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At council meeting, loud opposition to wind project

By JAMES BERNSTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com

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The Long Beach City Council Tuesday night proposed what appeared to be an innocuous resolution: a pro forma request that it maintain control over a portion of the Ocean Beach Park in the event that the international energy company Equinor is granted approval to construct underground power lines to operate wind turbines in the Atlantic.

City Council members said they simply wanted to send a request to Gov. Kathy Hochul that Long Beach be given the authority to decide what may be done with beach property should the $3 billion Empire Wind project get a green light from county, state and federal authorities.

WINd TuRBINES off the New England coast.

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Long Beach settles police ‘attack’ suit with $65K payment

By JAMES BERNSTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com

The City Council Tuesday night agreed to pay a Long Beach woman $65,000 to settle a civil suit in which she claimed she was “attacked” by a police officer who slammed her to the sidewalk, and that her constitutional rights were later violated.

The council agreed to pay Julia Lopez Motherway, who filed suit against the city in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, over an incident on July 14, 2018.

Motherway had initially sued for $1 million.

In March 2021, U.S. District Court Judge Brian M. Cogan

ruled that Motherway could pursue her claims of excessive force, false arrest, malicious prosecution and unreasonable search and seizure.

Motherway alleged that on July 14, 2018, she went to the Nassau County medical examiner’s office to identity her mother’s body, and then received notification of a break-in at her late mother’s home in Long Beach.

She called 911 and drove to the house, where, she said, the front door had been removed and the house had been ransacked. She said she saw her estranged sister and one of her sister’s friends rummaging through her mother’s belongings.

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plaintiff need only allege that the defendants were present.

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U.S. District Court judge When police arrived, Motherway said, she told them she was the homeowner’s daughter. She said she the heard a commotion and screaming, and saw a Long Beach police officer, Lucas Dikranis, leading her sister out of the house in handcuffs.

On the sidewalk, Motherway said, she began recording on her phone. She said that another officer, Mark Stark, asked her why she was there, and shined a flashlight in her face. He asked Motherway to leave, she said, and she walked backward, still recording on her phone.

Suddenly, she said, an officer — whom she did not identify in

her suit — twisted her left arm around her back, and then “attacked” her from behind and “slammed” her to the sidewalk.

She said she screamed for help, but was told to shut up, or the unidentified of ficer would “break her shoulder.”

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Bay Vista assists Polar Bears, Make-A-Wish

By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com

Thousands packed the beach and boardwalk for the annual Long Beach Polar Bear Splash in mid-February, defying the elements and the water while testing their fortitude and raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Millions of dollars have been raised throughout the years, helping grant over 1,000 wishes.

This year, Bay Vista Assisted Living in Long Beach raised some money of their own, helping out the Polar Bears and Make-A-Wish. The Polar Bears have been donating to Make-A-Wish since 2001, when two friends, Pete Meyers and Kevin McCarthy wanted to help friends who just lost their son, Paulie, to leukemia.

Starting in early January, the center began selling Super Bowl boxes, open for staff and residents in the community.

They also had a bake sale where over $500 was raised in four hours. Half of the proceeds from the Superbowl boxes went to Make-A-Wish.

“I promoted it all on Instagram and I sent out to some of the families that live in our facility,” said Spencer Schiff, community liaison for Bay Vista. “We had some families who volunteered and had baked goods for us to sell as well.”

The big money-maker for Bay Vista’s fundraising, though, was sweatshirts.

Schiff spoke with the Polar Bears about selling their apparel and they decided it was a good idea. So, they got some sweat-

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STAff AND RESiDENTS at Bay Vista Assisted Living in Long Beach presented a check to the Long Beach Polar Bears after fundraising for their cause. shirts and displayed them in their lobby for about six weeks. In total, they sold about $1,700 worth of Long Beach Polar Bears sweatshirts.

Much of the staff, and even some of the residents, donned the Polar Bear apparel through the halls. The spirit was wellalive even a few weeks after the event.

They all gathered together, happily, for a

group photo showing their support.

With all of their fundraising combined — the Super Bowl boxes, bake sale and sweatshirts — Bay Vista donated $4,128 to the Polar Bears and Make-A-Wish.

“We would like to continue to do this every year until we can raise serious money for the Polar Bears,” Schiff said.

“Every month we’re trying to do fundrais-

ers, trying to get involved in whatever we can throughout the community and just trying to help out seniors so they can have an easier time throughout everything.”

Schiff said they have some ideas for fundraisers in the future, with potentially one in April, but nothing has been confirmed yet. “We are just trying to do good things for the community,” he said.

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LONG BEACH HERALD — March 9, 2023

undreds of Long Beach residents and their children turned out Monday night to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates the salvation of the Jewsh people in the ancient empire of of Persia, from a plot by the evil Haman “to destroy, kill and annihilate all of the Jews, young and old, infants and women, in a single day.”

Haman had thrown lots to determine when he would carry out his dastardly deed, as recorded in the Megillah, or the Book of Esther. The Megillah is read during the celebration of Purim, and every time Haman’s name is mentioned, noise-makers are sounded to drown out his name.

Purim is a day to let loose, and celebrants wear colorful costumes, ranging from clothing from the days of the Persian Empire to whatever their heart desires. Children get major pleasure from dressing up for the holiday. The rabbi or cantor reads the Megillah, sometimes in rapid fashion. A traditional food, hamantaschen, a three-cornered pastry, is served.

The holiday is also celebrated by the giving of gifts to the poor, particularly food.

In recent times, other evil dictators have taken the place of Haman. They include Russia’s Joseph Stalin and the rulers of Iran.

Joe Abate/Herald photos

little danika Merker holds onto her package of chips as she watches the celebrations at the temple. rex and leo Kushner dress up for the holiday, which celebrates the defeat of the evil Haman, the royal vizier to the Persian king Ahasuerus. cantor lisa klinger-kantor leads Purim ceremonies, which call for the wearing of costumes and the ringing of noisemakers whenever Haman’s name is mentioned.

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Crowd wishes a 106-year-old a happy birthday

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f Betty Belsito is not the oldest resident on the barrier island, we don ‘t know who is. Belsito, of East Atlantic Beach, turned 106 on Feb. 24.

About 50 well-wishers gathered outside her home that chilly Friday evening to wave hello and wish her a happy birthday. She was unable to come outside, and for health reasons, the crowd was kept on the street.

Belsito waved to her birthday guests from her second-floor window.

Her daughter, Ann Nichols, of Palm Springs, Calif., stood by Belsito’s side. Nichols said her mom has been on pain medication, but did know what was going on outside her window.

“She is very much awake,” said Nichols, a former stewardess for Pan American World Airways, and later Delta Airlines, who plans to remain with her mom indefinitely.

Belsito was bon in Halifax, Nova Scotia and moved to the Midwest with her family when she was very young, according to her daughter. The family later moved to New Jersey and ultimately to the barrier island. Nichols said her mother was on the barrier island during the monstrous hurricane of September 1938, one of the most deadly and destructive in recorded history.

Belsito worked at a private beach in Atlantic Beach, checking passes of those coming in, her daughter said.

Her husband died in 1972.

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Betty Belsito celeBrated her 106th birthday Feb. 24.

Flach gets 25 years to life for Morris killing ‘You will suffer for your stupidity,’ Judge Sturim says, imposing maximum sentence

By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

Tyler Flach was sentenced to 25 years to life on Feb. 28 for the 2019 murder of Oceanside High School student Khaseen Morris.

Flach, 22, of Lido Beach, will begin serving his sentence at upstate Fishkill Correctional Facility.

Morris, 16, had been a student at the high school for only 10 days when he was stabbed death at an Oceanside strip mall, a popular after-school hangout.

In court two weeks ago, Judge Howard Sturim denied the defense’s previous motion to overturn the second-degree murder conviction, and then members of Morris’s family read impact statements.

Flach never looked back at them.

“I’m sorry,” he told the Morris family after the victim impact statement and before sentencing. “I hate that day. I hate myself for accidentally causing the death of your son.”

Sturim then addressed Flach directly, telling him to look around the courtroom.

“You’ve affected each one of their lives, and none of them in a good way,” the judge said. “You’ve hurt the family of Mr. Morris, friends of Mr. Morris, you’ve deprived them of a son, sibling, friend and a loved one. On the other side of the room, you’ve hurt your own parents and

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KhAseeN MORRIs’s sIsteRs, Keyanna and Kedeemah Morris, flanked by District Attorney Anne Donnelly, said justice was served with Tyler Flach’s sentencing to 25 years to life for the murder of their brother. friends.”

On Sept. 16, 2019, Flach and his friends attacked Morris and several of his friends on Brower Avenue in Oceanside, an

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assault that bystanders caught on video and which gained national attention.

During the fight, Flach stabbed Morris in the heart. Morris was taken to South Nassau Communities Hospitals, now Mount Sinai South Nassau, where he died shortly after.

“Why — to what end?” Sturim asked Flach. “You brought a knife to a fistfight, you killed a young man who didn’t even know you, you didn’t even know, to impress the people that you barely knew.

You made Khaseen Morris pay the ultimate price because of a disagreement that wasn’t even yours. You’re about to learn a very harsh lesson. You’re about to spend many, many years in prison for your actions.”

During Sturim’s statement, Flach interrupted him, shouting out, “We were kids, we were kids, we were kids!” Morris’s family members yelled back, “So was he!”

Sturim chastised Flach for speaking out, and pronounced the maximum sen________________

tence, 25 years to life on the charges of second-degree murder, gang assault, assault and criminal possession of a weapon. “You will suffer for your stupidity for years and years and years,” Sturim said.

“Obviously, we’re disappointed in the judge’s decision as to sentence today,” Flach’s attorney, Kevin Dunshee, said after court was adjourned, “as we were disappointed as to the verdict and as to the court’s decision on our 330 motion to set aside that verdict. Tyler’s family is prepared for a long appeal process in this case — we view this as the beginning, not the end. I think what you saw today was a young man who’s filled with remorse for a tragic accident. Tyler is many things. He’s not a murderer. He never intended to kill anyone.”

