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‘It’s a bit daunting’ Residents, officials rally in support of Haiti after earthquake ed that about 500,000 Haitian children had limited or no access to shelter, safe water or food.

Community members and “It’s a bit daunting,” said local elected officials mourned S t a t e A s s e m b l y w o m a n the victims of the 7.2-magnitude Michaelle Solages, the first state earthquake that struck Haiti on legislator of Haitian descent, in Aug. 14 and called for the dona- a statement the day after the tion of funds and earthquake. “Every supplies to the time Haiti makes island nation as it one step forward, tries to recover it’s pushed two from the devastasteps back.” tion while facing a A secondary number of other tremor on Aug. 18 political, social and drove many out of economic challengshelters and into es. the torrential rain As of Monday, of Tropical Storm the death toll had Grace, which made risen to over 2,100, landfall on Aug. 17, an additional 12,000 just three days were injured and MIChAEllE after the temblor hundreds were still struck. Parts of the SolAGES missing. Prime country were inunM i n i s t e r A r i e l State assemblywoman dated with as much Henry described as 15 inches of the state of the rain, according to country in dire the U.S. National terms: Haiti, he said, was “on its Hurricane Center. The delivery knees,” and the Haitian people of aid was delayed by the storm’s were “physically and mentally rain and heavy winds. devastated.”

Solages and her brother, NasAn estimated 600,000 Haitians sau County Legislator Carrié were in need of emergency assis- Solages, encouraged their contance, according to the govern- stituents to donate funds and ment. Additionally, the United Nations Children’s Fund reportContinued on page 5

By RoBERT TRAVERSo rtraverso@liherald.com

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lifesaving educators John Street School Assistant Principal Jung Lee, left, and teacher Jesse Friedman were honored by the Franklin Square Board of Education on Aug. 4 for performing the Heimlich maneuver on Leo Papadimitrakis in May. Story, Page 12.

New Floral Park-Bellerose principal thrives on community

By RoBERT TRAVERSo rtraverso@liherald.com

Getting around the FloralPark Bellerose School building may require a map when school starts next month, joked John DeKams, who recently made the move from assistant principal of a Westchester County elementary school to principal of Floral Park-Bellerose, a job he started on July 1.

DeKams, 36, of Smithtown, who graduated from SUNY New Paltz in 2008 with a degree in elementary education and teaching, has had a number of teaching jobs. After college he became a permanent substitute teacher in his hometown district of Kings Park, where he also served as assistant varsity football and baseball coach. He worked in the New York City Department of Education as a sixth-grade spe-

cial education teacher during the past decade. Most recently, he was assistant principal at Hillside Elementary School in Hastings on Hudson.

DeKams said that he has always simultaneously aspired to be a principal and remained unsure of whether he would ever have that chance. “I don’t think so, if you asked 2008 John, permanent subbing and coachContinued on page 4

ong Island is galvanized and ready to lend a helping hand to Haiti in their time of need.

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Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital Chief Medial Officer Dr. Adhi Sharma, left, will succeed Richard Murphy as president on Sept. 1.

Anthony Cancellieri, of Rockville Centre, co-chair of the hospital’s board, said Sharma “has the confidence of the board, the health system and, most importantly, the front-line staff to lead us going forward.”

Sharma said he was honored to be selected and will continue to help the hospital grow into a major regional medical center on the South Shore.

“It is with great humility and appreciation for the dedicated clinical and support

staff at the hospital that I have accepted the role as president for Mount Sinai South Nassau,” Sharma said.

Mur phy, who led the hospital’s response after Superstorm Sandy and during the pandemic, helped launch a $400 million capital construction program to modernize the Oceanside hospital and helped guide the facility to an affiliation in 2019 with the world-renowned Mount Sinai Health System.

Expansion projects on the hospital’s

main campus in Oceanside include a new four-story patient wing that will expand the Emergency Department, add nine new operating rooms and 40 critical care beds, a three-story parking structure and a new central utility plant. Also planned is a $40 million Medical Arts Pavilion at the hospital’s Long Beach campus, and a multi-specialty health care center in Wantagh that will provide an array of specialty services in one location to South Shore residents in eastern Nassau County.

Sharma has been responsible for facilitating medical staff interactions with hospital administration and the governing board, and for ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of quality medical care consistent with the hospital’s mission.

Sharma is a graduate of New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y., and completed his residency in emergency medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Jacobi/Montefiore Medical Centers. He completed a fellowship in Medical Toxicology at NYU/Bellevue. He is board certified in emergency medicine and medical toxicology. He also holds a master’s degree in health care administration from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Courtesy Mount Sinai South Nassau; compiled by Mike Smollins.

Local school districts plan reopening amid coronavirus spike

By RoBeRt tRaveRSo rtraverso@liherald.com

The Sewanhaka Central High School District is finalizing its reopening plan for the 2021-2022 school year amid a spike in delta variant cases of the coronavirus nearly two years after the beginning of the pandemic.

During an August 10 meeting of the school district’s board of education, Beth Kierez, a trustee representing the Floral Park-Bellerose School District, provided an update on the reopening plan for Floral Park Memorial High School and all of the schools in the Sewanhaka district.

Kierez said that the district received a letter on August 10 from the New York State Department of Education that said whether or not mask-wearing is required is no longer up to local school districts, but rather will be based on guidelines from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Both organizations currently recommend that masks be worn inside schools, Kierez noted.

“In light of the state education department’s statements, we anticipate it may adopt these recommendations” for the upcoming school year, Kierez said.

The letter also said that the Department of Education is developing a guideline for reopening amid the pandemic during the 2021-2022 school year, Kierez said.

“It is anticipated that the guidance will address the wearing of masks, social distancing, remote learning, transportation, and community transmission tracking,”

she added.

Kierez said that the Sewanhaka Central High School District abided by the guidelines provided by New York State during the 2020-2021 school year and now plans to abide by state guidelines during the 2021-2022 school year.

Kierez detailed aspects of the reopening plan for the Floral Park-Bellerose School District specifically and for all Sewanhaka district schools at large.

As of now, mask-wearing is not required outdoors but is required inside, specifically in hallways, classrooms and buses. Mask breaks will be provided for students inside classrooms. Each day, temperature checks will be administered to all faculty, staff, students and visitors upon entry into school district buildings. Doors and windows will remain open during the school day, and students will again be allowed to access when they return to Floral Park-Bellerose schools. Certain schools have increased the number of lunch periods provided for students and will provide additional space for students to eat lunch to promote social distancing. Additionally, in continuation of a 2020-2021 school year policy, there will be more staff present during student arrivals in the morning to account for extra arrival areas provided for spacing concerns.

Remote learning is no longer to be offered by the Sewanhaka Central High School District, Kierez said, barring an extension by the governor of the 2020-2021 school year’s change to the requirement for 180 days of in-person attendance by students.

“While we are very proud of the job our faculty, staff, and students did to continue teaching and learning during our periods of remote and hybrid learning, there is no adequate substitute for in-person learning,” a statement released by the district, as part of a document titled Fall 2021 Opening Plan Overview on the district’s website, said. This view is reiterated throughout the document: “If at any point a resurgence of Covid-19 should force an emergency closure of schools, ‘live’ instruction via Google Meet will be provided daily by all teachers.”

The district, in response to the shortened and largely virtual nature of the 2020-2021 school year for students, offered a “Summer Enrichment Camp” that was “designed to reengage, reinvigorate, and reignite students’ love of school and learning. The camp was established to better the social and emotional well-being of students before this upcoming school year, according to the Fall 2021 Opening Plan Overview Document on the district’s website.

