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‘Multiplying the good’ for 100 years Curran said she was a fan of the bank’s motto, “Multiplying the good,” and its commitment Ridgewood Savings Bank cele- to serving the community. Stekol brated its 100th anniversary on said that the bank lived up to June 15 at the bank’s Franklin that commitment during the Square branch, where Nassau coronavirus pandemic. Amid the County Executive Laura Curran crisis, the Franklin Square presented the bank’s president, branch assisted 39 nonprofits, Leonard Stekol, dispersed over $400 with a plaque commillion in personal memorating the protective equipcentennial. ment loans and “I’m happy to helped save 500 join with you on jobs, Stekol said. this milestone,” “Our mission is to Curran said. “A g ive b a c k , ” h e seed was planted added, noting that 100 years ago to the bank typically serve middle-class donates over $1 people, to serve million per year to small businesses, nonprofits. to serve regular “It’s been 100 folks. The fact that years of serving you are continuing our community to thrive and serve lEoNARD stEkol with pride and our communities Chairman, President being part of somea n d a r e r e a l l y and CEO, Ridgewood thing greater than ingrained within yourself,” Stekol Savings Bank the community is said. Although the just wonderful.” bank had “humble The Franklin be ginnings,” he Square branch, founded in 1969, said, “our mission of serving is one of 35 branches in the met- customers and communities has ropolitan area. The larger Ridge- always stayed the same.” wood Savings Bank opened 100 Now Ridgewood, the biggest years ago this month in Ridge- mutual savings bank in the state, wood, Queens. Continued on page 15
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thERE wERE DEmoNstRAtIoNs in Elmont last summer to protest the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Continuing to strive for change One year later, Elmont teen reflects on efficacy of the Black Lives Matter movement By RoBERt tRAVERso rtraverso@liherald.com
A year has passed since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the beginning of the social justice demonstrations that sprang up across the country to protest his death. It followed the killing of Ahmaud Arbery and the police-involved killing of Breonna Taylor earlier last year. The frustration that arose in response to their deaths sparked the revitalized Black Lives Matter protest movement of the summer of
2020. Now many involved in the movement fear that much has gone unchanged, and the opportunity for change has passed. Trust in the Black Lives Matter movement fell between last June and this March, while trust in local police and law enforcement rose, according to one national poll. A wide range of progressive legislation passed last year when the moment was ripe for change, but reform efforts have stalled since then.
“I don’t feel as if the changes that we were fighting for last year have been made in the ways that would be as ef fective as possible for BIPOC to actually thrive within this country,” said Kris Dorval, a lifelong resident of Elmont, using a popular acronym meaning Black, Indigenous and other people of color. Dorval, 19, filmed nearly 2,000 clips of protests led by Long Island Peaceful Protest last summer. The organization was founded by brothers Continued on page 4
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Making its first-ever appearance in a Nassau County boys’ lacrosse championship game, Carey quickly erased a three-goal halftime deficit to tie Garden City with five minutes left in the third quarter of the Class B final June 16 at Mitchel Athletic Complex. However, the T rojans re g ained momentum for good with two goals in less than 10 seconds and went on to defeat the Seahawks, 11-8, for their fourth county title in five seasons. Seniors Bobby Seel and Ryan Connolly had three goals apiece for top-seeded Garden City, which beat Carey 7-3 during the regular season. Senior Jimmy O’Connell (3 goals, 1 assist) and junior Dean Metzger (1, 3) paced the Seahawks with four points apiece. Seniors Chris Todaro, Nick Cowen and Branden Tello led the defensive effort. “Our kids played extremely hard,” Carey coach Tom Aiello said. “After we got it to 5-5, we gave up some goals and were unable to get the ball back. The next thing you know, we’re back in a hole at 9-5.” Not once or twice, but three times the Trojans managed to beat the end-of-quarter horn with a goal. They scored with 1.4 seconds left in the opening quarter, 1.1 seconds remaining in the half, and with 2.1 seconds to go in the third quarter. “I’ve never seen that before in my life,” Aiello said. “We got punched in the stom-
ach three times. Something like that is tough to overcome. It was frustrating.” Garden City led 10-5 less than a minute into the fourth quarter before the Seahawks made one last push. Senior Michael Faraone scored twice with identical-looking blistering shots just under the crossbar to get them within 10-7 with 8:40 remaining. But, Carey wouldn’t score again until the closing seconds. “The margin for error against a team like Garden City is so small,” Aiello said. Third-seeded Carey, which never led, advanced to the title game with playoff victories over No. 6 Long Beach (15-7 on June 9) and No. 2 MacArthur (12-7 on June 11.) O’Connell, Metzger and Faraone had three goals each against Long Beach. Seniors Anthony DeNicola and Gavin Bailey added two apiece in a game the Seahawks built a comfortable 9-2 halftime cushion. Metzger and junior Kyle Lewis both had six points against MacArthur, which beat Carey 14-9 just 10 days earlier. “When we played MacArthur in the regular season, we didn’t win many faceoff or groundballs,” Aiello said. “We knew we could flip the result if we did those two things better and we definitely had the ball more.” The Seahawks (9-6 overall) had eight award-winners including five All-County selections: O’Connell, Metzger, Todaro, Cowen and Faraone. DeNicola and Lewis were Honorable Mention All-County, and Tello was named All-Conference.
