Long Beach Herald 02-09-2023

By JAMES BERNSTEiN jbernstein@liherald.com

One day in the summer of 1946, Ginny Lamanda, then 14, was chasing a group of young boys down Park Street, in Lido Beach, in a game of Ringolevio. A 14-year-old boy, Don Kelly, was watching it all from a nearby stoop.

“They were running away from Ginny,” Kelly said in the Point Lookout home he shares with his wife of more than 60 years, Ginny Kelly, née Lamanda. “She was eliciting these blood-curdling screams. I knew right then and there, she was the one.”

“She was so involved with life, so pretty,”

Library hosts celebration of Lunar New Year

By JAMES BERNSTEiN jbernstein@liherald.com

A bit of Asian culture, colorful, bold and musical, came to the Long Beach Public Library last Sunday, the last day of the Lunar New Year.

Two groups composed primarily of teenagers — the Ryu Shu Kan: Japanese Arts Center, of Farmingville, and the Chinese Center of Long Island, in West Hempstead — staged separate half-hour performances on the library’s second floor to celebrate the year of the Water Rabbit.

The Water Rabbit is a symbol of longevity, peace and prosperity in Chinese culture. The year 2023 is predicted to be a year of hope.

Kelly, now 90, said. But, he added, “It took me three years to get up the guts to ask her out.” As teens, they lived two houses apart but barely knew each other.

The couple, who married on Oct. 8, 1955, at Manhattan’s elegant Waldorf Astoria Hotel, plan to spend Valentine’s Day next week the way they have for decades. Ginny will take delivery of a large bouquet of red roses from her husband, and they will go out to dinner.

“Now that we’re approaching 68 years together, I don’t know how a florist is going to handle it,” Don joked.

He and Ginny, he added, will have dinner alone, without their two daughters, Nancy

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ists in Partnership, which organized the show, “A 2023 Lunar Celebration,” in conjunction with the Long Beach Library, said the fact that the city’s Asian community is small made it all the more important to hold the event.

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“It’s all about making people aware of other cultures,” MathiesonEllmer said. “We’re an island, but we’re not alone amongst ourselves.” The celebration was an opportunity to expand understanding among different groups and to showcase different holiday traditions, she said.

MATHiESoNEllMER Artists in Partnership

Long Beach has a tiny Asian population — only about 4.5 percent of the city’s roughly 35,000 residents identify as Asian. The only group that is smaller is Latinos, who comprise about 3.8 percent of the population.

But Johanna MathiesonEllmer, executive director of Art-

The event took place at a time of high tension between the United Station and China. Last Saturday the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon that had drifted across the American continent. The Chinese have condemned the action.

Nonetheless, MathiesonEllmer said, art took precedence over conflict at the library on Sunday.

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Tim Baker/Herald GiNNY ANd doN Kelly look forward to Valentine’s Day on Tuesday.

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City to look into digitizing old documents

Process would make fnding records easier on the city’s website

By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com

The City of Long Beach already has hundreds, maybe even thousands, of documents, both old and new, available to the public on its website and transparency portal ranging from council meeting agendas to budget information. Now, even more may be coming to the website for residents to see.

Acting City Manager Ron Walsh said at the Jan. 23 Chamber of Commerce meeting that there are a lot of old records in the city. In an attempt to get rid of the physical copies, the city is looking to digitizing them so they can all be online and not needed in physical form.

“We have a lot of old records in the city and some of these things are in trailers, some of them are actually in City Hall,” Walsh said. “So we want to start to digitize these and get rid of things. And, we have some FEMA money that will take some of the stuff that was damaged in Sandy and turn it into digitized format.”

Walsh said that they would potentially take the FEMA money and set up the program so that everything is digitized under “one umbrella.” So, the old documents would be scanned in and when they get scanned, it takes the text and turns the text into a searchable format.

When all the documents are digitized, Walsh said residents should be able to put in the word “boardwalk,” for example, and every single place that the word comes up in any document that’s been scanned, should be able to be found.

“When you have paper documents, and you have hundreds or thousands of them it makes it very, very difficult to find anything,” he said. “So the efficiency in government and the time saved will increase. The ability for someone to come in and say ‘hey, do you have a record that says this?’ will be magnified.”

Walsh did the same thing with the Long Beach Police Department, where he is still the commissioner along with being the acting city manager. He said there were about five million records

that he was in charge of. So, they digitized all the records and documents and now, he says they can find things from “1925 in 15 seconds.”

Walsh also announced at Tuesday nights council meeting that all City Council meeting agendas are now also available online in Spanish as well as English,

Ron Walsh said the city is looking into digitizing all old documents and records for public view online.

after there were requests for them to be translated. This is the first time this has been done.

There was no timeline or projected date when this would begin happening as the city is just discussing the possibility of digitizing old documents and records.

When

paper documents, and you have hundreds or thousands of them it makes it very, very diffcult to fnd anything.

RoN WAlsh Acting City Manager

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Annual Snowfake Race hits the boards

Long Beach’s annual Snowflake race, postponed by one day because of frigid weather, attracted 303 runners Feb. 5, who ran four miles on the boardwalk in milder temperatures, and sunnier skies.

Brian O’Gorman, 33, came in first with a time of 22:48:37, just beating out Eric Neufeld, 38, with a time of 24:39: 52.

Women were big winners too. Amanda Ash, 26, placed third, with a time of 24:58:89. Nancy Tantone, 58, came in at seventh place, at 27:03:52.

Older folks did well, too. Bill Fisher, 68, placed 16th, at 29:13:50. Robert McIntyre, 63, was 41st, at

31:44:46.

But the runners were on the younger side, with many in their 20s and 30s. After the run, they were handed trophies.

The event is to honor the memory of Joseph Farrell, IV of Long Beach. He was a teacher and Long Beach Middle School and a swim coach who died in 2007 at age 45.

In 2013, Long Beach installed a giant record board at the refurbished swimming pool at the Rec Center. The record board is dedicated in memory of Farrell, a former recreation leader and swim coach.

The snowflake race on the boardwalk attraced 303 runners who ran uder milder temperatures and sunnier skies. The runners were given trophies after the race, in which women and men participated.

Brian o’Gorman, 33, came in first place, at 22:48:37.

Long Beach parks to be reconstructed, upgraded

In the weeks ahead, work will begin on reconstructing and updating some of the playgrounds and parks in the City of Long Beach.

Magnolia Park will undergo a complete reconstruction and will be entirely new. Please note, the existing mural along the southern portion of the park, while not pictured, will remain. In addition, two pieces of equipment for young children and safety surfaces will be installed at Leroy Conyers Park, replacing the current shuffleboard courts.

These projects are expected to be completed by Memorial Day and are funded by a grant obtained by then-Senator Todd Kaminsky. The grant itself was for $1 million, with $750,000 going toward Magnolia and $250,000 for Leroy Conyers Park, according to City Spokesman John McNally.

Along with the work from that grant, another grant was obtained for work to be done at Pacific Park, which was for about $300,000. The main jungle gym area of the playground was recently removed and will be replaced.