The district is also holding “welcome back orientation” events during the week of August 30. Orientation for seventh grade students is planned for August 30 between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., while orientations for eighth grade students as well as ninth to 12th grade students are planned for August 31 between 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., respectively.

“The reason for these orientations is that some students have never even set foot in the building,” said Douglas Vigo, a member of the district’s board of educa-

tion also representing the Floral Park-Bellerose School District, at the August 10 meeting.

Vigo provided a report on new day-today protocols, changes to policies implemented during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, to be enforced inside the district’s schools beginning in September.

“Everything will revert to normal, or back to where it was before Covid,” Vigo said. “The direction for this year is that kids will be moving from classroom to classroom. Class time will go back to starting time and ending time, the length of the day will be the same as it used to be, four minutes between class to class,” Vigo added, citing some examples of changes that students can expect this school year.

The first day of school for Sewanhaka Central High School District schools is September 2.

Vigo advised those in attendance at the meeting to read the reopening plan, which can be found on the Sewanhaka Central High School District’s website and is updated consistently following Board of Education meetings and any other changes to federal or state guidelines.

The Re-Entry Committee at the Floral Park-Bellerose School District is set to meet the week of Aug. 23, when the school administration retur ns, to discuss reopening plans, Kierez said.

“Please understand that if there are any new updates, we will adjust accordingly and keep everyone posted,” she added.

FRANKLIN SQUARE/ELMONT HERALD — August 26, 2021

Dr. Adhi Sharma will become president of Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside on Sept. 1, the medical center’s board of directors announced Tuesday.

Sharma, an emergency medicine physician who helped steer MSSN’s Covid-19 response as its chief medical officer, will succeed Richard Murphy, who will retire at the end of the year. Murphy has served as president for nine years and has worked in leadership roles in the health care field for more than four decades.

Over the past 18 months, Sharma was the clinical “quarterback” of MSSN’s pandemic response, while also serving as the hospital’s executive vice president for clinical and professional affairs. Under his guidance, the hospital increased capacity to 500 beds as it cared for more than 4,890 Covid-19 patients during the pandemic. Sharma also helped devise a strategy to meet daily unforeseen challenges, such as redeploying staff to meet the surge in Covid-19 patients, an equipment shortage and care for patients stricken by a disease for which there is no known cure.

“Dr. Sharma has proven he is the kind of leader we need to continue our expansion of leading-edge clinical program growth,” said Joseph Fennessy, of Wantagh, co-chair of the hospital’s board of directors, which conducted a months-long search for a new hospital president.

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‘Lifelong learning is always a goal of mine to keep’ continueD from front ing in Kings Park, if I’d be a principal by 2021,” he said.

But the opportunities he had in classrooms in New York City motivated him to pursue his goal. “I really started to develop a passion for leadership,” he said of that part of his career.

He emphasized that his experience as an assistant principal prepared him to take over at Floral Park-Bellerose. “I worked alongside my principal very closely,” DeKams said. “There were a lot of things that my responsibilities as principal at Floral Park will hold that I’ve already kind of been a part of during my work at Hastings, which I’m extremely grateful for because it got me on the right foot.”

He noted that he has taught or worked as an assistant principal in four different areas of the state. “Being able to see what education is like in different areas of New York state is also helpful as well,” he said.

DeKams said he applied for the principal’s job at Floral Park-Bellerose for one key reason: the sense of community in Floral Park. “The thing that I love most about the building, and about Floral Park in general, is that there’s an actual tightknit feel of a small community throughout the whole district,” he said.

His aspirations changed during the coronavirus pandemic, when he was working in Hastings on Hudson. “If you’re ready for this, this is your time,” DeKams said the district superintendent and assistant superintendent told him

Courtesy Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District

John DeKams officially took over as the new principal of the Floral ParkBellerose School on July 1. before he made the move to Long Island.

But when he began looking for principals’ positions last winter, he held back from applying for every job on the market. Instead, he looked for a district that had the “small-town feel” of Kings Park.

Rather than work in a district with thousands of students, which he experienced

in New York City, he yearned for a sense of community.

“When I was in those places, it felt like that was missing,” DeKams said. “I’m someone who’s a firm believer in inclusivity and really building a strong community.”

Early in the interview process at Floral-Park Bellerose, he said, he knew that was where he should be. “I really thought that, for myself and for the school district, it was a really good fit,” he said.

Then, as he began meeting staff members, parents and students, he said, “I knew that I really landed in a great spot.

Taking this leap, it’s going to be a challenge, but this is definitely the right time in my career.”

He emphasized that the district has a strong sense of community, and that he wanted to build on it by working to improve the school and seeking feedback from community members. He also praised the largely positive feedback during his first six weeks as principal.

One major focus for him, DeKams said, has been building relationships with district employees and school staff members. He organized a morning and evening meet-and-greet in July with parents and students. “Just to start putting my face out there, I think that’s really important, especially as a new leader in the building,” he said.

When the school year begins next month, DeKams said, he won’t rush to implement changes. He touted the work of his predecessors, saying, “There are a

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State senator holds school-supply drive State Sen. Todd Kaminsky has organized a back-to-school supply drive to ensure that students who do not have access to necessary supplies are prepared for their first day of school. Suggested donations include new backpacks, No. 2 pencils, pens, notebooks, folders, crayons, colored pencils, rulers, safety scissors and binders.

“Many students do not have access to

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the essential supplies needed to start the school year successfully,” Kaminsky said.

“And we all know that when communities band together, great things happen.”

Donations will be accepted until Sept. 3 and can be dropped off at Kaminsky’s district office, 55 Front St., Room 1, Rockville Centre. For more, contact Kaminsky’s office at (516) 766-8383 or kaminskypress@ nysenate.gov.

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lot of practices and protocols in place that are strong, and we’re going to looks for ways to build upon those to improve in other areas.”

First, however, he wants to get to know the community and students, he said.

“Nobody wants their world turned upside down right away,” he said, “especially when someone’s coming in who really doesn’t know much about the district right now.”

“I like to think, as a principal, of my title being ‘lead collaborator,’” said DeKams, a former football and baseball player who described himself as a “big team player.”

A major part of his new role, he said, would involve listening and being open to advice. He pledged to encourage input from students, parents, staff and administrators. “I’m a firm believer that when every decision is made from the top down, without any input from everybody else, I don’t know how much success you can have in a school building,” he said.

“I think it’s really important to keep modeling to staff members and to students and parents that I’m still a learner myself,” DeKams said. “Lifelong learning is always a goal of mine to keep.”

That approach, instilled in him throughout his career, he said, is something he deeply believes in, and plans to implement as principal. “I’ve seen success come out of that model of leadership,” DeKams said, “and it’s something that I’m going to carry forward for sure in Floral Park.”

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Locals rally to support Haiti after earthquake supplies to local reputable organizations, but urged caution. “Right now it is hard to send supplies,” said Michaelle Solages, who represents parts of Elmont, which is home to many of the 26,000 people of Haitian descent who live on Long Island. She also noted that many Haitians were reticent about making donations after their experiences in the wake of an earthquake that ravaged the country in 2010, when many donations did not reach victims.

“You want your donations to count,” Solages said, “so it’s essential to do some research before giving to an organization or charity.”