Dunshee claimed that there were many issues that were mishandled during the trial, including evidence.

The Morris family said they felt that justice had been achieved with the sentencing. “Khaseen was heard, his innocence was heard, and everyone got to see Tyler Flach for who he really is,” Keyanna Morris, Khaseen’s sister, said after the sentencing. “He tormented communities and finally, sadly, it took my brother’s life for it to be stopped. But I’m happy to say he won’t be able to take another innocent child’s life. Khaseen was everything to us, and it hurt so much,” she added before breaking into tears.

“We needed him to know, not only did he hurt our family, but he hurt communities, two different communities — not only Oceanside, but Freeport, he also hurt Long Beach,” Kedeemah Morris, Khaseen’s other sister, said of Flach. “He chose to do what he did. He chose to get in that car. He chose to bring a knife, he chose to stab my brother. All of those were his decisions, thoughtful decisions. So I refuse to entertain any sob story from Tyler.”

Kedeemah told reporters that throughout the trial, Flach had been walking in smiling, winking and blowing kisses with his head held high, as if he thought he was going to get away with murder. That’s why, she added, “I’m so happy that the real story was shown, and his intention was proved, and he got what he deserved.”

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At meeting, vocal opposition to wind farm

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A resident Addressed the City Council about Equinor on Tuesday night. government has a separate realm of authority. The Legislature is expected to act by the end of its current session, in June.

“We are taking steps to take control of this process,” Walsh said. “If we don’t do this, the state can give (Equinor) permission to take the land. This is about giving the city a say in the process.”

The council unanimously approved the resolution, but the vote came after vociferous calls from many in the audience who said they adamantly oppose the project.

“We don’t want to get radiated,” resident Ron Paganini said.

“To my knowledge, Equinor has not run (underground) cables like this before” in the U.S., another resident, Tim Cramer, said, adding, as did others, that Equinor is a foreign company, and claiming that the project would be of no benefit to anyone but the company. At the same time, Cram-

er and others said, they favor making the transition away from fossil fuels.

“We all want progress to get to zero emissions,” Cramer said. “But why are we letting foreign nationalists take control here?”

Six Equinor executives sat in the front row at the meeting, listening intently.

Afterward, Susan Lineau, the company’s community engagement coordinator, said she was not surprised by the attendees’ reaction.

“People have concerns,” Lineau said.

“People do have questions. We remain open” to hearing from the public, she said.

“It’s a complex process.”

Equinor has held several public hearings on the project, in Island Park and Long Beach. The state’s Public Service Commission was scheduled to hold a public hearing on Zoom on Thursday, after the Herald went to press.

City Council President John Bendo acknowledged that many of the components of the turbines would not be made in this country. But, he added, “Equinor hopes to start a windmill industry here.

We’ll see what comes of it.” Bendo noted that turbines are already in use off the coast of New England, and there are plans to build more elsewhere in U. S. waters.

Attendee Kevin Martinsen said that there has been “no transparency” about the planned project. “Nobody knows about this,” he said, to applause from the crowd.

“We don’t trust a company known as Equinor.”

Several others expressed concern that the underground cables could present health problems for residents.

Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, was among the few supporters of the project. “This is a big project,” she said. “This is new science and new technology that is new to America, but not to the world. If we say no to wind, we say hello to fossil fuel.”

Casey Petrashek, of the New York League of Conservation Voters, also voiced his support.

But the nays far outweighed the yeas. “I want to know if, at the end of the day, this (project) is going to make anything better?” Terry Braddock, of Lido Beach, said.

Councilman Roy Lester responded, “There’s so much that has not been disclosed yet. We are not even discussing (transmission) routes.”

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That, all agree, is a long way off.

But the mere mention of Equinor sparked a two-hour-long, often raucous response from a standing-room-only crowd in the City Hall meeting room, with many condemning the project, some demanding that it be brought to a halt even before it begins, and others charging that Empire Wind is a “done deal” that the council made without appropriate public hearings.

Council members denied that, arguing that they were simply trying to make sure the city maintains control over the property, and that they were not voting on whether to allow underground transmission lines or any other aspect of the project’s construction.

According to the Norway-based Equinor’s plan, Empire Wind project will have two parts — Empire Wind 1, which will supply power to the Brooklyn area, and Empire Wind 2, which will power the Long Beach area and connect to the E.F. Barrett Power Station in Island Park.

Stations housing the wires that will transmit energy from the wind turbines to land will be built 15 miles to 30 miles offshore. A total of 147 turbines, each 886 feet high, will be three to five miles farther out.

Acting City Manager Ron Walsh, who is also Long Beach’s police commissioner, said the council was simply requesting a Home Rule message, to be approved by the State Legislature and signed by the governor. Home Rule grants autonomy to local government, and states that each level of

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Long Island’s top real estate pros honored

By ANA BORRUTO aborruto@liherald.com

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he job of someone in real estate goes beyond just helping clients buy, sell or rent properties. For many professionals, it is about the rewarding feeling of finding a person or family’s “forever” home, and seeing their faces light up as they walk through the door.

Individuals in the industry often strive to offer listings or create developments with the goal of enhancing a community and providing potential homebuyers with a lifestyle they have always dreamed of.

The importance of community involvement and advocacy could not ring more true in the room of hundreds of real estate titans and visionaries at RichnerLive’s second annual Real Estate Achievement and Leadership Awards last week at The Heritage Club at Bethpage in Farmingdale.

“Real estate in my blood,” said Kevin Law, partner and executive vice president of Tritec Real Estate, and the keynote speaker of the evening. “I care about this island — I am hoping that the things I do can make a difference, and make this region a little bit better to live, work and play.”

This year’s REAL Awards honored dozens of professionals in residential and commercial real estate, with some proceeds from the event supporting Habitat for Humanity Long Island — a global non-profit organization whose mission is to bring people together to build affordable, environmentally stable homes for those in need.

Jennie Katz, president and owner of Blue Island Homes, said in her 27 years in the business, the room for creativity is what she finds the most exciting as a broker. For example, she and her business partner, Mark Stempel, are planning to collaborate with interior designers and decorators to stage a truck with all of Blue Island Homes’s listings.

“I started my own business with Mark 10 months ago, and it was about being creative and doing something different,” Katz said. “It’s about passion. It’s about working really hard and being honest.”

Michael Stanco, a licensed real estate broker for the Stanco Misiti team at Compass, talked about his special project, The Residences at Glen Harbor, which received a residential REAL Award at the event.

In the ever-changing housing market, Stanco said it is crucial to provide people with unique living opportunities such as The Residences at Glen Harbor — an alternative option to typical single-family homes.

Anthony Bartone, managing partner of Terwilliger and Bartone Properties, expressed a similar sentiment and discussed his philosophy of mindfulness when introducing projects to Long Island neighborhoods — specifically the environmental impact.

For example, Bartone’s organization pledged to only use native plantings in their developments because of the harmful risk invasive plants pose to the soil.

“It’s important that we set all this up to the extent we can for our next generation,” Bartone said.

The REAL Awards trailblazer Deidre O’Connell — chief executive of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty — grabbed the audience’s attention with her inspirational speech about Realtors pushing through pandemic obstacles these last few years.

She also shared some wisdom for the next generation of homebuyers who may feel a bit anxious when it comes to the prospect of living on Long Island. Statistically, people who buy homes accumulate more money at the end — money they would not have if they put it into renting a place, where there is no return.

Turn the page for all the winners, and more photos!

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MARk STeMple, ceO of Blue Island Homes, accepts his REAL Award with company president Jennie Katz and Herald Community Media publisher Stuart Richner.

keviN lAw, pARTNeR and executive vice president of Tritec Real Estate, delivers the keynote address at the REAL Awards.

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Hundreds attend annual Real Estate Achievement and Leadership Awards

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2023 Real Estate Achievement and Leadership Award winners Residential The Residences at Glen Harbor Michael W. Stanco Stanco Misiti Team at Compass

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FAthER/ dAughtER tEAm giLbERt and Tiffany Balanoff, above, were recognized for Gilbert’s work with The Law Offices of Gilbert Balanoff, and Tiffany’s job as a licensed real estate agent at Douglas Elliman. miRiAm hAgEndoRn gEts her REAL Award from Stuart Richner, at left, for her work as a licensed real estate salesperson a Serhant.

Mark Meisner The Birch Group

Gina Marie Bettenhauser Coldwell Banker Distinctive Homes Long Island Board of Realtors

E.W. Howell Construction Group

Hilary Becker Becker Realty Services Inc.

Michael Maturo RXR Realty

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Hundreds of Honorees, guests and sponsored enjoyed refreshments and conversation ahead of the second annual REAL Awards hosted by RichnerLive.

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Bryan McCrossen, Center at top-left, a partner at Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran, joins strategic marketer and financial educator Jesika Kalika in the selfie booth.

JoHn frasCella, MaidenBauM’s residential property tax supervisor, was a major sponsor of the REAL Awards.

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Helena Veloso, at center in pink, has fun with the rest of her Douglas Elliman Real Estate team at the selfie booth at the REAL Awards.

tHoMas deluCa, senior director and real estate broker at Cushman & Wakefield of Long Island — at left —enjoys a moment before receiving a REAL Award of his own.

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It all started the moment she raised her hand HistoRy MontH

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RANdI ShuBIN dReSNeR, chief executive and president of Island Harvest, has worked in nonprofits since she was a child. than once before deciding to make the switch to the food bank. “It was an interesting mission that I could relate to, and it was a very small organization at the time,” she said.

“I was encouraged by the fact that the board recognized that there was a lot of growth potential, and the board put a lot of trust in me and my vision for the organization.”

Island Harvest wasn’t the first time she explored her potential as a leader. Shubin Dresner has been in the nonprofit sector her whole life. In middle school, she started her own March of Dimes chapter in her basement, and recruited her friends.

“I just liked what they were talking about,” she recalled.

“I liked their enthusiasm, and their excitement about the work they were doing, and I wanted to be part of it.”

