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Chamber to host dinner Officials celebrate Freeport’s resilient business community the Year and John Hrvatin as the Community Service Award recipient. After the coronavirus shut “It’s great to be able to hold down the local economy in this event, even if it’ll be on a March, the Freeport Chamber smaller scale,” Chamber Presiof Commerce worked around dent Jenny Jorge said. “This is the clock to proa celebration of mote local businessFreeport’s resilient es and connect business communithem with resourcty.” es that could help Bennett, presithem stay afloat dent of the Freeuntil the reopening port-based Rabco began this summer. Engineering P.C., As busy as the which provides chamber was assistengineering and ing its members, construction manthe spring shut agement services, down also forced has worked in the the organization to JENNy JORgE village for 33 years. cancel its annual Founded in 1987, President, Installation Dinner, Rabco Engineering which celebrates Chamber of began working on not only the cham- Commerce small residential ber, but also Freejobs until it grew to porters dedicated to managing larger, improving their community. multi-million-dollar projects, Though the Chamber of including airports, rail faciliCommerce cannot hold its usu- ties, breweries, hospitals and ally large-scale affair, its lead- universities. ers decided to hold a smaller Bennett also took on homeceremony at the Freeport Yacht raising and flood-control projClub on Thursday, after the ects in Freeport and Island Herald Leader went to press, to Park to protect homes after reinstall officers and board Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Benmembers and to honor Robert Bennett as Business Person of Continued on page 4

By RONNy REyEs rreyes@liherald.com

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No tricks, just treats Long Island Cares Inc. partnered with Stop & Shop to distribute Halloween goodie bags to children at its food pantry in Freeport last Friday. Story, Page 4.

A place for those Inn-B-Tween Library plans to construct new youth section By RONNy REyEs rreyes@liherald.com

For years, the Free por t Memorial Library has tailored special programs for residents of all ages at its building, but there was one age group that had long proved difficult to serve — tweens. These youths, ages 10 to 12, are too old for some of the children’s activities but not quite old enough to join teen groups. The

library has a Children’s Room and Teen Room, but Library Director Ken Bellafiore asked, “What about those kids in between?” After receiving more than $175,000 in state aid secured by State Sen. John Brooks and Assemblywomen Judy Griffin and Taylor Darling, Bellafiore said the library would construct a space specifically for tweens called the “Inn-B-Tween,” where tweens can gather to socialize

and take part in library programs catered to them. “This is something we’ve wanted to do for a long time now, and I’m looking forward to creating a space for tweens at the library,” Bellafiore said. “It has been said that ‘a library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life,’ and we are delighted to be able to facilitate the funds necessary to mainContinued on page 3

his is a celebration of Freeport’s resilient business community.

October 22, 2020 — FREEPORT HERALD LEADER

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The J.W. DoDD Middle School earned the Silver Partnership Status from the Junior Achievement of New York, allowing students to take part in finance-focused courses.

J.W. Dodd MS receives Silver Partnership Status The Junior Achievement of New York has recognized Freeport’s J.W. Dodd Middle School with the Silver Partnership Status, which site’s the school’s continued commitment to empowering students to achieve economic success. Junior Achievement is a non-profit organization that works to educate students across the nation to make smart, economic choices and succeed in the

global economy. Junior Achievement partners with schools to create programs that teach students about work readiness, entrepreneurship opportunities and financial literacy. The Silver Partnership Status allows students at Dodd to have access to these programs and courses.

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The honorable Ralph P. Franco, 93, of Freeport, died on Oct. 14. He was a retired Supreme Court Justice in Nassau County. He was the beloved husband of Lorraine, loving father of Ralph Jr. (Lisa) and Lauren (Richard) Ippoliti, cherished grandfather of Ralph Franco III, Caroline Franco and Faith and Richie Ippoliti and dear brother of Michael (Georgie) Franco. Franco had served as a Nassau County District Court Judge for the last six years. Prior to that, Franco presided over the Freeport Village Court, the largest village court in the State of New York, for 11 years. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, Franco graduated from Brooklyn College and Brooklyn Law School. He began his legal career as a private practitioner, who was always ready and willing to serve the public interest. Franco subsequently held the positions of deputy village attorney and special prosecutor for the Village of Freeport, deputy county attorney for Nassau County and law secretary in the Supreme Court; He also served as an

elected trustee and deputy mayor for the Village of Freeport. Franco was a former president of the Nassau County Magistrate’s Association and a member of the New York State Magistrate’s Association, the American Justinian Society of Jurists and the Nassau Suffolk District Judge’s Association. He was also a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, Catholic Lawyers Guild, Nassau Lawyers Association and the Colombian Lawyers Association of Nassau County. Franco was a member of the American Legion, the Knights of Columbus and an incorporator and charter member of the Enrico Fermi Lodge, Order of Sons of Italy, where he served as chairman of the Anti-Defamation Committee. He also served as a former president of the Freeport Rotary Club and honorary member of the Freeport Fire Department. Visitation and funeral services were held at the Hungerford & Clark Inc. Funeral Home. Interment St. Charles Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions to Parkinson’s Foundation, at parkinson.org, would be appreciated.

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Library tackles Covid-19 challenges continued from front page tain and improve the Freeport Library and our outstanding New York library system,” Brooks said. The Inn-B-Tween room will be an enclosed room adjacent to the stacks area, encompassing about 500 square feet. It will include bookshelves, a librarian’s desk, a smartboard, stackable chairs and mobile tables, which will make rearranging the room to fit the tweens’ needs easy. Bellafiore said about a thousand students attend the Caroline G. Atkinson Intermediate School, which houses the Freeport School District’s fifth- and sixthgraders, so the village has a large tween population. He added that while the library used to perform routine visits to the school district, the pandemic has hampered this year’s outreach efforts. “Normally we go around giving library cards to students graduating from Atkinson who are moving up to the Dodd Middle School, but the pandemic made it difficult to do that this year,” Bellafiore said. “We want to do all we can for this age group, so I’m hoping the tween room can help us stay connected with them.” The pandemic also brought about other significant changes for the library, as it closed down by the end of March and began adapting to an online model to

Mobile■library■resources The Nassau Digital Doorway is a collection of ebooks and audiobooks that can be used on a computer or downloaded to a mobile device. After the 14-day loan period, the titles are automatically returned to the collection. ■■ Sesame■Street■EBooks: Electronic books for children featuring the Sesame Street characters. The ebooks have bright pages, audio narration, interactivity, animation and more. ■■ Tumble■Books■Library: Downloadable audiobooks, read-a-long books and ebooks for children. ■■ RBdigital■Magazines: Download digital versions of popular magazines for use on a computer or mobile device. There are no holds, no loan periods and no fines. ■■ Kanopy: Stream videos for free on a computer or mobile device. Offers wide meet residents’ needs. During the shutdown, the library introduced two new digital services for residents, the RBdigital Magazines online

variety of films, documentaries and educational videos. ■■ Proninciator: A free way to learn any of 80 languages with self directed lessons, live teachers, movies, music and more. ■■ CreativeBug: contains thousands of award-winning art and craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. ■■ Learning■Express■Library: Offers practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, ebooks, tutorials on computer and Internet basics, popular software stills and more. Practice tests include Police Officer, EMT/Paramedic, Cosmetology, Military (ASVAB), Civil Service, GED and the ESL (Spanish) Skills Improvement Course. Source: Freeport Memorial Library

archive and Kanopy, free streaming service for films, documentaries and educational videos. The digital services continue to be a big hit in the community even

after the library reopened in June. Last month, about 250 residents were using RBdigital Magazines and more than 500 were using Kanopy. And the library saw 1,213 checkouts in its ebook and audiobook platforms. The library also acquired 25 Wi-Fi hotspots to lend to patrons, 20 more than it had before the pandemic. Bellafiore explained that with increasingly more people working and studying from home, the need for the library’s Wi-Fi hotspots grew, so the library acted to meet demand. Residents are also free to use the public computers at the library for up to an hour a day. Bellafiore added that the library’s virtual events have also been a success, with about 450 people attending dozens of adult programs in September, and more than 300 people attending the youth programs. “People have really taken to our programs, from STEM lessons with students to meditation and mental wellness exercises for residents of all ages,” Bellafiore said. “We had given out more than 150 digital library cards to our patrons, and we encourage everyone to get a physical library card to make the most out of everything we have to offer.” Library officials said they hope to have the Inn-B-Tween completed next spring. The project is estimated to cost $350,000, with the state grant offsetting nearly half of that figure.

