Freeport Herald 07-27-2023

Housing office welcomes new commissioner

By MoHAMED FARGHAlY mfarghaly@liherald.com

National Night out returns to Freeport

State Sen. Kevin Thomas will host a National Night Out event, in collaboration with the Freeport Police Department, on Aug. 1, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Bishop White Memorial Park, featuring activities, food and information from local and state officials to enhance police-public relations. Above, Mayor Robert Kennedy, center, with participants at last year’s Night Out.

Wild Ones leads effort to save trees across Town of Hempstead

By JESSICA REN Intern

The Long Island chapter of Wild Ones held its first “Walkie Talkie” event last month, in collaboration with the Stearns Park Civic Association of Freeport. While out on a walk with arborists in the Stearns Park neighborhood of Freeport, 25 participants learned about tree identification and tree care.

Last September, Wild Ones, a nonprofit organization with a mission to promote environmentally sound landscaping practices and preserve biodiversity, held its first meeting at the Merrick Golf Course. Noting an increase in the number of trees being cut down, the group is hopeful that it can work with municipalities like the Town of Hemp-

stead to create strict tree-removal guidelines.

“We’ve had a rash of tree cutting,” Frederick Nass, the chapter’s president, said at the mid-June group walk. “We understand people want to have a swimming pool, but if you’re cutting a tree down, you need to replace it. It’s not just what you’re doing to your own property; it affects people around you and affects the community, so that’s what we’re trying to encourage people to understand.

“It’s something we all have to focus on for our neighbors and the health of the community,” Nass added.

The group’s ultimate goal is to collaborate with the town to revise its tree-removal guidelines and promote tree awareness and conservation among

The Freeport Housing Authority has welcomed a new face to its Board of Commissioners in addition to the return of an old one. Valeria Jackson and Anita Scott have been elected by tenants to serve as commissioners for the FHA.

Jackson will enter her third term, and Scott, her first. The commissioners are appointed by the mayor and elected by tenants, making it a crucial process for ensuring representation and accountability.

The board plays a vital role in shaping policies, procedures, and new developments for the housing authority. They are responsible for overseeing capital funds and entering into contracts. Any significant decision related to contracts or new developments requires a resolution from the commissioners.

“As the executive director, I

am not authorized to proceed with any actions, such as entering into contracts, initiating new development deals, or funding roof replacements, without obtaining a resolution from the Board of Commissioners,” Housing Authority Executive Director John Hrvatin said. “These actions are governed by the policies set by the housing authority. Needless to say, all housing authorities are obligated to adhere to HUD policies and procedures,” he added referring to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

“Additionally, each housing authority may establish its own specific policies and procedures. The decisions and directives resulting from these discussions are then implemented by the Board of Commissioners.”

With a seven-member board, five commissioners are appointed by the mayor, while the

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W hat motivated me to get started was a concern for people, and my main focus has always been on helping others in any way I can.

VAlERIA JACkSoN FHA commissioner

Little Minds Universe take a trip to the village

By MACK OLMSTEAD Intern

Little Minds Universe has been an enriching and secure haven for children aged 30 months to twelve years old since its establishment in 2014. Offering an engaging summer camp program that attracts children from various regions, including as far as Queens and neighboring towns, Little Minds Universe focuses on nurturing problem-solving and critical thinking skills through a mix of staff-led and child-directed activities in their daily schedule.

At the heart of Little Minds Universe is a mission to cultivate a family-like atmosphere among students, parents, and staff while delivering top-notch childcare services. Jermaine Rucker, the founder, owner, and director of Little Minds Universe, has a deep personal connection to the program’s mission.

“Little Minds is a high-quality early childhood education program geared towards primarily providing care for low-income families,” Rucker said. “Our mission is just to foster a family-like environment among students, parents, and staff, while still giving them that high-quality childcare service that provides lifelong memories.”

Rucker’s inspiration for the program was his late mother, an ardent education advocate.

“She wanted to make sure that we graduated with our degree use that and that we took that same knowledge and poured it back into the community,” Rucker said. “So as a young African American male, I found it important to come back and serve the communities by which I was raised.”

The recent Community Helpers Week at Little Minds Universe exemplified the program’s emphasis on community involvement. Throughout the week, campers

Little Minds Universe, a nurturing haven for children aged 30 months to twelve years, offers an engaging summer camp program focused on problem-solving and critical thinking skills. The program visited Freeport municipality buildings in an effort to learn more about the village.

had the opportunity to explore various community resources, including field trips to the municipality building, where they met the mayor and learned about the mayor’s office, and a visit to the police department, where they gained insights into law enforcement and interacted with firefighters to learn about fire safety.

This hands-on experience was enthusiastically embraced by the children as they enjoyed learning about the world around them.

To learn more about the intellectually stimulating environment program, those interested can visit their website at littlemindsu.com.

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New Visions 20th anniversary moving up ceremony

Commemorating a memorable moving up ceremony

The atmosphere at New Visions School of Exploration and Discovery was filled with excitement as the school’s fourth grade moving up ceremony took place. This year’s event was extra special as it commemorated the 20th anniversary of the school’s establishment. Parents, teachers, and students alike gathered to mark this momentous occasion.

Before the ceremony commenced, a heartwarming gesture took place. The graduating fourth-grade students took a final walk through the school’s corridors, which were adorned with younger students applauding and cheering as they passed by. It was a touching display of camaraderie and encouragement, fostering a sense of unity within the school community.

As the ceremony officially began, New Visions School Principal, Jessica Romero, extended a warm welcome to all attendees and addressed the fourthgrade class members.

“Always remember all you have learned as you move on,” Romero said. “Continue to set goals for yourself, work hard and spend time with the ones you love. Continue to visit us and share your stories as you move forward. Congratulations to the Class of 2023.”

The celebration continued with the presentation of various awards, recognizing the outstanding achievements of some exceptional students. New York State Comptroller’s Awards were bestowed upon Cassidy Jean Baptiste, Nora Ochoa, Sophia Turcios, and Emily Lopez-Oloroso, acknowledging their remarkable accomplishments. Furthermore, the New York State Attorney General’s Triple C Award was presented to Kiara Nunez and Analiah Olivo, honoring their outstanding commit-

ment to character, courage, and compassion.

The pinnacle of recognition came in the form of the President’s Gold Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence, which was received by a distinguished group of students. Analiah Olivo, Makeda Benjamin, Kiara Nunez, Cassidy Jean-Baptiste, Christian McDonald, Gustavo Barra, Oliver Martinez, Emily Lopez-Oloroso, Alan Sorto, Mason Blount, Michael Munfakh, Sofia Recinos, and Frailin Estrella were among the recipients of this esteemed award, symbolizing their exceptional dedication to their studies.

One of the most memorable moments of the ceremony was when Student Council President, Sophia Turcios, assisted by Mr. Christopher Lomot, the Assistant Principal of New Visions School, and Superintendent of Schools, Kishore Kuncham, buried a time capsule. The capsule contained various mementos and items representing the year 2023, carefully chosen by

the students. Items like an Apple watch, a Chromebook, Legos, Pop Its, and Slime were sealed within the capsule, destined to be unveiled and cherished in the year 2043.The moving up ceremony ended with the fourth-grade class

New Visions School of Exploration and Discovery Class of 2023 recipients of the President’s Gold Award for Academic Excellence.

New Visions School of Exploration and Discovery Class of 2023 recipients of the New York State Comptroller’s Award.

putting on a performance of “Try Everything” by Shakira, leaving everyone in attendance inspired and uplifted.

-Mohamed Farghaly

Photos courtesy of the Freeport School District

New Visions School of Exploration and Discovery Class of 2023 with Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kishore Kuncham, Principal Jessica Romero and fourth grade teachers.

Community members learn about their trees

residents. Education is important — and the more people learn about their trees, the less likely they’ll be to cut them down, Wild Ones maintains.

“I thought it’d be a great idea to have Fred come and speak at one of our meetings,” said Jill Kaplan, a member of the Stearns Park association, which organized the event with Nass. “That one didn’t work out, but it was meant to be, because here we all are with a bigger group.”

Arborists Olivia Calandra, of the Nassau County Soil and Water Conservation District, and Kevin Siragua and Gary Carbocci, of Bartlett Tree Experts, led the group, which met on the corner of Connecticut Avenue and Craig Avenue. The experts identified and discussed the trees they walked past, their importance to the ecosystem, how to care for them — and how to encourage homeowners to plant more of them.

Members of the South Shore Audubon Society also took part, including chapter President Russ Comeau. Its mission is to promote environmental education; conduct research on local bird populations, wildlife and habitat; and to preserve and restore the environment.

“Many birds are in decline because trees are the only homes birds have,” Comeau explained. “There’s a number of bird species that used to breed on Long Island, and now they just pass by because there’s no place left for them here.”

Nass said his hope was to persuade the Town of Hempstead to pass an ordinance that would make it more difficult to cut down native trees, taking into account the environmental consequences. It would be enforced, he said, through the use of permits and/or fines, and require either the planting of another native tree on the property of a homeowner who removes a tree, or paying into a fund to plant a native tree elsewhere in the township.