At 17, she became a full-time employee at March of Dimes. And from there, she never looked back. Before landing at Island Harvest, she spent time at the Viscardi Center, in Albertson, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, among other organizations. At the National MS Society, she served as executive director of the Nassau County chapter, and at just 23, she transformed it from a failing organization to an award-winning chapter.

“I knew from an early age that this was going to be my career,” Shubin Dresner said. “I loved doing fundraising, I loved presenting and talking at groups, and giving back to the community, and creating programs that support that community.”

Many of her early career years were shaped by her time at the March of Dimes and the role models she met there — especially the organization’s executive director at the time, Lottie Seligman.

“In the mid- to late ’60s, there weren’t a lot of women in business,” Shubin Dresner said. “I watched (Seligman) and tried to model her in my early years of building my career. The women who were the directors and managers at the organization really taught me a lot. I had really incredible women models in my career.”

Now, at Island Harvest, she prides herself on the relationship she has with the board of directors, and how much she’s been able to involve her family in her lifelong mission of helping others.

“I’m honored to be in this work,” she said. “I’m honored to have this opportunity to work at organizations for an entire career that has an impact on changing lives.”

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hen Randi Shubin Dresner was 8, she raised her hand during a school assembly — and that one action shaped the course of her life.

The assembly, at McVey Elementary School in East Meadow, was focused on the March of Dimes, an organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies. Representatives were there to talk about an upcoming walk-a-thon, and they asked students if they wanted to serve as school representatives for the event. Shubin Dresner didn’t hesitate to raise her hand.

“I raised my hand at 8 years old, and I never put it down again,” she said. “I volunteered through my entire childhood at the March of Dimes, as well as a couple of other organizations.”

Shubin Dresner, now 62, is the president and chief executive officer of Island Harvest, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization, based in Melville. The food bank has a wide variety of programs to help feed those in need, from children to seniors and veterans.

She started there in 2001, after meeting longtime Island Harvest board member Stuart Richner, chief executive of Richner Communications and publisher of the Heralds, in an elevator at a networking event. At the time, Shubin Dresner was working at the Heckscher Museum of Art. She talked to Richner about the possibility of sponsoring an event the museum was having.

“In the time it took to go from one floor to the next, I introduced myself, told him about the organization that I worked with, and almost got him to become a sponsor of the event,” she recalled. “He is and was a board member at Island Harvest, and went back to the organization and said, ‘I just met this person — you better call her and recruit her to come to Island Harvest.’”

Shubin Dresner said that she turned the job down more

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There are a lot of places in Long Beach to get way from it all: the beach, the boardwalk, the park. But for dog lovers, there is nothing like Kennedy Plaza, outside City Hall, where every Sunday morning a canine training sessions takes place, run by a retired banker, Marty Ayant.

The dogs and their owners, usually about 20 or so, go round and round in circles in the plaza, Ayant keeps a careful watch to oversee the free training session, which last about an hour and a half.

Bob O’Brien, 65, a retired New York City fire fighter, was there with his German Shepherd, Finn, who is dog royalty: Finn’s grand-father and father were both top show dogs in Germany.

“I want him to be more obedient,” said O’Brien, of East Atlantic Beach. Finn is 20 months old, O’Brien said. He has had German Shepherds before. “They’re great. They’re very loyal and they fit well into a family.” But, he said, they always need socialization.

The air was crisp this past Sunday morning, and for an hour or more, dogs and their owners could luxuriate in the ocean breeze and the company of one another.

Robert and Susan Chasworth of Oceanside, had brought their Chihuahua, Amber, a 4 year-old rescue.

They had a dog before Amber, but that pet passed away. They needed a replacement.

“We wanted another dog badly,” said Robert.

Kim, a 33, registered nurse from Long Beach, brought her bulldog. “This is our first dog, and we want to tech him a few skills,” Kim said.

Kate Carneslabe, 33 of East Rockaway, came with her collie mix, Koa, who she described as “playful” and “a clown.” But, Koa needed some training. She behaves better no on her lease, with less pulling away from her owner.

The sessions attract volunteers, who like to wok with dogs and know a thing or two about training.

Harris Ramos, 18, and Helen Lee, 59, both of Long Beach, had come to lend a hand.

Harris’s apartment complex does not allow dogs, which is partly why he comes o training sessions, just to spend some time with the pups. Lee had a dog and said that Ayan had helped her canine with “a lot of issues” her dog had. “He is now dog and human friendly,” Lee said of her pet.

Tara Johnson, 51, traveled from Rockville Centre for training session for her Béarnaise mountain dog.

“I had heard they work well with the dogs here,” Johns on said. She said she wanted her dog to be “a little bit calmer} and not to jump up on strangers, a common complaint among owners.

O’Brien, the retired New York City fire fighter, got his dog from a breeder in Germany. “He was the last of the litter,” O’Brien said. “I had to have him.”

BoB o’BRIEN ANd his Shepherd, Finn, are regular the Sunday morning dog training sessions at Kennedy Plaza.

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County maps ‘not perfect,’ but still ‘fair’ New legislative districts approved along partisan lines

By ANA BORRUTO aborruto@liherald.com

After dozens of hearings, months of public input and several heated exchanges among Nassau County lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, a final district map drawing out borders for the 19 legislative districts for the next 10 years has finally passed.

All 11 Republicans of the majority voted for the map, while seven Democratic minority members voted in opposition.

For those on the wrong side of the vote, it was a disappointing — but inevitable — end to community members and Democratic officials who have been vocal over their claims of partisan gerrymandering.

“Tomorrow morning, students in Nassau County are going to wake up to a snow day,” Democratic legislator Josh Lafazan said ahead of the region’s first real snowfall of the season. “This legislative body is going to wake up to a lawsuit.

“Our constituents lose tonight, and nobody wins.”

Before the evening vote, some members of the community gathered to express final pleas for the Nassau County Legislature to not approve the map. They claim the map fails to include five majority-minority districts, it violates state and federal voting laws, neglects to consider racial demographics, and dilutes minority votes in communities such as Lakeview and Freeport.

In fact, dozens of Lakeview residents turned up at a previous public hearing sharing stories of their fight for equality and fair representation.

The current map places Lakeview — a predominantly Black community of more than 6,200 people — in a district with predominantly white communities likeMalverne, Lynbrook, West Hempstead and East Rockaway.

Scottie Coads said the hearts of her Lakeview neighbor are “hurting” because of this decision.

“I almost went to tears when I saw our hard work being put into a district with Lynbrook and Malverne,” Coads said.

“Those people don’t even want us there.

They don’t even talk to us.”

Doris Hicks Newkirk, president of the Lakeview NAACP and former educator in the Malverne school district, said she knows of young Black students who have been told to “go back where they came from,” and called racial slurs.

Lisa Ortiz, one of the founding members of the Lakeview Civic Association, talked about how the Malverne district became the first in the state to be forced into desegregation — more than a decade after the national Brown v. Board of Education decision.

For more than 60 years, many representatives of Lakeview and the school district fought to have a street name of a Ku Klux Klan leader removed — only recently accomplishing this feat.

Fast forward to today, the redistricting process is another hurdle the Lakeview community is not backing down on.

“When we think about disenfranchis-

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NAssAU COUNTy LegisLATURe presiding officer Richard Nicolello shared heated exchanges with minority caucus leader Kevan Abrahams over the past few weeks over the new countywide district map. At the final meeting, Nicolello and 10 other Republican majority members voted in favor of their map, admitting that while it is not perfect, it is fair and protects community interests.

ing — when you think about gerrymandering — you think about making sure that you are silencing a community that has a very, very loud voice,” Ortiz said.

“That’s exactly what you’re doing.”

County legislature minority leader Kevan Abrahams called out his Republican colleagues for choosing secrecy over transparency during the redistricting process, especially when it came to the legal fees for the analysis provided by Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP. “We have the power and the authority tonight to do the right thing,” Abrahams said. “Unfortunately, this map is going to go forward, and this body is choosing to vote for a map that is illegal. None of us want this. I’d rather things get worked out, because ultimately, the lawsuit is

going to cost taxpayers money.”

But presiding officer Richard Nicolello said numerous changes were made to the map to acknowledge this input. He also admitted not every request was addressed in the final proposal, but in the end, the district lines were considered fair and applicable to state and federal laws.

“Did we make every requested change? No. Is this map perfect?

No. But perfection is impossible in redistricting,” Nicolello said.

“This map is a fair map. It provides for equal representation for all our residents, and protects community interests as much as possible.”

sCOTTie COAds Of Lakeview expresses her anger over countywide district maps at several public hearings before Nassau County lawmakers ahead of them passing a final proposal late last month.

For decades, Coads has fought for fair representation in Lakeview, a predominantly Black community placed in a district with Malverne, Lynbrook and East Rockaway.

NAssAU COUNTy LegisLATOR and Democratic minority leader Kevan Abrahams joined his political colleagues voting against a proposed countywide redistricting map last month. The votes weren’t enough, but Abrahams wanted to be on the record for his claims the map represented partisan gerrymandering while violating voting rights protections for minority communities.

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More than 80 vendors — ath for social change is at the • Hofstra University, S. call (516) 463-5672,David or visit representing Long Island, New England Mack Sports & Exhibition Hofstra.edu/museum elsewhere, even international f artisticandexpression.

Complex, Hempstead purveyors — will share their sweet and savory wares during this foodStand,” Hofstra University Museum ofunique Art’s new exhibition, examines centric festival. er of the arts in society.

Marvin Baum saysdirector this year’s event includes xandra Giordano Founder — the museum’s assistant of exhibition and many first-time vendors as well as a diversity of offerings — even some for your beloved xhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility and influence. pooch.

Baum puts it: “People take care ofthat themselves with special he vital role that artistsAshave in activating democratic values treats, so why notengagement, let your pet and enjoycultivating some, too? nd freedom, encouraging civic unity,” Visitors can celebrate indulge in gourmet chocolates, baked goods, tists often lead the charge and exposeand truths that may otherwise be specialty items, cheeses, wines, spirits, hard ciders, craft sodas, and much in this exhibition take a stand and call out injustices through their art more. Of course tasting is very much a part of itincarceration, all — starting from the ues such as immigration, gender, reproductive rights, mass moment you enter. Guests greeted bycombine fountainsthe overfl owing with dark, bias, gun violence, and promises unfulfiare lled.