A donation drive that she organized has been successful, Solages said in a statement: “The past few days have given me hope for Haiti, as local partners in government & Long Islanders reach out to lend a helping hand to Haitian Nationals in need.” She added, “Please visit a drop-off site close to you and donate what you can!” Drop-off locations and donation items were posted online by the Town of Hempstead.

Solages said she supported organizations in Haiti that were providing aid and vital supplies. She has encouraged donations to Haiti Air Ambulance, the country’s sole by-air medical provider. “The aid comes directly to their organization,” she tweeted, “and helps offset the increased fuel and operational expenses.”

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the earthquake led to massive devastation in Haiti, killing more than 2,000 people.

Solages also noted that supplies for earthquake victims could be purchased from organizations on the ground in Haiti. “We don’t have to buy water in the United States and ship it,” she said. “We can buy it from establishments in Haiti to encourage economic development.”

Supplies sent from overseas have been slow to reach Haiti, and particularly remote areas of the country. The American government aid agency USAID said that mudslides in the mountains had left many roads impassable, and that armed gangs had attacked shipments of supplies

intended for the neediest areas of the country.

Insecurity and violence have been on the rise in Haiti since June and culminated in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July. “Pressure is only words to the Haitian government,” Mimi Pierre Johnson, a local activist who has worked in support of the Haitian people since she moved to Elmont in 1995, tweeted in July.

Getting aid to them will require quelling internal violence, Pierre Johnson explained. “If we are sincere in helping Haiti, let’s stop the flow of arms & combat the insecurity,” she added.

The country is also dealing with rising levels of coronavirus cases, and now the destruction of many school buildings by the earthquake, just weeks before the new school year was set to begin.

The reputable and prominent organizations that people can donate to include UNICEF, which has staff on the ground in Haiti; the New York City Police Department, which is collecting medical supplies, personal hygiene items, nonperishable foods, bottled water and clothing at its precincts; Project Hope; Doctors Without Borders, which is helping care for earthquake victims; and Hope for Haiti, which was preparing to distribute emergency kits.

“Long Island is galvanized and ready to lend a helping hand to Haiti in their time of need,” Solages said.

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A concert-goer put her hands in the air as former “The Voice” contestant Wé McDonald performed a redition of “Rise Up” by Andra Day at the Never Forget Concert at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on Saturday.

Never Forget Concert remembers 9/11 McDonAlD strucK A victory pose after the audience cheered following her performance of the national anthem at the concert.

By KAte nAlepinsKi knalepinski@liherald.com

Even an impending tropical storm can’t halt America’s pride. Despite rain caused by the approach of Henri, the Never Forget Concert at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater – a music festival to honor the nation’s military, first responders and 9/11 victims — went off as planned Saturday night.

All proceeds from the concert went to the Tunnels to Towers Foundation, a nonprofit created in 2001 that works to provide mortgage-free houses and other benefits to injured veterans, Gold Star families and first responders.

Around 7 p.m., the show kicked off with the bagpipe groups Emerald Society and NYPD Pipes and Drums, made up of active and retired New York City Police Department members. Two American flags on the stage waved in the wind as the national anthem was performed by “The Voice” contestant Wé McDonald.

The CEO and founder of Tunnels for Towers, Frank Siller, then took the stage.

“We can never forget what happened 20 years ago,” Siller said. “The foundation makes sure we never forget by honoring the sacrifice, and we honor the sacrifice by doing good. Let us do good for the greatest of all Americans: those who are willing to die for you and I.” Siller founded the nonprofit to honor his brother, Stephen, a New York City firefighter who strapped 60 pounds of gear to his back and ran two miles through the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel to the twin towers, where he died in the effort to save others.

Sporting an FDNY T-shirt, “American Idol” contestant Jax performed “My Hero” by the Foo Fighters. It was followed by a performance by Danny Rodriguez, a former New York City police officer who said he was two blocks from the World Trade Center when it collapsed. He devoted his cover of “Into the Fire” by Bruce Springsteen to those who lost their lives

steve Miller of the Steve Miller Band sported a U.S.A. Olmypics shirt during the Never Forget Concert.

BAgpipe groups eMerAlD Society and NYPD Pipes and Drums, made up of active and retired New York City Police Department members, performed on stage.

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during the attacks.

Rapper Flo Rida later hit the stage with his track “My House.” During a brief technical issue, the audio for “Wild Ones” cut out. Flo Rida invited Jax back to the stage to help him finish the 2011 tune.

As the rain began to intensify, Flo Rida encouraged the crowd to keep dancing.

“To see you all out here smiling for something so purposeful – my hat goes off to you guys. This is a moment to cry tears of joy, so DJ hit it,” he said, leading into his “I Cry.” After he motivated the crowd to shout “Tunnels to Towers” several times in unison, he ended with his chart-topper “Low.” Additional performances by Journey, The Chainsmokers, Wyclef Jean, the Steve Miller Band, Gavin DeGraw, John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ann Wilson of Heart and Lee Greenwood rounded out the night.

Former Heralds editor to be honored at Irish Festival

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HERALD — August 26, 2021

By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

The 49th Nassau County Ancient Order of Hibernians Feis and Irish Festival is set for Sunday, Sept. 19, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Nickerson Beach in Lido Beach, and this year’s honoree will be John O’Connell, the former executive editor of Herald Community Newspapers, who retired in 2016.

“It’s such a high honor to have been chosen as the honoree of this year’s Nassau County Ancient Order of Hibern i a n s Fe i s a n d I r i s h Fe s t iv a l , ” O’Connell said. “Having participated in the Nassau AOH Feis for many years, and knowing all the wonderful, hardworking Hibernian volunteers who give of themselves each year to promote and sustain the best of Irish heritage and culture that this feis and festival represents, I am truly blessed and humbled to be selected by those Hibernians as the 2021 honoree.”

At the feis and festival, there will be Irish step dancing and live music by Bangers and Mash. There will also be Irish vendors, bagpipers, children’s games, Irish language demonstrations, an art competition and a raffle.

Catholic Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m.

The entrance fee is $10 per person.

Children under 16 will be free. All local, state and federal Covid-19 safety precautions will be adhered to. For more information, go to www.NassauAOHFeis. com, or email MikeNYAOHsports@ gmail.com. Nickerson Beach is at 880 Lido Blvd in Lido.

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the 49th naSSau County Ancient Order of Hibernians Feis and Irish Festival will be held Sept. 19 in Lido Beach, at which John O’Connell, below, the Heralds’ former executive editor, will be honored.

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community update Thursday, Aug. 26

regulated by policies and laws. Contact teen services at (516) 354-5280 or via email at elmontteens@elmontlibrary.org to receive the Zoom link to attend this program.

Tai Chi/Chi Gong with Joseph Panico Join Elmont Memorial Library and Joseph Panico for a virtual program at 11 a.m. on the ancient Chinese system of exercises or movements known as Tai Chi/Gong, which are traditionally believed to have mental and physical health benefits that 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 is required; the Zoom link to attend the coffee chat will be emailed to you before each chat, and registration ends one hour before each program begins. Contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 x 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary. org to register.

Elmont Memorial Library Board Meeting Join Elmont Memorial Library for a meeting of the Elmont Public Library Board of Trustees that the public is invited to attend virtually. 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. Visit the library’s website, www.elmontlibrary.org, for a Zoom link to virtually attend the event, or contact adult reference at (516) 3545280 x 223 or via email at reference@ elmontlibrary.org.

