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Honored for civic service I don’t really like to cry in public … I feel like I made a difference.” Yo l a n d a H u t c h i n s o n , Hempstead community a c t iv i s t a n d l e a d e r T i n a superintendent of Kennedy Hodge-Bowles received the Park where OGA does weekly Seniors Advocacy award, for sessions with seniors, read over 50 years of dedicated ser- Hodge-Bowles’ biography as vice work for residents in Jo h n s o n h a n d e d h e r t h e award. Nassau County. “No one has come close to Hempstead’s Board of Education President Lamont her when it comes to the work Johnson presented Hodge- that she does with seniors,” Bowles, who currently serves said Johnson, as to why the board unanimously as the executive chose Hodgedirector for OperaBowles. tion Get Ahead, a For the past 25 nonprofit program years, Hodgethat provides Bowles has helped resources for provide seniors youths and seniors, w i t h s o c i a l p rothe award. g rams, exercise The Sept. 30 cerclasses, health lecemony included tures and crafting H e m p s t e a d re s i - TINA HoDge workshops. She has dents, seniors from -BowLeS invited health proher program and fessionals from faculty from the award recipient Long Island’s bigschool district. At first, Hodge-Bowles recalls gest hospitals and universifeeling reluctant to accept the ties to speak with seniors award and even referred to about dementia, Alzheimer’s, herself as a “behind-the- disease, breast cancer and scenes” person doing the nutrition. She also organizes events such as a senior prom work. But upon arriving, she was at Verdi’s in Westbury and group cruises, giving seniors overwhelmed by the support. “It was very touching,” the ability to socialize and Hodge-Bowles said, reacting build community. Community School Directo the speeches made on her honorary night. “I almost tor Tiara Adams, Superintenstarted crying. I kind of had dent Gary Rush and Town of to hold my tears back because Continued on pAge 9

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Hempstead police Sgt. Adam Wade demonstrates the mounted radars that can read auto speed while both the police and the civilian vehicles are moving.

Expanding patrols near schools The Village of Hempstead plans to expand police patrols near schools, add four police vehicles and increase enforcement of traffic violations as part of a public safety initiative aimed at protecting students and pedestrians. Mayor Waylyn Hobbs Jr. and Police Chief Richard Holland unveiled the initiative Hempstead Village Hall on Oct. 7. The new patrol cars are equipped with radar and license plate readers. Officers will increase their presence during morning arrivals and afternoon dismissals, focusing on heavily traveled school routes along Franklin Avenue, Peninsula Boulevard, Front Street, Fulton Street and Washington Street. Village officials said the initiative is intended to address speeding and other traffic violations near schools, where students and families navigate roads carrying four or more lanes of traffic. “Based on the some of the tools we have

put in place and the men and women of our police department, vehicular accidents are down almost 16 percent in the Village of Hempstead,” Hobbs said, adding that it was done to attack an uptick of accidents. Enrollment across Hempstead school district’s eight schools is 5,321 for the current school year with more than 3,700 students attending eight charter school locations in the village. The expanded patrols, new equipment and targeted enforcement are intended to help prevent crashes and improve safety for students, families and pedestrians. Hobbs said the money cam from federal and state funding. We want to emphasize, please slow down, public safety is number one here in the Village of Hempstead,” he said. — Jeffrey Bessen

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Mulé seeks sixth term in county’s 6th District By ALLYSON FERRARI aferrari@liherald.com

Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé is seeking a sixth term representing District 6, hoping to continue work on infrastructure improvements, affordable housing and several longstanding community projects in Baldwin and Freeport. Mulé, 64, a Democrat from Freeport, has served in the Legislature for nine years. Before that, she was a Freeport village trustee and a member of the Board of Education. With more than two decades in elected office, she said her experience and relationships with community organizations and government officials have helped her address constituents’ concerns. A social worker with a master’s degree in social work, Mulé said her background influences how she approaches public service. “I like the fact, again, it’s the social worker in me that I can help people in very little and impactful ways, big and small,” she said. If re-elected, Mulé hopes to complete several projects, including the restoration of the historic Kellogg House, in Baldwin. Exterior renovations have been completed, but the interior remains unfinished. She also wants to see the former Oakwood Beach Club property, in Baldwin transformed into public waterfront green space, though she acknowledged that the county does not own the property, complicating redevelopment efforts. Another priority is improving Freeport’s Brookside Preserve and expanding community involvement in its upkeep. Affordability is another central issue in her campaign. Mulé criticized the Republican majority in the Legislature for declining to consider proposals from Democrats, including a gas tax holiday and reductions in some county fees. She said that a gas tax holiday, similar to one previously approved with bipartisan support, would pro-