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Junior Kyle lewis helped Carey reach the county finals for the first time with a sixpoint game in a semifinal win over MacArthur.
Neighbors iN the News Thank you cards for Elmont’s officers Nassau County Fifth Precinct officers Angelica Caggiano, below, second from left, Victoria Ojeda, third from right, and Edward Eilenberger, far right received thank you cards on June 1. The heartfelt artwork was created by students from Covert Avenue School and Gotham Avenue School to express their gratitude for the hard work and dedication of local law
enforcement. Hempstead Town Councilman Tom Muscarella, second from right, Town Clerk Kate Murray, far left and Receiver of Taxes Jeanine Driscoll delivered the cards. Courtesy Town of Hempstead; compiled by Nakeem Grant
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Belmont Stakes Parade in Elmont Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin, top row, second from left, Town Councilman Tom Muscarella, to his immediate right, and Town Clerk Kate Murray, top row, second from right, greeted Frank Hrbek and Gene Van Harren, Grand Marshalls of the Paul Sapienza Elmont/Belmont Stakes Parade on May 29 at Floral Park Memorial High
School. Also attending were Rosanne and Andrew Sapienza, and Dawn Costorf; Parade Organizer Ralph Esposito, who is also a member of Elmont American Legion Post 1033. Courtesy Town of Hempstead; compiled by Nakeem Grant
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one year after the killing of George Floyd, the fence that runs along the football field at Elmont Memorial High School features a now-familiar message.
‘More work always needs to be done’ contInueD from front marched next to them, pushing back Tiandre and Terrel Tuosto last June. The those who veered off course. first organized protest took place that When an officer stopped short that month, when 500 people marched onto the afternoon, Terrel Tuosto bumped into Southern State Parkway in North Merhim, and two officers pinned rick and shut it down for Tuosto to the pavement and about two hours. handcuffed him. Tiandre That night, Terrel previhad been taken into custody ously told the Herald, police the same way a few minutes worked with the protesters earlier, and a third man was to make sure everyone was arrested in much the same safe, but when they took to way shortly afterward. the streets of East Meadow Dorval said he felt comeight days later, “everything pelled to document the prowas different.” tests in his hometown of At the protest in Merrick, KrIs Dorval Elmont. “The protests were Tuosto explained, both sides Elmont important to me, due to of Merrick Avenue were what we were protesting for: cordoned off for the march justice for a man who was to the parkway, but in East Meadow, dem- murdered by a cop who simply couldn’t onstrators were allowed to march on only do his job right,” Dorval said. “They conone side of Hempstead Turnpike. And, he tinue to be important for me because it said, it was the first time police officers forces people, whether they like it or not, drove alongside them and rows of officers to be attentive to issues that plague our
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elmont resIDent KrIs Dorval covered last year’s protests in Elmont in his documentary, “The MVMT.” Although Long Island Peaceful Protest does not plan to hold more protests in Elmont, Dorval said he would be willing to document more demonstrations in his hometown in the future. “If I’m not busy on the day of a protest, I’m more than willing to go out there and shoot,” he said. “I feel like it’s still necessary to capture the injustices of the Island and the reactions of those injustices from people that live within the Island. I wouldn’t dare [step] into a protest without a camera in hand.”
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The Herald Community Newspapers group held its first live Zoom awards show to honor Long Island teachers for their outstanding work inside and outside the classroom. The Herald Head of the Class Long Island Teacher Awards ceremony was hosted by the Herald and RichnerLIVE, presented by Bank of America and sponsored by Geico. Jordan Sabinsky, who teaches kindergarten at Searingtown Elementary School in the Herricks School District, won the Bank of America Rising Star Award. Nancy Aquino, who teaches second grade in the Baldwin School District’s Steele School, took home the honor for top elementary school teacher. Grace Dong-Janeo, who teaches at Hempstead Middle School, was the top middle school teacher. And Rebecca Rodriguez, a foreign language teacher in the East Rockaway School District, was the top high school teacher. Eric Feil, the Heralds’ director of business development, hosted the event, announcing the winners and interviewi n g t h e m a b o u t t h e i r a c h i e ve ments. “What a night this is going to be as we celebrate the top teachers across Long Island,” Feil told the online audience as the ceremony began. “We’ve all had a teacher in our lives who has made a lasting impact, who was truly special — whether they saw something in us that they brought out, inspired us, or gave us the confidence to go and learn something and apply something new to the world … Now, tonight, we are here to honor them.” Stuart Richner, president and CEO of Richner Communications, thanked viewers for joining in for the night and shared his view of the most influential teachers in students’ lives. “Even before Covid-19 and even before teachers were declared essential workers last August, we all knew just how essential they were … It has always gone without saying that our schools are the true heart and soul of Long Island,” Richner said. “Top educators motivate students in countless ways and create atmospheres of understanding, compassion and curiosity. The most influential teachers go above and beyond, and their impact is felt both inside and outside the classroom. The impact of a great teacher can last a lifetime.” Richner shared how he still fondly recalls the lessons that his sixth-grade teacher, Mr. Stuart Brock, taught about being confident and taking the lead, and always sticking up for those without a voice. When Richner first started holding discussions about the idea of honoring Long Island’s top teachers, he said he knew it would be vital to receive community input. The awards nomination process was open to the public and generated more than 300 nominees, from students, parents and teachers to local business owners. “Throughout the pandemic, we have seen our educators meet countless new
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JordAN SABiNSky, who teaches at Searingtown Elementary School in Herricks, won the Bank of America Rising Star Award.
