Freeport Herald 10-27-2022

Honoring pillars of the community

By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@liherald.com

Educators and community members gathered to recog nize this year’s honorees at the Black Educators Committee’s fifth annual Legends Ball at the North Ritz Club last Satur day.

The 54-year-old organiza tion, which is based in Free port, created the event to rec ognize those who have long served the children and fami lies of Freeport and greater Long Island.

“We decided to start this event in 2018,” committee Pres

ident Claretha Richardson said. “We let it become our flagship event, with the goal being to honor the former teachers in the district as well as community representatives. We recognize those who work in the community that have been trailblazers, and have been creators and innovators in their own areas in order to build up the community.”

Nassau County Legislator Debra Mule presented cita tions to Michael Cohen, Judith Kearney, Denise Lloyd, April Francis Taylor and Clejetter Worrells for their contribu

Down on the farm with De La Salle school students

By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@liherald.com

Earlier this month, the De La Salle School resumed its annual Vermont farm trip, giving some of its students the chance to combine agriculture with aca demics.

Since 2002, the Pine Street school has offered the adventure to boys in grades 5 through 8. The all-male school, which has fewer than 80 students, enrolls at-risk Latino and African-Amer ican boys from low-income fami lies, and its curriculum inte grates academics, the arts and the study of Catholicism.

The yearly farm trip, to the

Spring Brook Farm in Reading, Vermont, had been on pause because of the coronavirus pan demic, but the administration was given permission to revive it this fall. Typically, just one class would be allowed to go, but to make up for lost time, the school sent both fifth- and seventh-grad ers this time around.

“The program was estab lished to give students an oppor tunity to do something they would never have an opportuni ty to experience otherwise,” De La Salle Principal Jeanmarie Becker said. “The trip teaches them something about them selves; it develops an inner confi dence in them. So we’ve just felt

that the program gives the stu dents many benefits through its learning experience, but also it bonds the gentlemen that go together.”

The trip is part of Farms for City Kids, an educational pro gram offered to students in the Northeast that combines class room lessons with practical agri cultural experience to give urban children an appreciation and understanding of how fun damental academics are in everyday life. At Spring Brook, a traditional dairy farm, they work at a dairy barn, a smallanimal barn, a greenhouse, a garden and a cheese house, tak ing on team-oriented duties and

living in dormitories, with the aim of developing interpersonal, leadership and problem-solving skills through hands-on projects.

“It was an opportunity to experience the presence of God in nature and a world beyond their city dwellings,” the school’s executive director, William L. Gault, said. “Through the gener osity of the Farms for City Kids

program, our fifth- and seventhgrade students had the opportu nity to travel to the Green Moun tains and experience life on a working dairy farm.”

Farms for City Kids covers all costs except transportation, so the school must raise the money to charter a bus to Vermont.

Courtesy Legislator Debra Mulé

COUNTY LEGISLATOR DEBRA Mulé presented citations to this year’s honorees at the Black Educators Committee’s fifth annual Legend Ball, recognizing their commitment to — and impact on — the community. From left, April Francis Taylor, Michael Cohen, Black Educators Committee president Claretha Richardson, County Legislator Debra Mulé, Denise Lloyd and Julian Leotaud.

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Superintendents weight in on what’s happening within the school system

By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

A new poll called “Truth in Medicine” conducted by Mount Sinai South Nassau since 2017 has just conclud ed. Its findings were that more than one-third of resi dence on Long Island who sought mental health services found it challenging to find a provider, even if they have insurance coverage.

The poll, which was sponsored by Bethpage Credit Union, also found that anxiety, depression, social isola tion and fear of contracting Covid-19 are the prevalent issues among those who have accessed professional mental health care services since the pandemic began.

In this survey of 600 Long Island residents, 92 percent have active health insurance policies. Of those respon dents who have sought care, 36 percent said getting the help they wanted or needed was “challenging,” predomi nantly due to difficulty scheduling an appointment or lack of coverage by their health insurers.

A significant percentage of poll respondents also feel that institutions like government, municipalities, and schools could be doing more to increase the scope of mental health services in the community. Forty-six per cent said that the government does not do enough to help, while just 32 percent say that it does.

“We have a crisis on Long Island when it comes to the lack of mental health services,” says Adhi Sharma, president of Mount Sinai South Nassau. “The poll results strongly indicate that providers are working at or beyond capacity. This calls for an aggressive expan sion of mental health screening, prevention, and inter vention services to meet the present and future demand for them.”

Since the start of the pandemic, about 84 percent of mental health providers have seen an increase in demand for treatment of anxiety, compared with 74 per cent a year ago, while 72 percent of providers have seen an increase in demand for treatment of depression, com pared with 60 percent in 2020.

School officials have reported spikes in demand for mental health services among students, even among ele mentary and middle-schoolers. Meanwhile, some psychi atrists and psychologists report high demand for servic es but difficulty finding adequate staff to meet demand.

988 Lifeline

Regardless of the mental health problem, residents across Long Island can call or text the nationwide “988 Lifeline” if you, a friend, or loved one needs emotional support. The Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week and provide free and confidential support to anyone in emotional distress.

Some local school leaders have called on government officials to do more to address mental health needs in the schools and local communities. Dr. Shari Camhi, Superintendent of Schools in Baldwin said we need to look at the issue through the eyes of the children. “We have to think about what the experience was for kids, so life is going on as normal and come March of 2020 every thing stopped, everybody went home, routines are com pletely disrupted, there were parents’ home,” she said.

For a while it was almost idyllic, she continued, “At least initially what we saw was the young people going back to what I would describe as my childhood, you had a community again, you played at home you rode your bicycle in the neighborhood but overtime what we saw was these disruptions continue.” Disruptions such as the constant negative broadcasts portrayed in social media and the news started to become too much for many, “We started to see that anxiety build and build because the rhetoric was nothing but unsure and uncer tain.”

Kishore Kuncham, Superintendent of Schools in Freeport also weighed in on youths’ mental health, say ing while the issues are not new per say, it’s heightened because of the pandemic. “We have been facing the con cerns of fear, anxiety, depression even before the pan demic and during the pandemic and now it has com pounded and putting pressure on the school system.”

District preparedness before the pandemic lessened the initial blow, Kuncham said, but it’s only the start. “We were kind of ahead of the game being able to

address the increased needs that arose during the pan demic and post pandemic but that’s not enough, a lot more needs to be done on an ongoing basis,” he said.

Over in Rockville Centre, Jeanne Love, Assist. Super intendent, Special Education and Pupil Personnel Ser vices said the school has a two-part strategy of how to confront these issues. “Our view in Rockville Centre is very strategic, we have a very strategic plan in place. In one vein, we want to make sure students have access to mental health care if they need it through community partnerships we have with our local hospitals.”

In the second part, Love said, “In another vein its pre ventative and proactive care, we’ve looked at working with our mental health staff, looking at things like selfadvocacy, identifying their self-worth, hope, having hope for the future and stability.”

Recognizing that many children with psychiatric dis orders remain unidentified and untreated, the U.S. Pre ventive Services Task Force recently issued a recom mendation calling for anxiety screening of asymptomat ic children ages 8 to 18 who have not been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and screening of children ages 12 to 18 for major depressive disorder.

“The key to knowing when to seek out help is to determine how the symptoms are affecting overall func tioning,” says Stanley Reddy, Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. “Marked decreases in functioning at work, school, and home should be evaluated by a profes sional promptly before it becomes an emergency.”

The poll found in the event of a mental health emer gency, 64 percent of respondents and 80 percent of respondents with children agreed that they know where to find services, while just 20 percent disagreed, and 17 percent were unsure.

Opinions were highly mixed as to whether or not mental health services on Long Island are adequate. Thirty-six percent said they are satisfactory, 29 percent said they are not, and 35 percent were unsure. Approxi mately one-half of respondents from households that have used mental health services say they are adequate.

Mount Sinai South Nassau has a 36-bed inpatient mental health unit and offers behavioral health services at its Mental Health Counseling Center in Baldwin, as well as its Center for Primary and Behavioral Health care in Hempstead.

Herald Photo File

MOUNT SINAI SOUTH Nassau finishes five-year poll on mental health services on Long Island called “Truth in Medicine.”

Learning life lessons on a farm in Vermont

This year it secured the funding through donations at its 20th annual Golf Outing and Bocce Tournament on Sept. 26, which it co-hosted with the La Salle Mili tary Academy Alumni Associa tion.

The Spring Brook Farm encom passes more than 1,000 acres, and is home to a diverse range of ani mals, whose upkeep and care keeps the students busy. Becker and three other faculty members accompanied 18 pupils from the school to the farm on Oct 10. They returned on Oct. 14.

“The farm trip was very fun, and the food was amazing,” said fifth-grader Mateo Mendez. “We had so much fun making apple cider and milking a cow. All the activities we did made us think outside the box, but it was still fun, because we had to use our minds to get out of the situation. It was the best time of my life going there — I am so lucky. I wish I was still there. It really was the best time of my life.”

The students had the chance to try a wide range of activities, both physical and academic. Schooling and agricultural work are both part of the curriculum. They learned a variety of practical skills on the farm, from the basics of animal farming to measuring food, and kept daily journals.

“We took part in the activities with them, and the chores, and played active roles during the trip,” Becker said. “As their principal, I felt very responsible to make sure that everything went as smoothly as possible. I acted as the point person to keep the parents up to date and informed on their daily activi ties.”

Hiking up a mountain, harvesting apples to make apple cider, guiding heif ers to pasture, milking a cow, watching the birth of a calf and even riding a pig were just a few of the students’ unique experiences.

“The young men grew in responsibil ity, developed leadership skills, worked as a team, and bonded as De La Salle Gentlemen,” Gault wrote in an email.

“They learned how to make cheese and apple cider. They piled wood. They ate eggs for breakfast that they took from the chicken coop the after noon before. They cleaned the dairy barn. They bit into apples they just picked from the tree.”

