Purchasing a home can be an exciting yet daunting task — involving, as it does, finding out how to afford a down payment, finance a mortgage and secure approval.
Who’s excited to be back in school? Mrs. Miles and Mrs. Sollenne’s class at Washington Street School in Franklin Square were all smiles for their first day of kindergarten.
By NIColE WAGNER nwagner@liherald.com
There will be plenty of family fun in when the annual Franklin Square Fall Festival kicks off Sept. 23.
The event, hosted by the Franklin Square Historical Society, runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. featuring fall-themed activities, games, food vendors and more. The rain date is Sept. 30.
Popcorn, bratwurst, pie, hot dogs and more will be available for purchase at the festival. The profits made from the food purchased will go back into the Franklin Square Historical Museum. There is no admission fee for the event.
“The amount of talent in Franklin Square
and close by is really amazing,” said Nancy Youngfert, president of the Franklin Square Historical Society.
T-shirts and pillows with an illustration of the original Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department, dated 1907, will be available. The shirts cost $15-$20 and the pillows cost $35. Purchase proceeds will benefit the museum.
“It’s really kind of cute because it shows what it looked like,” Youngfert said.
Books from Paul VanWie, Franklin Square historian and author, will be available for purchase for $15 to $20. “Franklin Square” and “Landmarks in Hempstead Town” are just two of several books the community can check out
Prospective and current homebuyers are invited to ask questions at two local workshops next month to prepare them for the house hunt. The sessions will be held in Elmont and Valley Stream, and their aim will be to educate residents on their rights and programs available to help finance a mortgage.
The workshop in Elmont, co-hosted by Nassau County Legislator Carrie Solages, will be held at Elmont Memorial Library on Sept. 13, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The Valley Stream workshop, co-hosted by Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, will take place on Sept. 14, from 6 to 8 p.m., at VFW Post 1790.
At the Elmont workshop, real estate professionals, the State of New York Mortgage Agency and the Long Island Housing Partnership will share tips with prospective homebuyers on the best financial practices and navigating the home-buying process.
“We’re educating people on different programs available to them to help purchase a home,” Carrie Solages said, “but also keeping their home, understanding the assessment system, (and) understanding your rights as to how and when you can challenge an assessment.”
The Valley Stream workshop will feature representatives from Community Development Corporation Long Island, the state’s mortgage agency and Long Island Housing Services, and offer information on tenants’ rights as well as buying a home.
Even if a home purchase
Continued on page 3
It’s an excellent opportunity to ask lots of questions, and there’s no such thing as a stupid question
DARREllE FoRDE
Senior vice president, State of New York Mortgage AgencyNicole Wagner/Herald
Got the itch to act? Want to become a star of stage and screen, but aren’t quite sure where to start?
The Lakeview Public Library will host an Open Mic Night on Oct. 19, at 6 p.m., for aspiring young performers. The idea is to give teens a stage to show their talent in just about any area of the performing arts.
“The goal is to provide students an outlet for their creativity,” library employee Stuart Oates, a 2020 graduate of Malverne High School, said. “It’s catharsis for the feelings. Adolescence can be a difficult time for a young adult. This is a great way for them to express those feelings in a judgment-free environment.”
The Open Mic is open to those ages 13 to 22, but Oates said they allow younger participants as well. And performers don’t have to live in Lakeview — teens from nearby communities are welcome, Oates said.
In the past, the library has hosted 15 or more performers, and an audience of 50 or more. It’s another way the facility is
opening up and expanding opportunities for community members to get involved.
Library Director Camina RaphaëlLubin said that previous events have included a poetry slam and talent show.
“We encourage kids to be themselves,” Raphaël-Lubin said. “Whatever talent they have and want to display, whether it’s dancing or singing, the spoken word, whatever, we let them know they have an outlet to express themselves.”
Last year, Oates said, a group of 7-year-old girls performed a hit song and drew huge applause from the audience. “They had stayed home and practiced in front of their moms for weeks,” Oates recalled. “They were adorable.”
Oates said he takes pride in seeing children and teens step out of their comfort zones. The reward is watching young people find satisfaction in performing.
“They tell me, ‘It felt good to get out there and challenge myself,’” Oates said of some of the performers.
“We see teens take the initiative, and they’re genuinely interested. We want them to be as authentic as they can. You got to be honest. If it’s how you feel, it’s how you feel.”
Raphaël-Lubin said that the small community of Lakeview supports the performers, and the events are great community celebrations of young talent. “They love the support they get,” she said. “Everyone is cheering each other on. Kids love it, and they really do come out for this. Everyone wants to show their talent.”
The library will offer prizes for the top three performers. And the Molloy University Workforce Development team will be on hand, offering scholarships and information about health care careers. The library encourages participants to register early, so staff can ensure they have enough equipment for everyone. To register, visit the library, at 1120 Woodfield Road in Rockville Centre, call (516) 536-3071, or go to LakeviewLibrary.org.
W e want (performers) to be as authentic as they can. You got to be honest. If it’s how you feel, it’s how you feel.
at the festival.
Youngfert often teases VanWie for having collected Franklin Square memorabilia since the time he was in diapers.
“We’re lucky that he was interested that young, because he was able to meet and talk to a lot of the people who were featured in the museum,” she said.
The festival, known in the 1980s as the Apple Fest, grew in popularity over the past several years since the Franklin Square Civic Association and historical society became involved. The Apple Fest was originally held on the grounds where the Franklin Square Historical Museum stands today.
The civic association decided to make the festival a larger event to raise funds for the museum.
“In the form that it’s taken now, it’s a very fun event,” she said.
Community craft makers and other vendors are with vendor booths at $25 each with funds going back to the museum. Booths are also given to nonprofits free to advertise their services to the community.
Last year the festival was able to fundraise over $3,000 for the historical society.. While the event has no goal for fundraising, Youngfert appreciates the generosity of the community in donating food and beverages for the event.
“Far and wide, people are willing to donate something to help us along,” Youngfert said.
The event’s success is measured by the amount of people who enjoy the festival. Last year, about 900 people attended.
“It just really is a good community event, and of course it brings people to the museum grounds to see the museum,” she said.
The Franklin Square Historical Museum is open every first Sunday of the month from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
isn’t in the cards in the upcoming months, the workshops can help prospective buyers strategize. “Having that counseling session can help them get on the right road and give them realistic expectations for what that process would be like,” said Darrelle Forde, senior vice president of single-family programs with the state’s mortgage agency.
The agency helps residents who are at or below certain income levels purchase their first home. No minimum credit score is required to apply for its down payment assistance programs. However, credit profiles are reviewed to see that payments can be made on time.
Down payment assistance loans acquired through the agency are nonrepayable and are forgiven after the homeowner lives in a house for 10 years.
Between January 2021 and June 2023, the agency provided about $11 million in non-repayable down payment assistance across Long Island.
The cap for the down payment assistance is 3 percent of the purchase price of a home, or $15,000. The minimum out-of-pocket contribution from homebuyers is 1 percent of the closing cost.
Subsidies from nonprofits, employer assistance programs and the state agency loan can be stacked to help a buyer afford the total down payment.
In that same time period, the mortgage agency produced 1,040 loans across Long Island, and 70 percent were made to households that earned at or below 80 percent of the area median income.
In Nassau County, the income limit to apply for the low-interest rate program through the mortgage agency is $184,000 for single or two-family homes and $215,000 for homes housing three or more families.
Additionally, the agency offers renovation loans for “zombie homes” that have negatively affected property values. Through this process, the agency interviews contractors to perform the renovations, and the contractors then report to a bank that makes sure they stay on schedule and within budget.
While the state process can take a bit longer than conventional loan services, Natasha Williams, a Cornelius Group real estate broker, said it’s worth it. Her clients have received grants and lowered their mortgage interest rates.
“These are opportunities, even when we’re considering a high interest rate
franklin Square: $559,200
elmont: $451,200
Valley Stream: $469,200
Average median household income
franklin Square: $123,334
elmont: $104,539
Valley Stream: $115,602
market, where people can actually be on top,” Williams said.
While some people look to acquire a home, others struggle to keep theirs. At the Elmont workshop, a foreclosure prevention attorney from Long Island Housing Services will help homeowners understand their rights in the process.
Ian Wilder, housing services’ executive director, said it’s in the homeowners’ best interest to seek expert help when facing foreclosure.
“You may not realize what your rights are unless you have somebody who works on this process every day and knows what the rules are,” Wilder said.
Wilder has counseled tenants and homeowners who have faced foreclosure, and stressed the importance of seeking help early on. The biggest problem the service has is clients who call too late.
“Waiting is never the best option,” Wilder said. “There are people out there who are already compensated by grants at no cost to you who do this every day — call them as soon as possible.”
For more information about the Elmont workshop, contact Carrie Solages’ office at (516) 571-6203 or at CSolages@NassauCountyNY.gov. For more information about the Valley Stream workshop, contact Michaelle Solages’ office at (516) 599-2972 or District22@ NYAssembly.gov.
“It’s an excellent opportunity to ask lots of questions, and there’s no such thing as a stupid question,” Forde said.
The amount of talent in Franklin Square and close by is really amazing
NaNcy youNgfer T President of Franklin Square Historical Societythe annual franklin Square fall festival consistently attracts a big crowd with last year helping the franklin Square Historical Society raise over $3,000.
1226235
The Sewanhaka High School turf field redone in 2015, featured its longtime mascot whose depiction has become an increasingly offensive image to Native Americans. Recently, the board of education voted to hire the Josten’s company to create a new mascot for the school.
The Sewanhaka school district has hired a consulting firm to rebrand and create a new school mascot.
Recently the Josten’s company was hired for $3,000 by the board of education to perform the rebrand. The process is expected to finish by June 2024.
Josten’s is an American manufacturing company that makes class ringsand other school memorabilia. The company was brought in as a neutral party to facilitate discussion between community stakeholders to discover what mascot should represent Sewanhaka.
Apart from the effect that diet and exercise have in extending healthful life are the mental and social aspects. As noted author Norman Cousins wrote, “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss in life is what dies inside us while we live.”
Robbins advises that the old saying “use it or lose it” applies as much to the brain as it does to muscles. Keys to cognitive health are engagement with life and having goals and things to look forward to.
“The elders most likely to experience dementia are those who spend their days watching television or wandering aimlessly around the mall. On the other hand, those who are contributing to the lives of others, who are engaged in some way in making the world a better or more beautiful place, not only more fully retain their cognitive faculties as they grow older, but often find themselves expanding into new levels of awareness and understanding.”
Finally, the old Tina Turner song “What’s
Love Got to Do With It?” comes to mind. The answer? A lot. Studies show that selfabsorbed people are far less healthy. One doctor advises “Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.”
One study of a group of women suffering from metastatic breast cancer showed that those who participated in a support group lived an average of 37 months while those who went it alone lived an average of 17 months. The women in the support group also experienced fewer mood swings and less pain and fear.
Modern research is now repeatedly finding that your relationship with others is medically potent. Your connections with the significant people in your life — if they are positive and loving — can prevent stress-induced illness, greatly contribute to your health and healing, and add many years to your life.
The company will organize forums, present possible outcomes and relay the decision to the board of education and the community.
“The district is fortunate to have an
enterprise like Josten’s available to facilitate this process and ensure all voices are heard,” Thomas Dolan, Sewanhaka school district superintendent, said. “We are confident in its ability to build understanding and excitement over this mandated change.”
Following the New York Sate Education Department vote to end the use of indigenous mascots in schools in April, the school district board of education voted to get rid of Sewanhaka High School’s Indian mascot in May.
Eleven Long Island school districts were impacted by the state regulation that went into effect at the beginning of May.
— Nicole WagnerNews Brief items icluding awards, honors, promotions and other tidbits about local residents are welcome. Photographs may be emailed as well. Deadline for submissions is noon Thursday, week prior to publication. Send to execeditor@liherald.com
Our offices are located at 2 Endo Blvd. Garden City, NY 11530 and are open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
MAIN PHONE: (516) 569-4000
■ WEB SITE: www.liherald.com/franklinsquare or www.liherald.com/elmont
■ E-MAIl: Letters and other submissions: fseditor@liherald.com
■
By JUAN LASSO jlasso@liherald.com
Bruce Blakeman and Patrick Ryder stood on the steps of Valley Stream Central High School, holding up a backpack. No, this wasn’t one of the many school supply giveaways that take place this time of year.
Instead, the Nassau County executive and Nassau County Police Department commissioner wanted to show a “gobag.” Filled with emergency response gear to deal with everything from school shootings to drug overdoses, these backpacks have been placed “in every county police vehicle and given to our village police department” stocked with emergency tools from a tourniquet to stop life-threatening bleeding, to Narcan, a lifesaving medication used in opioid overdoses.
These backpacks are yet another tool in a growing arsenal of existing school safety measures and protocols Blakeman said are critical in creating “an atmosphere of safety” at Nassau schools.
“There is no higher priority than the safety of our children in Nassau County,” Blakeman said. “We are extremely serious about making sure that our kids, when they go to school, are in a safe environment free from any kind of violence or any kind of medical condition that would jeopardize their health.”