–Brendan Carpenter

Courtesy City of Long Beach

Pacific Park is one of the ones going through a reconstruction, and renderings of what the proposed changes will be, show new ways for kids to enjoy the space.

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Once the “community spouse” invokes their right to refuse, and all of the other myriad requirements of the Medicaid application are met, the state Medicaid program must pay for the care of the institutionalized spouse.

After Medicaid has been granted, the county may institute a lawsuit seeking to recover the cost of care from the refusing spouse. Nevertheless, there are a few reasons why spousal refusal makes sense, even in light of this risk. First, in many instances, the county never invokes this right. Secondly, these lawsuits are often settled for signifcantly less than the cost of care provided. Thirdly, the payment to the county can sometimes be deferred until the community spouse dies. As one county attorney told us when agreeing to such an arrangement, “the county is going to be around for a long time”. Finally, even though the county may seek recovery, it is only for the Medicaid reimbursement rate and not the private pay rate. For example, if the private pay rate is $18,000 per month, which is what you would have to pay, the amount Medicaid has to pay is generally a quarter to a third less. The county may only pursue you for the amount they actually paid.

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D’Esposito to serve as chair of subcommittee

Congressman Anthony D’Esposito was selected to serve as chairman of the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology of the House of Representatives.

The subcommittee falls under the Homeland Security Committee and includes emergency preparedness/ response, crisis mitigation, resiliency and recovery efforts; private sector preparedness integration; interoperability and emergency communications; DHS grant programs; and high-consequence biological and chemical threat preparedness.

D’Esposito was selected to chair the

subcommittee due to his career as both an NYPD detective and volunteer fire chief. As an NYPD Detective, D’Esposito was responsible for making over 600 arrests, and helped foil organized criminal activities. While serving as chief of the Island Park Fire Department, D’Esposito led the volunteer organization through the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy – a storm that led to one of the largest disaster response efforts.

“The power to conduct oversight should never be taken lightly and must be used to ensure transparency in our federal bureaucracy,” said D’Esposito.

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Celebration was a first for the public library

Landace Montero, 73, who is Asian, was among the 40 or so people who attended the performance, She was raised in Manhattan’s Chinatown, and now lives in Atlantic Beach.

“I absolutely enjoyed this,” Montero, a marketing executive, said afterward. “This is the first time I have seen this type of celebration outside of Chinatown.”

The performance was a first for the library. There was a Lunar New Year event in Kennedy Plaza last year, a Toro Nagashi Lantern Festival, also sponsored by Artists in Partnership as well as Arts in the Plaza. In ancient China, women were not permitted to be outside by themselves, and were virtually housebound unless accompanied by a man. During the Lantern Festival, they were allowed to go outside and meet people. The festival traces its roots back more than 2,000 years, and is linked to the reign of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, when Buddhism was emerging in China.

On Sunday, the Ryu Shu Kan center, led by Gerard and Hiroko Senese, featured drumming and dancing. The teenage performers and the Seneses all wore light-colored tops and black pants. Gerard Senese said that the center teaches karate and other martial arts, as well as Asian culture.

“The Lunar cycle ends today, and in Asia it’s the beginning of spring,” Senese explained. “There they start planting in the rice paddies.” Drums, he said, are sounded to awaken the gods as people pray for a good planting season.

The performance by the Chinese Center of Long Island featured Asian music and dancing flower girls who formed a perfect circle and the end of their show.

New York City has a large annual Lunar New Year parade, and there are events celebrating the holiday in 40

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or so states, Senese said. According to a flyer handed out before the performances, the Lunar New Year is observed by more than one-fifth of the world’s population, and is considered the most important holiday in China.

The 15th day of the holiday — which began Jan. 22 — is also a Chinese version of Valentine’s Day.

Nine-year-old Avellina Gallo was among the dancers, and closely watched the drumming as well. She said she had never had such an experience, and appeared giddy with excitement.

“I liked playing the big drums,” Avellina said before leaving the library with her father and two sisters. Would she enjoy doing it again? “You bet,” she said.

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The Chinese Troupe and lunar dragon added color and an air of magic to the day’s celebrations. The girls are members of the Chinese Center of Long Island, in West Hempstead.

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Long Beach gymnasts nearing goal

By toNY BellissiMo tbellissimo@liherald.com

A year after placing eighth in the Nassau gymnastics team championships, Long Beach will enter next week’s county event within reach of its goal to finish in the top four.

“Our team dynamic is amazing and the girls set a goal at the beginning of the season to end up in the top four,” coach Jessica Baker said. “We’re going to be ranked no lower than sixth and maybe as high as fifth, so it’s right there within our reach.”

Haberlack and juniors Kirsten Lilly and Lola Roarty.

Haberlack is a six-year member of the program and a captain along with Lilly and junior Lauren Clune. Haberlack has been scoring exceptionally high on floor exercise and balance beam, Baker said, and could also be competing on vault at the state qualifier.

Lilly also has a high level of difficulty on beam with a front ariel as part of her routine. She’ll be competing in all four events at the state qualifier, Baker noted.

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Boys Basketball: Baldwin at East Meadow 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Farmingdale at Freeport 12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Wheatley at Seaford 12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Locust Valley at West Hemp 12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: East Meadow at Baldwin 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Plainview at Oceanside 2 p.m.

Wrestling: Nassau Division 2 Finals at C.S. Harbor 6 p.m.

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Wrestling: Nassau Division 1 Finals at Hofstra 4:30 p.m.

The Marines were averaging a score of 161 through six matches, winning three and losing three. The team championships will be held Feb. 16 at Syosset, two days after the individual state qualifier meet at Carle Place where they’ll be represented by five gymnasts.

“We have 18 girls on the roster and we’ve had some newcomers step up and do well,” Baker said.

Long Beach is led by its three AllAround competitors: senior Alyssa

“Alyssa is going to be very hard to replace next season,” Baker said of Haberlack, who has averaged a 33.15 AllAround score. “She’s an extremely polished and clean gymnast and also a team leader. She executes her skills close to perfection. She has a beautiful presentation on floor and is scoring in the 9s on floor and beam.”

Lilly, a club gymnast like Haberlack, is a returning state qualifier participant and averaging a team-best 34.783 in the AllAround. “Kirsten has been doing exceptional on bars with an average of 8.816,” Baker said. “It’s usually the toughest event for most high school kids, but she’s a very hard worker and really executes.”

In just her second year on the team, Roarty averages 30.6 in the All-Around and is thriving on vault with an average of 8.15. It’ll be her second time competing on vault at the state qualifier. “Lola’s explosive on vault, has a beautiful floor exercise and keeps getting better on beam with all the work she’s putting in,” Baker explained.

Freshman Sophie Marino is headed to the qualifier on bars, and seventh-grader Maeve Frunzi will do the same on beam. “Sophie has helped us tremendously on bars, and Maeve has added to our depth in beam and bars,” Baker said.