The boys returned after five days with memories that will no doubt last a lifetime. “If you ask any of our kids, years after they graduate, what’s one of their fondest memories of the De La Salle school,” Gault said, “they’ll tell you their experience on the farm with their friends.”

Photos courtesy De La Salle School

THE DE LA Salle School’s fifth- and seventh-grade students took part in a longstanding school tradition, spending a school week on a farm in Vermont, combing agricultural work and academics in the Farms for City Kids program.

Freeport

Library finds new business counselor

The Freeport Memorial Library’s Business Resource Information Center has proudly welcomed the appointment of Pierre A. Lespi nasse, MBA, as its newest business counselor from the New York State Small Busi ness Development Center. Mr. Lespi nasse will offer free one-on-one business counsel ing by phone appointment.

Mr. Lespinasse is a proud Haitian-American who emigrated to the United States as a child. He obtained an Associate in Applied Sci ence in Accounting from City University of New York, a Bachelor of Science in Man agement from Adelphi Univer sity, and a Masters in Busi ness Administration from Long Island University. He is also a graduate of the Ameri

can Institute of Banking and a NASBITE International Global Business Professional certified by NASBITE Inter national.

“We are pleased to welcome Mr. Lespinasse so that we can continue to provide this valu able resource to entrepreneurs and existing small businesses to sup port their goals and contribute to the community’s economic growth,” said Barbara Spi nelli, committee chairperson for the Business Resource Information Center.

Call the Freeport Memorial Library ASK Desk at 516-3793274 to book an appointment for one-on-one business coach ing. Businesses may be locat ed in Freeport and surround ing regions.

–Mohamed Farghaly

Fire education comes to Baldwin

The Baldwin Fire Department visited a nurs ery school and then spoke with High School students this week to spread educa tion about fire departments and safety.

The Baldwin Fire Department visited the children at the Community Nursery School located on 717 Luke’s Place on Tues day, October 18. Firefight ers Tom Ryley, Tyler Wag ner, Jerry Brown, Manny Gerardino and Lieutenant Ryan Donaldson taught the children how to stop, drop, and roll and other safety practices. The children went home with fire hel mets and fire department themed coloring books and stickers.

Later that week the police science class at the Baldwin High School @Shubert visited Baldwin Firehouse Ladder No. 2 located on 1250 Grand on Wednesday October 20. Firefighters Ed Mitchell, Jerry Brown and Tom Ryley helped students try on equipment and briefed the students on how to use the equipment.

Louis Mayr, a police science teacher for Nas sau BOCES, said his class teaches students about criminal justice and career possibilities in the fire and police departments. He said his class of about 15 students — sophomores, juniors and seniors — walked over to the fire department to explore a career as fire fighters.

“I teach a career focused class designed for students interested in law enforcement,” said Mayr. “We do a lot of hands on work, and this is an opportunity for them to touch and expose themselves to things they normally read about.”

Jerry Brown, commissioner of Sanitation Department 2 and a Baldwin firefighter, said he explained to the students the difference between working as a volunteer fire fighter and paid posi tions. He also said he helped equip the students with fire fighting gear and showed them the vari ous tools and equipment needed in modern fire fighting, like the jaws of life — an auto extrica tion tool — or the self-contained face masks.

–Andre Silva

Courtesy Jerry Brown FIREFIGHTERS TOM RYLEY, Tyler Wagner, Jerry Brown, Manny Gerardino and Lieutenant Ryan Donaldson visited children at Community Nursery School for fire prevention day.

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Hundreds eagerly attend Herald’s Senior Health Expo

BY ALEXA ANDERWKAVICH aanderwkavich@liherald.com

Guests happily lined up at the Temple Beth Am in Merrick to attend RichnerLIVE and the Herald’s Senior Health & Beyond Expo, presented by UnitedHealthcare on Oct. 13, the second in a highly-anticipated series of Expos for 2022.

The free Expo is a multi-faceted event, where a myriad of trusted companies and facilities — as well as budding businesses — share their products and services with the Long Island community.

“It’s so nice to have our Expo bring the community together,” Executive Director of Corporate Relations & Events at Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLIVE Amy Amato said. “We’re proud to host this series and bring so many innovative services and pioneers in health together for the community to benefit from.”

More than 50 vendors lined the lobby and ballroom to share their expertise in wellness, services, lifestyle tips, estate planning and insurance, helpful products, and more. Attendees could also receive a free flu-shot, — provided by Mount Sinai South Nassau and Molloy University nursing students — just in time for the chilly season ahead; enjoy snacks and refreshments — courtesy of Bagel Plaza and Walker’s Shortbread; and participate in raffles.

Massages and reiki cleanses from Charmed Eclectic Healing Shoppe put guests at ease — and to take their bodies’ abilities higher, a movement session from Club Pilates introduced attendees to the wonderful world of pilates and all the benefits it can offer.

The panel discussion was kicked-off with keynote speaker Michael Krantz, licensed sales representative from UnitedHealthcare, who educated the attendees on how he helps retirees and pre-retires on their journey through the world of Medicare.

“Medicare in particular is always a complex subject matter and it was an amazing experience to be able to provide information and answer questions at the local community level” UnitedHealthcare Representative Krantz said. “I always look forward to helping those in need of understanding their different options.”

Guests also heard from panelists Hannah Glenny, manager of patient engagement strategies at Otsuka Pharmaceuticals; Khurshid Ibrahimi, PT, from Long Beach Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Cassena Care); Dr. Lawrence Cardano, Au.D, from the Hearing Center of Long Island; Jill Wasser, utility consumer program specialist at NYS Department of Public Service; Margaret Gonzalez, senior account manager of business development at Aetna; and Donna Stefans, ESQ., founder and lead attorney at Stefans Law Group.

The audience interacted and asked questions between each speaker, with topic-titles ranging from “Clinical Trials,” “Healthy Aging and Your Hearing,” “What You Need to Know about Managed Long Term Care,” “Posture and How to Lift Heavy Objects” and more.

Dr. Cardano also offered free hearing screenings during the event; attendees

lined the hall patiently awaiting their checkups — one of the many services offered at the expo. Others included senior I.D. cards from the Town of Hempstead with Town Clerk Kate Murray, antique appraisal from Syl-Lee Antiques, and tarot card readings from the Holistic Healing Goddess — who engaged with guests on a mystical plane.

Attendees received a goody bag — courtesy of Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center and Oceanside Care Center — filled with special-event sections, keepsakes, information and a whole bag of bialys from Bell’s Brooklyn Bagels.

The Expo was made possible thanks to presenting sponsor United Healthcare; gold sponsors Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and Stefans Law Group; silver sponsors Aetna, Parker Jewish Institute For Health Care and Rehabilitation, Long Beach Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Hearing Center of Long Island, New York State Department of Public Service, Full Circle Medicaid, refreshment sponsor Long Beach Assisted Living.

Join us at next Senior Health & Beyond Expo on Thursday, Nov. 3 at the Glen Cove YMCA. Call to register at 516-569-4000 ext. 219.

ATTENDEES LISTENED INTENTLY as professionals presented on topics such as "Healthy Aging and Your Hearing" and "Medicare Made Clear."

THE TEAM FROM Friends for Life Homecare came with a fun-filled booth with decorations, candy, and prizes.

CHRISTINA SAMMARTINO, ESQ. and Lauren Reilly from Stefans Law Group PC raffled off a free Legal Consultation along with a candy tower.

MOUNT SINAI SOUTH Nassau’s team and Molloy University nursing students came out to administer free flu vaccines to the community. There were many engaging activities for the attendees, all of which improved their quality of life.

All photos Tim Baker/Herald

PSEG CAME TO provide educational materials on all things energy.

ATTENDEES WERE ABLE to get a free flu vaccine, courtesy of MSSN and Molly University nursing students.

NEW HORIZON COUNSELING Center representatives

UNITED HEALTCHCARE LICENSED Sales Agent, Michael Krantz; Herald publisher, Stuart Richner; and United Healthcare representative, Joseph Bouquet.

DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL Estate Agent, Tiffany Balanoff spent time with attendees on how to navigate the real estate market.

KHURSHID IBRAHIMI, PT answered questions after presenting on the topic of "Posture and Lifting "

MANAGER OF PATIENT Engagement Strategies, Hannah Glenny, from Otsuka to speak on “Clinical Trials.”

HEALTHFIRST’S BOOTH WAS there to provide helpful information to attendees about their available insurance plans.

AETNA SENIOR ACCOUNT manager and speaker Margaret Gonzalez

PARKER JEWISH INSTITUTE For Health Care and Rehabilitation representatives at the Expo.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM HUMANA brought plenty of materials to educate guests on how to select the right health insurance plan.

SUNHARBOR MANOR GREETED guests at their booth with information on their rehabilitation services.

BEACH TERRACE CARE Center treated guests to donuts and provided information about their services.

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Oceanside Senior Football

Back-to-back wins for Freeport

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

In what’s likely to go down as a playoffclinching victory, Freeport dodged a pair of missed Syosset field goals late in the fourth quarter to hold on for a thrilling 22-21 win on a picture-perfect Homecoming day game Oct. 15.

The Red Devils, who enter this Friday’s Nassau Conference I football regular-sea son finale against Oceanside, stand 3-4 after blanking red-hot Baldwin last Satur day and moved up considerably in the power rankings.

“It’s the best we played defensively the entire year,” Freeport head coach Russ Cel lan said after the 12-0 victory over the Bru ins in one of Long Island’s longest-running rivalries. “We’re in the playoffs, it’s just a matter of what seed we get and who we’ll play,” he added. “We may end up seeing Baldwin again.

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Freeport and Syosset traded touch downs throughout the Week 6 game. The Braves led 7-0 after one quarter and 14-6 at halftime. Junior quarterback D’Angelo Gordon, who got the Red Devils on the board in the second quarter with a 1-yard touchdown run, hooked up with his young er brother Jayden, a sophomore wideout, for a 38-yard score in the third and ran the ensuing 2-point conversion for a 14-14 tie.