With the creeping rise of school gun
In response to the worrying uptick in gun violence and overdose opioid deaths, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman joined Nassau County Police Department commissioner Patrick
violence and opioid deaths nationwide, Blakeman stressed the county’s effort to ensure efficient cooperation between teachers, police officials, and local government. He also called on parents to be the first line of defense in spotting and reporting problematic behavior with their kids — especially as they grow into teens and young adults.
“Parents, know what your kids are up to,” Blakeman said. “Know who their friends are. If some kid is acting weird or is doing something that can possibly
lead to violent activity — whether inperson or on social media — let school officials know.”
Major strides have been made in the police’s coordination efforts with schools, Ryder said, as ways to prevent active shooters and cut down on response times.
This is possible thanks to existing safety procedures and technology like security-wide assessments, mandatory police school visits, and the widespread installation of the Rave Panic Button
system in schools — a rapid alert apparatus designed to directly connect school administration to law enforcement and emergency dispatchers during a life-threatening event.
Other tactics include a dedicated team of officers who monitor the web for troubling social media posts or suspicious online behavior.
“If school officials do find something,” Ryder said, “we immediately sit down with them, the student, and their parents and discuss it.”
One instance that came to Ryder’s mind was where a conversation led to a consensual search of a family’s property, turning up weapons inside the home even the parents were not aware of.
“Since 2013, there have been 75 people killed in school shootings,” Ryder said. “Roughly 75 percent of all active shootings end in five minutes or less. And 52 percent of that is over in two minutes.”
Ryder noted that the county police’s response time falls squarely within that window — averaging around three to five minutes. In the fast-paced chaos of a shooting, “closing that gap between two to three minutes” through quicker response times can save lives, citing the need for more trained officers on standby. And close to schools.
“The bad guy has to be right once,” Ryder said. “We have to be right every single time, so we practice how we play and improve on everything we did before.”
Juan Lasso/Herald
Twenty two years have passed since that dark and tragic day in American history. The observance of Sept. 11 continues to be a time of remembrance, healing, solace and hope for the future.
The Herald hopes that these photos of victims killed in the terrorist attack who had some connection to Franklin Square or Elmont — some were born there, grew up there, lived there as an adult or served in its fire department — will serve to keep their memories alive to a community that still grieves for them.
Scott Bart ronald Kloepfer
eMelda perry
Bruce BoehM Salvatore lopeS
thoMaS hetzel
roBert evanS
Jill Metzler
The bar has been raised for Hofstra men’s soccer.
Hofstra repeated as conference champions last fall, but were unable to replicate its 2021 postseason success when the Pride reached the third round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The 2022 NCAA Tournament appearance was a brief one for Hofstra, with the Pride falling in the opening round at South Florida, 4-2.
“Expectations are much higher now,” said 35th-year head coach Richard Nuttall. “Our aspirations are much higher than the NCAA first round.”
The Pride was tabbed as favorites in the Coastal Athletic Association preseason poll collecting nine of 11 first place votes. Hofstra is aiming for its first CAA title three-peat since accomplishing the feat between 2004 and 2006.
Leading the charge to once again raise a CAA trophy and get Hofstra into the NCAA Tournament as the league’s automatic qualifier are junior midfielder Eliot Goldthorp and senior forward Ryan Carmichael. Goldthorp, a native of Leeds, United Kingdom, was named the CAA Preseason Player of the Year after earning Second-Team United Soccer Coaches All-America honors last season. Carmichael of Northern Island was 2022 CAA Player of the Year after placing second in the conference with 24 points.
“They are exceptional players who are athletically blessed and skillful,” said Nuttall of Carmichael and Goldthorp, who were both named to the 2023 Hermann Trophy Watch List.
The first goal of the 2023 featured Carmichael heading in a cross from Goldthorp in the second half of the Pride’s 1-0 season-opening win against Marist on Aug. 24.
Other offensive players Nuttall is hoping produce goals this season include senior Oliver Svalander of Sweden, who tallied 21 points last season, and junior Teddy Baker, who transferred from Lake
Erie College in Ohio.
Senior goalkeeper Wessel Speel anchors a Hofstra defense that held opponents to one goal or less in 15 matches. The Netherlands native was a ThirdTeam All-CAA selection in 2022 with 45 saves and five shutouts.
The backline also features Merrick native Pierce Infuso, Stefan Mason of the UK, Nico Oberrauch of Rome, Italy and Björn van Gorkom from the Netherlands.
Infuso, a former Bellmore JFK High School standout, made strides last season as a Second-Team All-CAA selection.
“We believe he is probably as good as anybody in the country as a one-on-one defender,” said Nuttall of Infuso. “His soccer IQ is getting better every year.”
The defense also includes West Hempstead High School native Shane Salmon, a Kellenberg High School product, who is back for a graduate year after playing 16 games with seven starts as a senior.
Other local players on the Pride roster include graduate Andrew Weiner, a Mepham High School graduate who arrives at Hofstra this season after competing for four seasons at Albany. Sophomore goalie Gino Cervoni, an Elmont native and Carey High School alum could eventually end up seeing time in net during his college career.
Hofstra kicks off its CAA season on Saturday at home against Long Island rival Stony Brook at 7 p.m. The nonleague schedule is highlighted by an Oct. 3 trip to ACC power Virginia, who the Pride tied 1-1 last season.
The success of the Hofstra men’s soccer program the last two years, which included an 8-2 blowout win at Penn State in the 2021 NCAA Tournament second round, has given Nuttall an added boost in recruiting.
“We’re known as an entertaining and an attacking team and I think a lot of young people want to come here and play an attacking style soccer,” he said. “Our results are pretty impressive over the last few years so we’re becoming a place that the top level recruits want to come to.”
Courtesy Hofstra Athletics Communicationst
Nassau County put on an afternoon concert on Aug. 31 in Eisenhower Park’s Field 1. Geared towards seniors and older adults in the county, it featured Michael D’Amore, the lead singer of the one-hit-wonder doo wop group, The Capris.
The Capris originated from Ozone Park, Queens in the late 1950s, and are best known for their hit, “There’s a Moon Out Tonight,” released in 1961. The group experience a popularity resurgence in the 1980s.
The original group consisted of Nick Santamaria, Mike Mincieli, Frank Reina, Vinnie Naccarato and John Cassese.
D’Amore, who took to the stage at Eisenhower, joined the group in 2016. He originates from upstate-New York, and grew up in New Jersey. For the last 28 years, he’s been a multigenre, professional entertainer, based out of the New York metropolitan area — though he is drawn to classic R&B and doo wop sounds.
The group now consists of D’Amore, Tony Sergi, John Monforte, Lou Esposito — and original member, Reina, who resides in East Meadow, and stopped by the Eisenhower performance.
All summer long, the county has put on concerts for older generations, which kicked off at 12 p.m. D’Amore’s show was the last performance of the summer.
For more on services and events offered by the county’s Department of Human Services and the Office for the Aging, contact (516) 227-8900 or email seniors@hhsnassaucountyny. us.
Visit Capris.Net for more on the doo wop group and its history and MichaelDAmore.com for more on D’Amore and upcoming performances.
Moriches Field Brewing Company received $18,750 to revitalize an empty downtown space.
Revitalization grants are just one of the ways we help businesses on Long Island and in the Rockaways. For Moriches Field Brewing Company, a grant from our economic development program was a perfect fit to help them renovate a previously vacant property. A discount through our Vacant Space Revival Program saved them more than $4,000 on their electric bills, and rebates for upgrading to LED lighting are keeping them saving month after month.
Helping revitalize our Island, one business at a time, is something we’re proud to be part of and something definitely worth celebrating.
Grants | Rebates | Incentives | Assessments | Community Support
For more information, visit PSEGLINY.com/EcoDev
KIMON BEKELIS, MD
Chairman
Neurointerventional Services at Catholic Health
Director
Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island
JOSEPH BENDEN LMSW, LNHA
Administrator
The Five Towns Premier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
MATTHEW J. BRUDERMAN
Chairman, Board of Directors
Nassau University Medical Center
JORDAN BRODSKY, MD
Medical Doctor & Rheumatologist
Rheumatology Consultants
TARA BUONOCORE-RUT
President & CEO
CenterLight Health System
JACK R. CALLISON, JR.
CEO
Sunrise Senior Living
DONNA CELARDO, MSN, RN, SAFE
Director
ACLD
CRISTINA CELLUCCI, MSN, RN, SAFE
Director of Nursing, Emergency Department
Mount Sinai South Nassau
REBECCA CHARLES, MHA
Director of Operations
Harmony Healthcare Long Island
STACEY CONKLIN, MSN, RN-BC,
MHCDS, NE-BC
Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
Mount Sinai South Nassau
NOVLET DAVIS, RN
Nurse Practitioner St. Francis Hospital
KRISTEN DESIDERI
Licensed Practical Nurse
Glengariff
DANIEL DIAZ
Orthotist & Prosthetist
Complete Orthopedic Services Inc.
MARK C. DRAKOS, MD
Medical Director
Hospital For Special Surgery
ADINA GELFAND-EREZ R-PAC
CEO
Bleu Glove Concierge
CAROL GOMES, MS, FACHE, CPHQ
CEO, Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook Medicine
TIANA HAKIMI, DDS
Board Certified Pediatric Dentist
North Shore Smiles Pediatric Dentistry
JAY ITZKOWITZ, MD, MBA, FACEP
Chair of Department of Emergency Medicine
Mount Sinai South Nassau
JONATHAN JASSEY, DO FAAP
Founding Pediatrician
Concierge Pediatric Practice
LINDA JACOBS, MD
Pediatrician
Concierge Pediatric Practice
FELICIA KASTOW
Director of Marketing & Operations
Pure Mammography
CHRISTINE L. KIPPLEY, RN
VP Patient Care Services & Chief Nursing Officer
Peconic Bay Medical Center Northwell
ALEXANDER M. KOTLYAR, MD, FACOG
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Genesis Fertility and Reproductive Medicine
KEN LONG
Senior Vice President, Administration & Chief Clinical Integration Officer
Mount Sinai South Nassau
JEFFREY MCQUEEN M.B.A., L.C.D.C.
Executive Director
Mental Health Association of Nassau County
COLLEEN MERLO
CEO Association for Mental Health and Wellness
EUNICE E. PARK, MD, MPH
Dual-board certified Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon
Founder
AIREM Modern Beauty Rituals
DAVID PODWALL, MD President
Nassau County Medical Society
JOHN POHLMAN, CPA
Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer
Mount Sinai South Nassau
CHRISTINE PONZIO
Executive Director
Winters Center for Autism
KAITLIN POWERS
Regional Director of Admissions
Long Beach Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS, PhD
President & CEO
Family & Children’s Association
AMY RECCO
COO, Owner & Vice President
Friends for Life Homecare & Medicaid Consultants
YOLANDA ROBANO-GROSS, LMSW, MHA
CEO
Options for Community Living, Inc.
STAVROULA SAVELIDIS, MS
Executive Director
Nassau County Medical Society
KERRI ANNE SCANLON, RN, FAAN
Executive Director
Glen Cove Hospital, Northwell Health
MELISSA SCHACHTER, MS, CCC-SLP, TSSLD
Director
Speech Language Place
GARY SCHLESINGER
President & CEO
ParCare Community Health Network
CMSGT (RET.) EDWARD SCHLOEMAN
Chairman
Operation Warrior Shield
AMY SILVA-MAGALHAES
COO
The Bristal Assisted Living
SHARON SOMEKH, MD, IBCLC
Pediatrician
Concierge Pediatric Practice
SPECIAL AWARDS
DISTINGUISHED VISIONARY
MICHAEL J. DOWLING
CEO
Northwell Health
DAVID BATTINELLI, MD
Executive Vice President & Physician-in-Chief, Northwell Health
Dean, Betsey Cushing Whitney Professor of Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
MARIA FLETCHER, PhD
Associate Dean for Nursing & Associate Professor
St. Joseph’s University
DEBORAH A. HUNT, PhD, RN
Dr. Betty L. Forest Dean and Professor of the College of Nursing and Public Health Adelphi University
PETER IGARASHI, MD Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook Stony Brook Medicine
NICOLE WADSWORTH
Dean & Professor New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM)
CHRISTOPHER R. VAKOC, MD/PhD
Alan and Edith Seligson Professor of Cancer Research Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
PROF. CHAD BOUTON
VP, Advanced Engineering, Director of Neural Bypass and Brain-Computer Interface Laboratory, Institute for Bioelectronic Medicine
Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health
ORGANIZATIONS OF EXCELLENCE
FAMILY & CHILDREN’S ASSOCIATION
NEW YORK STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION
R.J. ZUCKERBERG CANCER CENTER
R.J. ZUCKERBERG CANCER HOSPITAL
THERALYMPIC SPEECH THERAPY PHOTOBOOTH
*List in Formation
Haven’t finished shopping for school this year? Have no fear, UBS Arena will host a Back-in-School Giveaway and Autoshow Sunday, Sept. 10.
Students can receive backpacks, stationary and more at the event that has parents covered if they couldn’t get to the store before the first day of school for needed school supplies. Registration online for the event giveaway is mandatory to ensure that people don’t leave empty handed.
“We want to make sure that when a family comes to an event, they’re provided with a backpack, we don’t want to turn anyone away,” Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages said. “So we’re encour-
aging everyone to register beforehand to make sure that we have enough for every one.”
Community members who just want to come out and enjoy the car show, win prizes and enjoy the first weekend of the school year are all welcome.