They all making and milkapproach chocolates, selection of fresh ervice that haswhite a grassroots in in thewhich hopeaof mobilizing theirfruit, marshmallows pretzels and Rice Krispies treats can beand deliciously drenched. he nation to ignite movement, create awareness, inspire others to “When you go to these festivals, you remember something you tried that you can’t getiselsewhere,” Baum says.

“That’s what we try to do with this.” hich runs through July 28, in conjunction with Hofstra’s chocolatiers chocolate bonbons, chocolate bars, onference on the Participating Barack Obama presidencyoffer coming up in April. rested in the idea that the artist has civic responsibility,” says chocolate fudge, rawachocolate, hot chocolate, aren Albert. “The initial idea for this exhibition was novelties, inspired bychocolate barks and chocolate stration White House briefing that took place chocolate-covered on May 12, 2009, goodies, chocolate60 artists and creative organizers met with administration officials to even chocolatecovered soft pretzels, ve power of the arts to build community, create change, andbacon. chart Cupcakes, brownies, covered onal recovery in the areas of social justice, civic participation and and assorted cakes doughnuts, are showcased along with other nlike other recent exhibits that showcased the museum’sgluten-free offerings and other on, Giordano reached out to contemporary artists who loaned baked goods, while hot cocoa, selected works. Some 36 pieces are on view — representing wine, and hard ciders, and Emma Amos, Molly Crabapple and the Equal Justice Initiative, even chocolate moonshine, will uel Luciano, Michele Pred, Hank Willis Thomas, and Sophia be among the craft beverages available for tasting and climate is now, this exhibit could not be more timely than purchase.

Albert adds. ghlights, she points to the series of prints from the oms. Their four large scale photos are based on 1943 oil paintings inspired by President Franklin D. tate of the Union address that outlined what he ential four democratic values freedom of speech, p, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. For preted these iconic works for our era. composition,” Albert says. “From 1940s America, w what America is today, our diversity and what we look

museum offers additional nhance the exhibit experience. nclude an artist panel on Feb. 23, e role of the artist as activist, and a exandra Giordano, March 16.

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well’s celebrated ‘Four Freedoms’ are reiny Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in Gottesman and the Wyatt Gallery.

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

Thomas, ‘Lives of Others,’ 2014, made esin and standing 57 inches tall.

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BALDWIN HERALD — February 9, 2023

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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 The Ugly Duckling house emcee at Zanies Chicago, Lightwire Theater brings a classic where he distinguished himself as tale to the modern stage. Since bursting to national acclaim after especially adept at working the crowd. A husband and father of appearing as semi-finalists on three young children, McGann’s ‘America’s Got Talent’ and winning the top honors on truTV’s ‘Fake appeal stems from his quick wit Off,’ Lightwire has gone on to and relatable take on family life enthrall audiences worldwide and marriage. In 2017, McGann with their unique combination began touring as the opening act of skill and grace as told through for Sebastian Maniscalco, moving the technological innovations of moving light characters. In this with him from clubs to theater, unforgettable theatrical experience to arenas, including four sold— created with electroluminescent out shows at Madison Square wire — the beloved story of ‘The Garden. McGann’s relatively short, Ugly Duckling’ plays out through but impressive resume, includes a cutting-edge blend of puppetry, Montreal’s famed Just For Laughs technology and dance. Ideally suited to kids through Grade 6, Festival, Gilda’s LaughFest, The Great American Comedy Festival, all ages will enjoy this innovative re-imagining of the beloved tale, and more. McGann still calls with its dazzling visuals, poignant Chicago home. choreography and creative use of Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. $40, $35, music ranging from classical to pop. $30, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) Saturday, March 11, 11 a.m. $28.

745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port ParamountNY.com.

Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

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Now in its 18th year, Adelphi University’s ‘new music’ series welcomes Yarn/Wire.

The intrepid Newhis York-based “We’re really excited to be here,” Baum says, noting that The Sicilian Tenors piano-percussion quartet has chocolate-fest has emerged from the pandemic renewed and reThe Sicilian Tenors bring their forged singular new path with invigorated. “We love to work with local vendors anda support endlessly inventive collaborations, dynamic sound to Tilles Center, businesses by introducing people to them.” ready to put their spin on the commissions and performances These include: The Best Goody Bag, a Valley bakeraofsignifi custom classics, and so much more. The thatStream have made cant birthday cakes and other birthday-related treats; Peace Love Hot three classically trained tenors sing contribution to&the canon of Chocolate, a purveyor of gourmet hot chocolate kits, based in Island Park; experimental works. The quartet their own interpretations of some Uncle Jeff’s Pecan Pies, a Wantagh baker, who’s all about pie — member pecan Laura of the world’s best music in this features founding lively evening. It’s a journey from BargerSunfl and ower Julia Den on pie that defies imagination; and West Hempstead’s BakeBoer Shop, Hollywood to Broadway to Italy piano and Russell Greenberg, which specializes in kosher and vegan baked goods. as these operatic voices perform a alsoa abreak founding If your palate reaches sensory overload, take for amember, while andand Sae wide selection of beloved songs.

Hashimoto playing percussion. check out some of the many activities that round out the day. Magician Combined with light-hearted fun, Barger is a frequent guest with Eric Wilzig, of “America’s Got Talent” fame, performs two high-energy many top American contemporary Aaron Caruso, Elio Scaccio and “extreme” magic shows on the Expo stage. Actor Paris Themmen — who Den Sam Vitale put on an appealing ensembles.

French-American show for everyone — all ages and starred as Mike TeeVee in the original “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Boer performs internationally as musical tastes. They are a fresh Factory” film — is on the scene to greet guests from 11 a.m. until 4musician. p.m., a soloist and chamber and accessible take on the great plus he does an interview noon, followed by audience Q&A. Greenberg is in demand with varied Italian musical tradition. Always ensembles.

Also appearing is chef Francis Legge, a winner of FoodHashimoto, Network’s the newest in demand, their special blend member, a unique “Beat Bobby Flay” and a contestant on Netflix’s “Snackcontributes vs. Chef,” who of classic opera and Broadway to Chef, performance cultivatedhits, along with Rat Pack-type will do an on-stage demonstration, while Longapproach Island’s DJ who won her intensive training . shenanigans is a consistent crowdFood Network’s “Cuthroat Kitchen,” does his by “Beats & Sweetsclassical Interactive pleaser.

Cooking Show,” combining his passions for food and music. Kids will Friday, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. $30 enjoy face painting and balloon twisting activities in the Kidz Zone, along with discounts available to seniors, Saturday, March 18, 8 p.m. $52, with chocolate-themed crafts. students, alumni and employees. $42, $32. Tilles Center for the Adelphi University Photos courtesy ChuckPerforming Fishman Arts Performing Arts, LIU Post campus, Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City.

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StepCrew StepCrew brings their Celtic flair to the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center stage, Saturday, March 11, 7:30 p.m.

The talented cast of dancers and musicians is led by Long Island’s Cara Butler and the Pilatzke Brothers, Jon and Nathan. All three are longtime touring members of the acclaimed The Chieftains. The StepCrew boasts Celtic and World music from three world-class fiddle players backed by a five-piece ensemble, featuring three dance styles — Irish, Tap, and Ottawa Valley step dance. Tickets start at $55, with discounts available to seniors, students, Adelphi alumni and employees. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City. (516) 8774000 or Adelphi.edu/pac.

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Willie Nile

The singer-songwriter visits the Landmark stage, Saturday, April 1, 8 p.m. Nestled somewhere between power-pop and American folk you will find Willie Nile strumming his guitar. A true believer in rock n’ roll, over the years Nile has made admirers out of Bruce Springsteen and Pete Townshend who personally requested him to tour with The Who, among others who sing his praises. The New York Times called him “one of the most gifted singer-songwriters to emerge from the New York scene in years.” Nile shares the stage with James Maddock; their pairing results in an exciting evening of roots rock. $42, $36, $31. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

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Long Beach Lion’s Club welcomes authors Stacy Mandel Kaplan, Scott Mandel, Kimberly Towers and Jordan Kaplan to discuss their book, “Hey, Long Island… Do U Remember?” at Billy’s Beach Café, 222 W. Park Avenue, Wednesday, March 22, 7 pm.

For more information, call (516) 889-2233.

In concert Singer-songwriters Kala Farnham and Lara Herscovitch share the bill and swap songs during the monthly Hard Luck Café series, copresented by the Folk Music Society of Huntington and the Cinema Arts Centre, Wednesday, March 15, 7-10 p.m. An open mic precedes the concert, in Cinema’s Sky Room, 423 Park Ave., Huntington. $20. For tickets and information, visit CinemaArtsCentre.org.

Gentle Yoga Participate yoga class for health and peace, Monday, March 13, at Long Beach Public Library, 111 W. Park Ave. The class is designed to build strength and flexibility 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.

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On stage Mo Willems’ popular The Pigeon comes alive on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Saturday, March 11, 11:30 a.m.; Thursday and Friday, March 1617, 10:15 a.m. and noon. Pigeon is eager to try anything, with the audience part of the action.

LICM, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM. org.

St. Patrick’s Day Celebration Stop by The Cabana, 1034 W. Beech St., Sunday, March 12, for an early St. Paddy’s Day Party! The Narrowbacks and Two Degrees will be rocking the house starting at 4 p.m. Due to capacity restrictions a limited quantity of pre-sale tickets are offered at a discounted price of $15. Entry fee on the day of the event will be $20 at the door until capacity limit is reached. For more information or to register, visit TinyURL.com/ paddyparty.

City Council Meeting The Long Beach City Council meets, Thursday, March 7,at 7 p.m. on the sixth floor of City Hall, in Community Hall, 1 W. Chester St. The meeting will also be streamed on YouTube.

For more information, visit LongBeachNY.gov.

Having an event?