Summertime BINGO Join Elmont Memorial Library for a virtual summer bingo program at 7 p.m. for students between the second and sixth grades. Registration is required and supplies are necessary; registrants will be contacted when game supplies are ready for pick up. Contact the children’s department at (516) 354-5280 x 207 or via email at childrenservices@elmontlibrary. org to sign up and receive the Zoom link to attend the event.

Friday, August 27 Family Trivia Night Join Elmont Memorial Library for a virtual

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Tuesday, Sept. 7 Tuesday Book Discussion with Sarah Siegel Join the Franklin Square Public Library for an in-person book discussion in the library meeting room with Sarah Siegel on: “A Good Neighborhood” by Theresa Anne Fowler at 10:30 a.m. The meeting is limited to 30 people; to register, stop by the library’s reference desk. Registration begins on Wednesday, Sept. 1.

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Elmont library promotes STEM careers Alanah Brown, a fifth grade student at the Dutch Broadway School in the Elmont School District, learned about DNA in a science enrichment summer program in 2017. night of kids versus parents trivia at 7 p.m. Register online at the library’s website, www.elmontlibrary.org.

Saturday, Aug. 28 Tech Time with Todd Schlitt Join Elmont Memorial Library and Todd Schlitt for Tech Time, personal 15-minute appointments between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. in meeting room 1 at the library to answer any tech-related questions you have. Bring in your cell phone, laptop, iPod or any tech-related questions that you have for tech-related help. Online or in-person registration is required, and only Elmont cardholders are eligible to make appointments. Contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 x 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org to register.

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Join Elmont Memorial Library and its staff for a coffee chat, held weekly on Mondays at 11 a.m. Registration is required; the Zoom link to attend the coffee chat will be emailed to you before each chat, and registration ends one hour before each program begins. Contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 x 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org to register.

Chair Yoga with Karen Taylor Bass Join Elmont Memorial Library and licensed certified yoga instructor Karen Taylor Bass for a virtual chair yoga class at 1 p.m. This class is suitable for all levels, and a chair with no wheels is required. Registration is required; the Zoom link to attend the coffee chat will be emailed to you before each chat, and registration ends one hour before each program begins. Contact adult reference

Join the Franklin Square Public Library and Kristen Fonte for an online Zumba program between 5:45 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Register online at the library’s website, https://www.franklinsquarepl.org/.

Tuesday, August 31 Online Program: Tai Chi Join the Franklin Square Public Library and Elaine Fleischman for an online Tai Chi program between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.

Register online at the library’s website, https://www.franklinsquarepl.org/.

Unusual STEM Career Series: Cosmetic Scientist Join Elmont Memorial Library for a virtual program at 3 p.m. to learn how cosmetic scientists create safe beauty products

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Franklin Square-based charity Rescuing Families is hosting a charity yard sale this weekend.

Two staff members at John Street Elementary School saved a student from choking in May. Elmont houses Catholic, Baptist, Jewish, Islamic, Hind and Buddhist houses of worship.

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hen COVID began, I worked in a 320-bed facility. We tried to adhere to the everchanging Department of Health regulations while dealing with sick patients, sick staff, and lack of personal protective equipment. Thanks to the staff’s diligence, when I left that facility in June of 2020, it was COVID-free.

I came to South Shore in July of 2020. Since then, our facility has quickly brought two COVID outbreaks under control.

To this day, we continually monitor every person who comes into the facility. Almost 75% of our residents are completely vaccinated and we remain COVID-free.

The new mandate that all nursing home staff must be vaccinated is another challenge. Some employees have valid reasons for not wanting the vaccine, like those of child-bearing age

who are concerned as to how the vaccine will affect the development of their child.

COVID has complicated nursing administration so much that sometimes, after a hard day, I’m physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted. As this virus mutates and the regulations continuously change, I will do whatever I can to maintain a safe and healthy facility. But I can’t do it alone. The staff at South Shore has been – and continues to be – an important factor throughout this whole pandemic. The residents and their families have been very understanding and supportive of our efforts even when our measures seemed a bit extreme. We’ve all learned a lot, dealt with a lot and yes, even cried a lot … but at least we are better equipped and prepared for whatever the future holds.

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work at Jamaica Hospital in Jamaica, New York and I became a nurse because I wanted to help treat patients from my hometown with compassion and care. I also wanted to provide health literacy to the underserved community.

Covid-19 affected my job because we lost so many patients and peers due to the virus.

There was a shortage of materials and staffing throughout the pandemics and that made all of our jobs so hard. It was hard losing so many people.

I got through the pandemic using prayer. I also had a strong support system including my fiancé, my family and my friends. The strong teamwork at my job also helped me overcome the challenges faced during the pandemic.

I like working at Jamaica because it's placed in the neighborhood I grew up in. Therefore

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I'm giving back to my community and even my loved ones who still live there.

I do think Jamaica Hospital will make a comeback post-Covid. I believe the knowledge and experience we gained will continue to help us provide better patient care experiences.

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The Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department is holding a 9/11 remembrance ceremony on September 6 at 6 p.m. at the Franklin Square September 11 Memorial at Rath Park to honor the victims of the terrorist attacks that took place two decades ago on Sept. 11, 2001.

“This year, we remember the tragic events that occurred 20 years ago on September 11th, 2001. Join the Franklin Square & Munson Fire Dept as we honor those that were lost on that faithful day,” the fire department said in an Aug. 17 Facebook post urging members of the Franklin Square community to attend the event.

“The ceremony is for honoring the victims of 9/11,” said Frank Culmone, the treasurer of the Franklin Square Civic Association. “Those who perished that day, those who have been sick and have perished since, those who are still sick, and all of the families that went through it – that’s who we want to honor most,” Culmone said.

The Chief of the Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department Dominick Labianca said the ceremony is meant to honor and remember the lives of those who died on September 11, 2001. “Just to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice. The innocent people who murdered that day for no reason. To resolve that we will never forget them,” Labianca said.

The one-hour-long ceremony will include a reading of the names of resi-

dents of Franklin Square and nearby communities who died on September 11, 2001. Roses are to be placed next to the plaques at Rath Park’s 9/11 memorial bearing the names of those who died that day. The memorial recently received a landmark from the civic association: a September 11 remembrance banner displayed on a utility pole next to the park’s memorial as part of the group’s hometown heroes program.

“They were all heroes,” Culmone said.

“It’s something that we will never forget. We have to always remember that day in our history and remember it.

Especially for those of us who lived through that day,” said Adrienne McKenna, correspondence secretary of the Franklin Square Civic Association.

“Having experienced the event firsthand, I just want people to never forget.

It was definitely a dark day for our country and a lot of people suffered personal losses.”

McKenna said that the event should serve as a reminder of the national unity the country experienced following the 2001 terrorist attacks. “There was such a sense of patriotism after that happened.

Everybody bonded together,” Mckenna said. “I don’t remember experiencing anything else like that. You just want to feel that patriotism.”

“20 years later and it still affects people,” Culmone said. “The community still can feel that feeling; it was like a gut punch to everybody,” he added.

“It serves as a constant reminder about all that is great about our country and that freedom comes at a price,” Labianca said.

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Two John Street School staff members were honored at the Aug. 4 meeting of the Franklin Square Board of Education for their heroic acts in performing the Heimlich maneuver.

District Superintendent Dr. Jared Bloom presented Assistant Principal Jung Lee and teacher Jesse Friedman with the Hero Award for their swift

application of the lifesaving maneuver to a student who was choking during lunch in May. The student, Leo Papadimitrakis, was also at the meeting to help honor and recognize Lee and Friedman.