“It would be beneficial for all of us to get the Town of Hempstead to get on board with North Hempstead, Oyster Bay, and all other townships on Long Island that are protecting trees,” Nass said. “The Town of Hempstead is not, and they don’t seem interested in it. They think their constituents don’t want it, and we disagree, and we want to let them know that we disagree.”

An ordinance reflecting what Wild Ones wants to see implemented was proposed to the town by the chapter, and delivered to the office of Supervisor Don Clavin, earlier this year. As of now, it is still unclear what action will be taken towards the ordinance.

Nass plans to host another tree walk event in Merrick,

Multivitamins and Older Adults

About one-third of Americans 60 and older take multivitamins. Perhaps the remaining twothirds should as well. According to a major new study, the second of its kind to reach the same conclusion, taking multivitamins over age sixty delays the onset of memory loss by about 3 years.

The study used a commonly available multivitamin, Centrum Silver, which contains vitamins D, A, B12, thiamine, riboflavin, manganese and other substances, although it was noted that any high-quality multivitamin would do just as well.

A Washington Post article (5/24/23) about these findings quotes JoAnn Manson of Harvard Medical School “Older adults are very concerned about preserving cognition and memory, so this is a very important finding. They are looking for safe and effective prevention strategies. The fact that two separate studies came to similar conclusions is remarkable.”

Other experts cited were Andrew Budson, Professor of Neurology at Boston University “This study is groundbreaking. Low levels of

vitamins B1 -- also known as thiamine -- B12 and D are associated with cognitive decline. That a simple multivitamin can slow cognitive decline while they are aging normally is quite exciting, as it is something almost everyone can do.”

The reasons that multivitamin “therapy” is so effective is explained by Paul E. Schultz, Professor Neurology at McGovern Medical School, Houston -- the brain requires a lot of vitamins and minerals to function properly. While the goal is to maintain nutrition through a healthy and balanced diet, as we age our bodies may be unable to absorb sufficient levels of the essential elements. In addition, some medications interfere with the absorption of nutrients. Schulz states “Think of a complicated engine that requires lots of specialty parts and needs them all. We regularly see people who are deficient in nutrients come in with cognitive impairment.”

If you are on medications, it is recommended that you consult your doctor before you try a supplement, as some vitamins may interfere with those medications.

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in collaboration with the South Merrick Community Civic Association. Joe Baker, the SMCC’S former president, was also in attendance.

“Any civic associations or groups that want something developed, we’ll tailor it to what they’re looking to do,” Nass said. “We’ll go wherever people want us to give education, information and guidance.”

A link to a petition to support the proposed tree ordinance can be found on the Wild Ones of Long Island Facebook page. More information on the organization can be found on its website, WildOnes.org. Contact the Long Island chapter via email at wildoneslongisland@ gmail.com.

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participants checked out a tree during the walk-and-talk event.

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Wild ones’ Long island Chapter hosted its first educational ‘Walkie talkie’ event in freeport last month. arborist olivia Calandra, left, discussed the unique characteristics of a maple leaf.

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remaining two are elected by the tenants. This balanced approach ensures that the voices of both appointed and elected commissioners carry equal weight, with each member having a vote on all matters.

Jackson, a long-time Freeport resident, has been passionate about serving her community for the past four years. Her dedication to helping people and improving housing conditions has been evident through various such as the construction of a new administration building, installation of new windows, and upgrading elevators in various buildings under the jurisdiction of the Freeport Housing Authority.

“What motivated me to get started was a concern for people, and my main focus has always been on helping others in any way I can,” Jackson said.

To ensure all voices are heard, Jackson holds monthly meetings where tenants can express their concerns and ideas. This open dialogue has been crucial in addressing issues and finding solutions to improve living conditions for the residents.

“Well, anything that concerns them, you know, I am always there to listen and address their issues,” Jackson said. “They come and talk to me during meetings or even come talk at my place, and I make sure to follow through on whatever is happening with them. It’s important to me

best director in the world who takes action and follows through.”

While new to the role of commissioner, Scott brings a wealth of experience from her past responsibilities as the Chief Information Officer at Bethel Church, where she was actively involved in decision-making and overseeing various projects such as new rules, driveways, and

security systems.

With a strong background in community engagement and a commitment to helping others, Scott’s entrance into the role of FHA Commissioner promises a fresh perspective and dedication to the well-being of tenants.

“We’ve always been there for the people, especially the seniors.,” Scott said.

“Things such as housing assistance, access to food banks, clothing, and transportation like getting them back and forth to church and other things similar to that.”

Scott’s community-oriented background and her tenure as a tenant in one of the Freeport Housing Authority buildings have given her a unique understanding of the challenges faced by fellow tenants. Having lived in the community for nearly a decade, she has been actively attending meetings and engaging with the commissioners.

The process of becoming a commissioner has been smooth for Scott, thanks to her previous engagement and familiarity with the tenants and fellow commissioners. Her approachability and willingness to listen to others have played a significant role in building trust among the tenants, which ultimately led to her election.

“The other tenants are familiar with me, and they know that I actively participate in meetings,” Scott said. “ I have always been open to anyone to ask or answer any questions.”

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NYS adds classification to seven sports

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

the New York State Public High School Athletic Association is going from a five-classification format to six classifications in seven different sports – boys and girls soccer, boys and girls basketball, girls volleyball, baseball and softball – beginning this upcoming school year.

For Nassau and Suffolk County, it means more county champions, more Long Island championship games and more teams competing in state tournaments in those sports. The NYSPHSAA, which last summer voted to approve the new classifications, wanted to create approximate equal numbers across the state in each enrollment classification.

“Every section in the state is different, but for us in what used to be Class A we had more than 30 schools competing for one championship,” Section VIII athletics executive director Pat Pizzarelli said. “Now within that same group there’s an extra opportunity to win a championship.”

For example, Nassau boys and girls basketball had 58 schools compete in the 2022-23 campaign; 15 in Class AA, 34 in Class A and nine in Class B. This coming season, there will be 12 in Class AAA, 24 in Class AA, 17 in Class A, and four in Class B.

Among the second-tiered teams for boys and girls basketball (Class AA) will be Calhoun, Carey, East Meadow (down from the largest grouping), Elmont, Hewlett, Kennedy, Long Beach, MacArthur, Sewanhaka, South Side and Valley Stream Central. Class AA is for schools with an incoming enrollment (grades nine through 11) between 692 and 1,104 for boys, and between 699 and 1,112 for girls. The new Class A numbers are 391691 for boys, and 397-698 for girls.

“With the exception of Floral Park, the new AA schools on the boys side have had the Class A champ for the last 25 years,” said South Side’s Jerry D’Angelo, head coach of the reigning Nassau and Long Island Class A boys’ basketball champions. “So the new setup will give us two county champions among the 41 teams in AA and A.”

Suffolk had 59 boys and girls basketball programs this past winter with 25 competing in Class AA, 22 in Class A and four in Class B. For 2023-24, there would be 18 in Class AAA, 18 in Class AA and 13 in Class A.

Across the board, much of the largest group landscape in Nassau County remains unchanged with many of the fixtures like Baldwin, Farmingdale, Freeport, Massapequa, Plainview, Syosset and Uniondale will vie for a title. However, East Meadow and Valley Stream Central are two schools with dif-

ference classifications based on sport. The Jets remained in AAA in soccer, baseball and softball but dropped to the second largest classification for hoops. The Eagles have an identical setup under the new breakdown but competed in Class A for basketball in recent seasons.

The classification numbers between basketball and soccer are slightly different. For soccer, Class AAA starts at 1,082 students and up on the girls side and 1,090 on the boys side. Softball and baseball breakdowns are closer to soccer than they are basketball, but are all within a range of less than 30.

One minor negative is Nassau and Suffolk will take on an extra expense of securing more postseason venues for some semifinals and finals, and the cost of sending more teams to state competitions.

“It’ll cost a little more money come tournament time with extra playoff games,” Pizzarelli said.

Nassau County softball coordinator Rachel Barry, who coaches Clarke, said the plan at this time is to stick with ability-based conferences during the regular season. “The playoffs will look pretty similar with some smaller brackets,” Barry said. “The extra classification balances our section a little bit better by spreading out the single A schools.

“Suffolk hosts next year’s Long Island championships, so it’s up to them to figure out locations,” she added. “As far as the state championships, softball isn’t going to be impacted as much since we no longer play the semis and finals on the same day. Adding another classification only adds three games to the mix.”

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South Side, the defending Nassau and Long Island Class A boys’ basketball champions, is moving to Class AA this upcoming season as part of the new statewide classification setup.

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Baseball is one of seven sports statewide moving from five classifications to six beginning this September.

Dunn embraces second World Cup experience

By MICHAEL LEWIS sports@liherald.com

Participating in her second Women’s World Cup, Crystal Dunn is living by a simple philosophy: Embrace the moment.

“The question that many of us who have played in the World Cup get is: ‘Oh, it must be easy now’. I’m like, ‘No, it’s not easy now,’ because each World Cup is different,” she said.

This World Cup is different for the Rockville Centre native because Dunn is a mother for the first time. She has brought her 15-month-old son Marcel to New Zealand for the tournament.

