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Freeport schools keep mask mandate By REiNE BEthANY rbethany@liherald.com

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NASSAU CoUNtY lEGiSlAtoR Steve Rhoads, left, joined County Executive Bruce Blakeman on Tuesday as he announced support for a ruling against Gov. Kathy Hochul’s state mask mandate. Behind them are members of local school boards who oppose the mask mandate.

Freeport Schools Superintendent Dr. Kishore Kuncham announced Monday on the district website that students and staff would continue to wear masks in schools according to the New York state mask mandate. The mandate was issued on Dec. 10 by Gov. Kathy Hochul, based on a directive from the State Department of Health. Kuncham’s announcement was posted in response to Monday’s ruling by State Supreme Court Judge Thomas Rade-

maker that, according to the state constitution, the mandate was not legally enforceable. County Executive Bruce Blakeman held a news conference Tuesday on the steps of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola to call on Hochul to accept Rademaker’s ruling. The state immediately filed an appeal, and a state appeals court issued a stay of Rademaker’s ruling, meaning that, for now, the mask mandate will remain in place until the Continued on page 16

A chat with Village of Freeport government officials By REiNE BEthANY rbethany@liherald.com

An informal interview with Mayor Robert Kennedy and the village trustees after Monday’s village board meeting evoked a listing of triumphs and continuing improvement in finances, infrastructure, safety, and fostering connections between residents and village government. The trustees present were Deputy Mayor Ronald J. Ellerbe, Jorge A. Martinez, and Evette Sanchez. Trustee Christopher L. Squeri was unable to attend that particular meeting. Village financial reserves are holding steady at $24 million,

Kennedy said. When he took every year, but every one of office in 2013, the reserves stood those has been absorbed in our budget for the past at $1.2 million and nine years, and we village debt at $160 haven’t had a tax million. The debt is increase in nine now $80 million, a years.” positive trend, espeKeeping the vilcially in light of rislage budget from baling budget costs that looning requires cannot be avoided, close work between he noted. the village govern“We’ve absorbed ment and the 15 vilevery increase in lage departments. workman’s compenRobert t. Kennedy “It’s very collecsation, liability, distive,” said Kennedy. ability, medical and “We look at every retirement,” Kennedy said. “If you look at medical, item on the agenda and discuss it’s gone up probably 7 percent the best way to approach the every year, retirement’s gone up issue, whether it’s economic

development, whether it’s police . . . you saw the budget that we approved, $79 million, and every one of these trustees sat down with every department head and reviewed every ounce they were spending, reviewed every budget – you don’t need this, you don’t need this.” Infrastructure can be a major budget and logistics headache

for a waterfront community, but the village is systematic. The Department of Public Works maintains the village’s 14 water wells, underground piping, and overground pumping stations, for 14,000 residential and commercial properties. DPW also maintains its own storm and sewer drains, rather than turnContinued on page 9

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Freeporters recall MLK at museum event By ReiNe BethANY rbethany@liherald.com

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MoNet GReeN, leFt, and Anthony Richards, right, showed Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman a display in the Royals Room of the Joysetta and Julius Pearse African American Museum of Nassau County before a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event on Monday.

When new Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman toured the African American Museum of Nassau County on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, he was greeted by Freeporter Julius Pearse, 87, who was Freeport’s first Black police officer in 1961 and is a lifelong civil rights advocate. Pearse has overseen the museum since his wife, Joysetta, died last June. She had been executive director of the gallery, on North Franklin Street, since 2012. Together, the couple

had run the African Atlantic Genealogical Society from an office in the museum since 1994, and Pearse still oversees that as well. Before a 2:30 p.m. program in the museum auditorium, Blakeman checked out the museum’s extensive exhibits with volunteers Monet Green, Anthony Richards and Audrey Hadden. Once Monday’s program started, Pearse was asked to speak by Green, the emcee. He told of how he had come to Long Island from North Carolina in the late 1950s because his Continued on page 12

Celebrating Freeport students’ college success stories By ReiNe BethANY rbethany@liherald.com

Since Jan. 3, the Herald has received the names of eight Freeport students who were honored recently for excellence in their college work. One student, Dezarae Hall, responded to a request to speak about herself and why she made the Dean’s List at the College of Saint Rose, in Albany, for the fall 2021 semester. We offer brief profiles of the others below hers.

herald: Dezarae, what year are you in college? Dezarae: I’m a third-year stu-

dent, graduating class of 2023. I major in psychology, with a concentration in clinical counseling and a minor in social work.

herald: Why did you choose the College of Saint Rose, a private Catholic college in Albany? Dezarae: I’ve never been a big

fan of change, so I was supernervous to go away for college. I loved all of my friends and family back home and wished that I could just bring everyone with me to keep everything the same. When looking at colleges, I was desperately searching for that familiar, warm, comfortable,

cozy feeling that being back home brought me. . . . After my first campus visit, I knew that I had finally found the right place to call home. I loved the atmosphere, the people and everything Saint Rose had to offer. I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else.

herald: What is it like to know you made the Dean’s list? Dezarae: It feels like I’ve truly made it. All of my hard work, time and effort are paying off. I’m doing all the right things and just need to continue down this path. College isn’t the easiest at times, but this proves to me that

despite the obstacles I may have to face, I can still rise to the top in the end when I continue to try my very best, no matter what.

herald: You graduated from Freeport high School. how do you think the Freeport School District prepared you for college?

Dezarae: I feel like Freeport

schools have given me all the tools I needed to begin preparing for the next stage in my life. School is where I first really began unlocking my true passion for psychology. . . . I remember in 10th grade, I took my first psychology class just as an elective and I was hooked. . . . By the Continued on page 16

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Freeport-Merrick Rotary Club keeps giving By Reine Bethany rbethany@liherald.com

For the Freeport-Merrick Rotary Club, 2022 is shaping up to be another year of giving on multiple levels. “We work on all levels, local, national, and international, to improve people’s lives,” said Jordan Pecora, chair of the club’s Public Image Committee and also Chairperson of Membership. “Our motto is People of Action,” said club secretary and incoming co-president Emily Margulis, “getting things done, local or international. We’re the only charitable organization that’s in the United Nations. We have two nonvoting seats.” Rotary International, the parent organization of local clubs like the 65-plus clubs in Long Island’s Rotary District 7255, was founded in 1915 as a men’s charitable group, and now operates worldwide. Each individual club can partner with their village, city, town, or county governments to address community needs, or reach more widely by connecting with the international groups. “We partner with other nonprofits to try to help them,” said Pecora, “like organizations that help children get bookbags and school supplies. We also work with Legislator Debra Mulé’s team. We help out Mayor Kennedy and the trustees as well.” Asking what the Freeport-Merrick Rotary did last year unleashes a list of charitable works achieved despite the pandemic. “For our local organizations,” said Margulis, “we made donations and participated in some of their projects. For example, in June we donated two scholarships to Freeport High School seniors. In November, we held our own food drive, and on November 24 we delivered the food to the Food Cupboard and the Salvation Army Food Distribution Center on Church Street. Our members also did Salvation Army bell-ringing in December.” Pecora added, “We also gave face masks to not just the mayor’s office and the Police Athletic League, but also to the Freeport Housing Authority for senior citizens who couldn’t get them. And we had tax workshops.” The 2021 tax season was not put on hold by the pandemic, of course, so the club president, Certified Public Accountant Marc Rigueur, who owns CYBS Accountants & Tax Specialists in Freeport, joined with another Rotary member named Dave Denenberg, of the Cobra Consulting Group. The pair held an instructional workshop on Zoom to help with grieving real estate taxes, as well as more general tax information. “We’ll be having two workshops in February,” said Pecora, “hopefully on Feb. 3 at 6 p.m. in the Merrick Library, and also on Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Freeport Memorial Library. But as you know, these things

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FRom leFt, Ken Dookram, Freeport-Merrick Rotary Club treasurer, President Marc Rigueur, incoming Vice-President Comfort Itoka, and Freeport Police Athletic League Officer Bobby Ford helped distribute a donation of sanitary face masks and hand sanitizers to PAL members.

FouR memBeRs oF the Food Cupboard pantry accepted nonperishable items from Freeport-Merrick Rotary Club President Marc Rigueur, incoming Vice-President Comfort Itoka, and Treasurer Ken Dookram. could change in a heartbeat” – owing to the pandemic – “so we might have to do the workshops on Zoom again.” Margulis also described exciting projects internationally. One program to which the Freeport-Merrick Rotary donates regularly is Gift of Life, which funds cardiac and heart transplant sur-

gery for children in third-world nations. Initially, the children would always be brought to the United States for the surgeries, where their planes would be met by local Rotarians. But now, other hospitals are being made available, so that, for example, a Haitian child could go to the Dominican Republic to receive care, rath-

er than enduring the visa process. Forty-seven years after Rotary International started Gift of Life, child number 40,000 just received the life-saving surgery. The first Gift of Life patient, Grace Agwaru of Uganda, is now a Rotarian and an ambassador for the Gift of Life program. Another overseas project is supplying school desks for children in Gyaboland, Liberia. And Soles 4 Souls, wherein new and gently used shoes are collected to reach those who need them, locally and internationally, is a joint effort of the Long Island clubs. The Freeport-Merrick Rotary is also continuing its ongoing efforts on behalf of Haiti, which suffered not only the assassinationi of its president on July 7, but a month later, a devastating earthquake. Meanwhile, a remote Haitian village is near to completing a well, thanks to the club. These projects are under the leadership of Rotarian and former Rotary president Florence Marc-Charles. All of these projects take money. In addition to member donations, the club will be holding another Popping for a Purpose drive, which partners with a popcorn firm to sell a variety of popcorn types on the Internet. A final event to look forward to will be a carnival during Memorial Day weekend, with mechanical rides and vendors, at Merrick LIRR Station, Parking Lot 5, off Sunrise Highway. Those interested in joining or donating can find all the information needed at FreeportMerrickRotary.org.

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Cordero and his band, Los Amigos del Armargue, got couples up and dancing to merengue at a Hispanic Heritage Month performance at Freeport Memorial Library on Oct. 3, 2021.

Grant awarded to Freeport’s Luis Cordero Long Island Traditions is pleased to announce Luis Cordero has received a New York State Council for the Arts Apprenticeship Grant, which is a highly competitive award. The NYSCA Apprenticeship Program seeks to safeguard and revitalize the folk arts and cultural heritage of comm u n i t i e s . Through yearlong apprenticeships, the grant receives funding from the state le gislature to support folk arts practitioners and their mentees to preserve and bolster traLuis Cordero ditional cultural expressions. PreMusician vious grantees sponsored by Long Island Traditions include Theo Torres, a Peruvian composer, musician, and teacher fluent in many musical styles. Cordero is a multitalented musician based in Freeport. Originally from Tenares in the Dominican Republic, Cordero moved to Santo Domingo, where he formed his first band. He then moved to New York in 1978, and has been recording his own unique music since 1987. He has written over 300 songs, many of them humorous, romantic, and topical. He has performed in churches, nightclubs, and other venues, and became a popular musician in the local scene. With this grant, Luis Cordero will mentor his son, Edy Cordero, his daughter, Rosa Reyes, and her husband, Felix Reyes in the Dominican traditions of bachata and merengue. Bachata is traditionally a highly poetic, narrative ballad song form, usually accompanied by a steel-stringed guitar. Merengue comes from the rural,

ince I was very young, I have always loved music.

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Luis Cordero, right, and his apprentices, from left, Felix Reyes, Rosa Reyes, and Edy Cordero, will benefit from a New York State Council for the Arts Apprenticeship Grant. northern valley region around the city of Santiago, called the Cibao. The style typically consists of stringed instruments like guitar, tres, or cuatro as well as the güira scraper and the two-headed tambora drum. Luis taught himself these styles from a young age. “Since I was very young, I have always loved music,” he says, “I would always hear my father singing and those songs stuck in my head. I would learn them and sing them from the time I was very young. Later, when I began to grow up, I bought a guitar and I learned to play on my own. I would go to where the great musicians were playing. I didn’t go to dance. I only went to watch how they played and to learn what they did,

to ask them questions. And little by little, I learned.” Luis plays bachata and merengue with his group, Los Amigos del Amargue, alongside his children Edy Cordero and Rosa Reyes, and Rosa’s husband, Felix Reyes. The family members and mentees will focus on their roles within bachata and merengue for the NYSCA grant. Edy, who has performed with his family for over 30 years, will focus on tambora drum and composition. Rosa, who has also performed with her father since she was young, will focus on composition, dance performance characteristics of each music form, and handheld percussion instruments such as congas and maracas. Felix will focus on

the tambora drum, which he has played for over 25 years, and the requinto, an instrument similar to the guitar. All these instruments are important to bachata and merengue. All the apprentices will learn how to compose a song based on their observations of life in the Dominican Republic today. Over the year, Edy, Rosa, and Felix will learn Luis’s songwriting style and the origins of bachata and merengue. They will explore original bachata and merengue compositions by Luis, and compose a song about the Dominican Republic today. The apprenticeship will culminate in a final performance at a local cultural site.

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SECOND GRADERS FROM Bayview Avenue School recently participated in an interactive program from the Vanderbilt Museum. Students learned about many aspects of space, the moon and earth.

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THE SECOND GRADE students at Freeport’s Leo F. Giblyn Elementary School learned in an interactive lesson with the Cradle of Aviation that solids, liquids and gases are all matter and mixed baking soda, vinegar and water together to create gas to fill a balloon.

Space adventure to the moon Cradle of Aviation helps Giblyn students each phase of the water cycle and bring it to life. Next, the students boarded a spaceship where they passed by the sun. The program then changed focus to the moon, where students explored its surface features and phases. Finally, the second-graders learned about the historic Apollo 11 program and were taken on a virtual moonwalk, where they watched real footage of scientific experiments and discussed the Artemis space program.

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The second-grade students in Freeport’s Leo. F. Giblyn Elementary School were recently visited by the Cradle of Aviation to bring to life their science lesson on matter. Students used simple kitchen materials to act as scientists by creating chemical reactions, identifying the phases of matter and learning its many forms. The students mixed solids and liquids together, including baking soda, vinegar STUDENTS MIxED GlUE, food coloring, water and borax to and water to create gas create slime during an interactive learning lesson with the to fill a balloon. Cradle of Aviation. Following, the stustudents the importance of knowing the dents got their hands dirty by mixing standard white glue, food properties of matter and how identifying coloring, water and borax to create slime. them is significant when choosing the The interactive lessons reinforced to right types of materials for a desired use.

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felony), was remanded and is due back in court February 8. Grier, who was additionally charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (a C violent felony), was remanded and is due back in court February 10. If convicted of the top charge, Brant faces a maximum of 25 years to life in prison and Grier faces a maximum of 40 years to life in prison. Anyibel Madera, 23, of Freeport, was arraigned on Jan. 3, 2022 before Judge Murphy on charges of tampering with physical evidence (an E felony); criminal facilitation in the fourth degree (an A misdemeanor); and hindering prosecution in the second degree (an E felony). If convicted of the top charge, Madera faces up to four years in prison. She is due back in

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South Bay Avenue by his girlfriend, Anyibel Madera. When Diamond and his friend returned to the location, Baldwin, and another male passenger from Brant’s vehicle, allegedly took Diamond and his friend out of their vehicle at gunpoint. A struggle ensued, and Diamond was shot once in the Madera abdomen. Baldwin allegedly took Diamond’s bag filled with cash and fled. Diamond was later pronounced dead at South Nassau Communities Hospital. After the shooting, Madera allegedly returned her license plates and sold the vehicle. Brant was arrested by detectives of the Nassau County Police Department’s Bureau of Special Operations in Middle Island on Nov. 3, 2021. NCPD Homicide detectives arrested Baldwin in East Meadow, also on November 3. The same day, Grier was arrested by NCPD Homicide detectives in Bayshore. Madera was arrested by NCPD Homicide detectives on Nov. 4. The investigation into the additional male co-conspirator is ongoing. The case is being prosecuted by Senior Litigation Counsel Nicole Aloise of the Homicide Bureau. Brant is represented by Jason Russo, Esq., and Steve Gaitman, Esq. Baldwin is represented by Jeff Groder, Esq. Grier is represented by Justin Feinman, Esq. Madera is represented by Bruce Barket, Esq. The charges are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent until and unless found guilty.