Clune is a beam specialist in her fifth season and has a smooth and polished routine that brings consistent scores, Baker said. Adding to Long Beach’s success has been senior Falon Duffy, a former competitive cheerleader racking up points in three events.

Eric Dunetz/Herald all-aRoUND peRFoRMeRs KiRsteN Lilly, left, Alyssa Haberlack, center, and Lola Roarty lead Long Beach gymnastics into the county team championships.

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By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com

It could be one of the largest private endeavors in Nassau County’s history — and already one of its most controversial.

The Las Vegas Sands resort company wants to develop the 80 acres of vacant land surrounding the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum — an investment that could well exceed $1 billion. While some have championed a new commercial center complete with a hotel, celebrity chef restaurants, a convention center and a live performance venue, it’s the casino element some aren’t sure is worth the gamble.

Like Hofstra University president Susan Poser.

“So many people in our community are expressing the idea that this is already a done deal, and therefore not understanding that we are at the beginning of a competitive and quite lengthy process,” Poser told the hundreds of people who packed her school’s Monroe Lecture Hall on Saturday.

Poser has made her opposition to the casino project no secret, writing in one published opinion piece that it was a “very bad idea.”

The New York Gaming Facility Location Board opened the window last month for the bidding of three downstate casino licenses. Four licenses are already available upstate. To be successful, a bidder must win approval from a local community advisory committee made up of appointees by Gov. Kathy Hochul, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, state Sen. Kevin Thomas, Assemblyman Edward Ra and Hempstead town supervisor Don Clavin.

Joe Harrison, for one, hopes a casino project at the Hub moves forward.

“For economic growth, it’s going to be a great thing for the area,” said Harrison, vice president for Local One Elevator Constructors. “We’re looking for families to stay and earn living wages.”

The gaming location board explained to those attending the forum how the application process would work. Las Vegas Sands, for example, would have to demonstrate positives in several categories that include local impact, workforce enhancement, and how it will ensure diversity.

Most of the attention, however, will be on economic activity and development. Anyone developing through one of these licenses must work to provide as much tax revenue for state and local governments as possible, and must prove the benefits of the specific site they want to develop. They must also already have expertise in developing and operating a quality gaming facility, as well

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as be able to have the project come to fruition in years, not decades.

Founded by the late Sheldon Adelson in the late 1980s, Las Vegas Sands is considered one of the largest casino companies in the world, although much of its holdings are now in Asia rather than the United States. It reports assets of well over $20 billion.

Local impact examines how such a development will help — or hurt — businesses immediately surrounding the project, as well as those nearby. Workforce enhancement examines how a developer would utilize the existing labor force in Nassau County, providing an estimated number of construction jobs and developing training programs that serve the unemployed.

One of those training projects is expected to be based at Nassau Community College, with Las Vegas Sands providing, in turn, internships and potential jobs.

That, Sands officials have said, could also help develop its diversity framework, which requires the company in its application to examine workforce demographics of unemployed minorities, woman and service-disabled veterans.

But it’s not neighbors Las Vegas Sands would have to convince, but Nassau’s community advisory committee. Without a thumbs up from them, it will be a hard no from the gaming location board. Approval requires a two-thirds majority.

John Kaman, Suffolk County’s deputy executive, said residents and institutions within the town and surrounding areas should understand one another’s needs, and the impact they have on one another.

“We need to make sure that everybody’s listening, everybody’s participating,” Kaman said. “If something like this was going to go forward or not depends upon what the larger community wants to see in their county, in their town, and their neighborhood.”

Geraldine Hart, who leads public safety efforts at Hofstra, worried about the potential increase in crime.

“There’s a number of criminal activities that are associated with human trafficking,” she said. “They include illegal drug sales, kidnapping, extortion, money

GERALDINE HART, WHO leads public safety efforts at Hofstra University, shared with a community forum over the weekend what she says are risks communities face when casinos — like the one planned for the Nassau Hub — are built. Hart gave an overview of many instances of human trafficking and auto accidents — including some she personally witnessed — she says have direct ties with casinos.

laundering, prostitution, racketeering and gang related crime.”

Hart also cautioned that the Hempstead Turnpike — one of the most popular roadways traveled in Nassau — was also designated the fourth-most dangerous road in the state last year based on average number of fatalities. Hart cited a Journal of Health Economics study claiming a link between casino expansion and alcohol-related fatal traffic accidents.

Neyrely Munoz, a sophomore majoring in television and film at Hofstra, says she’s also concerned about safety, but much closer to home.

“Near a campus with college students, it doesn’t sound like the best idea,” she said. “I feel as though that the women on campus will feel a lot less safe.”

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HUNDREDS ATTENDED A community forum at Hofstra University to discuss the fate of the Nassau Hub, and the potential for a casino to become part of the community there. It’s a plan that has garnered mixed reactions from neighbors, including from Hofstra and nearby Nassau Community College.

W e need to make sure that everybody’s listening, everybody’s participating ... the larger community wants to see in their county, in their town, and their neighborhood.”

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The long-married Kellys ‘are good listeners’

Kelly Gallinaro, of Long Beach, and Diane Tumulty of New Jersey, or their four grandchildren or four great-grandchildren.

Ginny, 89, and Don first started coming to Point Lookout in the summer with their families in 1934. Her family was from Greenwich Village, and his was from Brooklyn. They lived in the city after they married, but moved to Point Lookout in 1980.

How they finally began seriously dating is a story in itself. A friend of Don’s was dating Ginny, but they lived 10 blocks apart from each other on the barrier island. Don was dating a girl who lived near his friend.

“I said, ‘This is ridiculous,’” Don recalled. “‘Why don’t I go out with Ginny and you can go out with the girl I’m dating now?’”

In the late 1940s, Don was attending an all-boys school, Brooklyn Prep, and he needed a date for a party. He had a nickel in his pocket, and used it to call Ginny. She said yes, and they have been virtually inseparable ever since. In their home, there’s a photo of them on that first date, with a nickel stuck inside the wooden frame.

The Kellys are well known in Long

Beach arts circles. Don, who started his career as a banker and then began his own financial company in Great Neck, and Ginny, who taught at Long Beach Catholic schools for 34 years, found time over the decades to become instrumental in the success of the Long Beach Theatre Guild, which got its start in the early 1970s. The Kellys got involved later that decade.

Ginny, who has been singing since she was 5, has performed in 168 Theatre Guild productions. Don was the group’s vice president, and Ginny remains its treasurer. Both have done all kinds of work for the organization, setting up props, selling tickets and helping to promote shows.

Their daughter Nancy is now president of the guild.

The Kellys remain an active couple, and are planning some guild shows later this year. Ginny is also the author of two published children’s books, “The Neighbor” and “The Tree House.”

Nancy said that the family has always pulled together, in good and difficult times. Her mother was a Girl Scout leader, and her dad would always get out on the ski slopes with the kids.

“My mom would even go bike-riding with me and my friends,” Nancy

recalled. “It wasn’t a protective thing. It was just, Why not?”