“I took a massive amount of time off last year,” she said. “So everything, every moment that led to this moment is so different. It’s a different journey that I didn’t expect to be on. My message to players in their first World Cup is really just embrace it. It’s going to be wild. It’s going to be crazy. There’s going to be moments where you’re like, ‘Oh, my gosh, what did I sign up for?’ But that’s the beauty in it.”

The left back was a member of the 2019 U.S. team that won its second consecutive world championship in France in 2019. The Americans are vying to become the first team — men or women — to capture three successive World Cups.

“We remember that as the last team standing up, you realize that it was also worth it,” she said. “My message to everybody is play with a little bit of noise. It’s not something that you take for granted at all. People are on their fourth World Cup. People are in their first. You just have to embrace it and take that moment

and just smile and laugh with everybody along the way.”

Dunn and her U.S. Women’s National Team teammates got off to a solid start in this year’s tournament, recording a 3-0 win over Vietnam in their opener in Auckland, New Zealand last Saturday. The former South Side High School standout played 84 minutes before she was replaced by Kelly O’Hara. The Americans’ next Group E game is against the Netherlands this Wednesday at 9 p.m. (Fox, Telemundo, Universo and Peacock). They close out group play against Portugal on Aug. 1 at 3 a.m. (same channels.)

Only nine members of the current 23-player U.S. roster competed in France, so the 31-year-old Dunn is one of the team’s most experienced players.

“I find myself in a new role, being more of a veteran player, a leader on this team,” she said, lamenting that team captain and center back Becky Sauerbrunn couldn’t play due to a leg injury. “Becky is a massive loss for us. She is somebody whose impact is felt not only on the field but off the field.

“We’re ruthless,” Dunn continued. “As a backline that’s how we’ve always trained. Becky has been someone who set the tone and the standard for that. Without her being here, we have to be even more collective and relentless in our defending.”

Rockville Centre native Crystal Dunn played 84 minutes in a 3-0 victory for U.S. over Vietnam in last Saturday’s World Cup opener.

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MSSN doctors named to Top Doctors Guide

Castle Connolly has named nine Mount Sinai South Nassau physicians to its 2023 Top Doctors Guide. Nationally, only 7 percent of more than 850,000 practicing doctors in the United States earned Castle Connolly’s “Top Doctors” designation this year.

“I commend each of these tremendous physicians for this outstanding accomplishment,” said Dr. Adhi Sharma, president of Mount Sinai South Nassau. “Their commitment to providing expert, patient-centered care does not go unrecognized by their peers as well as our nurses and advanced practice practitioners.”

According to Castle Connolly, the doctors are best-in-class

health care providers, embodying excellence in clinical care as well as interpersonal skills. The doctors were peer-nominated and selected based on extensive research, careful review, and screening conducted by Castle Connolly’s physician-led research team.

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Erase Racism benefit celebrates change-makers

By MACK OLMSTEAD Intern

Erase Racism, an esteemed organization dedicated to combating racial injustice, held its annual benefit on June 14, recognizing individuals and organizations making a significant difference on Long Island. This year’s honorees included Benjamin L. Crump, Bethpage Federal Credit Union, and Martine Hackett, all of whom were selected through a meticulous process involving Erase Racism’s partners and supporters.

Among those who admire Erase Racism’s mission and values is volunteer Wilma Tootle, who passionately shared that the organization’s goals create a positive impact on the community and strive to effect meaningful change in the world.

“It’s an organization that fights and uplifts, all forms of racial discrimination,” Tootle said. “They are chief advocates. For the laws and principles procedures, this is the organization that goes all out to see that that becomes a reality in our community and the world.”

This year marked a special milestone as it was the first time the Benefit was organized under the leadership of the current president of Erase Racism, Laura Harding.

Highlighting the significance of the event, Harding described the Benefit as the organization’s largest fundraising occasion, an opportunity not only to honor individuals making strides in racial and social justice but also to provide a moment of celebration and rejuvenation for supporters in the community. Recognizing

the tireless efforts of honorees and their vital contributions is an integral part of Erase Racism’s commitment to raising awareness and fostering change.

“I and the rest of the organization are extremely honored, for the honorees,” Harding said. We are a small but mighty organization. They speak to not only the current day situation where we are but a province of more racially and socially just America, the future of where we need to go.”

Among the distinguished awardees, Crump stood out for his relentless pursuit of civil rights cases, becoming a powerful voice for the country’s needs. Having secured multiple settlements and advocated for families facing injustices, Crump’s leadership and influence have earned him widespread recognition.

Bethpage Federal Credit Union was honored for its strong partnership with Erase Racism, working closely with communities of color and marginalized groups to ensure equitable access to banking services. Their dedication to fostering financial inclusion and empowerment has made a profound impact.

Martine Hackett received the inaugural award as an unsung hero, lauded for her vital contributions to maternal child health, suburban health equity, and the intersection of health and housing. Erase Racism’s acknowledgment of Hackett’s work in raising awareness for infant mortality, particularly in the Black community, exemplifies their commitment to recognizing often overlooked advocates.

“It was surreal, to be honest, because the award is named after Elaine Gross who last year retired as the

President and Director of race racism,” Harding Said. “And so she’s the one that kind of did the introduction, you know, hearing her sort of talk about me in that way, was really kind of wild because first of all, I had to realize that oh, that I actually did those things that she was talking about, but to just be, you know, acknowledged that, you know, that people are like I said, that people are noticing what I what I’m doing and that it matters. It was significant.”

For those seeking more information about Erase Racism and its efforts to combat racial injustice, visit their website at eraseracismny.org.

Courtesy Erase Racism Esteemed organization, Erase Racism, honors Benjamin L. Crump for relentless pursuit of civil rights at annual benefit on Long Island.

They speak to not only the current day situation where we are but a province of more racially and socially just America, the future of where we need to go.

L Aur A HArDing President, Erase Racism

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Penn & Teller

By Iris Wiener

n its first incarnation since the pandemic, the 24th Annual Long Island Jolson Festival is ready to delight loyal fans once again. The festival’s latest edition, on Saturday, Aug. 12, will bring together devotees for a full day of nostalgia and music, celebrating the talent of Al Jolson — the performer bestowed with the moniker “world’s greatest entertainer.”

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Creative advocacy

Jan Hernstat — the International Al Jolson Society’s president, who has helmed the festival since its beginning — is excited to remember the icon, who was a pioneer in many genres in the ‘20s, including music, film (“The Jazz Singer”), and theatre “Hold on to Your Hats”). When Hernstat began the festival many years ago, it was simply because he wanted a platform to show his appreciation for Jolson. It quickly turned into something else.

“It has been fun over the years to bring Jolson to people who don’t normally get to see him,” Hernstat says. “When I started doing this, people came to me and said something which I didn’t really understand: ‘Thank you for doing this service to bring this kind of entertainment that we don’t get to see anymore.’ It was just something that I wanted to do, and as a byproduct, I was making people happy. That’s a good feeling.”

It will be next to impossible not to smile at this year’s festival, which will include a performance from mainstay Tony Babino, who has been treating festivalgoers to the vocal stylings of Jolson for years. He is joined by “Mr. Tin Pan Alley,” Richard Halpern, who is participating in the event — at Lambrou’s in Island Park — all the way from California.

Hernstat explains that Halpern brings a unique set of skills to his Jolson interpretation.

By Karen Bloom

“A lot of people know Jolson from ‘The Jolson Story’ forward,” he says. “He did 20 songs in that film. The majority of people alive today only know those songs and the style in which he did it, which is what Tony emulates. But Richard does Jolson from the ‘20s and ‘30s, the ‘78 (RPM) Jolson,’ as I like to call it. People will get a little contrast, because with Richard, you’re going to get more of the early Jolson and with Tony more of the later Jolson. It’s going to be great.”

• Tickets are $43.95, which includes entertainment and meals; tickets for show only are $29.95

• Information and tickets available at Jolson.org or call Jan Hernstat at (516) 678-3524.

All Stand,” Hofstra University Museum of Art’s new exhibition, examines power of the arts in society.

Pat McGann is quickly rising as one of the sharpest stand-ups on the comedy scene. A relative latecomer to comedy, he began doing standup at 31 after realizing he was not

He hustled his way to become the house emcee at Zanies Chicago, where he distinguished himself as crowd. A husband and father of three young children, McGann’s appeal stems from his quick wit

and marriage. In 2017, McGann began touring as the opening act for Sebastian Maniscalco, moving

The famed duo steps away from their Las Vegas residency to bring their act on tour, appearing on the Tilles Center stage. Penn & Teller’s brand of awe-inspiring illusions mixed with buddy-comedy shtick has kept the duo at the very top of the magic profession for the past 45 years. Their trademark is the updating of worn out or archaic routines, such as bullet catching, or their recent adaptation of the classic bag escape trick (their version involved a trash bag and lots of helium). From humble beginnings busking on the streets of Philadelphia to acclaimed sold–out runs on Broadway to the longest running and one of the most-beloved resident headline acts in Vegas history, magic’s legendary duo continues to defy labels — and at times physics and good taste — by redefining the genre of magic and inventing their own very distinct niche in comedy. Constantly evolving and refining their unique take on illusion, the pair’s slight of hand always amazes, whether it’s a fresh take on an old ‘trick’ or something altogether new.

