Freeport Herald 04-13-2023

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H.S. robotics team claims national title

By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@liherald.com

The Freeport High School senior boys’ robotics team has taken the technology world by storm, winning the prestigious 2023 CREATE Open Robotics National Championship in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

With their unbreakable spirit, hard work and sheer determination, the team’s victory is a testament to its exceptional talent and expertise in the field of robotics.

The CREATE national championship is a highly anticipated event that brings together tech-

nology enthusiasts from various backgrounds and locations to put their skills on display and take part in fierce competition. It is known for showcasing the brightest student minds in the field of robotics. The competition, on April 1, tested contestants’ skills in programming, engineering and design. The team had qualified for the championship by being finalists in the VEX Robotics Competition at Adelphi University in February.

Two weeks before the national championship, the team members took part in a remote CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

Freeport-Merrick Rotary Club helps Cambodian villagers

By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@liherald.com

Rotarians from across the globe, including the FreeportMerrick Rotary Club, gathered in Cambodia in January and February with the mission of making a positive impact on smaller communities through various projects known collectively as Sustainable Cambodia.

The program is intended to support rural families by helping them achieve a sustainable quality of life. It focuses on providing safe water and sanitation, promoting regular incomes, ensuring access to healthy food, and facilitating quality educa -

tion for children.

Through a community-driven approach, village families are empowered to build schools, install wells, and learn alternative agricultural practices, and develop skills that will help them manage community projects. A unique “pass-on” model enables families to share their newfound knowledge with neighboring villages, building human resources and fostering self-reliance.

Emily Margilus, co-president of Freeport-Merrick Rotary and a longtime volunteer, made the trip for the second time this year, five years after her first. “We go over there and we talk to the village leaders about what we can

do or what they need,” Margilus said.

The club collaborates with the villagers to assess their needs and develop solutions to the challenges they face, along with other Rotarians from around the world. The villagers are encouraged to “pay it forward” in the interest of long-term sustainability.

“This past trip, I visited a few of the families in Domrey Sor village, Koh Chom commune, Kandieng district and Pursat province,” Margilus said. “We were told to ask two questions: How are you thriving with the projects that are impacting you through Sustainable Cambodia.

And what else do you need?”

The Rotarians overcome the language barrier by working with village project leaders who translate, as well as students the club sponsors from afar, who attend special Sustainable Cambodia schools where they not only perfect their native language, but also learn English, technology and public speaking.

Rotary International has a strong commitment to community development, which is reflected in its focus on seven core pillars: peace building and conflict prevention, disease prevention and treatment, water sanitation and hygiene, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy, community economic develCONTINUED ON PAGE 12

Courtesy Freeport Public Schools

FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL Principal Gisselle Campbell-Ham, far left, math teacher and Robotics Club adviser Kevin Harrison, far right, and the victorious robotics team with their championship trophies and their award-winning robot.

Cameron Engineering merges with IMEG

In what is expected to bring together decades of experience and passion, one of New York’s leading consulting planning and engineering firms — Cameron Engineering — is merging with IMEG Corp. It brings Cameron into one of the nation’s largest engineering firms, allowing the Woodbury-based company a chance to bring its strong client base and presence in the greater New York region to IMEG’s 75 U.S. office locations spanning from Boston to California.

SHOTS WERE FIRED in Freeport on April 7 at approximately 1 a.m. as two unidentified suspects fired multiple shots into an occupied residence before fleeing.

Shots Fired in Freeport Police investigate unidentified subjects

The First Squad of Nassau County Police Department has reported shots fired incident that occurred on April 7 at approximately 1 a.m. in Freeport.

As per the detectives, the police officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation on Frederick Avenue, where two unidentified suspects fired multiple gunshots into an occupied residence before escaping on foot in a westbound direction. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.

At present, no further description of the subjects is available, and the investigation is ongoing.

The detectives have urged anyone with information regarding the crime to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS or call 911. The callers’ identity will remain anonymous.

–Mohamed Farghaly

“This comes after 38 years of being totally independent,” said John Cameron, the company’s founder. The merger “positions us for growth for the future, and provides sustainability and a future for my succeeding leadership and all my people here.”

Cameron Engineering started off with a part-time secretary before growing over the next three decades to more than 100 people with not only headquarters on Long Island, but a major presence in Manhattan as well.

“It provides some security for everybody, and also enables me to sort of elevate the next tier of leadership and let them take more responsibilities,” said Cameron, who grew up in Long Beach but

resides in Rockville Centre.

“I really have a great staff here, and empower them to show a little more of what they could do.”

Cameron will continue to manage the firm with Joe Amato, leading a team that includes experienced engineering professionals like Nick Kumbatovic, Mike Hults and Rich Zapolski.

“The company we’re merging with is 100 percent employee-owned,” Cameron added. “So, it also gives all my people an opportunity to own stock, and many of them are interested in that.

In fact, in the first week that we’ve merged, over 30 people have already signed on to purchase stock. So, it’s very exciting for me and for my people, too, and we’re all really looking forward to it.”

That enthusiasm goes both ways.

“We are excited to continue our east coast expansion and add Cameron Engineering & Associates to our team,” said Paul VanDuyne, IMEG’s president and chief executive, in a release. “Their fullservice capabilities and market sector expertise align perfectly with IMEG, allowing us to serve more clients as a New York corporation.”

–Brendan Carpenter

John Cameron

New poll finds one-third of area is overweight

By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

Each year millions of America’s make resolutions on the stroke of midnight to exercise more, eat healthier and lose weight, but for a variety of reasons many fail. Now, with the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Ozempic, Wegovy and other weight loss injections, many are turning to off-label prescriptions who don’t necessarily need them. Mount Sinai South Nassau decided to investigate and clarify the purpose of the therapies, who needs them most, and the risks in their newest Truth in Medicine Poll.

The poll, which was conducted between Feb. 16 and Feb. 21 using both landlines and cell phones included 600 Long Island and New York City residents and uncovered that nearly one-third of metro area residents consider themselves overweight and almost one-quarter say they would take a prescription weight-loss drug to shed extra pounds.

Ten percent of poll respondents are currently taking or know someone who uses the prescription drugs Ozempic, Mounjaro, or Wegovy to lose weight. Most of them are women under 50 and Black. While all three drugs can generate weight loss, only Wegovy is FDA approved for weight management in obese or overweight teens and adults with at least one weight related comorbidity. Ozempic, the most well-known brand name, and Mounjaro are only approved for patients with type 2 diabetes to control blood glucose levels.

Adhi Sharma, the president of Mount Sinai South Nassau said that the “biggest danger is what we call the yo-yo diet.” He stated since our bodies have a certain metabolism that is set by various factors internally, when we diet, we alter those factors. “So, healthy diets don’t impact those factors as much as actually how our body is designed to consume food,” he said.

So, when locals go on fad diets, it teaches the body to go into starvation mode, Sharma explained, which in most low-calorie diets isn’t sustainable. People then begin to binge eat or allow one cheat day to becomes two or three. Now, Sharma said, the diet has failed, but the body has slowed down the metabolism and now the opposite effect is happening: you’re gaining weight.

The poll found that one-half of respondents admit to binge eating. Some 60 percent confirmed they eat two or more fast-food meals per week, and 22 percent said they consume four or more fast-food meals regularly. Meanwhile, 60 percent of area residents reported that inflation has changed their buying habits at the grocery store.

Off-label use of prescription drugs as an alternative to dieting and exercise to lose weight is contributing to supply shortages in the United States and globally for the people — most of whom have diabetes — that they were created to help.

“These treatments were not intended to serve as an alternative to regular exercise and healthy eating to lose a few extra pounds quickly,” said Glatt, the chair of the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau. “They were created to manage type 2 diabetes and obesity.”

Glatt said those using the drugs appropriately are fine, but many are not, and when they’re not the consequences can lead to more harm than good. He found it unfortunately ironic that, “when people take these medications, and they really don’t have a good indication for them there are other unintended consequences besides just the drug that is available for people that need it.”

He continued to say the major reason people take these types of drugs is to look better, lose weight, but that very few of these people are taking it because they want to be healthier.

“And it’s interesting,” Glatt said, “that some of these patients ultimately then go on to need plastic surgery, there’s been an increase in various types of plastic surgery. Because while these drugs are effective in causing weight loss, they also cause people to sometimes look

older.”

A lack of communication between patients and their medical providers about the management of their weight appears to be a contributing factor, according to the poll results.

Overall, 28 percent of all respondents have spoken to a health care provider about their weight. Of those who have not, 39 percent say they failed to do so because the provider did not bring it up and 12 percent said there is nothing a health care provider can do.

Far fewer, seven percent, were uncomfortable discussing the subject with their provider, and two percent were embarrassed or fearful of being judged — even though only eight percent of respondents said a health care provider made them feel uncomfortable about their weight.

“I strongly encourage all adults and parents of children who are struggling with their weight to talk about it with their health care providers and work to develop a short- and long-term program to manage it,” Sharma said. “At the same time, physicians are in an ideal position to talk with patients about their weight and prescribe a plan of action to successfully manage it.”

Other important findings of the survey included that those most likely to say they binge eat are Blacks, those who are overweight, those committed to weight loss resolutions, men under 50, and those who take Ozempic or are familiar with the drug. Another is that nearly onethird say the thought of gaining weight causes them stress and anxiety. Nearly half of women younger than 50 agree with that statement.

According to a study published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, one year after the withdrawal of a onceweekly 2.4 milligram injection of Ozempic, participants regained two-thirds of the weight lost.

The key ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy is semaglutide, which stimulates insulin release from the pancreas when needed. It also helps with weight loss by targeting areas of the brain that regulate appetite and slowing down the speed at which food travels through the digestive tract. Mounjaro lowers plasma glucose concentrations after eating, decreases food intake, and reduces body weight in patients with type 2 diabetes. All three are given by injection.

“The increasing use of these drugs as a convenience to lose a few pounds concerns me,” said Efie Tsomos, the endocrinology division chief at Mount Sinai South Nassau. “It’s becoming increasingly difficult for some of our patients to get their prescriptions filled at their local pharmacies.”

The Truth in Medicine Poll is a component of Mount Sinai South Nassau’s mission of improving education around critical public health issues. This is Mount Sinai South Nassau’s 15th Truth in Medicine Poll and first of 2023.

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You’ll need:

■ 3 tablespoons olive oil

■ 3 medium carrots, cut into quarter-inch pieces

■ 1 medium onion, diced

■ 1 large celery stalk, cut into quarter-inch pieces

■ Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

■ 2 tablespoons tomato paste

■ 1 large clove garlic, minced

■ 1 1/2 cups dried brown lentils

■ 4 cups vegetable stock

■ 7 sprigs thyme, leaves stripped

■ 1 bay leaf

■ 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

■ 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

■ 1 teaspoon lemon zest, plus the juice of half a lemon

■ 1/2 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves, roughly chopped

First, heat your oil in a large heavy-bottom pot over medium to high heat. Add the carrot, onion, celery and one teaspoon of salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables start to caramelize and take on a dark brown color, which should take about 8 to 10 minutes.

Stir in the tomato paste and garlic and cook, scraping up the brown bits, until the garlic is fragrant and slightly softened, taking one to two minutes. Add in the lentils, stock, four cups water, thyme, bay leaf, oregano, red pepper flakes, lemon zest, two teaspoons salt and black pepper and stir to combine. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook until the lentils are softened with just a bit of bite, 25 to 30 minutes.

Remove the bay leaf and then puree two and half cups of the soup in a blender until smooth and stir back into the pot. Stir in the lemon juice and parsley, serve, garnish and enjoy.

–Mount Sinai South Nassau Diabetes Education Program

Karina Kovac/Herald

MOUNT SINAI SOUTH Nassau Hospital hosted a Truth in Medicine poll briefing panel consisting of hospital president Adhi Sharma, medicine department chair Aaron Glatt, endocrinology chief Effie Tsomos, endocrine service administrator Meghan Costigan, and public affairs vice president Dana Sanneman.

Freeport High robotics team wins in Iowa

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interview with tournament officials, and then an in-person interview with the judging panel during robot inspections when they arrived.

Competing in the game VEX: Spin Up, the teams was tasked with stacking 60 yellow cones onto mobile goals within a designated scoring area. Working in red and blue alliances, the robots were also required to collect yellow Frisbees and launch them into chained goals, a challenge similar to disc golf.

Throughout the tournament, the teams were judged on their performance and documentation, which included an engineering notebook, and interviews. The objective was to share an understanding of the engineering design process, with each group assigning a member to document their decision-making. This was the first time the Freeport team had competed at such a level, and being in a new environment added to the challenge.