“D’Angelo has been tremendous for us and has nice chemistry with Jayden,” Cel lan said. “They’ve hit for some long com pletions and touchdowns. D’Angelo stirs the pot on both sides of the ball. We’re using him at linebacker this season after he played safety in the past. It’s not ideal to have your quarterback part of so much contact, but we need him there and he loves it.”

The Braves regained a 21-14 lead early in the fourth on Michael Ricciuto’s second touchdown run of the day. Freeport responded quickly, however, on the ensu ing possession and reached paydirt on a 1-yard run by senior Martese Davenport. Then came a little razzle-dazzle for the eventual winning points — senior Nazir Jean-Lubin found senior Javon Edwards on a 2-point conversion pass with 9:23 remaining. Junior Jason Pennix led the

defense with two sacks.

“Martese had the big touchdown and we used a gadget play to get the two points,” Cellan said of Davenport. “He’s been solid. He’s doing everything we ask. He’s running the ball hard and blocking well without the ball.”

The offensive front has looked a little different in October after senior center Jonathan Maza suffered a season-ending injury Sept. 23 at Massapequa and required surgery. Junior Danny Cruz moved from guard to center, and senior Austin Patience took over at guard. “We

definitely miss Maza and had to rearrange the whole line, but Cruz is doing a nice job,” Cellan said.

The Red Devils lost hard-fought battles to Hempstead (14-8) and still undefeated Farmingdale (41-32) before getting back in the win column on Homecoming.

“Beating Syosset after those two losses was huge,” Cellan said. “It was a back-andforth game and both teams played well. We got lucky because they have a talented kicker who missed twice, including one from 42 yards that hit off the very top of the goalpost.”

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FREEPORT’S D’ANGELO GORDON, left, had a grip on Baldwin’s Shane Mauldin during last Saturday’s 12-0 Red Devils’ victory.

Freeport residents officiated by Clerk

The wedding of Freeport residents Malique Scarlett and Chantae Myisha McNuff was officiated by Town of Hemp stead Clerk Kate Murray on Friday, Oct. 14 at Hempstead Town Hall. They were joined by Marie Lamonth.

–Mohamed Farghaly

CRIME WATCH

Arrests

■ Officers from the Freeport Police Department detained a suspect on Oct. 22 who was accused of threatening a member of another family and further placing said family in fear of injury. The defendant was transported to Nassau county Deten tion to await arraignment.

■ Officers arrived at a training field on Oct. 21 to look into an unidentified inci dent. In order to avoid engagement with the police, the subjects fled the site. Responding police officers detained a sus pect who was subsequently found to have an outstanding arrest warrant. The sub ject was taken to the police department that issued the warrant in order to be pro cessed for an arrest.

■ Following a car collision, police detec tives arrested three suspects on Oct. 19 who were allegedly in possession of cata lytic converter auto parts. All suspects were taken into custody immediately after being identified and have been sent to the Nassau County Detention Center to await arraignment.

Larceny

■ A complaint was made on Oct. 23 by Freeport Police for the theft of a woman’s pocketbook from her car without authori ty or consent. The owner of the property sought a report for documentation purpos es alone, with no arrests made.

■ Officers completed a report on Oct. 21 for the suspected theft of a catalytic con verter removed from the victim’s car over night. The target car appeared to be at ran dom, with no clear pattern or preference.

■ Freeport Police completed a report on Oct. 19 from a caller who reported that unknown individuals fired a pistol in the street. Officers on the scene also conducted a canvas and discovered bullet casings around the area of the incident. Officers gathered evidence to aid with the investigation.

People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.

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MALIQUE Scarlett and Chantae Myisha McNuff got married on Sept. 28 with Town of Hempstead Clerk Kate Murray officiating the ceremony.

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Six honored at fifth annual Legends Ball

tions to the organization and the commu nity. Brenda Leotaud was honored post humously.

“Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines ‘legend’ as an extremely famous or noto rious person, especially in a particular field,” Legends Ball Chairwoman Angela Dickens said. “The Black Educators Com mittee defines ‘legend’ with the nouns Michael Cohen, Judith Kearney, Brenda Leotaud, Dr. Denise Lloyd, April Francis Taylor and Clejetter Worrells.

The 2022 legends have left a profound effect on the lives of so many children

and the community.”

Cohen, who is retired, was the super intendent of the Brentwood School Dis trict, in Suffolk County. Lloyd, Kearny and Worrells are teachers who retired from Freeport Public Schools, and Fran cis Taylor teaches in the Uniondale School District. Leotaud was a teacher in Freeport.

The Black Educators Committee was founded in 1968 by James Crittenden and Harding Morgan, amid the turbulence of the 1960s, to help Freeport High School students in their academic careers in high school and beyond. For more than 50

years, the organization has awarded scholarships to college-bound high school seniors based on academic achievement and financial need.

The committee’s mission of fostering and improving community relations, engaging in educational and empowering community-service projects and events, and helping deserving students pursue higher education has not changed.

The organization is funded by mem bership dues and fundraisers, and sever al of its scholarships are provided by benefactors who include present and for mer school administrators, instructors,

staff members, community residents, and local businesses.

“The recipients are not only in Free port anymore,” Richardson said. “Now it has blossomed to where we’re honoring students from all over. We have different people applying for the scholarships from all over.”

Over the years, the com mittee has awarded scholar ships to students from upstate New York, Penn sylvania and even Maryland as well as Long Island. The orga nization makes a point of making its scholarships inclusive, as long as a student is graduating from high school and planning to go to college.

“All students are welcome to apply,” Richard son said. “So it’s not just students that are African-Ameri can that receive these scholarships.”

Some of the scholarships have more specific criteria — like the Community Service Award, which honors students who take part in community service activities, inside and outside school; and the Ernest J. Knight Jr. Award, which recognizes budding humanitarians, stu dents involved in activities that improve people’s lives and reduce suffering. The President’s Award is given to students who have served in leadership positions in two or more of their high school years.

Past scholarship recipients are invited to committee events such as the Legends Ball. One of those who attended last weekend was Victoria Wright, an honor ee when she graduated from Freeport High School in 2017. Wright went on to study at CUNY Baruch, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in marketing in 2021.

“These scholarships are kind of spe cial and different, because they come from community support,” she said.

“That feels a little different compared to certain scholarships from larger compa nies. But especially in a community like ours, it provides relief to parents and to students alike for a lot of the very expen sive costs that are associated with col lege. Because even if you get a full ride scholarship, a lot of the time, those don’t include things like books, and they don’t include technology fees and things like that. So this really helps (with) all those other fees that may be a hindrance to peo ple going to college.”

In addition to its scholarships, the committee also provides free tutoring and information pop-ups at a variety of local events, and hosts a toy drive during the holiday season. To learn more, go to BlackEducatorsCommittee.org.

T hese scholarships are kind of special and different, because they come from community support.

VICTORIA WRIGHT past scholarship recipient

STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

Stacy Bennett

Party: Democrat

Age: 51

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Boston University in 1989, and a juris doctorate from Ohio Northern University in 1992.

Legal career: Began her career as an associate with the Richard M. Weiner & Associates firm in 1992. Became a partner of Jaspan Schlesinger LLP in 2000. Has served as a Nassau County Family Court judge since 2007.

Hector LaSalle

Party: None Age: 50

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1990, and a juris doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School in 1993.

Legal career: Began his career as an attorney in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in 1993. Became the deputy state attorney general in 1999, before becoming a justice a decade later for the Suffolk County supreme court.

Lisa Cairo Party: Cross-endorsed

Age: 45

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

Legal career: Began her career in 2003 as an associate at Chris J. Coshignano P.C., handling civil litigation with a focus on matrimonial cases, municipal applications and real estate transactions.

Became an associate at Jaspan Schlesinger in 2006, before earning her way to a partner role in 2011.

Francis Ricigliano

Party: Cross-endorsed

Age: 59

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Manhattanville College in 1985, and his juris doctorate from St. John’s University in 1988.

Legal career: Is a Nassau County Court judge in Mineola since 2014. Before that, worked at Santangelo, Benvenuso, Slattery.

C. Stephen Hackeling

Party: Cross-endorsed

Age: 66

Education: Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Buffalo in 1978, and a law degree from Albany Law School in 1981

Legal career: Was an attorney with the Macco Law Group LLP between 1983 and 2002. Was a Suffolk County legislator between 1993 and 2000, serving as the presiding officer beginning in 1998-99.

Has been a judge in Suffolk County District Court since 2002, acting as county court judge assigned to the supreme court between 2015 and 2018.

Frank Tinari

Party: Cross-endorsed

Age: 68

Education: Juris doctorate from Western New England College School of Law in 1980

Legal career: Attorney with Tinari, O’Connell and Osbormne in Central Islip. Worked for the Suffolk County district attorney’s office between 1980 and 1985.

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Jaclene Agazarian

District: 1

Education: CUNY School of Law

Legal career: Nassau County Matrimonial Center in Mineola.

Marie McCormack

District: 2

Education: Boston College Law School

Legal career: Court attorney referee in the Nassau County Supreme Court, presiding over matrimonial trials.

Michael Montesano

District: 4

Education: Bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University, and law degree from CUNY School of Law at Queens College in 1989.

Legal career: Former detective with New York Police Department, started own private practice law firm in 1990. Served as acting village justice and a village prosecutor for Roslyn Harbor.

Assemblyman since 2010.

Geoffrey Prime

District: 2

Education: Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Old Westbury, and a law degree from Pace University.

Legal career: A criminal defense attorney, founder of Prime & O’Brien in Garden City. Former mayor of South Floral Park, and a former chair of Nassau Community College’s board of directors.

Formerly worked in the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.

Norman Sammut

District: 2

Education: Bachelor’s degree and juris doctorate from Fordham University.

Legal career: Practicing attorney for more than 30 years at his own Garden City law firm, concentrating in estate planning, estate administration, elder planning and business planning

Arieh Schulman

District: 2

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Yeshiva University, and juris doctorate from Touro Law School.

Legal career: Senior Assistant District Attorney in the appeals bureau of the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, and was a counsel to the Nassau County executive

Joseph Nocella

District: 2

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Fordham University, and juris doctorate from Columbia Law School.