Friday and Saturday, July 28, 8 p.m. LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville. Tickets are $94, $84, $58, $48; available at TillesCenter.org or (516) 299-3100.

Kevin James

• Lambrou’s Catering Hall, 4073 Austin Blvd., Island Park

Alexandra Giordano — the museum’s assistant director of exhibition and exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility and influence. the vital role that artists have in activating democratic values that and freedom, encouraging civic engagement, and cultivating unity,” “Artists often lead the charge and expose truths that may otherwise be artists in this exhibition take a stand and call out injustices through their art issues such as immigration, gender, reproductive rights, mass incarceration, racial bias, gun violence, and promises unfulfilled. They all combine the making service that has a grassroots approach in the hope of mobilizing their the nation to ignite movement, create awareness, and inspire others to them.” which runs through July 28, is in conjunction with Hofstra’s conference on the Barack Obama presidency coming up in April. interested in the idea that the artist has a civic responsibility,” says Karen Albert. “The initial idea for this exhibition was inspired by Administration White House briefing that took place on May 12, 2009, 60 artists and creative organizers met with administration officials to collective power of the arts to build community, create change, and chart national recovery in the areas of social justice, civic participation and unlike other recent exhibits that showcased the museum’s collection, Giordano reached out to contemporary artists who loaned selected works. Some 36 pieces are on view — representing Emma Amos, Molly Crabapple and the Equal Justice Initiative, Miguel

Also new this year is an appearance by comedian Jeff Greenberg, a longtime society member known for his humorous act, frequently performing near his New Jersey home. The comedy doesn’t end there. Bob Greenberg (no relation) will be tickling the funny bone as characters from oldies acts, such as Oliver Hardy, Ralph Kramden and Lou Costello. Additionally, fans will have the opportunity to meet Brian Gari, grandson of the late performer Eddie Cantor, Jolson’s showbiz contemporary, and can check out a slew of memorabilia from Jolson’s era.

Hernstat is intent on keeping Jolson’s legacy front and center in the public eye.

“He was the first true superstar. In fact, the word ‘superstar’ was not even coined yet,” he says. “He was an international star at a time when there was no real media to promote what he did. Now all you have to do is go on social media and everyone knows you all over the world. When Jolson first started out, there weren’t talking movies, there’s wasn’t radio and TV. For somebody to be as big as he was worldwide, it really talks about your talent. It is a wonderful experience to celebrate his talent, his singing, and his voice.”

When Hernstat reflects on years past, he fondly remembers welcoming entertainers to his gathering, such as Sheldon Harnick (“Fiddler on the Roof” lyricist and songwriter), radio and television superstar Margaret Whiting, and comedian Soupy Sales.

“I don’t want this festival to die,” Hernstat says. “There’s still people out there that love Jolson. I always tell people, ‘We’re not looking to convert you to become a Jolson fan, we just want to find the ones out there who are and let them know that they have this outlet for their enjoyment.’”

Garden. McGann’s relatively short, but impressive resume, includes Montreal’s famed Just For Laughs

Great American Comedy Festival,

Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. $40, $35, $30, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

Yarn/Wire

Now in its 18th year, Adelphi University’s ‘new music’ series welcomes Yarn/Wire. The intrepid New York-based piano-percussion quartet has forged a singular path with

The ‘King of Queens,’ ‘Mall Cop,’ ‘Kevin Can Wait,’ and Larry (of ‘I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry’) — Kevin James wears many hats. Catch his comedic brilliance when he returns to his Long Island roots with his Irregardless Tour. Young Kevin was a promising college football fullback until the acting bug bit him. After spending his junior summer with the local community theatre, he realized getting laughs was a bigger rush than stopping running backs from scoring a first down. James took to the comedy circuit where he soon made a name for himself, receiving the deal that every struggling comedian dreams of: The chance to develop and star in his own sitcom. The result was ‘King of Queens,’ and the rest is history. Now, he’s back on the stage with his everyman comedy and warm deadpan delivery. He’ll regale everyone with his quietly hilarious observations on life, fatherhood, and the simple absurdities of the world.

Saturday, July 29, 7:30 p.m. $99.50, $79.50, $69.50, $49.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

Courtesy L.I. Jolson Festival

Top photo: Al Jolson as he appeared in his film ‘The Singing Kid’ in 1936. Middle photo: Jolson enthusiast Joe Wiener with festival mainstay Tony Babino.

Bottom photo: Vocalist Richard Halpern performs the standards of the era in his first festival appearance.

Luciano, Michele Pred, Hank Willis Thomas, and Sophia

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

The longtime festival is a lively tribute to the ‘World’s Greatest Entertainer’

Aug. 4

Doo-Wop Oldies Spectacular

Revisit the golden oldies with Peter Lemongello Jr. in “An Evening To Remember,” with The Fabulous Acchords, The Tribunes and Teresa McClean, Friday, Aug. 4, 7:30 p.m. With their polished vocal skills and dynamic stage presence, these artists deliver a night of unforgettable entertainment in an energetic show that is pure nostalgia, filled with unforgettable tunes. Headliner Peter Lemongello Jr., is acclaimed as the most explosive and exciting doo-wop performer to appear on the scene in 40 years. The son of singer Peter Lemongello, Peter Jr. has appeared on “American Idol” and performed with The Four Tops, The Temptations, Chubby Checker and Lloyd Price, among others. He’s joined by acapella group The Tribunes, renowned for their authentic New York-bred street-corner harmonies, and The Fabulous Acchords, known for their impeccable harmonies, who captivate audiences with their blend of classic and contemporary songs, spanning genres and eras. The concert, produced by Gene DiNapoli, also features a special appearance by Teresa McClean, who takes everyone on an enthusiastic musical journey with her signature vocals and lush orchestration. $49, $39, $29; available at LandmarkOnMainStreet.org. or (917) 567-5842. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington.

On exhibit

View the landmark exhibition “Modigliani and the Modern Portrait,” at Nassau County Museum of Art. Devoted to the way that Modigliani powerfully re-defined the art of portraiture, the show includes his masterworks along with paintings and drawings by his Parisian contemporaries (Picasso, van Dongen, Laurencin). Modigliani’s enduring influence on artists even in our own time is shown in a selection of Contemporary paintings by such important figures as David Hockney, Eric Fischl, Elizabeth Peyton and others. The exhibition is being curated by Dr. Kenneth Wayne, founder of The Modigliani Project, which authenticates paintings and drawings (two of the works in the show have been recently approved by the committee). Through Nov. 5. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

July 28

Summer tunes

Get in the Motown groove with Dr. K’s Motown Revue, at Eisenhower Park, Friday, July 28, 8 p.m. The band’s dynamic renditions of those great tunes are performed with passion and conviction in true Motown style. With special guest Chicken Head. Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow. For information, visit NassauCountyNY.gov.

Volunteer for SPLASH

View seabirds nesting and shorebirds skimming through the air, up close, while helping preserve the waters on which they depend. Volunteer on an Operation SPLASH boat. The boats take volunteer crews from Guy Lombardo Marina, 898 Guy Lombardo Ave., once or twice a day, seven days a week, to clean the marine shores of Freeport. To participate, go to OperationSplash.com/boatschedule/, click on the Freeport link, and find the contact information for the time slot you want. For further information, call (516) 378-4770.

Aug.

Horst Kraeling’s Veterans Clam Bake

Join veterans at Horst Kraeling’s Veterans Clam Bake, Sunday, July 30, 1 to 5 p.m., at Waterfront Park. $40, 10 and under free. All profits support veterans organizations. 857 South Long Beach Ave. For more information, call (516) 949-0389.

Aug. 17

Write on: College essay workshop

Not sure how to get started on your college essay? The Hofstra University Admission Office is offering a virtual workshop to help high school students learn the skills to tell their story in a way that helps them stand out. The final workshop, Thursday, Aug. 17, 4-5 p.m., is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. Hear from Hofstra Admission counselors about how to brainstorm topics, and compose a thoughtful essay that shows your personality, talents and interests. For more information about Hofstra Admission’s other virtual summer workshops, go to Admission.Hofstra.edu/portal/ virtual_admission_webinars. To schedule a summer in-person visit go to: Hofstra.edu/visit.

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) 7052434 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.

Hope for Alexis fundraiser

Support Alexis Rodriguez, a Freeport teen fighting a rare, terminal disease, Saturday, Aug. 12, 7-11 p.m., at Helm Restaurant. With raffles, baskets, games and more; food available to purchase. $20 fee. Give Alexa a fighting chance against Lafora disease. 524 Guy Lombardo Ave.

Having an event?

Storybook Stroll

Bring the kids to Old Westbury Gardens for a storybook adventure, Saturday, Aug. 5, 10:3011:30 a.m. Stroll the gardens and open your ears to Kirsten Hall’s modern tale “The Honeybe.” Later create a unique take home craft. For ages 3-5. Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information visit OldWestburyGardens. org or contact (516) 3330048.

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.