The team members’ competitive experience in previous years was a big help. “Every year they learned a little more, and they got better and better at it,” math teacher and robotics club adviser Kevin Harrison said. “That past experience helped them know exactly what was going to happen and how to deal with adversity.”

Despite a rocky start in Iowa, with two losses, the team went on to win every remaining math in the competition. Their demonstration of technical knowledge

and skill proved to be a key factor. They received the event’s top honor, the Honor by Design award, which is highly regarded in CREATE Open tournaments. It recognizes a team that excels in all aspects of competitive robotics, including on-field performance, technical expertise, interviews, and interactions with other teams, fans, and tournament officials. The award emphasizes technical innovation, fair play and collaboration.

Team members were elated with their win, especially because they had never

Polypharmacy in Older Adults

According to the National Institute on Aging (NIA) polypharmacy is the use of multiple drugs to treat diseases and other health conditions. Polypharmacy is common in older adults, many of whom have two or more chronic conditions, and about a third of whom take five or more prescription drugs. Often, these different powerful drugs have been prescribed by different doctors. Some drugs mask or neutralize others, some are dangerously incompatible with others and some may worsen conditions that naturally occur in the aging population -- such as loss of appetite, less efficient digestive systems and increased cardiovascular risk.

Inappropriate polypharmacy -- the use of excessive or unnecessary medications -- increases the risk of adverse drug effects, including falls and cognitive impairment. Harmful drug interactions and drug-disease interactions may also occur, where a medication prescribed to treat one condition worsens or creates a new one.

Enter the new field of “deprescribing”. The NIA is developing a network of scientists to

advance the field of deprescribing to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for older adults. According to Parag Goyal, MD, “despite its role as an integral part of patientcentric and goal-concordant prescribing practice, deprescribing is not frequently incorporated into routine clinical practice”.

In seeking to view medications in a way that is more patient-centered and less disease-oriented and guideline-driven, the NIA advises talking to your doctors about deprescribing if you feel a drug is not working or is causing harmful side effects. Make sure to bring a list of all medications you are currently taking, prescription and over-thecounter. Ask if there are any that may not be necessary.

For the American Geriatrics Society’s (AGS) list of medications that older people should avoid or use with caution, google “Beers List”. The Beers List is recommended for assessing your medications, however AGS advises not to stop taking any medication without talking to your doctor first.

won a tournament before. “I am extremely proud of … their outstanding performance during this very challenging national competition,” Harrison said. “Their countless hours of research, design, testing and finally competing with their amazing robot was a testament to their knowledge, and determination. The skills they learned will be invaluable in their future careers.”

While they were in Council Bluffs, the team also took part in a collaborative Mega Alliance activity with students from high schools across the country. The team

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worked alongside teams from Hawaii and Nebraska, as well as a drone team from Hong Kong that was competing in a separate drone tournament. Together, they tackled a challenging project, showcasing their ability to work collaboratively and adapt to new situations.

The Freeport team includes Robotics Club president and team coder Austin Patience, lead builder Ryan Retzlaff, club vice president and builder Jayden Easy, engineering historian Dorian Trotman, and designer and builder Donovan Ligonde.

The graduating seniors team have expressed their interest in pursuing careers related to engineering and computer science. As for the club, it is now transitioning into demonstrations after the competition season. Members plan to attend events such as the school district’s Science and Engineering fair, and visit elementary schools to inspire younger students to take up robotics.

“Winning a national championship is an incredible accomplishment for our robotics team and brings great pride to our school district and our community,” Superintendent Kishore Kuncham said. “We provide all our students with a challenging education, and opportunities to use what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Our robotics team has certainly shown that our students take advantage of every opportunity and are committed to achieving success.”

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Courtesy Freeport Public Schools

MEMBERS OF THE Freeport High School robotics team, from left, Austin Patience, Ryan Retzlaff and Dorian Trotman, with their winning robot and the 2023 CREATE Open Robotics championship trophies.

Freeport students gain STEM career knowledge

During the second Career Conversations event held at Freeport High School, students had the opportunity to learn about various career paths from professionals in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and medicine. The event, which was organized in collaboration with the Cradle of Aviation Museum and Freeport Public Schools, featured four guest speakers who spoke about the diverse career options available on Long Island, including working with drone technology, studying medical specimens to identify disease causes, engineering structures, and performing neurosurgery.

According to Kishore Kuncham, the Superintendent of Schools, exposing students to the available career opportunities and providing them with information to plan their high school careers is crucial. The partnership with the Cradle of Aviation Museum offers students the chance to learn from professionals who have achieved success and are passionate about their work.

“It is extremely important for our students to see the career opportunities available to them, and the ability to find out more about them to ensure their high

school careers will put them on a path to pursuing successful college and career opportunities in their chosen field,” Kuncham said. “Our ongoing partnership

with the Cradle of Aviation Museum provides our students with the opportunity to actively explore their futures by having these career conversations with profes-

sionals who are successful and enjoy their work.”

Tom Barry, the assistant director of education at the Cradle of Aviation Museum, facilitated the event, which featured guest speakers from Cameron Engineering, Northwell Health, and Hover UAS, among others. Freeport High School principal Gisselle Campbell-Ham noted that meeting with professionals currently working in STEM careers gives students better insight into their future career prospects.

“As a high school principal, I’m aware my students will be pursuing careers that did not exist during my time as a student,” principal Gisselle Campbell-Ham said. “Having professionals, who are currently working in these STEM careers, meet with our students gives them better insight into what they can plan for and achieve in the future.”

The Cradle of Aviation Museum’s education department aims to create partnerships between Long Island businesses, nonprofits, and school districts to inspire students to pursue STEM careers and work in the region.

–Mohamed Farghaly

Courtesy Freeport Public Schools

FREEPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS Board of Education President, Maria Jordan-Awalom, with Career Conversations presenter Andrea Adams, Pam Ialenti, John Wylock, Michael Desimone, Assistant Director of Education for the Cradle of Aviation Museum, Tom Barry.

SPOTLIGHT ATHLETE

Freeport softball eyes growth

By ANDREW COEN sports@liherald.com

The Freeport softball team is seeking growth this spring while tackling some of the toughest programs in Nassau County.

The Red Devils entered the week winless, but with a large chunk of the schedule remaining to get into the win column.

DELANEY RADIN

Long Beach Senior Lacrosse

A TWO-TIME ALL-AMERICAN bound for the University of Florida, Radin’s latest accomplishment on the lacrosse field came March 29 when she reached the 300 career point mark in a victory over Carle Place. Last spring, she recorded 61 goals and a Long Island-leading 62 assists while leading the Marines to the Nassau Class B final. She appears well on her way to topping that production with 43 points through five games.

GAMES TO WATCH

The Red Devils are coming off a 1-13 2022 season that saw steppe-up competition in Conference V after moving up a league following a strong 2021 campaign that featured a postseason appearance.

“One of the big goals is wanting to be competitive and being in the games and we’re definitely having some struggles with that, but I think that the struggles actually lead to us getting closer,” said sixthyear coach Rich Genzone. “Our goal is always to improve no matter what the end result is.”

Freeport is led by seniors Christina Wapple (first base) and Sarah Quintanilla (third base), who have been on varsity since 10th grade. Seniors Makayla Matthews (outfield), Genesis Arieta (outfield) and Nia Hall (outfield) are also important veteran leaders.

“They lead by example and the younger girls follow,” Genzone said of his seniors.

Rock at Baldwin 11 a.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Carey at Syosset 11 a.m.

Softball: East Rockaway at South Side 12 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: North Shore at Long Beach 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Kennedy at Mepham 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Lynbrook at South Side 6 p.m.

Saturday, April 15

Softball: Long Beach at Carey 10 a.m.

Softball: Roosevelt at Lawrence 10 a.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Oceanside at Hewlett 2 p.m.

The pitching staff features two underclassmen in sophomore Isabella Ramirez and freshman Gabriella Nurse. Both are adjusting to their first year of varsity softball with Ramirez the ace of the staff while Nurse can also take the mound in addition to her starting shortstop duty.

“We want to pitch her more but she does such a good job

solidifying the infield for us at shortstop,” said Genzone of Nurse. “She also plays the outfield so she is a very versatile player.”

Junior Roselyn Cabrera also brings versatility to the lineup with an inability to play third base, outfield and catcher. Another junior, Jaelyn Rosales leads the pitching staff as the primary starting catcher.

After an April 12 game against North Shore, Freeport next takes the field Friday at

Carle Place for a 10 a.m. first pitch before heading to Locust Valley Monday at 4:30 p.m. Freeport will then host Garden City Friday at 5 p.m. and travel to New Hyde Park on April 25 for a 4:30 tilt. The Red Devils will host three straight home games on April 27 at 5 p.m. versus Hicksville, April 29 against Wheatley at 10 a.m. and May 2 against Sewanhaka at 4:45 p.m.

“We’re definitely facing some really good competition and we have not had the success quite yet in the win col-

umn, which is something we are pushing for,” said Genzone, who guided Freeport to playoff appearances in 2019 and 2021 “We’re going to remain positive and every day is another chance whether it’s practice or in a game and we’re making a strong attempt as often as possible to improve. So even if we’re not always getting the full outcome that we want, we’re always looking for the bright spots and we’re always looking to improve on the things that need to improve.”

Neil Miller/Herald photo JUNIOR ROSELYN CABRERA is Freeport’s leadoff hitter and a versatile fielder who plays the outfield, third base and even catcher.

Summit takes new look at teen mental health

By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com

Teachers, school administrators, social workers and mental health advocates agree that, more than ever, teens need outreach and support when they battle negative thoughts and actions.

At the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit — hosted by the New Jerseybased Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide — Long Island teens and school staffers received just that: crucial skills to help get through their toughest days.

Hosted once again by Brookside School inside the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, students and school leaders attended keynote presentations, panels, workshops, and even walked through a resource fair intended to connect them to mental health services.

The event was first brought to Nassau County by Bellmore’s Stacy Brief, a licensed social worker who attended Wellington C. Mepham High School in Bellmore, and currently works at Sanford H. Calhoun High School in Merrick.

Brief went through her own difficult times in high school, struggling with anxiety and depression. Brief was eventually connected to the teen suicide society, and later would find herself volunteering and working with the organization.

Wellness summits had become a regular success in New Jersey, and Brief realized that same success could be brought to Long Island as well. She approached Mike Harrington, superintendent of Bellmore-Merrick’s schools, and asked if the district would be interested in helping her idea become a reality.

“Stacy was one of my standouts at Mepham,” Harrington said. “A tremendous, tremendous young lady. After graduating, I knew right away that she wanted to get into mental health and pursue a social work career.”

All for the idea, Harrington established a planning committee to create the summit, which kicked off for the first time in 2019, attracting students and professionals from 20 school districts. Last month’s summit attracted more than 30 schools from Nassau and Suffolk counties, including the first Catholic institution: Chaminade High School.

“Every year we try to feature a new coping skill workshop, just to be introducing the teenagers to new concepts, as far as what they can do to cope with stress,” Brief said. “Last year we did Movement Genius, and this year the students (did) a Tibetan singing bowl sound healing workshop.

“I think it’s something very different. They don’t often have access to something like sound healing.”

The keynote presentation was given by “Lead U,” a “high-energy, interactive assembly,” according to Brief. Created by a group of teaching artists, their presentations engage, educate and empower students of all ages to find leaders within themselves through interactive play and games.

Dawn Doherty, the teen suicide society executive director, described a correlation between mental health struggles and the

coronavirus pandemic. Social media, she added, also plays a huge role in how teens view themselves.

“There can be very positive aspects of it,” Doherty said. “But then, unfortunately, much of it can be negative, with the cyber-bullying and even just the comparison of yourself with everyone else.”

A point of emphasis, Doherty said, is the concept that your friends and others your age are often going through the same thing.

“If you’re struggling, that’s OK, because there are others who are struggling or have struggled,” she said. “We really use the day to enhance coping skills and strategies, and certainly educate on the resources available.”

The commitment to wellness doesn’t end with the summit. For example, the teen suicide society will again host a panel for parents later this year, teaching them to recognize the signs of mental health struggles and how to connect their kids to the appropriate services.

Brief also started another program on

Long Island last September called the Youth Council, open to high school students.

“I’ll be running monthly meetings where they’re going to develop more skills, insight, education and awareness on everything to do with mental health and suicide prevention,” she said. “That’ll be year-round, to develop leaders so they can take (what they learn) back to their communities and develop more structural change.”

Applications for the Youth Council opened immediately after the summit. For more information, visit SPTSUSA. org/NassauSummit.