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Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé is campaigning for another term, focusing on affordability, infrastructure improvements and community revitalization. vide relief to residents facing higher fuel costs. Mulé also supports reducing mortgage recordingrelated fees and business licensing costs, arguing that some county charges place unnecessary financial burdens on residents. Addressing county spending, Mulé said that public safety funding should remain a priority, but she questioned the Blakeman administration’s increased reliance on outside legal counsel, which she believes presents an opportunity to reduce expenses. Housing affordability is another concern. Mulé supports increasing affordable housing for young adults

and seniors, including proposed developments in Baldwin and Freeport. She emphasized, however, that additional housing must be accompanied by infrastructure improvements. She pointed to aging sewer systems and past sinkholes along Grand Avenue in Baldwin as examples of infrastructure requiring attention. For Baldwin, Mulé identified downtown revitalization as a particularly pressing issue. Although the county has completed major roadway improvements along Grand Avenue, she said additional progress depends largely on the Town of Hempstead, which oversees zoning and development approvals. On public safety, Mulé supports strengthening cooperation between police and mental health professionals when responding to people experiencing crises. She also wants greater transparency in police recruitment, and more diversity. She believes her established relationships with county departments, school districts and local organizations distinguish her from her Republican challenger, Benjamin Jackson. Looking ahead, Mulé said constituents should judge her performance by tangible progress on projects such as the Kellogg House, Brookside Preserve and Oakwood Beach Club, along with infrastructure improvements and funding secured for District 6. “It’s a level of trust and a level of knowledge and a level of experience,” she said.

In repeat bid, Jackson focuses on affordability By ALLYSON FERRARI aferrari@liherald.com

After over four decades as a contractor and years of involvement in Freeport civic organizations, Benjamin Jackson says his approach to local government is rooted in a lesson he learned from his father: If you see a problem, don’t complain about it — do something about it. Jackson, 64, the Republican candidate in the County Legislature’s 6th District, is making another bid for the seat, with a focus on affordability, infrastructure, housing and public safety. The longtime Freeport resident said his experience as a business owner, zoning board member and president of the village Chamber of Commerce has shaped his belief that government can operate more efficiently while remaining responsive to residents. “I like helping people,” Jackson said. “I like getting things done.” Among his top concerns is affordability, which he said is closely tied to the tax burden on county residents. He argued that government should more closely scrutinize its spending and look for inefficiencies before committing additional taxpayer dollars. “I think taxes and affordability go hand in hand,” Jackson said. “I think we need somebody to actually look at it and say, ‘OK, why are we spending this money here? Can’t we do this a little differently?’” Reducing taxes, he said, could make homeownership more attainable, particularly as younger residents struggle with the combined costs of housing and property taxes. He also pointed to delays in the permitting process as another obstacle to affordability, argu-

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Benjamin Jackson, a longtime Freeport resident and business owner, is the Republican candidate in the Nassau County Legislature’s 6th District. ing that development projects can be held up for years and that approvals could be streamlined without eliminating necessary oversight. Those affordability concerns extend to housing, an issue Jackson said requires balancing the county’s need for more homes with the capacity of its existing infrastructure. While he supports increasing the housing supply, including affordable housing, he said

that development should be approached community by community rather than with a one-size-fits-all strategy. “Do we need more housing? There’s no doubt about it,” Jackson said. “We need affordable housing. There’s no doubt about it.” Having served on Freeport’s zoning board for over a decade, Jackson described himself as pro-development, and said he supports transit-oriented development. He added, however, that additional housing should be accompanied by improvements to roads, sewers, water systems and utilities, and argued that local communities should play a role in determining how development moves forward. “Every community is different,” Jackson said. “The needs of every community are different.” Public safety is another of his priorities, and he said he wants to ensure that county police officers have the equipment and resources they need. He also pointed to traffic safety as a quality-of-life concern, recalling that he contacted Freeport officials about drivers speeding near his office, where there is also a school bus stop. Police subsequently stepped up enforcement in the area, he said. That same emphasis on addressing residents’ everyday concerns, Jackson said, would guide his approach if he were elected. He said he would maintain an opendoor policy and make himself readily available to constituents, while acknowledging that he wouldn’t be able to solve every problem. “Just watch what I do,” Jackson said when asked how residents could measure his performance. “I can’t guarantee I can fix everybody’s problem. I can’t get a cat out of the tree, but I will do my best.”

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How will architects use A.I.? Ask The Architect

Q. There’s been a lot of controversy about A.I. lately, and I’m wondering what it has done for architects. Do you see a threat to your job, or has it been helpful? Will it lower the cost of architects? What do you see in the immediate future?

A. As Yogi Berra once said, the future ain’t what it used to be. It’s getting closer all the time. Artificial intelligence is a way to solve problems faster using computers. I wish it were so, that A.I. saved time and money, especially for planning, drawing and building. The process of developing a project — a renovation, addition or new building — has many stages. First there’s what’s referred to as “scope of work,” that is, putting together an outline of the needs to be fulfilled, the onte eeper study of limitations, such as laws (building and zoning codes) and physical restrictions (weather, water and other influences), the process of getting all the spaces to flow together and be sized well, the material selections, structural analysis, the creation of the pretty picture to make the project look good, then the process of documenting everything into a set of construction plans showing how all the thousands of parts go together. There will come a time when the assembly part of the process, on screen and paper, will be faster, because the computer processing is faster, but because each stage also includes human emotion, unwritten local rules and owner decisions, unless humans just step aside, the computer can’t read minds, at least not yet, and the process will still need human guidance for a long time to come. I’ve been able to develop artistic renderings of what a project will look like in an hour (with multiple voice command edits) instead of a day, but the computer will assemble parts in ways that may be physically impossible if not closely monitored, such as balconies protruding from buildings with no way to get out onto them, handrails running into windows, floors too thin to be structurally sound — blunders that a human can catch but A.I. hasn’t perfected, yet. Each part of the process has tasks that A.I. is helpful with, such as researching the most applicable section of a building code to determine if a selected window opening, set of stairs or fire safety equipment is correct. But A.I. can also select the wrong version of a law, one that’s outdated, and A.I. won’t know the difference. If a human doesn’t realize the error, problems move forward and can cause delays instead of saving time. Another problem is described as “garbage in, garbage out,” a phrase known in the computer industry since its beginnings. If the input isn’t clear and concise, the output is open to failure. Humans will need to sharpen their skills, too!