Courtesy Franklin Square School District; compiled by Nakeem Grant

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LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Fire Commissioners will meet on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, at 7:00 pm at Fire District Headquarters, 833 Hempstead Turnpike, Franklin Square, NY for a 2022 Budget Preparation Workshop.

BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS FRANKLIN SQUARE & MUNSON FIRE DISTRICT Attest: Kerry Santina Fire District Secretary August 19, 2021 127190 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AND AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

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:Joseph Triano Donato Forlenzo RoseMarie Piazza Clara Ramos Grassi & Co. Jasper Surety Attorney General of the State of New York 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 GERARD TRIANO, 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 Public Administrator of Nassau County, who is domiciled at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501, United States.

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 forenoon of that day, why the account of Public Administrator of Nassau County, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the estate of GERARD TRIANO, 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 $ 4,141.16 pursuant to SCPA 2307(1) and the reasonable and necessary expenses of the office in the amount of $ 828.23 pursuant to SCPA 1207(4); 3.Fixing and determining the attorney’s fees of Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC attorney for petitioner in the amount of $ 17,400.00, of which $ 2,400.00 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 $ 3,850.00, of which $ 850.00 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 Gerard Triano, decedent should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship; 7.Granting such other and further relief as to the Court is just and proper.

Dated, Attested, and Sealed, July 28, 2021 Seal HON. Margaret C. Reilly, Surrogate s/ Debra Keller Leimbach, Chief Clerk Richard T. Kerins, Esq. Attorney Name Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC Firm (516) 538-1111 Telephone 254 Nassau Blvd. , Garden City South, New York 11530 Address NOTE: NOTICE: THIS CITATION IS SERVED UPON YOU IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COURT’S ORDER DIRECTING ALTERNATIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS. NO IN-PERSON APPEARANCES SHALL BE HELD ON THE RETURN DATE OF THE CITATION. IF YOU WISH TO APPEAR TO ANSWER OR OBJECT TO THIS PROCEEDING, YOU MAY DO SO IN WRITING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ANNEXED NOTICE TO CITED PARTIES. NOTE: 22 NYCRR 207.7(C): PROOF OF SERVICE SHALL BE FILED ON OR BEFORE THE SECOND DAY PRECEEDING THE RETURN DATE. 126970

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court of the State of New York, Nassau County, Index No. 609395/2019 Bank of Hope, Plaintiff v.

Tae Hoon Yoon, Kyong Suk Yoon, and Board of Managers of Maple Run Condominium, Defendants.

TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale entered in the above captioned action on February 6, 2020, the undersigned Referee named in said judgment will sell at public auction on September 23, 2021, at 2:30 P.M., Rain or Shine, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, the premises described in said judgment of foreclosure and sale. Said premises are known as 505 Peninsula Boulevard, Hempstead, NY 11550 (Section 34, Block 382, Lot 206), situate in the County of Nassau, State of New York. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

The approximate amount of plaintiff’s lien is $262,383.12 plus interest and costs. The premises will be sold in one parcel and subject to provisions of the filed judgment and terms of sale.

John G. Kennedy, Esq., Referee Law Offices of Tae H. Whang, LLC, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 185 Bridge Plaza North, Suite 201, Fort Lee, NJ 07024, Tel. (201) 461-0300, 415 White Oak Road, Palisades, NY 10964 (By Appointment Only).

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 9th day of September, 2021, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 197-5 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “ARTERIAL STOPS” at the following locations: ELMONT KELLER AVENUE (TH 233/21) STOP - all traffic traveling westbound on E Street shall come to a full stop.

KELLER AVENUE (TH 233/21) STOP - all traffic traveling eastbound on E Street shall come to a full stop.

FRANKLIN SQUARE SCHROETER AVENUE (TH 383/20) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on Court House Road shall come to a full stop.

CHERRY LANE (TH 383/20) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Court House Road shall come to a full stop.

LAWRENCE L A W R E N C E AVENUE (TH 232/21) STOP all traffic approaching westbound on Spring Street shall come to a full stop.

UNION STREET (TH 232/21) STOP - all traffic approaching eastbound on Spring Street shall come to a full stop.

LEVITTOWN TANNERS LANE (TH 256/21) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on Dale Lane shall come to a full stop.

NORTH BALDWIN EAST SEAMAN AVENUE (TH 292/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Fargo Street shall come to a full stop.

ROOSEVELT ST. FRANCIS STREET (TH 275/21) STOP - all traffic traveling eastbound on Brooks Avenue shall come to a full stop.

ST FRANCIS STREET (TH 275/21) STOP - all traffic traveling westbound on Brooks Avenue shall come to a full stop.

SEAFORD HUDSON AVENUE (TH 270/21) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on Monroe Avenue shall come to a full stop.

HUDSON AVENUE (TH 270/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Monroe Avenue shall come to a full stop.

UNIONDALE SALEM ROAD (TH 238/21) STOP all traffic northbound on 1st Place shall come to a full stop.

WANTAGH BIRCH DRIVE (TH 236/21) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on Beltagh Avenue shall come to a full stop.

BIRCH DRIVE (TH 236/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Beltagh Avenue shall come to a full stop.

ALL PERSONS NTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: August 3, 2021 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127185

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Section 202-48 of the code of the Town of Hempstead entitled, “Handicapped Parking On Public Streets,” a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 9th day of September, 2021, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, to consider the adoption of a resolution 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 at the following locations: ATLANTIC BEACH MARK LANE - west side, starting at a point 42 feet south of the south curbline of Park Street, south for a distance of 18 feet.

(TH-220/21) EAST ATLANTIC BEACH ROCHESTER AVENUE starting at a point 223 feet of the south of the south curbline of Park Street, south for a distance of 14 feet.

TH-279/21) BETHPAGE BOONE STREET - south side, starting at a point 161 feet west of the west curbline of North Wantagh Avenue, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-235/21) BOONE STREET - north side, starting at a point 367 feet east of the east curbline of Farmedge Road, east for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-280/21) EAST ROCKAWAY WILLIAMSON STREET south side, starting at a point 74 feet opposite the northeast curbline of 8th Avenue, east for a distance of 18 feet.

(TH-255/21) ELMONT HEATHCOTE ROAD - west side, starting at a point 35 feet north of the north curbline of 109th Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-187/21) EMPORIA AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 410 feet south of the south curbline of Atherton Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-202/21) KELLER AVENUE - west, starting at a point 356 feet north of the curbline of L Street, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-230/21) FRANKLIN SQUARE JAMES STREET - west side, starting at a point 212 feet south of the south curbline of Fenworth Boulevard, south for 20 feet.

(TH-246/21) ADMONT AVENUE - north side, starting at a point 130 feet east of the east

curbline of Roosevelt Avenue, east for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-258/21) LEVITTOW RESTFUL LANE - east side, starting at a point 120 feet south of the south curbline of Swirl Lane, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-272/21) MERRICK GRUNCLY PLACE - north side, starting at a point 254 feet east of the east curbline of Merrick Avenue, east for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-204/21) UNIONDALE SOUTHERN PARKWAY south side, starting at a point 330 feet west of the west curbline of Nostrand Avenue, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-196/21) VAN BUREN STREET west side, starting at a point opposite the northeast curbline of Knull Street at the utility pole, north for a distance of 101 feet, then north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-244/21) LENOX AVENUE - west side, starting at a pont 605 feet north of the north curbline of Braxton Street, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-251/21) WEST HEMPSTEAD BEDELL TERRACE - north side, starting at a point 153 feet east of the east curbline of Hempstead Gardens Drive, east for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-191/21) and on the repeal of the following locations previously set aside as parking spaces for physically handicapped persons: ELMONT HILLSBORO AVENUE east side, starting at a point 307 feet south of the south curbline of Atherton Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-490/15 - 11/24/15) (TH-273/21) ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be Heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: August 3, 2021 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127186 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU ___________________I NDEX NO. 606466/2019 REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC, Plaintiff, Plaintiff designates NASSAU as the place of trial situs of the real property vs.