challenges, and they are more deserving than ever of recognition for their passion, determination and dedication,” Richner said. “Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate a teacher and for sharing the moving stories about why you felt they should be honored.” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, of Baldwin, who served on the Baldwin Board of Education before she ran for the County Legislature, spoke directly to Long Island’s teachers at the awards ceremony. “I’ve got kids in school myself, and I know how hard you all have worked this past year and a half pivoting, learning new technology on the fly, making sure that kids got the knowledge, resources, information and preparation needed to succeed,” Curran said. “I am truly grateful for all of your work and a huge congratulations to all the winners and finalists tonight.”
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the Elmont Public Library to learn techniques for making well thought-out decisions on what to keep in your spaces and what to let go. Make the decision making process easy and less overwhelming when reducing clutter in your home. Virtual registration is open to everyone. A link will be emailed before program begins.
ADULT: Tai Chi/Chi Gong with Joseph Panico Join the Elmont Public Library for an ancient Chinese system of exercises or movements performed in meditation, which promote relaxation and inner peace aim to address the body and mind as an interconnected system and are tradtionally believed to have mental and physical health benefits to improve posture, balance, flexibility and strength. The class consists of easy breathing and movement exercises. Regular yoga practice can reduce stress, increase flexibility and enhance an overall feeling of wellness. Registration ends one hour before class begins. Check your junk or spam folder if you think you did not receive your link. Contact Adult Reference at (516) 354-5280 ext. 223.
Thursday, July 1 Start of the Summer Reading Program On Thursday, July 1, join the Franklin Sqaure library when it begins its summer reading program.
Sunday, July 4 Adult Pet Tails
Famous Holywood Roles and How They Were Casted, Part 1 Join the Elmont Public Library and Barry Rivadue Ton hursday, June 24 at 12:30pm both virtually and in person to learn fascinating stories about how classic Hollywood worked behind the scenes. Registration is for Elmont Library cardholders. Non-cardholder registration begins one week before if space is available. Masks and social distancing guidelines will be mandatory. Virtual registration is open to everyone. A link will be emailed before program begins. Contact Adult Reference at (516) 3545280 ext. 223 or reference@ elmontlibrary.org. This event will be held in meeting room 2.
Online Program-Record Craft Join the Franklin Square public library on Thursday, June 24 at 7:00 p.m. for an arts and crafts event. The library will supply the records, you supply the acrylic paint to turn them into beautiful flowers. A valid email address is required to sign up. Your invitation will be sent via email a few days before the program. You will be notified when supplies are ready to be picked up.
Summer reading program in F.S. The Franklin Square Library;s book swap will take place outdoors in the library’s parking lot on June 28.
Library Board Meeting On Thursday, June 24, the public is invited to attend the Elmont Public Library Board of Trustees’ regular meeting at 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont. The public portion of the meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. The agenda calls for the Board to meet in Executive Session at 7 p.m. Go to www.elmontlibrary.org for link.
Monday, June 28 Book Swap with Janet Join the Franklin Square Library for the kickoff to its Summer Reading program. This program will take place outside in the parking lot of the library.
ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION: Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon with Librarian Phil Join the Elmont Public Library on Monday,
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Join the Franklin Square Public Library’s by submitting a story or memory of your favorite pet, along with a photo. We will put them all in binder for everyone to enjoy and vote for their favorite story. The lucky winner will get a Pet gift card. Stories and photos are due by Aug. 20.
June 28 at 2 p.m. for this virtual-only program.
Tuesday, June 29 Baking Coach: 4th of July Firecracker Cupcakes Learn how to make, color and decorate these festive 4th of July cupcakes by watching this YouTube tutorial through the Elmont Public Library. These are sure to set off all kinds of fireworks. Register with your email to receive the recipe for this program which will be posted on our Adult Services page at www.elmontlibrary. org on June 22. Registration to receive the recipe ends the day before program. The Fantastic Animation Festival with Keith Crocker On Tuesday, June 29 at 12:30 p.m., join the Elmont Public Library for a program that you can bring the whole family to. Just in time for Summer Reads Tails and
Tales, Watch as I recount the history of animation and cartoons from the earliest days of the cinema to it’s glory days on National TV syndication which in turn resulted in made for TV cartoons. The highlight of this program is watching vintage cartoons featuring our fuzzy friends. Come and see your favorites, from Porky Pig and Bug Bunny, this is a program that will not disappoint the young and old alike. It’s a tale of a tail. Registration is for Elmont Library cardholders. Non-cardholder registration begins one week before if space is available. Masks and social distancing guidelines will be mandatory. Virtual registration is open to everyone. A link will be emailed before program begins.