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ThE■SChEMaTiCS■ ouTLinE■the plan to build a tween center at the Freeport Memorial Library. The center is expected to open next spring.

October 22, 2020 — FREEPORT HERALD LEADER

CHildRen Can piCk up the goodie bags at the pantry at the LIC Center for Collaborative Assistance, at 21 E. Sunrise Highway.

Robert Bennett

John Hrvatin

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Chamber honoring two Stop & Shop, L.I. Cares distribute treats for kids for local leadership continued from front page nett, himself, bought his home in Freeport just days before the storm. “Sandy was devastating to the village,” he said, “so I’m glad we were able to elevate some of those houses.” Jorge described Bennett as a successful businessman who cares about his community and has been an active member and supporter of the Chamber of Commerce for years. “He’s someone dedicated to Freeport who gives back when he can,” she said. Hrvatin, director of the Freeport Housing Authority, was selected as the Community Service Award recipient for his work in developing the new Moxey Rigby public housing complex in the village, which houses 101 apartment units that residents finished moving into in January. Hrvatin said he has worked on the project for seven years with the help of the local, state and federal governments. The old Moxey Rigby building, just east of the new one at Buffalo Avenue and Merrick Road, was a 70-year-old, redbrick building that lacked modern amenities. The building also suffered flooding during Superstorm Sandy. “It really was substandard property,” Hrvatin said. Rather than repair and upgrade the dilapidated building, Hrvatin and the FHA Board of Commissioners decided

to build the new, $40 million complex, which includes elevators, central airconditioning, a laundry room, 100 parking spots, a playground and a basketball court, and it meets Federal Emergency Management Agency standards for flood control. “It was a tremendous undertaking, but I know this is going to be a model for the community on what affordable housing can be,” Hrvatin said “John has done a great service for the community,” Jorge said. “He’s the one that got the [Freeport] Housing Authority up and running and created this asset for the village.” Jorge added that she was hopeful local businesses would continue their steady recovery following the pandemic, after businesses saw a large revenue decline because of the closures and Covid-19 regulations. At the dinner, Jorge, vice president of operations at Gala Foods Supermarkets, was to be reinstalled as chamber president, along with First Vice President Ben Jackson, of Ben’s General Contracting Corp.; Second Vice President Kendrick Dookram, of State Farm Insurance; Third Vice President Gregory Ingino, of Woodward Children’s Center; Treasurer Thomas Dipolito, of Trius Electric; and Jacques Butler, of Verizon Communications.

Stop & Shop and Long Island Cares Inc. officials gathered outside LI Cares’s food pantry in Freeport to announce its Halloween Trick-or-Treat program last Friday. Stop & Shop has provided 500,000 goodie bags to LI Cares, which will distribute the treats to children throughout Long Island through their pop-up food pantry sites and mobile pantry programs in October. “These are challenging times, and with that comes a responsibility to take extra precautions to protect our children’s health, as well as their happiness,” said Stefanie Shuman, Stop & Shop’s community relations manager. “We are also grateful to have such wonderful vendor partners who donated so generously to help ensure Long Island kids in need have a happy Halloween.” “It’sessential that we provide children with a sense of normalcy, even during a pandemic,” added Paule T. Pachter, CEO

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■ Long Beach Distribution Center, 650 Magnolia Ave., Long Beach ■ Five Towns Community Center, 270 Lawrence Ave., Lawrence ■ Presbyterian Church of Valley Stream, 130 Central Ave., Valley Stream ■ LIC Center for Collaborative Assistance. 21 E. Sunrise Highway, Freeport ■ LIC South Shore Service Center, 163-1 N. Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst ■ LIC Super Pantry, 386 N. Wantagh Ave., Bethpage

Crime watCh Arrests ■ A male, 26, was arrested on Oct. 15, near North Brookside Avenue for an open warrant. Officers conducted a traffic stop in the area, and upon investigation of the driver, the officers found he had an open warrant for unlawful possession of marijuana.

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of Long Island Cares Inc. “Stop & Shop’s generosity and its continued support of our mission will allow us to provide kids with a fun Halloween experience, but in a manner that allows us to protect their health and safety.” Distribution sites for the goodie bags include:

■ A 43-year-old woman reported that an unknown suspect entered her car, which was parked on Sunrise Highway, and stole several items worth $1,700.

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tim told police that an unknown suspect opened three credit accounts in her name with three separate businesses without her permission. The victim had received letters from Sprint stating a balance of $1,285.09, from AT&T with a balance of $992.52 and from Bob’s Furniture with a balance of $2,482. The resident did not open or authorize these expenditures.

Criminal Mischief ■ A Freeport resident on North Long Beach Avenue reported that an unknown suspect scratched key marks into her car, which was parked at the residence. The damage was valued at about $2,500.

■ A Freeport resident reported an incident of identity theft on Oct. 14. The vic-

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Baldwin man arrested for robbery, kidnapping

Operation Shed-the-Meds returns to Baldwin Sanitary District No. 2’s Grand Avenue garage and office in Baldwin hosted its one-stop Operation Shed-The-Meds event for document shredding and e-cycling on Oct. 3. Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé, a democrat from Freeport, visited the event and joined community organizations and her partners in government as a co-sponsor for the event, which gave Baldwin, South Hempstead and Roosevelt residents in Sani 2’s service area an opportunity to securely dispose of unwanted pre-

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scription medication, electronic waste and documents containing sensitive personal data. “Through this event, Sani 2 provided residents with an environmentally friendly, Covid-safe opportunity to prevent identity theft, keep unwanted prescription drugs out of the wrong hands and dispose of electronic waste properly,” Mulé said in a statement. “I was delighted to cosponsor this important community service and look forward to future collaborations with Sani 2.”

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A Baldwin man was arrested for robbery, kidnapping and other charges on Oct. 15 at around 1:55 a.m. Mohammed Negadi, 29, of Jefferson Place, was in a car with two female acquaintances, 47 and 44, when they began to argue, according to Nassau County police. Negadi and the women exited the vehicle and began struggling over a phone, police said. Negadi then jumped into the Christina Daly/Herald driver’s seat of the car and naSSau county police chased arrested a Baldwin began to drive away with the 44-year-old woman in the car. man on Oct. 15 for robbery and other charges. The 47-year-old woman called 911 to report her car stoNegadi fled the scene once again, this len, and Negadi fled the scene before time on foot. After a short foot pursuit, he police could arrive. was placed into custody. A short while later, police officers Negadi has been charged with robbery observed the car being driven by the in the third degree, kidnapping in the secdefendant and initiated a traffic stop. Neg- ond degree, unlawful fleeing of a police adi refused to stop and continued driving officer in a motor vehicle, reckless drivwith the female victim still in the car, ing, reckless endangerment in the second screaming for help through an open win- degree, unauthorized use of a vehicle in dow. the third degree, criminal mischief in the While fleeing from the officers, Negadi fourth degree, driving while intoxicated, continuously threatened to kill the aggravated unlicensed operation in the woman in the car. He continued driving third degree and multiple vehicle and into the Village of Freeport and struck a traffic law infractions. tree on South Ocean Avenue, police said. He was arraigned on Oct. 16 in Mineola.