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In the Food Bazaar parking lot in Hempstead on Oct. 22, PSEG-Long Island will hold an outreach event. Kim Soriel, left, Joseph Hooghkirk and Ellen Wertheimer at last year’s Shirley event.

Assistance event in Hempstead PSEG-Long Island will host an outreach event in Hempstead this month, offering residents help with utility assistance programs, heating aid applications, food distribution and health resources. The Hempstead event will take place Thursday, Oct. 22, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Food Bazaar parking lot at 132 Fulton Ave. Long Island Cares will distribute fresh produce to the first 200 participants, while Island Harvest Food Bank will provide food boxes to income-eligible seniors. At the event, PSEG Long Island representatives will help income-eligible customers enroll in the compa-

ny’s Household Assistance Rate program and provide information about free home energy audits. Department of Social Services representatives will assist qualifying residents with applications for the Home Energy Assistance Program. Applications for heating equipment repair and replacement opened Oct. 1, while applications for energy benefits open Nov. 2. Additional resources will be available from gover nment a g encies, social service organizations, health and mental health providers, veterans’ g roups and other assistance organizations. — Jeffrey Bessen

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From the NFL and education to tackling policy By ANDREW FRANCIS afrancis@liherald.com

Democratic Assemblyman Noah Burroughs, who represents New York’s 18th District, has kept himself busy in service of others since ending his professional football career in 2003. He credits his time as a civics teacher, and his father’s work as a civil rights leader, for having prepared him for his transition to local and state politics. Burroughs, 55, a Hempstead resident, was elected as a village trustee in 2021 after running unsuccessfully two years earlier. At the time, he taught civics, social studies and English in the Hempstead school district, but after concluding that local political representation was lacking, he decided to give up teaching and run for the Assembly. “I would have conversations with so many elected officials about the things that I wanted to do [in the community], and the answers were just wrong,” Burroughs said. He wanted, for example, to make scholarships more accessible to students, but when he shared the idea with an official, Burroughs recounted, the response was focused on athletic opportunities and ignored academic ones. The people who could help weren’t helping, he concluded, “so I said, if I continue to let this happen, there’s going to be a lot more kids left behind.” Burroughs won the District 18 seat in 2024 as the Democratic and Working Families candidate, and is hoping to be re-elected and take on more issues. Prioritizing building good relationships not only with constituents, but with government officials on both the state and local level, he said, has helped him effectively represent the district and provide needed resources

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Noah Burroughs plans to continue addressing infrastructural needs and affordability if he is re-elected to the Assembly to continue representing District 18. to its communities. One of his biggest triumphs, he said, was alleviating financial strain on public school districts. “Charter schools are really plaguing my district in particular,” Burroughs said. “The state aid that goes to [public] school districts is decreased because of charter schools. Roosevelt, Uniondale, Baldwin, West Hempstead — they’re getting affected.” This year, Burroughs said, he successfully fought for a 2 percent maximum increase for most school dis-

tricts’ budgets, to help ease their monetary stress. He also spoke proudly of planned investments in water infrastructure across the district, and recent development in Hempstead’s Mirschel Park, on Atlantic Avenue and Terrace Avenue, in what he described as traditionally one of the least desirable places in the community. “We wanted to invest in the worst part, which is in Hempstead, and that’s Terrace Avenue,” Burroughs said. “In the past it’s gotten a lot of negative press, but it’s a small amount of people that do these things. So we’re not going to shy away from investing in that part of the community.” While he acknowledged that an Assembly member’s role is limited when it comes to reducing taxes, Burroughs said he is committed to addressing the rising cost of utilities and insurance. And he added that what separates him from his challenger, Republican Charlene Jackson, is his greater understanding of politics and what he can promise. “One of the reasons that it was a smooth transition for me into politics is because I taught it,” Burroughs said. “I want to save money as much as possible. You got to understand your job, and I think that’s one of the things that I can bring, because people could come in, and they don’t understand government.”