Got to catch them all! Long Beach Public Library is calling all Pokémon card collectors ages 8 through 16 for a club meeting and to trade, mingle and battle cards, Friday, March 17. The meeting will be in the program room, 111 W. Park Ave., starting at 4 p.m. For more information or to register, visit LongBeachPL.com or call the library at (516) 432-7201

Historical Society Book Discussion Long Beach Historical Society, 226 W. Penn St., invites everyone to a presentation by David Kenneth Garczynski, about the disappearance of Hog Island, a barrier island off the coast of Far Rockaway, Thursday, March 23, 7 p.m., with an informal chat about Superstorm Sandy following.

Refreshments will be served, donations always welcome. For more information, call (516) 4321192.

Plaza Theatrical is ready to spring forward with “Forever Plaid,” an affectionate musical homage to the close harmony guy groups that reached the height of their popularity during the ‘50s, Saturday, March 18, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 19, 2:30 p.m.; Thursday, March 23, 2 p.m. The show features such hits as “Three Coins in a Fountain,” “Heart and Soul,” “Catch a Falling Star,” and “Love is A Many Splendored Thing.” It’s performed at Plaza’s stage at the Elmont Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. $49, $45 seniors. Elmont. For tickets, call (516) 599-6870 or visit PlazaTheatrical.com.

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

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Family theater Everyone’s favorite cat comes to mischievous life in this theatrical adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic, presented Plaza Theatrical Productions, Saturday, March 11, 11 a.m.; Sunday, March 12, noon. See what goes on during that rainy day when two siblings are home alone with their pet fish while their parents are out of town, and the tall cat wearing a hat appears. Tickets are $15. Visit the Plaza stage at The Showplace at Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore. For information/tickets, go to PlazaTheatrical. com or call (516) 599-6870.

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Joyce Coletti is the Long Beach real estate She stayed at the Bloomindales on 59th street for 20 years. But then, after two decades, she decided she was done, she’s Joyce Coletti has been a real estate sta- “had it.” ple since 1999. Since then, her name has “I had a summer house in Long Beach, been at the forefront of not only houses, just a little cottage,” she said, although apartments and condos, but Long Beach she was still living in the as well.

Bronx at the time. “I decided I Coletti grew up in the am going to pack up and Bronx with her parents and going to semi-retire and I’m six sisters. She attended St. going to move to my little Raymond’s Academy for Girls bungalow in Long Beach, and St. Helena Business New York. Oh my, that was a School. As a kid, she still had dream come true.” big dreams and promised her After being semi-retired father that her sisters would for just a short time, Dan always be cared for and supRyan, owner of Ryan and ported, no matter what.

Wallace Real Estate began “I’d say, ‘daddy, you could JoyCE ColETTI “running after” Coletti to try count on me,’” she rememand get her to join his team. bered. “I gave him my word. I real estate agent Initially, she kept saying she told him I’ll work to the bone didn’t want to sell real estate. so his girls would never want And then one day, she said for anything. And you know “you know what? I think I’ll what? They don’t. I take very good care of sell real estate.” my sisters.”

Coletti was 48 and was bored at home.

Sales comes naturally to Coletti. By the She didn’t want to stay home and with time she was 12, she was selling encyclo- Ryan frequently offering her a job, she pedias door to door. Professionally, she decided to give it a shot. She went to real started out working at the Elizabeth estate school and got her license in SepArden salon on Fifth Avenue, selling tember 1999. She had a goal: to be the top beauty products. Pretty soon, when she agent in Long Beach by the end of the was 28, Bloomingdales came to her, year, which was just about four months acknowledging her sales prowess, and away. offered her a job. She couldn’t refuse.

By the end of the year, she was the top

JoyCE ColETTI hAs been a staple in Long Beach real estate since 1999, achieving multiple accolades and awards.

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’m a straight shooter and if I can’t do something, I say it.

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“It’s because I live here and I know what I’m selling,” she said of her success.

“I still love what I do. I’m always here ready, willing and able to go. I’m a straight shooter and if I can’t do something, I say it. I’m here to serve my clients.”

In 2006, she joined Douglas Elliman, where she still works today. Now, 24 years of real estate later, Coletti’s name is now synonymous with real estate in Long Beach and can be seen all across the city.

She’s accomplished many things, includ-

ing selling the first $1 million condo and the first $2 million house in Long Beach.

She’s also won many awards, including Douglas Elliman’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and she’s the only Long Beach agent to ever receive it. Also, she has been the top agent on Long Island nine times, regarding the number of homes sold, among other awards.

No matter what she’s already done or how many awards she’s won, she has no plans of stopping anytime soon.

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It’s been a little more than a year since Bruce Blakeman officially took office as Nassau County executive.

Since then, how much has life improved for the nearly 1.4 million people living under his administration?

Significantly. At least according to Blakeman, thanks to his work with the majority party in the Nassau County Legislature. Triumphs Blakeman shared as part of his Feb. 28 State of the County address.

And there was a lot on Blakeman’s plate, after taking over for Laura Curran — not all that could be handled at the county level. Inflation. Catalytic converter theft. Support for local businesses. Bringing Nassau out of the Covid-19 era. And challenging some proposals that had made their way down from Albany.

“Our administration increased the boost (of the) Nassau Main Street grants program by an additional $10 million to support small businesses and keep family-owned businesses in Nassau County,” Blakeman said. He also met with professionals and entrepreneurs from a number of communities to begin work on expanding opportunities “for all people so that every community in every person — Black, white, Asian, Hispanic and Latino — share in our county’s prosperity.”

It is important to invest in local business because Nassau is bigger than 10 states by population, and has a higher gross domestic product than 145 countries, Blakeman said. And there is something in the works that could shake this up even more — the proposed plan to bring a Las Vegas Sands casino to the Nassau Coliseum.

“We are considering this proposal, and I have consistently stated that we would keep an open mind,” Blakeman said. But there are conditions.

“It must be world-class, with a luxury hotel and entertainment component,” he said. “It must bring significant

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In HIS StAtE of the County speech on Feb. 28, Nassau executive Bruce Blakeman praised what he described as a successful first year in office, giving credit to law enforcement and the county legislature for working with him on a number of initiatives to help bring some of his campaign promises to fruition. revenue to the county and surrounding areas, including construction and permanent jobs. And third, it must have the support of the community.”

A cornerstone of the Blakeman administration has been tackling the mass thefts of catalytic converters in Nassau. Some of that concluded in December with “Operation Cat-Track,” partnering with Nassau County Police Department commissioner Patrick Ryder to recover $7 million worth of stolen converters. The operation, Blakeman added, put a significant dent on an organized crime ring responsible for the thefts.

“I especially want to thank Sen. Chuck Schumer for

asking the Department of Justice to help us and send a special response team to mobilize and to help crack down on these thefts,” Blakeman said.

While the Republican executive crossed party lines to praise Schumer, he still had some harsh words for Joe Biden, blaming the president’s border policies for the current fentanyl crisis.

Democrats closer to home — in his county legislature — took issue with some of what Blakeman said, specifically where the credit should go for the positive direction in the last year.

“While we got off to a very rocky start when the county executive first took office, there has been some progress,” County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton said as part of the Democratic response. “I am glad to report that minority-led proposals have been adopted, including a gas tax holiday, (and) tax relief for eligible seniors and disabled homeowners. And just this Monday, property tax exemptions for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers.”

However, DeRiggi-Whitton hit Blakeman over the ongoing county tax assessment issue, which remains frozen.

Blakeman maintained in the speech that much of the issue with tax assessment is still the fault of the Curran administration, which froze it during the pandemic.

As for fentanyl? DeRiggi-Whitton agreed the crisis must be addressed, but isn’t spending time pointing fingers.

“With fentanyl overdoses posing such a major threat, the Minority Caucus has introduced a law which would require low-cost fentanyl detecting strips to be included in every Narcan kit distributed by a county agency,” she said of the packages used to help save lives of those suffering opioid overdoses.

“Even though we have seen the potential of this approach in towns, cities and states across the United States, there has been no action by the majority on our proposal to date.”

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The CiTy CounCil Tuesday agreed to a $65,000 settlement in a case brought by a Long Beach woman who said she was attacked by police.

Woman claims officer slammed her to the ground continued from front page the officer, but it was either Stark, Joseph Wiemann or one of two other officers who were identified only as John Doe and Jane Doe. She said she was taken to Long Beach police headquarters and handcuffed to a bench in a cell, bleeding from her face, left arm, knees, legs and toes. She said her request for medical attention was ignored, but that, after about two hours, paramedics arrived and treated her.

Motherway said she asked another officer, whom she identified as Brian Wells, for her cellphone. When it was given back to her later, she said, the video of her encounter with police had been deleted.

Motherway was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, but the Nassau County District Attorney’s office

dismissed the charges, and she said she filed her civil suit in November 2020.

In his ruling, Cogan noted that Long Beach police “do not contest whether plaintiff adequately alleged that a police officer used excessive force. Instead, they take issue with plaintiff ’s failure to specify which officer did so.” As such, Cogan said, the officers asked that the excessive force complaint be dismissed.

But, Cogan said, “A plaintiff need only allege that the defendants were present on the night in question and participated in the plaintiff ’s arrest. For officers Stark and Wiemann, plaintiff has done just that.”

Motherway could not be reached for comment. Long Beach officials declined to comment, and a spokesman for the Long Beach Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association could not be reached.

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fighter for four years before Sam Pinto, who has been joining the professional a professional Long Beach force. He has been arguing fire fighter for 17 years, has with the city for a neumber been promoted to lieutenant of years for additional proparamedic, after passing a fessional firefighters to join civil-service test, the city the force. said last week.

The city also announced Pinto, 38, who is also presthat Lt. Anthony Fallon, who ident of the fire fighters has served the fire departunion, was featured in a m e n t fo r 2 1 ye a r s, h a s Long Beach Herald story last Sam Pinto retired. week about the overtime pay Additionally, the city said for professional fire fighters. that Cliff Skudin has been Pinto’s salary, including his base pay and overtime, come to about sworn in as probationary fire fighter $375,000. His promotion will add about EMT. He is a member of the well-known family that offers surfing an swim lesanother $2,000 to his base pay.