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Sanitary DiStrict no. 2 members joined County Legislator Debra Mulé for the Operation Shed-the-Meds event on Oct. 3.

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n an era when many people are socially isolated by the coronavirus pandemic, I thought it more important than ever to provide a sense of community through what I call ‘huddles.’ These are community conversations that used to take place at the Point Lookout Public Library, but the pandemic forced us to move them onto Zoom. Twice a month, I host talk sessions for about 20 women who meet in a bipartisan manner to discuss politics, issues important to the barrier beach and Nassau County, and ways to protect oneself against the virus. I got the idea for the sessions after the Women’s March in Manhattan, the day after Donald Trump was elected president in 2016. We have heard from Republicans and Democrats alike, including Assemblywoman Missy Miller, [former Town of Hempstead Councilwoman] Erin King-Sweeney and [State Sen.] Todd Kaminsky. In this time, people need ways to keep in as close contact as possible while remaining safe. I can't wait to get back to the library, where we can feel a little closer and more in the world as we knew it. The sessions are twice a month, every other Monday, from 7 to 8 p.m. For anyone who wants to participate, the code is 4515115125. The code word is ‘Huddle.’

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hroughout the pandemic, Kiwanis International has encouraged clubs that couldn’t meet in person to meet over virtual platforms, with Zoom being the most favored. The pandemic created many opportunities for services going back to March, and Kiwanis clubs all over remained active. We have an Italy-San Marino district, which began raising money for ventilators when Italy was in the throes of the virus in mid-March. In East Meadow, the Kiwanis club teamed up with [Borrelli’s Italian Restaurant] and raised thousands of dollars to cook meals for first responders. We also have leadership service clubs in schools, and we’ve been helping them continue to provide services when schools were closed or extracurricular clubs couldn’t meet. We’ve created web-based kits to allow school clubs to function virtually. We just launched the Youth Leadership Development curriculum, which allows students to learn youth leadership skills for college credit. There are all kinds of courses kids could attend from home and add to their transcript. Some clubs have started meeting in person, and some also stream their meetings on Facebook live for those who aren’t comfortable being there in person. So many have moved to a hybrid model. Challenges always bring about new opportunities. While we couldn’t be in person, we could attend meetings and conference with people when we wouldn’t normally think about doing that. I recently attended a meeting of a Colorado Kiwanis club and another of a club in Nepal before that.

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east rockaway Mayor, Village of east rockaway

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ohn Jacobsen, a U.S. Army veteran, has served as a Freeport Police Officer for almost 30 years. He spent most of his career in the Patrol Division and Community Response Unit. After being promoted to sergeant in 2013, Jacobsen began serving as the commanding officer of the Motorcycle Squad and as the police department’s representative to the Freeport Emergency Management Team. He recently became a supervisor of detectives in the Detective Division. As the pandemic began shutting down the village, Jacobsen worked with the Emergency Management Team to ensure that Freeport officers were all equipped with proper personal protective equipment to help protect officers and combat the spread of the coronavrius in Freeport. The village was the third-hardest hit community in Nassau County, with dozens of new cases being reported every day during the height of the pandemic. Freeport officers were at the forefront of the village’s Coronavirus Task Force, assisting paramedics who tended to and transported the sick. Several officers contracted the virus, but were able to recover and return to work after quarantine. For his work in helping to protect his fellow officers, Jacobsen was honored as a “Covid Hero” by Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé.

hen we first heard of the Covid-19 outbreak, we were concerned about how we were going to protect our residents. The village board and I immediately took action to shut down our Recreation Center, Senior Center, library and parks to any visitors. We also developed a plan to operate Village Hall without having anyone enter the building. We created a drop-box outside the door for all types of permits, tickets, licenses and other municipal transactions that needed to be processed. Our staff monitored the mailbox for documents and completed the transactions and then either mailed them back to our residents or had individuals pick them up by appointment. Our main concern was to respond to rescue calls and save lives. We had to ensure that our first responders in our ambulances were properly suited with personal protective equipment so our volunteers would be safe after responding to Covid-19 calls. Our emergency management team was proactive in procuring equipment from Nassau County and the state, as we anticipated a high volume of calls. I was on the phone with Congresswoman Kathleen Rice requesting PPE to get us through the tough days ahead of us. Special thanks to all of our local legislators who reached out to me and donated very urgently needed masks. Our first responder rescue unit and Fire Department did and are still doing an outstanding job in our village, cautiously handling calls. I wish to thank each and every one of our volunteers for their time, efforts and heroism in responding to our residents.

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Where to vote (early) in Nassau County By AlyssA seidmAn aseidman@liherald.com

Election Day is a little less than two weeks away, but thanks to a series of reforms passed by the State Legislature in 2019, Nassau County residents can vote before Nov. 3. Starting Saturday, Oct. 24, residents can head to one of 15 polling sites to cast their votes for the Nov. 3 election during a nine-day early-voting period. The process was introduced in New York state last year as part of a series of reforms intended to make voting easier for people who struggle to get to the polls on Election Day. The nine-day schedule offers 83 hours of early voting — 60 are required — including evenings and weekends through Sunday, Nov. 1 (see map). Registered voters may cast their ballots at any of the listed locations, but if they do not, they must vote at their regular polling place on Nov. 3. Residents will verify their voter registration on iPads, or electronic poll books, which have replaced physical poll books at each early-voting site and regular polling place. Using a stylus, poll inspectors will assist voters in signing their names and confirming their identities. Once their signatures are approved, the poll inspector will print ballots from a ballot-

on-demand printer. “No matter where you go, you’re getting your ballot,” said James Scheuerman, the Democratic commissioner for the Board of Elections. Scheuerman also said that if residents submit their ballots during the early-voting period, it precludes them from voting on Election Day. “The poll pads sync up,” he said, “so after you vote, other poll books around the county, within one minute, will know that you voted to guard against double voting.” Residents who have questions about the county’s early-voting procedures can visit www.nassauvotes.com. The Board of Elections has advised voters that some states that have already begun their early-voting period have reported significant lines at polling sites. To ensure ballots are cast at legitimate polling stations or deposited in legitimate drop-off boxes, voters are advised to be attentive. Report any suspicious activities or efforts to interfere with or disrupt voting immediately. If in doubt, or to report any issues, please call the Nassau County Board of Elections: (516) 571-8683 for English; or La Junta Electoral Condado Nassau en Español: (516) 571-1245. Information provided the Nassau County Board of Elections. Map by Christina Daly/Herald

Timothy Denton contributed to this story.

An infogrAph of Nassau County’s early-voting sites for the 2020 election.