Jackson is asking voters to look beyond the ‘R’ By ANDREW FRANCIS afrancis@liherald.com

Charlene Jackson has worked for and with politicians for decades, from Democratic New York City Mayor Ed Koch in the 1980s to the current Republican Nassau County executive, Bruce Blakeman. Now, Jackson says, she is prepared to represent the residents of Hempstead, Lakeview, Roosevelt and parts of Freeport and Uniondale — the 18th Assembly District — in Albany. The 60-year-old Republican has worked in community assistance, research, education, criminal defense and consulting, and now serves as special counsel for the county assessor’s office. Jackson said she now sees a need for her to serve local communities in the political realm. “I was raised in a minority community and made a commitment to help uplift those communities,” she said. “Oftentimes what I see is that our communities are not making real choices when it comes to elections. We’d get candidates, but they wouldn’t necessarily be good candidates. And if they had a ‘D’ behind their name,” she added, referring to Democrats, “our communities, unfortunately, just press ‘D’ all the way. And so I’m challenging that.” Jackson said she has been a proud Republican since she was in college during the Reagan administration, and that she believes she shares “core values” with minority communities that should appeal to voters. Her extensive bureaucratic experience, she said, has given her an understanding of government that will help her improve constituents’ lives. “I understand how resources flow from the federal

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Charlene Jackson, 60, says her long career of civil service and an understanding of family values would benefit her in representing the 18th Assembly District. government to the state to the county to the villages, townships, et cetera, and how we can . . . get a lot of resources based upon the demographics of the minority community,” Jackson said. Her priorities include small-business development, providing additional funding for school districts and addressing the rising cost of utilities across Long Island. “We shouldn’t have monopolies on our utilities

if they’re charging us anything and everything, and we have no control over that,” she said. “We really have to take a close look at that, to see where there are economies of scale and where we can make it more affordable.” Jackson expressed her opposition to what she called “unfunded mandates” from the Democratic state leadership that she said do not take into account the unique needs of some communities. She specifically called for community-by-community evaluation of taxation and housing policies. “We value the independent nature of our communities,” Jackson said. “We value the ability to be able to control and make decisions for our community. We don’t want stuff shoved down our throats.” Another initiative she said she is interested in developing in the Assembly is additional programs for students to explore a range of career opportunities, making training, internships and jobs more accessible to graduates of public schools. This can be done, she said, through grant writing, with which she has a great deal of experience, and using private funding to keep property taxes low. Jackson pledged to bring the “educational background, practical experience and proof of delivery” to district representation that she said her opponent, incumbent Noah Burroughs, cannot. She has criticized his introduction of legislation that she claims is more self-beneficial than community-oriented, like a now-defeated bill that would have reduced penalties for failure to pay child support. “I’m a community person,” she said. “This is not about Charlene. It’s about how I can be of service to my community.”

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Premises known as 200 Hilton Avenue Apt. 20, Hempstead, NY 11550. Sec 34 Block 173 Lot 14. All that certain piece or parcel of real property, with the improvements therein contained, situate and being a part of a condominium at the Incorporated Village of Hempstead, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $237,366.80 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 621229/2024. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.” Jerome A. Scharoff, Esq., RefereeFile # 12514361 162491 LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper, Plaintiff AGAINST Jose R. Padilla, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered June 27, 2024, and the Order to Appoint a Substitute Referee to Compute duly entered May 2, 2025, 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 November 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM, premises known as 162 Harvard 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 (formerly Queens County) and State of New York, Section: 34, Block: 251, Lot: 187. Approximate amount of judgment $848,008.32 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index

PUBLIC NOTICES subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #607612/2018. For sale information, please visit ServiceLink Auction at https://www.servicelinkauction.com or call (866) 539-4173. Jjais A. Forde, Esq., Referee McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC 420 Lexington Avenue-Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 21-05833NY 91397 162538 LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. FOURLEAF FREDERAL CREDIT UNION F/K/A BETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Pltf. vs. ALPHAMORE LLC, et al, Defts. Index #601028/2023. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered Aug. 27, 2026, I will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on November 4, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. premises k/a 50 Clinton Street, Hempstead, NY a/k/a Section 34, Block 350, Lots 115 and 118. Said property beginning at a point on the new Easterly side of Clinton Street, distant 300 ft. Southerly from the extreme Southerly end of a curve connecting the new Easterly side of Clinton Street with the Southerly side of Fulton Avenue; Running Thence NE 136.00 ft. at a point on the Westerly face of wall line of arcade plaza level; Thence along the last mentioned line, NW, 34.42 ft. To a point on the projected line of the South wall of the Hotel above plaza lever; Thence along the last mentioned line, NE 40.25 ft.; Thence SE 2.67 ft.; Thence NE 2.00 ft. to a point on the exterior line of concrete staircase of Hotel; Thence along the last mentioned line, SE 12.05 ft. to a point on the exterior face of projected concrete wall at upper staircase level of the Hotel; Thence along the last mentioned line, NE 15.39 ft. to a point on the East wall face at plaza level; Thence along the last mentioned line, NW 8.55 ft. to a point on the South wall face at plaza level; Thence along the last mentioned line, NE 13.19 ft. to a point on the easterly side of the column line at plaza level; Thence along the last mentioned line, SE 28.42 ft.; Thence NE