Brief has come a long way from struggling with issues as a teenager, and now working to help others finding themselves in a similar predicament.

“We are just so proud of her for everything she’s accomplished personally and professionally,” Doherty said. “But really, (I’m)_just in awe of the success that she and the committee have really had with expanding the reach of this event.”

sOphiA BENNO AND Addison Soffer of John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore had a blast watching the keynote presentation, ‘Lead U,’ at the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit.

stACy BRiEf, A social worker who brought the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit to the local community, joined Dawn Doherty — executive director of the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide — to host the summit.

Tim Baker/Herald photos

J.D. WiLsON, fOuNDER of ‘Lead U,’ shepherded an energetic presentation at the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit that incorporated students and the professionals who work with them.

CALhOuN high sChOOL sophomore Nicholas Senese watched the keynote presentation, ‘Lead U,’ at the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit.

Lafazan wants to make Nassau carbon neutral

By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com

From rising sea levels to extreme weather to so much more, climate change is real for Josh Lafazan, and he’s ready to do something about it.

The Nassau County legislator is introducing a bill in Mineola requiring Nassau to become “carbon neutral” by 2035. The bill, he says, acknowledges the unique ecological and infrastructure challenges facing Nassau and Long Island, and seeks to address these issues before they become insurmountable.

“Here in Nassau County, we literally live on an island,” Lafazan told reporters during a recent news conference announcing the legislation. “And while living on an island, our exposure to climate change is a constant threat to our homes, our communities, our infrastructure, our drinking water, and our collective safety.”

Long Island faces numerous climate-unique issues due to its geographic location and changing climate conditions, Lafazan said. In fact, a recent report by Moody’s Analytics Climate Risk Scenarios ranked Long Island fourth among major population centers in the country for “its exposure to the physical and economic risks associated with climate change.”

Climate-related threats present a wide range of dangers to Nassau, a number of experts have said — one of the most pressing being rising water temperatures and levels. The Long Island Sound saw its hottest average temperature ever in 2021, according to an environmental study by Connecticut’s Council on Environmental Quality. Warmer water poses huge risks for wildlife, increasing the chances of algal blooms in the Sound.

Then there are so-called superstorms like Hurricane Sandy. As the world continues to warm, major hurricanes and tropical storms such as this will continue to batter Long Island, experts have said.

Another threat comes from Long Island’s reliance on a sole-source aquifer, which is the only source of freshwater for the nearly 3 million island residents. The aquifer is already strained from widespread use, and rising water levels and other effects from climate change could see increases in saltwater intrusion into the aquifer in the coming years, making the water supply undrinkable.

“This is all to say that there is no more time to debate something that is scientifically factual, and the actions that we take now will protect Long Island for generation after generation to come,” Lafazan said. “This is not hyperbole. Powerful, once-in-a-generation storms that happened once a century are now happening once a

month.”

Lafazan’s proposal would require the county to create and deliver a carbon neutrality action plan to the legislature no later than Dec. 1, 2024, as well as provide progress updates starting from Dec. 24 of that same year. The proposal would also empower the county executive to seek state and federal grants to support the project, as well as create a carbon neutral advisory panel made up of local experts.

While New York state has already made a pledge to become carbon neutral by 2050, Lafazan’s plan would potentially speed up the process for Nassau. The plan will not require Nassau residents to adhere to any new mandates, but will put the onus for the change on local municipal governments.

As a Democrat, however, Lafazan is part of the legislature’s minority. So, it’s unclear what kind of chance this bill has with his Republican colleagues.

But joining Lafazan in his cause is Adrienne Esposito, the executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, a local nonprofit that works to promote climate awareness through education, research, lobbying and public outreach. Esposito reiterated at a recent news conference the dangers of not being focused on addressing the risks of climate change, and commended the proposed bill for its focus on protecting the environment.

“We need to take bold actions to reduce carbon emissions to just try to stem the tide of climate change impacts,” Esposito said. “What we do matters. Local government’s actions matter.”

Lafazan and Esposito also discussed what Nassau was currently doing to improve its infrastructure and address climate issues — improving coastal resiliency as well as increasing drainage infrastructure.

“The irony here is that we wouldn’t need to do any of that,” Lafazan claimed, “if we just reduced our carbon emissions.”

Will Sheeline/Herald NaSSau CouNty LEgISLator Josh Lafazan, left, joined Citizens Campaign for the Environment executive director Adrienne Esposito to introduce a bill he says would require Nassau County to become carbon neutral by 2035.

Local Rotarians help Cambodian villagers

opment, and environmental sustainability.

Freeport-Merrick club members got involved in hands-on projects including assembling bio-sand filters and painting, and shared meals with the villagers. Many of the locals don’t speak English, and some of the children don’t attend school because of the lack of clean water.

Club members donated school supplies and library books, and funded the purchase of 94 bicycles for students. The team not only made a significant impact on the local communities, but also developed strong bonds of friendship.

They also funded a new water system at Phnov School, providing easy access to water for 154 students, including 84 girls, for their daily needs. The system connects directly from a well to two 2,000-liter containers, ensuring that a large amount of water is stored for the school’s hygiene facilities.

“A lot of children in villages cannot attend school, because they’re required to help obtain water,” Margilus explained. “If they’re too young to collect water, they end up drinking contaminated water and getting sick, which prevents them from attending school. Even if they’re healthy enough to attend school, they’re needed by their families to contribute to the household income or to gather food.”

This need to help the residents of these villages has been particularly critical in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge geno-

cide, and the Rotarians’ efforts have enabled families to rebuild their lives and plan for the future.

“At first, I was hesitant to interact with the children and people in the villages due to their dirty appearance,” Margilus acknowledged, “but soon after arriving and experiencing their warm hospitality, my feelings of discomfort faded away. I empathize with their struggles and wanted to help, which led me to sponsor my first child a few months after my initial

visit. Since then, I’ve sponsored two more children, and continue to support their education every year.”

Sponsoring a child in Cambodia can make a big impact on their education, and their community. Children face barriers including poverty and lack of resources, which hinder their education. Sponsoring a child gives him or her access to resources like tuition fees and school supplies.

During her most recent visit, Margilus noted the improvements in village life

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How you can get involved

To help the Freeport-Merrick Rotary club with their effort to aid people in the rural villages of Cambodia, go to SustainableCambodia.org. Options include sponsoring a child and donating funds for crucial supplies. You can also consider joining the Rotarians on their next trip to Cambodia in 2024. It’s an opportunity to witness the impact of your support firsthand and make a positive difference in the lives of those in need.

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since the club’s last visit in 2018. She said she saw significant changes to village life, including the growth of vegetables in addition to the local staples of rice, palm sugar and coconuts. The children she saw were also healthier and happier, and attending school regularly. The villagers expressed their gratitude for the contributions of their international visitors.

"As someone once said, ‘To whom much is given, much is expected,’ and this sentiment deeply resonates with me,” Margilus said.

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DURING HER RECENT trip to Cambodia on the project to help rural villages, Emily Margilus met the village leader and the La Yong family.

More pot licenses coming, but not so much here

By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com

There are nearly two-dozen more conditional cannabis dispensary licenses on their way to Long Island. But thanks to local pushback in a number of Nassau County communities, chances are very low one will pop up near you.

The state released the licenses as part of a broader effort that could lead to 100 more legal dispensaries across the state. For Nassau and Suffolk counties, the 23 planned licenses join the 13 already here.

The conditional licensees are only allowed to sell directly to a consumer.

Albany officials haven’t shared exactly where these dispensaries will end up, but at least one of the licenses was awarded to a Bay Shore husband and wife, according to Newsday. Where else they can end up is actually a small list. Right now, only five Nassau villages allow dispensaries: Oyster Bay Cove, Kings Point, Mill Neck, Plandome and Saddle Rock.

In Suffolk, communities permitting recreational marijuana dispensaries include Brookhaven, Babylon and Riverhead.

Long Beach, for example, has not approved a dispensary, although it has held a public hearing on the matter — a contentious issue in the city. Glen Cove and Oyster Bay, Valley Stream, Lynbrook and Freeport have opted out, among most other municipalities. Any of them are allowed to opt-in at any time, but once they do, “there is no going back,” said Phillip Rumsey, manager of intergovernmental affairs for the state’s cannabis management office.

The other conditional adult-use retail dispensary licenses include four for western New York, one for the central region, three for Brooklyn, and five for the Mid-

Hudson area.

There are now 165 approved licenses across the state, although many municipalities — like New York City are filled with hundreds of unlicensed establishments, meeting very little resistance from law enforcement officials.

As of now, the cannabis board has granted at least one license in each region, except for the Finger Lakes.

The conditional licenses are issued as part of the Seeding Opportunity Initiative introduced by Gov. Kathy Hochul last year. Through the initiative, business owners that were impacted by old drug laws will benefit first. Those convicted or related to someone convicted of a marijuana-related offense — or nonprofit organizations who support people imprisoned for such offences — are able to get the licenses ahead of others.

Tremaine Wright, chair of the Cannabis Control Board, said the new licenses “will allow entrepreneurs to fairly participate in the legal market while promoting innovation and creative diversity throughout New York’s ever-growing cannabis supply chain.”

New York lawmakers legalized recreational marijuana in 2021 for adults 21 and older. It grants them the right to possess up to 3 ounces of cannabis, or a small quantity of concentrated cannabis. The state also expunged nonviolent criminal records related to cannabis in the past.

Licensees are allowed to open dispensaries on Long Island, but still need sign-off on any specific locations. Storefronts need to be approved and cannot have any neon or bright signs advertising any of their products, such as a giant marijuana leaf.

Each dispensary also needs to have darkened windows, or otherwise prevent the activity and products inside from being seen from outside. They also cannot be placed closer than 200 feet from any house of worship, and 55 feet from a school.

Each one must also be at least 4,000 feet apart from another, which will prevent a “Starbucks effect,” with one on every corner, officials said.

Licensees can work with a social equity fund to find spaces in communities to open shop or find them independently. The Cannabis Control Board additionally approved one laboratory permit for Certainty Analytical Labs in Rochester, bringing that number up to 13.

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STEPPING OUT

STEPPING OUT

Creative advocacy

on with the kids

Preschool fave Laurie Berkner goes solo

By Karen Bloom

he remains at the top of the children’s entertainment scene. Acclaimed as the “The Adele of the preschool crowd” or the “Queen of kindie rock,” Laurie Berkner is an industry unto herself. The first recording artist to perform in music videos on Nick Jr., her original songs, music videos, books, and three original off-Broadway musicals have made her ubiquitous in American households.

like it and whether I’m going to connect to them through it,” Berkner said. “I’m also thinking about whether I want to sing it over and over again, so I guess that’s the part that connects with adults. I guess I’m channeling my inner child.”

By Karen Bloom

Wish You Were Here

WHERE WHEN

• Sunday, April 30, 11 a.m.

The former preschool music teacher by day and indie rocker by night, Berkner started selling music out of her living

• Saturday and Sunday, noon-4 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

• $30-$75, plus applicable fees; available at TheSpaceAtWestbury.com

room on her own label, Two Tomatoes Records.

struggling to cope in a world turned upside down.

And her outpouring of music continued throughout the pandemic. Berkner was a source of stability and much needed entertainment — in her comforting way — for her young audience through virtual concerts. Daily during the first months of pandemic lockdown — then monthly, which still continue — Berkner reached families struggling to cope in a world turned upside down.

“I didn’t know what to expect,” she says. “Families started watching. So many kids were not in school and not getting music time. It was very intimate and a way to get us through the pandemic. The comments I received were so special. Families would tell me: ‘We see you in our homes, now we want to see you in person.’”

The

That moment has arrived again — to the delight both Berkner and her fans. She performs a solo concert — only her second show postpandemic on Long Island — at The Space in Westbury on April 30.

Billed as a “Greatest Hits” concert, it celebrates the 25th anniversary of the release of her second album “Buzz Buzz.”

concert — only her second show postIsland comprised,” she adds. “So it took so

“Many of my fans are disabled and immunocomprised,” she adds. “So it took a while to be able to get back to doing live shows safely. It feels so good to be moving around again in-person.”

That’s a Laurie Berkner concert. She wants her young fans in the groove with her throughout the duration of the show’s 75 minutes. “I squeeze every ounce of energy I can out of these kids,” she says.

• The Space at Westbury,

• Emily Lowe Hall Gallery, South Campus, Hempstead.

“When We All Stand,” Hofstra University Museum of Art’s new exhibition, examines Curated by Alexandra Giordano — the museum’s assistant director of exhibition and collection — the exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility and influence.