ToH OKs $453.5M budget — taxes are flat By TimoThy denTon tdenton@liherald.com

The Hempstead Town Board unanimously approved a $453.5 million budget for 2021 on Oct. 13. The budget represents a $16 million increase from last year’s $437 million approved budget, but is $11 million less than the current projected 2020 budget of $464.5 million. The $27 million — a difference of 6.1 percent — is because of unforeseen expenses from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Town Comptroller John Mastromarino. “That’s the projected budget,” Mastromarino cautioned. “We still have more donald than two months until the end of the year; we don’t know what could happen between now and then.” Mastromarino’s caution underscored the difficulty in preparing a balanced budget in the face of the biggest disaster to befall the town’s economy in 100 years. “We really have to look to the [1918-19] flu pandemic to see anything like what we’re facing now,” Mastromarino said. With the support of the board’s lone Democrat, Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, the budget was billed as bipartisan. Goosby has sided with the Republican majority on all but a handful of

issues in the past two years. The property tax levy for 2021 is flat, year over year, at $253.1 million. Total levies, including funding for the Highway and Sanitation departments, come to $341 million. Cost savings included $6 million from a reduction of 37 positions from the town’s workforce of 1,781 employees, and $750,000 in debt service. In the face of the coronavirus, the town’s fund balance — its emergency fund — which had been projected to grow to $5 million in 2020, will finish the year $7.5 million in the red. Next year, that deficit is projected to grow by a further $12 million, to $19.5 million, Mastromarino said. X. Clavin Moody’s Investors Service cited the town’s minimal reserves as an area of concern in last year’s rating upgrade, saying that deterioration could lead to a potential downgrade. However, the rating agency has taken no action to date. The town received $134 million in federal CARES Act funding, Mastromarino said. Much of the one-time grant has yet to be allocated, he said, but the town has used revenue to support local hospitals and food banks, as well as purchasing personal protective equipment kits for villages and local businesses. The grant has also been used to make town facilities safer, Mastromarino said.

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The Town of Hempstead Board passed its tentative 2021 budget unanimously, but Comptroller John Mastromarino cautioned that the Covid crisis may add complcations. For example, “we’ve installed filtration systems in buildings with central air conditioning. From all we’ve learned, buildings with central climate control represent one of the greatest dangers for airborne Covid transmission,” he said. CARES funding has also been used to increase the town’s deep-cleaning efforts at its facilities.

In common with other state and local governments, the town’s efforts to prepare realistic balanced budgets in the face of the Covid-19 crisis has become complicated, Mastromarino conceded, adding that continued assistance from the federal government would be critical in addressing the demands of the pandemic.

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Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines

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Running on Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines in the general election

Age: 63

Age: 54

Age: 43

Lives in: Town of Hempstead

Lives in: Uniondale

Lives in: Garden City

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Bowdoin College; law degree, New York University Law School

Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Pennsylvania, 1986; law degree, Hofstra University School of Law, 1989

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Loyola College in Maryland, 1999; law degree, Hofstra University School of Law, 2002

Legal career: Between 1982 and 2007, Ignatius Muscarella served as a law clerk for three justices of the New York Supreme Court. From 2008 to 2013, he was a guardianship referee, and from January 2014 to his start on the Nassau County 10th District Court in 2015, he was a court attorney referee. In 2008, Muscarella was honored for Professionalism & Community Services by the Court Officers’ Benevolent Association, and in 2004 he received the Merit Performance Award for Community Service and Humanitarian Pursuits by the New York State Court System.

Legal career: Darlene Harris is currently a Nassau County District Court judge, and was elected to the post in 2014. From 1991 to 1994, she served as senior court attorney for the District Court Law Department; from 1995 to 1996, as the Town of Hempstead’s deputy attorney; and from 1996 to 1999 as a Nassau County legislator. In 1997, she opened a private law practice, which she maintained through 2010. From 2010 to 2014, she was chair of the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission.

Legal career: Lisa Cairo began her career in 2003 as an associate at Chris J. Coschignano P.C., handling civil litigation with a focus on matrimonial cases, municipal applications and real estate transactions. In 2006, she became an associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP in the firm’s matrimonial practice group. In 2011, she became a partner in the firm’s municipal law, litigation and real estate practice groups. She is also a member of the firm’s management committee.

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Robert Pipia

Tricia Ferrell

Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines

Caryn Fink Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines Age: 53

Age: 56

Age: 47

Lives in: Roslyn Heights

Lives in: Levittown

Lives in: Uniondale

Education: Bachelor’s degree, SUNY Albany, 1987; law degree, Hofstra University, 1992

Education: Bachelor’s degree, City College of New York, 1995; law degree Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1998

Legal career: From to 1993 to 1994, Robert Pipia served as a law assistant for the Town of Hempstead attorney’s office. In February 1994, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor Gregory Peterson appointed him as the Hempstead Town Board counsel. He became deputy town attorney in 2000. He was also executive assistant to Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray. In 2014, Pipia was elected Nassau County District Court judge, a position he still holds. He has also served as a member of the State Rehabilitation Council, which was the oversight agency for Vocational and Education Services for Individuals with Disabilities, a division of the New York State Department of Education. And he is a member of the Hofstra Law Alumni Association board of directors.

Legal career: Tricia Ferrel began her legal career in 1998 as an assistant Nassau County district attorney. She served in that role until 2005. She was the Village of Hempstead attorney from 2005 to 2006. She became the Nassau County director of compliance from 2006 to 2008. She was appointed by Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi as a Nassau County District Court judge in 2008, and was re-elected to the post in 2009 and 2014.

Legal career: Caryn Fink started her legal career from 1993 to 2000 as an assistant district attorney and senior trial attorney in the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. From 2006 to 2013, she was an assistant district attorney in the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, Rackets Bureau/Labor Unit. And from 2013 to now, she has been the principal law clerk for the Hon. Helene Gugerty, a New York State Supreme justice.

Chris Hoefenkrieg Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines Age: 53 Lives in: Roslyn Heights Education: Bachelor’s degree, SUNY Albany, 1990; law degree, St. John’s University, 1994.

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INSTRUCTIONS District takes in a swath of south-central Nassau County, from Hempstead and Westbury to the North to Long Beach to the south, and Valley Stream to the west and Wantagh to the east. Howie Hawkins Para votar un candidato cuyo nombre no está en la papeleta, marque el òvalo a la izquierda For President Angela Nicole Walker E del ‘write-in’ y escriba el nombre claramente en la casilla. Cualquier otra marca, o escritura For Vice President fuera de los espacios porporcionados para votar, puede anular toda la papeleta. Usted Libertarian Libertarian tiene el derecho a una papeleta de reemplazo. Si comete un error o quiere cambiar su voto, 1 Electors For llame la Junta De Elecciones al (516) 571-2411 para instrucciones sobre cómo obtener una Jo Jorgensen nueva papeleta. El número de opciones está listado para cada elección. No marque mas For President Jeremy Cohen F candidatos de lo permitidos. Si lo haces, su voto en esa elección no sera contado.

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Independence also proposed This is notJohn an actual ballot, but a composite of several has sample ballots legislation to cap the percentage of so as to reflect all the districts within the communities covered by district property taxes used Brooks your edition of the Herald. to fund school district G Party: Democratic Party/ expenses by at 50 percent, as Complete reporting on candidates running in districts covered Working Families/Indepenopposed to the 65 to 75 the Herald – as well as the full text of our endorsements in each dent percent that race – may be found at LIHerald.com under the Elections ’20 tab.the estimated Write-In For results after the polls close Tuesday night,average is at around his disAge:election 70 trict. go to LIHerald.com. He has supported the Professional experience: idea that small businesses State senator since 2017 should have a multi-year tance learning. His focus is window to borrow money at Education: Bachelor’s for all school districts to lower interest rates because degree, New York Institute of have equal footing so famiof the financial strain that Technology; Associate’s lies can have adequate the coronavirus pandemic degree, SUNY Farmingdale access to education, includhas put on them. He ing after the coronavirus opposes the federal cap on pandemic. On the issues: the income-tax deduction Brooks has also been a As a former vice president of the Seaford Board of proponent of reforming Long for state and local taxes paid. Island’s property taxes Education, John Brooks said And Brooks is developing based on current markethe has a “keen interest in a proposal to provide a more assessed home values. He the well-being of school disaffordable health-care plan. argues that, as Nassau tricts and investment in the youth of his district.” Current- County already has one of the highest median annual ly, Brooks is working on property taxes in the country, securing state aid for the there must be a fairer methschools to meet the technological needs to support dis- od of assessing taxes. He