last mentioned line, SE 28.42 ft.; Thence NE 85.28 ft.; Thence SW, 44.24 ft.; Thence SE 160.16 ft. to the Northwesterly side of Peninsula Blvd., Thence SW along the Northwesterly side of Peninsula Blvd., 168.31 ft. to land now or formerly of Jackson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; Thence along the last mentioned land, the following 4 courses and distances: 1. NW 139.88 ft.; 2. SE 37.37 ft.; 3. SE 66.94 ft.; and 4. SE 72.53 ft. to the Northerly side of Front St.; Thence along the Northerly side of Front Street, the following 2 courses and distances: 1. SW 19.54 ft.; and 2. SW 135.31 ft. to the extreme Easterly end of the arc of a curve connecting the Northerly side of Front St. with the new Easterly side of Clinton St.; Thence Northwesterly along the arc of said curve bearing to the right, having a radius of 22 ft. a distance of 36.52 ft. to the extreme Northerly end thereof on the new Easterly side of Clinton St.; Thence NW along the new Easterly side of Clinton St., 391.10 ft. to the point or place of Beginning. Approximate amount of judgment is $24,973,443.73 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. ELISA STRASSLER ROSENTHAL, Referee. CERTILMAN, BALIN, ADLER & HYMAN, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 100 Motor Parkway, Ste. 560, Hauppauge, NY 11788. #103187 162593 LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU. U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR LEGACY MORTGAGE ASSET TRUST 2021-GS2, Plaintiff -against- JOSE D. LOPEZ CASTELLON A/K/A JOSE D. LOPEZ-CASTELLON; REINA M. LOPEZ A/K/A REINA M. LOPEZ-CATELLON, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated February 19, 2025 and entered on March 3, 2025, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County

North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court “Rain or Shine” located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on October 28, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Village of Hempstead, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Southerly side of Gladys Avenue, distant 230 feet Easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Southerly side of Gladys Avenue and the Easterly side of Nostrand Place; being a plot 140 feet by 60 feet by 140 feet by 60 feet. Section: 34 Block: 403 Lots: 120, 121, 123 Said premises known as 126 GLADYS AVENUE, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550 Approximate amount of lien $408,140.48 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. Index Number 605595/2023. HOWARD COLTON, ESQ., Referee Kosterich & Skeete, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 707 Westchester Ave, Suite 302, White Plains, NY 10604 {* HEMPSTEAD*} 162420 LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS VILLAGE OF HEMPSTEAD, NY PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THE Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a Regular Meeting on Thursday, November 5 , 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the Village Boardroom, 99 James A. Garner Way, Hempstead, New York, to consider the following appeals: CASE #26- 1100Application of Ruben Maldonado for a variance under Section 139-506 compliance required Section 139-08 extension or alteration of use of the Zoning Code of The Village of Hempstead for permission to Perform interior alterations at 103 Lafayette St., Hempstead, New York 11550. Said property is located in a Residence B zone known as Section 34, Block 182, Lot(s) 102 on the Land and Tax Map of the County of Nassau and Incorporated Village of Hempstead. CASE #26- 0710Application of Andre Scott for a variance under Section 139-6 compliance required, Section 139-33A Fences of the Zoning Code of

Section 139-33A Fences of the Zoning Code of The Village of Hempstead for permission to construct fence at 100 Terrace Ave., Hempstead, New York 11550. Said property is located in a Resident D zone known as Section 34, Block 219, Lot(s) 78 on the Land and Tax Map of the County of Nassau and Incorporated Village of Hempstead. CASE #26- 1793Application of Hofstra University for a variance under Section 139-6 compliance required, Section 113-01 definitions (wall sign), Section 113-03 permitted signs in all districts, Section 113-04B (2) permitted signs in all districts of the Zoning Code of The Village of Hempstead for permission to hang signage at 1000 Fulton Ave., Hempstead, New York 11550. Said property is located in a Business B zone known as Section 44, Block F, Lot(s) 147 on the Land and Tax Map of the County of Nassau and Incorporated Village of Hempstead. DAN OPPENHEIMER, CHAIRMAN ISYS MORRIS, ZONING BOARD ADMINISTRATOR Dated: October 22, 2026 D/N: October 8, 2026 LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a license, number application ID NA-0240-26-118708 for Restaurant-Wine (with Beer and Cider) has been applied for by El Toro Restaurant and Deli Inc. to sell Wine, Beer and Cider at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 255 Fulton Ave Unit B, Hempstead NY 11550 for on premises consumption. -El Toro Restaurant and Deli Inc.“ LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE OF COOPERATIVE APARTMENT SECURITY BY VIRTUE OF A DEFAULT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: By virtue of a default under a Security Agreement dated January 28, 2009, executed by JUSTIN HUBBARD A/K/A JUSTIN S. HUBBARD ("Debtor") as assigned to STATE OF NEW YORK MORTGAGE AGENCY ("Secured Party"), said Secured Party, by Auctioneer(s): John Roman, Richard Schult, Michael Campbell or Stephan G. Marcelin, will conduct a public sale of the