Pinto is a third-generation Long sons, and has specialized in surfing for Beach resident. He was a folunteer fire- people with autism.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, MORTGAGE ASSESTS MANAGEMENT, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. BRANDON C. WINICK A/K/A BRANDON WINICK, AS COADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HILDA SONNER, DECEASED, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on December 15, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on March 28, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 2 Richmond Road, Unit 138 a/k/a Unit 2LL, Long Beach, NY 11561 a/k/a Lido Beach, NY 11561. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Long Beach, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 59, Block 66 and Lot 15U Unit 138 together with an undivided 0.0108591 percent interest in the Common Elements.

Approximate amount of judgment is $1,106,463.28 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 015520/2013.

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.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff, Against JUANITA SLADE, CLIFTON SLADE, ET AL. Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 12/22/2016, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 4/3/2023 at 2:00 PM, premises known as 28 East Hudson Street, Long Beach, NY 11561, A.K.A. 28 Hudson Street, Long Beach, NY 11561, 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 City Of Long Beach, County Of Nassau and State of New York Section 59 Block 94 Lot 17,18, And 19 The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $495,395.75 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 13-014225 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.

McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, 10 Midland Avenue, Suite 205, Port Chester, NY 10573 Dated: 2/6/2023 File Number: 548-0119 LD 137713 LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, v.

NOREEN MCCANN A/K/A NOREEN MC CANN A/K/A NOREEN CANNON, 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 June 21, 2018, I, Charles Casolaro, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on March 31, 2023 at The North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 2:00 PM the premises described as follows: 105 Georgia Avenue Long Beach, NY 11561 SBL No: 58-093-27 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the City of Long Beach, County of Nassau, State of New York.

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 002844/2016 in the amount of $324,649.67 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.

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BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 3/15/23 at 9:30 A.M. & 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M.

173/23. POINT LOOKOUT - Elizabeth & Robert McNulty, Variances, front yard setbacks on Beach St. & Baldwin Ave., rear yard, construct 2nd story addition attached to dwelling., N/W cor. Beach St. & Baldwin Ave., a/k/a 3 Beach St. THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. 188/23. - 190/23. LIDO BEACH - Kenneth Lassner, Variances, side yard, side yards aggregate, construct 2nd story addition attached to dwelling; Variances, lot area occupied, side yard, side yards aggregate, rear yard, construct wood deck and masonry steps attached to dwelling; Install pool not permitted in side yard, install 6’ high fence, larger than pool installation area, and pool equipment not permitted in front yard., W/s Saratoga St., 361.11’ S/o Lido Blvd., a/k/a 34 Saratoga St. ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550.

This notice is only for new cases in Lido Beach & Point Lookout within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction.

There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available a t https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 576/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it.

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Please Send Cover Letter and Resume with Salary Requirements to rglickman@liherald.com or Call 516-569-4000 X250

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Q. My basement is being finished, and we’re adding a bathroom with a shower. Our plumber just left, and I’m bewildered by the way things are going.

The plumber says we passed the inspection, but we’re concerned that he persuaded us to move the door, and all of the fixtures are different than the plans show.

Our architect lined up the toilet, the sink and the shower in a row so we could use just one “plumbing wall” for all the pipes, but the plumber moved the shower to a different wall, which left nothing but empty space in the corner beside the toilet. Then the plumber ran flexible hot and cold tubing along the ceiling, so now we have to add a drop-down ceiling around the pipes. Is this acceptable and normal to do, and why did the work pass inspection if it didn’t follow our plans? We spent a lot of time discussing and planning where everything would go with our architect, and now we wonder who’s in charge if it passes inspection.

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A. You ultimately have the last word on what you accept. I always tell clients that we play by the Golden Rule in construction. The Golden Rule used to mean, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” It now means that he (or she) who has the gold rules.

As long as you haven’t paid yet, you still have onte eeper some authority. Once you pay, the issue becomes unclear, since paying is a demonstration of satisfaction, and it’s hard to show you were dissatisfied when someone else, like a judge, has to determine if you really just changed your mind but were once satisfied. Situations like yours prompted me to put a clause in my agreements that often seems questionable to prospective customers. I write that I am not responsible for deviations from the plans by the contractor, subcontractor, plumber, electrician or any other party hired by the owner, of it they cut through building components and cause damage.

Many people are naïve to the fact that the workers you hire often deviate from the plans. The building owner really believes that people follow the plans. Sadly, the plans prepared by a design professional, architect or engineer are carefully scrutinized by building officials before a permit is granted, only to be ignored when the plans are then not followed and the inspection in the field passes.

Most of the officials I speak to would never consciously let that happen, but at least three or four times a week, work passes an inspection when the plans don’t match. What should happen is that the owner should be communicated with about any change, and instead of fearing extra cost to get the architect or engineer involved, should pick up the phone, text or email to get the issue resolved quickly. You need to speak up, immediately, to take care of this before moving on. Good luck!

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tunning brand-new Colonial. This grand home features a large living room, granite kitchen and baths, den with fireplace, sliding doors to a huge deck, 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, master suite with a double shower and tub along with large closets.

There are hardwood floors throughout, central air, central vacuum and water heater on demand. You will love the 2-car garage, in-ground sprinklers, fenced yard and plenty of storage. This beauty is close to beach, school, shopping. It is a must see! Asking $1,350,000.

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1267 Peninsula Blvd, 2:00-3:30, NEW TO MARKET! 5 BR, 2 Bth Exp Cape in SD#14 (Hewlett-Woodmere) Living Room, DR & Updtd Gran/Wood EIK & Bths. Det 1.5 Gar & Driveway for 4/5 Cars. HW Floors. Gas Heat. Near LIRR, Shops, Trans & Schools.

A Steal!......................................................................................................................$599,000 257 Willard Dr, 12-1:30, Spacious 5 BR, 3 Bth Exp Ranch With Open Layout.Main Floor Mstr Ste Plus Potential Mstr Ste on 2nd Flr. LR/Fpl, FDR, EIK & Sundrenched Family Rm w/ Doors to Deck. Fin Bsmt. Att Gar. Loads of Updates!! SD#20 (Lynbrook) No Flood Insurance Req. MUST SEE THIS! .................................................... REDUCED!! $1,025,000 1193 E. Broadway # M23, BA, NEW TO MARKET! Move Right Into This Stunning Gut Renovated 2 BR, 2 Bth Coop in Garden Town. Gourmet Kit W/Thermdore St Steel Appl Opens Into DR & LR. Primary BR w/Bth Plus Spac 2nd BR. W/D in Unit. New Self Controlled CAC. Oak Flrs, LED Lights. Near LIRR. Parking Avail. SD#14. You Don't Want to Miss This ...................................................................................................................$379,000 1608 Ridgeway Dr, BA, Move Right Into This Completely Gut Renovated 4 BR, 3.5 Bth Col on 1/4 Acre Prop. New Kosher EIK, FDR, LR w/ Fpl, Den & Enclosed Porch. Radiant Heated Flrs. Full Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Att Gar. MUST SEE!! SD#20 .........DRASTIC REDUCTION! MOTIVATED SELLER! $1,399,000 ALSO FOR RENT $6,500 per month

1534 Broadway #205, BA, Extra Large 2000 Sq Ft, 2 Bedroom (Originally 3 BR), 2 Bath Condo in Prestigious Jonathan Hall with Doorman & Elevator. Updtd Wood/Quartz Kit, LR & DR. Washer/Dryer in Unit. Underground Pkg. Loads of Closets. Terrace Faces Back.

Easy Ranch Style Living .................... BIG REDUCTION!! MOTIVATED SELLER! $699,000

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LR, DR, Gran/Wood Kit w/ Stainless Steel Appl. Trex Deck Off LR. Primary Ste Features Updtd Bth & WIC. Att Gar Plus 1 Pkg Spot incl in Maintenance. W/D, Pull Down Attic, SD#15. Convenient to Shops, Trans & Houses of Worship.....................................$449,000

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1534 Broadway #103, BA, Magnificent New Renovation! One of a Kind Ranch Style Living in Luxurious Jonathan Hall Condominium with Doorman & Elevator. Just Move into This Gut Rvated, Spacious 2 BR, 2 Bath Apt with Open Layout.Large Designer Eat in Kitchen with Sep Pantry & Laundry Rm.Master BR Boasts Gorgeous Bth & Walk in Closet.

Terrace Faces into Courtyard. Garage Parking Incl .. REDUCED & MOTIVATED!! $699,000

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Open Houses HEWLETT BA, 257 WILLARD Dr REDUCED!! Spacious 5 BR, 3 Bth Exp Ranch With Open Layout.Main Floor Mstr Ste Plus Potential Mstr Ste on 2nd Flr.LR/Fpl, FDR, EIK & Sundrenched Family Rm w/ Doors to Deck. Fin Bsmt. Att Gar. Loads of Updates!! SD#20(Lynbrook)No Flood Insurance Req. MUST SEE THIS!..$1,025,000 R o n n i e G e r b e r, D o u g l a s E l l i m a n 516-238-4299 HEWLETT BA, 1534 Broadway #103, REDUCED AND MOTIVATED! Magnificent New Renovation! One of a Kind Ranch Style Living in Luxurious Jonathan Hall Condominium with Doorman & Elevator.

Just Move into This Gut Renovated, Spacious 2 BR, 2 Bath Apt with Open Layout.Large Designer Eat in Kitchen with Sep Pantry & Laundry Rm.Master BR Boasts Gorgeous Bth & Walk in Closet. Terrace Faces into Cour tyard and the Garage Parking is Incl..$699,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299 HEWLETT BA, 1608 Ridgeway Dr, Drastic Reduction! Move Right Into This Completely Gut Renovated 4 BR, 3.5 Bth Col on 1/4 Acre Prop. New Kosher EIK, FDR, LR w/ Fpl, Den & Enclosed Porch. Radiant Htd Flrs. Full Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Att Gar. MUST SEE!! SD#20...$1,469,000 RENTAL $6500 PER MONTH Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-429

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Home Sales Baldwin $551,000 DeMott Avenue. Ranch. 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. Finished basement. Formal dining room. Den/family room and home office.