Legal career: Sitting district court judge, and former town attorney for Oyster Bay and Hempstead. Former litigation associate for White & Case LLP, and Dewey Ballantine LLP. Was a district court, and served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Justice Department’s criminal division.

Joy Watson

Party: Republican Age: 63

Hometown: Hempstead village

An adjunct professor at Molloy University since 2006, and served as a Nassau County District Court judge since 2013.

She also was the principal law clerk for the state supreme court between 2006 and 2010, and was a teaching fellow at Pepperdine University School of Law.

She was a deputy comptroller for Nassau County between 2010 and 2013, after spending nearly 20 years as an assistant district attorney later becoming a bureau chief.

She was president of the Kiwanis Club of Nassau County Courthouses, the New York Women’s Bar Association, and the American Academy for Professional Law Enforcement.

She has said she would institute a no-exception residency policy for prosecutors, and would dismantle the district attorney’s Early Case Assessment Bureau, where prosecutors review cases at the time of arrest.

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Colin O’Donnell

Party: Republican Age: 60

Hometown: Bayville

Was an attorney for Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, and a former Nassau County assistant district attorney.

He also was a deputy bureau chief for the county district attorney’s office.

He was a founding partner in a general practice law firm, a special assistant U.S. Attorney.

He has represented the Locust Valley Fire District and the Nassau County DA Investigator’s Police Benevolent Association.

He first joined the District Court in 2012. He was president of the Nassau County District Court Judges Association, and board of directors president for the Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club.

Eileen Gogglin

Party: Democrat Age: 61

Hometown: Long Beach

Started her legal career as a public defender with the Legal Aid Society.

She is a member of a number of bar associations — including the one for Nassau County — serving as chair of the animal law committee.

She currently serves on the board of directors of Long Beach Reach and Project Challenge.

She has served as Long Beach city councilwoman since 2013, and was a principal law clerk for a Nassau County judge between 2010 and 2014. Before that, she spent seven years as a Nassau County deputy attorney.

She also served as Nassau County special prosecutor on animal abuse cases.

Sylvia Cabana

Party: Democrat Age: 55

Hometown: Garden City

She is the sole proprietor of a law practice in West Hempstead, specializing in immigration and family law for nearly 20 years.

She belongs to numerous groups, including the Garden City Indivisible for Democracy, Nassau Democratic Women’s Caucus and Nassau Bar Association.

She was elected as Hempstead town clerk in 2017.

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Career: Was a lawyer focused on securities regulation, defamation, employment law and intellectual property. Adjunct professor at Hofstra University.

Political Experience:

Elected Hempstead town supervisor in 2017.

On the issues:

Laura Gillen

Party: Democratic Age: 52 Lives in: Rockville Centre

With a focus on affordability and the economy, has supported repealing the cap on state and local tax deductions passed by Congress in 2017. She also looks to combat price gouging — which she says is hurting the economy, especially from fossil fuel companies during the recent gas crisis.

Touting a past record of what she says was lowering taxes as Hempstead town supervisor, has committed to protecting worker rights, addressing housing affordability, and reducing taxpayer costs.

Wants to address affordability issues in higher education with a pledge to dedicate more resources to public colleges and trade schools.

Backs universal background checks, and expanding “red flag laws” — programs to keep weapons out of the hands of the mentally ill and increased access to mental health care.

Wants to lower health care costs across the board. Has committed to give Medicare the authority to negotiate the cost of prescription drugs.

Disagrees with the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which is said to have reversed the court’s previous position on abortion access established through Roe v. Wade. Has committed to codifying the rights once guaranteed by Roe into federal law, believing reproductive decisions are made by a woman and her doctor.

Career: Former detective with the New York Police Department. Member of the Island Park Fire Department.

Political Experience: Hempstead Town councilman since 2016.

On the issues:

Strongly advocates for small government, touting the slogan “doing more with less.” Says he would cut “wasteful government spending” and that he would try to help streamline the federal government.

He has indicated that this small government approach could help tackle the issue of inflation.

Anthony D’Esposito

Party: Republican Age: 40 Lives in: Island Park

opposing the so-called “defund the police” movement, and opposing efforts to institute cashless bail.

His public safety plan includes some modest reforms to firearm accessibility. He supports raising penalties for the criminal possession of firearms, along with improving training requirements and background checks. Does not endorse a ban on military-grade assault weapons.

He opposes a federal ban on abortion, but has attacked state legislation he claims would expand late-term abortion rights.

Advocated for the rollback of business regulations and the lowering of taxes to help what he says would re-energize the post-pandemic economy. Also called for the rollback of state and local tax exemption caps.

Says public safety a top priority,

He has called for a “secure” border, promising to increase spending for border patrol and end sanctuary cities.

Considers national security a top issue. Has advocated for “peace through strength,” including robust support for the military, strong support for the state of Israel, and opposition to the Iran nuclear deal.

Career:

Born in Dubai, immigrated to the United States when he was 10. Was an attorney on the Civil Rights Commission and the New York State Advisory Committee.

Political Experience:

Served in the state senate since 2018.

On the issues:

Was a major proponent behind the introduction of the New York Privacy Act, which looks to require companies disclose the names of entities they share private date information with.

Has worked to make the 2 percent property tax cap permanent, while helping pass the Child Victims Act that extended the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse crimes.

He pushed for the Red Flag Bill intended to prevent those who might be a danger to themselves or others

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from purchasing firearms. He also says he helped secure millions in funding for public schools.

He has been more recently focused on addressing affordability of higher education through legislative efforts aimed to freeze SUNY and CUNY tuition. He also wants to prohibit the sale of e-liquids and vapes.

He has said he wants to make voting more accessible, assist in the fight against opioid addiction, and clean up the Bethpage plume that has contaminated underground drinking water.

He supported plans to build a $585 million water treatment plant to address the plume, with the hopes of further spreading contaminants and protect public drinking water.

Career:

Detective with the New York Police Department for 21 years. Would later teach constitutional history at Nassau Community College and Hofstra University.

Political Experience: Founder of the advocacy group ChangeNYS.org.

On the issues:

Party: Republican Age: 49 Lives in: Seaford

Has taken aim at what he’s described as increased criminal activity on Long Island, which he attributes to the cashless bail system. He opposes any efforts to reduce jail sentences for violent criminals and drug dealers.

He also says he wants to make Long Island more affordable for families and taxpayers by expanding the school tax relief program, enhancing property tax rebate checks, increasing funding for public schools and higher

learning, and increasing government transparency and accountability at the state level.

He considers himself a “real-world problem solver,” something he acquired not only through his college teaching experiences, but also during his time with the NYPD, where he was one of the first to search U.S. Airways Flight 1549 for additional passengers when it landed in the Hudson River in 2009, and was part of the federal response to the Haitian earthquake, as well as damage from Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

Believes parents should have a significant role in the kind of education their children receive at school

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Career: Business analyst

Political Experience: Assemblywoman since 2019

On the issues:

Operates under the motto “Excellence for the 18th,” referencing her Assembly district. Has focused on a variety of issues centered on improving the community and her “fight for equity.”

Party: Democrat Age: 38 Lives in: Hempstead

Previously prioritized — and says will continue emphasizing — housing, economic development and education as foundations of the community until proper “equity” is realized. Also has prioritized improving and stabilizing all of Hempstead’s school districts, beginning by addressing what she describes as the obvious issue of inadequate bus service for the Hempstead school district where some students must walk three miles or

more each way through hazardous pedestrian areas.

Currently working on a plan to supplement transportation costs for homecare workers as transportation remains a barrier, along with the high cost of living and difficulty earning a living wage in Nassau County. She asserts that rising rent, mortgage and utility costs have been a major issue, and her office has received numerous calls from people concerned about losing their homes.

She’s also focused on environmental concerns and issues over the quality of water in the community. Favors giving judges more leeway in assessing and dealing with a criminal defendant’s potential for violence, if released. Supports recreational facilities at the Nassau Hub, but not a casino.

Has authorized the appointment of a monitor to oversee the Hempstead school district and declared racism a public health crisis.

Career: Business analyst Political Experience: Village trustee

On the issues:

Among major concerns is crime, which he believes receives inadequate attention. He believes current elected officials minimize crime and do too little to combat its spread. The change in bail reform is consistent with his view of what needs to be changed in the criminal justice system.

LaMont Johnson

Party: Republican Age: 50 Lives in: Hempstead

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He emphasizes that the Uniondale and Roosevelt communities and school districts should not be overlooked, and should be a top priority for elected officials.

Believes there is no “family entertainment” in the district. There are no entertainment venues geared toward adults in the area. Changing this could potentially improve the quality of life.

Also focuses a lot on the Hempstead school district, which had a graduation rate of 37 percent at one point. School board recently made significant changes and improvements in order to be recognized by the state as the most-improved district. Graduation rates, test scores, and student proficiency levels have all improved in recent years.

Favors single-family homes to large apartment buildings. Believes that by creating more affordable homes through various programs, he can potentially assist first-time homeowners and anyone else interested in owning property. Claims that many of the apartment buildings in the area are “luxury buildings” that are not necessarily accessible to those in need of housing.

Wants tax rebates for senior citizens to prevent them from being forced to relocate to another state.

Kevin Thomas Party: Democrat Age: 38 Lives in: Levittown

James Coll

Taylor Darling

COUNTY COURT JUDGE ELECTION

Teresa Corrigan

Party: Democrat; cross-endorsed

Education: Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Albany in 1986, and juris doctorate from New York Law School in 1989

Legal career: First elected to the county court bench in 2013, and appointed to serve as an acting justice of the Nassau County Supreme Court that same year.

Personal: Girl Scout leader, chair of parent association, and basketball coordinator for the Catholic Youth Organization

Rhonda Erin Fischer

Party: Republican; cross-endorsed Education: Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oneonta in 1990, and juris doctorate from Touro College in 1993

Member

Legal career: First elected to the district court bench in 2008. Started practicing as an associate at the Law Offices of Robert L. Ostrov, later becoming a deputy county attorney for the Nassau County Attorney’s Office.