JOHN ZICCARDI,

INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF ANTIONETTE ZICCARDI A/K/A ANNE ZICCARDI; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF ANTIONETTE ZICCARDI A/K/A ANNE ZICCARDI 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 the following designation, namely: the 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; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; PERILLO BROS FUEL OIL CORP.; HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. O/B/O THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL; NASSAU COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 864 CENTER DRIVE FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY 11010 District: Section: 35 Block: 161 Lot: 58 To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered

to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $787,500.00 and interest, recorded on May 29, 2009, at Liber M 33775 Page 571, of the Public Records of NASSAU County, New York, covering premises known as 864 CENTER DRIVE FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY 11010.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

NASSAU County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: August 13th, 2021 ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff VERONICA M. RUNDLE, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 127191 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

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New FM signal added to Nassau County radio station

By Mallory Wilson mwilson@liherald.com

Nassau County received a new FM signal earlier this month. WHLI, a wellknown oldies station, now has a 24-hour FM music station. 1100AM WHLI, owned and operated by Connoisseur Media Long Island, is the new 104.7. The channel will continue to play its oldies tunes.

The benefits of the switch from AM to FM include the runtime of the signal.

As an 1100 AM station, the WHLI signal ended at sundown. Now listeners can enjoy the station for 24 hours. The WHLI stream player is also available online 24/7 at WHLI.com.

The new FM station offers better quality for listeners, Jon Daniels, WHLI program director said. And 104.7 has now joined its sister station, KJOY 98.3 as the only source of local information on the radio in Nassau County.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran helped launch the station. “This is the first time since 1952 that there has been a new FM radio station here in Nassau County,” Curran said at a press conference on Aug. 10. “So, this is really history that we’re announcing today.”

Ninety-one percent of adults listen to the radio at least once a week she said.

“It’s the way most people connect and get their information.”

Others officials that were present included: New York State Senators Anna Kaplan and Kevin Thomas, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin, Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino, Assemblywoman Judy Griffin and Hempstead Village Mayor Waylyn Hobbs. A citation was presented by Jacob Schuster from State Senator Brooks. Together, they pressed the button at 11 a.m. to launch the signal into the airwaves.

“Connoisseur Media and WHLI have a rich history in Hempstead as one of Long Island’s longest-running radio stations, having served the area for nearly 75 years,” Thomas said in a statement.

“I was excited to join County Executive Laura Curran and other local officials along with the team from Connoisseur Media as they launched their new FM station 104.7FM.” “This is an incredible project for Long Island and for Connoisseur Media,” said David Bevins, CMLI General Manager and COO for Connoisseur Media in a statement. “We’re advancing this brand into the future while providing an enhanced user experience with crisper audio and round-the-clock music.”

WHLI is the only radio station on Long Island that plays classic tunes from the 60s and the 70s. Now listeners can hear these popular jams from art-

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the provisions of the Building Zone Ordinance of the Town of Hempstead, that a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of said Town on September 9, 2021 at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New

York, for the purpose of considering the application of GLOBAL MONTELLO GROUP CORP. to include existing gasoline service station within the “GSS” District to install storage tanks at Elmont, New York: A slightly irregular parcel of property on the s/si of Hempstead Turnpike between Stone Street to the west and Jacob Street to the east having a frontage on Hempstead Turnpike of 216.34’ a frontage of 128.69’on

Jacob Street and a frontage of 86.16’ Stone Street situated in Elmont, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York.

The above mentioned application & maps which accompanies it are on file with the undersigned and may be viewed during office hours.

Any person interested in the subject matter will be given an opportunity to be heard with reference thereto at the time and place above

designated.

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. DONALD X. CLAVIN JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk Dated: August 3, 2021 Hempstead, N.Y. 127227

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Dignitaries helpeD County Executive Laura Curran press the button launching a new FM signal into the airwaves. ists such as The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Elton John and more on both 1100AM and 104.7 FM. “Feedback from WHLI listeners has been overwhelmingly positive over the last few years,” said Daniels in a statement. “Now that we can share this format with more Nassau County residents on the FM dial is a game-changer.”

The new signal area will cover all of Nassau County, and even reach into bits of Queens and Suffolk counties.

“Our residents across Nassau County and Long Island will benefit greatly,” Saladino said. “It’s wonderful to have this spot on the dial for clear reception, for a wonderful place to listen to music and news.”

1100 WHLI first signed on in 1947, making it one of Long Island’s longest-

running radio stations.

“This is a historic day for Long Island, our residents and businesses, and I thank Connoisseur Media for expanding their investment and growing their company here in Nassau,” Curran said in a statement. “Amid the pandemic, radio became even more of a critical platform-getting real time information to residents and businesses.

Whether informing through local news or transforming moods with music, radio can make a difference in our lives — providing a sense of connection and community.”

Both stations are licensed to the Town of Hempstead.

“This is a great day for Long Island,” Clavin said. “It’s great to have a local FM station covering local news. Let’s welcome this new station to our area.”

FRANKLIN SQUARE/ELMONT HERALD — August 26, 2021

Photos courtesy Town of Hempstead

Both the neW 104.7FM and the original 1100AM will play oldies music from the 60s and 70s.

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Q. I am so frustrated about my construction. I am acting as contractor, and the guy framing my house, whom I trust completely, is saying my plans are ridiculously over-designed, and the beams are much too big and don’t even have columns in the plans. Can I switch architects in the middle of construction, and what would it take to do that?

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A. Picture if you will a group of people sitting in a courtroom. One is your framer, another is your architect and the judge is hearing the case in which you spent way too much on beams, or even worse, your lawyer is going over the damages of cracking and sagging ceilings and walls. Who do you imagine will be the onte eeper responsible party in the eyes of the law? Your framer? No, your architect.

Why? The state grants a license, upon proof of a rigorous education followed by an internship and one of the longest exams given to show competence, not to your framer, but to the architect. Your County Office of Consumer Affairs, which licenses contractors, not framers, can confirm what the qualifications are: no formal educational background, no particular experience, not even an exam. Your framer gets elevated to the status of a licensed professional by you and you alone. He may be smart, even experienced, but the call isn’t for him to make, any more than a couch potato making the calls for a professional football team.

There are no consequences for framers whether they’re right or wrong. If they choose not to put in beams prescribed on the sealed, permitted plans, just to make a point, and the house seems sturdy on the sunny day when they drive away, they may pat themselves on the back — that is, until the wind blows like it did recently in one of many heavy storms, or until the first heavy snowfall, when the roof begins to creak and sheetrock cracks. At that point, the amateurs you trusted are long gone.

Framers can say anything, and they often do, confusing homeowners into believing their bold, unsubstantiated claims and calling into doubt the designated professional’s judgment or competence.

“Rule of thumb” has no place in construction, but homeowners regularly and naively believe nonsense claims.