What Stays and What Goes? An Organizer’s Guide to Making Decisions with Organize Me! NY LLC On Wednesday, June 30 at 7 p.m., join
HAvING AN eveNT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to rtraverso@liherald.com
Ridgewood Savings Bank in Franklin Square celebrated its 100th anniversary on June 15. Franklin Square is a hamlet, or a settlment without its own local government. This week marks the anniversary of the protests that followed the killing of George Floyd. An Elmont teacher earned in February a distinction awarded to just six other L.I. teachers. Send your letter to the editor to Nakeem Grant, at ngrant@liherald.com.
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the RoBotics team at Gotham Avenue School worked together for this year’s FIRST Lego League competition to create socially distanced sensory walks in the hallways of the school.
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students placed the robotics team’s Cricut-printed designs along a hallway floor, above. the hallways at Gotham Avenue School are now exercisefriendly and socially distanced thanks to the school’s robotics team.
The robotics team at Gotham Avenue School in Elmont participated in FIRST Lego League’s 2021 competition despite coronavirus restrictions, engaging in the competition inside the school building at Gotham Avenue rather than at the organization’s event. FIRST Lego League’s events aim to teach science, technology, engineering and math to children between ages four and 16 through hands-on activities. This year’s FIRST Lego League competition challenged the robotics team at Gotham Avenue School to create a design that increased physical activity at the school, amid a pandemic that has reduced the level of exercise both many students and teachers engage in on a day-today basis. Kathryn Car twright, the robotics team’s coach, oversaw countless team meetings that, through research and discussion, led to a discovery: that one out of every three children is not taking part in an adequate level of exercise due to the pandemic. To counter this problem,
the robotics team decided to innovate the hallways at the Gotham Avenue School, creating socially distanced sensory walks that encourage physical activity. Members of the school’s robotics team designed vivid shapes and colors using iPads provided by the school district. The student’s designs, printed on the school’s Cricut machine, were then placed by team members attending school in person throughout the hallways at the school. Robert Cavaliere, assistant principal at Gotham Avenue School, commended the robotics team’s ingenuity and concern for an issue that he said has a f f e c t e d t h e s t u d e n t b o dy throughout this school year. “During this unprecedented year, the robotics team still came together to come up with a solution to a problem that has been directly affecting the students at their school,” Cavaliere said. “Now if you walk around Gotham Avenue, you will see students from kindergarten to sixth grade jumping and getting in exercise whenever they are in the hallway.”
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LEGAL NOTICE CASE NO. 2152 RESOLUTION NO.622-2021 Adopted: June 15, 2021 Councilman Blakeman offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AND SETTING ASIDE CERTAIN PARKING SPACES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE SOLE USE OF HOLDERS OF SPECIAL PARKING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE COUNTY OF NASSAU TO PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS. WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 608-2021, adopted May 25, 2021, a public hearing was duly held on the 15th day of June, 2021, at the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the proposed establishment and setting aside of a certain parking space for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons, in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, all as set forth in said resolution; and WHEREAS, after due consideration, this Town Board finds it to be in the public interest to establish and set aside a certain parking space for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, the following parking spaces be and the same hereby is set aside for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons: EAST ATLANTIC BEACH MALONE AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 150 feet south of the south curbline of Bay Street, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-123/21) ELMONT RANDALL AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 115 feet north of the north curbline of Rosser Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-116/21) HEWLETT FULTON STREET - south side, starting at a point 19 feet opposite the northeast curbline of Nassau Street, west for 20 feet. (TH-132/21) INWOOD BAYVIEW COURT - north side, starting at a point 242 feet north of the north curbline of Bayview Avenue, following the curvature of the road, east for 13 feet. (TH-114/21)
OCEANSIDE OCEANSIDE ROAD - west side, starting at a point 68 feet north of the north curbline of Davison Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-141/21) ROOSEVELT LEE STREET - north side, starting at a point 190 feet west of the west curbline of Nassau Road, west for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-137/21) UNIONDALE LAWRENCE STREET - east side, starting at a point 784 feet south of the south curbline of Westbury Boulevard, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-124/21) VALLEY STREAM SHERBOURNE ROAD east side, starting at a point 151 feet south of the south curbline of Cley Road, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-115/21) ; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall enter this resolution in the minutes of the Town Board and shall publish a copy of this resolution once a newspaper having a general circulation in the Town of Hempstead, and shall post a copy hereof on the signboard maintained by her, and file in her office affidavits of such publication and posting. The foregoing resolution was seconded by Senior Councilwoman Goosby and adopted upon roll call as follows: AYES: SEVEN (7) NOES: NONE (0) 126446
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 37-2021 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held June 15, 2021, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 37-2021, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 37-2021, amending Section 202-1 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at various locations. Dated: June 15, 2021 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 126447
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the fiscal affairs of the Franklin Square & Munson Fire District of the Town of Hempstead for the period beginning on January 1, 2020 and ending on December 31, 2020 have been examined by an independent accountant and that the external audit by the independent accountant has been filed in my office where it is available as a public record for inspection by all interested persons pursuant to section 35 of the General Municipal Law. The Board of Fire Commissioners of the Franklin Square & Munson Fire District of the Town of Hempstead may, in its discretion, prepare a written response to the report of external audit or management letter by independent Public Accountant and file any such response in my office as a public record for inspection by all interested persons not later than ninety (90) days from the date of said report of external audit. BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS FRANKLIN SQUARE & MUNSON FIRE DISTRICT Attest: Kerry Santina Fire District Secretary June 14, 2021 126435
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LEGAL NOTICE CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, NASSAU COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO:Natalie Reich, Brenda Goldstein Shaw, Howard Langer, Jasper Surety, Adrienne Levin, Grassi & Co., New York State Attorney General, and any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and next-ofkin of the said Norma Ducker, deceased, and if any of the said distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose names and/or places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, A petition having been duly filed by Nassau County Public Administrator, who is domiciled at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501.
YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on September 8, 2021, at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why the account of Nassau County Public Administrator, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the estate of Norma Y. Ducker, should not be judicially settled. [X] Further relief sought (if any): 1.Releasing and discharging the Petitioner from all liability, responsibility and accountability as to all matters set forth in the account of proceedings; 2.Allowing the commissions of the Petitioner in the amount of $ 7,046.94 pursuant to SCPA 2307(1) and the reasonable and necessary expenses of the office in the amount of $ 1,511.73 pursuant to SCPA 1207(4); 3.Fixing and determining the attorney’s fees and disbursements of Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC attorney for petitioner in the amount of $ 19,518.00, of which $ 4,518.00 has been paid and $ 15,000.00 is unpaid; 4.Fixing and determining the accounting fees of Grassi & Co, CPA’s, PC in the amount of $ 4,975.00, of which $ 1,975.00 has been paid and $ 3,000.00 is unpaid; 5.Releasing and discharging the surety; 6.And why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the New York State Comptroller on account for the unknown next of kin of Norma Y. Ducker, Decedent, should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship; and 7.Granting such other and further relief as to the Court is just and proper. Dated, Attested, and Sealed, HON. Margaret C. Reilly, Surrogate June 15, 2021 Seal Debra Keller Leimbach, Chief Clerk Richard T. Kerins, Esq. Attorney Name Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC Firm (516) 538-1111 Telephone 254 Nassau Boulevard South, Garden City South, New York 11530 Address Email (optional) NOTICE: THIS CITATION IS SERVED UPON YOU IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COURT’S ORDER DIRECTING ALTERNATIVE
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Library Garden Swap The Franklin Square Library held a gardening swap in the parking lot on June 1. Residents could bring some of their own plants and leave with new ones. A variety of flowers, vines, herbs and vegetables were displayed on the table. There were also books, clay pots, cuttings, seeds, craft ideas and even a fire pit available for the taking. Above, Karin Briller, left, and Luanne Poppe with the plants after more than 50 people stopped by the event. At right, lavendar available on the craft table. The library plans to hold the event again next year.
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LEGAL NOTICE SECTION 001113 NOTICE TO BIDDERS H2M WHWD2101 001113 - 1 Notice is hereby given that SEALED PROPOSALS for: WHWD2101 District Wide Security System H2M Project No.: WHWD2101 will be received by the Board of Commissioners of the West Hempstead Water District (Owner) at the office of the Water District, 575 Birch Street, West Hempstead, New York 11552, until 4:00 p.m., Prevailing Time on Wednesday, July 14, and
will be publicly opened and read aloud during the virtual bid opening meeting at 5:00 p.m. Due to the current COVID19 precautions, the bid opening will not be open to the public for in person attendance, and instead will be recorded and live streamed during the meeting of the Board of Commissioners. For bidders who wish to have access to the meeting either through conference call or web link, please contact the West Hempstead Water District at (516) 483-1180 to request the conference call number, access code, or access to the web link. Requests to attend will be accepted up to one hour before the bid opening. Complete sets of Hard Copy Bidding Documents may be obtained from REV, 330 Route 17A, Suite #2, Goshen, New York 10924, Tel: 1-877-272-0216, upon depositing the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each combined set of documents. Checks or money orders shall be made payable to H2M architects + engineers. Plan deposit is refundable in accordance with the terms in the Information for Bidders to all submitting bids. Any
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addenda. Each proposal submitted must be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond, made payable to the West Hempstead Water District, in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid, as a commitment by the bidder that, if its bid is accepted, it will enter into a contract to perform the work and will execute such further security as may be required for the faithful performance of the contract. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids, waive any informalities and to accept such bid which, in the opinion of the Owner, is in the best interests of the Owner. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WEST HEMPSTEAD WATER DISTRICT C. John Sparacio, Chairman Kenneth P. Wenthen, Jr., Secretary Joseph M. Marando, Treasurer DATED: June 24, 2021 126434
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he general public has little or no idea how government works. Citizens may go to a town, city council or village board meeting, but they’re usually there for a brief visit about some neighborhood issue, and after that there’s no longer any contact with the world of elected officials. Most of my service has been in state government, having spent 23 years in the State Assembly. When I contrast the State Legislature of my years to the current one, I must confess I have JERRY mixed emotions. When I arrived KREMER in Albany in 1966, and through all the years that I was in office, the makeup of the Legislature was what I think the founding fathers would have approved. There were insurance agents, teachers, bankers, undertakers, merchants and former athletes, and there was even a legislator who drove trotting horses at night. They all had some things in common, which were either prior public service or they knew