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The poll included several other distressing details and pessimism among respondents, hospital officials aid. For one, 63 percent of respondents believe the pandemic will last at least another year. Forty-three percent of those polled say they have put off routine well visits, including their annual physical, dental or eye exams, mammograms or blood pressure screenings. “During the past two years, we repeatedly have seen patients come to the hospital with more advanced disease that might have been prevented had it been caught and treated earlier,” Sharma said. While 79 percent of adult respondents say they have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and about one-half of those vaccinated have received a booster, those who are unvaccinated remain hesitant to take the jab. The vaccination rate remained similar to the previous poll released last August. “We still have more work to do to educate why people should receive a booster vaccine and to get their children vaccinated,” said Dr. Aaron Glatt, MSSN’s chairman of medicine and chief of infectious diseases. “Vaccination is the way out of this pandemic.” Dana Sanneman, MSSN’s vice president of public affairs, announced that according to the poll, nearly 90 percent of respondents over age 65 have been vaccinated. Mean-

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while, 68 percent in the 18-to-34 demographic in the poll reported being vaccinated. Eighty percent of poll respondents strongly support offering newly emerging antiviral pills and medicines to all patients with Covid-19 and not prioritizing them for the unvaccinated, as some health officials have urged. Eighty percent of unvaccinated respondents agreed that antibody treatments and antiviral medicines should be available to all people. “Prioritizing medicine or care for groups or subsets of people when resources are limited is a highly complex issue and will be dependent on many variables,

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Medicare made easy (virtual) From 11 a.m. -12:00 noon on Zoom through the Freeport Memorial Library, learn Medicare basics: Part A, B, C, and D as well as Medicare options, costs, enrollment, and choices. Preregistration is required. Please note that registration closes at noon today (Jan. 28). Go to freeportlibrary.info for more information or call (516) 379-3274.

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Time for trivia [virtual]

Blood drive: Save a life!

From 6-6:45 p.m. via Zoom through the Freeport Memorial Library, for grades 5-12, test your knowledge in multiple subjects including music, movies, and more! This program will be taking place online. Meeting ID: 856 2359 7536. Passcode: 911029. For the meeting link, call (516) 3793274, email youthservices@freeportlibrary.info, or visit the library calendar at freeportlibrary.info.

Saturday, Jan. 29Sunday, Feb. 6 LIACF arts classes The Long Island Arts Council at Freeport is offering art classes in different disciplines, for separate age groups. The programs began Jan. 8, but there is still time to register. They will continue through Feb. 6 or longer as announced. All classes, unless otherwise indicated, are held at the Freeport Recreation Center (130 E. Merrick Rd., Freeport, NY 11520). You must pre-register at https://www.liacfreeport.org/, and pay using the PayPal link on our website. If you have any questions, contact us at 516-223-2522. The Rec Center requires that you must wear a mask to enter the building. Please be prepared to show proof of vaccination to your art instructor.

Saturday, Jan. 29 Literacy Nassau citizenship classes

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From 1-2 p.m., Morton Kupal offers his insightful perspective on the people and events that shape our world today. Audience participation is encouraged. For the event link, contact Maryellen Cantanno at (516) 3793274 or email mcantanno@freeportlibrary.info.

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Groups at the library Many support groups and interest groups meet at the Freeport Memorial Library. Visit freeportlibrary.info for dates and times. From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Contact Christopher Bisonnette at (516) 3793274 to obtain further details.

Monday, January 1 How the Grinch lost Max This is the last day for this fun scavenger hunt. It’s the new year and Max is lost! Help the Grinch find Max. He is somewhere in the Freeport Memorial Library, and only you can find him by participating in our scavenger hunt. Come into the library anytime and search for Max using the clues we have distributed around the building. Each clue will get you closer to Max. Once you find him, you will receive a prize. Call ahead, (516) 379-3274, to let us know when you want to come in. For all ages up to grade 6.

Tuesday, February 1 A very bear-y story time From 10-10:45 a.m. at the library, Join Miss Rose for songs and stories about bears, and then do a special craft. For ages 2 to 4 with an adult. For ages 2 to 4 with an adult. Preregistration is

required. Please call us at (516) 3793274 or come into the Children’s Room to register.

Nassau BOCES ESL Classes From 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., today, Wednesday, and Thursday, Nassau Boces conducts ESL classes through the library. Call the ASK Department, (516) 3793274, or email ask@freeportlibrary.info.

True Tales Tuesdays Join Mr. Kevin 4-4:30 p.m. to hear true facts and tales about outer space, dinosaurs, animals, and more. Mr. Kevin will be reading about a different topic each week. For students in grades K to 4. This program will take place at the library, so preregistration is required. Please call us at (516) 379-3274, email youthservices@freeportlibrary.info, or come into the Children’s Room to register.

Yoga for adults [virtual] From 6-7 p.m. through the library, this on-the-mat centered hatha yoga class is suitable for beginner and experienced yoga practitioners. For the GoToMeeting link, contact Maryellen Cantanno, mcanntanno@freeportlibrary. info or (516) 379-3274.

From 1:30-7:30 p.m., ages 18 and above may give blood. Registration is recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. Please call (516) 478-5023. You must wear a mask or face covering. You may also contact the ASK Department at (516) 379-3274 or ask@freeportlibrary.info.

Toxic free living (virtual) From 6-6:30 p.m., join a talk that covers one of the most important aspects of health: the toxins that lurk within all of our homes. Environmental toxicity stresses our immune systems, makes us prone to allergies, and more. The workshops cover simple but essential swaps, updates, and in many cases, the need to just top using certain things. We’ll cover everything from dryer sheets to toothpaste. Contact the ASK Department, ask@freeportlibrary.info or call (516) 379-3274.

Zumba for adults [virtual] From 6:30-7:30 p.m., through the library via Zoom. Contact the ASK Department, (516) 379-3274, or ask@ freeportlibrary.info.

Thursday, Feb. 3 Zumba Gold for adults From 9:30-10:30 a.m., courtesy of the Freeport Memorial Library. For the Go to Meeting link, contact Maryellen Cantanno, (516) 379-3274, or mcantanno@freeportlibrary.info.

Women’s heart symposium (virtual) From 2-3 p.m. through a link obtain-

able at freeportlibrary.info. Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death among women. Learn tools you need to reduce personal risk and lead a heart-healthy life with cardiologist Louise Spadaro, MD, St. Francis Hospital. Sponsored by Shelter Rock Library through Nassau Library Health Share. Find the Zoom link on the library’s website, or contact the ASK Department, ask@freeportlibrary.info or (516) 379-3274.

Fun ‘n’ games at the library From 4-4:30 p.m., let’s have some fun playing old fashioned games like concentration, indian chief, and more. For grades 5 and 6. This program will take place at the library. Preregistration is required. Please call us, (516) 3793274, email youthservices@freeportlibrary.info, or come io the Children’s Room to register.

Friday, February 4 Talking about literature (hybrid) From 12-1:30 p.m., join us for a noo time discussion of Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. The leader for this discussion is Sarah Siegel. Contact Mary Robinson, (516) 379-3274, ext. 505.

HAvING AN EvENT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to rbethany@liherald.com

Issues of the Freeport-based Nassau Daily Review-Star can be found at FultonHistory.com. Hungerford & Clark Funeral Home is now owned by Carmine and Michael Carpinone. Black-owned Value Precision Inc. was featured on Economic Forum, WTHE-AM 1520, in 1992. Led by Chief Joe Shapira, Freeport has New York State’s largest all-volunteer fire department. Freeport residents drink naturally purified water drawn from Freeport’s own fresh-water aquifer.

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NOTE: The Freeport Memorial Library is open to the public unless otherwise notified. Please visit freeportlibrary.info for updates.

Friday, January 21 Time to dance! From 10-10:30 a.m. at the library, it’s time to dance to some classic children’s tunes such as the Hokey Pokey, the Chicken Dance, and many other favorites. For children ages 1 to 3 and an accompanying adult. This program will take place at the Freeport Memorial Library. Preregistration is required. Please call the Youth Department at (516) 379-3274, or come into the Children’s Room to register. Visit freeportlibrary.info to get further information.

Mozart: The man behind the music

Yoga for adults [virtual] From 6-7 p.m. through the library, this on-the-mat centered hatha yoga class is suitable for beginner and experienced yoga practitioners; we focus on breathing, stretching, and strength building. For the GoToMeeting link, contact Maryellen Cantanno, mcanntanno@freeportlibrary.info or (516) 379-3274.

Explore mysteries of Mozart’s life by viewing a virtual program through the Freeport Memorial Library on Thursday, Jan. 27 (see Calendar entries below).

Wednesday, Jan. 26 Meditation for inner peace in the New Year (virtual)

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Time for trivia [virtual] From 6-6:45 p.m. via Zoom through the Freeport Memorial Library, for grades 5-12, test your knowledge in multiple subjects including music, movies, and more! This program will be taking place online. Meeting ID: 856 2359 7536. Passcode: 911029. For the meeting link, call (516) 3793274, email youthservices@freeportlibrary.info, or visit the library calendar at freeportlibrary.info.

Saturday, Jan. 22Sunday, Feb. 6 LIACF arts classes The Long Island Arts Council at Freeport is offering art classes in different disciplines, for separate age groups. The programs began Jan. 8, but there is still time to register. They will continue through Feb. 6 or longer as announced. All classes, unless otherwise indicated, are held at the Freeport Recreation Center (130 E. Merrick Rd., Freeport, NY 11520). You must pre-register at https://www.liacfreeport.org/, and pay using the PayPal link on our website. If you have any questions, contact us at 516-223-2522. The Rec Center requires that you must wear a

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mask to enter the building. Please be prepared to show proof of vaccination to your art instructor.

Saturday, Jan. 22 Defensive driving at the library From 9:15-3:15, this workshop conducted by NY Safety Driving will help you to sharpen driving skills, receive insurance discounts, and reduce up to four points from your driver record of violations. Cost: $30 by check or money order payable to TAAH Inc. (no cash, please). Register in person at the Freeport Memorial Library. Enrollment is limited. Payment is due at registration. You must have a valid New York State driver’s license to enroll in these courses. Contact Marilyn Pignataro, mpignataro@freeportlibrary.info or (516) 379-3274.

Tai chi for adults [virtual] From 10-11 a.m., join a program that is designed to improve the health and balance of the practitioner. Tai Chi encourages the body to recruit, recover, and restore muscles that have previously shut down due to injury or lack of use. Wear comfortable clothing and have water on hand. For the

GoToMeeting link, please visit the library calendar at freeportlibrary.info, or contact Maryellen Cantanno at mcantanno@freeport library.info or call (516) 379-3274)

Tuesday, Jan. 25 Click, clack, what? From 10-10:45 a.m. at the library, find out what happens with the animals when farmer Brown goes to bed. Join Miss Rose for this story time featuring some funny barnyard animals. For ages 2 to 4 with an adult. Preregistration is required. Please call us at (516) 379-3274 or come into the Children’s Room to register.

From 2-2:45 p.m., join Jim Rose on a journey of finding lasting peace, happiness and a greater sense of wellbeing by learning a simple technique of spiritual meditation (explained and practiced during the session). Save your spot! This program is brought courtesy of the Nassau Libraries Health Share. For the event link, contact the ASK Department at (516) 379-3274 or email ask@freeportlibrary.info.

NYS homeowners assistance From 2-7 p.m., find out about the New York State Homeowner Assistance Fund, which is dedicated to helping New York homeowners affected by the pandemic to stay in their homes. Contact Maryellen Cantanno at (516) 379-3274 or mcantanno@freeportlibrary.info.

Mother Goose at the library From 6-6:30 p.m., enjoy a program of finger plays, songs, and nursery rhymes for children ages 12-24 months, with an accompanying adult. This program takes place at the library, so preregistration is required. Call the Youth Department at (516) 379-3284 or come in person to the Children’s Room.

Zumba for adults (virtual) From 6:30-7:30 p.m., move your body to great music while burning calories and having fun! Through the library via Zoom. Contact the ASK Department, (516) 379-3274, or ask@freeportlibrary.info.

Thursday, Jan. 27 Zumba Gold for adults From 9:30-10:30 a.m., courtesy of the Freeport Memorial Library, join a workout that combines cardio, muscle conditioning, balance and flexibility, while increasing your energy level at a lower intensity. For the Go to Meeting link, contact Maryellen Cantanno, (516) 379-3274, or mcantanno@freeportlibrary.info.

The man behind the music (virtual) From 1-2 p.m. through a link obtainable at freeportlibrary.info, find out why Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was the reigning god of classical music in Vienna during the mid-to-late 1700s. His life has been analyzed in books and even films, but little is known of the circumstances surrounding his untimely death. The presenter, Dan Lupo, takes a glimpse into the world of one of music’s biggest heroes as we appreciate his genius and attempt to untangle the mystery on his birthday. This virtual program is available through Zoom on the library’s website, or contact the ASK Department, ask@ freeportlibrary.info or (516) 3793274.

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The Freeport High School Select Chorale, under the direction of Monique Campbell-Retzlaff, ended its fall/winter tour by performing at two outstanding venues in New York City: the Empire State Building and Skylight on Vesey, an event venue on Vesey Street that is currently featuring an exhibit titled “Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience.” The Select Chorale had the honor of being the first choir invited to perform at the Van Gogh exhibit, where they captured their audience with a program of more than 20 pieces, including holiday, patriotic, sacred, secular and spiritual music. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kishore Kuncham and Board of Education President Maria Jordan-Awalom

attended, as did other administrators, faculty and staff, alumni, family and friends. “Being able to perform in such majestic venues, after performing live so little for so long, is truly phenomenal,” said Campbell-Retzlaff. “While we have performed live a few times in the past year, these two performances were particularly impressive.” Following the Vesey Street show, the Select Chorale performed at the Empire State Building. Their songs reached tourists and office-goers of the building’s many businesses. The fine young voices resonating in this iconic structure brought joy to many in the midst of the cold winter months, and the songs were met with thunderous applause.