Westbury House Tour

For many years visitors to Westbury House at Old Westbury Gardens asked what was beyond the first floor corridor. Now go beyond the door and discover “secrets of the service wing,” during a 60-minute guided tour, Friday, July 28, noon; Sunday, July 30, 3 p.m.; Monday, July 31, noon; Sunday, Aug. 6, 1:30 p.m. Be introduced to the intensive labor required to create the lifestyle experienced by the Phipps family and their guests; tour the many rooms that were “behind the scenes” to create the formal dining experiences of early 20th century. Go along the corridors to the butler’s pantry and silver cleaning room then descend the 17 steps to the kitchen, scullery, and wine storage rooms located on the ground floor. Reservations required. 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information contact (516) 333-0048 or visit OldWestburyGardens.org.

Art talk

Sept. 7

Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture,” now back on-site at Nassau County Museum of Art, Thursday, Sept. 7, 1 p.m. Enjoy an indepth presentation on the current exhibition “Modigliani and the Modern Portrait.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program and to join the 2 p.m. public tour of the exhibit. Also Oct. 19. 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Freeport Canoe Races

Free canoe event is fun for the entire family, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, the Police Athletic League and the Village of Freeport, Saturday, Aug. 6, 10 a.m., at Cow Meadow Park. Call (516) 223-8840 to register.

Hot Diggity Dog

It’s barbecue season and Long Island Children’s Museum is feeling in the spirit, Kids can celebrate National Hot Dog Month by making a customized hot dog craft to bring home, at the drop-in program, Sunday, July 30, 1-3 p.m. Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

Exploring Britain’s Long Island occupation

By LARA MURRAY-STERZEL

Intern

American history is a long and complicated tale to tell. But there are still those venturing into the past to uncover stories never told during the making of our country.

“Chronicles of the British Occupation of Long Island” is a new book by David M. Griffin, taking readers back in time to the Revolutionary War when people lived in fear of the British’s brutal power, while slowly gaining a patriotic desire for freedom.

Griffin is an independent researcher and author who’s always been driven to the history of the Revolutionary War, especially in New York region. When he completed his first book, “Lost British Forts of Long Island” in 2017, Griffin reached out to The History Press, a publishing company known for its collection of history books in communities on Long Island and elsewhere.

He was put in touch with acquisitions editor, Banks Smithers, and the two have worked together ever since. When Griffin came to Smithers about the idea of focusing on the British occupation of this part of the world, the two began shaping his current idea into the story it is today.

The novel follows a narrative story between 1776 and 1783, giving a human aspect to what it was like to experience life on Long Island during British rule. Griffin wanted to explore the British movement and American spy activity through various sources from the time.

To do this, he read historical books and even stud-

ied a period diary, which is referenced in the book about what was discussed, heard and spoken when the British loomed over Long Island.

“It’s very hard to write about the time because everything was very secretive,” Griffin said. “So, stories and the order of things that were happening on the island were hidden. You have to rely on a lot of different accounts from different writers.”

He provided images in his novel — some of which included maps the British used as a part of their network — as well as photographs of historical houses where British soldiers were sheltered as part of quartering laws. Griffin thought by showing these, it would create a certain historical depth for the reader.

After a year of writing, the book was published in July and is expected to arrive soon at Long Island bookstores. The History Press hopes to schedule book events once the stores have received the novel.

Griffin sees his book as rather dark because of the topics it covers, focused on how the power over land divided people. Even when Colonists endured the unpredictable effects that led up to — and included — the Revolutionary War, Griffin was shocked at how long the British stayed on Long Island and what they did.

Which made his research all that more compelling.

“I learned a lot more about the conditions of dayto-day life under martial law in the book,” Smithers said. “David paints a harrowing picture of occupied Long Island — something entirely unfamiliar to today’s Long Islanders — and thus exceedingly interesting.”

Courtesy David M. Griffin

David M. Griffin’s book — ‘Chronicles of the British Occupation of Long Island’ — is expected to hit bookstores soon, especially on Long Island.

DAviD M. GRiffin

LIAC’s 43rd annual Juried Photography Show

By MACK OLMSTEAD Intern

The Long Island Arts Council is gearing up to host its much anticipated 43rd annual Juried Photography Show, featuring a curated collection of 30-40 photographs submitted by talented photographers. The prestigious exhibition has garnered widespread acclaim and is currently welcoming submissions until September 10.

The Director of the Long Island Arts Council, Larry Dresner, proudly revealed that this photography show offers one of the most generous prize awards for a photography event on the East Coast, with the first-place winner receiving an impressive $400.

The eagerly awaited show will commence with a grand kick-off reception on Thursday, November 9, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. During this event, the council will not only unveil the breathtaking photographs but also present awards and citations to the distinguished winners.

In an exciting twist this year, the selection of submissions and overall curation of the show will be entrusted to junior curator, Carla Sadiya Forbes, currently serving as a curatorial assistant at the esteemed Brooklyn Museum. Her discerning eye and artistic expertise will play a pivotal role in determining which photographs earn a spot in the library and, ultimately, the coveted title of the competi-

tion’s winner.

Unlike previous years, the photography show does not adhere to a specific theme, allowing for a diverse display of perspectives and personal tastes in the subject matter. Exhibits in the past have ranged from thought-provoking political pieces to serene landscapes and natureinspired themes.

Director Dresner enthusiastically shared that this year’s show marks a

departure from tradition as the council and library aim to take the exhibition on the road, reaching out to other local libraries to extend the show’s life beyond the November event. This new initiative will bring the remarkable photography collection to a broader audience, allowing more people to appreciate the artistry and creativity on display.

“Something new we’re doing this year is after the show’s done at the Freeport

Memorial Library going to try to put it on the road, which means set up other local libraries, so it hasn’t been like a life after the November show,” Dresner said. For aspiring photographers eager to be a part of this event, submissions can be sent via email to infoliacf@gmail.com. Additional details about the Juried Photography Show can be found at liacfreeport.org or by contacting the Long Island Arts Council at (516) 223-2522.

Courtesy Long Island Arts Council Long Island Arts Council’s 43rd Annual Juried Photography Show, featuring 30-40 curated photographs and offering a generous prize award, welcomes submissions until September 10.

Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

MELLON, AS TRUSTEE FOR CIT MORTGAGE

LOAN TRUST, 2007-1, Plaintiff against MARIE BIENVENU, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Stern & Eisenberg, P.C., 20 Commerce Drive, Suite 230, Cranford, NJ 07016.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered September 25, 2017, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on August 7, 2023 at 2:00 PM. Premises known as 19 West Roosevelt Avenue, Roosevelt, (Town of Hempstead) NY 11575.

Sec 55 Block 427 Lot 50, 51, 52, & 253. 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.

Approximate Amount of Judgment is $563,243.45 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 009997/2013.

During the COVID-19 health emergency, Bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of the 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.

Should a bidder fail to comply, the Referee may refuse to accept any bid, cancel the closing and hold the bidder in default. 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. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Michael Zapson, Esq., Referee NY201800001134-1

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU

Bank of New York as Trustee for the Certificateholders

CWABS, Inc. AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2006-IM1, Plaintiff AGAINST Domenick Bonanno a/k/a Domenick Bonano; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale

duly entered August 1, 2007 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 August 8, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 126 Westside Ave, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section: 62 Block: 139 Lot: 26.

Approximate amount of judgment $522,492.54 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 008618/2006. 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.”

Scott H. Siller, 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: May 25, 2023

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF MORGAN STANLEY HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2007-2, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2, Plaintiff AGAINST ERLYNE JOSMA, 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, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on August 3, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 770 ALLWYN STREET, BALDWIN HARBOR, 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 54, Block 575, Lot 10. Approximate amount of judgment

$585,167.00 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #614609/2018. 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”. Janine Lynam, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221

18-004682 76621 140381

Approximate amount of judgment $394,270.87 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #010651/2011.

Harry George, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLPAttorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 140656

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR SECURITIZED ASSET

BACKED RECEIVABLES

LLC TRUST 2005-FR2

MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-FR2, V. JOSE L. LOPEZ, ET. AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES

2005-6, V. KATHLEEN KRAPF, ET. AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated June 05, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR SECURITIZED ASSET BACKED RECEIVABLES

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAMP TRUST 2006FM2, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FM2, Plaintiff, AGAINST RUBY DIXON, et al.

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on March 30, 2018.

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 August 16, 2023 at 2:00 PM premises known as 106 Willett Place, Roosevelt, NY 11575.

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 at Roosevelt, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 55, Block 472 and Lot 0123.

pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated April 12, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-6 is the Plaintiff and KATHLEEN KRAPF, 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 August 10, 2023 at 4:00PM, premises known as 750 SOUTH OCEAN AVENUE, FREEPORT, NY 11520: Section 62, Block 179, Lot 456: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 608918/2017. Donal Mahoney, 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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LLC TRUST 2005-FR2 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-FR2 is the Plaintiff and JOSE L. LOPEZ, 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 August 8, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 57 WASHBURN AVENUE, FREEPORT, NY 11520: Section 0055, Block 00252-00, Lot 00117: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, 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

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 008676/2016. Francis X. McQuade, 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.