The claim of no columns to support the beams makes no sense, since all beams require support. It sounds more like your framer is flexing his ego to you instead of speaking to the architect. If your plans carry the professional’s seal and received a permit, to change the situation requires a lot of backtracking. The owner and new architect, if they have any ethics, should notify the current architectof-record of the change in status. New, redrawn plans and new paperwork carrying the new architect’s seal, with an explanation letter, must be submitted to your building department; all this because you granted an amateur the level of responsibility they have no legal standing to hold over a licensed professional. Good luck!

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t’s hard to believe that the Cuomo dynasty has come to an end, but New York now has a new governor, Kathy Hochul. I use “hard to believe” because for nearly 11 years, Andrew Cuomo had such a dominant role in the daily life of all New Yorkers.

To the best of my recollection, no governor in my lifetime was in your face as much as Cuomo was.

As I look back over the past 55 years, there have been eight governors occupying the Albany mansion. At least five JERRY of them served four or more KREMER years. But none of them was as powerful a figure as Cuomo. During the height of last year’s coronavirus crises, New Yorkers — and people around the world — looked forward to his daily briefings on how New York was coping with the pandemic. For that brief period, Cuomo was a 24/7 presence.

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whether Nelson Rockefeller or Mario Cuomo, you realize that none of them was as front-and-center as Andrew Cuomo. If it wasn’t an update about Covid-19, the news would carry a story about the almost daily feud between Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. No matter what media you followed, there was a daily story about some Cuomo initiative. It seemed for some time that the only place the governor didn’t inhabit was your bedroom.

But the days of a Cuomo in the news are over, at least for now, and many in the political arena consider this a blessing.

Hochul may be surprised to find out how many people are ready to welcome her with open arms. As much as Cuomo accomplished — and he did do a lot — the state was ready for a respite with a new face on the Albany scene.

It’s a historical fact that New York governors and New York City mayors have a hard time getting along. They view the political stage as having only one spotlight, and they will do anything

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to grab it. Of all the feuds that I recall, none was as nasty as the Cuomo-de Blasio wrestling match. If de Blasio announced that he was lifting some Covid restriction, Cuomo would immediately step in and say not so fast.

In the run-up to her swearing in, Hochul met privately with de Blasio, and they exchanged pleasantries. In addition, she spoke extensively with de Blasio’s likely successor, Eric Adams. Don’t be surprised if, in the coming weeks and months, the new governor takes the extra time to make nice with any politician who had been scorned by Cuomo.

At the top of his hit list were the two leaders of the State Legislature, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins. No one has ever written a love story about a New York governor and an Albany legislative leader, but Cuomo’s relationship with the current legislative leaders was especially hostile. Both would sit down with him and hammer out state budgets, but the level of dis-

ut Hochul will have only a short window of time to attack a host of issues.

trust was always high. Every legislative leader has a pretty strong ego, but none could eclipse Cuomo’s.

In the weeks ahead, Hochul will no doubt go out of her way to establish a close working relationship with both state leaders, and they, in turn, will shower her with compliments and pledges of harmony and good things to come. That is a welcome change of atmosphere, because the new governor has a lot on her plate, and she’ll only have a short window of time to attack a host of issues. At the same time that she’ll be wrestling with new challenges, there will be a handful of politicians plotting to challenge her next year in a primary contest.

For now, though, New Yorkers can look forward to their state government functioning normally, with no sign yet that former Governor Cuomo is planning a return to power.

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.

Heading west, into smoke and wildfire hell

confess, the headline is hyperbolic, but for a Long Island woman on her first cross-country road trip, the wildfires and smoke demand purple prose. We arrived in an area of California that is designated “purple” because conditions are “extremely unhealthy,” according to the weather service. It rained ash.

We sea-level dwellers are accustomed to clean air and no elevation issues.

Right now I am at 6,700 feet and I can’t see the mountains in front of me. We RANDI knew the West KREISS was in a wildfire and air-quality crisis, but we needed to move, to change the scenery and mostly to see our kids and grandkids who live out here. We started planning this trip last year during the lockdown, and the planning itself was liberating.

Driving cross-country has been my dream. My husband has always put it off, dreading the endless driving days through the middle. But that’s what I wanted, to experience the unchanging open prairie and the nothingness. How can you really know it’s all out there if

you don’t drive through it?

Like most dreams, I got just a piece of it, but these days that counts.

Early last week we flew to Denver, picked up a rental car and drove to Cheyenne, Wyo., then Park City, Utah, then Elko, Nev., before we arrived in California. The experience has been both better and worse than expected.

The flight was great and the car was waiting for us.

This sounds matter-of-fact, but as an obsessive planner, I had spent dozens of hours scrolling through hotel and car websites, trying to find the best — and the most cancelable — plans. We heard all the horror stories of people being stranded at airports with no cars available.

The day we landed, Denver had the worst smoke and air quality of any place in North America. We headed out, stopped at a Walmart to buy a cooler, a small bed for Lillybee the dog and enough water for a Sahara crossing, and then we drove to Cheyenne.

In the months since we first planned this adventure, the Delta variant has overwhelmed the hotel experience.

Everything that can be is online. Breakfast buffets are masked affairs with no real buffet, just grab and go. No house-

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cleaning services unless requested.

Cheyenne itself is hot, dry and seemingly the center of the American military complex. Streets are named for generals. We drove by a life-sized missile on display in the park. The only surprise in Cheyenne was Mort’s Bagels in the center of town.

The drive to Park City made me think of the movie “North by Northwest,” in which Cary Grant gets strafed by a crop-duster out in the middle of nowhere. We drove through featureless high plains studded with occasional red rocks. The openness can feel disorienting.

We stayed in Park City for two nights. I’ve wanted to visit ever since Robert Redford brought the Sundance Film Festival to the area. As it turns out, we should have gone 25 years ago. Today, Park City is emblematic of all the overdeveloped mountain towns overrun by rich folks who want seasonal mega-mansions on the slopes.

Two days into the trip, the Delta surge necessitated that we wear masks indoors everywhere and eat only at restaurants with outdoor tables. On a personal level, we were doing well. Lillybee turns out to be a roadie. Eight hours in the car is doable. She isn’t picky about

he day we landed, Denver had the worst air quality of any place in North America.

sleeping arrangements.

We felt good just being let loose, but there were new constraints, and we knew we were losing ground to the virus. Our luggage comprised two huge bags, one carry-on and Lillybee’s bed.

We were quite well organized, and only lost one Kindle along the way, although we thought we’d lost the car keys and our phones too many times to count.

News of the world popped up along the way on the phones and in headlines splashed across newspapers. It was all disturbing: masking meltdowns, Governor DeSantis of Florida on the ascendancy, Cuomo self-destructing and then, suddenly, Biden hitting a wall in Afghanistan. Fortunately, the TVs in our hotel rooms didn’t work and we wouldn’t let a repairman in, so no TV. Our last night on the road was in Elko, and it must have been forgettable because it was just three nights ago and I forgot the highlights.

The big takeaway so far is the smoke and the intense heat around the country.

Driving along the Great Salt Lake felt like traversing Mars. Nothing but shimmering heat as far as we could see, the salt flats stretching in all directions like a prophecy.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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New York must require masks in school

ew York’s new governor, Kathy Hochul, made it clear in the days leading up to her ascension to the state’s highest office that she would like to see a statewide mask mandate for schoolchildren and their teachers.

Thank you, Governor. We need you to work toward, and enact, such a mandate, by way of the State Department of Health, in order to end the partisan bickering that we have seen at Board of Education meetings of late. Anti-maskers, extolling the virtues of personal freedom, clash with parents who are concerned that their children may be next to fall victim to the coronavirus, and often older teachers who are worried that they might get sick and perhaps die.