Personal: Member of the Nassau County Bar Association, the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association and the Nassau/Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association.

Member

Helene Gugerty

Party: Cross-endorsed

Member

Assembly

Education: Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Albany in 1985, and a juris doctorate from St. John’s University School of Law in 1988

Member

Legal career: First elected as a county court judge in 2012, and is an acting justice on the New York State Supreme Court. Was a private practice attorney between 1995 and 2008.

Personal: Has received accolades from the Nassau County Bar Association and the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association.

Member

Member

Career:

Primarily volunteer work ranging from the Rockville Centre

Newcomers Club and the Rockville Centre Mercy League, to a leader of Brownie and Girl Scouts, as a well as a parent association member and committee chair.

Political Experience:

Assemblywoman since 2018

On the issues:

Supports reproductive rights for women, and is pushing for a nationwide law to protect abortion rights.

Judy Griffin

Party: Democrat Age: 59 Lives in: Rockville Centre

Co-sponsored a number of gun control bills, as part of what she describes as “common sense” solutions to violence.

Supports expanding voting rights by advocating to modernize the state election system and increased campaign spending transparency by

Member

Member

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closing what she describes as the limited liability corporation loophole. Supported legislation intended to establish early voting.

Battles brownfield and contamination issues through toxic substances and hazardous wastes, which she has supported community clean-ups and securing funding for events like Ocean Splash — a virtual Earth Day.

She has backed legislation making illegal installing flooring over or covering mercury-containing materials in public schools. Also supported legislation requiring a health impact study on New York City’s two major airports.

Supported a bill providing financial relief for 9/11 first responders and their families.

Opposes so-called “defunding” police departments, and says she will oppose any reductions in law enforcement personnel.

Career: Lawyer

Political Experience: Assemblyman between 2010 and 2019. Lynbrook mayor beginning in 2007.

On the issues:

Describes himself as a supporter of giving back to veterans and senior citizens, sponsoring a bill during his legislative days intended to establish tax exemptions for severely injured members of the U.S. armed forces.

Brian Curran

Party: Republican Age: 53 Lives in: Lynbrook

Supports safer transportation, highlighting another bill he advocated during his Assembly days intended to study the entrance and exit ramps on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau and Suffolk counties to determine whether adequate safety measures exist to prevent collisions when someone is driving the wrong way.

Also pushed legislation in the past established the crime of sex trafficking

of a child.

Is an advocate of trails and parks. Also believes the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013 can keep guns out of the hands of people who have mental illness, reducing the number of violent crimes with illegal handguns, and providing a safer environment for children.

He is against a statewide, uniform increase of the minimum wage, and voted against legislation authorizing early voting in the state.

Wants to repeal cashless bail, and eliminate the gas tax.

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Blue Öyster Cult

The rock legends visit NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury, with ex-Grand Funk Railroad frontman Mark Farner, Friday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. Pioneering the heavy metal style while providing inspiration to psychedelic jam bands and arena rockers alike, genre-benders Blue Öyster Cult offer a taste of the wild side. They’ve been known to incorporate elements of science-fiction and dark occultism into their show; this allegiance to dynamic and masterful performances has led to the group to be covered by Metallica and HIM to moe. For information/tickets, visit TheTheatreAtWestbury.com or LiveNation.com or call (516) 247-5200.

Halloween Costume Party

Join Sparkle on Stage for their annual Halloween costume party, Sunday, Oct. 30, 4-6 p.m., 195 Woodcleft Ave., Freeport. With dancing, games, prizes, candy, crafts and more to enjoy at this free event. For more information, email sparkleonstage17@gmail. com or call (516) 204-1188.

Walk back through time

Step into Freeport’s colorful, unpredictable past at the Freeport Historical Museum, 350 S. Main St. The museum is open for individual and group visits from 2-5 p.m., every Sunday through November. Operated by the Freeport Historical Society, this museum is in a historic house with three floors of historic Freeport artifacts, preserved from the mid1800s to the present. Call (516) 623-9632.

Mount Sinai Vaxmobile flu/ Covid vaccines

The Mount Sinai South Nassau Vaxmobile, in partnership with the Town of Hempstead, expands outreach to seniors to provide no-cost flu and Covid-19 booster vaccines. The schedule includes: Tuesday, Nov. 1, Green Acres Senior Center; Thursday, Nov. 3, Levittown Senior Center; Friday, Nov. 4, Merrick Senior Center; Thursday, Nov. 10, Uniondale Hempstead Senior Center; Tuesday, Nov. 15, Bellmore Senior Center; Friday, Nov. 17, Uniondale Merrick Senior Center. The Vaxmobile offers the Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent vaccine to individuals 12 and older. Current CDC guidance says that it is safe to get both the Covid and flu vaccines together, even during the same visit to doctor or pharmacy. All vaccine recipients must show proof of age; ages six months to 17 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. For information, visit SouthNassau. org or Facebook @ MountSinaiSouthNassau. To schedule an appointment, go to SouthNassau.org/sn/ vaxmobile, call Mount Sinai South Nassau Community Education at (516) 377-5333 or emailvaxmobile@snch.org.

Art talk

On exhibit

Annual Fall Festival

The annual Freeport autumn festival will be held on Sunday, Oct. 30, 12 p.m.-4 p.m., in the VOF parking lot on Woodcleft Avenue. The 33rd Freeport Fire Department Fire Expo also takes place. With fire exhibits, giveaways, a farmers market, and the chamber chowder competition. All are welcome to participate in the Halloween costume parade, with lineup beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Pumpkin Patch: Pick Your Own

Nov. 1

Join Nassau County Museum Director Charles A. Riley II, PhD, for a Director’s Seminar, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 4 p.m. He’ll discuss “The Persistence of Surrealism,” which highlights the drama and poetry of the Surrealist movement, along with masterworks of painting and sculpture. Participation is limited; registration required.

Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Having an event?

Art has access to worlds beyond the one we know. Explore the next dimension as seen through eyes of artists throughout the centuries, at Nassau County Museum of Art’s current exhibition, “Other Worlds than This: The Supernatural in Art,” now through Nov. 6. The exhibit summons a celestial realm of demons, ghosts and extra-sensory phenomena as conjured by such Surrealists as Dalí, photographers who specialize in the occult, Old Masters including Goya, contemporary talents including Betye Saar, Luc Tuymans, Michaël Borremans and many others. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

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

Double Double Toil and Trouble

Families can celebrate the spooky season by brewing up a magical potion bottle to take home at the drop-in program, Saturday, Oct. 29, 12-2 p.m. Suitable for ages 3 and up. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

Bring in the fall with the First Church Baldwin United Methodists annual pumpkin picking fundraiser, through Oct. 31. Choose from selling pumpkins, decorative gourds, potted mums, and more , at 881 Merrick Rd., in front of the church. The Pumpkin Patch will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Visit with the family to pick out your favorite seasonal plants. For more information,visit FirstChurchBaldwin.com or call (516) 223-1168.

Murder Mystery

Part 2 Tihe secrets of Freeport are revealed at “Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem in Freeport,” presented by librarian and archivist Regina Feeney, at the the program’s second installment, Saturday, Nov. 5, 3 p.m. Learn about an 1880s unsolved murder; a 1920s sensational alimony case that garnered national attention, and more, at Sparkle on Stage Cultural Arts Center, 195 Woodcleft Ave. Register online, by phone, or in person at the ASK Desk. Freeport Memorial Library. (516) 379-3274 or FreeportLibrary.info.

‘Shoe Some Love’

Now through Oct. 28, New Visions Elementary school , 80 Raynor St., is used baby, children and adult shoes. These wanted items include sneakers, boots, dress shoes, cleats and sandals. All shoes and all sizes are welcome. Small donations can be sent in with your children while larger donations can be picked up by calling (516) 855-7371. For more information, email newvisionspta80@gmail.com.

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RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Freeport, by virtue of the authority invested by law, shall conduct a public hearing to be duly held on the 14th day of November 2022, to consider amending §185-19 and §185-46 of the Village code increasing the maximum income eligible to $50,000 for seniors age 65 and older and individuals with disabilities.

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BEING IN THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 001058/2017. Scott H. Siller, 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 ACORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 134558

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SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY. BOARD OF MANAGERS OF WHARFSIDE CONDOMINIUM, Pltf. vs. BRANDON LANCE FARLEY, et al, Defts. Index #605434/2021.

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Feb.17, 2022, I will sell at public auction on the north side front steps of the Nassau County Courthouse, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on November 9, 2022 at 2:00 p.m., prem. k/a 725 Miller Avenue, Unit 302, Freeport, NY a/k/a Section 62, Block 103, Lot 245 CA 113. The real property

above described is a Unit shown on the Plans of a Condominium prepared and certified by Baldwin & Cornelius, PC and filed in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on the 12th day of December, 1985, as Map No. CA113, defined in the Declaration of Condominium entitled, “Warfside Condominium made by Freeport Nautical Development Company under Article 9B of the New York Real Property Law dated May 14, 1985 and recorded in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on December 12, 1985 in Liber 9689 of Conveyances at Page 313 covering the property therein described. Being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of NY, known and designated as and by Lot No.173 to 244, both inclusive, on a certain map entitled, “Map of Freeport Beach, Section 1 at Freeport, Long Island, Property of John J. Randall Co., First National Bank Building, 47-51 Railroad Avenue, Freeport, Long Island, New York, surveyed October, 1924 by Smith & Malcomson, Freeport, Long Island,” and filed in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on Aug.27, 1925 as Map No. 572, Case No. 569. Together with a .7424% undivided interest in the common elements of the Condominium hereinafter referred to. Approx. amt. of judgment is $22,830.61 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the auction. PAUL GUTTENBERG, Referee. JAY L. YACKOW, Attys. for Pltf. 355 Post Avenue, Ste. 201, Westbury, NY. #99792 134554

Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Freeport, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 54, Block 209 and Lot 151. Approximate amount of judgment is $345,498.96 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #604903/2019. Cash will not be accepted. 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.