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ing that upkeep over to Nassau County. But the village is just one mile from where Jones Inlet connects the South Shore bays and islands to the Atlantic Ocean, so major floods have occurred, the worst being from Superstorm Sandy in late October of 2012. “We had 3,500 homes that were flooded with six feet of saltwater during Sandy,” Kennedy said. “When you have one of these floods, when you send four ambulances through the water or three fire department vehicles or six police cars, they’re all going to be contaminated with the saltwater, and within a year these vehicles are falling apart, and the village is responsible for maintaining and providing safe equipment for these first responders.” RoBERT During 2020 and 2021, an intricate installation of subKEnnEDy surface water pumps and backMayor flow valves in the southern portion of the village has reduced the flooding. “It cost us a million dollars to protect maybe a thousand homes between Guy Lombardo and Hudson,” said Kennedy, “but it’s been a huge success.” Another cost-saving infrastructure feature in the village is its arrangement for electrical power. Years ago, its power plant was replaced with a 747 jet engine

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that sends 50 megawatts of power to the United States grid and allows the village to buy back its supply of electricity at 47% of the normative cost. These infrastructure measures help to protect the village’s parks and recreation system, which has gotten two big boosts in the past year: upgrades to Glacken Park, and the recent acquisition of Cow Meadow Park from Nassau County. “Cow Meadow Park is in the village boundary,” Martinez said, “but we had no control over it, so it became very difficult to clean it, maintain, and have services there. I’m extremely excited over the fact that we now have Cow Meadow Park, and you’re going to see tremendous development down there and state-ofthe-art sports facilities.” “And security,” added the mayor. “In an emergency, we had to depend on a police car coming from Nassau County, which may take 20 minutes to get down there. Now we’ll have police within 100 to 200 yards of that park at any given time. We’ll update the facilities, put in a beach, put in a dog run, put in a marina down

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Hewlett Junior Basketball WEiSS AVERAgED 40 points per game in last winter’s shortened season and has picked up where she left off as Long Island’s leading scorer. Three times in Hewlett’s first 10 games the junior guard lit up the scoreboard for more than 50 points. She scored 53 and 55 in consecutive games against Lindenhurst and Kennedy in December, then poured in 53 against conference rival South Side on Jan. 8.

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Boys Basketball: Carle Place at West Hemp..........4:45 p.m. Boys Basketball: Baldwin at Hicksville ....................... 5 p.m. Girls Basketball: Freeport at Oceanside ................6:15 p.m. Girls Basketball: Plainview at East Meadow ............... 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: Hicksville at Baldwin........................ 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Oceanside at Freeport .................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: North Shore at Clarke ..................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Oyster Bay at Malverne ................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Chaminade at Elmont ..................... 7 p.m.

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Girls Basketball: Clarke at North Shore ....................... 10 a.m. Girls Basketball: Bethpage at V.S. South ..................... 12 p.m. Girls Basketball: Calhoun at Carey .............................. 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Wantagh at Seaford ........................... 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: New Hyde Park at Long Beach ........... 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Garden City at Sewanhaka ................12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Manhasset at Hewlett ..................12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Mineola at Lynbrook ......................... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Island Trees at Lawrence .................... 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Carey at Calhoun ................................ 1 p.m. Girls Basketball: Plainview at Baldwin ......................... 7 p.m.

After graduating everyone from an abridged season, the Freeport boys’ basketball team has faced a rebuild this winter that head coach Larry Steimer hopes lays the foundation for a winning future. Freeport entered the week with only one win, but Steimer sees signs of progress with his young team. With nine games remaining, Steimer is looking for more improvements that can set a positive tone for next season. “They come to play every day and no matter what happens they have a positive attitude,” Steimer said. The lone win so far this season came in a 54-44 victory at Oceanside on Dec. 18 in which the Red Devils pulled away in the second half after leading by two at halftime. Freeport will host Oceanside in a rematch on Friday at 7 p.m. The Red Devils, which have faced challenges posed by the unexpected departure of their top scorer, nearly earned their second win last Saturday in a 53-48 loss at Hempstead. Freeport, which was led by 16 points from Elijah Darby and 14 from Jadan Threat, held a 34-31 lead after three quarters. Threat, a lefty guard, has been a force in the backcourt this season with his quickness. Steimer said if the junior can improve his shot-making ability he can really bring his game to a high level. Freshman point guard Jayden Gordon has also made strides this season. He tallied seven points in the narrow Hempstead defeat and six points in a 58-51 loss to Floral Park on Dec. 9. “He is the toughest kid,” said Steimer of Gordon. “He is learning the position.” Darby, a 6-1 junior forward, also gives Freeport a presence in the paint with an ability to make outside jumpers. He recorded 11 points in a 53-38 loss to Port Washington on Jan. 13. Steimer said the team prepared well for the season with a big commitment to summer practices last year. All but one player will return next year and Steimer is looking for continued progress throughout this season and the offseason.“It’s up and

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SOphOmORE ElijiAh DARBy, left, led the Red Devils with 16 points on Jan. 15 but they fell just short against Hempstead, falling 53-48. down with great spots at times and then times where we just look lost, but we knew that was going to happen going into the year,” Steimer said. “They are a great group of kids and even though we are losing, everybody comes to practice on time and they are there to watch film.” After hosting Oceanside this Friday, Freeport travels to Farmingdale for a 5 p.m. tipoff on Monday evening before visiting Sewanhaka in a non-league game Jan. 26. The Red Devils face a

tough conference game at Massapequa on Jan. 29 and then will have their second to last home game scheduled for Feb. 1 against Farmingdale at 7 p.m. The season concludes on Feb. 12 versus Hempstead at noon. “I’m looking to see us continue to play with a lot of effort and we really need our defense to be on point to give us some transition opportunities,” Steimer said. “They are a great group of kids and fun to coach.”

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he week is set aside to promote the unique nature of the Catholic schools in each community. Schools typically observe the annual celebration week with Masses and open houses to thank parishioners, to welcome visitors and to introduce new families to the benefits of a Catholic education. It frequently kicks off with a Mass and open house on the first Sunday (Jan. 30), and a series of events designed to recognize the contributions of students, parents and faculty during the course of the week. Many schools offer additional open houses and opportunities to visit during the week as well. Through these events, schools focus on the value Catholic education provides to young people and its contributions to our church, our communities and our nation. In addition to the internal events (teacher and parent recognition events, school ‘spirit’ days, special assemblies, etc) it is also a week where the schools open their doors to the families of their Parish/Parishes they serve, and to the general public who might be considering the benefits of a Catholic education. As a family considering a Catholic education, how do I learn more? Catholic Schools Week features Open Houses at the schools where parents and students can visit the school(s) they think they might be interested in and get a tour of the facility, be introduced to the teachers, meet some of the current families and children and generally learn about the academic, spiritual, social and physical development programs.

The benefits of a Catholic education As a prospective family, do I have an ‘assigned school’? One of the first differences you will notice about Catholic school is that you get to select the school that you believe your children will be most successful in. There is no direct ‘assignment’ based on where you live and most school districts provide busing to the school of your choice within a 15-mile radius. Is there a difference in tuition to attend a different school? Long Island’s Catholic Elementary schools set their own tuitions, so they vary slightly, but there is no penalty for choosing a school outside of your Parish or town if you are a parishioner in the Diocese. The system of schools is an asset here on Long Island for all of the families of the Diocese and for all of the families of Long Island What should parents look for during their visit? Many parents of current students tell us that their decision was emotional and based on a feeling of warmth and caring they got during their visit. Others are more analytical and make direct comparisons based on the results on standardized test scores and high school admittance history. Regardless of how you make your decision, the schools are

‘open books’ during this week, providing whatever information prospective families desire to support their decision. When parents select Catholic elementary school, what are the most frequently cited reasons? The reasons that are most frequently mentioned are: academic excellence, the reinforcement of the values lived at home, Catholic religious identity, a safe, nurturing environment for learning, more individualized attention to each student’s learning needs, an outstanding extracurricular program and the level of partnership established with parents. `Will attending Catholic elementary schools help my child get into a prestigious Catholic high school? Attending a Catholic elementary school isn’t the only way to get into a Catholic high school, but it is still the best way. The Catholic high schools are open to all students and typically have a very significant number of students from a public school background. Students qualify for Catholic high school through a test for 8th graders that is administered in October of

Catholic Schools Week is upon us — Jan. 30-Feb. 5 — with the goal of raising the awareness of Catholic schools as an outstanding educational option.

each year. Typically the students from Catholic elementary schools are best prepared for the academic rigor, the integrated program of faith and values, and the service orientation of the high schools. Virtually all of the students from Catholic elementary school (99 percent) are admitted to a Catholic high school with the vast majority getting into the school that is their first choice. You can learn more about the high school entrance exam, and about the Catholic High Schools at http://chsee.org. Are non-Catholics welcome in the schools? The schools are welcoming places to everyone without regard to race, religion or national origin. A religion class is a requirement, students participate in Liturgies, and faith is an integrated part of daily activities, but many schools have a significant population of students who attend because of the quality of the education alone. How can I learn more or choose the school(s) I would like to visit? There is a resource for families on the Internet that provides a very complete picture of the Catholic elementary school experience. It features an interactive map that is your guide to each of Long island’s distinctive Catholic schools, and that lets you view the geographic options for your children at http://licatholicelementaryschools.org. Above photo: In this unique community environment, children are surrounded by other children, families and a parish that serve to reinforce moral values and beliefs.

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On Wednesday, Jan. 12, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman joined Chief Fire Marshal Michael Uttaro, Assistant Chief James Hickman, President of Fire Commission Frank DeBobes, Nassau Fire Education Center Chief Instructor John Murray, and the Nassau County Police Department Arson and Bomb Squad to host a demonstration for residents at the Nassau County Fire Service Academy in Old Bethpage to show what happens if space heaters are not used correctly. “With the temperature dropping below freezing across our region, it is important that our residents operate space heaters safely, should they choose to use them,” Blakeman said. “Thank you to our fire marshall, fire commission, chiefs, and our outstanding Fire Academy officers here in Old Bethpage for putting together this demonstration for our residents.” “As we just witnessed with the tragedy in the Bronx, space heaters can be a real hazard if proper precautions aren’t taken,” Chief Uttaro said. “Our goal is to educate residents about safe use, and the different steps they can take to make sure they stay safe this winter.” Uttaro advised making sure a space heater has an automatic shutoff feature that switches it off if it tips over, or is

knocked down by a child or pet. He also went through a list of safety tips and recommendations (see below), which can be found at nfpa.org/education.

Heater Checklist ■ Purchase a heater with the seal of a qualified testing laboratory. ■ Keep the heater at least 3 feet (1 meter) away from anything that can burn. ■ Choose a heater with a thermostat and overheat protection. ■ Place the heater on a solid, flat surface. ■ Make sure your heater has an automatic shutoff feature that turns the heater off if it tips over. ■ Keep space heaters out of the way of foot traffic. Never block an exit. ■ Keep children away from the space heater. ■ Plug the heater directly into the wall outlet. Never use an extension cord. ■ Space heaters should be turned off and unplugged when you leave the room or go to bed.

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Students excel today and gain the confidence to succeed all their lives Long Island Catholic schools provide the academic rigor and study regimen, moral and spiritual instruction, along with all the extracurricular programs that nurture and set the foundation for the future success. By receiving this complete education in an inspiring environment, children gain the knowledge, skills, and self-esteem that prepare them for a life of personal and professional achievement.

(Public – 31.1 percent; Catholic 61.9 percent).

Demonstrated student success Various objective standards illustrate the advantages of a Catholic school education. Elementary school students in the Diocese of Rockville Centre score higher than the national average on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, a nationally recognized benchmark. A higher percentage of Catholic elementary school students exceed the standards of the New York state examinations in English Language Arts than other students in the state. More than 90 percent of elementary students go on to Catholic high schools, and over 99 percent of those graduates go on to college. Most Catholic elementary school graduates go to the most prestigious Catholic high schools, attend highly sought after colleges, and go on to live accomplished lives.

sions testing company reported significant differences in the assessment of the percentage of students deemed to be ready for college coursework. √ Graduation from college: A study by the Council for American Private Education (CAPE) found that almost twice as many Catholic high school graduates likely to attain their Bachelor Degree when compared to their public school counterparts. Above photo: Catholic schools provide a balanced curriculum that integrates faith, culture and life.

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OBITUARIES Theophile Jean-Louis Theophile Jean-Louis (b. May 18, 1946), of Reading, PA, died Jan. 19, age 75. He was the loving father of Humphrey, Steven, Natasha, Charles, Cathia, Manoucheka, Jeanthony, and Mikerlange. He is survived by his sisters Anaciliya Jean-Louis, Oceanie Jean-Louis, and Maniliya Jean Louis, and was predeceased by 14 siblings. He was the dear grandfather of 14 grandchildren. Burial took place on Jan. 22 at Pinelawn Memorial Park.

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Michael Christopher Eklund (b. Aug. 31, 1974) died suddenly on Jan. 18, at age 47. He was a passionate drummer who continued to hone his craft for 40 years and made innumerable friends with fellow musicians across Long Island. Michael was employed by Spectra Audio Visual Design during the week, taught drum lessons at a music studio in Smithtown on Saturdays and enjoyed working at A & F Market in Manhasset where he was known as Mad Dog. Michael will be missed and mourned by the many who love him including his parents, Gus and Pat of Freeport, his brother Brian and Alys-

sia, his nephew/godson Kristopher of Long Beach, his girlfriend Nicole, as well as his extended family, too many to name. A funeral mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Jan. 24 at Our Holy Redeemer R.C. Church, followed by interment at Holy Rood Cemetery.

Richard Regalado Richard Regalado (b. Mar. 27, 1968) died on Jan. 12 at age 54. No obituary has been made available.

Celeste Jemerson Celeste Jemerson (b. Jan. 4, 1932), of Freeport, died on January 13, age 90. Cremation will be private.

Thomas D. Brennan Thomas D. Brennan (b. Sept. 5, 1962), of Freeport, died on Jan. 13 at age 59. A visitation for family and friends was held on Wednesday, 9:30 10:30 a.m., at Hungerford & Clark Funeral Home. A funeral Mass was then at 11:15 a.m. at St. Christopher’s R.C. Church. Cremation will be private. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to St. Jude Children’s Hospital at https://www.stjude.org/.

Paul Goldstein Paul Goldstein (b. Sept. 30, 1949), died Jan. 15, age 72. No obituary was available.

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County ExECutivE BruCE Blakeman looked over an exhibit on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the African American Museum in Hempstead on Monday.

Freeporters attend MLK event at museum continued from front page father worried that his activism against segregation would get him into trouble. Upon joining the Freeport Police Department, Pearse also joined the Nassau County Guardians, an association of Black law enforcement officers that formed in 1960. In 1981, with Joysetta, Pearse founded the Martin Luther King Birthday Celebration Committee of Nassau County – two years before the federal holiday was signed into law by then President Ronald Reagan. “With the help of the legislators such as Mr. Bruce Blakeman and Dorothy Goosby here,” said Pearse, referring to the county executive and Hempstead Town’s senior councilwoman, “we will keep the image [of King] alive and going, and let people know that we were not just slaves. We made a heck of a contribution, and the country would not be where it is today had it not been for the contributions and the efforts of Black folks and particularly Black women.” Blakeman spoke to the crowd about growing up in Valley Stream and watching King speak on TV. “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message is that we can overcome -- that is, if people of good will, people who want to do the right thing, get together and stand up to evil,” Blakeman said, “like Dr. King did, like Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby did, like Julius did. So I have to tell you, it’s been a highlight for me to be here today … You’re going to have a really good friend in me as county executive, a friend to the community and a friend to this museum.” Goosby spoke frankly of issues still unresolved in Hempstead, her home village, particularly the continued overcrowding of Hempstead’s public schools, where too many children still must take

rights aCtivist and genealogist Julius Pearse addressed the crowd at the MLK Day event in the museum auditorium.

sEnior town CounCilwoman Dorothy Goosby urged listeners to build on King’s work by correcting current injustices.