“It highlights the vital role that artists have in activating democratic values that promise equality and freedom, encouraging civic engagement, and cultivating unity,” Giordano says. “Artists often lead the charge and expose truths that may otherwise be ignored. The artists in this exhibition take a stand and call out injustices through their art and activism on issues such as immigration, gender, reproductive rights, mass incarceration, voting rights, racial bias, gun violence, and promises unfulfilled. They all combine the making of art with public service that has a grassroots approach in the hope of mobilizing their communities and the nation to ignite movement, create awareness, and inspire others to

Now, the veritable dynamo is seemingly everywhere. In addition to her 15 bestselling, awardwinning albums, her off-Broadway musicals, Berkner helped develop the short-form animated musical preschool series “Sing It, Laurie!” on Sprout TV. She has created two Laurie Berkner’s Song and Story Kitchen series with Audible Studios, who released them as 10-chapter audio books through the Audible Originals brand. And, of course, they’ll be more to come.

“These projects are all great fun to work on,” she says.

This exhibit, which runs through July 28, is in conjunction with Hofstra’s 13th presidential conference on the Barack Obama presidency coming up in April.

“We were interested in the idea that the artist has a civic responsibility,” says museum director Karen Albert. “The initial idea for this exhibition was inspired by an Obama Administration White House briefing that took place on May 12, 2009, where more than 60 artists and creative organizers met with administration officials to discuss the collective power of the arts to build community, create change, and chart a pathway for national recovery in the areas of social justice, civic participation and

But the best part of it all, she says, is the ongoing connection with families. “I’m creating a memory that will stay with them and become part of their life. I have new parents who heard my songs when they were little and now bring their kids to see me. That feels really special.”

Finally, Berkner reminds her fans (who really don’t need a reminder): “Don’t forget bring your dancing shoes and an animal for your head!”

To that end, unlike other recent exhibits that showcased the museum’s permanent collection, Giordano reached out to contemporary artists who loaned the museum their selected works. Some 36 pieces are on view — representing all media — from Emma Amos, Molly Crabapple and the Equal Justice Initiative, For Freedoms, Miguel Luciano, Michele Pred, Hank Willis Thomas, and Sophia

Go over the moon with Wish You Were Here’s celebration of 50 years of the ground-breaking musical masterpiece ‘The Dark Side of the Moon.’ With the iconic album as its anchor, the 10-piece band, known as ‘The Sight and Sound of Pink Floyd,’ continues its 28-year tradition as a leading Pink Floyd tribute act, combining sight and sound to capture the mood, emotions and intensity of the Floydian theatrical concert experience. The show’s unique setlist includes Floyd classics and obscurities of all eras — from ‘Syd’ to ‘The Division Bell.’ The entire Pink Floyd canon is represented, including classic favorites from ‘Wish You Were Here,’ ‘Animals’ and ‘The Wall,’ along with showstopping deep tracks for the true Floyd fanatics. The spectacular multi-media stage production adds to the experience, with moving lights and lasers, vintage videos, flying inflatables, sound effects, wall bricks, and more.

Saturday, April 15, 8 p.m. $66, $46, $36. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville. Tickets available at TillesCenter.org, or (516) 299-3100.

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She’ll perform all the beloved tunes like “Bumblebee (Buzz Buzz)” and “Pig On Her Head,” along with such well-loved hits as “Victor Vito,” “We Are the Dinosaurs,” “Rocketship Run,” and “The Goldfish (Let’s Go Swimming).” And more recent fan favorites including“Superhero,” “Waiting for the Elevator,” and “Chipmunk at the Gas Pump.”

“The way our climate is now, this exhibit could not be more timely than

Among the highlights, she points to the series of prints from the collective For Freedoms. Their four large scale photos are based on Norman Rockwell’s 1943 oil paintings inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address that outlined what he considered the essential four democratic values freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. For Freedoms has interpreted these iconic works for our era.

From the get-go, her audience is fully in sync.“I draw everyone in — running, dancing, jumping. Almost every song choice has something the kids can do movement-wise. They can jump, spin, blast off. This is definitely not a ‘sit down and watch me’ show.”

energy I can out of these kids,” she says. She’ll perform all the beloved tunes in speaks to kids without talking down to them, charming youngsters

“It’s the same composition,” Albert says. “From 1940s America, these (works) show what America is today, our diversity and what we look

Berkner, based in New York City with her band, is acclaimed as the star of children’s music and the power behind the progressive “kindie rock” movement — less saccharine, more rocking music that is not dumbed down for children. What sets her apart? Her music speaks to kids without talking down to them, charming youngsters without boring grown-ups.

As always the museum offers additional programming to enhance the exhibit experience. Upcoming events include an artist panel on Feb. 23, which examines the role of the artist as activist, and a gallery tour with Alexandra Giordano, March 16.

But it wasn’t simply talent that helped create an entire genre and skyrocketed Berkner to the top of the kids’ music scene. It was an ability to gain parents’ enthusiasm for the songs as well.

“When I’m writing a song, I’m thinking about whether the kids will

His talent goes way beyond fashion. Adelphi University welcomes the famed designer and ‘Project Runway All-Stars’ judge Isaac Mizrahi to the stage. Fresh off his Broadway debut in ‘Chicago’ and his sold-out annual two-week residency at the legendary Cafe Carlyle, Mizrahi shares stories and songs from his 30-plus years in the entertainment industry, accompanied by his jazz band, led by Ben Waltzer. Mizrahi sings a range of tunes from the Great American Songbook classics to contemporary standards. Expect him to offer his hilarious musings on everything of the moment from politics to dieting to his latest Instagram obsessions.

Saturday, April 22, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $60, with discounts available to seniors, students, alumni and employees. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City. (516) 877-4000 or Adelphi.edu/pac.

Can art change the world? It’s a question that’s been at the focus of our collective culture for centuries. Now as society navigates the complexities of modern life, art as a path for social change is at the forefront of artistic expression.

Courtesy Hofstra Universally Museum of Art Four Freedoms are reinterpreted as photos by Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and the Wyatt Gallery.

artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Sculpture: Hank Willis Thomas, Lives of Others, 2014, made from black urethane resin and standing 57 inches tall

250 Post Ave.,Westbury

Photos courtesy Jayme Thornton and Todd Owyoung

THE SCENE

Englishtown Project

Englishtown Project visits the Landmark stage with their tribute to rock history, Saturday, April 22, 8 p.m.

This all-star jam band — featuring members of New Riders of the Purple Sage, Zen Tricksters, and Max Creek — recreates the legendary 1977 concert in Englishtown, N.J., headlined by the Grateful Dead, the Dead family’s New Riders of the Purple Sage and the good-time, southern rock Marshall Tucker Band. This extravaganza includes “healthy doses” of selections from each band’s sets that day with a relaxed, festivalstyle program. $35, $30.

Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet. org.

April 15-16

Mineral, Fossil, Gemstone, Jewelry and Bead Show

Visit this fascinating showcase, Saturday and Sunday, April 1516, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Freeport Recreation Center. Browse among many items, including minerals, fossils, gemstones, jewelry, and beads, from varied dealers. Also find unique meteorites, fossils, handcrafted silver and gold jewelry, and more. $5.50 admission, under 12 are free when accompanied by an adult. Admission fees support recreation center programming, at 130 E. Merrick Road.

AP U.S. History Prep

Instructor Brian China, an experienced AP history teacher, offers an AP U.S. History prep course, Saturday, April 22, 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Learn strategies on answering questions, review rubrics, important exam concepts and how to earn all possible points. Class is held at Oceanside Lutheran Church, upper room, 55 Fairway Ave., Oceanside. Course fee is $125. Register at bit.ly/APoceanside. Call (516) 216-0633 for information

On exhibit

Nassau County Museum of Art’s new exhibition, “Eye And Mind: The Shin Collection,” highlights the extraordinary collection masterworks assembled by 31-year-old connoisseur Hong Gyu Shin, an internationally recognized figure in the global art world. He shares his treasures, including works by Whistler, Lautrec, Boucher, Daumier, Delacroix, Klimt, Schiele, Balthus, Warhol, de Kooning, Gorky and many other important names from art history provocatively juxtaposed with the painting and sculpture of our own time from both Asia and the West. On view through July 9. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Freeport Memorial Library Art Advisory

Artists who work in oils, watercolors, graphic arts, photography and threedimensional media are encouraged to apply for a one-month, one-person show at Freeport Memorial Library in 2023-2024. Interested parties should download an application from the website, FreeportLibrary. info. Submit an application with 10 sample images (jpg format) that represent the artwork you wish to display. Applications can be emailed to Eileen Sullivan atesullivan@ freeportlibrary.info or sent through regular mail to: Eileen Sullivan, Freeport Memorial Library, 144 West Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520. The deadline for submission is May 15. For more information, email Eileen Sullivan, Art Advisory Committee Liaison, at esullivan@freeportlibrary. info, or call (516) 379-3274, ext. 501.

Having an event?

Spring Dog Festival

Enjoy the glorious grounds of Old Westbury Gardens with your pooch (leashed of course), Saturday and Sunday, April 15-16, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. With varied vendors and activities.

Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information contact (516) 333-0048 or visit OldWestburyGardens.org.

Toy Camera Exhibit at Art Alcove

View Dawn Reilly’s “Just One More, A Photographic Exploration with Toy Cameras,” through April, at Art Alcove, in collaboration with the Long Island Arts Council. See unique and unpredictable photographs of portraits, landscapes, and events captured through plastic cameras, at Freeport Recreation Center, 130 E. Merrick Road.

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

Breastfeeding Support Group

Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support and resources, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year) to the informal group setting. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required. Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 705-2434 to secure you and your baby’s spot. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org.

National Poetry Month Celebration with Nassau County Poet Laureate

Visit Freeport Library for a celebration of National Poetry Month with Nassau County Poet Laureate Paula Curci, Wednesday, April 26, 6 p.m. Curci, a Gracie Award winner and host of WRHU, Radio Hofstra University presents her spoken-word poetry, followed by an open mic poetry session for adults and teens, 144 W. Merrick Road. The event is free to attend, but registration is required; online at FreeportLibrary.info, by phone at (516)-379-3274, or in person at the ASK Desk. Please note that poems shared during the open mic session should not include any profanity or discriminatory language.

On stage

Back by popular demand, families will enjoy a musical adventure, ripped from the pages of Mo Willems’ beloved children’s books, on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Friday, April 14, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m; Wednesday and Thursday, April 19- 20, 10:15 a.m. and noon. Elephant and Piggie storm the stage in a rollicking musical romp filled with plenty of pachydermal peril and swiney suspense perfect for young audiences. Cautious Gerald and playful Piggie share a day where anything is possible in an imaginative exploration of of friendship. Together with nutty backup singers, The Squirrelles, the comedic duo even gets the audience involved in the action. $9 with museum admission ($7 members), $12 theater only. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

‘The Wizard of Oz’

Journey down that Yellow Brick Road when the beloved story springs to life, presented Plaza Theatrical Productions, Friday and Saturday, April 14-15, 11 a.m; Sunday, April 16, 12 p.m. All the ingredients that have made this story a perennial favorite are here. Share Dorothy’s epic adventure with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion as they make their way to Oz not knowing what awaits them. Tickets $15. Visit the Plaza stage at The Showplace at Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore. For information/tickets, go to PlazaTheatrical.com or call (516) 599-6870.

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Hangout fundraises for Michael Francillon

Members of Hangout One Happy Place gathered to raise funds for Michael Francillon, one of their former members, who was struck by a van last month, with a bingo night at Baldwin Harbor Park on March 18.

Last January, Michael Francillon, 21, a former member of Hangout One Happy Place, a non-profit organization for people of all needs, was struck by a van while travelling on Forest Avenue resulting in severe head trauma. Since then, Francillon has been hospitalized and has undergone several head surgeries while he recovers.

To help pay for medical costs, Angela Lucas, founder of Hangout One Happy Place, organized a bingo fundraising event at Baldwin Harbor Park to help cover Francillon’s medical expenses.

“You can choose to do something or not do anything,” said Lucas. “I chose to organize a fundraiser, and people showed up to donate money for Michael.”

Lucas said she was able to raise more than $1400, which was donated to Ingrid Francillon, Michael’s mother, to help cover their expenses.

“We got the hangout to come together to support one of their friends, and help a family during a hard tie in their lives,” said Lucas. “Members made signs, raised donations and supported their friend.”

her son Michael has undergone several surgeries including one on his skull on April 4, which required surgeons to remove a part of his skull to relive the

pressure caused by head trauma. She said he has trouble breathing on his own, and has more surgeries scheduled to help him recover from his injuries.