Charles Casolaro, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff 134556

health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19

Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MASTR ASSET BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2006-WMC2, Plaintiff

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COUNTY OF NASSAU Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Scott Craig a/k/a Scott O. Craig; Reginale Craig; et al., Defendant(s)

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COUNTY OF NASSAU, FIRST GUARANTY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, vs. JENNIFER JONES, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Default Judgment and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, Amendment of Caption and Nun Pro Tunc Relief duly entered on November 7, 2019, 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 on November 9, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 38 Frankel

LEGAL NOTICE REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU QUICKEN LOANS INC., Plaintiff - againstMICHAEL MORRIS, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on March 19, 2019. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 “Rain or Shine” on the 7th day of November, 2022 at 2:00 PM. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Premises known as 191 Colonial Avenue, Freeport, (Town of Hempstead) NY 11520. (Section: 55., Block: 352, Lots: 505 and 506) Approximate amount of lien $339,881.84 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 001810/2017. Peter T. Bauer, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 400 Meridian Centre Blvd, Ste 200 Rochester, NY 14618 Tel. 585/760-8218

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

Dated: August 26, 2022

During the COVID-19

AGAINST MARY M. ATKINSON, ERROL O. ATKINSON, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered May 23, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on November 9, 2022 at 2:00PM, premises known as 15 HAMPTON 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 Incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 54, BLOCK 324, LOTS 28, 29, 30, 31. Approximate amount of judgment $643,489.12 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #001933/2014. The aforement ioned 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

distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Jon Ward, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 00-296822 73326 134448

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered June 19, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on November 9, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 212 Green Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 55 Block M Lot 302. Approximate amount of judgment $627,893.15 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 008944/2016. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

George Esernio, Esq., Referee

LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff

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

Dated: September 15, 2022 134484

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR NOMURA HOME EQUITY LOAN, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1, Plaintiff, v.

GLENDORA HEWITT A/K/A GLENDORA B. HEWITT A/K/A GLENDA HEWITT A/K/A GLENDORA SMITH A/K/A GLENDORA BRADLEY A/K/A GLENDA SMITH A/K/A GLENDA BRADLEY, ET AL, Defendant. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT

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November 7, 2022 at The North Side Steps of the Nassau County Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501,

County of Nassau, State of New York, at 2:00 PM

the premises described as follows:

143 Park Avenue Roosevelt, NY 11575

SBL #: 55-444-180

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

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 007107/2013 in the amount of $512,973.73 plus interest and costs.

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

Richard S. Mullen

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Plaintiff’s Attorney

500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, v. KIM GUNDERSON, SCOTT HARKOFF, ET AL, Defendant. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

THAT

In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on September 24, 2019, I, Ellen Durst, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on November 7, 2022 at The North Side Steps of the Nassau County Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 2:30 PM the premises described as follows: 271 President Street Freeport, NY 11520

SBL #: 62-59-13, 14, 15 and 16 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York.

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 008366/2015 in the amount of $526,036.62 plus interest and costs.

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

Richard S. Mullen

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Plaintiff’s Attorney

500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 134550

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SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Plaintiff

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

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered December 24, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on November 15, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 122 Rocklyn, Lynbrook, NY 11563. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 38 Block 477 Lot 312. Approximate amount of judgment $354,864.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 013758/2013. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Jason Vishnick, Esq., Referee

LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff

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

Dated: September 21, 2022 134698

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NASSAU COUNTY JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., Plaintiff against DIANA J. BARNES A/K/A DIANE CARTER A/K/A DIANA CARTER, 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 February 7, 2017, I will sell at public auction

Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on November 15, 2022 at 2:00 PM.

Premises known as 39 Lessing Place, Freeport, NY 11520. Sec 55 Block 377 Lot 1267, 1268 and 1269. 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. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $331,470.41 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 011584/2007 F/K/A 07-011584.

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.”

Janine T. Lynam, Esq., Referee RSHC315 134700

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE MLMI TRUST SERIES 2005-HE3, Plaintiff

will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County CO VID-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. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Stephen G. Frommer, Esq, Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 17-003677 73275 134608

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SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for Maroon Plains Trust, Plaintiff, Against Wayne Pusey, et al., Defendant(s)

CRIOLLO, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 04/28/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine, on 11/14/2022 at 2:00 PM, premises known as 990 Ardmore Road Baldwin, New York 11510 and described as follows; ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 36 Block 468-03 Lot 30. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $428,345.24 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 2503/2015. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction. Steven Keats, Esq., Referee.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. JOSEPH ROBINSON, et al, Defts. Index #605419/2018.

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social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Peter A. Bee, Esq., Referee

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Feb. 9, 2022, I will sell at public auction on the north front steps of Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on November 30, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. prem. k/a Section 55, Block 345, Lot(s)149-150. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the auction. MARK RICCIARDI, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #99829 134974

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SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. GLOBAL SERVICES NETWORK, LLC, et al, Defts. Index #610853/2020. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered September 19, 2022, I will sell at public auction on the North Side Steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on November 30, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. prem. k/a District 9, Section 62, Block 183, Lot 374. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the sale. HAROLD F. DAMM, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #99826 134972

Pincus Law Group, PLLC, 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, New York 11556, Attorneys for Plaintiff 134968

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

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 9/18/2019, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 11/10/2022 at 2:00pm, premises known as 164 Colonial Avenue Freeport, NY 11520 and described as follows; ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 55 Block 360 Lot 827 & 828. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $638,717.26 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 607238/2018. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction. Scott H Siller, Esq., Referee.

SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570. Dated: 9-20-2022 File Number: 27789 PCO 134695

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU MID-ISLAND MORTGAGE CORP., Plaintiff -againstJEANINE FITZPATRICK, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on June 4, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on November 29, 2022 at 2:30 p.m.

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AGAINST GUY DURAND, MARLENE BOSSOUS, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered August 16, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on November 15, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 3432 BAY FRONT DRIVE, BALDWIN, NY 11510. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Baldwin in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 54, Block 340, Lot 76, 77, 78. Approximate amount of judgment $693,466.00 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #003051/2017. The aforementioned auction

SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES, Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570. Dated: 9-30-2022 File Number: 34658 PCO 134693

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SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE HOME EQUITY ASSET TRUST 2007-2 HOME EQUITY PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2 Plaintiff, Against ANA M. BERNAL

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. JANET BLAKE, et al, Defts. Index #611400/2021. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered September 23, 2022, I will sell at public auction on the North Side Steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on November 22, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. prem. k/a District 10, Section 36, Block 537, Lot 8. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale and the right of the United States of America to redeem within 120 days from the date of sale as provided by law. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the sale.

ELLEN SAVINO, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #99824 134835

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, known and designated as Section 62 Block 90 and Lots 88 & 89.

All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction.

Said premises known as 302 ARTHUR STREET, FREEPORT, NY Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. Index Number 000612/2017.

MARK RICCIARDI, ESQ., Referee Terenzi & Confusione P.C. Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 401 Franklin Avenue, Suite 304, Garden City, NY 11530 {* FREEPORT LEADER*} 134616

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COUNTY OF NASSAU, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-24CB, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-24CB, Plaintiff, vs. LORRAINE MASSIAH, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on December 15, 2017 and an Order Appointing Successor Referee duly entered on April 12, 2018, 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 on November 28, 2022 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 23 Jefferson Street, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 62, Block 94 and Lot 114. Approximate amount of judgment is $539,430.38 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 006907/13. 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

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated December 21, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC is the Plaintiff and RALPH MAISONNEUVE, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on November 29, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 182 EVANS AVENUE, FREEPORT, NY 11520: Section 55, Block 101, Lot 39:

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 010553/2014. Irene V. Villacci, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 134970

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THE MAN IN red greeted children from Barack Obama Elementary School. THE KICKOFF PARTY started strong, with four large boxes overflowing with toys.

Toys for Tots starts annual holiday drive

Marine Corps joins effort to collect and deliver toys to children around the community

By ANDRE SILVA asilva@liherald.com

The Long Island United States Marines Toys for Tots Program kicked off its annu al toy drive for children in need this holi day season at the Coral House on Oct. 20.

This will be the 32nd toy drive for Toys for Tots, the largest holiday gift program for children in the nation.

Marines, elected officials, drive orga

nizers, community members and over 100 children from Barack Obama Elementary School, in Hempstead, gathered to kick off the drive with a lunch, speeches, a perfor mance by the American Bombshells — a Rockville Centre-based nonprofit singing group — and a surprise appearance by Santa Claus.

John Sardine, of Queens, a Marine gunnery sergeant and the Long Island Toys for Tots’ drive coordinator, said that

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COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NASSAU - WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DBA CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff, -against- DANIEL GAUSE; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW, next-ofkin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming, under, by or through the decedent LENA GAUSE, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein;

ANTOINETTE KIRKLAND; COUNTY OF NASSAU C/O OFFICE OF HOUSING & INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS; ANN GAUSE; “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #10”

inclusive, the names of the ten last name Defendants being fictitious, real names unknown to the Plaintiff, the parties intended being persons or corporations having an interest in, or tenants or persons in possession of, portions of the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint; DefendantsIndex No. 003266/16

Plaintiff Designates Nassau County as the Place of Trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject premises is situated in Nassau County. To the above named Defendants-YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) 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

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this would be the sixth year in a row that he would help the organization gather and distribute toys for the organization.

“It’s the best feeling in the world,” said Sardine, who was joined at the kickoff by eight of his fellow Marines. “It gives us a sense of responsibility and accomplishment. We wear the uniform to serve our country, but it’s an even better feeling when we’re able to serve our community.”

The effort begins this month, Sar dine said, with Marines and volun teers attending events and distribut ing boxes to local organizations to collect toys. When the boxes are filled, he said, he and his fellow Marines will pick up, count, and organize toys in a warehouse in preparation for their distribution, which begins in December.