Bishop philip E. Elliott, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church, saw King in person at a 1967 civil rights march in Virginia.

classes in poorly heated trailers attached to century-old buildings. “We have to do something better than what we’re doing, not just sit here, because it’s Martin Luther King’s birthday, and we’ve got to do something to make sure we’re honoring what he’s done,” Goosby said. “We can do it if we work together.” After viewing “In Remembrance of Martin,” a moving documentary about King, Bishop Phillip Elliott of Antioch Baptist Church in Hempstead delivered the closing address. Eliott recalled that in his hometown of Lynchburg, Va., racial bigotry was fierce. As a consequence of the 1954 Supreme Court decision, which declared segregation in schools inherently unconstitutional, Elliott said, “Any person who lived in that area” — Prince Edward County —

“had to leave the state to finish their schooling because, rather than integrate, the [county leadership] shut the schools down. They poured cement into the pools rather than allowing Blacks and whites to swim in the same pools.” Elliott concluded with King’s description of the human condition: “‘We are caught up in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.’ We need each other,” Elliott said. “Mr. Pearse, we’ve needed you. Thank you for calling us together. And we need the next generation to step up and march on until we all are free at last.” Attendee Michael Williams, Freeport’s first Black deputy police chief, said the documentary film was moving. “On Martin Luther King Day,” Williams said, “I reflect back on all the work he has done, and I see that some of the

things he fought for are still a challenge today.” Williams, who was educated in the Roosevelt School District, came with his family to Freeport at age 8 and has lived in the village more than 40 years. Long Island’s segregation patter ns have changed little since his childhood. Places like Roosevelt and Hempstead Village are still majority-minority, though with a higher percentage of Latinos than before. “Freeport is pretty diverse, 30 percent Black, 30 percent Hispanic and 30 percent white,” Williams said, “and about 10 percent other. … We should continue to honor the work that Martin Luther King Jr. has done. We should lift up the current activists of our time who are continuing to carry on his legacy and are promoting nonviolence and equality for all.”

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Collision on N. Main St., two injured

■ On Jan. 24, Freeport police officers working in plainclothes arrested a suspect who, during a car stop, was found to be in possession of a deadly weapon (as defined in the state penal code). The suspect was taken into police custody without incident.

■ On Jan. 24, Freeport police completed a report for responding to a commercial business where an unknown subject removed some property that was not for sale and belonged to someone else. The suspect left the location before the police arrived. No further police action was requested.

An SUV collided with a Broadway Towing tow tr uck at Brooklyn Avenue and N. Main Street in Freeport on Saturday, Jan. 22, between 9 and 10 a.m. The SUV flipped far onto the driver’s side. Two people were injured. The investigation of the accident is ongoing.

■ On Jan. 23, Freeport police officers arrested a suspect who, during a domestic dispute, caused intentional damage to property owned by the victim. The suspect was arrested and transported to Nassau County detention to await arraignment. ■ On Jan. 19, Freeport police officers working in plainclothes were investigating a vehicle and traffic violation. They arrested a suspect, who was known from prior police contact, for an outstanding arrest warrant issued by another agency. The suspect was arrested without incident and transported to await arraignment.

Domestic dispute ■ On Jan. 23, Freeport police took a report regarding two individuals with a child in common who had a verbal argument over a pay-per-view program. No one was hurt or injured and no further police action was requested.

House fire ■ On Jan. 20, Freeport police responded to a report of an active house fire at a residential home. Fire officials suspected the cause of the fire to be a space heater. No persons were injured and the Red Cross assisted with emergency housing for the family. Police documented the occurrence.

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.

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NCPD seeks public help to find missing boy The Nassau County Missing Persons Squad is investigating a missing juvenile that occurred Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022 at 4:00 pm in Freeport. According to Detectives, Ismael Diaby, 13, was last seen on Sweezy Avenue. He is described as a male Black, 5’7” tall, 175 lbs., with brown eyes and black hair. Ismael was last seen wearing a black hooded

jacket, blue jeans and black sneakers. He may be going to Brooklyn. Detectives request anyone with infor mation regarding the above missing juvenile to contact the Nassau County Police Department Missing Persons Squad at 516-573-7347 or call 911. All callers will remain anonymous. Details by: Det. Howe/MPS

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Mary Brennan INN hosting food drive

■ On Jan. 17, Freeport police received a tip and subsequently arrested an individual for being in possession of stolen property. During a search incidental to a lawful arrest, police officers recovered a quantity of controlled substances from the suspect, who was taken into police custody without incident.

■ On Jan. 17, Freeport police completed a report for a person who alleged that an unknown house guest may have removed some property from the complainant’s home without permission. The complainant requested further police action.

The Mary Brennan INN, at 100 Madison Ave. in Hempstead, will hold a food and toiletries drive Saturday, Jan. 22, from 10 a.m. to noon at the soup kitchen. This is a no-contact drive. Donors will place their items on a table with masked volunteers standing at a distance. They will retrieve the food after the donor drives away. Needed items include:

Stolen property ■ On Jan. 12, Freeport police officers arrested a suspect who was illegally in possession of stolen property outside of a commercial business. The suspect was arrested and subsequently given an appearance ticket to appear at court on a later date.

Domestic dispute ■ On Jan. 16, Freeport police took a report for two family members who had a verbal argument over house chores. No one was hurt or injured and no further police action was requested.

■ Canned meats ■ Canned tuna and salmon ■ Canned soup (flip-top cans) ■ Canned stews and chili

Unsecure premise

■ Canned vegetables

■ On Jan. 12, Freeport police completed a report for responding to a commercial alarm and discovering the location was not secure. The police were able to secure the location and notify the business owner. No further police action was taken.

■ Canned fruit

■ Jelly (no glass jars) ■ Travel and regular-size toiletries, including soap, shampoo and conditioner ■ Baby diapers sizes 4 and up ■ Hot and cold cereals, including oatmeal and Farina ■ Rice ■ Powdered milk ■ Packaged pasta like macaroni and cheese ■ Baby food and cereal (glass jars accepted) ■ Baby formula such as Enfamil and Similac ■ Toilet paper

■ Dry soup ■ Peanut butter

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■ On Jan. 14, Freeport police were asked to go to a location where a suspicious person had been reported. Police subsequently arrested a suspect known to police officers from prior police contact. The suspect had an outstanding bench warrant issued by another agency. The suspect was arrested without incident and transported to await arraignment.

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE Incorporated Village of Freeport NOTICE OF TAX LIEN SALE FOR UNPAID 2021 VILLAGE TAXES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1452 of the REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I, Ismaela M. Hernandez, the undersigned Treasurer and Collector of Taxes of the Incorporated Village of Freeport, County of Nassau and State of New York, will sell at public auction, in the manner provided by law on the 28th day of January, 2022 at 10 o’clock in the forenoon at the Municipal Building of 46 North Ocean Avenue, 2nd floor, Conference Room, in said Village of Freeport, so much of each of the following parcels of real estate upon which Village Taxes remain unpaid, as will be sufficient to discharge the tax fees, interest, and charges which may be due thereon respectively at the time of such sale, and shall continue the same from day to day until the sale shall be completed. The purchaser or purchasers at such tax Lien sale will be required to pay the amount of their respective bids to the undersigned Village Treasurer, within ten days after the sale, and upon such payment shall receive a written certificate of sale describing the real estate purchases and the sum paid therefore. The following is a list of the parcels of real estate to be sold, together, with a statement of the amount of the tax fees, interest, and charges thereon to January 17, 2022. Freeport, New York 11520 Dated: 01/17/2022 Ismaela M. Hernandez Village Treasurer & Tax Collector PARCEL ID CUSTOMER NAME BAL DUE 36 329 157 WILLIAMS HENRY M III 5,559.31 36 330 112 WARD COLIN M & JOSEPHINE 7,206.99 36 520 1 BASTEIN MIREILLE P 2,440.37 36 521 15 CHANNER DAWN A 6,836.92 36 526 14 GRANT KAREN V 6,751.82 36 536 122 LAWRENCE TYRONE & BRENDA 3,706.60 36 537 8 BLAKE JANET 5,535.81 36 M 20 DARIO CHARLES 6,725.51 54 055 177 LORNA G PROP INC 5,014.51 54 057 216 CARERI EDWARD V 5,795.83 54 061 173 L & P PROPERTIES INC 6,111.88 54 061 176 MASON LOVELLE ANDRE 11.91 54 062 14 COOKE, RYAN 2,467.10 54 063 23 MCG HOME IMPROVEMENT CORP 2,453.81 54 067 16 MICHAEL A. AYERS 5,316.67 54 067 18 69 PENNSYLVANIA LLC 2,196.37 54 068 211 PEARSALL AVENUE LLC 1,098.29 54 069 211 BRENNER HELAINE 426.81 54 069 3 RESHARD JAMES JR 5,526.02 54 069 14 ADD/ADHD HOUSING GROUP IN 579.98 54 070 250 VESSIO FRANK 1,631.98 54 070 30 LAMB GARY & KATHLEEN 4,096.06 54 072 213 PENA LEONIDO 2,356.95 54 072 14 BUESTAN GROUP LLC 5,553.20 54 078 169 67 CENTRE STREET CORP 1,613.49 54 082 19 PAYAMPS MIGUEL 8,247.21 54 087 218 SANDHU PENNY K 3,739.06 54 087 223 JAGNOW, BARBARA & ILONA 8,119.00 54 088 2 ROSADO LOURDES 1,379.26 54 091 221 CONNOR JOSEPH N 2,025.59 54 095 924 VARELA JACQUELINE 3,803.02 54 197 121 NEW ISLAND DEVELOPMENT 5,634.47 54 198 177 MESSAM WAINWRIGHT 4,314.00 54 199 388 BORZYM PEARL 3,819.27 54 200 464 SANCHEZ PORFIRIO 2,395.64 54 201 118 WBR REAL ESTATE OF FREEPO 5,016.91 54 202 9 FLANAGAN JOSEPH ETAL 4,698.95 54 206 786 LENT VIRGINIA 74.14 54 206 91 MALDONADO MARIA 2,483.43 54 207 819 MEACHEM APRIL 7,394.14 54 207 4 RAMIREZ ANA M 4,945.06 54 300 219 WORRELL JAMES W & BRIDGET 4,832.63 54 302 33 WANDEEP LLC 2,560.56 54 302 36 DENGEL JANE H 2,285.63 54 303 18 MICHLOW RONALD & SUSAN 4,899.39 54 304 92 SUNRAMA INC 5,553.93 54 307 241 GAFFNEY RICHARD P & 2,289.64 54 308 168 ALTAMIRANO JAVIER 5,547.27 54 308 47 302 LOCUST AVENUE LLC 5,847.45 54 309 287 MHP 1 LLC 5,745.84 54 310 108 BOUCHEREAU JEAN & ANNE M 3,425.28 54 311 140 MANU HOLDINGS LLC 12,199.61 54 313 122 GENERATOR HOUSES LLC 2,383.86 54 313 127 FINNERTY ELIZABETH 4,295.35 54 315 446 U 13 COBBS LINDA 1,508.48 54 315 23 ESTATE OF DAVID SCHWARTZ 1,166.68 54 315 98 NASSAU UNIFORM SVC, INC 22,948.10 54 317 182 CORDOVA HAAS 5,558.68 54 318 102 LOMBARDO C & TOMEO G 3,379.62 54 318 211 NOUVINI DAVID 537.46 54 319 107 LUCANT PROPERTIES LLC 3,296.99 54 319 51 L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING 6,121.09 54 319 82 KITZEN IRA 3,512.00 54 319 96 CARY COMMONS LLC 7,658.05 54 323 52 ZHANG XU 1,903.47 54 323 53 ZHANG XU 341.38

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Hewlett Junior Basketball ON JAN. 18, Weiss moved himself into select company with his 1,000th career point in the Bulldogs’ 67-61 important conference victory at Kennedy. The AllCounty selection poured in 30 points on the evening to reach the milestone, marking the fifth time in the last six games he scored at least 30. Through 15 games, he was averaging better than 28 points per game and ranked among Nassau County’s leaders in three pointers with 58.

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Boys Basketball: East Rockaway at Malverne ............ 6 p.m. Gymnastics: Oceanside at Long Beach...................... 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: Elmont at Calhoun........................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: North Shore at Wantagh.................. 7 p.m. Wrestling: Hewlett at Long Beach............................... 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: South Side at Kennedy.................... 7 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 28 Wrestling: South Side at Lynbrook .............................4:30 p.m. Girls Basketball: Seaford at Lawrence............................. 5 p.m. Girls Basketball: G.N. North at Long Beach..................... 5 p.m. Boys Basketball: Calhoun at Elmont ............................. 5 p.m. Boys Basketball: Glen Cove at Carey ............................. 5 p.m. Girls Basketball: Carle Place at Malverne ..................5:30 p.m. Girls Basketball: North Shore at Wantagh ....................... 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: G.N. South at MacArthur ...................... 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball: V.S. North at Hewlett ...................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Kennedy at South Side ....................... 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 29 Wrestling: South Side Tournament ...................................9 a.m. Girls Basketball: Massapequa at Freeport .................... 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Port Wash. at Oceanside .................. 12 p.m.

It was a night of celebration for the Oceanside girls’ basketball team last Friday, as the Sailors beat Freeport, 49-43, and sophomore guard Brianna Amenta was awarded a plaque to commemorate her placement on the list of the top 100 players on Long Island. Despite the warranted attention to Amenta, head coach Jared Stoler was impressed with how the entire roster stepped up to the occasion in the Conference AA-1 matchup. “This performance was pretty extraordinary on all ends,” Stoler said after Oceanside improved to 4-5 in AA-1 and 6-7 overall. “While the ball is always in Brianna’s hands and she did great helping us out offensively, Julia Lane was a monster down low and she had six or seven blocks,” he added. “Everyone stepped up.” Amenta led all scorers with 24 points, and she scored in a wide variety of ways, as she got to the rim well and also hit a pair of 3-pointers. Lane, a senior, did in fact have 7 blocks, as she was the perfect safety valve for the Sailors D when the top of their zone broke down. The Sailors started the game out in control of the pace and the scoreboard, as they were 20-9 following the first half. They maintained this lead for nearly the entirety of the game until midway through the fourth quarter when Freeport stormed back and made it a one-possession game. The hemorrhaging of the lead seemed to ignite something for the Sailors, as they locked in and closed the game out, despite Amenta fouling out. “We did an exceptional job in the last three minutes,” Stoler said. “In a perfect world, we wouldn’t have let it get there and we certainly a little too interesting, but I really happy with the way we were able to close out the game.” A good amount of the credit for the late game execution goes to senior Samantha Reyer, as she was the go-to scorer for the Sailors with the game on the line. She showcased the ability to both get to the rim and also pull up off the dribble. For Freeport (6-6 overall, 5-4 in AA-1), it