Francillon said Michael has lost over

45 pounds since being hospitalized and remains in critical condition.

–Andre Silva

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MEMBERS OF HANGOUT One Happy Place gathered to raise funds for Michael Francillon, one of their former members, who was struck by a van last month, with a bingo night at Baldwin Harbor Park on March 18.

Courtesy the Long Island Arts Council IN CELEBRATION OF Women’s History Month, the Long Island Arts Council at Freeport hosted its second book talk event featuring three distinguished authors, Debra Blaine, Nancy Solomon, and Barbara Spinelli. The authors, pictured left to right, shared their unique perspectives and experiences with the audience.

Women’s History Month book talk event

The Long Island Arts Council at Freeport held its second book talk to celebrate Women’s History Month on March 23 at the Freeport Recreation Center.

The event featured three writers with ties to Freeport - Debra Blaine, Nancy Solomon, and Barbara Spinelli.

Blaine, a Freeport High School graduate and author of medical thrillers, spoke about the effects of greed on the American healthcare system and western corporate culture.

Solomon, the Executive Director of Long Island Traditions and author of sev-

eral books on maritime traditions that include Freeport, shared her expertise on the subject.

Lastly, Spinelli, a career counselor at the Freeport Memorial Library and author of a memoir about love and loss during the Vietnam War, talked about her writing journey. All three authors discussed diverse women’s experiences, identities, knowledge, and strength and read brief excerpts from their books.

–Mohamed Farghaly

Spoken-word poetry at Memorial Library

The Freeport Memorial Library is set to host Nassau County Poet Laureate Paula Curci on April 26 at 6 p.m. to celebrate National Poetry Month.

Curci, who is also a Gracie Award winner and WRHU, Radio Hofstra University host, will be presenting her spoken-word poetry at the event. She will showcase various works that she has gathered from her numerous books, anthologies, and performances.

Following Curci’s presentation, an open mic poetry session will be held where adults and teens can share their own poetry. The only requirement is that the poems should not include any profanity or discriminatory language.

Tammy Manor, the librarian, and Barbara Spinelli, the Library career counselor, who are both published poets, are coorganizing the event. They expressed their excitement and enthusiasm about Curci’s presence, saying that she will serve as an inspiration to many spokenword poets and writers from the Freeport area and beyond.

National Poetry Month, which was introduced by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, is celebrated each April to recognize the poets and their significant role in our culture.

Courtesy Freeport Memorial Library FREEPORT MEMORIAL LIBRARY is hosting Nassau County Poet Laureate Paula Curci’s spoken-word poetry event to celebrate National Poetry Month.

The event is free to attend and interested participants can register online at www.freeportlibrary.info, by phone at 516379-3274, or in person at the ASK Desk. The Freeport Memorial Library is located at 144 W. Merrick Road in Freeport.

Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of TIMOTHY ALPHONSE KEY located at 86 Decatur Street, in the City of Roosevelt New York 11575 and that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the under the fictitious name of IAN ROGER HEYWOOD located at 26 Union Place, in the City of Roosevelt New York 11575 and that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of DARIN MELVIN KEY located at 133 Wellington Street, in the City of Hempstead New York 11550. The names are registered with the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Dated at Saint Paul, Minnesota this 28 day of March, 2023

Dated at Saint Paul, Minnesota this 02 day of January, 2023

Dated at Saint Paul, Minnesota this 02 day of March, 2023, respectively

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation of GRENADA NASSAU, LLC -

Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on February 14, 2023. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 45 Pennsylvania Avenue, Roosevelt, N.Y. 11575.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation of PENN RAYMOND, LLC -

Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on February 14, 2023. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 45 Pennsylvania Avenue, Roosevelt, N.Y. 11575.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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LEGAL NOTICE REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU MIDFIRST BANK, Plaintiff - against - BENJAMIN BREW, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale

entered on July 7, 2022. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501

“Rain or Shine” on the 25th day of April, 2023 at 4:00 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Village of Freeport, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Premises known as 11 Southside Avenue, Freeport, (Village of Freeport) NY 11520.

(SBL#: 62-50-12)

Approximate amount of lien $368,185.76 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 602665/2019.

Farshad D. Saed, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 400 Meridian Centre Blvd, Ste 200 Rochester, NY 14618 Tel. 585/760-8218

For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832

Dated: February 1, 2023

During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale.

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If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction.

Melvyn Roth, Esq., Referee. SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road , Rockville Centre, NY 11570

Dated: 3/7/2023 File

Number: 38708 LD 138194

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WACHOVIA MORTGAGE, FSB, FORMERLY KNOWN AS WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB

Plaintiff, v.

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR MAROON PLAINS TRUST

Plaintiff, Against WAYNE PUSEY, MARCIA WATT, ET AL.

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 03/27/2019, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 4/27/2023 at 2:00 PM, premises known as 164 Colonial Avenue Freeport, NY 11520 and described as follows:

ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York

Section 55 Block 360 Lot 827 & 828

improvements erected, situate, lying and being at New Cassel, in the Town of North Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 11 Block 30 Lot 79 (Lot Group 79 and 80). Approximate amount of judgment $708,798.90 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 003168/2014. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Malachy Lyons Jr., Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792

Dated: February 16, 2023 75187

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appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Charles Casolaro, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 17-002264 74194 138087

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, AGAINST MARIA MUSTAFA A/K/A MARIA E. MUSTAFA A/K/A MARIA BENITEZ, MARTIRES BENITEZ A/K/A MARTIRES J. BENITEZ A/K/A MORTIRES BENITEZ, et al.

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on September 6, 2016.

I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on April 24, 2023 at 2:00 PM premises known as 150 West Fulton Avenue, Roosevelt, NY 11575.

erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 55 Block M Lot 302. Approximate amount of judgment

$627,893.15 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 008944/2016. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19

Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

George Esernio, Esq., Referee

LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC

Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff

175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792

Dated: March 6, 2023 138467

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU NJCC-NYS COMMUNITY RESTORATION FUND LLC, Plaintiff, Against DEIDRE KNIGHT A/K/A DEIDRE R. KNIGHT, APPOINTED ADMINISTRATRIX TO THE ESTATE OF GATHA L. BALLARD, NYNISHA JONES, WILLIE BALLARD, GATHA BALLARD JR, et al.

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 7/31/2019, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 4/24/2023 at 2:00 PM, premises known as 72 Independence Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520 and described as follows:

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

Section 55 Block 364 Lot 139

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $462,919.25 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale;

Index # 5603/2016

ELLEN MCCORMACK, ET AL, Defendant. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

THAT

In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on December 14, 2018, I, William Croutier, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on April 24, 2023 at The North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 2:00 PM the premises described as follows:

39 Layton Street Freeport, NY 11520

SBL. No.: 62-95-161

ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Village of Freeport, County of Nassau, State of New York.

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 012658/13 in the amount of $558,230.20 plus interest and costs.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held Rain or Shine. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

Richard S. Mullen

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 138196

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $638,717.26 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 607238/2018

If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction. Scott H Siller, Esq., Referee.

SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road , Rockville Centre, NY 11570

Dated: 2/21/23 File

Number: 34658 LD 138198

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp., Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-NC3, Asset Backed PassThrough Certificates, Plaintiff AGAINST Christopher Prescott; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated September 17, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on April 25, 2023 at 3:30PM, premises known as 205 New York Avenue, Westbury, NY 11590. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST ALEXANDRE NILOV AKA ALEXANDER NILOV, JENNIFER NILOV, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered December 19, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on April 24, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 883 SOUTH LONG BEACH AVENUE, FREEPORT, NY 11520. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 62, Block 186, Lot 540. Approximate amount of judgment $320,864.90 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #002546/2017. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County 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. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court

Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for Nassau County and the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 55, Block 414 and Lot 52.

Approximate amount of judgment $267,475.76 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #009181/2013.

Ellen Durst, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLPAttorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 138128

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff

AGAINST

Scott Craig a/k/a Scott O. Craig; Reginale Craig; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered June 19, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 2, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 212 Green Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements

COUNTY OF NASSAU, IRP FUND II TRUST 2A, Plaintiff, vs. NEW ISLAND DEVELOPMENT LLC, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on April 20, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 2, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 338 Brookside Avenue A/K/A 338 South Brookside Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 54, Block 524 and Lot 29.

Approximate amount of judgment is $577,510.21 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 602183/2021. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Audra Anne Divone, Esq., Referee Pincus Law Group, PLLC, 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, New York 11556, Attorneys for Plaintiff 138465

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006RF2, Plaintiff AGAINST Sandra Russell; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered March 3, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 3, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 6 Third 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, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of NY, Section 55 Block 451 Lot 78 Lot Group 78-79. Approximate amount of judgment $411,429.51 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold “Rain or Shine” subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 011365/2013. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the 10th Judicial District. Anthony F. Altimari, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC

Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792

Dated: March 6, 2023 138469

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL MEETING FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Nassau County, N. Y.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Freeport Union Free School District, Nassau County, New York, shall conduct its Annual Budget Vote and Trustees Election on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. The vote will be by voting machines at the designated polling places set forth below, between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. (local time).

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the following matters will be submitted to the registered voters of the Freeport School District: (1) To vote on the annual school budget as set forth in Proposition No. 1 below:

Proposition No. 1

SCHOOL BUDGET

Public Notices

RESOLVED that the Annual School Budget be adopted and the necessary amount be raised by a tax upon the taxable property located in Freeport Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, Freeport, New York, for the School Year 2023-2024.

(2) To vote on the annual library budget as set forth in Proposition No. 2 below:

Proposition No. 2

FREEPORT MEMORIAL LIBRARY BUDGET

RESOLVED, that the Freeport Memorial Library Budget be adopted and the necessary amount be raised by a tax upon the taxable property located in Freeport Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, Freeport, New York, for the Freeport Memorial Library for the year 2023-2024.

(3) To vote on the expenditure of funds from the Capital Reserve Fund established on May 16, 2017 as set forth in Proposition No. 3 below:

PROPOSITION #3 Capital Reserve Fund Proposition SHALL the Board of Education of the Freeport Union Free School District be authorized to expend: $2,500,000 from the Capital Reserve Fund established on May 16th, 2017 for the purpose of performing the following projects: Classroom Ceiling Tiles, Flooring & Lighting ReplacementsDistrictwide; Bathroom RenovationsDistrictwide. All of the foregoing to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental costs related thereto.

(4) The election of two (2) School Trustees of the Board of Education. The term shall begin July 1, 2023 and end June 30, 2026.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Registration shall be open, in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York, every school day in the Administration Building, 235 North Ocean Avenue, between the hours of 8:30 o’clock a.m. and 5:00 o’clock p.m. (local time) until Thursday, May 11, 2023, for the Annual Budget Vote and Election to be held on May 16, 2023. In addition, the Board of Registration will be open Tuesday, April 18, 2023 and Thursday, April 20, 2023 from 5:00 o’clock p.m. until 8:00 o’clock p.m. for residents to register to vote for the Annual Budget and Trustee election to be held on May 16, 2023. Any person who is not registered with the School District or who is not registered in the General Election or who has not voted at any annual or special district meeting or election held within the last four calendar years (2019-2022) must register in order to vote on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.

The voting registers will be open to inspection by any qualified voter on weekdays between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. from May 12, 2023 to May 15, 2023, excluding Sunday, May 14, 2023, and between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 12:00 P.M. noon on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at the Office of the District Clerk; and at each polling place on election day.

Absentee ballots will be available for the election of School Board Members and the Budget Vote.

Applications for absentee ballots are available in the Office of the District Clerk at the Freeport Public School Administration Building, 235 North Ocean Avenue, in Freeport. Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the election. Furthermore, such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or his/her designated agent. Upon receiving a timely request for a mailed absentee ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address set forth in the application by no later than six (6) days before the vote. Absentee ballots will be accepted in the Office of the Clerk of the school district no later than 5:00 P.M. on the day of the vote; any ballot received after that time will not be counted.

A listing of all people to whom absentee ballots were issued will be available in the District Clerk’s Office during regular office hours until the day before the vote.

Candidates for the Office of School Board Trustee must be nominated by a petition signed by at least forty (40) qualified voters of the District. The petition shall state name and residence of the candidate and shall state the name and residence of each signer. Candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be considered elected to their respective offices. Where terms are of different length, the candidate receiving the highest vote shall be elected to the longest term. However, a nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his unwillingness to serve. Petitions shall be filed between 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. no later than April 17, 2023 at the Office of the District Clerk.