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Taylor Darling Incumbent

Party: Democrat Age: 36 Professional experience: Assemblywoman, industrial organizational psychologist Education: Spelman College, Hofstra University On the issues: During her time in office, Taylor Darling has worked to tackle long-term, systemic issues affecting the 18th Assembly District. Darling has advocated for additional funding for local schools, as well as secured monies owed because Foundation Aid continues to shrink. She also opposes any cuts to schools, and wants additional research and funding to go into schools’ post-pandemic

needs. Darling also worked with other state officials to secure the former National Guard Armory, on Babylon Turnpike, for the Village of Freeport in 2019. She said she wanted the armory to be used in a way that best serves local residents. She has backed the idea of converting it into a community center that would host activities for residents of all ages. With the coronavirus pandemic devastating local economies, Darling wants the state to focus on the

communities that were impacted the most, which includes her district. She said she would work with the state to evaluate each need and allocate funds where they are needed most. She also wants to address the issues that were already in place that caused 18th Assembly District communities to have significantly higher Covid-19 cases than neighboring areas. And Darling said she hopes to continue breaking down barriers between local government and residents to help people find and understand all the resources available to them, especially older adults living on fixed incomes.

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Includes Hempstead and Uniondale, and parts of South Hempstead, Roosevelt, Freeport and south Merrick. Taylor Darling’s opponent, Cherice Vanderhall, could not be reached for comment.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 21 Judy Griffin Incumbent

Party: Democratic Age: 57 Professional experience: Previously a senior adviser and director of community outreach to State Sen. Todd Kaminsky Education: Bachelor of Science in business economics, with minors in political science and communication, SUNY Oneonta On the issues: Judy Griffin, who is finishing her first term in office, said she would like to explore new revenue streams to fund schools, municipalities and health services. “While we wait for the federal government to act, it is imperative to assess our spending and revenues in

real time in order to make informed decisions,” she said. A mid-year fiscal report from State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli in mid-October, followed by a fiscal report from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will provide essential information, she said. Griffin said she would continue to work on unemployment issues, advocate for tax and rent relief, and develop health insurance initiatives to assist those who lost their benefits because they are out of work during the pandemic.

Griffin said she keeps in touch with organizations like Vision Long Island and the local chambers of commerce to address local needs at the state level. Griffin also hosted a series of small businesses conferences via Zoom in collaboration with these organizations, and emphasizes the need to continue reopening businesses. Griffin co-sponsored a bill that was signed into law in June that establishes a state disaster emergency loan program to be administered by industrial development agencies for small businesses and small notfor-profit corporations. She is also reviewing the viability for the New York Forward Loan Program to reduce red tape so that grants for small businesses are expedited.

Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick Challenger

Parties: Republican, Conservative Age: 55 Professional experience: Attorney, certified public accountant and partner in the law firm of Canzoneri & Canzoneri, LLP Education: Bachelor of Science in accounting from St. John’s University; law degree from St. John’s School of Law; Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law On the issues: Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick’s platform includes pressing Governor Cuomo to responsibly reopen society, especially businesses;

exploring all alternatives when it comes to potential education aid cuts; and advocating for Economic Development Zones, which would set zoning as well as governmental assistance parameters for entire neighborhoods or blocks, as opposed to the outdated practice of piecemeal redevelopment of individual parcels, she said. Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick said she believes Long Island homeowners cannot afford the property tax increases that will likely result if state

legislators cannot fend off prospective education aid cuts. “Severe cost-cutting would erode our quality of education,” Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick said. “New York state’s budgets should not be balanced on the backs of students.” The candidate said she believes restructuring of state debt, allocation of federal CARES funding to school districts and re-ordering the state’s spending priorities must be analyzed and pursued. To address the uncertainty that developers face with respect to zoning and downtown revitalization, Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick is advocating for the creation of Economic Development Zones.

Includes Malverne, North Lynbrook, Lynbrook, Rockville Centre, Baldwin Harbor and parts of Oceanside, South Hempstead, Baldwin and Freeport.

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Mobile testing site visits Baldwin On Sept. 15, State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, whose district includes Baldwin, hosted Covid-19 antibody and cardiovascular testing at St. Christopher’s Church in Baldwin. Everyone was offered free on-site screenings perfor med by dedicated healthcare workers. Given the current

environment, many still prefer to remain close to home, which is why Griffin was inclined to bring a full array of preventive services and screenings directly to the community. Griffin is pictured with the healthcare workers who helped out at the testing event.

RichnerLive’s next Herald Inside LI webinar will focus on the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on the commercial real estate market and major development projects, such as UBS Arena at Belmont Park and the Nassau HUB. In past virtual conversations hosted by RichnerLive, the events division of Richner Communications, publisher of Herald Community Newspapers, panelists have discussed changes in the residential real estate market. On Oct. 29 at 10 a.m., Herald Inside LI will shift focus to major, commercial projects and community developments on Long Island. How are Covid-19 restrictions impacting commercial real estate projects and developments? How have construction projects adapted to accommodate the new normal? During this episode of Herald Inside LI, viewers will hear from the commercial perspective, as well as a broader outlook on Long Island and what’s to come for the region. Several experts will engage in discussion, including: ■ Harry Coghlan, CEO, Nassau County Industrial Development Agency ■ John Madigan, senior vice president and director of Emerging Corporates Long Island Citibank ■ Michael Maturo, president of RXR

Realty ■ Sophia A. Perna-Plank, associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP ■ Tom Pistore, president of commercial operations, UBS Arena at Belmont Park. ■ Kyle Strober, executive director of Association for a Better Long Island “There has never been a better time to invest in Long Island’s future,” Coghlan said. “As businesses pursue relocating to suburban areas, the Nassau IDA stands ready to assist businesses considering to move to or expand in Nassau County.” Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, will moderate and deliver questions from viewers. To submit questions in advance, send an email to insideli@ liherald.com. Herald Inside LI webinars began in August to inform the community about different, changing aspects of life in the Covid-19 pandemic. To register, visit liherald.com/insideli. RXR Realty, Jaspan Schlesinger LLP and Citi Commerical Bank are sponsoring this virtual event. To sponsor a webinar or for more information about Herald Inside LI, contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive.com or (516) 5694000, ext. 224.

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255 Archer Street

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21-029 Freeport Memorial Library 144 W. Merrick Road 21-129 Freeport Memorial Library Pamela Walsh Boening Village Clerk Issue Date: October 22, 2020 123564 LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Jr., Superintendent of NOTICE TO ELECTRIC PLEASE TAKE NOTICE Electric Utilities Inc. USERS that the Board of Trustees Village of Freeport, PSC No. 9 Electricity of the Incorporated Freeport, New York SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE: Village of Freeport, at a 123565 CANC meeting held on October Village of Freeport 19, 2020 duly adopted PUBLIC AND SUPPLEMENT NO: 8 the following resolution: LEGAL NOTICES… INITIAL EFFECTIVE DATE: Resolved that , in Printed in this publication can be found online. Search by 6/18/2020 accordance with the publication name at: (Issued in compliance provisions of the election www.newyorkpublicnotices.com with Commission Order Law of the State of New issued and effective June York, the 2021 Freeport LEGAL NOTICE 15, 2020 in Case 19Village Election shall be NOTICE OF PUBLIC E-0538) held on March 16, 2021, MEETING CANCELLATION OF and The Freeport Housing TARIFF AMENDMENTS IN Be it further resolved that Authority will hold a CASE 19-E-0538 the office(s) to be filled at public meeting on By order of the Public said election and the Wednesday, November terms are as follows: Service Commission, 18, 2020 at 5:00 P.M. State of New York, issued Mayor, for a term of four The meeting will be held and effective June 15, (4) years, to expire in at 100 North Main Street, 2020 in Case 19-E-0538, April 2025; two (2) Community Center, the following tariff Trustees, each for a term Freeport, NY 11520 with amendments have been of four (4) years, to expire limited seating. cancelled, effective June in April 2025; and Village 123559 18, 2020: Justice for a term of four (4) years, to expire in Third Revised Leaves Nos. PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… 59, 62, 64 Fourth Revised April 2025. Printed in this publication can Dated: October 22, 2020 Leaf No. 57 be found online. Search by Fifth Revised Leaves Nos. Pamela Walsh Boening publication name at: Village Clerk 58, 60 www.newyorkpublicnotices.com 123563 Issued by: Al Livingston,