Sean Acosta, co-chairman of Long Island Toys for Tots, said there are many children, especially this year, amid rising inflation, whose parents will not be able to afford toys for them this holiday season. “On Christmas Day, children want to have a toy underneath their tree,” Acosta said, “and this is our way of giving back.”

GUNNERY SGT. JOHN Sardine said that serving his community by providing underprivileged children with toys for the holidays is the best feeling in the world.

In front of the lecterns where elected officials and members of the organization gave speeches and accepted awards for their fundraising efforts, four large boxes overflowed with toys like soccer balls and play sets, and Acosta described them as just the start.

“Oh, that’s nothing,” he said of the col lection on display. “I mean, we’ll collect, you know, hundreds of thousands of toys. There are so many kids in need, that need toys. We want them to be happy, and we don’t want to disappoint them.”

Sitting among dozens of joyful chil dren, Jada Gillenwater, a teaching assis tant at Barack Obama Elementary, said it was such a positive thing to see children

in a place where they are welcomed and can receive gifts. They were particularly happy, she said, to meet Santa Claus, and have a chance to experience community and holiday spirit.

“There are many families who, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and inflation, real ly can’t afford to give their children every thing they would like for them to have,” Gillenwater said. “Toys for Tots makes sure that all children, regardless of any financial backgrounds, get a gift for the holidays.”

She added that she believed Toys for Tots has a tremendous impact on many Nassau County communities, and that she was in awe of the organization’s effort.

The toy drive will continue through December. To find out how to donate, go to garden-city-ny.toysfortots.org.

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I remember driving from our campus out into the open fields of Ohio flat country to continue working, each weekend, on Darius and Savonius windmills. We constructed towers, and I was the one chosen to go to the top while others tossed up bolts and strips of metal. We did produce energy, but the number one limiter, always, is money. It all boils down to the cost, but not in the way you might initially imagine.

To put it bluntly, you are restricted by legislation and utility company controls. There is only so much you can get reimbursed for, so most people will not pursue the expense of investing in free energy because of the initial cost outlay, to go beyond what they can save from a utility company rebate or discount. The reason most people have lower solar energy bills is the way they save. In essence, you get a reduction from the utility by gen erating power for them, not for you. Your invest ment in solar panels helps utilities by generating power sent to an inverter that sends that electric current back to the power wires for distribution. You don’t generate power for your own home or business. When you do, using batteries, you still get the benefit of a reduced bill, but only up to the $1,000 (or so) limit. The cost of the equipment and the amount of electricity you store still makes it costly, not free.

A man named Thomas Engel, in Sweden, found a method that will probably be incorporated in the future, when desperation allows for spending more to save more, by the use of magnets. Using “perma nent magnets” utilizing a rare-earth metal called neodymium, Engel developed a motor that runs without degrading and without electricity (except a small charge to start the rotation of the rotors).

Since it’s a hard sell when large utilities don’t invest, the use right now for this method of energy production is mainly for nuclear spin tomography and wind generation, so it does work. Maybe some day you’ll be able to use real cost-saving energy in your home. It’s not because of fire safety — just money.

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Are you happy with New York’s leadership?

Voting is so easy. There used to be a single Election Day. Since 1845, that voting day was on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. If you considered voting an important civic duty, you went to your polling place and pulled the levers. We still have an official Election Day, Nov. 8 this year, but in New York state, early voting begins on Saturday and ends Nov. 6. That’s nine days of early voting and a 10th day on Nov. 8.

the national rates of participation range from 37 percent in 2014 to a high of 50 per cent in 2018. In off-year elections in New York state from 2002 to 2018, an average of only 36.6 percent of those who could vote did so. Some blame low voter turnout on how hard we make it to reg ister to vote, as though allowing for same-day regis tration would get more peo ple to head to the polls.

more balanced political landscape in Albany, and of course not in New York City, where most of the partisan cam paign funding — the lifeblood of politi cians’ policy views — comes from.

taken that the vast majority of New York ers would applaud? Or are the Democrats interested only in satisfying their liberal lobbyists and contributors, as opposed to the general welfare? That’s the way it feels.

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Couldn’t be eas ier to vote, right? But less than 60 percent of the eli gible population voted in the five presidential elec tions between 2000 and 2016. Sixtyseven percent of eligible citizens voted in the 2020 presidential election. Kimberly Gonzales, in City & State New York, wrote that “New York’s estimated voter turnout for 2020 was 65.3 percent of eligible voters, ranking New York 30th out of 50 states for voter turnout. … In 2016, New York ranked 39th in voter turnout, when it was 57.2 percent.”

In non-presidential years like this one,

Imagine! Requiring New Yorkers to register to vote ahead of time by presenting qualifying documents (a driver’s license or other ID) and then voting a few weeks later! Oh, the burden! Oh, the suffering!

I am of two minds on voter turnout. On one hand, if 80 to 90 percent of qualified voters went to the polls, at least the winners and los ers could say the people have spoken. The way it is now, people get elected via the party primary system and general elec tions with embarrassingly few votes.

Then again, statewide, almost 50 per cent of New York’s 12.9 million registered voters are Democrats, and only 22 percent are Republicans. There are more regis tered Independents in the state than mem bers of the GOP. So getting more people out to vote in New York doesn’t mean a

Maybe I’m of three minds. I wish more citizens thought more about their votes vis a vis their quality of life, the cost of necessary things, their per sonal safety, the quality and cost of their children’s edu cation, property crime, infrastructure disrepair, and a host of other con cerns.

Nineteen of New York’s 27 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are occu pied by Democrats. Our two senators are Democrats. The Assembly has had a Democratic majority every year since 1992. Democrats have controlled the State Senate since 2019. There’s been a Democrat in the gov ernor’s mansion since 2007.

What are the top five accomplishments this lopsided majority in Albany has delivered? Bail reform? Ha! Getting the demonstrably mentally ill off the streets? Solving the homelessness crisis? Lower taxes? Instead of naming a few things only the left consider achievements, what are the actions state elected officials have

With all that Democratic control of leg islation, taxation, education, public safety and administration, are you happy with how life is in New York? Happy with your tax rates? Happy with how police are treated? Are the residents of New York City happy with the education their chil dren are getting? Do you want to ride the LIRR into Manhattan, and ride the sub way to a show or restaurant? Do you feel that vicious thugs are treated with more respect than the victims of their criminal acts? Are you sick of politicians showing up at autumn street fairs before elections but acting like “Markles” (my new name for obnoxiously privileged, entitled, aloof snobs) the rest of their terms?

I remember a time when incumbents had to earn votes, had to justify their reelection by accomplishing things for the good and welfare of us all. Let’s vote more thoughtfully, vote for more balance in Albany, and send the politicians who’ve brought us to where we are now packing.

John O’Connell is a former executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers. Comments? oconnell11001@yahoo.com.

When real-life horrors hijack Halloween

Nobody wants to be a buzz-kill when it comes to Halloween. I love my candy corn as much as the next grandma, but recent events seem to have sucked the fun out of being just a little bit afraid.

to wobble.

The political boogeymen and women of our time — Herschel Walker, Mehmet Oz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Kevin McCarthy, Kari Lake, Lauren Boebert, John Gibbs, Doug Mastriano, Joe Kent, Ron DeSantis and dozens of others — could be swept into office, or into more powerful positions, with a strong GOP showing.

to testify about events surrounding the insurrection. There are the many record ings of him demonizing minorities and insulting women, especially those who accuse him of sexual misconduct.

always accompanied by parents. The trick-or-treaters are all well-behaved, Halloween, but we still have Trump huff ing and puffing and trying to blow our house down.

The thrill of Halloween — the walk down the block in the dark, the horror masks and the strangers at the door — all seem a good way for the little ones to venture out. Especially after the lockeddown years of the pandemic, chil dren need to go door to door in their gaudy cos tumes. They need to fill up their goodie bags with a dentist’s dream of hard sugar can dies. They need to feel a little scared and gain some mastery over the unease.

RANDI KREISS

It’s a fun time for our children, but the over-the-top marketing, the commercial ization of the holiday, the orange cup cakes and pumpkin lattes feel lame. This year especially, real life is so scary that Halloween seems meh. I may feel some good jitters on Halloween, watching kids scoot through the darkness, but I will be deeply anxious a week later, on Election Day, if the pillars of our democracy start

Ironically, many of them, avowed anti-maskers when it comes to Covid-19, are wearing masks of duplicity these days, ped dling lies and disinforma tion. Some are promising to challenge unfavorable elec tion results. I’ve been scared watching Halloween horror movies, but I am ter rified of losing our democracy to extrem ists with an authoritarian agenda.

Even pumpkins aren’t pumpkins any more. No Halloween pumpkin in the his tory of the world can compare with American’s Great Pumpkin, the former president. Really, could you make up the Orange Menace if he didn’t already exist?

There’s that tape out there with him bragging about grabbing women’s geni tals and getting away with it because he’s a star. There is the subpoena last week from the Jan. 6 committee, requiring him

Halloween just cannot compare to a former American president who has indicted himself in his own words as a pro foundly uncouth, blatantly racist xenophobe still try ing to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Sorry, Halloween, you’ve been hijacked by facts on the ground. Nothing can possi bly be as scary as the regu lar news.

Like a poison tree, Don ald Trump has sent roots out all over the country, with once highly respected officials, like Army Gen. Michael Flynn, becoming acolytes and servants to the cause of white Christian nationalism.

Since the ascendency of Trump, cer tain bedrock beliefs, such as the peaceful transition of power in presidential elec tions, have been challenged. Halloween, can you really do better than that? Fake Freddie fingernails and monster teeth just don’t cut it anymore.

When I was a child, we felt nervous, in a good way, when the big kids in creepy costumes rang our doorbell. Now the kids are polite and sweet and most

And about the whole trick thing? Egg ing a car? Toilet paper in the trees? You call those tricks? They’re lame when compared with the cyber wars flashing across the internet. Who can battle back against the tricksters who commandeer our social media to spread lies?

As for ghosts, Halloween, I’m seeing the spirits of Mussolini and Hitler danc ing across America.