How did the Kellys manage to remain married so long? “Primarily, “we are good listeners to each other,” Don said.

“We have a great number of friends, and we relish our friendships.”

And there’s something else. “Every night,” he said, “we go to bed holding hands.”

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Ginny Lamanda and Don Kelly married in 1955 at the elegant Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. They met as teens in Point Lookout, where they now live.

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STEPPING OUT

Creative advocacy

By Karen Bloom

WHERE WHEN

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

• Emily Lowe Hall Gallery, South Campus, Hempstead. For information and to RSVP, call (516) 463-5672, or visit Hofstra.edu/museum

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

Curated by Alexandra Giordano — the museum’s assistant director of exhibition and collection — the exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility and influence.

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

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

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

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

“The way our climate is now, this exhibit could not be more timely than at this moment,” Albert adds.

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

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

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

Pat McGann

Pat McGann is quickly rising as one of the sharpest stand-ups on the comedy scene. A relative latecomer to comedy, he began doing standup at 31 after realizing he was not very good at selling packaging. He hustled his way to become the house emcee at Zanies Chicago, where he distinguished himself as especially adept at working the crowd. A husband and father of three young children, McGann’s appeal stems from his quick wit and relatable take on family life and marriage. In 2017, McGann began touring as the opening act for Sebastian Maniscalco, moving with him from clubs to theater, to arenas, including four soldout shows at Madison Square Garden. McGann’s relatively short, but impressive resume, includes Montreal’s famed Just For Laughs Festival, Gilda’s LaughFest, The Great American Comedy Festival, and more. McGann still calls Chicago home.

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

Yarn/Wire

Now in its 18th year, Adelphi University’s ‘new music’ series welcomes Yarn/Wire. The intrepid New York-based piano-percussion quartet has forged a singular path with endlessly inventive collaborations, commissions and performances that have made a significant contribution to the canon of experimental works. The quartet features founding member Laura Barger and Julia Den Boer on piano and Russell Greenberg, also a founding member, and Sae Hashimoto playing percussion. Barger is a frequent guest with many top American contemporary ensembles. French-American Den Boer performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. Greenberg is in demand with varied ensembles. Hashimoto, the newest member, contributes a unique approach to performance cultivated by her intensive classical training .

Friday, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. $30 with discounts available to seniors, students, alumni and employees. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City. (516) 877-4000 or Adelphi.edu/pac.

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

Courtesy Hofstra Universally Museum of Art

Photos: Norman Rockwell’s celebrated ‘Four Freedoms’ are reinterpreted as photos by Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and the Wyatt Gallery.

Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

Sculpture: Hank Willis Thomas, ‘Lives of Others,’ 2014, made from black urethane resin and standing 57 inches tall

Feb. February 9, 2023 — LONG BEACH HERALD

THE SCENE

Feb. 23

Art talk

Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture” live, via Zoom, Thursday, Feb. 23, 1 p.m. She’ll discuss the current exhibition, “The Big Picture: Photography Now.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program. Register at least 24 hours in advance to receive the program Zoom link. Also Feb. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Alan Doyle

Lego Club

Long Beach Public Library holds a Lego club session, Monday, Feb. 13. Kids grades one through seven can come and build whatever their hearts desire, 11 W. Park Ave., The session begins at 6 p.m. For more information, visit LongBeachLibrary.org.

City Council Meeting

The Long Beach City Council will be having their bi-weekly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 14 The meeting is open to all and will begin at 7 p.m. on the sixth foor of City Hall. For more information, visit LongBeachNY. gov.

Gentle Yoga

Participate yoga class for health and peace, Monday, Feb. 13, at Long Beach Public Library, 111 W. Park Ave. The class is designed to build strength and fexibility along with a calmer mind. The class will be in the public library’s auditorium and on Zoom, for those you cannot go in person, from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Poses will be a combination of standing and seated. For more information, visit LongBeachPL. LibraryCalendar.com.

SOUTH SHORE SYMPHONY IN CONCERT Saturday, February 11 7:30PM at the Madison Theatre Molloy University, Rockville Centre, NY 1000 Hempstead Avenue • Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Molloy University 1000 Hempstead Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY 11570

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Feb. 12

Polar Bear Splash

The Long Beach Polar Bears will make their annual splash into the ocean on Sunday, Feb. 12. The splash takes place on Laurelton Blvd., starting at1:30 pm. For more information, visit LongBeachNY.gov.

Low-Impact Cardio

The Long Beach Public Library will have a low-impact cardio class on Tuesday, Feb. 14. All levels are welcome, including beginners. The class will be held in the auditorium,111 W. Park Ave., and on zoom from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, visit LongBeachPL.LibraryCalendar. com.

Pop-Up Eats

The Cabana Restaurant continues its weekly Pop-Up Eats, Monday, Feb. 13 in their parking lot, 1034 W Beech St. Various vendors serve up delicious bites; the bar will be open as well. Pop-Up Eats starts at 4 p.m.; no reservations are necessary. For more information visit TheCabanaLBNY.com.

On stage

Mo Willems’ popular Pigeon comes alive on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Saturday, Feb. 11, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Sunday, Feb.12, 2 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 15-17. Pigeon is eager to try anything, with the audience’s help. LICM, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

Board of Education Meeting

The Long Beach Public Schools Board of Education will be having their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The meeting is open to all and will begin at 7 p.m. in the Lindell School auditorium. For more information, visit LBeach.org.

Having an event?

Author talk

Mary Calvi, an Emmy awardwinning journalist and national anchor for WCBS-TV and weekend anchor of Inside Edition, visits Molloy University to discuss her book, “If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt’s First Love,” Wednesday, Feb. 15, 7-8:30 p.m. Her novel is an indelible portrait of the authenticity of first love, the heartache of loss, and how overcoming the worst of life’s obstacles can push one to greatness never imagined. $35, includes signed copy of the book. 1000 Hempstead Ave., Larini Room, 2nd Floor of Public Square Building, Rockville Centre. For tickets and information visit MadisonTheatreny.org or call (516) 323-4444.

Gospel Shabbat

Temple Emanu-El of Long Beach hosts its 7th annual Gospel Shabbat on Friday, Feb. 17, in acknowledgement of Black History Month. With local a cappella group Nehemiah Movement, beginning at 7:30 p.m., at 455 Neptune Blvd. Call (516) 431-4060 for information.

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.

Lifesaving skills

OnSight medical trauma

Life Saver course is offered at Rescue Company No. 1 of Oceanside, 814 Tilrose Ave., Saturday, Feb. 11, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. The session covers bleeding control and bandaging wounds. Other topics include personal safety while caring for victims, basic first aid, and more. $175 per person, $75 registration deposit. For info, ontact info@oftllc. us. Register on AllEvents. in/oceanside-ny.