The event will partner with the Nassau County Police Department, Solages’ office, Community Affairs and Showing Hearts Foundation and more to provide fun for all. Check it out Sept. 10 between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the UBS Arena park ing lot.
— Nicole Wagner
On Aug. 24, Jamaica resident Javier Sauceda-Sanchez was arrested for shoplifting from Marshalls at 600 Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont at 5:30 p.m.
On Aug. 27, Elmont resident Teresa Moreno was arrested for shoplifting from Macys at Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream at 3 p.m.
cordially invites you to attend Nassau
On Aug. 30, Elmont resident Kevin King was arrested for shoplifting from Target at 3850 Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown at 12 p.m.
On Aug. 27, Franklin Square resident Juan Carlos Gonzalez was arrested for criminal mischief at 492 3rd Street in Franklin Square around 10 p.m.
People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.
SPONSORSHIPS AND TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR SEPTEMBER 23
SOIREE SPONSOR
Mount Sinai Health System
GOLD STANDARD SPONSOR
Feil Family Foundation
CUPOLA SPONSOR
Terri and Steve Gold
Mount Sinai South Nassau Medical Sta
North American Partners in Anesthesia
HEALTHY WAY SPONSORS
B2K Development
MaryLou and Anthony Cancellieri
Flagstar Bank, N.A.
Eileen and Michael Sapraicone
WHERE QUALITY MATTERS SPONSORS
Bethpage Federal Credit Union
Breitstone & Co. Ltd.
The Central Orthopedic Group
MSSN FAMILY SPONSORS
Banyan Medical Systems
Diane and David Bonagura
Concierge Choice Physicians
Joseph Fennessy
Park Strategies, LLC
Parking Systems
The Dover Group
MARY PEARSON SPONSORS
Bartlett LLP
Colon & Rectal Surgical Specialists of New York
Larry and Christine Ferazani
HOK Architects
Radiation Business Solutions
Susan and Matthew Rifkin
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
MAGENTA SPONSORS
Acejan
Axis Construction Corporation
Bond, Schoeneck & King
John and Laura Curran
DOPF, P.C.
Elayne and Je rey Frisch
Harris Beach PLLC
Long Beach & Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation
Lynbrook Restorative Therapy & Nursing
Meadowbrook Care Center
MG Security
Professional Maintenance of LI, Inc.
PSEG Long Island
Richmond County Ambulance
Ellen and George Schieren
SeniorCare Emergency Medical Services
Shaub Ahmuty Citrin & Spratt
Sodexo
Vaso Corporation
COMMUNITY SPONSORS
Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch, LLP
AKF Group
Alfieri Painting & Decorating, Inc.
Caldera Medical
Cameron Engineering & Associates, LLP
Cullen and Dykman LLP
Maria and Paul DiCosimo
First Nationwide Title
Grandell Rehabilitation & Nursing
Greater New York LECET Fund
Christine and Henry Haunss
Heatherwood Luxury Rentals
Imperial Cleaning
Imperial Dade
Jay Itzkowitz, MD and the ED Team
Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP
McHenry & Horan, P.C.
New York Plastic Surgical Group
NK Architects
Stephen Onesti, MD
Park Avenue Extended Care Facility & Townhouse
Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing
Wendy and Anthony Ponte
Risk Strategies Company Inc.
Rockville Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Ropes & Gray LLP
Marilyn and Michael Schamroth
Susan and Joel Schneider
Sign-A-Rama
Nora and Jack Skiba
The David & Sondra Mack Foundation
UNDERWRITERS
Education
AKF Group, Altice, Schneps Media
Favors
The Dover Group
Photography
Richner Communications
VIP Reception
Mount Sinai South Nassau Medical Sta
VIP Afterparty
Je Greenfield, NGL Insurance
Valet
Sharma Family, EW Howell Construction Group
As of 9/1/23
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2023, 7 PM
Tickets are still available for the 2023 Soirée Under the Stars, featuring performances from Broadway stars Tony Yazbeck and Kate Baldwin. Both performers are Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critic’s Circle awards nominees!
To purchase tickets or for more information, call the Development O ce at 516-377-5360 or visit southnassaulifesaver.org
Dawn Keiley, RN Senior Director of Nursing Mount Sinai South Nassau
Matthew Rifkin, MD Department Chair, Radiology Mount Sinai South Nassau
CUPOLA AWARD
MARY PEARSON AWARD
Anthony Cancellieri Co-Chairman, Board of Directors Mount Sinai South Nassau
s the calendar turns to fall, it’s time once again to share in the delights of all things Irish at the annual Feis and Irish Festival, presented by the Nassau County Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
The annual spectacle is a beloved tradition that brings out visitors and participants to enthusiastically partake in a lively celebration of dance, music, piping, drumming, language, and athletics known as a feis (pronounced
dance, known fesh). to of the AOH, it not dancers year), Irish bread baking.
The dancers are ready and the pipes are calling all to the 51st edition of the festival at Nickerson Beach on Sunday, Sept. 17, beginning at 9 a.m. It retains the distinction of being a full feis in the traditional meaning of that term, according to Nassau AOH, in that it showcases not only Irish step dancing competitions (many hundreds of dancers are expected this year), but also a full menu of Gaelic bagpiping, traditional Irish music and song, Irish language activities, games, sports, and even Irish soda
Since 1975, George Thorogood & The Destroyers have sold more than 15 million albums, played more than 8,000 ferocious live shows, and built a catalog of classic hits that includes ‘Who Do You Love,’ ‘One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer’ and ‘Get A Haircut.’ Bad to the Bone,’ that definitive badass anthem deemed the most popular song for bikers by Spotify, celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2022. Now ‘one of the most iconic bands in rock n’ roll history’ — the Rapid City Journal, among others — celebrates it all with their Bad All Over The World: 50 Years Of Rock tour. It’s been very good to be George Thorogood & The Destroyers all these years, rock on with them. ‘If you’re content, you may as well be dead.’ Thorogood says. ‘I think everyone has thoughts about retiring, but the phone keeps ringing. ‘You want me and The Destroyers to come to your town, set up our gear, wear some cool threads and play ‘Who Do You Love?’ Let’s rock!’
Friday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m. $89.50, $59.50, $49.50, $39.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.
tradition
From as far back as 18th century Ireland, communities would come together for special festivals of dance and music — involving competitions, laughter and good times. That tradition continues here, where the AOH’s eight strong divisions organize competitions of dance and piping, bestowing awards on
festivals of dance and music — involving divisions awards the best. Ancient Nassau since
The Ancient Order of Hibernians has presented Nassau County with its annual feis since 1972, celebrating Irish culture and history.
The Nassau AOH welcomes everyone to enjoy its traditional dance and piping competitions, along with an Irish Marketplace, featuring all sorts of Irish-related goods and treats for sale. And there’s a special area for the kids. And since it’s a Sunday, Mass will be said at noon.
It’s a day that highlights the always vibrant, age-old Irish traditions, with all eyes on those high-stepping lasses. The dance competitions make this the premiere feis in the New York metro region, a showcase of some the finest Irish dancers in the area (and beyond), which also attracts pipers from all over to perform.
By Karen BloomThe sheer energy of the step dancers fascinates the many visitors who come just to see them being judged. The dancers perform intricate steps, often arrayed in dazzlingly colorful outfits, dancing jigs, reels, hornpipes and set dances. Winners move on to national competition and even international competitions.
This year’s festival honors Tim Myles, a National Life Member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America, Division 14, in Lynbrook/Rockville Centre.
“I am honored and humbled to be chosen for this position, alongside many great Hibernians in past years, including a bishop and congressman who have been the honoree,” Myles says. “I have been involved in the feis for over 30 years, but most proud of the 10 years I ran the dancing competition. I oversaw entries go from 240 competitors to over 8O0 dancers, thanks to Riverdance. Please come out and support Irish culture, because if we don’t, who will?”
Myles, who retired from Long Island Rail Road 10 years ago, is devoted to supporting the Irish community at large. Among his many efforts, he
serves on Rockville Centre’s St. Patrick’s Parade Committee and on the board of Molloy University’s Irish Studies Institute.
Pat McGann
• Sunday, Sept. 17, 9 a.m. -5 p.m.
• $10 per person; children younger than 12 free
• Saturday and Sunday, noon-4 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Nickerson Beach, 880 Lido Blvd., Lido Beach
• Visit NassauAOHFeis.com for information
• Emily Lowe Hall Gallery, South Campus, Hempstead. For information and to RSVP, call (516) 463-5672, or visit Hofstra.edu/museum
“When We All Stand,” Hofstra University Museum of Art’s new exhibition, examines the collective power of the arts in society.
Curated by Alexandra Giordano — the museum’s assistant director of exhibition and collection — the exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility and influence.
Other festival enticements include Gaelic bagpiping, along with traditional music and song. Individual musicians demonstrate their talents and compete for prizes on a number of instruments — including the fiddle, tin whistle, flute, accordion, all forms of bagpipes, drums and keyboards, or any other instrument of their choice. Singers do the same, and judges have been known to award extra points for songs sung in the Irish language.
The Irish soda bread judging, a perennial favorite, is also one of the most hotly contested events of the day. There are as many styles of Irish soda bread as there are bakers. And, of course, the beach beckons. Bring a picnic lunch and settle in for a taste of Irish culture and hospitality.
“It highlights the vital role that artists have in activating democratic values that promise equality and freedom, encouraging civic engagement, and cultivating unity,”
Spend an electrifying evening with soul storyteller and ‘narrator of love’ Anthony Hamilton. The Grammy winner (and 17-time nominee) is known for his singular style that mixes Southern soul with R&B swag. Over the last decade, he’s produced platinum-selling albums and charttopping hits like ‘Comin’ From Where I’m From,’ ‘Charlene,’ ‘You’ve Got the Love I Need,’ and ‘You Made a Fool of Me.’ His recent album ‘Love is the New Black’ includes the solo single ‘Mercy,’ which launched his label My Music Box. The suave singersongwriter entices everyone with a voice characterized as smooth as the glowing embers of a dying fire and a glass of pinot noir. Now considered the king of modern soul and R&B, he burst onto the scene in the early 2000s, after cutting his teeth as a background singer for the likes of D’Angelo and 2Pac.
Pat McGann is quickly rising as one of the sharpest stand-ups on the comedy scene. A relative latecomer to comedy, he began doing standup at 31 after realizing he was not very good at selling packaging. He hustled his way to become the house emcee at Zanies Chicago, where he distinguished himself as especially adept at working the crowd. A husband and father of three young children, McGann’s appeal stems from his quick wit and relatable take on family life and marriage. In 2017, McGann began touring as the opening act for Sebastian Maniscalco, moving with him from clubs to theater, to arenas, including four soldout shows at Madison Square Garden. McGann’s relatively short, but impressive resume, includes Montreal’s famed Just For Laughs Festival, Gilda’s LaughFest, The Great American Comedy Festival, and more. McGann still calls Chicago home.
BALDWIN HERALD — February 9, 2023
Friday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m. NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury For information/tickets, visit WestburyMusicFair.org or LiveNation.com.
Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. $40, $35, $30, $25. The Paramount, 370
Can art change the world? It’s a question that’s been at the focus of our collective culture for centuries. Now as society navigates the complexities of modern life, art as a path for social change is at the forefront of artistic expression.
Queen-mania rocks on. Killer Queen visits the Paramount stage, Saturday, Sept. 23, at 8 p.m., with their homage to the beloved band. Formed in the UK in 1993, Killer Queen played their first public shows at London University where Queen themselves had played their first shows 21 years earlier. Fronted by Patrick Myers as Freddie Mercury, critics have described Myers’ resemblance to Freddie Mercury as “spooky;” his uncanny likeness was further proven when he recorded a #1 hit single singing as Freddie Mercury on Fat Boy Slim’s record “The Real Life.” Of the band’s success, Myers has remarked “It’s been an amazing journey. We thought our band would last maybe a summer at the most but the concerts grew and grew and we’ve ended up playing and selling out the same arenas that Queen played at their peak.” Their success has continued here in the States, with regular stops at prestigious venues on their U.S. tours. Their expert musicianship, extraordinary energy, and accurate portrayal of the world’s greatest live band has rightfully earned them the title of Queen Royalty! Thrilling sell-out audiences across the globe the band recreates the high energy, powerful phenomenon that was Queen live. This quality, combined with Myers’ powerful three-and-a-half octave tenor range, expert musicianship and dynamic stage presence, has captivated audiences the world over. $49.50, $39.50, $35, $24.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.
View the landmark exhibition “Modigliani and the Modern Portrait,” at Nassau County Museum of Art. Devoted to the way that Modigliani powerfully re-defined the art of portraiture, the show includes his masterworks along with paintings and drawings by his Parisian contemporaries (Picasso, van Dongen, Laurencin). Modigliani’s enduring influence on artists even in our own time is shown in a selection of Contemporary paintings by such important figures as David Hockney, Eric Fischl, Elizabeth Peyton and others. The exhibition is being curated by Dr. Kenneth Wayne, founder of The Modigliani Project, which authenticates paintings and drawings (two of the works in the show have been recently approved by the committee). Through Nov. 5. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.