A statement of the amount of money which will be required for the School Year 2023-2024 will be available to the

taxpayers at any of the School District buildings between 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. not later than fourteen (14) days before the vote, excepting Saturdays and Sundays or holidays, and at such annual election.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part, and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a lottery shall take place on Tuesday, April 17, 2023, at 5:00 P.M. for the purpose of determining candidate placement on the ballot should additional candidates file nominating petitions.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a budget hearing will be held on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 7:30 P.M. o’clock in the Caroline G. Atkinson School for the purpose of discussing the expenditures of funds and budgeting thereof.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a proposition in writing by petition of least one hundred and one (101) signatures of qualified voters of the District is required to place a proposition on the ballot. The petition must be filed in the Office of the District Clerk on or before 5:00 P.M. o’clock (local time) Monday, April 17, 2023. Petitions for propositions which are required by law to be included in the notice of the annual meeting must be submitted no later than 5:00 P.M. on or before Friday, March 17, 2023. The Board of Education reserves the right to edit or amend any proposition without changing the intent thereof.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district. Military voters who are qualified voters of the school district may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail in their request for such registration, ballot application or ballot.

Military voter registration forms and military ballot application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk of the school district no later than 5:00 P.M. on Thursday, April 20, 2023. No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is (1) received in the office of

the District Clerk before the close of the polls on election day and showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government; or (2) received by the office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 P.M. on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is associated to be not later than the day before the election.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election shall be held in accordance with the Rules for the Election of School Board Members adopted by the Board of Education.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING

1. A person shall be a citizen of the United States.

2. Eighteen or more years of age.

3. A resident of the District for a period of thirty days or more preceding the election at which he or she offers to vote.

4. Must be registered to vote.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the school election districts within the school district are as follows:

DISTRICT N-l

The Atkinson School Voting District is contained in the area, which is west of North Main Street, south of the northerly School District Boundary Line, and east of Milburn Creek and north of the Long Island Railroad.

DISTRICT N-2

The Columbus Avenue School Voting District is contained in the area which is north of the Long Island Railroad, east of North Main Street, south of the most northerly District boundary line and west of the Meadowbrook Parkway.

DISTRICT S-3

The Bayview Avenue School Voting District is contained in the area which is south of the Long Island Railroad right of way and west of the Eastern boundary line which runs south down South Long Beach Avenue to the southern property lines of the properties on the south side of Smith Street, then west along said property lines to the easterly property lines of the properties fronting on Bayview Avenue, thence proceeding south along said property lines to the easterly property lines on Branch Avenue and then southerly along the eastern boundary lines of said properties fronting on the east side of Branch Avenue to the northern property lines of properties fronting on the north side of Lewis Street, thence easterly along said boundary to Randall Bay.

The southern boundary is

the Village Line and the western boundary is the Village Line.

DISTRICT S-4

The Archer Street School Voting District is contained in the area which begins at the southerly side of the Long Island Railroad right of way where same intersects with the westerly boundary lines of properties fronting on the west side of Long Beach Avenue; thence running easterly along said right of way to the westerly boundary lines or properties fronting on the west side of Henry Street; thence southeasterly along said boundary lines to the intersection with South Main Street; thence southerly along the west side of South Main Street to the intersection with Mill Road; thence easterly along the south side of Mill Road to the intersection of Mill Road and Freeport Creek; thence southerly along Freeport Creek to the northerly boundary lines of properties fronting on the north side of East Bedell Street; thence easterly along said property lines to the Village Line also known as Freeport Creek; thence southerly along said line to the most southerly Village Line; thence westerly along said Village Line to Hudson Bay; thence north and northwesterly along Woodcleft Basin to Sportsman’s Channel; thence north along said Channel and its extension to the center line of Atlantic Avenue; thence westerly along said center line of Atlantic Avenue to the easterly boundary lines of properties fronting on the east side of Bayview Avenue; thence northerly along said boundary lines to the intersection of the southerly boundary lines of properties fronting on the south side of Smith Street; thence easterly along said boundary lines of properties fronting on the west side of Long Beach Avenue; thence northerly along said boundary lines to the point or place of beginning.

DISTRICT S-5

The Giblyn School Voting District is contained in the area which begins at a point where the easterly boundary lines of properties fronting on Bayview Avenue intersects the center line of Atlantic Avenue running thence easterly along said center line to the western boundary line of properties fronting on the west side of Sportsman’s Avenue; thence southerly along said lines to the Sportsman’s Channel; thence southerly along said Channel to the Woodcleft Basin; thence southeasterly along said basin to easterly boundary of Village Line

running along Hudson Bay; thence southerly along said boundary line to the southerly boundary of the Village Line also known as Little Swift Creek; thence westerly along said Village Line to a point where same intersects Randall Bay; thence northerly along said Bay to the intersection of the northerly boundary lines of properties fronting on the north side of Lewis Street; thence westerly along said boundary line to the easterly boundary lines of properties fronting on the east side of Branch Avenue; thence northerly along said boundary lines to the intersection of the east boundary lines of properties fronting on the east side of Bayview Avenue; thence northerly along said boundary lines to the point or place of beginning.

DISTRICT S6

The Cleveland Avenue School Voting District (now based at the Albany Avenue Field House, 55 Albany Avenue) is contained in the area which is south of the Long Island Railroad right of way, east of the eastern boundary of District S-4, with the eastern and southern boundary being the village boundaries BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Maria Jordan-Awalom

President Benjamin Roberts District Clerk 138475

Judgment Index#

013758/2013. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Jason Vishnick, Esq., Referee

LOGS Legal Group LLP

f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC

Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792

Dated: March 7, 2023

138471

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee for the registered holders of IMH Assets Corp., Collateralized AssetBacked Bonds, Series 2005-3, Plaintiff AGAINST Orazio J. Petito; Nancy Petito; et al.,

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU

Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Plaintiff

AGAINST Denise Sekur a/k/a Denise E. Sam; Fred Sekur a/k/a Fred E. Sekur; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered December 24, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 2, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 122 Rocklyn, Lynbrook, NY 11563. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 38 Block 477 Lot 312. Approximate amount of judgment $354,864.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed

Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered December 19, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 1, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 73 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove, NY 11542. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Glen Cove, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 31 Block 47 Lot 417. Approximate amount of judgment $1,199,324.65 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 006906/2015. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Farshad David Saed, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC

Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792

Dated: February 28, 2023

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU

United Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiff AGAINST Oudit Busgeeth, Mohini Busgeeth, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered September 19, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side

steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 2, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 824 South Ocean Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section: 62, Block: 180, Lot: 431. Approximate amount of judgment $331,480.43 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #006309/2015 f/k/a 15-006309. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2.nycourts.gov /Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. John M. Brickman, Esq., Referee McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC 7 Wells Street, Suite 205B Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 15-313308 75318

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LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff -against- RAFAEL CARRASQUILLO, MICHAEL STIGLITZ, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated April 7, 2015, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at (CCP) Calendar Control Part Court Room of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on May 4th, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of Morris Street, distant 325 feet westerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of Morris Street with the westerly side of South Bay Avenue; being a plot 101.89 feet by 50 feet by 101.89 feet by 50 feet. S/B/L: 62/36/8.

Public Notices

All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction. Said premises known as 27 MORRIS STREET, FREEPORT, NY

Approximate amount of lien $453,505.28 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Index Number 7027/2012.

SCOTT SILLER, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff

47 Hillside Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manhasset, NY

11030

File# 4722.1705

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LEGAL NOTICE

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS-SUPREME

COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NASSAU - U.S. BANK

TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR REO TRUST 2017-RPL1, Plaintiff, -against- THE UNKNOWN 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 THE DECEDENTS VIOLA

WHALEY AND WALTER GRABOWSKI BY PURCHASE, INHERITANCE, LIEN OR OTHERWISE, ANY RIGHT TITLE OR INTEREST IN AND TO THE PREMISES DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN; SPENCER R. WHALEY; U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR LOAN ACQUISITION TRUST 2017-RPL1; DISCOVER BANK; “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #10” inclusive, the names of the ten last name Defendants being fictitious, real names unknown to the Plaintiff, the parties intended being persons or corporations having an interest in, or tenants or persons in possession of, portions of the mortgaged premises

described in the Complaint, DefendantsIndex No. 616841/2022

Plaintiff Designates Nassau County as the Place of Trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject premises is situated in Nassau County. 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 upon 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. If you fail to so appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. That this Supplemental Summons is being filed pursuant to an order of the court dated March 14, 2023.

NOTICE-YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING

YOUR HOME - If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR REO TRUST 2017-RPL1) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable David P. Sullivan J.S.C.

Dated: March 14, 2023

Filed: March 14, 2023 The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 62 East First Street, Freeport, NY 11520. Dated: November 22, 2022

Filed: November 29, 2022 Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP., Attorney for Plaintiff, By: Mark R. Knuckles, Esq., 565 Taxter Road Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523 Phone: (914) 345-3020 138463

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU

BANK OF NEW YORK

MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST, V. RONALD BALDON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF ABRAHAM BALDON, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated January 25, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I

TRUST is the Plaintiff and RONALD BALDON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF ABRAHAM BALDON, ET AL. are the Defendant(s).

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, North Side Steps, 100 Supreme Court Drive Mineola, NY 11501, on May 2, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 192 BEECHWOOD AVENUE, ROOSEVELT, NY 11575:

Section 55, Block 470, Lot 124, 125 & 126:

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED

SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT ROOSEVELT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 613305/2018. William R. Boccio, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 138461

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-OPT1, Plaintiff, Against

STEVEN HELBERG, DEIDRE HELBERG, SIERRA HELBERG S/H/A JOHN DOE #1, STEVEN HELBERG JR S/H/A JOHN DOE #2, Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 2/9/2023, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 5/10/2023 at 2:00 pm, premises known as 310 W Seaman Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520 and described as follows:

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, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York Section 36 Block 331 Lot 95

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $507,294.80 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 004233/2015

If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction. Glenn R. Jersey, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, 10 Midland Avenue, Suite 205, Port Chester, NY 10573 Dated: 3/16/2023 File Number: 560-1513 LD 138630

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-3, Plaintiff, vs. ARKEAM ELLERBE, GOLDA CORDOVA, ET AL., Defendant (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on October 30, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Courthouse, on the North side steps, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York on May 9, 2023 at 2:00 P.M., premises known as 2380 LOFT AVENUE, BALDWIN, NY 11510. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and

State of New York, Section: 54, Block: 129, Lot: 17 & 18. Approximate amount of judgment is $511,751.33 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 612222/2018. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Referee. For Sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832.

MARK S. RICCIARDI, Esq., Referee Roach & Lin, P.C., 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 185, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff 138634

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Plaintiff AGAINST Hans Cordova; Yury Sanchez, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered May 18, 2010, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 10, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 18 May Court, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION: 54, BLOCK: 317, LOT: 182. Approximate amount of judgment $363,680.66 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #012237/2008. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2.nycourts.gov /Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call

(800) 280-2832. The Referee will only accept certified Bank checks. No cash will be accepted at sale. David H. Rosen, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-093965-F01

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff AGAINST RICOT PAILLANT, DOMINIQUE PAILLANT, EVANS PIERRE, Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale

duly entered January 27, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 8, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 1395 CIRCLE DRIVE WEST, NORTH BALDWIN, NY 11510. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Baldwin, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 36, Block 468-02, Lot 48. Approximate amount of judgment $485,221.39 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #602216/2019. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County 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. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure

Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Ellen Durst, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 18-008526 75404 138527

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Christine Williams a/k/a

Christine S. Williams a/k/a

Christine Cameron; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered January 6, 2023 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 11, 2023 at 2:30PM,

premises known as 194 Woodside Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 55 Block 352 Lots 486, 487 and 488. Approximate amount of judgment

$812,770.66 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 612848/2018. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19

Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed

Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Janine Lynam, Esq., Referee

LOGS Legal Group LLP

f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC

Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff

175 Mile Crossing Boulevard

Rochester, New York 14624

(877) 430-4792

Dated: March 7, 2023

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC

MEETING

The Freeport Housing Authority will hold a Public Meeting on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at 5:00 PM. The meeting will be held at 240 South Main Street, Community Center, Freeport, NY 11520. 138793

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LEGAL NOTICE

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLIC

HEARING - April 26, 2023

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a Public Hearing with the Zoning Board of Appeals is scheduled for Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 6:00P.M. in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Main Conference Room, 46 N. Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York on the appeals and applications of cases as they appear on the calendar; residential applications that do not extend their prior nonconforming status may be called first; public comment invited. It is anticipated that the Board will adjourn the legislative session and enter into Executive Session until 6:30P.M.