140654

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE F/K/A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR DELTA FUNDING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 1995-2, V. WILLIE KELLEY, JR, ET. AL.

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated June 28, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE F/K/A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR DELTA FUNDING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 1995-2 is the Plaintiff and WILLIE KELLEY, JR, 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 August 15, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 7 ELM STREET, FREEPORT, NY 11520: Section 55, Block 279, Lot 117-120: 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, STATE OF NEW YORK, Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 006821/2012. Michele Bencivinni, 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.

140849

430 Roosevelt Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520. Sec 62 Block 156 Lot 416, 742, 760. 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, Nassau County, State of New York.

Approximate Amount of Judgment is $864,965.90 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 008516/2012. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Joseph N. Armao, Esq., Referee QCHJN048 140853

LEGAL NOTICE

REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-CW1, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, Plaintiffagainst - RONY LUNDY, et al Defendant(s).

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.

140734

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. HWCS LLC, Pltf. vs. PANTHER ENTERPRISES INC, et al, Defts. Index #611943/2022. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered June 27, 2023, I will sell at public auction on the north side steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on August 21, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. prem. k/a Section 62, Block 152, Lot(s)5-6. Sold subject to terms and conditions of field judgment and terms of sale. RON FERRARO, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #100571 140738

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff against RACHEL DUGAN, et al

Defendant(s)

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered May 24, 2023, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on August 21, 2023 at 2:00 PM. Premises known as

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on March 10, 2020. 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 22nd day of August, 2023 at 2:00 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Premises known as 365 Wallace Street, Freeport, NY 11520.

(Section: 55, Block: 397, Lot: 232 and 233)

Approximate amount of lien $484,478.30 plus interest and costs.

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

Index No. 000740/2016.

Rita Solomon, Esq., Referee.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 Tel. 347/286-7409

For sale information, please visit Xome.com

Dated: May 17, 2023

To place a notice here call us us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE

SITE PLAN REVIEW BOARD MEETINGAUGUST 8, 2023

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a Public Hearing will be held before the Site Plan Review Board on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at 6:30 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-3632 - 17-33 Buffalo Ave aka 3 Buffalo Ave & 80-84 Albany Ave, Section 55/Block 190/Lots 51-55 & 63. Residence Apartment District with a portion designated as Golden Age Floating Zone. BOSFA Management Corp.

Renovate existing

Public Notices

structure and add 2 stories at the property known as 17-33 Buffalo Ave aka 3 Buffalo Ave to create a total of 200 new apartment units and to construct stacked parking on the parcel known as 80-84 Albany Ave. ZBA approved 4/20/2023

BY ORDER OF THE PLANNING BOARD

Pamela Walsh Boening, Village Clerk

140988

LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT

PROBATE DIVISION CHITTENDEN UNIT CASE NO. 22-PR-07508

In re: ESTATE OF STEWART ENGELMAN ORDER AND NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION

To:Wendy Baron

WHEREAS, the following Motion has been made to the Probate Court for the District of Chittenden:

Motion for Hearing on the Allowance of Decedent’ Will and the appointment of Ewing Fox as Executor of the Estate of Stewart Engelman.

WHEREAS, the Court has assigned the 31st day of August, 2023, at the Probate Office located at 175 Main Street in Burlington, Vermont, at 10:00 a.m., to hear and decide upon said Motion, and ordered that notice thereof be given by publishing this notice in the Freeport Herald, a newspaper circulating in the Freeport, New York area. Service by publication to be complete at least 14 days prior to the day of the assigned for hearing;

THEREFORE, you are hereby notified to appear before said Court, at the time and place assigned, to make objections, if you have cause. This is the first action in this proceeding. If you wish to receive notice of future events in this matter you must formally enter your appearance with the Court.

Dated this 13th day of July, 2023.

Judge Gregory Glennon

Name of Newspaper:

Freeport Herald

Publication Date: July , 2023

140894

LEGAL

NOTICE NOTICE

OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF DWELLING SERIES IV TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. ROBERT FIGUEROA, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on June 5, 2023, 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 August 30, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 571 Nassau 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 Incorporated Village of Freeport, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 62, Block 183 and Lot 391. Approximate amount of judgment is $784,899.02 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 605637/2021. 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.

Janine T. Lynam, Esq., Referee

Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff Firm File No.: 202016-1 140995

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR SAXTON ASSET SECURITIES TRUST

2007-1 MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES

2007-1

Plaintiff, Against CARLOS VARGAS, LIBIA SANTIAGO, ET AL.,

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, in the Town of Hemsptead, County of Nassau and State of New York

Section 55 Block 067 Lot 549, 550 & 551

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $429,301.22 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 610854/2017

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.

Edward Vincent, Esq., Referee.

MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC, 10 MIDLAND AVENUE, SUITE 205, PORT CHESTER, NY 10573

Dated: 6/26/2023 File Number: 17-302369

RS 140997

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU BankUnited N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Kelvin Tulloch a/k/a

Kelvin A. Tulloch; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale

duly entered March 24, 2023 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on August 28, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 22 Noon Place, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incoporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 62 Block 72 Lot 539. Approximate amount of judgment $516,762.16 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 614229/2019. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed

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 Supreme Court, on the North side steps, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York on August 29, 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, Lots: 17 & 18. The 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 140993

Witnesses sought in shooting case

The Major Case Bureau has released information on a shooting incident that took place on July 23 at approximately 7:30 p.m. in Freeport. According to detectives, Freeport Police swiftly responded to a ShotSpotter activation in the vicinity of Union Street, near the intersection of Independence Avenue. Upon reaching the scene, law enforcement officials observed that four vehicles and a nearby residential home

had all been struck by bullets. No injuries were reported as a result of the incident.

Anyone who may have witnessed the shooting or possesses relevant information is urged to come forward. The police are urging potential witnesses to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS with all callers remaining anonymous.

Public Notices

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.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that a license “1356435” for a Restaurant Wine has been applied for by SANDRA ARELLANO RIVERA, to sell beer, cider, and wine at Retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 87 W MERRICK RD, FREEPORT, NY 11520, for on premises consumption.

FONDA LATINA DELI

CORP 140986

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 2/26/2020, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Front Steps of the Nassau County Courthouse, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 8/29/2023 at 3:00 pm, premises known as 81 Colonial Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520, and described as follows:

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

Malachy Patrick 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: June 23, 2023 140999

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF10 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff, AGAINST DEBRA ANN ZALT, Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on June 7, 2018.

I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on August 28, 2023 at 2:00 PM premises known as 197 Delaware 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 Incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 36, Block 519 and Lot 17. Approximate amount of judgment $409,771.10 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #15466/09.

Scott Siller, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLPAttorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 140868

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC, V. CORNELL BOZIER, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY CURL, ET. AL.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated May 24, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC is the Plaintiff and CORNELL BOZIER, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY CURL, 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 August 29, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 38 BOOTH STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550: Section 36, Block 3, Lot 44 and 45: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEMPSTEAD, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 600156/2018. Mary Ellen Divone, 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.

140989

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE MLMI TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES

2005-WMC2, V.

ALBERTO PENA, ET. AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated May 02, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE MLMI TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-WMC2 is the Plaintiff and ALBERTO PENA, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the NASSAU COUNTY

SUPREME COURT, NORTHSIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on August 22, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 235 PINE STREET, FREEPORT, NY 11520: Section 54, Block 91, Lot 217: 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

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 005985/2016. Lawrence M. Schaffer, 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. 140991

–Mohamed Farghaly

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Major Case Bureau reveals details of Freeport shooting incident; no injuries reported, public urged to come forward anonymously.

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How tall can houses be?

Q. A few homes in my neighborhood are much taller. What are the rules for how tall a house can be — like how many floors, and what is legal? I mostly see only two stories, but the new ones are at least three. Is this a new thing that you can build taller? Was it just traditional to only build two stories until now?

A. The thinking on allowed height has changed recently.

Hurricane Sandy’s flooding moved New York to promote house lifting in flood zones. Influence also came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which, in essence, is really a publicly funded insurance company, covering people in areas where regular home insurance companies avoid the risk of insuring.

Ask The Architect Monte Leeper

The incentive to lift or build higher is to avoid huge flood insurance cost increases — building above flood levels, with the lowest level only allowed to be for a garage and storage, not living space. By making the first livable floor higher, above the flood level, insurance rates are kept lower. People have shown me their rates went from $500 to $2,500 dollars a year, increasing annually since Sandy in 2012.

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1 Acre Resortlike Prop Featuring IG Gunite Pool, Patio & Tennis Ct. XL Fin

Bsmt. Upper Level has Primary Ste w/ Dressing Rm & Bth Plus 3 BRs & 2

Bths. 2 Car Att Gar.Low Taxes! SD#20 REDUCED! $2,299,000

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Some homes are much higher than codes and incentives intended, due to misinterpretation of reasons to build higher and misrepresentation in the review process. For example, a home’s first floor is no longer a first floor if it’s higher than 6 feet above the ground. Over 6 feet high, the floor level automatically becomes a second floor, meaning the next floor above is a third floor, which requires zoning board approval, interior sprinklers, escape terraces and wind strengthening. I have seen home plans misrepresented as being two stories by not correctly showing the floor level heights or describing a second floor as a first floor, the next floor as a second floor that is really a third floor — even where a fourth floor is shown as a mezzanine or roof level balcony.