The South Shore Audubon Society welcomes all to join its members for a bird walk, at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area, Saturday, Sept. 9, starting at 9 a.m. Walk leaders, other birders and nature enthusiasts are happy to share their knowledge and experience with you. Bring binoculars. 500 Slice Drive, off Waukeena Ave. To register, text your name and contact information to (516) 467-9498. Also text regarding questionable weather conditions. For more information, visit SSAudubon.org
Celebrate fall and all the colors of the season with the family at Long Island Children’s Museum, Saturday, Sept. 23, 12-2 p.m. Use your imagination to make animal art out of colorful leaf shapes, focusing on the seasonal shades of vibrant yellow, deep purple, and fiery orange, at the dropin program. Suitable for ages 3 and up. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org
Registration is open for the St. Jude Walk/Run Long Island, presented by Tweezerman International during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Sunday, Sept. 10, 9 a.m., at Marcum Corporate Offices & Park. The St. Jude Walk/ Run offers everyone a chance to walk or run and gather in-person or virtually to raise funds and awareness for the St. Jude mission: Finding cures. Saving children. Besides the walk/run, the event features entertainment, food and activities for the whole family to enjoy. Participants will even have the opportunity to connect with St. Jude patients and learn firsthand how their support makes a difference. 10 Melville Park Road, Melville. Register or learn more at StJude.org/walklongisland.
Need help buying a home for the first time? Prospective homebuyers can learn how to navigate the home-buying process at Elmont Memorial Library, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 7-8:30 p.m. See how to secure pre-approval, prepare financially and learn about firsttime homebuyer programs with the state’s Mortgage Agency, Long Island Housing Partnership and Legislator Carrie Solages. To RSVP, contact Solages’ office at (516) 571-6203 or csolages@ nassaucountyny.gov. 700
Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent
Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture,” now back on-site at Nassau County Museum of Art, Thursday, Oct. 19, 1 p.m. Enjoy an in-depth presentation on the current exhibition “Modigliani and the Modern Portrait.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program and to join the 2 p.m. public tour of the exhibit. 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.
Grab a glass and expand your palette with German wine. Wunderwein LLC will offer some of the best wines from Germany at Das Weinfest, the original German wine festival, Sunday, Sept. 10, 1-6 p.m., at Platteduetsche Park Biergarten. $35 per person includes three tastings, also an additional two complimentary tastings with the option of a dessert wine. Additional samplings are available for purchase, $3 individually or 10 for $25. 1132 Hempstead Turnpike, Franklin Square. Visit ParkRestaurant.com for information.
The South Shore Audubon Society invites all to a lecture program, “Researching Cassowaries, the Deadliest Birds on Earth,” with Dr. Todd Green, Tuesday, Sept. 12,7:30 p.m., at Freeport Memorial Library. Most people have never heard of these large flightless birds native to Australia and New Guinea, which are critically important to the rain forest ecosystems they inhabit. They have daggershaped claws, crown-like structures and brightly colored heads and necks. They are so territorially aggressive; they are among the deadliest birds on earth. Paleontologists use them to help untangle the mysteries of long extinct dinosaurs. Dr. Green, a Postdoctoral Teaching fellow at NYIT, is one of the few cassowary researchers in the world. 144 W. Merrick Road (at S. Ocean Avenue) in Freeport. For more information about the program or South Shore Audubon, go to SSAudubon. org.
Items on The Scene page 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 thescene@liherald.com.
Nassau BOCES, in partnership with Nassau County School Districts, holds a Job Fair, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Freeport Recreation Center. It promises to be an exceptional opportunity for job seekers. Representatives from Nassau BOCES, SCOPE Education Services and several school districts will offer an exclusive platform for candidates to explore a wide range of exciting career opportunities within the field of education. Attendees can look forward to engaging with representatives from the participating school districts. Job seekers, whether seasoned professionals or fresh graduates, are encouraged to attend this event to explore positions as Teacher Aides, Bus Drivers, Security Personnel, Naturalists, Bus Dispatchers, Registered Professional Nurses, Maintainers, Food Service Personnel, Cleaners/Laborers, HVAC and Electrical technicians, Groundskeepers, Monitors and more. Each participating district, offering insights into their educational programs, work culture, and career advancement opportunities; face-to-face interactions with district representatives, allowing candidates to ask questions, discuss job openings, and showcase their skills; networking opportunities and on-site resources and workshops to help attendees refine their job search strategies, improve interview techniques, and create effective resumes. Attendees are encouraged to dress professionally, bring copies of their resumes, and prepare to make an impression. 130 E. Merrick Road, Freeport. Visit NassauBoces.org/ jobfair for information.
Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support and resources, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year) to the informal group setting. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required. Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 705-2434 to secure you and your baby’s spot. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org.
When Diana couldn’t find her keys for the third time this week, she was understandably upset with herself. What am I “Just plain stupid” she pondered? “Could I have ADD?” “Am I losing my mind?” she asked… as though she couldn’t imagine any other options.
With all the media hype about diagnostic categories, many of us label ourselves in a “what’s wrong with me” manner when we don’t measure up to the way we think we should be. Too bad. It would be much better if we could think of ourselves (and our kids) as a curious mixture of the careful and the careless, the mindful and the mindless, as well as acknowledging, maybe even appreciating, a myriad of other conflicting aspects of our personality.
When we evaluate ourselves, we selectively attend to some things and not to others. If we want to alter our ways, we can but not by disparaging, deflating, or belittling who we are. Indeed, when we dump on ourselves, we reinforce unwanted behavior by defining ourselves that way. “I’m stupid.” “I’m getting senile.” “I have ADD.” “I can’t keep track of anything.” “What’s wrong with me?”
Did you notice anything in the derog-
atory name-calling that would motivate this lovely lady to change? No, I didn’t think so.
If we want to change our behavior, we must put in the effort. This is more challenging than it sounds. Not just because we’re all busy doing many things, but because we tend to gravitate to our comfort zones - which are well-practiced, familiar behavioral patterns.
But if you’re serious about changing some aspect of your behavior, here’s how to do it.
Scratch the Name-Calling.
Instead, choose a specific behavior that you’d like to change. Small steps are good, especially when you’re anxious about reaching your goal.
Recognize Your Patterns.
What seems like random behavior typically has a pattern to it. If you don’t want to be living the same day repeatedly, define what you’d like to change. For Diana, this meant recognizing that she typically arrived home carrying a bundle of stuff, which she dumped on the
kitchen table. Later in the evening, she’d put away her stuff but forget where she put her keys.
Begin Somewhere Instead of Mulling Over what You’d Like to do.
Change begins with taking action, not “trying” to take action. So, take your first step. Do something different. For Diana, this meant buying a little basket, which she kept by the front door. The plan was to drop her keys in it as soon as she arrived home.
Treat Yourself Compassionately.
Changing behavioral patterns takes time. So, give yourself time. Notice what you did right, not wrong. Just because the basket was by the door didn’t mean Diana would remember to drop her keys in it. Yet sometimes, she did. When she did, she gave herself an “Atta Girl.” And when she didn’t, she told herself in a kind voice, “That’s ok, next time you’ll remember, no need to beat yourself up.”
Don’t Let your Fear of Failure Squash
your Progress.
You may not truly believe that you can attain your goal. After all, to do so you must have self-discipline and perseverance… not your strong suit. So why bother? Why not call it quits? No need to disappoint yourself one more time. STOP!!! This is your fear of failure talking. Tell it to take a hike. You won’t listen to it, as you’re too busy making the changes you want to make. Hence, you ignore that mean ogre living inside of you.
Whether your goals are large or small, the change process is similar. Stop calling yourself names. Choose a specific behavior you’d like to change. Be compassionate to yourself. Don’t listen to your fear of failure. Notice each time you do it right, not wrong. Oh yes, one more thing. Enjoy the sweet taste of the fruits of your success!
©2023
Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author specializes in helping people improve their relationships, enhance their lives and overcome procrastination and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her website at www. PsychWisdom.com.
Need to catch a bus but tired of waiting? Looking for a better way to get to Nassau Community College?
NICE Bus is increasing frequencies on many routes and upgrading direct service to Nassau Community College. NICE is also introducing new express service from Flushing to Roslyn. The upgrades went into effect Sunday, Sept. 3.
The n16X Express Service from the Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center and the NCC campus runs weekday mornings with return service in the afternoons. The route schedule has been upgraded to run every 20 minutes in peak periods.
Nassau Community College is also served by the n16 from Rockville Centre, Hempstead and Roosevelt Field to the campus throughout the day and evenings, and by the n43 through Freeport and Uniondale.
“NICE Bus is continually monitoring the patterns and the needs of our users to offer a public transit service which is responsive to the communities we serve,” said NICE Bus CEO Jack Khzouz in a statement.
A pilot n20Xpress route will offer oneseat express service with limited stops along Northern Boulevard between Flushing and the Roslyn Clock Tower without needing a transfer. The express route does not service the Great Neck
LIRR.
Other schedule changes include:
Increased midday service on n21 (Flushing and Bayside to Hicksville)
All-day service on n22 (Jamaica to Mineola) increased to every 15 minutes
Increased frequency on n27 (Hempstead to Glen Cove) to every 30 minutes
Increased peak period frequency of every 15 minutes on n25 (Lynbrook to Great Neck) and n58 (Great Neck to Kings Point)
Extended Saturday and Sunday service on n71 to Amityville LIRR station to connect with Suffolk Transit
Daily Jones Beach service on n88Xpress from the Freeport LIRR station will continue until October 1
The n22Xpress service from Jamaica will end at Roosevelt Field; service from Jamaica to Hicksville will continue on the n22 local routes.
The n15 between Long Beach and Garden City will no longer make stops along Old Country Road.
The one-way fare is $2.90 and NICE accepts MetroCards, coins (no bills) and its own GoMobile payment app.
— Mark NolanBEST BAR/PUB: Tap Room
Multiple Locations
TapRoomofNY.com
Tap Room founders James Bonanno and David Johnson from day one sought to take the warmth and personality that you can feel at a traditional local pub, and combine it with elevated pub fare that would stand on its own. Tap Room frequently rotates their draft menu, incorporating both national and local craft brewers. Discovering new beers, bringing back old favorites and encouraging adventurous customers to order beer flights instead of just pints, and allowing them to fully explore everything the Craft Beer menu has to offer is what they’re all about.
BEST WINERY:
Pindar Vineyards
37645 NY-25 Peconic, NY (631) 734-6200
Pindar.net
Pindar Vineyards was born of the vision of Dr. Herodotus “Dan” Damianos and his great love for wine. He is known as one of the original pioneers of Long Island Wine Country and started our story in 1979. The family-run vineyard/winery/tasting room combo grows over twenty varieties of grapes and produces a unique selection of wine styles - from bold red blends, to steel fermented, fruit forward whites. Pindar Vineyards encompasses more than 300 scenic acres. The Damaino-family grows 20 varieties of grapes, crafting them into some twenty three varieties and proprietary blends. They produce 70,000 cases of wine a year, making Pindar the largest vineyard on LI.
BEST SPORTS BAR:
Michael’s Billiards
4060 Austin Blvd., Island Park (516) 548-7707
MichaelsBilliardsNY.com
Pool, darts, food, drinks, and big screens — all the ingredients for a good time. Michael’s Billiards is the perfect location to catch the game or be a part of one by joining an APA league or dart team. You can even start your own league with friends or family and make it a tradition. Have a classic night and make great memories!
BEST BREWERY & BEST LONG ISLAND CRAFT BEER:
Barrier Brewing Co.
3001 New St., A2, Oceanside (516) 594-1028
BarrierBrewing.com
South Shore’s Barrier Brewing Co. made their first batch in June 2010 and since then have grown to produce numerous brands and styles of beer available in cans, bottles, or draft. Plus, they offer specialty releases exclusive only to the brewery’s tasting room. Discover the art of brewing beer with each sip, and admire the incredible, colorful artwork that goes with each label. The beer garden, and 3rd Rail Food Truck is open from Wednesday to Sunday; but Barrier Tap Room is open daily for curbside or takeout.
& BEST BEVERAGE CENTER:
Freeport Beverage Propane Exchange & Ice
331 Guy Lombardo Ave., Freeport (516) 379-1659
Freeport-Beverage-Center.business.site
At Freeport Beverage Propane Exchange and Ice, they’ve got your thirst, grilling, and chilling needs covered! Quench your thirst with a variety of refreshing sodas and beers, refill your propane tanks for a sizzling barbecue, and grab ice bags to keep your drinks and snacks cool. One-stop excitement and convenience await you here!
BEST LIQUOR STORE & BEST WINE SHOP:
Sip & Say Craft Wine & Spirits
2067 Merrick Rd, Merrick (516) 992-8111
sipsay.com
Sip & Say Craft Wine & Spirits was inspired by owner very own certified Sommelier, Adam Schneider, and his 20+ year career in the wine industry. At Sip & Say, the family-run business, these stories come to life through taste and education. Their craft wines & spirits are hand picked to assure quality at every price point. Sip & Say will also engrave a special message, for free, on almost every bottle purchased! They also offer fully customized, engraved bottles, featuring the option for photographs, at affordable prices.
LEGAL NOTICE
REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK
NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF NEW CENTURY HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2005-A, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, Plaintiffagainst - JEEWAN GOBIN, et al Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on December 3, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 “Rain or Shine” on the 19th day of September, 2023 at 2:30 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Elmont, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.