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Marcelin, will conduct a public sale of the security consisting of 565 shares of stock of Wendell Terrace Owners Corp. ("Corporation"), and all right, title, and interest in and to a Proprietary Lease between said Corporation and Debtor for the apartment known as 20 WENDELL STREET, UNIT 3A, HEMPSTEAD NY 11550, together with all fixtures and articles of personal property now or hereafter affixed to or used in connection with said apartment on October 29, 2026 at 1:15 PM, North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, in satisfaction of an indebtedness in the unpaid principal amount of $23,755.91 plus interest, late fees, attorney fees, maintenance in arrears, and all other advanced charges. The apartment is sold "AS IS" AND POSSESSION TO BE OBTAINED BY THE PURCHASER. Said sale is subject to residency requirements of the Corporation, payment of all sums due, if any, to Wendell Terrace Owners Corp., and the consent if necessary, of said Corporation; any existing tenancy; payment of all expenses and fees of the secured party with respect thereto; terms of sale and auctioneer's fees; flip-tax; State, City, and County transfer tax. The Secured Party reserves the right to bid. Terms: an official bank or certified check made payable to Stern & Eisenberg, P.C., as attorneys for the Secured Party for ten (10%) percent of price bid. No cash accepted. Balance shall be due within thirty (30) days. ATTORNEYS FOR SECURED PARTY: Stern & Eisenberg, P.C. 20 Commerce Drive, Suite 230, Cranford, NJ 07016, and 1131 Route 55, Suite 1, Lagrangeville, NY 12540 P. 516-630-0288 F. 732-726-8719 Dated: September 22, 2026 Firm File No. NY202600000141-2 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCAF ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff AGAINST

ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff AGAINST GEORGE HINES, JR., DONNA HINES, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered October 21, 2025, 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 November 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM, premises known as 164 Fairview Boulevard, Hempstead, NY 11550. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Village and Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 44 Block 31 and Lots 125, 352-353. Approximate amount of judgment $432,504.19 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #615787/2022. Brian J. Davis, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 22-001366 91606 LEGAL NOTICE Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Nassau ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE Index #: 610082/2026 U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, As Trustee, As Successor-In-Interest To U.S. Bank National Association, As Trustee, On Behalf Of The Holders Of The J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust 2006-NC1 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-NC1, Plaintiff, vs Guylene Adrien Individually And As Heir To The Estate Of Jospeh Adrien If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors,

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liherald.com/legals and use our convienient portal. Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, Unknown Heirs Of Joseph Adrien If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, People Of The State Of New York, United States Of America On Behalf Of The IRS, Nassau County Clerk John Doe (Those unknown tenants, occupants, persons or corporations or their heirs, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, assignees, creditors or successors claiming an interest in the mortgaged premises.) Defendant(s). Mortgaged Premises: 7 Nostrand Place Hempstead, NY 11550 To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to

Defendant: 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 Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Nassau. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. TO Guylene Adrien Individually And As Heir To The Estate Of Jospeh Adrien, and Unknown Heirs Of Joseph Adrien, Defendants In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Jeffrey A. Goodstein of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Twenty-Ninth day of September, 2026 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, in the City of Mineola. The object of this action is to foreclosure a mortgage upon the premises described below, dated January 4, 2006, executed by Guylene Adrien to secure the sum of $297,000.00. The Mortgage was recorded at Book M30065, Page 247 in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk on February 6, 2006. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed June 26, 2008 and recorded on October 9, 2008, in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk at Book M33289, Page 412. The mortgage was subsequently modified on October 20, 2010. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed March 14, 2025 and recorded on July 16, 2025, in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk at Book M48047, Page 83. The

PUBLIC NOTICES County Clerk at Book M48047, Page 83. The property in question is described as follows: 7 Nostrand Place, Hempstead, NY 11550 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 the Foreclosure Relief Hotline 1-800-269-0990 or visit the department's website at WWW.DFS.NY.GOV. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO STAY IN YOUR HOME DURING THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME UNLESS AND UNTIL YOUR PROPERTY IS SOLD AT AUCTION PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE AND SALE. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO REMAIN IN YOUR HOME, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PAY PROPERTY TAXES IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL

ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to "save" your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner's distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 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 your mortgage company will not stop this 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: October 1, 2026 Gross Polowy LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 91700 LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL

OF AMERICA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR LEHMAN XS TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-15,

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.

-againstTOMMY RAMOS, AS PROPOSED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF EMMA RAMOS, 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 July 27, 2026, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR LEHMAN XS TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-15 is the Plaintiff and TOMMY RAMOS, AS PROPOSED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF EMMA RAMOS, 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 November 16, 2026 at 2:00PM, premises known as 129 WELLINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550; and the following tax map identification: 34-184-356. ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE VILLAGE OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 613972/2024. Wayne H. Wink, 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

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HEMPSTEAD BEACON — October 15, 2026 Courtesy Hempstead schools

Board of Education President LaMont Johnson honors Tina Hodge-Bowles with the Senior Advocacy Award from the Hempstead school district.

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Hempstead Deputy Supervisor Dorothy. Goosby were part of honoring Hodge-Bowles. Operation Get Ahead began as a youth program in the Freeport school district during the 1970s has turned into a long-running source of support for county residents. After graduating from Adelphi University, HodgeBowles began her career as a social worker helping students navigate problems at home, family conflicts

and racial tensions at school. She used peer mediation and roleplaying strategies to resolve student tension, she noticed a connection between students. “Once I got them [the students] engaged, they found out that their problems are the same as everyone else’s problem … and it allowed them to cope with whatever they had going on at home,” Hodge-Bowles said. She also provided resume-building and college application assistance, health workshops and group retreats