On exhibit

Photography’s ascent in the art world is an international phenomenon. Nassau County Museum of Art’s star-studded exhibition spans the historical roots of the medium. View works by Ansel Adams and his generation and the thrilling, large-format color works of such contemporary masters as Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, James Casebere and Gregory Crewdson, among others. From the documentary to the painterly, images bear witness to the times. On view through March 5. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor. (516) 4849337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Family theater

The beloved fairy tale springs to life in a delightful musical romp, presented Plaza Theatrical Productions, Monday, Feb. 20, 11 a.m.; Friday, Feb. 24, 11 a.m.; Sunday, Feb. 26, noon. All the ingredients that have made this story a perennial favorite are here, including Cinderella, a zany Godmother, a trip to the royal ball, and a glass slipper. Tickets are $16. Visit the Plaza stage at The Showplace at Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore. For information/tickets, go to PlazaTheatrical.com or call (516) 599-6870.

The cases to ‘opt in’ on retail marijuana sales

Opting In is now the Logical Choice

I love Long Beach! In September 2020, when COVID forced my family out of Brooklyn, the only place I wanted to move was Long Beach.

Of course, the beach was a draw but we chose Long Beach because of the community, the warmth of the tight-knit neighborhoods, citizens’ sense of pride, the safety, the schools, and the incredible mix of businesses, retailers, and restaurants and bars.

The City by the Sea was the perfect place to call home.

In 2021, as a Long Beach newbie, I quietly listened to the local “opt-in” debateand I understood the apprehensions.

However, the landscape has now changed. As an active and committed Long Beach resident and a cannabis executive and activist, I can no longer stand on the sidelines and watch Long Beach squander this unique opportunity. Long Beach should “opt in” now and allow a local cannabis dispensary in our borders, ensuring our community’s continuity and safety.

Cannabis is here and here to stay. In New York State, it is legal for adults 21+ to consume; more than 60 retail dispensa-

ry licenses have been issued; and two adult-use licensed dispensaries are operational in Manhattan with many more to come.

Long Beach is in financial distress. City Officials are considering increasing the cost of beach passes or installing parking meters. But what about cannabis? Why not opt-in and allow a cannabis dispensary? Only municipalities that opt-in will receive a portion of local dispensary tax revenue. No local dispensary, no tax revenue.

Economists project that if Long Beach opts-in, cannabis tax revenue would exceed $6 million over the next five years – on average, adding more than $1 million annually to city coffers.

Fear is holding back city leadership – and while the unknown can be frightening, the reality is that cannabis today is no longer “unknown” with 21 states plus Washington D.C. and Guam having legalized adult-use cannabis. If we want our great city to flourish, we must peel back the reefer madness rhetoric, look at the facts, and evolve our thinking.

Safe regulated local cannabis dispensaries will add significant much-needed tax revenue AND keep our community

safe. Studies confirm that a local dispensary will:

■ NOT increase underage access to cannabis

■ NOT increase overall drug use – cannabis is NOT a gateway drug

■ NOT increase crime

■ NOT increase traffic accidents

Alternatively, studies indicate that a local legal dispensary WILL:

■ INCREASE local tax revenue

■ INCREASE the value of local homes

■ DECREASE the sale of illicit and unsafe cannabis

So, while I heartily respect Long Beach leadership’s measured approach to-date, now is the time to act. We should opt-in, secure a safe, regulated, local dispensary, and preserve, protect, and enhance Long Beach.

More detailed information, including links to the studies referenced above, is available at https://shop-poplar.com/ pages/lbnyoptin

Beryl Solomon Jackowitz is a Long Beach resident and a cannabis entrepreneur and activist.

Beryl Solomon Jackowitz

Guest Column

Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE OF COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE

Notice is hereby given that I shall, commencing on February 21, 2023, sell at public on-line auction the tax liens on real estate herein-after described, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party-ininterest in such real estate shall pay to the County Treasurer by February 16, 2023 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges, against the property. Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 per cent per six month’s period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code. Effective with the February 21, 2023 lien sale, Ordinance No. 175-2015 requires a $175.00 per day registration fee for each person who intends to bid at the tax lien sale. Ordinance No. 175-2015 also requires that upon the issuance of the Lien Certificate there is due from the lien buyer a Tax Certificate Issue Fee of $20.00 per lien purchased.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Nassau County Administrative Code at the discretion of the Nassau County Treasurer the auction will be conducted online. Further information concerning the procedures for the auction is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at:

https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/526/County-Treasurer

Should the Treasurer determine that an in-person auction shall be held, same will commence on the 21st day of February, 2023 at the Office of The County Treasurer 1 West Street, Mineola or at some other location to be determined by the Treasurer.

The liens are for arrears of School District taxes for the year 2021 - 2022 and/or County, Town, and Special District taxes for the year 2022. The following is a partial listing of the real estate located in school district number(s) 8, 10 in the Town of Hempstead only, upon which tax liens are to be sold, with a brief description of the same by reference to the County Land and Tax Map, the name of the owner or occupant as the same appears on the 2022/2023 tentative assessment roll, and the total amount of such unpaid taxes.

IMPORTANT

THE NAMES OF OWNERS SHOWN ON THIS LIST MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS OWNING THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT. SUCH NAMES HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE 2022/2023 TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLLS AND MAY DIFFER FROM THE NAMES OF THE OWNERS AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. IT MAY ALSO BE THAT SUCH OWNERS ARE NOMINAL ONLY AND ANOTHER PERSON IS ACTUALLY THE BENEFICIAL OWNER. able in braille, large print, audio tape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 ext. 13715.

TOwN OF HEMPSTEAd SCHOOL:28 LONG BEACH CITY Sd

Name Parcel Group Lot Amount OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP IN 2,490.96

1297028033 97 S9F00330

DONOVAN RICHARD S & RUSSOTTO CA 7,062.12

58119 01130 113-114

HAGAN JOHN M & HAGEN CARMELA 4,664.02

58120 01420 142-143

MARTIN ROBERT P

58121 01230 123,124

CARBONE QUENTIN & SHANNON &

59066 0015UCA00620 15A CA 62 UNIT 18

SONNER HILDA

59066 0015UCA00620 15A CA 62 UNIT 138

SCHULSINGER DAVID ADAM & KARI D

59066 0015UCA00620

404

BARONE MICHAEL 662.89

59070 0071UCA01060 71 CA 106 UNIT 407

PAGAN CARMEN

59071 00520 52-53

SERBY ANNE

59072 00460 46-48,149

1,761.94

5,012.14

SIGLER PAUL & MURILLO FAITH 10,749.93

59075 01560

KASIN KIM

59075 0165UCA01910 165 CA 191 UNIT 101

5,906.74

LICHTENSTEIN JOYCE 882.92

59076 0038UCA01460

March 14, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 448 West Hudson Street, St. Long Beach, NY 11561. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Long Beach, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 59 Block 32

Lot 136. Approximate amount of judgment

$492,352.14 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index# 613083/2021. 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.”

Peter Kramer, Esq.,

Referee

(516) 510-4020

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: January 13, 2023

137272

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK -

COUNTY OF NASSAU

HSBC BANK USA

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR DEUTSCHE ALT-A

SECURITIES INC.,

MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES

SERIES 2006-AR3, V.