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP) Investment Services FOR THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FREEPORT NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK Notice is hereby given that the Purchasing Agent of the Incorporated Village of Freeport, New York will receive sealed proposals for “Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP) Investment Services” until 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, in the Purchasing Department, 46 North Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York 11520. Specifications may be obtained at the Office of the Purchasing Agent, Municipal Building, 1st Floor, 46 North Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York, 11520 or on the Village website, w w w. f r e e p o r t n y. g o v, from 9:00 A.M. on Monday, October 26, 2020, until 4:00 P.M. on Friday, December 11, 2020. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all proposals received and subject to these reservations, shall award the contract to the highest qualified and responsible vendor. Proposals which in the opinion of the Board are unbalanced shall be rejected. In submitting a proposal, vendors agree not to withdraw their proposal within forty five (45) days after the date for the opening thereof. Kim Weltner Purchasing Agent Village of Freeport VILLAGE OF FREEPORT Issue Date - October 22, 2020 123566 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

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LEGAL NOTICE NASSAU - INDEX NO.: 009948-2013 - SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. Plaintiff designates NASSAU COUNTY as the place of trial based upon the location of the premises herein described having tax map Section 55, Block K, Lot 138 AND 139, ROOSEVELT, NY, County of Nassau - STRATEGIC REALTY FUND, LLC, PLAINTIFF, -againstRUBEN GERMAN MONTENEGRO, if living, and if he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have

Information to identify the case: Debtor: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York EIN: 11-1837437 United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York Date case filed for chapter 11: 10/01/2020 Case Number: 20 - 12345 Official Form 309F1 (For Corporations or Partnerships) Notice of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case 10/20 For the debtor listed above, a case has been filed under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. An order for relief has been entered. This notice has important information about the case for creditors and debtors, including information about the meeting of creditors and deadlines. Read both pages carefully. The filing of the case imposed an automatic stay against most collection activities. This means that creditors generally may not take action to collect debts from the debtor or the debtor’s property. For example, while the stay is in effect, creditors cannot sue, assert a deficiency, repossess property, or otherwise try to collect from the debtor. Creditors cannot demand repayment from the debtor by mail, phone, or otherwise. Creditors who violate the stay can be required to pay actual and punitive damages and attorney’s fees. Confirmation of a chapter 11 plan may result in a discharge of debt. A creditor who wants to have a particular debt excepted from discharge may be required to file a complaint in the bankruptcy clerk’s office within the deadline specified in this notice. (See line 11 below for more information.) To protect your rights, consult an attorney. All documents filed in the case may be inspected at the bankruptcy clerk’s office at the address listed below or through PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records at https://pacer.uscourts.gov). The staff of the bankruptcy clerk’s office cannot give legal advice. Do not file this notice with any proof of claim or other filing in the case. 1. Debtor’s Full name: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York 2. All other names used in the last 8 years: Diocese of Rockville Centre 3. Address: 50 North Park Avenue, Rockville, NY 11570 4. Debtor’s attorney: Jones Day, Attn: Corinne Ball, 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY 11570, Phone: (212) 326 – 3939, Email: cball@jonesday.com 5. Bankruptcy clerk’s office: US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004-1408, Hours open: Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM (ET) – 5:00 PM (ET), Contact phone: (212) 668 - 2870. Documents in this case may be filed at this address. You may inspect all records filed in this case at this office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov. 6. Meeting of creditors: November 5, 2020 at 12 PM (ET), Location: The meeting of creditors will be conducted by telephone conference. The Office of the United States Trustee will provide dial-in instructions prior to the meeting. The debtor’s representative must attend the meeting to be questioned under oath. Creditors may attend, but are not required to do so. The meeting may be continued or adjourned to a later date. If so, the date will be on the court docket. 7. Proof of claim deadline. Deadline for filing of proof of claim: Not yet set. If a deadline is set, notice will be sent at a later time. A proof of claim is a signed statement describing a creditor’s claim. A proof of claim form may be obtained at www.uscourts.gov or any bankruptcy clerk’s office. Your claim will be allowed in the amount scheduled unless: your claim is designated as disputed, contingent, or unliquidated; you file a proof of claim in a different amount; or you receive another notice. If your claim is not scheduled or if your claim is designated as disputed, contingent, or unliquidated, you must file a proof of claim or you might not be paid on your claim and you might be unable to vote on a plan. You may file a proof of claim even if your claim is scheduled. You may review the schedules at the bankruptcy clerk’s office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov. Secured creditors retain rights in their collateral regardless of whether they file a proof of claim. Filing a proof of claim submits a creditor to the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court, with consequences a lawyer can explain. For example, a secured creditor who files a proof of claim may surrender important nonmonetary rights, including the right to a jury trial. 8. Exception to discharge deadline: If § 523(c) applies to your claim and you seek to have it excepted from discharge, you must start a judicial proceeding by filing a complaint by the deadline stated below. 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an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirsat-law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through, or under them and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs-at-law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, KENSINGTON REALTY DEVELOPMENT LLC, RAFFERTY SPECIALTY FINANCE COMPANY, LLC, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,

INC. (MERS), AS NOMINEE FOR SUNTRUST MORTGAGE INC., TYRELL EDWARDS, ROMELL EDWARDS, CYNTHIA TORRES, SHAWNA EDWARDS, NASSAU COUNTY CLERK, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, DEFENDANTS. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days

after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered against you and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF

(MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Syosset, New York, September 21, 2020. Roach & Lin, P.C. F/K/A Peter T. Roach & Associates, P.C., attorney for Plaintiff, 6901 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 240, Syosset, NY 11791. Tel: 516-938-3100. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Thomas A. Adams, a Justice of the Supreme Court, State of New York, dated March 4, 2020 and filed with the Nassau County Clerk together with the supporting papers thereon. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage held by Plaintiff on the premises known as Section 55, Block K, Lot 138 AND 139, ROOSEVELT, NY, County of Nassau as described in the complaint on file and commonly known as 55 HENRY STREET, ROOSEVELT, NY 11575. 69182 123242