INTERESTED PROPERTY

OWNERS and other persons should appear at the above time and place to have questions answered and to voice opinions.

All applications are nonconforming with zoning regulations herein specified for the districts in which they are located.

Application #2023-3231 S. Brookside Ave., Residence A - Section 54/Block 208/Lot 64Felice McCoy - Maintain 20’ x 24’ single story two car garage. Variances: Village Ordinance §210-6(A), §210-43(C)(2)Rear yards depth, §210-43(C)(3) - Sides yards width.

BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

Pamela Walsh Boening, Village Clerk 138794

LEGAL NOTICE

SITE PLAN REVIEW

BOARD MEETING - APRIL 25, 2023

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a Public Hearing will be held before the Site Plan Review Board on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 6:45 P.M., in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Main Conference Room, 46 N. Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York, on Site Plan applications as they appear on the calendar; public comment invited. The Board will meet at 6:00 P.M. in the Trustees Conference Room to discuss cases not requiring a public hearing; open to the public, no public comment.

INTERESTED PROPERTY OWNERS and other persons should appear at the above time and place to have questions answered and to voice opinions.

SP-3628 - 862 S Long Beach Avenue, Section 62/Block 156/Lot 343. Residence A. Oscar Guevara. Non-compliance with original decision. Multiple changes done to windows, doors, siding, soffits, lighting, railings, roofing, fascia, columns, stairs and a 290 sq. ft. 2nd story deck on 3rd story.

BY ORDER OF THE PLANNING BOARD

Pamela Walsh Boening, Village Clerk 138795

LEGAL NOTICE

ASSESSOR’S NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL THE ASSESSOR OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that he has completed the 2023/2024 final assessment roll, which will be used for the 2024 levy of Town and County Taxes in the Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, and the City of Glen Cove and the City of Long Beach, and for the 2023/2024 levy of school taxes in such Towns and in the City of Long Beach. A certified electronic copy of the roll was filed with the Department of Assessment on April 3, 2023. The electronic roll may be examined on public terminals located in the offices of: DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT

NASSAU COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING

240 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, FOURTH FLOOR MINEOLA, NY 11501 where the same will remain open for public inspection for fifteen days.

Dated this 3rd day of April, 2023.

MATTHEW R. CRONIN, IAO Chief Deputy Assessor, Nassau County 138706

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC, V. RALPH MAISONNEUVE, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated December 21, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC is the Plaintiff and RALPH MAISONNEUVE, ET AL. are the Defendant(s).

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on May 16, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 182 EVANS AVENUE, FREEPORT, NY 11520: Section 55, Block 101, Lot 39:

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, STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 010553/2014. Irene V. Villacci, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.

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LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST, V. MICHELLE RICHARDSON, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 24, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST is the Plaintiff and MICHELLE RICHARDSON, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on May 16, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 102 HAUSCH BOULEVARD, ROOSEVELT, NY 11575: Section 55, Block 527, Lot 43: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN ROOSEVELT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 612080/2019. Malachy Patrick Lyons, Jr., Esq.Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK

DIRECTIVES. 138764

Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 18-007175 75337 138687

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff AGAINST JOSE R. PIMENTEL; MICHELLE DELAROSA; ET AL.,

Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered October 2, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 16, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 145 LAKEVIEW AVENUE, FREEPORT, NY 11520. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 55, Block 207, Lot 248.

Approximate amount of judgment $609,613.26 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #002567/2013. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County 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. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure

Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. CASH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AT SALE. Lisa Goodwin, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE MLMI TRUST SERIES

2005-HE3, Plaintiff AGAINST GUY DURAND, MARLENE BOSSOUS, ET AL., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered August 16, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 17, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 3432 BAY FRONT DRIVE, BALDWIN, NY 11510. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Baldwin in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 54, Block 340, Lot 76, 77, 78. Approximate amount of judgment $693,466.00 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #003051/2017. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County 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. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Stephen G.

Courtesy Office the Nassau County Legislature Minority KEISHA GRAHAM-WILSON OF Central Nassau Guidance and Counseling Services, Dr. Sharon Harris of Substance Abuse Free Environments, Legislator Arnold Drucker, Legislator Debra Mulé, Claudia Rotondo of the Baldwin Council Against Drug Abuse, Jeff Stone of Project Help Long Island, and Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton met last June to promote inclusion of fentanyl test strips in Narcan kits distributed by Nassau County.

Advocacy for fentanyl test strips in Narcan kits

By REINE BETHANY Special to the Herald

Three Nassau County Legislators sent a letter to Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello last month, asking why their nine-month-old proposal to include fentanyl test strips with county Narcan kits has been ignored.

It was June 21, 2022, when Legislators Debra Mulé (D-Freeport), Arnold W. Drucker (D-Plainview), and Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D-Plainview) called a press conference on the steps of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola. They explained that fentanyl, a synthetic opioid far more powerful than morphine and other common opioids, has contributed to a rising tide of overdose deaths.

The legislators had just filed Clerk Item 166-22, a legislative proposal to require the inclusion of low-cost fentanyl testing strips in every Narcan kit distributed by a county agency.

However, to date, the item has received no action from the Republican majority in the county legislature.

The legislators’ Feb. 15 letter of this year pointed out that, this past January, County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder acknowledged the opioid epidemic in a “recent joint announcement warning the public of an ‘unusual increase in both fatal and non-fatal overdoses from January 13th to January 18th, 2023’—a public health incident that is potentially attributable to counterfeit pills/opioids laced with fentanyl.”

Though the fentanyl strips could be critical to reversing an overdose, “The proposal was not even put on the calendar,” Mulé said in a phone interview, which means no opportunity was given for the legislature to vote on it.

The presiding officer decides which bills make it onto the calendar.

The Democrats’ letter listed the Republican objections: “that the strips are not effective enough; that distributing these

Nassau County distributes free Narcan kits to police departments and health organizations. The kits contain naloxone, which temporarily reverses the effects of an overdose of common opioids such as oxycodone, morphine, and heroin, giving the patient a chance to be transported to a hospital for treatment.

However, if fentanyl has been mixed with another substance, the urgency of treatment could be much greater. Having fentanyl test strips on hand to better discern what the patient had ingested could then be life-saving.

Each fentanyl test strip costs about a dollar.

–Reine Bethany

tools will somehow expose the county to litigation; and that they might even promote illicit drug use.”

Jeff Stone, president of Port Washington-based Project Help Long Island, attended the June 2022 press conference and endorsed the bill. “Fentanyl is a huge scourge on our society, plain and simple,” Stone said at that time.

The Beacon sent an email query to Mary Studdert, Director of Communication for the Nassau County Legislature, Majority, asking why Clerk Item 166-22 had not made it onto the legislative calendar for a vote. Studdert’s only response was, “We carefully evaluate every piece of legislation that comes through the legislature, and some items require additional work before they are ready to be called. Others are not ripe for consideration. Each piece of legislation will receive appropriate consideration.”

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A. There are 74 separate jurisdictions, local communities, in Nassau County that have their own rules and regulations on sizes of properties and homes, and how those homes can be used. Fortyone years ago, I came to Nassau as an architect with a minor in city planning, and served on the Nassau Planning Commission committee that regulates the use of open spaces and park policies and development. It was an opportunity I hoped would lead to an active role in developing a master plan for the county.

I was optimistic and naïve, but became discouraged when I learned there was no cohesive master plan for either the county or local governments. I was young, and struggling, like many, to own a home and raise a family, and I saw this lack of planning as an obstacle to addressing our future growth of population or the evolving housing stock.

Without a plan, there will be no solution to the shortage of places to own a first home. The volley made by the governor, I believe, was an attempt to change the growing problem of serving the needs of 30 percent of a generation that can’t afford homes. It’s a complicated planning process to create the layers of regulations of affordable housing with alternate methods of using properties safely, without major disruption of traffic flow, sanitation, education and proximity to neighbors.

People, I have discovered, are very territorial, in multiple ways. Hochul forced the start of a discussion that could lead to positive change, but only for communities that look for real long-range solutions to the economic and social factors and the mechanics of housing. Those who reject the future outright, who expect that nothing changes, are basically rejecting people who may have had a chance to live in a place that they grew up in, near family, and who have ties and dedication to their community’s future.

The socio-economic implications of current public policy seems to underscore that the rejection or failure to address a plan is more socio and less economic. The undertones of the rejection could be based more on fear than courage. Communities that fail to plan may as well plan to fail. Depending on how municipalities find ways to reject the need for many types of solutions, they may find themselves facing higher taxes to settle lawsuits or fill in the gaps when trickle-down federal and state funding is denied to them to keep their services operating. We need discussion, planning and forward thinking to solve any growing problem, but first we must recognize that there is a problem.

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Progress and leadership require vision. It is impossible to lead people without a destination. I was grateful that I knew these principals when I was called to serve the public half a decade ago.

Picture this: The year was 2018, and we had never had a summer so hot. I was a very new and inexperienced candidate running to represent the 18th Assembly District.

I was charged with meeting the entire community — 135,000 people — in about three months.

I set out to knock on doors and attend community events, and during every interaction, I asked one very important question: “What is one change you would make to improve our community?” After knocking on countless doors, the team and I started to see a pattern of need and desire. A lot of people were wishing and hoping and thinking and praying. This beautiful community wanted more!

I sat down with my cousin/best friend/ (eventual) campaign manager and proclaimed, “We need a vision, and we need it to be hashtag-worthy.” We brainstormed

for a while, and the answer was with us, a culmination of every response to the question I posed: Our community wanted and firmly believed they deserved excellence. It is vital that everyone in our community internalize this standard in all that we receive and contribute daily. The community’s desire and focus birthed the platform Excellence for the 18th, also known by the hashtag “Excellence for the 18th.”

The platform has three pillars. The first is Excellent Education And Training For All. We are lifelong learners. I firmly believe we die the second we cease to learn. Everyone from high school seniors to our goldenagers deserves access to education and training that will afford them the best opportunities and quality of life. Retirees mentioned that they would love to have additional income streams, and were hungry for certification programs in a variety of industries.

I met so many young adults who knew that entrepreneurship was in their heart, and they needed guidance to create and develop their businesses. I have constituents who had difficulty funding their college education or who were uninterested in that path, and they required better pathways to earn a living and build

wealth.

I was filled with excitement about this for a few reasons. The first was that I am a victim of student loans — I had no idea I was signing my life away for the pursuit of higher education. The second reason was that many homeowners were experiencing difficulty sourcing plumbers, masons, electricians and other experts for their home maintenance needs. Finally, I love the “earn while you learn” apprenticeship model, and vowed to become a conduit for my school district and labor unions to grow our trade industries.

The second platform pillar is Excellent Quality of Life. We are literally products of our environment, so we must ensure that our community is functional, well maintained and beautiful. This includes, but is not limited to, our front lawns, roads, infrastructure and institutions, as well as local businesses.

I heard so many cries of disappointment and outrage over the state of some neighborhoods throughout the district. Many of the problems were the result of inconsistent code enforcement, an influx of renters or transient neighbors and a breakdown of our responsibility to one another. Oh, the difference it would make if more roads were repaired (potholes are

pure evil), front yard fences and lawns were cohesive and maintained, and businesses had uniform awnings.

Finally, and most important, the third pillar is Excellent Health Is Wealth. Without our mental, physical, spiritual and financial health, we are operating from a deficit. I want every person in Darling District 18 to be holistically healthy and operating from a space abundance. That means we have more whole and healthy food options, eliminate food deserts, create and encourage more walking and bike paths and effectively and consistently connect the community with health resources.

The central location of the 18th District provides us with loads of options. We have great parks with awesome programming, and a great saturation of health clubs and medical networks. The best part of waking up every day is that I get to broker the relationships between these networks and the community. Every little step we take propels us toward Excellence for the 18th.

We have some major work to do to fully actualize Excellence for the 18th, but together I know we can make magic happen. Stay tuned.

Taylor Darling is an Assemblywoman representing the 18th District, which encompasses all or parts of Baldwin, Freeport, Garden City, Hempstead, Lakeview, Roosevelt, Uniondale and West Hempstead.

Thoughts for a grandson on his 18th birthday

Forget everything I’ve said up until now.

Over these 18 years, as you graduated from binkys to bigboy pants to bicycles to four-wheel drives, the advice to young men turning 18 has changed. (It has also changed for young women.)

It used to begin with, “You’re an adult now; you need to be thinking about work or college or military service.”

That pretty much isn’t true anymore.

RANDI KREISS

The rollout to adulthood is different these days. And slower. The advice is less rigid because the path is less clear.