Premises known as 20 Heathcote Road, Elmont, (Town of Hempstead) New York 11003.
(Section: 32, Block: 377, Lot: 64 & 65)
Approximate amount of lien $533,298.85 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.
Index No. 003693/2014.
Jane P. Shrenkel, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff
400 Meridian Centre Blvd, Ste 200 Rochester, NY 14618 Tel. 585/760-8218
For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832
Dated: July 20, 2023
During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale. 141275
LEGAL NOTICE
REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiffagainst - MARGARETTE DESINOR, et al Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on May 24, 2023.
I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 “Rain or Shine” on the 14th day of September, 2023 at 2:00 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Village of Elmont, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.
Premises known as 20 Peekskill St, Elmont, NY 11003.
(Section: 37, Block: 679, Lot: 0131.0)
Approximate amount of lien $159,082.67 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.
Index No. 000065/2017.
Dominic A. Villoni, Esq., Referee. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 Tel. 347/286-7409
Dated: June 21, 2023
During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale.
141273
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Citibank N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Kathleen Brancaleone, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered June 27, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on September 19, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 497 Tulip Avenue, Floral Park, NY 11001. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Floral Park, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION: 32, BLOCK: 273, LOT: 26. Approximate amount of
judgment $542,666.53 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #609197/2019. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2.nycourts.gov /Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Scott H. Siller, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-091795-F00 77206 141259
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1364824 for Liquor, Wine, Beer and Cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Liquor, Wine, Beer and Cider at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Franklin Square, NY County of Nassau for On Premises Consumption.
SABOR A COLOMBIA II, INC. DBA SABOR A COLOMBIA BAR & RESTAURANT 141570
The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 025657/2009 in the amount of $755,589.60 plus interest and costs.
The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System’s COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale.
Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiff
500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072
141563
LEGAL NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
insertion of a location into subdivisions “G” and “Y” thereof, in relation to gross weight restrictions upon commercial vehicles using certain town highways, as follows:
“G” - ELMONT CHELSEA STREETbetween Plainfield Road and Hendrickson Avenue. (TH-289/23)
“Y” - SOUTH HEMPSTEAD OAK STREET - between Hempstead Avenue and Maple Avenue. (TH-337/23)
The proposed local law is on file in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Hempstead, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, where same may be inspected during office hours.
HEATHCOTE ROAD (TH 383/23) East SideNO PARKING ANYTIME EXCEPT WITH PERMITstarting at a point 387 feet south of the south curbline of 109th Avenue, south to the north curbline of Hathaway Avenue.
ALSO, to REPEAL from Section 202-58
“RESTRICTED PAKING IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS
BELMONT PARK VICINITY, ELMONT” from the following location: ELMONT
This notice is only for new cases in Franklin Square within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals
The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 576/Live-Streaming-Video
south curbline of Allen Avenue, south for a distance of 22 feet.
(TH-385/23)
SEAFORD MARTIN COURT - south side, staring at a point 25 feet west of the driveway apron of house 3839 Martin Court, west for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-236(B)/23
UNIONDALE
LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NEW YORK
SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF NASSAU
SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING LLC
Plaintiff, v. HERNANDO SANCHEZ, ET AL.
Defendants. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on March 2, 2023, I, Joy S. Bunch, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on October 3, 2023 at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Ct. Dr., County of Nassau, State of New York, at 2:00 PM the premises described as follows:
41 Hoeffner Avenue Elmont, NY 11003
SBL No.: 32-356-69, 70, 71, 72, & 73
ALL that a certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York.
The Board of Water Commissioners of the West HempsteadHempstead Gardens Water District, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York. To the residents of the West HempsteadHempstead Gardens Water District: Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held for the West HempsteadHempstead Gardens Water District on Thursday September 7, 2023 at the hour of 6:00 o’clock pm located at the District Office. For the review and public inspection of the estimate of proposed expenditures and revenues by the district for the year 2024. Pursuant to Article 13 Section 215 Sub Part 9-a of Town Law. A copy of the estimate of proposed expenditures and revenues is available for public inspection at the District office during business hours from September 1, 2022 through September 7, 2023. By order of the Board of Water Commissioners. West Hempstead-Hempstead Gardens Water District West Hempstead, New York 11552
Submitted: Jason Belle District Superintendent Dated: August 25, 2023
141555
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 the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Hall Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 19th day of September, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 192-1 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead by the
ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.
Dated: Hempstead, New York
September 6, 2023
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARDOF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR.
Supervisor
KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 141708
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 19th day of September, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 202-58 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “RESTRICTED PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS BELMONT PARK VICINITY, ELMONT” at the following location: ELMONT HEATHCOTE ROAD (TH 383/23) West Side and East Side - NO PARKING ANYTIME EXCEPT WITH PERMIT - starting from the south curbline of Hempstead Turnpike, south to the south curbline of 109th Avenue.
HEATHCOTE ROAD (TH 383/23) West SideNO PARKING ANYTIME EXCEPT WITH PERMITstarting from the south curbline of 109th Avenue, south to the north curbline of Hathaway Avenue.
HEATHCOTE ROAD (TH 383/23) East SideNO PARKING ANYTIME EXCEPT WITH PERMITstarting from the south curbline of 109th Avenue, south for a distance of 369 feet.
HEATHCOTE ROAD (TH 39/22) West Side and East Side - NO PARKING ANYTIME EXCEPT WITH PERMIT - starting from the south curbline of Hempstead Turnpike, south to the north curbline of Hathaway Avenue. (Adopted 6/14/22)
ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.
Dated: September 6, 2023
Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR.
KATE MURRAY Supervisor Town Clerk 141706
Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it.
141715
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
FENIMORE AVENUEwest side, starting at a point 141 feet south of the south curbline of Cedar Street, south for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-373/23)
MERILLON STREETsouth side, starting at a point 91 feet west of the west curbline of Uniondale Manor Parkway, west for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-380/23)
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS
Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Old Town Hall, 350 Front Street, Room 230, Second Floor, Hempstead, New York on 9/13/23 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:
THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 553/23. FRANKLIN SQUARE - Gurjinder & Sarbjit Singh, Variances, lot area occupied, front yards setbacks on Chestnut St. & Willow Rd., construct dwelling (demolish existing dwelling)., S/E cor. Chestnut St. & Willow Rd., a/k/a 799 Chestnut St. ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550.
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 19th day of September, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening 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:
ELMONT TERRACE AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 269 feet north of the north curbline of Atherton Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-379/23)
HEATHCOTE ROAD - east side, starting at a point 369 feet south of the south curbline of 109th Avenue, south for a distance of 18 feet.
(TH-383/23)
FRANKLIN SQUARE
CLEVELAND STREETwest side, starting at a point 22 feet north of the north curbline of Propp Avenue, north for a distance of 25 feet.
(TH-365/23)
THIRD AVENUE - south side, starting at a point 158 feet west of a point opposite the west curbline of Second Street, west for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-325/23)
(NR) LAWRENCE LAWRENCE AVENUEeast side, starting at a point 220 feet south of the south curbline of Mott Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-360/23)
OCEANSIDE
LOFTUS AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 219 feet south of the
(NR) VALLEY STREAM FENWOOD DRIVE - west side, starting at a point opposite the north curbline of Shipley Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-384/23)
and on the repeal of the following locations previously set aside as parking spaces for physically handicapped persons:
ELMONT
EMPORIA AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 155 feet south of the south curbline of Atherton Avenue, south for a distance of 19 feet.
(TH-217/13 - 11/12/13)
(TH-366/23)
OCEANSIDE
LOFTUS AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 295 feet south of the south curlbine of Allen Avenue, south for a distance of 55 feet.
(TH-240/83 - 9/27/83)
(TH-372/23)
SEAFORD
MARTIN COURT - south side, starting at a point 25 feet west of the driveway apron of house 2839 Martin Court, west for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-236/23 - 8/01/23)
(TH-236(B)/23)
ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.
Dated: Hempstead, New York
September 6, 2023 BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor
KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 141710
public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 19th day of September, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 202-1 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “PARKING OR STANDING
PROHIBITIONS” at the following locations:
BELLMORE
FARMERS AVENUE (TH 378/23) East Side -
NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the south curbline of Merrick Road,south for a distance of 30 feet.
EAST MEADOW
BELLMORE ROAD (TH 331/23) West Side -
NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of Lexington Avenue, north for a distance of 40 feet.
BELLMORE ROAD (TH 331/23) West SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the south curbline of Lexington Avenue, south for a distance of 40 feet.
ROOSEVELT AVENUE (TH 351/23) South SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Lincoln Avenue, West for a distance of 42 feet.
ELMONT L STREET (TH 334/23)
North SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 56 feet east of the east curbline of Cameron Street, east for a distance of 61 feet.
(NR) FLORAL PARK
PLAINFIELD AVENUE (TH 140(B)/23) East SideNO STOPPING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 78 feet south of the south curbline of Vandewater Avenue, south for a distance of 32 feet.
FRANKLIN SQUARE
LLOYD STREET (TH 336/23) North SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 30 feet west of the west curbline of Pacific Avenue, west for a distance of 72 feet.
(NR) FREEPORT
LENOX AVENUE (TH 341/23) West SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at the southcurbline of Seaman Court, south to the roadway terminus then east for a distance of 33 feet.
POINT LOOKOUT
LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 327(B)/23) South SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Freeport Avenue, west for a distance of 25 feet.
LIDO BOULEVARD (TH
327(B)/23) South SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Freeport Avenue, east for a distance of 23 feet.
LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 327(B)/23) North SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the
west curbline of Freeport Avenue, west for a distance of 25 feet.
LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 327(B)/23) North SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Freeport Avenue, east for a distance of 23 feet.
ROOSEVELT PARK AVENUE (TH 350/23) East SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the south curbline of Smith Street, south for a distance of 32 feet.
UNIONDALE MERILLON STREET (TH 380/23) South SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 73 feet west of the west curbline of Uniondale Manor Parkway, west for a distance of 18 feet.
WANTAGH CYPRESS STREET (TH 356/23) East SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 10 feet south of the south curbline of Walters Avenue, south for a distance of 53 feet.
ALSO, to REPEAL from Section 202-1 “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” from the following locations: (NR) LAWRENCE LAWRENCE AVENUE (TH 224/22) East SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 198 feet south of the south curbline of Mott Avenue, south for a distance of 42 feet.
(Adopted 7/19/22)
ROOSEVELT PARK AVENUE (TH 141/23) East SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the north curbline of East Greenwich Avenue, north for a distance of 60 feet.
(Adopted 6/6/23)
ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.
Dated: September 6, 2023
Hempstead, New York
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor
KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 141703
of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “ARTERIAL STOPS” at the following locations:
FRANKLIN SQUARE
CLEVELAND STREET (TH
307/23) - STOP -
All traffic traveling east bound on Fenworth Boulevard shall come to a full stop.
CLEVELAND STREET (TH
307/23) - STOP -
All traffic traveling west bound on Fenworth Boulevard shall come to a full stop.
HARRISON STREET (TH 307/23) - STOP -
All traffic traveling east bound on Fenworth Boulevard shall come to a full stop.
HARRISON STREET (TH 307/23) - STOP -
All traffic traveling west bound on Fenworth Boulevard shall come to a full stop.
OCEANSIDE
WEIDNER AVENUE (TH
362/23) - STOP -
All traffic traveling south bound on Dambly Avenue shall come to a full stop.
POINT LOOKOUT FREEPORT AVENUE (TH 327(B)/23) - STOP -
All traffic traveling east bound on Lido Boulevard shall come to a full stop.
FREEPORT AVENUE (TH 327(B)/23) - STOP -
All traffic traveling west bound on Lido Boulevard shall come to a full stop.
UNIONDALE HEMPSTEAD BOULEVARD (TH 349/23) - STOP -
All traffic traveling north bound on Berkley Street shall come to a full stop. HEMPSTEAD BOULEVARD (TH 349/23) - STOP -
All traffic traveling south bound on Berkley Street shall come to a full stop.
WANTAGH JACKSON AVENUE (TH 345/23) - STOP -
All traffic traveling south bound on Willow Street shall come to a full stop.
JACKSON AVENUE (TH 345/23) - STOP -
All traffic traveling north bound on Willow Street shall come to a full stop.
ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.
Dated: September 6, 2023 Hempstead, New York
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR.
Village and Town of Hempstead, New York, on the 19th day of September, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day, to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 197-2 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “U-TURNS PROHIBITED” at the following location: ELMONT DUTCH BROADWAY (TH 339/23)
NO U-TURNS -
All traffic traveling east bound and west bound on Dutch Broadway shall be prohibited from executing U-Turns maneuvers.
ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid. Dated: September 6, 2023 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK.
KATE MURRAY Town Clerk DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor 141705
For the fourth straight year, tuition and fees will stay the same at Nassau Community College.
“At Nassau, we transform lives by providing a quality education, student-focused support and scholarship opportunities to help our students achieve their academic and professional goals,” said Maria Conzatti, the SUNY school’s acting president, in a release. “The college has worked diligently to control costs and reduce financial burdens on our students. We are grateful to Nassau County and SUNY for their commitment to our mission to provide affordable opportunities for local residents to remain on Long Island for their college education and careers.”
Tuition rates will remain in effect throughout the 2023-24 academic year, including the spring and summer semesters next year.