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ome who are opposed to Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination are blurring the line between confirming a justice to fill a vacancy and the so-called “packing” of the court. Using this nomination to justify court packing would be a huge mistake. The real underlying issues relate to checks and balances and separation of powers. These are ideas that are embedded in our constitutional system of government. They’re essential to the successful American experience in alfonSe representative govd’amaTo ernment. The continued success of this experience depends on all of us abiding by these basic principles. Without checks, balance is threatened. Without separation, power is unfettered. Our founders understood that. They deliberately divided our national government into three branches designed to balance one another against the accumulation of too much power in one place or person. That’s why we have a president, not a king; a Congress, not a politburo; and an independent judiciary, not star chambers or kangaroo courts. If we knock one leg

off this executive/legislative/judicial stool, the whole thing tips over. That’s what could happen if our leaders in Washington go down the path of tinkering too much with our carefully checked and balanced system — if they fail to maintain the deliberate separation of powers. The most recent example is talk of increasing the size of the Supreme Court. The argument goes like this: Since Republicans are pushing through a conservative Supreme Court nominee to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Democrats would be justified in expanding the size of the court with liberal justices to offset its conservative tilt. This tit-for-tat approach may sound appealing to Democrats, but it could easily lead to an unraveling of the balance of power in Washington, remaking the Supreme Court into not an equal branch of government, but an appendage of executive and congressional will. Suppose Democrats sweep to power in Washington next month, winning control of both the White House and Congress, and the court is increased from nine to 11 members by this one-party government. It may more easily bend to the will of Congress and the president, but it will have lost its essential independence as a co-

equal branch. It will in essence have become an arm of the other two branches. Fast-forward a few years and imagine the presidency and Congress swinging back to Republican control. The new oneparty government decides to increase the court from 11 members to 13 to get its pet initiatives through. It passes a different health care bill and changes the abortion laws, and then guarantees their passing Constitutional muster by loading the court with sympathetic justices. Over time the Supreme Court becomes a bloated mess, with 17 or 19 justices, or whatever number is needed to uphold the policies of the contemporaneous administration and Congress. America came perilously close to this situation once before. In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt was frustrated that the Supreme Court struck down some of his New Deal initiatives as unconstitutional. When FDR tried to pack the court with sympathetic judges, the national backlash was swift and certain. FDR wisely backed down, and judicial independence was maintained. Maybe we Americans take our form of government too much for granted. We expect it to survive another 200 years just because it’s already lasted well over 200. Yet what Congress and the president do

f Democrats win big and ‘pack’ the Supreme Court, where might that lead?

can imperil our constitutional government. Congress, in particular, should resist the temptation to change its own self-limiting rules. The current Supreme Court controversy began when then Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took advantage of his Democratic majority to remove the requirement of 60 votes to confirm District Court nominees. When the Senate swung back to Republican control, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided to remove this 60-vote threshold for Supreme Court justices as well. That’s why Coney Barrett will likely be confirmed before the election. The next step in eroding the 60-vote requirement for Senate action would be to eliminate its application not just to judicial appointments but to all other legislative actions as well. That might sound appealing to the leaders of the next Senate majority, but it could come back to haunt them, too. Majorities shift with elections, and minority rights and privileges look a lot better when you’re in the minority. As someone who lived with both the pluses and minuses of the Senate’s higher threshold for action, I know that tinkering with power is tempting. It’s also dangerous. Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.

When real-life horrors outdo Halloween

eally, could you make up Donald Trump if he didn’t already exist? What book publisher in their right mind or movie producer hoping for a hit would create a character as unlikely as the Republicans’ very own Great Pumpkin on steroids? Imagine this: Hungry screenwriter pitches a story to movie mogul: “See, you have this superrich guy who decides to run for Randi president against kReiSS 17 other candidates seeking the GOP nomination. He has some problems, sure, some ADD maybe, some narcissistic personality disorder, some grandiosity. Yeah, I’m pretty sure there’s tape out there of him bragging about grabbing women’s genitals and getting away with it because he’s a star. History? Not his strong suit. Also, yeah, he has no experience at all in government or foreign affairs. “He did host a reality TV show. And he has experience hosting the Miss Universe pageant, which will help when

negotiating with Russia, Syria and Iraq. “He’s planning to build a wall along the border with Mexico, lower taxes on the rich, create a religious test for immigrants trying to get to America. Also, there are TV clips of him gyrating while mocking a disabled reporter, and, yes, he did insult the Gold Star parents of a Muslim-American soldier killed in Iraq. “OK, OK, he isn’t perfect, but he is flamboyant, and a fast talker, and he knows how to gin up a crowd, even inciting anger and violence, which will make for a great plot line, maybe even ending in another American Revolution.” Would any publisher or producer want to invest in this preposterous story? And wait, there’s more. He not only wins the nomination of his party, he wins the 2016 election and becomes the 45th president, a profoundly unprepared, uncouth, blatantly racist xenophobe. Then, get this, he runs for a second term. Sorry, Halloween 2020, you’ve been hijacked by the facts on the ground. Nothing can be as horrific as real life in the midst of a global pandemic in a country abused by an inept leader.

Between the last election and this year, certain bedrock beliefs, such as the peaceful transition of power, have been challenged. Double double toil and trouble. From which caldron did he pull the idea to destabilize the country by sowing hatred and fear? Halloween, can you really do better than that? Fake Freddy Krueger fingernails and monster teeth just don’t cut it anymore. This year, thanks to the worrisome spiking of the Covid-19 virus, most children won’t have the fun of going door to door. The trick is on the innocent kids who might have been living in an entirely different environment if a competent and forthright president had taken charge early on to fight the pandemic in a smart and scientific way. Halloween tricks seem old school. Egging a car? Toilet paper in the trees? You call those tricks? They’re lame when compared with Russia hacking the election, the GOP placing fake ballot boxes around California and the leader of the free world coyly encouraging a wacko fringe group like QAnon. Now those tricks get everyone’s attention. Facebook, like other social media plat-

his year, the scariest holiday has been hijacked by facts on the ground.

forms, is under attack by foreign goblins and gremlins; cyberwarfare is terrifying. The old-time fright masks just don’t have the same ability to reach inside our lives and twist until we scream. Masks have taken on a whole other meaning in the time of Covid and the reign of Donald. As for ghosts, Halloween, I’m seeing the spirit of dictators, past and present, dancing across America. What have you got? White sheets and green makeup? Meh. Trump is actively summoning the spirit of his brother, Vladimir Putin, to name just one. He invokes his spirit every time he saws away at the pillars of our democracy: the Department of Justice, the FBI, the CIA, the Supreme Court and the Environmental Protection Agency. Clearly, the Donald trumps Halloween. He has ruined my taste for manufactured terror. I just can’t get interested in candy corn. We need to invent a special holiday for him. Let’s call it Inauguration Day, celebrate a new president and say goodbye to the sick joke that has been Donald Trump’s presidency. Maybe next year, fright wigs and skeleton costumes will be amusing again. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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onsider the number 675,000 for a moment. That’s the number of people in the United States who died during the flu pandemic of 1918-19. Could the U.S. be headed for such widespread death again? At press time, nearly 220,000 Americans had died of Covid-19, only eight months into this pandemic. The coronavirus could very well be with us for months to come, perhaps through the end of 2021. What will the death toll be in six months, 12 months, 18 months? It isn’t a stretch of the imagination to believe we could reach 400,000, 600,000 deaths or more if a safe and reliable vaccine isn’t found soon. Each death represents someone’s mother or father, brother or sister, friend or colleague. Each death is a tragedy, an extinguishment of life that was, in all too many cases, avoidable — if not for the policies of the Trump administration. From the start, President Trump downplayed the dangers of the coronavirus, even though he understood its severity as

early as February. When we should have been locking down nationally, as New Zealand did in March, we remained open for business in most parts of the country, and the virus spread from transportation hubs like New York and California across the country. There was never a complete travel ban from China early this year, as Trump has claimed — American citizens and permanent residents flew back and forth at will between China and the U.S. And Trump has eschewed masks all along, even though mask wearing would improve safety as the U.S. continues to open up. Now the Trump administration is weighing, and in many ways pursuing, its potentially most dangerous policy of all — herd immunity, the ill-advised, frankly inane notion that we can beat the coronavirus by allowing healthy young people to become infected. If enough people do so and develop immunity to the virus, the thinking goes, it will disappear. Reputable scientists tell us, however, that herd immunity requires at minimum

50 to 60 percent of the population to be infected, and that it cannot be achieved without a vaccine. But let’s suppose for a moment that we, as a nation, were to pursue a herd-immunity course through natural infection, and 60 percent of Americans — or 196 million people — were to get the coronavirus. Think about the astronomical death total that would likely result. To date, 8.17 million Americans have reportedly been infected with Covid-19. That’s 2.5 percent of the population. In widespread testing in late September, 1 in 10 Americans had Covid-19 antibodies, according to the Stanford University Medicine News Center. That is, we’re a long way from herd immunity. Pursuing herd immunity in the absence of a vaccine is a recipe for a death toll not seen in a pandemic since 1918-19. Listen to the reputable scientists: Wear a mask in public. Keep your distance. Wash your hands frequently. Work from home if you can.