There is a small country town in Tuscany, in central Italy, San Gimignano, that is famous for its skyline of towers that people built onto their homes during medieval times. As the story goes, one prominent homeowner built a tall tower to watch for potential attackers. His neighbor jealously built a tower a little higher, and, not to be outdone, several adjacent homeowners began building towers higher and higher.

History repeats itself. Thirty feet from the new design flood elevation, which may be 2 to 4 feet higher off the ground, could make the maximum roof height 34 to 35 feet in your town. The safety code intends to protect people from perishing in fires, so indoor sprinklers are part of the requirement Decisions to build higher have to take community safety and appearance into account, so height restrictions have been intended to make escape and rescue easier. Statistically, only 5 percent of occupants on a third floor survive a fire. That’s the reason for height restrictions, so taller homes require more safety features.

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Is it time for Yankees and Mets fans to ask for a refund?

Regardless of the heat wave, I love summer, compared with the brutal wind blasts of December. I know that the summer climate doesn’t satisfy everyone, but the chance to breathe the warm air and be greeted with the bright sunshine is very comforting to me. Summer makes me happy, but I must confess to being very irritated by one subject. I refer to the Yankees and the Mets.

Once upon a time, during my very naïve years, I was told that money buys anything. I didn’t really believe that, because with the passage of time, I saw many instances in which money bought nothing. I know wealthy couples who are the most miserable people. I’ve watched companies flush with money fall apart due to mismanagement.

But I wonder how two great sports franchises, flush with cash, can perform so badly.

Being a lifelong Yankees fan, I will start with my gripes about them.

Media reports indicate that the current payroll of the team is around $280 million, which places them close to the top of the list of the big spenders.

With that kind of money and a fan base that pours millions of dollars into the club treasury, how can management justify the fact that their team is in last place in the American League East?

There’s no doubt that Aaron Judge’s toe injury has been a major setback. But there are many other players who take the field each day and do nothing to win or make the loyal fan base happy. If you follow them as I do, they look like a bunch of people who just show up to collect a paycheck and go home.

They are listless, bored and totally disconnected with the job of keeping baseball America’s so-called pastime.

If these players were street sweepers, I could understand their listlessness. Pushing a broom can be a very dull job. But when players are paid millions of dollars, the fans are entitled to watch a team that is energized and trying to succeed. Have you ever watched the Little League World

Series? It pays to tune in and watch kids yell and scream when a teammate gets a base hit. They hug a fellow player when he strikes out to encourage him to do better the next time he’s at the plate.

There are many big league examples of hunger for victory. The Toronto Blue Jays and the Tampa Bay Rays are good examples.

Their players come out to play with smiles on their faces and are determined to win. The lack of passion that the Yankees display is similar to what I observe about this year’s Mets team.

The Mets’ owner, Steve Cohen is a very wealthy man. He can buy just about anything he wants just by dialing his cellphone. He has invested billions in a team that has been called one of the best that money could buy. When he broke the bank to hire Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer, Mets fans were jumping for joy.

The rest of the lineup is All-Star quality, but the team could end up in fourth or worse in the NL East at season’s end.

When some team owners speak to

the sportswriters, they sound like the kid who claims the dog ate his homework. They moan about injuries and claim that it will be just a matter of time before their players catch fire. They’re afraid to complain about their players for fear of upsetting them. They seem to forget about the dollars they’re shelling out to those employees.

Many of us longtime Yankees fans wish George Steinbrenner was still alive. When he was, and Yankees players failed to perform, he publicly excoriated them.

And Steinbrenner was never reluctant to trade away a player who didn’t meet his standards.

It’s possible that the Yankees, and the Mets, too, will shake up their teams by the Aug. 1 trade deadline. And maybe they’ll send out a few blunt messages that we long-suffering New York fans are entitled to get our money’s worth when we buy those very expensive tickets.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Food for thought: Whose tuna is it anyway?

We all have our breaking points, and I discovered my husband’s last Thursday evening after we arrived at a nearby restaurant for dinner. We had been there once before. The place had good word of mouth, and the reviews said the service was friendly and the food was imaginatively prepared. Perhaps we should have lingered longer over the word “imaginatively.”

know what I’m having,” he said, with great relish. “The tuna steak with bok choy and wasabi potatoes.” Our daughter said she would have the same.

I saw trouble looming on the horizon, and it had fins.

The waiter arrived to take our orders.

“I’ll have the tuna, cooked medium,” my daughter said.

who remembered us from the week before. “Sir, you sent your tuna back three times last week,” he said.

“That’s right,” Don said. ”Because it was raw each time, even though I ordered it well done.”

“I’m sorry,” the manager said. “But the chef won’t cook it past medium.”

Randi is on a brief leave. This column was originally published Jan. 13-19, 2000.

“What’s with all the blue swirls? Paint me polka dots.”

RANDI KREISS

We were dining with one of our favorite people, our daughter, and my husband wanted it to be a special treat for her.

We were seated by one of the friendly staff, and he made a point of removing the white napkins and offering us black ones, saying, “These won’t leave lint on your black slacks.”

“I’m impressed, “ I said. “What a thoughtful accommodation.”

Don was perusing the menu. “I

The waiter looked pained. “We cook the tuna rare,” he said. “Medium, with pink on the inside, is as far as we’ll go.” She said that was fine.

it had fins.

But it wasn’t fine with the big guy. “I would like the same,” my husband purred, “but I want mine well done. I don’t do pink.”

The waiter looked stricken. “I’m sorry, sir, but the chef won’t cook it past medium.”

“I know how I like my tuna,” Don said, quite reasonably. “I won’t send it back because it’s too well done. I like it that way. It’s my dinner, and I want it cooked the way I want to eat it.”

The waiter fetched the manager,

“You mean to tell me that I’m paying for this dinner and I have to eat it the way the chef likes it?”

“Sorry sir.”

“I assume the chef is the owner,” my husband said.

“Yes, sir.”

“And he doesn’t care if he loses a customer?”

“No, sir. He serves his tuna purple in the middle.”

By now my husband was turning purple himself. He canceled the tuna and ordered a vegetable plate.

Our daughter suggested we try to reframe the situation.

“You’re so angry, Dad. Try to think of this from the chef’s point of view. He’s a food artist. He’s the Van Gogh of food, and you’re saying to him,

The big guy wasn’t in the mood to reframe. “He can paint all the blue swirls he wants, but I don’t have to eat them. This guy is telling me that if I want to eat the meal I want to eat, I have to eat it the way he enjoys it.”

I see it as a control issue: Yes, you will. No, I won’t. The chef was a prima donna, an incarnation of “Seinfeld’s” soup Nazi. My husband couldn’t get the meal he wanted, which is, after all, the general idea of dining out, and he was right.

Scrambled eggs with ketchup, peanut butter and banana sandwiches, burnt steaks, matzo balls hard as hockey pucks: culinary idiosyncrasies are an American tradition. In the future, when we hear about a restaurant where there’s an artist at the burners, we will dine elsewhere.

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

At a nearby restaurant, I saw trouble looming on the horizon, and

Many of us Bronx Bombers fans wish George Steinbrenner was still alive.

JERRY KREMER

Local news is good for business

It’s no secret that recent years have been tough on small businesses and on newspapers.

A bipartisan bill, the Community News & Small Business Support Act that has been introduced in Congress, would offer relief to both newspapers and local businesses.

For too many newspapers, help can’t come soon enough. Economic challenges have resulted in too many communities seeing their local newspapers being forced to lay off staff, cut back on publication days, or — worse yet — close. On average, two newspapers are closing each week. That hurts local businesses and residents in the long (and short) run.

However, despite the challenges, what remains true is that local newspapers make a difference in their communities.

But don’t just take my word for it. Let’s look at the numbers, and why America’s Newspapers has been pushing for the Community News & Small Business Support Act to be introduced.

A recent national study of 5,000 Americans older than 18 was conducted by the independent research firm Coda Ventures for America’s Newspapers, and provides compelling evidence of the importance, relevance and vitality of today’s newspapers in the American media landscape.

Readers told us that their local newspaper makes a difference. The study shows that 79 percent of Americans read/use local news “to stay informed” about their cities, counties and communities. They also said they rely on their local paper to feel connected to their community. To decide where they stand on local issues. To find places and things to do. To talk with people about things happening in the commu-

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nity, because they find it enjoyable or entertaining, and to be a better citizen.

And, contrary to popular belief, readers across all age groups turn to local newspapers and their digital products to stay informed about their communities.

Readers also told us they need more local news from their community paper. As one survey respondent said, “Our paper keeps getting smaller. I would like to see more news items, what’s happening in town, what’s new in politics, etc. And they need to be quicker to respond to breaking news.”

All of that takes a committed, local staff — something the legislation, introduced by U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney, of New York, and Rep. Suzan DelBene, of Washington, will help to make happen.

So, what would this legislation mean to your local community?