New, continuing and transfer students are invited to apply for the fall semester, which began Sept. 1. Fulltime Nassau County residents enrolled in 12 or more credits pay $2,900 per semester for tuition, and $265 in fees. Part-time students pay $242 per credit, plus part-time fees.
empowered to attend our community college, to enrich their lives, and to build a brighter future for their families.”
NCC Foundation is a non-profit organization devoted to raising funds to benefit current students. It continues to expand its range of scholarship offerings, including child care and emergency expenses for students who may need extra help to continue their paths to success.
Last year, more than 600 students benefitted from academic achievement scholarships, free textbooks, bus fare and food pantry items. Donors interested in making a gift to benefit students may visit the foundation website at NCC.edu/foundation, or call (516) 572-0670.
“With financial aid scholarships, 53 percent of all full-time SUNY students attend tuition-free, and 65 percent of community college students graduate with no federal student loan debt,” SUNY chancellor John King said, in a release. “People with college degrees over their lifetime can make more than $1.2 million more than their peers who only have a high school diploma.
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 19th day of September, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 197-5
Supervisor
KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 141704
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 Law of the State of New York, as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Nathan L. H. Bennett Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, Town Hall Plaza, 1 Washington Street,
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. ARTHUR BEZMAN, if he be living, if he be dead, his respective heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, or through ARTHUR BEZMAN, if he be dead, whether by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, including any right, title or interest in and to the real property described in the complaint herein, all of who and whose names and places or residence are unknown to the plaintiff, et al, Defts. Index #607833/2022. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered August 11, 2023, I will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on October 11, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. prem. k/a Section 32, Block 425, Lot 125. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale and the right of the United States of America to redeem within 120 days from the date of sale as provided by law.
BRIAN J. DAVIS, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #100707 141732
For eligible students, tuition may be further reduced by Pell and other grants, as well as NCC Foundation scholarships. On- and off-campus jobs may also be available for qualified students.
With its most recent graduating class in May, Nassau Community College now has 162,000 alumni.
“The college’s alumni form the backbone of Nassau Count’s skilled workforce,” Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said, in a release. “Every qualified resident should be
“I strongly believe in the power of public education. There is excellent value in getting a college degree, especially at a community college.”
Situated on 2254 acres in Garden City, NCC offers associate degree programs in a broad range of fields, as well as short-time certificate programs that help students enter professions in a year or less. More than 80 programs are offered in the areas of fine and performing arts, health care, human services and education, liberal arts and humanities, math, science and technology, professional students, and social science.
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR MFRA TRUST 2015-1, Plaintiff, vs. KETLIE CHEVALIER, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on November 1, 2018, an Order duly entered on January 21, 2022 and an Order Appointing Successor Referee and Other Relief duly entered on October
28, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on October 10, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 1716 Dutch Broadway, Elmont, NY 11003. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Elmont, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 32, Block 667 and Lot 34. Approximate
amount of judgment is $427,271.25 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 000700/2017. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale. Edward Andreas Vincent Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo
The Seaford Union Free School District has the following opening:
FULL-TIME
Effective Date: August 30, 2023
*Starting Salary $60,948 RN NYS License required, BLS certified
• Experience with school aged children, including students with disabilities preferred.
• Knowledgeable of CDC, OHSA, NYSDOH guidelines as they pertain to disease and or illness including COVID.
• Maintains records and performs screenings as per N.Y.S guidelines.
• Provides basic healthcare and first aid to students that are ill, medically fragile and/or injured.
• Provides treatment, documents injuries and maintains ongoing student medical records.
• Administers daily medications.
• Knowledgeable of diabetic care and seizure protocol in a school setting.
• Must have superior nursing skills to include experience in emergency procedures, anaphylaxis, injuries and general triage.
• Must be highly skilled communicator, with strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
Interested candidates must apply online by September 8, 2024 at: ww
• Must be collaborative in nature and contribute to the health and well being of the school community.
On-Line Applications Only www.olasjobs.org/nassau
EMPLOYMENT
Help Wanted
ASSISTANT TEACHERS For Yeshiva Of South Shore. Afternoon Hours. Competitive Pay. Please Send Resume To: monika@yoss.org
CIRCULATION ASSOCIATE
Full Time/Part Time
Richner Communications, publisher of Herald community newspapers has an excellent opportunity for a FT/PT Customer Service Clerk in our busy Circulation Department. Basic customer service and administrative responsibilities include: heavy computer work, answering phones, making phone calls, entering orders, faxing, filing, etc.
STRONG knowledge of EXCEL a must! Knowledge of DATABASE maintenance or postal regulations a big plus. Qualified Candidates must be computer literate, able to multitask, dependable, reliable, organized, energetic, detail oriented and able to work well under deadlines.
For consideration, please send resume & salary requirements to: careers@liherald.com
CLEANER P/T For Baldwin Library. Up to 17 hours per week, primarily 1-4pm with a possibility of filing in on other shifts. Job duties shall include cleaning, sweeping, mopping, setting up and removing furniture from programs as well as other tasks. Please send Resume by September 15th to dkelly@baldwinpl.org
DELI COUNTER AND PREP PERSON
Full Time And Part Time. Weekends A Must. Experienced. Long Beach. Call 516-431-5515
DRIVERS WANTED
Full Time and Part Time Positions Available!
Busy Print Shop in Garden City is Hiring Immediately for Full Time and Part Time Drivers. Must Have a Clean License and BoxTruck Driving Experience. Hours Vary, Night Availability is a Must. Please Email Resume to careers@liherald.com or Call (516)569-4000 x239
DRIVING INSTRUCTOR Company Car/ Bonuses. Clean Driving Record Required, Will Train. Retirees Welcome! Bell Auto School 516-365-5778
Email: info@bellautoschool.com
DRIVING INSTRUCTORS WANTED
Will Certify And Train
HS Diploma NYS License Clean 3 Years
Call 516-731-3000
Seeking Candidates for the Following Positions:
TEACHER AIDES
Starting Salary: $18.65 per hour
Two years’ college preferred
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AIDES
Salary: $17.00 per hour
Two years’ college preferred
SUBSTITUTE CLEANERS
Salary: $16.00 per hour
District Wide – All Shifts
SUBSTITUTE MONITORS
Salary: $15 per hour
District Wide
SUBSTITUTE REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE
Salary: $150 per diem
Must have Registered Nurse’s License, CPR and AED Certification
SUBSTITUTE CLERICAL
Salary: $20 per hour
District Wide
SUBSTITUTE SECURITY AIDES
Salary: $20.00 per hour
District Wide
Must have continuing possession of NYS registration as a security guard issued by the NYS Department of State. Security and/or law enforcement experience preferred
Candidates are to submit a letter of interest with resume and credentials to:
MS. Diane DrakoPouloS
Personnel Clerk east rockaway uFSD 443 ocean avenue, east rockaway, nY 11518 (516) 887-8300 ext. 1-441 ddrakopoulos@eastrockawayschools.org
EDITOR/REPORTER
The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team!
This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry.
To apply: Send a brief summary in the form of a cover letter describing your career goals and what strengths you can bring to our newsroom, along with a resume and three writing samples to mhinman@liherald.com
MULTI MEDIA ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENT
Inside Sales
Looking for an aggressive self starter who is great at making and maintaining relationships and loves to help businesses grow by marketing them on many different advertising platforms. You will source new sales opportunities through inbound lead follow-up and outbound cold calls. Must have the ability to understand customer needs and requirements and turn them in to positive advertising solutions. We are looking for a talented and competitive Inside Sales Representative that thrives in a quick sales cycle environment. We offer salary, commission, bonuses, health benefits, 401K and paid time off. Will consider part time. Please send cover letter and resume with salary requirements to ereynolds@liherald.com
Help Wanted
PART TIME ASSISTANTS
Garden City Childcare Center
Monday through Friday $15 per hour
HS Diploma Required
Call 516-572-7614
PERSONAL TRAINER : Fitness Studio East Rockaway. Competitive Compensation. Experience Required. Email resume amplifiedems@gmail.com
Call (516)253-5450
PRESS-ROOM/WAREHOUSE HELP
Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for a FULL-TIME Pressroom/warehouse helper in Garden City. We are a busy print shop looking for a motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duties in the shop. Forklift experience is a plus and heavy lifting is required. Hours vary, so flexibility is key. Email resumes or contact info to careers@liherald.com
PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE FT: Medical Device Manufacturer in Baldwin. Duties/ Responsibilities Include Organizing, Assembling, Labeling And Stocking Of Inventory. Computer Literacy Required. Contact ncraveiro@elliquence.com Or Call 516-654-4000.
RESTAURANT
Hostess & Server
Available (646) 830 4987
email: mc_brando@yahoo.com
Required. Salary Depend/ Experience. Bob 516-997-3838
Health Care/Opportunities
WE HAVE THE HELP YOU NEED!!!
HHA's, LPN's, Nurse's Aides Childcare. Housekeeping
516-505-5510
REAL ESTATE
Open Houses
CEDARHURST BA, 332B Peninsula Blvd, Move Right Into This Updated 3 Br, 2.5 Bth Coop Townhouse. LR, DR, Gran/Wood Kit w/ Stainless Steel Appl. Trex Deck Off LR.Primary Ste Features Updtd Bth & WIC. Att Gar Plus 1 Pkg Spot incl in Maintenance. W/D in Unit.Pull Down Attic.SD#15. Convenient to Shops, Trans & Houses of Worship...$449,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299
HEWLETT BA, 1390 Broadway #102, NEW! Move Right Into This Magnificent Newly Renovated 2 BR, 2 Bth Coop in Prestigious Hewlett Townhouse.Open Layout. NEW State of the Art Kitchen & Bths,HW Flrs, Windows, HVAC,Recessed LED Lights, Doors, W/D. Community Pool. Full Service 24 Hr Doorman, Valet Pkg, Elevator, Priv Storage. Gar Pkg. Near Shops, Trans & Houses of Worship...$579,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299
HEWLETT BA,1534 BROADWAY #205, BIG REDUCTION!! MOTIVATED SELLER!!Extra Large 2000 Sq Ft, 2 Bedroom(Originally 3 BR), 2 Bath Condo in Prestigious Jonathan Hall with Doorman & Elevator. Updtd Wood/Quartz Kit, LR & DR. Washer/Dryer in Unit. Underground Pkg. Loads of Closets. Terrace Faces Back. Easy Ranch Style Living...$579,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299
HEWLETT BAY PARK BA,.190 Meadowview Ave Ever Dream of Living in A Castle? This 8000 Sq Ft Mansion is Full of Character. Amazing Architectural Details, Soaring Ceilings, Stained Glass Windows. 5 BR, 6.55 Bths. Sprawling 1.3 Acre Prop with IG Gunite Pool. SD#14.Near All. Must See This Unique Home!..REDUCED $2,700,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas elliman 516-238-4299
WOODMERE BA, 504 Saddle Ridge Rd.,Move Right Into This Renovated 4 BR, 2 Bth Split with Open Layout in Prime Location! Granite/Wood EIK Opens to Dining Room & Living Room. Lower Level Den. HW Flrs, Gas Heat, CAC. Oversized Property! SD#14.Near All!..$999,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299
Apartments Wanted
VALLEY STREAM/ LYNBROOK/ 5TOWNS Vicinity: Responsible Person Seeking Studio/ 1BR. Lower Level Ok. 516-569-5054
Apartments For Rent
CEDARHURST NO FEE Private Entrance, Modern 1BR, 2BR, 3BR, CAC, W/D, Storage, Wall To Wall Carpeting, Indoor Parking Space. Starting At $1450 For One Bedroom When Available. (516)860-6889/ (516)852-5135/ (516)582-9978
Parking Space Available
COMMERCIAL PARKING VANS, TRUCKS, TRAILERS, STORAGE CONTAINERS, OVERNIGHT, DAYTIME
516 996 5818
Florida Real Estate
DELRAY BEACH, FL: For Sale, opportunity before it hits the market! Single Story Ranch Condo. Beautifully appointed in desirable Emerald Pointe gated community, Approx 1800 Sq Ft. Furnished, All Appliances, 2 Bed / 2 Bath, Eat-In Kitchen, Walk-In Closets, Great Interior Storage and Exterior Storage Room, Screened-In Porch with Dual Interior Access, New Rheem HVAC Jan 2019, Ceiling fans throughout, 4 Private Parking Spots, Clubhouse with Auditorium, Pool, Gym, Tennis, Pickleball (TBD), Game and Card Rms, Interior Walking-Paths, Pet Friendly, 55+ Community, Easy access to Palm Beach International and Ft Lauderdale Airports. Exciting Downtown Delray offers beautiful Beaches, Shopping, Restaurants, and Nightlife. Asking $309,999. Call David at 248-240-8154 SWCGRPMI@gmail.com
To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5 • To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5
Aside from the fabulous location, this updated Rockville Centre home has everything you need! You will be delighted by the grand Foyer, large eat in kitchen, great room, formal dining room and living room with a wood burning fireplace. The fully finished basement with a separate entrance includes a wet-bar and room for a large walk-in wine cellar. There are beautiful hardwood floors throughout. You will enjoy several walk-in closets. One of many surprises the home has to offer is a walk up attic that is fully finished and adorned with skylights. You will definitely have plenty of room to work and play from home. As a matter of fact, there are too many extras to list and take photos of, so please come see this house today!