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what it was like to make a payroll. Almost all of my colleagues understood that being an elected official required time and patience. Many of them who were committee chairs had a deep knowledge of their assigned subject, and their expertise was obvious during floor debates. I often found myself in awe at how a particular member had mastered a very complex area and could speak with such intimate knowledge about a pending proposal. Luckily, I had the chance to either listen to or be a part of floor debates that were challenging and sometimes combative. Because I eventually rose to be the chair of the Ways and Means Committee, I had the opportunity to learn the inside workings of state government, which was an experience that I cherish to this day. But sadly, today’s Legislature is no longer a carbon copy of the one I experienced. On the positive side, there are still many hard-working members who have a positive influence on the legislative process. They know what they’re talking about, and their many successes in creat-
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ing new laws is proof of their effectiveness. The Long Island legislative delegation, headed by Sen. Todd Kaminsky, is a very effective group, and they display sanity and knowledge when they speak out on some important issue. That’s the good news about today’s Albany. But there’s also a very unsettling side to the changes that are taking place. Every person has the right to run for office, and if they can get a majority of the voters to support them, they will have the exciting opportunity to serve. From time to time, some new members become a positive force in the Legislature and succeed by doing their homework. But there are a growing number of new members who have no life experience, and are now in the public arena without a clue about what is expected of them. Some call themselves “progressive,” but their positions on vital subjects are far from progressive. New laws cost money, and there should be an understanding that the average taxpayer can afford just so much. The newcomers focus on finding ways to tax the people that they consider
growing number in the Legislature don’t have a clue about what is expected of them.
“rich.” They advocate punishing tax measures that are a message to New Yorkers that if you can relocate, now is the time. The number of residents and businesses that leave the state is rising at a staggering rate. States like Florida are welcoming these disenchanted people with open arms. I have had over a dozen conversations in the past six months with people who aren’t Jeff Bezos types but who are giving up on New York because they see what has happened and fully expect times to get even worse. It’s bad enough that so many people’s lives have been decimated by a year of Covid, and now they face punishing program after program that threaten their ability to survive economically. There is no magic formula to change the direction of state politics. Maybe an aroused public will take action on Election Day, but that’s probably wishful thinking. What some people call good change I call a calamity. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.
Covid-19 took so much, even our words
nce upon a time, a superspreader was a nifty tool for installing grout during a tiling job. Then we blinked, a virus leaped from a bat to a person and the world wobbled on its axis. Within weeks we crashed from a functioning society, with reasonable expectations for living full lives, to a dysfunctional country coping poorly with a global pandemic. In our new reality, superspreader has been repurposed to mean a social gathering where RANDI people sick with KREISS the coronavirus infect large numbers of other people. In the old times, you could buy a super-spreader for $31.88. And chances are it wouldn’t kill you. Covid-19 has transformed not just the way we live and go to work and school, how we shop and how we access medical care, how we travel and how we raise our children. The virus has hijacked our language. A mask is now universally recognized as a face covering to protect people from the coronavirus. The lowly cloth worn to
cover nose and mouth can also be a charged political statement. Not wearing a mask in a place where masks are mandatory is an act of defiance. Only two years ago, face coverings were pretty much associated with surgeons, Halloween or certain religious observances. Now we conduct our lives by where and how we wear our masks. We need a dictionary of the pandemic. What about the word refresh? You may think of a splash of cold water or running a comb through your hair, but I think of spending many hours for many days in a row trying to get appointments online for our vaccines. I would go to the designated site and then begin refreshing, over and over, hoping to land a shot. Eventually I did, after an unreasonable amount of repetitive key clicking. Before the pandemic, when I heard the world bleach, I thought of how much clothing I’ve ruined by splashing Clorox in the wrong places. But then, at the peak of the Covid surge around the country, there was the former president suggesting that people might inject bleach into their bodies to fight the virus. It was a singular moment in presi-
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dential briefings; the lunacy of the suggestion prompted Dr. Deborah Birx, on the stage to one side of the president, to twist her face in a silent agony of disbelief. It erased for all time the notion that bleach is just bleach. Will anyone ever hear the words refrigerator truck again and not flash back to the grim parade of trucks repurposed as morgues and lined up outside New York hospitals? Perhaps the new word associations are a kind of PTSD. I was driving on a highway recently, and when a refrigerator truck pulled alongside, I instantly recalled the dark days of New York City in the grip of the virus. For all my life, Q has been the regal 17th letter of the alphabet. Now, Q, short for QAnon, is inextricably tied to the political fringe group that metastasized among millions of Americans, spreading false information about the pandemic and misinformation about the scientists on the front lines of fighting the disease. Not to mention that Q followers have challenged the results of the 2020 presidential election and supported the Jan. 6 insurrection at our Capitol. I cannot hear Q without feeling anxious for
ill you ever think of ‘mask,’ ‘refresh’ or ‘flatten the curve’ the same way?