Local businesses with fewer than 50 employees would receive a five-year nonrefundable tax credit of up to $5,000 in the first year, and up to $2,500 in the subsequent four years, based on their spending with local newspapers and local media. Our study showed that six out of 10 American adults use newspaper advertising to help them decide what brands, products and local services to buy.

Newspaper readers also are almost twice as likely to purchase products in a number of important advertising categories than nonnewspaper readers, including automobiles, trucks and SUVs; home furnishings; home improvement products and services; and home services like pest control, plumbing and heating.

With this legislation, we expect to see more businesses being able to afford to advertise to consumers, which in turn helps communities thrive.

For local newspapers, a five-year refundable tax credit would help them hire more journalists to bring you more news. It’s a win-win for local communities.

Newspapers would receive a tax credit to be

used for the compensation of journalists. The credit would cover 50 percent of journalists’ compensation in the first year, and 30 percent of compensation — up to $50,000 — in the subsequent four years.

This tax credit would only be available to local community papers with fewer than 750 employees and, if they don’t invest in their newsroom, they don’t get the credit.

And these tax credits are only available to local newspapers. National newspaper outlets are not eligible.

The importance of local newspapers and local business is the reason Reps. Tenney and DelBene introduced the legislation. We are most grateful for their support.

We need your support, as well, to encourage legislators to enact this legislation. Please contact the offices of your senators and representatives in Congress and encourage them to add their support to this legislation.

These tax credits aren’t permanent — they will sunset in five years. But those critical five years will allow the newspaper industry the time needed to address the challenges that it is facing from Big Tech, which often uses newspapers’ content without compensation, as well as other technological and market challenges. Visit USA.gov/elected-officials for the contact information for your legislators.

More local reporting means more access for hometown news readers like you rely on. And stronger newspapers mean stronger advertising vehicles for local businesses.

On behalf of its approximately 1,700 newspaper and Solutions Partner companies, America’s Newspapers is committed to explaining, defending and advancing the vital role of newspapers in democracy and civil life. We put an emphasis on educating the public on all the ways newspapers contribute to building a community identity and the success of local businesses.

Learn more at Newspapers.org.

Dean Ridings is chief executive of the advocacy organization America’s Newspapers.

To the Editor:

Re Peter King’s column last week, “At this dinner, true patriotism was on vivid display”: Mr. King’s columns have been mildly interesting, often nostalgic, but the deprive us of his greatest asset. As a former congressman with long experience as a respectable Republican, his informed opinion is valuable to Long Island. Recounting the Patriot Awards Dinner is interesting and nostalgic, but the present need for heroes is expressed only as wishful thinking. Noting the heroes and the 9/11 terrorists should not blind us to the present terrorist threat.

Candidate Donald Trump proclaims the constitutional right to do anything he wants as president. He further details the goals of his mission of “retribution,” involving destruction, uprooting, elimination and the like. His militant acolytes sign on, his team details the means by which they’ll establish an autocracy during 2025, his media broadcast the message, his donors unsheathe their checkbooks.

Surely the honorable Mr. King has some thoughts on

Election integrity in New York?

over the past 20-something years, election integrity has become a hot-button issue in our country.

In 2000, Democrats claimed that George W. Bush was an illegitimate president because of hanging chads in Florida.

In 2016, Democrats alleged that Donald Trump stole the presidency by secretly colluding with Russia. And in 2020, many Republicans asserted that the presidential election was rigged, which was the catalyst for Jan 6.

None of the claims in any of those elections were proved, but what is clear is that the past twoplus decades of such baseless allegations on both sides of the political aisle have taken their toll on voter confidence on our electoral process. A study in 2000 found an average level of public faith in national elections between 1964 and 1996 of 70 percent. In 2020, a Gallup Poll found that just 59 percent of Americans were very or somewhat confident in U.S. elections.

So you might think it would be government’s main priority to restore faith in our electoral process. Unfortunately, your assumption would be incorrect, and your faith misplaced. Instead, the desire to secure power consistently outweighs restoring public trust in our elections, and common-sense election reforms supported by the public are consistently rejected. A 2021 Monmouth University poll found that 80 percent of Americans

support requiring voters to show photo identification to cast a ballot, but Democrats consistently reject that idea. Despite the requirement of photo IDs for everything from library cards to driver’s licenses to accessing Medicaid to boarding an airplane, Democrats, incredibly, claim that requiring voters’ photo IDs would disenfranchise a portion of the population.

Even more concerning, political parties appear to be passing laws that are fundamentally changing our election process — laws that are designed to place a heavy thumb on the election scale in favor of one party over the other.

For the past five years, New York has been a one-party state, with Democrats controlling the Assembly, the Senate and the governor’s office. In that time, Democrats have passed election law after election law not to strengthen and depoliticize state and local elections, but rather to give a blatant advantage to Democratic candidates.

In 2014, then Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other Democrats supported a state constitutional amendment, passed overwhelmingly by the public, that established a Redistricting Commission to independently draw up the state’s political maps to avoid gerrymandering, beginning in 2021. At the time, Republicans controlled the Senate.

When 2020 rolled around, Democrats were in full control, and their desire for that independent commission was gone. They rejected its proposed legislative maps, and tried passing a law to allow

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these proposed alterations to the government he helped to preserve? Or on the character of some of those he served with? Or on the unusual tactics of Tommy Tuberville, Marjorie Taylor Greene or Jim Jordan? Mr. King must feel something about marionettes like George Santos replacing serious public servants like himself. Mr. King’s service is recent and thus still relevant, but it will become less so with time. The time to speak, to advise, is now.

BRIAN KELLY Rockville Centre

Protect chimps — and unborn babies

To the Editor:

Re Randi Kreiss’s column last week, “Chimps face N.Y. court test of personhood” (reprised from Jun 11-17, 2015): I usually don’t agree with Randi, because we have different political outlooks and worldviews, but this time I do, because cruelty is morally wrong. There are exceptions such as war, but those are rare. Her quote from Jane Goodall and reference to chimpanzees’ similar DNA were poignant. Why, then, don’t we all extend the same concern to creatures that share 100 percent of our DNA — an exact

themselves to draw the new districts, contrary to the 2014 reforms. Over the express will of the people, Democrats drew the new congressional, Senate and Assembly districts. Ultimately, their action was struck down, deemed unconstitutional, and the districts were redrawn by an independent special master.

DAfter such a strong rebuke by the courts, you might think Democrats would reconsider such political overreach. Unfortunately, the exact opposite has occurred. In the last two weeks of the legislative session in Albany, the Democrats passed laws, which Gov. Kathy Hochul has indicated she will sign, that fundamentally transform the state’s election process.

One bill would move most town and county elections to even-numbered years, when Democrats typically have their highest voter turnout. But the Democratic sponsors of the bill excluded from the legislation all cities, including New York City, village and school board elections, which consistently have among the lowest voter turnout. Opponents of the bill, including me, believe that important local issues, and races for Nassau County and Town of Hempstead offices, would be overshadowed by national and state issues and races. The county and town have held elections in odd-numbered years for over 80 years, but the 18 percent higher turnout in even years may be just what Democrats need to win local legislative seats, which I believe is the true purpose of the change.

match, actually? And these creatures look “just like a human baby,” because they are human, and in fact “persons,” regardless of what current laws say. But unfortunately, most people are like Randi’s dinner crowd, who “just couldn’t care about what happens to chimpanzees” — or unborn human children.

I challenge Randi to use her own logic to help defend the unborn.

And I will contribute to janegoodall.org.

JACK HOLLAND Baldwin

Some of us know what teachers go through

To the Editor:

Re Mark Nolan’s column in last week’s Herald, “You have no idea with teachers deal with”: Yep — all sad but true. My wife is a retired first-grade teacher. It’s hard to believe that so much starts there, but it does.

Yes, teachers are well paid, but most of them really earn it! Thanks to them, and God bless them.

DICK CARDOzO Westbury

Another bill passed by Democrats is the New York Early Mail Voter Act, which would allow voters to cast mail-in ballots without an excuse during the nine-day early-voting period. As things stand, the state Constitution allows voting by mail only for those with specific excuses — a disability, an illness, or an absence from their county on Election Day. In 2021, this same measure was put before state voters as a ballot amendment, and soundly rejected. As a result, the Democrats, as they did with redistricting, ignored the will of the voters will and created this legislative workaround that doesn’t need voter approval.

There will certainly be legal challenges to these bills, but the Democrats also have that covered. In the last days of the session, they passed a bill that requires a person filing a constitutional challenge to an election law to do so in one of only four jurisdictions. To no one’s surprise, those four courts are in areas that are heavily Democratic, with similar judicial profiles.

We passed coincidence in New York a long time ago.

The actions of the Democratic-led State Legislature in the past several years, and particularly this past session, would clearly lead a reasonable person to conclude that these so-called “reforms” have very little to do with restoring trust in our voting system, and instead ensure that the majority party remains in power.

But hey, as many of my Democratic colleagues said as they were passing these “reforms,” they “trust the voters.” That is, if they vote the way Democrats want them to.

Brian Curran represents the 21st Assembly District.

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emocrats have passed election laws just to give their candidates the advantage.

Brian CUrran