4 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-4, -againstCHEVAN WHITFIELD AS LIMITED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF VANESSA WHITFIELD, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau on May 22, 2026, wherein WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR BNC MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-4 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-4 is the Plaintiff and CHEVAN WHITFIELD AS LIMITED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF VANESSA WHITFIELD, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee,
will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on October 6, 2026 at 2:00PM, premises known as 78 BOTSFORD STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550; and the following tax map identification: 36-19-40, 41 & 42. ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE VILLAGE AND TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 000695/2016. Joshua Brookstein, Esq. Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC, 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 162084 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Rheanne Lagman; Diosdado M. Ocampo a/k/a Diosdado Ocampo; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered April 17, 2019, amended October 28, 2025, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on October 5, 2026, at 2:00PM, premises known as 86 Emery Street, Hempstead, NY 11550. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Village of Hempstead , in the Town of Hempstead,
County of Nassau, State of New York, Section: 36 Block: 17 Lots: 41 and 42. Approximate amount of judgment $353,307.87 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 609344/2018. Foreclosure auction will be held “Rain or Shine” Jane P. Shrenkel, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: July 30, 2026 For sale information, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-283 162080 LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of LEMONROSE GROUP LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on July 09, 2026. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 261 S Franklin St, Apt. 302, Hempstead NY 11550. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 162100 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST REYNOLD BROWN, JR.; LA CHANTA J. BRAMBLE, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered June 23, 2026, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on October 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM, premises known as 42 Oakland Street, Hempstead, NY 11550. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Hempstead, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section: 36 Block: 11 Lot: 56.
Approximate amount of judgment $620,717.64 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #611624/2024. For sale information, please contact XOME at www.Xome.com or call (844) 400-9633. Richard Kerins, Esq., Referee FEIN, SUCH & CRANE, LLP 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, NY 14614 XPNMN256X 91039 162157 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: COUNTY OF NASSAU. JY IN STENCIL L. P.. Pltf v. JASWINDER SINGH, et al., Defts. Index No. 602679/2026. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated August 7, 2026, entered on August 12, 2026. I will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Courthouse, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York 11501, on October 13, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., prem. k/a, 193 W. Graham Avenue, Hempstead, New York 11550, Section 34, Block G, Lot 643. Approx. amt of judgment is $380,955.72, plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Lawrence S. Farbman, Esq., Referee, Referee. Jacobowitz Newman Tversky LLP, Attys. for Plaintiff 377 Pearsall Ave., Ste C, Cedarhurst, NY. 162024 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR ASSET BACKED FUNDING CORPORATION ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE1, Plaintiff, vs. ROBERT NICOSIA, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on October 3, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on October 21, 2026 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 632 Wadleigh Avenue, West Hempstead, NY
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For Dr. Paulinder Rai, helping people recover from traumatic brain injuries is more than a medical specialty. It is a mission shaped by his own family’s experience. Rai, a board-certified physician in physical medicine and rehabilitation and founder of The Rai Clinic — Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation of Long Island, has been named the statewide medical honoree for the Brain Injury Association of New York State’s 2026 March On for Brain Injury Walk. He will be recognized at the Long Island walk Sept. 26 at The Scarlet Oak in Eisenhower Park, where he is expected to speak about his work with people recovering from traumatic brain injuries. Registration begins at 10 a.m., and the walk begins at noon. Rai chose rehabilitation medicine because of its emphasis on helping people regain function and independence after serious injuries and illnesses. But his understanding of brain injury also comes from personal experience. Several years ago, Rai’s father and younger sister were involved in a serious motor vehicle accident. Both survived, but each sustained a traumatic brain injury that continues to affect daily life. Their experiences gave Rai a firsthand understanding of the long-term challenges that brain injury survivors and their families can face. Unlike injuries for which recovery may be measured in weeks or months, the effects of a brain injury can require ongoing treatment, adaptation and
family support. “It is a tremendous honor to be named the Medical Honoree and one that I accept with both gratitude and humility,” Rai said. “While I’ve spent my career caring for individuals with brain injuries, this recognition carries special meaning because brain injury has also affected my own family.” Rai founded The Rai Clinic — Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation of Long Island to treat people with neurological and musculoskeletal conditions. His work includes caring for traumatic brain injury survivors who may experience cognitive, behavioral, physical and functional challenges. His approach emphasizes patients’ medical needs as well as the role played by their families and caregivers throughout recovery. “Their journey gave me a deeply personal appreciation for the challenges that survivors and families face every day,” Rai said of his father and sister. “This honor represents not only my work as a physician, but also my admiration for every survivor, caregiver, therapist, and advocate who helps make recovery possible.” The annual March On for Brain Injury brings together survivors, caregivers, medical professionals and advocates. Besides Long Island walks are held in the Hudson Valley and Rochester. The Brain Injury Association of New York State, founded in 1982, advocates for people with brain injuries and their families while providing education and community support services and promoting injury prevention. For more information about the Sept. 26 walk or to register, visit BIANYS.org.