ABRAM DUSOWITZ A/K/A ABRAM I. DUSOWITZ, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated October 20, 2022, and entered in the Offce of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein HSBC BANK USA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES INC.,

MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES

SERIES 2006-AR3 is the Plaintiff and ABRAM

DUSOWITZ A/K/A ABRAM

I. DUSOWITZ, 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 February 21, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 122 WALNUT STREET W, LONG BEACH, NY 11561: Section 59, Block 72, Lot 30-32:

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index # 012306/2011. Joseph N. Armao, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 136732

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU

INDEX NO. 603991/2019

U.S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE

TRUST 2006-A4, Plaintiff, Plaintiff designates NASSAU as the place of trial situs of the real property vs. SUSAN GONZALES; VINCENT GONZALES if living, and if he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specifc lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees,

legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; CAPITAL ONE BANK, USA NA; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fctitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS

Mortgaged Premises: 345 LIDO BOULEVARD

LONG BEACH, NY 11561

Section: 60

Block: E Lot: 750

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 within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF

ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT

THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $516,000.00 and interest, recorded on December 20, 2005, at Liber M 29857 Page 659, of the Public Records of NASSAU County, New York, covering premises known as 345 LIDO BOULEVARD LONG BEACH, NY 11561.

The relief sought in the within action is a fnal judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

NASSAU County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

NOTICE

YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME

If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who fled this foreclosure proceeding against you and fling the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.

Dated: January 6, 2023 ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff MERVE KATI, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 136800

DEsPiTE NoT hAviNg a normal block party this past holiday season, neighbors on Sylvan Place rasied money and donated $3,100 to two organizations, including $1,550 to Anchor. Above, Rosalie Machalow, Sherise Dowling and her children Candice and Marcus, Sheryl and Alex Carr, John McGovern and Wally and Carole Schroeder, present checks to charitable organization members Susan Cuoccio and Mary Ann Hanson of Camp Anchor and Ronni Gould of Sunrise Association.

Sylvan Place continues spreading holiday cheer

By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com

Sylvan Place residents have been decorating houses for the holidays for nearly 30 years. Since 2014, they have banded together each season to raise funds for charities to honor the memory of two of their own.

As part of their efforts, the Valley Stream group holds a block party, serving hot dogs and hot chocolate, giving out gifts and inviting Santa to share in the festivities in honor of their late neighbors Chris Schroeder, who died of cancer in 2013 at 18, and Michael Smith, who had Down syndrome, and died the same year at 44.

days.

The block has been raising money in a little box outside Carr’s house since 2014, when they started decorating for Schroeder and Smith after they passed away. The funds raised are split between the Sunrise Association, a non-profit aimed at supporting families with children suffering from cancer in honor of Schroeder; and the Anchor Program Fund, which supports people with special needs throughout the Town of Hempstead and holds a camp in Lido Beach, in honor of Smith.

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Alex Carr and his wife, Sheryl, have been at the forefront of the annual block party since the inaugural. Usually, food and hot chocolate are served, gifts are given out, the Valley Stream Fire Department lets families explore the trucks and Santa Claus pays a visit to the kids. The party hasn’t taken place in the COVID-19 era, but houses are still being decorated.

“The Saturday before Christmas, we’d always have the block party,” Carr said. “This block here has 40 houses, and 36 out of 40 usually decorate. This is just all on Sylvan Place.”

Carr, now 59, who grew up on Sylvan Place and has been there since he was four, had one word to describe the block: close-knit. He recalled when a few neighbors decided to have a little decoration competition between houses for the holi-

“When we first started out, we’d raise about $1,500,” Carr said. “We’ve had up to $3,500 for the year and we’ve even had up to $4,000. We give it to charities, whatever we can give them. This year we were able to collect $3,100.”

The houses are lit up the entire month of December and into early January. Carr said hundreds of people walk the block each day, on average, depending on the weather and temperature. The biggest night is the Saturday before Christmas, which draws anywhere between 500 and 1,000 people each time.

Carr may have been decorating for 30 years and admits it may be nearing the time when he cuts back a bit -- but he loves it.

“It’s what I like to see, people decorating people and just getting out there enjoying the holiday and enjoying the neighborhood,” he said. “Oh, and next time, we are looking to turn around and have the return of Santa at Sylvan Place.”

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it’s what I like to see, people decorating people and just getting out there enjoying the holiday and enjoying the neighborhood.

AlEx CARR Sylvan Place neighbor

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Q. We completely rebuilt in 1996, and are ready to retire and sell. Our real estate agent told us they checked our permit records and it was never signed off. Although it’s a long story, our first contractor went to jail and destroyed our original permit papers. The second contractor never got a plumbing permit or electrical sign-offs, even though they had people do the work. Is this going to be a big problem to get everything signed off, because we want to sell within the year to take advantage of the market right now? What can you advise?

A. Sounds like you went through a lot. Most people tell me they could write a book about their experience. You need to see your building department records and get copies of the signed and sealed plans. Many municipalities keep records either in paper form, which you may have to pay for copies of, or microfilm or computer files.

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Those horrifc videos, and what they show

“Icouldn’t bear the thought of people being horrified by the sight of my son,” Mamie Bradley, the mother of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a Black kid from Chicago who was tortured and murdered by white racists in Mississippi in 1955, told the press at the time.

“But on the other hand, I felt the alternative was even worse,”

Bradley continued. “After all, we had averted our eyes for far too long, running away from the ugly reality facing us as a nation. Let the world see what I’ve seen.” Bradley had refused to close the lid of her son’s coffin.

What Bradley had to say then has echoed through the decades, and helped inspire America’s civil rights movement.

Her words are still relevant today.

I’ve heard many people say they “can’t look” at the televised footage of the Memphis police beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old who died a few

days after he was brutally assaulted by five police officers, who have been charged in his death. The footage has been shown and re-shown. And you could say that seeing it once is enough.

And I agree. But I know of others who refuse to look at all.

Many are the same people who refused to look at the images of the police as they suffocated George Floyd in 2020. They also didn’t want to look at the flag-draped coffins of American service members who had been killed in Afghanistan or Iraq.

The first Bush administration banned photos or video of the caskets of dead returning veterans. That decree wasn’t overturned until the Obama administration.

Some ask why we should look at any of it. What good does it do? To some, it’s similar to the almost unavoidable glances at an auto accident that attracts rubberneckers. Common decency should overcome the morbid desire to slow down to a crawl.

But it’s unacceptable to refuse to look at the images of Floyd as he lay gasping for breath, or of Eric Garner, who died in a prohibited police choke-

hold in 2014, or of Nichols as he was beaten.

In 1955, what Bradley saw was the horribly battered body and the crushed face of her son, who had traveled to the small town of Money, Mississippi, to spend a summer with his sharecropper great-uncle Moses Wright.

WAfter work one night, young Emmett and some friends stopped at a grocery store. Accounts vary, but some say that Till whistled at the store’s white cashier, Carolyn Bryant. In the early-morning hours of Aug. 28, Roy Bryant, Carolyn’s husband, and J.W. Milam, Bryant’s half-brother, broke into Wright’s home and dragged Till out.