Q. We were told we could make our own plans for the deck we wanted to build this summer, and we thought we followed all the instructions. We filed the plans using the internet, and even though we’re not too savvy with computers, we finally figured it out. Then we got a response that we’re required to have plans for the whole house, showing any changes with an architect’s or engineer’s seal. How did this get to be so complicated, and is this typical? One has nothing to do with the other, and now the summer is almost gone, with no deck even started. We should have done what our neighbors did and just built it. What can you tell us, and is there a way around this now?
A. Your scenario isn’t unusual; it’s just that people generally try to avoid either doing the more complete thing or the right thing. Keeping things simple isn’t always the best policy if it means just putting off the inevitable. I have a long list of real estate transactions where amenities such as fences, sheds, decks or pools, or home improvements, were never filed, because sellers or buyers were advised by the people handling their process to keep things simple and just close.
OPEN
9/10/23 HEWLETT Bay PaRK
190 Meadowview Ave, BA, Ever Dream of Living in A Castle?
This 8000 Sq Ft Mansion is Full of Character. Amazing Architectural Details, Soaring Ceilings, Stained Glass Windows. 5 BR, 6.55 Bths. Sprawling 1.3 Acre Prop with IG Gunite Pool. SD#14. Near All. Must See This Unique Home! ................................... REDUCED $2,700,000
HEWLETT
1390 Broadway #102, BA, NEW! Move Right Into This
Magnificent Newly Renovated 2 BR, 2 Bth Coop in Prestigious Hewlett Townhouse. Open Layout. NEW State of the Art Kitchen & Bths, HW Flrs, Windows, HVAC, Recessed LED Lights, Doors, W/D. Community Pool. Full Service 24 Hr Doorman, Valet Pkg, Elevator, Priv Storage. Gar Pkg. Near Shops, Trans & Houses of Worship .............................................................................. $579,000
1534 Broadway #205, BA, Extra Large 2000 Sq Ft, 2 Bedroom A(Originally 3 BR), 2 Bath Condo in Prestigious Jonathan Hall with Doorman & Elevator. Updtd Wood/Quartz Kit, LR & DR. Washer/Dryer in Unit. Underground Pkg. Loads of Closets. Terrace Faces Back. Easy Ranch Style
Living................. BIG REDUCTION!! MOTIVATED SELLER! $579,000
WOOdMERE
504 Saddle Ridge Rd, BA, Move Right Into This Renovated
4 BR, 2 Bth Split with Open Layout in Prime Location! Granite/ Wood EIK Opens to Dining Room & Living Room. Lower Level
Den. HW Flrs, Gas Heat, CAC. Oversized Property! SD#14. Near All! .............................................................. REDUCED! $999,000
CEdaRHURST
332B Peninsula Blvd, BA, Move Right Into This Updated 3 Br, 2.5
Bth Coop Townhouse. LR, DR, Gran/Wood Kit w/ Stainless Steel
Appl. Trex Deck Off LR. Primary Ste Features Updtd Bth & WIC.
Att Gar
100 North Village Avenue
• Full service boutique professional hub specifically appealing to behavioral/mental health professionals.
• Conveniently located one block north of the LIRR with plentiful on‑site and municipal parking.
• Meticulously maintained and updated with newly furnished and unfurnished suites.
• Part‑time and full‑time offices available. Attentive owner on premises and includes use of office equipment and services.
• WIFI included.
• 24/7 access.
• Security cameras located throughout. Please call 516‑766‑1188 or email us at mitch@rocamanagement.com
One of the first things I have to do when I meet a prospective client is to ask for their survey and closing documents to see if a search included all the items on the site. Often there are items such as those just mentioned that were completely ignored. Nobody is the wiser until the current owner wants to make a legally permitted change and discovers they have a lot more to do than just the one thing they had hoped to get approved. That is where you are.
Apparently, your jurisdiction knows about or suspects that there is more to your property and wants a complete record. Unless someone researches the records that are on file at your local building department to see if they match the conditions of your entire property, you won’t know what the officials are questioning. Many people will not hire a professional who tells the truth about checking all records, thinking that this is all so unnecessary, with comments like, “Well this was already like this when we bought the house.” Just because it was “like this” doesn’t mean it’s legal or on record, and your building department wants to make sure that your property, inside and out, matches plans.
It pays to do this before you close, but in a brisk seller’s market, many people are afraid of losing the deal and just buy. That may be what happened to you. You are now the responsible party, and to even get the deck, you will have to hire a professional and have plans prepared after comparing the building department’s records with what currently exists. I don’t know a simpler way. Good luck!
© 2023 Monte Leeper
Readers are encouraged to send questions to yourhousedr@aol.com, with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.
Novena
THANK YOU ST. JUDE For Answering
My Prayers Regarding My Procedures.
P.A.R.
MERCHANDISE MART
Antiques/Collectibles
We Buy Antiques, Fine Art, Coins & Jewelry Same Day Service, Free In-Home Evaluations, 45 Year Family Business. Licensed and Bonded, Immediate Cash Paid. SYL-LEE ANTIQUES www.syl-leeantiques.com 516-671-6464
FINDS UNDER $100
Finds Under $100
ANTIQUE BLUE AND white flow blue pitcher 8" and bowl 10". Excellent condition $60 516-295-1548
ANTIQUE HALF DOLL lamp 7" tall original lace dress. needs plug, $55 516 295-1548
GIRLS FALL CLOTHES Size 5 New with Tags $8 each item. 917-420-5814
GIRLS FALL CLOTHES Size 8 New with Tags $9 each item. 917-420-5814
HD 2 TON Hydraulic Floor Jack on Coasters with 3 Jack Stands. $100 Firm. 516-486-7941
PROHT 100 INCH, Portable Tripod Projection Screen, New, $45, 516-816-7383, Wantagh
Finds Under $100
RADIAL TIRE RS55/65R16: New Condition, $20 Firm 516-486-7941
TABLETOP GRILL, PROPANE, 13"W x 19"L, New, $35, 516-816-7383, Wantagh
Doors & Windows
DOOR INSTALLATION & REPAIRS Free Estimates! We Manufacturer, Supply, and Install All Types of Doors. Entrance Doors, Garage Doors, Patio Doors, Kantm Storm Doors. Custom Sizes Available. MR. DOORS 516-781-7596
Electricians
E-Z ELECTRIC SERVICES, INC. All Types Residential/Commercial Wiring, Generators, Telephone/Data, Home Entertainment, Service Upgrades, Pools, Spas. Services/Repairs. Violations Removed. Free Estimates Low Rates. 516-785-0646 Lic/Ins.
Handyman
Home Improvement
Privacy Hedge! Arborvitae 6-foot Reduced to $125/each. Free Installation, Free Delivery. Fast growing, High-quality Beautiful & Bushy! Order now to reserve for early Fall delivery. LowCostTrees.com 518-536-1367
SECURE YOUR HOME with Vivint Smart Home technology. Call 866-601-1219 to learn how you can get a professionally installed security system with $0 activation.
Miscellaneous
BEST SATELLITE TV with 2 Year Price Guarantee! $59.99/mo with 190 channels and 3 months free premium movie channels! Free next day installation! Call 888-508-5313
516-764-7011 Brick/Block/Concrete/Masonry
*MICHAEL
CONSTRUCTION* Cement Specialist, Brickwork, Interlock Bricks, Belgium Blocks, Stoops, Patios, Driveways, Sidewalks,
HANDYMAN Repairs and Installations for the Household. Careful and Reliable and Vaccinated. Licensed and Insured. 30-Year Nassau County Resident. Friendly Frank Phone/Text 516-238-2112 E-mail-Frankcav@optonline.net
Home Improvement
BATH & SHOWER UPDATES in as little as ONE DAY! Affordable prices - No payments for 18 months! Lifetime warranty & professional installs. Senior & Military Discounts available. Call: 866-393-3636
HANDY DANDY HOME IMPROVEMENTS
* Full Or Partial Kitchens/ Baths *Painting
*Sheetrock *Taping/ Spackling *Installations Ceramic/ Vinyl Tile *Carpentry *Alterations *Repairs/ More. FREE ESTIMATES. Dan 516-342-0761
Power Washing
POWERWASHING ALL SURFACES: Houses, Fences, Concrete/ Brick, Decks/Sealing. . ANTHONY & J HOME IMPROVEMENT, INC. 516-678-6641 Sprinkler Syst./Irrig.Wells
Tree Services
T&M GREENCARE TREE SERVICE
*Tree Removal *Stump Grinding *Pruning *Roof Line Clearing. Residential and Commercial. "We Beat All Competitors' Rates." Lowest Rates. *Senior Discount. Free Estimates. *516-223-4525, 631-586-3800 www.tmgreencare.com
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Health & Fitness
ATTENTION OXYGEN THERAPY USERS! Discover Oxygen Therapy That Moves with You with Inogen Portable Oxygen Concentrators. FREE information kit. Call 888-514-3044
HEARING AIDS!! HIGH-QUALITY rechargeable, powerful Audien hearing aids priced 90% less than competitors. Tiny and NEARLY INVISIBLE! 45-day money back guarantee! 855-598-5898
MY CARING PLAN'S local advisors have helped thousands of families with unique needs find senior living. Can you afford 2k a month in rent? We can help for free! 866-989-1812
VIAGRA AND CIALIS USERS! 50 Pills SPECIAL $99.00 FREE Shipping! 100% guaranteed. CALL NOW! 855-413-9574
As a native New Yorker, born and raised on Long Island, I am extraordinarily proud of this place we call home. From our beaches, to our downtown, corridors to our tight-knit hometowns, the Empire State is filled with wonderful communities in which to live, work and raise a family.
Sadly, in recent times, far too many New Yorkers have been forced to flee the place they’ve spent most of their lives, driven out by high taxes, an everincreasing cost of living exacerbated by inflation, and deteriorating public safety. Instead of working to curb this mass migration of New Yorkers to greener pastures — fueled in large part by a lack of affordability — Gov. Kathy Hochul is attempting to levy an additional tax on already overtaxed New Yorkers in the form of congestion pricing. These new fees would be flat out wrong, and I’m working hard in Congress to stop them.
Under the governor’s ill-fated congestion pricing plan — formally termed the
Central Business District Tolling Program — commuters would pay upward of $23 during peak hours to drive south of 60th Street in Manhattan. What’s more, this would be in addition to the already high-priced tolls commuters must pay for the bridges and tunnels leading into Manhattan. While more and more New Yorkers feel the financial squeeze of inflation and an uncertain economy, Hochul has determined that this is the best time to move forward with her misguided congestion fees — which, if paid daily by an average commuter who drives into Manhattan for work on typical weekdays, could amount to more than $5,000 a year. What middle class family can afford that?
While congestion pricing has not yet been implemented, Hochul and her progressive allies in Albany are already championing this new pseudo-tax as a win for everyday New Yorkers as well as the faltering Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Indeed, funds from the congestion-pricing program are slated to fill the coffers of the struggling MTA and bankroll the agency’s bloated budget by encouraging more commuters to ride the rails into Lower Manhattan instead of driving. While increasing ridership on public transportation is a noble cause, doing so by threatening New Yorkers with financial hardship for driving is not the path forward.
Not only are commuters now staring down the barrel of thousands of dollars in new fees if they drive into Manhattan, but they are also facing increased costs for public transportation after the latest round of MTA fare hikes. Indeed, with MTA bus and subway fares now jumping to $2.90 a ride — and the roughly 4.3 percent Long Island Rail Road fare uptick — commuters are being forced to bear the brunt of the MTA’s long history of mismanagement — a seemingly never-ending saga that culminated with reports released earlier this year projecting a nearly $2.5 billion budget gap by 2025 for the agency.
In addition to increased costs, far too many New Yorkers have been exposed to a recent rash of violent crime while utilizing MTA services. Forcing those crimeweary commuters to pay more money for less safe commuting conditions is patently unfair.
All of this is to say that if Hochul were serious about helping local commuters, she wouldn’t push an unpopular and unneeded congestion-pricing plan on cash-strapped New Yorkers who are also having to contend with inflation, deteriorating safety on public transportation, and rising fares. What’s more, unless the MTA makes serious operational changes in the way it manages its finances, how soon will we have to contend with
increased congestion pricing fees in order to plug even greater holes in the agency’s budget?
I am opposed to the governor’s congestion pricing plan as it currently stands, and have worked in a bipartisan fashion to fight this new tax. In Congress, I have introduced H R 609, which calls for an outright rejection of the plan, and I’m proud to say that colleagues in both parties from across the tri-state area have cosponsored this federal push to quash this money grab by the state government.
While my fellow members of Congress and I work at the federal level to combat this new tax, I urge all of my Nassau County neighbors to contact Gov Hochul’s office — and their local state legislators — to voice their opposition to the congestion pricing scheme, and tell Hochul that we can’t afford another tax hike from Albany.
The governor and her progressive pals in the state legislature need to get serious about reeling in these out-of-control taxes and fees, before we lose even more New Yorkers to other corners of the country that respect their pocketbooks — and their commutes more than the Empire State does under this administration in Albany.
Really, the world outside is conspiring to corrupt us. The mindless chatter is deafening, the distractions are pervasive and the temptation to indulge ourselves on every level is highly seductive.
surroundings, inattentive to people standing within earshot.