On June 15, then Gov. Andrew Cuomo, believing the vaccines had tamed the viral invader, lifted all Covid-19 restrictions. For the schools, that was a mis-

take.

Children under 12 are now most vulnerable to the disease because they cannot, as yet, receive the Covid-19 vaccines.

Their only forms of protection are vigilance and masks. Kids tend not be vigilant, so, really, masks are it for them.

Infection rates — and even hospitalizations — are soaring across the country among children. We have a sacred obligation to protect them.

That is the primary reason the state should require students to wear masks at all times in school. Otherwise, what we will get is a hodgepodge of rules. The Massapequa School District came out last week to say it would not require masks, but rather recommend them.

Recommend them? Who are officials there kidding?

Meanwhile, the Baldwin, Roosevelt, Jericho and Riverhead school districts have all said they would continue to

require masks. Good for them. That’s the right thing to do.

No single Board of Education should have to make this decision, however.

That’s why the state must step in.

In June, we thought we had beaten back Covid-19. Then along came its close cousin, the so-called Delta variant, which is significantly more infectious and potentially more deadly for the unvaccinated than the original strain of the disease. The variant had been with us for months, but it hadn’t really taken hold in New York until recently.

Let’s face it: We have a ways to go before we eradicate this disease. No one is suggesting that we return to the restrictions that we saw in the early days of the pandemic. We should, however, take every reasonable precaution to limit the spread of the virus. That begins with requiring masks for all students.

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fficials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week that those who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will likely need a booster shot after eight months — meaning that those who were first in line to be vaccinated in January are already coming due for their boosters.

CDC officials said that the Food and Drug Administration is now reviewing the efficacy and safety of booster shots, but they will probably become available this fall. We say this: Be prepared to get a booster if and when it is offered.

All of us must do all that we can to eliminate this terrible scourge and restore normalcy to this country. Vaccines, masks and social-distancing requirements are our only real defenses against the coronavirus, for which there is no known cure.

The Covid-19 vaccines are extraordinarily effective in keeping people out of the hospital and preventing death. We are, however, seeing an increasing number of “breakthrough” cases, in which vaccinated people are testing positive for the coronavirus and even getting sick.

But their symptoms are most often mild to moderate, officials say.

The overwhelming majority of people who are on ventilators (97 percent) and who are dying (99 percent) are unvaccinated.

As of last Friday, the seven-day Covid-

19 infection rate for Long Island had crept up to nearly 4 percent — that is, the Island is now seeing four times as many cases as it did at the start of the summer.

Officials attribute the spike to the Delta variant, which has spread across the country like wildfire, particularly in states like Florida and Texas, where peo-

ple tend to eschew basic safety precautions like masks and social distancing, and the vaccination rate is significantly lower than in the Northeast.

Bottom line: If you haven’t been vaccinated, now is the time. If you have been, be ready for a booster.

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ndrew is out and Kathy is in — a stunning political tale that seems to have taken everyone by surprise. Unless you have a long memory, that is, and have lived in Nassau County for a generation or more.

Remember Karen Burstein? She’s still alive and well, and as far back as 1970, when she was 28, she ran as a Democrat for Congress opposed to the Vietnam War. She lost that contest. In 1972 she was elected to the State Senate from the Five Towns, and ended up serving three ronALD J. terms.

The long comrosenBerG mute to Albany must have given her plenty of time to think — and seethe. Burstein has since revealed that she found herself immersed in a misogynistic world where male chauvinism was just a prelude to sexual harassment, and where high skirts and low blouses were often the requirements for staff advancement. In an era when demands for equal pay for equal work

were met with smirks, and staying after office hours wasn’t about reviewing legislation, Burstein has said she found it a toxic, demeaning and corrupting environment.

She confronted it publicly, condemning it for what it was. The result was indifference. Albany’s sexist culture crossed partisan divides, Senate districts and generations of politicians.

As late as the 1990s, political consultant Dick Morris told the Village Voice, “Our image of the Empire State is as a bastion of liberalism, feminism and good will to women who seek higher office. In fact, it is one of the most sexist political environments in the nation.”

And now here we are, solidly in the 21st century, when we have made enormous progress in creating genuine equality in the workplace — unless you review the predatory actions of one Andrew Cuomo.

Let legions of therapists try to analyze his tortured person. This was a man who, at the same time he was signing legislation empowering women to speak out against sexual harassment in the workplace, was

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Cuomo wasn’t that great

Enjoyed Brinton’s column on his yard

To the Editor: In August 2018, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, “America was never that great.” He forgot about the millions of immigrants who have come here to seek a better life and live the American dream.

During his administration, scandals included sexual harassment, several thousand nursing home deaths from the coronavirus, and the alleged use of state employees on the taxpayers’ dime and time assisting in ghost-writing his book, for which he was paid $5 million. With ever-increasing taxes and long-term debt, job losses, a failed public education system and declining public transportation, it is the Empire State that was never that great, as it declined under Cuomo’s watch.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Governor.

To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Restoring a lost habitat in our backyard” (Aug. 19-25): I was smiling throughout the whole thing. I also have certified my yard as a wildlife habitat with the National Wildlife Federation. However, my property is 30 by 50, which includes my little bungalow, so I’ve had to squish a lot of plants in here, which I have done.

After Superstorm Sandy in 2012, most of my neighbors went to grass with a couple of flowerpots, and one neighbor took out the entire yard and put in cement, much to my horror.

At my age, it’s getting a little more difficult to rein everything in, especially since I’m so close to other people here in East Rockaway, but I do my best to keep everyt h i n g s o m e wh a t c o n t a i n e d (although my neighbors would beg to differ, I’m sure).

I’m so glad Brinton wrote this column. Great to see like-minded people.

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engaging in inappropriate, unwanted behavior that would have fathers of daughters lying in wait outside the governor’s mansion to pop him in the nose.

Now, New York’s first woman governor has taken over the office. Kathy Hochul has an urgent agenda that ranges from ever-changing coronavirus issues to public works to a progressive State Legislature that is pushing jobs, investments and entrepreneurs out of state. Oh, and she also has to raise tens of millions of dollars to run what may be a primary followed by a general election. She also needs to clean house of Cuomo staff loyalists who would like nothing more than for her to fail.

It still remains a rocky road for women in New York state politics.

Geraldine Ferraro ran for U.S. senator twice and never got past the primaries.

Elizabeth Holtzman was another Senate race loser. Burstein ran and lost the race for state attorney general. Kathleen Rice didn’t survive the primary for that job. There are other names as well, like Mary Ann Krupsak, who are known only

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to students of arcane state politics, but their experiences reflect the difficult life of women in an Albany distilled by Cuomo’s most recent actions.

There is an axiom in politics that says if you aim for the king, your shot better be fatal. In the case of Cuomo, a punitive, vindictive, abusive politician who has fallen from grace is far from mortem. Consider his interview with New York Magazine.

“I feel like I did the right thing,” he said.

“I did the right thing for the state. … I’m not gonna drag the state through the mud, through a three-month, four-month impeachment, and then win, and have made the State Legislature and the state government look like a ship of fools, when everything I’ve done all my life was for the exact opposite. I’m not doing that. I feel good. I’m not a martyr.”

This is surely not the voice of a penitent man.

Karen Burstein would probably ask us, “And just what were you expecting?”

Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He is currently with the law firm he founded in 1999, Rosenberg Calica & Birney, in Garden City.

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