Taxes: $11,716 Bellmore $700,000 Farmers Avenue. Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms.

Updated eat-in kitchen with quartz countertops and deck off kitchen. Open layout. Fireplace and cathedral ceiling.

Updates include 2-zone heat and central air conditioning.

Master bedroom with vaulted ceiling and skylight.

Taxes: $13,448.12 Cedarhurst $1,200,000 West Broadway. Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms.

Kosher eat-in kitchen with granite countertops and highend stainless steel appliances, including 2 ranges and 2 dishwashers, and island. Living room with custom built-ins.

Formal dining room. Den/family room. Large rooms. Parklike backyard. Central air conditioning.

Taxes: $8,372

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Suburb or country, house, condo, townhouse or apartment, our Classifieds can help you find a HOME that fits your style, your budget and Real Estate needs... it’s a MUST SEE!

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30 West Park Ave | Long Beach, NY 11561 Cell: 516-314-1728 • Office: 516-432-3400 Rob.Kolb@elliman.com • Elliman.com/RobKolb

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HEWLETT Fabulous Location! 4 Br, 2.5 Bath Colonial. Close to LIRR and Shopping!..... $989K EasT ROCKaWaY CO-OP Under Contract 9 days ..........................................................$155K LYNBROOK Under Contract 5 days ...............$619K

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East Meadow $700,000 Francis Drive. Cape. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Finished basement. New eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and porcelain flooring. Formal dining room. First floor master bedroom. Updates include windows and ductless air conditioning system.

Taxes: $11,754.12 Your Hometown Newspaper

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East Rockaway $710,000 Alden Road. Cape. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Finished basement. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops. Formal dining room. Den/family room and home office. First floor bedroom. Security system.

Taxes: $17,764.30

JOBS, MERCHANDISE, Freeport $760,000 Maryland Avenue. Expanded Cape. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathREAL ESTATE & MORE...rooms. Finished basement. Updated eat-in kitchen. Formal room. Den/family room. First floor master bedroom JOBS, MERCHANDISE, dining suite. Convenient location in heart of Sterns Park.

REAL ESTATE & MORE...Taxes: $16,524.30 Beach $600,000 JOBS, MERCHANDISE, Lincoln Boulevard.Long Ranch. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. open-concept eat-in kitchen with granite counterREAL ESTATE & MORE...Updated tops and stainless steel appliances. Den/family room. extras, including high hats, crown molding and closet JOBS, MERCHANDISE, Many systems. Large rooms. Central air conditioning.

REAL ESTATE & MORE...Taxes: $10,661.35 Oceanside $590,000 JOBS, MERCHANDISE, It’s in the Bayfield Boulevard. Split Level. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms.

Formal dining room. Den/family room. First floor master REAL ESTATE & MORE...

Herald Classifieds ... bedroom.

Taxes: $17,839.21 JOBS, MERCHANDISE, To Advertise 516-569-4000 REALCall ESTATE & MORE...

Valley Stream $651,000 press 5 Road. Expanded Cape. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms.

JOBS, MERCHANDISE, Todd Partial finished basement. Updated eat-in kitchen with steel appliances and walk-out to Trex deck.

REAL ESTATE & MORE...stainless Formal dining room. Den/family room. Large rooms. landscaping.

JOBS, MERCHANDISE, Professional Taxes: $11,872.36 REAL ESTATE & MORE...

JOBS, MERCHANDISE, REAL ESTATE & MORE...

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he good news for the New York State Education Department, and the sobering news for the rest of us, is that state taxpayers remain mostly blinded by educational obfuscations like the high school graduation rate.

The SED released 2022 graduation rates last month, and the percentage of students who collected diplomas on Long Island crept up slightly last year, to 92.6 percent.

Long Island has a higher graduation rate than almost any other region in America.

If we were a state, we would have the MARK highest graduation rate in the NoLAN nation.

“Wow!” you say.

“Long Island schools are second to none!”

Hold on to your mortarboard.

If the graduation rate helps rank schools and compare graduating classes, why complain? It’s an easy way to see if your high school did better or worse than last year. It also tells you how your school compares with others.

It’s also a remarkably misleading statistic that is sometimes abused for lessthan-ethical purposes.

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On the surface, graduation rate is simple, determined by dividing the number of students who graduate by the total number of eligible students. But there are all sorts of inside-baseball statistics — such as cohort graduation vs. on-time graduation — that the Education Department, and superintendents around the state, jumble, mix and match in an effort to figure out how to get more diplomas in the hands of teens.

The statistics themselves aren’t insidious. Numbers are simply tools. It’s the use of the graduation rate to determine school rankings and state funding that makes it so odious. Even worse is what some educators will do to boost the rate.

Ask a high school teacher how many times he or she has been queried by an administrator: “What does this kid need to graduate?”

“Can we give her extra credit?”

“How many points does he need?”

“He’s worked so hard all year — surely there must be something that can be done.”

It’s a confidence game. Nudge the numbers, appeal to a teacher’s good intentions, and the graduation rate ticks upward.

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intent of a floor grade — a number that can’t dip below 55 or 45, depending on attendance — is to give students a fighting chance to pass a class.

Consider this scenario without a floor grade: A student fails the first two quarters of a class with abysmal grades of 12 and 15 — more common than you might think — so it becomes statistically impossible to pass for the year. The student realizes this, completely gives up, and becomes a discipline problem.

Giving the student a floor grade means that he or she only has to get a grade of 75 for each of the last two quarters to pass the class.

The student sees light at the end of the tunnel, and becomes a model learner.

Alas, crafty students immediately figure out the floor-grade scam. Some students take it as a fall-quarter extension of summer break — while other students bemoan the benefit given to slackers.

Floor grades reward laziness and diminish the quality of education needed to graduate.

Floor grades aren’t universally used or required, and there are no state or nationwide regulations. Some schools implement them at the end of the marking peri-

hey’re misleading statistics that are sometimes unethically abused.

od. A grade of 32 miraculously jumps to 55. Other schools prohibit teachers from uploading any grade below 55 for any assignment. A student who does not a jot of work all of September still gets a 55.

See you on the podium in June, Jimmy!

Then there are credit-recovery programs — kids on Chromebooks after school for a few weeks, punching keys to earn class credits — and summer school.

Ask a high school administrator what their summer school pass-fail rate is. Derelict students somehow evolve into scholars in the span of six weeks.

Obviously, not every student slacks, not every teacher fudges and not every administrator nudges. But let’s be honest about loopholes.

Graduation rate can’t measure rigor.

Parents largely want their children’s diplomas to mean something more than a number. Graduation rate doesn’t emphasize philosophy, critical thinking or scientific theory.

So, by all means, toast the graduates this spring with a glass of sparkling cider — and a shot of reality. Not all diplomas are equal, and that graduation rate may be hiding some of your high school’s flaws.

Mark Nolan, the editor of the Lynbrook/ East Rockaway and Malverne/West Hempstead Heralds, taught high school English for 11 years.

Writers will tell the story of our times

n honor of National Reading Day on March 2, I reread Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.” Setting: America, in its earliest days. The settlers of Salem, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, were religious and community-minded, good people who cared for their children and worked desperately to survive in a forbidding environment.

In 1692, these righteous citizens accused, tried and hanged 14 women, five men and two dogs for practicing witchcraft.

Some time ago, I also read Stacy Schiff ’s “The Witches: Salem, RANDI 1692,” a nonfiction KREISS history of the time. It has been noted that no historian has ever fully explained what fever possessed the people of Salem. Even Schiff ’s remarkable history does not answer the question of how the community’s paranoia achieved the critical mass that led to hangings.

You know where I’m going with this.

We live now in a time of similar groupthink and communal delusion. (They nearly hanged Mike Pence!)

In Massachusetts Bay, “eyewitnesses”

offered accounts of teenage girls dancing naked in the woods and reports of broomsticks found high in the trees. Daughters accused mothers and husbands accused wives. Once accused, you either confessed and implicated others, or you were hanged anyway for not telling the truth.

What finally shined a light on that dark summer of 1692, what pried the truth out of the cold foundations of old Salem, was “The Crucible,” Miller’s play, which he wrote more than 250 years after the fact.

In writing a work of fiction, Miller revealed the true hearts and minds of the accusers, victims and bystanders. He knew them because he knew human nature, and because he was living through a time of another witch hunt: the great Red Scare of the early 1950s.

Miller was one of the artists accused of ties with communism, and in an essay, “Why I wrote ‘The Crucible,’” he wrote, “The play was an act of desperation.” The accusations of Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s House Un-American Activities Committee, Miller wrote, had “paralyzed a whole generation and in a short time dried up the habits of trust and toleration in public discourse.”

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He wrote, “In 1948-51, I had the sensation of being trapped inside a perverse work of art … in which it is impossible to make out whether a stairway is going up or down. Practically everyone I knew stood within the conventions of the political left of centre; one or two were Communist party members … I have never been able to believe in the reality of these people being actual or putative traitors any more than I could be, yet others like them were being fired from teaching or jobs in government or large corporations … The surreality of it all never left me …

In today’s terms, the country had been delivered into the hands of the radical right … It is always with us, this anxiety, sometimes directed towards foreigners, Jews, Catholics, fluoridated water, aliens in space, masturbation, homosexuality, or the Internal Revenue Department … And if this seems crazy now, it seemed just as crazy then, but openly doubting it could cost you.”

Miller’s play became a metaphor, even a cliché of that era, when friends betrayed friends and people lost jobs and secret accusations could lead to public humiliation and worse. Miller said that he wrote “The Crucible” because it was what a

rthur Miller’s 1953 play, ‘The Crucible,’ could have been written in 2023.

writer would do to get to the underlying truth of a moment in history. In writing about 1692, he was also writing about 1952.

And now, when we read his play, we are also reading about our time. Once again, America has lost its moorings, and no one can adequately explain or understand 2023, because we are treading water in the midst of it.

We won’t have a bead on our own time until the novelists and playwrights create the fictional works that reveal us to ourselves.

Read “The Crucible” again. It speaks to the currents of evil that can sweep away an entire community: irrational fear of “the other,” jealousy, fundamentalist religion, isolation, political manipulation.