our democracy and our ability to have free and safe elections. How many of us were familiar with the term flatten the curve? And yet we heard that every day for months as scientists urged us to isolate and mask up to stop the awful surges of the pandemic. Those three words are changed forever in my mind. Even the word virus is heard differently. We have known viruses in our time, but this one quickly assumed Infectious Disease Hall of Fame status. We have protection from measles and polio and mumps. But for a long time, we were completely vulnerable to the Covid super bug. Once upon a time, a pod was thought of as a covering of a pea or a storage unit. Suddenly a pod became a small, safe group of family members or friends who socially distance together to limit exposure to Covid. The word even became a verb: to pod with a friend in the interest of mutual good health. Language is a living thing, evolving over time. The pandemic experience has co-opted our shared lexicon. It has appropriated words and led us to coin new ones to describe a time of profound loss and grief. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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plans that were formulated with public input. Plans had to be submitted to the state by this April. The governor gave the people a role in determining how they would be policed. There was much talk on the right of how such measures would impede police work and endanger officers. Quite the opposite, the legislation has only increased police transparency, slowly but surely building public trust. Tens of thousands of good police officers who do their jobs without incident had no problem with the state’s reform package. Improving police relations in communities of color could take years, if not decades. The sense of unease and fear that too many Black people feel toward police had been brewing since the creation of the nation’s first police department in New York City in 1844. It will take time to heal. New York state is, however, headed on the right path. At the same time, Nassau County and
the Police Benevolent Association at last recently reached an agreement to require officers to wear body cameras. We wonder why it took so long, particularly given that the Village of Freeport had adopted them as early as 2015 — the first municipality in New York to do so — and why county officers will be paid $3,000 annually to wear them. Wearing a body camera, after all, requires no extra effort, no additional work, on an officer’s part. We are pleased to see, though, that officers will be wearing them as early as this fall. Undoubtedly, we, as a nation, have a long way to go before we finally achieve a racially just society. We have seen unarmed Black men killed by police in other parts of the country in recent months. Each death is a tragedy that we hope and pray will not be repeated. The year since the death of George Floyd was a start toward reform.
Juneteenth comes to Nassau County
ov. Andrew Cuomo last June signed an executive order proclaiming Juneteenth an official New York holiday, on which state employees now receive a paid day off. It was the right move. On June 17 this year, President Biden signed a measure designating Juneteenth a federal holiday. That, too, was the right move. On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia, ending the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history, in which an estimated 498,000 soldiers died in battle. With the surrender of the South, slavery ended with the stroke of a pen.
But not quite. News of the emancipation of slaves did not reach Texas, a slaveholding state, until June 19, 1865. That day, Union forces arrived on Galveston Island to free Texas’s slaves, who rejoiced in the streets. Since then, Juneteenth — a blend of June and 19th — has been celebrated in Texas. It officially became a state holiday there in 1980, but as of 2019, only Texas had recognized it as a paid holiday for state employees. There were, astoundingly, 14 Republican members of Congress who voted against the measure to create the national holiday, saying that they objected to the use of “Independence Day” in the legislation, or that the nation didn’t need another federal holiday. (There are now 11.)
letters Ranked-choice voting is my choice To the Editor: Re Jerry Kremer’s column “Ranked-choice voting? Not my choice” (June 10-16): Like Jerry Kremer, I consider myself somewhat old-fashioned in some respects, but unlike Mr. Kremer, rankedchoice voting is my choice indeed. It was hoped that the much-anticipated voting in New York City would proceed without problems or glitches, allowing the city’s primary voters to rank their choices for candidates and vote their consciences. Two RCV bills recently considered by the State Legislature would expand the system statewide and to general elections, not just primaries and special elections. Ranked-choice voting is gaining momentum and traction. RCV eliminates the “spoiler effect,” allowing voters to
There should have been no reason for dissent on this legislation. The United States did not truly become the “land of the free” until all of its people were free. Until that June day in 1865, they were not. The country should acknowledge that fact. A federal holiday forces us to confront our history. Last weekend, it was wonderful to see people across Nassau County gathering in parks to celebrate with song and food or in the streets to march, reminding us that we have many miles to walk before we achieve the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of a society in which “little Black boys and Black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.”