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while working with families. Her goal was for troubled students to see OGA as a “safe haven” to resolve challenges. “I deal with it in terms of resources,” Hodge-Bowles said. “If I can’t do it, then I have a lot of contacts in the community that will be able to help the child and the parent.” Through her actions, she became a driving force in Olga’s involvement in Nassau, expanding the program to cater for senior citizens. Despite a reduction in funding, she continues to coordinate social events and educational workshops for the seniors. Hodge-Bowles’ premier event is the annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative awards breakfast. The 37-year-old event includes guest speakers, honors community members for their local achievements and offers scholarships and awards to students including an entrepreneurship scholarship. Her focus now is on the seniors and their engagement but she tries to connect them with students in the Hempstead school district through local games and social events such as the MLK awards breakfast. She believes “the kids can learn from the seniors, and vice versa.” Hodge-Bowles has also been a longtime member working of the Hempstead Vocational Educational Committee, working on bringing vocational programs to the school district. Rush hopes that honoring local

community activists will connect and inspire students. “We’re really trying to promote for our students the importance of the pioneers … that really impacted a lot of what’s happening today,” he said. “As an IB (International Baccalaureate) school district, students often visit senior homes as a “way of giving back” and Hodge-Bowles has always given the school district “an avenue to connect with the seniors.” Bor n in West Virginia, HodgeBowles is the fifth of 14 children. She has remained an active voice in Nassau County throughout her career, working at banks and hospitals before spending 40 years as a flight attendant for TWA. Now, she hopes to “pass the baton” to a new generation and encourage others to continue investing in their communities. “To the new generation, please take and spend time with your seniors because they have wisdom,” she said. “And while you worry about it, think about it, they already got the answer for you already.” Rush added that he aims to connect Hempstead students to others as well he plans for alumni to return for lectures, presentations and events. The next Board of Education meeting is at Rhodes Academy Elementary School on Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. Randi “Satch” Harrison will be presented with the Tiger for Life Award.

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ast month, 50 Long Island small businesses gathered at Stony Brook University to finish something few of their owners would have imagined a year ago: six months of training in artificial intelligence. The LIA-AI Growth Academy was free to participants. It was run by the Long Island Association’s foundation, funded by Google.org and taught by Stony Brook’s technology and A.I. experts, along with advisers from the Long Island Small Business Development Center. It was open only to companies with 20 or fewer employees, and graduates received a $5,000 grant to put A.I. to work in their businesses. Long Island’s municipalities, chambers of commerce and educational institutions must find ways to replicate this terrific program. The stakes are high, because A.I. is the first technology in a long time that can favor the little guy. For most of the last century, size was destiny. A big company could afford an IT department, inhouse lawyers, a finance team and analysts poring over its data, and the corner store could not. A.I. erases much of that advantage. A contractor can turn handwritten notes into clean estimates and keep three job sites on schedule. A hardware store can spot the items that are gathering dust and the ones that keep selling out. A two-lawyer firm can summarize a 200page lease before lunch. Corporations spent millions of dollars on tools that now cost a small business a modest

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letters Keep up the good work, Herald To the Editor: Re your editorial, “Celebrating newspapers and local reporting” (Oct. 1-7): Congratulations to the Herald on its excellent coverage of local news, and then some. I am a subscriber, a supporter and a believer in journalism — freedom of the press is essential, especially at this time in our country. With so much information and misinformation, I rely on the professionalism, honesty and thorough investigative reporting of newspapers across the country, and the Herald in particular. Thank you for covering Long Island and our neighborhoods. You keep us informed. May you and your journalists continue your important work. MARGUERITE WESTBROOk Lynbrook

monthly subscription. We know the objection, because we hear it from every owner we talk to: Who has the time? Small-business owners already work long weeks. They answer the phones, make payroll, chase invoices and sweep the floor. Adding “Learn A.I.” to that list sounds absurd. But few things a business owner can do will pay off more than a few hours spent learning these tools. The time invested comes back every week — in invoices sent faster, schedules built in minutes and paperwork that no longer eats the weekend. Owners don’t have to figure it out alone. The LIA should announce a second cohort, and we hope it’s much bigger. The Long Island SBDC at Stony Brook offers free one-on-one advising, and the state SBDC network now runs a dedicated A.I. program. In Nassau, Hofstra University’s Entrepreneurship Assistance Center has teamed up with the Valley Stream Chamber of Commerce on a series of practical A.I. workshops for local business owners, a model every chamber on Long Island should copy. Hofstra’s ideaHUb incubator also connects young companies with mentors and student interns. Farmingdale State College has launched a bachelor’s degree in artificial intelligence that blends business and computer science, and Long Island University is building its own A.I. offerings. Nassau and Suffolk community colleges and our public libraries offer affordable continuingeducation and tech classes. Business

owners should use them. A.I.’s promise doesn’t mean we should be naïve about its dangers. The same tools that help a bakery balance its books can write a convincing scam email or clone a child’s voice to con a grandparent. Bad actors are already using A.I. for fraud, impersonation and deepfakes. Any A.I. training should also teach owners how to protect themselves from these scams. The bigger problems are not for the deli owner to solve. That job belongs to Albany and Washington. Lawmakers need to set clear rules: real penalties for A.I.enabled fraud and impersonation, disclosure when content is A.I.-generated, transparency from the companies building these systems. A.I. will likely eliminate jobs — especially the entry-level clerical, customer-service and bookkeeping work that has started countless Long Island careers — so government budgets must account for retraining workers whose jobs change or disappear. Embracing the technology and demanding guardrails are not contradictory. They are two halves of the same responsible approach. A.I. is coming to Long Island’s economy whether Main Street is ready or not. The LIA, Hofstra and other local institutions have shown what readiness looks like. But they can’t train 100,000 Long Island small businesses on their own. That will take every town hall, chamber, library and college on the Island pulling in the same direction, and it needs to start now.