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It’s time to update New York’s mansion tax
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ew York lawmakers need to stop pretending that a $1 million home is a mansion. In 1989, when the state created a 1 percent tax on residential properties selling for $1 million or more, the threshold was intended to target luxury homeowners. At the time, it made sense. Thirty-seven years later, it doesn’t. A property on Long Island valued at $1 million back then now costs roughly $4.5 million. On Long Island, $1 million can buy a perfectly ordinary home. In Nassau County, the median home price is now around $880,000, and in Suffolk County, it’s roughly $750,000, both near historic highs. In communities where demand remains strong and inventory remains tight, a $1 million price tag is no longer an indication that someone is purchasing a sprawling estate. It may simply mean they’re buying a house. That’s why the State Legislature should make reforming the so-called mansion tax a priority in 2027. Five major Long Island business organizations — the Association for a Better Long Island, HIA-LI, the Long Island Builders Institute, the Long Island Association and the Long Island Contractors Association — have called for changes to the law. Their proposal deserves serious consideration.
The problem isn’t simply that the threshold is outdated. The structure of the tax is flawed. Once a home reaches $1 million, the additional 1 percent tax applies to the entire purchase price. A house selling for $999,999 doesn’t incur the tax. A house selling for $1 million does — an additional $10,000 charge. That is an illogical cliff. A buyer doesn’t suddenly become wealthy because a home’s sale price crosses an arbitrary line. And on Long Island, where housing costs have risen so dramatically, the tax increasingly falls on middle-class families rather than the ultra-wealthy buyers the law was designed to target. New York already collects a transfer tax on real estate transactions. The additional $10,000 on a $1 million purchase isn’t insignificant, particularly when buyers are already dealing with high mortgage costs, property taxes, insurance, maintenance and closing expenses. There is a legitimate argument for taxing luxury real estate. New York needs revenue, and those who can afford exceptionally expensive homes can reasonably be asked to contribute more. But that argument falls apart when the definition of luxury becomes disconnected from reality. The Legislature shouldn’t eliminate the mansion tax. It should modernize it.
First, lawmakers should substantially increase the threshold to reflect today’s housing market. Second, they should index that threshold to inflation or an appropriate measure of housing prices, so the law doesn’t become obsolete again. And third, they should seriously consider regional thresholds, because $1 million means something very different in Manhattan, Nassau County and upstate New York. The goal should be a tax that targets genuine luxury purchases — not families buying modest homes in one of the nation’s most expensive housing markets. The state cannot simultaneously complain about its high cost of living and defend a tax structure that adds thousands of dollars to the cost of buying a home simply because the housing market has appreciated. If New York wants more people to live, work and raise families here, it should be looking for ways to make homeownership more attainable, not preserving arbitrary barriers created nearly four decades ago. The Legislature has had plenty of time to reconsider the mansion tax. Now it should do so. In 1989, $1 million could make you the owner of a Long Island mansion. Today, it may simply make you a homeowner. New York’s tax policy should reflect that reality.
tury. And we should not forget that 9/11 ended the brief era of bipartisan fiscal responsibility between 1997 and 2000 in which we balanced the national budget. With the national debt now over $40 trillion, it seems there are errors to be corrected, and that we are not economically ready for any future
hostilities. The 9/11 Commission’s investigation found multiple points of failure, producing a homeland security conglomerate supposedly having greater unity and foresight. That agency, by many reports, has been distracted, diminished and diverted. If so, the nation has forgotten the most basic Boy
letters Ways to meaningfully remember Sept. 11 To the Editor: How, the Herald asked in its editorial last week (“Twenty-five years later, we remember”), do we remember Sept. 11 in a meaningful way? One way, I suggest, is to learn from the mistakes made then to avoid repetition. It was novel attack, and the next will be as well, probably by drone, infection or massive infrastructure hack. The list of lessons is long. I’ll mention a few. Next time, the legislative branch should not surrender so much authority to the executive; the former still has not recovered. The distinction between criminal acts and acts of war was lost, and must be clarified lest it be abused again. It must be resolved that no war be declared against abstractions like “terror,” “radical Islam,” “antifa” or for “prevention,” for such amorphisms are easily dressed in new clothes. We have learned, I hope, that no future authorization of the use of military force should be granted without terms of use, including dates of expiration or renewal, and progress reports. The last AUMF has been made a standing license for a series of costly and fruitless abuses over the past quarter-cen-
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t sounds reasonable. Almost selfevident. And it has become a familiar response to concerns about increasingly aggressive government enforcement. Why worry about ICE? If you’re a citizen, if you’re here legally, what’s the problem? Why object to greater scrutiny of voter rolls? If you’re legally eligible to vote, you have nothing to fear. Except that isn’t how government power works. The statement assumes that only people who have done something wrong will ever be questioned, investigated, detained or frightened. Innocent people, apparently, will somehow be recognized as innocent before anyone bothers them. But being innocent doesn’t prevent the government from suspecting you of wrongdoing, or even arresting you. The government may target people not because they have committed a crime, but to make examples of them, intimidate others, or silence those they regard as troublesome or subversive. Sometimes suspicion begins with little more than how someone looks or speaks. And once you become a suspect, your innocence doesn’t protect you from
being stopped, questioned, searched, detained or required to prove who you are. Being innocent may determine how an encounter with government ends. It doesn’t guarantee that the encounter never begins. That matters as we approach the midterm elections. The Trump administration has undertaken an extraordinary effort to identify noncitizens who may have voted illegally. The justification is election integrity. According to the administration, illegal voting is at epidemic proportions. But the numbers tell another story. ProPublica recently examined the administration’s effort. Federal searches generated tens of thousands of potential leads involving suspected illegal voting. Homeland Security Investigations agents were sent out to pursue them. Between January 2025 and May 2026, just 41 people were charged with voting illegally or other election-related crimes. More than 150 million Americans voted in the last presidential election. Tens of thousands of leads. Forty-one charges. So perhaps the more important question isn’t what should happen to illegal voters. It is what’s going to happen to legal voters. What happens when an American citizen has a name that sounds “foreign”?