He was severely beaten. One of his eyes was gouged out. His nose was so bent out of shape, his mother said, that it resembled an S. Then he was taken to the Tallahatchie River, where he was shot in the head. His body was dumped into the river.

Wright reported the kidnapping to the police the following day, and Bryant and Milam were arrested. The only way police were able to identify Till was by

a monogrammed ring he wore that had belonged to his father.

At the funeral, relatives asked Bradley to close the casket, but she refused. Photos of her son’s body appeared in Jet magazine and the Chicago Defender, two of the most important Black publications in the United States.

Bryant and Milam were acquitted by an all-white jury that deliberated for only four hours. Years later, the FBI extracted a deathbed confession from Milam’s brother, Leslie, who admitted his own involvement. By that time, however, Bryant and J.W. Milam were long dead.

Till’s mother’s decision to let the public see what had been done to her son still resonates today.

Those who ask why we should look at any of these disturbing images say, what good does it do? The footage of Floyd, Garner and, now, Nichols, is more than painful to watch, I agree. But the cameras don’t lie. They force us to see things we don’t want to see, but must see. When we turn away, we are lying to ourselves about the reality of what happens so often to members of minorities in this, our America.

James Bernstein is editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments? jbernstein@ liherald.com.

Hot love, cold love, new love, old love

These days, when my husband and I share affairs of the heart, there is usually anesthesia and a sameday procedure involved. For us, Valentine’s Day, the fire sale of romantic love, doesn’t speak to a 55-year relationship. Heart-shaped cakes, red roses, pink balloons and chocolates have become cheap (although not inexpensive) symbols of love. We subscribe to a more expansive view of love that includes authentic moments, nourishing memories and new experiences in the world. We learned during the pandemic that a brilliant TV movie or a sighting of a comet in a dark sky can trigger the same endorphins as “love.” It all counts. One of the unintended consequences of living in the time of Covid-19 is an impatience with posturing and a desire for genuine emotion. Let’s sift through the dross of recent weeks for the gold nuggets. Think for a moment of the intense super-joys that give value to your days — the gifts that Hallmark and

Godiva cannot confer.

These past few weeks, I have been leading a book discussion group. I do this all the time, but suddenly this year the group is intensely wonderful. The people in our circle jelled. The talk is fast, funny and wicked smart. Maybe it seems odd to think of this meet-up in terms of love, but we need all the love we can gather, and we each get to define our own experiences.

Other random love bombs:

Last week I caught a glimpse of the green-hued comet that last visited earth in prehistoric times. It was a momentary sighting, but I thought to myself, “Be still my heart” when I spotted the ball of dust and ice that won’t swing by this way again for 55,000 years. What a show.

Two weeks ago, I saw “Shades of Spring,” a new ballet choreographed by Jessica Lang. During a fairly dull week of subpar weather, a week I would give a C+, the evening of dance was a breakout moment. The performance captivated every sense and held our attention until the last bow. It was love.

Then there is Rachel Maddow. She

makes my Mondays, which are the only days she’s on the air at MSNBC with commentary about the dreaded news. An investigative pit bull with a smile on her face and a crisp sense of humor, Maddow helps mitigate the despair I feel after an intemperate eruption from Marjorie Taylor Greene. Maddow’s wit is dead on, and she is rigorous in her craft. I would not want to be in her sights, but I love being in her audience.

My life would be different, and less joyful, without Lillybee, our 5-year-old Coton. I don’t need to explain this to dog lovers. And I can’t explain it to non-dog-lovers. We celebrated her birthday Feb. 1 with a heavy spoonful of shredded pork in her kibble. I heard her whisper, “Be still my heart.”

I love our expanding daylight, which translates to elevated moods, for me and everyone else. There is just no boogying to the 4:30 p.m. Sunset Blues. The happy dance must wait for the sun to travel closer, and it is, by the minute, and I love it.

Another love bomb in my life is pasta al dente, still the most delicious, cheap-

est meal in America. When I’m ready to take on some carbs, a half-box of pasta with olive oil, parsley and garlic is sublime. Anytime we lust for linguine, we have this, right here in all our lives, and it is an affair of the heart as much as the belly.

Great books are the red roses that never fade. Consider the books I talked about this month: “The All of It,” by Jeannette Haien; “The Glass Hotel,” by Emily St. John Mandel; “Lila,” by Marilynne Robinson; and “Drag your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead,” by Olga Tokarczuk. The joy of disappearing into a book, giving up one’s grounding in time and space, is a gift. Then to talk about it with like-minded readers? Enchanting.

Wordle and Spelling Bee, my twin obsessions, have the best words. For the uninitiated, these are New York Times daily word games. And they’re like crack. You can’t stop. When you figure out the puzzle, the rush is unmistakable and familiar: love.

From the ridiculous to the sublime: I embrace my friends on Valentine’s Day and every day, don’t you? They can love anybody, and they choose you, and me. Hold them close, every precious one.

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

RANDI KREISS

Even a comet in a dark sky can trigger the same magical endorphins.

e don’t want to see the images of Floyd, Garner and, now, Nichols. But we must.

JAMES BERNSTEIN

Getting what you pay for in the classroom

When we think of the most influential people in our lives growing up, we’re likely to point out our parents, some members of our extended family, maybe even a religious leader or two.

But no list is complete without teachers. It’s a role so important in our development that we spend nearly 13,000 hours of our childhood in front of teachers — whether we’re learning long division, the Civil War, natural selection, Newton’s laws of motion, or even where, exactly, New York is on the planet.

Education is vital, and we depend on teachers more than anyone else to deliver it. Yet when it comes time for us to show our gratitude for their extraordinary contribution to our lives, we instead focus on debates on whether teachers are overpaid, underworked and demanding just too much.

It’s not that exploring whether teachers are appropriately compensated isn’t important — in the public sphere, at least, it’s taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars that pay their salaries. However, such discussions must be done in a way that not only provides an accurate and complete look at educator salaries, but also still respects the essential role teachers fill.

A recent analysis conducted by Newsday found that more than half of all teachers on Long Island — 31,000 of them — are making at least $100,000 a year. A handful of them earned even more — upward of $300,000 and even $400,000. Numbers, we assume, we should be outraged about.

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But those specific large amounts were anomalies, not the norm. Three teachers — two with more than four decades in the classroom — retired from the Central Islip school district with a mountain of sick days for which they were due compensation. These are teachers who were in the classroom nearly every day, providing consistency for their students and saving their district the need to hire substitutes.

Making this more atypical is that Central Islip has a rather unique — and far more generous — benefits package compared with other districts on Long Island.

On average, however, teachers on Long Island made a little more than $110,000 per year. That’s what the Empire Center for Public Policy told Newsweek, pointing out that that average is higher than any other region in the state, and higher than average salaries in other states. Three of the 11 school districts with the highest wage earners were in Nassau County — Jericho, Great Neck and Syosset.