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he Press Club of Long Island was among the press organizations that, along with newspapers and other media, voiced their opposition to the move by President Trump last month to ban journalists from three major media outlets from the White House. However, a U.S. District Court judge responding to a lawsuit brought by the three outlets — CNN, MS Now and Politico — issued a restraining order directing the White House to lift the prohibition. Judge Timothy Kelly, appointed by Trump in 2017, ruled that the media outlets had shown a “high likelihood of success” with their claim that their due-process rights had been violated. The PCLI issued a statement condemning Trump’s action, saying, “Press freedom is at the heart of our democracy and a constitutional right.” The statement continued: “The vital role of journalists cannot be overstated, Journalists inform the public and hold power to account. Restricting journalists from the White House undermines the pub-

lic’s right to factual and independent reporting and only serves to weaken the transparency upon which our democracy is dependent.” “We proudly stand with our fellow journalists and call for a reversal of this decision immediately,” the PCLI said. As the founding president of the press club in 1974, spurred in encouraging its formation by the jailing of a journalist for not divulging a confidential source, I am proud of its action. It is now one of the largest chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists, which describes itself as “the nation’s most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism.” Trump said he was barring those media outlets’ access to the White House because, as he wrote on Truth Social, “Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America.” The Manhattan-based New York Press Club issued a statement saying, “Trump’s latest attack on the First Amendment in banning Politico, MS

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LeTTers Town should come clean on tax increases To the Editor: When is the Town of Hempstead going to stop using deceptive accounting practices to hide the fact that it’s raising our taxes? By removing Sanitation Department budgets from the town’s main budget and creating separate special district budgets, the town can raise taxes through those districts while claiming that it isn’t raising town taxes. The money and the tax burden doesn’t disappear; it’s simply moved out of the main budget, to where taxpayers are less likely to see it. What’s to stop those sanitation districts from raising taxes after Election Day? Another deceptive practice the town has used for decades is burying revenue labeled “miscellaneous” in its General Fund, which has now accumulated $50.2 million. The town should disclose how much of that revenue comes from the utility bills of Liberty Water, PSEG and National Grid customers. Liberty is seeking a 37 percent rate increase next year, in part because of the everincreasing taxes it pays to the town and county — taxes ultimately paid by Liberty customers on utility property that

Now and CNN from covering the White House is yet another slap in the face to freedom of the press in the United States.” It went on: “All media outlets, the Congress, Republicans, Democrats and independents, and the public should come together to denounce this breach of American democracy. The president continues to diminish the people’s right to be informed about the news of the day from the White House and limits the public’s right to know by restricting access and admitting only those in agreement with him.” The Washington, D.C.based Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, which describes itself as “the leading pro bono legal services organization for journalists and newsrooms in the U.S.,” filed a friend-of-thecourt brief accompanying the outlets’ lawsuit. Bruce D. Brown, its president, said, “Amid so many attacks from the Trump administration on journalists, this one has really struck a chord because the public can easily get its head around what has happened here. The president has kicked news organizations out of the White House because he does not like the news they report. That is a brazen violation of the First

should be tax-exempt. LI Clean Air Water & Soil has asked the town to put all tax revenue from Liberty Water into a separate fund to help finance the South Nassau Water Authority’s acquisition of the system. Had the Town done this decades ago, we could have had public water by now, like 95 percent of New Yorkers. Then there’s the sale of real property as a one-time gimmick to balance the budget, along with taking $30 million from reserves. Neither should be used to fund recurring expenses, practices that run contrary to sound government financial management. Joe Scianablo, the Democratic candidate for town supervisor, is right to shine a light on the town’s “miscellaneous” revenue. It may be time for State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to investigate the town’s finances and expose the deceptive practices being used to conceal tax increases. Perhaps Hempstead needs its own version of the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority to bring transparency and accountability to its finances. CLAUDIA BORECKY Co-director, LI Clean Air Water & Soil Ltd. and president, Bellmore Merrick Democratic Club Merrick

Amendment that the courts should quickly reverse in order to protect the public interest.” Status, an online media review, said the “press ban comes amid a broader pattern of threats and attempts by Trump to muzzle the media during his second term.” It declared, “Suffice to say, such behavior is far more aligned with authoritarian leaders than the person who is supposed to be the leader of the free world. Trump, however, does not seem to mind. Asked by reporters what message his ban sends to countries like China that are ‘repressive’ against journalists, Trump disturbingly responded: ‘I think we’re repressive also.’” The founders of the United States, the framers of the U.S. Constitution, created a system of checks and balances among the three branches of the federal government — the administrative, legislative and judicial branches — and a free press to serve as a watchdog of them all. Said Thomas Jefferson: “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” That system should be treasured and live on. Karl Grossman has been an investigative reporter in a variety of media for more than 50 years. He is a professor of journalism at the State University of New York at Old Westbury.

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