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magine you’re a naturalized citizen who’s heard all about ICE. On Election Day, do you vote?
Letters Scout precept, “Be prepared.” We have heroes to honor, victims to mourn, survivors to grieve with because the criminals were more clever than we imagined. To meaningfully remember Sept. 11, we should remember that connection, and make their memory a motive to make no more such heroes. BrIAN KEllY Rockville Centre
Borecky is right: Our elections need safeguards To the Editor: re “Our laws assume, incorrectly, that our leaders have integrity,” the letter from Claudia Borecky, president of the Bellmore Merrick Democratic Club, in the Sept. 3-9 issue: The letter has some important points, and I agree that more must be done to improve our election system. But Ms. Borecky has not fully examined the issues that some of our nation’s cities and states have had with voting irregularities. While there is no question that the demonstrations on Jan. 6, 2021, will forever be a blight on our political system,
What happens when an eligible voter speaks accented English, has brown skin, wears clothing associated with another culture, or simply worries that a government database may contain incorrect information? Those voters may have done absolutely nothing wrong, but they still have plenty to worry about. The concern becomes more serious when immigration enforcement moves from voter records to polling places. President Trump was asked whether he would send National Guard troops or ICE officers to polling locations during the midterms. His answer was that he would “do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections.” But federal law sharply restricts such activity. The Brennan Center for Justice notes that federal law prohibits armed federal agents from being deployed to election sites, and prohibits government officials from intimidating voters. The reality, however, is that ICE agents need never appear inside a single polling place to make voters fear for their freedom and safety. Imagine that you’re a naturalized citizen. Or that your parents are immigrants. Or that someone in your household has unresolved immigration issues. You hear repeatedly that ICE may be involved in election enforcement, and that federal agents are exam-
and I do not in any way share the belief that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election, there have been credible news stories in major publications reporting that some cities experienced voting irregularities in that and prior elections that may or may not have benefited either political party. We know from these news reports that in some cities, there were mail-in votes from deceased people. We also have heard about duplicate ballots being cast. And there have been examples of non-citizens casting ballots. I do not think that any of these irregularities have resulted in the wrong candidate winning any presidential election. But that may not be the case in congressional elections or local government races, which can also have a major impact. Again, I agree with Ms. Borecky that we are far behind other countries in creating proper safeguards for our elections. I will go one step further and suggest that our system, which enables each state to decide how elections should take place, has resulted in an imbalanced field, and that all elections should be conducted in the same manner, with the same equipment, all across our country. That way, no state or politi-
ining voter files. You see news reports about investigations of suspected noncitizen voters. On Election Day, do you vote? Or do you decide that one vote isn’t worth the possibility of attracting attention, or being wrongfully arrested even if you’re 100 percent eligible to vote? That’s what makes the nothing-toworry-about argument so dangerous. It reverses the relationship between citizens and their government. It means that government may scrutinize, investigate and intimidate whomever it wishes, and innocent people should simply trust that everything will eventually work out. That isn’t freedom. A right doesn’t disappear only when the government formally takes it away. It can also be weakened, or effectively eliminated, when exercising it feels dangerous. A government doesn’t have to prevent someone from voting if it can make that person afraid to vote. “If you’ve done nothing wrong, you’ve got nothing to worry about.” Maybe so. But in a free country, citizens shouldn’t have to prove their innocence before they can exercise their rights without fear. Government should exercise its power without making innocent people afraid to exercise theirs. Michael Blitz is professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at the City University of New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
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cian could cast doubt on any other state or party. And I agree completely with Ms. Borecky about the slander and defamation laws that are missing from our political campaigns. It disgusts me to have to listen to both sides spewing
false information about their opposing candidates. It leaves the voters with tough decisions as we try to uncover the truth. rICHArD S. KAHN Glen Cove
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