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SENIOr ANckSu DIxON scored 8 points last Friday evening but Freeport, playing a bit shorthanded, fell 49-43 at Oceanside. was simply too little too late. The Red Devils, who beat Oceanside in the first meeting 40-35 back on Dec. 18, battled all the way. “We definitely fought back and got them on their heels we just didn’t finish with the intensity we needed to finish the job,” Freeport head coach Meredith Jones stated. “We had a couple of different lineups because of injuries and whatnot, but there’s still a lot more fire that they

could’ve played with.” A big part of the second-half push was sophomore guard Ania Crocker, who scored most of her 17 points in the last 16 minutes. Another key catalyst was senior forward Windney Destin, who had 10 points as well as being a mainstay on the offensive glass. As Jones said, “Windney is fierce on the boards without even being that tall.” Senior Ancksu Dixon was the chipped in 8 points.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to §128-5 of the Freeport Village Code, a Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Freeport will be held to conduct a public hearing, on Monday, February 7, 2022, at 2:00 P.M., in the Municipal Building, Board of Trustees Conference Room, 46 North Ocean Avenue, 2nd Floor, Freeport, New York, adjacent to the Mayor’s Office.Pamela Walsh Boening Village Clerk DATED:January 27, 2022 Freeport, New York 129358 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AND AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE OF NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE Notice is hereby given that commencing on February 15th, 2022, will sell at public on-line auction the tax liens on certain real estate, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party in interest in such real estate shall have paid to the County Treasurer by February 11th, 2022 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges against the property. Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 percent per six-month period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in Section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code. Effective with the February 2019 lien sale Ordinance No. 175-2015 requires a $175.00 per day registration fee for each person who intends to bid at the tax lien sale. Ordinance No. 175-2015 also requires that upon the issuance of the Lien Certificate there is due from the lien buyer a Tax Certificate Issue Fee of $20.00 per lien purchased. Pursuant to the provisions of the Nassau County Administrative Code at the discretion of the Nassau County Treasurer the auction will be conducted online. Further information concerning the procedures for the auction is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: https://www.nassaucount y n y. g o v / 5 2 6 / C o u n t y Treasurer

Should the Treasurer determine that an inperson auction shall be held, same will commence on the 15th day of February 2022 at the Office of The County Treasurer 1 West Street, Mineola or at some other location to be determined by the Treasurer. A list of all real estate in Nassau County on which tax liens are to be sold is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: http://www.nassaucounty ny.gov/DocumentCenter/ View/17674 A list of local properties upon which tax liens are to be sold will be advertised in this publication on or before February 03rd, 2022. Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office. Upon request, information can be made available in Braille, large print, audiotape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 ext. 1-3715. Dated: January 12, 2022 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, NewYork ___________________ TERMS OF SALE Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts. However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased. The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a tax lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) and the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to

being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act(FIRREA),12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et.seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) receivership. The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed. The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to intervene in any bankruptcy case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However, it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk. The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase shall be of no further effect. Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of the sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal

incidents of the sale. Furthermore, as to the bidding, 1. The bidder(s) agree that they will not work with any other bidder(s) to increase, maintain or stabilize interest rates or collaborate with any other bidder(s) to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the random number generator in the event of a tie bid(s) on a tax certificate. Bidder(s) further agree not to employ any bidding strategy designed to create an unfair competitive advantage in the tiebreaking process in the upcoming tax sale nor work with any other bidder(s) to engage in any bidding strategy that will result in a rotational award of tax certificates. 2. The tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) bid, will be arrived at independently and without direct or indirect consultation, communication or agreement with any other bidder and that the tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) to be bid, have not been disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder, and will not be disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder prior to the close of bidding. No attempt has been made or will be made to, directly or indirectly, induce any other bidder to refrain from bidding on any tax certificate, to submit complementary bids, or to submit bids at specific interest rates. 3. The bids to be placed by the Bidder will be made in good faith and not pursuant to any direct or indirect, agreement or discussion with, or inducement from, any other bidder to submit a complementary or other noncompetitive bid. 4. If it is determined that the bidder(s) have violated any of these bid requirements then their bid shall be voided and if they were the successful bidder the lien and any deposits made in connection with said bid shall be forfeited. Dated: January 12, 2022 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, New York 129230

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff AGAINST HERBERT LEWIS, JR., CEDRIC WHITT, ERIC WHITT, IF LIVING OR IF EITHER OR ALL BE DEAD, THEIR

WIVES, HUSBANDS, HEIRS-AT-LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS AND GENERALLY ALL PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING UNDER, BY OR THROUGH SAID ERIC WHITT BY PURCHASE, INHERITANCE, LIEN OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN AND TO THE PREMISES DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN, AND THE RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES, WIDOW, OR WIDOWERS OF THEM, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated October 05, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on February 15, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 16 Abbott Place, Roosevelt, NY 11575. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Roosevelt, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, and State of New York, SECTION 55, BLOCK 419, LOT 81 and SECTION 55, BLOCK 419, LOT 82. Approximate amount of judgment $329,149.57 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 2324/2012. The aforementioned auction will be conducted rain or shine, 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. Lisa A. Goodwin, Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 70258 129129 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AND AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS BODY WORN CAMERAS, EQUIPMENT and SOFTWARE For THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FREEPORT NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK The Incorporated Village of Freeport is hereby requesting proposals for body worn cameras, accompanying equipment including mounts, docks and licensing fees, as well as a program to save and store the footage from the cameras.

Specifications may be obtained at the Office of the Purchasing Agent, Municipal Building, 1st Floor, and 46 North Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York, 11520 or on the Village website, w w w. f r e e p o r t n y. g o v, from 9:00 a.m. on Friday, January 28, 2022 until 4:00 p.m. Friday, February 11, 2022. Completed proposals are to be delivered to Ms. Kim Weltner, Purchasing Agent, Incorporated Village of Freeport, 46 North Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York 11520. All proposals must be received by 4:00 p.m. Friday, February 11, 2022. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all proposals received. In submitting a proposal, Vendors agree not to withdraw their proposal within forty-five (45) days after the date required to submit. The Incorporated Village of Freeport is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and does not discriminate against vendors on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability, marital status, familial status, veteran status or any other basis protected under federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances. Kim Weltner Purchasing Agent Village of Freeport VILLAGE OF FREEPORT Issue Date - January 27, 2022 129356 LEGAL NOTICE The resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted on December 20, 2021, and an abstract thereof has been published and posted as required by law and the period of time has elapsed for the submission and filing of a petition for a permissive referendum and a valid petition has not been submitted and filed. The validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the Village of Freeport, in the County of Nassau, New York, is not authorized to expend money or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of the notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the constitution. Pamela Walsh Boening Village Clerk

BOND RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, NEW YORK, ADOPTED DECEMBER 20, 2021, AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF A FIRE TRUCK, INCLUDING EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS USED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, STATING THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST THEREOF IS $1,390,000, APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT FOR SUCH PURPOSE, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,390,000 TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION The object or purpose for which the bonds are authorized is the acquisition of a fire truck, including equipment and apparatus used in connection therewith, including equipment and apparatus used in connection therewith, at the estimated maximum cost of $1,390,000. The period of usefulness is twenty (20) years. The maximum amount of obligations authorized to be issued is $1,390,000. A complete copy of the bond resolution summarized above shall be available for public inspection during normal business hours at the office of the Village Clerk, at the Village Hall, 46 North Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York. Dated:December 20, 2021 Freeport, New York 129357 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AND AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 602944/2018 WELLS FARGO USA HOLDINGS, INC., Plaintiff, v. ERNESTINA DELVALLE, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF BARBARA A. ROLLINS A/K/A BARBARA ROLLINS, ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE BARBARA A. ROLLINS A/K/A BARBARA ROLLINS, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF

RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, DEBRA A. CARR, ROBERT PINA, AS GUARDIAN OF B.P., BELIEVED TO BE A MINOR, CHARLES CARTER, BESSIE DOE, SKY DOE, JOHN DOE, (REFUSED NAME), Defendants. To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Honorable David P. Sullivan, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 20th day of December, 2021 at Mineola, New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: Tax I.D. No. 55-447-103 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Southerly side of Lilian Avenue (Lillian Avenue) distant 196 feet Westerly from the corner formed by the

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361 WOODCLEFT REALTY LLC 17,205.69 388 WOODCLEFT REALTY CO 25,971.55 388 WOODCLEFT REALTY CO 3,816.82 379 WOODCLEFT NAUTICAL MI 1,772.10 CAMPBELL JAMES & HELEN R 2,757.24 HYGEA PRODUCTS LLC 3,402.63 MICCIULLI GERALDINE & 2,481.91 MC CRACKEN JOHN & N 2,039.38 CHO SUNG & CHO SUNNY 2,168.54 ANN DRIVE HOLDINGS LLC 2,774.07 ELLIS DIANE 5,618.77 JOHNSON RUSSELL 4,129.33

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR ADJOURNMENT OF REZONING PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the applicant for the Re-zoning Public Hearing to consider the re-zoning application from Residence A District and Business A District to Marine Apartment-Boatel Condominium and Cooperative District for Section 62 Block 69, Lots 208, 209 and 210 a/k/a 104 E. Bedell Street (formerly West Wind Yacht Club) has requested an adjournment of the public hearing scheduled for February 7, 2022 at 7:15 P.M. Pamela Walsh Boening Village Clerk Dated: Freeport, New York January 20, 2021 129267 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

conducted online. Further information concerning the procedures for the auction is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: https://www.nassaucount y n y. g o v / 5 2 6 / C o u n t y Treasurer Should the Treasurer determine that an inperson auction shall be held, same will commence on the 15th day of February 2022 at the Office of The County Treasurer 1 West Street, Mineola or at some other location to be determined by the Treasurer. A list of all real estate in Nassau County on which tax liens are to be sold is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: http://www.nassaucounty ny.gov/DocumentCenter/ View/17674 A list of local properties upon which tax liens are to be sold will be advertised in this publication on or before February 03rd, 2022. Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office. Upon request, information can be made available in Braille, large print, audiotape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 ext. 1-3715. Dated: January 12, 2022 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, NewYork ___________________ TERMS OF SALE Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts. However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate

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SOMERVILLE SYLVIA 1,852.68 GAYLE IRVING & IZETTA 2,336.75 GAYLE IRVING & IZETTA 452.76 MILO REALITY LLC 21.84 FREEPORT RENTAL P LLC 10,846.79 16 FILMORE PLACE LLC 7,702.05 GESHMAKSTER PARTNERS LLC 5,625.63 EMERALDA &SON HOLDINGSLLC 1,637.50 300 BUFFALO AVE LLC 10,983.45 16 SOUTH KETCHAM LLC 4,532.94

at which the lien is purchased. The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a tax lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) and the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act(FIRREA),12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et.seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) receivership. The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed. The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to intervene in any bankruptcy case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However, it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk. The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold

and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase shall be of no further effect. Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of the sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale. Furthermore, as to the bidding, 1. The bidder(s) agree that they will not work with any other bidder(s) to increase, maintain or stabilize interest rates or collaborate with any other bidder(s) to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the random number generator in the event of a tie bid(s) on a tax certificate. Bidder(s) further agree not to employ any bidding strategy designed to create an unfair competitive advantage in the tiebreaking process in the upcoming tax sale nor work with any other bidder(s) to engage in any bidding strategy that will result in a rotational award of tax certificates. 2. The tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) bid, will be arrived at independently and without direct or indirect consultation, communication or agreement with any other bidder and that the tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) to be bid, have not been disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder, and will not be disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder prior to the close of bidding. No attempt has been made or will be made to, directly or indirectly, induce any other bidder to refrain from bidding on any tax

certificate, to submit complementary bids, or to submit bids at specific interest rates. 3. The bids to be placed by the Bidder will be made in good faith and not pursuant to any direct or indirect, agreement or discussion with, or inducement from, any other bidder to submit a complementary or other noncompetitive bid. 4. If it is determined that the bidder(s) have violated any of these bid requirements then their bid shall be voided and if they were the successful bidder the lien and any deposits made in connection with said bid shall be forfeited. Dated: January 12, 2022 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, New York 129230 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff AGAINST HERBERT LEWIS, JR., CEDRIC WHITT, ERIC WHITT, IF LIVING OR IF EITHER OR ALL BE DEAD, THEIR WIVES, HUSBANDS, HEIRS-AT-LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS AND GENERALLY ALL PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING UNDER, BY OR THROUGH SAID ERIC WHITT BY PURCHASE, INHERITANCE, LIEN OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN AND TO THE PREMISES DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN, AND THE RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES, WIDOW, OR WIDOWERS OF THEM, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated October 05, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on February 15, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 16 Abbott Place, Roosevelt, NY 11575. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Roosevelt, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, and State of New York, SECTION 55, BLOCK 419, LOT 81 and SECTION 55, BLOCK 419, LOT 82. Approximate amount of judgment $329,149.57 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 2324/2012. The aforementioned auction will be conducted rain or shine, 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. Lisa A. Goodwin, Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 70258 129129 LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that SEALED PROPOSALS for: FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT CUPOLA REPAIR, AUDITORIUM & TOILET UPGRADES AT ARCHER STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SED CONTROL NO:28-02-09-03-0-004-0 25 CONTRACT G1 - CUPOLA, AUDITORIUM AND EXTERIOR SITE WORK CONTRACT G2 - TOILET RENOVATION WORK Will be received until 11:00 am prevailing time on February 10th, 2022 at the Freeport Business Office for Freeport Union Free School District, attention: Mr. James Pappas, Assistant Superintendent for Business, located at 235 N. Ocean Ave Freeport, New York 11520. Note, the bid opening will be streamed online in lieu of an inperson meeting. The meeting invite and login information is as follows: https://us02web.zoom.us/ j/84407036402?pwd=S2h OUHBaMGVqVEhmakxNN zlGL1V0QT09 Meeting ID: 844 0703 6402 Passcode: 849128 Dial by your location +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) Complete digital sets of plans, specifications, instructions for bidders, proposal and contract documents may be obtained online as a download for a nonrefundable fee of forty-nine dollars ($49.00) at the following website: w w w. r e v p l a n s . c o m beginning on or about January 20th, 2022. Complete sets of hard copy plans, specifications, instructions for bidders, proposal and contract documents may be obtained from REV, 28 Church Street Unit 7, Warwick, New York 10990, tel: 1-877-272-0216, upon depositing the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each paper set furnished. Make deposit check payable to the FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Bidder’s deposit will be refunded if the set is returned in good condition within thirty (30) days following the award of the contract or the rejection of the bids covered by such plans and specifications. Nonbidders shall receive partial reimbursement, in

an amount equal to the amount of the deposit, less the actual cost of reproduction of the documents if the set is returned in good condition within thirty (30) days following the award of the contract or the rejection of the bids covered by such plans and specifications. Any bidder requiring documents to be shipped shall make arrangements with the printer and pay for all packaging and shipping costs. Bids must be made in the standard proposal form in the manner designated therein and as required by the specifications that must be enclosed in sealed envelopes bearing the name of the job and name and address of the bidder on the outside, addressed to: FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, clearly marked on the outside: Bid For: CUPOLA REPAIR, AUDITORIUM & TOILET UPGRADES at Archer Street School. Each proposal submitted must be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond, made payable to the FREEPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT, in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the bid, as a commitment by the bidder that, if its bid is accepted, it will enter into a contract to perform the work and will execute such further security as may be required for the faithful performance of the contract. Certification of bonding company is required for this bid, see Instructions for Bidders section. Each bidder shall agree to hold his/her bid price for sixty (60) days after the formal bid opening. A pre-bid meeting and walk through will be held on 1/31/2022 at 4:00 pm Potential bidders are asked to gather in the lobby of Archer Street School, located at 255 Archer Street, Freeport, NY 11520 Although not mandatory, it is highly recommended that all potential bidders attend. It is the Board’s intention to award the contract to the lowest qualified bidder providing the required security who can meet the experience, technical and budget requirements. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids, waive any informality and to accept such bid which, in the opinion of the Board, is in the best interests of the School District. Freeport Union Free School District Board of Education 235 N. Ocean Ave Freeport, New York 11520 126968 LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS

Index No. 602944/2018 WELLS FARGO USA HOLDINGS, INC., Plaintiff, v. ERNESTINA DELVALLE, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF BARBARA A. ROLLINS A/K/A BARBARA ROLLINS, ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE BARBARA A. ROLLINS A/K/A BARBARA ROLLINS, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, DEBRA A. CARR, ROBERT PINA, AS GUARDIAN OF B.P., BELIEVED TO BE A MINOR, CHARLES CARTER, BESSIE DOE, SKY DOE, JOHN DOE, (REFUSED NAME), Defendants. To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.