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n late September, we at the Herald were jolted when a senior at Kennedy High School, in Bellmore, called on school officials — and the local media — to stop referring to girls’ sports teams at Kennedy as the “Lady Cougars.” The student, 17-year-old Rachel Nossen, of Merrick, wrote an op-ed essay for her school newspaper, The Cougar Crier, and it certainly caught our attention. Throughout our newspaper group, which encompasses 18 editions on the north and south shores of Nassau County, we decided to

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letters Voting is now convenient To the Editor: It’s been a trying year for our nation and a tragic one for New Yorkers, many of whom have lost loved ones and are worried about our tattered economy and the wellbeing of isolated friends and family. The scary prospect of a second wave of Covid-19 washing over New York during flu season has been anticipated all year, but one silver lining is that we need not fret over voting safely in next month’s election. For the majority of Long Islanders who haven’t voted since 2018 or before, casting a ballot in New York has changed drastically for the better, thanks to a raft of reforms and resiliency measures that improved convenience, due process, fairness and public safety. There are now three ways to vote in Election 2020, each with pros and cons. Given our protracted public health emergency, however, this flexibility is key to our safety

letic programs. Our editorial board gathered to figure out how “Lady” came into our sportsreporting lexicon, and concluded it was simply a matter of tradition. As we have learned in recent months and years, however, we need to look critically at our traditions to ensure they are in sync with modern thinking. Use of “Lady” when referring to girls’ sports teams is clearly out of step with 2020 culture, and so we will stop using it, except when it is part of an official team name.

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here is a storm brewing, and your child’s school is in its cross hairs. It’s not a hurricane or a tornado. It’s a fiscal tsunami, and it’s going to devastate the education system on Long Island unless Albany steps up and acts. Too many of our school districts were already in dire fiscal straits due to decades of austerity before the economic experts released their forecasts of even more funding cuts. This is especially true for schools in Black and brown neighborhoods. For Lisa years, students in TYson these classrooms have lacked up-todate materials, technology and other basic resources, so it’s no wonder these districts have been the first to feel the effects of this oncoming storm. The Copiague Board of Education pink-slipped dozens of staff members just a week before students were set to return to class. And this is just the beginning. The wind is picking up. Dark clouds are forming. Things are looking grim. But don’t worry. This particular storm isn’t a force of nature that we are powerless to stop. This is a human-caused

financial calamity to which there are sensible solutions. First, however, we have to examine how our “leaders” got us into this mess. It’s not news to anyone that New York, like the rest of the nation, is in economic turmoil because officials at both the state and federal levels failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 25,000 people in our state and left millions jobless. In response to New York’s fiscal distress, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature approved a budget earlier this year that cut $1.1 billion in state aid from schools. Long Island schools lost a total $49.4 million. But it gets worse. Here’s how Copiague Public Schools Superintendent Kathleen Bannon explained the dire situation that every district is facing: “On Aug. 20, the district received a state aid payment for the 2019-20 school year that was 20 percent less than expected. Along with that payment was a notice that all future state aid payments would also be reduced by 20 percent.” These aren’t just numbers in a spreadsheet. Your children’s education, and therefore their future, is on the chopping block. Far too many of Long Island’s bright young minds have been forced to

he state must dip into its rainy-day fund, because it’s pouring out there.

LeTTers and the election’s legitimacy. Regardless of ideology, nobody argues in print that American citizens should need to risk their lives to vote. Options can protect our rights and our communities if we avail ourselves of them. Last year, lawmakers created an election period to spread voting out over nine additional days — including two weekends and workday evenings. At the time, “social distancing” wasn’t common parlance to anyone without a degree in disease transmission, but that reform seems prescient today. The early-voting options in Nassau and Suffolk counties include a shift to countywide voting centers, permitting residents to visit any site from Saturday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Nov. 1. Nassau, a statewide access leader, offers 83 operating hours of early voting. (The same can’t be said for Suffolk, which has a greater population and sprawling geography, but fewer sites and nearly three fewer days’ worth of hours.) For those who have adapted to our new normal — who wear masks and venture out for groceries — finding a quiet five minutes to vote early may be the best option. Voters cast their ballots after privately marking them, and they will be included with election night results. Those who believe the process is a partisan ploy should know that Texans have

attend schools that are criminally underfunded, and these cuts will further pulverize their chances at receiving a quality education. So, will Long Island’s state legislators stand by and let this happen, or will they fight for the children of Long Island? It’s time to act to stop this fiscal tsunami in its tracks, because we shouldn’t play politics with our kids’ education. We are proposing a fourpronged approach, and the first prong can and should be done immediately: The state must dip into its rainy-day fund, because it’s pouring out there. We can’t weather a storm with an umbrella full of holes. Secondly, class is now in session, so the State Legislature should be in session, too. Cuomo has been circumventing democracy and playing games with the budget, which has caused unimaginable uncertainty and instability in school districts and municipalities. This has to stop. He needs to produce a real plan that lawmakers can work with to avoid more cuts at all costs. If he fails to do so, state legislators must immediately reconvene to stop the bleeding themselves, and they can do that by passing measures to make ultra-millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share. Albany needs to stop giving New

been voting early since the 1980s. Until Covid-19, absentee voting was not a mainstream option for New Yorkers. The state was one of only 16 to restrict it to those with the right excuse. Busy with work or child care? Not eligible. It shouldn’t have taken a deadly pandemic to develop voting resiliency — disruptions on Sept. 11, 2001, which was a Primary day, and Hurricane Sandy’s late-October 2012 landfall were enough. For immunocompromised people and those living or working with them, voting remotely may be safer, and pitfalls that jeopardize rights have been significantly mitigated. Voters can now request a ballot online in seconds or by phone, and may return completed ballots via contactless drop boxes at early voting or Election Day sites, or at their county Board of Elections office, which avoids return mail, stamps and postmarking entirely. Common clerical errors can now be fixed, providing a layer of due process where none existed before. Those who still prefer voting on the first Tuesday in November at one assigned site are welcome to, but they will have waited until the last possible day, when no other options remain — even if there are lines, inclement weather or a local uptick in Covid-19 cases. I wouldn’t wish that uncertainty on anyone, even those dispar-

York’s wealthiest residents a free ride. The rich have profited handsomely during the epidemic, earning enough during the public health crisis alone to close the state’s budget gap. New York’s cashstrapped families can’t be the only ones forced to make sacrifices. This isn’t a partisan issue. An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers support raising taxes on the rich, which lawmakers should remember when it’s their turn to cast a vote on legislation, because voters will surely remember who acted and who didn’t when Election Day comes around. Third: All options should be on the table to raise necessary revenue and avoid exacerbating this crisis with more cuts. So Cuomo also has a duty to consider short-term borrowing from the New York Federal Reserve Bank’s Municipal Liquidity Facility. And, last, we can’t let the federal government off the hook. It needs to get its act together, stop all the partisan bickering and send relief to the state and local communities. Sadly, recent events have made clear that the State Legislature can’t just sit on its hands and wait for Washington. For the sake of suffering New Yorkers, Cuomo and state lawmakers must act now. Lisa Tyson is the director of the Long Island Progressive Coalition.

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