Miller was writing about Salem and the Red Scare, but he might as well have been writing about Stalin’s Russia or Pinochet’s Chile, Mao’s China or the Khmer Rouge. Or he might have been writing about America today, about QAnon or DeSantis or Trump or Marjorie Taylor Greene, about book bans and racist attacks and antisemitic resurgences.

It is America in 2023. We have run off the rails, again. We need to wait for the novelists and playwrights to find the truth of this moment and bring it to us.

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

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We must keep government transparent

he middle of March is something many of us look forward to, because it means spring is just around the corner. But this coming week, March 12-18, is known as Sunshine Week. Associations, institutions and organizations connected to journalism will celebrate the initiative to promote open government, which was launched in 2005 by the American Society of News Editors, now the News Leaders Association.

The week coincides with March 16, National Freedom of Information Day, which honors a bill signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966, allowing members of the public and journalists access to government information in the interest of keeping our leadership transparent.

States across the country have since enacted similar laws, but why is this important? Why should you care?

Because government information is taxpayer-supported, public information, and it belongs to you. Whether it’s a public school district, a village, a town, a county, the state, or the nation’s highest governing entities, everything said, spent or done there impacts you.

In the midst of the Cold War, with the United States and the Soviet Union locking political horns after World War II, the American government appeared to be suppressing information. That wasn’t going to work for John Moss, a newly elected Republican congressman from California. Moss campaigned for increased transparency, but was continuously rebuffed by a government he viewed as acting secretly. People were fired from their jobs and blacklisted for being com-

letters Peter King’s return to Washington To the Editor: Re Peter King’s column last week, “At the Capitol, it was almost as if I’d never left”: Mr. King’s “bittersweet” tour of his part-time “home” for 28 years is qualified by an expansive “almost.”

Since his departure in December 2020, we outsiders have seen members of Congress fleeing the Capitol, election-deniers elected, Marjorie Taylor Greene advocating secession and a national divorce, the meretricious McCarthy spectacle, the frantic shunning of George Santos and the Republican Party’s growing angst with its likely nominee. Mr. King apparently did not notice any of this. His visit was a lot like old times, we’re told.

Who knew this would be cause for nostalgia?

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munists, many without a shred of real evidence.

Moss championed his caused by hosting hearings as chair of a House subcommittee on government information. Support was nonexistent from the majority GOP, but outside Congress, educators, journalists and scientists strongly supported Moss.

Not surrendering, Moss pushed his Freedom of Information Act for over 10 years until, finally, a fellow Republican, Donald Rumsfeld — then a young representative from Chicago — added his name. The act eventually passed in the House and the Senate, and then landed on the desk of Johnson, a Democrat who opposed some aspects of the bill, especially when it came to classified material.

Still, LBJ signed the legislation into law on July 4, 1966, making the supposed greatest democracy on Earth the third country to create such a law.

“I sign this measure with a deep sense of pride that the United States is an open society in which the people’s right to know is cherished and guarded,” Johnson said.

You might live in an incorporated village with a government that includes a board of trustees. You might attend a board meeting at which those trustees vote to spend money to improve a playground. You want to know exactly how that money — your village taxes — will be spent.

You might ask a trustee. Maybe he or she answers your question. Maybe they do not. You want to know more. That is when you can file a Freedom of Information request — the process created by the Free-

dom of Information Act — to obtain that information.

Is it that easy? Usually, yes. Occasionally, however, it becomes a tug-of-war between the government and the party who “FOILs” for the information.

This is what Sunshine Week is about, and why it matters. The information that a government entity possesses does not belong to elected or appointed officials. It belongs to the people they represent.

You. To promote the message of Sunshine Week, you can write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper — like this one — or help spread the message through social media.

Elected officials, doing their part, could review current public-access laws, introduce legislation to strengthen accessibility to public information, and encourage the training of government employees to help ensure compliance with existing open-record laws.

Grass-roots community organization might organize local forums, sponsor essay contests, or push elected representatives to spotlight the importance of open access to government information.

Teachers can use Sunshine Week to educate students on how government transparency improves their lives and creates stronger communities.

Government transparency was on the mind of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis when he told Harper’s Weekly in 1913 that “sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.” Increased openness should be the standard that all government entities strive for. It makes for good governance, and a strong and civil society.

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t appears that Gov. Kathy Hochul has made a conscious decision to declare political war on Long Island.

In her proposed statewide mandate to increase the number of affordable homes by 800,000 units over the next 10 years, Hochul seeks to override local zoning control that is directed, in large measure, by the people who live there. For Long Island, home rule defines our region just as much as Jones Beach and rush hour traffic on the LIE. Make no mistake: Hochul’s housing plan is taking aim at the ronaLd J. Island by imposing 3 percent rosenBerG aincrease in affordable housing one way or another.

In an effort to couch it in humanitarian terms, she told the State Legislature, “Housing is a human right.” That’s bold rhetoric, but in truth, there is nothing in the federal or state Constitutions stating that housing is a basic right guaranteed by government. On the other hand, our state Constitution says, “Effective local self-government” is one of the “purposes of the people of the state.” Thus, the governor’s intent to allow the state to override local zoning ordinances is contrary

to a basic tenet of our governing document.

If citizens in a democracy wish to support initiatives that provide subsidized housing, then government can invest in efforts such as the New York City Housing Authority. With broken elevators, poorly maintained boilers, lurking crime and other assorted issues, however, you have to admit that NYCHA has proven that government-subsidized housing isn’t exactly a panacea. That may help explain why over 30 percent of those renting from NYCHA didn’t pay their rent last year.

Hochul had a near-death political experience last fall, when Long Island did not give her a majority at the polls. There are a number of reasons for the Island’s antipathy toward her, but one was her earlier call to allow illegal two-family homes to become legal. Yet after retreating from blistering bipartisan opposition to that proposal, she has come back with yet another draconian housing “solution,” one driven more by ideology than market forces. Perhaps her call to dismantle local zoning is her punishment for a region where voters found her the lesser candidate.

Nevertheless, in the interest of building a coalition, Hochul has sent Ruth-

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ochul’s draconian housing ‘solution’ is driven more by ideology than market forces.

Letters OK, Santos lied.

So does everybody in D.C. To the Editor: I took offense to Rick Herman’s letter, “Randi takes on George Santos” (Feb. 23-March 1), asserting that 99.9 percent of the “cuckoos” are Republicans — and I guess he forgot to mention that we’re all deplorable and racist.

I feel sorry for Mr. Herman’s grandson, who will be influenced by a grandfather who believes that his views are the only ones that matter, and that someone who has a different opinion needs to be silenced and disparaged.

I’m not defending Santos, but politicians, the media, government agencies and the pharmaceutical companies lie to us on a daily basis, so why would Santos think it was a problem to “enhance” his resume? Thankfully, in his case no one died as a result of his lies. We can’t say that for some other people in Washington.

For weeks there have been articles in the Herald about Santos. Move on, already.

There are a lot more important issues going on in this country (and throughout the world) than Santos lying on his resume. Next election, vote him out.

If you want to start kicking politicians out of office for lying, you might as well start closing the buildings in D.C. There

Anne Visnauskas, commissioner of New York State Homes and Community Renewal, to meet with Long Islanders in the public and private sectors. In 2017, Visnauskas was appointed president and CEO of the New York State Housing Finance Agency, the State of New York Mortgage Agency and the State Affordable Housing Corporation. She previously served as Homes and Community Renewal’s executive deputy commissioner for Housing Development, the Mortgage Insurance Fund, the Office of Community Renewal and the Office of Faith-Based Community Development Services.

All that is fine, Commissioner, but welcome to Long Island.

Just in case you don’t believe our region is specifically targeted in the governor’s public agenda, consider the following. Hochul acknowledges that the majority of communities around the state are already hitting or close to achieving her arbitrary affordable-housing targets — except Long Island. For Nassau and Suffolk, she has set a goal of 38,218 new affordable housing units between 2023 and 2025.

This is not to say Long Island doesn’t have a housing problem. It does. Far too many municipalities here are shutting

down applications for next-generation housing, creating an unforced exodus of young people who will be needed to power the economy, pay the taxes and build the future. But Hochul’s proposed remedy is akin to being held hostage by an Albany now under progressive domination.

If it is passed, it is a certainty that there will be lawsuits, protests and, most important, a response at the voting booths that will jeopardize every elected official who supports the plan. And the political aftershocks will not stop with state and local officials. Much as the issue of crime drove Democrats to cross party lines and vote for Republicans last November, Hochul’s assault on the integrity of local zoning may move Long Island voters to overwhelmingly support the Republican who runs against Democratic U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

While Gillibrand seems to need a GPS to even find Long Island, she will be within reach of voters who intend to express their seething anger over a DemocraticProgressive agenda that destroys the integrity of suburban home rule. She will be another politician who ruefully discovers that you “don’t mess with the Island.”

Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.

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probably will only be a handful of honest ones left.

BARBARA HALL Formerly of Glen Cove

Hochul’s budget takes aim at smoking To the Editor: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2024 Executive Budget includes critical tobacco-control policies that, if passed, will reduce youth tobacco initiation rates and adult smoking rates, thus ensuring a tobacco-free generation. The elimination of flavored tobacco products from retail shelves is a common-sense action that will greatly improve the health of New Yorkers who continue to use tobacco products.

Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death in New York.

Every year, approximately 4,300 New Yorkers under 18 become daily smokers, with 80 percent of young smokers starting with a flavored tobacco product. Flavored products, including menthol, are enticing to young smokers, and make it more difficult for them to quit once they are addicted to nicotine.

In addition, menthol tobacco products have been disproportionately marketed to Black communities for decades. As a

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result, the tobacco industry has profited from the creation of generations of longterm nicotine addiction and devastating health consequences.

Now is the time to take action against Big Tobacco’s shrewd and manipulative marketing tactics. I urge the State Legis-

lature to pass the proposed budget and protect young New Yorkers from tobaccorelated death and disease.

MAUREEN KENNEY Division director, American Lung Association Hauppauge

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