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County tells state: reverse mask mandate continued from front page case can be fully reviewed by the appeals court. County Legislator Steve Rhoads, a Republican from Bellmore who represents part of Freeport, was among those joining Blakeman on Tuesday. “This has nothing to do, in my opinion, with whether or not you believe masks should be wor n,” Rhoads said. “It has to do with whether you believe that that decision should be made locally with input from parents to decide what happens to their own kids. And that’s the important Dr. Kishore principle that I think that the court stood for and that I hope the appellate division will uphold.” Because New York was not legally in a state of emergency at the time, Rademaker wrote, then acting state health commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett, could not direct that masks be wor n in schools, and Hochul could not issue a mandate based on that directive without approval by the State Legislature. The

State Senate confir med Bassett as health commissioner on Jan. 20. On Tuesday, Blakeman said, “We’re here today to request that the governor stand down, that she not further appeal the decision of Justice Rademaker.” Blakeman expressed confidence that the appellate court would uphold the ruling because “the decision that Justice Rademaker made is principled, it’s well founded, it’s on solid ground.” Blakeman said the lawsuit was about choice, not about masks. “If a parent chooses to send their child to Kuncham school with a mask, that’s fine,” he said. “We’re not anti-mask. We’re anti-mandate.” Michael Demetriou, a Bellmore parent and the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit to overturn the mask mandate, said Blakeman “gave us his word that he was going to stand with us shoulder to shoulder as a united people. We didn’t elect somebody as a party; we elected somebody that said we want to priori-

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intersection of the Southerly side of Lilian Avenue with the Westerly side of Jay Street; RUNNING THENCE South 0 degrees 37 minutes East and along land now or formerly of Lamory 125.04 feet to land now or formerly of Perfect and Lamory; THENCE North 89 degrees 46 minutes West along said last mentioned land 41.92 feet to land now or formerly of Sawyer; THENCE North 0 degrees 20 minutes West and along said land now or formerly of Sawyer 124.63 feet to the Southerly side of Lilian Avenue; and THENCE RUNNING North 89 degrees 40 minutes East along the Southerly side of Lilian Avenue 41.30 feet, to the point or place of BEGINNING. Subject to easements, covenants, and restriction of record. These premises are also known as 20 Lillian Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520. WOODS OVIATT GILMAN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 129190 LEGAL NOTICE INDEX NO.: 610368/2021 DATE FILED: 8/12/2021 SUMMONS L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Plaintiff, -againstANGELA WHITE-BANKS, KATHERINE WHITE FRAZIER, SHELBY CAMPBELL and

GRETCHEN BURGIN-WHITE A/K/A GRETCHEN WHITE, if they be living, if they be dead, their respective heirs-atlaw, 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 ANGELA WHITEBANKS, KATHERINE WHITE FRAZIER, SHELBY CAMPBELL and GRETCHEN BURGINWHITE A/K/A GRETCHEN WHITE, if they 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 of residence are unknown to the plaintiff, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER; NASSAU COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; CCI NY LLC, SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12”, the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff. the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants,

persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action. to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with the summons, to serve notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the date of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York), and in case of failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Plaintiff designates Nassau County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject property. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. David P. Sullivan, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, entered January 13, 2022 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office. THE OBJECT OF THE

ACTION is to foreclose a tax lien and to recover the amount of the tax lien and all of the interest, penalties, additions and expenses thereon to premises k/a District 9, Section 55, Block 361, Lot 853-854. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the tax lien holder who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the tax lien holder will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (TAX LIEN HOLDER) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: August 11, 2021 LEVY & LEVY Attorneys for Plaintiff 12 Tulip Drive Great Neck, NY 11021 (516) 487-6655 BY: JOSHUA LEVY, ESQ. #99100 129265

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The mandate, explained Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Dec. 10 mandate to wear masks in public places took its authority from New York Codes, Rules and Regulations Volume A (Title 10), Part 2 Communicable Diseases/ Other Measures for Public Protection, Section 2.60 Face Coverings for Covid19 Prevention. The regulation states that persons in New York state may be required to wear masks in public places, “as determined by the commissioner based on Covid-19 incidence and prevalence, as well as any other public tize our choice as parents and our choice for children. This is about the children, always.” Demetriou said his two young children, who attend school in Bellmore, had “both suffered directly as individuals” because of the mask mandate. His daughter has sensory issues exacerbated by the masks, and his son had manifested anxiety and tics. “I believe in protecting your child’s innocence, always,” Demetriou said. Massapequa School Board President Kerri Wachter also spoke, saying, “Our peer nations, they’re not masking their kids. Most of our country, they’re not masking kids. This is really only in New York. . . . It’s time to move past this, and I urge the governor to just let it go.”

health and/or clinical risk factors related to Covid-19 disease spread.” The regulation defines public places and includes public schools in the definition. The regulation took effect last Nov. 24. Hochul’s Dec. 10 mandate was issued based on a directive by then acting Health Department Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett, who was appointed to the post Dec. 1 and confirmed by the State Senate as health commissioner on Jan. 20

Blakeman reviewed a timeline of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s changing recommendations on mask wearing from the start of the pandemic in March 2020. “I think the science has been somewhat dubious,” Blakeman said. “I’ve asked for, from the governor, from the health commissioner, I’d like to see the data, I’d like to see the science. It hasn’t been forthcoming.” He added that individuals who wish to wear masks would be protected from the coronavirus even if others do not wear them. “The fact of the matter is, I would never, ever, ever endorse any policy that would put our children in jeopardy,” Blakeman said.

News brief

Courtesy Freeport Public Schools

STuDenTS from The Bayview Avenue Math Olympiad participated in their second math competition for the 2021-2022 school year.

Bayview Ave. takes part in Math Olympiad Students at Bayview Avenue School recently put their weekly math challenges to the test after completing their second math Olympiad for the 2021-22 school year. The participants of the Math Olympiad aim to foster their interest in math and improve their mathematical skills

through team-based competitions. While the math contests last for 30 minutes, Bayview students also gain experience and knowledge that will continue throughout their tenure in Freeport Schools and will surely also last a lifetime.

Freeport alumni getting accolades in college

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GRADuATEs of fREEPoRT High School, above, are sending home college success notifications.

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This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Honorable David P. Sullivan, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 20th day of December, 2021 at Mineola, New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: Tax I.D. No. 55-447-103 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Southerly side of Lilian Avenue (Lillian Avenue) distant 196 feet Westerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Southerly side of Lilian Avenue with the Westerly side of Jay Street; RUNNING THENCE South 0 degrees 37 minutes East and along land now or formerly of Lamory 125.04 feet to land now or formerly of Perfect and Lamory; THENCE North 89 degrees 46 minutes West along said last mentioned land 41.92 feet to land now or formerly of Sawyer; THENCE North 0 degrees 20 minutes West and along said land now or formerly of Sawyer 124.63 feet to the Southerly side of Lilian Avenue; and THENCE RUNNING North 89 degrees 40 minutes East along the Southerly side of Lilian Avenue 41.30 feet, to the point or

place of BEGINNING. Subject to easements, covenants, and restriction of record. These premises are also known as 20 Lillian Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520. WOODS OVIATT GILMAN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 129190

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LEGAL NOTICE INDEX NO.: 610368/2021 DATE FILED: 8/12/2021 SUMMONS L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Plaintiff, -againstANGELA WHITE-BANKS, KATHERINE WHITE FRAZIER, SHELBY CAMPBELL and GRETCHEN BURGIN-WHITE A/K/A GRETCHEN WHITE, if they be living, if they be dead, their respective heirs-atlaw, 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 ANGELA WHITEBANKS, KATHERINE WHITE FRAZIER, SHELBY CAMPBELL and GRETCHEN BURGINWHITE A/K/A GRETCHEN WHITE, if they 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 of residence are unknown to the plaintiff, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK

STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER; NASSAU COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; CCI NY LLC, SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12”, the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff. the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action. to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with the summons, to serve notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the date of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York), and in case of failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Plaintiff designates Nassau County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject property. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by

publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. David P. Sullivan, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, entered January 13, 2022 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office. THE OBJECT OF THE ACTION is to foreclose a tax lien and to recover the amount of the tax lien and all of the interest, penalties, additions and expenses thereon to premises k/a District 9, Section 55, Block 361, Lot 853-854. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the tax lien holder who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the tax lien holder will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (TAX LIEN HOLDER) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: August 11, 2021 LEVY & LEVY Attorneys for Plaintiff 12 Tulip Drive Great Neck, NY 11021 (516) 487-6655 BY: JOSHUA LEVY, ESQ. #99100 129265

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completion of senior year, I had taken psyc h o l o g y, [ A d v a n c e d Placement] psychology a n d s o c i o l o g y. I f e e l t h o s e c o u r s e s re a l ly helped realign me to my future path of pursuing my true passion. F re e p o r t t e a ch e r s, alongside my parents, of course, have also helped set the foundation for my future success. There was always encouragement to always try your best and to strive to reach all your hopes and dreams. Whenever it was possible, in any way they possibly could, Freeport schools would provide countless resources and Courtesy Dezarae Hall opportunities in hopes DEzARAE HAll MADE the Dean’s List for the fall 2021 to aid its children of semester at the College of Saint Rose in Albany. tomorrow in ter ms of future growth and proscreative and performing arts. perity, both academically and inwardly. I loved that the teachers always found Christina Morris ways to keep their students involved, Christina Mor ris was recently promote the creation of new connec- named to the President’s List at SUNY tions with others and stimulate aca- Potsdam. Morris, a musical studies demic as well as personal growth. major, was among 887 Potsdam students who were honored for academic Tobias Hall excellence in the Fall 2021 Tobias Hall was recently semester. To achieve a place congratulated by Zvi Szafon the President’s List, a ran, president of the State student must take 12 credits University of New York at and earn a GPA of 3.5 or Canton. Hall, a game design higher. and development major, was one of 600 students this past Elizabeth Negron and fall to earn a spot on the Catherine Nunez President’s List, which recSUNY Canton recently ognizes full-time students recognized Elizabeth who achieve a 3.75 or higher Negron, a health care mangrade point average. agement major, and Cathe“You are among the sturine Nunez, a finance dents who have earned top major, for academic excelhonors at SUNY Canton,” lence during the Fall 2021 Szafran said. “I hope that s e m e s t e r. N e g r o n a n d you take great pride in this Nunez were among more impressive achievement.” DEzARAE HAll than 200 part-time SUNY Canton students who College of Saint Yasmin Kadir ear ned a 3.25 GPA while Ya s m i n K a d i r w a s Rose taking six to 11 course credrecently initiated into the its. University at Albany Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, Jonathan Puente the National Leadership Honor Society, Jonathan Puente was named to the which welcomed 626 new members Chancellor’s List at Troy University for from 23 universities in December. the Fall Semester/Term 2 of the 2021Members must be sophomores, 2022 academic year. The Chancellor’s juniors, seniors or graduate or profes- List honors full-time undergraduate sional students in the top 35 percent of students who take at least 12 credits their class, demonstrate leadership in and earn a 4.0 GPA. at least one of ODK’s Five Pillars of Campus Life and embrace the ODK ide- Jeniffer Ramos Abreu Jeniffer Ramos Abreu, a Buffalo als. Less than than 5 percent of students on a campus are invited to join State College criminal justice major, was named to the Fall 2021 Dean’s List. each year. The Five Pillars are academics and Students must complete at least 12 research, athletics, service to campus credit hours and earn a GPA of 3.5 or and community, communications, and higher.

feel like Freeport schools have given me all the tools I needed to begin preparing for the next stage in my life.

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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 orientated and able to work well under deadlines. For consideration, please send resume & salary requirements to: careers@liherald.com CLEANING PERSON FULL TIME: Willing To Train. Residential/ Commercial Cleaning. Salary Negotiable. Call Bill 516-680-6026

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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 sbrinton@liherald.com HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR Richner Communications is looking for a hands-on Human Resources professional to oversee all HR functions on a strategic and tactical level. Exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and expanding Garden City, Long Island media company. This position has a flexible schedule, part-time job share would be considered. Responsibilities: Talent acquisition: Source, screen, and interview potential candidates and manage new employee onboarding Benefits administration: Liaise with brokers, providers and facilitate enrollment and updating of coverage. Manage annual open enrollment and employee benefits review. Administration of 401(k) plan. Employee relations: Provide day- today support and problem resolution in regards to employee concerns, questions and policy issues. Performance management: Coach, counsel and recommend disciplinary actions Compliance: Maintain indepth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risk and ensuring regulatory compliance Payroll: Process biweekly payroll through payroll vendor for population of 150 employees Requirements: Bachelor's degree, preferably in business or HR, or equivalent experience Minimum 5 years HR generalist experience Knowledge of Federal, State & Local regulations governing employment Experience with payroll processing Self-motivated, ability to prioritize and work well under pressure Customer-focused attitude, with high level of professionalism and discretion Excellent oral and written communication and quantitative skills Proficiency with Microsoft Office Qualified candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to: careers@liherald.com.

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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 RECEPTIONIST & CLERICAL Positions P/T. Seasonal. Franklin Square. Call: 516-358-9455. Fax Resume 516-358-9483 E Mail: ed@loturco.com.

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A. Not much, except decide whether you want a ridiculous-looking room with a jog in the wall or want to spend the money and time to go through the zoning variance process. When I see cases like this, I understand the intent of the law, but not the “spirit” of the law. The intent is to prevent the construction of buildings too close to a properonte eeper ty line, based on historical catastrophes such as the London fire and the Chicago fire, both of which saw hundreds of lives lost and tens of thousands of buildings destroyed, mainly because of their closeness to one another and their ability to burn easily. We live in a modern age in which materials have been tested, analyzed, certified and regulated to limit flame spread, and communities have been set up with strict guidelines to leave spaces between buildings for safety and appearance. But knowing, or not remembering, this, communities may invoke the strictness of the law like a stern punishment, or look at the separate conditions and merits of each case, deciding that your straight wall versus a jogged wall isn’t going to hurt anyone and, being located on the side or behind your house, isn’t going to detract from the character of the community. Some building departments have been given the flexibility to make these decisions, to avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater, and have the authority to give approval for minor issues. Some municipalities have even gone so far as to pass ordinances allowing the discretion of building departments to allow for the alignment of built structures, previously approved, on the first story. It makes sense not to put homeowners through an unnecessary hearing process, sometimes costing thousands of dollars and many months of delay, just so they can have a straight wall. Allowing alignment with a previously approved part of a building isn’t the same as having a flammable wall too close to a property line or another building. In the long run, a variance will be worth it. Otherwise the weird wall shift won’t be understood or be beneficial to you. Good luck!