On the LIRR, a woman was offering telephone therapy in a ridiculously loud voice to her daughter, who apparently was having issues of a personal nature with a boyfriend. Personal? Everyone in the train car had to listen to her advice on birth control.
ria that has replaced intelligent coverage. If you watch the news while you flip back and forth to the food channel, it’s a perfect storm of excess and grease.
Randi is on a brief leave. This column was originally published Sept. 7-13, 2017.
RAnDi KREiss
Yesterday I was standing on the train platform in Jamaica, and watched a young woman, earplugs inserted, texting while her child toddled over the yellow line, way too close to the tracks. Only those of us not on our phones noticed and yelled a warning. The embarrassed mother started to scream at the little boy, who really had done nothing wrong.
People are moving around, believing they can walk and talk or walk and listen to music or drive a car and text or sit down to dinner with the family and also answer emails.
No news flash here. This isn’t a new cultural phenomenon, but it is becoming obscene. Walking through city streets yesterday, people were mentally AWOL as they sometimes moved along and sometimes just stopped and blocked the sidewalk while they texted a message. Pedestrians were oblivious to their immediate
Gradually, this public sharing of the personal and private has become acceptable behavior for many. Facebook and Snapchat and Instagram users publish details of their lives that might have been kept within the family before the internet. Are we losing any sense of discretion?
Who among us is able to carve out islands of silence or solitude in the midst of this public havoc?
The food we eat was once a private part of our lives. Now everyone takes pictures of their lamb chops and posts recipes, some for the most excessively fattening foods imaginable. And when we put down the phone or the computer, we turn on the TV and watch “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” and watch really unhealthy-looking people gorging on fried food and barbecued everything.
If you turn to the news for a reasonable roundup of the day, you’re assaulted by the repetitive “breaking news” hyste-
Since President Trump was elected, news porn has subsumed what used to be reasonable coverage of events. It’s a chicken-andegg kind of thing. Did the chaotic nature of the administration make the news crazy, or is the crazy coverage affecting the White House?
We find excess in every arena. Once upon a time, when you wanted to go shopping, you went. It was a considered, proactive choice involving walking or driving to a store, selecting merchandise, checking out and coming home. I was never a motivated or skilled shopper, so online shopping serves me well. Still, what disturb me are the excessiveness and intrusiveness of it all.
I buy a pair of shoes online, the next time I try to do some research, I’m harassed and enticed and tempted by visual streamers on the screen, offering me more shoes and different shoes and cheaper shoes and even used shoes. Enough!
Perhaps I’m reacting to my own susceptibility to the dazzling online displays of goodies, from super-rich chocolates to rhinestone earrings that look like baby
chandeliers. It’s all visual, but it feels noisy to me.
I use the word porn for these excesses in news, food and shopping because porn doesn’t necessarily suggest sexual material. In these cases, it suggests lurid and excessive indulgence.
This isn’t an all-or-nothing problem. By all means, we need to enjoy our food and follow the news and buy what we need to buy. The tricky part is keeping it all reasonable and appropriate and private. Dare I use the word “moderation”? It sounds so boring. Still …
To save our sanity, each of us, in our own lives and own spaces, must find time to think. That’s it, just think, with no external input. Sit in a park or in the house or take a walk and leave the devices behind. You’ll see and hear things you haven’t seen in a long time, such as the flash of a bird’s wing in the distance or the humming of late-summer insects.
Since Hurricane Harvey, there’s much talk about sheltering in place. The media intrusion into our lives is another kind of storm, and we need new skills to survive. We must give the gift of quiet observation to the next generation, or they will never learn how to take shelter in their own space.
in these cases, ‘porn’ suggests something different: lurid and excessive indulgence.U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito represents New York’s 4th Congressional District. Anthony D’Esposito
they called them the most dangerous stretches of road on Long island. No crosswalks. Speeding cars. Pedestrians literally running for their lives simply to get from one side of the street to the other.
A survey conducted last year by Vision Long island — a group of community leaders from Nassau and Suffolk counties committed to advancing more livable, economically sustainable and environmentally responsible growth — found these trouble spots in six neighborhoods, including Baldwin and Hempstead village. The study came on the heels of more than 6,000 accidents reported in the Town of Hempstead involving pedestrians.
“There’s a need in the area,” Vision Long island executive director Eric Alexander said. “And we can do better.”
As schools open their doors for the fall once again, all of us must do better — at least do our part to ensure that our young folk can safely make it to their campuses. That means keeping an eye out for kids crossing streets, walking along roads where there might not be sidewalks, or simply standing and waiting for a bus.
Every morning — and every afternoon — hundreds of bus drivers are tasked with getting our children to and from school. But that task isn’t easy. Especially with impatient car drivers who might try to speed around slowing or stopped buses.
To the Editor:
But even the most well-meaning car drivers can be a headache for school buses. The yellow behemoths have a number of blind spots, take longer to stop, and require far more room to maneuver, according to the state transportation department
Because of that, it’s important to keep your distance from buses, especially when they stop. When you’re behind them, stay at least 20 feet back.
And always be alert. Not just to kids getting on and off the bus, but also anyone waiting at a bus stop or running to catch a bus. They might not be paying attention to what’s around them, and could dart into traffic — right in front of your vehicle.
And what about when you see flashing red lights and a stop sign extended from the side of the bus? Are there any times you don’t have to stop? The answer is simple: no.
State law requires you to stop for a school bus with flashing red lights and the extended stop sign whether you’re on a two-lane road, a multi-lane road with a paved median, or a divided highway. That’s right — even a barrier in the middle of a street separating you from a school bus in traffic going in the opposite direction isn’t enough to excuse you from stopping for the bus. You still have to stop.
DoT says many of the accidents
The status quo is failing New Yorkers and migrants alike. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recent extension of her executive order declaring a state of emergency for asylum seekers fails to provide a long-term plan, and only exacerbates this inhumane disaster.
Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams have failed to lead on this dire humanitarian crisis, which was created by President Biden’s failed immigration policies.
While the federal government needs to step up to address the root of this crisis, the influx of migrants has highlighted the inadequacies of the state and the nation.
STATE SEN. PATriCiA CANzoNEri-FiTzPATriCK
To the Editor:
Many may have thought Florida Gov. ron DeSantis’s “Let me outdo Trump” strategy was just an easy way to get votes. They may have been partially right. republican candidate Vivek ramaswamy’s doubling down — going further right than both Donald Trump and DeSantis — on his “i’m best to lead that ‘America First’ agenda” is gaining considerable momentum. His rocket-like ascension among the remaining republican
involving buses occur when car drivers try to pass stopped buses, or when they don’t stop because of poor visibility in rain, snow or fog. Some are caused by bus drivers waving cars through, unaware that a child is crossing the street. What does that mean to you? if a bus driver waves you through, don’t move forward until you’ve checked for yourself the road in front of you is clear.
of more than 100 fatal accidents reported in a recent year by the state education department, nearly 70 percent of those killed were children in kindergarten, first, second or third grade. That’s despite the fact that those kids account for less than 35 percent of the school population.
No one should ever feel unsafe going to school — whether they’re walking or taking a bus. Ensuring children’s safety is all the incentive any of us should need. But just in case it’s not, the penalties for not stopping for school buses are fines of up to $400 and potentially 30 days in jail for the first offense, increasing to $1,000 and six months in jail for repeat offenses. With school back in session, our children, the future of our neighborhoods — our world — need to get to class to learn everything they can. Stay alert. Stop on red. Do your part to make sure they get there safely.
presidential candidates, as a first-time politician, reveals an unquenchable thirst for this ideology among a certain group of voters in America.
i t could also explain why six of the republican contenders were tripping over themselves in the first debate to say they’d support Trump if he were to win the republican primary.
What’s worrisome, however, is that despite Trump’s current legal woes, an August Marist College poll showed him in a statistical tie with President Biden in the 2024 general election.
The question is, given Biden’s progress on the economy —unemployment at a low of 3.5 percent, nationwide infrastructure investments, American manu-
apoll conducted by nextLI/ Newsday discovered a not-sopuzzling contradiction. A majority of Long Island residents want more local housing options, probably because their own children, just starting families, can’t afford to buy homes in the communities in which they grew up and their parents live. On the other hand, a majority also oppose “dense housing options” like those proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Opposition to “dense housing options,” a euphemism for low-cost apartments near transportation hubs, comes from both Republicans and Democrats, because support for such developments could be the kiss of death in local elections. There is deepseated fear in the metropolitan area suburbs that less-expensive housing will bring ethnic and racial minorities into previously predominantly white communities.
So far, low-cost housing options on Long Island are targeted for communi-
ties that are already primarily Black and Latino. A four-story building with 42 units and a 228-unit development are going up in Hempstead, an 81-unit project is planned for Wyandanch, and a 55-unit building is being built in a blighted area of East Patchogue. Hempstead is 46 percent Black and 45 percent Latino. Wyandanch is 60 percent Black and 18 percent Latino. Patchogue is majority white, but the area where the housing will be built is increasingly Latino.
The State Legislature, which is controlled by Democrats, adjourned for the year in June without passing legislation to address the state’s chronic housing shortage, as lawmakers failed to even introduce any housing legislation. Democratic legislators wanted to boost the housing supply by offering developers tax credits that are supposed to promote construction of affordable housing and turn unused office space into apartments. The Democrats also wanted to include protection against evictions and spiking rents.
Hochul, a Democrat, was unhappy about pairing new construction with
facturing has ticked up — is the Democratic political strategy working?
DERICKSON LAWRENCE BronxTo the Editor:
Citizens have a right to know who they’re dealing with, whether it be in government or private enterprise. But that’s not the case when it comes to limited liability companies, or LLCs.
LLCs can own property, apply for grants, operate as landlords, and donate to political campaigns. But discovering who’s behind the curtain isn’t easy. Cruise through your local property tax rolls, or the state’s campaign finance disclosure database, and you’ll see plenty of LLCs, but you won’t see plenty of names.
Anonymous shell companies have been a popular vehicle for money laundering, tax evasion, organized crime, terrorism, and other forms of corruption for decades. Yet establishing an LLC requires less personal information than getting a library card.
That’s why it’s important for Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign the Limited Liability Companies Transparency Act, passed by both the Assembly and State Senate, which would require these business organizations to publicly identify their owners to the state.
A wide variety of businesses — from pizza shops to mall developers and property buyers — use LLCs as an organizing business structure. The approach, sanctioned by state law, provides the owners some limits on liabilities the companies could face.
As a practical matter, LLCs also allow the people who actually own the companies to remain anonymous. Under current reporting requirements, LLCs
rent controls. She proposed a broader housing plan that would add over 800,000 units of new housing by requiring that suburban communities meet construction mandates, including expanding their housing stock by 3 percent every three years and building 50 homes per acre within a half-mile of Long Island Rail Road stations.
Democratic legislators were leery of Hochul’s plan because last fall, Republican candidates on Long Island won three Assembly seats and three Senate seats previously held by Democrats.
While Democrats shied away from Hochul’s proposal to mandate affordable housing in the suburbs, Republicans were in virulent opposition, accusing her of imperial ambitions, and of trying to transform Long Island communities in a plan to alleviate New York City’s housing crisis. Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald Clavin, a Republican, denounced the Hochul plan as “illconceived.” State Sen. Steven Rhoads, a Republican from Massapequa, called the governor’s proposal “a reckless and irresponsible attempt to defy both local government’s right to control local zon-
need only supply a company name, county of operation, and an address where legal documents should be sent.
Sometimes that address is a post office box. Sometimes it’s an attorney’s office or a registered agent. For anyone interested in knowing more, the information is often frustratingly nondescript — and consequently useless.
But we all have a well-established interest in this information, and the State Legislature should be commended for recognizing this by including solid publicdisclosure requirements.
The lack of transparency for campaign donations is just one of the reasons the LLC Transparency Act has the support of good-government groups such as Common Cause and the League of Women Voters. While a 2019 law change required LLCs making political donations to disclose their owners, many are ignoring the requirement, the groups say.
The Business Council of New York State opposes the law, saying it will violate the privacy of law-abiding businesses — including thousands of small businesses organized as LLCs — and put their security at risk. There are some provisions in the legislation for public disclosure to be waived when “a significant privacy interest exists.” The law’s efficacy will be determined in part by how waiver requests are handled.
Given the benefits that state law confers on LLCs, it’s not too much to ask that they at least let us know who they are. This is a good step toward much-needed transparency.
JUDY PATRICK
ing and the right of each and every Long Islander to preserve their safety and suburban quality of life.”
Massapequa is 94 percent white and less than 1 percent Black. Over the past 10 years, less new housing has been built in metropolitan New York’s suburban communities than in most major metropolitan areas in the United States.
Racism remains such a potent political force in New York suburbs that the Democratic leaders in the State Legislature, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, both African-American, were unwilling to support affordable housing mandates, fearing that white opposition would cost Democrats majority control of both houses. Look for opposition to “dense housing options” to join attacks on critical race theory as Republican rally points in the 2024 election cycle to stir up white voting support.
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 an assistant editor of Teaching Social Studies, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies.
Framework by Tim Baker
there’s opposition in both parties, because support can be deadly in local elections.Judy Patrick is vice president of editorial development of the New York Press Association, a statewide media advocacy group whose members include the Herald Community Newspapers.