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he Florida state Board of Education recently banned the teaching of critical race theory because all topics taught in Florida schools must be “factual and objective,” and CRT asserts that “racism is embedded in American society and its legal systems in order to uphold the supremacy of white persons.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, an early contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, denounced CRT because, he said, it teaches children “the country is aLan rotten and that our institutions sinGer are illegitimate.” Teaching CRT is also banned in Tennessee and Idaho. In response to this assault on history, school districts across the United States are racing to report that they teach critical thinking, not critical race theory, although it is unclear whether the opponents of teaching U.S. history, with all its warts, inconsistencies and systemic racism, understand the distinction. In a joint statement, the American Historical Association, the American Association of University Professors, the American Federation of Teachers, the Anti-Defamation League, the National Council for the Social Studies and 75 other educational organizations denounced a string of legislative propos-
als across the country that “target academic lessons, presentations, and discussions of racism and related issues in American history in schools, colleges and universities.” They charged that the bills infringe on “the right of faculty to teach and of students to learn”; “substitute political mandates for the considered judgment of professional educators”; and are designed to prevent an “honest reckoning with all aspects” of America’s past. In some circles, vehement opposition to CRT has become the new code phrase for rallying white opposition to full rights and citizenship for AfricanAmericans. During the Civil War, white racists and anti-war Copperhead Democrats accused abolitionists and Republicans of promoting miscegenation, race-mixing leading to biracial children that would eventually replace the white race. In a 1981 interview, Lee Atwater, a Republican consultant and confidant of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, explained how coded language worked. Because you could no longer openly use racially offense terms, “you say stuff like forced busing, states’ rights and all that stuff,” but the people you are appealing to know exactly what you mean. When Reagan ran for president, he attacked “welfare queens” driving around in Cadillacs. A television ad for Bush associated his Democratic opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Michael
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e shouldn’t just think of the history of white supremacy in the past tense.
LeTTers chose the candidates they actually prefer without fear of giving an advantage to candidates who are considered totally unacceptable. The system tends to give better representation to women, ethnic minorities and other groups that are traditionally under-represented in our political system. There is less fear of splitting votes among similar candidates by gender, ethnic group or ideology. RCV elections also tend to be more civil, producing less caustic, negative campaigning. Candidates are motivated to avoid alienating voters who might give them a ranking that might actually elect them as the votes are transferred to them from losing candidates. Rankedchoice voting is more likely to result in a deeper discussion of the actual issues rather than personal attacks. Ranked-choice voting is not old-fashioned, though it was used in the 1930s and ’40s for City Council general elections in New York City, Yonkers and Long Beach. For many, these elections exemplify a gold standard for democratic participation in the electoral process — RCV was combined with proportional representation, giving many groups and
Dukakis, with Willie Horton, a Black man convicted of murder who committed other serious crimes after taking part in a release program. The controversy over CRT erupted in Commack when members of a group called the Loud Majority disrupted two public meetings, interrupting Board of Education members and speakers in the audience, including students who were trying to explain how they felt slighted in a curriculum that ignored who they were. Instead of silencing the disruptors or requiring them to leave, board members and district officials kept trying to explain the curriculum to people who were not interested in listening. Kimberlé Crenshaw, who teaches law at UCLA and Columbia University and was an early proponent of critical race theory, described it as “an approach to grappling with a history of white supremacy that rejects the belief that what’s in the past is in the past, and that the laws and systems that grow from that past are detached from it.” In the 1990s, social scientists and educational researchers began to employ CRT as a lens to understand the persistence of race and racism. It became controversial when then President Trump denounced CRT as part of his response to The New York Times’s 1619 Project. To rally his supporters during his re-election campaign, Trump declared, “Critical race theory is being forced into our
children’s schools, it’s being imposed into workplace trainings, and it’s being deployed to rip apart friends, neighbors and families.” As a former high school social studies teacher, I embrace the effort by the National Council for the Social Studies to promote critical thinking based on an evaluation of evidence. I find CRT to be an important lens for engaging students as critical thinkers, and I believe it helps teachers involve students in a broader discussion. The European Enlightenment is often known as the Age of Reason, because Enlightenment thinkers tried to apply scientific principles to understand human behavior and how societies work. Many of the earliest Enlightenment thinkers were from England, Scotland and France, but the idea of using reason and science spread to other European countries and their colonies. In the U.S., Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are considered Enlightenment thinkers. Some historians, including me, point out that the Age of Reason in Europe was also the peak of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, when millions of Africans were transported to the Americas as enslaved laborers for plantations. Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies.
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political parties a true voice in government, proportional to their actual voting strength in their communities. The RCV/PR systems of that earlier, progressive time did much to eliminate — for a while — the entrenched bossism of political machines. The reform was unfortunately eliminated by the Red Scare movement of McCarthyism. JIM BRoWN Secretary, Green Party of Nassau County
Are we really that racist, Randi? To the Editor: I totally disagree with Randi Kreiss’s column “Are we immune to Texas-style xenophobia?” in the June 10-16 issue. She repeats the rubbish that America is a terrible racist nation. That is not true, and she knows it! How could Barack obama have been elected two times, and how could our current vice president, Kamala Harris,
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be in office if Randi is correct? She is mouthing the lies of the Democratic Party and helping them capture total power in our country.
I urge her to wake up and reconsider her position! JAMES G. CoLLINS Floral Park
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