According

to USA

Today, some 47 percent of young adults live at home with one parent or two. For all of you turning 18, the pandemic interrupted your lives, inflation is making single-person dwellings unaffordable, the job market is completely weird, and college isn’t necessary a launching pad to work but a time to continue growing up. That said, the rite of passage is signifi-

cant, because this is your moment. Some day you may be telling children or grandchildren what it was like when you were 18. Today you begin to write that story.

Once the day dawns on your 18th birthday, the following are all the things you can do that you couldn’t do the day before (legally, anyway). You can now, without parental permission:

Vote, join the military, buy a pet, get a body piercing or tattoo, change your name, book a hotel room, become a real estate agent, use a meat/deli slicer at a grocery store job, skydive, sign yourself out of high school, be called for jury duty, open a bank account, have sex legally with someone else over 18, get a Costco card, get married, buy a house, drive a taxi, get a license to drive a truck, go to the E.R. alone for treatment, file a lawsuit, adopt a child, create a will, buy a car, rent an apartment, rent an Airbnb, buy spraypaint, buy cough suppressants, or move out of your parents’ home.

Knowing you, I’d be surprised if the first thing you did was run out to buy spray-paint, but I’ve lived long enough to

know that you never know. I imagine you won’t be adopting a child. And it’s most unlikely that you’ll buy a house. You can move out of Dad’s house legally, but why in heaven’s name would you? Give up the morning strawberry smoothies? Pass up the exotic stir-frys and the mahi-mahi your dad catches on a regular basis? You may be 18, but you aren’t crazy!

Would you like to know what other 18-year-olds have done? No pressure, but Alexander the Great, who was born in 356 BCE, completed his studies with Aristotle at age 16 and ruled Macedonia. By 17 he had put down a revolt and founded the city of Alexandropolis. Life is different today, for sure, but people standing in the doorway of adulthood have few limitations on what they can accomplish.

Mark Zuckerberg was 19 when he founded Facebook, Wayne Gretsky was a professional hockey player at 19, Pele was 17 when he won the World Cup, and Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize when she was 17. These young people were outliers, of course. Most of us find satisfaction and peace of mind in

managing to live quite ordinary lives.

What we all have in common is the need for solid human connections and a determination to do our best in our time on earth.

You come from a clan of achievers who support one another in our interests and relationships and work. Not a bad launch pad.

I was a freshman in college when I was 18, and it was one of the most confusing times of my life. I had no idea what I wanted to do or how to do it. It was the first time, and not the last, that I sought counseling to help me figure out my path. Always ask for help when you need it.

You have the mixed blessing of no required set path, and I confess to being a bit envious. You will educate yourself, travel, enjoy friendships and explore relationships. There is no timetable. You can take any leap of faith that beckons to you. That must be so liberating, and scary.

What I know, as your grandma, is that you have a good heart, an athlete’s determination and a sharp mind. Happy, happy birthday. Enjoy being 18, and don’t go adopting any children or buying any houses, at least until you’re 19.

Copyright 2023 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

You have the mixed blessing of no required set path, and I’m a bit envious.

In an effort to be ‘hashtagworthy,’ we came up with ‘Excellence for the 18th.’

TAYLOR

Losing a hero way too soon

She always had the brightest smile in the room. She was always ready to offer a hand to anyone who needed it — whether it be for comfort, or simply for their own smile.

That’s how friends and colleagues described Susan Giovanniello, a volunteer EMT with Glen Cove Emergency Medical Services, who had a medical emergency of her own and died after a shift last week. While it’s tragic when we lose anyone who worked to make the world a better place, Susan’s passing was even harder, as she was just 19 years old.

“Susan, with her contagious smile and demeanor, put forth calm in stressful situations,” Glen Cove EMS said afterward.

“Her enthusiasm for training and teamwork with the corps will be greatly missed. She is a hero, and will live on in our hearts forever.”

It was no accident that Susan was doing exactly what she loved at such a young age. She was part of the Glen Cove EMS Explorers from a young age — a program started through the Boy Scouts of America that provides opportunities for young men and women to explore poten-

LETTERS

There Randi goes again

To the Editor:

In her column “Writers will tell the story of our times” (March 9-15), Randi Kreiss referenced Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” which, as she put it, “speaks to the currents of evil that can sweep away an entire community.” She has no trouble at all vilifying DeSantis, Trump, and Marjorie Taylor Greene in this regard.

However, she conveniently omits Joe Biden and the destruction his administration has wrought on the entire country: a border crisis, rising crime, rampant inflation, supply chain disruptions, high gas and food prices, Covid mandates, no more energy independence, massive federal spending, banks collapsing, instability overseas — need I go on?

With the country currently circling the drain, Ms. Kreiss has successfully demonstrated once again that her irrational hatred for Donald Trump and conservatives takes precedence over current reality.

PAUL TUTHILL Glen Cove

Make Nassau County carbon-neutral by 2035

To the Editor:

I begin with a reminder about something that we too often forget here in Nassau County: that all 1.3 million of us live on an island.

And while living on this island, our exposure to climate change is a constant threat to our homes,

tial careers in a number of fields, like those of first responders.

There are now more than 5,000 posts across the country serving more than 100,000 teenagers. Teenagers just like Susan Giovanniello.

We all have busy lives, so we don’t think about the importance of first responders much until we, or someone we love, needs them most. A single EMS responder can head out on dozens of calls on a single shift, and save more lives in a day than many of us could in a lifetime.

We might not think of EMS workers putting their health and safety on the line, as do, say, police officers or firefighters. But they do. According to Lexipol’s EMS1, Giovanniello was the eighth first responder to die in the line of duty this year.

There was Chad Tate, a firefighter in Sequim, Washington, who was found dead in his bunk. Ethan Quillen, who died after coming into contact with a live power line in Paw Paw, Michigan. Tiquita Miles, who was killed in a collision between her ambulance and an SUV in Atlanta.

Minton “Butch” Beach died from an apparent heart attack during training in

Oak City, North Carolina. Eddie Hykel was struck by a car in West, Texas. Matthew Madigan was also struck and killed by a car, in Detroit. Jay Miles, a firefighter and EMT, suffered a stroke while loading a patient in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. Even since Giovanniello’s death, we’ve lost yet another one of these heroes: veteran Chicago firefighter Jan Tchoryk, who died after climbing 11 stories in a tower that was on fire.

These are people we never met, and likely never heard of while they were alive. But that’s what makes them heroes. They weren’t wearing fancy spandex or going by some eye-catching moniker. They were everyday people, like all of us, who simply wanted to leave the world a little better than they found it.

That’s exactly who Susan Giovanniello was. If you didn’t know her name before last week, that was perfectly fine. It was never about recognition for Susan — it was simply about being there when a perfect stranger needed her most. Offering the brightest smile in the room. Ready to offer a hand to anyone who needed it.

Susan Giovanniello was a hero. A hero we lost way too soon.

our communities, our infrastructure, our drinking water, and our collective safety. In fact, Long Island ranks fourth among major population centers for its exposure to the physical and economic risks of climate change.

Reports show that we are especially vulnerable to warming temperatures, extreme weather, sea level rise and “water stress” from our reliance on a sole-source aquifer. This underscores the need for collective urgency, and how the actions we take now

will help protect Long Island for generations to come.

This view is not hyperbolic. Once-in-ageneration storms that once happened every century are happening every month. Recently, 26 people died in an extreme tornado in Mississippi. Thirty-seven people died this winter from extreme storms in Buffalo. And we can’t forget Hurricane Sandy, in which 44 New Yorkers lost their lives and 69,000 people suffered property damage.

Local governments are on the front line of

With Trump’s indictment, we cross a dangerous line

Ihave ridden through New York City in presidential motorcades with Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump. Looking out the window of the presidential limousine, I would wonder what was going through the minds of the onlookers lining the sidewalks, or the drivers and passengers in the cars and buses frozen in place as our endless stream of official vehicles made its way through the city streets.

A week and a half ago — on Monday, April 3, shortly before 4 p.m. — I found out. I was driving down Second Avenue in Manhattan, approaching 55th Street, when a New York Police Department officer climbed off his motorcycle, which had been traveling west, its lights flashing red, and halted all traffic just as I was about to cross 55th Street.

My first reaction was the thought, wrong place, wrong time. I was already running late for a WABC radio pre-show meeting at Third Avenue and 49th Street. But as I saw the long line of vehicles passing in front of me — the black SUVs, the marked NYPD cars, the unmarked heavyweapons Secret Service truck and the New York City Fire Department emergency vehicle — escorting former President Trump from LaGuardia Airport to Trump Tower, at Fifth Avenue and 56th Street, I realized that I was witnessing a moment in history. A sad moment, with lasting consequences not just for New York, but also for the United States and the world. Minutes later, as I walked from the parking garage on 48th Street and looked up at the NYPD helicopters whirring in the sky above the city’s giant skyscrapers, my sadness and concern heightened.

The first criminal indictment of a former president of the United States

LETTERS

this crisis, and we have the opportunity to transform our communities and make them healthier and more sustainable. That’s why I’ve introduced legislation to make county government operations carbon-neutral by 2035. The state has already set a timeline of 2050, and there’s no reason Nassau shouldn’t be ambitious in leading the way.

To be absolutely clear, my proposal relates strictly to county government and our municipal operations. So, while it would not establish new mandates for individual homeowners, all Nassau residents would be the beneficiaries of a cleaner environment.

Whether it’s improving the quality of our air, drinking water, beaches, buildings, or parks and preserves, we all benefit from a greener Nassau. And of equal importance, this bill would make the county “climate smart,” ensuring that state and federal grants offset the costs of these improvements so we don’t have to add a single dollar in taxes. In fact, going green would actually save taxpayers money by making our operations more efficient.

A bipartisan group of mayors representing 130 American cities have joined the initiative Cities Race to Zero to move toward a zero-emissions future. I’m calling on County Executive Bruce Blakeman and my Republican and Democratic colleagues in the Legislature to join them by passing this bill and making Nassau County the 131st participant. We don’t have any time to waste.

JOSHUA A. LAFAZAN Woodbury Nassau County legislator, 18th District

LIRR is dissing the disabled

To the Editor:

The physically disabled are facing challenges changing trains at Jamaica Station to reach Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn, but that comes as no surprise to me. I have written about this issue for years, prior to the opening of the new $12.6 billion LIRR East Side Access to Grand Central Madison.

Since the passage of the 1964 Urban Mass Transportation Act, the Federal Transit Administration has provided billions of dollars in grant funds to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to bringing New York City Transit, Long Island and Metro North Rail Road stations into full compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. But the complex transfer at Jamaica is a significant step backward for the LIRR, which eliminated cross-platform transfers between trains arriving on tracks 1, 2 and 3 for those traveling to Brooklyn.

The MTA must be in compliance with the current FTA ADA plan in order to maintain eligibility for future federal funding. Should anyone from the disabled community file a formal complaint with the FTA and MTA, that could adversely impact that funding.

LARRY PENNER Great Neck

Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who worked in the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office of Operations and Program Management for three decades.

crosses a line our nation has never before crossed — indeed, it is a 21st-century crossing of the Rubicon. I say this not as a supporter of Trump. Though I worked closely with him when he was president and saw firsthand his accomplishment in crushing the MS-13 gang here on Long Island, I am not supporting his current presidential run. This is not, and should not be, a partisan political issue. It should be of concern to all, especially to those who otherwise proclaim their fear that democracy is at risk, but are now supporting or silently enabling this indictment.

Politicizing criminal justice and criminalizing political opponents cannot be tolerated in a democratic society. Because I believe this so strongly, I was one of only two Republicans who voted against President Bill Clinton’s impeachment when I was in Congress. The false argument being used by Manhattan District Attorney

FRAMEWORK by Tim

Alvin Bragg is that no one is above the law. That is a truism not bearing on this case or this indictment.

If Trump were to shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue, he should be indicted and prosecuted. But to indict him on a state misdemeanor charge whose statute of limitations has expired, and elevating it to a felony by attaching it to a federal election law on grounds that the Federal Election Commission has ruled do not constitute a crime, proves my good friend Judge Sol Wachtler’s dictum that a grand jury can indict a ham sandwich.

This is setting a harmful precedent for our republic. Do we want local district attorneys in red states going through convoluted contortions to indict and prosecute members of President Biden’s family? Donald Trump may not be the most sympathetic victim, but this indictment extends beyond him. It is the American justice system that is being put at risk — and that threatens us all.

Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

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A wooden ursine sentry outside a home on Third Street — Glen Cove

Iwas one of only two Republicans who voted not to impeach Bill Clinton.

PETER KING

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