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A. My childhood was spent between elementary school in Orlando, Fla., where we regularly had hurricane days off from school, and then middle and high school in Toledo, Ohio, where a tornado actually hit our home when I was 12. Forty-three people were killed in that July 4th storm, while our family of six huddled in the southwest corner of onte eeper our basement, the place we ran to every time the alarms sounded. Getting to a basement at the closest point to the direction the wind is coming from allows the house to blow over and away from you. We were lucky to live in an area where it was understood that you had to have a basement. While I was producing and directing a documentary aptly titled “Hell or High Water” in 2013, I interviewed several survivors and officials in Moore, Okla., the scene of the highest winds ever recorded in a tornado in the U.S. The homeowners I spoke with described how there was no time to run, and they had no basements. At their building department, I met with the commissioner, who explained that the soil there is red clay, and so expansive when it’s wet that it would push basement walls inward. I told him I didn’t buy that excuse, because there are ways to buffer expansive soil with loose gravel in a cage-like perimeter that improves drainage around the whole foundation in addition to allowing for basement foundations. I also pointed out that the brand new homes still under construction across the road from the neighborhood where the tornado touched down had no reinforcement attaching the roof to the walls or the walls to the foundation. They were also using particleboard instead of stronger plywood, especially to reinforce outside corners. The commissioner looked at me sheepishly and said that most people there couldn’t afford it. I noted that eight third-graders had just died outside their classroom. Was the lack of code-required connectors really worth it? I was elated that since we spoke on camera, with their permission to film, I might have had something to do with the announcement, in 2014 that Moore now led the nation as the first building department to require specific tornado-proofing methods, including the steel frame connectors for openings and wall and roof connections I mentioned. If you can’t get to a low, reinforced room below ground level, the best thing to do is strengthen an area next to the masonry chimney. More on safe rooms in the next column. Stay tuned.

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hen U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi announced his Democratic primary run against Gov. Kathy Hochul, it may have seemed like a D’Amato moment. Alfonse D’Amato, then the Town of Hempstead supervisor, saw a glimmer of political daylight in 1980, when he decided to reach for the political gold ring of U.S. senator from New York. Defeating the legendary three-term incumbent Jacob Javits was deemed impossible by every political pundit and commentaRoNAlD j. tor, and you assumed RoSENbERg would’ve that not even the bookies would take your bet. Yet D’Amato successfully navigated every political rapid to secure victory, a win that stands to this day as testimony to astute political analysis, hard work and an indomitable belief in oneself. When Suozzi first announced his intention to run against Hochul, he rightly assumed that state Attorney General Letitia James would remain a Democratic primary candidate for governor. Given her left-wing credentials, combined with the progressive candidate for that office, Jumaane Williams, Suozzi reasoned that moderate Democrats would look for a “safe

really needed to get on the Smart HQ website to get my new G.E. Café Series kitchen appliances online. Oh, you didn’t know? You must have internet-friendly ovens and cooktops these days. That way, you can put a meatloaf in the oven, go into the city for the day, use your phone to remotely turn on the oven and then turn it off remotely when the meatloaf is done. Think of it. You can put a stew in your new microwave, which can nuke, bake, air fry or mow the lawn, cook it while you’re out and RANDI return to a preKREISS pared meal. Or a wildfire, but let’s not go there. My old gas stove was dumb as an ox. Turn the knob, light the flame and simmer the soup. Could it tell time? Could it get automatic updates from the Wizard of Oz behind some screen at G.E.? Could it beep maniacally when the food was done? No, no and no. And get this: All my old refrigerator could do was keep food cold. My new one can make ice cubes of a par-

house” from which to escape the Democrats’ lurch to the left. He certainly has the credentials to be that moderate. But with James backing out of the race, the political threat from the left that Suozzi had expected to help rally centrist Democrats evaporated. Williams doesn’t have the recognition, sufficient base or fundraising capabilities for a credible statewide race. That leaves Hochul in a powerful place, because she has the means to outflank Suozzi on any number of fronts. She’s reportedly playing hardball: Word has it she has already told potential donors, “Either you’re with me or I’m against you.” This tactic has obviously worked, because the entire Long Island Democratic State Senate and Assembly delegation has thrown its support to the Buffalo-based Hochul rather than Suozzi. She is also dominating the New York City political news cycle. Her recent effort used the power of her office to dangle support for infrastructure projects that would make the lives of people who likely would have voted for Williams far easier. Her proposal to create an interborough express line from Brooklyn to Queens would allow an underutilized 14-mile freight line to potentially connect some 900,000 residents to mass transit. The concept has been discussed by others over the years, but a gubernatorial news conference in the dead

of winter makes news. The proposal quickly won the endorsement of Queens Borough President Donovan Richards. That leaves Suozzi holding virtual town hall meetings with potential primary voters while firing off verbal sniper rounds at Hochul’s handling of Covid19. He must hope she will be pushed to the left on any number of issues, which could motivate the Democratic middle to take to the primary polls. And the left may just do that. The insanity of bail “reform” has effectively jeopardized every Democrat in office — just ask Laura Curran and Todd Kaminsky. The new Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, said he would not prosecute shoplifters or those who don’t use a gun in the commission of a robbery, and if a gun were used, they would only be charged with a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor for armed robbery? Completely insane. New York City has also signed into law a bill that allows an estimated 800,000 noncitizens to vote in municipal elections (which Republicans have sued to overturn as being unconstitutional). Say what? Welcome to the new New York City, which may be even worse than the New York City under recent Mayor Bill de Blasio, who can only be compared to a communist. Is Hochul prepared to endorse the actions of fellow Democrats that are at

om Suozzi no doubt thought he had the perfect opportunity to run for governor.

odds with the fundamental ethics of lawabiding citizens? What tightrope will she walk because of the actions of the progressive wing of her party that would make moderate Democrats flee to anyone willing to stand against that tide? There is another massive political force out there — Andrew Cuomo. He has sent out emails to everyone who has ever breathed politics to say “stay tuned” now that criminal charges against him have been dismissed. He need not actually run for office to be a force. He has millions of unspent campaign dollars that could be quietly directed to any statewide race, even to someone for whom he has previously expressed antipathy, like Tom Suozzi. It would be in Cuomo’s character to act as a spoiler. Suozzi may, or may not, be able to replicate the political roadmap that allowed D’Amato to seize victory after victory during the autumn of 1980, resulting in a statewide win on election night. However, today’s political environment is more combustible, more unpredictable and more unforgiving than ever before. By their actions, progressive ideologues could very well determine a surprising outcome in this year’s Democratic primary for governor – one they won’t like. Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.

Can your stove talk to you? ticular shape, and make coffee in a gizmo set right into the front door. Back to the Smart HQ app. You can do nothing without the app, so I downloaded it onto my phone, entered a username and a password. Then — I admit, with much trepidation — I approached my wall oven. I hit “WiFi enable,” as instructed, and everything went pretty much downhill from there. My phone said it couldn’t connect to my oven, that I had to enter a new password. So I did. Then my phone said it had to verify my identity on another device, so it sent a code to my iPad, which was upstairs. I ran upstairs and right into my husband, who was running downstairs to verify his identity on his iPhone for a bank transaction. I got my code, dashed back to the oven and signed on again to the app. This time it asked for “further verification.” Pictures appeared. It asked me to check off all the photos in the boxes containing traffic lights. The photos were tiny. And my reading glasses were in the car, so I ran outside, got the glasses, searched the photos on my phone for traffic lights, won-

dered what I did to deserve this and somehow got it right. Then I was asked to verify the obvious: that I am not a robot. After three hours and 20 minutes, with a break for a cold salad, since I didn’t feel like cooking anything, I got the Smart HQ app downloaded onto my phone, and I got all my new appliances online. Instantly, the clocks on the stove, the wall oven, the microwave and refrigerator synchronized. Clearly, I was in some kind of technological G-spot. When I eventually got the ovens and cooktop online, there was an authorization request asking that I give the G.E. Wizard of Oz the ability to turn my appliances off and on, update them remotely or fix a problem. I signed. I have a creepy feeling now that in our ongoing relationship, my microwave has the upper hand. It is, apparently, the hooha upscale version of the plain vanilla microwave. This one can sense what food you have inside, determine the right time and temp and serve up your ribs just right. It doesn’t just zap. It can convection bake

hat if my fridge, microwave and wall oven team up and take over?

and air fry as well. It can proof your bread dough. My dad always told me, “Don’t have machines that are smarter than you are,” but that was a moot point when I bought my first pencil sharpener. What if my microwave goes rogue? I mean, I could be out for the day and the microwave could talk to the refrigerator and they could recruit the wall oven and I could come home to a full-blown coup d’état. The wall oven, whom I call Hal, wants to know if I prefer to roast, bake, convention bake, convection roast or air fry? What it can’t do is cook a hamburger, which is what I happen to want to eat much of the time. To give credit: These ovens will clean themselves with super-high heat or steam with the press of a few buttons. That’s impressive. My gas stove couldn’t do that. But then again, the big old ox was reliable as the day is long, all iron and heat and natural gas. These new-fangled thingies answer to different gods, all digital and remote and dead on arrival without the right passwords. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

FREEPORT HERALD — January 20, 2022

How progressives might be left in the lurch

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s a former state official, I get many questions from readers, clients and friends about our political leaders. Lately, the most frequent one is, what do I think of Gov. Kathy Hochul? The short answer is I think she’s great, but there’s more to it, based on the fact that I’ve been following state politics for almost 66 years. Governors come and go, and many of them attract little or no attention. I have seen a lot of governors, from afar and up close. My first sighting was in 1959, when JERRY W. Averell Harriman attended a KREMER Democratic cocktail party in Lido Beach. While finishing law school, I was working as a part-time reporter for a weekly newspaper, and met Governor Harriman for a brief interview. He was a tall, patrician figure who held many government posts before becoming the state’s 48th governor, but he attracted little attention from the public. Nelson Rockefeller succeeded Harriman. Rockefeller was a man of many tal-

ents, and like Harriman, was the son of a billionaire. In his time he was a political rock star, and he brought a great deal of attention to the position. He built the Albany government complex, and spent your money like it was his. I met him frequently as a new state legislator and he had that rare quality known as gravitas. His successor, Malcolm Wilson, served for only a few months after Rockefeller resigned before losing to former Congressman Hugh Carey. Carey was a jovial and highly competent public servant who successfully took on many challenging projects, while occasionally battling with his own Democratic Legislature. His Irish charm made him well known around the state for two terms in office. Carey was succeeded by Mario Cuomo. Cuomo was one of the state’s most liberal governors, which often put him at odds with the Legislature. He was known for his brilliant oratory, and he turned down the chance to run for president as well as membership on the U.S. Supreme Court. When I was chair of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, we sometimes butted heads, but always stayed friends. Cuomo served three terms, but as is

the case with all long-tenured officials, the public eventually gets tired of you, and, seeking a fourth term, he lost to Republican George Pataki. Pataki never gained the notoriety of his predecessor, but he was known to be a hardworking official. During his time in office, he supervised the takeover of the Long Island Lighting Company and helped set up the Long Island Power Authority. Then, in the space of three years, New York had two new governors. In 2007, Eliot Spitzer came into office with a bold agenda, but personal issues drove him from power the following year, and Lt. Governor David Paterson succeeded him. A native Long Islander, Paterson was a bright, sharp-tongued elected official, but he failed to win his party’s nomination and he stepped aside for Andrew Cuomo. Unlike many of his predecessors, the younger Cuomo quickly became a wellknown figure. He attracted national attention last year, when the coronavirus pandemic gave him the opportunity to be a television star. Whether they are pro- or anti-Cuomo, fair-minded people will acknowledge that he became another

he has the support of the state’s power brokers bcause they like her style.

Robert Moses, completing major projects that no other governor would dare undertake. Last August, Cuomo resigned in disgrace and was succeeded by Hochul, his lieutenant governor and a seasoned western-New York political figure. She has swiftly embraced her new role as the state’s first woman governor. Her success to date is primarily due to the fact that she is experienced in handling people issues, both at a national and local level. She has attracted strong financial support from the state’s power brokers because they like her personal style. While few are counting, she has made over 75 appearances in downstate New York, and has displayed wit and charm while manifesting take-charge talents. Upstate New Yorkers are big supporters, because she acts and talks like one of them. There is no doubt in my mind, based on all the governors in my life, that she is the right person for the job at the right time. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Greatest hits from this month’s read-a-thon

very book ever written is about the pandemic — at least that’s what I’m discovering after trying to escape the here and now through fiction. Honestly, I could read “Dick and Jane Go to School” and I would be thinking, not so fast, kids. Where are your masks? Everything we do, everything we read, every plan for the future is now viewed through the prism of the ongoing health crisis. But that’s OK. We always bring our own lives to the RANDI first page of a new KREISS book. Reading is a diversion, but alas, it is not an escape. I read four books this month, which I chose specifically because I hoped to get away from the grind of the daily news and from other books featuring pandemics, natural disasters, environmental catastrophes and family trauma. Ultimately, my choices did not offer escape from the moment, but they did offer comfort, and the knowledge that painful life challenges are part of the human condition.

Because my attention span is a casualty of pandemic anxiety, I selected relatively short books. I want to read Jonathan Franzen’s “Crossroads,” for example, but I’m not yet up for a nearly 600page read. My first choice was “Midnight in the Library,” by Matt Haig. A young woman decides to end her life, and winds up in a kind of supernatural middle space called the library, managed by a kindly old librarian who may or may not be her former teacher, or God. She has the chance, then, to choose other lives she might have lived, and is transported into those lives to try them out. Despite the serious theme, the writing is clever and entertaining. Naturally, it made me think about my own what-ifs. Over the past two pandemic years, who didn’t feel like clicking their ruby slippers and going back to a pre-Covid world? Who didn’t romanticize other unlived lives? I also read “Klara and the Sun,” by Kazuo Ishiguro. The story imagines a future in which parents can purchase artificial friend robots, or AF’s, for their kids. Children spend all their time indoors, learning on screens called

“oblongs.” They attend special classes to learn how to socialize with their friends because their lives are so solitary. I thought the robot story would be so removed from real life that it would offer distraction. However, the lives of the children in “Klara and the Sun” are prophetic of this exact time in history, when children are isolated and suffering from that isolation. Again, the novelist had his ear to the ground in a way no one could have predicted. His descriptions of a future dystopian society are prescient in many disturbing ways. None of these novels can offer a flying carpet out of our own predicaments. What they can do, and it’s worth the ride, is validate the richness of the human experience and offer hope. My third suggestion is “Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line,” by Deepa Anaparra. This story had the best chance of getting me out of my head and into the life of the 9-year-old Indian narrator who hopes to solve the mystery of disappearing children in his “basti,” or slum neighborhood. Strangely, the novel is buoyant and funny and ultimately hopeful, although it follows a tragic series of events. The joy was in the narrative “voice” of the

n ‘Klara and the Sun,’ the children’s lives are prophetic of this exact time in history.

young boy, whose observations of adult behavior are keen and funny. I enjoyed the immersion in the sensory kaleidoscope that is India. The story depicts, too, the contrast of the “hi-fi” rich people who live in the “hi-fi” buildings outside the slums. So, before long, I was thinking about how our own homegrown disparities in wealth alter the experience of living through a global pandemic. The last book I read this month was “Northern Spy,” by Flynn Berry, a thriller about the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the divisions within the population and the mistrust between the IRA and the Brits. Countrymen and women turned against one another. Families divided over politics. Governments abusing their power. Politicians lying to their constituents and choosing personal power over service to the voters. Sound familiar? The descriptions of scenery along the coast near Belfast are stunning. And the story is a page-turner. Of course, it also brought home the destabilizing political division in our own country. Perhaps we cannot read to escape. No matter. We read to know that others survive tragedies. We read for the comfort of knowing that we are not alone. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

FREEPORT HERALD — January 27, 2022

Governor Hochul’s timely arrival

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peaking last Friday in Woodbury before the Long Island Association, Gov. Kathy Hochul devoted much of her speech, delivered with characteristically biting humor, to touting the array of projects now in the planning stages that were made possible by the Biden administration’s signature achievement to date, the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The measure, passed late last year, will mean tens of billions of dollars for infrastructure improvement across New York state, including here on Long Island. For starters, Hochul said, New York will invest $1 billion in short order to fix potholes on our state thoroughfares. Potholes, she noted, cost New Yorkers an average of $635 a year in

repairs. “I have a personal experience with every single pothole,” the governor remarked, half-jokingly. The infrastructure bill will also provide $32.8 billion to repair and restructure New York’s crumbling roads and bridges, including $103.4 million for Nassau County. New York will receive $9.8 billion to modernize public transportation systems, making them cleaner and more efficient. Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, for example, will receive $40 million to improve and further develop terminals, improving the flight experience of many Long Islanders there. some $500 million will go to develop sustainable offshore wind farms in the Atlantic ocean, providing clean energy for New Yorkers for generations to come and helping to protect Earth

against climate change. The wind farms will also mean hundreds, even thousands, of high-paying, high-tech jobs for Long Islanders. And New York is set to receive $175 million to build out a network of electric-vehicle charging stations across the state, reducing or eliminating gasoline costs for those with electric cars and helping to fight climate change. We could go on and on. The federal investment in New York transportation and electric systems will reap benefits for years, even decades, to come. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act tells us, in no uncertain terms, that good things happen when Democrats and Republicans work together. We, the people, expect — demand — more such examples of bipartisanship in Congress.