According to the Associated Press, “Michael Flynn, who just eight years ago under President Barack Obama led the U.S. military’s intelligence agency, now is at the center of a far-right Christian nationalist movement based in Florida. He urges his supporters to get involved in local politics as a way to change the country from the bottom up.” In Saraso ta, Flynn’s school board picks — backed by the Proud Boys — won.

Clearly, this year the former president and his MAGA tribe trump Halloween. Maybe next year, fright wigs and skele ton costumes will be amusing again. Being a little afraid is cool. Being afraid that the country as we know it is about to implode is terrifying.

Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Get out and exercise … your right to vote

Mark Twain famously once said that if “voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.”

It’s that kind of cynicism about the very process of electing men and women to represent us that has plagued our democracy not just for decades, but almost from the very beginning.

Even the Founding Fathers didn’t get voting quite right. Back then, to legally cast a ballot, you had to be a white, male landowner, with rare exceptions. Over time — too much time — those rights were extended to everyone else, including ethnic minorities and, finally, women.

While far more adults are eligible to vote today than are not, the fight to sup press voting is hardly over. Efforts con tinue to limit who can elect their govern mental leaders, and even where that’s not so prevalent, many still choose not to make the effort to mark a ballot and have it counted.

Yes, political rhetoric feels polarizing, because it is polarizing. Believe it or not, however, that’s hardly new. Election rhet oric in the 18th century was so biting and scandalous that if it still existed today, it would make grocery store tab

loids like the National Enquirer look like serious journalism.

But we can’t allow any of that to dis tract us from what democracy truly is — a government of the people, by the peo ple and for the people. That “people” is supposed to be us. Yet it won’t be “by the people” or even “for the people” if we don’t exercise our right to vote over the next couple of weeks.

The 2020 presidential election drew more than 70 percent of registered vot ers in Nassau County. In this year’s pri maries, however, turnout plummeted to just a fraction of that. While the race between Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Long Island challenger, Lee Zeldin, may move more voters than normal to head to the polls, participation will certainly be nowhere near the levels of Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden.

Politicians tend to be afraid of voters, no matter what their political persua sion. And while most face that fear and go with what the people decide, there are others who will fight for your right to vote, as long as that vote is aligned with their interests. That creates govern ments that are simply not representative of the people they serve, and makes it far

LETTERS

This Holocaust survivor didn’t need America’s help

To the Editor:

Re Randi Kreiss’s column

“When Nazis killed 6 million, where was America?” (Sept. 29-Oct. 5): When my tiny motherin-law, Helen Diamant, who died in 2016, was 22-year-old Chella Wildenberg in 1939 Poland, Adolf Hitler invaded her country at the beginning of World War II. She suffered at the hands of Hitler’s Nazis for several years, and even tually learned that all the workers in the labor camp where she was imprisoned would soon be sent to the infamous Treblinka concentra tion camp to be murdered in its gas chambers, but she somehow managed to escape.

She was also able to rescue her younger brother from another work camp, but after weeks of run ning, hiding, freezing and starv ing, he finally told her he wanted them to give themselves up — knowing they would be shot to death, but also that their fear, hun ger and suffering would finally

come to an end. He believed that their continuing survival was an impossibility, but Helen told him, “No, I won’t do that. I have to see the end of Hitler, and I just know he’s going to have a bad end.” She later said that belief was part of what kept her going.

Unfortunately, she and her

easier to manipulate the workings of government for the gain of a select few.

So what if Mark Twain and many peo ple you know believe voting and politics leave a bad taste in their mouths? There is a lot that can be done to make the pro cess more pleasant, but it won’t happen as long as too many of us don’t exercise our right to vote in the first place.

Our ballot this time around is filled with a number of races, from town coun cils, to the Assembly, to the State Senate, to the U.S. House of Representatives, with a number of judgeships also on the line. It should matter to you who repre sents you in Albany, just as it should matter to you who represents you in Washington. What’s decided in those two capitals impacts you in every way, from the taxes you pay, to how safe the roads and bridges are around you, to how you can seek health care, and so much more.

Don’t take your right to vote for grant ed. Casting a ballot is the most direct way to truly make your voice matter. And when you add your voice to the cho rus of other civic-minded Americans, we truly can make where we live, work and play the places we want to live, work and play.

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got separated, and before the end of the war, he, their older brother and sister, their parents, and two dozen other relatives were all killed. But Helen kept her promise to herself to live to see the end of Hitler.

When Hitler ignominiously killed himself at

in 1945, Helen, who had eventually escaped

OPINIONS

L.I.’s leadership in clean energy begins with our power grid

Long Island has the potential to be the East Coast’s clean energy hub. Thanks to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s dedication to making New York a leader in renewables, we’re poised to add a fleet of new offshore wind turbines that will transform our energy system.

But 10 years after Hurricane Sandy left 200,000 homes without electricity for weeks, Long Island still does not have a reliable, fortified transmis sion grid that could handle heightened demand, the con nection of addi tional renewable energy projects, like offshore wind, and more frequent intense storms due to changing climate all at once. The grid needs to be rebuilt now, so we’re ready for clean energy and prepared to withstand the next Sandy.

try are reminders of our vulnerability. As frigid temperatures resulted in historic, widespread power outages throughout Texas in 2021, and wildfires continue to cause devastating outages across the Southwest, the weaknesses in our aging national grid have never been more obvious. The American Society of Civil Engineers recently estimat ed that 70 percent of U.S. power lines are well into the second half of their life expectancy, and The Wall Street Journal reported that the grid has become “increasingly unreliable.”

GARY LaBARBERA

With a commitment to upgrading our transmission grid, Long Islanders would see clear benefits, including an influx of thousands of good-paying jobs, a reinvigo ration of the middle class, and the forging of a clear path to welcoming and integrat ing new offshore wind projects that advance the state’s clean energy goals.

Recent grid failures around the coun

Several states have responded to climate disas ters by investing in local grid-modernization proj ects. After Hurricane Wilma caused sig nificant power outages throughout Flori da in 2005, state regulators and electric utilities undertook initiatives to harden the grid, strengthening power lines to withstand extreme winds and replacing wood transmission structures with steel or concrete. When Hurricane Irma struck Florida in 2017, the Florida Public Service Commission concluded that the gridhardening initiatives had “markedly” reduced outage times, allowing customers — and the state’s economy — to get back to normal faster.

A similar hardening program could work on Long Island, where we some

times struggle to maintain power in just a thunderstorm. The New York Indepen dent System Operator is currently review ing proposals from transmission develop ers, including NextEra Energy Transmis sion New York, to build a resilient grid for Long Island, including com mon-sense hardening solu tions for our substations, a critical part of our trans mission system. By elevat ing equipment on concrete pads as a protective mea sure against flooding and storm surge and improving communication links between substations to ensure reliability during storms, we can significantly strengthen Long Island’s power grid.

The high stakes and potential benefits could not be clearer. The time is now to move these resiliency investments to the top of the priority list.

Modernizing Long Island’s grid will ensure that we can keep the lights on cleanly and reliably while working to maintain New York’s status as a global leader in clean energy initiatives. In 2019, New York passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which makes additional electrification an essen tial part of the strategy to decarbonize our economy, including 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind. However, Long Island’s current transmission system is far too

FRAMEWORK by Tim Baker

weak to transfer the renewable energy planned for the area. Grid updates are imperative to offshore wind’s success.

Most important, Long Island is posi tioned to become a state leader in green jobs. The region is home to some of the state’s most skilled technicians and tradespeople who are prepared for this work. Transmission developers and gen eral contractors are willing to work with union labor in our state, and rebuilding the grid has the potential to create between 4,000 and 10,000 jobs in the region over five years of construction later this decade — injecting up to $2.7 billion into the local economy.

Upgrading our transmission system is a win-win for Long Island residents and workers. Improving Long Island’s grid will not only provide our skilled workers, and new workers, with a vital opportunity to build green infrastructure in their com munities and pursue an attainable path to the middle class, but also jumpstart the region’s transition to clean energy.

Climate change is here, and the next Sandy is coming. It’s time for Long Island to take proactive steps to fortify its grid. We can create countless good-paying jobs and build a resilient, storm-hardened transmission grid that will serve Long Islanders’ homes and businesses with a steady stream of clean and reliable energy.

Gary LaBarbera is president of the New York State Building & Construction Trades Council.

to relative safety in, of all places, Germany, was work ing as a maid. She lived to age 99, having graced the Earth for 43 years more than the 56 years Hitler defiled it. When Hitler killed himself inside his underground bunker, he died in defeat, surrounded mainly by peo ple who feared him. When “Miss Helen” died in her Jesup, Georgia, home, she died with dignity, surround ed by people who loved her.

The year after Hitler’s suicide, Helen and her hus band, Howard, an Auschwitz concentration camp sur vivor himself, were blessed with the birth of their daughter, Laura. They then had sons Louis, Robert and Michael, and Helen continues to live on today through Laura, Michael and Robert, and Robert’s daughter, Rachel.

Helen has often been called a Holocaust “survivor,” but she had also been a “striver” and a “thriver.” The dictionary entries for striver (“one who exerts much energy and effort; one who struggles to succeed”) and thriver (“one who grows vigorously, makes steady progress, prospers and flourishes”) could both be illus trated with pictures of my mother-in-law.

RICHARD SIEGELMAN Plainview

It needs to be rebuilt now , so we’re ready for clean energy — and for the next Sandy.

The always-cheerful Hellraiser at the Monster Gallery — Mineola

you can trust, right here on Long Island.

When Susan’s mammogram showed a tiny mass in her breast, she was terrified for what was in store, but the team at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside helped her live to tell her story. Our cancer experts were able to be at her side every step of the way because we o er the full spectrum of cancer care, from chemotherapy to radiation therapy to surgery. Long Islanders are also able to participate in national cancer clinical trials through Mount Sinai, right here in Oceanside.

With this multidisciplinary approach, we help you overcome not only the cancer, but whatever else cancer brings with it.

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