Teachers have built-in holiday breaks —including the entire summer. They are done teaching by early afternoon. Their jobs aren’t physical. Who hasn’t heard these cries about teachers whenever discussions about compensation crop up?

But we also cannot forget that teachers take work home with them. They are there after school, many times giving an extra hand to our kids, helping them get the most out of their educational experience through sports or other extracurricular activities.

And while some might argue that

My grandparents never talked about the Holocaust

To the Editor:

Great op-ed by Daniel Offner, “We must remember — and teach — the Holocaust (Jan. 26-Feb. 1), about his childhood memories of his grandmother, her history and what she went through.

I can really relate to it, but on my side, my grandparents would never, ever talk about what they lived through in Europe, while they raised their five children (my mom and her four siblings). The only piece of information I know is that all five of them were born in different countries while the family kept running from country to country to try and avoid Hitler. I know my grandparents were in camps, because they both had numbers on their arms, but they never, ever talked about it.

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To the Editor: Assemblyman Chuck LaVine’s letter, “It’s Santos, for

teachers make up for lower pay than their private-sector counterparts with better benefits, even that can be a tricky mound to stand on. A 2021 report from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College concluded that while teachers might earn the same as those with similar educational backgrounds in the private sector, ongoing across-the-board benefits cuts through pension reform means that new teachers have a far bleaker economic outlook than their more experienced colleagues.

That’s bad. “Uncompetitive compensation may make it harder to recruit highquality individuals into the teaching profession,” the report stated. Low-quality teachers — or worse, simply not enough teachers — means potentially low-quality education.

For a country struggling to keep up with many of our international competitors, an educational system in decline will only make the situation worse.

The United States already falls below the global average in math test scores, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. That put us well behind Singapore, Macao, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. And while our children’s science scores are higher than the global average, the United States remains behind Singapore, Macao, Estonia, Japan and Finland.

We must keep our public schools costs under control — absolutely. But just like anything else, we get what we pay for. And if we pay for high-quality teachers here on Long Island, we’ll continue to get them.

better or worse,” which appeared in last week’s issue, has me perplexed. The black cloud that U.S. Rep. George Santos finds himself under is clearly his doing,

and his alone. If I were a constituent of his, I would welcome a call or email from another representative who understands our Long island issues.

A useful way to enshrine a name we’d sooner forget

“make lemonade out of lemons” is a saying ingrained from an early age in students across the country to teach perseverance in the face of adversity. In essence, when we’re faced with a bad situation, we navigate the circumstances to imagine a positive outcome.

When it comes to U.S. Rep. George Santos, it’s far easier to imagine a steady stream of lemon juice squirted directly into our eyes than successfully following this elementary maxim. Each new day seems to bring a new Santos lie with it, one more outrageous than the next. From a fake resume to a fake address to a fake religion and more, Santos remains as defiant as ever in the midst of his fictional masterpiece: the most sophisticated web of lies ever created in the history of American politics.

The good news is that people of good conscience all across New York state’s 3rd Congressional District, regardless of political affiliation, are exasperated by the Talented Mr. Santos, and have had enough. Calls for him to resign ring out from the headquarters of both the Nassau Republicans and county Democrats. But being outraged isn’t a solution to our Santos problem.

Santos is an issue for the nation, but let’s not forget that he is a problem of our local creation. Therefore, the burden lies with us here in the 3rd District not just to destroy Frankenstein’s monster, but also to ensure that the next George Santos is barred from ever getting his, or her, name on the ballot.

In the meantime, what Santos — the long-lost brother of fake German heiress Anna Delvey? — has shown us is that guardrails to prevent charlatans and liars from running for office simply don’t exist in the 21st century.

That’s why I’ve proposed the

GEORGE Package here in Nassau County, a series of laws named for Mr. Santos: Get Egregious Officials Removed from Government Elections. It features several proposals to keep people like Santos from ever getting elected in the first place. They include:

■ Mandatory background checks for all candidates, just like any employee of any company is subjected to.

■ Barring anyone with an open foreign arrest warrant from holding office.

■ Making it a misdemeanor for a candidate to lie about his or her education, employment history, address or income sources.

The GEORGE Package would not be a guarantor against politicians lying to get elected. It would, however, offer voters more peace of mind that they have an honest choice between two candidates, and assurance for those voters that if candidates don’t play by the rules, they, like us, will be held

accountable.

When James Madison created the framework for the Constitution, never in the wildest dreams of our founders did they envision needing laws like the GEORGE Package on the books. But just as the Constitution is a living document, our governments also must continue to evolve with the times.

And in the age of George Santos, when many politicians take an ends-justify-the-means approach to elevate lies over the truth and perpetrate fraud against the voters in order to win elections, these safeguards are needed now more than ever to protect our democracy.

My hope is that versions of the GEORGE Package pass in Mineola, in Albany and in Washington. If they do, voters across the state will be able to breathe a collective sigh of relief that no matter which candidate wins, no one who is as morally reprehensible as George Santos will be representing them.

Santos may be the lemons, but the GEORGE Package would be our lemonade. Let’s drink up.

Josh Lafazan is a Nassau County legislator representing the 18th District.

Framework by Tim Baker

While Lavine said he appreciated Rep. Andrew Garbarino reaching out, the tone in his reply was less than respectful. It seems that Lavine is up to his old tricks by attempting to cast shade on an otherwise respected member of Long Island’s congressional delegation, as well as the Nassau Republican Party. Here’s a concept you might not be familiar with, Chuck: Instead of bickering, try working together, for the people

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Honor Damar Hamlin by learning CPR

To the Editor:

Last month on “Monday Night Football,” we all witnessed a horrific event when Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest on the field. Cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the world. Each year, more than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the United States. Almost three out of four of them happen at home. If you’re called on to do cardiopulmo-

nary resuscitation, you will likely be saving the life of someone you love. The members of our community need us. Our children need us. Our neighbors need us. Our co-workers need us.

The American Heart Association recognizes this need, and has a plan to help. You can be the difference, by learning CPR to save a life. The American Heart Association is committed to being the leader in resuscitation science, education and training.

This month — American Heart Month — the American Heart Association is specifically focused on helping people learn the life-saving skill of CPR, and we want every family and home to have someone who knows it. With the help of local supporters, we can help more of our community be prepared when called on in an emergency.

I encourage you to Be the Beat by learning CPR to be the difference and save a life. To find a class near you, visit cpr. heart.org.

DR. LAWRENCE kANNER Chief of cardiology, and director of electrophysiology/arrhythmia Services Mount Sinai South Nassau

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In the story “Superblock rental portion to be completed by year’s end” in the Jan. 26-Feb. 1 issue, the prices of the condominiums now under construction in

the Superblock development were listed incorrectly. The prices will range from $960,000 to $5 million.

Celebrating the Lunar New Year at Town Hall — Oyster Bay

we must ensure that the next George Santos is barred from getting his, or her, name on the ballot.

JosH LaFaZan