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‘Uninformed’ is too strong a word To the Editor: Re Dr. Michael Ludwig’s letter to the editor, “Blakeman’s decision is ‘misguided’” (Jan. 13-19): Dr. Ludwig’s unhappiness with the way the race for Nassau County executive went last November is apparent, with name-calling. Two dozen “blue” cities have defied federal law over enforcement of immigration laws, so let’s not be naive. In his letter, Ludwig comes off like Hillary Clinton when she referred to conservatives as “deplorables.” “Uninformed” is a strong grade to apply to anyone who isn’t a liberal. I’m not disappointed by such daily attacks. People should, however, use their brains before they engage their mouths. We are Americans with some slightly different views. The ballot box is the field of honor. We should not defame one another. RoBERT F. CAsALE Glen Head

Time to fund maternal care To the Editor: I stand with Dr. Martine Hackett, of Birth Justice Warriors, a Hofstra University professor, and Dr. Tarika James, chief medical

officer of Long Island Federally Qualified Health Centers, to call for a major funding increase to address the nation’s maternal mortality crisis among Black women and eliminate racial bias in maternal care. Ahead of final negotiations for the fiscal year 2022 appropriations package, I am calling on House and senate Appropriations Committee leaders to include $7 million to fund evidence-based training programs to reduce implicit bias in maternal health and $25 million to establish a program that delivers integrated health care services to pregnant

women and new mothers that can reduce the disproportionate rate of maternal deaths among Black non-Hispanic women and adverse maternal health outcomes. The United states continues to have the highest rate of maternal mortality in the developed world, driven in large part by the high mortality rates among Black mothers. The overall maternal mortality rate in New York state is 10 percent higher than the national average. These risks have only grown over the past year, as Covid-19 presents additional risks for pregnant women and their babies.

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Bail reform law needs still more tweaking

assau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder convened a news conference on Jan. 13 to make a point: The state’s bail reform law, enacted in January 2020, needs further reform — specifically, he seemed to suggest, for charges of illegal gun possession. Right now, an offender who is in possession of an illegal firearm can be released without bail. That wasn’t the case before January 2020, when judges had the discretion to hold such suspects on bail. The 2020 bail reform law, however, essentially states that these offenders can get out of jail free while waiting to make a plea or go to trial, provided they haven’t shot anyone. (Violent crimes are eligible for bail.) At the new Nassau County Police Department Academy, a shiny white building that rises out of a back field at Nassau Community College in Garden City, Ryder displayed eight illegal handguns last Thursday, all seized by police during car stops since the start of the year. He noted that Nassau had already had eight gun arrests this year, compared with only two in the same time frame in 2021. Whether there were more illegal guns in circulation in the county at the start of the year, or police were out looking for them more ardently, was unclear. Asked by the Herald, Ryder did not say whether he believed the bail reform law should be nixed, and the news conference ended abruptly shortly afterward. “Bail reform,” Ryder said, “is important . . . It needs to be fixed.”

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letters Thanks for Brinton’s column To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “‘Biking Borders’ brings out the best of humanity” (Jan. 6-12): After reading it, I had to watch the documentary. Thank you so much for bringing awareness to this delightful and important film. I come from a family of avid bicyclists, and will tell them all to watch. And I will be donating to the ultra-worthy cause, Pencils of Promise, highlighted in the film and in Brinton’s column. ELYSA SuNSHINE Glen Cove

We agree that judges should have the discretion to assign bail in cases of illegal gun possession. Ryder ticked off a list of eight defendants, all of whom face possession charges and all of whom were released without bail. We can’t say what, if anything, any of these defendants might have done or not done with these weapons if police hadn’t discovered them. We can say, however, that any illegal gun represents the potential for violence. Most crimes are not committed with guns, according to the FBI. Most gun crimes (more than 65 percent in New York), however, are committed with illegal handguns. Judges should have the discretion to set bail in cases of illegal gun possession, particularly cases when a defendant has a long record of arrest and prosecution. This is not to suggest that bail reform must be overturned, as so many conservatives suggest. It simply requires further adjustment. Clearly, there is, in Nassau County at least, a high degree of electoral support for doing away with bail reform. New District Attorney Anne Donnelly, a Republican, made it a cornerstone of her campaign last fall, running numerous TV commercials suggesting that violent criminals are being released from jail onto our streets. That, in large part, explains her defeat of State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, the Democratic candidate for the post, who was, at one point, considered the favorite. New County Executive Bruce Blakeman, also a Republican, wants bail reform repealed as well. He said so in his inaugu-

ral speech, arguing, “Criminals have more rights than victims. Enough is enough.” That was hyperbole, but there is a definite public perception among many that criminals have been prioritized over victims. Further tweaking the law to ensure that judges can assign bail to those caught with illegal guns would go a long way toward changing people’s minds. That’s important. Bail reform remains a critical piece of legislation in the State Legislature’s recent efforts to ensure social justice for all, including in the criminal justice system. Here’s what we wrote in a December 2019 editorial: ”The new law will allow most defendants who are charged with nonviolent crimes and misdemeanors to be released after their arraignment without having to make bail. Hardliners have argued against the new law, saying it will allow thousands of potential offenders onto our streets, where they could continue their criminal ways. “News flash: Any one of these offenders could have been on the streets in the past, if only they had had the cash to make bail, but they didn’t, so they stayed locked up. Meanwhile, if you were affluent enough to afford bail, you got out of jail, and were free to carry on with your life with your family — and potentially earn a living.” The previous system favored wealthy over poor offenders, who were, according to statistics, most often Black or Latino. We thus urge our legislators to continue tweaking the bail-reform law, without doing away with it.

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have been blessed to raise my hand and pledge to serve my community as an elected official many times over the past 16 years. However, last Monday was the first — and hopefully, last — time that I will take the oath of office in my living room. I had looked forward to joining my colleagues on Jan. 10 for inaugural ceremonies marking the start of the 14th session of the Nassau County Legislature and my third term as a legislator. However, on Sunday, the 9th, I felt congestdebra ed, unusually tired and was coughing, muLé sneezing and had a runny nose. Initially, I figured it was probably the cold that I seem to get every winter, but I am loathe to assume anything — especially as the Omicron variant continues to spread so

rapidly. So I took a Covid-19 home test, and it came back positive. Physically, I felt all right. My booster shot did its job, and my symptoms were like those of a common cold. The discomfort I was experiencing didn’t inhibit my ability to work full-time for the residents of the 5th Legislative District. And, through the marvels of modern technology, I was “in the room” virtually to be administered the oath of office by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer with my minority caucus colleagues. No matter how busy you may be, though, being hunkered down for a few days leads to contemplation and reflection. My experience illustrates how vaccines and boosters are key to preventing severe illness from the coronavirus. Since the emergence of Omicron, data from the state Department of Health continues to show that fully vaccinated people are

he day before I was sworn into the Legislature, I felt lousy, and guess what?

Letters Who’s paying for the relief? To the Editor: There is more to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer's announcement that the Federal Transit Administration released a $6 billion grant to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for CARE Covid-19 relief. This grant brings the total amount of CARE funding from Washington for the MTA to $14 billion. What Schumer neglected to say was how much of this funding has been paid for, rather than how much has been borrowed, adding to our national debt of $29 trillion and growing. “It is a public service,” he said, “and the higher percentage we get from city, state and federal help, the better.” Funding for the MTA has long been a four-way partnership among what riders pay at the farebox along with city, state and federal funding.

much less likely to get Covid-19 and much less likely to be hospitalized with breakthrough cases. If you want to get vaccinated or boosted, go to https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/5126/COVID-19-VaccineInformation to find a site near you. My breakthrough case didn’t shake my belief in masks as one of the key tools to slow the spread of Covid-19 and other airborne illnesses. In a recent Newsday report, Jack Caravanos, clinical professor of environmental public health sciences at the NYU School of Global Public Health in Manhattan, stated clearly that while N95 and KN95 masks are most effective, cloth and surgical masks are still beneficial — especially if everyone in a room is wearing them. That, perhaps, is the biggest point of all of this: By protecting yourself, you are protecting all of us. Why not err on the side of caution if there is a potential benefit to others? In all honesty, I don’t like to

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Commuters and Washington always ante up. Will Schumer hold one of his news conferences to ask Gov. Kathy Hochul, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Steward Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to increase Albany’s contribution? Will he also ask New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Comptroller Brad Ladner and Council Speaker Adrienne Adams to increase City Hall’s contribution? Schumer never explained why many other transit agencies around the nation already received their second and third rounds of funding ahead of the MTA. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

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wear a mask — I suspect no one does. I do it to protect myself, those I love and people I don’t know. Over the past several years, I have grown disheartened by how deceit, division and political ambition have been amplified to undermine our faith in our institutions and drive wedges between us. It is profoundly unhealthy. Especially now, caring for one another is essential to repairing the fabric of our society. We need to protect the most vulnerable among us — those who are too young to get the vaccine, the immunocompromised and those who have other underlying conditions that would make Covid-19 especially perilous. As we embark on this new year — a time for healing and growth — it is my fervent prayer for us to work together to end this public health crisis once and for all, and renew our belief in the pursuit of the common good. Debra Mulé, of Freeport, was first elected to the Nassau County Legislature in 2017. She represents the 5th Legislative District.

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efore I started working for the Heralds last year, a coworker raped me at a previous job. I didn’t immediately report it to police. I didn’t tell my family in Puerto Rico, or my then husband. I didn’t keep the torn dress or the photos of the bruises. With only 31 percent of rapes reported to police, according to the Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network, we need to empower rape victims to seek justice in a system that they believe is fair and equitable — and one in which they feel Cristina arroYo safe and supported. Under the current roDriGUeZ system, though, for every 1,000 sexual assaults that are reported, only 25 perpetrators will be incarcerated, according to RAINN. My story is not a 0.025 percent story. Six months after I was raped, I received a screenshot from a different coworker in which my rapist mentioned me by name, saying he hadn’t raped me, that it was consensual. He also mentioned two other women, as if listing membership in a club one out of five women join against their will. I reached out to the women. One answered. She said he had bought her

drinks, and she awoke the next morning, unable to remember the night before, to a text from him that read, “Thanks for sex, hope you remember.” That was when I decided to call the police. Late one night, four male officers came to my home to write a report. I told them about the man who raped me and the other woman, that he had admitted two weeks after the incident that he raped me, and that I suspected he might have done the same to others, based on this woman’s report and the text he sent her. The police dismissed my rape allegation as “sex,” asking, When did he have sex with you? Did anybody else witness you having sex? Had you had sex before with him? Finally, they offered me a counseling services number. A few weeks later, I met with a specialcrimes detective for three interviews. I shared texts and named witnesses to the crime. The detective tried to contact my rapist but could not. I was offered counseling services pamphlets. Not only did I relieve the trauma, but I also had to endure victim blaming, with police saying, “Maybe you agreed, but you don’t remember?” “Are you sure you weren’t in a relationship with him?” “You both made bad decisions that night.” “You should talk to someone — RAINN offers

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great counseling services.” The detective interviewed witnesses who had told me they saw what happened, but no one would admit to authorities that they had seen anything. A year and half later, after I had quit my job because I didn’t want to run into my rapist, he posted on social media that he had exacted revenge on me, calling me a terrible person and himself a “genius.” I immediately went to the police. They said they could do nothing, because my rapist was never arrested and the harassment wasn’t chronic. I tried to get a restraining order but couldn’t, because he wasn’t related to me or my live-in boyfriend. Police said I should’ve reported the rape when it happened, and again referred me to counseling. Now my rapist still works in the same place. I walk with my keys between my fingers toward my car, and check the back seat. I pretend to be on my phone when I walk alone at night, having 911 pre-dialed. And I keep an aluminum bat nearby at home. For rape victims, no amount of therapy offers the healing that justice can. Our justice system and social institutions are fraught, however, with puritanical misbeliefs about female sexuality — the woman is almost always to blame — and a history

o hold rapists accountable, stop asking victims why they waited to report.

of categorizing women as property, both of which fuel rape. New York made some progress in 2020 when the Democratically controlled State Senate passed a bill to prohibit a rape suspect from using an alleged victim’s intoxication as a defense in court. But the measure failed to pass the Assembly, also controlled by Democrats, signaling to women that our Legislature, dominated by men, cannot protect us. Want to hold rapists accountable? Stop asking their victims why they waited to report. Instead, call out men when they objectify women; advocate for greater female representation in formal and informal organizations, especially in leadership; unionize for living wages and worklife balance; and vote for elected leaders that will support women’s autonomy. Victims cannot trust systems that fail them, at best, and retraumatize them, at worst. Once women gain a degree of financial and workplace autonomy and equitable systemic power, particularly in government, our institutions will change. Then, we hope, our criminal justice system will become a safe place for women to come forward. Cristina Arroyo Rodriguez is editor of the Baldwin Herald. She has also lectured in psychology at Baruch College and Bronx Community College in the City University of New York, and has taught Master Executive classes for NYPD leadership at John Jay College.

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Despite the high number of pregnancy and childbirth complications, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies have found that two out of three of all reported deaths were preventable. I am also urging my congressional colleagues to continue funding for several maternal health priorities, including at least $30 million to support uniform data collection on individual maternal deaths, $15 million for the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health program, $5 million for the Maternal Mental Health Hotline and $10 million to train health care providers to screen, assess and provide specialized care to treat maternal mental health conditions. I support the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, which includes my bill, the Moms Matter Act. And I support a host of bills to reduce racial disparities in maternal health, including the Maternal CARE Act, the MOMS Act and Sen. Cory Booker’s MOMMIES Act. I also co-led the TRICARE Coverage for Doula Support Act in 2020, which helped initiate a pilot program for TRICARE beneficiaries to receive coverage for doula fees in 2021. KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND U.S. senator, New York

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